The Sun. — London, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

MO tinrb *zbytton SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. W ARWICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old. Emma... . . ... ... Clothworker ... ••• ... •.• Tho Corinthian Handicap. Giselle ... .•• ... Subduer ... ... ••• The Warwick Stakes—Free Handicap. Priestess Master Downes ... 1 ... 1 ... 9 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 1549. Epidemic, Endemic, and contag ious Diseases ... •178 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 54 Tubercular Diseases ••• ... 147 Dis e ases of the Brain, Nerves , and Senses... ... 101 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 40 Diseases of tho Lungs, - and other Organs of Respiration ... ••• •.. ••• ••• 170 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs 5R of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidney s, &c. ••• •• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, R. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ..• Premature Birth ... Atrophy Old Age Sudden ••• ••• ... •• ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841 WeA Districts—. 301,189 North Districts.. 376,568 Central Districts 374,199 East Districts ... 393,067 South Districts.. 503,346 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ••• 13 892 A v erage weekly Deaths Deaths, IM4-$3 in the Five Autumns. Week. • 164 ••• 148 • 207 ... 137 208 ••• 130 • . 259 ••• 229 324 ••• 243 Males • Females ... -. 1,162 892 425 467 Males BIRTUS IN THE WEEK. Females ... Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,457 *ln this number are included 2 cases of death by Cholera, 35 by Scarlatina, 34 by Typhus Fever, and 16 by Diarrhoea. EXCHEQUER.:—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prins, before the LORD C HUI' BARON, at Westminster, and a Common Jury.) WIGMORE JAY. This was an action brought under what is com monly called Lord Campbell's Act, by the plaintiff, the widow of a working man, formerly employed by the defendant, Mr. Jay, an extensive builder, to re cover a compensation in damages fur the loss of ber husband. The plaintiff's husband was engaged in September, 1848, in the erection of a building called University Hall, in Gordon-square, when a portion of the scaffolding in use, on which the plaintiff's husband, and four or five others, were working, fell and precipitated them to the ground, the plaintiff's husband being killed by the fall. On the part of the plaintiff, it was alleged that the scoffolding in question was deficient—in particular that one of the poles, called a ledger, was defective and rotten, and that, notwithstanding the remonstrances of some of the workmen, that pole was used in the erec tion of the scafolding, and eventually occasioned the accident in question. Mr. W. H. IValson and Mr. Maynard were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn represented the defendant. Thomas Eagan, a bricklayer's labourer,. proved on the part of the plaintiff, that on the 2d of September last year, the day of the accident, he heard the head scaffold-man (Harrington) say that one of the poles was in a bad state, and,that if it was put up something unfortunate would happen. After the accident he saw the deceased taken up and laid upon a heap of sand. He expired before he could be conveyed to the hospital. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKSURN— Just before the accident there were four men with hods of bricks and mortar upon the scaffold. All the men were not assembled drinking beer - the deceased was the only person who had drank beer; he was in the act of drinking beer when the scaffolding gave way. The scaffolding had hen previously used as " a run," that is, a passage to other parts of the work, but it was not used for the purposes of bricklaying until the day of the accident. By the Foreman of the Jury—The deceased was perfectly sober. 'Thomas Harrington, A scaffolder, proved that he eng.tged in putting up the scaffolding in ques tion, and that it fell down on the third day after it was erfcted. Remembered having told one of the men who was preparing a pole, that if he put it up some sad accident would happen. The man replied that he was authorised by the foreman to put it up, and that he must obey his directions. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN—Is not now in the employment of the defendant. Was not anxious to give evidence on the inquest. Mr. Johnson, the foreman, directed witness to shift the pole after the accident. The pole was left bare, like a ship without rigging.—(Laughter.) A foreman is a man who walks about and does nothing, and orders every body else to work.—(Laughter.) At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case, the LORD CHIEF BaRoN intimated that he thought the defendant was in law entitled to a verdict, inasmuch as the declaration did not allege that the defendant person ally had had anything to do with the accident. The master was not to be responsible to one servant for the negligence of another. He thought the action was not maintainable. Mr .lV icrsorr, on the part of the plaintiff, tendered a bill of exceptions. His LORDSHIP directed a verdict for the defendant; but the jury refused at first, but afterwards consented, on being told they ought not to take the law into their own hands.—Verdict for the defendant. COMMON PLEAS.—( THIS DAY.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Westminster, before the Lord Chief Justice WILDE, and a Common Jury.) LEADER AND OTHERS V. STRANGE. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs, Messrs Leader and Purday, musical publishers, of Bond street, and Messrs. Duff and Hodgson, musical pub lishers, in Oxford-street, against Mr. Strange, a gentleman in the same line of business in Holborn, to recover compensation in damages for the alleged infringement of the plaintiffs' copyright in the wort. of a song, composing part of the opera of Leoline, called " My boyhood's dream, enchanting theme." Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL appeared as counsel fur the plaintiffs, and the defendant was represented by Mr. Sergeant Byles. The song in question was sung by Mr. Charles Brabant in the opera of Leoline, which was brought out at the Princess's Theatre by Mr. Maddox, the then 'lessee. The music and part of the words of the song; were taken from a French opera, composed by M. de Flotow. In the original opera, however, there was only one verse in the song, and when Mr. Mad e,ox was adapting Leoline to the English stage he procured Mr. lieynoldsc,n, who described himself as "a ryhmester," to paraphrase the French song. At the request of Mr. Maddox also, Mr. Lucas, a poet, afterwards wrote a second staLaa to the song, carry ing out or amplifying the idea given in that parphrased by Mr. Reynoldson. In the autumn of last year Mr. Maddox disposed of the absolute liberty to print and publish the words of the opera of Leoline and the music of the opera to the plaintiffs, in consideration of 501., half of which was paid down on the making of the agreement, and the remaining moiety after the thirtieth night of the performance of the opera. Sub sequently the defendant published a version of the opera of Leoline, including the song in question, making some variations in the music, and with an almost entirely new set of words. The words of the plaintiffs and the defendant's song seemed wholly different, but the same train of ideas was kept up in both. The truth of the matter appeared to be that Mr. Maddox and Mr. Reynoldson had first "adapted," to use a mild term, the original foreign opera, including the song in question, and then the defendant had " adapted" Dinktox and Reynoldson's version. The dettice suggested was that both the plaintiffs' and the de fendant's publications were paraphrases taken from a common original. The stanza of the song that was principally alleged to be pirated by the defendant ran thus : My boyhood's love, a fleeting dr eam , That o'er me beamed, has prtsAd away; And now again sweet mernor}'s theme Returns ;o bless like dawn of day," The defendant's verse, which the plaintiffs charged as a piracy, was in these words : " My boyhood's love, though fate awhile A darksome cloud upon it shi.d— 'Tis passed, and now beneath her smile The cloud hath like a shadow fled; And oh, a transient gleam will brighter hues impart Unto the hopes that bloom within a faithful heart?' (The case was proceeding when our report left.) A HUNGRY PACK.—The Monmouthshire hounds, last week, ran into the fox a long way a-head of the horsemen, and ate him up, bones and all, not even a remnant of the brush being left. SUN,IOND9N, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1849. THE ports abundantly proves :—These were, linen, 1,305 packages; muslin, 33 ditto; thread, 108 ditto; yarn, 73 ditto. On the last named article we are gratified to be able to report most favourably. The demand con tinues very good, at the advance noted several weeks hack. There is no alteration in the quotations —Banster of Ulster. THE LONDON MERCERS' COMPANY ESTATE. — Thera has been no reduction of rent made by this company ; bat, on the contrary, they would not even condescend to listen to a memorial on the subject. We understand that "notices to quit" are periodi cally served, and for what reason we are at a loss to know. Is it for non-payment of rent ? No, for so long as the loan fund stands in Kilrea, the rent must be exacted, if the poor borrower were to sell the last stack of oats to meet its weekly instalments. We say the company should place their tenantry beyond so humiliating a position, and by a proper reduction of rents enable them to experience that " property has its duties as well as its rights."—Derry Standard. An inquest was held last week by F. O'Donnell, Esq., at the Temporary Fever Hospital, .Miltown Malbay, on the body of a man named Michael MiMahon, of Clounlaheen, who came by his death under the following circumstances :—lt appears that the decease d, .wao was a young man, and in very com fortable circumstance, was passing by a field of turnips, and went over the wall to pull one, when a man named Conway, who was watching them, struck him with a stone on the head, and so fractured his skull, that bis brains protruded. He was removed to the fever hospital, where he died on Friday. The jury returned a verdict accordingly.—Clare Journal. SOUPERS.—Eugene Sullivan, lately following the profession of a Souper in the vicinity of Glengariff, publicly recanted his errors on Sunday last. He made a most humble confession on the occasion, declaring his sorrow for what he had done, begged God's pardon, the priest's, and congregation's for the scandal he had given, and said he was driven to it by extreme necessity.—Cork Examiner. John A. Tredennick, of Camlin Castle, near Bally shannon, and Capthin Nesbitt, of Leixlip, have autho rised their agent, Captain Hanley, to make an abate ment of 25 per cent. on the rents of their estates in the county of Roscommon. Captain Nesbitt has been declared purchaser of the Crown lands at Ball) kildine, in that county, of which he got possession a few days agh.—Ballyshannon Herald. - The Poor Law Comissioners have appointed the Rev. Thomas Kenny, P.P., chaplain to the Nenagh workhouse, at the same salary, 1001, as his prede cessor. This clergyman is at present at " daggers drawn" with his parishioners. ANOTIIER WHOLESALE EVICTION IN CLARE.—The Kihnurry Ibritlane correspondent of the Limerick and Clare Examiner, in a letter dated November 22, says—" At this moment, Mr. Tidd, the under sheriff, is busily at work in the townland Tromora West, in the evicting 52 families, and probably more. Of these families, 46 are pauperised, and as ragged and wretched as could be found in any corner of this island. The others had their rents, rates, &c., paid up ; but, unfortunately to a middleman who fell heavily into arrears." TENANT PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION IN LIMERICK. —A requisition for a public meeting to consider the propriety of forming a Tenant Protective Association has been laid on the table of the Town Hall for sig. nature.—Limerick Reporter. THE LANDLORD MLETING.—The meeting OD Sunday in Limerick was attended by Lords Clare, C lat ins, Massey, and Monteagle, and by Sir David Loche, Bart., W. Monsell, Esq , M.P., H. Herbert, Esq., M.P., John Croker, Esq., Balliuguard, and other influential and respectable gentlemen. The object of the meeting was to receive the report of the sub-committee, from which it ap peared that the aggregate amount of taxation from poor law, grand jury cess, &c., exceeds 9s. in the pound.—Limerick Examiner. PUGILISM. THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. In days of old the championship of England bore with its very sound the assurance of pre•iminence in manly vigour, courage, skill; and, in addition to these, sleight and readiness in the use of fist, staff, or bow, in the hurling of qUoit or sledge, the trick and strength of wrestling, the boldness and agility of leaping, the swift ness and endurance of the footrace, and all those out. ward proofs of power which go to prove the manhood oe the race who practise them. We trust it w ill be long ere we say with our frivolous weapon-loving neigh bours, nous aeons change tout cola, and therefore rejoice at so bold a breach of the peace as that witnessed yesterday. The sporting world needs no recapitula• tion of the circumstances of the match just decided, yet as many may not be equally well informed, a few sentences may be excused, or, if destitute of information, passed over. Since 1845 the proud title of " Champion of England" bas remained in abeyance, and despite the mountains of chaff — scattered by every second breath—raised by all sorts of pretenders to the title, and even by the soi-disant pro fessors thereof (for there are more than one), there has not been truly a champion of England at all. We speak this advisedly—for the belt holder has himself shirked the:trial. Well then, a young aspirant—all praise to his courage for so doing—comes forward and offers battle to " the Tipton," the man manifestly shirked by the "great talkers." What next? William Perry pleads " pneumonia," and doubtless is not the man he was. Con. Parker, for such is the name of the novice, fights old Jem Bailey and beats him— clumsily, 'tis true, but wins somehow, after showing good courage and consi derable weight of hitting. His "off game" with the Tipton le ft him, as Brother Jonathan says, wolf-heeded and angry, and nighmost spiling for want of a fight." In this cruel predicament Tass Parker, well known in the pugilistique, offered himself, and the preliminaries were settled that they should fight for 1001. a side, and the championship, on the 20th of November, 1849, catch weight, according to the new rules. The day was sub se quently changed (on account of the Liverpool Steeple• chase occurring on the 21st) to Monday, the 26th of N,ivember, to give certain friends and patrons of the men the opportunity of witnessing both events. Accordingly yesterday morning the station at Waterloo-bridge was thronged by anxious groups, who, at a little after eight, clustered on the steps, consulted 'heath the sheds, gossipped under the portico, or mobbed the pavement, and gave employneent to the " taps " of the neighbouring victuallers, till, at the warning signal, the gates were opened, and in a few minutes nearly 800 individuals had passed to the platform, and taken their seats in toe special train destined to take them, as the printed check, for this time only, stated "there and back." At a little after nine off they went, a merry freight, and near Andover-road station, in Hampshire, were disembarked. After a walk of a mile, on a muddy road, the mill-seekers were met by a baker's dozen of blue-coated "men of letters," whose collars of "H C" told they were of the Hampshire constabulary, and moreover, their officer told them in plain west-country English, " that they mought'nt foight i' the county." A council of war was held, and Frimley Green, five miles in a back ward direction, being named as within the limits of county Surrey, the " steam was up," and all hands soon on board for the short homeward voyage At Frimley " the fates were kind," and there the ring being pitched on the green, opposite the Rose and This tle, at two o'clock, up stood the pair, to do battle for the pelf and praise of the championship. Tass Parker is known for various battles, his victories over Britton, Harry Preston, and Brassey, and his defeats by Ham • mer Lane and " the Tipton" are matters of record. His ale is 37, his height 5 feet 9 inches, his weight 1 Ist. 10Ib., his science unquestionable, his game more than doubtful, though yesterday rubs some stains from his nicutche. , n. Con. Parker is a fine fresh youth of 6 feet and nothing deducted, 92 years old, 12st. 111 b. in weight, merry as a sandboy, and rollicking as a sailor with three years' pay. And here they are in presence; Tass with his arras well up, his right playing peculiarly forward, an f his fair, serious countenance solemnly, if not eagerly watching his open-fronted adversary. Presently they got to it, Tass fighting more boldly than is his wont; and soon popping an ugly rap on Mister Con's mouth. The rounds progressed, "the novice," as the bigger man was termed, lending Tess various striking marks of his good intentions towards winning, but not without such stag gering straight ones in return, as quite put his perpen dicular in doubt.' It, was observed, in the early part of the fight, that COB., despite his enormous thews and bulk, did not throw Tass when they came to a close, and this became more remarkable subsequently; indeed, in the scrambles, and at the ropes, the lighter and older man was oitenest uppermost. Twenty-five rounds, some of them rather tedious, were contested, Tass in the 23d taking most unpleasant liberties with his opponent's frontispiece, but in return receiving on both right and left cheek-bone. In the 26th, atter a fierce rally, in which Tass, by superior straightness of hitting and fistic tact, got his man to a stand-still for a moment, Con. rushed at him madly, Tau fell, his opponent hit at hini with his left, missed, and then wilfully drawing back his right, struck Tess while on the ground. The referee gave his decision for a tout blow, and thus ended the battle, after lasting one hour and thirt y -seven minutes. As the hour of four was close approaching, the second contest, that of Gill and Welsh, for 1004 was necessarily postponed until Thursday next. The voyagers quickly re , ' ained their "special," and in due time were returned to the metropolis with another "great fact" added to their experience. COURSE OF EXCH) Amaterdam •... 12 3M Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 1% Rotterdam .... ••.. • • 12 3 % Antwerp ..... ......... 25 80 Hamburgh • ]I.B • 13 14% Altona•••• s• ........ Parts, 3 dayealght •, - • 25 55 Ditto, 3 months 25 75 arseilles 25 77% Bourdeaux . 25 77% Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersburgh, Sil. Rble•• 3 6 % •• •• Oleo. 80."... 11 12 Trieste, •• 1 12 Mathid 49% Cadiz .. ............. 49% .• • • .... .....• Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • Se Alle•• •• •• •• •• •• •• • N GE.-(THIS DAY r G ibra1tar.............. Leghorn •• •••• •• ••..•• 31 30 enoa•••••••••••• .... 26 VI Nillan .. • • ...... • • • • • • Naples •.•••.•• • • • • • • 40 % ealermo, peroz•• •••• •• 1 21 21 Lisbon.... • • ........ • • 53% :)porto ••.. • ... .. 53 Rio Janeiro • ....... 3uenos Ayres • • Nevi Tork,2ldays'sight •••• hilAdelphla .. .. • • .. .. PRICE! OP BULLION, PIEI Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 Fortisgal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 3panish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 10 Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11 ---- RAN SLATE, Nov. 26.—WiLd, E.N.E., fresh—Arrd. Duke of Cornwall, Stettin, for Swansea. leaky, having been on shore on the Kentish Knock; _Highland Chief, St. Petersburg, for Bristol, leaky, hating been on shore on the Shipwash. Never put a- curb on humanity ; we are too apt to stop without it.—Eliza Cook's Journal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Thomas Cheslett, of No. 11, George-street, Man sion house, and who also carried on the business of a warehouseman under the names of Burge, Cheslett, and Co., in Sise-lane, was brought up for final exami nation before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with obtaining goods and cash by means of forged orders, and also with obtaining goods under false pretences from various persons. . . There were numbers of persona in the court to prefer charges, but the Alderman thought that three would be sufficient to send him for trial. The evidence taken on former occasions, and which has already appeared before the public, was read over, j when 'Webb, the city detective officer, who has the pri soner in custody, said that Mr. Burge, the person whom he represented to be his partner, and a very rich man, was then in court. Mr. John Burge, of 71, New North road, mer chant's clerk, said that he never was in partnership with the prisonPr, nor did he give him authority to issue a card with his name on it. In fact, he never to his knowledge saw the prisoner before. The prisoner said the Mr. Burge, his partner, had died a little time back. Alderman Gznas asked him if he wished to say anything ?—The prisoner (%miling) said he should reserve his defence. . Alderman GIBBi committed him on three charges, and the depositions being made out, he was conveyed to Newgate. WORSHIP-STREET. William Ashby, a farmer-looking young fellow, living at Greenford, near Hanwell, was brought up before Mr. Hammill to answer a bastardy war rant under the following somewhat peculiar cir cumstances : The complainant, a tall, handsome young woman, named Ellen Gilby, stated that while in the service of a gentleman's family at Greenford, last year, she formed the acquaintance of the defendant, who pro fessed the most honourable feelings towards her ; but th• result was that she found herself in a condition, some time afterwards, which rendered her retention of her situation any longer impossible, and she there fore threw it up and went to the house of her mother, at which she was confined in Fehruary last. She had repeatedly written to the defendant, complaining of the position in which he had placed her, but he took not the least notice of her communications, and she afterwards found that this was to be accounted for by the fact that he had since got more advanta geously married to another young woman. The complainant's mother proved calling upon the defendant to remonstrate with him upon the conduct he had pursued towards her daughter, and that he then admitted that the complaint was not without foundation, but expressed his determination to do nothing in the matter until he was legally com pelled, and the present proceedings were therefore adopted. A solicitor who attended for the defendant was instructed to give a positive denial to the fact of his client's liability, which was stated to more properly belong to another person named Keefe, who he should be able to prove had been long acquainted with the complainant, and on constant visiting terms with her. The complainant was thereupon recalled, and having indignantly denied that there were the slightest grounds for such an insinuation, stated, that though it was true that she really did know such a person as Keefe, the fact was, that after he had rendered himself liable to the present proceedings by his misconduct towards her, the defendant had himself introduced Keefe to her as an acquaintance of his, and she therefore at her master's house received him as such, but nothing more. Keefe was afterwards in the habit of coming to the house repeatedly, and would sit about the premises for an hour or two at a time, unnoticed by anybody, and generally by himself, and on her mentioning this singular conduct of Keefe to the defendant, he spoke in high terms of Keefe, and offered to give her a handsome pecuniary recompense if she would marry him, but she indignantly rejected such a strange overture, and had never regarded Keefe in such a light as would justify its being made to her. Keefe, a simple looking country fellow, who kept the audience in incessant merriment by the oddness of his replies, was then called and entirely confirmed the complainant's evidence, the substance of his own being that the defendant had spoken to him of Miss Gilby as a deserving young woman, who would make an excellent wife, and that, as he had no particular objection, he had upon a great many occasions availed himself of such opportunities as presented themselves for seeking an interview with her ; but he declared most positively that he had not the slightest idea at the time that she would be shortly confined, and said that her conduct had always appeared to him to be perfectly correct, and such in every respect as it ought to be. Mr. liksistim. thereupon told the defendant's soli citor that he considered this testimony had conclu— sively fixed the liability of his client, and he had therefore no hesitation whatever in making the order upon him customary in such cases, and amercing him in the costs that had been incurred in consequence. The defendant declared that he should not abide by the order, but it was mad, notwithstanding. SOUTHWARK. The Magistrate received the half of ail. note from " L.lll .W.," one sovereign from " Y.," and 20s. worth of postage-stamps from " D.G.," for the poor-box of this court, the donors requesting that an acknowledg ment might appear in the newspapers. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, Nov. 27.) SUGAR.—To -day operations in West India Sugar were upon rather a more extended scale, still at former prices merchants were disposed to realise, and grocery sorts from 36s to 39s met with most attention. At auction 150 hhds Barbadoes all found buyers at full terms; fine yellow realised 40s 6d to 41s, good 398 to 398 6d, and middling 37s 6d to 38a 6d. The total purchases amounted to 450 hhds and trcs. BEFINED.—To-day Refined goods were dealt in with more freedom for home trade purposes, but better rates could not be obtained. Sales of brown Lumps were made at 47s for goo d, fair grocery 478 6d to aree , good 48s 61 to 501. The market for Crushed Sugar rem ains quiet a t former rates, and orders do not get smaller. • MAURITIUS.—There has again been no public sale, and by private treaty only limited purchases have been made, whilst former rates are barely supported. The value of low to fine brown is from 29s to 345 6d, yellow 355 to 40s, and grey 34s to 38s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the quantity of Bengal Sugar submitted to public sale was again large, and amounted to 8,418 bags. The biddings were languid, and not above half sold; white Benares at rather lower rates, whilst other sorts r e a lized full terms; good and middling grainy white went a t 44s to 455, yellow ditto 43s to 445, strong dry yellow 38s to 42s 6d, ordinary and middling soft 34s 6d to 365, low heavy Khaur 295, good and fine white Benarea 39 s 6d to 415 Gd, and middling 381 6d to 395. Madras is not much wanted, and 2,623 bags were only in part disposed of at rather lower terms; soft brown went at 29 s to 305, yellow 30s to 335. bright grocery but soft 33s 6d to 36s 6d, and coloury 395 to 40s Gd per cwt. FOREIGN. —Today Foreign Sugar was dealt in with caution for all purposes by private treaty, and none was offered at public sale. There are sellers of most sorts rather under former terms. alorAssEs.—Prices are on the decline for West India, and the demand is limited. The operations have been I confined to 150 puns, chiefly at 15s for St. Vincent kinds. 's, and 16s to 17s 6 d for small parcels of other There is a more plenti ful supply a t market of most sorts. East India Treacle is not muck wanted, and sellers are willing to accept 145 6d to 15a per cwt. Cocoa.. —To day at public sale 150 bags Pars Cocoa were brought in at 26s 6d for fair grey, which is the full value. • COFFEE.—This afternoon the market:was moderately supplied with Coffee, and both shippers and home dealers were anxious to operate. At public sale 600 bags Native Ceylon were taken in it the high rate of 51s fir real good ordinary yellow ; there were buyers at 48s 6d. 589 bags Plantation went freely at Is to 2s advance; good ordinary realised 49s to 50$ 6d, fine and fine fine ordinary 52s 6d to 545, low middling 55s to 55s 6d, triage 42s to 47s 6d, and damaged 43s to 50s 6d. 40 bales Mocha were taken in at the stiff rates of 63s for middling greenish, and there were buyess at 625. 18 casks Jamaica sold at enhanced rates; low middling and middling at 55616 d to 58s fid, fine ordinary 51a, good ordinary 465 to 46s Gd. By private treaty some parcels of good ordinary Native Ceylon realised 47s 6d to 483. TEA.—Fine new Congou has been sold freely , from is 7d to is 9d, but other sorts have been operated in with caution, and prices are on the decline as supplies are get ting larger. Green has realised full terms, and ope ortra tions have been of a satisfacto r y nature, but lower ss ire the most in request. S cented caper and Orange p, koe find a free sale at the late currency. At auction 11,0, 1 0 pkga of Tea have been offered, and 2,000 found purcha.'ers. RicE.- -To-day holders of East India Rice exhibits firmness, 5 .11:1 retrained from offering any at auction. By private treat; a fair quantity was sold at fully former rates, and an a dvance is looked for. COCHINEAL.—'To -day there was a brisk demand, and at auction 130 ba g ', Honduras all sold; inferior sorts at full rates, and the batter kinds at Id advance, ord to good silvers realised JO= 3s 6d to 4s per lb. SPICES.—To-day at ,auction 13 casks of Nutmegs were taken in at 2s 4d to As 5d for mid limed being above the value. In billet. Pepper a good deal was done by private treaty, an d p l ;ices are en the advance. The value of Malabar is front lid to 31d, and Su• matra 21d to 3id per lb. ' Scrams.—Shippers or home destZers are not much in want of inferior sorts of Jamaica Itt;m, and there are sellers at a slight reduction. Good and fine kinds have sustained the previous currency, aad a fair amount of business has been concluded. Since this day week the purchases have been 300 puncheons; 29 to 32 per c ent over proof of plain quality at 2 s 4d to 2s 6.11 34 to 38 over mid 2. 7d to 2. Bd, better sort 2s 9d to as, with small parcels of fine at 33 2d to 4s. In DeOlesrark there has been little passing, and former rates are not tO be obtained; only 100 puns have ben sold at 2s to 2s 2d for 31 to 38 per cent over proof. Prices have slightly declined for Leeward bland, still a good business has been done, and the sales are 400 puns chiefly at Is 4id proof. East India is not much in request, and there are sellers at is 3id proof. The value of Foreign is is 2d to is and there are few buyers. Brandy—The value of Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1848 is 4s 4d to 4s Gd, 1847 ditto 4s 10d to ss, and inferior sorts 2s 6d to 4s per gallon. There is still only a limited demand for Geneva, sellers are willing to accept Is 9d for shipping sort, and 2a 3d to 3s 3d for home trade kind. In British made Spirit there has been a larger business concluded at 9s 8d proof, and Gin at Ss 3d to Ss ad for 17 to 22 per cent nnderproof. FRUIT.—For Valencia Raisins there is a great de mand. The value of prime new is 46s to 475. There is a greater supply of Turkey Figs, and inferior sorts are offered at lower rates, but prime sell freely, and the sup ply is moderate. The value according to quality is from 46s to Sos. In Muscatel ; , Raisins operations are upon a larger scale at from 56s to 90. For Sultanas the demand has been brisker at 66s to 688, ancrthere are not free sellers. Fresh Plums have been selling at from 71 to 7195. TALLow.—The market has a firm' appearance for Russian on the spot, large purchases have been made. For fine P. Y. Candle the rates paid have been 37s 6d to 37s 9d per cwt. Operations are upoa a larger scale for delivery at 37s 6d up to the close of the year, at 375 9d to 38s for the early part of 1850. In home melted operations have been upon a large scale at 37. to 37s 6i net cash. The public sales of Tallow went off well; 740 casks Sydney at from 33s 6d to 36s 63 for low to fine; 710 pkgs South American 33s to 375, and 6 6 casks Galatz 34s 3d to 34s 6d per cwt. For public competition the quantity et Tel:ow declared is 1,500 pkgs. The value of 'tough Fat is stilt 21 Id per stone. OlLS.—There are sellers of Seal Oil at a reduction. At public sale 40 tuns were only in part sold at 3215 s to to 361 15s for yellow and straw, and brown 301 to 301 15a. The value of pale is 381 to 394 and only trifling parcels have been disposed of. Holders of Cod ask 311 to 31s ss, display firmness, still only trifling purchaseses have been made. Previous terms are well supported for Southern, and buyers are still desirous to make purchases at from *2l to 351 tot 10w 33 to i o fi a n . e firmness m t n u e a e s s went on t a h t e There At pub i l s ic s till ae 331 `3 to holders of Sperm, and there is a good sale, with only a limited supply. A public sale of 42 tons went at 801 to 821 Gs for good to fine. Prices are firm for Linseed Oil at 28s 3d to 28a 6d per cwt on the spot, yet home deliveries operated with cau tion, and only small export orders completed ; there is also a further increase of supply. Of Rape Seed Oil the stock is getting smaller, and prices keep firm—pale 42s 6d to 435, and brown 41s 6d to 42s ; there are, however, , - not many buyers at these rates. Palm is wanted—fine at 32s 6il to 335, and the supply is smaller than for some time past. Cocoa Nut met with a better demaad, at from 32s to 35s fur fair to fine; still there is no decrease of supply. For Olive Oil the market remains firm, and there is no decrease of demand. Sales of Gallipoli have been made I at 441 to 451, and of other sorts at 421 to 431 105 per tun THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 27, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Bee croft, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul in the Territo ries on the coast of Africa lying between Cape St. Paul and Cape St. John. DOWNING STREET, Nov. 27. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the district of Natal, in South Africa. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert William Keata, Esq , to be Civil Commissioner and Collector of Taxes for the Seychelles Islands, depen dencies of the Island of Mauritius. WHITEHALL, Nov. 26. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing John Elijah Blunt, Esq. to be one of the Masters in Ordi nary of the High Court of Chancery, in the room of Wil liam Wingfield, Esq. WHITEHALL, Nov. 26. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Reverend Brownlow Maitland to the Ministry of Brunswick Chapel, in the p sish of Saint Mary-le-bone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the Reverend Thomas Scott Smyth, M.A. WHITEH ALL, Nov. 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert Douglas, of Tweedmouth, in the county of the borough and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Dale Harwood, ironmonger, Liverpool. John Brogden, woolstapler, Bradford, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Noah Pattenden, woollen draper, Oxford. Elizabeth Rust, brickmaker; Fouphers, Essex. Richard Inman, ale merchant, Manchester. Adolphus Woo'trey, auctioneer, Poole. Robert Howe Gould, ice merchant, Strand. Thomas Basta, boot and shoemaker, Buckingham. Wiliam Gibb, commission agent, Liverpool. James Addington, oilman, London-road, Southwark. llenry Bridges, cabinetmaker, Oxford street. William Edwards, au rchant, Norland square, Notting hill. Charles Haylock, cabinetmaker, March, Isle of Ely, Cauxbridgeshire. GUTTA PERCIIk.—A vessel just arrived in one of the docks, from New York, has brought 2;724 parcels of gotta rcha, as a portion of her cargo. The importa tion of this novel article of merchandise has not been usual from the United States of America. CHINESB IRoN.—The vessel Mencius, arrived at the port of Liverpool from long-kong, has brought 2,990 pigs of iron, as a portion of h er cargo, consigned to a firm of eminence. This is a very interestin g importa tion from the Chinese empire. r.RELAND. (FROM C , UR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN ML tNICIPAL ELECTIONS. DUBLIN, MoNnA T, Nov. 26.—The municipal elections for the NI uncillors going out in triennial rotation took place to .day. There was no contest of any interest, except in the case of Mr. Reynolds, M.P., who was eleci' ed without opposition for the Castle Ward. Mr. Bu Li, the former town councillor, being disfranchised for non-payment of rates. The Hon. Member was also returned for the Linen Hall Ward by a majority of 45 over the late Liberal Member, Miles Tobyn ; and, by a majority of 23 over Mr. Goldsmith, a Conservative, in his own (the Merrion Ward), notwithstanding the most strenuous efforts of the Tory party. The decision as to Mr. Reynolds's right to be on the burgess' roll will not be decided by the Queen's Bench until the 11th of January, when he will have been Lord Mayor. The Tories prophecy a " brief authorsty" for the Honourable Gentleman, as the law not only deprives of the chief civic office the person holding it under the assumed adverse circum stances of Mr. Reynolds, but imposes a fine of 50/. for every act performed in an official capacity by one unentitled to the Mayoralty. But the law has pro verbially many " delays," and it will be odi if Mr. Reynolds, vibe has won his way through greater obstacles, do not fight it out to the end of his civic year. Ms ENGLISH ALuLs.—Another alteration has been made in the dispatch of the morning English mail (or as the Post-office authorities facetiously term it, the night mail) consequent upon the acceleration of the trains on the London and North-Western Railway. Letters will in future be in time until 12, noon, instead of 10, A.M., as hitherto. This, although the time allowed is very short, may be said to be the first real approach to a one day communication with London. There is no intention to resume a direct mail to Liverpool: indeed it could hardly be expected that a sea route at ten miles an hour should be resumed instead of a land one at thirty miles an hour. At the same time, some provision might be made to forward the letters by a special train from Holyhead on the very few occasions when it arrives too late for the mai l train— we understand but seven since the commencement of the transmission by the Holyhead route—and that the charge tor a special train is under 201.—Freeman's Journal of Nov. 26. FAIRS IN CONNAUGHT.—The November fair of Tul linadaly was held on Wednesday last ; the supply of stock was small, and the demand especially for black cattle was bad, sheep, however, sold well, and nearly all at the fair were disposed of. At the fair of Clare morris, held on Friday, the principal demand was also sheep, very few sales in black cattle being effected. The fair of Castlebar, which was held on Monday, and being the last for this year, was, we regret to say, equally as bad as the three preceding ones. The few cattle offered for sale were of a very inferior description. The fair of Ballinakill, held on Monday last, was one of the most hope inspiring ex hibitions of the kind witnessed in this district for some time. The show of stock of every description was large, and fetched good prices. There was a consider able attendance of buyers, and much business was done. Fat cows brought from 8/ to 101; two year old heifers, 51 10s to 71; yearlings, 2/ lOs to 3/ lOs ; fat sheep, 24s to 32s ; lambs, 16s to 203; fat pigs, 34s per cwt; stores, 363 to 45s each ; bonhams 203 to 28s per couple.— Tuatis Herald. MR. BRIGHT AND HIS SPEECH ON IRELAND. The following letter from Mr. Bright, in reply to the vote of thanks recently passed to him by the Repeal Association, was read at the weekly meeting of that body yesterday, in " Conciliation Hall''-- " Rochdale; Nov. 22, 1849. " My dear duly received your letter of the 9th of this month, conveying to me the resolution of the Loyal National Repeal Association, expressive of their approbation of my recent speech on Ireland. I can say with all sincerity that I am much gratified to learn that the views I have formed, and publicly ex plained with regard to the calamities which afflict your country, have met with the concurrence of an association which must contain within its ranks a large number of those thoroughly acquainted with the condition of Ireland, and most honestly anxious to improve it. " I can easily believe that upon a case of so much difficulty as that which Ireland now presents, differ ences of opinion will be inevitable, and I am not therefore discouraged if the policy I have but partially sketched should seem: to you but a portion of what is required. I will not now enter into discussion upon the points you have submitted to me, but can assure you that to every one of them I will give that con sideration which, coming from such a quarter, they must 30 eminently merit. " I may remark, however, that I have no idea that any changes of the law can instantaneously change the condition of Ireland. Anarchy, political and social, cannot give place to order in a moment of time. The long violation of every economical law cannot be remedied at once, nor can the traces of its ruin be obliterated in a single season. I have seen the land, and I have seen the people. I know the land is fertile, and that the people are industrious. IVith these elements, then, I propose to work out the salvation of Ireland ; and my policy would so secure to industry its reward, and by perfect justice in your political and ecclesiastical ar rangement 4, so extract the root of bitterness from your social system, that, were it adopted, I have faith that Irishmen would speedily effect the restoration of Ire land. " I am delighted to believe that a better feeling pre vails with you and with us on the great questions which so deeply interest both countries ; and I shall especially rejoice if the coming session of Parliament exhibit a more cordial and united effort, on the part of the English and Irish Members, to advance such legis lative measures as shall be found necessary for the relief of your suffering country. " I feel grateful to your Association for the reso• ution they have passed ; and to you personally for ;he very kind manner in which you have conveyed it to me, and subscribe myself, " Yours, very faithfully, " JOHN BRIGHT. " To John O'Connell, Esq , 11. P. Loyal National Repeal Assodiation of Ireland." ITEMS OF IRISH NEWS. (From the Provincial Papers of Saturday evening.) On Tuesday last a young woman, aged eighteen years, had her thigh amputated in the incredibly short period of fifty seconds, in the South Charitable Infirmary. In consequence of ether having been administered, she suffered no pain, and was uncon scious of the operation having been performed.— Cork Constitution _ _ _ Lord Burghersh, son of Lord Westmoreland, whose marriage with Miss Locke was recently an nounced, has been in Kerry during the past week, visiting the Locke estates. On Saturday night his Lordship was approaching Tralee from O'Dorney, accompanied by Major Fairfield and Mr. Day, when his carriage was upset and thrown into a river. His Lordship and company escaped with a few bruises. — Kerry Post. Our distinguished countrymen, Colonel Hodges, the British Charge d'Affaires at Hamburgh, is selected as member of the Commission, and to act as arbiter in the administration of the difference between Schleswig Holstein and Denmark. Colonel Hodges is descended from an ancient Irish house connected with the first families in this country. At an early age he devoted himself to the military profession, and served in the glorious campaigns in Portugal and Spain, under the Duke of Wellington then Sir Arthur Wellesley, and fought in every battle, from that before the lines of Torres Vedras down to the entrance of the British into Vittoria. Colonel Hodges became more known in the war bet Ween Don Miguel and Don Pedro, as he raised in England a military force, and went to aid the cause of the latter in Portugal, where he also gained great distinction.—Limerick Chronicle. We have seen a letter from a manufacturer in the Weat of England to a respectable woollen draper in Clonmel, announcing the intelligence that he was one of the purchasers of the Martin property, and felt strongly disposed to come over and reside on his estate in Conne m ara. As this manufacturer is rich, and belongs to a family as remarkable for their enterprise as their wealth, our, friends think it highly probable that a branch of their great manufacturing business may also be established in what was once cal led Dick Martin's kingdom of Indolence.—Tippe rary Free Press. MALICIOUS INJURY.—On Sunday night last the banks of the grand canal, at a place called Cowerton, within three miles of Kilbeggan, were broken down by a party of men, numbering about fifty, who tied accomplished their to the parties o th b e j e ct. watchmanxoclue a c a t oreeb ewobtained y con cerned, nor can any reason be assigned for this mali cious injury, except a love of mischief.—Westmeath Independent. The Tipperary Union is to be widely extended. Cahirconlish is to be annexed to it, and Castle Lloyd is to be made a permanent auxiliary workhouse, and a considerable addition is in course of erection. It is curious, that though from 540 to 600 inmates are constantly in the establishment, not a single cholera death occurred.— Clonmel Chronicle. IYlstt COAL—It is not, perhaps, generally known that during the past week a cargo of Ballycastle coals was landed on our quay. We are much gratified in being able to announce the fact, inasmuch as it forms evidence of an effort, in some direction, to develope the mineral resources of this country. It is true that the arrival of forty-one tons of coal from any quarter is not in itself a matter of much moment ; but, when we consider the important results to which enterprise, of this nature inevitably tends, we are compelled to admit that .it is, by no means, right to pass it over in silence —Banner of Ulster. Tux LINEN 3RADE.—The transactions last week were very extensive, as the followink note of the ex- RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 26. STOCK ExcHszion.—There was a larger amount of busi siness done than for some days past, and the market evinced a better tone. The transactions were as follow : - Great Western, Quarters, 11% dis.—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 8 1 ,4 die.— Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 12% dis. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCIIANGIL—The share market was better to-day. The transactions were as follow:—Lancashire and York shire, Consol. Fifths, 6% dis.—Ditto, Halves ( No. 4), 6 1 4 p. —Leeds and Thirk, 8% —London and North-Western, 113 1 4 c. h — es pi r, t" New Quarters, 1 ,4 p.—Ditto, Fifths. te Shefliehl, and Lincoln, Preference, 9 , 4 —Midland, 49—Ditto, Halves, 21 1 ,4 dis.—North Union (A), 223 Shrewsbury and Chester (N. W. M.), Preference, guaran teed $ per cent., 15 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4). 6 1 b—South Staffordshire, 3 dis.—Dublin and Drogheda, Thirds, •3i—Waterford and Limerick, 39; 2 dis—Dutch Rhenish, 7 MANCHESTER, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The transactions to-day were at follow : Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, I% p.—Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 1 4—Sheffield, Eighths, '2 c. East Lancashire, 12 I -16 —Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 3 4 dis.— Ditto, Preference, 12 1 4—Great Northern, Prefer ence, 2% dis.—Caledonian, Preference, 8 dis —Slieffiela, Preference, VA—North Staffordshire, 9 1 ,4 dis.—London Stock, 112 4 c. - BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 26. SrocK EXCHANGE.—The only transactions to-day were— South Staffordshire, WA dis. Birmingham and Stour Talley, '34. YORK, NOT. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, OA—Eastern Counties, 65 - Mid land, 45—York, Newcastle, and Berwick 16%—York and North Midland, IBN. GLASGOW, Nov. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. I ), 61. 7s.—Monkland, 6 per cent. guaranteed, 11—Scottish Central, 141 A. lAdvertisement.] LECTURES ON CONSUMPTION, &c. &C.—Dr. Cronin will commence on the 29th instant a popular course of six lectures on diseases of the Lungs, Chest, Stomach, and Liver. During the course, Dr. Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observations, &a, his new and original theory of the nature, causes, and forma tion of tubercle, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptic diseases. Terms for one course, 25.; the whole course, 10s. 6d. For prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be tween ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. _ • . TEE OLD CHURCH SPIRB AT BIRMINGIIAM.—This spire has been declared, by a majority of architects and surveyors, to be decidedly . unsa'e and liable to fall down if not taken down. It is to be hoped, however, that whether the latter er the former, such an ancient land mark as St. Martin's spire will be at once restored; for i n a place like Birmingham, where all is new and with out a ssociations—every ancient landmark passing away one after another—so prominent a monument of the olden time can ill be spared. The question bas been started whether the church should not be entirely re built; but however identical in form and position, it may be a second question, subtle and profound as that of the identity of Sir John Cutler's silk stockings darned with worsted till no silk remained—whether such a rebuilding would constitute a restoration of the ancient fabric of St. Martin's.—Builder. - - A GHOST STORY.—A droll circumstance lately occurred at a farm-house, in Kilken, near Mold. The landlord had left a bailiff in possession of the furniture and stocks, for rent arrears. The man of law put his son, a green lad, as his deputy. Th• latter being inordi nately afraid of ghosts, which circumstance, as the sequel proved, was known to the "distressed farmer," the young bailiff was put to sleep in the same bed with the farmer's son, and the moon being about the full, the bed-room was tolerably light. They had not been long in bed before there was a terrible clanking of chains with groans and other " eldritch" sounds heard on the stairs and landing. The farmer's son exclaimed, " 0 Lord! the ghost, the ghost!" He jumped from bed, fol lowed by the young bailiffin a frenzy of terror, who seized him round the waist for protection against the spiritual intruder, which stalked into the room in propria persona, arrayed in dazzling white. He soon departed, however, leaving the two youths in possession of the field; but when they were about to step into bed again, lo! it had vanished as appeared in the train of the ghost. Not only that, but the whole of the furniture and outdoor stock seemed to have likewise followed the sane track, and the landlord's claims for rent were met by an empty house.—Carnarron Herald. If there is a delicate, deformed, or mak-minded child in a family, it is generally the favourite with its parents. This is a beautiful illustration of Nature taking the part of the most helpless.—Elizet Cook's , Journal. THE PACHA OF EGYPT'S CHALLENGE TO THE JOCKEY CLUB. (From Bell's Life in London.) _ . Mr. Greville, in favouring us some weeks since with particulars of the challenge from his Highness the Pacha of Egypt, which it will be recollected was communicated to him through the medium of 111 r. Charles Murray, the British Consul• General, stated that, previous to entering into any preliminary ar rangements with regard to the match, he had thought it right to put a variety of questions as to certain points on which he deemed it essential information should be supplied. In a very interesting communication received by the last overland mail, Mr. Murray an swers the questions seriatim, and Mr. Greville hav ing courteously furnished us with a copy of the correspondence, we cannot better consult the wishes of our readers than by publishing it at length. The match, should it be made, cannot be run until next year. " London, Sept. 30, 1849. "My dear Murray,—l have received your letter, with the interesting chall,nge on the part of the Pacha of Egypt. I intend to read it to the J. - wkey Club at a mewing there will be at Newmarket next week, and to publish tter (which I will write) in Bell's Life, an nouncing that such a challenge has been made, in order that any persons who may be disposfd to accept it may have the opportunity of coming forward. I think it by no means unlikely that the match may be mode, but as the owners of ♦aluable horses will re,t be induced to in• cur the expense and risk of the voyage, to say nothing of the stake, without previously obtaining the most ample information on all. points, I think it better (to . save time) to ask you to take the trouble to give me an , swers on the following points. on which I anticipate that inquiries will be made of me:— "In the first place, is his Highness the Paella to be depended on? Is he certain to hold to tht. match if made, and not back out, and leave the English in the lurch, with all their trouble, risk, and expense? "2d. In whose hands would the stakes be deposited? " 3d. Would the course be a tract of ground ten miles long, or a round course to be gone over repeatedly, ' making the whole distance ten miles? It would, in fact, be necessary we should know exactly what sort of course we should have to run over, and whether it would be a rage- course or a tract of country. If the latter, whether it would be such as the English jockeys could find their way over ? 4th. Should we be quite certain of fair play, and of no interruptions or molestations, if we had the best of it? " sth. Are there any races at Cairo, and have the horses the Paella would enter ever run races? " 6th. Do you know whether horses brought by sea (which I suppose would be the best way) from England to Egypt have suffered from the vo) age, and bow long it would take for them to recover from the effects, and be in condition to run? " 7th. Have any English horses ever run races over the sands you describe, and is it aupposed that their action and their speed are, or are not, affected by ground so different from what they are accustomed to? "This is a long list of queries, but in a matter in volving such large sums (besides the credit of the Eng lish turf) you will excuse my troubling you with them. " Yours, &c., " C. GREVILLE." " Cairo, Oct. 28. " My dear Greville,—ln reply to your letter of the 30th of September, I will now proceed to give you, categorically, answers, so far as I am able to do so, to all your inquiries. I have just returned from a visit to the Peas, with whom I held a long conversation on the subject of the proposed race, and all the points which I name in this letter as dependent upon him, you may feel assured are correct, as I had them from his own lips, without the intervention of an interpreter. I now take your questions in the order in which you put them. " Ist. I consider that his Highness is fully to be de pended on quoad the bond fide determination to hold the match; and, moreover, he feels so confident of win ning it that he twice repeated, before very many wit nesses, that he would give the English horse a start of the length of his Desert Palace, about 300 yards. I pre sume our English pride would scorn to accept this prof fered advantage. a" 2d. As to the stakes. The Pacha leaves the amount entirely to the English. He is:ready to stake any sum, from 10,000/. to 50,0001., and would make no objection to the stakes being deposited, on both sides, in any Eu ropean Consulate selected by the English. " 31. The course would not be a circular or artificial one, but a straight run over a tract of country. He named the points of starting and winning to-day, and I consider it to be a course of eleven or twelve miles. I think I mentioned to you before that it is undulating ground, not hilly; it is all sand, not hard, smooth sand, like the New York race-ground, but in some places nearly fetlock deep, in others rather stony; but, upon the whole, it may be considered fair galloping ground, though certainly not in English estimation fit to be called a race-course. "4th. There is no fear but what the English would have fair play. His Highness will not smooth or level the ground, but he will post men (soldiers) the whole length of the course, to , keep it free from all interruption. " sth. We had lately some races here over a large portion of the very same ground named for the race with the English; the distance was about eight miles, it might be a few furlongs more or less, as I doubt if it has been accurately measured; the winner ran it in about nineteen minutes. Ido nut think the time could have been taken with great accuracy, but I Was on the ground myself, and so many watches were used and concorn pared, that I feel assured the error could not be more than thirty seconds. The horses that ran in these races were all of second quality, nor cid the Pacha enter any horse, much less any one such as he would produce to run against the English. The truth is, that neither I, nor any European here, has ever been allowed to see his best horses, which he has studiously concealed from the eyes of the prolanum vulqus at his harem. One thing is certain—ghat they are pure Arabs, and I believe he has now the best Arab blood in the world. I can tell you nothing about their actual speed; my im pression is that over our Newm irket or Ascot courses, of two or three miles, they would be distanced by our se cond-rate racers; but in bottom they are wonderful, and if you are to make this match, it is bottom you must look out for. Our horses are so superior in stride that there is nothing to fear on the score of speed. " 6th. This question many persons in England are better qualified to answer than myself. My belief is that, supposing eight or ten horses were sent out here, perhaps two or three might suffer from the vo3age so as not to be easily brought into running condition. But if I were bringing out horses of my own from England to run them here, I would most assuredly not submit them to the tender mercies of the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay, but would travel them through France and Marseilles. " 7th. This question, again, is one which, after the information I have given you, you and your colleagues on the turf are much more able to answer than myself. I believe that no English racer has ever run in this country, but it stands to reason that horses accustomed to run over two or three miles of smooth turf must have both their speed and action affected by being called upon to run over twelve miles of uneven ground. It was on this account I said in my last letter that in my opinion a first-rate thorough-bred steeplechase horse would be more likely to win a race of this kind than an ordi nary racehorse. " Having now gone through your seven questions, I add a few remarks for your further information. I have before mentioned that a portion of the ground to be run over is rather stony—not large stones, but still large and numerous enough to bruise a horse's foot when going at full speed, and to risk throwing him down; as a protec tion again' this, the Arab horses are all shod with a shoe, or rather plate, which covers the whole of the sole. Whether English horsere - could, -after a month or two's practice, run in shoes era similar make I know not, but perhaps, for this particular course an English shoe, with a leather to protect the sole, might be the preferable plan. The horses should be sent out in November, so as to have full two months to train here, as I could not recommend fixing the race later than February, on account of the heat. I would take care that the ground should be named two months before the race, to give the English jockeys and trainers full op portunity for knowing every inch of the course; and the Pasha is so liberal in these matters that I have no doubt he would run up a set of stables in any spot we might seh ct. His Highness told me to-day that he meant to enter two horses and two mares (though of course he might add or subtract from this number at pleasure), and that the English might enter any number they pleased; but that he would have only one race, and that he would consider that one as decisive of the trial be tween the Arab and English racers. His Highness added, Let them send their best, and it I beat these, let them not say these are inferior horses, we have better in England. It I beat them once I shall consider that I have beat their hest, and I will not ran any more.' " I have only to add that the weights are to be entirely at the option of the respective parties. Hoping that I have now left no point unexplained, I re-enclose you your letter, thinking it possible that you kept no copy of It, in order that you may refer to your questions. My full conviction is that you can beat your enemy, but do not despise him; send good ones or none, for the honour of Old England. " Believe me, my dear Greville, very truly yours, CIARLE3 A. MURRAY. " P.S.—Since writing this letter I have received your last note, and seen the letter in Bell's Life. Travellers arriving from England by this steamer have even averred that the challenge is taken up in England, and two of the horses already named. For Heaven's sake be prudent, and let nothing be done in a hurry; above all, if possible, try and prevent any sporting volunteers from sending out horses here on a speculation : if they lose, they will disgrace us ; if they win, they on will prevent the great stake from being run for. I, my part, will urge the Pasha not to run against any horse or horses not sent out with the sanction of the Jockey Club, at least until the great race comes off. I have no doubt you can win, but never having been myself on the turf, or had practice in training horses, I cannot say whether a racehorse or a steeplechase horse is the best for the object in view. In my opinion, the race can hardly be run this year; for you must send out a regular draft of the conditions, to be approved and signed by both par ties, a forfeit declared in case• of either withdrawing, and 3 our horses should be here in November early, in order to give them a full two months' training here in cold weather. "C. A. M." In reference to the subject, the Bell's Life adds the following letter, dated Malta, Nov. 13:— " The last race at Cairo between Arabs, about two months since, was said to have been run (eight wiles) in 20 or 23 minutes—one said 17 (it aas over the ground which will probably be selected for the match); but of this tact there is a question, as no regular time-keeper seems to have been on the ground, which is not so very heavy, but irregular, with stones, which might, however, be removed, and should be for an English thorough- bred to win on. A first-rate steeplechase horse. in the opinion of our English judges in Egypt, would ba the sort of horse, as he is used to lift his !cgs higher in gs!loping, and would not be so likely to come down. " Compressed hay and oats must be brought, as there is none of either here. Arabs are fed on barley and chopped straw. " Shoes should be brought, or a blacksmith. Don't hold the Arabs too cheap. Abbas Pasha has 400 to 500 horses of the very best blood from the Nodgdi country. Mares in Egypt are more generally longer-winded than horses. " The general opinion is, as to speed, that an English three-parts bred horse would beat on turf any Arab. They never exceed 15 hands. " hidere.—The Pasha will probably mount his horses with Wahabee riders from Mecca—wiry, light men of eight stone—good riders, but no judgment. Some ex ptrienced per►ons must come out to arrange the prelimi naries. The course will be marked out and kept by the Pasha. He has only to give the order to ensure its ob servance. He relies principally on the bottom of the Ankh, which he considers superior to any for distance. It is the opinion of all the English that they ought to beat, nor will they back the Arabs, though their own people will. The race must not be run later than March, and stipulate not during the Hampseen wind, which blows during 50 days, i. e., from the 20th of March to the 20:h of May, but only at intervals. It is from the Desert and very hot. " The irregularities and looseness of the course appear to me to he the only circumstances to render the result fur a moment doubtful, as it might interfere with what always tell is a thorough hred—' his tremendous stride.'' SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—VESTEnDAY. LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 6 to 1 agst Captain Little's Chandler 9 to 1 ags. Mr. J. Elmore na British Yeoman 10 to 1 agst Captain D'Arcy's Knight of Gwynne 10 to 1 agst Mr. Henderson's The Doctor 14 to 1 agst Venom 15 to 1 apt Abd•el-Kader 15 to 1 agst Maria Day 20 to 1 agst Little Houghton THE WARWICK STAKES. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine 4 to 1 agst Mr. Johnson's Priestess 5 to I,agst Mr. Dawson's Defaulter The above odds were taken to small sums, and after wards offered. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Mr. St. George's Whim colt—taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'-day Boy—taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn—taken and al terwards offered ,000 to 15 nest Sir R. 'Bulkeley's Melody—taken and afterwards offered ,000 to 15 agst Mr. Armstrong's Vesta—taken ,000 to 15 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken ,000 to 15 agst Mr. Pedley s Sir Richard—taken ,000 to 10 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough—taken ,000 to 10 agst Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry—taken DERBY, 1850. 17 to 2 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—tak• 9 to 1 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum 12 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklern's The Italian—taken • 22 to 1 apt Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus—taken 23 to I agst Mr. Pedley's Sweetheart • 25 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Deicoon 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken 35 to 1 agst Duke of Bedtord's John o' Groat—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Hilt's Pitsford—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Brother to Epirote—taken 200 even between William the Conqueror and The Nigger 900 to 100 was laid once agat Bolingbroke; 1,60010 . 100 agst The Italian; 1,000 to 45 each, and 22 to 1 in ponies agst Sweetheart and Cyprus; 1,750 to 50 each so Pitsford and Brotherrlo gpirote; and 1,000 to 40, two or three times, agst The Nigger. The general bet' ting, in consequence of numerous departures for War' wick, was dull. THE COUNTRY MARKETS, The following is the official statement of the quantitise corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports ill Essex, from the 19th Nov., 1t349, to the 24th Nov., 18 49, both inclusive : Vii pc; I pi Z 0 i 1 XI Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon •• 43 64 145 - 301 14:, 525 240 2391 26 71;9i t CHELMSFORD, Nov 23.—The supply of wheat was f 6411 beyond the demand, and those samples which chang bands were at a reduction of is per quarter. Other de' scriptums of grain unaltered in value, with little doing' Wheat, white, old 41s to 47s ; new 43. to 48s; red, ° l ei 37s to 42s ; new, 38s to 44s ; barley, 28. to 30 . ; chavab ~ 2es to 325; grinding 20s to 245; oats 17s to 23 5; malt "„ to 565; chevalier 54s to 581; peas, partridge, ne w 28 11 i! 30s ; old, —s to —1; white, new, 28s to 30s ; old, —s to -I dun, new, 27. to 295; beans, tick, new 25 s to 271 ; old, . 2 , to 309 ; harrow ticks, new 26 s to 28 s ; old 29 s to 3111; Dm. zagan, new 24s to 26s ; old 25s to 27s per qr. COLCIIESTIta, Nov. 24.—Wheat, white 4411 to 48. ; red 4 1 to 4411 ; barley 28s to 32. ; beans, mazagan 24s to 28s; Inid d ' , and small 28s to 30s; peas 26s to 30s per qr. HADDINGTON, Nov. 23.—The following are the prices i ° grain at our market to-day:— Wheat. Barley. Oats. Be s s ... 44s Od 243 63 206 Od 31 11 i ) ... 343 lid 21s 41 17s Id 2 811 28. Od 17s Od 14. 01 2 63 _,./1 • . 576 *r t i soF4 OF First ... Second ... Third ... Total quantity of Wheat in market 613 qrs., Do. Barley do. 631 qrs., 551 Do. Oats do. 543 qrs., 478 Do. Beans do. 48 qrs., 4 3 , ; d KIREALDY, Nov. 24.—The following are the quotati up to this date : Wheat. :Barley. Oats. Beans. F e l First 43s Od 233 Od 20s Od —s Od 0 Second 41s Od 21s 6d 183 6d —s Od I - - I I 0 Third .......323 Od 16. 6d 15. Od —s Od - -41 Oatmeal, per bag of 2801135. insp. 263 to 27s Od . GLASGOW, Nov. 22.—Provisions—Cheese, 46s to bN i „/ per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 1 8 . to 0011Y,', cwt. Country fresh butter, 9d to lld per lb ; Irish p 5 dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen; carried hen ditto, 51 6111 per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s Od per pair ; su 2s Od. 61 1 61 4 STIRLING, Nov. 23.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 241 0 d; 4 4 home, 21s Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 16s to 18 s; b arlei, boll of 6 bushels, 006 Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 12s to 1 71 dI oats, common, 12s Od to 13s Od • ditto new, 9s Od to 10f ;;$ ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto now, Os Od; ~N distillers, 33s to 351; ditto brewers , 3550 d to 38 s ; P 2 per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 16s Od to 17s 63; r 14. 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sick, 34s to 351 ; ditto co 4 ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to f l pfi ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, 8d to t" fresh butter, per lb, 8d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6d hay per ton, 44s to 471. ow!, - .ICELso, Nov. 23.—Wheat, old, 00s . to 00s ; ditto, - AA' to 31s d ; barley, new, 14s to 16. Od ; ditto old, 000 v." 00s ; potato oats, 005 to 00s ; ditto new, I Is to 13.504 1 ; mon oats, 00s to 005 Od ; ditto new, 105 to 12a 6d ; to 00s Od ; beans, 20s to 225 per boll of six imperial bull PERTH, Nov. 22.—Wheat, 32s Od to 4450 d ; bolt, to 23s Od ; oats, 14s to 16s ; peas and beans, 2.55 Od W per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 265 to 285. 1 • , FALKIRK, Nov. 22. —The supply of grain in th is market was 661 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 20. Od per ,or barley, 16s Od to 17s 6d ; oats, 10s 6d to 13s 9d; beans, .1 to 13s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. „dist /lAwicx, Nov. 2g.—Wheat, new, 265 Od to 3 2 s Od 1-05 r 0 1 new, 14. to 18, Od ; ditto old, 005 to 005; To - to 9 01.1 12s Od to 145 Od ; common oats, lls to 14s Od ; pV I6, per l. to 24s Od ; beans, 20s 03 to 245 Od per boll of sti.. o3 bushels. 1 10 ,s: BEftwlcK, Nov. 22.—Wh ea t, 32 1 30 ; barley, 1 00 oats, 14s ; rye, Os Od ; beans, 21s 43 ; peas, rage per imperial quarter. .1 COAL MARK ET.—Y ESTZIWAY. 161 Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 641 Heselden ....-. ... .... JP fki Cares Hartley Davison's West Hartley 14s kid Lumley . :..•••' iv iii East Adairs Main l3s 6k, itussell's Hetton ..." 10 0 0 East Wylam l3s 9d 'Stewart's ............ ' . 160 pi II asting's Hartley l4s 3dlWhitwell ...... ...... ..• 1 10 i lledley's Hartley North Percy Hartley l4s ;idCassop.. ..... .... ........ 01 g i Ord's Redheugh 'Canfield Moor faufield Moor Butes l4s Od Ic.ellee .....d. fp 0 West Wylam Nest Hartley Wylam . Wall's End, arc. Adelaide Tees .... . .... 1 61 0 Brown's Gas . l3s 60 Maclean's Tees .... .. ." 160 pi Morrison l6s 6k, Seymour Tees ........ 10 pi Original Gibson Walker . .16$ Ocl top St. Helen's Tees .." i Eden Main l7s OdlTees • . .......... ... 00' Lambton Primrose Bell .4 Belmont l7s 3d Howard's W. H. g•f_„• d , r Braddyll Hetton Haswell His 3o Ships at inarxw'' ► 6 &RMS. kale, O P 1 On the 2:3d inst., at Carlton-villas, Maids- .of Reid, of a daughter. the On the 23d inst., at Upper Norwood, Surreff John H Luscombe, Esq., of a son. grs On the 24th inst., in Basing-lane, Cheapsides rick Moore, of a daughter., On the 24th inst., in Gracechurch-street, pir Kay, of a daughter. o f tile On the 24th inst., in Chester-square, the W ile J. H. Hamilton, 1 f a daughter. fi r a t MARRIED. riclg On the 20th inst., at Broth t on, Gerald Freu e , loo fitite d , Wellesley, Esq., to Emma Donna Boys, third I l etrii9 the late Captain Boys, R.N., of Bridgews , er , 5 0113 7 0 o # 6, On the 22d inst., at St. James's Church, Nortilo, Esq. late of the 6th Dragoon Guards , to gal Airi daughter of T. Barnard, Esq..Southwick-cresceewcotarg On the 22d inst,, at Somerville Aston , Gl?„t1001 Davit Hast ngs, Esq., of Hudder•field , to Pl'. daughter of the late W. Crowther, Esq. 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