The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-12 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
➢SONDAY NIGHT.

The sport altogether was very unsatisfactory, and was
made still less attractive by the tempestuous state of the
weather; some idea may be formed of the change, when
we state that the thermometer was at 85 in the shade last
Saturday, and to-day at 55. On the course were the Dukes
of Rutland, Portland, Grafton, and Richmond, Marquis of
Exeter, Lords Uxbridge, Jersey, G. H. Cavendish, G. Ben-
tinck, and Sefton, Sir Mark Wood, Col. Udney, Captains
Grant and Macnamara, Sir David Baird, Messrs. Payne,
Thornhill, Batson, C. Wilson, Irby, Waddington, &c.
Many of the regular visitors are detained in town by the
Parliamentary business appointed for Tuesday, but it is
expected that there will be a very considerable accession of
visitors by Thursday, when the great stakes of 500 soya.
each will be run for; it is expected that Lord Mountcharles's
Gayhurst, Lerd Grovesnor's Ebury, Mr. Ridsdale's Tyke'
and Mr. R. Walker's Roundwaist will start for it, thus
making the stakes worth upwards of 3,0001., and one of
the richest known for many years. Great interest is also
excited by the Jockey Club Plate of that day, the distance,
T.M.M., being supposed to assist in showing the winner of
the Derby, should a three-yr-old come in first; indeed,
the whole sport and interest of the meeting seems to centre
in Thursday, for which day there are already seven races in
the list. The dinner at the rooms this evening was thinly
attended.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Ma tch, 50. T. Y. C.

, -
Mr. S. Stanley's c. by Cervantes, Sst. 31b 1
Lord Chesterfield's f. by Tramp, 7st. 101 b 2
Fifty sovs., for three-yr-old colts Bst. 71b. and fillies Bst.

41b. R.N.

Mr. Gully's ch. f. Clio- --- --- ----
1
Mr. Robert's ch. c. by Emilius 2
Won by a neck. Eleven ran.

Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds and
upwards. T.Y. C.
Lord Chesterfield's Carthusian. 6 yrs. 9st
Lord Exeter's Father Long-legs, 5 yrs. Bst. lllb 2
Mr. Roger's Harold, 4 yrs. Bst. 61b 3
Lord G. H. Cavendish's Spaniard, 4 yrs. Bst. 'Jib 4
Won by a head. One paid.

Sweepstakes of 103 sovs. each, for three-yr.olds 7st. 41b.
and four Sst. 7lb. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for
100 sovs. if demanded, &c.
Duke of Grafton's Caradori, 4 yrs
Mr. Batson's Discovery, 4 yrs 2
Won by a head.

TUESDAY NIGHT, ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
State of odds at the Kingston House Rooms :

DERBY.

7 to 2 agst Mr. Chifney's Priam
7 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Augustus
8 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Captain Arthur
10 to I agst Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rover
10 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's The Mummer
11 to 1 agst Mr. Pctre's Brunswicker
14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud
16 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Cetus
20 to 1 ag:..t Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler
OAKS.
7 to 2 agst Lord Sefton's Manche
6 to 1 agst Lora Jersey's Charlotte West
6 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Maiia
9 to 1 agst Lord Anson's Zillah
10 to 1 agst Mr. Benson's Lady Blanche
14 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess f.,
ST. LEGER.
9 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Raby
9 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Priam
16 to 1 agst Moss Rose
16 to 1 agst Hassan
20 to 1 agst Laurie Todd

BROWN AND SAMPSON.
This match, it was well known to the admirers of the
pugilistic art, was fixed to have been decided yesterday
within one hundred miles of Birmingham, and a sanguine
hope was entertained that it would have gone forward in
a straightforward, good old-fashioned way, and have wiped
out the recollection of those contemptible shifts and subter-
fuges which have for many months cast a cloud over the
character and amusements of the Ring ; but, alas ! vain
was this hope—and this, like the long argued, and still
undecided, affair between Neal and Young Dutch Sam,
has ended in a bubble—a bubble, it is fit to state in the
outset, arising out of the trickery or disinclination of
Sampson or his backers. To those who may feel a❑ in-
terest in such subjects, it may be necessary to mention
that this was the second match between these men—
the first having been decided in favour of Sampson,
after a desperate battle, in which Brown had his
collar broken in the fourth round. After repeated at-
tempts at renewals, from a desire on Brown's part to re-
eaiu his lost laurel, the new match Was made at Binning-

ham on the 2-;:d of February last, for 2001. aside ; and Mr.
Beardswotali, a respectable inhabitant of that town, was
appointed stakeholder. The articles were drawn up evi-
dently by an inexperienced person and with great looseness;
hut as it was believed each man meant an honourable fight,
with the view of putting their respective merits to a fail
issue, feW who did not know the parties, were disposed to
anticipate that at the proper season anything like a
quibble or petty advantage would he taken on either side.
Those who calculated in this way, however, " reckoned
without their host," for to a quibble—and to a quibble
only—has the matter been brought.
Brown, on the match being made, went into close train-
ing, at the New Inn, Shipley; and Sampson, to all ap
pearanee, followed his example, by betaking himself to an
inn at Perrybar, near Birmingham, when all looked well
for business. The deposits were all duly made, and at last
came the impartant question—not " where shall we
dine ?" but " where shall we fight?" But this ought to
be preceded by a knowledge of the fact, that in the sport-
ing circles the event excited very little interest; and in
London especially it was scarcely deemed worthy of
notice, few bets having been made, and those of a
very trifling description. In the country, we understand,
the speculations were rather more extensive, Sampson
being generally a favourite at five to four. By the articles
it was provided "that on Saturday, May 8, the p'ace of
fighting was to he named and agreed upon, at the Pea-
cock, at Wolverhampton, at two o'clock in the after-
noon, by a friend of each party," and upon this provision
arose the " mull" to which the " no go" in the match
is to be attributed. It will he seen by this stipulation
that a positive duty is assigned to two mutual friends" to
rime and agree upon a place ;" but if they cannot agree,
there is no stipulation as to what is to be done to get over
the difficulty—so that, in fact, they might debate for " a
blue moon," and come to no agreement at all; and this,
in fact, turns out to have been the cast. Had the articles
specified, " that in the event of not agreeing a toss should
decide the difference," all would have been right; but this
being omitted, it was at the option of either party to be as
obstinate as he chose, and fight or not fight as might be
agreeable to his interest or inclination. Appended to the
articles was the further agreement : " Should any money
be obtained for the advantage of the fight in a particular
place, that money to be equally divided between the men ;"
but this was, of course, subservient to the mutual agree-
ment, as to where that place was to be. On Saturday, soon
after two o'clock, a Mr. Sankey, on the part of Sampson,
met a Mr. Marshall (Clerk of the Course), on the part
of Brown,'at the Peacock, Wolverhampton. Mr. Beards-
worth, the stakeholder, was not present, hut deputed a
gentleman to be present on his behalf. The business was
immediately opened by Mr. Marshall; who stated that
Brown had been offered 501. to go to Ludlow, and asked
if Sampson had any place to mention, where the ad-
vantage would be equal ? Mr. Sankey answered in the
negative ; but said that Sampson would not consent to go
to Ludlow for less than 50/. This was deemed unreason-
able, and Mr. Marshall said, if Sampson would give
Brown 20/., he would go to whatever place he might
name. No proposition of this sort, however, was ten-
dered ; upon which Mr, Marshall said Sampson should
have 301. of the 50/. to be received at Ludlow, leaving
Brown but 201. for his share. Still Sampson's party
were inexorable-351. out of the 50/. was next men-
tioned; and at last Mr. Sankey, although he said he felt
he was acting in violation of his instructions, offered to
take 401. To this demand Mr. Marshall felt, in fairness
to his principal, he could not ace: de ; and thus the negotia-
tion broke off, no place being agreed upon, although
Ludlow was named. An offer was made to toss for
choice of place, whether by Mr. Sankey or any other
person present does not appear ; but that course not being
provided for in the articles, nothing was done. From
thenceforth all was doubt and uncertainty. The Fancy of
Birmingham and Wolverhampton were at a stand-still,
and rumours were pretty generally _circulated that there
would be no fight. Brown, Baldwin, and his friends, had
proceeded to Ludlow—but Sampson remained at Birming-
ham the whole of Monday, declaring in several sporting-
houses that he would not go to Ludlow unless he first re-
ceived 501., alluding broadly to the imperfection of the
articles of which he could take advantage, and saying,
that unless he received the 501., as the articles stated,
" that the stakes were not to be given up till fairly won
or lost by fight"—they should remain in the hands of the
stakeholder for two years, by which time the recogni-
zances in which he had been held at the Retford Ses-
sions for his connection with the fight between Hill
and Mapping, in Nottinghamshire, would have expired.
To this resolution he adhered throughout the day,
and as, at a late hour, no new proposition arrived
from Brown, he mounted his horse and returned to
Perrybar, whither he invited his friends to dinner the next
day. All idea of the fight coming off was now given
up. Young Dutch Sam, Dick Curtis, Stockman, and
other friends of Sampson, betook themselves to the joys of
the table, instead of those of the ring, and yesterday all
remained stationary at Birmingham, Brown and his party,
no doubt, anxiously waiting Sampson's arrival at Ludlow,
where Tom Oliver and Fogo, with the ropes and stakes,
had also gone, and where the ring was, in all probability,
formed with the usual ceretnonies. We have heard that
Brown threw in his hat and claimed the stakes; but
whether, under all the circumstances, he will receive
them must depend upon the stakeholder. It is clear that
on Brown's part there was no objection to fight—that he
named a place, and most liberally offered to give two-thirds
of the money he was to receive to Sampson to meet him. It is
also clear that Sampson did not name any place, and wilfully
avoided meeting his antagonist to give him that fair and
manly chance for which the match had been made—and
this without any reasonable cause assigned. In an equi-
table point of view, this would entitle Brown to forfeit,
but these are times when milling is conducted according
to the niceties of special pleading, and it may therefore
be expected that the Fancy are again to be indulged in a
display of logic chopping instead of noddle chopping.
One thing is clear, however, and that is, that this addi-
tional dose of disappointment has increased the disease
with which the friends of pugilism have been afflicted,
and to all appearance must quickly hasten that dissolution,
which by many is so " devoutly wished." Whether
Sampson means, or can give any explanation of his con-
duct, remains to be seen ; but it is pretty clear that there
are '6 wheels within wheels," the evolutions of which. may
never meet the eyes of the curious.

CAILLIE'S TRAVELS TO TTMBUCTOO.
This work has acquired that popular ity to which it is
eminently entitled. Of the veracity of CAXLLIE there can
he no doubt : on this point the Spectator observes,
" Some rash doubts have been hazarded respecting the
authenticity of these travels ; but we have not been able,
from a careful perusal of the external and internal evi-
I dences of their truth, to discover on what logical or moral
grounds the doubts are rested. Besides numerous coin-
cidences, of a kind which CAILLIE could not invent, his
departure from Kakonday and his arrival at Fez have been
ascertained by the direct testimony of respectable wit-
nesses; and, setting aside the absence of all possible mo-
tive to deceive, no man, we venture to affirm, could have
manufactured so long and minute and consistent a narra-
tive as that contained in the two volumes before us. We
may add, that the proofs which, upon careful investiga-
tion, appeared irrefragable to such men as JOMARD,
AMEDEE JAUBERT, and Baron ROGER, ought not hastily
to be impugned. We are no enemies to rational scepticism,
hat incredulity and wisdom are not so nearly allied as
some critics imagime ; the n'en croyez rien school contains
as many fools as philosophers."
In a Parliamentary document recently printed,
amongst the Sheriff's claims upon the Exchequer for ex-
penses for London and Middlesex, there is this item-
-44 For summoning the Members for the County of Mid-
dlesex to attend their duty in Parliament, 101. 10s. Od.;"
the Exchequer has " allowed" for such summoning,
"101." Why 10s. were deducted does not appear. The
next charge is nearly as curious, for the Sheriff's " at-
tending on persons (query who ?) to read the Acts of
r ;offofirveif the Sheriffs in 1 stB and 1827 read to
Parliament transmittedguineasis,t,odist
ableiolSveh,e4r,i,ffsb,
utsl;i,..ls);.d"oesTniolits
chargetailaselves or others all the Acts transmitted to them,
they would have earned the 51. ss. better than the pre-
ceding 101.
ACCIDENT TO MADAME BUONAPARTE.—
Extract of a private letter of the 24th ult. from Rome :--
" Madame LITITIA, mother of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE,
on the 22d inst., while walking in the garden of the Villa
Borghese, made a false step, and though leaning on the
arm of the Chevalier COZORRA, fell with so much vio-
lence that she broke one of her thighs; and as her great
age, 83 years, prevents the possibility of applying the strong
remedies necessary in such accidents, her life is consi-
dered to be in imminent danger. She is surrounded
by all the members of her family now at Home—
her brother, Cardinal Ftscis, JIROME, and Louts
BuoNArAxix, and Madame LUCIZN, Princess of Canino.
Despatches, with the melancholy news, have been sent off
to Madame Muaa.r, Countess of Lipano, the Ex-Queen
IIoaTENHA, and the Duke de ItvicHs.r.anT. Madame
LETITIA, after giving legacies of 500,000 francs each to
her children and to Cardinal FESCH, with numerous pen-
sions and tokens of remembrance to her attendants and
friends, and considerable donations to the poor both at
Rome and in Corsica, has constituted the Duke de
liaxcusTADT the residuary leg at,;;e of her immense weaith." '

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSF.
A young woman, named Mary Cale, was charged
with having robbed her grandmother, Anne Foster,
of 17 sovereigns. The old woman is upwards of 80
years of age. Her daughter, the mother -of Mary
Cale, was charged with having received the sove-
reigns, knowing them to have been stolen.
The prosecutrix, who is an Irishwoman, stated
that her husband, who was in his 75th year, had
been for itnany years, and was still, carman to the
house of Alderman Thompson. They had between
them laid up 17 sovereigns, which they kept in a
chest, for the purpose of " burying themselves de-
cently," when it should please God to call them.—
Mary Cale, their grand-daughter, had been brought
up at their expense until she was 12 years old. On
Friday week she came to their lodging, and asked
leave to sleep there, as'her father " had promised to
kill her" if she went home. As she was the old
woman's own flesh and blood partly, Mrs. Foster
had her to sleep with herself, and at about ten
o'clock next morning, left her to take care of
the room, while she (the old woman) went to
market. On her return home Mrs. Foster found
that her grand-daughter was gone, and that the
chest in which the money had been kept was
wrenched open with the poker, and plundered of all
the cash. The old woman bitterly lamented the
robbery, particularly as she and her poor husband,
who she said was an honest man and deserved a
better fate, must now be buried by the parish, and
as they had always keen most kind to the thief and
her mother.
Here Mary Cale laughed, and was reproved by
the Lord Mayor.
Mrs. Foster—Ah I you jade you, if I hadn't been
kind to you, I would n't think of it ; but you are
ungrateful, and you shall pay for it.
The LORD MAYOR said the case was a very bad one.
Catherine Cale.—But what has my mother to say
against me ? 1 never done any thing against the
ould woman.
Mrs. Foster.—Plenty against you, Katty. I met
you in the street, and you tould me that Mary robbed
me of seventeen sovereigns, and that you had ten
of them keeping for me in Rosemary-lane, if I'd
forgive her and not go against her. My Lord, I
wouldn't tell a lie, for my husband wouldn't be kept
at Alderman Thompson's if he were a thief and a
liar: besides, neither of us has long to live in this
world, although we won't be able to bury ourselves
arty more.—(Laughter.)
Catherine Cale.—God help you, I was drunk at
the time, or I never would have said any such non-
sense. Mary never robbed you of a farthing, mother.
Mrs. Foster.—Arrah then, Katty, be easy. Sure
you know she robbed me. Sure didn't you wake
me and Paddy afore we were dead ?—(Laughter.)
—,They did, sure enough, your Lordship. Katty's
husband wouldn't work a morsel ever since I was
robbed, and they've been drinking and dancing my
money away amongst 'em, and my husband and 1
must be laid out, and have our last quilt put over us
by the parish. It's we that did'n't expect to be put
under ground in that way. (The old woman, whose
skin seemed to hang in tatters about her face, ap-
peared to be deeply afflicted at the idea of pauper
sepulture, and rubbed her dry bony hand across her
eyes, in which, however, there appeared to be not
the least moisture).
The LORD MAYOR told Catherine Cale, that the
transaction looked very black against her.
Catherine Cale—Upon my sowl, your Lordship,
I know no more about the sovereigns than you do.
You see, my Lord, when I takes a drop, I'm apt to
make a bit of a mistake. Now, here's the whole of
the matter„ My brother was taken up for this same
thing the very day that he was going to sell his
shoes to go into the country; and I was going to
buy a sparerib of pork arid some praties, so we had
a little gin together, and it floored me in no time,
and so I suppose I said something about sovereigns,
for I'm always gabbling about money when I've
got a sup too much, whether its gin or beer, or even
whisky.—(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR considered this defence of that
kind which Irish ladies were in the habit of using
when they wanted to bother a jury.
The officer who apprehended the grand-daughter
of Mrs. Foster found her in her uncle's house drink-
ing, in the midst of a dozen people. There was a
large can of porter on the table, and a blind fiddler
was hard at work scraping at his instrument in a
corner of the room.
Mary Cale, on being asked what she had to say
in her defence, declared that her grandmother had
falsely accused her of the robbery.
The LORD MAYOR then asked Mrs. Foster whe.
tiler her husband would be willing to prosecute
Mrs. Foster—God bless you, he'll follow up a thie,
any time. Depend upon it we'll prosecute.
Mary Cale was then fully committed for the ea•
pital offence. Her mother was discharged.

GUILDHALL.
Charles Lewis, a middle-aged man, who had for
some years been employed as a clerk by Messrs.
Bradbury and Greatorex, of Aldermanbury, ware-
housemen, was brought before Mr. Alderman GAR-
RATT yesterday, charged with embezzling various
sums of money.
The solicitor for the prosecution briefly stated the
nature of the case, and called Mr. Stevens, a linen-
draper, in Newington-causeway, who proved that he
paid the prisoner, as the collecting clerk for the pro-
secutors, 1001. on the 26th of March.
Mr. Griffin, a linen-draper at Walworth, also
proved the payment of 1121. 12s. to the prisoner, on
the same day, being the general collecting-day in the
trade.

Mr. Bradbury deposed, that the prisoner had not
at all accounted for the money received from Mr.
Stevens, and had paid over 101. short of that re-
ceived from Mr. Griffin.
Mr. Harmer, for the prisoner, said a complete
case for trial had been made out, without referring
to the prisoner's admission. The fact was, that the
prisoner had, upon being discharged at a short no-
tice, furnished a list of sums which he had received,
promising to pay them, or any others that might be
found, at an early period.
The solicitor said he had a month's warning.
" Well," said Mr. Harmer, " that is but a short

ime."

The solicitor observed, that the prisoner had ab-
sented himself ten days after receiving the notice.
Mr. Harmer believed he had assigned a reason.
The solicitor said, " Yes, he pleaded illness."
" And do not you know," said Mr. Harmer,
" that he had a sudden death in his family, which
would account for that illness ? Did not one of his
children die in an instant ? It is a distressing case.
He has five children still living, and his wife is
pregnant. The poor man was found provided with
the means of destroying himself."
A person standing among the spectators here
burst into tears, and said, he had offered the prose-
cutors 3001. on account, towards the deficiencies.
The solicitor replied, the sums embezzled amount-
ed to almost twice as much.

Mr. Harmer said, now the facts had been laid
before the Magistrate, there was no alternative bat
a committal. He could make no answer to the charge.
The prisoner, who seemed greatly distressed, was
committed accordingly.
James crouch and Mary Welch, a child 10 years
old, were finally examined, charged—the former
with vending, and the latter with having in her
possession, for the purpose of vending, a quantity
of base coin.
The prisoners were committed for trial.