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

A - IMPORTANT INQUIRY. (From the Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald.) n inquiry of great public importance was held at the Union Tavern, Garth, Bangor, on Monday, the 19th, and by adjournment on Wednesday, the 21 st %net, before Captain Claxton, U.N. The inquiry was ordered by the Admiralty, in con sequence of a memorial from master mariners, pilots, shipowners, fishermen, and others interested in the navigation of the Straits of Menai. The memorial represented that Grisia Bach, at a small bight to the westward of Garth Point, was an ancient landing place, which, with the adjoining beach, had from time immemoral been used and en joyed by the public, without let, hindrance, or mo lestation,—that it was the only place during easterly gales at which boats could land, or from which boats could put off, either from or to vessels lying in, or sailing through, the Straits—and that depriving the public of its free use, as the walls and buildings now erected had done, wag a great injury inflicted upon the coasting trade, and a serious damage to the navi gation of the Straits ; and lastly, praying the Admi ralty to institute an inquiry, and to adopt effective means to remedy the grievance complained of. After the memorials and the Admiralty instructions for instituting the inquiry had been read, Captain Claxton called upon Dr. 0. 0. Roberts, as the person who had forwarded the memorial, to pro duce evidence in support of the allegations contained in it. Dr. 0. 0. Roberts explained that, having been called upon by a deputation from the parties more directly interested for advice as to the best course for them to pursue, with a view to preserve Grisia Bach, so a landing place, he had suggested the one that had been adopted, and forwarded the memorial to the Ad miralty. He had not even signed the memorial himself. Captain Claxton—Then who is to call the evidence ? Dr. 0. 0. Roberts—Had not the slightest objec tion to perform that duty, and called John Hughes, pilot, who stated that he had known Grisia Bach from his childhood. It had always been a public landing-place ; and the closing of it up, by the present wall, had inflicted a serious injury on the na vigation. It was the only place, when it blew fresh from any point between North-east and South-east, that could be used to communicate by boats between vessels and the shore. Before the bight at Grisia Bach was enclosed they could always land or launch their boats ; but since the place had been enclosed with the present wall they could not do so. (Wit ness was then shown the plan of a wooden pile pier, which it is contemplated to construct; and when asked his opinion as to its probable effect upon the na vigation, he answered, that it would not interfere with his calling as a pilot, but in drifting out when there was no wind, he thought that vessels might run foul of it, or that in heavy gales vessels might be driven against it when their anchors did not hold.) With respect to the old weir at Gorad y Gut, he considered it dangerous to vessels, when those on board were unacquainted with the locality. It was surrounded by a bed of soft good ground for vessels to lie upon. Masters of vessels navigating the Straits took care generally not to get foul of the weirs to the eastward of Port Penrhyn. In beating to windward, vessels were of course forced to make shorter tacks to avoid those weirs, as well as to keep clear of the ballast bank. In answer to a question by Captain Askew, did not know whose duty it was to prevent ballast being thrown into the Straits. Examination continued by Dr. 0. 0. Roberts— There are at times a large fleet of coasters, and other vessels lying wind bound opposite Garth, and if they be deprived of Grisia Bach, as a landing place, they cannot in many cases have a free and safe communi cation with the shore. Mr. Dodson, the gentleman connected with the inclosure of Grisia Bach, declined putting any ques tions to the witness. John Hughes, master mariner, deposed in sub stance to the same facts. He had known Grisia Bach, and used it as a public landing-place, for between forty and fifty years. The closing of it up had se riously interfered with the navigation of the Straits, and with the interests of those who were concerned in it. In answer to Mr. Dodson—He had been in the habit of using Grisia Bach as a landing-place, and to be blocked out of it would seriously injure himself and others. John Nanney, master mariner, deposed that he had been in the habit of using Grisia Bach for about twenty years ; and that its use was of great import ance to the navigation of the Straits, so that closing it up was a serious injury. His opinion as to the proposed pier was in accordance with that of the preceding witnesses ; and, with respect to the weir nearest the quay, it did not interfere much with the navigation, because in general a vessel would strike on the ballast bank before coming up to the weir. Captain Askew observed that she would then be swamped on the ballast bank, instead of being scuttled OR the weir. In answer to Mr. Dodson, Captain Nanney said that he very frequently used Grisia Bach : even when it blew a gale from the eastward, he could always land at Grisia Bach, and haul up his boat, so as to be in safety. John Jones, a pilot—Had known Grisia Bach from his childhood. Its use was of great importance to the public. Five or six boats could he hauled up in the bight, and left in safety, to be launched when wanted. Nothing of the kind could be done now. The steps were cut in the rock; and near the top they were formerly protected with masonry. This witness gave testimony similar to the former ones touching the pier, and after some answers as to the effect of weirs on the navigation, Captain Claxton stated that he was to inquire touching Grisia Bach, and the proposed pier, and to report upon the weirs and other alleged obstructions, and that he had put questions in reference to the latter points merely for his own satisfaction. Captain H. Ellis, an old master mariner, was about to be examined, but in answer to Captain Claxton, Dr. 0. 0. Roberts stated, on behalf of the memo rialists, that though there were a great many master mariners, fishermen, pilots, and others present, to tes tify as to the ancient usage and value of Grisia Bach as a landing place, still, as their evidence would be substantially the same as that already given, he con sidered it a waste of time to call them. Captain Claxton then read a letter from the Bishop of Bangor, and called upon Mr. Dodson, who stated that the shore ground between high and low water mark belonged to the Bishop. He had not had a lease for the portion of it hi question from the Bishop, but he had the pro mise of a lease from his Lordship's legal adviser. The wall had proceeded so far as to be four or five feet high, when a deputation of pilots and master mariners waited upon him about Grisia Bach as a landing place. John Hughes, the pilot, here appealed to Mr. Dod son's foreman, if he had not protested against the - works when the foundation was being cut ? Mr. Dodson— Perhaps it might have been so ; but when the deputation waited upon him he told the parties composing it that they must establish their legal right before he would attend to them. The work was half done when he received an intimation from the Admiralty that the Board must be supplied with maps, plans, and sections of the ground and proposed erections, and that the works in the mean time were to be stopped. He intended putting up a vertical ladder, but did not tell the pilots so. He pro posed to grant permission, not as a matter of right, but on sufferance, to pilots and masters of vessels to use the vertical ladder to land on the pier. Mr. If. B. Roberts who appeared to support the Bishop's claim to the shoreground, stated that the application was for a lease to build a pier. Dr. 0. 0. Roberts denied that there was any pretence for the Bishop's claim. The public claim the use of Grisia Bach, and the adjoining beach, not on sufferance, but as a matter of right, and he had advised a memorial to the Admiralty in the first instance, instead of a more summary method of asserting that right. Mr. Dodson then called John Morgan, who stated that he had been three years on the Garth Ferry, that they seldom used Grisia Bach as a landing place. John Hughes, pilot—The boats belonging to the Garth Ferry are now kept on the Anglesey side ; they were until recently kept on this side, and when that was the case the ferry could not be worked without having the bight at Grisia Bach. He had seen the ferry boat but a few days back unable to land at Garth point, which they might have done had Grisia Bach been left in the state it used to be. In answer to Captain Claxton, John Morgan as signed as a reason of not landing at Grisia Bach oftener that their boats now in use were too heavy ; but that lighter boats, such as used by the pilots and the masters, used to do so. Mr. Jones, harbour master, of Beaumaris, was called and examined, as to the probable effects of the proposed wooden pier ; and stated that he considered it would be beneficial to the navigation. In reply to Captain Claxton, Mr. Jones stated that the conservancy of the Straits, within the port, was in the Corporation of Beaumaris. lie supposed that if there was a vessel su n k, so as to obstruct the naviga tion, it would be his duty as harbour master to re move the same if the owners did not. John Hughes, pilot—The harbour master of Beau maxis collects anchorage money and other dues, and take no notice what ever of the in jury done to the Port of Bangor, and to the navigation of the Straits by building stones, and ballast being constantly thrown out between high and low water mark, so that even the most experienced pilots could not bring in a vessel at high water without danger of being damaged. At that very time, when the tide was going out, the whole beach below where they then were was studded with heaps of stones and ballast. Captain Askew observed, that from what he had seen, he had no doubt whatever that the weirs and other erections to the eastward of Garth Point, and THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1849. the wholesale manner in which ballast was discharged in the Straits, had materially and seriously injured the navigation. Had a tidal gauge been kept that fact would have appeared very evident to every one. Mr. Jones said, in reply to Captain Claxton, that, as harbour master, he was of opinion that the removal of some of the weirs and large stones, especially those between Beaumaris and Penmon, would improve the navigation; but he thought the proposed pier at Garth would be an improvement. In reply to Captain Askew, Mr. Jones stated that he had never been the master of a vessel, nor had he ever been at sea in his life. John Williams, thought that the proposed pile pier would improve the navigation. The ruins of the old weir, Gorad y Gut, was very dangerous to stran gers sailing in either ships or boats. He had not long since sent a boat over from Anglesey, and saved a man whose boat had been scuttled on one of the old piles of the weir. Captain Parry thought that a vertical ladder, at the extremity of the proposed pile pier, would do instead of Grisia Bach as a landing place. Dr. 0. 0. Roberts stated that the object of the memorialists, whom he represented, was to preserve a safe and convenient landing place for the use of the public, such as Grisia Bach had always been. The last thing they would think of would be to put Mr. Dodson unnecessarily to the slightest trouble or ex pense. Captain Claxton congratulated the meeting upon the kind feeling which evidently existed among all parties. Mr. Wyatt suggested a path by means of a parapet to a proper pier at the western side of where Grisia Bach landing place had been closed. Captain Claxton then adjourned the meeting to twelve, which was afterwards changed to eleven o'clock, on Wednesday, the 21st inst., so that Mr. Dodson might, in the mean time, prepare plans and sections of the required accommodation. On Wednesday, at the appointed time, the plan of the accommodation proposed was submitted to the meeting. It was, instead of a parapet, to place wooden steps, or rather a ladder to the westward of the pro posed pier, with a free path of four feet wide from them to the road ouside of the slate yard. Captain Claxton requested Dr. 0. 0. Roberts to explain the plan to those, whom he facetiously desig. rutted his constituents. After the plan had been carefully examined, it was unanimously pronounced utterly inadequate as a substitute for Grisia Bach. A good deal of desultory conversation then took place, Captain Askew calling attention to the fact, that there was at that very time close to the place a vessel discharging ballast between high and low water mark, a great part of which would, every tide, be carried off by the ebb and flow to form banks, injurious to the navigation. Captain Claxton asked Mr. Dodson what he proposed next ? ...__ Mr. Dodson replied that the more favour was granted the more was demanded. Dr. O. 0. Roberts said that there was nothing asked as a favour. The ancient landing place of Grisia Bach, and the free use of the adjoining beach, which had been illegally enclosed, was claimed as a right. They were all anxious to accommodate Mr. Dodson as far as possible, but they would not be satisfied without having as a substitute for Grisia Bach, a place where they could land and leave their boats in a shelter. A stone pier, with stone steps, was then proposed to communicate with a four feet wide path, and acceded to, provided it be made of proper dimensions. At this period Mr. Williams, solicitor, of the firm of Lloyd, Roberts, Williams, and Jones, Carnarvon, arrived, and gave Captain Claxton and the meeting officially formal notices, by directions of the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests, that they claimed all the shore ground on the coast, between high and low water mark, as the property of the Crown ; and utterly denied the Bishop's claim; Captain Claxton—All the shore ground, as well within as without people's weirs ! Mr. Williams—Yes, certainly ! Prima facie, all the shore ground is unquestionably Crown property, unless where the Crown has disposed or alienated it. Mr. Vincent Williams—What, all the shore ground ! The shore ground is very extensive, Mr. Williams. Does the Crown's claim extend to the French shore! Mr. Williams—When the Crown of France was worn by the Sovereigns of England, those Sove reigns claimed the shore ground on the French coast, and should her present Majesty become Queen of France, she would unquestionably again claim that shore ground, in right of that crown. The meeting broke up apparently very abruptly, when neither plans nor specifications of the pro posed works, as a substitute for Grisia Bach, were produced. This preposterous claim extends in length about six miles along the Menai, and includes a portion leased in July, 1844, by the Woods and Forests to Thomas Assheton Smith, Esq. We are informed that under some just as valid a claim, the 7001. awarded to the Crown from the Chester and Holy head Company for Crown's land in Anglesey, have been quietly paid over and received, not by the Crown. THE NEW EDINBURGH CORN MARKET. It has been arranged that the formal opening of the new Corn-market is to take place on the first Wednesday of December. Business will, of course, be transacted as usual in the old building on that day, but it will afterwards be transferred en tirely to the new and more commodious structure which has been reared, a few yards distant, on the south side of the Grass-market. The present market-place was erected in the year 1817. In the course of the 32 years that have elapsed since that time, the Edinburgh corn-market has been gradually rising in importance, and it is now on all hands admitted to be the leading grain mart in Scot land. Although Mark-lane is the principal regulator of prices, our local market's range of influence is, nevertheless, very wide, and always extending. This is mainly to be attributed to the circumstance that Edinburgh is situated in the very centre of the great corn-growing district of the Lothians. It is also partly to be ascribed to the facilities of commu nication we possess in the number of railways which concentrate in this city, and radiate to almost every quarter of the kingdom. Our market unquestionably owes much to the railways; and but for the accom modation which they afford, it is doubtful whether it would ever have surpassed Haddington in the way that it has dune. In consulting the weekly reports of the Edinburgh and Haddington markets, even after our present market-place had for some years been built, we find that the sales in the latter generally exceeded those in the former. The present market-place could never have been well adapted for the purpose which it was intended to serve. It was always dark—a great objection in a grain market; and very soon after it came to be used it was found to be too limited for the business transacted in it. A consideration of these circumstances led the town council to apply to Parliament for power to erect a new market-place. The Bill giving this power, and allowing the council to borrow, in prosecution of their object, a sum not exceeding 20,0001. upon the faith of the market dues, received the Royal assent on the 21st of June, 1847. Having obtained the necessary authorization from Parlia ment, the council set vigorously to work—purchased a site in the Grass-market, within a short distance of the present market, got the old houses which stood upon the site taken down and removed, pro cured plans and entered into contracts, and now, after a lapse of little more than two years, we re ceive notification of the fact that the elegant and spa cious building which has been reared will be com pleted and ready for occupation in the first week of December. We understand that the outlay connected with the erection of the new market will nearly ex haust the 10,0001. allowed to be expended on the building. Whether what remains of the 20,0001., after paying the:purchase money of the site, cost of the Act, &c., will be sufficient to enable the council to take advantage of the authority which they have in the statute, to acquire the lands which are described in the schedule as situated immediately west from the Grass market, and between the road leading by King's Stables to St. Cuthbert's Church on the north, the street of Wester Portsburgh on the south, and the Lady Wynd on the west, remains to be seen. The new building was designed by Mr. Cousin, is in the Italian style, massive, elegant, and well suited to the site which it occupies. The mouldings are rich and imposing, without the necessity of having had a great deal of labour expended upon them. The design of the windows, which is varied in all the three stories, is very effective ; and there is a hand some Doric doorway, with two rustic columns. The main front of the building is about 98 feet in breadth and 60 feet in height. The remainder of the façade is made up of two wings, both receding about 13 feet, having staircases within—that on the west being carried up as a campanile, or bell and clock tower. Upon getting inside the building we discover for the first time, that that part of it at which we have been looking from the street is, in reality, only the vestibule, and that the market, somewhat in the style of a railway station, but having a triple roof, stretches away a considerable distance to the rear. The roofing of the back part is con siderably lower than file front. It is supported, in the centre, by two rows of metal pillars; and is entirely lighted from the roof by means of patent tile glass. The extent of the entire area of the building east o s is 152 f ee t f rom nor th t o sou th, an d 92 f ee t f rom Niv, amplee ; so room that a it nd will verge at once eneh g b h () eviden t forall that the there purposes of the market.—Scotsman. A HUNGRY Pecx.—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 evert a remnant of the brush being left. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov. 26. (Before the CHIEF COMMISSIONER.) IN THE MATTER OF RENTON NICHOLSON. The insolvent, who was the proprietor of the Gar rick's Head, in Bow-street, but who is better known by the title which he has been pleased to take upon himself of " Chief Baron Nicholson," in the character of President of the Judge and Jury Society, came up on an adjourned application for his discharge. Mr. Cooke supported; Mr. Sargood opposed, on behalf of Mr. Morrison, baker, creditor No. 89, for 691.; Mr. Shenton, for whom he appeared on the last occasion, had withdrawn his opposition. It will be recollected, from a report under the head of the "Bankruptcy Court," that a Mr. Thomas Foulkes, of No. 4, Victoria-terrace, Stockwell, pre ferred a claim against the estate of Mr. Ellis, of the Cremorne Gardens, for about 1,7001, on account of four unpaid acceptances for 1,5001., and interest thereupon, of the bankrupt's, that had been paid to him by the insolvent Nicholson. Mr. Commissioner Shepherd on that occasion refused to allow the proof to be received, chiefly on the ground that Mr. Foulkes's 1 and Mr. Nicholson's acquaintance having commenced in the Queen's Bench Prison, he was not satisfied upon the point as to how Mr. Foulkes could have become possessed of a sum sufficient to give clue consideration for the bills. The insolvent stated that he had re ceived them from Mr. Ellis in payment for his in terest in the Cremorne Gardens, and that he had paid them to Mr. Foulkes in discharge of a judge's order for 730/. and certain overdue acceptances. An ad journment of the insolvent's application had been ordered, principally with a view to obtain the pre sence of Mr. Foulkes and a Mr. John Pook, to the latter of whom the insolvent alleged he had given bills of Mr. Ellis to the amount of 4001., in liquidation of a debt due under a formerjinsolvency. Mr. Foulkes was now examined—He said he was of no business. He discounted bills sometimes. Mr. SARGOOD—I should think not sometimes, but very often, from the statement now before me. Mr. Foulkes—lt was pretty often. Mr. SARGOOD—And what rate of interest may you charge ? Mr. Foulkes—That's according to the character of the borrower.—(A laugh.) The COMMISSIONBIL—Mind you don't catch a Tar- tar, Mr. Sargood. Examination continued—He sometimes charged 20 per cent., sometimes 30 per cent., upon the insol vent's bills. He advanced Mr. Ellis, during the last winter, about 2,0001. Did not like to go on advanc ing him money whilst the insolvent had so large an interest in the Cremorne Gardens. Upon Nicholson selling his interest to Mr. Ellis, he •(Yr. Foulkes) received the amount in the shape of Ellis's accept ances to the insolvent for 1,500/. The insolvent was at the time indebted to him on account of a judge's order for 730/., and a number of unpaid bills. A sum of 2041. was charged upon these bills for in terest. _ _ _ _ Mr. SARGOOD—You may retire Mr. Foulkes. I understand Mr. Pook, who has got a large number of similar bills, is unable to attend, being very ill.— (A laugh.) The insolvent—l have done all in my power to serve him with a subpama. I have been at his house many times, but could get no other answers than such as that he is out of town, or wont be in town, or is ill. lam sure there is no valid reason why he should not attend.—(A laugh.) Mr. SARGOOD addressed the Court in opposition. The insolvent had given his only available assets to Mr. Foulkes and Mr. rook, and this at a period when he was in a state of irrecoverable insolvency. Hence he complained, on the part of the creditors to the extent of about .5,000/., that whilst Mr. Foulkes got these bills for 1,5001., and Mr. Pook took other bills to the amount of 4001. in payment of a debt due under a former insolvency, there was not so much as one shilling for them. The insolvent had been guilty of giving au undue if not a fraudulent preferenc-1, and he asked for a remand. _ _ _ Mr. COOKE submitted that his Learned Friend ap peared net for creditors to the amount of 5,0001., but for one creditor only. That creditor was Mr. Mor rison, with whom the insolvent had been dealing many years, and with whom he was now dealing and pay ing ready money. No ground of complaint had been sustained on behalf of Mr. Morrison as to the mode in which the insolvent had contracted his debt ; nor had it been shown that the insolvent had, in paying away the bills as he had done, any evil intention. He had paid many debts under former insolvencies. The COMMISSIONER intimated to Mr. Cooke that it was not necessary to prolong his address. Mr. COOKE said he would, in conclusion, only ask the Court to permit him to give the insolvent a little good advice. He found in his brief a few lines very, appropriate to the occasion. The insolvent was, amongst his other avocations, a poet; and he (Mr Cooke) wished to advise him, if he was desirous of not coming there again, to stick to his proper business —that of poet among the rest—and avoid all dealings with bill discounters. The lines to which he referred were entitled " Poetry by R. N., poet and pub lican." The COMMISSIONER —Anything else?—(Laughter.) Mr. Cools—His Honour might well ask that question. his client's avocations were doubtless ver satile. But to come to tha poetry. The COMMISSIONER—Pray let us have it, if it's anything good.—(Laughter.) Mr. COOKE proceeded, amidst much merriment, to read the following lines : "Oh give me the valued Promethean light (Which the bold mythological thief Obtained from Olympus by stealth in the night) To embellish my p2ige and my leaf. " His fate hath no terrors for me or my brain, At the fury of Jove I don't shiver; For years have the lawyers, again and again, Like vultures, been gnawing my liver. " It's true for a small sum I'm not held in chains, But how apt is the metaphor hit on— The discounter's hard heart is the source of my pains, Aye, that is the rock I have split on." (Great laughter.) Aye, that was the rock he bad split on—(Laughter)—and he (Mr. Cooke) would admonish him never to forget his own beautiful poetry—(Laughter) — but of all other things, throughout his future career, to avoid the bill dis counter. The COMMISSIONER—I suppose you have settled the case now, Mr. Cooke. Mr. SArtGoon (observing that Mr. Cooke had taken his seat) —The poetry has certainly settled my Learned Friend.—(Laughter.) Hig HONOUR said he aid not think the case was one in which he was called upon to pronounce an adverse judgment ; and the insolvent was declared entitled to his final order. (Before Mr. Bur.Loc K.. ) CENTRALNCERWIM-AL COURT. COURT. to have been appeared stolen. for the Jacob Vandenberg, aged 46, a dealer, who sur rendered in Court, was indicted for r eceiving a quail titymort: prosecution, and Mr. Parnell for the prisoner. In appeared that on the morning of the 224 of property, knowing and .Nglr. it O'Brien . September the premises belonging to Mr. Barber, wharfiiger of Lower Thames-street, were broken into, and a quantity of metal screws and about half a hundred weight of white lead,were stolen. Suspicion falling upon a man named Jones, who had been in their employment, he was taken into custody by one of the City police, who met him on the evening of the same day near Aldgate Church. Some informa tion having then been given, the constable went to the house of Vandenberg, who keeps a marine store dealer's shop in Rosemary-lane, and there found behind the weighing machine the cask of lead covered with an old sack. Vandenberg then said to the officer, "I have been looking for you; I have sent down to the station for Sergeant Kelly. Do you take me for a witness ?" The officer said " No, as a receiver." Vandenberg then said, "I have let a man have 6s. on it, but told him I would not buy it." The prisoner's house was then searched, and the metal screws were found hidden under the counter. The prisoner Jones, who was arraigned upon the charge last session, and pleaded guilty, was admitted as evidence, and stated that the prisoner Vandenberg, after buying the screws on the Friday previously to the robbery, and knowing him to be at Mr. Barber's, asked him if he could not get some white lead, and said he would give 9s. a cwt. for it, and told him if he should not find his front door open, he could come round to the side one. lie (Jones), however, could not get it that night, but did during the early part of next morning, and at seven o'clock took it to the prisoner's shop, who at a later period of the day ad vanced him 6s. on it. For the defence it was attempted to be established that the lead had been left at the prisoner's house during his absence, and that he was about to give information to the police that all was not right, and had advanced the 6s. on it to insure the return of Jones, that he might be given into custody. Several police-constables of the district where Van denberg lived gave him a good character, and said that he had been in many instances the means of ob taining convictions against thieves who had brought stolen goods to his shop. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he, together with Jones, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. GrITTA, PERCHA.—A vessel just arrived in one of the docks, from New York, has brought 2,724 parcels of gutta percha, 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. CHINESE IRON.—The vessel Mencius, arrived at the port of Liverpool from liong.kong, has brought 2,990 pigs of iron, as a portion of her cargo, consigned to a firm of eminence. This is a very interesting importa tion from the Chinese empire. The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway directors have made a final call of V. 103. a share, payable 31st December next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Thomas Chesletl, of No. 11, George-street, Man sion -house, and who also carried on the business of a warehouseman under the names of Burge, Chezlett, and Co. ' in Sise-lane, was brought up f o r 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 persons 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, 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 prisoner, nor di-I' 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 hack. Alderman Grum asked him if he wished to say anything ?—The prisoner (funning) said he should reserve his defence. Alderman Ginn3 committed him on three charges, and the depositions being made out, he was conveyed to Newgate. TVORSHIP-STREET. William Ashby, a farmer-looking young fellow, living at Grreenford, near Hanwelcwis brought up before Mr. Hammill to answer a bastardy war rant under tho following somewhat peculiar cir cumstances : The complainant, a tall, handsome young woman, I 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 the 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 February 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, arid offered to give her a handsome pecuniary recompense if she would marry hirri, 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. HAMMSLL 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 made notwithstanding. 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 Mr. 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 queitions 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 challenge o❑ the part of the Pacha of Egypt. I intend to read it to the Jockey Club at a meeting there will be at Newmarket next week, and to publish a letter (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 disposed to accept it may have the opportunity of coming farward. I think it by no means unlikely that the match may be made, but as the owners of valuable horses will not 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 depended on? Is he certain to hold to the 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 rave-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 Pacha 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 voyage, and how long it would take for them to recover from the effects, and be in condition to run? " 7tb. 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 Pacha, 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 bona 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. " 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 50,000/., and would make no objection to the stakes being deposited, on both sides, in any Eu ropean Consulate selected by the English. "3d. 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 not think the time could have been taken with great accuracy, but I was on the ground myself, and so many watches were used and corn - 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 did 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 projanum vulgus at his harem. One thing is certain—that 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 Newmarket or Ascot courses, of two or three miles, they would be distanced by our se- Fond-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 voyage 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 iou, - 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 hare 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-brad 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 agains this, the Arab horses are all shod with a shoe, or rather plate, which covers the whole of the sole. Whether English horses could, after a month or two's practice, run in shoes of a 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 acy spot we might select. 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 host, and if I beat them, let thorn not say these are inferior horses, we have better in England. If I beat them once I shall consider that I have beat their best, and I will not run 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, CIARLES 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 oven averred that the challenge is taken up in England, and two of the horses already named. For Heaven's sake be prudent, and let nothi ng b o d one i n a h urr y ; a b ove a ll, if possible, try and p reven t an y s porti n g v olunt ee r s from sending out horses here on a speculation : if they lose, they will disgrace us ; if they win, they will prevent the great stake from being run for. I, on 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 your horses should be here in November early, in order to give them a full two months' training here in cold weather. 0. A. 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 miles) in 20 or 23 minutns—ono said 17 (it et as over the ground which will probably be selected for the match) ; but of this fact 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 j • A g Pa ;, Colchester 43 64 239 26 325 48 400 Harwich Leigh 3Ol 143 59 35 -- Maldon 525 240 60 196 378, 438 FRAN CE At the sitting of the Assembly on Saturday M. Antony Thouret presented the following proposal, which will be brought forward in a day or two : " The undersigned have the honour of laying the following proposal before the Assembly, for which they demand urgency : " Considering that, in the words pronounced in the sitting of the 21st of November by one of the mem bers of the Assembly (M. Segur d'Aguesseau), it was not possible for those members who wished to protest against these words, and against their author, to obtain the right, which belongs to all, of procuring the call to order, or the penalties provided for by Art. 119 of the regulations ; considering that it was not even in their power to obtain the right of mounting the tribune, either for a call to order, or for the regulations, or for a pro test ; considering that the expressions of M. Segur d'Aguesseau conveyed evidently an outrage against the Republic, and its glorious founders, the combatants of February ; considering that it cannot be the pro vince of the President to prevent the representatives from demanding in the tribune a solemn reparation of such an outrage ; considering that the President's duty is to insist on an immediate retractation ; con sidering, lastly, that a member of the Assembly, having energetically insisted on these points, was called to order by the President ; the Assembly de clares that the President has not been impartial in his conduct during yesterday's sitting; that he has failed in the most important of his duties, in not causing insertion of Republic to be respected ; an d orders the of the present declaration in the proces verbal of the sitting:' (Signed by 149 Representatives.) TURKEY:. KOSSUTII'S ADDRESS TO THE REFUGEES AT WIDDIN. The National Zeitung publishes the following tran lation of the speech which M. Kossuth addressed to the Hungarian refugees on the occasion of their de parture from Widdin : " Gentlemen, —I am happy to be the bearer of the greetings and blessings of the good and glorious Sul tan.—(Cheers.) A messenger from the great Monarch arrived here yesterday, bringing the joyful news that the Sultan has resolved not to listen to Austria and Russia's demands for our surrender.— (Groans.) No ; the Sultan has sworn by the Prophet that he will protect us at any hazard, even at the risk of the overthrow of his empire.—(Cheers.) " Gentlemen, it is now certain that we are to leave Widdin. The war for which we yearn—that war which alone can liberate our poor country—the war which hitherto was doubtful—it is now certain. The question of that war, of its outbreak, I say, is now but a question of time, and its commencement will be determined by Fuad Effendi—for such is the object of his mission to St. Petersburgh. My brethren! the sun has not yet set ! there are still some rays of light ! a nobler part remains still for us. The Hun garian emigration is of high importance in the politics of Europe. To deserve that importance is our task— which, though difficult, is most glorious 1 But do not fear, my brethren, that we stand alone—as we did ; that we are disowned, as we were. No, indeed. We are held up by Turkey, by England, and by France. Public opinion in England, in the Parliament and without, has indeed for a moment become doubtful of us. But why? because some of us have adopted the Mahometan faith. But what these men did finds some excuse in the prevailing desire to make prose lytes; aad, besides, whatever they did they did as men, not as Hungarians. As men they will have to bear the consequences, and not only they but also certain people in this city of Widdin who urged them to this step. But that is all. A letter which I wrote to the Noble Lord Palmerston, and the unremitting labours of an English friend (Mrs. Thomson) have served to place the question in its true light, and the organs of the British press, of all parties, raised their voice in our favour. Gentlemen, I am enabled to assure you that England and France are for us, and that they have declared that, allied with the Most High Porte, they will fight for the liberty and independence of our country. In consequence of these important events the Host High Porte has resolved to send the Hungarian emigrants from Widdin to Shumla. Shumla is, according to my opinion, if not the best, at least the most advantageous place for the Hungarian emi gration, for in the case of a war against Russia and Austria, we shall be enabled to proced to and cross the Danube at Rustshuk, and to reach our country, where hundreds of thousands of kind hearts and stout arms wait for us to rid the earth from the wretched remains of a bloodthirsty dynasty, which exhibits the just curse of an angry God by those atrocious deeds which in its frenzied blindness it perpetrates against a poor and helpless people. But if Shumla were threatened—though, indeed, there is not much fear of that—there are fourteen British vessels in the Dar danelles, prepared to take us to England, wheza we are sure of a kind treatment, for Great Britaist-- , -to speak with Lord Palmerston, has not indeed orders and ribands for a murderer like Haynau ; but that noble country can admire and respect the remains of a gallant nation which prevailed against and shook to its foundation the firm and towering stronghold of tyranny.—(Cheers and shouts of the Turks, ' Bin jasha Kossuth !"Bin jasha Dembinski!' or `May Kossuth live a thousand years!' &c.) When silence was restored Kossuth proceeded— "l have but a few words to add. To prevent dis orders the Most High Porte wishes the emigrants to forms a corps under my leadership.—(Loud cheers.) If it is your will, Gentlemen, I consent.—(Cheers.) But I wish for harmony and order, for without these our corps cannot exist. That corps is to be a mili tary institution, which I will do my best to improve. To prevent the possibility of any violence on the part of the Russians, we are to journey by land. To de fray the expenses of that journey, the High Porte has sent me 241,000 piastres, as a Bairam's present for the emigrants." STOCKS AND STONES. We have no hesitation in saying that whoever, after reading some of the recent disclosures in the Morning Chronicle, can wear a cheap stock, must have a heart of stone. If we were Prince Albert, we would at once insist on the total release of our royal name from those hateful ties which are paraded in the shop-windows as " Albert ties," and for the making of which only Gd. a dozen is paid ! It is a libel on his Royal Highness, who has lately shown so much warm-hearted interest in the cause of the in dustrious classes, to couple him, even nominally, with those stocks and neck-ties, whose wearers—if they knew the horrible sacrifices entailed by the low price manufacture—would be ashamed to hold up their heads over even the stiffest of these odious articles. We shall never look upon one of those cheap stocks again without feeling our choler raised in an extra ordinary degree ; and we could not put such a thing round our neck without a sort of throttling sensation, engendered by the knowledge that, for the production of these stocks and ties, rapacity has taken necessity by the throat. The wealthy capitalist, who - watches the daily fluctuation of the funds, has thought hitherto but little of the fearful consequences resulting from the downward tendency in the prices of another kind of stocks. A fall in Spanish may diminish, by a few thousands or hundreds, the gain of the millionaire or the less opulent speculator, but a fall in the Albert Stock-market curtails the already insufficient crust of the poor needlewoman, and sends tottering into the abyss many who were trembling on the edge of the slippery partition between starvation and crime. " The Albert Stocks used to be 3s. fid. to 4s. a dozen when they first came up. They're 2s. to ls. 9d. now," says the informant of the Morning Chronicle. And we venture to assert, that the decline in the Stock Market is more appalling in its consequences than the ups and downs of that other Stock Market in which knavery and jobbery, avarice and recklessness, folly and cunning, pursue their unhallowed course. Henceforth, whatever we may hear said of prosperity in connexion with rises in the funds, we shall cease to have faith in the soundness of the state of things, until we are satisfied that the Albert Stocks are look ing up.—Punch. LIBERATION OF MISS LEGGOTT.—We understand that this young person, the victim of the lottery of split quills, drawn by the jury who tried her at the late Leeds Borough Sessions, was on Thursday liberated from cus tody. It will be recollected that when the verdict of guilty was arrived at by the extraordinary means alluded to, the Learned Recorder sentenced Miss Leggott to six weeks' impri so nment. Immediately a f terw ards the discovery was made that her fate had been fixed by lot. Such an outrage on an Englishman's no tions of trial by jury —the gre a t b u l w ark of personal freedom in this country—was, of course, at onco made the subject of an application to the Home Secretary for her release on the ground of the unparalleled character and illegality of the finding of the twelve unenviable men who sat upon, and ought to have judged her case. The answer to this application was received by the Go vernor of the Leeds Borough gaol on Thursday, Sir George Grey directing Miss Leggott's immediate libera tion. The result is but an act of justice to Miss Leg gott, while it conveys a well-merited censure upon the jury; and we hope it will answer as a check against the aggravation of the notoriety which Yorkshire juries have of late attained by their decisions in this case, the Barnard Castle murder, and a few other instances.— Leeds Mercury. We are glad to find that the election of George Leeman, Esq., to the chair of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company has given the most entire and general satisfaction in this district. The Journal (who was sole defender of Mr. Hudson here) speaks of Mr. Leeman as " an able and respectable man;" and the Sunderland ilerald, after designating him " honour able and trustworthy," says, " Mr. Leeman, it will be remembered, discharged the laborious duties of secretary to the Committee of Investigation, and this appointment bears eloquent testimony to the value of the advice and assistance he rendered in that capacity. We wish the company a good start and a prosperous career under his presidency."—Newcastle Guardian. Never put a curb on humanity ; we are too apt to stop without it.—Eliza Cook's Journal, SOUTHWARK. The Magistrate received the half of a 51. note from " L.M.1V,," 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.. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCHANGIL—Therewas 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, £3 I A dia.—Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 12% dis. LIVERI'OOL, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCILANGU.—The share market was better to-day. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and York shire, Consol. Fifths, 6% dis.—Ditto, Halv es ( N o. 4), 61/ a p. —Leeds and Thirk, B%—London and North-Western, 113 1 4 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, % p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3d p.—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference, 9 —Midland, 49—Ditto, Halves, 21 1 / dis.—North Union (A), 223 Shrewsbury find Chester (N. W. M.), Preference, guaran teed 8 per cent., 15 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61,4—South Staffordshire, 3% dis.—Dublin and Drogheda, Thirds, B%—Waterford and Limerick, 39 1 / 2 dis—Dutch Rhenish, 7 dis. MANCHESTER, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCIIANOE.—The transactions to.day were as follow :—Manchester and Birmingham (C ), Quarters, 1% p. —Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6 1 4—Sheffield, Ei g hth s , 2c. East Lancashire, 12 1-16 —Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 6 3 4 dis.—Ditto, Preference, 12 4—Great Northern, Prefer ence, 91 4—North Staffordshire, 9 2 3 4 dis.—Caledonian, P re f erence, mu, , 4 dis.—London Stock, 112 1 A c. dis.—Sheffield, Pre BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 26. STOCK EXCIIANGIE.—The only transactions to-day were— South Staffordshire, 3 4 dis. Birmingham and Stour Valley, 9N. YORK, Nov. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern, 6 , y",—Eastern Counties, 6% —Mid land, 43—York, Newcastle, and Berwick I.6%—York and North Midland, 18%. GLASGOW, Nov. 23. STOCK ExctrAxGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 61. 7s.—Monklancl, 6 per cent. guaranteed, 11—Scottish Central, 14%. [Advertisement.] 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, 1)r. Cronin will illustrate by diagrams, microscopical observations, &c., his new and original theory, of the nature, caut.es, and forma tion of tubercle, and explain his peculiar and successful mode of treating consumptive, asthmatic, and dispeptic diseases. Terms for one course, 2-3.; the whole course, los. 6d. For prospectuses of lectures, &c., apply be tween ten and one daily at Dr. Cronin's residence, 14 Leicester-place, Leicester-square. THE OLD CHURCH SPIRE ♦T BIRMINGHAM.—This spire has been declared, by a majority of architects and surveyors, to be decidedly unsafe and liable to fall down if not taken down. It is to be hoped, however, that whether the latter or the former, such an ancient land mark as St. Martin's spire will be at once restored; for in a place like Birmingham, where all is new and with out associations—every ancient landmark passing away one after another—so prominent a monument of the olden time can ill be spared. The question has been started whether the church should not bo 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 Knell, 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. The 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 hoard on the stairs and landing. Tho farmer's son exclaimed, " 0 Lord! the ghost, the ghost!" He jumped from bed, ful 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 dandling white. Ile soon departed, however, leaving the two youths in possession of the field; but when they were about to step into bed again, 10l 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 same track, and the landlord's claims for rent were met by an empty house.— Carnarvon Herald. If there is a delicate, deformed, or weak-minded child in a family, it is generally the favourite with its parents, This is a beautiful illustration of Nature taking the part of tho most helpless.—Eliza Cook's Joxrnal. bred to win on. A tirst•rtte stceplechas9 horse. in the opinion of our English in,'gT.s b;! th,! sort of horse, Le is used to lift his I:gs higher in galloping, and would not be so likely to come down. " Compressed hay and cats 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 Nedgdi 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. " hiders.—The Pasha will probably mount his horses with Wehabee riders from Mecca—wiry, light men of eight stone—good riders, but no judgment. Some ex p , rienced persons 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 Arab, 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 110th of March to the 20th 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 be the only circumstances to render the result for a moment doubtful, as it might interfere with what always tell is a thorough .bred—' his tremendous stride. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—VESTEEDA.Y. LEAMINGTON STEEPLECHASE. 6 to 1 agst Captain Little's Chandler 9 to 1 agst 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 agst 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 1 agst Mr. Dawson's Defaulter The above odds were taken to small sums, and after wards offered. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Mr. 3t. George's Whim colt—takcii 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—takea and alterwards offered 1,000 to 15 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Melody—taken and afterwards offered 1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Armstrong's Vesta—taken 1,000 to 15 agat Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Pedley's Sir Richard—taken 1,000 to 10 aget Mr. Murphy's Dough—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry—taken DERBY, 1850. 17 to 2 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—take 9 to 1 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglintou's Knight of Avenel 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr. J. Scott's Cyprus—taken 23 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Sweetheart 25 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Deicoon 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwieke's The Nigger—taken 35 to 1 agst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Hill'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 agst Bolingbroke; 1,600 to 100 agst The Italian; 1,000 to 45 each, and 22 to 1 in l.onies agst Sweetheart and Cyprus; 1,750 to 50 each agst Pitsford and Brother to Epirote; 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. 1Y MARKETS. statement of the quantities of )rt of London from the ports in 1849, to the 24th Nov., 1849, THE COUNT]: The following is the official corn, &c., received in the poi Essex, from the 19th Nov., both inclusive : CHELMSFORD, Nov. 23.—The supply of wheat was far beyond the demand, and those samples which changed hands were at a reduction of is per quarter. Other die. scriptions of grain unaltered in value, with little doing. Wheat, white, old 41s to 47s ; new 439 to 48s; red, old 37s to 42. ; new, 38s to 44s ; barley, 28. to 30s ; chevalier 28. to 32.; grinding 20s to 24s ; oats 17s to 23s ; malt b 4" to 563 ; chevalier 54. to 58s ; peas, partridge, new 28s to 30s; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 28s to 30s ; old, —s to —1 dun, new, 27s to 29s ; beans, tick, new 25s to 27s ; old, 219 to 30s ; harrow ticks, new 26s to 28s ; old 291 to 31s; maser zagan, new 24s to 26. ; old 25s to 27s per qr. COLCHESTER, Nov. 24.—Wheat, white 44s to 483; red 400 to 44s ; barley 28s to 32s ; beans, mazagan 24s to 28s; middle and small 28s to 30s; peas 26s to 30s per qr. HADDINOTON, Nov. 23.—The following are the prices of grain at our market to-day : Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beslas. First ... 44s 04 24. 64 20s Od 31s Od Second ... 34. 11d 21s 44 17s Id 28s 14 Third ... 28s Od‘ 17s Od 14, 04 25s Od Total quantity of Wheat in market 613 qrs., 576 sold Do. Barley do. 631 qrs., 551 sold Do. Oats do. 543 qrs., 478 ssold Do. Beans do. 48 qrs., 43 :told KIRICALDY, Nov. 24.—The following are the quotati up to this date : Wheat. :Barley. Oats. Beans. Pets. I First 433 Od 23s 04 20s Od —s Od —s Od Second 41. Od 21s 6d 18s 6d —s 04 I—s Od Third 32,. Od 16s 6d 15s Od Od —s 04 Oatmeal, ner bag of 2801bs. imp., 26. to 27s Od. GLASUOw, Nov. 22.—P rov i s i ons —Cheese, 46. to 50s Oa per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Ski m m ilk, 18. t o 00 1 pet cwt. C ountry fresh butter, 9d to lld per lb; Irish paw' dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; co un try p ow d ere d, w h o l esa le, 7il to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, Si. 6' per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2 s Od p er p a i r; 41114 3kit 2s Od. STIRLING, Nov. 23.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 24s Od; diittOt home, 21s Od to Os Od; ditto ditto new, 16s to 18s; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, OOs Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 12s to 17s (6d I oats, common, 12s Od to 13s Od • ditto new, 9s Od to lOs .0d ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto aew, Os Od; 1310 distillers, 33s to 351 ; ditto brewers, 35s Od to 38s ; be: ant' per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ne.v, 16s Od to 17s 6d; p ear 14s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 359 ; ditto COME no , ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os; Odl ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, Bid to Os sOoll fresh butter, per lb, 8d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6el to 7di hay per ton, 44s to 475. KELSO, Nov. 23.—Wheat, old, 00s' to OOs; ditto, new, 20. to 31; d ; barley, new, 14s to 16s Od ; ditto old, OOs NI to OOs ; potato oats, OOs to 00s ; ditto new, Ils to 13s Od ; en no' mon oats, 00s to 00s Od ; ditto new, 105 to 12s 6d ; peas, 0 0° to 00s Od ; beans, 20s to 22s per boll of six imperial bushels . PERTH, Nov. 22.—Wheat, 32s Od to 44s Od ; barley, I_,o to 23s Od ; o a t s , 14 s t o 16 s; peas an d b eans, 25s Od to 285 0' per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 261 to 28s. OA FALKIRK, Nov. 22. —Th e su pply o f gra i n i n thi s d ay: market was 661 bolls; wheat at 17s Od to 20s Od per be barley, 16s Od to 17s 6d ; oats, lOs 6d to 13; 9d; beans, 11 9 0 ` to 13; Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. HAwicK, NO Y. 22.—Wheat, new, 26s Od to 323 Od; bar leg' new, 14s to 18s Od ; ditto old, 00s to ()Os ; potato o ate 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, 11s to 14; Od ; peas, 20t to 24; Od; beans, 20s Od to 24s Od per boll of six inzpflril bushels. BERWICK, Nov. 22.—Wheat, 32; aid ; barley, 19s 1.2 Id' oats, 14s 84-d ; rye, Os Od ; beans, 21s 4d ; peas, 001 ocd AO' rage per imperial quarter. COAL MARKE' Buddle's W. Hartley 11s 6d Curr's Hartley l4s 61' Davison's West Hartley 14s 6d East Aclairs Main 13s 6o East Wylam l3s 9(11 Hasting's Hartley 1 43 3dl I ledley's Hartley North Percy Hartley l4s 3d Ord's Redheugh Tanfield Moor l'anlield Moor Butes l4s od l West Wylam West Hartley Wylain Brown Morrison Original Gibson Walker ... l6s Od' Eden Main l 7s od l Lambton Primrose Bell 'Ws a ll's End, &C Gas 13s 6dl 171 0.1 Belmont l7s 3d 13raddyll I letton riasvrell lB3 3o T.—YESTERDAY. Heselden ..... ... l6s 0i Lambton Lumley 162; 9 0 Russell's Hatton .. 174 0 3 , iStewart's Wh it well ... l6l OJ I learadoe l7s 9 . 1 Cassop. ... ... Denison I l l i l e e i u to g e li Hall 17s 0 , ^ South Ilartlepool West lletton l6s 6 Whitworth l4s 01 Adelaide Tees IMaclean's Tees Seymour Tees 16s au South Durham 163 01 I St. Helen's Tees .• ••• 15$ 6 0 'Tees . 18s 9 West Cornforth ........ 15s gy, 'Cowpen Hartley Howard's W. H. Neth 143 6° Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff Ships at market, 119. BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at Carlton-villas, Maida-vale, Ms'S• Reid, of a daughter. On the 23d inst., at Upper Norwood, Surrey, the Ifife °I John H. Luscombe, Esq., of a son. On the 24th hist., in Basing-lane, Cheapside, Mrs. .Fo°' rick Moore, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Gracechurch-street, Mrs. Cl] asi Kay, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Chester-square, the wife of the P l* J, 11. Hamilton, cf a daughter. MARRIED. r nri On the 20th inst., at l3rompton, Gerald Frederick 11-e o f Wellesley, Esq., to Emma Donna Boys, third dauot er the late Captain B o y s , R . N ., o f Bridgewiver, Somersetsbi re. , On the 22d in s t., at .St. James's Church, Norman C , l ol,pi n o Esq., late of th e s t h D ragoon Guards, to M " )Marian, L'" -- daughter of T. Barnard, Esq., Southwick-crescent. ire, On the 22c1 i ns t., a t S omerv ill e Aston, Gl ouces teesil v Davi i Hastings, Esq., of Huddersfield, to Emma, b'i-%t daughter of the late W. Crowther, Esq. DIED. I,..irr At Naples, on the 7th i ns t., I van Al exov it c h roten, 4 , many years Minister fr o nt th e C our t o f R uss i a to thelloly 0 , 4 \,,, At Liege, on the 16th inst., RLbert, the only son °f Lukiu, Esq., Deputy Commissary-General to the Forcek_ h o A , Edinburgh, on the 20 t h i ns t., Li eu t enan t-Colonel Jo Scott, of Woll, late of the H o n. E as t I n di a CornpanY's ser. vice, Madras Establishment. J• . 9 ' At Ucktield, Sussex, on the 21st inst., Captain Crofts, aged 72. hf er At Axminster, aged 23, Charles C onra d B r ine, Estl•7 - Majesty's 27th Regiment. ' - t r ar fordt On the 23d inst., at Stockwell, Surrey, Elizabeth '''''" second daughter of the late R. Lyna, Esq.__________-. 1- ..,‘ London ; Printed and Publi s h e d by MURDO TOlgrn_ , jaet No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S un Office, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the 0 4 . 44 " — ' Middlesox, Tuesday, NeVember 27, NA ~~ Mgr