The Express. — 1855-12-24 (London, England)

SUNDAY. By the arrival to-day of the United States slag steamship Atlantic, Captain West, we are in pce. session of advice* from New York to the 12th inst., being one week's later news than brought by the Canada.  In addition to the usual mails, the Atlantic lies brought 53 passengers, and 500,000 dollars in 'pea on freight. The Royal Mail steamship America, Harr* hence, arrived at Boston on the 6th inst. The Atlantic passed the Baltic 50 miles eut of Sandy Hook. . . . _ .  The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 12th of December reports—" No organisation of the Roues yeti and the prospect is lea promising than ever. Forty-five viva you votings have taken place, and every new trial only serves to make more difficult the attainment of the requisite majority. Meanie* the President's Message and the annual statements from the various departments, for which the country  are looking with eagerness and anxiety, are coo; pletely withheld from the public eye, end all legislative business is at a stand still. The people are getting wearied and impatient— they find nothing to please them in the perpetually recurring figures which the telegraph transmits; but, on the contrary, everything to displease. It looks very much like factiousness and trifling with the interests of the country and the good repute of our institutions." The forty. fifth ballot resulted as follows: Richard. son, 74 ; Banks, 106 ; Fuller, 27 ; Zollikoffer, 4 ; Orr, 2; ; Scattering, 10. Two hundred and twenty.thee: votes are necessary to a choice, 112 of which must be given to one candidate. , The Now York Merck' of the 12th, en the speskership, says—" The conferences last night are mid to have been unsuccessful in securing additionalvotee for Mr. Banks. It is believed that after a few mom trials he will be abandoned, and that the republicana will concentrate upon Pennington; but it is silo be. lieved that neither Banks nor Fuller can command s majority of the votes of the house." In this state of affairs the democrats gain courage, and confidently predict the eventual success of one of their number. A despatch from Washington, dated De4l3, Nays —" It has just been ascertained, beyond the poosibi. lity of cavil, that a despatch has been received from Mr. Buchanan relative to the Crampton difficulty, the tenor of which is that the British government,in courteous but positive manner, decline giving inch lexplanations as have been demanded by. our govern. meat regarding the alleged violation of our nu. trality laws by British agents. This aspect of affairs imposes on our government delicate obligations, and will require all its wisdom to extricate itself from the present dilemma." The steam ship Northern Light arrived at New York with California advices to Nov. 20, and 326,000 dollars in gold dust. The Indians in the north were continuing their depredations upon the whites, while those ie the south were beginning to show girls of dialed'. faction. General Wm. H. Richardson, United States mu, slid for the northern district of California, was most brutally murdered in the streets of San Francium Or 17th of November, by a man named Charles Gerd. It was with difficulty the citizens could In untrained from applying the code of Judge Lynch to tie murderer. Lieutenant Archibald McKee, au lauding the United States revenue cutter Ewing, committed suicide on the 17th ult., on the deck of his vessel. Two worthy citizens of Monterey, the Hon. Isaac B. Hall, collector of the port, and T. Williamson, as officer of the county, had been amessinated oaths highway, in a spirit, it is supposed, of revenge. The accounts from the mines were generally vary flattering : the new discoveries in Table Mountain were continuing to breathe considerable excitement, sad the whole region bad already been taken up in aims. By way of New Orleans we have later news from Savannah. There was no political intelligence. Business was brisk. Sugar and molasses had admiced, bat the market was unsettled. Mexican advice" to November 28 give a list of several official appointments made by the Alums cabinet. President Alvarez had refused to Naha the nomination of General Walls as Minister of IFereign Relations. Mr. George de la Berns, of the firm of Hugon' end Co., had refused the office of Collector of Custom General Ignacio B. Badre was spoken of as ter to Washington. Juan Soto was governor of Vera Crus. The Pintos were in great danger in the city of Mexico. Trade was very dull in Vera Cruz. The money market at New York was steady, sad good demand appeared among the discount homes. Bates were without change, from 10 to 12 per est for first class paper : the supply is not large. The market for call loans has been active, but the MO was sufficient. Stocks quiet but firm, at presoas quotations. There has been a fair demand he exchange, at the following rates :—London, 1081 to 1109 ; Paris, 5.18# to 23; ; Amsterdam, 41 to 411; Frankfort, 411 to 41#; Bremen, 713 to 781; lista. burg, 36 to 361 ; Antwerp, 5.20 to 5.231. 1 The cotton market was without variation. A fair I business was transacted at the following rates:—UP' lene* ordinary, 8; Mobile, 8; middling Uplands,* middling fair ditto, 9i ; Brazil, 91; ditto Mobile, lei fair Uplands, 91; Mobile, 101. I The flour market opened dull and at a decline, bit rallied and closed at 8 dole. 561 c. to 8 dole. 73c. for common grades. Wheat was dull, and prices noming• without transactions of moment. The scarcity of vessels, and the advance in the rates of freights to Liverpool, had a tendency to check purchasers foe export. Indian corn was steady at 98c. to 1 dol., from store' afloat, and delivered. Pork continued hesvy, with moderate sales. Sugars were in good demand far refining and for export. and h gFhrteriig withh Freights tfouuLr vtezirp oft L:inedrion sangliclitabeficormoteimer  Tue