The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-23 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 22.
The United States' mail steam-ship Baltic, Com-
stock, commander, has arrived from New York
with dates to the 11th instant. She has brought
493,109 dollars specie on freight.
Dr. Kane, the Arctic discoverer, has arrived in
the Baltic.

In some of the States the municipal elections had
taken place. In Connecticut Fremont had gained
23 towns, and the Democrats 14. Another account
says :—" The returns of the towns' elections in
Connecticut show that out of 126 towns we have
heard from, 73 have gone to Fremont, 48 for
Buchanan, and five divided." In the Southern
State of Florida the Buchanan party had been
equally beaten. In Santa Rosa country the Ameri-
can party had gained the majority, but the extent
of it was not known.

At Baltimore, Maryland, during the election for
Mayor, several riots had occurred, and the streets
were covered with blood. In the evening the op-
position parties had come into collision, and made
use of their firearms, by which four persohs were
killed, and upwards of 50 wounded. Several per-
sonal rencontres had also taken place on the 10th
instant, in one of which a man had been shot.
President Pierce had embarked at Portsmouth
for Washington.
The duel which had been arranged between Mr.
Pryor, or the Richmond Inquirer, and the son of
the Hon.e Mr. Botts, was prevented by the police
appearing and arresting all pasties.
Mr. George Peabody, of London, was magnifi-
cently entertained at a dinner on the 9th, at New
York.

A barque, named the Panchetor, had been seized
in the Bay of New York, on suspicion of being a
slaver.

For the first time, and as a symbol of the politi-
cal excitement in New York, political addresses
have been delivered from the steps of the Mer-
chants' Exchange.
The New York Shipping List states that much
excitement had been caused in Wall-street by the
discovery of an alleged forgery of notes to the ex-
tent of $460,000 by a broker named C. B. Hunting-
don. The parties whose names have been forged
are stated to be Messrs. Phelps, Dodge, and
R. N. Howes and Co., Bowen and M'Namee, and
Claflin and Mellen, and the notes are principally
held by one or two of the city banks.
Accounts from Galveston to the 27th ult. state
that- Captain Onkes, with a detachment of the 2d
Cavalry and Ist Artillery, had succeeded in reach-
ing the mouth of the Rio Pecos,
and driving the
hostile Indians across the river into Mexico. The
Rio Pecos is a point never before reached by any
troops or surveying parties, and has hitherto been
considered inaccessible.
Advices from St. Louis of the 9th inst. state
that a letter to the Democrat says that at a meeting
at Lawrence, on the Ist inst., the following reso-
lution was unanimously adopted :
" Whereas expedience and principle alike enjoin the
people to ignore the coming election of members of the
Assembly ; and whereas Congress rejectedourdelevigait'he
on the ground of the invalidity of the election law, an.
other application, identical in fact and principle
the one just determined, will, doubtless, be refused--
therefore resolved that the people of Kansas, regarding
the so-called election law as invalid, refuse to partici-
pate in any election held by virtue of its enactment."
A letter to the Democrat, dated Lawrence, 2d
inst., says that a convention will be held at Tope.
kan on the 13th inst., for the purpose of forminge.
a Republican electoral ticket, with a view of taining the strength of the parties if Kansas Should
be admitted as a State.' In December the electorsli
thus chosen will ask seats in the Electoralw
expected,
ticket.
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In the New York money-market an ac.tClilvolleoeradgeeil-
mand prevailed, especially for money on call at 7
per cent., and for first-class_ 60 and 90 days' mer-
cantile paper at Bto 81 per cent. In consequence
banks upwards of
of the heavy shipments of specie,
$6,000,000 in four weeks, the . were gradually
d
contracting their loans and discounts. In
wereln eachange there was little doing, andr prices
un-
altered.
The cotton market continued buoyant, and was
rather strengthened by the favourable news from
Etyopeanfidousmr amllasrtkoectksp.
In the
consider-
ably above those here, andri tcesh ere continuedw a
was
no
aaaurtu
lation of stock. Common and medium grades of
Canadian were a turn higher. Wheat had ad-
vanced 2c. to 3c., with a good demand. The corn
market closed firm, but quiet, with an improve-
ment of lc. on Western. Barley fill'. Oats in
firm
demand. Mess pork had advanced 50c. to
621 c. to 25c. Beef steady, with a fair demand, at
$6 to $7 for country prime, and $8 to $9 25c. for
prime meFs ; cut meats a shade dearer. Bacon
dull. Lard lc. lower, and dull ; butter in brisk
demand. Scotch pig iron rather in favour of
sellers, at $3O 50c. to $3l 50c., six months. Bars
in better request, best brands of English refined at
$66 25c. to $69 50c., six months. Rods very
scarce, and boiler plates, all in one hand, held at
3ic- to a e. ex ship, and store sheet in request.
Turpentine too dear for shippers ; spirits of tur-
pentine firmer. Resin dull.
Freights for grain, in consequence of a break in
the Erie Canal, had slightly receded. Desirable
vessels were in good demand, at 94d. for corn and
wheat to Liverpool, and id. to 5-32 d. for cotton.