The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-13 00:00:00

THE NEWINGTON GHOST.

For some time past the neighbourhood of Hanover-street, New.
ington, has been thrown into considerable alarm and agitation, in
consequence of the nocturnal visits of what was generally believed
to be *ghost. The time selected by the supposed sprite for playing
its punks was usually between the hours of eight and eleven o'clock
at night, during which time huge Stones, brickbats, lumps of coal,
old shoes, with various other missiles, were thrown in abundance
through the windows, to the imminent danger and peril of those
within the houses. Although considerable expense had been in-
curred by many persona residing in the street, in paying men to
watch out and discover the manner in which the damage was coin.
mined, yet an endeavours were unsuccessful until Sunday night
last, 'men a Mr. ()rinsell, who lives at No. 21, in the street that
WAS reported to be haunted, very fortunately for the landlord of his
house. and the tranquillity of the neighbourhood, discovered the
ghost in the person of his own Servant girl, Anne Page.
Before the Magistrates at Union-hall, yesterday, he gave the fol.
lowing account of the manlier in which he had detected the author
of the agitation that had existed of late in the neighbourhood. He
was sitting at tea on Sunday night, with a few friends, when, just
as the clock stmek seven, n lump of coal mime rattling through one
of the panes of glass, which fell close to him : he instantly took it
up, but war obliged to drop it again on account of its being nearly
red hot. This circumstance at once convinced him that the sus.
petted ghost dwelt near the spot, and he, without loss of time, ran
into the street, and was there informed that the person who had
broken the winnow ran down the area steps, and vanished into the
kitchen. Ile immediate proceeded there, and saw his servant
girl, who manifeste considerable agitation. Ile questioned
her on the subject, when, after sonic hesitation, she acknowledged
that she was the person that had been mistaken for a ghost.
When placed at the bar, she did not betray the slightest symptom
of fear. She is rather a pretty-looking girl, and when asked what
could have induced her to break the windows of the inhabitants,
she made no answer, and afle:ted stillennesa. The pair of shoes,
which had smashed a pane of glass in one of the neighbour's houses,
upon being tried on her feet, exactly fitted them.
The Magistrate haying ascertained the damage committed by the
defendant to amount to al., inflicted a penalty to that amount upon
her, In. default of payment of which she was committed for one
month to Brixton.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL: S,

51oxiyAT, DEc. 12.

The Room was well attended,
took place on the Derby, withoul
Lion in the oats. Dramarieappei
being taken, though we cannot qt,

and some heavy general betting
occasioning any material altera.
irs to be going back. 6,000 to 300
lota the odds higher than 20 to 1.
tar.
22 to 1 agst Twatty
21 to 1 agst Zitleika
25 to I agst Sophist
30 to 1 agst Canvass
36 to 1 agst Cedric.

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54 to I eget Monarch
12 to 1 apt Tredrille
14 to 1 eget Bolivar
16 to 1 apt The (loosest
20 to 1 agst Advance
20 to 1 asst Uramarie

• to I apt Mignionette
• to 1 agst Pawn
9 to 1 apt Moses
10 to 1 agst Henry
15 to 1 agst Parasol

I,• to 1 apt Elizabeth
16 to 1 apt 110-peep
10 to 1 apt Quadrille
2U to 1 agat Morel.

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7 to 1 agstPedismite(taken)
10 to 1 apt Crusader
17 to 1 apt Belzoni
20 to 1 agst Blonatch

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22 to 1 apt Barefoot
2I to I eget BArataria
30 to 1 aim Sister to Homer.

A novel scene was witnessed on Tuesday afternoon last, upon
the race-ground on Nottingham Forest :—A, few
_gentlemen
(chiefly in the twist trade) yroceeded from the Ram inn to the
Forest, for the purpose of deciding wagers by running races, when,
in the course tif the afternoon's amusement, a Mr. T., of Radford,
machine-builder (about 16 stone weight), mounted by 111 r. %V. H.,
of Sneintori, lace-vender (of the moderate weight of twelve atone),
started against Mr. M., of Nottingham, to run him 60 yards thus
mounted, for tr bnitte of wine, within a less period than Mr. M.
could run 100 yards unmounted. Shortly after the signal gun for
starting had been fired, Mr. T.,with his solid jockey on his back,
-came in victorious, amidst the litmus and hearty laughs of upwards
of 100 highly entertained spectators.
The Honourable Captain Percy and his brother, the Honour-
able Algernon Percy, killed on Saturday week, at Teddesley, 23
hares, three pheasants, three partridges, three rabbits, four si,ipes,
one teal, on: black-cock, tine bittern, two water-rails, four water.
'leis, and several coots.

Lord Be!grave is building extensive dog-kennels in the Park,
near Be'grave Lodge, Cheshire, preparatory to the establishment
of a regular pack of hound•.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.
AT THE COURT OF COMMISSIONERS OF BANKRUPTS

DASINGUALL-STREET
THIS DAY.

THIRD MEETINGS.

Alexander, W. Finch-lane, Combill, merchant
Ridley, W. C'astle.atreet, Holborn, carpet-baler

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