The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-03 00:00:00

AMERICA.

. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.
The Royal mail steamer Niagara has arrived
with advices from Boston to the 22d ult., and
$255,374 specie on freight.
The Niagara passed on the 31st the Baltic, hence
for New York.
The Arabia, hence, had arrived at Halifax, and
the Delta, from Havre, at Boston, on the 22d.
The majority of the Fillmore and Donalsou Com-
mittee in Pennsylvania had refused to unite with
the Fremont party"in joint electoral ticket. This
would divide the Opposition votes.
In Florida the Democratic Governor had been
elected by upwards of 4,000 majority.
According to the Herald, the Congressional elec-
tion so far showed a gain of 52 members in ten
States for the Democratic party.
A despatch from Cincinnati of the 21st ult.
says:—

" Retu ns from 88 counties in I❑diana, partially of .
cial are recited. The Democrats claim Willard's elec.
tion by 7,000 maj. rity, while Vie Republicans give in
5,500. _ The Democrats have six Congressmen and the
Republicans probably five, but the returns are still in-
complete, and we cannot give the positive result for
Congressmen.'
Another despatch says :

" The Congressional vote in Ohio shocv4 the election
of eight Democrats and 12 Republicans. This does not
include L. D. Campbell's district, as the election of that
gentleman is to be contested by his opponent on the
ground of illegal voting.
The Union Convention to form an anti-Buchan:
electoral ticket assembled at liarrisburgon the 21st.
Most of the counties in the Senate were repre-
sented. A committee was appointed to form an
electoral ticket, who reported the same ticket as
agreed upon by the Union Committee of Phila-
delphia.
A session of the Episcopal Convention was held
at Philadelphia on the 21st, at which Mr. Bucha-
nan attended. The House of Deputies was notified
that the House of Bishops had erected Kansas and
Nebraska into a separate niii4sionary diocese, and
nominated the Rev. Dr. Clarke, of Waterbury
(Connecticut), bishop. A debate ensued, and much
opposition was manifested to ,the erection of the
diocese, as it deprived Bishop Kemper of a portion
of his missionary field. A resobAtion was offered
declaring it, inexpedient at the present time to
create the diocese. This resolution was Tt egat ived.
Judge Chambers, of Maryland, submitted another
resolution, declaring it expedient to form the
diocese, the mover's object being to defeat the mea-

sure, as he expressed a determination to Toto
against his own resolution. A spirited debate err
sued upon the motion, pending which a recess vial
taken till the evening.
The returns (unofficial) from Pennsylvania indi
cato that the Democrats have carried the State 195
no less than 4,000 majority.
"The victory of Buchanan (,j.s the Herald) anal
Democratic majority in Congress., sweep
at once to thi
winds and to oblivion all the efforts of the North in re
Terence to slavery and all their aims with regard t'
its non-extension. It will confirm and inaugurate the
doctrines of the Ostend manifesto, and proclaim to
the- world that the Government of the United stale',
with the full and deliberate sanction of the people: 04
prepared to wrest Cuba from its rightful owners."
the
Fremont Herald ascribes the check received by t"'
-Fremont party to a variety of flaws in the orgaeiss'
tion and discipline of the Republican party itself.
Under the heading " Never Flinch," the 11°1;
York Tribune says :
Republicans,--The last repoit from Penn:llls°l°
"
leaves no doubt of a Buchanan majority at the State
election. The State ticket of that party is chosen ro
some 5,000 majority in between 400,000 and 50°),°,
votes. That majmi'y can be overcome at the Presfabe,
.tilelection just at hand. We do not :ay that it willing
Thousands of votes are polled illegally by the wit ° e.
party, They may or may not be able to repeat the °Poi
ration. On the other hand, there are thousandy'
Quakers and other quiet citizens who will vote f°r,: rl
r
sident who did not vote at the State election•
least two former occasions the gains to our side beti",go
the State and the Presidential election were antrlY;:eip
enough to secure us a triumph. Now, it may
again." York
The Washington correspondent of the Nor, n9•Herald states that the Secretary of War had fora
ferred nearly all, if not quite all, the Uwe'
the ports on the Virginia coasts to other statlev"
"Strange and startling as it may appear, I am i 9 to
that this bas been done for political Effect. It pa'
enable the democracy of Virginia, by an apParelttLefore
lar insurrection, to seize those ports about a vieei'i j, of
the eltction, as an indication and tarnest, inuteme of
what Governor Wise, Jeff Davies, Governor A-°l7.for
South Carolina, and their followers, intend to dol molt
tnont shall be elected to the Presidency. It i°
to
Carig frhten the Nor."
pentier, the Northern Railway of
swindler, had been captured near Newburg
if
in bed at night. He was working ow afa ,
disguise. Ana
in Kansas 250 emigrants, men, -wonlelit,' iioB
children, had been stopped near the NehrsPosnaer
by a deputy marshal, disarmed and plaee,id, yellf
surveillance. To insure their stoppage 7do
with six pieces of cannon, were drawn up' 0 of,
property of the emigrants was taken possesis.:;rosig
The advices from Nicaragua state that '
capital,
had concentrated all his forces at the °rood
Grenada, before which the allied armies werei s 1 st
day expected to pitch their camp. Save',,,jegt4
mishes had taken place. Recruits were no Coo
him from New Orleans. The decree Of tteen
stituent Assembly abolishing slavery had 'Ter, thi
yoked. At a public dinner Colonel Wile e,,;,eyo
United States' Minister, freely expressed tPvorto
pathy which his Government entertained t°es,ses
Walker. Lieutenant Estelle, a native of Teri:. root
had been tried by court-martial and shot ":°-rePre
dering a brother officer. Walker's foreen,'s,o,llo
sented as numbering 1,500 Americans. 11,1-opP°,
force was estimated at 3,000. The Herald last/
hends that it is not impossible that, W3'7,...,0'
ing adopted a new policy—that of elaTvi'ocle'l
British squadron may take an opposing att/vi Ye'
The steamship Texas had arrived at 58_ CAli
from San Juan del Norte with advices fro eh
fornia and Nicaragua. In leaving Sao lieetY,
got aground, and was towed off by her
vessels Arrogance and Victor. The Saildu,j3rit4i°
was in excellent condition. The follolonberielr,
vessels were in the harbour :—Orion, IMP Ariet°„'
Arrogant, Active, Intrepid, Pioneer! 05e';
mounting 219 guns. Her Majesty's OA) Sole"
had sailed on a cruise. The mail steamer
was coaling. repot
Advices from Mexico to the 9th ultita°oolise
that the sales of church property haan id
d
5,000,000 dollars. There were rumours °f
of ib
pending revolution, under the influence
tl
cler
Tghe.
y New York commercial adiices rellota
stock-market firm. With considerable dfulwitbc::
investment money was in active reques'l,l„art'
any further change in rates of interest. .6-`
..frs 0
were anxiously looking for the Arabia's Ile"?'
was supposed that this would settle the puce seti
to the financial condition of France. r 3,00111
statement for -the week exhibited a fa was
result. The market for foreign exchanges toe
settled. There was a larger supply of ne Ole
produce bills on England and France Abe
ket at low rates, but neither bankers nor ill % he
were buying largely. Bills on London vitsig4
firmly at 1091 to 109 a, some leading
asking 1094. On Paris the rates were very
guThe lar, closing at sf. 221 c. to sf. Hie. CoPi
cotton market was dull and lower, ill
Ear
quence of the unsatisfactory accounts from
and declining markets in the South. basde esl
The immense receipts of breadstoge raPdee
lowd
prices and checked the purchases ;
dour were 10c. cheaper, and wheat ha
offe'
3c. to sc. per bushel. Indian corn was in $
freely and dull. The transactions in gr. 3 too
flour last week were enormous, reaching 1,11,,g.($
numbers 1,000,000 bushels of grain and 0"
barrels of tour.
Pork was heavy and irregular. -
gfalleafl
The iron market was steady. The sales 001000
150 tons of Scotch pig at $3O 50c. to $3l 5°
months.

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LATER BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIF-4 23,
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NEW YORK, THURSDAY EVENING, °CI.: ea
The steamship City of Baltimore arriyai
Philadelphia on Wednesday, the 22a, ,o%rial/
news by that arrival and by the North °coop°,
(at Quebec) were published here to-day. , vet,
c. lower ; middling Orleans quoted 12ie•E'030'4
stuffs of all kinds are dearer ; our rtioneJjpo'
to-day was depressed. Exchange on

NEW ORLEANS, OCT" 0,1
Sales of cotton to day were 5,000 bales 31'
ic. decline ; middling quoted 114 c. to ille.to tb
A private despatch from New 00011 00'
agent of the New York Associated Pros 3 100
pool states that General Walker hadles/fr
attack on the Costa Ricans and their siic
after two battles had driven them I)3Gto
Massaya, where he was preparing agaill,.o-pirb t;
them. Walker claims that be Was c 0 000
victorious in both fights, although ile_„rokoi
1,000 men engaged, and the enemY killed
strong. The enemy lost 1,100 men •Di
wounded. Walker's loss was small. •

THE MEDITERRANEAN•

-Nrool4' 0
SOUTHAMPTON, MoNDAT sae
's ,hot
By the Peninsular and Oriental ConWnnit, C
steam-ship Pera, Captain Soy, with the loul4lo
$
and Mediterranean mails, we havedates /o°3 di
dria October 21 ; Malta, 25 ; Gibraltar, 29• ovio:
The Pera brings 70 passengers, and on freigh;oo3,
in specie, and a cargo consisting of silk, daten'h'oltdori
During the voyage she spoke, on the 26t"/ 191
miles west of Cape Bon, the barque Ann' to en/
land, steering westward • on the 27th, 65 inroier,
Algiers, exchanged signals with the screw sail strAllof
banon, steering east, and the Alexandria Wl OW"
Indus. On the 29th the R.Y.S. Sultana, Lor" 4,41 b
arrived at Gibraltar from Cadiz, all well. f the
From Gibraltar we learn that on the night °-ditief
ult. the British barque Dauntless, which Wag a el jtjli
ing a cargo of coal in the bay on board
hulks, drifted from her moorings.f 110/133 0°
On the 0 c .14
she was beating up to her anchorage, but 1,--dnuoll
qtanneigehtofdrtihveen''qounaltlhi neesrsocokfs thenea weather etahteh ear ;3,0-001601 ,j 00;
where she remains a total wreck. The couft'e 0;0
spatched the steam-tug Orient to afford assio,,,ta.,l3,,tler
ship, and soon after her Majesty's steam-tug P:a,
under way for a similar purpose. Crew all sity
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Ariel left our "-tb" e
day at 2 p.m. to join the British squadron in 00'3
terranean. hee. OC,
A continued east wind has been blowing n ran3"4116"
the 15th inst. No appearance of a change; 13-1,0 I`,"
cepting a few drops not worth mentioning, ;of 0
since the sth of September. The want of it is tef'
felt, water having become a dear conam° dity;
of 40or I
TN; timo last year the tanks had ',leek,' oil
owing to the late previous rain, but this YeaAr9
almost empty, and many wells are nearlyL"-".

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NEW LAW OF .PARTNERSHIP.--After to '°'„01( v. - e°
of partnership under the new Government Sti,ii co'
panics Act, the 19th and 20th Vic chal:l'Ars—, pd s 1
into operation. The act provides, .t; the i'''l, v,:ei
that seven- or more persons, nut eaicelcdiog thvitniffiiiPe
form. themselves into a company, with or witPif:t 611)10
ability, provided that they
moats of this statute, cwelq trictle it '
to the number of sharelwithout any rets of c¢ xol'
or the . aulour d coal, yell
By the 63d REC. a shareholder
in the event of its being wdourntilli a limitscan onlY l'oef 01,c,t;
liiefor
one
year prier to the cci:rii,,u -'iea:oat i rood
winding op. With respect to co np n'ti'es the'Wir rhe
the act without limited liability, !the' funds ei
,i iti -,10
Pan Y will also be liable to th c edit.tr4,„l"- /:-1,11
tefohvreentcihtleaorgf‘se,winding-up every shareholder -vo o,ll.eer JO
131 cal et)
and expenses
tlte co mo
iptahneys' sa
Ind: I.; tsv,jhti fit:‘,"er%eff;j
time, each shareholder will be considers(' all otPrepl
shareholderwithin the
who has held shares in the -ncetl)-AY
of the police]. of three years of the comigiae..reci°,-1
winding-up (sec. 62). In order to deterroil)ecroeDi jiil 0
what shall be cuderstocd as the " corocacef; go I:AO
such a course, the 64th secticn declares A"' OCe vt. I
time of presenting a petition in accords be • b°;oo'
wound
69th section, if wound up by the el/Imi P.
. up voluntarily, from the date of P3tis. -
lUtion to that effect by the c9ropeoy.

fil ONEY MARKET

AND
CO YI YEE CIAL INTEL LIGENO

CITY, Two o'at,o(lK.
The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday
closed quietly, and prices of Ainercians were the
same as on Friday. The sales were estimated at
6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for ex-
port. Saturday was observed as a close holiday
in the Liverpool Share Market.
The Paris weekly commercial report states that
the restrictions bearing upon the discount of corn-

mercial paper during the last two months had
created some anxiety as the 31st of Oatober ap-
proached. The engagements due on that date,
however, have been generally well met, so that
trade has not been so much embarrassed by the
Bank resolutions as was anticipated. Notwith-
standing the apprehensions abroad of some pending
crisis in commercial affairs, trade, though limited,
is sound and healthy ; and the effects of the ex-
treme reserve on all sides to purchase no merchan-
dise beyond actual wants is now experienced.
The manufacturers and retailers are not
burthened with heavy unsaleable stocks ;
and although business continues dull there is no
fear of any serious crisis in commercial affairs at
the close of the year. Sales have been active in
particular departments, and the public are begin-
ning to purchase stuffs for the winter season. The
advices from the manfacturing departments state
that the high prices of raw materials continue to
check the increase of trade, and many looms have
been stopped at Lyons in conseauence of the high
prices asked for raw silks. A corresponding ad-
vance in wool and cotton has paralysed business at
Rouen and Mulhouri, which has been added to by
the unfavourable advices from the English manu-
facturing districts.
The English Funds, partly owing to the specie
arrived and expected, have improved, but much of
the buoyancy now apparent has been produced by
speculative purchases, and the closing of ac-
counts by those who had speculated for a
decline. The general appearance of the market is
animated, and a large business has been done this
morning not only in the Funds, but in railway
shares and other kinds of speculative securi-
ties. Consols for money have been 921 93, 93k I.
These have also been about the values for the 6th
inst. The price for December is about 931 The
New Three per Cents, are marked 1, and the
Reduced 91.3, 921. Bank Stock is 214. Exchequer
Bills are heavy at par to 3s. premium, and the
Bonds are 981.
The following aro the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 ; Mexi-
can, 211 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 por
Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto
Deferred, 23?1 24; ditto Certificates, 54 I; ditto
Passive, 6 1.
Foreign Stocks continue firm and buoyant.
Transactions-have been closed in the Turkish 6 per
Cents. at 914 for money, and for the account
914, 911, 91i, and in the 4 per Cents. Guaranteed
at 1008. Sardinian 5 per Cents. are firm at 89i ;
Spanish 3 per Cents. at 41, 42 for the account, and
the New Deferred Stock at 238 for money. Spa-
nish Committee Certificates of Coupon not funded
have been dealt in at 51. French 3 per Cent.
Rentes 671.50 c., ex 25f. 25c div., and Belgian 41
per Cents. 951 ex div. Dutch 21 per Cents. 641,
641, and 4 per Cent. Certificates 951
Railway Shares have all participated in the
improvement in the funds, and the market is firm.
Compared with Friday's closing prices, the following
have advanced and Exeter, 10a. ; Cale-
donian, 255. ; East Anglian, ss. ; Great Northern,
20s. ; Great Western, ss. ; Lancashire and York-
shire, 10s. ; London and Brighton, 103. ; Midland,
15s : North British, 15s. ; North Eastern Berwick,
20s. Foreign lines have also been dealt in at an i
improvement upon previous quotations.

Bank and miscellaneous shares are also looking
up, with a moderate business doing.
Miningstocks are firm with an upward tendency.

ERITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From, the Official List.)
ilnstnesi, done.
Bank Stock ,
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 42i 3i
Now 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire 56 Jan. 1860 —
Ditto 39 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO 1 p
Consols for Acc0unt.........: ?Qin 3/
Exchequer Bills, 2id.
£IOOO
£5OO par 5 p
l mall
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. 984
Ditto, 1359
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK •
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. OO
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account

Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ...... 23i
14panish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun riA
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 9li
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
r4Thtto Account lOO3
Dtvldendle on the, above payable in J Ond )n.
Frtnoh Reotes, 41 per Cent. •••
Ditto g per Cent.......... ........ t'eg, 50c. ex 25f. 25c.
Belgian, 2,1,. per Cent., cx. 25 francs
Ditto 4:1 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs ... 95z x d
Dutch Exchange, 22L, per Con::,., 12 Guilder r Gli
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 4s}
aWO O'CLOCK.
Consols. •
Ditto December

THE ORNAMENTATION OP TVATCHES WITH
ART- DESIGNS.

Amongst the various branches of art-manufactures to
which the highest order of art-design is applicable, and
which affords a large scope for its display, wa may spe-
cially mention that of the dials and backs of watches.
Seeing the ready appreciation the public have mani-
fested for designs of a high order of merit in other
branches of art-naannfacture, it is singular that our Eng-
lish tuanufazturers of watches overlooked the importance
of superior art-designs for their productions.
The fact is, that costliness of material perfection
of mechanism in the smallest compass seem heretofore
to have been looked upon as the exclusive standards by
which a watch could be judged, the ornamentation
being considered of no importance—it often happening
that the plainest design is found embellishing the
highest order of mechanism and material. Indeed, most
frequently it appears that the embellishments of a watch
were rather the result of a mere whim than of
any consideration of the appropriateuess of the design
for the article.

The fair inference is that our watch manufacturers
have yet to learn the canons of art and the rules of good
taste in the embellishment of their productions. At all
events they have heretofore been inattentive to the fact
that the watch, as an article which is generally cherished
as an object of affection, has its value much enhanced
by embellishments which will bear the scrutiny of the
educated taste. , Significant signs of improvement are,
however, indicated by at least one manufacturer, who
announces that be has made the artistic embellishment
of his watches a matter of special study. As observers
of progress in all departments of art and manufactures,
we feel much pleasure in adding our testimony to the fine
taste which has oeen :lisplayed in the selection of artistic
designs for ornamenting watches by Mr. J. IV. Benson,
of 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, the manufacturer referred to.
Mr. Benson, as a
long established City manufacturer,
has gained a reputation for the quality of his production s
which stands second to none in the City,