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thing but satisfactory. For fine descriptions of white goods a fair inquiry has prevailed at about former rates, but low qualities have fallen off a little both in demand and value. White Cambrics—Sales continue trifling, and the value of 45-inch goods remain as before. Imports in August, 1,300 pieces. White Figured Cambrics and Shirtings—Prices continue somewhat lower, but demand is fair. Lappets remain without change in value, and the existing inquiry is chiefly for Japan spots, fine Swiss, and the very lowest quality of all•over goods. Sales of other sorts are effected with great difficulty. IM ports in August, 7,644 pieces. I pock Muslins—One or two arrivals from the Clyde have taken place, and the portion of their cargoes consisting of book has met with ready sale at ad• vanced rates, as high as 1 11 Company's rupees per piece having been obtained for No. 1 ; fine goods are still in brisk demand. Imports in August, 795 pieces. Mull Mulls—There is less demand than usual at this season of the year for fine goods, but all of the common and ordinary qualities being rather light in stock, are saleable at fair prices. Turkey Red Mulls—This class of goods continues to improve both in value and demand. - Turkey red printed mulls continue without change. Turkey Red Twills and Cambrics—A good in quiry still exists for narrow cambrics and wide twills, but sales have not been very extensive. Prints and Chintzes—tocks on hand are very moderate, but demand has fallen off considerably, and most sorts are now rather less valuable than they were, especially Turkey red chintzes. Muslin dress pieces continue very low in value. Dhooties and scarfs have sold to a fair extent at tolerable prices. IVoollens—Sales have been less extensive, but their value, generally speaking, is very well sup ported. Mule Twisty—Nearly 1,600 bales have been placed since our last report. No. 50 and upwards at fully former prices. No. 40, especially of common quality, has again declined in value, and is not easy to sell. 20 and 30 are in very slight inquiry, and do not realise satisfactory prices. Imports in August, 10,06,0601 b. Coloured Yarns—A. little more desire has recently become apparent on the part of dealers to lay in stocks of Turkey red, and sales have consequently been on a fair scale, and showing also rather better prices. A small sale of green is noted, while orange has Nand purchasers to a eomparatively large extent. Copper has rallied a little in demand, and prices, too, have slightly improved. We now quote sheathing 40r. Ba. to 40r. 10a. (Company's); tile, 33r. 4a. to 33r. 12a. (Sicca), and Japan 36r. 10. a. (Company's) per F. maund. Iry continues in very dull demand, and stocks have, of late, been added to considerably. Our quo tations age, common bar, 2r. sa. to 2r. 7a. (Com pany's) ; sheet, 4r. 4a. to 4r. 12a. (Company's); hoop, 4r. 4a. to 4r. 10a. (Company's) per F. maund. Spelter continues quite neglected, and although a sale of 2,500 maunds is reported at 7r. Ba. (Corn pany's),..there is still an active want of animation in reference to this metal. Steel—No sales are reported. Beer—There are no sales of either Bass's or All sop's reported. Tennant's has sold at 46r. (Corn party's) per bhd. 7REIGHTS. To London. To Liverpool. £. s. d. A. s. d. s. d. £. s. d. pu g ar, S iltpetre 426 4 50 4 0 —0 0 0 Rice Jute Hides 4 0 0— 4 2 6 Indigo Raw Silk TO MAURITIUS. Rice, Co.'s Re. 1 8 oto 1 10 0 per bag. payable there. TO CHINA. 0pium............ $7 o 0 to 8 0 0 per chest. The above are current rates of the day, and transac tions, we believe, are taking place, at similar rates, for tonnage on vessels to leave immediately after the holidays - THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., T LIE MAID OF ORLEANS A Romantic Chronicle. By the Author of " Whitefriars," " Owen Tudor," &e. Henry Colbum, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TIIEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, dole Lessee and Manager, Old BromptOn. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Comedy, entitled THE SERIOUS FA MILY. Characters by Messrs. Webster, J. Wallack, Buckstone ; Mrs W. Clifford, Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be fcllowed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley; Muggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. After which the successful and laughable Farce, called an kL tItaIING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley Jane Isliget, Miss r. Ilortou. • Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. IK.EASI The Box-office is under the direction of air. I. T. Arches. tiv:Artts.iSUY Vii.. Aur.:LeilL. rade: the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS; EVENING,_ Will b performed TIIE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUNBURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, 31r. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Sinith : Mrs. Bunbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A 1:IRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chatutt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ROYAL LYCY,UM THEATRE. Under the I;lanaxement of Madam.: VettriS. •!‘ole Le.ssee. Mr. C harl M athews. THIS EVENING, Wlil be performed DI SCHAUGE YOUR TIGER. After which a pew comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To be followed by BEAU fY AND THE BEAST. To soneu te with AN .APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. Ss. ; Upper Boxes, 45. ; Pit, ; 'latter", le. No tel ‘r , .•P 4,7 Hart of the house. All applications for re - vate Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. eRINCESS'S TREAT GEL Mr. J. M. Maddox, sole Lese•ee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES TLIE SE CO): D. To be followed by a new Extravaganza, entitled TELE FIRST NIGHT. To sonehtde with a new Ballet entitled LES PATINEURS. a.STLEY's ROYAL AMPIIITIIKATRIL Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. nder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal HlghttesF Prince Albert, &c. rinmihant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and p. on uneed by the public press to b t the m)st go' genus hippo-dramatic piece giver produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled TILE PIIOI'II ET, iB which Mr. W. West will appear. to Riitowea Pay an inimitable display of SCENES IN TILE C by the first K iuestrlen talent of the day. To conclude with TRH DUMB DRIVER. Box-office open from Eleve,n till Four. t,tage Manager, Mr. West. I A A TER AT LONDON littlly E. n:a 1 , Ar —3l wnlng, 53 min. after 1 Evening, 14 min. after 2 0- (.7titow— •• orning, 31 min. after 2 Ev tatt,g, 54 min. after 2 I'Li WEATHER.-5:114 OFFICE, Nov. 1. - - Ttry 1 - ,IIEI ER Lowest, 41; iiighe3t, 49; Noon. 50. 1'A110211;TEII, 29.52.—The mercury is falling rapidly. W IND S.S.W. —Morning dull and cloudy; Afternoon fine f f So -."•C‘ eff 2 • A. 6 r• - mt)s A DR - ebilenin4 Mt LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1849, The inauguration of kings and governors is gene rally celebrated by some public deeds of mercy or beneficence, but, as might reasonably have been infeCred, the installation of the new Governor-General of Hungary has only been productive of fresh atrocities. The last accounts from Pesth announce three new executions. One of the victims was the Baron SIGISMUND PE4ENYI, whose venerable age (seventy-five) was no protection from the insulting cruelty of'the A ustrian murderer, he also perished by the felon's death. Yet terrible though these things be, heartrending as are these daily records of suffer ing and guilt, there is a mournful satisfaction in the fact: that iby thus ruthlessly shedding :blood: the aggressors are preparing their own doom, like the poor aempstress of HOOD " Sewing at once with a double thread A shroud"— for themselves as well as for their victims. Alreidy the cruelties of lIATNAU have opened the eyes of those English journalists who have hitherto endeavoured to regard the struggles of " Legitimacy" in a favourable point of view. In the first leading article of the Morning Chronicle of this day we find the following straightforward and trutl4l observation : " The most heedless observer may see that the slope of public opinion;.thr ' oughout the whole civilized world is towards democracy. Autocracy is dead and buried; the bur. aucracies, which in most countries stifled long ago the arbitrary power of the monarch, have them selves fallen into decay. We are entering upon an age of popular self-government, when political activity will and must be largely developed amongst classes hitherto contentedly excluded from political power." It is unnecessary to say that we entirely coincide with these sentiments, because they only acknowledge a fact which, for years past, we have again and again raitcrated—a fact, the recognition of which in this country produced the great struggles for the Reform THE Sri N, Bill, and a fact, the truth of which was made apparent throughout the Continent by the Revolution of 1848. " We are entering upon an age of popular self government," says our truth-telling contemporary — an assertion not only corroborated by so many recent struggles for popular rights on behalf of the various nations of Europe, but moreover a fact unmistakably confirmed by the cowardly cruelty of the terror stricken Absolutists. The moral power of crowned tyranny is gone for ever, oppression seems " sacred in its venerable wrong" no longer, and, therefore, by the same rule that the loser in an argument has re course to abuse or blows, the powerless sceptre has been exchanged for the sword, and the hangman's rope, and the lash. Thus the very proceedings which may appear like the triumphs of absolute power, are, in fact, only a world-wide proclamation of its death warrant. " The slope of public opinion throughout the whole civilized world is towards democracy," says the paragraph above quoted, and, however appearances may indicate the contrary, towards democracy the civilized world is proceeding with steady and irresistible progress. Perhaps the present posi tion of European affairs may appear little encou raging to those enthusiastic Utopists who hailed with so much fervour the glorious opening of the recent revolution. "France," say they, "has proved traitor to the cause of national independence. Rome has witnessed the annihilation of its infant Republic ; Italy is subdued under the rule of RADETZKY ; Hun gary is crimsoned with the blood of her best children; while the Imperial tyrants work on complacently, sharpening their swords for fresh carnage, and pre paring the implements of execution for fresh victims.' Yet, at this very moment we are told, by one who, assuredly, has no bias in its favour, that public opinion is progressing towards democracy, and we are entering upon an age of popular self-government. The admission comes at the right moment. It comes to shame the despondent ones whose confidence for sakes them under temporary defeats, and to stimulate those true hearts who, notwithstanding the blood and tears which obscure the view, are contemplating with unwavering faith the triumphant progress of democracy. Never was that triumphant progress better assured than at the present moment, notwithstanding the deafening violence of its oppo nents, notwithstanding even the desertion of some of its former adherents. We must confess that we are inclined in all cases to hope for the best ; and there fore until circumstances have decidedly proved to the contrary, we shall venture to anticipate even from the present rulers of France and Rome a co-operation in the cause of democracy. An opportunity is now offered to the restored SOVEREIGN of Rome to fulfil the high promises held out by the first acts of his liberal and beneficent policy—a policy which, in those days of enthusiasm, elicited from one of the most liberal of Italians the application of the text—" Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen erat Johannes." Whether or not those pro mises will be fulfilled time will speedily show. If they are, we shall gladly welcome to the cause of de mocracy the aid of one of its early supporters ; if not, the triumph of that cause will be equally assured. It will be assured, for it is founded on justice. In alluding to the causes of the late monetary crisis and the general distress that prevailed through out the entire country, we declared that " these untoward results were altogether ascribable to the undue appreciation in the value of money, occasioned by the Act of 1819, and the still more fatal measure of 1844." We also stated that the supporters of the present system were greatly mistaken in attributing the fearful evils under which the nation groaned either to the potato blight—to over-production by our manufacturers—over-speculation by our merchants — or to the vast expenditure that had taken place in the construction of railways. We then proved that these calamitous results could not have been occasioned by the failure of the potato crop, which, although in flicting serious losses upon the parties more immediately interested, could not possibly have led to a general depreciation of every description of property in this country, prac tically involving the destruction of property to the value of 251. for every pound contributed to the re lief of 'the Irish, and we undertook to prove that they were not ascribable to " over-production, over speculation, or to the railway expenditure." In re demption of that pledge, we now return to the consi deration of this all-important subject. - - - " Over-production," whit is it ? Is it not palpably, that a greater quantity of any given commodity has been created than can be absorbed by the wants of the community ? Can there be an " over-production " of corn, while there are myriads of half-starved wretches, unable to obtain bread sufficient to satisfy the cravings of nature, who are dwindling away in hopeless misery, enduring dly after day the pangs of hunger—their strength reduced for want of proper sustenance, their spirits broken, their energies para lyzed, for want of that which we are facetiously told is " over-produced ?" Can there be an over-production of cotton or of woollen fabrics, while thousands— aye, millions—of ill-clad and half-naked wretches are shivering in the cold, without the means of protecting themselves from the inclemency of the weather, of sheltering their trembling limbs from the piercing blasts of winter ? We may be told that these desti tute sufferers, although they may be willing to con sume, would be utterly unable to pay for the commo dities they would receive; that therefore the mann. facturer of corn or of wearing apparel would not receive the due remuneration for his labours. Granted ! But that is the fault of the system of currency we are impugning. Under a wise and paternal Govern ment the test of " over-production" would be, not Re state of the market, but the wants of the people The former is subject to many influences. A circulating medium, adequate to the exigencies of the country—a suitable measure of value will at any time stimulate the market, and increase the demand to almost any given amount. But the commodities remain undisposed of simply becatve the measure is wanting. It would be just as mischievously absurd to enact a law that no corn should be disposed of unless the quantity had been previously ascertained by an imperial standard set up at the Royal Ex change. There would be many able and willing to produce it to the extent that would be required to feed the population—other measures, although not stamped according to law, would be just as efficacious in enabling the parties to arrange their transactions, trious—if the anticipated success should not attend their exertions—we must adandon our labours and be contented to perish in want and misery. Is this the independence of which Englishmen are so proud? How could we dare to dispute the will of the AUTOCRAT, or to oppose his aggression on con stitutional liberty in any part of the world ? A. single ukase, prohibiting the exportation of the precious metals, or forbidding the further working of the Ural mines, would paralyse all our energies, cripple our strength, and take away the means of resistance, even of self-defence, un less our lawgivers, learning wisdom, in the hour of danger, should effect a total alteration of the system that has rendered a state of profound peace and tranquillity more formidable than one of international war. The Israelites were willing to labour at the com mand of PHAAOAH ; they would produce any quantity of bricks that might be required, so long as a suffi ciency of "straw," a necessary material in the manu facture, were supplied. They could not, however, make the "straw"—and the tyrant, when resolved upon their destruction, ordained that straw should thenceforth be withheld. Our modern PHARAOHS follow the example—they demand heavy taxes and imposts from the people, which must be paid in a medium which they cannot produce by any amount of labour —they also withhold the "straw" from the sufferers. There is scarcely one of the houseless, starving, shivering wretches, to whom we have alluded in the beginning of this article who would not gladly give his labour, the only capital he possesses, in exchange for what he requires. He only asks for employment— demands that he may be permitted to work, and by his labour, in turn, to minister to the wants of his fellow-men. But this reasonable and humble request is denied ; he is kept in compulsory idleness, un profitably consuming the national resources, in place of being the creator and producer of national wealth. Distress, misery, and destitution are to be found on every side—once happy homes are broken up, husband and wife are separated and driven to . different com partments of the union workhouse—those whom GOD bath joined together man bath put asunder— helpless children are deprived of the fostering care of parents. But while these indisputable grievances and evils prevail, we are told to rejoice because " the integrity of the standard has been preserved." And Sir CHARLES WOOD announces, with a self-applaud ing smile, that " the convertibility of the bank-note has, been secured," and that " the bank issues were never in a sounder condition l" Alas for human nature, when such things can be regarded as a set-off and compen sation for the fearful amount of human misery and human suffering to which we have above alluded. and there would be an ample supply for all demands, but, in consequence of the arbitrary rule above alluded to, the vendors and purchasers could not be brought together, so that the former would sustain serious damage from the absence of a suitable demand, and many of the latter would_ perish for want of the chief necessary of existence. So it is under the present system of currency. Everything must be measured by the gold standard, and when that is insufficient, the vendors are unable to dispose of their goods, the purchasers to obtain supplies for their pressing emergencies. The issues of bank notes that have been made to assist our metallic currency so long as the condition of " convertibility on demand" is maintained can no more provide an adequate remedy for the foregoing evils, than the addition of another standard at York or Liverpool would counteract the mischief of the limitation of corn measures referred to. It might, under certain circumstances, in some degree alleviate its disastrous consequences. The de mand might be doubled ; a greater number of persons might be enabled to procure supplies, but many must still be suffering who could not obtain corn measured by the only standard recognised by law. The parallel would be complete if it were enacted, that whenever the original standard erected at the Royal Exchange was out of repair, so that it could not measure as large a quantity as at other times, the amount measured by its provincial duplicate should also be limited in a similar proportion ; so that the calamity occasioned by the failure of the one should be increased i n i n tensity by a deliberate injury to the other, which, if suffered to work freely, might, by additional activity, in some degree compensate for the cessation of work by the original. What adds materially to the evil, and to the glaring hardship of the case is, that gold, the only recognised standard, is not a natural production of Great Britain, that no amount of labour applied at home can create that which is rendered the necessary foundation and basis of all our transactions. We are, in fact, de pendent on the labours of others, of speculative dig gers in the wilds of California, or of Russian serfs in the Ural Mountains. If they should not be Indus. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1; TitE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The debate on the Budget of Marine was continued in the National Assembly on Tuesday, and it was proposed that a Committee should be appointed to inquire into the expense and the efficiency of every branch of the naval service, a proposition to which the Minister at once acceeded. M. RASraIL, one of the condemned of June, 1848, has been removed from the Citadel :of Doullens, in which he was imprisoned, to the hospital at Amiens, in consequence of ill-health. M. ODILON 13ARROT is confined to his house by illness—he was visited on Tuesday by M. DE Toc- QUEVILLE. Seventeen persons, accused of having taken part on the 13th June in an alleged revolutionary movement at Lyons, have been acquitted by the Court-martial sitting in that city. The trials before the High Court of Versailles still continue. M. Horan, who had arrived in Paris with the intention of surrendering, returned to Bel gium in consequence of being informed that he could not now be tried with the other prisoners. PARIS BOURSE, OCT. 31.—Latest Prices—Five per Cents., 88f, 30c. ; Three per Cents., 56f.; Bank of France '2,330f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE . LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 31 ___ _ . Boulogne and Amiens, 5 3 %—Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon ), 11 3 ,4 —East Indian, 3 3 %—Paris and Orleans, 284—Paris and Strasbourg, s%—Sambre and Meuse, 2. GERMAN Y AND THE NORTHERN STATES, AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. On the 25th ult., the EMPEROR admitted the Am bassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of the Ottoman Porte, KONSTANTIN MUSSURUS, to a private audience, and received from him an autograph letter from the SULTAN addressed to his MAJESTY. The Lloyd says, according to direct intelligence from Widdin, only six of the Hungarian exiles have as yet abjuied the Christian faith. These men, although readily admitted to Islamism by the Turks are, nevertheless, regarded by them with suspicion. Several Poles who declared their willingness to embrace Islamism were, as is customary, desired to state their reasons, and as they felt constrained to confess that they wished to secure themselves from the persecution of the Austrian courts-martial, they received the humiliating answer that the mere adop tion of the Mahomedan creed, if unaccompanied by proofs of internal conviction, would be anything but a passport to the Garden of Paradise. The Wiener Zeitung says—" We understand that two more of the insurgents who fled into Turkey, and who were formerly Imperial officers, said to be Count FLORESTAN BOZITADOWS/LI and Lieutenant Colonel FLAMM, have gone over to Islamism." The Prague Zeitung, in an article, dated Ofen, Oct. 19, says—" We learn by a letter from Semlin, dated 14th instant, that a report was in general circulation there that KOSSUTH, if he will not consent to go over to Islamism, will be given up. Our cor respondent adds, I cannot vouch for the truth of this statement, but so much is certain, that the differences between the great Powers—Austria, Russia, and the Porte, will be settled amicably." The murders in Hungary still continue, the venerable Baron PRaENYI, who was President of the Hungarian Chamber of Peers, was hanged at Pesth, on the 25th ult. SZACSVAY and CSERMIS were hanged at the same time, and HATNAU has announced his intention of murdering sixteen other persons in a similar manner. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, and prices rasher in favour of buyers. The sales were estimated at about 6,000 bales-5,000 American; 400 Pernam and Msranham, at 61-1. to 7id ; 100 Bahia, at Sid.; 200 Surat, at 40. to 51; 100 Sea Island, at Ilid. to Is. Id. per lb.—Railway Shares were dull, at rather lower prices. The sales of Wheat in the markets that regulate the averages were, last week, 126,760 quarters. By the foreign mails, arrived to-day, we learn that the Amsterdam market was firmer, Dutch Two-and-a• Half per Cents. being 53 5-16 on Tuesday. At Vienna, cn the 27th ult., Austrian Bonds were 95; and at Frankfort, on the 29:h, 87*. The Berlin prices for the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Prussian Stocks were 88. The railway receipts in Belgium during the month of September amounted to 1,407,7751., being an ircrease compared with the previous month. The later intelligence received by the Overland Mail from Calcutta beer out, in reference to commercial mat ters, the previously favourable reports, but the holidays were occasioning a temporary cessation of activity. Money was exceedingly easy. The Stock Exchange and Bank of England Transfer offices being closed, there is no official business doing i❑ the Funds, but nominally, and as far as a few outside operations will determine, they are lower, say 92i for Consols, in consequence of the very important message of Louis Napoleon to the French As sembly. City men appear scarcely, as yet, to have made up their mind as to the bearing of the docu• went, and whether it should be considered favourable or the reverse, but the prevalent impression is that, how ever distasteful to the Legitimists, Louis Philippists, and Socialists, the people at large will receive it well as an evidence of a firm purpose. The right of the Presi dent to assume such personal grounds, and act on such personal authority, so long as the Ministry could hold together, is greatly questioned. The railway calls for the present month aro but 674,000/. A good deal of attention has been attracted by the putting in force the Stock-Exchange regulation, and the buying in of thirty or forty Great Western shares, against a seller who could not deliver them. Thera can be no doubt that this is a good beginning, but the committee will further increase legitimate share business if they counsel as strict action against mem bers of the house (jobbers) who act for themselves, as against outside speculators, mischievous as the latter generally prove. We perceive that at the Bank, &c., a framed list of all the members of the Stock Exchange is hung up, and this suggests to us the great and bene ficial changes that might be effected in the constitution of that body, by allowing the public access, under proper restrictions, that they could see their busi• nese done. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEWGATE AND X.EADENEAX.X.. These markets were firm to-day, and prices had an upward tendency. Beef, from 23 2d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 28 8d to 3s lod; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 81b5, by the carcase. HAY MAZILETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 3/ 10s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 10s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 8t to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 4110 s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs pea oad. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 103; Clover, ditto, 313 s to 4/ 12s; and Straw, 114 s to 1193 per load. A slow trade, at the above quotations. MEAT MARKETS. SOErTHALL, OCT. 31.—Our market to-day was firm for all kinds of stock, the prices of which were higher than on Wednesday last. Beef, from 35 Od to 3s 10d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, OCT.3l.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Calves sold readily, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Otherwise the market was steady. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 255; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; ,and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 151 to 181 each. LEWES, OCT. 30.—The general demand was steady at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 3s 6cl to 4s 9(1; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; and Pork, 35 4d to 3s 8d per Ms. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN* eor the Week ended Oct. 23,1849, made up from the Returns of toe Inspectors in the different Cities and Towis in Emgland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS. I I PRICE .. 41s 7d 28s 5d 17s 2d 23s id 1 28s 10d 31s 7d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I EARLEY. OATS. i EYE. 1 WEANS. I PEAS. IS Od Is Od is Od Is Od is Od is Od LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Nov. I.—Wind this day at noon S.E., light bre. ao, and dull cloudy weather. KIRKCALDY, OCT. 29.—The Regalia, from Davis's Straits, has Lathed off this place, with 150 tons; she sailed from the fishing grounds on the 30th September, leaving the Lord Gambier, of Hull, and the Chieftain, of this port; the latter was spoken 15th ult. with 1 t whales and 16 bottle-noses. 30th, A large ■hip besting up the Firth this morning missed stays about seven miles to the eastward of this port, and got foul of a schooner also plying to windward, which bad her topmasts carried away, and ran for some port to leeward; the ship ap peared to sustain no damage, and is riding under Inch ktith, the wind blowing nearly a gale from S.W. to W. DEAL, OCT. 31.—Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W.—Arid. Clio, Easthope, Quebec. Sld. Ellen, Jamaica; Clydes dale, Cuba. LIMERICK, OCT. 28.—Arrd. Granville, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick; Heatherbell, Jerkins, ditto. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 31.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. 30th, Oxford, Goudeninson, New York; Teresina, Bu baroviek, Ragusa. 31st, Allen Kerr, Grey, Bombay; Morning Srer, Dill, Pasboro; Prispect, Prince Edward's Nand. Sid. 31st, Virginia, New Orleans; Hopewell, Bahia; Clyde, Apalachicola; Marmion, New York. The Thomas Dempsey, arrived here yesterday from Rio Grande, with hull strained, leaky, &e., having experi enced heavy weather 3d ult., in lat. 29 S., lon. 33 W., 18th inst. in Ist. 38 N., lon. 29 W., and on the 23d in lat. 45, lon. 25. Off Port 31st, Ann Martin, Bombay. BELFAST, OCT. 30.—The Jane Hughes, which was on shore inv., on the Cannon Rock, has been towed up here, and must be put in dock for repairs. YARMOUTH, OCT. 31.—The Lambertiva, of Papen burg, came in here to-day, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, having been run foul of, while riding in the roads, by the Mercury, of South Shields. GRIMSBY, OCT. 31.—The Rita, Bergen to Barcelona, on shore on Wainfleet Flats, 12th inst., was got off and towed here to-day, having sustained considerable damage. OYF FALMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Norden, Koffel, Singapore for Hamburgh ; Sarah, Bock, Valparaiso. PLYbIOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind S.W., strong and squally. Arrd. Prowler, Cumming, Labradore. FALMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Hovers Bride, Bowen, Rio Janeiro. JERSEY, OCT. 30.—Wind S.—Arrd. Flora, biller, Labrador. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 30.—The Jane (brig), of New- castle (supposed to be from New York), with a cargo of flour and logwood, was brought into harbour this morn ing by the mate and two sailors of the Regent, from Cardiff, bound to Wilmington, N. E., which vessel fell in with her, 25th inst., abandoned 188 miles S.W. of Cape Clear, and with her starboard stove, apparently having been in contact. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY' (Before Mr. UnderEheriff BURCHELL.) IMPORTANT CASE UNDER THE COUNTY COURTS ACT. HAMMOND V. STEEDES. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 9/. 103., the balance on a bill of exchange, of which de fendant was alleged to be the acceptor. The defendant pleaded, first, that he did not accept ; secondly, that the drawer did not indorse, and that the indorsee did not indorse to the plaintiff. There were two other pleas to the same effect. Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Charnock for the defendant. Mr. LUSH stated that the plaintiff is an attorney, and defendant is a carrier, at Finchley. In January, 1848, a person, named William Edwards, drew upon de fendant for 191. 10s., and Edwards, who has since died, indorsed it to his son, who indorsed it to the pre sent holder. Defendant had paid 101. on account, and had agreed to pay the balance by instalments. He paid 21., but not paying the rest he ,was sued, but plaintiff wrote to him to say that he was not desirous to put him to great expense, and if defendant would consent to a Judge's order, on which judgment could be entered up, he (plaintiff) would forego all further proceedings, each party paying their own costs. Defendant, however, refused to accede to these terms, and put the se veral pleas on the record, without the shadow of chance of establishing either. The Learned Counsel then called witnesses, who positively swore to the acceptance and indorsements, but Mr. Charnock in cross• examination elicited that the plaintiff had been attorney to Edwards, jun., and had received money on his account on the bill. Plaintiff wrote, as his attorney, requiring payment on or before the 25th June last, but on the 26th, fifteen months after the bill was overdue it was indorsed by Edwards, jun., to plaintiff, and on the 27th the writ was sued out by plaintiff in person. Mr. CHARNOCIC addressed the jury for the defendant, and urged that his Learned Friend was not justified in taking credit for his client's liberalloffer:to stay proceed ings without costs, for he (Mr. Charnock) could not re concile the proceedings at all to a liberal feeling. First, the plaintiff held it as the attorney of Edwards, and got 10s. for costs, and in default of payment on the 25th the tricky farce was played on the 26th of indorsing the bill, but there was no proof of consideration, and on the 27th the writ was sued out. If the jury were not aware of the reason for which this was done he would unravel the mystery. If Edwards had sued ho most have taken proceedings in the County Court, or have lost his costs in the Superior Court, but by a slip in the County Courts Act, an attorney was entitled to sue in the Superior Court and recover costs. By suing in thel Superior Court there was also an advantage gained in such a case as neither the plaintiff nor defendant could bo examined on oath. This state of things, he was happy to say, had been put a stop to by a new Act, passed on the Ist of August, for the abolition of the Palace Court, the odour of which was too strong, thanks to Jacob Omnium and the Times newspaper, even for the Attot ney-General to bear, for in that Act there was a little clause, the 18th, which provided that no attorney, solicitor, or other person, should have any privilege to sue for any debt under 20/. except in the 'County Court. Plainte.iff, however, had taken good care to sue before the Act came into operation. He felt satisfied that the jury would not consider that he had been wasting their time by calling their attention to the 1849. little clause, the nth, as he Lad no doet it ha 1 tamped general attention. Mr. Lusa said be should like to see the Act. Mr. CHARNOCIE said that he had much pleasure in obliging his Learned Friend, who he was surprised to find ignorant of the clause, as he knew - almost every thing; but no doubt now it would be made public. He would call Mr. Edwards, and if he admitted the indorse ment defendant must submit to a verdict. _ _ _ Mr. Edwards was then called, and proved the indorse ment. He said he bad an account with plaintiff, and always indorsed over all bills which he could not recover himself. _ The UNDERSHERIFF said the case was &early ma -1 / 4 out in law, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. BOW-STREET.--(THIS DAY.) " WHERE IGNORANCE IS ELISS 'TIS FOLLY TO BE WISE."—An operative engineer, residing at 140, Grove• street, Camden -town, charged a young woman with having robbed him of 79. He stated that he met the prisoner in George street, St. Giles's, about half past eight o'clock on Friday evening. She solicited charity of him, observing that she bad not broken her fast the whole day. Mr. HALL—WeII, and you went to some public house? The prosecutor replied no. He took her to a cook shop and gave her some soup. At her request he then accompanied her to a house in George-street, where she was in the hope of receiving some money that was due to her. Mr. ,HALL—WeII, did you not know what sort of a place it was? The prosecutor said he did not. Mr. HALL—Dear me, what an innocent person you must be. The prosecutor continued that while in the house hi, fell asleep, and the prisoner took advantage of this op portunity to rob him of 75., which he carefully placed in his fob just before leaving the cook-shop. The prisoner denied having robbed him at all. The fact was, ho induced her to go to the house, which was a brothel, for an improper purpose, having pre viously well plied her with gin and ale, and presented her with three shillings. Mr. HALL doubted whether a jury would credit the prosecutrix's story, but still it was his duty to commit the prisoner for trial. She was committed accordingly. ALL Smota.E.—A little urchin, whose head could scarcely be seen above the dock, was charged with having alarmed the neighbourhood of Broad-court, Bow street, by firing off squibs, rockets, blue-lights, and Roman candles.'. Folice-constable F 105 stated that he was on duty beetween seven and eight o'clock last night, in Drury lane, when he heard a dreadful explosion in Broad court. He made his way into the court, and found it so full of smoke that he was obliged to grope along. When the smoke had disappeared he discovered the prisoner and some other lads firing off squibs, gun powder, &c.; and as the landlord of the Wreaken Tavern had complained to him that he was afraid to live in his house while the lads of the district were allowed to con gregate in the court and amuse themselves with fire works he deemed it necessary to bring the prisoner before bis Worship. Mr. HALL said a stop must be put to the proceedings of the mischievous lads who now infested the streets 01 London. The practice of firing off squibs in courts and by-places had become so common that it was quite dan gerous to property, and something must be done to rid the metropolis of the nuisance. The lad said it was not his fault. He happened to be passing through the court at the time, and some other bo3 s who were there seeing the policeman approaching, placed a blue light in his hand and made him hold it till it had burned out. Mr. HALL thought the only mode of putting an end to the practice was to fine all who were brought before him, and he should therefore commenco with this case, and fine the prisoner ss. The fine was paid by the lad's parent. Mr~HLBRO'-STREET--(THIS DAY) James Miller, a well-dressed man, was brought before- Mr. Biegham for re-examination, charged with em bezzling the sum of 241. received for and on account of Mr. W. Pawson, pianoforte maker, 4, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square. The prosecutor stated that in the month of July last the prisoner was introduced to him as a person who possessed great facilities in disposing of pianofortes, and by engaging him as commission-agent witness would materially benefit himself. Witness said he should con sider about it, and the prisoner then left the place. On the 18th of August the prisoner came to him again, and told witness that he had got an order to purchase a pianoforte for a friend at Brigh ton, and if witness would let him have one to show the party, he (the prisoner) had no doubt of getting .him to buy it. Under these representations witness agreed to let the prisoner have a pianoforte, with the understand ing that he was to act as his agent, and to receive on all orders and sales effected a commission of 10 per cent. ! On the following day the prisoner selected a piaeo worth 241., and gave witness written directions to forward it to Brighton, where ho himself was going, and as soon as he got the money he would send him a Post-office order for the amount iess 10 per cent. The instrument was sent accordingly, and a few days after he received a letter from the prisoner, enclosing two sovereigns, with a request rb.s --ones® would draw upon him at three months for the balance- He refused to do so, and on subsequent inquiry he ascertained that the prisoner had appropriated the proceeds of the sale to his own use, and that he had spent it all in riotous living. Under these circumstances, he gave him int , custody. Mr. John Latham, 28, Howland-street, said, the pri soner told him that he bad acted very foolishly, but he had forwarded Mr. Pawson 151., enclosed in an envelope, and Mr. Harper, the person Rho purchased the piano, had paid the rest. Mr. George Harper, an innkeeper residing at Brighton, proved purchasing a piano of the prisoner for 241., on the 27th of August last, and that he paid the prisoner the amount, and received the receipt produced from him. Mr. M'Gregor Logan, said he was present when the arrangement was er.tered into between Mr. Pawson and the prisoner, and distinctly he ard Mr. Pawson state that the prisoner was to act in the capacity of agent, and to receive 10 per cent. commission on all sales or orders. The prisoner's solicitor contended that the charge of embi zzlement could not be sustained, inasmuch as the prisoner had sold the piano in Ha own name. This, therefore, made it merely a matter of debt. He had attempted to effect an arrangement between his client and the prosecutor, but had failed in his effort to do so. Mr. BINGHAM said he had remanded the prisoner in the hope that he would have settled the matter. Ile should now remand him until next Monday week, in the hope that he would pay the money down, and all the expellees to which the prosecutor has been put. If this was not done, he should certainly commit him for trial. Bail was accepted for the prisoner's appearance on that day. INCENDIARY FIRES IN SUFFOLK. BURY ST. EDMUND'S, OCT. 30.—1 t is with deep concern that wa have to announce a very alarming increase of fires in this district. A vast amount of farming property has been destroyed; and, to add to the alarm these destructive outbreaks have neces sarily occasioned, there is little doubt that most of them, if not all, were the work of some diabolical incendiaries. Within the last five days no fewer than six farms have been on fire, and in the week previous almost a similar number shared a like fate. Disastrous as this list may ap pear, unfortunately it does not include other out breaks of equally as destructive a character, which happened in more distant parts or the county. News reached here to-day of two very serious fires having occurred last night. One broke out about half-past nine o'clock, on the farm of Mr. J. Westrup, at Deuston, and three stacks, with some outbuildings, were consumed. The dwelling and other portions of the property were only preserved by the timely arrival of Lord Thurlow's engine, which has rendered most valuable aid in suppressing these disastrous events. The second outbreak happened shortly after ten o'clock, at Lavenham, on some property belonging to Mr. Sturgeon. Nearly 100 coombs of barley, two stacks and a barn were destroyed. On the night previous (Sunday) the village of Herndon, near Clare, was the scene of a calamitous fire. Between eight and nine the rear of the premises of Mr. G. Savage were discovered to be in flames, and ere they could in any way be subdued a serious sacrifice of property had taken place. The dwelling-houro, two barns, cow-house, and some outbuildings, vi:h a portion of the stacks, were burnt. On Saturday evening some farm property at Wickham Brook, belonging to Mr. T. Webb, was set on fire. The flames vere discovered raging in an oat• stack, but forturately by the early arrival of the neighbouring labourers, two barns filled with grain which were nigh were saved. On Friday, the rear of the Greyhound, at Lavenham, was found to have been fired, and on Thursday night an attempt was made to kindle the fart premises of Mr. Young, at Chevely. About nine o'clock some thing was heard to fall near the barn, and fire was perceived amongst the straw on the ground. It was instantly extinguished, and it was ascertained to have been caused by a quantity of ligUted tinder or linen rags wrapped round a stone, leing thrown over the wall from the road. It is stated that a party has been apprehended on suspicion of throwing the diabolical missile. On the afternoon 0' Wednesday great damage was done on the farmiig premises of Mr. R. Mumford, at Combs ; and abut the same time a similar disaster befel the propety of Mr. T. Tilbrook, at Cowbage. Must of the lufferers were insured. The constabulary are institutng searching inquiries into the circumstances connected with the respective outbreaks. EQUESTRIAN STATUE IN HONOUR OF RIR MAJESTY'S VISIT TO GLASGOW.—The proposal to btild a granite arch on the site of the temporary triumphal structure in Jamaica-street having been abandoned, he Lord Pro vost, the Sheriff, and other influential gntlemen, we understand, are making the necessary Vtliminary ar tangereents, with a view to a public subsiription for a noble equestrian statue of her Majesty, as an enduring memorial of the Queen's late auspicious vest to Glasgow. --Glasgow Courier. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, vho came to town for the express purpose of attending a t th e cere monial of the opening of the new Coal l-xchange, left Whitehall-gardens yesterday, on his retail to Drayton Manor. The number of persons assembled on Clearing-cross bridge ou Tuesday last, at one time, has beet ascertained to bon been upwovdo of spo. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD. Having finished with the " Caxtons," and leaving an interval between the chapters of the " Green Hand," our noble old Ebony has brae( ly buckled to again with a new serial of a perfectly different cha racter. "My Peninsular Medal, Part I," promises to rival the gossipping and roystering remini,cencc a of that merry blade Jack Hinton, the Guardsman, or of that congenial lover of fun, Captain Charles O'Malley, of the 14th Light Dragoons. Y-----, for as yet we have no authenticated name, not even the " make. shift" of a soubriquet, appears to be as comica a rogue at heart as one could well desire, with just an agreeable dash of spooneyism at the outset, kindred in some measure with that of the immortal Mr. Sparks. His acquaintance, Gingham, "the white man," is exactly the fellow we would like to hob and nob with while campaign ing; as good a trencherman as Dugald Dalgetty of Drumsthwacket, more of an bon vivant than Justice Greedy, and possessed of as large an appetite for creature comforts as the great Sir Epicure Mammon. His suggestion with reference to fried soles—namely, to eschew all melted-butter and fish-sauces, restrict ing ore-self to a mixture of salt and cayenne—is, seriously, not unworthy of remembrance. Also should be borne in mind, by all connoisseurs of " the rosy," that hint of his about clearing the palate with hot potatoes, so as to taste the true flavour of the wine—be it port, sherry, or cham pagne, claret, hock, or bucellas, sauterne, maideira, or burgundy. We don't know precisely which to prefer, the description of the turtle dinner or of tte herring breakfast. The perusal of either is sufficient to give one a sense of repletion. Against the excruciating latin puns cf Mr. Gingham we must protest with all earnestness ; and most devotedly trust we have done with them from this time forth and for ever. Whether the series just commenced be from the pen of Lever or Maxwell we know not, though we suspect one or other of them to be the inditers of the manuscript. Seeing that in addition to his scarcely completed novel "Roland Cashel," Harry Lorrequer is now adding the labour of his anonymous masterpiece, " Con Cregan, the Irish Gil Bias," we cannot but think that even the industry of Lever would be insufficient to drive three fictions abreast into circulation at a hand gallop like a Young Hernandez of Literature. W. H. Maxwell, the indefatigable, has all the esprit and drollery in him to conceive the character of Gingham, the scene in the fast stage coach with the garrulous traveller, the rencontre with the three Peninsulars, and the trick played on the two Falmouth boatmen. Joey, too, is of a genus somewhat akin to the bur lesque of Hector O'Halloran and his man Mark Antony O'Toole ; Mr. Belvidere coming manift stly from the same fancy which created Captain Blake. A. continuation of the story will confirm or dissipate , these conjectures. " The Transp o rt a ti on Q ues ti o n' is profoundly examined in the opening article for November, and evidences at once deep reading and deep reflection. Delta is scarcely as happy as usual in his metrical contribution, the verses before us being entitled rather appropriately " Di senc h an t men t." A. rapid, but by no means superficial, and altogether a very eulogistic criticism follows on Mr. Herman Melville's new nautical work called " Redburn," to which we ourselves shall soon have occasion to revert. " Peace and War Agitators" is a caustic allusion to the day dreams about Arbitration ; and in a paper which follows immediately afterwards we have an agreeable review of some of the more conspicuous among the "French Novels of 1849. ,, Christopher North himself comes forth anew in all his glory, and were his body as hale as his intellect, we doubt not he would soon fling aside his crutches. His subtle analysis of the character of Macbeth is $ masterpiece of criticism. It is another jewel in the bonnet of King Christopher, and another golden chapter in the history of Blackwood's Magazine. B ILA i'L.EY. Bentley's Miscellany has for some time past beet► remarkable for the number and excellence of its tales of travel and descriptions of local scenery, mannerS and customs; and the number for the present month quite equals any of its predecessors in these partial' lars. We have the " Venter° of the Ronda Mourr - - - tains, an Incident of Spanish Travel," which is ad; mirably illustrated by Nicholson ; " Portsmouth an°, its Environs," by Mrs. Ward ; the continuation 0 ; " The Bye-lanes and Downs of England;" an d " Recollections of Canada," containing some & dull' rable descriptions of the scenery of the Ottawa. Th e lover of the marvellous and the terrible will read with breathless interest Mrs. Romer's Egyptian story Of " A Haunted House;" while the antiquarian will revel in Alfred Crowquill's amusing gossip about th,o City of London." The " Note-book of a Coroner Clerk" is continued, as are the " e ms moirs of Chateaubriand," and the " Private Corespondence of George 111. with Bishop Ilurd:' It appears from this correspondence that it was •tho King's intention had Bonaparte effected a landing in 180.5 to have placed himself at the head of the troops intended to oppose the invaders, and to have sent the, Queen and Princesses to the Episcop a l P a lace ' Bishop Hurd at Worcester. The memoir which ap pears in the present number of Bentley of Dr. Cooke Taylor, is a kindly written tribute of respect to the memory of one to whom the readers of the Miscel' lany have been heretofore indebted for much useful information conveyed in a most agreeable m anner' Professor Cressy gives us the ninth number of his series of- the " Decisive Battles of the World," the Battle of Pultowa being the subject of his present, commentary. From a foot note at th e conclusion 0 ' Professor's Creasy's paper we extract the following suggestive observations on the progress of Russia " Orators and authors, who have discussed the progres! of Russia, have often alluded to the similitude betwe e " the modern extension of the Muscovite empire and th e extension of the Roman dominions in ancient times. 13 t attention has scarcely been drawn to the closeness of t"" , parallel between cot; quering Russia and conquering Rol u n e i not only in the extent of conquests, but in the means , 0 effecting conquest. The history of Rome during t- a century and a half which followed the close of the See° f Punic War, and during which her largest acquisitions .% territory were made, should be minutely compared the history of Russia for the last one hundred and fi A i f f years. The main points of similitude can only be hi"( cated in these pages ; but they deserve the fullest coe s ;; drration. Above all, the sixth chapter of Montesquie u , great treatise on Rome, De la conduite que les Bowl,' tinrent pour soumettre les potpies,' should be carefullY studied by every one who watches the career and of Russia. The classic scholar will remember the state ; craft of the Roman s ena t e , w hi c h too k care i n ev e. ; foreign war to app ear i n t h e c h aracter o f a Protect J - 4. Thus Rome prote c t e d th e lEf o li ans , an d t h e G ree k nitt e ,"; against Macedon; she pr o t ec ted Bi t hy n i a , and ot" : „,„ small Asktic states, against the Syrian kings; she p r o tected Numidia against Carthage ; and in numerous ofh instances assumed the same specious character. Woe to the people whose liberty depends on the C 0 y tinned forbearance of an over-mighty protector!' B Yer i f state which Rome pr o t ec t e d was u l t i ma t e ly s ubjugas te and absorbed by her. And Russia has been the protector f Poland—the protector of the Crimea—the protector Courland—the protector of Georgia, Immeritia, Mi l) g hit s iis, the Tcherkessian and Caucasian tribes, &c. Sh e 4e first protected, and then appropriated them ell. She protects Moldavia and Wallachia. A few years sge s „,l became the protector of Turkey from Mehemet this summer she hes made herself the protector of A us"'„, When the partizans of Russia speak of the disinter restedness with which she withdrew her protecting troop from Constantinople, and is now withdrawing them fr o o , Hungary, let us here also mark the om i n ous exactness ; the parallel between her and Rome. While the a ncleh, world yet contained a number of independent state; hich might have made a formidable league agnie er Rome, it she had alarmed them by openly avowing 1 , 1 ambitious schemes, Rome's favourite policy was see n3l % disinterestedness and moderation. After her first wil%, against Philip, after that against Antiochus, and rOOl% others, victorious Rome promptly withdrew her troda from the territories which they occupied. She affel e r„ to employ her arms only for the good of others. v d when the favourable moment came, she always fone te a pretext for marching her legions back into each ol e o ; district, and making it a Roman province. Feerz. t i o a moderation, is the only effective check on the ava il t o. of such powers as Ancient Rome and Modern 1 1 .e ir ' e li The amount of that fear depends on the amount of ti vigilance and energy which other states choose to 04 01 against the common enemy of their freedom national independence." FRASER. • tli° Fraser this month tomahawks M. Theirs 1 0 .„ 0 9 true Fraserian style for the gross misrepresentfiti" f io , and exaggerations concerniug the battle of Trs-", the of which he has been guilty in his " History. nie• Consulate and Empire'—exaggerations and sentations which cannot but be considered V 11 „," r ials as he himself in the same work furnishes the uni"over for his own refutation. Morgan Rattler, in his Poe , entitled "Of a Philosopher, Patriot, and Poet," of justice to the greatest genius, the most 01 0011 8 W honest man, and the purest patriot that Fr ay ; t bus ever produced, Pierre Jean de Pi:anger, an does Morgan Rattler speak of him : a 00 A " I speak, then, of Pierre Jean de riranger;re 00P say, that if, in Booth, there ever yet was a since of bis genuine patriot, it was he. The whole tenor its existence in its resolution and inde struggles, privations, sacrifices, and suficringh oient eloquently demonstrates this. No sage °f. i : s opbi e Greece ever led a more simple or purely ph a il eef rolo life—one more serene or self included, or inor,e i r os ionso the disturbances of inordinate appetites and P tao cest less tarnished by contact with external circutosnd less of the earth earthy. And yet this patriot that pendenriost losopher boasted only to be a song writer! Stit „ o ver heretofore humble capacity he exercised grest.eir, L e o, over the French nation than any writer ever off in any country, or any capacity, or, peradventy!%., the will again. He got possession of the nationniors of re national sentiment, the national soul. 5 ° 4 , 1 1 in th e cn every lip. They were heard with delight g! ,1 1, o f the salons of the rich and great, in the convivial 0.1:Torok witty and learned, in the hut of the pcasant,ntnibou ca "eau' of the soldier, the work6hopof the artisan--iii otreeto the cabaret, the guinguette—in the fields,' 1" - • ;-----"-- . 1)4.41m k 6 kilssOry 9 f 990.9 BADEN. The Carlsruhe Gazette informs us that the volun tary loan is a failure. This official paper, in ac counting for the non•success of the scheme, admits that there is a certain lukewarmness and indifference felt by the inhabitants for the interests of their native country, though it will not accuse them of utter want of patriotism and a willingness to make sacrifices on the altar of that country. The pacification of the country by shooting and military sentences still continues, but it does not appear that these mea sures have re-awakened any sentiments of affection or confidence in' the hearts and minds of the "pacified." BELGIUM. LIrGB, OCT. 20.—His Majesty the KING of the BELGIANS and his Imperial Highness the Reichsver weser inspected all the principal manufactories and mechanical institutions yesterday. The visit of the Alfehduke to Liege has been variously interpreted ; babo,.. t cavil Vollown Mat he Is one of the greatest machine-manufacturers in Styria, and, as such, the object of his visit is simply that of making him self thoroughly acquainted with our various establish ments.--Journal du Commerce d Anvers, Oct. 31. lONIAN ISLANDS. CAPTURE OF THE RINGLEADERS OF THE CEIIIALONIAN INSURRECTION. The rebel chief VLAcco and NODARO, the priest, have been captured in Cephalonia ; the former, it is added, by Sir G. H. WARD in person. Having had an opportunity of destroying the Lord High Commis sioner, he having covered him for some minutes with his rifle, he made his forbearance a plea for the exten sion of mercy. In person he was a fine man. A council of war condemned them both to be hung, and the sentence was carried out on the 19th. Vlacco showed himself a wretched coward in the hour of death—the priest was indifferent to his fate. He had had his head shaved, and was divested of his clerical garb before his ignominious punishment was carried into execution. The hanging of the priest has caused much excitement. Some say they were denounced by their countrymen. The result of the capture is the restoration of tranquillity, the embargo laid on the island has been removed, and military law has given place to the usual routine. CORFU, OCT. 19.—The Wiener Zeitung, of the 25th, quotes from the Official Gazette of Corfu to the effect, that the two ringleaders of the insurrection in Cephalonia, namely, VLacco and BOMBOTI, had been delivered up to the Government by the inhabitants of a village where they had laid concealed. The Lord High Commissioner upon this removed the embargo on the shipping, and also the state of siege. He had not yet caused the amnesty to be proclaimed, because, in consequence of certain confessions made by the two prisoners in question, several individuals had been arrested. 1 1' A L Y . A deputation left Rome on the 24th ult. for Naples to solicit the Pora to return to his capital. It was rumoured that his HOLINESS would enter the Eternal City on the 25th, the anniversary of his flight. It was confidently stated in Rome that the French army was about to retire immediately. Several of the French soldiers have been assassinated of late. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe (Lady in Waiting) and Major-General Wemyas (Equerry in Waiting), drove in Windsor Great Park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by the Marquis of Ormonde, Major• General Bowles, and Colonel Sey mour. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. There will be no addition to the Royal dinner party this evening. Mr. Justice Cresswell had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home office. Mr. John Ellis had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) The following bulletin of the Queen Dowager's health was issued yesterday : " The Priory, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1849. " The Queen Dowager passed a comfortable night, having had a few hours of refreshing sleep, which have greatly restored her strength, and this morning her Majesty feels herself better. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D., " RICHARD BRIGHT, M.D." TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES , " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs, Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... .£1,119 6 7} A Member of the Polish National Lodge ... 0 5 0 £1,119 11 7 Total ••• ••• It is stated that a line of railway from Broughton in-Furness to Couistone has been projected and surveyed. The distance is eight miles; the estimated cost 40,000/. The object sought is to give facilities for the transit of the mineral ores of the district.—Cumberland Paquet, " DISMISSAL OF THE FRENCH MINISTRY. A letter dated Paris, yesterday evening, says:— The Ministers have resigned en masse, and the fo [owing appointments are spoken of : M. Ferdinand Barrot, Minister of the Interior. M. Rouher, Minister of Justice. M. Parrieu, Minister of Public Works. M. Casimir Perier, Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Fould, Minister of Finance. Admiral Romain Desfosses, Minister of Marine. General Hautpoul, Minister of War. The only appointments considered serious are those of MM. Casimir Perier, Parrieu, and Rouher. We have since received the following message from the President of the French Republic to the President of the National Assembly, from which it appears that the late Ministry, instead of resigning, had been dis miassed " At half-past five o'clock M. Dupin communicated to the Assembly the following message from the Pre sident of the Republic : " Monsieur le President,—Under the grave cir cumstances in which we are placed, the accord which uught to reign amongst the different bodies of the state cannot be maintained unless by the existence of a mutual confidence, and unless they explain them selves sincerely to each other. "' In order to give an example of that sincerity I come forward now to state the reasons which have determined me to change the Ministry, and to sepa rate myself from men whose eminent services I am Well pleased to proclaim, and to whom I owe friend ship and gratitude. "' In order to strengthen the Republic, menaced by'anarchyfrom so many sides ; to ensure order more efficiently than has been done up to the present time ; to maintain abroad the name of France at the elevation of her renown, men are needed, who, animated by a patriotic devotedness, comprehend the necessity of the single direction of a firm cha racter, and of a clearly defined policy, which does not compromise power by any irresolution; of men, in short, whose minds are as much filled with the conviction of my peculiar responsibility as of their own, and of the necessity of action as well as of words.—(Great agitation.) " For nearly a year I have given many proofs of self-denial in order that there might be no misunder standing with regard to my real sentiments. Without rancour against any individual or against any party, I have allowed men of the most contrary opinions to arrive at power, but without obtaining the happy result which I expected from that arrangement. In place of effecting a fusion of different shades of opinion, I only arrived at a neutralization of force. " The unity of views and intentions was interfered with, and the spirit of conciliation taken for weak ness. Scarcely had the dangers of the street been got over when the ancient parties were seen again to elevate their colours, revive their rivalries, and alarm the country by arousing disquietude. " In the midst of this confusion France, uneasy because she cannot see any guiding hand, seeks the hand and will of the elected of December the 10th. But that will cannot be felt unless there be entire unanimity of ideas, of views, and of convictions between the President and his Ministry ; and unless the Assembly itself joins in the thought of the nation as expressed in the election of the Executive Power. " A whole system triumphed on the 10th of December, for the name of Napoleon is a complete programme in itself. It means at home, order, authority, religion, and the welfare of the people ; abroad, national dignity. It is this system that I wish to cause to triumph by the aid of the Assembly and the people. I wish to be worthy of the confidence of the people by maintaining the constitution which I have sworn to observe. I wish to inspire the country by my fair, straightforward dealing, perseve• rance, and firmness, with a confidence that business will revive. " The letter of the Constitution has certainly a great influence on the destiny of the country, but the manner in which it is exercised has perhaps even more. The longer or shorter duration of power contributes powerfully to the stability of things ; but it is only by displaying ideas and principles that a Government can succeed in persuading society to reassure itself. " ' Let us, therefore, again raise up authority without interfering with real liberty. Let us calm the apprehensions that are felt by vanquishing bad passions, and by giving to all noble instincts a proper direction. Let us strengthen religious feel ing, without abandoning the conquests of the re volution ; and we shall save the country in spite of the parties, the ambitions, and even the infatuations, which our institutions may contain. (Signed) " LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. A supplement of the Monite's► will give, this evening, the names of the new Ministry.—(Loud laughter.) " The Assembly then rose at six o'clock." " SEVEN O'CLOCK, P.M. "It is reported that M. de Flavigny has refused the Foreign Department, and that M. de Rayneval is appointed to that office. "Messrs. Mole, Thiers, and General Changarnier, have promised to support the new Cabinet." ;,_~_.