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fut o , ' ri ' , P,t3t , k,A iil :fm:.(1 , .. ...ti,l r , t . :s . 5 4 WEDNESDAi, litAthil)Ell-4,1857. F°4lltY'P CALIFORNIA_PRESS ~; 014 , 10E , 0E,T;11E PUSS ,. :14 , '.I.I9.'4I7.43HESTS I IT,STRNAT, At .1.2 o'clock to-day. Thittraparls publithed expressly for CALIFORNIA CIRCULATION, And cpatains a eamplete,aufamary of what has trans. irked la our City, State, sad the Atlantla States, since the dot - tartan, of the last stanzaic for,Cailfoc. , .. All advertisements intended for the ' ' STEAMER PRESS Mw3t be handed'in tSifore 10 o'clock' THIS MORNING, Prise FUN CIiNTS per Copy, in strong wrappers, and stamped, ready for wafting. • . ON THE FIRST EtaE.—Editorial, The An•ony moue in Periodicals; Correspondence, An Ap peal, for a Protective Tariff, Dr. GUILLOTIN, California News; General News. UN ma FoVBTH P.aoa.--Poetry, The death of Mary;. TheS ix Grey•rovdere continued. Tlir BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA Until &late period no moneyed institution within: the bcirderi' of our Commonwealth more, fully possessed the confidenCe of our citizens than the Bank of Pennsylvania. It was in Old eatablished and a favorite bank. It maintained a high reputation for a long itries'of years, and 'had passed, successfully and triumphantly, through all the great coati:Mons of the last half century. It had been the financial agent of the Common wealth in many of its moneyed' transactions, It' had at one period branches established in a number of the towns of the State. Its capi tal stock ; ($1,876,000) was, until recently, greater than that of any other bank in Penn viva*, 'find but one bank now . (the Farmers and Mechanics' of Philadelphia) has a greater capital. These circumstances, and its popular namo,"had given it such a prestige, that gene ration after generation had grown up in the belief that it was one of the safest and best bankain the Union. Men distinguished for their sagacity considered its stock the most reliable investment they could make, and we hear etreey - day; of People' of the most prudent and cautious character who had 'a large proportion of theietneans in it, and who will lose nearly their tby its failure. Until within the last few years it always had the reputation, and, no doubt, deserved' it, of being honestly and pro dently managed, and its stock,readily sold at a high protium. Within the last month, however, its notes bait) beenat a disCoan'S of fro'm ten to' forty per cent. Its• depositors have been un easY' altut the safety of their deposits, and its 'tock_ has been sellitig lately at $lO per share. ThoSIS who have been industriously imtetigating' its affairs find its conditimf in-' deed deplorable. .There seems no reason to doubt, howeVer, that its circulation will all be fully.redeemed, that its dopoeitois may receive the amounts due them, but whether the stock holders' will receile aeything, or if they do, how much, tre matters . of conecture. It seems certain that' nearly the entire capital stock has bfen lOst. ‘Wluiteitritay_be saved from the wreck will be only a small portion of the :whole , ' The censure of the public' for the inconve niences eadlossea thus, sustained, by the note holders, and depositors of the Pennsylvania Bank, and the almost entire destruction of its capital stock, falls 'exclusively'upon,its late President, Mr.:Taol,,tes,Axarriorro, and in. directly' 4ort :some of :the, directors, for not having exercised a _closer , scrutiny upon his manigement. He was first elected its Presi dent in Bebruary„',lBsB, and speedily became the ruling spirit of the institution, entirely regulating' and controlling 'all its tranitac tions.',, Amnon was a bold, able, and, as the result voice, an unscrupuloris man. Ho'brooked no interference'with his manage- Mmit. The cashier occnpted, much more subordinate and uninfluential position in the bank lliadsuch offieers _Usually do. , Mr.' AL .o cputior over .0: large amount of the stock of the hank, united to his tact and aetivi te boards 'of ,directors personally friendly to him through social ties, ,business relations, (mother influences, elected, laid a number of these haveliad barely enough' stela '; n ,the," bank:,to legally, qualify them to, 'became directors. Miin,dLsposest,-to distrust' I , 4llni'Of: to - be irmenyeidently Inquisitive; were ion:tested from the 'beard atthe first lepisortn _, „ The, siffieressf independent action which ter himself dM,the luirdc was al- Ttetrue condition was known , only to himself. Of the total buahiess of the, bank only a Braun portion was done with the knowledge or sanction of the board: He de lighted in "taking the responsibility" of doing as he pleased. He loaned money with 'out the knowledge or consent, and with out the sanction of the directors. Those -who basked in the sunshine' of his favor, Were Confident of 'obtaining such ac commodations as they desired—those who did not, soon' learned that their chances of obtaining discounts were slight indeed. The bank has gradually been declining in the favor of the !'.business 'men of this City for several years past, and the suspicion is general that its means were used rather to advance the am. bitions projects, to further the speculative do 'signs, and to accommodate the friends of Mr. ALLTDONE, than to render any service to gene int business interests, or to benefit its stock holders. Mr. A. lived in magnificent style = gave sumptuous entertainments, and was lib eral to a fault with those whose power he dre'aded or whose influence he courted. When the 'premonitory symptoms of the late crash Brit appeared, the crippled condition of the :Bank of Pennsylvania rendered it necessary for him to appeal to the other banks of the ' city foi aid. At first a comparatively small sum—a few huridred thousand dol lars--was considered necessary to relieve the bank of its embarrassments, but a know ledge of its necessities becoming public, induced a run upon it by sonic of its heaviest depositors, and the growing alarm increased the . amount of assistance he needed with each new day, until, the other banks also became • frightened, and refused to accede to his demands unless he made a full. exhibit of the atrairs of the bank. This ho refuied to do, and learning that there was little or no probability of his gain-' lug' the' aid he required, be resolved to preci ' pitate the ,catastrophe - of a Suspension 'of specie payments, and to drag the other banks down to the position which he knew inevitably awaited his own. At an early hour he called •a. meeting •of the directors, had resolutions in,,favor of suspension passed—notices to that' effect posted on -' the doors of the 'tatultand„as he no doubt foresaw, a general run upon all the banks of the city was com menced,, which resulted in their suspension, ' and ivhich eventually led to the general sue , lignaion:of nearly all the banks in the ',United States.- When the Governor, after being re (lw4,lted .to call the Legislature together to legalize suspension, visited this city, Mr. ALM , norm was on the alert to take him in charge, and induced him to make certain conditions favorable to the hank of Pennsylvania binding Upon 'tte, other banks of the city before ho ~ ., w ould consent:to call the Legislature together, He also witrtnly enlisted the Governor in the proieet "ef.,nialting our State banks take the netee of thciPennsylvaida Bank, a provision of the relief bill. Ail.this, however, could not restore the confidence of the public.. Mr. ALLMON* lingered on for a few weeks, avowedly ill, but apparently undecided as to • what policy- he 'should pursue. There were loud clamors for his resignation, but he did .fiot heed them 'until the last manient. The true condition of the affairs of the bank re mained unknown. The key of tbo safe in • ichlch its 'principal papers and accounts were ` kept remained In his own possession, and was oniyhandecl over on the eve of what cannot well be regarded now , as aught else but flight from the infamy which was sure to follow from the ' exposure of the ennflition of the bank which , riad been ruined by his management. Ile once bad many warm and zealous *lends In this - community, but has few apologists or defenders now. By his misinanagement of the :.bank and hit? precipitation 'of suspension, he has done more mischief in connection with the late financial t ro Ones, than any other American bank officer, and it Is but natural that mem . 'dens should be heaped upon hint' by the many victims, of the bank failure, and a large . portiOn of the community.. - • = The presunt investigation under the directiOn of Wm. C. PArrrxsox, Esq., Will be thcireugh and c ' ofnplete ; and ik , o' ;doubt net pat 3he beat 'can be diMieil io'reider: av'Ealable fbe ambi of the bank will be re/opted. L4TEST NEWS FROM ZUROPE. 'By the .drago and Indians both of which left Ellgland on tho 21st ult., We have intelligence four days later than that'reCiiived by; the Persia. The general intake* is of little importance_ the most interestinge'Vents being that Mr. W. J. Fox, the.CligtistiVflioilratt re jected by the borough of Oldheim, at the kene ral election, in March, on account of his vote against sanctioning the Chinese war, has been re-elected to Parliament, on a death-vacancy. Mr. Fox, as principal write! in the London .WeriarDisjitch, is: a 'distin'guished Member of the Fourth Estate.-_ The,Prince of Males had returned to England from his Continental tour. The King of Prussia was slid to be re covering, but was about' delegating his sove reign powers, pro tempera, to the Prince of Prussia, his brother and heir presumptive. NAPOLEON HI. and Lord HOWDEN bad a long and private interview. What was discussed thereat is simply a matter of guess-work. There may be a demonstration against Mada gascar, as the Queen of that island, jealous of foreign Anterference„against her rule, has ex pelled all the French and English. Two days before the dirage and Indian left England, the Bank of England raised Its rate of interest on discounts to a minimum of 8 Per cent. Since October, 1847, when Consols were down to 80, the rate was not so low. Now, however, the quotations are 888 to 88i for money, and 88: for the account—• that is, for time-bargains to be settled for on Novem ber 10. The evident design of this advance was to prevent the drain of gold to the Conti nent and to the United States. It has not pre vented nearly $1,200,000 being shipped to New York by the drago. In American secu rities there was some activity—Michigan Southern and New York and Erie being the favorite stock. The closing rates of American securities in the London markets, on the 20th October, ranged as follows Illinois Central 1 per cent, n 6 7834 do do shares 5N disc Michigan Central 8 per cent, '69 79 N. Y. Central 6 per cent, 1 83 74 Do do chorea Erie 8d mortgage 7 per cent, 9 83 no abares It is said that English trade outside of Ameri can business was easy and steady, and that money was plentiful. But several manufactu rers, particularly in Ikranehoster and Glasgow, had failed. The "settlement" at Tattersall's, on the Cesarowitsch, took place on October 19, and is reported as " most satisfactory," which means that the bets wore generally well paid. It is not believed that Mr. TEN BEDECK had won largely, as he had backed Pryor for the Cesarewitseh, intending to win the Cambridge shire stakes with Prioress or Babylon. When ,Pryor went amiss, he backed Prioress as far as he could find betters, which was not to any great extent. Elsewhere we give the betting on the Cambridgeshire stakes, which were to be run for on October 27th. Last re port left Prioress the favorite (this was immediately after her winning the Cesare witsch,) but she is now headed by three horses. The bets run nine to one against El Hakim, (who came in second for the Cesare witsch,) eleven to one against Meestissima, fourteen to ono against Cyrene, and fifteen to one against Prioress. These four are three years old each. But Prioress, who is weighted seven pounds extra as winner of the Cesare witsch, will have to carry six pounds more than El Hakim, nine pounds more than Mces tissima, and twenty.one pounds more than Cy- Tone. This must tell against her. The odds against Babylon, for the Cambridgeshire, were fifty to one, and ho will carry only six stone, or fourteen pounds less than Prioress. It would not surprise us to find Babylon making very good running. DEDUCTION AND EQUALIZATION IN THE PRICE OF GAS. Of the several recommendations in the ex cellent message of Mayor VAI7X, of the 27th ult., there is none more immediately interest ing than that relating to the general equaliza tion in the price of gas. The importance of this measure may not have occurred so gene rally to citizens residing within the old city limits, Who are supplied with gas from the Philadelphia Gas Works, at a cost of $2.25 per 1,000 feet ; but to those residing in the Several districts, who are supplied by priiate companies,,at a cost ranging from $2.50 to $3.60;1t becomes a' uttier of very considerable impOrtance, and the delay to remove a burden so- nitinifestly_tmjest, justifies the complaints that, are daily heing made against it, The question is evidently one between the inte rests of private corporations and the commu nity at large." By this delay, a main feature in the con solidation act has thus far been practically thwarted, and wholly at the expense of indi vidUals, without the slightest advantage to Om' city. The private companies now supplying the districts, some of which are having the gas furnished to them from the Philadelphia (the People's) Gas Works, at a cost of $1.09 per thousand feet, are doing a profitable business and are declaring handsome divi dends. The public will hardly appreciate the policy, however, of a system that compels in dividuals to pay a profit to speculating compa nies varying from eighty-one cents to $l.Bl on every 1000 feet of gas they consume. The ordinance of equalization, reported in Common Council some time since, provides for the consolidation of the gas works of the various private companies in the city of Phila delphia, with the Philadelphia gas works be longing to the city ; also, for the furnishing of the trustees thereof the means to extend their mains, and the supply of service pipes and meters without expense to the citizens, and to equalize the price of gas in all the wards of the city. It will be seen at a glance that this measure could not occasion the slightest loss to the People's . Works, but that it would actually bring into its treasury a largo amount of money now being paid in the shape of op pressive profits to enrich private companies. The justice of this measure—of removing from our citizens the burden of an unequal tax—is so palpable, that even those few who are most benefited by the present system could hardly oppose its reform, especially in these times, when personal economy and retrench ment has become an almost universal neces sity; and much less can Councils consistently procrastinate in complying with a demand, ao earnestly urged upon them by many, and really opposed by none. ANOTH FR PROCLAMATION FROM HON ROBERT J. WALKER. We publish a second proclamation from Gov. WALKER, in reference to certain other fraudu lent returns of the late election In the Terri tory of Kansas, In which we find that, with more distinctness and force than in his pro clamation of the 19th, he states his unalterable determination to abide by the law, and refuse to becoine a party to foul play. There seems to be a disposition, in some quarters, to hold Governor WiaxEn amenable because he does not, it is alleged, pay sufficient attention to the technicalities of the law. We direct especial attention to this second argument from his pen, in order to show that oven upon this point be is as impregnable as in his position against the naked fraud itself. We cannot refrain adding, that never within our experience have we known public opinion to'be more united in the support of any man than that which prevails in this community, and so far as we can learn, in the State 'of Pennsylvania, In favor of Governor WALKED. THE CITY POST OFFICE We are happy to hear that the Postmaster General continues to defer operations on the old Pennsylvania banking house in Sooond street. We trust that he will not be misled by the idea that there is any considerable 'differ ence in this community on the subject of the locality of the new Post Office. We have not. the slightest interest in the dispute—indeed, our interest, if any, is rather against the adop tion of the Custom House as the locality, In asmuch as it must advance all the rents in the neighborhood, and, as a matter of eourbe, that in which our office is situated—but it Is not of ten that so unmistakable a sentiment is made mamfest as that against sending the Post Office further down towards the river Delaware. We trust our rulers at Washington will make a note of this fact. TIIE TAItIFIII On our first page will be found two able and well-written communications, one of which advocates, while the other opposes, a protec tive tariff. We publish them, as well on ac count of . their intrinsic . merit, as in pursuance of our desire to give all sides a fair hearing, Is 'there not a fair Pennsylvania BUCHANAN iniddle=gretind betweeh these two extremes, upon wliich all parties can meet THE PRESS.-liiiitADELPHIA t WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, HO, BY MIDNIGHT MAIL. FROM WASHINGTON. Corriockadence'4 Thei Proml.l . . Ore - riatia'Mail to California—Decisions of the General Land Pince la iegard to 10th See. lions 'lO the !vgillanil 'Lands to Kansas"— Patents leaned - for California Hanehos—Ap polntnient of Mall Agents, dec. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1857 I have learned from the highest authority that the Post Office Department has closed a contract With Messrs. Butterfield & Co., for the conveyance of the entire letter mail, semi-weekly, in four horso (wadies, to California. The trip is to be made in twenty-five days, and the expeotation is strong, from the reputation and ability of the contractors and their securities, that the service will commence and be performed according to tho requirements of the not of Congress. The route has two starting points on the Missis sippi—one at St. Louis, and the other at Mem phis—making a janotion at Little Rock, the capi tal of Arkansas. From Little Reck it paisos by or near to Preston in Texas ; thence to the best crossing on the Rio Grande, near Donna /Victor Fort Fillmore ; thence along the road now making to Fort Yuma; and thence through the best valleys and passes, to Gan Francisco. The contractors will send out a party by the next steamer to begin their reconnoissance from Cali fornia, coming eastward, whilst a party from Mom phis, and another one from St. Louis, will start westward to meet them. Each party will pass on. reviewing the correctness of each other's work,and doing whatever may be thought necessary for the successful commencement and operations of the service. The Commissioner of the General Land Office writes to Messrs. Russell, Leadellen, & Ferguson, Now Hope, Madison county, Alabama, under date of 2d inst., in reply to their inquiry how to proceed to select six hundred and forty sores of land in the 'Territory of Nebraska, in lieu of the sixteenth section in a certain township covered by an Indian reservation, that there is no law authorising the State of Alabama to select in other States or Terri tories lands in lieu of sixteenth sections. ' The Commissioner, under date of Slot of Octo ber, refers the register of the land office at Le eompton, Kansas Territory, in reply to an inquiry whether " Miami lands" are subject to preemp tion, to the treaty between the United States and that tribe of Indians, dated sth of Juno, 1854. By the seventh article of said treaty; 4 , citizens of the United States, or other persons not members of the said tribe, shall not be permitted to make lo cations or settlements in the said Territory until after the selections hereinbefore provided for have been made ; and the provisions of the act of Con gress, approved March 311, 1807, in rolation to lands ceded to tho United States shall, so far as the saw o are applicable, bo extended to the lands heroin conceded." Tho second article of said treaty pro vides for the surveying of the lands ceded and re served, and the manner of selecting those re• served. Until after such survey and selections have been made, and the provisions of the act of 8,1 March, 1807, as stated, shalt be extended to the lands therein ceded, no settlement with a view to pre-emption can legally be made. Patents have been issued by the Land Office for the Simms and Fernandez ranchos of California; the latter embracing 17,805 acres, or 4 sitios de gana do mayor, (or leagues,) and the former 22,212 notes, or 5 sitios. Jaa. R. Pennington, of Harrisburg, has boon ap pointed by the Postmaster General route-agent on the through wall line between Philadelphia and Cincinnati. This appointment makes up the com plement of agents for this service. Of the seven agents in all, three have been appointed from Philadelphia; two from Pittsburgh ; ono (the pre sent one) from Harrisburg, and one from Columbus, Ohio. X. Y. THE LATEST NEWS 1W TELEGRAPH. Non•Arrlval of the Canada. Hamra; Nov. 3-10 o'olook.—Tho weather la clear and calm. There are, as yot, no signs of tho steamer Canada, now due from Liverpool, with three days later advice° than furnished by the In. dian and Arago. New York State Election Now Yonw, Nov. 3.—The city returns indicate a largely docreasod vote. The American ticket falls off most, and the Democratic next. The State is doubtless Republican. Now Yong, Nov. 3-91 o'clock P. M.—Full re turns from the Second, Fourth, and Fifth wards give a Democratic majority of 2,547, and the Third, Sixth, and Fifteenth wards, a Democratic majority of 1,841. Last year the majority in the latter wards was 274 votes. New YORK, November 3-11 o'clock P. M.—Full returns from fourteen wards show a majority for the Domoorata, of 14,000 votes over the Republi can ticket, and of 9,000 votes over all. New Tone, Nov. 3-114 o'clock, P. M.—ln eighteen wards of New York city, the Demoorata lose 2,850, the Republicans 2,700, and the Ameri cans, 9,040., Davi= Yonn, Nov. 3—Midnight.—The city gives a Democratic plurality of about 23,030 votes. The whole vote of the oily is about 50,000. The Ame ricans lope 4,000 votes The returns from Brook lyn indicate that the city has gone for the Demo. erats. Scattering returns from the interior make the result extremely doubtful in the State. ROCHESTER ! Nov. 3.—This city gives a Pomo °ratio majority of 600. BUFFALO, Nov. 3.—Tho Democrats lose 185, the Republicans 1,199, and the Americans 1,195 votes OswEoo, Nov. 3.—The Demoorats gain 196 votes in this city. "The Republicans lose 190, and the Americans 136. Massachusetts Electteu BOSTON, Nov. 3.—lion. N. P. Banks, Jr., has been elected Governor of this State by a large plurality. The following is the vote for this city: Banks, (American and Repub.) - 4,217 Gardner. (American) - - 5,073 Peach, (Democrat) - 9,243 Boivrom, Nov. 3.-9 o'clock.—Eighty cities and towns in this State return the following vote : Beaoh, (Democrat) - - 12,600 Banks, (American and Repub.) - 24,300 Gardner, (American) - - - MAO The indioations are favorable for a large Reptib loan majority in both branches of the Loginla BOSTON, Nov. 3-10 o'oloek, P. M.—Returns have been received from 130 towns, furnishing the following results : For Governor— The plurality for Mr. Banks will probably reach 20,000. Both branches of the Legislature are Republican by large majorities. The lion. Caleb Cushingithe Democratic candidate for Representative from Newburyport, has been elected. BOSTON. Nov. 3—Midnight.—Returns from 146 towns bave been received. The vote stands for Of tho Representatives chosen,. as far as heard from, the Republicans have 65 members, Ameri cans 20, and Democrats 10. Tho whole of the Re• publican State ticket is elected. The Republican-Americans are jubilant. A largo procession proceeded to the Revere House this evening, where Mr. Banks, the Governor cleat, and Senator Hamlin, of Maine, and others, addressed them. The Southern Mall• WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Tho Now Orleans papers furnished by the Southern mail report that the business of that city was reviving. Money was more plenty, and confidence was being rapidly re stored. Tho Mobile papers announce the arrival of the war steamer Fulton at that port on the 27th ult. She left the next day, steering towards Aspinwall. There was frost at Pensacola on the 27th. bu none at Mobile, Municipal Election In Detroit DETROIT, Nov. 3.—The municipal election t4)- day posed off quietly. Patton, the Democratic candidate for Mayor, has been elected by about 800 majority. The Democrats have undoubtedly elected their whole city ticket, and nine out of twelve of the Aldermen. The Banks of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3.—A meeting of the steak holders of the suspended banks of this city was hold to-day, and It was resolved to accept the pro. visions of the Relief bill. The stockholders of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Bank have appointed a committee to investigate the affairs of the bank, and publish the lame. Slave Cake at Cincinnati CINCINNATI, Nov. 3.—Three slaves belonging to Thornton Withers, who were en route from St. Louis to Parkersburg, Va., were seizedlyesterday when on a steamboat at the wharf, by a writ of habeas eorpus, issued by Judge Burgoyne. They were , 'doped under the charge of Davies Eggel steno by order of the court, A writ of habeas corpus was then sworn out before Judge Carter by Withers, claiming that the slaves were illegally restrained of their liberty, and that they owed him service in Virginia, whither ho was carrying them, when they were wrested from his hands. The writ was served by a deputy sheriff, and the slaves brought before Judge Carter this afternoon, The trial resulted in the deliverance of the slaves ~to their master, by Judge Carter. They have beeh returned to Kentucky. Markets. Naw YORK, Nov. 3.—Cotton—Solos to-day, 5,500 bales, with an unchanged market. Sugars arm. molasses quotes at 250. Mess Pork, (west ern,) $2O. Freights on Cotton to Havre lf. Haohango on Now York bao per cent. discount. -AvousrA, GA, Nov. 3.—Cotton—Bales L to-day, 400 bales. Prices So. better: SAVANNAH, Nov. S.—Cotton—Bales to-day, 200 bales, at an advance of In. CHARLESTON, Nov. O.—Cotton—Bales today, 000 bates, at full Tirleas. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGO AND LARGE IMPORTATION OF GOLD. BANK OF ENGLAND ADVANCES RATE OF EFFECT OF OUR PANIC IN EUROPE PRENSIMP. o.r TILE todyrratedrr. Failures in Manchester and Glasgow STRUNG MEASURES AT MADAGASCAR NAPOLEON 111. AND LORD HOWDEN (Young and ✓fdvanced Prices of Canna. There are two arrivals from England—tho Cana dian screw steamer Indian, from Liverpool, at Quebec, and the United States mail steamer Arago, from Southampton, at New York Both left England on the 21st ult., and arrived yester day. The Arago brings throe hundred and six passen gers, $239,000 in specie, and two hundred and fifty tone merchandise. The Arttgo's specie is consigned as follows : E Behrond & C0...512,500 Lobach & Schefeler $50,000 Am Express C 0.... 33,000 A Iselin 0,000 DDe Rham 52,000 A Cok ino ...... .... 9,400 J J Merrian 25,000 Ilarbeck &Co 3,400 V Diahop ....... .... 10,000 A Jeauranaud 1,142 Walleratein &Kunst 10,000 De Mani 10,000 A 0 Roszire & Co.. 2,057 A Schultz 11,000 Geu'l Dick 1,0313 Order 2,100 D Alumgis 1,200 Total Tho steamer Ariel, which loft New York on the 3,1 October, did not arrive at Cowes till the morn ing of the 18th, having had a very stormy passage. The Canada, whioh left Halifax on the Sth, arrived at Liverpool the saute day as the Ariel. The steamship Anglo Saxou arrived at Liverpool from Quebec on the 20th. Tho commercial news from this side the At lantic received by these steamers had an unfavora ble effect on the English stock exchange on the 10th ult. Tho Bank of England raised its rate of discount from 7 per cent., which WAS adopted on the previous Monday, to E. per cent. This step was taken solely in consequence of the Amerioan news. The Bank of France had raised its rate of dls• count from 60 to 71 per oont. The latest quotations of Console, on the 20th, In London, were 880 to 1; Bank stcek, 212 to 214. Reduced, 13it to 1. Tho rate of discount at Hamburg had advanced to 9} per cent. The pressure of the Hamburg money market be- came more stringent when the telegraph conveyed the intelligence of the Bank of England having made a further advance in its rate of discount, and it was found impossible to obtain cash ma lower terms than eight per cant. for the most unobjeationa. bto paper. At Bremen the tightness has been, it possible, atilt more severe. Emigration to America from Hamburg was going on upon a large scale. A despatch from Bucharest says that the °Mations in Wallachia had passed off as quietly as those of Moldavia. It is confirmed from Madagascar that the Queen has expelled all the French and English residents from her dominions. The decree is dated August 25. Tho reason assigned 18 that the Europeans en tertain the project of dethroning the Queen, and placing bar son, Prince Rakoutou, on the throne. Tho French legislative body is to be convoked for the and of November, and the Council of State was to resume its labors on the 20th of Oatobor.. The King of Prussia continued to show symptoms of improved healtb, but would not Ito iti a condi., tion to attend 1.2 business for a long time. A royal ordinance, signed by the King of Prus sia, was daily looked for at Berlin, delegating, provisionally, the regal powers to the Prince, of Prussia. This would avoid a formal regenoy, to which the consent of the Chambers would be ne cessary. The Germanic Diet was to assemble at Frankfort on the 22d. A private letter from Stockholm states that Count do Platen has been definitely named to succeed the Baron de Ifeehsehild as Minister of Sweden In London. ' Mr: W. J. Fox was electod member for 1:1ldhlra on the 19th, without opposition. There was a marked improympent on 'Chango aQ Vienna on the 17th ult. The consequences of an abundant harvest were being felt throughout Prance, the prices of bread having fallen in most districts to the ordinary prices in plentiful years. Lord ilowden is said to have had a long private audience of the French Sinperor at St. Cloud, at which the principal topic of conversation wall the present state of Spain, and the moat complete ao• cordancp on that snippet between Nngland and Franco was the result The Emperor and Empress of Franco left on the afternoon of the 18th for Compiegne. The first day's hunt there is fixed for the filet. Accounts from Belgrade confirm the report that two of the former Servian ministers, and other persons, had been arrested on a ohargo of plotting against life of the prinoo. The telegraph wires hat been out and other means taken to Increase the confusion, but happily order had not been dis turbed. The suspension Of Messrs. When, McLean & Co., of Glasgow, and Hamilton , Canada, was announced on the f;nglish Stook Exchange, but It was stated that the assets show a considerable surplus. The ex-Queen of Oudo was stated to be danger. ously ill at a temporary residence occupied by Her Majesty at Richmond. Not the slightest ohm had been obtained to the Waterloo bridge murder and mutilation. The American ship. Richard Anderson, from Rotterdam to Baltimore, general cargo, was aban doned at sea on the 29thof September, watirlogged and disabled, and the oaptain and orew saved and arrived at Southampton. The name of the so cond mate, who was drowned, was John Aldridge. Mr. Patrick Dillon, Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires of the French Government at Hayti, has just died at Paris, after a lingering jllllOBB, contracted during hie residence as Consul at San Francisco. The Art Treasures Exhibition al Manchester had closed, and the 2'siar.f says with a financial profit. FRANCE AND THE UNITRI? STATES.—The Paris correspondent of the Londna Times says : "The Lyons and St. Etienne manufacturers congratulate thew elves on having received so few orders from the United States, this year, as they have thus es. caped the consequences of the commercial midis which pensioned so numb injury in the ohlef towns of the Union. The last advices from Now York announce that French silks were selling in that city at Pram 2$ to 30 per cont. under the manufacturers' prices at Lyons and St. Etienne; consequently the shopkeepers do not Intend to send orders to France until some improvement shall take pinto. Large orders were received in the course of last week by the manufacturers of fancy articles (articles de Pails) from St. Petersburg, and other towns of Russia. Similar orders, Ufa coufidently hoped, will be received to a greater extent, as the modifications lately introduced into the customs' tariff of that country will multiply the commercial transactions between Paris and St. Petersburg. THE MARKETS. LONDON MARKETS. Breadstuffs dull. Wheat declined 6dal s. Cof fee slightly lower. Tea—Sales unimportant; cow men Congou le 3d. Rico dull. Tallow slightly declined; P Y 50s 9d. Scotch pig iron 803000 s GI LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET Tho sales of the three days in the Liverpool cot ton market were only 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 were to speculators. Business was chocked by the increased rate of discount, and prices closed I-10d to 1-Btl lower; the sales of Tuesday being bat 1,000 bales, all to the trade. Messrs. Richardson, Spence, k. Co., whe quote the doolino, give no prices. LiVERPOOL BREADSTVPVB MARKET Messrs. Richardson, Spence, & Co. quote the breadstutro market quiet. Flour unaltered. Primo rod wheat, from lto scarcity, brought tho full prices of Friday, but white and Inferior red were easier to buy. Indian corn in retail Inquiry at previous rates. Western canal flour, Mans I Qhio, 112sa 335; Philadelphia and Baltimore 3lsa3ls ; red wheat 7s ; yellow and mixed corn 37s 6da378 9d; white corn 41ea4ls Od. 30,00 17,00 Itiohardson Brothers quote flour declined 6d Corn a shade easier. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET Messrs. 'Richardson, Spenco k Co. quoto beef quiet. Bacon steady. Lard very dull and nomi nalat6Bsans. Pork quiet. Tallow dull and in but small inquiry, and prices weuk. Butcher's, 58s. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET Pot ashes had advanced to 445. Pearls firm at , 415a4.1.61. Quoruitron bark was nominal. Rosin' dull. Tea—sales unimportant. Rico quiet. Fpirits turpentine steady at :ids 4d. The advicos from Manchester are unfaxorable. There was nothing doing, and goods were offered at lower prices. LIST OF PASSENGERS In the stoamship Arago, from harm and Southamp ton—Hon A Belmont, late Charge d'Affaire s to tiro Hague, and family, Mrs Col Preumut, child and ser vant, Lorenzo Starr, hearer of despatches from London, Very Rev 0 blainimut, Rev P Cummings, Rev Choynob, Mr Ileenenherg, lady, three children and ser vant, Miss Yowler and servant, Miss Grinnell, Miss Parish, Mr Bouquet, lady and child, Mr Fort, lady, child and servant Mr Guldln, lady and eervaut, Mr -I , Stimson, lady. child and servant, Mies r Richardson, Miss A Dickinson, Mr Christ, lady and daughter, Mr Pellet, Mrs Pillot and daughters, litre Loomis, twa children and nom, Mr Ilabird and lady, Mr Lamson and Mrs Lamson, Sirs TOTIS. Miss Strom, Mr if MIL eel, lady, three children and servant, Mrs Bowler, two children and two servants, Mrs De IfontJean and daughters, Miss do Maurice, Mina J L Burgundy and servant, Mr Morrill, lady, and two children, and sorvt, Sirs Drily, Mice Loony, Mr J T Latter and lady, Mr Le Barbler and lady, Mr Olivier, Mrs Olivier, two Masters Olivier, Miss Olivier and servt, Mr Olivier, jr, Mr A Meyer and lady, Mrs N Brown and daughter, air Leander Starr and lady, Mrs Starr, Miss Mary Starr, Mine Elizabeth Starr, master Colin Starr, Mr Si Starr and lady, Mrs ',encore, Mien l'helps, Mr J Edgar and lady, Sire Charles Lo Cesne, Sir Townsend, lady and aervt, Sirs Whotton, Slice Whetter!, Mrs Swan, child and servt, Mr D Cordon and lady. Mr .1 Windeklido end lady, Mrs Neville, Mr L Coltunti, lady. two daughters and servt, Mies Schuyler and eervt, gra Stone and three daughters, Sir L Schutz, lady and two children, my Oronkrite and lady, Dire Crawford, Mrs Campbell, Sir Dluinenthal, lady and throe curets, Mr Silverman, lady and servt, Mr Law, child and hervt, Bliss Loney, Dire Dean, Mrs Pratte, Mr Tho W Dale, Mr J T Boyd, Mr Peodheim, Mr Lemnt, Mr N J Martin, Mr Louis Taselos, Sir Gutterman, Mr Thos T Greene, Djr John Thibsu, Hr 1 Y Beaureguard and non, Sir L Breton, Sir Good. year Jr, Capt 0 K Collin, Mr Boyd, Mr Wm Schmidt, I,ls. A Wasson, Mr II E Marburg, Mr De St Cyr, Mr Quitson, Mr Sattlg, Mr Sturrenegger, Mr Wm Hart, Mr W Allen, Mr Longpol, Mr Do St Maurice. Mr W A Martin, Mr Broadbent, Mr II Hicks, Mr A Resiero, Mr G Bauer, Mr II Itichanison, Rev Dr Pendergrodo, Mr Magnin, Mr Winthrop, Mr Hy Jalm, Mr Hy 0 Cary, Mr Wing, Lt Col Serrell, Mr Becket, Mr Lacoste, Mr N PerrolX, Mr J W Ilnwormann and lady, Mr J D Colt and lady, Miss L Prier, Miss F Prier, Miss C Stohr, Miss It and Miss F Atschuter, Wee Langenback, lies Stern and children, Mr Bang, Mr, L Cecil, Mr Pall cal, Mr Latour, Mr 1' Martin, Mr Rammed° and family, Mr E Breiru, Mr Braubacho and lady, Mr II Branbacher, four glisters of Charity, Mr A Altschuler, Mr S Baum, Mr Blinoly, Mr Cahn and family, Mr Preterre, TR Paul Dragnet, Mr Wm C Catlin, Mr Banstein And family, Mr IC noler, Mr Ch Coate, Mr John II Dawson, dire Ducy, Mr and Mrs Humbert, Miss Si I.anfretta, Mr Paul Maran, Mr Onarker, Mr (Riche. roan and family, Mr Lartel, Mr Newgrass. Miss diary Power, Miss Jeannette Toneps, Slice M A Dram, Mile Sarah E Essex, Mr A Webb, Mr Brodireck, Necincilu nidee, Mr 13 Cauret, J Renard S Basigulups, dfr J Martini, Mr P dfartini, Mr G Parses°, Mr J B Gulyon, Mr B blascara,Lorvenstun Sir J Vietal, 7 Dupulo, A Carlin, Ph Stoke, J Brisolun , , A Gaillard°, Mr Bissell, Mr d' Bondhuin, I, Trietman, L Joseph Babel, II Munch, J Orb, E Lode, 0 flinglaris, Any Bane. Mr Hitchcock, Wm Synd, Mrs Gautier, Master Win N /titan.. Total, Mt, INDIAN. DISCOUNT. ADDITIONAL FOREIGN NEWS. [mow FILES OF LONDON AA D LIVEEPOOL PAPERS, RECEIVED AT THE OFFICE OF "TUB PRESS "1 THE INDIAN MUTINIES The following are extracts from a letter dated Allahabad, September 6th 4, General Outram's forces marched in two col umns. The first of six hundred and eighty-three mon, left this place yesterday, (sth,) at ono o'clock. The second, also of six hundred and eighty men, marched with the General at ten o'clock last night. The advance column it is intended should reach Cawnpore on thelOth inst., and the General on the 11th of September, and if General Havelock has by that time managed the crossing, the whole fermi wlil at once moo eon to Lucknow, and the place has every chance of being relieved by the 15th or 16th. and, even Allowing for delay in the crossing, by the 20th. Tho rivers have all fallen wonderfully, the Jumua having gone down thirty feet inn week; thin will help the crossing greatly, and enable us to net on the enemy's flanks advantageously on the march to Lucknow, which could not be done at the time of the previous advance owing to the whole country being under water. We have in formation that the Lucknow garrison have pro visions to last them until the 20th instant General Outram has taken some heavy guns drawn by elephants." In another letter it is mentioned that Mr. Col vin is prepared to aid a column advancing on Delhi with camels and other carriage as they ap proach Agra. At Meerut they have also collected earringe to some extent. The sth and 90th are armed with Enfield rifles. In another letter, dated the 29th of August, writes from Allahabs,4 " We have sent on 400 men this week to Cairn pore by train (forty miles), and the sick and wounded menet General havelock' )3 force are now on their way here. aad will come in the lust forty miles by railway." It appears from the above extracts that in addi tion to the columns of Outram's force of 633 and 600-1,303, a detachment of 400 mon had pre ceded him, which would give a total reinforcement of 1,703. [From the London Times, (City Article,) October 20.) The Bank of England have to-day raised their rate of discount from seven por cent., which woo adopted on Monday last, to eight por cent. This stop is solely Inconsequence of the American news. According to the latest dates, the rate of exchange even for the best bills bad fallen to a point which would give a very large profit on gold from England, and although, owing to the possi bility of a sudden rebound, speculators on this side might hesitate to undertake the operation to a heavy extent, the amount of bills transmitted from Now York, with direst orders for returns to be made in specie, coupled with the sums being de spatehed by our capitalists for the purchase of se curities, Involve the certainty of a further drain, against which the most prompt precautions wore re quisite. Tho public, wore aware that the question of an advance to eight per cent. would depend en tirely upon those (hms, and if the Ariel bad ar rived at her expected time the movement would doubtless have been adopted three or four days back, since the later accounts, brought via Boston, are scarcely so bad as those with which she started The rate now reached is equal to the highest known ip modern times. and our only experience of it was Ihr four weeks from the 25th of October, 1847, when the railway panic attained its climax, and cornets were down at 80, the bank bullion having been reduced to £8,312,000, and the reserve to £1,547,000. In the present instance it Is un likely that the pressure will last oven so long us four weeks, but, no our condition must depend upon the course of the American disorder, and it is ita possible to conjecture what may be the next turn of frenzy, we must hold ourselves prepared for all contingencies. According to the accounts to-day everything had been brought to a dead lock. Debts could not be paid between distant pities be cause there wore no safe means of recoittanee, and produce ready to bo converted into gold could not he forwarded to port, owing to the abaenou of any power 'of obtaining advances upon it. Every ono saw that if the machinery of ordinary custom could again be set in motion till would instantly be righted; but In no quarter was there power to bring about snob a result. Whether escape would bo found through some final convulsion, or through a slow and fluctuating convalescence, no ono could pre dict, but It was certain that matters could not con tinue long in their then state. Among the Con siderations on the favorable side was the foot that the stock of specie in the New York hanks Still stood at £2.280,000, which is beyond its average amount, and more than £5,000,000 in excess of the total bold at thecorresponding period of last year, while their note circulation was less than at that time. The California arrivals of about £250,000 each fortnight would also be retained, and in less than a week the Vanderbilt would be duo from .llavre with, it was believed, £200,000, to be fol lowed shortly by the £320,000 lately despatched from Loudon and Liverpool. Against these pros pects the only alarming point is the possibility of the rim upon the hooka for hoarding purposes, which had already assnreed disagreeable proper , tions, becoming altogether ungovernable. Meanwhile, as regards our position, in all those branches of trade not connected with America there is a total freedom from 'mousiness. neer (nytime° merely of an advance in the rate of , discount to eight per cont. for a few weeks to meet a temporary evil in whioli all other nations pnrti pipate can inspire no dread on the part of any rol -1 vent houses. 'fbe difference between that and five per Gent, even for two months would amount only to an extra 10.3 por cont. on all the neoommoda lion they might require, and If their capital and current profits are inadequate for such a contin geney, they can namely he considered fit to be in business at all on their own account. Of course there aro oases where, owing to heavy contracts having been entered into, or other similar causes, the coot may bo peculiarly severe, hut these are altogether exceptional. As a general rule, there ought, among a sound mercantile community, to be no terrors in eight per cent., or any other rote of discount, supposing it not to have been occa sioned by a reckless course of national extrava .gance, and hence there is reason to believe that the announcement of to-clay trill bo received throughout the country, as it has boon in the me tropolis, without the slightest indication of confu sion or alarm. The funds opened this morning at a decline of a half per cent., in consequence of the impression that the American advices would increase the drain of specie, and the speculators generally were dis posed to press sales. Most of the brokers, how ever, were still buyers on behalf of the public, and a recovery took place until about half-past two in the afternoon, when the resolution of the bank was notified in the Stook Exchange, and a fall oc curred to an eighth below the opening prices, from which there was no recovery. The first traeeac. tions in Consols were at 831 to SSI, whence they rapidly advanced to 881. They then went to 83 a 88 , which wits the last °Mein' quotation, and after regular hours there were sellers at SS. For the 10th of November the final price woo 84 to Se Dank stook left off et 212 to 2131 ; Reduced, 871 to 871 ; New Three per Cents,B7s to 87.1; Indian stook, 201 to 209 ; India bes, 30A. to 20e. discount; and Exchequer.bills, Us. to 35. discount. Money was abundant in tho Stook Exchange at the commencement of business, and loons on Go vernment soeuritlea were obtainable at 5 per cent. Ultimately the charge was s.'s to ti. At the bank, In the course of the morning, there was a very ac tive pressure, many persons anticipating flint the New York intelligence would bo followed by a speedy advance of the rate. The supply thus ob tained seemed to be beyond tiny actual require ments, and at the end of the day the balances in the hands of the bunks and discount houses wore large. About £OO 2 OOO of the gold by the Royal Charter was mold to the bank to-day. It is said a larger proportion would have been taken there if the rate of discount had been raised at an earlier hour, but when the announcement was made the greater part hall been sold for the Continent The discount houses have Increased their rate of allow:wee to 7 per cent. for money at call, and 7 1 for deposits with short notice, being an advance of ono per cent. Thu National Discount Company have notified that their terms aro respectively 7.1 anti 71 per cent. The rate of the joint-stock banks for deposits will he 7 per cent. The corn marketshowed increased heaviness this morning, and it was difficult to effect sales at a de cline of 2s, The final quotations of the French three per cents. on the Paris Bourse this evening were 60f. Bie. for money, and 66f. 800. for the end of the month, showing a decline of about three-eighths pot' cent. 3lost probably the movement made by the bank on this side did not transpire before the clam of badness. It is assumed that the Bank of Franco will feel compelled immediately to follow the example. The suspension was announced, to-day, of Messrs. Auld .b Buchanan, of Glasgow, merchants and shippers. Their liabilities, which are esti mated at £lOO,OOO, nro believed to be chiefly At hamburg, the rate of discount has advanced to 01 per cont. The Vienna letters mention the stoppage of Mews. Malanotti & Co., for £40,000. The trado reports from the manufacturing towns, for tho past week, aro much 1e33 unsatis factory than might havo boon expooted. It must ho assumed, however, that, throughout the io maindor of the year, the amount of our exports will ho oonFiderably reduced by the cessation of the American demand. Of course, the various 'houses on this side desire to say as little as pos. slide of !their losses, hut, hitherto, the actual mis chief seems not to have been of dangerous extent, the steady conduct of our principal lams hos ing kept them in a position to meet any temporary Ine.nvenience. At Manchester, the failures, al though numerous, have been entirely !hailed to secondary establishments, and the largo suspen sions at Glasgow are believed chiefly to have com prised houses long notorious for trading beyond their means. At Birmingham, it is said, no se vere injury has thus far been inflicted, while from Leeds we have the remarkable statement that pm° would over all the liabilities that have yet arisen In connection with the Ness York disasters. It can sonreoly he hoped that these instances of Immunity will continuo, and thuro Is little doubt that the aggregate of debts duo to England from failed houses in Now York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Bel thuore is enormous, although from the man ner in which they aro spread, and the stability of those upon whom they have fallen, the public in a majority of oases will probably be spared a know ledge of them. The Monetary Crisis In Ireland. [Correspondence of the London Times.] Lieumsr, Oct. 19.—According to the generally correct authority of the trade report of the Ft fe• mare's Journal, commercial matters here are on a perfectly firm and sound bash, and except the severity of the high rates of interest, there is no pressure of any kind. There is not any urgency for disoounts, and the banks appear to be noting pretty liberally towards their customers. Two bankruptcies appear in the last Dublin gazette, one a country one, reported to be rather heavy, and the other a Dublin one, of minor consequence, As tt whale, the traders never pawed through what has been a trying year with surer credit and less disaster. High prices, high interest, diminished consumption, and general dulness, have now ruled for ninny months. BRTTLINO FOR THE CESAREWITEICIL—TATTER SALI,N,MondayIOotobor l9.—The COSarowitsch ac counts were wound up this afternoon ; if the ab sence of complaints be any criterion, the settling was most satisfactory; backers of horses were "let out" of their liabilities by the dead heat. lied Prioress won the first time, however, the Ring would have thrown in for an Immense stake, but the dead heat compelled them to hedge to their bets about El Hakim and Queen Bess; Mr. Ten Broook, as usual, backed his mare, but he coupled her in very few double event bets, having taken Prior for the Cesarewitsob, and Prioress or Baby. lon for the Cambridgeshire ; Prior, however, sed denly wont , amiss, and was, perhaps, fortunately for its owner, unable to fulfil its engagement last week. No very large winners are reported, al though several lucky persons are mentioned who took 1,000 to 10 about Prioress on the first publica tion of the weighls, , but who were, in consequence of the mare's wretched running at Chester, unable to "get out" of their money. he briskly was the nettling conducted that little time was afforded for the resumption of betting on the Cambridgeshire; 9 to 1 to 100£ was booked about El Hakim, and both Ithestlasima and Cyrano closed at an improvement on their last quoted prices. Mademoiselle de Chantilly, who had figured at all sorts of odds at Novrmarket, was again in good demand at 25 to 1. The business transacted was as follows: CA MBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 9 to 1 against Captain Smith's El Hakim, 3 yra, Lordlb. (Taken.) 11 to 1 against oJ. Scott's Mcestissima, 3 yrs, (Ist. 51b. (Taken ) 14 to 1 against Mr. Wigram's Cyrene, 3 yra, sst 7 lb. (Taken.) 15 to 1 against Mr. R. Ten Rroeek's Prioress, 7at. (including 7 lb. extra 20 to 1 against Mr. Simpson's Fright, 3 yrs, fist. 11lb. (Taken. 20 to 1 against Mr. Payne's colt by Alarm—plush, 3 yrs, Jet. 10Ib. (Taken ) 1,000 to 95 against Mr. Driukald's M. Dobler, 3 yrs, Ost. 716. (Taken.) 25 to 1 against Count P. La Grange's Madlle. de Chantilly, 3 yrs, fist. 31b. (Taken.) 30 to 1 against Mr J. Dixon'sDunboyne, 3 yrs, Sat. 101 b. (Taken.) 33 to 1 against Lord Anglesey's Tricolor, 3 yrs, fist. 81b. (Taken.) 40 to 1 against Mr. C. Capel's Prestbury, 4 yrs, ost. 10 lb. (Taken.) 50 to 1 against Baron Rothschild's Ellington, 4 yrs, Bst. 5 lb. (Taken ) 50 to 1 against Lord Ribblesdrilo's Glecsinger, 3 yrs, fist. 131 b. (Taken.) 50 to 1 against Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Babylon, 3 yrs, list. (Taken.) ' 50 to 1 against Mr. T. Colpitt'a Daisy, 3 yrs, Get. 111 b. (Taken.) • IMPORTANT FROM KANSAS. [From the New York Times of yeetertlay.J More Fraudulent Returns Rejected—Second Proclamation from Governor Walker and Secretary Stanton. Veto of the Territory—The Conotitutional Convention. From the Lecompton National Domocrat, Oct. 22.] PHOCLAMATION TO THE PEOPLE OP KANSAS LEMPTON, Oct. 22. 1857. since our proclamation of the 19th inst., reject ing the eo•called oleation returns from the Oxford precinct, in Johnson county, another very similar case has been presented for our official action. It is that of pretended returns from three precincts of McGee county, in this Territory, containing an aggregate of more than twelve hundred votes. This county is located in the extreme southeastern portion a Kansas, is constituted from the lands of the Cherokee Indians, whioh are not yet open to pre•omptien or settlement, and is, consequently, ono of the most sparsely populated counties of the Territory, containing less than one hundred quali- fied voters, and giving, last June, but fourteen votes for delegates to the Constitutional Conran tion. indeed, all persons actually conversant with the number of the population of the county treat with derision the large vote pretended to have been given there. Our information also excludes the idea that there was any incursion of voters from the neighboring State of Missouri, whose people do not seem to have interfered with the recent elec tion. It is, then, quite evident that no such vote as is presented in those pretended returns was given at the late election in this county. It is not, however, on the grounds above stated that we reject those pretended returns; but feeling confident that no each vote was given, or even one tenth part of it, we are induced by such considera tions to give these alleged returns the most rigid scrutiny, in ozdor to ascertain whether they aro genuine, legal, and valid. From intrinsic evidence on the face of these pa pers, we are convinced they are not genuine, but simulated and fictitious. Besides, they present no evidence that the oath, required by our statutes, was administered to the (clerks or judges of the election. to secure from each and all of them the " Impartial discharge of their duties according to law." But, in addition to those grounds of decision against tho legality and validity of these pretended returns, there is yet a more conclusive reason which constrains us not to count them. While the names of the Totem, and of the candidates, all ap pear to be entered on the lists, not one of the offices is mentioned for which the candidates re spectively weee intended to le designated. We cannot determine, therefore, from the - face of those papers, for what office any ono of the candidates was supported. The uniformity in this particular of these pretended returns from three separate and distinct precincts, especially as the forms are not made up in the same handwriting, nor (with cer tain exceptions which only add force to the argu ment) on the same kind of paper, renders, with other circumstances, conclusive to our minds the conviction that they are, as above stated, fictitious and simulated. It is most extraordinary, also, that not a single vote appears to have been given for any county officers. In rejecting these papers, we do not go behind the returns, because no legal or valid returns were made. Neither in the former instance, nor in this, have we claimed the power to judge of the qualifications of voters, and to exclude votes deemed to be illegal. What constitutes a return ' is defined by the territorial statutes ; and to re ject a paper as spurious or fictitious, or because, in points of vital importance, it deviates from the re quisitions of the law, and therefore is not a return, in legal parlance, is not going behind the retains, as we have been unjustly charged with doing. If these papers (like those from the Oxford pre cinct,) would increase, by nearly twelve hundred, the apparent votes for the candidates of our party, although the offices are not named, our obligation is none the less paramount to reject them as we now do, as spurious and illegal. An election se cured through our sanction, by frauds so mon strous, would ho more fatal to our party than any deCat, however disastrous. We deem it our duty to state that, according to our information, some, if not all the candidates, who it was supposed might claim their election by these frauds, have refused to accept any advantage under them. These disreputable attempts to destroy the elec tive franchise, and all popular government which is based upon it, anti to subject us to the responsi bility of rejecting such papers, or rendering our selves accomplices in Cite fraud, by giving it our endorsement and sanction, will nieet,we doubt not, the serious reprehension of honest men of all par ties lit this Territory, and throughout the Union. The intense and dangerous excitement produced in this Territory by thee° enormous frauds has ren dered imperative upon us, in this public official manner, to make known our decision in regard to them, believing that a just and impartial course of action un our part will nerve to restore peace and harmony to an agitated and distracted people. If, instead of relying upon those papers them selves as authentic returns, it is sought to deny the fact that the results nro spurious and simulated, wo cannot doubt that Congress, upon the question of admitting the delegate, would, by an appropri ate committee of one or both houses despatched to tide Territory, and clothed with authority to send fur persons and papers, inquire fully into these trans actions, in order that the perpetrators of such enor mities, and all their accomplices and confede rates, may be exposed and punished. In the meantime, we shall cause to be published, at an curly day, a complete list of the names of those pretended voters, that the people of this Territory, and especially of the localities in which these frauds were perpetrated, may visit them with appropriate condemnation. As these pretended voters ,re alleged to have come in large bodies front Missouri, under claim of settlements on the Indian reservations, and as wo have ascertained that Gila allegation is unfounded in fact, we deem it a duty to the people of Missouri, in order to pre vent unjust prejudice against them in this Terri tory, and throughout the Union, with all its evil consequences, to give them the means, by publish ing these lists of fictitious names, to exonerate themselves from such unfounded accusations. It. J. W.texua, Governor of Kansas Territory. Fnen. P. STANTON, Secretary. RETURNS THE ELECTION—VOTE cost DELEE iieiOW we publish the returns of the election. as for us received, with the addition of Leavenworth county, the whole of which vote has not boon re ceived at the secretary's office. These returns coruprio the vote of all the coun ties Os far as received, BUM of which will have to be deducted from several counties on account of illegal returns, and others on account of illegal precincts. When corrected, the whole vote of the Territory will probably fall short of 1J,000: Ransom. Parrott. 1,334 1,035 300 313 4517 574 27 127 37 99 159 1 10 :10 106 251 59 203 199 341 Leas enworll Atchison ... Douiphan ... Neninha . ... Brown (3 precincts) 51orshall I'otlowatomie, (1 precinct) 11,ley Calhoun Jefferson Johnson Douglas 107 1,602 Shawnee 61 149 Mohan'son 127 Davis 30 126 IVise and Breckinridge 7 258 Bourbon 175 96 Males* 1,202 24 Dorn 10 .-- Allen, Hunter, Wilson, Woodson— (Allen) 30 es Greenwood and Godfrey 13 14 Coffey 48 205 Madi,on and Butler 7 60 Anderson 2 201 Franklin 10 215 I,)kins 59 349 Linn 178 314 Itejacted Part Fourth, Conaril.—Clay, Dickenson, and Washington. Arapahoe not included in the appor tionment, and unorganized. Deducting from the aggregate Democratic vote the framlidont returns from McGee county, rejected by Dovernor Walker. the vote for Ransom is re duced to 1611; making a majority for Parrott of 3,041. The Lccompton Democrat contains a call for a mass meeting of the citizens of the Territory who approve of the action of Governor Walker, to be held at Lecompton on Saturday, October 31. The Constitutional Convention met at Lecomp ton on the 19th, as has been already stated, but without a quorum present, and continued in ses sion until the 29d, when it proceeded to the elec tion of a clerk. C. J. Mcllvaine was chosen. Supposed Loss of the Captain and Three of the Crew of Barque David Nickels. [Correspondence of the Savannah Burning Neim I Sr. At'ut , STINK, Sunday, Oct, 18, 1857. Mr. Etnrou : The barque David Nickels, of Sourspurt, Me., from Matanzas, Cuba, to St Mary a, Oa., in ballast, arrived at this port this looming, in distress. It appear. , that. when about twenty-live miles from this place, about 8 o'clock on the evening of yesterday, the 17th inst., the captain, (whose name the second mate reports as llayn,) while in the net of harpooning a dolphin, fell overboard, when the first mato and two of the crow lowered a boat, and went in search of him. There remained on board but two of the crew and the cook, ono of whom reports himself as second mate Behove the vessel to, and hoisted a light, and remained about the place for a long lime; not seeing them return, he sot sail, and reached this city about seven o'clock this morning. Tho above is the report of tho second mate, whogives his name as Charles Smith. Tho citizens of this place were somewhat sur prised to see the vessel cotuo over at a very shoal place, paying no regard to the old and regular liars and buoys; but as luck would have it, the tido was high, and she name over without injury. I learn that the pilots of this place went in search of the missing, but returned this evening without having seen anything of them It is strange that the second mate does not know where ho was at the time of the disaster; he could not 101 l whether he was north or south of this placo. I suppose another search will be made to-morrow. Yours. R, THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING AOADINT Oa Music, B. W COIISIZR 0, BROAD /ND Lo- CUaT I .4 o —"Trying It On"—"Rough Diamond." WHIMSY'S ARCH STREIT Ye/Veal, ARCM STRM, ABM BiXll/.—s. Queen of fipadem"— ,, Black-Eyed SWIG." WALNOT SPRINT rHIATRE, N E. MIN NS or NIPTO AND WALNUT 13TREETN.—` 4 Stage-Struck Barber"— " Linda, the Cigar Girl"-- 4, Omibus. , ' E•RLII'S GALLIRIZI No 810 C11E11749. The Arctic Ship Resolute " SANFORD'S OPERA 1100e111, ELIVENTH STANNT, A86T13 CHRETNOT.—Ethiopiau Lite Illustrated, eoucludlug wah a laughable afterpfece. TUOIINUF'S YARIETIES. FIFTH ♦sD CusaTxtre SA3 "Concert " Special Meeting of Common Council.—A special meeting of Common Council was hold yes terday afternoon, in purulence of the following call CLERK'S OFFICE, COMMON COUNCIL, Philadel phia, October 30th, 1857.—Sin : A special meeting of Common Council will be held at their Chamber. on Tuesday next, November 3d, 1857, at 3 o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of considering bills on Com mon Council file. No. 15. An ordinance for securing the costs and fines collected by the Police Magistrates for the use of the city. No. 21. An ordinance to organize a Department of Consolidated Gas Works of the City of Phila• delphia. to provide for the management of, and to authorize a loan for the purchase of the Gas Works of the Germantewn Gas Company, So., ac. No. 22. An ordinance to establish and regulate a market in the late borough of Prankford, Twen ty-third ward. No. 4. An ordinance relating to building per mits, hackney coaches, omnibuses. wagons, darts, fie , fie. Jim( D. MILES, Clerk. TheP resident announced that the first business in order would be the consideration of ordinance No. 15, on Common Council file, for securing the costs and fines collected by the police magistrates for the use of the city. The provisions of - the bill are as follows • It shall bo the duty of the Mayor to purchase and furnish a book or docket, to be kept at each station house It shall be the duty of each police magistrate to enter in said book or docket—First, the name of each and every person charged with a crime, misdemeanor, or violation of ordinances— Second, the name of the person on whose complaint the defendant was arrested, and the name of the officer ranking the arrest—Third, the decision of the magistrate, amount of fine, whether paid or committed for non-payment, and if committed, the name of the officer serving said commitment and Ma return thereon under oath - rottetla, in the mar gin opposite each case, the magistrate shall mark all costs paid, and those which are incurred but not paid. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to provide and keep . a general docket at his office for the purpose hereinafter named, and it shall be the duty of each and every lieutenant to furnish each morning a statement to the Mayor in writing of all fines and costs accreted at their respective station houses, specifying the amount of money, and by whom paid; anti the Mayor is required to have the said return entered In the book or docket which he is required to provide and keep as aforesaid. It shall be the duty of the lieutenant. or Tiernan having the station house in charge, to furnish Any person a transcript of the docket on the payment of twenty-five (25) cents, which sum he shall re tain in full compensation for his labor in making out said transcript; the said docket or book shall at all times be subject to the inspection of any member or committee of Councils. The sum of ono hundred and fifty (150) dollars is heroby appropriated to the Department of Police for defraying the expense of purchasing said books or dockets, for payment of whichwarrants shall bo drawn by the Mayor according to existing ordi nances. Any police magistrate, or other officer, who shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this ordi nance shall be forthwith removed from office, and the Mayor is hereby required to fill the vacancy caused by such removal. and in addition to removal from office, he shall forfeit all arrearages of salary which shall be duo at the time of such removal. After a brief discussion between Messrs. Holman and Macoher, the bill was passed finally. . Mr. Moocher moved to refer the ordinance No. 21, the second on the call for the special meeting, to a special committee of three. An amendment to refer to the Committee on Gas was negatived, and the motion was agreed to. On motion, the Chamber proceeded to the con sideration of the ordinance to authorise a loan for the purchase of the Gas Works of the Germantown Gas Company, the Richmond Gas Company, the Kensington Gas Company, the Northern Liberties Gas Company, the Southwark and Moyamensing Gas Compony, the Manayunk Gas Company, and for the use of the trustees of the Philadelphia Gas Works, to enable them to increase the works under their charge; extend the distribution of gas, and equalize the price of the same in all the wards of the city. The provisions of this bill have already been published in detail. The different sections elicited a spirited discussion. Mr. Wolf said that the consumption of gas in the Twenty-second ward, according to the trus tees of the Philadelphia Gas Works, was 28,900 feet daily, equal to 10,220,000 feet per an num, at $1 59r per M feet. The sum paid by the Germantown Gas Company to the city gas trust was $17,271.80. The Germantown Gas Com pany charge to consumers $3.50 per thousand feet, Amounting to $35,770, makings difference between the prices paid by the Germantown Gas Company to the city trustees, and that paid by consumers for the came quantity of gas to said company of $lB.- 498.20. If the same quantity of gas were charged to consumers in the Twenty-second ward, at city prices, $2.25 per thousand feet, it would be $22,995 against the amount now paid by the German town Gas Company, which is $17,270, thus making a difference of $3,725. Thus, while the consumers of gas in the Twenty-second ward would he paying the difference in favor of the city gas trustees, they would be saying annu ally the difference between $3.50 per M feet, now paid, and $2.25, which they would then pay, amounting to $1.2,775. There would then be $572,320 saved to the city gas trust annually, a sum equal to the interest on the price to be paid for the works by the city. The debate on the bill was continued by Messrs. Sites, Stevenson, Miller, and Palethorp, after which the further consideration of the bill was postponed for the present The following report was submitted one question of order, by Mr. King: To the Common Council of the City of .Philadel ph in : The select committee to which was referred a resolution touching the refusal of members of council to vote when they are in their seats, and proposing a remedy for the same, respectfully re port: That it is impossible to frame rules that will ef fectually compel members of Councils to do their duty, when they have not a will for it, and the only complete remedy is in the hands of their constitu ents. Such an attempt must fail, if for no other reason than from a lack of power on the part of Councils, to keep members in the chamber that they may be subject to any rules at all. Members of Council have not only been silent when they should speak, but they have fled when they thought their presence would make a quorum. The committee have sought to prepare a rule that will bo of some practical benefit; how far they have succeeded, its use can only show. They think, however, it will break up a practice that cannot be too strongly condemned, as being utterly opposed to the duty of a representative, which is action and not inaction, and which your commit tee believe to be altogether original with the Com mon Council of Philadelphia, by means whereof a quorum members are in their seats—but not a business quorum in tho Chamber. The porno. mentary rule is, that every member must give his vote the one way or the other; but with tt, such a rule would be only idle words, from the want of power to enforoe it. Your committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution: Hamar T. Kixo, Chairman. Respired, Ily the Common Council, that when the yeas and nays shall be taken upon any ques tion and a quorum shall not vote thereon, it shall bo the right of each member of Council to announce to the President the name of the member, who shall bo within the Council Chamber, and who shall have refused to vote, when the President shall di rect the Clerk to mark the name of such member as present and not voting; and it shall bo ao re corded in th., journal. And if it shall appear as aforesaid, that a quorum is present, the question shall be decided in accordance with the rote of the majority, except in those cases where the rules of Common Council require the consent of two-thirds of the members present, when the consent of two thirds of those voting shall determine the question; a quorum being present r . L s aforesaid. Mr. McManus offered in place the following or dinance : An ordinance to regulate the sale of Fruits and Vegetables... Samoa I. Tho Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia do o-dain—That from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall not be lawful for any person to sell within the limits of the said city, any potatoes, tomatoes, peaches, pears, plums, apples, or other fruits or vegetables, re quiring measurlament, by anrother pleasure than the bushel and Its divisions ; and each bushel of white potatoes to weigh sixty pounds to the bushel, and fifty pounds for sweet potatoes to the bushel, and for each and every sale hereafter made by the basket. or by any other measure or mea sures than those herein designated, the person or persons making tho sumo shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be recovered by suit in the name of the oily of Philadelphia, in like manner as similar amounts are now recoverable by law, one-half to be paid into the city treasury, and the other half to the person or persons prosecuting for the same. This was ordered to be printed for the use of members. 4,813 7,55 Mr. Wright, in place, submitted an ordinance authorizing a loan to purchase the Gas Works, build a bridge over the Schuylkill. to build cul verts, and to reduce the taxes of the city. Laid Over. Mr. MeMakin submitted a resolution that a committee of three be appointed to act in concert with a similar committee from Common Council, to petition Congress, and, if necessary, the State he gislature,to have the post Mike located in the cus tom house building. Mr. Holman was not willing that the city should incur any expense in this matter. If the mem bers chose to use their individual efforts to effect this object be would not object. Mr. }locker thought there was not a quorum in the room. Mr. Parker asked for a call of the house. Mr. Maveher moved to lay the call on the tairle, upon which the ayes and noes were celled, but no quorum answering, the body adjourned. Fifteenth Ward Relief , 13socialion.—At an adjourned stated meeting of the Citizens of the Fifteenth ward, held in the hall of the church of the St. Matthias, on Monday evening, Charles Brown, Esq., chairman of the committee appointed to prepare a plan of operations for the Ward Aso,- elation and a constitution for its government. submitted the following report, which was unani mously adopted: For the purpose of combining the efforts of all the citizens of the ward %%to may be disposed to aid such of their fellow-citizens as may, from the pressure of the times and the inclemency of the approaching tvin ter,be deprived of employment and need assistance, the undersigned agree to form an association to be called the " Fifteentla 'Ward Reber Association," and to be governed by the following F. Jr. The officers of the association shall be a President, eight Vice Presidents—one from each precinct—a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Execu• tice Committee, to consist of the President of the Association, the eight Vice Presidents, and ttro members from each precinct Second. The President, Vice Presidents, aed Secretary, shall be elected by the association at a stated pleating, or aspeolal meeting called for that purpose. These officers shall appoint the additional tyre members of the - Ezeeutit s e Comtnittae Niii:eacA precinct. '• ' - The Treasurer shall be 'appointed by the Execu tive Committee. - Third. The President shall preside over all the meetings of the association and of the Execitite Committee, and in his absence from either, his dit ties shall be performed by the Vice President pre sent first, in the numerical order of the_precinets. The Vice Presidents shall be the chairmen of their respective Precinct Committees, and provide over all precinct meetings Al the members of the association that may be held. Fourth. The Secretary shall keep the records and do all the writing for the assodiation. Fifth The :treasurer shall receive and pay out all moneys of the association, and studl report fully all his receipts and disbursements at each meeting of the Executive Committee (if required by them,) and to each ststed meeting of the association. He shell pay out no money except upon orders signed by the President end iocivtary or the Esoeutive Committee. Sixth. The Executive Committee shall appoint their Beeretary and suitable persons to collect or receive money, food, clothing, ke.. for the nea of the association; as also suitable persons to super intend their distribution. They may authorize the members of the com mittee from any precinct to act as "Precinct Com mittee." to afford relief where it is immediately . , required, to the amount of not exceeding three dollars to any one person or family; which relief they will report to the next meeting of the Execu tive Committee. Ent in all cases where aid shall be needed for any number of days beyond the next meeting of the Executive Committee, end in all eases above the sum aforesaid, it shall require the sanction of the Executive Committee. They shall call special meetings of the associa tion. or precinct meetings of the members of any precinct, whenever they may deem such meetings necessary. They shall have fall power to make all needful regulations for their own government, or that may be required to carry out the objects of the aasocia tion, and shall report these proceedings M eae's stated meeting of the Association. Seventh. Any citizen of the ward, who shall pay the sum of fifty cents. shall be a member of this association, and shall be required to pay the far ther sum of twenty-five cents monthly as long as he continues a member. Eighth. The stated meeting of the association shall be held on the first Thursday of each month, at seven o'clock P. M.. at such places as the Exe cutive Committee may designate. A resolution was also adopted to meet on Thurs day (to-morrow) evening in the same hall, Nine teenth and North streets, for the purpose of elect ing officers of the association. The Wilms of the ward generally are invited to be present. Young Men's Christian ,Issocsation.—The third anniversary meeting was held last evening in the Mbsleal rand Eau. aad was very ..sit at tended. Shortly before eight o'clock, George H. Stuart, .Esq., President of the Association, took the chair After a hymn, sung by the audience, a prayer, and the reading of a portion of the Scriptures, the third annual report wasiread. The membership which, at the last annual report. was seven hundred and nine active, two hundred and fifty-four associate.twe nip two honorary, and twin ty 1 ifedis now eight hundred and forty active, three hundred and fifteen associate, twentv-soven hono rary and 20 life, making a total of 1203; an increase 197. As many as from four to five hundred young men have assembled at the monthly and weekly meetings of the association, which are held regu larly in the rooms at Ninth end Arch stream. The number of volumes now In possession of the association is two hundred and thirty-five. The class for intellectual improvement, which meets on Thursday evenings, has attained a high degree of efficiency. It has thirty-fire members, with an average attendance of about thirty. The Treasurer's report shows the amount of receipts for the present year to be . . $1,199 19 Disbursements, . . . 1.256 29 Leaving a balance of . . . $142 90 Exclusive of this, the society owes 5:410, leaving it in debt $377.30 During last winter there were six public lectures delivered under the auspices of the association : two by Lieut. Henry, one by the Rev. J. C. Fletcher, one by Prof. Hitchcock, one hvßev. 'N. Morray,D. D., and oneby J. B. Gough. Under the auspices of the society there were alsts delivered twenty-two sermons to young men. The meeting was addressed by the Rev A. Cookman, of Green street Methodist church, who eulogized this objects and operations of the society, and particu larly dwelt upon the importance of giving proper moral, as well as general training to young men. Mr. Cookmau was followed by the Rev. R New tm, D. D., and the Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, after which the meeting separated. Formation of Relief alssociations.—lt is in deed gratifying to observe the many evidences of &practical Christian charity among onreitisent, as manifested by the warm encouragement given to the formation of Howard Associations in the differ ent wards. It is a glorious privilege thus to extend the hand of sympathy and aid to the suffering poor, and to alleviate, as far ashamanbenevolenee can, the burden of sorrows which will undoubtedly rest upon a portion of the community during the ensuing winter. A meeting of the citizens of the Nineteenth ward, bald for-the purpose of forming a Howard Association. took plate last week in the public school-house, on the Frankford road, above Wood street. Eloquent addresses upon the present financial distress, and its effect upon the worlieg men and their families, ware made by Memrs.T.W. Higgins, Andrew J. Holman. George W. Schofield, It. Burr. M. D.. and A. Worthman. A permanent organization was effected under the name of the Provident Asvoriatton of the Nineteenth Ward- Wo hope, as this is the largest ward in the city, older relief associations will see that its wants are supplied. An adjourne4 meetingtof the residents of the Eighteenth ward was herd on Monday evening, in the Kensington Methodist Church. corner of Queen and Marlborough streets, to devise measures for the relief of the destitute. A. constitution lima adopted, and the following offioera unanimously elected: President, John - H. Brimghurst; Vice Presidents, George J. Hamilton, .Henry Bumm ; Recording Secretary, G. W. Shinn; Corresponding Secretary, J. W. It'ggs; Treasurer, Joseph Lip pincott. After transacting some nniespasttant business, the meeting adjourned to meet at the someplace on next Monday evening. Howard .association— Fourth Precinct— Tiernry.Fourth Ward.—The citirens of the Twenty-Fourth ward are actively moving in the matter of relief. The great extent of the ward, and the consequent difficulty of efficient co-opera tion by its citizens in a general movement, has led, in the Fourth precinct, to the formation of a Howard Association for that precinct, subordinate to the general association of the ward. The officers of the association are as follows: Thos. J. Butcher, Esq . President; Dr. H. W. Sidciall, Secretary; Robert Glendenning, Esq., Treasurer. Committee on Supplies—Charles E Truitt, Esc. ' • H. B. Harnish. Esq, ; Samuel Hut chinson. Eorumittee on Collecnons—Albert J. Asbmead, Esq. ; Dr. William Gallaher ; Isaac W. Van Houten, 'Esq. ; Charles B. Truitt. EN. ; James. Crowell. Esq.; H B. Harrish, Esq.: E. W. Ship pen, Esq. ; 11. W. Si3ddll ; Hon. Win. D. Kelley ; Samuel Hutchinson, Esq. ; A. Kendrick, Esq.; John C. Keifer, Esq. Brick Machine—Patented by Patrick S. Dorian. August 25th, 1857.—This machine pres ses one brick at a time, and two every revolution of the shaft. It tomes into the mould sufficient clay for making each brick by an ingenious and simple arrangement; any Hernias and expansion of the brick is taken away. The brick is manu factured of tempered clay, with the assistance of two boys and one man, and the power of one horse to drive it. The machine is capable of snaking thirty thousand in ten hours. It is portable, and. only requires a space of four feet square. and from its compactness, it is not liable to get out of order. Expense not exceeding $5OO for each machine. Moonlight Parade.—The Artillery corps of Washington Greys made a moonlight parade last evening, in fatigue uniform, and proceeded to Inde pendence Square for drill exercise. The company ; turned out some fifty strong and made a fine dis play. The drill was witnessed by a number of gentlemen, and the evolutions of the company cited general admiration. Industrial Women's .association.— There will bo a meeting of this society this evening, at the Commissioner's Hall, Southwark, Second st., above Christian. at half-past seven o'clock. The public are invited to attend. Office No. US South Seventh street, between Chestnut and Walnut. Fire.—The alarm of fire about 73 o'clock last evening was caused by the burning ofa frame stable attached to the steam saw-mill of J. Sidle Keen k Bro on Bridgewater street. between. Market and Chestnut, West Philadelphia. Loss. ;600, which is insured. Real Estate, Stocks, 4c.—The following sales were made last evening, by M. Thames A Sons, at the Philadelphia Exchanee 1 share Academy of Fine Arts, $l2; I share. Philadelphia Library Co., $25 ; 1 share Philadel phia Athenteu.m, $l4 ; 1 share Mercantile Library Co., $8; 2 brick dwellings, Union and Hanover streets, $1,400; three-story brick dwelling. No. 206 North Fifth street, 0200; valuable steam saw mill, steam engine, and machinery. large brick mansion, 3 frame dwellings, lumber yard, large wharf, and 6 acres and 1 perch of land, at Tacony, $12,000 ; lot of ground. N W, corner Prime and Seventh streets, 0-1,500; three-story brick dwelling, Seventh street. above Prime. $l,OOO ; three-story brick dwelling, Seventh street, above Prime. $1,000; neat three-story brick dwelling, No. 983 North Fifth street. alcove George, with a two-story frame carpenter shop. Ira the rear, $4.300; three-story brick dwelling. No. 205 Twentieth street, between Wood area: and; Vine, $1,7"25; 2 three-story brick dwellings. S. E corner of Queen and Warren streets, 'Eighteenth ward, $3,300. THE COURTS. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDIXST [Reported for The Prue ] cilorth Con CON PLEAS—Judge Thompaon.—Tothl et a! d F i r i e y em of a tb n . 0 e the valiThis is a f e e i w o t i d o t issue o e t e r :i v mp bell, deceased. An important alteration - in tLo disposition of the testator's affairs was mach on his death-bed, and the questions involved are his testa mentary capacity and the due execution of the codicil. The case is likely to ocen-ey several days. For plaintiffs, George Mallery, F. Shepperd. and George Mallory. Jr. For defendant, George Wharton, E. S. Miller, and J. A. Simpson. DISTRICT Corn?, No. I—Judge Stromi.—Man. rice McNamee and S. V. Crump (late co-partners as 'McN ame e and }'rump) tw Charles Faurest. An action on a book account. Yerdiet for plain tiffs for $215.09. William S. Price for plaintiffs, and Lex for defendant. Isaiah It'. Gerhart Owen Knight. Au action to recover damages for slander. Gerhart for plain tiff; Frederick C. Brewster and John Goforth for defendant DISTRICT Corer—NO. 27411aga Shar,irooi! Clark Brown t.. Philip B. Purdy. Before rerrotveidd.en'ef3dattifnoardLfendisazto.n vu. Benjamin Stout. An action of a ,Cl. fa sor triortege. Mr. Amos A. Briggs for plaintiff, and Mr Nicho las for defendant. Goddard Brasher rir. James Shea. An action for money had and received Mr. William B. Ranken for plaintiff, and Mr. Daniel Dougherty for defendant. QuAItTER SISSSION3—Judge Conrad. Robes Martin, Thomas Sommix, Wm. Tomlin... art James Martin, were charged with the Ini,:eny o a horse and wagon, the property of Jacob Endsoss. The allegation of the defendants was: that the property was taken in a frolic, and not nick the intention of stealing. Verdict not ptlty. The defendants were represented by irillim B. Ran ken, F.sq John - Schuler was acquitted of walieicus mis chief. Charles Weaver was convicted ci the larceny of a shawl. Sentence deferred. Augustus Hiller, an attempt to steal. Sentenced to pay a fine of one cent, and one year and six months in the county prison. William Beek plead guilty to an assault and battery. Sentenced to pay a fine of five itollan. and cotta of proaecation,