The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-31 00:00:00

THE: 'SUN; 'LONDON, TUESDAY HVENENTG, DEOMMBER 811: 1861:

LATV INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 30.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Roche.)

IN RE. JAMES HENRY BORDIEU VAITGIIAN--EXTRA-

ORDINARY DTSCLOSURES.

The bankrupt was described as late of Leinster-
square, Hyde-park, and now a prisoner for debt in
the Queen's Bench. This was the first sitting.
Mr. Sargood appeared for creditors.
Mr. Bell, the official assignee, stated that no pro-
perty had been given up under the bankruptcy.
The bankrupt, in examination, stated that he was
not married. He was a lieutenant in the 12th
Lancers, but sold out about October, 1860. He re-
ceived £B5O by the sale of his commission. Had
since done nothing at all- He had been supported
in some way, and had borrowed money. Did not
know the amount. It might be £2OO altogether.
He had given security on property to which he was
entitled when of age. He gave a mortgage for £74
to Mr. Sampson; that was for pictures and books.
He was entitled to about £2,400 when he came of
age, in March last. Sampson had not yet been
paid. Also gave a charge on the £2,400 to a person
named Collins for £l2O to secure £6O lent. Col-
lins had been paid by the bankrupt. He also gave
a charge for £64 to Capt. AI'S weeny, by mortgage.
He had not been paid. He got the £2,400 in June.
He had also borrowed £3OO, and had assigned a
reversion of £2,965 in June last to Mr. Staunton,
a private gentleman, and received £2,000.
Mr. Staunton afterwards sold the reversion,
and gave him £2OO more. Had had up-
wards of £3OO of jewellery from Mr. Hancock, of
Bond-street. Had none of that left now. A gold
bracelet of £2B he had given to a lady named
Evans, a married woman, who had lived with him.
A diamond and sapphire locket, value £24, was
given to the same person. He had pawned a dia-
mon shoe pin for £2; had the duplicate at home.
Had sold a gold key at Boulogne. A diamond and
sapphire ring was given to Mrs. Evans. Had pledged
a waistcoat chain, £2l, at Attenborough's for £7,
and had sold the ticket to Mr. Jackson, of Dublin,
for £B. Had pledged other articles at Atten-
borough's, and disposed of the tickets. Some of the
tickets were taken by Mr. Collins, a money-lender,
formerly of Duke-street, St. James's. Mr.
Collins promised to redeem the articles, but had not
done so. Had given a pair of enamelled sleeve
buttons, value five guineas, to Miss Scaife, of Hull.
She was nothing at all—a lady of no occupation,
living alone. She also had a turquoise and dia-
mond bracelet, value £2O. Had given a duplicate
of a pin, pledged for £2 10s. or £3, to his own at-
torney. He gave a sapphire and diamond locket,
value £l6, to Miss Hancock, of Leinster-square.
She was no,connexion of his, but he liked her. She
was a young lady living alone. Bankrupt was
there for a short time. He was there as a
visitor !when he was arrested. Miss Hancock
had visited him in the Queen's Prison three or
four times. He also gave her a pair of brilliant
ear-rings, value £73 10s.; also a brilliant bird
brooch, value £4B. Had been arrested thrice in
1861 ; first in April or May, at the suit of Mr.
Collins, for £2OO. Witness paid him. Was next
arrested in August at the suit of Mr. Graham, for
£270. He got rid of that by warrant of attorney.
The next was in October, and he remained in
prison till discharged by Mr. Higgins, the registrar.
He had no property whatever.
Mr. Philip Bowden, of 4, Old Bond-street, was
chosen trade assignee, and further inquiry was
adjourned until the examination meeting on the
6th of February. The bankrupts liabilities are
stated at about £2,000.

along the street before the entrance to the court
were stopped and searched, 19 would be found to
have lucifer matches about them. Yet when three
or four were found on him they were "magnified"
into" silent matches," wrapped up, and preserved
with as much caution ds If they were likely to ex-
plode. They were then produced as proof that a
man was going to commit a burglary. He knew
nothing of the implements, except the stock and
centre-bits, which had been left with him, together
with other articles, by a man who had lodged with
him and had gone away in his debt.

Mr. Corrie observed that if these matters were
frivolous they would have no weight with the jury.
Trevor hoped the magistrate would not commit
him for trial, Brown denied all knowledge of the
women, and the women said they knew nothing
about the crowbar and lantern.
They were all committed for trial.

John- Jackson appeared in discharge of his bail on
the charge of maliciously wounding James Masters
and Reuben Donaldson.

Mr. ltibton appeared as counsel for the prisoner,
having been instructed by Messrs. Norris and Allen,
on behalf of his relatives.

Reuben Donaldson—l live at No. 2, Wilton-row,
and am a butcher's assistant. Between 11 and 12
o'clock on Sunday night, the Bth of December, I
was coming from Hungerford-market with Masters
and two or three others, and we saw a crowd round
an omnibus in Trafalgar-square. Masters and I
went over to the crowd, stopped there a few minutes,
and then went away together. After a few seconds,
having only got a few yards off, we heard a cry of
" Stop him ! ' and saw the prisoner running. We
ran after him. I caught him first, and laid hold
of him by the collar. He kept on running, and I
with him, about 100 yards, to the bottom of the
square. He then stopped, turned round and made
a thrust at me. I did not know for two or three
seconds that I was wounded. I then said, "I am
stabbed.' A cab was sent for, and when it came
up Masters said, "I am stabbed, too." I know no
more about it, but that I was taken to the hospital.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l did not see the
ptisonn hustled by the crowd, nor hear what was
said. I heard the conductor say, " Pay my fare."
I did not hear the prisoner say, "I have paid it."
He had no hat on. I did not see it knocked off.
I did not hear or see anything of his wife. There
were not 50 persons present. There were perhaps
18 or 20.

James Masters—l live at 54, Drury-lane, and am
a pocketbook maker. I was with Donaldson on
that Sunday night. When we saw the crowd we
went to see what was the matter. It was nothing
to do with us, so we went on. Presently we heard
a cry of " Stop him !" and saw the prisoner run-
ning along by Morley's Hotel. My friend Donald-
son run after him, and I ran as well. Donaldson
laid hold of him, and when they got to the bottom
of the square I saw the prisoner turn round and
strike Donaldson. He then made a blow at me, and
missed me. I turned round to walk away. He
made another blow at me and caught me in the
side. I thought at first he had only punched me,:but
when I heard Donaldson say he was stabbed, I
put my hand to my side where I had felt the
blow, and I found that I was bleeding. Before I
knew I was 'stabbed I saw Hudson come up and
knock the prisoner down. A cab was fetched, and
we were taken to the hospital.
Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—l heard the con-
ductor cry " Stop him," but I heard no cry from the
crowd. 1 heard nothing about the fare. He had his
hat on when I first saw him, but not when he was
running. Hudson is a friend of mine, and we were
together. It was after I was stabbed that Hudson
knocked him down. He must have taken the knife
from his pocket while running.
The witness Hudson repeated his former evidence.
Policeman H01e,175 A, was on duty at the Police-
offiee in Scotland-yard when the prisoner was
brought there on this charge. Witness asked if he
had a knife. He said he had, and gave up the one
now produced, saying it had not been opened since
8 o'clock. Witness took him to the station-house in
King-street. He was quite sober.
Mr. Travers, the medical officer at Charing-cross
Hospital, in whose care the injured men had been
placed from the time of the occurrence till that day,
stated that when they were brought in both were
bleeding profusely. Donaldson had an incised wound
in the back, which from subsequent symptoms was
found to have entered the bowels. At one time he
was in danger, but that was past. The wound was
about 21 inches deep and la inch long. Masters had
a wound similar in size and character in the loin,
leading down to the spine. Both were now better.
Masters had never been in actual danger. He would
have been had erysipelas set in, but that danger did
not arise. The wounds appeared to have been in-
flicted with a sharp instrument such as the knife
produced, or, indeed, by any knife. They had been
confined to the hospital ever since they were
wounded.

Mr. Ribton hoped the magistrate would be of
opinion that this was one of those cases with which
he could deal by a summary conviction and fine.
He believed that in point of fact the omnibus con-
ductor was paid his proper fare. He did not come
forward to make any complaint, which he might
easily have done, as he must have seen the report
in the papers. It was clear that these young men
were doing what they had no right to do when
they attempted to stop him. No doubt, strictly
speaking, there was illegal wounding, as the pri-
soner used a knife, which he had certainly no right
to do ; he tiusted, however, that the great provoca-
tion he had received would be taken into account.
Mr. Corrie said he did not think it was a case
that he ought to dispose of. He should send it to the
Central Court, admitting the prisoner, as before, to
bail.

The prisoner was accordingly held to bail to take
his trial at the Central Criminal Court.

MARLBOROUGH- STREET—S tephen Hutch-
inson, a cab-driver, was charged with stealing ten
£5 Bank-notes, the property of an officer of the
Indian army, Henry Benson Stuart, at present re-
siding at 14, St. James's-square.
Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Stuart stated that on Dec. 10 he lost £5O in
Bank of England notes, which he had received from
the Bank of England the same morning. He be-
lieved he dropped the roll of notes in Cork-street
when he took out his purse to give a lady some
silver to pay the prisoner his cab fare. He was eer-
tain he saw the notes when he took out his purse,
and he missed them about five minutes after the
prisoner had driven away. He gave information
to the police, and some of the notes were soon after-
wards stopped at the Bank.
Police-constable Shore, F 146, said he went to
No. 16, York-road, Battle-bridge, where the pri-
soner lived, and on seeing the latter told him
he was a constable, and that he must take him
into custody for stealing £5O. The prisoner
replied that he expected this, but that he did not
steal the notes; ho picked them up in the street.
He asked the prisoner if he had passed any notes.
The prisoner said he had passed two and lost the
rest while drunk. This morning the prisoner ad-
mitted to him that he had paid a debt of £2O with
some of the notes. The prisoner also told him that,
as he was walking along, he saw a gentleman kick
the notes, and he picked them up thinking they
were a bundle of cattle-show bills, and then he did
not discover they were notes until he got home.
Thomas Falwell, licensed victualler, 1, York-
place, changed one of the £5 notes on the 11th of ,
December for the prisoner, whom he had known
for about two years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey said the prisoner paid her
a debt of £2O, contracted four years ago, in £5
notes, which had been identified by the numbers
with those lost.

Mr. Lewis, jun., contended that the prisoner
could not be charged with larceny. The notes were
treasure trove. They were picked up on the public
highway, and there was no evidence to show that
the prisoner knew who the owner was, nor was
there the slightest mark on the notes to enable him
to trace them. The case was one for a civil action.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said he thought it a fair question
for a jury whether the prisoner, when he picked up
the notes, could not fairly have inferred that the
gentleman who paid money for his fare was the
person who dropped the notes, and, therefore, the
owner. He should send the prisoner for trial, but
at the same time he thought it a proper case in
which to take bail.

The prisoner, who appears to have a very good
character, was bailed by his master.

WESTMINSTER.—George Randle, a cabdriver
was summoned for an aggravated assault on Mr'
Richard Keily, living at 136, Warwick-street,.
Pimlico.

The complainant, Mr. Kelly, said—On the night
of the 25th I hired the defendant at Park-lane to be
driven home. He had a woman sitting with him on
the driving box, and representing her to be his wife
asked my permission for her to remain there, which
I granted. Coming down Grosvenor-place I found
the driving very unsteady, and then ascertained
that the defendant had his arm round the woman's
neck, and that she had the reins. I called out to
the defendant to take charge of the horse, when the
latter, snatching the reins from the woman, lashed
the animal . with the whip, and drove in a most
reckless manner. Considering myself in danger, I
stopped the defendant at the corner of the Wilton-
road, Pimlico, and, having alighted, gave him a
shilling. He demanded another sixpence, which I
refused to give him. I offered, however, to accom-
pany him to the ;.tation-horse. He then, without
cause, applied the most disgusting epithets to me at
the same time inviting me to go into the cab again,
which I refused to do unless accompanied by a
policeman. He declared that if I and 50 policemen

got in he would turn us all over, and then, swear-
ing all the time, he aimed at me several blows with
his fists. I avoided being hurt by holding up a par-
cel which I had with me. The woman then jumped
off the cab, and by dint of entreaty and force got
the defendant away and he remounted the boz. I,
in order to detain him until the arrival of a consta-
ble, seized hold of the horse's head. The defendant,
then standing up, used his whip right and left, but
by changing my position as the cuts were made
under the horses head, and holding up the parcel I
was but little hurt. The defendant then jumped
down, using the most horrible expressions, and
commenced using his whip to me as I stood on
the pavement calling for the police. Finding it
was useless to wait any longer for assistance,
and considering it necessary to take prompt mea-
sures for my own security, I rushed upon de-
fendant (a tall powerful feilow), threw him, and
then held him down by the collar till the arrival of
a policeman.
John Clarke, 273 A, proved finding the complainant
and defendant in the situation described. While
the witness was talking to the gentlemen the de-
fendant came up, and using bad language, threatened
to punch both their heads.
The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that
when he asked the gentleman if the woman (who
was not defendant's wife, although he had said so)
might ride on the box, he replied she might ride
inside with him; and when he afterwards gave de-
fendant a shilling, he said he would have given him
more if he had allowed her to do so. He declared
that the gentleman first struck him and knocked him
down.

Mr. Keily, in the most positive terms, denied the
whole of this statement, and asked if it was reason-
able to suppose that, after the defendant had said the
woman was his wife, he or any other gentleman
would have asked the husband to permit such a
thing.

A—witness was called for the defendant who swore
to the truth of his account, but it was clearly proved
that he was not present.
Mr. Arnold observed that this was a case of most
flagrant misconduct. The defendant was flatly con-
tradicted by the constable, and had added to the
gross offence he had committed by suborning a man
to commit perjury on his behalf. If the defendant
could not conduct himself to a man having the ap-
pearance of being equally powerful, and ultimately
found to be superior to him in strength, what would
his conduct have been to any lady who might have
travelled with him ? It was so bad a case that he
should put the full penalty of the law in force against
the defendant by committing him, without a fine,
for two months to hard labour in the House of Cor-
rection, and, as it was quite clear that he was not a
fit person to be a public carriage driver, be should
revoke his license.

His badge and. licence were immediately taken
from him.

WORSHIP-STREET.— Louisa Duncan, a
miserable-looking woman of 26 or 27, was charged
with larceny.
Between three and four o'clock on Saturday the
prisoner walked into the shop of Mr. James
Beecher, a tailor in Spitalfields, and, taking up the
first thing that came to her hand, which happened
in this ease to be a remnant of cotton print, ran out
with it. Mr. Beecher followed, caught her, and
brought her back, and on the constable being sent
for the stolen property was found thrust into her
pocket. Under her arm, too, was a dress, which it
was then ascertained had likewise been stolen. As
she seemed to have a fancy for robbing this par-
ticular shop, she having been convicted in August
of stealing something from it and sentenced to
three months' imprisonment, the prosecutor gave
her in charge. As soon as she heard that she was
to be charged, she dropped down in a fit, or what
looked very much like one. On recovering from
this she was taken to Spitalfields station and locked
up in a cell, but she had not been long there when
Ross of the H division, on going round to look after
the prisoners, and opening her cell, was astonished
to find her stretched on her back on the floor, nearly
black in the face, and almost strangled by her shawl
which she had tied firmly round the throat. He
removed her from that cell and placed her in
another, when the prisoner spitefully kicked him.
In a very short time after she had been lodged in
the second cell some one called out she was killing
herself, and it was then found that she was trying
to strangle herself, and it was found necessary to
put an off constable near the cell, that he might
constantly watch her.
The prisoner now pleaded guilty, with an expres-
sion of regret, and Mr. Leigh sentenced her to
another term of a month in the House of Correction,
with an entry on the commitment of her attempted
suicide, that she might be reasoned with and pro-
perly looked after.

LAMBETH.—Harry Smith, alias John Wil-
liams, and Thomas Morris, alias Edwards, notorious
thieves and burglars, were finally examined on a
charge of loitering with intent to commit burglaries,
with housebreaking implements in their possession.
The prisoners were noticed on the night of that day
week passing along Kennington-lane by Sergeant
Barrett and Constable Morton, detectives belonging
to the I, division, and those officers, saspecting their
object, followed them. Their suspicion was soon
confirmed, for they observed Smith, as he now
called himself, go up to a house, give a single knock,
and in a few moments apply a key to the lock. He
however walked away from the door and joined
his companion. As soon as he did so Morton went
to the door he had just left and found that there
was a key in the lock on the inside. It was that
which caused him to go away. The officers then
captured both and found upon Morris a bunch of
skeleton keys, some silent matches, a piece of candle,
and a formidable jemmy. Smith had nothing on
him. Making the most of this favourable circum-
stance he attempted to bully the officers. He talked
loudly about being a gentleman, and threatened
them with the most severe punishment if they
dared to apprehend him. Yesterday Police-con-
stable Moore, 312 P, was in attendance, and deposed
that he had Smith in custody in 1860 on a charge
of entering a dwellinghouse by means of skeleton
keys. For that offence he was tried at the Surrey
sessions and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.
Other convictions were then proved against them.
Oakes, the gaoler, also deposed that on the 14th
of March last the prisoner Morris, who then gave
the name of Edwards, was convicted at this court
of robbing a lady of her purse, and was then sen-
tenced to four months hard labour.

Mr. Elliott sentenced both prisoners to three
months' hard labour.

DOUBLE EXECUTION AT WARWICK.

WARWICK, MONDAY.

Wm. Beamish, convicted at the last assizes held
here before Mr. Justice Willes, on the 17th inst., of
the wilful murder of his wife, Betsy Beamish, by
poison ; and John Thompson, found guilty on the
following day of the wilful murder of Ann:Walker,
a woman with whom he cohabited, have-just expi•
ated their crimes upon the gallows in front of the
county gaol.
Beamish, who is 35 years of age, was by trade
a weaver, and in August last was living in Spencer-
street, Coventry. Ten or 12 years before he married
the deceased woman, by whom he had three chil-
dren, two of whom, Wm. Henry, aged 11, and
Lizzie, aged 4, are still living. The third, Emily,
aged 18 months, died from the effects of poison
shortly before the unfortunate expired from the
same cause. He had resided in Spencer street more
than seven years, and was a kind of " master-man,"
working looms in his own house, at which the de-
ceased' and a girl named Emma Statham were
all employed. The latter had been in the pri-
soner's service for about 12 months previous
to the 14th of August, and performed little
services about the house. On the day men-
tioned, prisoner left his house at six o'clock in the
morning to go to work in one of the factories in
the town, and at about half-past eight o'clock the
deceased woman and her three children, all of
whom were then in a good state of health, sat
down together to their breakfast. Before they had
finished the meal, all became sick, and they were
compelled to take to their beds. The two elder
children, however, became better about mid-day,
and ultimately entirely recovered; but the infant,
after considerable suffering, died on the following
day. The mother had frequent attacks of sickness,
and complained of a violent burning pain in her
chest and throat. These symptoms continued to
increase, and the unfortunate woman died during
the night of the 19th of August. After the wife's
death, some of her relations suspected foul play,
and one of her brothers remarked to the prisoner,
" Before my sister is put into the grave, I shall
want the child taken out," meaning the child that
was buried on the previous Sunday. Prisoner
seemed much alarmed at this threat,and frequently
said, " I'll let you know the child shan't be taken
up—it shan't." A post mortem examination proved
beyond all question that Mrs.Beamish had died from
the effects of arsenic; and upon the body of the
child being exhumed the stomach presented a similar
appearance to that of the mother. Prisoner was
taken into custody, and it was discovered that he
had made several purchases of arsenic, and in one
of the pockets of a pair of his trousers an empty
paper which had contained arsenic was found
Immediately after his wife's death prisoner sug
gested that her pockets should be searched—a sug
gestion he repeated more than once before it wa
adopted. A paper was found in deceased purse
containing wilting which prisoner said was his
wife's. The letter was addressed to her sister, and
hinted that the writer bad committed suicide. It

was proved on the trial that the letter had been
written by the prisoner himself, but in a feigned
hand to resemble his wife's writing, and the paper
I itself was found to bo a leaf from a pocketbook
belonging to the prisoner. With the view of show-
ing a possible motive on the part of the prisoner to
desire his wife's death, evidence was given on the
trial to the effect that the prisoner and Statham
were frequently together. He had been seen with
his arm round her waist, kissing her, on several
occasions ; and, as some of the witness remarked,
they seemed to be courting. One person actually
swore that on the day of the wife's death Beamish
and Statham were together, and that the prisoner
was kissing the young woman. The prisoner was
found guilty, and at the conclusion of the trial,
which lasted nearly 12 hours, the learned judge in-
timated to the prisoner that the evidence had pro-
duced the same conviction upon his mind as the
jury had pronounced by their verdict against him.
Thompson's crime was of a less premeditated and
complicated character. He was a wire drawer, aged
42, and had been living with his victim in Birming-
ham for about three months prior to the murder.
On the 29th September they were at a Birmingham
fair, and at night went to a brothel to sleep. Next
morning they had breakfast together, and went out
about 11 o'clock. The woman, evidently the worse
for liquor, returned by herself about 3 o'clock. She
went up stairs and laid on the bed, and soon after
Thompson came in and went up stairs to her.
He had not been long up stairs before quarrel-
ling was heard, and prisoner was heard to ask the
female whether she would go home. She replied
that she would not. The quarrelling continued,
and at length a young woman below, named Green,
hearing a stifled scream, ran up stairs, and was
horrified by seeing Thompson, who was then lean-
ing over Mrs. Walker on the bed, stab the unfor-
tunate woman in the neck with an open pocket-
knife, and then drag her off the bed. Green rushed
down stairs and gave an alarm, and Mrs. Beres-
ford, the landlady of the house, went up, and she
saw the prisoner, who seemed quite cool, delibe-
rately cutting the throat of his miserable mistress,
as she lay on the floor.
The executioner—who on this occasion was john
Smith, of Dudley—entered the condemned cell,
and proceeded to pinion the prisoners, who sub-
mitted to the process without resistance. The pro-
cession was then formed, and Thompson was the
first to ascend the scaffold. He was immediately
followed by Beamish, and the ropes were quickly
placed round their neeks and adjusted to the fatal
beam. The rev. gentleman proceeded to read the
ordinary funeral service, and at the usual signal
the drop fell and the wretched criminals struggled
violently; Thompson particularly so, and both
seemed to die unusually hard.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE 112011
11UNGARY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—Like a thunderbolt from a cloudless sky has arisen
the complication between England and America. But the
misfortune lies, not only in the American nation being proved
unequal to the noble mission that might have been hers, a
spreading the light of civilisation over the regions of the
West, but in the great blow to our cause in the diversion of
the public interest from the, Hungarian question. We must,
then, be prepared for new sufferings ; but the English com-
mercial world may in the meantime accept with some in-
terest a few statistical details of the productions of Hungary
and of the possibilities of establishing a trade between that
country and England.

The average cereal production of Hungary may be placed
at 262,200,000 imperial quarters, as—

Imperial Qrs.
Wheat .. .. .. .. .. 58,500,000
General crops .. .. .. .. 35,700,000
Rye .. .. .. .. .. 22,500,000
Barley .. .. .. .. .. 30,900,000
Indian corn .. .. .. .. 60,300,000
Oats .. .. .. .. .. 54,300,000

262,200,000

. .
If we subtract from this amount the quantity required
for the consumption of a population of 14,000,000, we find
that 66,000,000 imperial quarters of grain remain to be
exported, of which 36,000,000 are wheat, Considering that
of these 25,324,500 English acres on which the crops speci-
fied above grow 30 per cent. remain every year fallow, it
may be easily seen that the quantity of corn to be exported
could be raised to a larger figure by increasing the number
of cattle and by a higher cultivation of the soil,
The extent of the productive soil of Hungary is about
66,234,500 English acres, as :

English acres.
Under crops .. 25,324,500
Wood .. 15,587,500
Pasturage 16,650,000
Vineyards .. .. 1,085,000
Meadow land 7,087,500
Gardens. „. .. 500,000

66,234,500

Germany has hitherto been almost the sole purchaser of
Hungarian grain. By the Elbe, and through Hamburg or
Stettin, i has bean transported to England, but such in-
stances were merely exceptional, involving no regular
trade, Since, however, the new lines of railway to the Adria-
tic were completed the large grain towns of Hungary (as
Pesth, Szor, Mosony, Kanizsa, Sziryck) have been open to
Southern France, Belgium, and virtually to England.
These countries will become the regular emporia for Hunga-
rian grain, and Trieste or Fiume, or some other available
port, may become the seat of export. The question to be
resolved is this—whether Hungarian corn can compete in
cheapness with Russian and American, and whether it can
be delivered at foreign ports at prices that would secure it
regular foreign buyers. With regard to England, her
prices may regulate those of Hungarian grain, for the
yearly coneumption in Britain by far exceeds that of all
other corn-buying nations.

But the articles of export from Hungary would not con.
sist only of grain. She produces also—

1. Wool, amounting to 200,000 cwt. per annum, o
which the smallest quantity has hitherto been bough'
directly for the English market, consequently at an in-
creased expense.

2. Wine ; yearly production, 25,000,000 octaves. An
octave contains 78 bottles.

3. Timber, in the largest quantity.
_ _ _

4. Salt and smoked meat.

1 will not speak of salt, sugar, silk, tobacco, cobalt,
metals, and other articles of export, being desirous not to
exhaust the patience of my readers.

We are well aware that it should have been our par to
take the initiative, but the blame should fall, not on us,
but on our melancholy and almost desperate position. It

was part of the iniquiteus policy of Austria to impoverish
us (which has in a great measure succeeded), in the belief
that misfortune would compel us to give our aid to the ful-
filment of her own unrighteous designs. But, thank God,
she failed. It was Austria that paralysed our strength and
enterprise in every direction, and that would never suffer
an extension of trade between Hungary and other countries,
dreading the light that would thus be thrown on her dark
and crooked policy, and the conviction that would then be
forced on every thinking mind—that Hungary is the
wealth and power of Austria, and that Pesth, from ita
position alone, has the means of forming the centre of a
great and free country. We are deeply persuaded that had
an English consulate been established there the English
merchant, great in practical knowledge, clearheadedness,
and steadfastness of purpose, would have found a guaran-
tee for embarking in enterprise, and we Hungarians would
soon have learnt what we are still ignorant of—how to "do
a good business."

Companies would have been formed because the profits
would have been evident. While one, by building steam
mills on the largest scale, could have sent in great quanti-
ties the flour of the excellent Hungarian wheat to England;
another, establishing central wine cellars at Pesth, would
have proceeded to make brandy from ordinary wines, or to
prepare good wines according to the English taste. In this
way the credit of the Hungarian wines, impaired as it is
day after day by the adulterations practised by wine mer-
chants, would soon have been restorad. Sawmills also
would pay, and profits could be made by the formation of
a new steamboat company. Tugs are wanted; those now
on the Danube pay 12 per cent. Endless fields of enter-
prise could be pointed out, not alone for the benefit of those
actively concerned in them, but for that of mankind in ge-
neral, From entering into anything of this nature, how-
ever, without English capital, we are incapacitated by our
present unhappy condition.
I submit these details to the English public, earnestly
desiring to enlist its interest in the subject on which they
treat, and, in so doing, to serve my country, England, and
the cause of civilisation itself.—l am, sir, your obedient

servant,
Pesth, Dec. 24.

A HUNGARIAN,

THE WEATHER IN THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.--
A correspondent of the Scotsman writes from Kelso
The rivers are nearly all ice-bound. The smaller waters
are all frozen over, and on long reaches of the Tweed, both
above and below Kelso, sliding or skating may be indulged
in. At present one can walk on the frozen Tweed from
Kelso to Sprouston, three miles further down the river;
and at Kelso-bridge the water is almost entirely frozen over.
Large numbers of persons daily enjoy themselves on the
glassy surface of the Tweed in skating, curling, sliding,
and foot-ball. The atmosphere since Wednesday last has
been very clear, the sun Las shone out all day, and both
during the day and at night the frost has been intense.
Farmers are complaining loudly of the frost, and there can-
not be a doubt that turnips will be very considerably in-
jured by exposure. A coating of snow would have had a
good effect in preserving this valuable root, but none has
yet fallen, except on the Lammermoors and Cheviot ranges
of hills. On the high-lying districts the weather has been
very severe, and in the Border sheep-walks the keen frost
is being severely felt. The severe weather has put a stop
to agricultural operations, and any farm work that is ac-
complished is done in-doors. Potatoes are turning out
badly, and in many districts there will be a great scarcity
of this esculent,"

TEE YELVERTON 3.I.ABIIIAGR CA'E.

The following judgment has been pronounced by
Lord Ardmillan, Ordinary in the Court of Session
in Scotland, disposing of all the appeals and objec-
tions taken i❑ course of leading the proof adduced
on behalf of Major Yelverton :—" Edinburgh, Dec.
2L The Lord Ordinary having heard parties' pro-
curators on appeals in Major Yelverton's proof, and
made avizandum with the debate and process—
repels the objection taken by the pursuer of the
declarator of marriage to the question put on page
13, G ; page 15, G ; page 16, E, G, B ; page 17, B ;
sustains the objection of the said pursuer at page
17, G, to the production of a letter and envelope, the
same not being proved: repels the objection by the
said pursuer on page 23, E and F ; page 24, A ;
page 25, G; page 28, F and G : sustains the objec-
tion taken by the pursuer to the question put to
Miss Yelverton on page 33, G, and 34, A, and dis-
allows the said question : repels the objection by
the pursuer on page 39, E : sustains the objection
by the pursuer on page 43, C, and disallows the
question, the same having been withdrawn by the
pursuer: repels the objection by the pursuer on
page 67, F; sustains the objection by the pursuer
on page 76, D, to the defenders putting in evidence
the excerpt from the order book of John Purdie, of
Aug. 26, 1857, and the excerpt from the day book
of John Purdie, of Oct. 30, 1857, in respect that
the same have not been proved to apply to the
pursuer : sustains the objection by the pursuer to
the competency of adducing as a witness for the de-
fender Mr. James B. Tippetts, solicitor, at page 70,
F, in respect that Mr. Tippetts was an agent for the
defender in this action, and appoints so much of the
testimony of Mr. Tippetts as had been recorded to
be withdrawn as incompetent; sustains the objec-
tion by the pursuer to the competency of adducing
as a witness for the defender Mr. Edward W. Bin-
ney, solicitor, at page 82, F, in respect that Mr.
Binney was an agent for the defender in this action.
In respect that all the other appeals and objections
have been withdrawn by both parties respectively,
dismisses the same, and affirms the deliverance
appealed from, and allows the questions objected to.
In all the instances in which,',by this interlocutor
the objection has been repelled, and in which the
evidence was taken on paper apart, appoints the
sealed packets respectively to be opened, and the
contents thereof to be added to the proof.

" SAS. CRATJFIIRD."

NOTE.—The Lord Ordinary is unable to perceive
how the evidence in regard to the parentage, con-
nections, or legitimacy of the pursuer of the decla-
rator of marriage can have any direct or material
bearing on the real merits of this action, since it is
not alleged that the early history of the pursuer
was known to the defender ; and it is to be regretted
that such an inquiry, being of a collateral character,
has been entered on. The pursuer is entitled to
justice whatever be her lineage or her connections,
and whether she is legitimate or not. But the de-
fender, to whose proof on the subject the pursuer
now objects, did not, either in statement or in proof,
originate or introduce the inquiry. In the let and
29th articles of the revised condescendence for the
pursuer of the declarator of marriage, and in the Ist
and 27th articles of the revised statement of facts
for the same party, as defender of the now conjoined
action of the declarator of freedom, she has averred
her parentage, and her "ancient family," and a
" social position" equal to that of Major Yelverton.
These statements are not admitted. The pursuer
accordingly commenced her proof by calling a wit-
ness to instruct them—viz., the Countess de Prins-
sey, who describes herself as the aunt of the
pursuer, and who, in answer to questions put by
the counsel for the pursuer, makes statements in re-
gard to the family, the connexions, the social
position, and the character and conduct of the pur-
suer. These statements form part of the pursuer's
proof. The defender, Major Yelverton, afterwards
proposed to follow the pursuer into the inquiry
which, both on record and in proof, she had origi-
nated and introdneed, and to lead evidence on the
subject. The defender was under Ow- necessity
either of leading such proof, or of htfrlding the pur-
suer's averment on the subject to be instructed by
the testimony of the witness whom she had adduced.
It is under these circumstances that the pursuer has
objected to the defender's proof as irrelevant and not
pertinent to the cause. The Lord Ordinary, though
not attaching much weight to the inquiry, is unable
to exclude it by sustaining the pursuer's objection.
She made averments, and she led proof, on the sub-
ject; and after having done so, she cannot now be
permitted to object to an inquiry as irrelevant
on which she thought fit to enter.

COUN7 BY MARA b S.

Ix

COLCHESTER—DEc. 28.

A small supply of grain, which was taken off at the
full prices of last week. Barley again scarce, and the best
samples is higher than last market day. Beans plenti-
ful, and is cheaper. Peas about the same in price.
Wheat, white Ms 68s Beans,Mazagan..36s 40s
red 46s 64s middle & small.4os 44s
Barley
Oats . 24s 30s gray 38s 42s

GLOUCESTER—DEc. 28.
A moderate supply of English wheat, which sold slowly
at is under last week's prices. Foreign also met a slow
demand. Other articles rather dull.