The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-12 00:00:00

UNITED STATES.

(IT NLICTRIO TALIOIATI.I
C7RON OM OWN CONIMPONDINTI
SOUTHAMPTON, B•TcanAT.

The Ariel has arrived with the American mails
and advices from New `fork to the 28th nit. The
Africa, from Liverpool, arrived out on the 27th.
General Walker had an interview with the Pre.
sident on the Kansas question, which has assumed a
gloomy and threatening aspect.
News from Northern Mexico states that the
Federal Government had ordered a body of troops
to the border, owing to the unsettled political and
social state of the country.
An immense man meeting of the New York
democracy has been held, at which Mr. Wood com.
pletely vindicated himself.
Lettere from the interior predict • short crop of
sugar. The cotton fields of Texas have been
damaged by a storm.
The stock market on the 27th was depressed;
nearly every stock on the list gave way.
The weather throughout the Sham in extremely
mild.

Sales of cotton at New York on the 27th limited,
at an advance of id. per lb. Flour market firm;
sales closed at an advance. Wheat improved in
price; with free sake. Provisions heavy ; coffee
limited, prices unchanged. Freights Irregular and
engagements light.
At Philadelphia stocks were heavy.

At New Orleans, cotton slow of ;ale, and prices
unchanged.

At Mobile an admix in cotton.

At Charlatan, cotton prima nominal.

THE MONETARY CRISIS AT HAMBURG.

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HAMBURG, BA7I7II.DAT.
The Senate has just convened another extraor-
dinary meeting of the Burgerechaft for tomorrow,
to ratify a loan of ten million mares bunco contracted
for by the Austrian National Bank.

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HAMBURG, 1:12C. 10.

In the midst of the most fearful catastrophe that
has ever broken over this city—the great fire of 1842
not even excepted—and as if to cheer the drooping
spirits of our merchants sad hold out hopes of
better days as soon as this crisis has blown over, the
annual tables of the trade of Hamburg, published
by the Board of Commercial Statistics, have last
appeared. Like the olive-branch of old, they point
out (by official figures) the great increase in the trade
of this city in 1846, as compared with that of
1865, in which the transactions had reached •
height far above all preceding years. Ac-
cording to these tables which it is but
justice to remark are made op in the most masterly
manner, and contain the statistical details of every
article of import and export—the total value of the
imports and exports at Hamburg daring the year
1866 amounted to 1,268,306,810 marks base*, which,
as compared to the 1,036,779,790 in 1866, show as
increase of 2321 millions of marks bane*, or nearly
23 per cent. This is very encouraging, and has not
failed to make • oorrespooding favourable imprudent
on our merchants, and to allay many apprehensions
for the future.

On the whole, I may say that the general feeling
of the Exchange is decidedly more favourable.
There have been no fresh failures reported today,
and this, cespled wit► the satisfactory arrangement
for the support of the house et Pontoppidan and Co.,
has had a good effect. On the other hand, the crisis
cannot be pronounced over till tie end of January
next, when the acceptance, will have run
oft, end it will be ascertained which are
good end Willa are rotten. Last even-
ing it was iconedantly reported that a grit-rats
house wee in difleulties, but the report is unfounded.
Indeed, backed m the haw is by the powerful sup-
port of the governments of Russia and Austria, it is
dealt to credit any such rumour.

In the meantime the wrecks ceased by the storm
of the teat fortnight are beginning to hetame psis-
hilly apparent in the domestic arrangements of pi-
rate families. Everywhere retrenchment is the order
of the day, equipages and hones are sold of
tutors and gortrneues hare notice to leant, ser-
vants are discharged, the theatres are deserted, and
no one has the courage to give the halls and dinner
parties usual at this season. I may here mention
that one single job-master, Herr Hoppe, who con-
tracts for famishing thallium with equipages by the
year and month, has no less than twenty-eight
thrown on his hands by families unable to continue
such an expensire tummy.

A demist:eh from Vienne, dated the 10th, says:—
" The Bark of Vicuna has lest a sum of eight
millions of silver dories (twisty millions of hews)
for the relief of the commercial Muses at Hamburg.
This sum was lent off by a special train,"