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London, England, 1863-10-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1863.

should, on the other hand, be remembered that as a
man sows so he will reap; that slavery was planted in
the midst of them, and that the United States had gone
on for years deriving all the benefit of the connexion.
Everbody felt that when slavery was touched the
Union must be dissolved. Washington himself in his
farewell address—the finest State paper, perhaps,
ever written by human hand—had laid down in the
strongest terms the two principles that America
should always cherish the Union and avoid those
sectional distinctions and party feelings which
would divide her into two camps, and had she
adhered to these injunctions? No. The Americans
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tion of slavery, there were only two ways in which
the question could be settled, by the sword or separa-
tion. And what, he would ask, was
the present
state of affairs in America ? Two nations almost as
distinct as could be, were there fighting ; the one
struggling for independence, the other for dominion.
The North, which had tolerated slavery for years,
now proclaimed that it was entering on a crusade
for the purpose of putting it down, acting somewhat
on the principle of ladies of a certain character who
indulged in forbidden luxuries until they advanced
in years and then became the greatest prudes im-
aginable. (A laugh.) For his own part he objected
to the sword as a civilizer. Of all civilizers it was
the worst, and he must confess, notwithstanding
the arguments urged by a minister of the gospel,
equally eminent for his talent as for the horrible
doctrines which he has propounded in this country,
that there was nothing so barbarous in all history
that it might not be justified by the reasons which
were put forward in justification of the use of the
sword by North America to put down slavery. The
leaders of the Inquisition were no doubt equally
sincere in their endeavour to crush heresy ; but he
for one objected to such coercion. It might be all
very well when the American Union was established
that 3,000,000 of people should take their laws
from Washington, but now that there were
30,000,000 people, embracing a variety of opinions,
there might be very good reasons for dissatis-
faction on the part of a large portion of them with
the Government. For his own part he was the ad-
vocate of the South in the present contest because
they were fighting for independence—(cheers)—
because they were the weaker side, and because he
believed them to be honest and sincere. (Cheers.)
Was he, therefore, in favour of slavery ? No ; and
that was an evil which he was happy to think
would not survive the struggle. But, be that as it
might, the question between North and South was
one in which the English nation ought not in his
opinion to interfere. The Government were, he
thought, quite right in the course which they had
adopted with respect to it, and had acted very pro-
perly in detaining the steam rams about which there
had of late been so much discussion. The Foreign
Enlistment Act was not exactly framed to pre-
vent us sending ships to foreign nations, but
to prevent vessels from leaving our shores in such a
shape as to render them tantamount to vessels
equipped for war. Looking, then, at those steam
rams it would, he thought, be admitted that as they
were framed after that fashion they came within the
words of the law, as well as within the spirit in
which it was enacted. It would, therefore, require
some very strong arguments, now that the Govern-
ment had the power of stopping such vessels, to
justify them in proposing to alter our laws for the
pqrpose of pleasing any foreign nation whatever.
(Cheers). That was more particularly the case as
applied to America, seeing the way in which we
were treated, not only by the people of that coun-
try, but by her statesmen, and he for one should be
very loth to enter upon a policy of that character.
The hon. gentleman concluded his address by a
reference to one or two topics of local interest, and
had the satisfaction before the termination of the
proceedings of having a vote of confidence in him
passed by his constituents.

Your minds direct you to the performance of your duties,
and your own common-sense tells you that for the due per-
formance of those duties you must submit to the necessary
privations. Your own good sense must prepare you to come
out whenever your officers call you; you own good sense
must prepare you for strict obedience to your officers, with-
out which it is useless to pretend to be a military corps.
These are the difficulties that the volunteer army of Eng-
land have to overcome to keep up its discipline—namely, to
substitute their own sound common sense for that which in
the army and navy is merely strict obedienee to:the officers,
who, whether men of common sense or not, care little
about it so long as they bring their men to perform their
military duties. (Cheers.) Now, I commend you warmly,
and from my heart, as a body of loyal men, possessing that
sound sense which teaches you to know that the first
principle of military discipline is strict obedience. (Loud
applause.) And how much more difficult aro the duties of
the cavalry than those of the infantry, in having not only
to make themselves efficient and strict in discipline, but to
train their horses also ? Now compare, for instance, the Life
Guards with a regiment of mounted volunteers. What is
the condition of the horses in the Life Guards ? They never
move out of their stables without perhaps seeing the
neighbouring horse alongside of them. These horse know
each other perfectly. But how is it with you? When your
horses come out of their stables they seldom see their neigh-
bour horses, and they are not accustomed to the regular
falling in, as the horses of the army are, two or three times
a day. These aro the disadvantages under which you labour.
(Hear, hear.) Then how much more necessary is it that
there should be strict discipline among the volunteers, to
stiniulpaetrefoyromuarsnecleveol and to drill your horses for the effi-
cient their duties ? Now, what does this
bring me to ? Why, that the only mode of discipline
of any value to the volunteer army of England is constant
practice. (Cheers.) Constant practice must be carried out
at the sacrifice of domestic comforts and the well-being of
the fireside, and long distances must be travelled to keep up
that discipline which, in the day of need, is of such inesti•
mable value. (Applause.) What you require is a resolution
and determination on your part that you will gain that dis-
cipline by active exertion, that you will disci line your own
minds to strict obedience to your officers, and that you will
not allow your corps to fall off because five or six men de-
cline occasionally to come to drill. (Cheers.) If you mean
to maintain your corps, if you mean to be what you are con-
sidered to be—the first cavalry corps in the United King-
dom, made so by the diligence and attention of the Duke of
Manchester—(loud cheering)—it must be by drilling your
own minds to strict obedience to your officers, and being
determined to be ready when the call is made upon you. I
conclude by thanking you again for the honour you have
done me. (Continuous cheering.)
After a short pause,

Lord HARDWICIE again rose and proposed "The health
of the Duke of Manchester"—a nobleman who had distin-
guished himself by active exertion in the cause of his coun-
try's welfare in reference to the volunteer movement.
The whole assembly at once rose and drank the Duke's
health with the greatest enthusiasm.

On the Duke Of More dESTER rising to respond he was
again loudly cheered, Ile said,—Comrades, lam indeed
very much honoured by the way in which you have received
the toast which the Lord-Lieutenant has asked you to drink.
I only hope I deserve half what he has said of me, though
it is quite evident that you think I deserve all that he has
said. (Applause.) Whatever I may have dcne, I could
not have earned ,a better reception than you have just
given to me. 1 must say it is gratifying to me to find that,
in endeavouring to do my duty, I have obtained the good
will and esteem of those who act with me. There are
times, as you know, when occasionally I express my con-
victions as to slight mistakes on parade, as it is my duty,
but I feel certain, from your reception of me to.
day that you have not the slightest ill-feeling towards me,
for whatever I may say while on duty. (Loud applause.)
Your own good sense and feeling must tell you that what-
ever I may say on parade arises from my anxiety to render
you an efficient and valuable body of men. Now, Ido not
think it is conceited in me to say that, considering the dis-
advantages under which you labour, you could not do bet-
ter. (Applause.) I would nut, of course, compare an irre-
gular corps of volunteers with regularly drilled troops;
that would be absurd. But, under the circumstances, you
have to-day all done remarkably well, It has certainly
given me great satisfaction to find that you second my
eflorts, and to hear from the Lord Lieutenant of this
county that between us we have attained a certain amount
of success. I hope you will all remember and give strict
attention to what has been so well said to-day by the Lord
Lieutenant. (Cheers.) I never heard a better address
to Volunteers than he has given to us. (Applause.) We
have now A, B, and C troops in the Ist Light Horse, and
I am delighted to say that we have got on well together.
(Loud cheers.) I found you to be good comrades and good
friends, only desirous to know my wishes and intentions in
order to carry them out to the best of your endeavours.
(Applause.) But to-day we have had another body of men
for the first time (the 2d Cambridgeshire Mounted Rifles).
and I hope I shall get nn with them as well as I have with
my own. (Cheers.) I wish you now to give them a hearty
welcome, and propose to you " Success and Prosperity to
the late 2d Cambridgeshire Mounted Rifles," who are now
the Cambridgeshire division of our corps.
Lieut. TOWGOOD acknowledged the toast.
The Duke of MANcrtEszEn then proposed the health of
Capt. Newton, who had so liberally entertained them.
Captain NEWTON returned thanks.

The health of Captain Heathcote, of the 1.4 Herts Rifle
Volunteers, having been proposed by the Duke of MAN..
CHESTER, and that of the ladies by the Earl of HARD.
IVICKE, the company left the tent to witness the competi-
tion for the prizes. The adjudication of the prizes was in-
trusted to the Hon. Col. Dunc3mbe, whose decisions gave
entire satisfaction. Sergeant Mellor was declared to be
the winner of Captain Newton's sword.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.---Oct. 28.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
Alfred Edward Pountney, a young man of gentlemanly
appearance, was indicted for having committed perjury and
obtaining an affidavit for a marriage license by false pre-
tences.

Tho court was crowded during the trial, the utmost inte-
rest being evinced in the proceedings.
Mr. Giyard and Mr. Markly appeared to support the pro-
secution; the defendant was defended by Mr. Sleigh and
Mr. Poland.

In opening the case Mr. Gifford said a great deal had been
said out of doors about the harshness of these proceedings,
but he could only say that his client, Mr. Cropley, the
father of the young woman, had his own reasons for prose-
cuting, and these reasons were best known to himself; and
he would say:that if a father had not a right to prosecute in
such a case, what was the use of the act under which these
proceedings were instituted ? It was true the defendant and
the young lady had known each other for some considerable
time. The learned gentleman then proceeded to lay the
facts of the case before the jury, but having been so re-
cently before the public it will be unnecessary to recapitulate
them in detail hare. No doubt, he said, efforts would be
made to raise a spurious sympathy in the minds of those
present, but he would only say that the law must be obeyed,
whatever might be the feelings of the public on the matter.
In conclusion, he thought ►hat it was only justice on the
part of the father in bringing the case before the Court ; for
if paternal authority were put on one side, what would be-
come of young people in general ?
Mr. H. Watts then proved the prisoner coming to him on
the 19th August about the marriage licence, which set forth
that both parties were of full age—that the applicant had
resided 15 days in the parish of St. Bride's—and that he
knew of ne lawful impediment to the marriage. This affi-
davit was read over to him, and he swore to its truth, and •
signed his name at the bottom.
Mr. Hatch Cropley, the father of the young lady, said his
daughter was named Liza Cropley, and was 18 years of age
last July. In that month, in consequence of what he had
heard, hewent to his mother-in-law, with whom his daugh-
ter had resided since she was 3 years of age, and there saw
the defendant. He spoke to him on the matter, and told
him that he must give up his engagement with his daugh-
ter. Pountney said he never would, as he loved her to dis-
traction. Pountney was a sorter at the post •office in Ely,
where all the parties resided. The reason he objected to the
marriage was, because his child was so young. On hearing
the defendant's declaration, ho (witness) said he should take
the young lady home with him, and take care that theydid
not meet. His daughter was entitled to a third share of
£4OO, which was to become hers at 21 years of age.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l know the prisoner was
acquainted with my daughter more than two years av,end
at that time I took her home to prevent their becoming
better acquainted. My daughter never told me that she
loved the prisoner to distraction, and that nothing but death
would part them. I told her I would take her away from
her grandmother, and keep her for two year's ; but I did not
tell her that I would lock her up. I told the prisoner not
to come on to my premises. I am not aware that the grand-
mother wanted them to get married, or that she made the
arrangements for their getting married. I have heard
that she gave them the money, but I do not know.
Mr' Charles Clements, a gentleman in the post-office at
Ely, gave evidence to prove that Pountney could not pos-
sibly have resided in the parish of St. Bride's for the space
of 15 days.
Mr. Sleigh said he did not see how the whole three counts
could be maintained. The first count, with regard to the age
of Miss Cropley (uow Mrs. Pountney), ought, therefore, to
be struck out of the indictment.
The learned Commissioner agreed with Mr. Sleigh, inas-
much as it could not be supported that the prisoner had
committed corrupt perjury in stating that Miss Cropley was
21, as it could not be proved he knew her age to be only 18.
No doubt he did know it, but he ruled that that count could
not be maintained.
Mr. Sleigh then replied on behalf of his client, appealing
strongly to the feelings of the jury, urging that the offence
was not made out. No doubt the defendant had signed the
affidavit, but they must remember in what tribulation he
must have been at the time, having only just run away with
the object of his affections, and being, of course, in instant
fear of pursuit. Besides, was it usual on such occasions to
have the affidavits reed slowly and distinctly over, or wns it
not rather the practice to hurry them over as a meae matter
of form. Aud with regard to Mr. Cropley, it was perfectly
manifest that he was well aware this engagement bad been

going on for three or four years past, and if the grandmother
with whom the girl had lived since her infancy, had not
thought Pountney a young man of position and character,
would she for a moment have allowed him to have paid his
addresses at all. It was obvious to every right minded-man
that she not only connived at this marriage, but that she had
actually given them the money to come to London and get
married. She must have been the best judge of defendant's
conduct, Did he look like a young man who would bring
evil on any girl—arid did not his conduct in London look
like honesty and integrity. He had at once procured a licence
and married his young fianc6a without allowing a single day
to pass. With regard to the sum of money which the prose-
cution alleged was the true reason of the marriage, did it
seem likely to them that a young manlike the prisoner would
sell himself for such a paltry sum as L 133 68 Bd. No; it must
be as plain as daylight to them that he married from love and
love alone; and had not the father been so opposed to the
match the present proceedings would never have taken
place. In conclusion, the learned gentleman asked the jury
to return the defendant back to the arms of her who wee so
anxiously awaiting the result of the trial, by giving a ver-
dict in his favour.

Mr. Commissioner Kerr then proceeded to sum up, point-
ing out the law in the case, and observed that whatever
might be the feelings of the jury they must do their duty
in the matter. Until a child had reached full age there
could be no doubt that her father alone had the disposal of
her, and paternal authority must always be respected. He
did not see how they could well acquit the prisoner, unless
they believed he did not know the purport of the affidavit at
the time ho signed it.
After half an hour's deliberation the jury returned a -ger-
diet of Not Guilty.
The verdict was received with loud cheers, which were
speedily repressed, and the defendant quitted the dock amid
the congratulation of his friends.
(Before Mr. Justice Willes.)

In the case of Samuel Sobey, who was charged with ac-
cusing Andrew Cunningham of a certain heinous crime,
with intent to extort money,
Mr. Ribton said he felt somewhat in a dilemma, as the
prisoner in this case was prosecutor in another in which
Cunningham was prisoner on a charge of unlawfully as-
saulting Sobey, with intent, &c. The learned gentleman
said he was somewhat in a difficulty as to which case
ought to be tried first. They could not both be tried
together, that was evident, as in the one case he prosecuted
and in the other he defended. The one was a felony, and
the other only a misdemeanour, therefore he asked his
lordship's advice.
The learned Judge, after an interview with Baron Martin,
in the Old Court, decided to try the misdemeanour first.
Andrew Cunningham, 61, coffee-house keeper, was then
placed at the bar, while Sobey quitted the dock, and took up
his position in the witness-box.
Mr. Rib on, Mr. Kemp, and Mr. Collins prosecuted, and
Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner Cunningham.
This charge was one of a very remarkable character, both
Sobey and Cunningham being respectively prosecutors and
prisoners. The facts have been fully before the public, but
it may be as well to give a brief recapitulation. Acccrding
to Sobey's evidence he was, on the 15th of October last,
in Little Bridge-street, when the prisoner Cunningham as-
saulted him in the manner described, and afterwards left
him. Sobey, however, followed him as far as Ludgate .hill
and along Cheapside, when he gave him into custody for the
assault. Sobey admitted that he bad afterwards gone to
the prisoner's house, and had taken a sovereign from him,
but this was not, he said, to husk up the matter.
A number of witnesses were called, and ultimately the
jury acquitted the prisoner.
Sobey and Cunningham now changed places,Sobey, whose
age is 22, being placed in the dock, and Cunningham going
into the witness box.

Mr. Metcalfe now prosecuted, while Mr. Ribton, Mr.
Collins, and Mr. Kemp defended.

Cunningham was then sworn, when he stated that on the
evening of the 15th of October he was passing along Lud-
gate-hill, when the prisoner Sobey came up to him and
tried to get his watch, and, on the prosecutor laying hold
of him, he stated that unless he let go and gave him some
money he would charge him with a certain offence.
Witness, having been convicted some time ago, and hav-
ing suffezed two months' imprisonment, on a charge of
having indecently assaulted a young man, and not wishing
to be again publicly charged, although innocent, gave
him Is.; but they had not proceeded far together before
Sobey spoke to an officer, and he (witness) was taken
into custody. After the examination at the police-court
he was bailed out, when the prisoner went to him and
asked him to settle it. Witness having received his instruc-
tions, appeared to acquiesce, when the prisoner said he
must have £lOO. Witness said he could not give him so
much as that. Sobey then asked for £75, but ultimately
agreed to take £5O. Cunningham, acting under advice, there
produced a sovereign, which had been previously marked,
and tendered him that on account. Sobey took it and left,
promising to call again and receive the remainder the next
day. He was then apprehended, and the marked money
was found upon him,
In cross-examination, Cunningham denied that he had
ever been near the place mentioned. He supposed the pri-
soner must have heard of his former conviction, and thus
though to frighten him.
A number of witnesses were then called, whose examina-
tion lasted several hours, after which

Mr. Ribton addressed the jury at considerable length on
behalf of Sobey,
Mr. Justice Willes then summed up, leaving the case in
the hands of the jury.
After about hall an hour's deliberation a verdict of guilty
was returned, with a strong recommendation to mei cy.
Mr. Justice Widee, address ng the prisoner, told him he
had been convicted at*N3r a most patient hearing, and he
must say he entirely agreed with the verdict as returned by
the jury. Had it not been for the recommendation of the
jury the sentence would have been much more severe than
the one he was about to pass. Still the crime was of such
a serious nature that the punishment must of necessity be
heavy. The learned Judge then sentenced him to be kept
in penal servitude for the period of eight years.
The prisoner, who seemed appalled at this sentence, co-
vered his face with his hands, and moaned aloud, while his
mother, who was within hearing, fainted away, and had to
be, led into the lobby.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. 8 Nov..

via Marseille; Nov. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Nov. 30.
Chins, Penang, and Singapore, via Southainpton Nov.
_2.

via Marseilles ...Oct. 27.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Nov. 2.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vie Southampton Nov.

via Alarseilles Oct. 27
India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov.ll

via Mar6eiites Nov. 5
Portuga1....
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nev. 2.

via Marseilles Oct. 27
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet.... Nov. 6

by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet Oct. 31.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffo Nov. 10.

BAD DRAINAGE.—An inquiry was held by Mr. J.
Humphreys, coroner for East Middlesex, last even-
ing, at the Butlers' Arms tavern, Butler-street, Green-
street, Bethnal-green, respecting the death of Julietta
Ware, aged 12 years. Susannah Ware, 8, George-street,
said that the deceased was the third child who had died
in that house within a fortnight. One child was now ill,
feeble and almost paralysed, and another had been seized
with illness, but had recovered immediately on being sent
elsewhere. Her husband, a carpenter, was also attacked in
the same way. They were first sick, then generally there
was sore throat, and then fever. There was a very bad
smell from a drain under the back parlour. In the night-
time the effluvium was particularly bad. She complained to
the landlord (Mr. Wight), and he had the boards of the
parlour taken up and examined the rain pipes, which she
saw. The remedies never were of use long, and the land-
lord was quite at a "stand" to account for the smells.
There was no illness in the family before they came to re-
side in the house. The deceased was attended first by Dr.
Massingham and subsequently by Dr. Brotherton. She
died on Friday. The coroner said that there was a serious
loss of life. the cause of which it was of importance to dis-
cover. As the parish of Bethnal-green was at present
greatly agitated, he thought it was better to secure the ser-
vices of a medical gentleman of standing unconnected with
the parish to examine the premises and to make a post•
portent examination of the body of the deceased, so as to
arrive at an unbiassed judgment as to the real cause of the
mortality in question. The professional gentleman to whom
he had intrusted the matter was not then ready with his
report, and the proceedings should therefore bo adjourned.
When the jury visited the house in question the smell was
found to be most overpowering. Other children are stated
to have died in the immediate neighbourhood with the same
symptoms.

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SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

TIMES.—A few days ago we took occasion to point
out the importance of the services of Sir James
Hudson as British Minister in Brseil and at Turin,
and the very ungracious return which those services
have met with from the Foreignsoffice. We asserted
in substance that the man among all (Per Foreign Mi-
nisters who had descried best of his country and of
the world at large—the matt whose reputation rested
on no personal popularity and-no traetial estimate, but
upon solid and clutable achievements--eshed been, in
theevening of nis life, in the fulness of his reptPation,
and in the very height of his useftsloess, substantially,
if not formally, driven from a post Trish he was well
contented to hold, and forced into Kemal ore retire-
ment. We stated that in 1862 Sir James Hudson
had been consulted as to his willingness to accept
an embassy, that he had declined the offer, but that,
under the impression that his removal from his posi-
tion as Italian Minister was desired he had wag-
gested that if he were allowed to bold his place long
enough to entitle him to his pension he would then
resign his appointment. We stated that, in com-
pliance with this agreement, Sir James Hudson, in
April of the present year, offered his resignation;
that his resignation was accepted, and his successor
in due time appointed; and we further stated our
conviction that it was impossible that the transac-
tions, by which England has lost her very best dip-
lomatic servant, at a post at which he was per-
fectly willing to remain, should be the result of an
alleged mistake on the part of the Foreign-office.
Some rather indiscreet friends have urged upon
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the
propriety of vindicating himself from these stric-
tures by the publication of the papers in question,
and our yesterday's impression contains so
much of the correspondence as the Foreign-office
has thought fit to submit to the public eye. We
say " so much of the correspondence," because
it is clear on a very cursory inspection that
the most important part of the whole has been
withheld. Lord Russell and Sir James Hudson
are evidently at issue on a point of fact, the
letters upon which that point of fact must be
decided have not been laid before us, and that
omission is the act of one of the parties to
the controversy. 'We do not want to be told that
Sir James Hudson has left the public service, but
we do want to know whether that act was purely
voluntary or the result of an engagement, end, if
so, what that engagement was, and how it came to
be entered into. We, therefore, very much regret
that Lord Russell has not seen fit to lay before the
public all the letters relating to the transaction,
and we are entitled to assume that these letters, if
produced, would not have assisted in supporting
the position which he maintains. The first letter
is dated September 10 of this year—five months
after the period at which Sir James Hudson
tendered his resignation. The whole transaction
was completed before the correspondence wnich we
are allowed to see begins. This letter begins with
the words, " As you have expressed a wish to retire
from your post of Minister at the Court of the King
of Italy," and proceeds to speak in terms of well-
merited praise of the conduct of Sir James Hudson.
It then goes on :—" Nothing, therefore, but your
own desire to quit the mission where your efforts
had been attended with such memorable success
could have induced me to recommend the Queen
any other person to represent her Meijesty at Turin.
Had any of the principal embassies been vacant, I
should have asked her Majesty's permission to offer
it to you ; but, as this was not the case, and the
post you hold has been one requiring incessant
vigilance and causing continua! anxiety, it has been
my duty, reluctantly, to advise the Queen to con-
sent to your retiretnent." Why does Sir James
Hudson retire? 'We are plainly told by his own
desire; but then we are also told of his vigilance
and anxiety as being reasons for his retirement, the
obvious inference being that he is relieved from a
duty which he is no lenger able efficiently to per-
form. We do not wonder that Sir James Hudson
was unwilling to leave matters in this ambiguous
state—unwilling to pass over expressions in a letter
addressed to himself from the Foreign-office, with
which, if he did not notice them, he would be held
to acquiesce, but which gave a version of his con-
duct entirely at variance with his own. We are,
therefore, not surprised to find in his letter of
October the 4th the following sentence :—" His
Majesty having been pleased to ask me why I
quitted his Court, I replied that 1 had conceived
myself bound by an engagement with your lordship
to 00 so. Offered promoted in March, 1862, I had
obtained permission to decline it, and to continue to
reside at his Majesty's Court till such time as my
pension for public service was due to me." This
letter directly contradicts the allegation that Sir
James Hudson leaves Turin at his own desire, and
confirms the statement which we presume the cor-
respondence was printed in order to impugn. These
words of Sir James Hudson entirely vindicate our
accuracy, since we could hardly have been expected
to know his motives better than he knew them him-
self. To this letter Lurd Russell rep:ies, "I found
that Sir James Hudson, though ready to accept an
embassy, did not wish to leave Turin ; ' whereas Sir
James Hudson says distinctly that he declined offi-
ciel promotion. Lord Russell says he made no
engagement with Sir James Hudson ; Sir James
Hedsons says ho considered himself' bound by an
enagement with Lord Russell. Which of these two
statements is correct P Did, a' 1171. Elliot told the
King of Sardinia, Sir Jamas Hudson labour under
an entire misapprehension in entertaining the belief
that Lord Russell wished to remove him from Turin,
or did Eord Russell labour under au entire misap-
prehension in entertaining the belief that Sir Jas.
Hudson resigned of his own accord ? That question
would best be settled by the production of the cor-
respondence of 1862, which correspondence unfor-
tunately Lord Russell omits to produce. The ques-
tion turns on the fact whether there was or was not,
expressed or virtually, such an engagement as is as-
serted on the one hand and denied on the other, and
the party who withholds the means of forming an
opinion has no right to complain it that opinion be
given against him. One thing now, however, is per-
te3tly plain. If an engagement did exist, Lord Rus-
sell has been the means of depriving the diplomatic
service of one of its most valuable members; hut
even if such an engagement did not exist Sir James
Hudson acted under the belief shot it did, and Lord
Russell, therefore, nety be reterred to his own asser-
tion, that noting but Sir J, Hudson's own desire to
quit the mission would have induced him to recom-
mend any other person to it. The practical conclu-
sion is inevitable, that if Sir James Hudson has been
forced out of the service, or if he has acted under
the impression that such pressure was exerted, he
ought in either case to be restored. There has either
been mistake or misconduct on the part of the Fu.
reign-office, and when this has been made cle,r the
public service should not be permitted to suffer by
either. It is disagreeable to admit misconduct ;
to some persons it is almost as grievous to con-
fess a mistake. Be it which way it may, we
have a right to ask that neither shall prejudice
English or Italian interests. The mistake, if mis-
take there be, is not irrevocable. The mischief
admits of a simple cure. As nothing but Sir James
Hudson's desire could have induced Lord Russell to
remove him from Turin, the fact that such desire
did not exist would have furnished an excellent
reason for his restitution. We see, however, very
little reason for hope for such a consummation. Sir
James Hudson has been held to his resignation,
after it had been ascertained on his own evidence
that such resignation was made not of his own free
will, but under the belief that ho was bound to offer
it. Nothing can be more full than the admission of
his services, and yet for some reason or other there
is no wish to retain him in the public seavice. We
do not therefore think that the case of the Foreign-
office is in wuv mended by the portion of the cor-
respondence it has seen fit to publish.
POST.—The commemoration of the anniversaries
of great men in the world of letters belongs to a
high state of civilisation. The earliest nations of
antiquity deified their victorious generals, but not
their orators and poets. Poetry and literature
have but little praise in their own day. Their
merit is seen in after years, when they have had
time to work their way and do their part its en-
riching the mind, directing the affections, and
moulding the thoughts of men. The Greeks com-
memorated Pericles, but not Homer; and the Ro-
mans, who filled their Pantheon with soldiers, had
no place for Cicero, Horace, or the Poet of Mantua.
Much as in the later empire they gloried in these
names, they knew not how worthily to transmit
their memory or to put into enduring form their
appreciation of the men who had united in them-
selvesl the ardour that makes heroes and the ca m
philosophy that deals with the morals, the trials,All
the progress, and the destinies of
this belongs to a later epoch in humhenn
the storm of
is the growth of peaceful timhes mankind.
It
time.,
are quiescent,
war is hushed, when national
itvuer ei t
smen's
eyes, and military heroism
when purer objects of ambition.fsait
no-
bility from the yet nobler .!‘
is
snd more sacred things
riseto debte.
half a century of peace—since she
that it defends. It is since England has been
blessed with
has increased in wealth, and advanced in every
form and variety of social progress—that she has
begun to commemorate the men who have enriched
her literature, adorned her arts, and promoted tier
moral good. Even this is but of recent growth in
thin country. The example was before our eyes for
some years in Germany, but Englist mei), who can
never be made to a3t together witht ut (;)fficti.tv
have been slow in learning the lesson. 5- ii! th "v
are learning it, and one by one, as their turn comes:
round, the great men who have moved the hear; and
formed the mind of England receive the late
not unworthy, honour of a public cOmmein't
The tetedency to get up cotnmemoratior
tow

at floodtide, and every year sees some honoured
name held up to universal admiration. Some in-
stances, we will not hesitate to say, have been both
unworthy and ludicrous, and names not really great
heve been puffed into notoriety with no other object
than that of making a commercial profit of the pro-
ceedings held ostensibly in their honour. This
ought everywhere to be protested against and
frowned down. By all means let us heap all the
honours which the best arranged commemorations
can express upon those who eegerve fame, but let
such schemes be single-minded, let them be acts of
devotion, expressing real homage—homage that
costs something ; homage that comes of sacrifices
tnsde, and not of self-interest subserved. We are Ica
to three remarks by finding that, quite in accordatico
with the tends ncy just stated, there is to be a grand
tercentenary commemoration of the imm rtal Shake
speee in the ensuing year. We believe that the
scheme is at present only in its earliest stage of de-
velopment; but we cannot allow even the meagre
details which have 3 et reached the press to go forth
without expressing our earnest hope that nothing
will be left undone to make the occasion worthy of
the unapproachable genius in whose honour it is to
be held, Let it be genuinely and honestly whet it
professes to be—the homage of a great and en-
lightened people to a poet, a moralist, a philosopher,
and an actor, who preceded them in all that is great
and enlightened by no less a period than three
centuries. Let it be the expression of Englishmen
in the most advanced stage of their progress, that
nothing which they have since learnt has made it
necessary to unlearn Shakspere—that he is not, and
never can be, obsolete—that with all the accumu-
lated acquirements of a highly cultivated ago
they cannot dispense with his plays, can-
not excel his poetry, cannot supersede his philo-
sophy, and cannot amend his morality. Lot the
Shaksperian commemoration be all this, and more,
but let it be, as we said, single-minded, united,
self-denying, spontaneous, practical, definite, con-
gruous, and thoroughly genuine. Above all, let it
not be vulgarised after the fashion of Burns and
Schiller, by a demonstration for the benefit of the
shareholders of the Crystal Palace. It will be the
death-blow of greatness if it can never escape the
questionable posthumous honour of a Crystat Palace
celebration—to be chronicled in an annual report in
the same category with rabbit shows, pigeon shows,
flower shows, poultry shows, rope dancing, and
Pepper's ghost, as auxiliaries to the small dividend
which the directors have to announce to the de-
pressed shareholders. Shakspere deserves better
things at our hands than this, and we earnestly trust
that the gentlemen who are initiating the movement
will propound to the British public something
worthy of the man, and of the age and country ia
which we live. We believe that nothing is yet de-
finitively decided, and that plans are only in process
of lucubration. Our remarks, therefore, have refe-
rence only to broad general principles; the advocacy
of details is not within our province. To us it seems
that there are two leading ideas at the foundation
of the subject—the one general as belonging to all
England, or we may say of all the world; the other
local, as belonging to those places and particulars
inseparably associated with his life and history, and
which through that association have become histo-
rical. If England has a general interest in Shaks-
pere, Stratford-on Avon has a particular on, There
he was born ; there he gained that education which
he afterwards turned to such account ; thence he
married his wife ; thither, in his declining years, he
retired to enjoy his well-earned leisure and compe-
tency ; and there his ashes lie. If these things do not
consecrate a place, what can ? It is impossible, there-
fore, that Stratford can be left out in any adequate
commemoration of the great bard. A demonstra-
tion which should only deal generally with Mak-
spere's memory, and should ignore the local asso-
ciations which h,ve led to so many thousand pil-
grimages to his early home, would be wanting in S
very important particular, and be as unsatisfactory
as one which should seek to centre all interest in
Stratford, and overlook the fact that the homage
of the civilised world is the poet's inheritance.
To do justice to these two ideas—the general and
the local—is the problem which the promoters of
the commemoration have to solve ; and if they
bring to the task a largeness of mind worthy of the
occasion, they can hardly fail of a success that will
be at once creditable to themselves, and not un-
worthy of the immortal bard who, ages ago, won a
fame to which no public demonstrations, however
perfect, can add, but which narrow or ill-con-
ceived schemes of commemoration might grievously
insult.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

10-

NEWARK.--WEDNESDAY.

A moderate quantity of wheat on offer at our mmket to-
day, and the demand was fair. Other articles the same as
last week.

White wheat new, 41s to 4Gs
Rod do. 406 to 44s
Old white
Red do 4ls to 44s
Barley, malting 36s to 40s

Barley, grinding 29s to 32s
Oats, old, .. 2ss to 284
New do 20s to 24s
Beans. 37s to'4os
1 Beans, new.. 32s to 11

HULL-TUESDAY.

Since our last the wheat trade has been steady, but the
demand very little improved. At this day's market the
show of English wheat was mail, and sales were readily
made at fully late currencies. Foreign neglected. Bar-
ley was taken off slowly at is decline. Beans and peas ra-
ther slow, in favour of buyers. Oats were dull, and zather
cheaper. _ _

Wheat.... Old white.... per qr, 44s Od to 46s 0(1
Old red
New white .. ~
New red ...
.. /,
Barley.... English malting 3Bs Od to 40$ Od
Grinding 26s 6d to 28s Od
Saal and Oderbruek
Holstein and Danish 3os Od to 31s Od
Grinding
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st osl2ld to rod
Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to osl3o
Swedish and Danish oBl2ld to 0813 d
Beans ....English, old, per qr.
New pigeon 42s Od to 4ts Od
New tick
Egyptian
. 30s Od tc 33s 6d
Peas ..Foreign boilers .. 34s Od tv 358 Od
Grinding
Tares ....Spring —s Od to —8 Od
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing . 4os Od to 528 Od
Linseed cakes (Hull) £9 5 0 to io 0 0
Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 0
Ranee cakes 6 0 oto 0 0 0
Bones .. 5 5 oto 510 0