It is asserted that the Solicitor-General of Ireland, Mr. Hatchell,
will offer himself as the Government candidate for the'borough of Windsor, in the event of Lord John Hay, C.B., resigning his seat on Admiralty ap- pointment.—Morning Herald.
The returns of the Board of Trade issued yesterday, for the month ending October 10, show, a continued increase of exports compared with
October 1848, on all the main articles except cotton-yarn, which has suffered a decrease. The total increase in exports during the first nine months of the present year, as compared with the nine corresponding months of 1848, is 8,295,554/. As regards imports, the totals of grab; flour, and articles of• food, taken together, show a slight balance of in- crease; flax, hemp, raw silk, and tallow, a considerable increase; cotton and wool, as considerable a diminution.