The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-15 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES.

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
The running at Newmarket during the past meeting,
as usual, exercised a material influence over speculation
on the Cambridgeshire Stakes. The race for the Cesare-
Witch, in particular, invariably gives some trustworthy
indication of the probable result of this, the last im-
portant legitimate event of the season, and, in
the present instance, its decision has furnished no
exception to the rule. Relative to certain horses,
it has caused a complete change in the betting.
The animals that occupied the foremost places in
that encounter now figure conspicuously in the list of
!potations on the Cambridgeshire. Nabob is the lead-
ing favourite, a position to which his recent performance
undoubtedly entitles b im. He will now encounter Haco
on 31b. more favourable terms ; an advantage, however,
Which is, in the opinion of many shrewd judges, insuffi-
cient to enable him to "turn the tables" on his younger
opponent. Although Haco defeated him by a
head only, and although the race was unques-
tionably severely contested by both, yet I believe
that Haco had " that in him " which would, had
he exerted it, have enabled him to achieve the vic-
tory by a greater distance and with perceptible ease.
That he won cleverly admits not of a doubt. In esti-
mating the comparative chances for the Cambridgeshire
by the running for the Casarewitch, the different cha-
racter of the two encounters must be duly considered.
The Cambridgeshire course, although of greater severity,
is materially shorter than that for the Cesarewitch. The
horses too that will compete for the Cambridgeshire
Stakes are animals of a superior class and pre-
tensions to those that met on Tuesday last.
Orestes, Cineas, Rataplan, and some others, come u ider
this denomination. Rataplan's performance for the
Handicap Plate on Thursday was sufficient to establish
the formidableness of his chance. With King Pepin his
Party have a good line by which to measure the extent
of his pretensions ; and should they back him, I shall
deem Rataplan a most dangerous antagonist. He is
handicapped at 7st. 121 b., only 11b. more than Hobbie
Noble carried last year, when he ran second. Cineas
and Orestes, also, are entitled to most favourable notice ;
they have both displayed racing powers of much supe-
riority. In glancing over the list of acceptances, other
noteworthy names arrest my attention. The most
Prominent are Grey Tommy, Balrownie, Goorkah,
Talfourd, Black Swan, The Queen, Seahorse, Bit of
Blue, Misletoe, and Little David. I have been induced
to include Grey Tommy in this list, because I have been
informed that he is in good health, and that he is under-
Ping a preparation for this race. I have not, however,
had an opportunity of ascertaining the truth of this in-
forMation. His owner is now the sole proprietor of
Nabob.
In the above remarks, I have purposely made no at-
"rapt to determine the relative merits or comparative
chances of the competitors. I have merely thrown a
few rough notes together for the amusement, and perhaps
guidance, of the reader.
The Warwick Meeting will commence on Tuesday
next, and on Wedneeday will fairly inaugurate the
Steeplechase Season.: My comments on the list of
sport, and other matters connected with it, must be de-
ferred till Monday.
October 15.

A FRESH MAN.

THE ABSCONDING BANKRUPT, WELSH.

At the Guildhall, yesterday, Michael Thomas Stacey
Welsh was placed at the bar before Sir Chapman Mar-
shall, charged that he, having been adjudged a bank-
rupt, absconded and did not surrender at the time and
place appointed. The prisoner in 1851 was a draper
and silk-mercer, and carried on business at Romford, in
Essex, until he absconded at the latter part of the year.
He was made a bankrupt shortly after, and his debts
amounted to upwards of 1,0001., and he had gone off
with property to a much larger amount. Mr. Walker, of
the firm of Boyd and Co., of Friday-street, had traced
the prisoner's progress from this country to Australia
and back again, and subsequently from place to place
up to the time of his being apprehended at South-
ampton, as he was on the eve of embarkation for Ame-
rica, and property to the amount of 7501. was found in
his possession, which was given up to the assignees.
Mr. John Benjamin Walker gave the following ac-
count of his apprehension of the prisoner at the Tiger
Inn, Southampton :—I obtained the assistance of a de-
tective officer, and after the most unremitting exertions,
We at length fell in with him at the Tiger Inn, where we
Mund him in company with a lady at dinner. I went
:111, to the prisoner and said, " How do you do, Mr.
,iyelsb," and he shook hands with me, but recollecting
timself immediately he said, " You seem to know me,
nt my name is not Mr. Welsh, my name is George
acd
mith." I said, " Yes, you are Mr. Welsh of Romford,
I charge you with felony." He told me it was a
raistake, and referred me to his solicitor, and then re-
quested me to allow him to finish his repast. I acceded,
44.1 d while he was doing so I remembered a peculiarity
ige prisoner was remarkable for relative to certain finger
tinetg'; he wore, and on looking over his shoulder, I dis-
fi:da ,s,a`A, the marks those rings had made, and signi-
tak ).,-;‘°e officer, who was present, that I was not mis-
tgielerieeeds tn., the man.' I was, however, a good deal stag-
lla coolness of the prisoner's denial, but never-
do his adje()th er
ed the prisoner, and dire. cted the officer to
Md. spoil
and search him. The prisoner became very
- igna,nt at this, and striking is fis on the able he
" Mr. Walker, you are trehatingt tme very badly."
lel;sed him to give up all his property, but he said he
but a large sea-chest full of' linen. I did
Ipebelieve that was all, and I then ascertained from the
.111 r that he overheard the prisoner telling his brother
,'°_ write to London, and let the prisoner's friends know
he Was in custody. The brother was a brewer at South-
ampton, and I procured a warrant to search his premises,
and on going to execute it I was informed that 7501.
Was placed in the Hampshire Bank on 14th September,
and withdrawn all in one sum on the 23d of the same
month. I then traced the money to Powell, of the
Shard Arms, in the Old Kent-road, to whom the pri-
soner had forwarded it, and on applying to him upon
the subject he admitted he had given it over to Mr.
Norton, the prisoner's solicitor, who has undertaken
to pay it over to the assignees on Saturday (this
day). After the committal of the prisoner by
the magistrate at Southampton, I intimated to the
mayor in court that I should apply for a warrant at
the rising of the court to search certain houses in the
town, the result of which was that the prisoner, as I ex-
pected, offered to disclose where his property was con-
cealed. He told me that there was a desk, a portman-
teau, and a box at the Tiger Inn belonging to him ; but
on going there the possession of the property was strenu-
ously denied by the people of the house for some time,
but the parcels were ultimately found as the prisoner
had described them. I took possession of them, and
discovered the lock of the desk had been picked and the
hasp broken off the portmanteau, and the property evi-
dently conveyed away surreptitiously since the prisoner's
capture. I can only account for this by the negligence
of the police. The prisoner was allowed free intercourse
with the young lady with whom he had been seen, and
there was no knowing what injury the estate had sus-
tained in consequence. When first taken the prisoner
endeavoured to tear up a letter, which we prevented him
from destroying, and on reading it it turned out to be a
letter written by the prisoner to the lady he had been seen
with and to whom he was engaged to be married, bidding
her farewell. It was dated from on board the Hermann,
Which was then about to start for America, whither he
had taken passage. There were also several love
letters, from four or five young ladies, found on the
Prisoner, with whom it appeared he had formed matri-
monial engagements, and in one of them the lady offered
to get everything ready for her marriage with the pri-
soner in two or three days, so as to be able to accompany,
him to America. I was more disgusted with the pri-
soner's conduct towards the younc, ladies he has been in
,c°inrnunication with than the loss' of the money, and
Was determined to follow him up, in order that
the public might be put upon their guard against
such specious characters. The prisoner's plausibility
Was such that when the news that he was about
to sell off reached the creditors they sent down
an accountant, a very clever man, to see how mat-
ters stood, and he returned with tidings that there
Was not the slightest occasion for any anxiety, as the
Prisoner had in the most open manner shown him all his
books, and proved that his property was much more
han sufficient, and that though he was about to sell off
intended to pay off everybody, and the opinion of the
accountant was that the prisoner was as honourable and
upright as the sun.
tral
Mr. Newling said he had received letters from Aus-
ia
informing him that the prisoner had also absconded
from that place with 1,4001., which two gentlemen had
intrusted him with to buy gold, and 1001. which he ob-
tained from several poor diggers.
he was prisoner said he le ft all the money behind when
was shot at in Australia.
Mr. Walker said he understood from the passengers
in the Indus that the prisoner had said he had been shot
at in Australia by persons who supposed he carried a
great deal of property with him, but at the time he took
his Passage in the Indus he came on board at midnight,
and disguised.
The prisoner said it was not so, and that having been
In India he had come from Madras by the overland
route.
The Prisoner was then remanded for the completion of
Eke deposiion.

MORE EARTHQUAKES IN GREECE.—A letter from.
Athens, of the 30th ult., in the Augsburg Casette, says •
'We have had a dreadful night. A shock of an
earthquake took place at midnight, and alarmed every
one, and forced ns all to leave our beds in great baste,
some of the inhabitants being even flung out of them
violently. A number of other shocks afterwards took
Place, until five in the morning, some of a severe cha-
racter and some of a milder kind, heavy rain falling
nearly all the time. Several buildings have suffered
—"lag% At Thebes also, on the night of the 22d of
whiSeptember, a sharp shock of an earthquake was felt,
ch was afterwards followed by several others. The
Population, who have been living in tents since the
greater part of the town was destroyed by earthquake,
s ome short time since, are about to establish themselves
eigeWhere."
IMPORTANT TO THE GRAIN TRADE. ALEXANDRIA,
°°t• s.—No answer has yet been given to the consuls
as to their demand for the extension of the time to ex-
port reply
grain. Stephen Bey, who is at Cairo, says he can-
vo before the return of Abbas Pacha
from his
voyage to Mount Sinai. In the meantime all sorts of
grain are exported, which leads to hope that it will re-
t_nalti F 0 until tlri 30th November. Freights are now
f:trhetrhgre UailuAitned Kingdom 13s. to 13s. 6d. for beans ;
proportion.
, PREVEN
fiortnehrnan'
Xre TATIVE AGAINST CHOLERA..—Doctor Busq, a
who has lately published a pamphlet in sup-
of the theory that constant cottact with copper
i.___a
for against cholera, has taken his depar-
`" lor England to try the efficacy of his system,

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