The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-29 00:00:00

HANDEL.

In one of my previous " Memoranda" I recorded a
little incident relating to Dr. Morel!, who, as I have
said, supplied Handel with the libretto of his oratorios.
Although they were the best of friends, the Doctor once
had very nearly offended the erascible German beyond
hope of forgiveness. It was thus on one occasion the
former took the liberty to suggest to Handel in the most
deferential manner that the music he had set to some
lines was ill adapted thereto and quite opposite to their
meaning. Instead of accepting this friendly hint from
one who, though no Pinder, was nevertheless a better
judge of poetry than the musician, in a like spirit,
Handel became highly indignant, looking upon the advice
as insulting to his talents, and finally cried out with all
the violence of affronted amour propre," Vast! you teach
me moosik? De moosik be good moosik! Dom your
words. Here (running his fingers over his harpsichord),
here be my idea, go you make vord to daat!"

M. STRAUSS.—This eminent, and prolific waltz
composer will arrive in London the third week in April,
with his band of thirty-two performers.

SPORTING-INTELLIGENCE.- -
NoRTHAAIPTUN AND PY TCH LEY HUNT
R A CES --TuEsDAY (c..s;c:ccDED).
The Farmers' 'f ta;itstoen's Cup 50/ Twice round.
Mr. Pettifor's ch fby Martin Chuzzlewit, 4 yrs, 7st I Ilb 1
Mr. Cowper's ch tr by Bran, 4 yrs, list 91b...(Ssvin) 2
Mr. Treatigold's Muria Day, 6 yrs, Ilst 9lb (Butler) 3
Mr. Bagshaw's County Rate, 6 yrs, 11st 91b (Beville) 4
Mr. A. Sharman's Sober Robin, 6 yrs, Ilst 91b 5
Mr. J. Gilbert's Jim Crow, 6 yrs, I Ist 91b (Tomlin) 6
Mr. Frost na Rosebud, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Capell) dis
Won by three lengths.
WEDNESDAY .
The Tally-Ho Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 25
added. Two miles. (7 subs.)
Mr. W. Cow per's The Miner, 3 yrs, Bst 91b ...(Nat) 1
Mr. Lowther's I'ulcherina, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (S. Rogers) 2
Mr. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs, lOst 61b ... 3
5 to 4 on Pulcherina, 2 to 1 agst Miner, and 5 to 2 agst
Bird of Paradise. Won by a length. Run in 4 mius.
8 sees.
The Althorp Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 'and 50 added, for
two yrs old colts, Sat 71b, and fillies, Sat 41b; winners
51b extra. T.Y.C. (22 subs.)
T)uke of Richmond's Officious ... (J. Kitchener) 1
Mr. B. Green's Cadger ... (Winteringham) 2
The following also ran:—Mr. Baxter's Pansey (Den-
man)—Lord Chesterfield's f by 1)on John, out of Lam-
poon (Whitehouse)—Mr. Payne's Brington (Nat)—Mr.
G. Barton's Cardinal Allen (J. Marson)—Mr. Dixon's
Kathleen (W. Day)—Mr. Worthington's Boadicea (W.
Oates)—Mr. Magennis's Secret (Rogers)—Mr. Ashwin's
Impression (Pettit)—Mr. Watson's Ondine (Boyce)—
Mr. J. Sadler's Stockbridge Buck (A. Day)—Colonel
Anson's f by Jereed, out of Muff (J. Sharp)—and Lord
Clitden's Sicyon (Sly).
Betting-3 to 1 agst Officious, sto 1 agst Ondine, 6
to 1 agst Brington, 7 to 1 agst Cadger, and 10 to 1 each
agst Cardinal Allen, Kathleen, and The Secret. Officious
made nearly all the running, and won in a canter by two
lengths. Run in 47 secs. An objection against Cadger,
that he was incorrectly nominated, was over•ruled by
the Stewards.
The Northamptonshire Cup. Stakes of 10 soya. each,
the winner to be sold for 5004, twice round. (17
Sub&l
Mr. Mentlam's Priestess, 3 yrs, 6st 51b... (Arnold) I
Mr. Osborne's Pity-the-Blind, 3 yrs, 6st 71b ... 2
Captain Vyse nd Watch-dog, 5 yrs, 9st Mb (Rogers) 3
Lord Exeter's Skudar, 3 yrs, fist 71b ... (J. Mann) 4
Mr. Sanders's Empress of Russia, 4 yrs, Sat 71b ... 5
Even on Priestess, and 2to I agst Skudar. Won by
a length. Run in 6 min. 32 secs.
Handicap Sweeps of 10 soya. each. .5 ft, and 50 added.
Once round. (13 Subs.)
Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 6 yrs, 9st 21b... (Nat) 1
Mr. Harrison's Miss Burns, aged, 7st 101 b (A. Day) 2
Lord Clifden's fby Emilius, 3 yrs, sst 12Ib (J. Mann) 3
Count Bathyany's Eva, 3 yrs sst ... (Ware) 4
Mr. Lowther's Piccola, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Dockeray) 5
Mr. Green's Haidee, 6 yrs, ist ... (G. Oates) 6
Even on Collingwood; 5 to 2 agst Miss Burns; and
3to 1 agst Flycatcher filly. Won by a length. Run in
2 min. CsB secs.
The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Heats, once round
and a dis. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Sadler's Mountain Dew, 5 yrs, Sst Walked over.
Handicap Sweeps of 1 sov. each, and 30 added. Twice
round. (18 Subs.);
Mr. Tresham's Ben Lomond, 6 yrs
Mr. Pettifor's f by Martin Chuzzlewit, 4 yrs
12 ran. Won easily. The winner is objected to.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
5 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar.
10 to 1 Colonel Peel's Dacia.
12 to 1 Mr. Gordon's Do-the.boys (taken).
14 to 1 Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou.
CHESTER CUP.
18 to 1 agst Mr. Nolan's Blucher.
25 to 1 Colonel Peel's Dacia.
40 to 1 -- Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou (taken).
THE NORTHAMPTON HANDICAP.

By some most extraordinary management on the part
of the Electric Telegraph Company, the result of the
above race, which ought to have been received in time
for publication in our first edition, on Tuesday, did not
reach us at all. The message, we can prove, was for-
warded from the course the moment the horses passed the
chair, and was delivered into the hands of the clerk of the
Electric Telegraph Company before three o'clock, therefore
nothing was wanting on our part. How will the com-
pany account for this, and how will they explain away
the fact that the first and second horses were communi-
cated to an ex• pugilist shortly after three o'clock? Our
message on the second dav, forwarded by the same party
and through the same channel, was delivered in due
course. We take fur granted that the matter will be
thoroughly inquired into.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES.
Acceptances for the Northumberland Plate.
st 1. st lb
Cossack, 5 yrs
Ellerdale, 5 yra 8 7 Miss Harrison, 4 yrs . 6 4
Inheritress, aged
Flatcatcher, 4 yrs 8 4 yrs 6 2
Cane zou, 4 vrs 8 0 Vermicelli, 4 yrs 5 10
Limestone, 5 yrs
Executor, 5 yrs
The Tartar, 5 yrs .
Dough, 4 yrs 7 11 Westow, 3 yrs 5 8
Shylock, 4 yrs ......... 7 8 Nunnykirk, 3 yrs 5 7
Ballinafad, 5 yrs
Pit-ca./Ay, sa9.d Sr 2C.:......:,-.e.., 9
..,..... .. 0 b
Finvaragh, 6 yra
John Cosset-, 4 yrs
Distaffina, 4 yrs
Keleshea, 5 yrs
Camphine, 4 yrs
Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs... 6 13 Puffy, 3 yrs
Railway King, 6 yrs... 6 11 Rodney, 3 yrs
Great Western, 4 yrs, 6 11 Bro. to Johnny Arm-
Escape, 4 yrs
Big Jerry, 4 yrs
Tom-tit, 5 yrs
Impertinence c., 4 yrs 6 5 Miss Ann, 3 yrs
Mallon, 4 yrs
Lord Saltoun, aged
Acceptances for the Members' Plate.
at. lb.' st. lb.
Inheritress, aged
Spithead, 6 yrs 7 8 Lady I-am-off; 4 yrs... 5 12
Railway King, 5 yrs 7 6 Pyrland, 3 yrs 5 4
Circus, 4 yrs 6 12 Andalusian, 3Jyrs 5 2
Aspasia, 4 yrs
Whizgig, 4 yrs 6 7 'Miss Ann, 3 yrs

THE BRIGHTON MURDER.—We are glad to have
it in our power to state that there exists a great
probability that the murderers of the late Mr. George
Stonhouse Griffiths of Brighton, who was so brutally
murdered on the 6th ultimo, aro likely to be traced,
Superintendent Taylor, of the Salford police, having
apprehended a man in this city, on Friday last, who
had in his possession a gold Geneva watch, sup-
posed to have belonged to the murdered gentleman.
It appears that, on Friday last, Taylor received in-
formation that two men had been in Salford, attempting
to dispose of a gold watch, when he tried to devise a
scheme to obtain it, and to take the parties into cus-
tody. Failing in the attempt, however, he traced the
parties to a beerhouse in Back Turner-street, in this
city, where he went in quest of them, accompanied
by Inspector Maybury, and two other Manches-
ter officers, and succeeded in apprehending one of
the men, who gives the name of William Burgess, and
after a search he found the gold watch concealed in one
of the bedroom chimneys. The first account the man
gave of its possession was, that he bought it from a
man in Wrexham, Wales; but since then he has stated
that he got it from un Irishman, in the Rising
Sun public-house, Shudehill, in this city. As it
was afterwards found to answer the description
of the one stolen from Mr. Griffiths at the time of
his murder, an exact description of it was forwarded
to the police authorities of Brighton, and last
evening a letter was received from them by the chief
constable, Mr. Neal, stating that the unfortunate de-
ceased's widow believed it to be the watch worn by her
late husband. In consequence of this communication
Superintendent. Taylor last night received instructions
to start tor Brighton on Wednesday morning, in order to
ascertain beyond doubt whether such is in reality the
I aet.— Manehestor Coirr,h,r_

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR. BIRMINIIIIAM.—WED-
NESDAY.—Last night an alarming fire broke out on the
premises of Messrs. hunt, edge tool manufacturers, of
the Braides, a short distance from Oldbury. On the
alarm being given the engine of the district fire office,
stationed at Oldbury, was speedily on the spot, and a
large body of water poured upon the building, but with
little effect. A messenger was sent to Birmingham to
Procure further assistance, and in a short time the'. en-
gines of the Birmingham District and Norwich Ik-
offices were brought into action; and after two ho
playing succeeded in extinguishing the fire. The damage
done is very considerable. The premises are insured in
the Birmingham Fire-office.

DEATH OF SIR ANTHONY LECHMERE, BART.—
This venerable and much respected Baronet died on the
25th instant, at his residence, the Rhyd, county of
Worcester, aged eighty-two. He was the son of Ed-
mund Leehmere, Eiq., by the daughter of the Rev.
John Whitmore, of the county of Warwick. He
was born in 1766, and married in 1787 the daughter
of Joseph Berwick, Esq., by whom he has had
issue two sons and six daughters. The deceased
also married Miss Villiers, but had not any issue
by that lady. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Ed-
mund Hungerford, born 1792. He married in 1819
Maria, daughter of the late Hon. D. Murray, brother to
Lord Elibank. The present baronet is the father of the
lady of Evelyn Philip Shirley, Esq., late M.P. for the
county of Monaghan, and the member of an ancient
Warwickshire family. The very ancient family of Lech-
mere first came to England from the Low Countries.
They obtained a large grant of land in Worcestershire
for services rendered to William the Conqueror.
A NEW ANTIDOTE AGAINST THE CHOLERA.—
There has been discovered on Mount Olympus in Asia
Minor, a plant, of which the botanical name is unknown.
The stalk and leaves resemble thyme, the flowers those
of lavender. After a number of experiments it has been
found that a decoction of this plant has the power of
producing reaction in the stage of collapse in cholera, to
arrest the diarrhoea and sickness, in fact, to bring about
the most satisfv.ctory results. This plant, which is
affirmed to be a true specific against cholera, is known
by the name of Zborabia.—Medical Times.
OPENING OF THE LIVERPOOL ORMSKIRR, AND
PRESTON RAILWAY.—This line will be opened for pub-
lic traffic on Monday. It is amalgamated with the East
Lancashire Railway, of which it forms a section of some
twenty- two milers. The line would have been completed
earlier, but for f.he constant slipping of a very extensive
embankment at Rutherford. This opening completes
the railway communication between Liverpool, Preston,
Leeds, and Bratiford.

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CALIFORNIA. •*;
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THE GOLD FEVER IN arEx‘r • •
A letter to the New; Oilean,, Crescent, datod Conga i";v:
Chrisri, Feb. 6, sit) s:—
"By a rEcent arrival from Mier and Durango, ,feta Ar
learn that this intolerable gold fever, which is now con-
suming the Yankees, has taken equally as severe a hold
on the universal magnanimous Mexican nation.
Mr. Redmond, the partner of Mr. Mann, merchant of this
place, who has just returned from a trading tour through
the northern provinces of Mexico, states that large
numbers of Mexicans have started for the placers of
California. English, Scotch, and Mexican miners have
invested large amounts of money in equipping and send-
ing over their parries to bring away the precious metals,
and the number already en route for the diggins' has
been estimated at 15,000

"That these figures are large enough to astonish one,
under ordinary circumstances, I cannot deny; but when
we take into consideration the great excitement on this
subject with our own people, this statement can the more
readily be credited ; besides, a Mexican is always equipped
for long overland journeys, and will be far on his road
while an American is settling a question of practica-
bility, as to whether he will go by land or water, in a
steamer or in a carriage and four. The question is, can
we allow foreign adventurers to abstract the precious
metal of our territory and convert it into foreign coin?
And this question is one for our people and Government
to answer.
" Our navy can guard our interests on the coast; and
the next point to be looked to will be our line of posts on
the Rio Grande and the Gila, and from the Gila to San
Diego on the Pacific. If the Mexicans dig our gold, we
doubt much whether they will be very successful in getting
it out of the coun try. A conducta 0f2,000,000 dolls. in silver
recently left the Fair of San Jua❑ de los Lagos for the
gold regions of California, to purchase gold dust; and
another passed through Farms with 460,000 dollars,
for the same purpose. General Mojia has arrived at Ca-
margo, in comm and of 200 troops; they are to be sta-
tioned on the line of the Rio Grande to prevent smug-
gling."

AUTRENTIC ACCOUNTS FROM CALIFORNIA.
(From the Boston Traveller.)
Captain William D. Phelps, late of barque Moscaw,
of this port, arrived here from California, via Panama,
on Saturday morning. Captain Phelps brings a quantity
of the gold, in grains, in scales, and in lumps—the
largest of the latter weighing about an ounce and a half.
The amount of gold brought by him has been much
overrated in the published accounts, though he brings a
considerable quantity—much less, however, than the
lowest amount stated (38,000).
As Captain Phelps worked personally at the mines,
which we believe was not the case with Mr. Atherton,
his experience of the minutia of the gold digging there
is considerable. In the first place as to the pieces of
gold that have been reported to be found, be says the
largest piece that he has seen is in the possession of
Mr. Mellus, and weighs but six ounces. He heard
numerous stories at the mines of largo pieces being found;
but in every instance where they were investigated,
they turned out to be false, or greatly exaggerated.
One man was reported to have found a piece weighing
several pounds; ho went to see him, and found that its
weight was only two ounces, and that it was the pro-
duce of an entire day's work.