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

MERICAN NEWS. The steam •G. . s L hi I p VERPOOL, MONDAY EVENIN v ices Niagara, Captain Stone, with biu fi ';( 3 ,,ln New York to the 28th, and by telegraph ha l f ilraa, to the 30th ult., arrived in the Merey as o Vast 5 o'clock this afternoon. She has 8 of ..2( 4 lo st d ea o tri lls . . si s li p pec i e on freight. America arrived off New York at I tek P.m. on t h e 29th ult. , e lat est intelligence by telegraph f ro m New " ' 414 efi, et . t 0 the 30th ult., G P.M., to the following Pr f .0 essor Webster was executed at Boston that - Na g . th;: t l: `°Perty was destroyed by fire in Montreal on e l r e _ e ding Saturday to the amount of 100,0001 to ew . counts of the 13th of August from Mexico tint 'Wu the disappearance of cholera, after 100 days' he 14,,, it 9en) and 18,000 deaths in that city alone. T P r i d ebn Congre s was installed on the Bth. The 14. 8 Pt's s-petch recommended prompt measures to a nt -I 'e for the great exigencies of the public Trea- The Mexican markets are increasingly prolific. el ig h, T he steamer America arrived off the port at i n o'clock last night, but the pilot declined bring- R h e 'clock off, et up till this morning. Her letters have . not k e,bl the cotton market, which is flat; quotations ,lore the Niagara sailed. *t o i c here have been no large sales of Government . 414)8. Western canal flour, 4i to ; Canadian, cla w 4 ,1 0 wheat co m i ng f orwar d , more f ree l y , Cana nf;+ 40 to 105. hOur l atest advices fr om T exas no ti ce th e m ee ting is y e e Legisl a t ure. The Governor, in his message, of vi re viol ent against the United States on account power he he ca ll s the unwarrantable assumption of 4 utby the F e d era l E xecut i ve. H e ca ll s f or to , h rit Y to raise supplies for two mounted regiments, Ntita e• Ployed i n t h e i mme di ate occupat i on of the b The Cumanche Indians were ravaging been bona of th e s t ate, an d m ili tary ass i s t ance h a d 41 iiced for from the Government. 4 uly . e,r, b h ave dates f rom "Venezuela to the 20th of hbe *4B 'he Contest in regard to the Presidential ei ec tt4eing carried on with violence. ea m re volution h a d ta k en p l ace i n t h e repu bli c o f tefuk°,. 14, and G enera l El zalde was compelled to take libtt - „ °11 board a B r i t i s h man-of-war, then in the hatched Guayaquil. He afterwards landed, and with a small force on Guayaquil." The CO MMERCIAL SUMMARY. silett edvices from Europe State stocks. blest LlPen Government and 1 have had In the a favourable Gnvern . t boa, se ks have improved about Exchans ci es i market there is no marked change.per cent. e dull Itee ra, ~ , and are 'per cent. ii_____mos. y 10 to 10 itt io:r for sterling, with sales at lower than the previous tl 40, to 1 801 ; Ilamburgh, + A 01; francs are 5.22 E to 5.211; Amsterdam, 0 , 0 4 / .' , 7ea to --4 • i 3 6. ui-, Bremen, 4 „ e Otto n .41itinn—• Was in good demand, continue one-eighth you "e• The accounts from the sou th cent . per lb. fa d' _Nble a:sataParedto 635,C6° to the growing crop ; the deficit in receipts r i .„_ with last season amounts Ne e -,ee falling off in exports toGreat Britain A k Nit to 449,000 bales. hatr,sra are in moderate request ; It o a t 8 dolls. for pearls, 6 to 6 121 . i pots. sales were, 100 for at 19 25 tkolts'"---Sales, 150 tons Scotch Itipt, 4,1.4120 to 20 25 six months. there prices. The hit, hiness doing in freights at full pig-Ir has been a of wheat 1,9 t o are 50,000 or 60,000 barre ls flour, at 0 bushels at s t 7 1.10 I, and 45,000 or 50,00 . 4riqa li:early all it is understood is shipped lee tlus. About 5,000 bales of cotton _ .. s. to 17s. eft flarter, and some heavy freights a t 15 were taken ( : 1 ;1 1 ne Itivre the rate is up, and the packet of the 1-st ' took some cotton at half a cent. Ti, •,, SHIPPING. totkil ziridgetown, from Liverpool to Que_be c c e , , w o a n s llie 4tYll wre cked at Clam Cove, near Cape lea Th e lirja,ate three passengers drowned. a kla ea r 'l3 Gift, of Sunderland, from Newfoundland ; 4 e1,, I ", waa lost at Portland Creek, B, _ . Montreal fur Th e li t ve d, and arrived at Pictou on the hat li I'vanhoe, and the Vanguard, hence, had arrived . t The garlC York. ~"toole vest, from Newport, the William have "tiejttlift and the Albemarle, from Liverpool, Lord, 1 , 1 1 -4 bq lialtirnore. !'llio:C%lLYrilouth Rock and the Josephine, from_ .. L as i: bale ) Lat) Perseverance and the Lots, from Lil Li t 1 4 4 f t ' the Ad el i n e Th __ott. Cann, from Troon, had arrived tapeea Fillitrlotte has arrived at Philadelphia. Chris %Aeries Napier, Glasgow ; the ire_ L,,,, _ from unn eehoma, from London ; the Wandsworth, from iit ith,l 4 `.; the Ann Cater, the Brilliant, and the Gill • the it‘ir,24-;elreb,h,ari.rds, from .Limerick: the Alice v .. a, tw ig 13 6 00 ' 1 ! tom Dublin ; the " Bristol and Montrose, have a e ti a t n t t and the Helen, from the Ati r. xuebec. ORION Ik, OkTfCERS OF THE siNcE 'rEIEIR CONVICTION. !te e hav ice ettd e received a communication follow- C orrea with the pa . respoiadent furnishing us . the 'titular from a re , ait„ . B of Captain Henderson and Williams, lit!, The'i alnce thrir conviction :- 1 t, ePornioners were taken to the Calto n gaol in a lr, e,,,,aeh, bttvveen seven and eight o'c lock on Sa tti,,,to th, : I° R, and arrived at the prison so . m o e_t , im e e 10 ti lt ► 'llll WhiCh conveyed the convicts wh's"jp. klifed to day in the High Court. Williams in per ,t lit, b e In _._ his own i ctll 4 /lee to .tAkreine dejection, and submitted % kit te!id ferviene usual operatiohnicoht ex changin g eensistsof a cost ae eott:,tftt iltlk gr,keypzr dress, t,w ktrousers, and vest, a nd has 15,444.keese'dva• His conduct since his incarceration _ tesym. i le , „, l 'a et 4,ZIY exemplary, and has enlisted h • We un etti;and il'e, ,who come in contact with lihttilme.communi lee4isteetieetkla tilisatr* tr y s t t l' s e h h o d ck h r et f . his unexpecatecd ttilltrilla 80tnewhat deadened. He has givehF,eartilous ap,lts Of tahteoings on becoming aware 0 14-`‘itvlai i' °lion, and immediately succeeding readers. tll tu tee t,i cannot fail to be interesting to our of danger fthe e the I let ti `. l _ o lam I l t he had not the slightest en ide h a e instantly 1/4c.:, have 4 Was _ ~ B%Q. right ..aketado, of escaping it. Never. ;044,1 ip.sur_ta... possibility y f tt oti m to ei,crintnia.ely ran to the wheel, and endea- Nt4fteshte4 another direction to the vessel; but the teAttrephe he f all efforts to prevent the appro , aching 4 ,. 14 cheering/41,,,infr s ftw at a glance, and the n) et' his calmer 401 at that moment, and since,eve a r ge has itav, ha w mitt that description. He is much por i4 43' kaater, and feels much relieved when a n . to!)cif kaants itself ofgiving expression to t tile 4tified •• • of deep regret u t , ewts, professional skill, an d occasioned — le feel 1t t li he hie) catastrophe lie unconsciously „'4O4„Y admits the possibility of his having _ g i ven ii‘qt)ttlec°ll3 eCtirse tq the steersman, although. h o w _ _. h. it s mo o d t:ta4l,, tiend one BO i 8 a mystery even to himself. it 4 i f i t , 85 t r6 on, we regret to say, has not conducted slop rhea 2. l moreeeoMing a manner as theinferior than vexa '4lo'4 , ilt patience and morose n e ss ,_ re _ f Pa officer. 144, 4 ;Led h-evelity of his sentence, or the loss e the 4 1 , te7 s , vv e „v°2itiou lii society. The regulations of qit rch g44tideratand, were enforced in his case with for lo it e ,,lis ß , %. etlyss as they admit of; and a regardffi „rs aihOlitier 48qaired; but the painful duty et' the '' 'dered 44*i°111 ' es ` st ill more un leasant by the ill-consi tioNti tha u f P hinaseff: We ha ve I 4,,,, !o tto f a ortunate man , 4 4 4 b., Crurth particulars respecting the . conduct f 4 7,t!ti 41:4'eaderson, but what we have given will .4ttlie-,7° to 0 Z his demeanour after his conviction. in -1,te,,-; sitatinnn of the Calton gaol has, we a lo e the N I %I et the Medical certificate necessary . ' 4 4 1 her IPtBirl Henderson to tie gener al o te ~ e he . of his • will undergo the ketteLtkaleriso_n . at tki:t ll 4 4, tve Iletklerson, along with three other npinrig , th e re, telnoved to Perth yesterday klis'lltgi, euarge of three officers. Railway, at Nt h . Per the Perth and Dundee ik o' eloek . ,.._ The p . a m rt e y r left . Glas ow Constitutional. 1 % 111 0 R • __ g is termed, t tl Yh tl e i ,, lle t a g le i v ti e e s of ` ru stic life in the olden time have cit e - te, i t , ,L:' Piave to modern refinement, as it En ,!..,. tittilt44 4t,lltletivtehre:girleeellii:the healthy recreation of old " t .e Broadwood tk u ltt it , we he ard, .• when the day's work is done, til t n e e4 c a t ro, th ar the sound of the cot /- ‘4l ,i'lret.,*l h e ,. „lin!rry pipe and tabor. But a it having re tlh`q% a rtie r , a ,' „tv aiesty to restore the ancient c pastimes of etnorne, ever ito n ttt l . 4 _et to Lusborne, the proprietor of %Zit :4%4 1 1 ..,7.° tice novelty, has been eduction of the l'ltt 14 °11 8 of oi lue gardens by the intr . () . al command it ity4 l.. eli4 t tusk old England, as exhibited hy.ro) ..ay. u r ced to add to The e, 4a tati o .. r l a arY of Prince Altred's birth 4 1p '44 r , .418 announced for to-morrow and following )4,4kih`ltists h,:th 4k the r, 'The of fi cial proceedings 4441, ihs-en,!lts of the population of Great Bri tain of offices G, s a 'ite z. titi t , t ; has now commenced, and a suite i o ,s_ g court, preparatory het !liitiNf e'oss, ,i,llin commodious houses 1 4 , ea,. (181,4 r, ithet some of the clerks of lice in the 40,0tkitot, tetitttient, Somerset -house, experienced su ____ tu t h illt4 B 01 Ai r s • hlt have proceeded, acting under tbe new P i c y l .. lit 40 assistkitarr sad Mr.'llorace t C he ra ß egistrar mann, t he_as last Ne t 'tie,' tale,' commissioner. The census w e, th.aet.ho ated t ` tea 1 4 . and e to co t o n er u n the direction of a commissioner ‘ t 04 4 ats Lei.. upwards of three years of Ni t Ilis to be ing •puhheheLl in a compendious blue book. ' 1151)114111rt : : 1? 41184..." :1.4111111% —Yesterday was p r inted . s.ions ' , 7 tl i tlt e' r 4 )st ted ',tit, allowing the number of commise on 11,03/. ,„eoiknnee 1830. The aggregate expen „ 0 i s a „445. iwssions of qu i r e ,in since the year 18.3 , , Y •-o tit ,e. Th e . k4C CPI% 1)8981 . 1? Criminal Law Commission has A s tat' s t e p s• Bd. 1''1 , ,,, Y'clr,.. `'uleint ro Sunday evening a re -45e,•.% 11 : , -sect 1„,, .-----,Jo ,1 4,,1 4 1 , 8 (1 ti ro ` 1 ) an On about thirty-five 1 Upper eater t e , he eadw,ned in a pond in Streatham-lane,. ears of 14,11'411;4 hours'3, which appeared to have been in In , lt ilti hi ea ami e Was taken to the Wheatsbeaf Inn, .ann 1' ligi,tgh, witheli Deceased was about five feet eight Ipt:qtrolv,ll:i'k.rs.arklibruwn hair, Roman nose, Imzel t e c 3 o 'e a s t: 4 1 )114,/ , 1 ti t t ti k ,'B, ik„ d i: W as.attired in a dark paleto cloth t, 4 i. eot ''lsek ik"Fur Waistoa, with dark stripes, . N t 811 1) . t. ' 2 , Ari !,at, withered liidng, and the maker s ti tit tt s, :No r (lea et.nri.a•street, Ilulborn-hill ;" his linen was E.4lii)o.tit !it, e:41,1)t)0c, and ss. 9d, was found in his 11,,ikkk,„ I \o k‘ ark ! papers of any kind to lead to his iden t4 'all' Ls t , 'W violence were found on the body. . 11 0 • n sOn I) Nv n Szotii. ~k)ii, re , iirrived Ate. PISHERI".—The 'Traveller, rthoort e as tilt Peterhead from G'reenland, with 68 i l - '' Sell °I 'toile ulluw3:---Eolip, Gray, about 70 tuns 44,44)114'1' aboetnd'GraY, jun , aboui 40 ditto k ki .4) tottirtio, ;It ° 'ltto; Victor, Martin, 2 fish, 14 tuns 44t4e 4:. -- -ttit ( iii, ) t , t 2 fiah, 40 the Enterprise, Cardno, 'as Tr4voireoead• The Commerce left Green ---EdiiibitiO.Erening Post. THE SUN, LON DON, T UESDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBE LITERATURE MR. HUDSON'S EVIDENCE AT YORK. 1. "A Ree'ised and Complete Report of the Recent Trial for Libel, Richardson v. Wodson, pub lisher of The Yorkshireman ;' with Preliminary Observations, -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 A ssizes, 1850. Edited 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, and buried it in the earth, — were to hoard his treasure, instead 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 tout of that commerce which is the strength of ihis nation, and where the spirit of speculative enter prise is regulated by prudence, it is productive of many important advantages to the corium nwealth— circula ting capital and multiplying employment. The merchact, who has experienced the disasters of; and who yet shudders at, the perils c f the sea, still courage ously charters a ship with a valuable cargo for a fo reign part : " mox refiiit rates Quassas, indccilis pauperiem 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 ;—if prices fall he will suffer fear fully ;—but they rise ; he reaps the reward of his saga city, and realises a large profit ! 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. lie sells it in the ship at that advance, and reaps 5,000/. by merely signing the bills of lading! A third capitalist invests largely in the Three per Cents. at 914, 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 ! 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 ! 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 name," and "robs him of his reputation." What are the facts of this unparalleled charge ? We shall allow Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, the counsel for the Yorlishireman, to state the accusation against Mr. Hudson in his own words : " Gentlemen, I believe the nal transaction was this: —Messrs. Thompson and Forma:: had sold to Mr. Hud son 7,000 tone of iron, at 61. 10s. per ton. Some time after this, a railway company, of which Mr. Hudson was the chairman, and ono 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 Air. Hudson, at 12/. per ton; and Air. Hudson m ide 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 and Furman. The very fact of his having recourse to this is proof positive to every thick ing man that Mr. Hudson telt he was deceiving the com pany, and (I,,ing that against which every railway Act and every joint-stock c..impany's Act specially provides — making a private purse out of that company, when the 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 40,000/. which Mr. Hudson ought to 4 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 i failures, have effected a change in the aspect of rail way property. Under such circumstances it would 4 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 everything,—was reputed to have amassed a princely fortune, would to be dealt , fairly with by hungry scrip-holders 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 Yolk, 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 fur iron, in October, 1844. "Q. That contract was completed in January, 1845? "A. It was—there was a dispute between me and Thompson aLd 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. 10e. a ton? "A. Yes; I offered that price fur 20,000 tons to Mr. Thompson in his own house. It was accepted after wards. Some months after the completion 01 that con tract an agent — . Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—Q. Answer my question, sir. " Mr. Martin— Woeid it not be better tar you to per mit Mr. iludson to disclose the whole truth ut 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, because, among other imputatiens, it has been said 1 took advantage of Mr. Thompson in his own house. • 1 made the aler to him in his own house — Mr. Justice Wightnaan—Confine yourself to answer ing the question as to the price. "A. ff. , :red him 6/. 10f. a ton, and three weeks af terwsr6 he acteptud that offer. "Q. Was there no. on the 30th of January, 1845, a rneoting of the I' tuv Newca,t.e, and Berwick ? 6tolittl Committeea the York, " Tnere was. `• Q. Yuu, Mr. Richardson , and another person, were prLst-nt? " A. I was c‘ taii,ly present. " Q Were there mule persons present than those I bay , want d? " A. I cuunut say. " Q. 'S as Mr. Richardson present? " A. I heti ye he wad. " Q. Was it not at that meeting resolrei to advertise for 20,000 tons of iron? " A. It was. "Q. Was your signature attached to the advertise ment which was inserted in the Railway Times? " A. It was. " Q. Was there rot soother meeting held on the sth • of March, at which tenders were received? " A. There was. " Q. Did not Messrs. Thompson, Furman, and Co. send in a tender to supply 14,000 tons, at 141. a ton? "A. No. Their tender was at 12/. 10s. Messrs. Guests tendered at 121. Messrs. Hill and Co.'s tender was at 13/. 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 had agreed to re duce his price from 121. 10s. to 12/. "Q. Was any of the 10,000 tons, for which you had 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 6/. 10s. When they sold to the railway company it was agreed between them and me that on 7,000 tons of the quantity they sold the company I was to receive the ditfer‘nce between 6/. 10s. and 12/. At the very same time I bought from Mesrs. Barley a large quantily sit iron fur another milway at 12/. a too, and just before I left London I bad been tiler( d by Mr. Crawshay 50,000/. profit for my bargain with Thompson, Formal', and Co. " Q. But, in point of fact, you benefited by that sale 38,000/.? " A. I did, I think—about that extent. " Mr. Mar tin—l must object to this general benefit. Did 3ou make one halfpenny by the sale 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 38,5007." In reply to Mr. Martin, Q.C., 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 Yorkshireman office : "Q. Now as to the iron contract. I understood you to say that you agreed with Thompson, Forman and Co. to supply you with 20,000 tons at 61. 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 let me ask you on whose account was that contract made? " A. Entirely on my own private account ; the railway company was not in existence when 1 entered into it. When I entered into it I proposed to several friends to join me , in it. Q. You said that Mr. Crawshay made you an offer in regard to that contract ? " A. He offered to give me 50,000/. for my bargain. " Q. Was that before the tender by Thompson and Forman to the railway was accepted? " A. It wa , . " 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 191 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 uponhim? 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 themetropolis, viol 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. Every body 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- 1 ary 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 Berwick line, gave in their adhesion to Mr. Hudson's plan ! On the 12 , 11 Oc tober, 1844, we find it publicly soktd what is the oc casion of the delay in issuing the scrip in the proposed company, and on the 14th 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 ? 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 Mr. Hudson authority to make that contract, or ever subsequently ratified it I 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 was 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 Mr. 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 P 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 had 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; th e y 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 curre nt 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 morally 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 pfofits 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 were not in a position to require it earlier,—on what ground had they a right to ex pect it below the market price,—the . current rate that all others were then giving for it ? If the profit cid not go into Mr. Hudson's pocket it would have gone of necessity into the pockets of the ironmasters ; it ne ver would have gone into the Newcastle and Br 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 coin plet, ly misrepresented than this matter has been by the York print, and by those who take their cue from tilt- , prompter behind the scenes there, where the farce of Love, Law, and Physic is so often represented,—and never in a ll the annals of slander did such an accumulation of in3puta tions on the character of a roan rest upon such an umubstantial basis ! All Mr. Hudson's public services, all his hospitality, his generosity, his charities,—the many signal benefits he conferred on the city of York, the wonderful works he brought to a successful termination,—are all forgotten, while this monstrous charge of " robbery" and " fraud"— " Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world !" But falsehood may be compared to bad money—it may pass current for a season, but in the end it will be cried down. Whatever judgment men may form as to the general merits of Mr. Hudson'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 will be discovered that it is a poor counterfeit put in circulation to cheat the unwary. The truth, we say, against all the world! --- BHIGIITON AND ITS PAVILION. Brighton has long been noted for its attractions — for its glorious sea, its fine beach, its elegant and beautifully-constructed pier, its grand sea-wall and its hat dsome streets, showy shops and general ap pearance of comfort, richness, and prosperity. Re cently, however, a material and 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 a 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 1812, when additional wings to the north and south ware added ; and, 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 side 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 Moscow, 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 fiat 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 th e w i ngs , w ith 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 palace, 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 north fronts of the palace open upon an en closed lawn and shrubbery. The former, in extent, is upwards of 300 feet, and the west front opens into spacious pleasure grounds, and a grove of elms con nected therewith, by taking in the road which origi nally led into the town from 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. Oa being sold by them, it was, for a succession of years, used as a public promenade and tea resort, and was at last purchased by the Prince of Wales. In thi s par t o f t h e gar d ens th ere 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 Woods 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 the southern gate on its being thrown open by Mr. Slight and the surveyor, was Mr. Knight, the s ecretary of the Bank 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 for 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 respectabl 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 ultimate use ; but all appears uncertain and doubtful at the present time. our reader s a A mphitheatre, t a N t V e DI r r . e B pleased atty, t o o f be A e ttle b y l e ,s d t R o o i inform rrn 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 he will introduce the Tourney of the olden times, on a scale of magnificence and extended splendour hitherto unequalled. We have no doubt that if it is produced with Mr. Batty's usual liberality, and determination to please the public, it will prove .a 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 exposition. THREATENING TO — BURN THE AMPHITHEATRE... Yesterday, 'Mllitin 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 bL, stating that, unless 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 abovementioned, which was directed to Mr. Stebbing.— Ltrerpol Mail. THE LIU/STING SEASON Il' l WARWICICSHIRE.--- Pre; arations for an extended hunting establishment in War wickshire have just been completed, of which Leamington is to be the central point of attraction to sporting men during and effective in its opera the forthcoming season. Mr. Barnard, the gallant master of the " Old Warwickshire," has liberally consented to in Warwick_ shire, continuous sport, 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, lour days (ut of the six. To render this arrangement more sal isfactory to the towos'-people, thin, commodious and corn lete kennels have been provided in the immediate neighbourhood of the town, Which, taken in connexion with those already in existence at Ki ncton s t e t , ou p t ro t i o n i t s h e e s lt.(,)tv ethe o m f o t s l t i e brilliantn ob l e s a c n i t e i n in drawing the well-preserveLi coverts of that celebrated country. LOWESTOFT —Preparations are now being m a d e for the herring-fishery voyage. Not more than twenty of t h e large boats will go to sea. One of the boats went to the north a week since, and came up with six lasts of herrin 8 which realized 1201. at Yarmouth. If corr ect i t ia 4 favoug able beginning. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Minimum—taken and afterwards offered 7 to 1 agst Mr. Meeson'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. Bill's Pitsford—taken 7 to 1 agst Capt. Archdall's Windischgratz—taken 84 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee-bunter 15 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's C 3 prus 20 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Chatterbox 25 to 1 agst Mr. Mangan's Rusborough (Cruiskeen colt) 30 to 1 sgst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken and afterwards offered 35 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Marchioness d'Eu 40 to I agst Mr. Jaques's Dlildevv—takeu and after wards ()fiend 600 to 50 apt Rusburoukh, Maichioness d'Eu, and Chatterton—taken Seleral hundri ds were laid at evens and 11 to 10 agst Voltigenr, two er three hundreds at 5 to 1 and 11 to 2 agst Pitsford, at 84 to 1 agst Beehunt er, and 7 to 1 and 15 to 2 sgst Winditchgrsta. Bolingbroke and Mildew left off friendless. Marchioness u'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. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Parr's Cloihworker—taken and afterwards 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 apt Duke of Richmond's Officious—taken DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Halford'a Prime Minister—taken LICHFIELD RACES.—MONDAY. The Produce Stakes of 10 nova. 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 Las• - ,opeland's Lass of Underley The Staffordshire Stakes of 15 sou. 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. Meesou's D ou bt, 4 yrs, Bst lab 2 Mr. Hawkes's Milcote, 3 yrp, 6st I llb 3 Lord A. Paget's nd Don Juan, 4 yrs, 83t 71b 4 The Two Years Old St a k es of 10 sot's. each, and 50 added. Last half-mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Phillip's La Juive Mr. Fowler's Reaper The Lichfield Stakes of 10 sous. each, and 25 added. One mile and a half. Mr. J. Day's Colocynthue, 5 yrs, Tat 71b (Cheswas) 1 Mr. Yardley nd b m by Jereed, syrs, 7st 2 Mr. Thompson's Angean, 3 yrs, 4st 10Ib 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 ELEVEN. First Innings. Second Innings. Adams, c Morton, b Simpson.. 3 Ibw, b Joy 3 Wisden, c Clark, b Joy 4 b Coates Guy, b Joy 1 s Morton, b Anderson 21 Pilch, b Joy.. Parr, c Simpson, b Clark 46 cßedshaw,b Anderson b Box, c Swires, b Anderson Martingell, c Baldwinson, b Anderson ..... 0 s Morton, b Anderson 21 Mr. N. Felix, not out ...... .. 10 c Garthwaite, b An- derson . . 17 Mr. A. Flynn, b Anderson 9 c Anderson, b Joy ... 12 Clark, b elt,y . Hillyer, b Joy Byes 12, lb 3, w 5, nb 1 . 21 B 18, lbl, wl5, nb2 36 Total 111 Total 169 DA ELINGTON. First Innings. Shaw, b Clark Second Innings. 0 b Hillyer ... Walters, b Clark 1 c Adams, b . Wisden... 3 Mr. S. Swires, run out 4 c Box, b Clark ..... ...• 0 Redshaw, b Wisden Mr. T. Headlam, b Clark 0 not out 0 Lancaster, b Clark ......... ... .. 2 c Guy, b Clark l5 Baldwinson, c Felix, b Wisden 69 c Box, b Wisden 7 Anderson, hit w, b C1ark...... 4 b Wisden 8 Metcalfe, c Guy, b Clarke...... 0 c Guy, b Clark ...... .. 0 Clark, c Martingell, b Hillyer 3 run out Graham, c Felix, b Wisden... 7 b Wisden ...... ..... Rev. J. Pilkington, c Hillyer, b Clark... Mr. C. D. Trotter, c and b Wisden . , Simpson b Clark ... ........ . .... () 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 . . ...... 0 b Hillyer Mr. J. W. Coates, b Clark ... 0 Ibw, b Wisden Mr. T. Elwon, c Guy, b Clark 0 b Wisden ... Benson, not out Harrison, b Clai k ..... .. Byes 3, leg byes 4 7 Byes 1,1 b 1 ...... ... 2 Total llO Total ...... 60 ELEVEN PLAYERS OF SURREY V. FOURTEEN GENTLE MEN OF THE SURREY CLUB AND COUNTY.—YeaterdS) this annual match was commenced at the Oval. At the close of the day's play the score stood thus:—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 various prizes, took !place yesterday at Ch elsea, and was v e ry attractive. The race was six p air of oars, in three heats, and the competition rowed very capitally. First Heat —Wheeler and Narramoore, (yellow), 1 ; Ockenton and Stines (green), 2 ; Burrell and Pye (red), 0. The distance was from off the Old Swan, at Chelsea, to a boat moored off Cremorne ' down to the White House, and finish at th e Swan. Won easily, but a ca pital race for second place. Second Heat—Prince and Stubbs (Pink), 1 ; Wen 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 heat was started downwards, three pairs out of the four being so even fur halt-a•roile 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 boat, 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. IL 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 , Faucit 3; F. S o tevens and T. Na s h, green, 0; W. Crowley , range, 0. They started from the Ship up round a boat off Pimlico pier, down to the Houses of Parliament, and buck to the Ship. An excellent start, and all together up to the Penitentiary, where yellow went a little ahead, closely pressed by pink; elow, however, retained th e l ea d , and won by four lengtyhsl. Second Ileat—E. Gale and P. Miller, blue, 1; W. Lane and R. Church, black, 0 ; F. Ch andler and H. Church, red an d white, 0; F. Gale and Blyde, white, 0. The three last were disqualified, owing to not coining back when ordered by the umpire. Final Heat—Richards and Jones, yellow, 1; P. Chand ler and Graham, pink, 2; DI. Perry and Smith, red 0; E. Gale and Miller, blue, 0. The winners took the lead and kept it, and won easily. HE RECENT POISONING ♦T BEISTOL.--In con nexion 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 poisonoui 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, be caused the basket to be seized and conveyed to the central station-house, when on examination it turned 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 question 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 di inguishable 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 TILE BARONESS BLAZE DE BURY. 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 18P-9, It is in the conversations of the sovereigns and statesmen —the great military and political characters 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 ehe giv.a to the public. The history of the Hungarian war, and of the Austrian campaign in Piedmont, will find in "Germania" A must valuable commentary. Jellachich, Windiscbgratz, Schlik, Swartzenbutg, in Vienna; Radetsky, in Verona; Haynau, in Perth ; 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 will as for the very eurioue historical documents which the author has been able to obtain.—Erening Paper- THE " MISER'S SECRET.” —The popularity of this new historical novel is by no means surprising, for it com bines all th e f ascinations of romance with the integrity of history. The reader is not only amused to the hig gree, but is, at the same time, rendered conversant with all the remarkable pen,onages who tigined in England in_ the in reign of James I. It is really quite refre:shing to turn from the monotonous productions of the hackneyed authors r of the day to the pages of a vi gorous an d original write one who h as so ably conceived and carried out the abO like the ve.work. —Evening Paper. The Bishop of Manchester has consecrated a new ghttith at Lytharnonar Blackpool. 10, 1850. LINES SUGGESTED BY " THE WORKING MAN'S MONU MENT TO PEEL." BY A 'WORKING MAN. The strongest pillar of the State, In Khan the people ilact d their trust, Is laid for ever in the dust By the mysterious hand ut Fate! When that exalted form was crush'd, As flushed the news from place to place, A shaeow Lung en every lace, And every lesser theme was huih'd. We thought cf all that he bad done, We hoped for what he still migt.t do; For spite of evil tongues we knew That he was Biitaio'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 brobb'd in the bosoms 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 and troublous hour! When in his band the helm of power Might deepen still our gratitude. Fur 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 for ever! But his name Shall lung to British be.erts 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 musio 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 filled 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 early statues guard their dust; But thou forgetest to raise a bust To bards whose office 'tis to heal The stricken hearts that in the strife Of 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 ssy, " 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, fur thy " dear honour's" sake ! CASINO DE 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 baud, 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 bills, that it was one of the beat 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, tor which, perhaps, thanks may be given to Messrs. Gouriet and Taylor, the very efficient maitres de ceremonie. MANSLAUGHTER IN WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, the coroner for the city of Westmirtster, held an inquest, in the board-room of St. George's Hospital, to in qunie into the c rcumstan ces connecte d w i th the death of Mr. George Fox, for many years a highly respectable tradesman in Westminster, who it was .11eged had been beaten to death 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 of the case have already been stated in this paper. The principal witness examined was Matilda Collard, who said :—On Tuesday last,i at five o'clock, George Stevens, one of the accused per suns; was bowling a hoop with his little boy. The deceased was touting 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 ---, it you d on ' t drop that hoop, I'll knockyou 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 or a tart. Robert Hayes threw him over the shafts of the cart, land struck him several times. Mrs. Stevens, when the deceased was down, jumped up on him. As soon he got up he was knockeddown again by one or the other.as Robert Hayes threw him on his head, and fell upon him. The de ceaseil did not get up again until he was lifted up. Robert Hayis struck the last blow; it hit the d eceased 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 bad 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. He was last seen in London on the 17th of August, and, as far as can be conjectured, it is not unlikely that he bas gone across the Atlantic by the steamer which left Liverpool about that time. It is supposed that he has not less with him than 1,0001., forgeries of bills of ex change in the name of the firm, on two of their customers, to the amount of 875/. having already been discovered, be sides • other sums in which he was behind with the firm.— North British Mail. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —The reading-rooms of the British Museum were opened yesterday morning, when the readers were gratified with the eihibition 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 hand of every reader form a splendid library in themselves, collected for gentlemen of moderate at tainments in general literature. Tug Rosa or THE LION.—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, each increasing in loudness to the third or fourth, when his voice dies away in five or six low, mAi n At times, r ei nmuffledco regularlyn andc er s t o n u oten n ate d k s, iannsngs v fur e eum r cip y i n ' nte m ghn much ;p l r aae e s ratt dr : e m : e abp likenl i n id n gat persons ro i hs s , o t et a nh n har t eesae t i nr, h dgo u ri n rner d goa e ur r ar: catch. Like our Scottish stags at the rutting season, they roar loudest in cold, frosty nights ; but on no occasions are their voices to be heard in such perfection, or so intensely powerful, as when two or three strange troops of lions ap proach a fountain to drink at the same time. When this occurs, every member of each troop sounds a bold roar of de fiance at the opposite parties; and when one roars all roar together, and each seems to vie with his comrades in the in tensity and power of his voice. The power and grandeur of these nocturnal forest concerts is inconceivably striking and pleasing to the hunter's ear. The effect, greatly enhanced when the hearer happens to biednsiit. but, the depths of the forest, at the dead hour of midnight, twenty un accompanied by any attendant, and ensconced.l may remar k, in a yards re a ppofretaheehifnogu.n_tarinhewidiocha Hunter a s e u r rr ili_ ou dio ndi r n k g a. t w roops of lions com mittee, we are glad to perceive, MoNUMENT TO WILSON, THE has V hee f c n e I.: 1) 8; 0 .— i erection of a monument, at appointed c to om re ceive subscriptions fur the __. departed this life in that city last Scottirh vocalist, who of dollars will be Quebec, over the remains of John Wilson, the unequalled so that all the friends of the the committee,his . r s e u c in ei m ve e d r. by /sTo amount over the sum two wi de the initial movement in this praiseworthy and honour ablelamented deceased may join friends in Canada, who have ms A object.—Knickerbocker S A T - M. — bo m cke . re ni ni n e e r n iC y anpapeo. Calomarde has just discovered a new telescopic star between tailbetw of h een te the Littlepolar star and star at least that certainly did not exist Cynosure, near to the rise of the in October last. M. Calcmarde endeavoured to det e r m i ne if t hi s star could be andth the same e h a s d i t a h a a p t observed pe a red thr e e by y A ea r r z a a cbel d after ite Toledo was a firstin 1109,aee:3. Ile found, however, that this could not be, for the old star is s a m s u p c la h ce n d ea in re t r h t e h b e o p d o y la o r f a t t h a e r, L a it n t. d le f ß ar e t a i r le , r an f d rem then ew Cynosure one s A t e a c r o r a t o n u g l dt to htahvee oabisierivnaetrieasonsingof brilliancy,aarndde,ittihaelikneelwy that in less than a month this star, which is now risible only through a telescope, may b e seen with the naked eye.—Lite rary Gazette. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 8. Her 3laj.sty drove out in the open carriage, ac compani, d by the Princess Royal. His Huai Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing to-day. The Prince of Wales walked, attended by Mr. Birch. The Princess Alice and Prince Alfred were also out walking during the day. Lord John Russell has arrived at the Donne, Leynwily, from a visit to the Right Hon. Fox Maule at his seat, Birnam Lodge, Perthshire. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF AN INSANE PAUPER. 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.lPancras 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 P to prove that her mother bad been 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 her 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 tKo of the male pauper assistant s who came to remove her from one ward to another. On one occasion she 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 fluence of liquor, and it was remarked by persons visiting the ward that she was constantly drunk. Deceased was not right in her mind, but after the ill-usage she received 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 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 eligible person to fill the situation, as she 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. lie 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; 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 Bonchurcb. 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 off, and everyone who has eyes is admiring 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 token up and mounted on the luggage. A little beyond is 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 boy with the great trunk," responds one of the ladies. " I think I can manage to make room for one, and only one," says the coachman. But there is no knowing what an Lie of Wight coachman will not attempt and what he will not accomplish, 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 Hyde. "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 to longer available—there is not an atom of room ; so be 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 cou ld manage t o p l ace 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 MUS SELBURGU 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 Flerculem. The inde fatigable amateur whalefishers 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 511 feet in length, and about 21 feet a l lnyd notof slender exceeding propor tions—itsgirth. Th e l t tongue h ei ght n w g a u s ea wh e n o was y oungtanki fi s h,et s n 1 :u t, 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 fl es h. 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 been resorted to. It is determined, we believe, to cut the fish in pieces, and thus bring it ashore.—Caledonian Mercury. THE CONVICT HANNAH CURTIS —A letter has been received from an official in the Home-office by the sheriff of Gloucester, intimating that the sentence of death passed OA 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 mo n th a ft er H arr i s ' s death. It is now said that she was never married to Harris, and therefore could have married Curtis during Harris's life. No official intimation of the commutation has been received by the sheriff of the county, in whose custody the prisoner is. 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 BEE-HITS.—A top swarm of this season, belonging to Mr. Adam Gray, Little Pitinnan, Daviot, was smoked I.st week, and weighed 961bs. It was swarmed on the 25th or 26th of June, and threw off a swarm from itself some eight or ten days after.