The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-18 00:00:00

TURKEY.

M. de la Cour arrived at Constantinople on the
6th instant. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had
reached that city on the 4th. On the sth he as-
sembled the English residents at Constantinople :
he assured them of the maintenance of peace, and
advised them to carry on their commercial opera-
tions with the utmost confidence.

The French squadron remained stationary at
Salamis, and the British fleet was still at Malta.

SPAIN.

The Cabinet is formed. The following are its
members :—War, General Lersundi, who is also
President of the Cabinet ; Foreign Affairs, M.
Aylon ; Justice (provisionally), M. Collantes :
Home-office, M. Egana ; Finance, M. Bermudez
de Castro. ; Marine, M. Antonio Doval.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCXII.

The past week's racing at Newmarket has given us but
a very partial glimpse into the future. It has only let
the cat out of the bag in the instances of Constantine,
Filbert, Talfourd, Ethelbert, and King of Trumps. The
performance of William Rufus, for very potent reasons,
must be set down as naught. Estrella's defeat by Phrygia
likewise goes for nothing, as she was far from being up
to the mark. I almost doubt whether we are to take
Ethelbert's running in the Newmarket Handicap as a
true performance, considering the tying up he got the
week before at Epsom. Speed the Ploughs victory was
a negative sort of win, as he won but cleverly from Nut-
pecker, who carried 31bs more than him. Defiance, com-
pletely run off his legs, was not within pounds of his
earliest form this year. King of Trumps won the Port
Stakes easily enough, but still, in my opinion, has not
the smallest chance of winning the Chester Cup, for
which they backed him at as little as 20 to 1. Filbert's
running was somewhat curious, after his groggy-look-
ing sort of spin with William Rufus on Monday ;
by making the pace good the following day, he won
with ease, but only from three very inferior animals.
but seemingly squared his account satisfactorily, by
winning the Column from Defiance, the latter looking
anything but as blooming as he did at Northampton.
These three races of Filbert's, with the two which it is
intended he shall run for in the First Spring Meeting, will,
I have no doubt, take the steel out of him completely
for the Derby ; for which, in my estimation, he stands
not the ghost of a chance of winning. Talfourd, at last,
has justified the confidence I placed in him last year by
winning the Newmarket Handicap, and giving great
promise of winning another handicap or two ; but, not-
withstanding all this, he is not capable of getting a place
in the Derby. Constantine's Derby pretensions—if he
ever had any—were completely settled by his exhibition
on Monday for the Riddlesworth, for which he travelled
so gingerly from beginning to end, notwithstanding the
splendid condition of the ground, that it is evident his
legs will not stand training. The fillies Comfit and
Hybla both looked improved upon their last year's form ;
and Scandal also seemed well.

" Permit me to forward you a brief statement of the
facts of the case relating to the seizure of arms and war-
like
stores at Retherhithe.
"The premises and property alluded to belong solely •
to my father (Mr. Hale), whose private residence is at
Chelsea, and not to M. Kossuth, as alleged by that des-
picable Austrian organ the Times newspaper. On Wed-
nesday evening last a superintendent of police (Evans by
name) came down to Rotherhithe with five or six men,
and took forcible possession of the premises, as also of a
cottage near by, in which one of my father's men resided,
producing, as their authority, a search-warrant. The
man hastened immediately up to Chelsea, to inform his
master of what had taken place. My father then has-
tened down to Rotherhithe, and, finding three men in
possession of his manufactory, demanded their autho-
rity. One of them coolly pulled from his bosom a staff.
Is that your only authority ?' demanded my father ;
because, if so, I shall bundle you all out.' They
then told him they were acting under the orders of
Superintendent Evans, and that if (Mr. H.) went to
Wapping, the superintendent would explain it
all. My father then hastened to Wapping, but found
that Superintendant Evans was at Scotland-yard, to
which place he immediately went, and upon seeing the
superintendent, demanded of him the reason of the un-
pardonable outrage that had been committed (for I
should have stated that one of the men before alluded to
took away with him two of my father's rockets). The
superintendent referred him to Commissioner Maine.
He (Mr. H.) at once sent to the commissioner, request-
ing to know the reason of what had taken place. No
answer' was contemptuously sent as a reply.
" My father again appealed to the superintendent,
when he was informed that the Custom-house authori-
ties had reason to believe that Mr. Hale had more than
501bs. of gunpowder on his premises (501bs. being the
extreme quantity allowed by law within three miles of
London), and that a warrant had been obtained to search
them—the superintendent at the same time producing
the warrant, which was distinctly to search for gun-
powder. Mr. Hale then asked him why he still retained
possession of the premises, no gunpowder having been
found ; but no explanation could be got from him—while
another batch of men were sent down there, making al-
together six—in possession of the said premises ; and
they absolutely refused to allow anything to be taken
from the building. Next morning appears a leader in
the Times, stamping with ignominy Kossuth and his ad-
herents. Now Kossuth, so far from being connected
with the premises, has never entered them, and knew
nothing of the matter till the Times publicly slandered
him. Not one ounce of gunpowder was in the building,
and no arms of any kind, with the exception of rockets.
" I should here state that my father is a well-known
inventor, and has been, for some years past, engaged in
perfecting his newly-invented war-rocket, which, rotates
on its axis like a rifle, and carries no stick. After an
outlay of 20,0001., and after numberless experiments had
been made, and those perfectly satisfactory, as can be
proved, and, finding that his own country only laughed
at him for his pains, he sold the patent to several foreign
powers—America, Denmark, Switzerland, and others ;
but having a great number of rockets by him, he ear-
nestly appealed to this Government again and again to
purchase them, and also his invention. He met with
nothing but disdain from them.
" They now seize upon his place and his property, on
the pretence of searching for gunpowder, refusing to
allege any cause for doing so. The rockets in question
were manufactured upwards of three years ago. The
Government have been well aware of the existence of his
manufactory (which was formerly close to Woolwich
Arsenal), and also of the fact that he was possessed of
those rockets, and further, that they were intended by
him for the British Government.
"No
gunpowder was found, and not an arm of any
kind, except the rockets ; 'Lord Palmerston boldly as-
serting that arms were found, and 500 lbs. of gunpowder,
been sent to watch some premises belonging to at
which is a gross fabrication.
MEMORIAL TO KOSSIITH.—Some time since a large " Six men still occupy his premises, and others have
Chelsea. Mr. buncombe intends to makeitthe subjectl
of inquiry in the House of Commons. My father
• determined, also, upon immediatelbody of the working men of England entered into a sub-
scription for the purpose of presenting to M. Kossuth a
ceedings against the Government, any
d someg of our lead-
ourpre-
ing counsel will be retained to conduct
testimonial of their esteem for him, and the cause in l has
akin which he is engaged. The testimonial is now completed,
trial. I cannot but think it is aquestion which •
and consists of a splendidly-bound copy of the works of
prove of no small moment to the present Government.
his osidoeurof the
greatest English author, with the arms and crest of
You are perfectly at liberty to make
Kossuth placed upon each volume, and a bookcase will
carved in imitation of Shakspere's house, at Stratford-
on-Avon. The testimonial will be presented to Kos-what use you like
suth in the course of a few days at a public meeting, of this it49rmatien, which I have sketched out in great
over which Mr, Douglas Jerrold will preside,—Sunday
" Aprillath, 1853."
Timm haste.

The present week, from to-day until Saturday, is en-
tirely devoted to sport ; the Coventry meeting being
marked for to-day, York Spring to-morrow and Wed-
nesday, Malton Thursday and Friday, and winds up
with Stretford on Saturday.
There are five events to be decided to-morrow at
York, the first of which—the Craven Stakes, one mile
—will come off at half-past one o'clock. The entries
include the name of that great Derby nag, Honeywood,
who, I take it, would win if he was started, but I under-
stand his first appearance will be at Epsom. I am in-
clined, however, to look to his stable for the winner. I
do not know exactly the which horse they will settle
their affections upon, but should HUNCA MUNCA be the
animal selected, I have not the slightest doubt of her
capability of winning.
The Zetland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added,
T.Y.C.—which is five furlongs and 44 yards—has the
brilliant name of RUBY among the entries, who, if he
runs, will undoubtedly win, but it is said that be will be
reserved for future events. In his absence I feel in-
clined to look to Waiplot or the Jewess for the winner.
The Champion Handicap, one mile, is about a cer-
tainty for the starter from Stebbing's—that is, Wintring-
ham's—stable. They have three in it—Hungerford,
Timid Fawn, and Lady Agnes—and, not improbably,
will attempt the win with the first named.
The Flying Dutchman's Handicap, two miles, lies
entirely with Hobby Horse, Talfourd, and the represen-
tative of Osborne's stable, HOBBY HORSE seeming to
have a little the best of the weights. Last week it
looked pretty clear that Lord Fauconberg would be
Osborne's horse ; whether they have changed their in-
tention since I have not been able to ascertain at the
time of writing.
The Selling Stakes has yet to close and name.
Any information that may come to hand between now
and half-past five o'clock will be published in the seven
o'clock edition of The Sun.

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

." WILLIAN HALE; jun,

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