The Express.
London, England, 1855-12-13 00:00:00

SPORTING.

IN RACES AND STEEPLE-
CHASES.

WOLVESHAIIPTON, WIDNIIDAT Ntoirr.
Weather permitting, this nestles will take place on
Friday aad Saturday neat ; bat should the frost eontimmit
will be further ravened to the Monday and Tuesday fel-

CHARGE OF SWINDLING AGAINST A
gentIemanPROTESTANT
CINITILLIC—Os Wednesda an eerly , re-
spLectably dressed, Galling himself theld Rev. Michael Crotty.
was brought up at the Town Hall, Preston, on a charge of
obtaining money natter false pretences. The court was
wended by many of the gentry and inhabitants of the town
who represested themselves to have bun swindled by the
defendant. Mr. Aseroft, solicitor, appeared for the prom
cation; and Mr. Blackhunt, solicitor, was retained ler the
defames. According to the statements for the preemption it
appeared that the prisoner was formerly a Houma
catholic. priest, but having been converted some twelve
years ago he became a minister of the church of
England, and was instituted to the church of Ht.
Breeden, Parsooetown, Ring's County. lie Ira, there
licensed, bet the Ikonse was subsequently withdrawn.
On the withdrawal of the license, the prisoner came to Rug.
land, and began collection money for " enlarging and en-
dowing hie church " In Parsonstown, represeeting at the
same time that his cousin, William Crotty acted as his
curate in Ireland. Lately he had come to Preston, and col-
lected • good deal of money ; but suspicion having been
excited, the rooter of Bin, to Ireland, was written to, who
replied that the chapel, for which prisoner pretended to be
collecting messys was shut up, and that prisoner's wife and
family yielded at Bin, and received constant supplies of
messy fees grformer. Defendant's cousin, it was added,
was a peesbyterian clergyman in Galway, and had not been
Paresestown for twenty years. The police were cow
ressicated with, and the prisoner was arrested at the rad-
way station, beteg on the point of leaving Preston. He
was remanded, and is default ofthe ball was
rsecution removed lawhit
Cody, loudly loudly protesting splint " pe" to &
he was subtitled.
THE LUITENDII CANAL.—A letter from Constar/.
%iambi of the 29th ult., in the Gault@ du Midi, says:—
" The concession of the canal of Hastendji was granted
this day to a company formed of English, Austrian, Lad
Preach **phonate, and meeprisiat for Turkey two wealthy
capitalists. Mustephe Picks and Slued Parka. The com-
pany has bran formed seder the motets of thcambassadora
of Frame, Ragland, and Austria, at Constantinople. The
email will eat 600,0001. sterlim, and a large port which Is
to be formed will cast 1,000,0001. This important decision
is • practical mistime of the woad guarantee of the Cos.
foresees of Vistula, *ad it will give • mortal blow to
Odessa, which will no longer be the principal port of the
Black flea. It Is to be hoped that the Turkish ministers
will penile as this line of policy, as it is only by rbtaining
the eil of Saralee espied that Swope sea be made to take
as teepee% le this asustry. Russia has always seen that
the maths. et Able awl would be a mortal blow to her
trade ; sad mhos, Dome years ago, Austria spoke on the
evoieet, the eableet of St. Petersburg declared that it would
wake riasanseetlee of it a MIMI bah. The Porte is sari-
011110traprifes Meal with the drawing up of a node of pro-
le ememersial matters, is accordance with the
esagamtedgles et messier jurisdiction in Europe. The
with the duty le composed of several
j=f4llharirbseal of Commerce, Idussulcasne and
sad of the draw/saw et the different /maltase;
set life peselied over by Bead Effendi."
SUMER Off • DIPLOMATItre—A letter from Corn-
assevaiss the death of 11. Tali**, the charge-
:Waives of Perlngal In that city. Ho had soddenly disap-
peared, as already stated, on the very day he bad been •
freest at the dieser gives by the court in humour of Guard
Combat'. arrival. His body wee afterwards found in one
el the eenele of the silty. It is believed that he committed
Weide le site esselel aberratlee.