The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

AMPInCAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. Th e St e 8 f am -ship Niagara, Captain Stone, with ad-, Nevibru York t o th e 2 8t h, an d b y te l egrap h a Halif ax, at h if to the 30 t h ult., arrived in the Merey 850 o n ,- ,Pl ts t ' o'clock thi s a f ternoon . Sh e has dolls. specie on freight. 8 ot9e steam -ship America arrived off New York at P.M.ck on the 29th tilt. 14i:i6 ne latest i ntelligence by telegraph from New ,ft to the 30th tilt- ) /11 6P. to the following ..„ et 'Professor Webster was executed at Boston that Izoroi ng. ths Property was destroyed by fire in Montreal on "Acceding Saturday to the amount of 100,0001 1 Ine ounts of the 13:h of August from Mexico . do:11:14101e disappearance of cholera, after 100 da3s Al t ", 4l ! l °, and 18,000 deaths in that city alone. The 1,4/B':can Congress was installed on the id). The to pro,!lent's spetch recommended prompt t ut lu e for the great exigencies of the üblic rett- measures ,3:;;.rhe Mexican markets are increasingly he prolific.ert at eipiltiote. steamer America arrived off t . j o t clock last night, hut the pilot declined i bring ; at e o,er LIP till this morning. Her letters have . ri , o is :,e e -e f d the cotton market, which is flit ; quotations tot,b,i(l,:hirerethheavNeiagara sailed. been no large sales Of Government 41 to W estern canal fl our , 4i t o 4,i ; Canadiao d im ;1i; to coming f o r wa rd , m ore freely, Cana -IUO to 10,5 ' °ro le ur ' at.st ad v i ces from Texas not i ce t h e mee ti 7 is ye , "egislat ure. The Governor, in his Inessag of w i l Y t y iuleut a ga i nst the United States on accoun t po wer % he calla theunwarrantable assumption cf authority the Federal Executive. lie calls for to b e Y to raise supplies for two mounted regime n t s , 14 4 4 m, Ployed in the immediate occupation of belheenbordeens. °f the Cumanche Indians were ravaging ba the state; and military assistance d -;ked for from the Government. Jul W e h ave dates from Venezuela to the 20th of d o y ' The c ontest in regard to the Presidential elec t, 7 being carried on with violence. Xoual revolution had taken place in the republic of ret uv .s and General Elzalde was compelled to take p or t of board a British man-of-war, then in the d rattreL°' Guayaquil. He afterwards landed, an ecl with a small force on Guayaquil." ' a T he COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. fiffeotuadvices from Eurbpe have had a me ti. Pen Government and State stocks. Govern favourable In the kou„'"eica have improved about 1 per cent. elo4parket there is no marked change. Exchanges ites hia ," 4ll , and are 1 per cent. lower than the previ o u s st. itl o ` f r f or sterling, with sales at 10 to 10f ' 401 1 : 10 1 ; francs are 5.221 to 5.211; ur h Y asi 3 6. 4 4; Bremen, 79i to 801; liam p g ( lott o i daati n w as in good demand, one-eighth cent . per lb. a.. tetivi t l e t the accounts from the south continue! s t eorri e to the growing crop; the deficit in rece ipts sco bale s. P a red with last season amounts to 63 ~ 0 . Ith loute The falling off in exports to Great Britain Mahe to to 449,000 bales. are h irrel es in moderate request ; sales were, 10 0 I ron s at 8 dolls. for pearls, 6 to 6 121 for pots tath , a „ Sales, 150 tons Scotch pig-iron, 25 larg e i i ) ki 2 0 to 20 2 5 s i x months. There h as b ee n a t agsv e usi hees doin g i n f re i g h ts at f u ll pr i ce s. The 1.9 to. : te nts are 50, 000 or 60,000 barrels flour, at 4 t ad. 440 11 and 45,000 or 50,000 bushels of wheat fir st h an g early a ll i t is understood is sh i pp edfrom e 4 n. quarter About 5, 000 bales of cotton were ta ken , and some heavy freights at 15s. s. 20 t h ;te Il avre the rate is up, and the packet to of l th e inst. took some cotton at half a cent. a Th e b • SHIPPING. letaii,„ '`arldgetown, from Liverpool to Quebec, was 1 4 4i i h w . re eked at Clam Cove, near Cape Race, on ~ Th e , I nst, three passengers drowned. ,c eni - uri g G;e. , "L of Sunderland, from Montreal for cr4 s v 'Td, was lost at Portland Creek, Newfoundland ; Th e a , v ed, and arrived at Pictou on the Bth arrived at 1/ 4vanlaoe, and the Vanguard, hence, ha d Thew York. f retu ; harvest from Newport, the William have ate ° din', and the Albemarle , from Liverpool, Lord, iv e d a . , . T he „sE Baltimore. Verpoe(lYEaouth Rock and the fr om Li from Glas gow the Perseverance and the Lots, Josephine, at ti oi h to d the Adeline Cann, from Troon, had arrived Th e e n ,' tizaheihaarrileostte has arrived at Philadelphia. Napier, from Glasgow ; the th ?h fr r n is m - Gree„°°Phia, from London ; the Wandswor l'an b ", 9 7, a k ; the Ann Cater, the and ßrilliant,G. t h e Gill , the datieJA''-lichards, from Limerick ; the Alice 1 ill fr e . cxtery from in j) . t Dublin; lived " r latol• .4 have ar the Bristol and the a, Nuebec. at ~ v an, the Helen, from Montrose, Ty b ... OFF ICERS OF THE ORION e - t SINCE THEIR CONVICTION. B Pset e ,, have received a communication the e om a re follow- :, i n ,.. ,1 correspondent furnishing us wit h ..,.iam?, thl Particulars of Captain Henderson And VV 111 ;,,tfijate, since their conviction : Ibtek4he prisoners were taken to the Calton g ol in a hi tt! Il eY coach, Lef:l evening, and arrived at the prison some 1 ... ete th were bred a van which conveyed the convicts w ho ___ the same day in the nigh Court. Willia msi . 1 . Need tO be • . . I submitted in pe et silence in extreme dejection, an . eloth to the usual operation of exchanging his own N I 4,N' the prison dress, which consists of a coarse__ d Cs ti , e eatk grey cloth—jack t t, trousers, and re st, and beerteszk)ea• His conduct since his incarceration n aisles o f exemplary, and has enlisted the sym vve un gerie,:,,°' ail who come in contact with him. Ni t --4 he if' mild, civil, and not a little commeeunei_,- 14it:,:een°,* that the first shock a his nnexp an a t : . 113 44 o f 11.8 somewhat deadened, lie has er e otita a efultstifeelings on becoming. .aware of r th iv e e d n p ie erilo th u e s „Ni t, . . e Orion, and immEdiately succee readers. kle at Willth cannot fail to be interesting to oar blithelttB thB t he had not the slightest idea of danger l land was seen right ahead, when ho ints e u y t: i i .. t hele a : aw n ,e of the impossibility of escaping it . IN : 0 44' tr's4, immrd:ately ran to the wheel, an . d endea „i but the -r ititl o g ive another direction to the ye" - , eattSt:"" of all efforts to prevent the approa o c f hi h n i g s 41 5111. 1 ( "Pho he s aw at a gl ance , and the agony has h efiti" o 'eutleri ng at that moment, and lie ever since, cti calmer • how , h the most intense descrtion. i s inti a n oppor -144 "'e'er and feels much relieved when . , _,.. , 3 . ,„,,_ , . . 41 44 ()resent% itself of giving expression to his reel regret • fo r 01 enortified professional skill, and of deep regret thh:faaful catastrophe he unconsciously occ asioned — h; given aro use admits the possibility of his having. how " 11l -e'needls course t• 3 the steersman, mself. t!iotztlald have done so is a myster even to although 41 410_ 89;1 ilnle,d,reson, .we regret to say, has not cond o conducted F. ‘ P i a ,.•ko o copling . a manner as the infer t i h o a r n o v u th e e x e a r: 4 0a it . 18 more impatience and moroseness tati oa the severity of his sentence, or the lons ofer.ep_tie litisail‘hi position in society. The regulations ttn as a le klve Understand, were • enforced in his case with for kis fi:)", gentlenvss as they admit of, and a regard L I Nt ,8 required; but the painful duty of the °6ll4,r4ered still more unpleasant by the ill-considered e te eei t ,,, ° "' ef the unfortunate man himself . W °I u a, some further particulars respecting %cr.) i°,l4,l:lenderson, but what we have given 111 the . c e ond w ue , t ‘ f or T11;.11"yr his demeanour after his conviction. in ert ,Alri ej - "hrgeon of the Calton gaol has, we are t h ettio, ,s'l;tled the medical certificate necessary to the a 4 "h ''' °f C ' i . , Wh y . aptain Henderson to the general prison t 114 bee ' ,ere he will undergo the remainder of h i s C teherrill Henderson, along with three other pri nierimwere removed to Perth yesterday morning Mitab,ue Charge of three o ffi cers. The party left at f-n -t gh per -the Perth and Dundee Railway, ' l4B t 34 o'c loek.—Glasgow Constitutional. 11 1 ....,—.....,_,___—_—......... . have l kig :iii gaieties 4 rustic life in the olden . time 4 4 t % give s k len t , e p lace to modern refinement, a s i l t a is of o ld k d tta on t ' h _ln lieu of the healthy recrea t ion .a , s.work i 6 4 011 aver.,,, greensward. "when the a yEt s enr d gin o l i n esd e h , ' e....7tit0 t ,, ,„ we hear the sound of the cottage . Bro t s . dw_o_o_d . -sinty o f -t , 'or the me y tabor. But it ha .int s lc_, %I t o . fort`flea„'etl her Malrefe p i l o pe restore the ancient pas"meve°l-I tilt, t , e , itr:teZst rOesborleY, the , proprietor of Cremo ot r on ne,_ . to 44 4 , 21-a ctions 110 uce noNelt), hithattisilorts orokih) gardens b hpas h b e e en i n i t n r d o u d c u e c d t i re ast anniversa f ) as exh ibited Aured.o b b y i r t o t y h a - d l c a om . ao( m ifd , iii i h d o e 43'8 ' Ptel'ellta tien is a rY nn o ounce r Tfo e r to-morrow and f ollow ing 4 Ti l . . r , ‘6141 t . ' "Il sus • ki,, leg the .---The o ffi cial proceeding s Great Britain on hat b y e 'l , iic.ensue of the population of d a suite of offices preparatory . Ct l ,,n 4 1 1 4 22 11 . %9 now compenced, 4 e4 n g-er ass " .. .11.1 t. commodious hous a es n o in f the Regintrar- i.juti_rai d o q .. ,wli ti i her some Of the cl erks c experienced in the Craig's:court, lottt?of thevciltnsunt, Somerset- hou se p„„qesce o i ..'I s, have proceeded, act g under h t e he n s o u w p i e y r . to." °l 4ted ' ?Ur. Farr an-d Mr. llorace /klann, t Nte assistant c ommis s ione r . The census at and ea!, •of commissioner 'net r4rset-h ulated under the direction a was . last 'net the r ouse, and took upwards of three yea b rs lu t e o b c e o e rn k : a .,_ esUlts being publishei in a compendious . , it tet..44444siosis 1 . y sterday tit . 4) . 41 to I L._, .4 or NQuIR . y.-- e ke eot ' l luiry 4agarendra.ent, showinF , the numer of commisitena 67-i ,Pt of col .sulce 1830. Ihe aggr e g ate expense on was printed rih.:•T3/;1,.. p,Missions of inquiry, since_tl o ie m 3 m -ea is r si l o B o 3o h , a i s s 5 4 11 ( '3 1 o at 4;'2991.,fi5e. BCdriminsl Law I: .1,,,r0,,, 5,,.3e,.. On Sunday evening a re -7•44od,eos,,st,clap.—parently about thirty- - five year s of te 4tt lag. T he " ,e,r,e.wned in a pond in iStreath ‘ a ,e m lane. Upper arefolettie h au ° __GY, which appeared _t_o h at ,.. s i y ezais,,,-se_was taken to the Whea a t4ie b af een h ' in in , and ti' high , „.''.'; (1- Deceased 7as ) about five feet eight I`v, e u glit wh i`:,tu dark brown hair, Roman nose, ‘ h.zel e) es, bo a , e d to wsp , "er 6 . Ile was attired in a dark pal . " etot coat, ‘B' 411(1 ';'ltaltinkli cloth b ate ahl • ght waistcoat, with dark stripes, . of " S:etitt lilt, with red lining, and the maker s 4ttl',,urheria'r24Ve.,ictorin-street, II lborn-li ill -" his linen was titi cat -, b at no ea,rzplion, and 5%. .d. .I ' found in his ~ k 'n. i\r,„ marks r o Pti?ers of any P nd t l o v' le s ad to kis iden hrnka.tttpoiLopN, t violence were found on the body. tties !"(), are 1 HALE FISHERY.—The 'Traveller, oil; i i 'z'' Nporta i 'l at Peterhead from Greenland,yjth tu 6 n B s 14 _ , or th of as at : —Eclipse, Gray, about 4 . 0 oil re lL ., Seiler „ Gotlan d Gry, jun , about 40 ditto , 4 C t o u in t ; 2 Ash_ ! l e, lila r r t 7 .° ditto ; Victor, Martin, 2ft 1 and sY- 1) t11 43-...i?' J..n, fish, 40 tuns; Enteri c , r e is sil ,Cardno, l e eft Green .% day Trav eller._aotl-'tterliead. The Commerce Edinburgh Evemng Post. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1850, LITERATURE. I\IR. IIUDSON'S EVIDENCE AT YORK. 1. "A Revised and Complete Report of the Recent Trial for Libel, Richardson v. Wodson, pub lisher of The Yorkshircman ;' with Preliminary Observations, 6-c." London : C. Mitchell, 1850. 2. " Report of the Evidence of George Hudson, Esq , M.P., on the Trial of the Cause, Richardson v. Wodson, York Summer Assizes, 1850. Edital by a Barrister." London, John Hearne, Strand, 1850. [SECOND NOTICE.] What would England be without Speculation ? If the man who was possessed of capital,—like the timid possessor of the talent who hid in a napkin the money confided to his charge, end buried it in the earth, — were to hoard his treasure, ins:end of boldly hazard ing it in a mercantile adventure, running the risk in deed of loss, but confident in his own experience, foresight, sound calculation, and good fortune, what w, uld become of trade ? The hope of profit is the life and soul of that commerce which is the strength of this nation, and where the spirit of speculative enter prise is regulated by prudence, it is productive cf many important advanteges to the commonwealth — circulating capital and multiplying employment. The merchat t, who has experitnc( d the disasters of; and who yet shudders at, the perils ( f the see, still courage ously charters a ship with a valuable cargo for a fo reign port : " rnox reficit rates Quassas, inducilis pauperism pati." One of that class of men described by Adam Smith as those " whose trade is not to do anything, but to observe everything," lives at Liverpool. Judging by his experience and by his calculations, cotton in a short time will advance rapidly in price. He has the most accurate information as to stocks and crops; the signs of the times (as he reads them) are brighten ing; there will be, he thinks, a few months hence, an extraordinary expansion of trade, and cotton will then be in demand. It is true that nobody , else thinks so ;—the markets are flat and the prices are low, and no one speaks or acts in anticipation of a rise. But he is confident in his own judgment. Now is the time to speculate He buys some thousand bales of cotton at the market price ;—his friends are anxious about him ;—jf prices fall he will suffer fear fully ;—but they rise ; he reaps the reward of his saga city, and realises a large profit I Another merchant anticipates a scarcity of food; he contracts for a supply of 10,000 quarters of wheat in London at the current price; when the wheat arrives in port the price has advanced 10s. a quarter. He sells it in the ship at that advance, and reaps 5,0001. by merely signing the bills of lading! A third capitalist invests largely in the Three per Cents. at 91i, and gains a golden harvest by their springing up to 96. None but a sure-footed man of business, well and carefully trained, of long experience, abundant caution, and thorough acquaintance with the details of mercantile matters, can safely enter upon such operations — "A man of law that never sawe The wayes to buy and sell, Wenyng to ryse by merchandyse, I pray God spede him well!'' No one dreams of questioning the right of the specu lator in cotton or the funds, or the adventurer in foreign corn, to their profit ;—it is the reward of their own intelligence, vigilance, and courage ; they ran the risk,—they therefore enjoy the prize I Now these ordinary rules of commercial justice are all set aside in dealing with Mr. Hudson. One of the most grievous of the charges on which he was examined at York was that, whereas he had the sagacity, in October, 1844, to foresee that in the course of the next year the price of iron would be come very considerably enhanced in price all over the kingdom—though no one else—no, not the iron masters, the ironmongers, nor the engineers them selves—could then discern the same probabilities of any such general advance, —and then at his own sole risk contracted for a supply of 20,000 tons of iron at 6/. 103., on his own account, the market price of which on the 4th of March following had risen to 121. (when a railway with which he was connected, then wanting a supply of iron, advertised for tenders), he had taken the profit realised on 7,000 tons himself, instead of making the shareholders in the said rail way a present of it I The author of the pamphlet styled "A Revised and Complete Report of the Recent Trial for Libel," calls Mr. Hudson's conduct in this matter " robbery ;" there is a species of rob bery with which he himself seems but imperfectly acquainted, which may be worthy of his study — when a traducer "filches" from another "his good came," and "robs him of his reputation." What are the facts of this unparalleled charge ? We shall allow Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, the counsel for the Yorkshirernan, to state the accusation against Mr. Hudson in his own words t— " Gentlemen, I believe the real transaction was this: —Messrs. Thompson and Forman had sold to Mr. Hud son 7,000 tons of iron, at 61. 10s. per ton. Some time after this, a milts ay company, of which Mr. Hudson was the chairman, and one of the trustees for that company, purchased those 7,000 tons of iron nominally from Messrs. Thompson and Forman (though that was merely a blind: that was the blind they attempted), but virtu ally from sir. Hudson, at 12/. per ton; arid Mr. Hudson made by that transaction nearly 40,000/. And if Mr. Hudson did not feel that there was something to be ashamed of—if he did not feel that the transaction would not bear the light—if it was an honest and bond fide transaction, why were the invoices made out in the name of Messrs. Thompson and Forman, and not-in the name of Mr. Hudson? Why, the company were led to believe that they were not dealing with Mr. Hudson, but wits Messrs. Thompson .nd Furman. The very fact of his having recourse to this is proof positive to every thick iog man that Mr. Hudson telt he was deceiving the com pany, and d ting that against whic'i every railway Act and every joint-stock cimpany's Act specially providethes— making a private purse ou t of that company, when whole 40,000/. that he put into his own pocket ought to have gone into the coffers of the company to increase the dividend of the shareholders." No doubt it must be a very popular thing to tell shareholders, in the year 1849, that there was a sum of 39,000/. or 40,0001. which Mr. Hudson ought to divide amongst them ! Reaction, panic, the inevitable result of reckless speculation, against which this very Mr. Hudson so energetically cautioned the world as early as 1844 ; wars, blockades, revolutions in Europe ; the shock occasioned by a change in our commercial system ; three successive famines in part of the United Kingdom, followed by commercial failures, have effected a change in the aspect of rail way property. Under such circumstances it would be no difficult thing to persuade railway proprietors that it would be a good thing to go shares with Mr. Hudson—in his profits ! A goose, arraigned before a jury of foxes would be about as likely to have a fair trial, as a man who, by rumour,—which loves to exaggerate and mistify everytbing,—was reputed to have amassed a princely fortune, would to be dealt fairly with by hungry scrip-holders I It has been said that " corporations have no conscience" — and probably experience will show that public com panies have neither conscience nor memory of past cervices, for certain it is that men banded together in joint-stock fraternity do things of which in their in dividual capacity they would be thoroughly ashamed. Now let us request particular attention to the facts of this case as disclosed by Mr. Hudson in his evidence in answer to the searching questions of the Learned Sergeant at the recent trial " Q. When did you become Chairman of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway? " A. At its formation in 1844. " Q. You continued so until May, 1849? " A. I did. Q. Did you, on the 11th of January, 1845, enter into any contract with Messrs. Thompson and Forman for iron? "A. I did enter into contract with those gentlemen for iron, in October, 1844. " Q. That contract was completed in January, 1845? "A. It was—there was a dispute between me and Thompson and Forman, as to the quantity for which I had contracted. This was finally settled in January. " Q. I believe you purchased about 20,000 tons? "A. I did. I contracted for that quantity. I made the offer in Mr. Thompson's own house, but the offer was not then accepted; it was accepted and the contract con cluded a short time after. " Q. The dispute as to the quantity included in that contract was settled by the quantity being reduced 10,000 tons? "A. It was. " Q. At the price of 61. 10s. a ton? "A. Yes; 1 offered that price for 20,060 tons to Mr. Thompson in his own house. It was accepted after wards. Some months after the completion of that con tract an agent— " Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—Q. Answer my question, sir. " Mr. Martin—Would it not be better for you to per mit Mr. Hudson to disclose the whole truth of this trans action? " Mr. Hudson—A. The observation relates to the contract for iron. I made the offer for it in Mr. Thom pson's own house, in the beginning of October. Three weeks after that he accepted it, and some time— " Mr. Justice Wightman—Q. Confine yourself to answering the question. What you have asked, Brother Wilkins, is the price? " Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—A. Exactly so, my Lord. " Mr. Hudson—A. I was anxious, my Lord, to ex ' plain this, bec..use, among other imputations, it has been said 1 took advantage of Mr. Thompson in his own house. I made the tier to him in his own house—• " Mr. Justice W ightman— Confine yourself to answer ing the question as ti the price. " A. I k tic red him Cl. 10s. a tor, and three weeks af terwerds he accepted that offer. " Q. Was there not on the 30th of January, 1845, a meeting of the Provisional Committee of the York, Newca.,t'e, and Bernick Railwa) ? " /%. There was. `• Q. You, Mr. Richardsor, and another person, were present? " A. I was certainly present. " Q. Were there more persons present than those I have named? " A. I cannot say. " Q. Was Mr. Richardson present? " A. I t►eli ye he was. " Q. Was it not at that meeting resolve .l to advertise for 20,000 tcus of iron? " A. It was. " Q. Was your signature attach(d to the advertise ment which was in: ei ted in the lictiltcay Times? " A. It was. " Q. Wt.s there act another meeting held on the sth of March, at which tenders were nceivcd? " A. There was. " Q. Did not Messrs. Tbompon, Forman, and Co. send in a tender to supply 14,000 tons, at 14/. a ton? "A. No. Their tender was at 12/. 10s. Messrs. Guests tendered at 121. Messrs. Hill and Co.'s tender vas at la There were some other tenders at 11/. 17s. 6d.; but the tenders at the latter price were for small quantities. All at the lower price were accepted. "Q. Was Thompson's tender accepted? " A. It was finally accepted, after he bad agreed to se duce his price from 12/. 10s. to 121. " Q. Was any of the 10,000 tons, for which you bad bargained, supplied to the company at 121. per ton? "A. This I cannot exactly say. I was to get from Thompson and Forman 10,000 tons of iron at the price of 61. 10s. When they sold to the railway company it was agreed letween them and me that on 7,000 tons of the quantity they sold the company I was to receive the difference betw(in 6/. 10e. and 121 At the very same time I bought from Messrs. Batley a large quantity of iron for anotler railway at 12/. a ton, and just before I left London I had been cferi d by Mr. Crawshay 50,0001. profit for my targain with Thompson, Forman, and Co. "Q. But, in point of fact, you benefited by that sale 38,000/.? "A. I did, I think—about that extent. " Mr. Martin—l must object to this general benefit. Did you make one ball's( nny by the sole to the railway more than to any one else ? Give the figures. "Mr. Sergeant Wilkins--Well, to please my friend, calculate it on paper. " A. On paper it appears my profit was 38,500/." In reply to Mr. Martin, Q.U., Mr. Hudson gave the following further explanations—every word of which, be it remarked, is omitted in the miscalled " revised and complete report," got up at the Yorkshirenion t,ffice : "Q. Now as to the iron contract. I understood you to say that you agreed with Thompson, Forman and Co. to supply you with 20,C00 tons at 6I 10s. a ton ? " A. Yes. " Q. About which there was a dispute when the price of iron rose, and you agreed to take 10,000 tons? " A. Yes. " Q. Now la me ask you on whose account was that contract made: " A. Entirely on my own private account ; the railway company was not in exidence when I entered into it. When I entered into it I proposed to several friends to join me in it. " Q. You sold that Mr. Cambay made you an offer in regard to that contract ? " A. lie offered to give me 50,0001. fur my bargain. " Q. Was that before the tender by Thompson and Forman to the railway was accepttd? " A. It a iv. " Q. Was that iron supplied to the company at the fair market price of the day? "A. Most certainly. Thompson and Forman's tender was at 121. 10s. I took part in beating them down to 124 That was rather a low price. The transaction was perfectly straightforward. The railway purchasing from Thompson could make no difference to me. " Q. Then the price of iron had risen from the pre vious October, when you entered into the contract? "A. It had nearly doubled. The purchase was a profitable one to me. I mentioned that I was offered 50,0001. for my bargain by persons unconnected with the railway. I might have realized that sum." Here is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, respecting this—one of the greatest of Mr. Hudson's imaginary " frauds." We ask an impartial public what they think of it .? Does it justify the vili fication poured upon him ? In the latter end of 1844 the project of making a line of railway from New castle to Edinburgh was very much discussed, both in the north of England and in Scotland ; the object to be secured was a complete line of communication be tween the Scottish capital and the metropolis, via York. Two rival lines were proposed,—each was supported by numerous partizans and powerful in terests. Mr. Hudson proposed the Newcastle and Berwick line, and he had to encounter the most determined opposition. Everybody will re collect his conflicts with Lord Howick, and his appeals to the landowners of Northumberland. In October, 1844, the date of the transaction before us, the New castle and Berwick Railway was a mere project in posse. It was nothing more than a candidate for popular support, which had to make its way in public favour, before it could venture to go to Parliament. On the 22nd October Mr. Hudson wrote a letter to the landowners of Northumberland on the merits of the competing schemes. On the 21st December, 1844, there was a public meeting in the Town-hall of Morpeth, when the claims of the two lines were pub licly discussed. On the 11th January, 1845, we find Mr. Hudson negotiating with the Corporation of Newcastle, and promising the accomplishment of that stupendous high level bridge over the Tyne, which will remain as a monument of his extraordi nary enterprise when his detractors will have slum bered in forgetfulness ! On the 27th January the inhabitants of Alnwick held a public meeting, threatening to oppose every line that did not embrace their town, and about the same date the Duke of Northumberland and Sir George Grey, without whose concurrence it would have been impossible to have formed the Newcastle and B -rwick line, gave in their adhesion to Mr. Hudson's plan l On the 12:h Oc tober, 1844, we find it publicly ask-d what is the oc casion of the delay in issuing the scrip in the proposed company, and on the 14:h December we find the scrip quoted in the share list for the first time. The promoters of the line went to Parliament, and the following statement will show the progress . of the Bill empowering the company to construct the railway : The petition was presented February 11, 1845. The Bill was read a first time March 4. It was read a second time March 10. It was read a third time June 11, and received the Royal assent to the Bill July 31. How then can any one, with any regard to truth, venture to say that Mr. Hudson's contract with Messrs. Thompson, in Oct., 1844, could have been for and on ac count of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway P It was, as yet, a mere project, which might or might not find favour,—it was not certain of the support of either the towns or of the landowners, much less was its passage through Parliament, where it subsequently encountered a powerful and protracted opposition up to the 11th June, certain ;—and it is nonsen sical to suppose that a provisional company, without any power or authority to take such a step, would, at such a period, have authorised a contract for iron. It is not pretended either that the shareholders or com pany ever gave 111 r. Hudson authority to make that contract, or ever subsequently ratified it! On the 30th of January, 1845, the committee of this inchoate company resolve to advertise for ten ders for 20,000 tons of iron, the tenders to be deli vered on the 4th of March,—quite early enough, seeing that the Bill was only fixed to be read a first time on that day ; and it is sufficiently plain that the object in advertising for tenders at such an early date Has to create a public impression that the promoters of the Newcastle and Berwick line felt sure that they would be able to win the Parliamentary battle, the fortune of which was then exceedingly doubtful. It was altogether bin Hudson's own venture;—his con tract with Messrs. Thompson in the previous October was entirely on his own account,—on his own undivided responsibility. Let us ask those who would come forward now and lay a claim to Mr. Hudson's profit on that adventure, if there had been a Loss, instead of a profit, would they have held them selves responsible for it Q Justice must be " even handed ;" let them ask their own consciences, and then let them tell the world honestly and frankly, would they have been willing to have participated in the loss, if loss there had been, as they now claim to share the pro fit ? Reverse the picture : If Mr. Hudson bad bought iron at 101. a ton in October, 1844, and the price had fallen to 61. 10s. in March, 1845, when the company received tenders for iron, —if instead of an advance in price there had been a fall,—will any one in his senses believe that these ra pacious harpies would have offered to take the iron off Mr. Hudson's hands at a loss? Oh, no; they would have said, " Mr. Hudson, you have thought proper to speculate in iron—your speculation has not answered ;—we cannot help that. In October, 1844, this company was not on its legs; its scrip was not in the market till December ; the provisional body had no power to give you authority to purchase the iron; and as a matter of fact they gave you no such authority you cannot produce it, you cannot say that they did. We wanted no iron, till April, 1845, at the earliest, and then we were willing to buy it, like any other company, at the cu rrent market price !" Or, again, let us ask if Mr. Hudson had rued of his bargain and had refused to complete the purchase—could Messrs. Thompson have sued the shareholders or the Provisional Com mittee on the contract ? Certainly not—Mr. Hud son was legally and mora ll y responsible,:and he only, —it was his own adventure, his own speculation, at his own risk and peril ; and the shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway had no more right to participate in the profits than they had in the profits of any independent speculator on the London Stock-Exchange. On what conceivable grounds could they claim a share in that profit? They wanted a supply of iron in April, 1845—they wet e not in a position to require it earlier,— on what ground had they a right to ex pect it below the market price,—the s current rate that all others were then giving for it ? If the profit aid not go into Mr. Hudson's pocket it would have gone of necessity into the pockets of the ironmasters ; it never would have gone into the Newcastle and Ber wick coffers ; for they authorised a purchase of iron in March, 1845—not in October, 1844. Now we have gone through all the particulars of this case, and we do not hesitate for a moment in saying, that never was a transaction more com pletely misrepresented than this matter has been by the York print, and by - those who take their cue from the prompter behind the scenes there, where the farce of Love, Law, and Physic is so often represented,—and never in all the annals of slander did such an accumulation of imputa- tions on the character of a man rest upon such an unsubstantial basis All Mr. Hudson's public services, all his hospitality, hi 3 generosity, his charities,—the many signal benefits he conferred en the city of York, the wonderful works he brought to a successful terminatiov,—are all forgotten, while this monstrous charge of " robbery" and " fraud'— " Rides on the posting winds, and dual belie All corners of the world !" But falsehood may becompared to bad money—it may pass current for a season, but in the end is will be cried down. Whatever judgment men may form as to the general merits of Mr. Hudscn's railway ma nagement, they will see that when the test of a fair examination—not before a packed committee, judges in their own cause, and greedy for a division of spoil,—but before an impartial public,—is applied to this " idle coinage" of a distempered " brain," it w ill be discovered that it is a For counterft it put in circulation to cheat the unwary. The truth, we say, against all the world! BRIGHTON AND ITS PAVILION. Brighton has long been noted fur its attractions — for its glorious sea, its fine beach, its elegant and beautifully-constructed pier, its grand sea-wall and its handsome streets, showy shops and general ap pearance of comfort, richness, and prosperity. Re cently, however, a material acd powerful addition has been made to these attractions, and which is not so generally known as should be the case. We allude to the circumstance of the Royal Pavilion being thrown open to the public. The Pavilion grounds are extensive and beautiful, and they naturally con stitute very favourite and delightful walks for inha bitants of, and visitors to, what the Brighton folk fondly style " The queen of watering places." In recording the fact, it may not be inappropriate here to glance hurriedly at the history of the Pavilion, which has so long invested Brighton with no little renown. The erection of this building into regal edifice was commenced in 1794, by adding a circular build ing with a lofty dome, raised on pillars, to the house first hired, and afterwards purchased of .Mr. Kemp, to the north, together with another building precisely corresponding with the former to the south, the dome dividing, or being the centre of both. This remained until 181'2, when additional wings to the north and south were added ;, tied, in 1814, Grove-house became the property, by purchase, of the Prince Regent, and was incorporated with the Palace. Its present form was given to it by Mr. Nash, who converted the plain brick English building into an elaborately ornamented Asiatic palace. To increase the extent and rural beauties of the royal domain, a new grant was made in 1815, to his Majesty George IV., of the ground northward from the Palace to the southern angle of Church-street; and the whole of the shops and houses on the north aide of Castle-square, together with the Castle Tavern, soon after became the royal property also by purchase. What was formerly the ball-room of the tavern, form ing a rectangle of 80 feet by 40 feet, with recesses, was converted into a private chapel to the royal palace, with which it communicates. It was conse crated on the Ist of January, 1822, by the Right Rev. Bishop of Chichester. The garden front, facing the old Steyne, consists, in effect, of three pavilions, connected by two ranges of building. The centre has the large bulbous shaped dome, so much resembling those in the Kremlin at oscow, and flanked by minarets, con sisting of open cupolas on tall pillars. The external pavilions have large pagoda spires, ta pering to a point from a broad base, and very com manding in their appearance; these have also flanking minarets, and there are two smaller domes on each of the connecting wings. The height of the centre dome is 130 feet; in front is a semi-circular colonnade, and a long flat one to each of the further pavilions. The general aspect of this front is rather Indian or Per sian than Chinese. When examined in detail it will be found very beautiful. The opposite or western front of the pavilion is nearly similar, but has a centre projecting rather more in advance, with a neat square portico, supported by pillars. One of the chief entrances to the gardens is the southern entrance (erected in 1831), and opening into Castle-square and East-street. It is a very neat erection. Minorets separate it into three divisions; the centre has the archway, which is of handsome and suitable appearance, but the side divisions are rather too much broken by small windows, which gives the whole the appearance of a house. The northern gate-house or lodge (the other entrance), finished in 1832, is a noble and faultless building, ex hibiting every characteristic of boldness and stateli ness. The crowning dome, in the style of the central one of the pavilion, the substantial centre minarets, and the light fluted ones at the wings, with the rich fretwork of the arch and turrets, are all ex cellent of their kind, and leave nothing to be desired. The splendid decorations of the palsce, considered in the aggregate, afforded the most pleasing testimony that John Bull, with suitable encouragement, has it within the scope of his own power to excel all the boasted frippery ornaments .of the continent. The east and r - -k-fronts of th 'ace open upon an en closed ' former, in extent, is upwards of 39te t front opens into spacious pleasure grove of elms con nected therewith, the road which origi nally led into the town fr the north, and which was a willing grant to his Majesty by the inhabi tants. The elm grove formerly belonged to the noble family of Leslie. On being sold by them, it was, fur a succession of years, used as a public promenade and tea resort, and was at last purchased by the Prince of Wales. In this part of the gardens there has been for many years a very considerable rookery. The palace, 'with its stables, outbuildings, and gardens, occupies a square space of more than nine acres. The pavilion and gardens were opened for a week at the end of last year for the inspection of the inhabitants, in order to give them an opportunity of judging as to the propriety of the then proposed pur chase, previous to its being decided by vote of the vestry. It was carried to a poll, and decided by a large majority in favour of the purchase, and the Com missioners took the proper measures, through Mr. Slight, to promote the passing of the Bill through the House of Commons. The Bill finally passed both Houses of Parliament, and received the royal assent. The sum of 60,0001. was raised by loan from the Bank of England, at the rate of four per cent., on security of the local rates, and the sum of 53,0001., the purchase money, was paid by Mr. Slight, on the part of the Commissioners of Brighton, to the Bank of England, for the Commis sioners of WToods and Forests, who thereupon gave up possession to the town. The gardens and grounds were opened to the public on Friday, June 28, 1850, the anniversary of her Majesty's coronation. There was no public announcement of it, and it was rather a remarkable circumstance that the first person who entered thesouthern gate on its being thrown open by Mr. Slight and the surveyor, was Mr. Knight, the secretary of the B an k of England, to whom Mr. Slight applied in the first 'instance for the loan of the purchase-money, and who chanced to be passing by when the property was opened fur the first time to the public. In the afternoon Colonel She well was kind enough to permit the band of the Bth Royal Irish Hussars to play in the grounds, which they did from five till seven o'clock, taking their station within one of the beautiful clumps of trees which are scattered over the grounds, and a very numerous and resp ecta bl e company assembled to listen to the music. Seats have been liberally placed about the grounds, and crowds of persons stroll about to gratify their curiosity with the beauties of the place. Few can have any previous idea of the extent or the nature of the splendid property which has been acquired by the town. The gardens are in tolerable order; but the Pavilion is in a terribly dusty and dilapidated condi tion. Various rumours are about as to its ultima'e use; but all appears uncertain and doubtful at the present time. We are pleased to be enabled to inform our readers that Mr. Batty, of Astley's Royal Amphitheatre, has succeeded in obtaining premises, and land, in the neigh bourhood of Hyde-park, which he intends converting into a Hippodrome, on precisely the same scale as the one in Paris, during the exhibition of 1851 ; in which lie will introduce the the Tourney of the olden times , on a scale of m agn ifi cence and extended splendour hitherto unequalled. W e have nolease doubt that if it is produced with Mr. B a tty' s usual liberality, and determination to p the public, it wilt p golden harvest to him, as there is not at present a sufficient fund of amusement for the vast concourse that may be ex pected in London during the great expo s iti on . THREATENING TO BURR THE AMPHITHEATRE:— Yesterday, William Gregg, who has been twice remanded, was committed for trial on a charge of sending a threatening letter to Mrs. Stebbing, the proprietress of the Amphitheatre, in which he demanded the sum of 61, statirg that. unleri it was sent to him, he and four accomplices would burn down the theatre. The only fresh evidence produced was Miss Hannah Copley, who stated that she received the letter aLovementioned, which was directed to Mr. Staking.— Lutrpol Nail. THE HUNTING SEASON IN WARWICKSHIRE.-- Preparations fur an extended hunting estsb:ishment in War wickshire have just been completed, of which Leamington is to be the central point of attraction to sporting men during the Erthcoming season. Mr. Barnard, the ga!l an t master of the " Old Warwickshire," has liberally consented to hunt that pack six days in each week, north and south of Leamington, and especially has he undertaken to secure the visitors at that place meets, within a convenient distance, four days cut of the six. To render this arrangement more satisfactory to the towns'-people, and effectiv e i n i ts opera tion, commodious and complete kennels have b een provided in the immediate neighbourhood of the town, Wh i ch, taken in connexion with those already in existen ce at Kincton hold out to the lovers of the" noble science" in Warwick.: shire, promises of the most brilliant and continuous sport, in drawing the well-preserved coverts of t h at celebrated country. LOWESTOFT.—Preparations are UM b e i ng made for One of the b oats went to the voyage. Not mo re t h an twenty of the north a week since, and came up with s i x lasts of herrings l t a h r e g e h e b r o r a i n t s g which realized 1201. at Yarmouth. If correct it is a favour able beginning. will g rY o to sea. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSA LL'S —YESTERDAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. th.baldeston's Minimum—taken and afterwards offered 7 to 1 agst Mr. Meeton's The Castle 8 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Post-tempore The above were the only horses mentioned, and on them the outlay was very small. A question as to Cloth worker's qualification, arising out of his having been named by a defaulter for bets, has for the present checked any disposition to back him. ST. LEGER. 11 to 10 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur—taken 11 to 2 agat Mr. H. Hill's Pitaford—taken 7 to 1 agst Capt. Archdall's Windisehgrats—taken 84 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee-hunter 1.5 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus 20 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Chatterbox 25 to 1 agst Mr. Maagan's Rusborongh (Cruiakeen colt) 30 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken and afterwards offered 35 to 1 agst Mr. Watta's Marchioness d'Eu 40 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken and after wards offered 600 to 50 eget Rusborough, Marchioness d'Eu, and Chatterton—taken Several huudrt ds were laid at evens and 11 to 10 egst Voltigeur, two er three hundreds at 5 to 1 and 11 to 2 agst Pitsford, at :;4 to 1 agst Beehunt er, and 7 to 1 and 15 to 2 agat Winotschgrtitz. Bolingbroke and Mildew left off friendless. Marchioness d'Eu, after 40 to 1 had been betted several times, was backed at 35 to 1 in good quarters. Clincher is declared not to start. CESAREWITCII STAKES. 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Parr's Clothworker—taken and s fterwards offered 1,000 to 25 agat Lord Strathmore's Montague—taken CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 50 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Turnus—taken 50 to 1 eget Duke cf Richmond's Officious—taken DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's Prime Minister—taken LICHFIELD RACES.—MONDAY. The Products Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 20 added. One mile and a quarter. (12 Subs.): Mr. Fowler's Jack Briggs (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Minor's Modestina Mr. Copeland's Lass of Underley The Staffordshire Stakes of 15 son. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 50 added, the second to save his stake. Two miles. (22 Subs., fourteen of whom declared.) Mr. Copeland's Candlewick, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Sharpe) 1 Mr. Meeson's Doubt, 4 yrs, Sat I tlb 2 Mr. Llawkes's Milcote, 3 yrs, Est I Ilb 3 Lord A. Paget's nd Don Juan, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 4 The Two Years Old Stakes f 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Last half-mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Phillip's La Juive (Marlow) 1 Mr. Fowler's Reaper The Lichfield Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added. One mile and a half. Mr. J. Day's Colooynthus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Cheswas) 1 Mr. Yardley nd b m by Jereed, syrs, 7st 2 Mr. Thompson's Angean, 3 yrs, 4st 101 Two others ran. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF DARLINGTON. This match was resumed on Saturday at Darlington, and was brought to a conclusion in favour of the Eleven by 110 runs. Thus stood the score:— TILE MAVEN. First Innings. Second Innings. Adams, c Morton, b Simpson 3 Ibw, b Joy .. ....... ... 31 Wisden, c Clark, b Joy 4 b Coates .... 1 Guy, b Joy ... 1 a Morton, b Anderson 21 Pilch, b Joy.. Parr, c Simpson, b Clark 46 cßedshaw,b Anderson i Box, c Swires, b Anderson Martingell, c Baldwinson, b Anderson ....... 0 a Morton, b Anderson 21 Mr. N. Felix, not out ...... .. 10 c Garthwaite, b An- derson l7 Mr. A. Mynn, b Anderson 9 c Anderson, b Joy ... 12 Clark, b Juy .... llillyer, b Joy .. 1 not out lO Byes 12,1 b 3, w 5,n b 1 . 21 B 18,1b1,w15,nb 2 36 Total 111 Total 169 DARLINGTON. ___ _ First Innings. Second Innings. Shaw, b Clark Walters, b Clark... 1 c Adams, b Wisden 3 Mr. S. Swires, run out 4 c Box, b C1ark......... 0 Redshaw, b Wisden Mr. T. Ileadlam, b Clark 0 not out Lancaster, b Clark ......... ... .. 2 c Guy, b Clark l5 Baldwinson, c Felix, b Wisden 69 c Bux, b Wisden 7 Anderson, hit w, b Clark 4 b Wisden 8 Metcalfe, c Guy, b Clarke...... 0 c Guy, b Clark ...... .. 0 Clark, c Martingell, b Hillyer 3 run out l2 Graham, c Felix, b Wisden... 7 b Wisden ...... ..... Rev. J. I'ilkington, c Hillyer, b Clark... Mr. C. D. Trotter, c and b Wisden . 4 c Felix, b Clark Simpson, b Clark ... ....... .... 0 b Wisden 2 Morton, b Clark 0 a Box, b C1ark......... 2 Joy, c Felix, b Wisden ... Mr. H. Judson, run out ...... ... 1 b Clark 0 Garthwait, b Clark . Mr. J. W. Coates, b Clark ... 0 Ibw, b Wisden Mr. T. Elwon, c Guy, b Clark 0 b Wisden ...... Benson, not out 2 s Box, b Clark ...... .. 0 Harrison, b Clark ..... .. .. Byes ti, leg byes 4 7 Byes 1,1 b 1 2 Total llO Total ...... 60 ELEVEN PLAYERS OF SURREY V. FOURTEEN GENTLE )lEN OF THE SURREY CLUB AND COUNTY.—Yesterda3 this annual match was commenced at the Oral. At the close of the day's play the score stood thur:—The Gentlemen, first innings, 48; the Players, first innings, (with four wickets down). 151. AQUATICS. CHELSEA TRADESMEN'S MATCH. A match amongst tradesmen amateurs, for vatious prises, took , place yesterday at Chelsea, and was very attractive. The race was six pair of oars, in three heats, and the competition rowed very capitally. First Heat—Wheeler and Narramoore, (yellow), I ; Ockenton and Stifles (green), 2 ; Burrell and Pye (red), 0. The distauce was from off the Old Swan, at Chelsea, to a boat moored off Cremurne, down to the White House, and finish at the Swan. Won easily, but a ca pital race for second place. Second Heat—Prince and Stubbs (Pink), 1 ; Wan dell and Dyer (white), 2 ; Flocket and Morris (blue) 0. Won by some lengths, the two second boats continuing to foul for some distance. Final Heat—Wheeler and Narramoore, 1; Prince and Stubbs, 2. The beat was started downwards, three pairs out of the four being so even for half-a• wile that a blanket would have covered them. In rounding the lower boat, notwithstanding the prohibition, there was a foul between the first two, and Prince and Stubbs came up first, maintained it, and arrived at the distance-boat some lengths in advance of the others, but were disquali fied by the umpire in consequence of Prince having fouled the other beat, and pushed his own ahead, by placing his oar against the other. CHANDLER'S PAIR-OARED RACE. The races for a pair of silver oars, given by Mr. W. H. Chandler, of the Ship, Millbank, also took place yes terday, and collected a vast assemblage of spectators. The contest was in three heats, with nine pair of oars. First Heat—R. Richards and Jones, yellow, 1; P. Chandler and Graham, pink, 2; M. Perry and Smith, red, 3; F. Stevens and T. Nash, green, 0; W. Crowley and Faucit, orange, 0. They started from the Ship up round a boat off Pimlico pier, down to the Houses of Parliament, and back to the Ship. An excellent start, and all together up to the Penitentiary, where yellow went a little ahead, closely pressed by pink; yellow, however, retained the lead, and won by four length•. Second Beat—E. Gale and P. Miller, blue, 1; W. Lane and R. Church, black, 0; F. Chandler and H. Church, red and white, 0; F. Gale and Blyde, white, 0. The three last were disqualified, owing to not coming back when ordered by the umpire. Final Heat—Richards and Jones, yellow, 1; P. Chand ler and Graham, pick, 2; M. Perry and Smith, red 0; E. Gale and Miller, blue, 0. The winners took the lead and kept it, and won easily. THE RECENT POISONING AT BRISIrOL.--In con flexion with the recent melancholy occurrence at Bristol, which has been recorded in our columns, whereby a poor woman and child lost their lives from the incautious par taking of certain poisonous fungi, we may mention that in the same city on Saturday a large basket of what were stated to be mushrooms was publicly exposed for sale. From some information, however, which reached the clerk of the market, he caused the basket to be seized and conveyed to the central station-house, when on examination it twined out that there were not more than twelve genuine mushrooms in the whole basket. The large majority consisted of that species of vegetable fungus commonly called " chessaroons." They are to be found in great abundance in Leigh-woods, and more particularly in the vicinity of Portishead. Though not so deadly as toadstools, and indeed making very good ketchup, if cooked and eaten as mushrooms, they are of a very dele terious ch aracter, and the fortunate seizure of the basket in I"estion has in all probability prevented our having to re cord another untimely catastrophe. For the information of the unitiated we may state that, although in outward ap pearance they are not distinguishable from mushrooms, the skin, on close examination, will be found to be much thinner, and by breaking the root short off, and squeezing them, a yellow juice is exuded, which is not the case with genuine mushrooms. GERMANIA : ITS COURTS, CAMPS, AND PEOPLE. BY THE Basoms BLAZE DE Busty.— The authoress of this extraordinary book has visited nearly all the capitals of Europe on the morrow of the revolutionary movement which convulsed them in lB4=-9. It is in the conversations of the sovereigns and statesmen—the great military and ' political cha,acters themselves, who have been actors in this vast drama, that she has acquired a great deal of the exclu- sive information which in these volumes she gives to the public. The history of the Ilungarian war, and of the Austrian campaign in Piedmont, will find in "Germania" a most valuable commentary. Jellachich, Windischgratz, Schlik, Swartzenburg, in 'Vienna; Radetsky, in Verona; Haynau, in Pesth ; all the great captains of the late wars, .pass before you in the Baroness de Bury's book as living figures. The work is remarkable for the exceeding variety of the style and the charm of great and romantic events re corded; as well as for the very curious historical documents which the author has been able to obtain.—Erening Paper. THE " MISER'S SECRLT.”—The popularity of tbis new historical novel is by no means surprising, for it com bines all the f asc i nat i ons of romance with the integrity yof history. The rea d er i s not only amused to the highest de gree, but is, at th e same t i me, rendered convepantwic h all the remarkable personages who figured England toturn from reign of James I. It i s rea ll y qu i te refreshing the monot onous pro d uct i ons of the hector inthe day to the pages of a v i gorous an d original edwriter, like the authors of the n one who has so ably c onceive d an d carried out the above work. —Evening Paper. The Bishop of Manchester has consecrated g new gt Iltb#l 23 l War Maolipool. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 8. Her Majesty drove out in the open carriage, ac compani( d by the Princess R oya l. His Royal HigLness Prince Albert went out shoot ing to-day. The Prince of Wrales walked, attended by Mr. Birch. The Princess Alice and Prince Alfred were also out walking during the day. Lord John Russell has arrived at Oa Doune, Leynwily, from a visit to the Right Hon. Fox Maule At bis seat, Birnam Lodge, Perthshire. LINES SUGGESTED BY "THE WORKING MAN'S MONU NENT TO PEEL" BY A. WORKING MAN. The strongest pillar of the State, In whom the people placed their trust, Is laid for ever in the dust By the mysterious hand of Fate! When that exalted form was crusb'd, As flashed the news from place to place, A shadow hung en every face, And every lesser theme was bush'd. We thought of all that he had done, We hoped for what be still might do; For spite of evil tongues we knew That he was Britain's trustiest son. Then, through the land from shore to shore, (The patriot's dearest, truest test,) 'Twas found the hearts that loved him best Throbb'd in the booms of the poor. For he our little ones bad fed; Place, friends, and power had cast aside, That Labour might be satisfied With Labour's birthright—daily bread. Waiting on tiptoe did we stand, Our faces gloom'd by gathering fears, 'Till the dread tidings filled with tears And lamentations all the land. That Peel was gone,—the wise, the good,— Gone in a dark sad troublous hour! When in his band the helm of power Might deepen still our gratitude. For round our bark the breakers roar, And none like him our course can guide ; For he the coming storm descried, And knew the windings of the shore. Gone,—gone fur ever! But his name Shall long to British hearts be dear; Our statesmen by his chart shall steer, His virtues rouse the patriot's flame. But while his monuments arise, And we assemble round his tomb To laud his worth and mourn his doom, Another's voice for justice cries. For, while the senator was mute, A nation's energies were stirred, Their souls were for the fight prepared By music from a poet's lute. Our Elliott's light, a heavenly ray, The foulest darkness bursting through, Showed toilless toilers were to hew, For coming conquerors, a way. He was "the poet of the poor," A proud, unbending, truthful bard; Who, living, won a high reward, The poor man's love, nor wished for more. But shall the statesman stand alone, The pride of this and future days, And he who first his voice did raise Obscurely rot—his tomb unknown? Shall we forget the pioneer, The bold, unflinching, honest man, Who, single-handed; led the van Till he had tilled his foes with fear? No, Albion! such a lasting shame Must not again the realm disgrace; Thy poets are a glorious race, Though oft denied their rightful fame. Men fall who wield barbaric steel, And costly statues guard their dust; But thou furgetest to raise a bust To bards whose office 'cis to heal The stricken hearts that in the strife Of life's great battle meet a wound, Their Maker's praises to resound, And fill our souls with breath of life. Elliott and Peel the future's praise Shall share, but shall our children say, " The bard unhonoured passed away, And not hand a stone did raise?" Thou, Sheffield, from thy sleep awake Is Elliott's glory all forgot? Arise! bestir thyself, if not For his, fer thy " dear honour's" sake ! CASINO DR VENISE, HOLBORN.—This salon de danse, so popular last year, has again opened its doors for another campaign. The decorations are light and very beautifully arranged, an exceedingly novel feature being in troduced, that of suspending to the walls intermediately mirrors and valuable paintings of the old masters. The effect, especially in the galleries, is very fine. The band, under the able direction of Mr. W. Packer, and which gave such universal satisfaction last season, has`been again engaged, and certainly their performances last night fully established the statement made in the hills, that it was one of the best selected bands in the metropolis. Several new pieces of music were played and were loudly encored. Notwithstand ing that there could not have been less than from ten to twelve hundred persons present, not the slightest thing happened to arrest for a moment the harmony of the evening, fur which, perhaps, thanks may be given to Messrs. Gouriet and Taylor, the very efficient niailres de cerenzonie. MANELAUGHTER IN IV ESIMINSTER.—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, the coroner, for the city of Westminster, held an inquest, in the board. room of St. George's Hospital, to in quire into the c rcumstanccs connected with the death of Mr. George Fox, for many years a highly respectable tradesman in Westminst er , who it was alleged b a d b een b eaten to d eath in Pimlico. by three persons, named Robert Hayes, George Stevens, and Harriet Stevens, who were remanded by Mr. Burrell, the magistrate, in order that the coroner might hold the present inquiry. The circumstances •f the case have already been stated in this paper. The principal witness examined was Matilda Collard, who said :—On Tuesday last, at five o'clock, George Stevens, one of the accused per sons, was bowling a hoop with his little boy. The deceased was coming by at the time, and the hoop struck his leg. He laid hold of the hoop, and smiled. Stevens turned round to him and said," You if you don't drop that hoop, I'll knock you down." Fox replied, "If you do that, I can do the same." They immediately commenced fighting. Mrs. Stevens ran out of the house, and laid hold of Fox by the shoulder, and commenced knocking his head against the wall. Hayes and several other persons came up, and began to strike the deceased ; they were all striking him at the same time. They got him down, and threw him across the shafts of a cart. Robert Hayes threw him over the shafts of the cart, and struck him several times. Mrs. Stevens, when the deceased was down, jumped upon him. As soon as lie got up he was knocked down again by one or the other. Robert Hayes threw hint on his head, and fell upon him. The de ceased did not get up again until he was lifted up. Robert Hayes struck the last blow • it hit the deceased under the ear; he fell immediately. I know of no reason for the parties assaulting the deceased. Mrs. Stevens held him down by the hair of his head. After some further witnesses had been examined the Coroner summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the prisoners, and they were committed to Newgate. EXTENSIVE FORGERY.— We understand that in formation has been received by the authorities here of an extensive forgery committed on the firm of Abraham Crocker and Co., tea and sugar merchants, London, by Mr. Callum, commission merchant; Paisley-road, Glasgow. The accused party has disappeared. lie was last seen in London on the 17th of August, And, as far as can be conjectured, it is not unlikely that he has gone across the Atlantic by the steamer which left Liverpool about that time. It is supposed that he has not less with hint than 1,000/., forgeries of bills of ex change in the name of the firm, on two of their customers, to the amount of 8751. having already been discovered, be sides other sums in which he was behind with the firm.— North British Midi. Tps BRITISH Musaum.—The reading rooms of the British Museum were opened yesterday morning, when the readers were gratified with the exhibition of a " supple mentary" catalogue in 150 volumes. Two copies are placed in the room for the use of the.public, whose convenience has also been consulted by a new arrangement of lights, desks, seats, and volumes for reference; indeed, the works now standing close to the band of every reader form a splendid library in themselves, collected for gentlemen of moderate at tainments in general literature. Tam ROAR or THE Liox.---One of the most striking things connected with the lion is his voice, which is extremely grand and peculiarly striking. It consists at times of a low, deep moaning, repeated five or six times, end ing in faintly audible sighs; at other times he startles the forest with loud, deep-toned, solemn roars repeated five or six times in quick succession, e ac h increasing in loudness to the third or fourth, when his voice dies away low, muffled sounds, ve r y muc h resembling distant in fi v t h e u o n r d s e i r x . At times, and not untrequently, a troop may be heard roar minegreinrecgonuclaerrlty, one assuming up sumin t g be th ir e p l a e r a t d s , and two, three, or four catch. Like our S co tti s h stags at thel reutptienrgsonsesassionng,inthgeya roar loudest in co ld, frosty nights; but o n no occasions are their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so i ntensely powerful, as wh en t wo or three strange troops of li ons ap afountainto of each troo p drink at the sounds stiame. bold op h c r u a e r s, eery member fiance at the o pp os i te parties; and wh W roa h r en of t d h e i - s together, and e ac h seems to .en one roars all roar vie with his comrades in the in tensity and power of his • these nocturnal forest "lee' The power and grandeur of pleasing t o th e conc ert s hunter's s is inconceivably striking and ear. i The effect, I may remark, is greatly enhanced w h en the depths o f t h e f orest, at theaere d r ea n d ar i p ou en r s orm to b i e d n si i t g u b rd un in . accompanied by any attendant, and ensconced within twenty yards of the fountain which the surrounding troops of lions are approaching.— The Von Hunter in Africa. IiONUMENT TO WILSON, THE VOCALIST.—A com mittee, we are glad w perceive, has been appointed to re ceive subscriptions for the erection of a monument, at Quebec, over the remains of John Wilson, the unequalled Scottish vocalist, who departed this life in that city last summer. No amount over the sum of two dollars will be received by the committee, so that all the friends of the lamented deceased may join his friends in Canada, who have made the initial movement in this praiseworthy and honour able object.— Knickerboder (American paper). A Islkw STAR.—M. Quillen y Calomarde has just discovered a new telescopic star between the polar star and Cynosure, near to the rise of the tail of the Little Bear—a star at least that certainly did not exist in October last. M. Calcmarde endeavoured to determine if this star could be the same as that observed by Arzachel de Toledo in 1109, and which disappeared three years after it was first seen. He foucd, however, that this could not be, for the old star was placed in the body of the Little Bear, and the new one is much nearer the polar star, and farther from Cynosure. According to the observations of M. Calomarde, the new star should have an increasing brilliancy, and it is likely that in less than a month this star, which is now visible only through a telescope, may be seen with the naked eye.—Lite ray Gazette. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF AN INSANE P AUPER. Yesterday an inquest, adjourned from Thursday last, was taken by Mr. H. M. Wakley, deputy.. coroner, at the Elephant and Castle, Camden -town, on the body of Louisa Grey, aged 42, an insane pauper in St.iPancras Workhouse, whose death was alleged to have resulted from the ill-treatment she had undergone whilst an inmate in the above work house. The evidence of a daughter of the deceased went to prove that her mother had bean in the workhouse near twelve months, and that in March last she was placed in the insane ward by the surgeon, on the ground that she was not right in her intellects. De ceased made frequent complaints of ill-usage from the nurse of the ward, and a patient named Ann Bryan. On one occasion, on visiting ber mother, she said she was a murdered woman, and that Bryan had brutally struck her over the body and legs with a large stick ; she was covered with bruises all over; deceased also said she had been repeatedly kicked by two of the male pauper assistants who came to remove her from one ward to another. On one occasion sbe took deceased some food, when the nurse threw it, and other things belonging to ber mother, on the sanded floor. The nurse appeared to be under the it.fluenc, of liqu or , an d it was remarked by persons v i s iting the ward that she was constantly drunk. Deceased was not right in her mind, but after the ill-usage s h e rece i ved from the nurse' and Bryan she became very much worse. Mr. J. Erichson, surgeon to University College Hospital, said he had made an examination of the body of deceased. There were bruises on the shoulder, back, and legs, together with some large bed-sores on the posteriors and back. On opening the head, he found the brain much thickened, an ap pearance usually found in insane persons. The other organs of the body were generally healthy. In his opinion the deceased died from exhaustion, from the bed-sores, and disease of the brain. The marks of violence on the body had nothing to do with her death. Mr. C. Robinson, surgeon to St. Pancras Work house, said he had attended the deceased since March last, when he bad her placed in the insane ward, which is occupied by refractory, idiotic, and epileptic patients. Whilst an inmate of the ward, a quarrel took place between the deceased and a person named Bryan, when the latter seized a stick, and struck deceased repeatedly over the legs. On the occur - I rence coming to his knowledge he instantly removed deceased to another ward, and had Bryan placed under restraint. Deceased was afterwards brought back to No. 1, the insane ward, which contained 26 patients, with three nurses. The nurse of which de ceased had complained is named Marlow, and he must say that she is not a very eligib;e person to fill the situation, as sbe is given to drink. He had frequently written to the board of guardians on the inefficient manner in which the duties of nurses in the infirmary , were performed, and the propriety of having paid ser vants. Marlow was discharged from her situation in a day or two afterwards, on account of her conduct. He saw deceased daily, and was aware she had some bed sores, but he could not prevent them, not having a water-bed in the workhouse, which he had frequently asked for, and the subject was now under the consi deration of the board of guardians. The CORONER observed that there was something wrong in the management of St. Pancras Workhouse ; it was quite evident, as incompetent nurses were em ployed i and from what had lately come under his no tice he thought it high time that a system of paid nurses was introduced. The jury, after a short consultation, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased died from ex haustion, and the jury cannot separate without ex pressing their opinion that the deceased has not been properly treated while in the insane ward ; that she has been violently assaulted by the nurse, and also by one of the insane patients ; and the jury recom mend the guardians to furnish more efficient nurses, and a separate ward for the refractory patients, and also that water-beds should be provided for patients having bed-sores." HOW TO LOAD A COACH. You start from the Marine Hotel, Ventnor; with the coach apparently full of passengers ; however, two or three stragglers are taken up before you get to the end of High street, where two blooming lasses, all smiles and furbelows, are waiting with bundles and trunks, to be conveyed to Ryde. After a great deal of pushing and squeezing, all are properly stowed, and off you go ; but scarcely have you con gratulated yourself, before another lady, with a few boxes, is seen standing opposite a cottage in the sweet little village of Bonchurch. Our coachman is a gallant fellow, and of course pulls up—looks well about him, and manages to make room where seem ingly before all was crowded. Now you are fairly I off, and everyone wh o h as eyes i s a d m i r i ng the beau ties of the scenery that this part of the island affords, and all are in rapture until after the arrival at Shank ling, where coachey's cramming powers are again brought into requisition. At Hale's Hotel two young men are taken up and mounted on the luggage. A little beyond i 3 Dash's, where there are two ladies and a little boy, the latter sitting on a very large trunk, waiting the arrival of the coach. " Really, ladies,' says the coachman, " I have no room :—how many want to go ?" Us two and the little bov with the gr ea t trunk," respond s one o f th e ladies. " - I think I can manage to snake room for one, and only one," says the coachman. But there is no knowing what an Isle of Wight coachman will not attempt and what he will not accomplih, for he manages to put away some where the two ladies, the little boy, and the big trunk. You start off once more—a crowd of passen gers and a mountain of luggage. On, on you rattle until you get to Brading, where another lady, with some more luggage, is waiting to be conveyed to Ryde. "No room, ma'am." " Deary me, what shall I do—why my husband and brother have arrived from London, and are waiting for me at the Pier Hotel. Oh, dear—oh, dear." This appeal is made in so pa thetic a tone that it moves the coachman's heart, and he immediately gets down and scans the coach all round ; but his ingenuity in the art of stowage is no longer available—there is not an atom of room ; so he again mounts the box. " Well," says he "it seems a pity to disappoint that lady although she does weigh fifteen or sixteen stone. Don't you think," speaking to the three passengers with him on the box seat, " don't you think we could manage to place her on the foot board here?" This is no sooner -proposed than done, and the fat lady is accommodated. And so the coach is loaded.—Hampshire Advertiser. CAPTURE OF A WHALE IN 111US SELBURGII BAY. On Tuesday afternoon the inhabitants of Mussel.. burgh and adjoining bathing quarters and fishing villages, had their curiosity awakened by the capture of a whale of very considerable dimensions on the sandbank. About four o'clock a black object was observed by several persons from the sea beach, and about a mile from land. The discoverers obtained a boat and went out to the capture. Several shots were fired at it, which took effect, and gave it a quietus, though it still showed considerable tenacity of life, and, after seeming dead, now and then renewed its vitality. The enterprising captors, in order that their prize should not escape them by the returning tide, as it showed some unwillingness to give up life, caged it, as it were, by the stake nets, and took other measures to secure it. At an early hour yesterday morning strenuous efforts were made to bring the animal ashore, and after yoking three horses to the tremendous load, it was found impracticable to do so without cutting the carcase in pieces. They succeeded, however, in removing it several yards, so as to make it approachable at half-tide, and they then proceeded to cut, or rather saw off, the tail, which they speedily brought as a trophy to the shore. The tail was ten feet from each tip of the fork, and those who were content to survey the carcase from dry ground were enabled to conjecture its size by examining its tail on the principle ex pede Herculem. The inde fatigable amateur whalefisbers then sawed off another huge slice from near the tail, and proceeded to dissect the rest of the carcase. Before doing so it was mea sured, and found 51f feet in length, and about 21 feet in girth. It was a young fish, and of slender propor tions—its height when on its belly not exceeding four feet. The tongue was taken out, and was generally likened to a feather bed by the spectators, the furrows of the skin giving it an appearance like dirty tick. The blubber was almost as white as pork, and almost every one took a small piece either of the skin or the flesh. It is conjectured that the capture will realise about two tons of oil, besides the value of the whale bone, &c. The whale was left last night still about , half-tide—all efforts to draw it out having proved unsuccessful, although various expedients have beep resorted to. It is determined, we believe, to cut the fish in pieces, and thus bring it ashore.—Caledonian Mercury. THE CONVICT HANNAH CUETIS.—A letter has been received from an official in the Home-office by the sheriff of Gloucester, intimating that the sentence of death passed on the woman Hannah Curtis, who it will be remembered was found guilty at the last Gloucestershire assizes of the murder of her husband, Thomas Harris, by administering arsenic to him, has been commuted to transportation for life. It will be remembered that the alleged object of the prisoner was to get rid of her husband, in order to marry a man named Curtis, who led her to the altar within a month after Harris's death. It is now said that she was never married to Harris, and therefore could have married Curtis during Harris's life. N o official intimation of the commutation has been received by the sheriff of the county, in whose custody the prisone r i s . She entirely denies her guilt. A newspaper is now printed in China, called the Pekin Monitor, it is in the Chinese language, and is the first paper ever published in the celestial empire. A HEAVY BBE-HITE.—A top swarm of this season, belonging to Mr. Adam Gray, Little Pitinnan, Daviot, wa smoked I.st week, and weighed 961bs. It was swarmed on the 25th or 26th of June, and threw off n swarn frOill itself Me eight Vi tep deli Aftm.