The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-13 00:00:00

MARKET .) CO RN EXCHA GE—FR IDA Y. lis p p t, our market this we k the fresh supply of Eng - Wheat. coastwise, has been go Ic, vis , 3 530 quarters. The receipts by land carri , go have exceeded coartesr3, ahLost wholly of plessnt year's Zt I :! ) i * the Today the show of samples of both red and off was by no means extsnsive. Fine parcels in,..ved " hteadily at vety luq prices. In the rard,iling sad in ferior qua!itie2. only a, tuoeerne business w,:s transqcteci, r3t lat e rates were we ll supporte d. The imports of Ge nerally , Whea... have not exceeded 10,45 0 quarter: . a d e tierally sp ea ki ng th e i m p or ter s were firm, tad Mon• cri,tatio rls were o b[ainad in every instance. The "'oek to warehouse Lere is comparwirely small. We ; ° "inue to have a steady sale for both Englis h and "' rei gn Barley, at very fall prices. Mat—the supply of wh i eh was moderate—changed hands, at fully prelicus rates. The sho w o f home-grown Oats was small—that ti foreign extensive. Sound Corn produced Monday's r i.°tat ionF, but damp parcels were neglected. Beans, CP , nal Flour we:e quite as dear. No change i n ° wan Coro. ARRIVALS THIS WEER, THE SUN, ee.u'd no , ;.ecount fen - his : , urge being replaced unk:,s it was done by a contederate. Mr. ILtauwica.—You must have made some mistake, nod, unknowingly, put your pure in your right-hand poi ket instead t f the left. The prosecutor persisted in stating that he was correct in his statement, and the reason he so frequently felt in his pocket was because he hail heard that many people 110,1 been robbed while riding in an omnibus. The defendant, in indignant terms, denied the charge, and called about a &sten gentlemen, amongs=t whom were Mr. Walter, of Great Metfylebone-street, and Mr. Walter, of Goswell-street (brothers of the defendant), the former of whom stated that, last night, his brother (the defendant) called at his house to fetch two young ladies who had teen spending the eve uing with him. Defendant subsequently went, to sup with a gentleman at Kensington, and on his return the present unfortunate circumstance occurred. The other gentleman said it was impossible for the defendants to commit such an offence as that ho was ac cused of. The complainant must be labouring under some mistake. Mr. 11ARDwrcK, from what he had heard, thought the sta!ement of the prosecutor highly improbable. The complainant said he was not willing to press the charge further. Mr. HARDWICK said the prisoner no doubt must feel exceedingly obliged to you for such an offer, after un dergoing the indignity and inconvenience of beirg lucked up in the station-house all night. I should advise you to make such an apology or recompense as it is in your power to do. The defendant is discharged, and leaves this court without the slightest imputation upon his cha racter. The prosecutor tendered an apology to the defendant, but by the advice of his friends it was not accepted. Wheat' ___ Qrs. Qrs. 240 3, & 30 English • • • • •• — Btoteh• • • • • • " Irish .... Foreign. .. Barley. Oats. Malt. I Flour. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks 4SO 3,040 1,010 1,000 3,220 , 10,450 I 4,210 I 20,320 S 1 zzTHrXLLD. t e °o 'market to-day was seasonably well supplied with 4 54 a 8 to n um ber, but their g eneral q ualit y was in'e trad. The a t ten d ance o f buyers being small, the Beef l c 0 ruled h eav y, a t barely Monday's quotation 3. j as e t ar lY three-fourths of the supply were the refuse o f tolmarket day. Sheep—the numbers of which woe l a t„ rb Y xtensive—met a very inactive inquiry, and v a i, l ates were with difficulty supported, the extreme -e of the best old Downs not a xceeding 43 per Sibs b ro "Y instance. listher a large supply of Calves wasarel u ght forward, while the Veal trade ruled du ll, at to last week's decline in the currencies. Pigs were ktimolerate supply, and sluggish inquiry, at our quo it:l2. Mikh Cows were selling at from 141 5s to 18/, e uiag their small calf. Per 81bs. to sink the Offal. s. d. to s. d, s. d. to s. d. ge kt s e o ri n ° ; . salts... •. 24 2 6 Inferior Sheep .. —3O 2 2 Prir mo , luallty .... 2 8 3 0 second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6 p rita - .arge 0,,,.. 3 2 8 4 C mrse-woolledditto3 8 310 primea Sc ots •••• .. 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 319 4 0 coarse Calves 3 0 3 6 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 lilq,kllll.33llditto 3 1 L 0 arge Hogs ••• • 3 2 3 6 / 4 , bab aZ Calves • .18 0 26 0 Small Porkers ••.• 3 8 4 0 8 .. '•••• • • • 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs —lO 0 21 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. 803 I SheAp. I Calves. Pigs. 11,500 1 326 I 3QO 13 Op t s. I SheepSCOTCH 1. Calves. 1 Pigs. 30 I Be asts FOIIEIGN SUPPLY. 1 91 • I Sheep. I Calves. I Pit s. 2,020 184 27 ZZEVTGATE AND MEADENECALL. A h be e se markets ruled heavy, at barely stationary lees. At per stone by the Carcase. Net , s. d. to s. d. to s. d. 6. d. .......,. nfellor., ~.. 2 2 2 4 I Mutton, inferior •• 2 8 3 4 n readdlig --"•••• prim , .. .. 2 6 2 8 --- nslcl(lling.. 3 6 3 8 ..."-• bp,,.., ei arge ••2 10 a o _______ prnse ••• . 3 8 310 1r t 8 41.7 . "" 'Mall .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ a 0 3 6 • •..• •• •• •• 3 0 3 61 - sin All ••••• • • • 3 6 4 0 Lamb, Os 0,1 to es od. A OROUGU EOP ratISMET. 1847 a rge public sale of Hops, of the growth of 18 , 46, tot,din and 1848, took place here on Wednesday. _The th e l u llality offered was 793 pockets, 704 being Kent, ler,retaaieder Sussex. The attendance (f buyers was it and the whole of the 11,p3 changed hands. Kent t. Pi ti al 283 to 333, and Sussex 27s to 45s and Kent, -41 a itig le now pretty general both in Sussex , t , ll° Produce is turning out large. The duty . is called ',u 130 1 to 205 000/ Several pockets have areived this %;% K t ,' and :: old as under :— New Kent, 61 to 81; new Scarf ; 5112 s to Si 16s, per cwt. A few parcels . of lit,.L i ge have been disposed of on the following terms.; 4/1," of Kent pockets 1849, Si to 61; Sussex, 184 , to 51, ' 3 per cwt. e Q , COLONLai.. ,k marlezt has been very active again this ali ti - Ed 'nr all descriptions, and fuller prices have been %t a w'. The result of the sales in Holland has been to t, ,„•iso a rise of is 6d to 2s per cwt, and this has . had et, e ;," t `ct here likewise. British Plantation has me t e 41 5 W i 6 d per cwt. Barbadoes by auclit n went at 41s to Eci to f or fine yellow, 38s to 403 6d for mid to good, 1 01. i r u ti i s for ord, 36s for good brown, and 42s 6d to 4 6s and - Yellow. Jamaica gcod yellow sold at 393 6d, k u rd and mid at 36s 6 I to 37s 6d. I: eervye itutolitre.eiTl'he demand has been good, but prices tops .c.,4 T • higher than 49s 6d to 50 for brown gro pe, Run " 6 -"IA IT • tius sold at 6d advance by aye -34 6 70 yellow 40e to 41s, good mid and good 38s to ROod good to fine brown 32s to 34s 6d, and cad to "" to 333 6d, Bengal has not been largely dealt gr a ins holders want a more decided advsyce small t° 461 yellow of mid and good kind has realised m ; 4 ad 3 e s 6 a d t uy a • high r sectio n and privately sales have been at 383 4.as. Manilla mid greyish yellow has been held ta ntB , o l o_ , Tv soft dark China at 303 6d to 31s; and Pe tted „ , u 6d to is higher, mid sots white 40s to 403 6d, 1, 0 ` 4,4 te flue yellow 34s to 38s. realisedlN iS firm; ord to ntid ord white Havannah has 27a to 29a 6d. CoF FEE descriptions. .—There has been a steady demand for most Nd rdp 1 Native b een has been at 47s to 48s for t e e_ e. Ceylon: has been held for a;further ad. t,„7, mid and good bold bus been sold at 54s to 62s 6d, tp r fine ord and low mid at 503 to 533 pea berry 58s 6d, age 45s to 495. Mocha lies been Much wanted, and tstiort,PPlY being scanty p r i ces h ave r i sen . B r itish Plan has as been held very firmly. iiile°A.—Bahia has been sold at 29; per cwt. tot `-.E. -- There has b e e n a f a i r d eman d, b u t prices have 10, , 1 1 16 en. Pinkey w hi te M adras has b een so ld at 93 to coated Bengal in po c k e t s at 10s to lOs 63. p, °N.— The market h as b een qu iet and rather flat. itg reEB.—Pimento has been held for fuller prices, hav ealised 5/d up to 6id. Mace has been in demand, Aerittur ob ases are ch ec k e d T V the higher rates asked. beep Sol Ginger has Leen rather lower. Jamaica has trx 4 "uu at 31 12 s to Si per cwt. 40 4 t o Z - de T he market is steady, and moderate sales have 4 1 , • / allee:i mT w---There has bec,n a brisk demand at ad eid Newat 37 3 3 , New has been sold at 38s to 38 a 3 d, and u to 37s 6d. . e `tads l 'aurr.— e Burr.--The market continues good for a ll b "fitt . an iiti e Parcels of Grapes * ex Montrose steamer and 4.141:1 tat g - teasel, from Lisbon, sold by Keeling and P ° b ll o sale, w en t at an a d va nce for any of good Lemonsswap y ' in fair d eman d, the stock of which is s aPpi T he! accounts from Messina confirm the short thesef Lemons to be expeceed from that quarter , a nd ( kW, ,r(111 A merica state that Grapes not be shun ad that the price is hig her than was expected. -114, EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION OF ORPHAN CHILDREN. From the returns of the Board of Trade pre sented to Parliament, it appears that for the ten months ending sth of November, 1849, there were imported from foreign countries to the United King dom the following quantities of flax and tow, or cor dilla of hemp and flax 1,553,472 cwts. ; flax seed and linseed, 437,131 quarters; and oil-seed cakes, 43,955 tons. If in a proportionate quantity for the following two months, that is one-fifth to the above, the quan tities for the year will be as follows :—hemp and flax, 1 864,166 cwts. ; flex seed and linseed 524,557 qrs. Oil-seed cake 52,746 tons. If these various products from land sown to flax had been produced in this country they would have given constant employment to above '220,000 boys and girls, or about 20 in every parish in England. A school of industry, therefore, might be established in every parish for twenty chil dren, to cultivate flax, in addition to all the flax now grown in England, Ireland, and Scotland, without exhausting the demand for these articles in our own market. Why then, it may be asked, is not flax grown to a greater extent than it has hitherto been in this country ? The reasons are-Ist. Under a mistaken notion that flax is an exhausting crop to the land, there is a clause in many of the old leases prohibiting the tenant from growing it. After potatoes, flax almost always grows in perfection, par ticularly on light loarns, on clay, and on chalky soils. It is sown in the latter end of March or beginning of April, and pulled in July or early in August. This al,o ws full time to prepare the land for an early sow ing of wheat, and wheat is more certain after flax than after any other spring crop. If the linseed is consumed by cattle on the land, and the flax also worked out, leaving the refuse on the land, only a very small proportion of the crop, viz , the fibre, is taken from the soil, and it needs not, therefore, be an exhausting crop. 2. Heretofore the flax has been fermented in pits in order to separate with ease the fibre from the woody parts of the stem. This fer mentation in pits caused a very unpleasant smell which led the landlords and farmers to discourage the growth. On the new plan no such pitting is necessary, and there is therefore no smell occasioned by the process of fitting the flax for market. 3. Whilst corn fetched a high price the farmer had no inducement to let his land for a flax crop, or to put himself to the trouble and expense of pursuing a branch of manufacture to which he was not accustomed. Nor can he be expected to do it now at his own risk. If done at all it must be undertaken at first by persons who see the importance of combining their energies to confer a great advantage on those who ure at present ill-trained, if not wholly neglected, in almost all the agricultural districts of the country. A successful example only is wanting to lead to a gene ral and most beneficial change in this respect all over England. In the three counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Wilts, there are 115 public charities. In 1818 the proportion of paupers in Somersetshire was as one to every three houses. In Wiltshire, one to every two houses. In Dorsetshire, the same. In the same year the amount paid for poor's rates was as follows : --Wiltshire, 274,2641. 103. (Id., Dorset, 129,2211. lls. Oid , Somerset, 250,8271. 3s. 3-id. Total, 654,3131. 4s. 4fd. N KRUPTCY,— —(TH IS DAY.) (Before Mr. Cornmi asioner FARE.) Thi t IN RE GRIVFITIIS. 41. 11 h 8 ban had carried sin basiness us a fernlien kart ill the Strandand e % _, z ,,,,,, n __ ou. , to- • y Xr, 1 3 "" a was appointed his 44 ad. "Arlo:, on the part of the bankrupt, 44 clut ° , 411 ulleut, as the accounts, which peculiar,applied for were Th. 'en Prepared JOurt:,3olicitor to the; assign ecs consented to the ad ii4i.ivnt. 1141 :1df 114 °wNE said the official assignee had 3,0001. in 8 111, 3 4 f although there had bee ri a loss of 9004 on the The a Stock; and there we aid be a large dividend. l Itti t i , (ntanainntion was then I ►d•ourned till the audit dividend meeting. j Ii CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—On Saturday next, being St. Matthew's -day, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, with the governors of the several royal hospitals, will attend Divine service at Christ Church, Newgate-street, where a sermon will be preached by the Rev. Joseph Harris, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, assistant-master of the City of London School. After which they will repair to the Great Hall, in Christ's Hospital, where four orations, on the benefits of the royal hospitals, will be delivered, according to annual custom, by four of the senior scholars :—ln Latin, by Alfred Sweeting ; in English, by C. S. D. G Townshe W nd; in Greek, by H. C. P. Jones ; in French, by . . Brown. Six poems will also be recited by others of the senior scholars, viz., a Latin Alcaic ode, on Westminster Abbey, by H. B. Parkin; a translation of Prince Henry's Apology, and the King's Reply, from Shakspere, into Greek lambi G. cs, by ntlett James Gill ; Latin Sapph ics, on Boadicea, by J. Gau ; Latin Elegiacs, on the Death of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , by R. A. Lloyd ; Greek Sapphics, on Hannibal at the Altar, by 11. D. Sweeting; and a translation of the Apostrophe to Philosophy, from Thomson's Seasons, into Latin Hexameters, by C. G. Bell. FlRE.—This' morning, shortly before six, a fire broke out on the premises occupied by Mr. Corbett, a dealer in pictures, 115, Long-acre. Messengers were immediately dispatched to the va, ious stations of the London Fire Brigade, whose engines were shortly after in attendance. The flames were confined to the premises in which they originated. The cause of the fire is unknown. GuousE.—These birds are this season somewhat more plentiful than usual on the heath lands around here, a gentleman having informed us that he has bagged several very fine birds in the neighbourhood of Parkstone.—Poole _Herald. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Sunday afternoon a chill, of about three years of age, of the name of Boland, residing in Commercial-road, Glasgow, having been left ia bed during the absence of its parents for a short time, got out, and managed by some means or other to get outside the window, which is three stories in height, and was hanging by the hands, when the father and mother fortunately came in sight, and had the presence of mind to spread out a shawl under the window, holding it by the corners at some distance from the ground. The child fell into it, and, strange to say, escaped without having sustained the slightest injury. North _British Mail. DEATEI OF SIR GEORGE HAMILTON. --We regret to state that Sir George Hamilton, Minister Plenipoten tiary of Great Britain in Tuscany, died at Florence on the 3d instant. A WARNING TO RATE-PAYERS:An old woman, in a parish near Caine, who had been receiving parish relief for forty years, hasjust been discovered to have hoarded up 1751. in cash, which she kept concealed in her room. On further inquiry, it was found that she also possessed 4001. in the savings banks. STATISTICS OF RUSSIA.--The European provinces of Russ , a cover an area of 99,489 square miles; Transcau casia, 2,825 ,• Siberia, 208,601) ; the Steppes of Kirgis 30,000; the Islands, 1,100 ; American Colonies, 17,500 ; making a total of 359,5 A square miles. Reden, the geo grapher, calculates that the number of inhabitants of these vast countries annunts to 60,000,600, and among them 50,000,000 Sclayonians and 4,331,000 Poles. The census of 1763, according to Schlozer and Storch, showed a popula tion of but 20,000,C00 ; that of 1782 showed an increase of' 6,000,0 00 ; and the census of 1835 reached figure of 55,000,000. In the European provinces of Russia the population averages 6 9 o n a s q uare mile. The most populated districts are those of the central provinces, where one square mile contains about 2,000 inhabitants. The mini mum of population exists in the Governieent of Archangel, where a square mile is inhabited by sixteen people. Of Russian subjects there are 50,552,000 (88 per cent. of the population of Russia) belonging to the Greek religion, 6,744,145 are Roman Catholics, 3,409,330 are. Protestants, 1,601 767 Jews, and 566,320 Mohametans. 'The rest of the inhabitants belong to various sects, or they are considered as temporary residents and foreigners. 154 periodicals are pub lished in Russia.—viz., 168 in Russian, 29 in German, Bin French, 1 in Italian, 5 in the Polish, and 3 iu the old Lettish language.—Kolner Zeitung. A story is told of Sully, the painter, a man dis tinguished for refinement of manners as well as success in art. At a party one evening, Sully was speaking of a belle who was a great favourite. " Ah," says Sully, " she has a mouth like an elephant." Mr. Sully 1 how can you be so rude?" " Rude, ladies ! rude! what do you mean? I say she has got a mouth like an elephant, because it is full of ivory." THE ITAnvE.i.,T IN FIFE.—The weather has been exceedingly dry and fine for the last ten days, and harvest operations have gone on uninterruptedly. The crop is almost all cut down in the lower districts, and fully three. fourths of the whole crop over the country is already secured in excel lent condition. Wheat is giving very general satisfaction, and it is no doubt much the best crop we have. The early barley, we have been told, is threshing well out, and the ap pearance and quality of the grain are uncommonly fine. The oat crop is much complained of, and in some districts the quality has not been so inferior for years. Oa good land, in some instances, the weight per bushel is as low as 351b5., and the sample has more resemblance to fore gii oats than the usual plump arid rounded pickle. The rains which fell in the east of last month were quickly dried up by the winds which fol'owed, and turnips are now generally suffering much from want at moisture. If there is not twatg of IN eather in the I out such a full one as former appearances led us to expect. — cow se of eight days, we suspect this crop will not turn Scotsman. E R RATUM —The wor d "engines a' Was inadvertently used yesterday instead of " cylinders" in the description of the iron strain yacht for the Emperor of Russia. Thei teetl su tenee should have read, '• Her cylinders are on tie osci 3 ating principle, 46i inches in diameter, will' a stroke of inches." n ^go Mr. EXTRAORDINARY SHOT.—A few d-: - IS ' hats, brother to the Bishop of Tuam , and son f Lord Plunkett, while shoo Mg seals at the Bishop's lodge, county of Mayo, fired at a corm orant on the wing wita in the rills, and having shot it in the neck, tire bullet cut in two a large conger eel, which the bird bad in its throat at the time. „:° Iv-STREET. nA Y. _.(THIS -- 1 , ) d at the-17:Ph Cannon, a journeyncam tailor, the ii; t : , before Mr. Jardine, • charged with threatening , 'th e Or Air. J o h n Lucy, his • b,rother-in-law. ..tr atc itil'os ec utor stated th a t b u lived in Fountain court, tailor. .co the last +carying on business os a mast e r h the pri olier Seven years he had Ile 2n annoyed y that h comi ' his house. Tt i s was the fifth time , e L aci , rig to Il Per i th neeu compelled to gt we him t e enth: l . l e't occasion has 3,1; imprisonedintocuisitrodyta,.ealhvde " 14 11 C Ile had only been out a few day:, but since day, Iti l d . Elation he had come to w itness's house ilehw that h •ld h his life. had e, B r t.., . e not ou - aN e) ~, '''.2lallned not to wan t; when his Yesterday elothrere that' he kriew what to do with. si ll st e er s ' t s a h te u d sb t e h i a ld t Yelc,',.g he recommenced ' hi a annoyances about . twel t y . e . s _ev e i -, and continued them, -without intermission, till Wit t ; ll tbe evening, when he lar ge 134 his oath, stated th w at as wh g e i k r ge he waa in danger of b is; life. nvetnheinptroisocnuer was ti le 11;sa4linINE sentenced hi m to find sureties to keep it. Prate. Ile was locked up. ' 41 4/11- -,,, --------r HIS DAY.) Et --1151t0'-ST.REEI T. - - T 'ST .„-.1 11 , 17 AIME AGAIN 4,3 4 ,, c , -"OIIDINARY AND UNFOUNDED -11,- ~ r a pawn- Ilertex•Eu.—Mr John. Morrit I eat' ,fNoroe. 1M06r., Al c h, r earr l i 41 . - d rsgat e . B - tr g eet o , n iv a a n . elate:, td at at t h e bar bc on of Mr. business lja th . e . Th era witk ' c harged wi s th p stealfrom pers at Wive's eetpheae Peatherstone an auc tioncer, residi!ig. a soy° . 41 Rn ' Seelerr.etsbire, a silk purse containing Th e s 'nd two shillings and s',xpence. five ad kitea two stated that, last night about. t irj , for th e to teo, h into -t. at Ke n " a g - d Ptirp e got an c ,innt d 3.3 14 1 1 . 11 ty roi l” Of coini ng to tow t,.. li e had not teen seated 11 111 1 0 1 . utss when the de !endant got in nd seated 3 i tuss had felt h . by his left side. J ast before that w the keketle Purae and its When safe in 13 kf o r f i c l his trousers. When they arrived at the end of the i i etit rho had the omnibus stop ped to allow a lady si Jo ' ftit th e 12141 be ensittinghis right hand side; the Jour ap -e nrst I onf the vehicle during , to hia-Y,fr°,l3l Person who I N; t itness then put his hand Zekuereitet, stud fo n t7nd his purse sate, but before t .I.s 41 1tud i 51 " had time to shut the door, he again pu I s l ts tone, urthie Pocket, and found[ his purse and its conten r obb ed '4,,e 'Pocket, told the conductor he had been Iva % S °' hi s Purse Si! th e lady got out. The omnibus l eft P e ri t s r e c a h e e lt but t he purse could nut to found, and a. sat by bis sir °+ Was the only !person who had . • , eh4 rp. e ' he culled a 'stable and gave him in l 'ettit . ' a nd went l- constable .. ,',h huh. Oa his l,„ nt o th ~, .to the within - where he virLs 'utit l p. ~, e ueion Ilot ' Ostf .rd-strcet, os Lie v v es, < i, dire , r . eta upstairs tu-bed, when h, the Ight-hand poeket of his trouhers. IN itn t , found the , pu e rv s ! - "e et}:,„Pr.eeeeded to the s Ation and gave the purse t c t , t o 11. 2;tatsle, /t he opened t :. and the money, amuuntin., la r et ,' l d °, was found tb er , pin k h ll4l ki' j r ,,, t , 0 Mr. ilann.v, o . mplainant said, when he tWieloatk4oBn7rri. be (I . l d not c o; , e c n it, bat at once took it to of the ',crimp; i v wer e ; -'.`. ertn; impos s iol.A for any at l eft. , s , ttl eg at h . . elo a na ud „ ~. is rigt t hand to take his purse L ,,,e to th PocKet, bec ause , ~,.s h e Gat with his back '''' as t v, e eulnibus he b leit them do so, 'eh titdelle deleedant we 8 " , rson who sat by hls 0 s uveettd . s 'l 3 e ~„„,3 , p , . . charge' lb h ue, t alii• gave him in LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER l3, 1850. LITERATURE. MR. HUDSON'S EVIDENCE AT YORK. - - _ 1. "A Revised and Complete Report of the Recent Trial for Libel, Richardson v. Wodson, pub- Vsker of 6 The Yorkshireman;' with Prelinzinary Observations, 6- c ." L on d on : 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. Edited by a Barrister." London, John Hearne, Strand, 1850. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. GREAT YoRKSIIIRE HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Mr. llAwson's Mark Tapley—taken 5 to 1 agst Captain Hervey's Strongbow 6 to 1 agst Mr. th.baldeston's Minimum 8 to 1 agst Mr. Meesion's The Castle Mark Tapley and Strongbow were the only horses in fsvour,•ano on tLem the cuilay was trilling. Minimum had no friends. ST. LEGER. 11 to 10 agst L , )rd Zefiano's Voltigeur—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Pitsford—taken and after wards offend 13 to 2 agst Capt. Archdall's Windisehgrata—taken and afterwards offered 8 to 1 agst Lord Enfield's Bee-hunter—take 9 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. J. ..icott's Cyprus 25 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Chatterbox 50 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Marchioness d'Eu—taken Voltigeur was agai❑ backed at evens and a fraction of odds to a considerable amount, and several hundreds were laid on Pitsford, at 5 to 1 and 11 to 2, and on Win dischgratz at 6 to 1 and 13 to 2, the higher price against the latter being offered to 4004 just before the close. Beehunter was said to have been "on the go" in the City, but was backed freely this afternoon at 9 to 1; no others in request. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 25 to 1 on the field 25 to 1 agst Lord Anson's Knight Errant 33 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain 40 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 40 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Brightonia DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Haftorcl 7 B Prime Minister—taken to 3001. LEICESTER RACES—THURSDAY. The IlunTesStekes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added, for bores not thorough-bred; four yrs old, lOst 71b; five, 1 Ist 41b; six and aged, .11st 121 b; a winner in 1849 to carry 7lb extra, and the second to receive 5 sovs. Heats. ()bee round and a distance. Mr. Davis's Lysimachus, 10st 71b ...(E. Tomlin) 1 1 Mr. Gilbert's Rein Deer.(late Unknown) 10st 71b 2 2 Mr. Norton's Donca Anna, aged, list 121 b Mr. Brockley's Blue Bell, aged, list I2ib Mr. Sprigg's b g The Cull, 5 yrs, Ilst 41b bolted Queen's Plato of 100 guineas; three 3rs old, 7st 11lb; four, Bst 11lb; five, 9st 91b; six and aged, lost. Three limes roucd. Mr. Montgomery's Priestess, 4 yrs .. (Lye) 1 Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs 2 Captain Lowther's The Gent, 3 yrs 3 The Gold Cup of 100 sovs.; three yrs old, 63t 11lb; four, Bst2lb; five, Bst 111 b; six and aged,9st; winners extra. Twice round and a distance. - Mr. Montgomery's Priestess, Bst 91b (T. Lye) walked over. Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added, optional selling weights. Heats. Once round and a distance. Mr. James's Sarah, 4yrs, 75191 h (501.) (W.Sharpe) 1 I Mr. Tresbam's Cogia, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (1501) Mr. Houghton's Perseverance, 6 yrs, Bst 21b (301.) 3 dr LYNN RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The West Norfolk Stakes of 5 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added; half-bred horses allowed 71b. Heats. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Rayner's Pulcherima (h b), Bst 4lb (Rogers) 1 1 Mr. Hurlestones The Baronet (h b), aged, 9st Gib 2 2 Mr. Elliott's Lancashire Witch, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b... 3 3 The Hunter's Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats. About a mile and a half. Mr. Stephens's Rnsa (h b), 12st Mr. J. Able's Latitat, 12it .. ..... ... Mr. Boyd's Waver, llst 71b .... Mr. Boyd's Small Hopes, 1 Ist 71b The Corporation Stakes of 2 soya. each, with 20 added. Aloe one mile and a half. Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, 9st (Thurgood) 1 1 Mr. Kite's Ambassadress, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b Mr. Swan's Egsli 6, 3 yrs, 9st Mr. Aikinsoo's Mountain Dew, 6 yrs, I Ist 101 b 2 4 Mr. Booty's Mg-day, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b.. Mr. Jones's Garlick, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b Mr. Burgess's Agnes, 6 3 rs, lOst 71b The Borough Stakes, of 10 soya. each, h fr, with 50 added. About two miles. Mr. Elwes's Mrs. Taft (h b), 5 yrs, 9st 51b (Rogers) 1 Mr. Rayner's Polcherima, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b Mr. Stephenson's c, by Dromedary, clasn by Vltiatto, 3 y - ra, 7st 12Ib The Innkeepers' Plate, of 1 sor. each, with 10 added, list each, about a mile and a half, was won, in two heats, by Mr. Stephens's Rosa, aged (Kitton), beating Mr. Boyd's Small Hopes (Owner), Mr. Reynolds's Rattlesnake, aged (owner), Mr. Bollin's The Duchess, 5 )rs (Elliott), and Mr. Wool's Miss Chance, 5 yrs (Green). ABINGDON RACES.—THURSDAY. The Abingdon Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added; the winner to be sold for 2001., &c. Heats. Once round. (3 Subs.) Mr. Rainabottom's Beebee Bunnow, 4 yrs, Bit 51b Mr. Southby'a Vesta, aged, Bst 131 b Won easy. The Berkshire Stakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, sad 5 only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. (6 Subs., 2 of whom paid). Mr. Carts' Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst (Treen, junior) 1 Mr. J. Day's Justice, 5 yrs, 7st 21b 2tol on Quiver. Won easy. The Old Berkshire Hunt Stakes, of 3 soya. each, and 25 added. Winner to be sold for 1204 Heats. One mile. (4 Subs). Mr. E. Jones's Impression, 6st 31b (Thick) 1 1 Mr. Herman's bro to Eldon, 4 yrs, Bst Sib 0 2 Mr. Read's Batswing, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb 0 3 Mr. Smith's Wren, 3 yrs, Est 131 b Won easy. DOVER RACES.—TUFSDAY. The Town Plate of 30 sous., added to a sweepstake of 3 soya. each, one mite and a distance (5 Subs.), w as won in three heats by Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, 4 yrs (Eatwell), beating Mr. Formby's My Mary, aged, Mr. Hornsby's Old Fox, 4 yrs, and three others, atter a fine race. The Hurdle Race for 10/, &c., one mile and a distance (3 Subs.), was won in two bests by Mr. Land's General, 6 yrs (Owner), beating Lady Fordwick, aged, and Bed ford, 4 yrs, by a neck. TOTNES RACES.—FIRST DAY. The Borough Members' Plate of 501. Heats; two miles. Mr. Croft's Selina, 4 yrs, Bst 111b...(Carlisle) 0 1 1 Captain Croftou's Mr. Toots, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb ... 0 3 2 Sir W. Carew's fby Jack in the Green, B.t 71b 1 2 dr Mr Sy mes's Veteran , 5 yrs , B s t 111 b 2 dr Mr. Hex's Partial Eclipse, 3 yrs. 7st !lb Mr. Graham's Beebe, 4 yrs, Bst 71b The Ladies' Plate, added to a Sweepstakes, was won, in two heats. by Sulina, beating Mr. Toots, Veterar, and two others. SECOND DAY. The Town Plate or 351. (handicap). Heats; two miles. Captain Roebuck's Fusilier, Bst 101 b (Carlisle) 4 1 1 Sir W. Carew's fby Jack in the Green,4yrs, Bst 1 3 4 Captain Cro;ton's Mr. Toots. 4 yrs, Bst 31b 32 2 Mr. Graham's Han, 4 yrs, 7.451 b The South Hams Steeple Chase was won by Ben Bow Belt, beating seven others. CRICKET. MARRIED v. SINGLE OF MIDDLESEX. This match commenced yesterday at Copenhagen House. The following is the score: — MARRIED—FIRST INNINGS. Chadband, b Burden E. Paul, b Hughes Goulding, b Burden ................••• Rogers, c Haines, b Gilbert ................. Thompson, Ibw, b Hughes Dewduey, b llughes ......... ........... ..... 48 Lillywhite, run out ... ................. 2 Inwood, c Andrews, b Gilbert ........• . ....... 13 A. Nul, b Burden Hardy, b Burden Bridges, not 0ut........... ...... ...... Byes 8, wide 1, n b 1 ~ 20 Total 153 SINGLE—FIRST INNINIES. Hon. R. Grimston , b Lillyw hite 4 Hilyard, c E. Paul, b Lillywhite... Gilbert, c Inwood, b Lillywhite ... Haines, b Lillywhite ... . Burden, c Paul, b Lillywhite Hughes, not out... 4 Verral, not out 13ycs 4, wide 1 .. .. 5 Total .. 7B ARTFUL BODBERY.—Yesterday afternoon Mr Millman, of Ebury-street, Pimlico, was walking in St. James's•park, when opposite Buckingham Palace, he was accosted by two men, who made numerous inquiries as to the palace, informing him that they were strangers, having arrived in London that morning. Whilst thus engaged a well-dressed man, who passed them, was observed to drop a purse heavily filled with gat and silver. Mr. Millman and the strangers made him acquainted with his loss, and gave him his purse. He said they were three honest fellows, and insisted on treating them to a bottle of wine; they ac cordingly adjourned to a tavern in James•street, Bucking ham-gate. Here the owner of the purse produced a roll, of notes, announced that he had just come into a fortune of 5,0001., and, in gratitude to them for restoring his money, ho would, providing they could prove themselves respectable, present them with 101. each. The two others produced what appeared a consiaerable suns in notes and gold, and Mr. Millman showed fifty-three sovereigns he had just re ceived. The stranger at once drew out three 10!. notes, and wraNing Mr. Millman 's gold up in one, he returned it to him. They all then left the house. Mr. 'Millman felt a misgiving, and pot his band to his pocket; the three fellows instantly took to their heels and got clear away, leaving Mr. Millman with a note on the bank of elegance and some gilt counters. On Wednesday the same fellows fleeced a gen tleman in the George Tavern, Commercial-road, of 28/. by a like stratagem. FATAL STEAM-BOAT A CCIDENT. — On Wednesday afternoon considerable consternation prevailed in the vicinity of the London lbcks and on the opposite shore, in conse quence of t hesudden swamping of the Wasp, pleasure steam boat of about three tons burden, the araperty of Mr. Eustace Anderson, a gentleman, residing at Rosythe-cottage, Black heath, woo was on board at the time, with Mrs. Anderson, his three infant children (of the respective ages of 2i, 4, and sk), a lady named Brown. the servant-girl, and a water man. The boat had proceeded as far as the London Docks, which it was passing, going with the tide at a very rapid rate. At this part of the river the Wasp was met by the Emerald, Boulogne, and Dundee steamers, one other steam boat Laving p eviously passed. There was a heavy swell of the water before be approach of the Dundee alai Emerald steamers, which was much increased by these powerful ves sels. The asp gave u sudden dip in the water, which run over her gunwales, and, before she was lighted, a second wave completely engulphed her. In a moment the vessel disappeared, and the whole on board were observed struggling in the water. Assistaace was immediately afforded them by the watermen on both sides of the river, and by boats, which were spe.dily mannt,d, from ships in the di&rent tiers. One by one, with the exception cf the servant-girl, they were rescued. She bad only been in the service of the family about a wok. [CONCLUDING NOTICE.] The weakness of a case against aperson unjustly accused of some grievous misdemeanours, is often de tected in the mode of preferring the accusation. I; instead . of singli ng out an d i so l a ti n g some individual fact of striking and decided character, unembarassed by collateral issues—on the merits of which a fair judgment could be more easily formed—a number of disconnected charges and complicated details are brought forward in a menacing phalanx, the impartial observer is apt to suspect that the parties moving as accusers depend more upon clamour than upon prorf, and bring forward these supplemental accusations for the purposes of prejudice and mystification,— trying to " make up in number what each wants in weight"—having, as it were, several barrels charged in anticipation that some will miss fire, and that not a few shots will miss the mark We have already investigated boo of the princi pal charges on which Mr. Hudson was examined in the progress of the cause, Richardson v. Wodson, at York, and have afforded our readers the means of judging how far they were just, or unjust. No un biassed mind can hesitate in pronouncing that, so far, Mr. Hudson has succeeded in setting himself right with the public, and in fairly putting down his ac cusers. Sergeant Wilkins was instructed to press against Mr. lludson no less than five other charges, arising out of transactions connected with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and the York and North Midland Railways. For the particulars of these charges, and the several answers to them, we must I refer to the report of Mr. Hudson's evidence, pub lished by Hearne; but we cannot close our notice of so remarkable a passage in the career of this public man, without glancing at each of the five remaining counts in the quasi indictment against him. It was insinuated that Mr. Hudson had paid divi dends, in the two companies mentioned, out of ca pital; see how be meets the charge in the face of his opponents. In answer to a question from Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Hudson replies, before judge, jury, bar, public, and press : " I distinctly deny that I ever paid their dividends out of capital. lam ready to be examiued upon any balance sheet that has ever been furnished to the shareholders. If I had bean dealing dishonestly I would not have kept shares to the large extent I held when I left these com panies." And again, on his re-examination,— " Q. Do you now persist in saying that you have never paid the dividends out of the capital? " A. I never have. Q. Never? " A. Never. " Q. And that you swear? " A. I do, most solemnly." Now, on referring to the " preliminary observa tions" prefixed to the " revised and complete report " issued by the York paper, we find no apology to the public or to Mr. Hudson that such an unfounded charge was suggested ;—there is no retractation, no admis sion that Mr. Hudson had got rid of the imputation, and that, in this point at least, he had been misrepre sented ; but, instead of anything of this sort, which was surely to be looked for at the hands of any one entrusted with the use of a public pen, we find the same general charge of having declared "false and unearned dividends" put forward in the pamphlet! Does not this speak volumes ? The next accusation was ushered in with a great flourish of trumpets. It was to the following elect ; —that on the 30th December, 1845, cheques were drawn for the payment of six several sums of money due from the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Corn• pany for land purchased by the company,-4,0001. to Lord Tankerville, 10,0001. to the Duke of Northum berland, 5,0001. to Earl Grey, 3,0001. to Sir Matthew Ridley, 7,0001. to the Earl of Carlisle, 2,00 C/. to Lady Mary Stanley ;—that these cheques were at once cashed by Mr. Hudson, but that the money in each case was withheld from the parties named till May, 1849, being passed to Mr. Hudson's account, while from the books of the company it would appear as if the accounts had bee❑ settled. Two observations arise naturally when one hears this charge :—first, is it pretended that the company lost anything or suffered in any way by Mr. Hudson's arrangement in this matter ?—the cheques were drawn at the time they were due, and Mr. Hud son was responsible both to the company and to the landowners for the amount; indeed it would be difficult even to imagine a state of things in which the company could have been prejudiced by the transaction. In the second place, it is prepos terous to suppose that the landowners would have foregone their claims for ever; Mr. Hudson of course knew that at any moment these parties might ask for payment of the money. But people chose to forget the peculiar position that Mr. Hudson occupied in respect to this railway. He was the originator of it; but for his lion-like resolution it never could have been constructed ; to him the task was assigned of beating down opposition, and overcoming all obstacles ; he had to conduct all the delicate negotiations with landowners, and to make terms with municipal corporations; the company believed it was for their interest to entrust him with extraordinary, we might say unprecedented, powers, and great l at it u d e o f discretion. He had the management of m illi ons in bis hands, and was placed in a position o f g reat responsibility and au thority. In emergen c i es b e had never hesitated to advance his own m oney w h e n necessary ;—he had been in some cases in a d vance f o r the company as much as 100,0001. On him devolved the payments to the landowners,—in many cases he was personally re sponsible to them ; and when the cheques were drawn they were paid in to his credit, the settlement of the accounts with the landowners being left to him. " I u as (said Mr. LludsOnTin the habit at that time of paying large sums for the company, frequently in advance for them to the extent of 100,0001. I held this money for the purpose of settling with the several landowners." And again,— " I had managed the purchase from the Duke—l was personally responsible to him for the purchase money. I settled with landowners for the company to the event of many thousand pounds—the purchase money was paid by me. All those cheques, and many more, were given to me to settle with the landowners; I paid thew into the Bank to my own account, and when I retired from the board, in 1849, I accounted for every penny so r, ceived on account of t h e com pany were tl.en settled." placed in my hands — a ll t h e mone ys I bad either paid or In reply to another question, Mr. Hudson remarks; " It was usual for me to buy the land for the company, and settle with the principal landowners. I received from the company the money due to the landowners. 1% , hen I ceased to be connected with the company, as a matter of course, all these transactions were settled. I paid interest on money I received, and was paid interest on money I advanced—l was paid interest on cheques I gave on account of land, which I had omitted to charge against the company. It is quite absurd to suppose any imputation can rest on me in reference to those cheques. It only remains to add that Mr. Hudson him self celled the attention of Mr. Pews the direc tor who investigated these items, to these matters, requesting him to examine the vouchers and receipts with the accounts; when it was discovered that these pa) ments made by the company were yet to be settled by Mr. Hudson, with the exception of the claim of Earl Grey, to whom Mr. Hudson paid his money soon after the cheque was drawn, and immediately afterwards the landowners were paid in full. Again, on reference to the " revised and complete report of the trial," we find that a great part of Mr. Plews's important evidence is omitted The next accusation was tf the same kind as the preceding—that Mr. Hudson had held in his hands cheques signed by the company for payment of certain contractors, but it admits of a different answer : .. Wh en I we:s handed that cheque Rush and Lawton kept their account at the Union Bank; the end of 1347 will be recollected as a time of peculiar pressure. Rush and Lawton had overdrawn their account 50,0001, and for this advance I was security to tho bank. When I received the cheque en their account for 30,0001, I brought the matter before the Board, and I continued security to the bank for 50,0004, end held as a security the cheque for 30,000/. If I he'd not done this the rail way works would have stopped, as the bank would have stopped their advances. There has, perhaps, never been a case in which ex traordinary powers have been intrusted to an i n die victual, paned over, been accus e d o f hi g h cr i mes and misdemeanours. All t he smothered envy then bursts forth, and every one who was disappointed i n his schemes, foiled in hi s aims, crossed in his little plan s , the cris i s t ' agrea t emergency, wh ere h e h as not, after has who was snubbed, or passed over, or who fancied that his me rits were neglected, Comes forward as accuser or a railer In the case of more than one Governor- General of India, but for whose energy and decision the Indian ts empire would h ave keen lost, we have seen the ma n, wh o had conferred priceless services on his countr y , his return home, attebl3, enemies as it were , such cloud o f imputa e public b egan to tlik. think that the man t he y h ad honour e d as a hero had l,)en sb assailed ea eisi a d, s a and been a very oppressor s a d a plunder er ! I t has, how ever, happened that these public men have outlived the sleriN-rs beeped upon them lmalefactor,—beset impeachments,aleft subjectedr' - obe :h ue them, and the world have eventually found olit flint it is necessary to regard with xtreme caution unusual mour raised against men p d in posts of . d.fficulty • . I ) • are responsibi their • 1 0 lity, and to suspend J gment till all tie f e acts on both sides are fully before them. indismi‘e I cbrunrc~ ‘e lB4Bes unwMor tr.hlly of notice th e c h arge that , , nd , on had sold 400 Hull and te7elby shares to the York and North Midland Railway, at 10/. per share above the market pr:ce ; it is simply false, they were sold at their then 981. a share, as near the market pric, as possible ; these shares have since been sold at 10C/. The last remaining charge refers to the Brandling shares—and such a charge! Let us hear how Mr. Sergeant Wilkins pats it: — In 1844 the Newcastle and Darlington Company purchased the Brandling Junction. In order to raise capital for that purpose, it was found necessary to create new shares, and 22,000 were accordingly raised. Only 20,000, however, were necessary at that time, and the remaining 2,000 were confided to the care of the directors to lay out for the company. What do you think Mr. Hudson did with them? lla appropriated to his o:vn use 1,600 out of the 2 000, and Mr. Richardson bad 100 as his shire—so on this transaction Mr. Richardson made about 2,100/. and Mr. Hudson about 36.000/, to 40,C00/. Yet my friend has the coolness to stand up and say it was agreed that these should be made a present to him. At any rate I believe Mr. Hudson had to disgorge the money for them; and if he did, what becomes of the pretext that they were given to him?" . In 1844 the Brandling Railway was purchased by Mr. Hudson on his own responsibility ; he was for some time individually the owner of the line, —he himself raised the money and paid for it without any Act of Parliament. The purchase money was 550,0001. Mr. Hudson agreed to transfer the pur chase to the Newcastle and Darligton Railway, with all the profits, on terms which must be admitted to have been exceedingly liberal on Mr. Hudson's part, —terms which show anything but a disposition to take advantage of his own influence in the board of directors. Here is the minute of the directors : "16th Aug., 1844. Present—George Hudson, Chair man, Robert Davis, Deputy-Chairman, James Richard son, and Edmund Oxley : "In consideration of Mr. Hudson transferring the above purchase (the Brandling line) to the Newcastle and Darlington on the same terms that he purchased it, that 500 new shares be allotted to him, to pay the re mainder of the purchase"? There was a general meeting of the shareholders of the Newcastle and Darlington Company held on the 4th Feb., 1845. The transfer of the purchase of the Brandling line was then confirmed. It was resolved that 22,000 shares should be created to raise the capital necessary for the purpose, and that these new shares should be appropriated to the shareholders of the York and Newcastle,—one new share to each ori ginal share. Of course the parties who accepted the allotment of the shares were bound to pay up the ca pital upon them. After allotting the shares in the manner mentioned, 2,000 new shares remained undisposed of. A proposition was made at this general meeting, that these 2,000 shares should he placed at the disposal of Mr. Hudson, he paying up all the capital upon them. The resolution was publicly proposed by Mr. Barstow, and seconded by Mr. Stock, who said that they were given to him in consideration of his good services and the surrender of all the present and prospective profits to the company. Mr. Hudson gave away 400 of these shares, and retained 1,600 to himself. Now, it is said that he ought not to have been made a present of the premium at which the shares then were in the market. That was, in point of fact, a consideration for the general meeting of the shareholders, who voted the allotment of the shares to him with accla mation as an acknowledgment of his prudence and disinterestedness in the affair; but when it is con sidered that this premium was mainly owing to the goodness of the bargain that he had voluntarily foregone, and to the prestige of his own name, is there anything so very wonder ful that a general meeting of proprietors should have allotted to him shares at par, which, but for his exer tions, would have remained at par, or probably have fallen to a discount ? But because the shareholders chose to be generous, was Mr. Hudson therefore cri minal in accepting their freegift ? " Fie on't, oh, fie!" Well might Mr. Martin, Q.C., exclaim that to insti tute a Chancery suit to recover back the premium on these shares was as paltry and mean an act as he had ever known in his experience at the Bar ! The object of those who called Mr. Hudson as a wit ness at the late trial at York has thus been completely defeated. They hoped to have overwhelmed him with obloquy ; but the manner in which he demeaned him self in the presence of the Court struck every one with surprise, and excited sympathy in his favour, while the clear and explicit answers which he gave to every question of Sergeant Wilkins will tend materially to remove many of the prejudices against him. The speech of the learned advocate egaiust the ex-railway chief will be looked upon as a fine rhetorical display, but the reader in admiring its brilliant invective will remember that there is often a wide difference be tween what a counsel tells a jury be hopes he will be able to prove, and the facts which afterwards are substantiated by his witnesses ; and having examined the proofs for themselves, pro and con., the public will, we confidently anticipate, give a true verdict according to the EVIDENCE 1 A LETTER TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER FROM AN ARISTO CRAT. Third Edition. John Hearne, 81, Strand. This is an extremely clever pamphlet, and we are not at all surprised that it has already run to a third edition. It is written in such a vein of satirical hu mour, and with so much real wit and eloquence, that it bids fair to rank among the most popular jeu d'esprits of our time. The author is evidently a gentleman and a scholar, and though, to keep up the assumed and exclusive character in which he is writing, he calls himself " an Aristocrat" (thereby, as he pleasantly says, expressing the " social and political bias" of his mind), he is, we believe, a man of profound thought, of enlarged and liberal principles, and of well-cultivated understanding. This pamphlet belongs to the same class as Arch • bishop Wbately's " Ilistoric Doubts," and Burke's plea for " Natural Society." Better to expose the fallacies of the Protectionist party, their strongest and most favoured arguments are stated in such a manner as at once to exhibit their hollowness, even though they are pointed by a re fined wit, and set off with the seductive colourings of a gay and exuberant fancy. Indeed, while we perused these admirable pages we could not refrain from a secret expression of regret that an author so able and so accomplished had not addressed himself to some more serious task, and employed his masterly pen in a more appropriate and dignified manner. The commencement of the letter cleverly exposes the dark forebodings and gloomy prophecies of the Protectionists : Gentlemen,—The cold-blooded conspiracy against our working classes, which Fraud and Folly have combined tft call Free Trade,' is raising such a spirit of discon tent, and threatens us with such appalling disasters." &c. Two fictitious characters, " PROTECTION " and " ARISTOCRAT," are then introduced, who keep up a smart dialogue, the point and. irony of which is ably maintained throughout. It is a game of " battledoor and shuttlecock.' The sophistry of Protection being thrown and returned from one to the other, till at last the game is ended just as the feathers are giving way, and the little bauble is going to pieces! The following is an inimitable hit at the language of Protectionists on the subject of Political Economy —a science which it has been thought prudent of late to disparage, because the great truths it teaches in culcate commercial freedom, and tend to the peace and brotherhood of the nations ;-- ARISTOCRAT speaks : " Ail! Madam, it was indeed an evil day for England, when her public men, from the vanity of proving them selves proficients in a new science, narrowed their minds, and sank the statesman in the political economist. As long as political economy was subte.vvient to political science, the statesman, less atte nt i ve to the theory of the production of w( alth, than to the laws which affect its distribution, pursued his high career unfettered, and regarded as his paramount object the happiness of the people committed to his charge. But from the time that Adam Smith treated political economy as a distinct branch of the science of legislation, ho degrad e d i t, cor rectly indeed, t o th e mere th eor y o f the increase of wealth ; a subject, which the purest minds turned from in disgust, which the highest intellects would not condescend t study, and which feeling hearts could not bring themselves even to understand. low interesting is that anecdote ti Fox in Butler's charming Reminiscences! " PROTECTION. " liannot say I remewbor it. "ARISTOCRAT. " It runs thus, Madam. It was the good fortune of the Reminiscent, to have the honour of spending a day tete-41.41e with Mr. Fox at St. Ann's Bill. The Remi nisecart mentioned what certainly was of no consequence, that ' he had never read Adam Smith's celebrated work on the Wealth of Nations.' To tell you the truth,' said liar. Fox, nor I either. There is something in all these subjects which passes my comprehension; some thing so wide, that I never could embrace them myself, or find any one who did.' " PROTECTION. " Ah 1 I have a great regard for the memory of Pox. I wuuld pardon ten times his profligacy, could I discover in the cold-blooded theorists of the present day but one of the generous emotions that an i mated his her oic heart. But now-a-days every petit sugisant, who has skin enough at,cornreand, sets t o work to traduce the labour ing classes, and plumes himself on every penny ho can pilfer from the poor." The absurdity and weakness of the Protectionist arguolent is next shown by an illustration from New market, which the supposed Aristocrat employs, and we have also a gentle insinuation that much of the Protectionist warmth and zeal arises from party p:que a' 3d vanity offended, the sneers and language of their opponents : There's competition, if you please: Madam ; but where er e ' t h e sound principles o f F ree Trade?' What an uproar amongst the .joelties Nowmerket would such p r i nc i p l es exc it e ! Who and rstands better than those worthies, quid ferre recusent, quid' vacant, humeri ? Is not each horse weighted accord ing t) his age, and ascertained powers ? end is it to be tArated that the Russian, or the American, with a weight on his back of only half a potad, should be ahem e I to ewer for the same stukes us the Briton, who it sinking under the oppression of thirty poui:ds? In ether words, that their /ight:y-ttx,d corn should cone iu duty fete, to compete with ours, that hAs str.l iitavy taxation to bear ? By all meare, admit alt foreign coin modifies ; but ievy on them, ah they come in, a toll, , equal to the grievous burdens which Debt imposes on us, of necessity, at home. " PROTECTION. " Well, Sir; I may be partial, from being so deeply intereved in this question; but, indeed, I think you make out a very strong case in my favour. And yet, if your views are correct, I am still more confouuced at the insolent coadect of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to me, last May. " APISTCCP.AT. " Whet! Madatne,.did he venture, even in that merry month, to Win tny unw•arrartdble lib-? " PROTECTION. '• Judge for yourseP, Sir. He positively had the as. surance, to call me, to my face, before the whole House— an exploded sophi m ! There's language for the Trea sury-bench!'' Out of so much that is excellent selection is diffi cult, but perhaps one of the best things in this pam phlet is the argument (pp. 71-73), in which "Protec tion " contends that the scheme of M. Proudhon in 1848 for " An organization of a reciprocal credit among citizens" is, in fact, a compound of the united views of Sir J. Graham and the late Sir R. Peel ! With this difference, that Proudhon's "is the most comprehensive, and consequently the most just!" The climax with which the pamphlet winds up is a piece of cutting irony, showing, as it is no doubt in tended to do, the extremes of folly and intemperance in logic and language into which the Protectionists are desperately and deplorably lapsing. "Farewell! then—but nct without a parting sigh of indignation at this scandalous ' experiment,' which Wealth is making at the coat of Labour; degrading, with universal benevolence,' the bulk of our working classes to the 'continental level;' and, with cheap foreign corn' throwing our lands out of cultivation, and our cultivators out of bread; plausibly pretending to light, n the springs cf Industry,' yet, in reality, clogging every wheel in the machine: but, to the most sceptical, ero long, will Truth be revealed: every lie-'in-aid' is welt nigh exhausted; and soon will every knee be bent, and every hand uplifted, to implore, for millions of loyal men Protection from a scheme which did require the head of the Devil to contrive, which will require the heart of the Devil to carry into execution, and which—in firm reliance on the Divine Justice—l leave, with hope and confidence, to the unerring ven geance—not of man, but—of God, to repay. "Vonis—supplicii eorum spectaculum, non mod) non acerbum, red lectum etiam—Si SANA uExs REDllT—debet esse ; de nullis enim, gucim de vans, infestilis aut ciur consuluerunt." We have now given a brief and hurried notice of " A Letter from an Aristocrat." Seldom has our pen paid even this homage to an anonymous writer, but no name, however great or respectable, can add to the value of that which is so intrinsically excellent. We cannot close, however, without observing that a contemporary, of Protectionist principles, gravely asserts this work to contain the true and genuine sentiments of the author! that by "Aristocrat" is intended a friend to an hereditary monarchy and a constitutional peerage, and that under the name of " Protection" the genius which inspired Bentinck, and presides over Stanley, is verily and indeed sym bolised and expressed ! ! If this be so, and seeing how prejudice and error lift their heads among us ; how sophistry has its re presentatives in Parliament; how the "Vole Tribus" haunt and infest high places, we cannot deny its pos sibility, however we may doubt it, or believe the con trary—ifs we repeat, this be so (and sooner or later the truth must be declared), we can only lament that so much wit is linked to so little wisdom; that such real eloquence is united ti ith such real ignorance, and that the gifted author of this remarkable letter is himself blinded by the " darkness" he has made so " visible." COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 10. Her Majesty rode out this morning on a pony, accompanied by his Royal Llighness Prince Albert, ho afterwards went out shooting. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in an open car liege, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this evening. OSBORNE, SEPT. 12. The royal children take their usual drives and airings daily, and continue in the enjoyment of good health. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President of the Council), left town yesterday, for his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Sit Charles Napier's observations upon the court-martial which, it is said, caused the melancholy death of Colonel King, of the 14th Dragoons, need neither apology nor illustration ; but the shameless effbrts of writers, evidently tools of more powerful persons, to abuse the public mind as to his speech, made six months before, when inspecting that regi ment, shall be exposed in all their malignant relief. "The 14th Dragoons would go anywhere if pro perly led." These are the words put into Sir C. Napier's mouth—but they never came out of it ; and if they had, would not of necessity imply more than that some officer had failed in judgment, unless some thing known or surmised had given them force and paint. However, Sir C. Napier never uttered them ; they are the invention of calumniators, who, in their eagerness to lower him in public estimation, do not hesitate thus to forge insults against the unhappy officer they pretend to defend and bewail. Some of those writers have spoken also of a last letter to the Commander-in-Chief, predicting that it will be suppressed. It is as follows : " Sir,—You asked me the weight of men mounted on the 16th December, 1849. 1 answered 17st. 51b. You said—' That is three stone lighter than at home,' which I accounted for by saying the men were young, and tall men were not sent out from England to India. When you asked about the swords, I said we could not keep them so sharp as the natives, who use leather scabbards. Was it judicious in you to repeat my words before the men, perverting their meaning ? You bore testimony to the discipline cf the regiment that day under my command. Your remarks before the regiment sowed the seeds of discontent, which have ripened into mutiny. You are the cause of the stripes and punishment which that mutiny has led to, and distraction and death to one who once had friends; now disgrace and misery to those friends. I have not been an accountable being for this last month. "J. W. KING." This letter, the result of insanity, as I shall pre sently show, would have been thus replied to, if the writer had been living when it was received:— When a General-in-Chief is publicly told by a commanding officer, in the hearing of his men, against whom a cry had gone forth for misbehaviour in action, that they were very small men and not strong—that their swords would not take so sharp an edge as their enemy's swords, and were so heavy the men could not use them—for these were the real expressions used— when such language was employed at such a time, it was not only judicious, but necessary, that Sir C. Napier should address the regiment as follows : " Soldiers, the Colonel s a y s y ou are sma ll men ,. an d your sword s are too heavy for you, and not so sharp as the Seikbs' swords. 1 beg the Colonel's pardon. I see before me men with big hearts, and broad shoulders, and strong arms, and if we have another war I would give them an opportunity to show what they are made of. That Colonel King's letter was the result of in sanity ia but too easily shown. He says, remarks made six months before caused mutiny and drove him to suicide—but there was no mutiny, nor an idea of mutiny, in the 14 . b Dragoons, and the following letter to the Commander-in-Chiers secretary, written immediately after the inspection, proves that the writer, Colonel King, was pleased and gratified with Sir C. Napier's address, and the assertions in his last letter are the hallucinations of a distempered mind. " We were.not a little gratified by the expression of the approbation o'f this morning of the most discern ing, as well as deserving great captain in India ; but I beg of you to believe that it was no friendly veil which the dust threw around us, concealing good as well as evil." No more need be said. W. NAFIEB, Major-General. A NEW COMET. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE TIDIES. Sir,—Mr. Charles Itub?rtsor, of Mr. Cooper's pri vate observatory, Markree Castle, Ireland, detected a new comet in the constellation Camelopardus, about midnight, on the 9th inst. The observations gave, at 13h. 4m. 33., Greenwich mean time — Comet's right ascension .... 6h. Om. 51 . 55. north declination ... 53d. 29in. 225. The hourly motion in R.A. is 40 seconds of time, increasing; and that in declination about three minutes towards the south. Your most obedient servant, J. R. HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regene- park, Sept. 12. SUlClDF.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Mr. W. Baker, coroner, at the George and Vulture, Ratelllf-highway, on the body of Frances Flaherty, aged 17, who committed suicide by throwing herself into the water of the London Docks. It appeared that the deceased was a most profligate character. She had been confined in every prison in and about London during the last five years no less than 50 times, on charges of stealing and violent assaults on the police. On Monday evening last she met her mother by accident, and as she refused to supply her with money for drink, deceased said she would drown herself. About tivc o'clock the next morning a heavy splash was heard in the water of the London Docks, and on Police-constable Knight, 313 K, who was on the spot, looking over the Gravel-lane bridge, the deceased was seen struggling in the water, but before the arrival of the drags the body had suuk.—Yerdict " Temporary insanity." LOUIS PHILIPPE'S PROPERTY. A letter from Paris, of the Bth, in the lndependance of Brussels, says :—" Since L:Alis Philippe's dEatb, the journals have been speaking of the fortune which he has left, and it has been even said that the legacy dut'es would amount to some millions. I find the exaggeration which I suspected in these accounts is greater than I had supposed. The landed property belonging to the late King contains about 86,000 hectares (the hectare is nearly 2i English acres) thus divided : 45,000 comprised in the donation made by the King to his children on August 7, 1830, and of which he reserved to himself the life interest ; 13,000 belonging to the King himself; and 28,000 be queathed to him, for his life only, by Madame Ade laide, his sister. The gross revenue of this property, calculated on an average of 10 years, is 2,989,000 f. Since 1848 it has been smaller, and for 1851 will not, it is supposed, amount to more than 3,900,000 f. But from ail this it is necessary to deduct the expenses of taxes, insurance, management, agency, &c., amounting to 1,611,0 00 f. There therefore re mains a revenue of 2 ,378,000 f., which, at 3 per cent., represents a capital of nearly 79 millions. In this valuation I do not comprise non-productive property, such as chateaux, parks, and gardens, which it must be admitted, are not without importance. For instance, the park of Monceaux, in the Faubourg du Roule, close to Paris, is altogether unproductive, and contains 19 hectares, worth, say, 2,000,000 f. ; also the Park of Neuilly, containing nearly 186 hectares, gives no revenue, yet, if sold in lots, it would give at least 4,000,000 f. I ought to mention that I have in cluded in this statement the property of the Duke d'Elumale's domain, of which the Queen Marie- Amelie has the life use, and which gives about 137,000 f. a year. In fine, to be exact, I ought not to pass over in silence the movable property of the King, consisting of matters held in common by him and Madame Adelaide, arising from canal shares and ton tines, which, without any exaggeration, must be worth 325,000 f. a year; also Government securities, belonging to Louis Philippe himself, amounting to 100,000 f. a year, including 30,000 f. a year in the Five per Cents., for the Chapels of Dreux and Neuilly. But this situation, so brilliant in appear. ance, is considerably diminished by the enormous debts contracted almost exclusively for the works un dertaken at Versailles and in the Royal palaces. The names of the executors of Louis Philippe are now known ; they are MM. de Montalivet, Dupin, sen., De Montmorency Laplagne, Barris, and Scribe, for merly advocate at the Court of Cessation." MOOLRAJ IN PRISON. The following is an extract from the letter of an artist in Calcutta, dated June 2 : " I have lately clone what a whole British force could not do for about six months—l have taken Moolraj. In plain English, I have had the honour of a further and double commis sion from the Governor-General to make for his Lordship portraits of Moolrsj and the prisoner called the Bhaee, in the same style (say my in structions) as the portrait recently executed by you, for his Lordship, of the Nepaulese Minister, Jung Bahador.' Of course I shall not suppose you ignorant as to who Moolraj is—the celebrated defender of Mooltan ; but you may not be so familiar with the Bhaee, or Gooroo. A Gooroo is a priest, or spiritual adviser; and this man, I mav briefly mention, was one of a peculiar influential cha racter amongst the Seikhs ; a circumstance conse quent in some measure on his suppased sanctity, but tar more so on the fact of his being believed by many of the Khalsa, or Seikhs, to be the actually resuscitated body and spirit of the great original Bhaee, or Bii, or Gooroo, who, if I mistake not, was killed in battle. The present worthy has, at any rate, been sufficiently influential to prove a source of great trouble to the British Government ; hence the pains bestowed on his capture, and the care take n of his person when once secured. " Orders having been given that every facility should be afforded me for carrying out the wishes of Government,' I had, of course, freedom of access to the Gooroo's cell at all times; but, go when I would, the austere inmate was ever on the same spot, and in the same attitude—seated on the ground in one corner, with his face to the wall, he appeared absorbed in prayer or in meditation, an occasional very low murmur, as if he were chanting, and the clank of his heavy chain as he chanced to move a limb, being the only sounds that denoted the presence of his life. Colonel . . . . declared that he had hardly ever seen his face, as he regarded no one's entrance, and continued in the same place and attitude all day. A very different being was his companion (commonly called his disciple) in confinement, namely, Khurruck Singh, a fine, stout young fellow, who, being unhappily found in the Gooroo's society (and, perhaps, offering resistance) was arrested with him, and alike condemned to banishment—a stout oppo nent, no doubt, with a blade in bis band, but otherwise a peaceful, good-humoured, contented mortal. He alone knew Hindoostanee, but, either influenced by the presence of his ghostly master, or naturally taciturn, he spoke but little—the Gooroo never! Yes, during some seven visits I paid him, he opened his lips twice; one to ask (Kur ruck Singh interpreting) whether I was taking all who had come down, and whether Moolroj also was to be sent over the kala ranee' (' black waters'—the sea) ; and, on a second occasion, to complain by one brief monosyllable cf pain or weariness of standing. Only fancy me, seated on a stool, my drawing board on my lap, a cell-floor for my studio, a low embrasure for a light —my sitter, beads in hand, gloomy, silent, and in heavy chains seated in front of me, with a sentry, bayonet in hand, standing over us. I succeeded in securing both the likenesses and figures (being induced, though not commissioned, to introduce lilhurruck Singh also) the day before their departure, leaving the rest, and by far more laborious part, of the picture to finish at my leisure. H, on seeing the captain of the vessel which took them to Singapore, told him, 'lf you don't take care, your pas senger will drown himself when he gets down the river near Gunge. Sagur, for that part of the Hooghly, as a part of the Ganges, being holy, he as a Hindoo will consider himself beatified to die in it.' H—y's prognostication proved correct. At that identical spot the Gooroo was discovered making the attempt to get overboard ; for, despite a European sergeant and ten European privates as a guard, he had contrived to get two or three of the bars out of his cabin window. Poor fellow 1 I imagine he is by this time safe in Singapore, where, I told his com- panion, I should be happy if I were going for a time too—the climate being so healthy. " The Gooroo being disposed of I next waited with Colonel on Moolraj, and was not a little sur prised to find in him the quiet mildness and humility of a Calcutta Baboo!' The character of face (at least in my picture) has given rise to such varieties of opinion that I can only tell you, some think it is very mild; others, very melancholy ; others, that there is much design in the expression ; and others, much cruelty in the eye. He is about forty-five years of age, I should say ; of middle height, rather thin than otherwise; of fair complexion; features boldly, squarely formed, denoting perhaps physical firmness ; whilst, on the other hand, a varia bleness of expression, added to a peculiarity in the tone of voice, led me to conceive that I could trace some thing of that weakness which might, indeed, render him the ' victim of circumstances' he has been repre sented and pronounced to be, but no murderer. In telligent, but not enlightened, and with all the ortho doxy of Seikh Ilindooism in his learning, in his philosophy, and his theology, it was of course no easy ,matter to convince him of even the simplest truth in our philosophy. I think it was after the se cond or third sitting, when he had become more sociable, that, seating himself on the edge of the table, he said, You have drawn many faces ; did you ever draw the face of God ?' Here was a question. 'No,' I replied. We cannot draw that which we hate never seen ; God is a spirit, and not confined to one place ;Heis in all places.' How do you know that,' said he, 'if you never saw him ?' and so I found mwasth than n asi t e o r f..l ‘ . plumped an unlearne into an argument dlinguisttoen w te h r ich initto get out of. However, I managed, or at least endeavoured to lead him off into an illustration of the power and nature of spirit, by reference to the modern science of mesmerism, in which the superior power or nervous influence of the stronger party seems to invade, enter into, overwhelm, or assume dominant power over the mind and system of the weaker. This he could perfectly understand ; for mesmerism, as you perhaps know, has been practised in India by the natives from time beyond date. • You mean,' said he, •just as wine overcomes the senses of the drunkard: Our next discussion was on geography, in which I soon found that the Hindoo mind of Moolraj continues as dark as it well can be, and wedded es strongly to old systems and notions as the old shoe is nailed to the stable-door post. ' But it is written in our Shastas, &c.,' was the invariable and knock-down reply to all my practical illustrations, with globe end map in hand. * * * G." THE CONVICT HANNAH CURTIS.—The sheriff of the city of Gloucester (Dlr. W. H. Barrett) has received a letter from the tinder-Secretary of State for the H o m e De partment, in answer to a memorial from the Society of Friends, stating that the sentence of death passed upon Hannah Curtis will be commuted to transportation for life. —Chaltenhanz Jcurnal. THE MUSSEL TRADE.—During the last three weeks, the boatmen of Lympstone and Starcross have been reaping a rich harvest, by supplying mussels for the London market. From 20 to 30 tons are sent off every evening, cud for these the men are remunerated at the rate of Is. per bushel, which make them a handsome return for their labour. The mussels are retailQd in London at one penny per A trlcnurnerit is to be erected at Wesmouth to the memory of the late Duke of Cambridge. PLIONOGRAPIIY.—A lazy boy out in Indians spells Andrew Jackson thus :--&ru Jaxu.