The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-04 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO.

0 J HAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT.
The Washington steam-ship, Captain Hewitt, ar-
rived in Cowes roads about one o'clock this afternoon'
after a fine run of fifteen days from New York, which
place she left on the 18th. The passengers for Eng-
land were transferred to the Ruby, a small steamer
hired by the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, and,
with the mails, dispatched to Southampton. The
Washington then weighed for Bremen.
By this arrival we are put into possession of New
York papers to the 18th ult. inclusive, two days later
than those received yesterday via Liverpool.
The Washington brings ;0,000& in specie, and 42
passengers.

Further important and interesting news had arrived
at New York from the seat of war. Advises had
been received from Vera Cruz to the 6th October, and
Mexico city to the 2d.
It appears that open and undisguised hostilities
had broken out between Santa Anna and General
Paredes. A manifesto had been published by the
latter, in which the ex-President is denounced as
an enemy to the Mexican people and Mexican
nationality.
A telegraphic dispatch had been received at New
York from New Orleans, stating that news had been
received from Vera Cruz to the 6th ult.
Two engagements had taken place with the enemy
near Puebla, in which the Mexicans lost 100 men and
the Americans 15.
Santa Anna was at Tepacan as late as the 26th of
October.
A sort of civil war had broken out amongst the
guerillas, and a severe battle had taken place between
the clans of Jaranta and Canatozo. Thirty lives
were lost.
The New York Courier, in its leafing article,
says the disappearance of coin by each successive
steamer and packet to England is alarming—need-
lessly to a great extent—the mercantile community,
occasioning more or less tightness in the money
market.
The cotton market was again lower, with a re-
duction of from one-third to one quarter cent per lb
The demand was moderate. The salts for the 15th,
16th, and 17th ult., amounted to 3,000 bales.
The receipts of flour had been heavy, which had a
tendency to depress the market. Wr.eat remainei
inactive.

A messenger had been dispatched from Washing-
ton to General Scott, supposed to be the bearer of
instructions against further overtures for peace. The
near conclusion of the war, therefore, dots not seem
probable.

The stock market was dull and declin'ng. The
exports of gold to England, no doubt, tended much
to cause the depression. United States' freasury
notes had fallen to par, and some private sales had
been made below par. The Burgundy, for Havre,
was to leav2 on the 18th, with 80,000 dolls. in silver.
Exchange on England was firm at 10 per cent.,
with few sellers.

The New York Sun says :—" Wednesday, the
17th, was one of the gloomiest days witnessed in the
New York Money Market since the last three years.
Nearly all the banks had ceased to advance loans, and
commercial paper of good standing was disposed of to
private bankers at tke rate of 12 per cent. per annum.
Everything is falling in price. The rapid and exten-
sive withdrawal of the precious metals to England
was almost the only topic of discussion to-day. It
appears that two millions of dollars, or as near as
possible, is the amount of coin exported from New
York and Boston since the beginning of the revulsion
in England."
The New York papers contain the whole of
General Scott's dispatches relative to his recent
achievements i❑ Mexico. They are very lengthy,
and embrace interesting accounts of the whole of
the battles.