The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-01 00:00:00

MR. GEORGE HUDSON.

otofTthyheeseoiltrrNklaep:orthern Dailypublisher the folloicl4
Express
letters :—" Chipechase Castle, Hexham, August, fe°'
1869.—Sir,—May I beg the favour of your finding 61).„,—:
for the enclosed. I think Mr. Hudson has brought P.'„
name forward too prominently, as many other gentieuva
deserved more credit than myself. The 141q.,:r0t r,
Sunderland, Mr. Robert Hodgson, and Mr. -e°-e,,,c1
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tion which you kindly originated is now :11-YetphlALoOesgite .dtl,u:ibt:sb‘ucerbei:P:itutf;:i.oPeg-51:
my duty, es well as my pleasure, to express mY gr.3,t„e„do
thanks to you, and through you, to the numerous Ir;.`c."-„0
who have so handsomely contributed towards it. nay
hardly tell how I can in adequate terms exPress
in
gratitude for their recognition of my eerviees
the promotion of public works. I assure Vutie.
am deeply thankful to you and the other gelltiie
men who have been associated with you in furtherirlbe
subscription for my annuity, and to the large nui ran fe
of friends in Newcastle and Sunderland, as our
other places, who have so handsomely responed to Y,
appeal, and have thus secured for my remaining c1111°;je
comfortable competency. I shall ever reflect with Prt'he
and satisfaction on my connection with your district; „of
knowledge that I was enabled to assist in giving the troll)
Newcastle its high level bridge, to Sunderland its " store
and, by a system of combination of your railw aYst t°l.4e,serta'
the productiveness of many which were not so, and 1: e,,'coar
ing the system to Scotland, is a great pleasure, and ft" got
pensates me for any suffering I may have endured. deep
conclude my letter without publicly expressing illttiocS
obligation to Mr. Elliot, who during all my rnisf°,ll. an
ci
has been to me a most kind and considerate friell the
who also so warmly assisted you in the promotion i° I, to
subscription. Allow me again, my dear Mr. fro a° oh
express to you my warmest thanks for all your kit ado
which can never be effaced from my recollection•
yours very truly, GEORGE HUDSON.—R, TitylOro
Chipchasc Castle."
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At the Norwich Commission further evide°_ce,ol3ol
adduced on Tuesday as to the distribution of thecias to
provided from Mr. Allen's house. The money
Lave bern very imperfectly paid away in bribes. larger
Herr Krupp must look to his honours. ii;:e 001
block of steel than has ever issued from his sv,°rloo tong
in in progress of casting at Osnabruck. It weign -the wor'-
whereas the block with which Krupp astonislieclo, butl3o
at the Great Exhibition in 1862 weighed onlY
has surpassed that feat in later years. der ci3i:
A Dublin correspondent telegraphs, -11 lie'
r-
Tuesday This evening Captain the 1101.'% overl
Ward and Mrs. Ward were on a road loconaotl" oetio
engine with the Hon. Randal and Clara Fars°l4l3;, Itirc7
turning a sharp corner of a street in Parsons° tech an a
Ward slipped off the stool on which she was held'aa
falling on the ground, the wheel ran over her
killed her on the spot." t ike Were
On Monday, meetings of the nailers on s rroposedit;
held at Old Hill and Hales Owen. Mr. Ilaelrctt 1)4 cola,'
resolution to the effect that if the nlasters did v
with their demands of the 18G1 list before tha3t6eiv"l„, 11;
work would not be resumed till the list of 1,80, aan to
them. This latter is about 10 per cent• hia`ana ea s
'l4
former. Mr. Tibbetts seconded the resolutio nitoou
being put to the meeting it was declared to bo
carried. WV)
tea storin tea,
KILLED BY LIGHTNING, —A terriul e
led so a
aver the town of Caldwell, New ,TerseY, la,
on the evening of Sunday, the 15 of Aug"' the afetl'ii,
man, Stephen Pierce, was walking home fro°. cog Woe
dist Episcopal Church, in company with ,3ti, an ieted.
when the village was suddenly illuminated n';
the goo
_a
light, and Pierce and his companion fell to the :Po
.r _otaieg
The lady was stunned, but she soon but
screamed for help. When help arrived P. a ber
• omOn'e hie fee
found of Young man who had at-c too
cei.o
mangled remains. His boots were strinnene'foores
his limbs were severed and lacerated, audth biro in iiis
not recognisable by those who had e thira ce.
The unfortunate young man is said to
be
se t_e cause.tt
family who have lost their lives by the nIT
THE OXFORD AND HARVARD °.-Ale oxford
letter appears in the Times, signed bY t.I T. I).,;viocl
on the late International race—"J• C' Tlll7 j. f the
bishire, A. C. Yarborough, F. Willan, I._stoces oroiiie„
reading as follows Before the eir iyeiveoler3
late race between the Oxford and 11arv..rtour r
have passed from the recollection
leot,ilin of 11.0 to
we are desirous, through the n best t 1
Legg of
columns, of publicly tendering; ound n' 0
the -
the Thames Conservancy Board a the Oratraiear °TI
the river and Metropolitan police for, courses c
rangernents made by them for keeping wroioe
that occasion, and expressing the deep olitlci'6
cons -de, e 0
under to them for their great courtesYseubjeat, an
jot
with respect to all our wishes on the
1, who Wure afo4
dally to Captain Baynes and Mr. Lorc _mots. 0,0
actively engaged ill carrying out the arircor
gratnialc
heartily we thank these gentlemen, ant
0.
to Of
on the EUCCC23 which crowned their effor e
Talc , othef
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.. —Last, wor thirteel-roo,
mortality was 24 per 1,000 in London,
011 0 it'd 1056
large towns of the United ICingdorocqding Lon
fooro et
In the eleven large English towns, I
deaths were referred to diarrluea ;
considerable decline upon the three prev'ptls regi ,eer.
births,
The deaths from zymotic diseases It:toelris 20
havingfi
the persrnife4er, 6
rested average number being 493.3
from diptheria, 87 from whooping-efw e.olitiaPod
from small-pox, 20 from measles, 14
ouf,r°,_ll: COLlffrioentlot.YPtilletia:
fever, 18 from enteric fever, and 13 In
to 10 childielioca to
:Ldndi.)3,-I,,7l(7i3tdbeeatvelsie
ro
to, t
se
di'
fever. Simple cholera proved fatal' oontice..
adults. The mortality from scarletle the wt:
increase. The mean temperature duringll, Dot 51
tagibqcl-
-
W3B Saturday
68.4,
&gees,
or 0 degrees above the ave:a3o.
gt:niated ni1;11 .4.