The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

THE JOCKEY CLUB AND 7HE PRESS.

It appears that the Jockey Club will allow of
no comment on their proceedings except such as
may represent their conduct in a favourable light.
For a few remarks on the Tarragona case, written
in a spirit of perfect fairness, our correspondent
" Argus," as will be seen by the documents which
we sabjoin, has been, in due form of law, warned
off Newmarket Heath, of which the club are the
lessees under the Duke of Rutland. A proceeding
so arbitrary, and so thoroughly in opposition to the
spirit of the age, would not be attempted, we ima-
gine, by any other body of men in the country :

"NEWMARKET, Nov. 3, 1862,

" Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that, at the adjourned
meeting of the Jockey Club, held here on the 31st ult.,
after your letter to me of that date had been read, it was
resolved:—

" That Mr. Willes, having been required to make an
apology for certain offensive expressions reflecting on the
character of the Jockey Club used by him in a letter signed
" Argus," published in the Morning Post of October 20,
1862, and not having done so, be warned off the lands and
property of the Jockey Club at Newmarket.'
"In pursuance of this resolution it becomes my duty to
have you served with a notice in due form. I enclose the
notice in duplicate, and if you will return one of them to
me with acknowledgment of receipt it will save the annoy-
ance of personal service.

" Requesting that you will have the goodness to address
your answer to me at my °flaw in Old Burlington-street,
I am, sir, your very obedient servant,

"Irwin Willes, Esq."
" C. WEATHERBY.
"TO IRWIN WILLES, ESQ.
"I, the undersigned agent for, and on behalf of, the
Stewards of the Jockey Club, do hereby give you notice not
to enter, or come into, or upon any of the lands or heath,
grounds, buildings, and hereditaments, in the occupation of
the Stewards of the Jockey Club, an I used by them for the
purpose of racing and training racehorses, situate in the
parishes of Burwell, in the county of Cambridge, and of
Exning, in the county of Suffolk, or elsewhere. And that
if., after this warning, you shall be found or seen thereon,
or any part thereof, you will be considered a wilful tres-
passer, and be prosecuted accordingly.—Dated this 3d day
of November, 1862.

" CHAS. WEATHERBY."

CHEAP TRAVELLING IN PERSIA.

At night, wherever we encamped, the chief in •
habitants of the place sent us presents of tea, sugar,
fruit, honey, and sweetmeats. These gifts were so
numerous as to become a very expensive mark of
honour, for each gift was brought to us by a diffe-
rent servant, and every servant expected a present
at least equal in value to the gift he brought. It
would have been considered highly offensive to
slight these demonstrations of goodwill. Every-
thing supplied to a traveller is charged, therefore,
not in accordance with its value, but in accordance
with his supposed rank ; and he is expected to give
liberal presents to all the ragamuffin crowd who
collect wherever his tents are pitched. The total
absence of hotels, the universal custom of giving
money to the servants of the host of the night
whenever the traveller halts in any considerable
city ; the almost incredible number of servants
kept by official personages, and that class with
whom a traveller is brought in contact; the syste-
matic peculations of his own followers, who cannot
be checked nor controlled in their accounts by rea-
son of the total ignorance a traveller is necessarily
in, as to the prices of every commodity in a place
where he remains but a few hours; the constant
piifering of idlers about the tents ; the trcublesoms
and expensive practice of giving presents and
offerings to a traveller twenty times a day, so that
he cannot pass near a corn field or an orchard with-
out being stopped to give money for a few ears of
wheat or an apple—the privileged dervish who can-
not be refused, and who seizes the traveller's bridle
reins, shouting" Hoo! Hak!" with the contortions
of a madman till satisfied ; the crowd of other beg-
gars, sacred and profane; the necessity of buying a
whole sheep for a single dinner; the need of pur-
chasing even water in many places; the extortions
of muleteers, who will stop in a contra of a range of
mountains and insist on money before moving
another step ; the exactions of leaders of guards, and
cavasses, who press for money with an importunity
that no coolness nor management can disconcert—
all these things may convey some idea of a few
of the items which swell the traveller's accounts.
Wherever we pitched a tent, the owner of the land
came to demand compensation for the injury which
he declared done to his property. These claims
were frequently absurd, but not always so, for we
travelled in harvest time, and, for safety, were
obliged to pitch our tents in the neighbourhood of
some village. Our famished mules may have often
eaten up some corn. About 10s. a night may be
reckoned as the average cost of our tenting-ground
and water. In the neighbourhood of large towns the
expenses were greater. There is still another reason
which makes an accurate calculation of the real ex-
pense of a journey absolutely impossible : that is,
the impudent fraud practised by bankers and money-
changers, with the large variation in the value of
the same coins at places but a few hours' distance
from each other. Then, when a piece of money is
changed, the nominal value given for it by no
means represents the.real one. The change is made
up of Russian coins, Turkish coins, Persian coins,
Indian coins, French coins, and Spanish dollars—
all clipped, sweated, and defaCed, almost beyond
recognition. These again bear a value differing in
every town and village. In some places all pay-
ments appear to be made in kind. The people are
ignorant of every other use for gold money than as

an ornament for the hair; and the few silver coins
they possess, are hung upon the bridles of their
horses.—Dickens's All the Year Round.

SHIPPING---THIS DAY.

LONDON, Nov. s.—Wind this day at noon—North;
moderate breeze, with dull, foggy weather, and heavy
rain.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Atlan-
tic, from Santa Anna ; Aurora, from Quebec ; Italia,
steamer, from London, for Genoa, with machinery damaged.
Sailed—Tartar, for Melbourne, after repairing her wind-
lass.

FALMOITTIi, Nov. 4.—Sailed—Mary Grant, steamer,
for Calcutta.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4,—Wind N.—Sailed—Vernon, fur
Sydney.

TORBAY, Nov. 4.--Wind N.W.—Arrived—Galatea.
Quebec.

BRISTOL, Nov, 4.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Empire
Queen, from Quebec.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
,SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived—
Queen Victoria, from Cardiff ; Atalanta,
steamer, from Jersey ; West Lothian, from Seahatu.
Sailed—Lady Constance, for Sunderland. ,
(By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND Wednesday Morning,
Arrived, Nov. 4—Tyrus, from Rio Janeiro ; Dovestead,
from Alexandria ; Maria Francis Annie, from Marans :
Jane Jackson, from Groningen; Ellea, from Stettin.
Arrived, Nov. s.—Benj. Scott, from Guernsey; Stadt
Dordrecht from Dordt ; Aurora, from Archangel.
tni cgohr in
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
York ; Zetland,
Passed—Tribune, from St. Johns ; Cassangea, from De-
merara ; H. B. Mildmay, from Moulmein; John Bull and
Glencros, from Shanghae ; Rut-
Indiana, from Montreal;
frosemrewNsetwea
land and President Gilmore,
rsahlitpa,rf;roAminQotuferboecm;BlroluinntrS'trathallan, Proem, '7°lll Gib
mit. Tobago; Kestrel, for Shua
Falmouth—all for London
Speculator, from
Anchored--Jo+
Nereo, for Oporto' S'sters, for St. Michael's • S ae ;
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MALCOLM'S GENEALOGICAL TREE OP THE ROYAL
FAMT OE GREAT BRITAIN.--A. Genealogical Tree of
the LY
Royal Family of England, of singular beauty and accu-
racy, has jubt been published. It has evidently been a
labour of love to the compiler. The scope is something
wonderful. Out of Three Grand Trunks grows up—as
upon a sylvan tripod—this marvellous Tree of England's
Royal Family I From A.D. 827 Egbert of Wessex, the
First King of England ! From A.D. 843 Kenneth, the
First King of Scotland I From A.D. 912 Rollo, the
First Duke of Normandy I It is a blending consequently
of the blood of many august dynasties—far more illustrious
than " all the blood of all the Howards"—the Royal ichor
of Norman, Scottish, Welsh, Danish, Gallic, Teutonic
Princes, Tudor, Plantagenet, Stuart, Bourbon, Guelph.
Very nearly five hundred descendants of those three
ancient monarchs we have mentioned, Egbert and
Rollo and Kenneth are here particularized. The broad
sheet upon which the whole of this wondrous epitome of
our annals is printed in delicate green and amber,
would hang at once as a graceful and useful emblazonment
of historical lore upon the wall of any cottage or schoolroom
in the land. It is a work of industry in research, and of
skill in execution, that does infinite credit to the keen eye
and the facile band that toiled together in executing it.
MOST PROBABLY.—Did the expression, " covets
were laid" for so many, as the number may be, originate at
the "Fox Club" dinners f—Eun.