The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-28 00:00:00

The Retirement of Sir James Hudson.

The following papers were published yester-
day :

(No. 1.)
"EARL RUSSELL TO SIR J. lIuDsoN.
" Foreign-office, Sept. 10.

"Sir,—As you have expressed a wish to retire from your
post of Minister at the Court of the King of Italy, her
Majesty has taken this opportunity to signify her approVal
of your long and laborious services by conferring on you the
Grand Cross of the B tth. The Lords of the Treasury have
obtained the Queen's approval to th© grant of the pension
to which you are entitled by the length of your service in a
mission of the first class.

" For my own part, I reflect with pleasure that the policy
which her Majesty's Government have pursued in Italy has
been represented by you with a zeal and intelligence de-
serving of the highest praise.
" Accordingly-, no man has obtained so completely the
confidence and regard of the Italian Government and people
as yourself.

" In the period during which I have had the honour to
hold the seals of the Fureign-office, there has been the most
cordial agreement between us on all m, tters relating to the
public service.

" 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 to
the Queen any other person to represent her Majesty 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
continual anxiety, it has been my duty reluctantly to advise
the Queen to consent to your retirement.

"I accordingly forward you your letter of recall, which I
request you to present, if possible, to the King in person.
"You will state to the King that his Majesty will always
find in the British Government a firm and sincere supporter
of the independence of Italy and of his Majesty's just rights.
—I am, &e., " RUSSELL."

(No. 2.)
" SIR J. HUDSON TO EARL RUSSELL.—(Received Oct. 7.)

" Turin, Oct. 4.

" My Lord—With reference to my despatch marked sepa-
rate of the 30th ult.,* I have the honour to report that this
day I had an audience of the King, when I delivered to his
Majesty my letter of recall, and stated that I was instructed
by your Lordship to say that his Majesty
will always find
in the British Government a firm and sincere supporter of
the independence of Italy and of his Majesty's just rights.
" His Majesty having been pleased to ask me why I quitted
his Court, I replied that I had conceived myself bound by
an engagement with your lordship to do so. Offered promo-
tion in March, 1862, I had obtained permission to decline
it, and to cont:nue to reside at his Majesty's Court till such
time as my pension for public service was due to me.
"His Majesty upon this was pleased to express his ap-
proval of the manner in which I had fulfilled my diplomatic
functions at his Court.
" It only remains to roe to request your lordship to lay at
the feat of our most gracious Sovereign my thanks for those
marks of her most gracious favour 'with which she has been
pleased to accompany my retirement from the public scr •
vice.

"To yourself, my lord, I beg to be permitted to offer my
acknowledgments for the confidence which you have placed
in me, and the kind consideration which you have always
extended to this mission—a consideration which, while it
lightened the toil and relieved the anxiety inseparable from
affairs, greatly advanced the public service.—l am, &c.,
"JAMES HUDSON."

(No. 3.)
EARL RUSSELL TO MR. ELLIOT.
" Foreign-office, Oct. 10.
" Sir,—l observe that in Sir James Hudson's despatch of
the 4th inst. he states as follows :
" His Majesty having been pleased to ask me why I quit-
ted his Court, I replied that I had conceived myself bound
by an engagement with your lordship to do so. Offered pro-
motion 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 duo to me.

"The circumstances were these :
" There was a report in 1860 or 1861 that an intention
existed of appointing Sir James Hudson to an embassy.
This report bad no foundation—no such intention existed.
" In March, 1862, I had reason to suppose that an embassy
of importance might soon become vacant. Casting about
for a fit person to recommend to her Majesty for a difficult
and very responsible post, I could think of none more able
or more deserving of promotion than Sir James Hudson.
But out of regard for him I consulted him beforehand ; and
as I found that, though ready to accept an embassy, he did
not wish to leave Turin, the matter fell to the ground.
"I made no engagement with Sir James Hudson, and
never expected that ho would resign till it should suit his
own convenience to do so. When, therefore, in the spring
of this year, he intimated to me his intention to resign his
post, I concluded that, after more than 30 years of public
service, he wished to retire from an anxious and laborious
post.
" I never supposed that Sir James Hudson was bound to
me by any engagement, nor, till very recently, did I imagine
that he considered himself to be so bound. You may re-
peat this statement to all who may inquire from you as to
the cause of Sir James Hudson's resignation. You will
also send a copy of this despatch to Sir James Huds'on.—
I am, &e., " RussELL,"