The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAY MA.RKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. THIS EVENINC+, Will be performed the Comedy of MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Don Pedro, Mr. Vandeuhoff; Benedick, Mr. J. Walack ; Dogberry, Mr. Keeley ; Verges, Mr. Buckstone ; Beatrice, Mrs. Nisbett ; Hero, Miss Jane Ntordaunt. To be followed by an original Farce called THE GUARDIAN ANGEL. Mr. Dulcimer, Mr. Keeley ; Moggy Snaggs, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE ROUGH DIAMOND. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer. THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI. under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE SONS OF MARS. To be followed by a new slippery sketch called MRS. BUN. BURY'S SPOONS. Mr. Highbury Barnes, Mr. P. Bedford ; Bob Twinks, Mr. Wright ; Job Smith, Mr. 0. Smith: Mrs. Banbury, Mrs. F. Matthews; Mrs. Highbury Barnes, Miss Brooks. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer. Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCv.IIM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee. Mr. Charley Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A LADY IN DIFFICULTIES. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. After which a new comic drama, called A PRACTICAL MAN. To conclude with the comic Drama, called THE GARRICK FEVER. ores, Rome's, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ;Pit, 25.: Gallery, Is. tco t.. L ,, y parr of the h4puse. All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessiee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. f -•r which, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE FIRST NIGHT. fu conclude with ESMERALDA. ASTLEY': , ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Under the PAronsge of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nigtly received with enthusiasm, and p* on unced by the public press t h o be the mast gorgeous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Fitzball's grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. to be ,oi,owed by an inimitable display of SO.ENES IN THE C [RO LE. by the first Eestrlan talent of the day. To - conclude with TEFL DUMB DRIVER. Box-office open from Eleven uu Four. ,tage Manager, Mr. W. West. MOD WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DL v —Morning, 36 min. after 7 1 Evening'. 17 min. after 8 e.-•toutAn..— rtorninv, 58 min. after S Evening, 39 min. after 9 THE WEATHER.—Sus OFFICE, OCT. 25. THERMuMETER, Lowest, 50; Highest, 63; Noon, 61. BAROMETER, 30.01. WIND S.S.W.—dull cloudy weather, with occasional showers. -7iie , I I S od ,-- ui•MA,.. • ' 't. ' .-.-• ~ _ .-, •-• 1 ..o°,' - - .Z- . . '',,. -'- ...i : ' RT • ;%1074 ighening `max LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1849. The right of grumbling is one of the most cherished privileges of Englishmen. It is the safety-valve that has prevented political explosions similar to those we have so frequently witnessed amongst our continental neighbours. The pressure of our grievances loses half its intensity when we are permitted to complain of our sufferings freely and without restriction. Our sorrows and afflictions do not seem so intolerable when we are permitted to give them free expression, and receive the sympathies of others whcse positions are by no means better than our own. Thus it is that the agriculturists derive a melancholy satisfaction in declaring themselves to be utterly and irretrievably ruined, and that the sun of England's glory set for ever with the establishment of free-trade, and the abolition of the grinding monopoly which they have been pleased to term " protec tion." So long as all other classes were taxed for their exclusive benefit they ascribed the evils, the existence of which were then as fully admitted as at present, to a variety of different causes. Bid harvests, overspeculation, railway expenditure, in turn, were declared to be the causes of the national distress; but now all these have been completely for gotten, and the want of protection is alleged to be the source of all the misery and wretchedness which the country has encountered since the year 1846. The artizans and operatives of the manufacturing districts have justly complained, because they have been compelled to eat cheap bread, the price of which has not been artificially increased by heavy duties; mei chants and tradesmen have been obliged to sus pend payments, because they were not permitted to contribute large sums to keep up the price of farming produce ; the State machinery; has completely gene astray since the stoppage of the %riled, that made all others contributory to the high price of land. Such are the complaints that are reverberated from agricultural meetings throughout all parts of the country. Notwithstanding the rules that prohibi:, political discussion at the festivities of the various societies, no orator will be listened to with any degree of attention who does not expatiate upon the irretrievable ruin that has fallen upon the landed in terest, as well upon the owners as on the occupiers of the soil. These salutary regulations are manifestly regarded as " more honoured in the breach than in the observance," and if any satisfaction is to be derived from knowing the full extent of the mischief, then should the British farmers be tho. roughly and completely happy. Many noble and distinguished orators have chaunted the bucolic grievances in different parts of the country within the last week. At Loughborough the Marquis of GRANBY has proclaimed how utterly useless it is for farmers to hope for fair remuneration for their labours. He has announced that it is absurd to look to " increased production" or " cheaper production" as the means of meeting the additional competition to which they are subjected ; they cannot succeed either by high farming or low farming, by employing much or little labour in the cultivation of their lands. One resource only remains, they must adopt a system of exclusive dealing, in order that the manufacturers may be involved in one common ruin with themselves. If they have any money they must expend it in foreign countries, where a certain amount, 10 or 15 per cent. of their payments, will be returned to the exchequer in the shape of duties, and by means thereof the amount of taxation that presses so heavily at present may be reduced. Does the Noble Marquis for a moment suppose that the British manufacturer, who can at present successfully compete with the foreigner in his own land, although subject to great disadvantages in the expenses of freight and costs of transit, and even in import duties, will fear that competition in his own country, where his position is reversed and his rival is obliged to encounter similar impediments? or does be imagine that English farmers will pay much higher prices for inferior articles, in order to avenge the fancied wrongs inflicted on him by the refusal of his fellow subjects any longer to subsidise the landlords ? For, after all, these are the only parties who benefited by protection while it existed, and who must now sustain the loss, if any. occasioned by its removal. The British manufacturer only requires a clear stage and no favour—he seeks no more for himself, and he will net ieadily be disposed to yield it to others. The remedy proposed by the Noble Marquis is, therefore, as vain as is the hope, if any such there be, that protection can again be restored, and that the trading and com mercial classes will consent to the re-imposition of the trammels and fetters by which they were formerly restricted. At Saffron Walden, Major BERESFORD took an equa lly gloomy view of the position and prospects of of the country. " They might talk g o od times coining," said the Hon. and Gallant Gentlema n, "but un til they saw the rising of so use superior star to to then] a brighter horizon, and to show them plan by which the farmers would be enabled to en dure the load under' which they had to labour, he bAkved it was impossible to expect better days." In West Surrey, too, the Earl of EGMONT, after expressing a hope " that the meeting would remember the chairman's injunction to abstain from touching on politics," was the first to violate it himself by inveighing bitterly against free trade and the iPzejitr And Cobdenite parties. At Tavistock, Mr riIFVLEB , of Prince Hall, the chairman of the meeting also dwelt in the most despond ing strain' , upon agricultural p rospec t s . The it4,o !.,,entltlman, however, offered practical sugges tion:, that were much more acceptable to an assem blage of tenant-farmers than they would have been to a body of landlords. lie insisted upon a general re- THE duction of rents, and not of rents merely, but of taxes also, a reduction of every kind. Did it not, however, occur to Mr. FOWLER, that his object might be attained in another and more simple form—that the wide-spread and general distress, which is not peculiar to the agricultural body, but in which all classes, merchants, traders, manufacturers, and, be yond all, labourers participate—has been occasioned by the undue appreciation of money, under our pre sent iniquitous monetary code, by which the pressure of taxation, and of every public and private charge or incumbrance, has been increased to twice its former amount? When the purchasing power of a pound is double what it formerly was when twice the quantity of broad cloth, of calico, and of almost any description of ma nufactured goods, must now be given that was for merly required for the same nominal sum, how, we say, can he suppose that agricultural produce should form the sole exception to the rule ? The value of the quarter of corn, of the ton of bay, of oats, or of turnips, is not more reduced than every other species of commodity. It is not that they have depreciated, but that the general measure of value—money—has been appreciated. The movement that will be really beneficial to the country will be one in favour of a free and unrestricted currency, by which the life-blood of industry, a circulation adequate to the wants and exigencies of the people, will be supplied to the nation. That is the object for which every honest man, every true friend and well-wisher to the country, should struggle. When that is obtained trade will be rendered really free, and there will be an equitable adjustment of the public burdens. The money lender and usurer will indeed be deprived of the " protection" and monopoly he has hitherto enjoyed, but the industrious classes, without exception- 7 farmers and agricultural labourers as well as trades men, the manufacturers and operatives—will receive the fair fruits of their labour, and there will be full and remunerative employment for all who are able and willing to work. THE FBEN CH REP UBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Avignon and Marseilles Railway Bill was read a first time by the Assembly on Tuesday. The High Court of Versailles was on Tuesday the scene of another scandal, in consequence of the gross misconduct of a witness, M. VALors, who, instead of confining himself to facts, abused the prisoners, who were representatives, calling them not representatives, but wretches—hereupon the prisoners, as might have been expected, loudly protested against the insults of M. VALois. These protests were renewed in the course of the day in consequence of the manner in which a certain Cap tain GOUBEAII gave his evidence. The Captain stated that upon his arresting a couple of individuals, one of them said "Take care, I am a representa tive ;" on which he (the witness) exclaimed, " You a representative ? aye, a representative of the Ca naille !" Hereupon the prisoners rose, en masse, and protested against the shameful insults to which they were subjected, and one of them, LAMA ZIERE, de nounced the witness as a liar, for which he was immediately sentenced to three months' imprisonment. and a fine of 100 francs. The Counsel for the defence energetically denounced the insulting con duct of the witnesses. _ _ ____ The Republique and the Democratie Pacifique of Tuesday were seized for publishing the following letter from Louis BLANC and his companions in exile:— " Citizen,—The sentence which bas, in the person of citizent Cabet, just struck one of the most pure and courageous;servants of democracy, has not surprised us. Whatever opinions may be formed on an attempt at colonixition, inspired moreover by so elevated a feel- ing of devotedness, every Socialist considers himself as jointly attacked by the julgment pronounced against Cabet. It belongs to those who have sanctified the pil lory and the hulks to re-establish also the benches of the correctional tribunal. Each of us henceforth has paid his debt. The musket, the hulks, exile, imprisonment, the galleys, and infamous condemnations are the conse cration of new ideas. It is still the gibbet of ignominy transformed into the standard of victory ; the cap of the slave become the glorious symbol of liberty. Health and fraternity. " The members of the committee, " Louis BLANC, President ; J. CAZAVANT, Se cretary ; CAUSSIDIERE ; LOUIS MENARD ; RATTIER ; J. P. BERJAEU ; A. BOURA ; DELE&U .; A. DUBOIS (a journeyman es binet-maker) ; A. WATRIPON ; MARTIN BERNARD." Notwithstanding the seeming reconciliation between the parti-pretre and the Ministry, it is evident that the breach is becoming every day wider between the dif ferent factions of the so-called party of order. It will be remembered how energetically M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN exerted himself to secure the election of M. Louis NAPOLEON BONAPARTE to the Presidency of the Republic at the time that M. TRIERS declared that such an election would be a disgrace to France. No sooner, however, had the election taken place than M. DR GIRARDIN was discarded, and M. TRIERS, the man who had laid the Boulogne guet-a-pens for Louis NAPOLEON, was feted at the Elys‘e. The apparent friendship of M. THIERS in 1849 was merely another guet-a pens, into which the PRESIDENT has again unwittingly fallen, and M. THIERS now endeavours to degrade the PRESIDENT, and to make him appear ponerless and ridiculous. The object of these manoeuvres of M. TRIERS are thus explained by the Presse : " Do you desire to know what is the hope of M. Thiers? We will tell you. M. Thiers hopes that the day shall come when the domination of his own virtual Presidency becoming insupportable to the President, so only in name, the latter will, in a violent access of pas sion, attempt some inconsiderate enterprise. _ _ _ " Such is . the calculation. The who - le edifice is built on this supposition, on this eventuality, which they reckon upon as certain. The report of M. Thiers is the first stone of the edifice—the vote of the majority is the second." The health of M. DE FALLOUX continues in such a precarious state, that his resignation is considered inevitable. It was said that the portfolio of Public Instruction would be offered to M. VATISMENIL, who had been one of the Ministers of CHARLES X. ; but the DE FALLOUX and the MONTALEMBERTS object to M. VATESMENIL, because he is not a Jesuit. Thus do these pseudo-Republicans, in their zeal of Jesuit ism, out-do even the priest-ridden CHARLES X. himself. There are rumours of an approaching change of Ministry, the PRESIDENT being, it is said, determined to surround himself by his friends all the members of the present Ministry will, it is said, retire, with the exception of M. ODILON BARROT ; and MM. VICTOR HUGO, DAau, DE LA MOSKOWA, and MATHIETJ DB LA REDORTE, will enter the Cabinet. The Putrie, however, states that these rumours are without foundation. The Constitutionnel says that, according to letters from Venice, a rumour was current in that city that the Austrian Cabinet had determined to condemn the Hungarian Generals in their absence, and to abandon the demand of extradition. The Evenement states that dispatches have been addressed by the French Government to General AUPICY, at Constantinople, instructing him to act in conjunction with the British Ambassador. The same journal s t a t es th a t th e o bj ec t of the mission of M. PERSIGNY to Vienna was to ask for the remains of the Duc DE REICHSTADT, in order to have them laid by the side of the EMPEROR. Had the request been complied with the intention was, that there should take place a magnificent funeral ceremony on the 25th of December, the anniversary of the translation of the remains of the EMPEROR to the Invalides. The young EMPEROR, however, gave a point blank refusal to the request, on the ground that it would not be becoming to remove the son of an Austrian Archduchess from the side of his mother. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday the dis cussion commenced on the proposition of M. CRETON, for abrogating the laws of proscription agai nst the members of both branches of the Bourbon family. The Commission had recommended its not being taken into consideration. M. CRETON spoke at some length against this conclusion of the Committee, and disclaimed any idea of sowing the seeds of division between the moderate men who had brought the country back to a state of calmness and security, and to render an act of justice to unmerited mis fortune. M. Berryer said that though he had always opposed laws of proscription he should vote for the rejection of the present measure. He did so from the firm conviction that the families alluded to would not avail themselves of the abrogation of these laws. Under the present system which pre vailed in France, no member of the house of Bourbon would ever consent to return to the country. To recal them from exile at this moment would he considered only be to make "confusion worse con founded." M. Pascal Duprat said that he had intended to oppose the proposition, but the speech of M. Berryer had induced him to chantgee his opinion, and he should o a e s. r h n o m ul e d nt p , o w in h t o ou w t o a u n l y d now vote for it unless doubtless speak on the subject, effillaiehttherippsrea:snte, princes s ut f merely to It was not tne the fallen g w l i a s r h i nogf d his an partydanger which t o destroy in the minds of the houses all hopes which must be from henocefor The Minister of the Interior said that tEethp vain.p sition was good in itself, but in the present sfa r te -'3 o . f affairs he was opposed to its adoption. The Govern ment had clearly stated its views to the Committee on the subject, and on that opinion doubtless the Committee had come to the resolution to oppose its SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING OCTOBER 25 . 1849 being taken into consideration. The Republic had, it was true, put an end to the exile of the Bona parte family, but that of the Bourbons stood in a very different position. He should therefore oppose the proposition. The opinion of the Government was founded on present circumstances only, for when the proper time should arrive it would consider it a point of honour to bring forward a Bill on the subject. M Napoleon Bonaparte said that the speech of M. Berryer was a complete war cry of two principles. —(Agitation.) The intentions evinced by the pro position, he thought, merited to be regarded in quite a different light. He would ask where were he and his party to defend the Bourbon family when the victory decided in favour of the Republic.—(Loud cries of " Order, order.") The principle of legitimacy was maintained against the wishes of the- people.— (Hear, hear, on the Left.) M. Napoleon Bonaparte was left speaking when the post left. The Assembly was the scene of much tumult. The Assernblee Nationale publishes the following letter from Barcelona, dated 18th Oct. : " The too celebrated Lola Mentes is at present in this city, and placed in a very critical position. Madame Heald adds to the interest of it by the manner in which she relates her late adventures. It appears that since her separation from the King of Bavaria she has re ceived from him an allowance of 50,000 f. a year, and a letter every three or four days. She affirms that the king has never been to her anything more than a bene factor, a real father ! Nothing can be more romantic than the manner in which she relates the circumstance attendant on her marriage with Mr. Heald. She was living a retired life in London, receiving very few visi• tors, and taking an airing almost every evening in the Parks. One day a Mr. X— spoke to her of Mr. Heald, who had followed her every day, and threw towards her the most amorous glances. She replied that she had not remarked him ; she bad merely observed that be always had a very pretty dog in his carriage. On the following day the pretty dog was at the residence of the fair Lola, and then—but you know the rest. Some weeks after Lola Montes, after having refused the most magnificent offers, ac cepted the hand of Mr. Heald, a diamond ring worth 540/, and a life annuity of 25,000 f. in reversion to her children. In contracting this marriage, Lola Mentes broke definitively with the King of Bavaria, and relin quished the pension of 50,0001, which she received from him. You know the history of the charge of bigamy which came to disturb the first joys of this union. You are aware of the journeys which the amorous couple took while the proceedings were going on. It appears that it was during their late residence at Boulogne that their first domestic disputes took place, and that Mr. Heald, tired of the burden imposed on him, resolved to leave his wife. However that may be, they left Bon logne together for Marseilles, and thence proceeded to Barcelona, where they arrived on the 7th inst, I saw Mr. Heald on the day of his arrival. He is a tall young man, thin and fair; he uses rouge to conceal his pale ness. Five days since Mr. Heald called on the English Consul, and said to him, I come to ask your advice. I have some friends here who recommend me to abandon my wife; what ought Ito do? lam afraid of being assassinated or poisoned. At Perpignan she stabbed me' (he then showed a waistcoat stained with blood). The Consul replied, ' I am astonished that after the attack you speak of you had not laid a complaint before the police at Perpignan, and that you have since lived with her here on such intimate terms. But if you wish to abandon your wife I have no advice to give you.' He offered, however, to vise his passport _ . for which be might think proper to lake. On the same day the parties had the quarrel which I mentioned yesterday, but the stab of the poiaard appears to have been an invention of the person who related it. The scene was confined to reproaches and insults. On the following day, the 16th, Mr. Heald sent his passport to the English Consul, begging him to give him a new one, and at half-past four he had disappeared. To-day Lola Montes received an anonymous letter in English, beginning with these words—" Use discretion or you are lest.' It informed her that her husband still loved her, and that if she would go to join him, she was sure to bring him round to her. Lola was on the point of leaving, and had even taken a place in the mail, when it occurred to her that it was perhaps only a trap laid for her, and that when they had got her into France a demand might be made fur her extradition. Many people blame Mr. Heald. But why should he be now blamed? His fault was long since committed. Others pity the lovely Lola. They little know the age we live in. The celebrity of this lady is a fortune for her." PARIS BOURSE, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24. The market has been very heavy to-day, and prices at the close were marked a shade lower; Threes at 55f. 65c., and Fives at 87f. 95c. The market closed as fol- lows: -Threes, for cash, 55f. 65c.; for account, 55f. 65c.; Fives, for cash, 88f.; for account, 87f. 95c.; Bank of France Shares, 2,325 f.; Neapolitan, 88f.; Spanish Threes, 34if. ; ditto Fives not quoted. RAILWAYS.-The Share Market has also been heavy, and some of the lines are a trifle lower. Orleans closed at 722 f. 50c.; Rouen, 522 f. 50c.; Havre, 2381. 75c.; Avignon, 220 f. • Vierzon, 292 f. 50c.; Strasburg and Bale, 103 t. 75c. ; Boulogne, 1301. ; Bordeaux, 4011. 25c.; Northers, 427 f. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 348 f. 75c.; Nantes, 282 t. 50c.; Dieppe, 1771. 50c. BUSINE6a D01 , 4E111 FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TUE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Oar. 24. Boulogne and Amiens, VA—Dutch Rhenish, 1 1 / g —East Indian, 1 3 / 4 Great Indian Pcninsala, %—Orleans and Bor. deaux, 2 . SPAIN. DISMISSAL AND RE-APPOINTMENT OF THE NARVAEZ MINISTRY. Madrid journals of the 19th have arrived. The Clamor Publico announces that in the evening of the 18th General NARVAEZ and the whole of the Ministers gave in their resignations, which were ac cepted by the QUEEN, after which she went to bear a new opera, the performance of which had been de layed till half-past eleven o'clock, waiting her arrival. According to the Clamor Publico, and private letters, the QUEEN had, at the request of her husband, desired her her first major-domo to inform her Ministers that there must be a change, as the KING, " her dear husband," did not approve of them, and in conse quence of this intimation General NARYAEZ, after a Council of Ministers, went to the Palace and ten• dered the resignation of the entire Cabinet. The QUEEN instantly charged General CLEONARD with the formation of a new Cabinet, and on the 19th it was announced that it had been formed as follows : President of the Council and Minister of War, Gene ral CLEONARD; Interior, General BALBOA ; Finances, M. ARMESTA ; Justice, M. MANREZA ; Foreign Affairs, the Count DE CoLomst ; Marine, M. Bus- TELLOS ; Commerce and Public Works, to be united with the Interior. A letter of the 21st, by express, states that this new Cabinet had already ceased to exist, and that General NARVAEZ and his former colleagues had resumed tbe, direction of public affairs. sonic Lodge, a , d which the Prince of PRUSSIA was present for Es3e hours. The meeting was very numerous, and the PRINCE met with an enthusiastic reception. He replied at great length to a speech addressed to him on his entrance, and spoke of the mission which he had had to fulfil in combatting revolution. At the banquet the PRINCE proposed the first toast To the KING,' and afterwards said that his son had expressed a wish to be admitted into the lodge, but that as he was still a minor, he, the PRINCE, did not consider it necessary to demand for him a dispensation on account of his age, reserving to himself, if his son should persist in his resolution, to introduce him at a later period into an association where he had been himself received with such love and friendship." MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 7.000 bales, of which 2,000 American, 500 Egyptian, and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The transactions comprised 5,500 American, 200 Brazil, at 61d. to 7d.; 600 Egyptian, at 6id. to 9d.; 600 Surat, at 4id. to 5d.; and 50 Sea Island, at ls. to ls. sd. per lb. The market closed tamely, and, compared with Friday's rates, prices of American and Egyptian were nearly id. higher, and Surats O.—Railway Shares were firmer. The Grain sales in the provincial markets were last week to a much larger extent than at the corresponding period of last year, those of Wheat being 121,654 qrs., and the six weeks' average price is returned at 425. Accounts from Germany state that emigration has been going on there this year to an enormous extent, chiefly to North America. From the port of Bremen alone no less than 57,000 persons have taken their de parture this year, and 8,000 of them left last month. In a recent communication from New York, it is re marked ;—" An idea of the number of emigrants that have reached this city this year, may be formed from the fact, for which we are indebted to Major Frazer, that between the first of April and the first of October this year, the number of arrivals averaged eight hundred and ninety-six per day, or a fraction over thirty-three per hour. This is an increase of about thirty-five thousand on the number of arrivals during the same period last year. We have not, at present, the means of 'estimating the arrivals at other ports; but we should not be at all surprised if the in crease of our population by emigration, will amount to 250,000 for the year 1849. When we consider the dis turbed condition of Europe for the last year or eighteen months, we must infer that the emigration from that part of the world, during the next twelve months, will be much greater than it has been, or will be this year. Well, let them come. Both sides of our continent are settled, and the intermediate gap is open to the oppressed people of Europe." The Penguin brings advices from Rio de Janeiro. The elections had gone off well. The Coffee market was firm up to the 6th ult. On London the rate of Exchange was 26d. Cape of Good Hope papers of Aug.l4 are still greatly occupied with the convict question, which loses, how ever, much of its interest, from the understood determi nation of Earl Grey to abandon the attempt. The Cape people, however, may yet carry a reasonable prejudice to an unreasonable extreme, for they had gent abroad most damaging reports as to the character of the free immigrants just arrived, and according to the statement of the official emigration agent, upon the mere slight ground of one boy having been punished here for picking up in the streets a parcel, which he should have sought an owner for. The suspicion cast upon one or two other parties was proved to be wholly unfounded, and it will be no very encouraging welcome to an honest man to be inquisitorially visited npon his arrival in the colony. The Continental Stock Markets are reported still to have been rather dull. At Vienna Austrian Bonds on the 20th were at 95; and at Frank fort on the 22d, 864. In the Amsterdam Market on Tuesday there were some important purchases of Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents., which closed well. The new Ministry was stated to be formed. The English Stock Market continues as quiet as for some days past. Consols have been 92 to 92k for Transfer, and 92 to 92} for Account. The New Three and a Quarter per Cents. have been 92 to 92i; and the Three per Cents. 901 j. Bank Stock has been rather dull at 197 to 198. Exchequer-bills have been flatter at 425. to 455. premium. The market can barely be aided so good either for funded or unfunded securities. India Stock has been 257. The Foreign Securities have been neglected, and even the important news from Madrid of the sudden changes in the Ministry have led to no speculation in Spanish Bonds. The Five per Cents. have been 16k j, and the Three per Cents. 34; Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 324 to 334. Brazilian Small Bonds have been quoted 83k. Equador Stock is 34, and Grenada 16. Mexican have declined to 26k 4. Russian Bonds are steady at 107. Austrian Five per Cents. have been marked 904, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 534 The Railway Share Market, notwithstanding the knowledge that the traffic has improved on several lines during the past week, do not quite support the greatest advance of yesterday; but this is only a re-action to be expected atter so decided a rally. • O.NE O'CLOCK. CL(*IIG P oF -ItITISLt FU Di! PRICES. . ._„.... . _____ ___ Bank Stock 3 v er Cent. Reduced Arns 9 0 34% 98% i per Cent. Consols Annuities 91% 92 92 , 4, New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anns. Long Anns. to expire Jan.lB6o -16 8% 834 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 -16 8 1 4 iiitto 30 years", Jan. 5, 1860 8 11-16 8% India Stock India Bonds, 1,0001. Ditto under;l,ooo/... ..... — p Consols for Account 92% 92 92 Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d 1,0001. June OLOSIN(- PRICES ,01A FRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian, 5 per Cent. ....... 90% Brazilian bonds Ditto, Small Equador.Bonda ... 3 IA Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent. Ditto, Deferred . 3 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... 26% 26% Ditto, Account ... ............ ..... 261% 26% Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Portuguese 5 per Cents.. Russian Bonds Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 16 % 14 16% Ditto. 3 per Cent Venezuela Bonds, 2% per Cent Ditto Deferred t Dividends on the above payable, in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. .. 5 1 A 3 .4 Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 82% 83% _3% 53 82 PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. &berdeen 5O Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 ...... Ayrshire and Galloway 7 14 — Belfast & County Down 26 ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 per ct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Junct., calls duly paid, or with a guaran. 20 Do, without guarantee 20 Binning. Wolverh'ton, and Dnd!ey, calls duly pd, or with guarantee 10 Do. without guarantee 10 Ilirming.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... Birkenhead Lancashire, and Cheshire Jum.... 20 ........ Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 45. ... Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Thirds ucking hainchire ...... 17% Caledonian Ditto, New 10/. Pref... 10 ... Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 ,:hester and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, _ _ ... 614 13% 8% 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports month Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 h — East Anglian, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 3/. 103., Pref... 3 1 ,4 - Eastern Counties........ 20 7 ...... Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6L 13s. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... par z.d. ..... par x.d Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 Do. New 43 — Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 Do., Class B (I. & B.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 25 . 414 Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire 25 Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4..... •• Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 •••••• East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 31 31 1 / 2 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 •••••• Edinburgh and Northern 25 Ditto, Newport Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2 5,,, — Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., 1 / 2 A Deferred 12 1 / 4 Do., 1 h B 6 per Cent... 7 1 h — Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 7 'treat South. and West. (Ireland) Great North of England.loo .»........•••• Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto. New ,15/ l5 . Great Western 100.... 55 56 54 1 / 2 56 1 h 55 Ditto, I ,¢ Shares 5O ...... 27 ........ Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... 20 Ditto, New 171— ..... 15 Hull and Selby ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ..-.. Do. Quarter Shares... 121 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 . ...... Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. M. B. 1 1 / 4 8... 95 Ditto, ditto Ditto, 1 h Shares ...... 49 ... Do. Quarters ... 2 2 lh Do. Fifths... ....... 10 - Do. Third!, ...... ........ Do. New Guarantied 6 rer Cent.. Do. Liverp. and Bury 49 Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .• •• Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. lh Shares (A)... 10 Lseds and Bradford 5O ;Leeds and Thirak ..... . 50 Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 Do., Pref. Quo.r.,lBlS 9 1 6Y 31% 7)6 10 1 4 10% 84 42 193 i 84 12% Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . lO - •••••1 , ..... London &Blackwall...ll/. Cs. 3d... London, Brighton, and South Coast... ..... 100 ...... 70% 7O Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent 100 12 6 14 12 6 14 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 ..... London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ... ..... Ditto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. Western 1(X) Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 7 ..... Do. 40/.Shareb(L.M.) 35 Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..., — Lond.& S. Wk_stern 50 ..... 30% 29 3 / 4 Ditto, New 50/. ...... 42q...... 24 Do. New 401 ... 34 Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Londonderry &Coleraine 25 ........ Do. 1 / 2 Shares ..... 5 ........ ••••• •• Londonderry and Ennis kill. n..... ..... 25 Do. 1 ,4 Shares...... ..... 5 Lowestcti guar. 4 per et 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) Manche•stcr,l3axton,and Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 •• 29% 24 Ditto ditto (No. '25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% — Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ..... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 19 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2 2 1,8. Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... Do. Blanchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — MY land ... lOO ...... 46 1 A ........ 4614 10% Do. Consolidated Pref.loo - Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... 8 1 ,E Do. Burin., and Derby 100 ...... Do. Consol. Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 .120 ... l2O Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... Ditto ditto 22/. 75... Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. 50 - Ditto, Leieest.& Swan nin gton, 8 per ct. guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish 13 1 / 4 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar Newcastle and Carlisle.loo • — Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension ...... ... 2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, i•nd Hereford • 6 ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 — Newry, Warrenpoult, and Rostrevor . . 20 - •• ••••.••...•• Norfolk .......... ...........100 Do. New 20/. .. l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 - Do. Guaranteed 5 ~ ..oe. 5 Do. do. WaveneyVal. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... ••.••• North British ........ ... 25 ..... ... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8% .. Ditto Preference 5 - ••• .. North Staflordshire ... 17% 9% 8% 9 North Wales . „ ...... —.. 3% — North-Western . I3A, OM. 4% - 31,‘ Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton fteading, Guildford, and Reigate Royston and Hitchin 44.• ... Scottish Central Scottish Midland ...... 25 Ditto, New Shrewsbury and Birm l2 ...... Ditto ditto. Class B — Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 ...... Ditto Oswestry ...... 18% — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union Sunth Devon Du. Preference South Staffordshire B% — .••• South Eastern Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ............. 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 ........ .•• ••• Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole l2 Sileffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. 16% —l Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ...... & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 'lames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17 1 ,4... Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny 20 . W aterford and Limerick 47% _ _ 15 % 6% 16% W aterfd,Wxfrd,W iciaw and Düblin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... 50 Do. do. do. ... 25 Do. do. do. ... 15 West Cornwall ..... 6 hitehaven & Furness 16 Windsor, Staines, and South Western........ 14 Wilts,Somerset,& Wey mouth York, Newcastle, and Bei wick.. Do. Newcastle Ester. 20 ...... 11 11 1 4 11 ll Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 2% ...... Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway . lOO ...... Yorkand North Midland 50 19 A,1,414 Ditto, Preference; FOREIGN RAILWAYS- Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 1 4 — Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Ilierz0n)... 20 Demerara 1 7 1,4 ............ ... Dutch Rhenish East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain :I la Sambre ... 7 Luxembourg Ditto .-- lO Madrid and Valentia... 2 Namur and Liege ...... 20 Northern of France...... 14/. 85... 3 3 1 4 dis Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ...... 2 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ..... ...... Paris and Rouen 2O ... . .. Paris and Strasbourg ... 12 Rouen and Ilavre ...... 20 Sambre and Meuse 2O ... « 1 5 / 04 — Strasbourg and Basle ... 14 Tours and Nantes l3 Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and flasselt --- 20 West Flanders B 3 / 4.• Ditto ... JOINT STOCK BANKS. 28% 19t,i 5% 3% Australasia , - 40 British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 Ditto New........ ..... 10 National of Ireland 22 1 / 2 ...... ••• -- Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Ditto, New ....• ..... 10 MINES. British Iron .. Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocara&Cuiaba 30 — Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ...... 10414 1014 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 25.—Wind this day at noon S.S.W., moderate breeze and cloudy. PERNAMBUCO, SEPT. 24.—The Onward, Bristol, to Rio Janeiro, put in here 15th instant, with curgo (coals) ignited, and has discharged. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 24.—The Native, of Wexford, in coming up the river, ran aground near Berkeley Pill, and will not get off this tide. WEXFORD, OCT. 23.—The Repeater, Liverpool to Halifax, struck on the Long Bank during a fog yester day morning, and lost her rudder; floated off about 5 P.M. in a sinking state, and got on the shoals south of Wexford Bar nearly full of water; part of her materials will be saved. _ _ DEAL, OCT. 24.--Sid. Anglia, Hobart Town; Alex ander, Calcutta; Norman Morrison, Vancouver's Island; Crusader, Honduras; Frederick, St. John's, New Bruns wick; Mary, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Eliza Helen, Bermuda. --- HASTINGS, OCT. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Wham poa, Geale, Demerara. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 24.—Wind S.W.—Victoria, Mitchell, Quebec. CLYDE, OCT. 23.—Arrd. John Wishart, Saunders, St. John's, New Brunswick; Lord Byron, Campbell, Quebec. KIRICALDY, OCT. 23.—There was a violent gale here last night from the westward, with a good deal of rain. SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 23.—The Emulous, of and for Stockton, which got on shore here 18th instant, has been got off, and being towed by two steamers to the north. DEAL, OCT. 24.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Car ron, Quebec for Newcastle; lodine, Evans, ditto. Arrd. from the river King William, Avery, Port Natal. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.—Wind S. to S.E.—Arrd. 23d, Edmonstone, Sayers, Bombay; Cora, Smith, New Ca labar; Victoria, Gent, Cuba; Wyoming, Miercken, Philadelphia; 24th, Gunga, Braithwaite, Adelaide, South Australia; Orezeba, Bonny and Sierra Leone; William Rushton, Laguna; Margaret, Blenkin, New Orleans; Delta. Gover, St. John's, New Brunswick; Edward, Davidson, Sydney, C. B.; Lady Constable, Morrison, Richibucto; Elizabeth, Isaac, ditto; Perseus, Duncan, Miramichi; Abigail, Morton, Quebec. Sld. 23d Milli ceto, New Orleans; Swan, Ch ar l es t on ; Caleb Grimshaw, New York; 24th, Agnes, Trinidad; Patrick Henry, New Nork ; L. G., ditto. ARDROSSAN, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Cynthia, Torrence, Quebec, with deck load thrown overboard 16th instant, in a hurricane from S.W., and with loss of stanchions. LONDONDERRY, OCT. 20.—Arrd. British Queen, Bell, St. John's, New Brunswick; Fanny, Corish, New York; Creole, Dell, Philadelphia ; Super, Mason, Quebec; Londonderry, Hatrick, ditto. PENTLAND FRITH, OCT. 20.—Arrd. Advice, Penny, Davis s Straits, with 17 fish, about 190 tons, MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) NE WGELTEI AND LEADENNA.I.L. ___ These rearkets were extremely heavy today, at fur ther depressed currencies. Beet, from 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 2s 10d to 35 6d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Blbs by the carcase. HAT 111.A.R,ZETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/_ 8s to 31 10s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 10 s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. CIINBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2110 s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ los ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 103 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to Si 1 ls; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 123; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 119 s per load. A full average supply, and a dull trade. ANOTHER MINIS FERIAL CRISIS. A leregraphic dispatch, received in Paris, an nounces that the NARVAEZ Ministry, which had been recalled to office on the 21st, had been again dis missed. The Spanish Five per Cents., on the 19th, were at 26j. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. HAYNAU has retired in high dudgeon to Gratz, because the Red EMPEROR, terrified at the cry of execration with which Europe echoed against the murderers of the Hungarian patriots, dispatched Count GRUNNE to Pesth to put a stop to these judi cial assassinations. Who will now venture to sneer at the power of public opinion ? The material forces of the Red EMPEROR quailed before it, and the victor has been compelled by the expression of public opi nion to pause in his career of murder, and to recal from Hungary the hyena LlAyriAn with his thirst for blood yet unslaked. The Magyars are, however, still subjected to every species of persecution short of death, and to every imaginable insult. A nephew of Count BATTUTANY has been incorporated as a Hussar in a squadrcn which form s th e garr i son at Tirppen in Siles ia. Many other no bl e M agyars are in the same regiment. It is — rumoured in Vienna that several Ministerial changes are on the eve of taking place. Count Gyulai will, it is said, receive a high appointment in Italy, and be succeeded as Minister of war by Count Dahlen. General ,Schlick is Fpoken of as Civil and Military Governor of Hungary ; General d'Aspre as Military Governor of Gorz; Baron Kubeck and Ge neral Schonhalz are spoken of as the representatives of Austria, members of the Commission of the Interim Central Power. _ It is stated in a letter from Vienna of the 14th that the domain of Kcenigswarth, in Bohemia, belonging to Prince DE METTERNICH, has been sequestrated for delay in the payment of the taxes. Another letter from Vienna states that the Austrian Cabinet, after mature deliberation, had coma to a resolution not to recognise any of the paper money issued by KOSSUTH. The same letter informs us that orders have been given that no more political executions are to take place without fresh instructions. The Austrian Government has just appointed the two Commissioners who, according to the terms con cluded with Prussia, are to represent Austria at the Central German Government. They are Baron KUBECK and General DE SCHUNALS. The Austrian Lloyd's says there is no truth in the account given by the Prussian illoniteur of the arrest of the ex• Minister PILLEESDORF. The subscriptions for the Austrian loan have reached the amount of seventy-one millions; but the subscribers not being able to make the paymentsiiin full within the time prescribed, which is ten months, the period has been extended to twenty months, and the Bank will take on itself to make the advances. PRUSSIA. We find the following in the Emancipation. of Brussels :—" There is much talk at Berlin of the fete which took place on the 19th at the Head Ma- HOLLAND. THE HAOUE, OCT. 22.—80th on Saturday night and on Sunday morning the ICING had long con ferences with the Councillor of State and Director of the Royal Cabinet, M. VON RAPPARD. It is asserted that M. THORBECKE has presented to the ICING the programme of those gent'emen whom he recommended to his MAJESTY as Ministers. There is to be a Cabinet Council this afternoon at three o'clock. Prince FREDERICK came to town early this morning for the purpose of attending the Council. Many circumstances lead to the inference that the Ministerial crisis is near its termination, and indeed it is high time that the legal advisers of the Crown should be nominated. In regard to the prolonged Ministerial crisis the Handelsblad says— " It is now about a month since the Ministers ten dered their resignations, and all the steps which have hitherto been taken to form a new Cabinet have proved ineffectual. To whom must we attribute this fact, hitherto unparalleled in the constitutional history of kingdoms? "Is Holland destitute'of able and devoted men? We attribute this delay to other causes. The choice of his Ministers is one of the noblest prerogatives of kings, but the King, instead of himself naming the persons whom he considers worthy of being taken into his councils, deputes a third person to make this selection, and hence all the steps hitherto taken have been useless. "In our opinion M. Thorbecke is the man for this critical moment, and he alone is capable of forming an energetic Cabinet. If he does not succeed in this he will proceed to other measures; for instance, the disso- lution of the Chambers, but we can expect no good result from either a compromised Cabinet or a coalition." The Stoats Courant publishes the supplementary articles of the Convention of Mayence for the navi gation of the Rhine. The document is dated August 30, and is countersigned by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Von LIGHTENVELT, in lieu of the Minister of Justice. RUSSIA. ST. PETERSBURGH, OCT. B. —The Prussian Invalide publishes the order of the day addressed by his Im perial Highness the GRAND DUKE, heir apparent, in his newly-appointed office of Commander. in-Chief of the Military School. After adverting to his prede cessor in that office, the Grand Duke MICHAEL, who is justly eulogised for his fidelity and zeal in the dis charge of his duty, the GRAND DUKE goes on to say that his present appointment is the more agreeable to him, since he commenced his military career from those schools. His chief aim in his new office will be to maintain all those regulations which were made by the late GRAND DUKE for the benefit of the schools, and which have placed them on their present high footing Lastly, he calls upon the military them selves to testify by their daily walk in life, as well as by their military conduct, their gratitude for what was done for them by their departed paternal friend. All reports of these institutions are in future to be sent to the Grand Duke ALEXANDER.—Wiener Zeitung. A Russian corps of 60,000 men is to be cantoned during the winter along the Warsaw-Cracow line. A similar body is to be quartered in 'Warsaw and its en virons, and a corps of 40,000 men is to occupy the for tress of Zamosk.— Cologne Gazette. The Paris Presse, in a letter from Constantinople, sth inst., gives the following details of the strength of the Russian and Turkish navy : "The present strength of the Russian navy in the Baltic is 1 ship of the line of 120 guns; 3 of 110; 15 of 84; 12 of 74; 30 of from 60 to 74; some corvettes and brigs, and about 20 steam-boats. In the Black Sea there are 3 ships of the line of 120 guns; 3 of 110; 7 of 74; 8 frigates of 60; and 10 of 44; some corvettes and brigs, and 25 steamboats. The latter of these two forces would be the only one with which Turkey would at present have to contend, for the Baltic fleet will very shortly be blocked up by the ice. The personnel of the Russian navy consists of 63 admirals, 72 captains first rank, 80 of the second rank, and 211 lieutenants ; the number of seamen is about 50,000. The officers are wanting in instructions and theory, and the men in practice. A proof of their want of skill was clearly shown at the battle of Navarino. The Turkish squadron under the orders of Mohouk Pacha consists of two ♦essels of 120 ; two of 100; three of 90; one of 84; ore of 80; one of 56; and one of 44. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 20th officially an nounces the modifications that have taken place in the Turin Ministry. M. GALYAGNO, late Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, has accepted the portfolio of the Interior, and M. MAT THIEII, Intendent-General of Cuneo, has been named Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works. The following circular has been addressed by the Prefect of Florence to the Gonfaloniers of his pro vince : _ Sir,—By a dispatch of the 14th instant, the Minis ter of the Interior directs the Gonfaloniers to revise and rectify the electoral lists according to Chapter 3 of the law on the subject of the 3d of March, 1848. This is a fact which under the present circumstances is rather political than administrative, and affords a new proof of the straightforwardness of our excellent Prince and of Ihis Government. He.puts an end to the doubts and insinuations which the evil intentioned have spread in the minds of many good citizens, and thus deprives them of every hope of seeing their treasonable designs realised. You will understand the value of such an act destined to rally all virtuous men around the constitutional throne, and to secure to Tuscany the advantages she deserves by her state of civilisation.--I have the honour, &c., " The Prefect, ZANMINIATELLI. " Florence, Oct. 16." The following proclamation has been published a Piacenza, Duchy of Parma : " His Royal Highness the Duke, desirous of pro moting the welfare of his subj ec t s , h as severa l t i mes ordered the publication of the law s concern i ng th e s t a t e of siege, that no one might plead ignorance of them. I take the opportunity thus offered me by the tender solicitude of the Prince to express to the inhabitants of this town and fortress all the satisfaction their good con duct and strict observance of the laws has caused me. However, in order to fulfil the excellent intention of his Royal Highness, and desiring to s p are ever y one t h e danger of incurring punishment, I think it my duty to remind the inhabitants that the articles 1, 2, 5,8, 9, 10, and 11 of the proclamation of the 13th of March, 1814, are in full vigour. "The Commander of the fortress, Count TOROK. "Piacenza, October 4." The Legge of Turin of the 20th states that the Duke of Pima/ has given the galley-slaves a new costume, and a hat exactly resembling the Calabrian one•adopted by the Liberal party. Letters from Peschiera state that very extensive fortifications are being added to that fortress, with a view of preventing besiegers from taking possession of the heights which overlook Peschiera. We read in a letter from Rome of the 14th, quoted by the Legge of Turin, that the late Deputies of the Constituent Assembly are to be divided into three classes—the first, consisting of those who voted against the Republic, is to be recalled; the second, consisting of the moderate Republicans, is to be also recalled, but kept under surveillance ; but the third class is neither to be recalled nor amnestied. PAS QUALE DI Rossi is the only ex-Deputy who at present remains unmolested at Rome. The Genoa Gazette of the 19th announces the arrival at Ferrara of 300 Neapolitans, with some artillery, who had been at Venice. They again took their departure for Naples on the 14th. SUNDAY LABOUR AT TIIE POST•OEFICE.—We un derstand that within the last few days returns have been received at the General Post-office, showing the great extent to which Sunday labour will be dimi nished in the country post-offices by the measures about to be brought into operation. It appears that in more than 200 offices at least one delivery on the Sunday will be abolished, and that in many cases the abolition will extend to two, or even three deli veries. This change alone will liberate several hundred officers. We learn also that of the regular post-offic e s a l one th ere are nearly 500 where the time of duty on Sunday will be reduced, the average reduction being nearly four h ours . Th e returns do net yet include the sub-offices, where there will be a decrease of duty; but of these there must be some thousands. These facts are sufficient to give some idea of the large number of persons who will be either partially or wholly released in the country offices from the performance of duty on the Sunday ; and we are assured that the small addition to the force in the London office required by the measures which will effect this great reduction will consist entirely of volunteers, and not, as has been asserted, of persons acting under compulsion. Their work, too, as has already been stated, will be so arranged as not to infringe upon the hours of divine service. His Excellency Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, the newly accredited Minister to the United States, accompanied by the Hon. Lady Bulwer, leaves town to-day for Liverpool, there to embark for New York, to enter on his diplomatic duties at Washington. Mr. Bulwer Lytton, son of the celebrated novelist, will also depart with his uncle, having been appointed attache to the British Legation. MEAT MA.MEETS. SOUTHALL, OCT, 24.—The supply of fat stock here to-day was considerably on the increase ; while the general demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Veal, 3s to 4s ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 83 per Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFOIID, OcT.24.—We had a very depressed trace here this morning, and prices ruled quite 2d per 81bs lower than on Wednesday last. Beef from 2s 8d to 8s ed; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s; Veal, 35 to 3s 4d; and Pork, 32 4d to 3s 8d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 245; Quarter•old Store Pigs, 16s to 21s; and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 141 to 171 10d each. HAILSHAM, OCT. 24.—Generally speaking the trade was heavy, on somewhat lower terms:—Beef from 3s to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. ARUNDEL, OCT. 22.—Prime Beasts and Sheep were scarce, but the supply of Pigs wastolerably good. Tr ad 3 dull as follows :—Beef from 3s to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4a 2d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 35 2d to 3s 6d per 81bs. CHICHESTER, OCT. 24.—We had a very :inseam demand this morning, at barely stationary prices. Beef from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s to 4s ; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d ; and Pork, 3s to 3s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 22s ; Quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 20s ; and Mulch Cows with their small Calf, 161 to 171 108 each. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Oct. 18, 1849, made up from the Returns MB - e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towas in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. EARLEY., I OATS. *TX. BEANS. PEA/. PRICE .. 141 e 4d 28s 2d I 17s 4d 24s 91 129 s bd I 130 s 3d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I I RTE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od is Od ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. This morning, between one and two o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. Nelson, a tailor, of Flagon row, Deptford, and for a considerable time much anxiety prevailed for the safety of the family. Messengers were sent to London for assistance, and in a short time the Southwark-bridge-road engine, as also that of the West of England, arrived. By this time, notwithstanding very valuable aid was rendered by the authorities and a Deptford Dockyard engine, the entire property and house of Mr. Nelson were one burning mass, and the flames had also reached two adjoining houses, those of Mr. Cherry, stationer, and Mr. Brooks, butcher. The supply of water from the Kent mains having been made available for every engine, the London powerful machines threw their torrents on the flames, and, fortunately, by three o'clock, the danger subsided, not, however, until great loss of property and damages by removal. OFFICIAL REPORT. Flagon-row, Deptford. —No. 13—The house, stock, and furniture of Mr. Nelson, tailor ; house nearly con sumed—insured for the stock in the Sun Fire-offiee. Ditto, ditto.—No. 14—Mr. Cherry, stationer; building damaged, furniture also, but insured for the letter in the Sun Fire-office. Ditto, ditto.—No. 12—Mr. Brooks, butcher; building and furniture damaged, stock, &c. Insured in the Guardian Fire. office. trb 'ambition NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match—Strongbow beat Joc-o'-Sot. Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old. A.F. The Secret ... ~. Malibran filly ... Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each for two yrs old. Ab. M. Pitsford walked over. Sweepstakes for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Antagonist Dulcet The Glasgow Stakes. Brother to Epirote Cariboo Ghio (Merope colt) ... Handicap for two crs old. D.M. Muff filly Estafette ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 1 ... 2 Match—Beehunter and Clincher ran a dead heat. SPORTING NOTES. No. XV. " Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything." Julius Ccesar, Act 3, Scene 2. " I have drunk deeply of the stream of fate, And sounded the protounds of prophecy." The Sybil. " I've grasp'd the glories of the present scene— The future and the past—the shall be and bath been !" LADY FLORA HASTINGS. Sta,—My prediction on the Criterion was verified to the letter, The Nigger, Pitsford, and Nutshell, running home first, second, and third. The Nigger's victory, as a matter of course, immediately advanced his stable com panion, Ghillie Callum, to the premiership in the Derby betting, and I think it not very improbable but what he may head the favourites throughout the winter, and should Bee Hunter win the 2,000 Guineas, up to the hour of starting; I will venture to predict Ghillie CO' lum's being priced in the Derby market at as little as 3 to 1 on or before the all-important day. The only stake in the present Newmarket meeting that now claims my attention is " The Nursery," for which sixteen have accepted, out of thirty-nine nomina tions, viz : st. lb.; st. lb. William the Conqueror 8 12 Harum Scarum ~.... 7 0 Cariboo Regina Concertina Colt The Monk.... 7 S Bastinado Laura Sister to Pillage Little Jack Presuming William the Conqueror will not run, I have no hesitation in asserting that the "first flight" wi l l consist of Cariboo, Regina, Little Jaek, Harum Scaruint Don John filly, Bastinsdo, and Countess, preference to Cariboo, Little Jack, and Countess, 0 11° pl a cing them thus:— LITTLE JACK CARIBO() ... giving th e COUNTESS... 3 Before closing this, my l as t note o f th e p resen t year, I may as well, in my character of "Sporting Counsel to i your readers, advise the k ee pi ng o f Ghilli e C a llum air Sweetheart on the right side of their books for th e Derby, and not altogether for ge tti ng Th e Italian an d Pontifex, take them as " forlorn hopes." Pitsfo rd. Hardinge, Pontifex, Brother to Epir o t e or Bee Hunte r must win the 2,000 Guinea Stakes; The Hunter for choice. And now " The pastime of the Turf o'er, slow drops The curtain on my sated eye, and like ~ The rainbow in the heavens, the vision fades. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. October 25, 1849. „• 1 HAYMARKET THEATRE. Macready appeared as King Lear last evening, for the first time this season. Lear has always been on,e of the most popular and picturesque of .Macready Shaksperian impersonations, and he played Lear I °., evening perhaps better than he has ever pl a yed ; before. The scene in which he curse s his daught e li a was perfectly awe-inspiring, from t he intensity wbie he threw into it, and the storm scene was g e with a pathos that was heart-rending. The agonisiogi manner in which be bangs over the dead body 0 , Cordelia was most touching, and the death scene ni weak, and despised old man," was on e i f e t th h e e most affecting ever witnessed on the stage. J. King Lear was acted, as it always was called for at the conclusion, and applauded to th e echo. should o f acted, from the version of Shakspere ; and the Pa rt ed - was admirably pe the Fool preserved, which rforin f by Miss P. Horton, who gave the little snatches 11 ° , melody with which the part is interspersed wit h „ t ve most exquisite taste imaginable. Mrs. Warner to Goneril all her natural cruelty and arroganc e; 1 11: 11. Miss Reynolds made a mos t i nteres ti ng Coruf (.0 Wallack's Edgar is the best that has appeared ° Ti n os the days of Charles Kemble, and Stuart as 'Cen t t te excellent. The tragedy was admirably put 1 1 1: ) ° 11 stage, and the house was crowded to suffocation. Miss Cushman made her re-appearance before t ti b l e . _American audience on Monday, Oct. B th , et f Broad way Theatre, New York, in the character ° Mrs. Haller. A more brilliant and enthusiastic rvie ception was never bestowed on an artiste. Th e Ne b,' York papers announce it as " a splendid triumP,o and state that " thunders of applause" g reeted l '".1 gifted lady on her entrance, and that 4, unequiYo,?e'd demonstrations of excitement and admiration reer:6o, the whole of her performance.' The house ..,„ literally crammed to suffocation, and hundreds wf'__ unable to procure standing room. At the conclasniu_'; of the play she was called for with a sort of natio r_ furore, and American hands did ampl e American talent. Miss Cushman has afieldoete career before her, which we trust will y jew,. fortau delight to her people, and increased fame and tO bepelf. honour.' _tot funnti Thi the (lc of th ( and tl It r Was it those The s ; once o rated N vengef sem bh the br( especi i heinou The Gener Mr. Solicit Max and M lanty n for th Were IA t Fred ei kanni The went, guilty Th ? --Not -4 ;"~ fin the Cro mu: mit sigr desE duti, a r asse occo ance able even desh Judl disci The: the 1 T 1 the E Ai merit Cour Seca Blau hard Sard: Lord eon, Lady Leari At some often( was E p-ers was riot t`u atilt liatu