The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-04 00:00:00

DATED FEE. 12.

" The undersigned is anxious to remove the erroneous
impression under which M. Thouvenel wrote the note
addressed to me yesterday.
" The slightest perusal of the note which the un-
dersigned forwarded to the Grecian Government en
the 9th instant, will be sufficient to demonstrate
that Vice-Admiral Parker had no intention what-
ever of taking possession of the Isles of Cervi and
Sapienza, nor even of using his forces in order to se-
parate those places from intercourse with the lonian
territory. Oa the contrary, it is expressly stated in that
note, that her Majesty's Government had given orders in
conformity with that intention before the date of the
letter written by M. Glarakis on the 17th (29th) of
November last, which is proved by the fact that the
Greek government did not, during six yt are, either reply
to the representations of the British legation, or deny the
receipt of its letters; and that the execution of these
orders was suspended immediately that the government
of Greece had broken its extraordinary silence.
" The before-mentioned note, which the undersigned '
sent to the Grecian Government on the 9th inst., is con-
fined
simply to answering that of M. Glarakis of
the 17th (29th) March, 1849, and to establish the right
of the lonian State to the isles in question. It makes no
demand whatever, and contains no reference to any
measures which would be undertaken. It merely sub-
mits the proofs of the right of the lonian State to the
consideration of the Hellenic Government.
"The undersigned is happy that he can so easily re-
move the error which appears to have caused so much
uneasiness to M. Thouvenel, and is glad of this occasion
to renew to the Ambassador of the French Republic
his high consideration.
(Signed)

"THOS. WYSE."

CONFESSION OF THE CHILWELL
MURDER.

About twenty-three years ago a report was cur-
rent that a pedlar or packman had been murdered at
Chilwell, a village about five miles from Nottingham.
The circumstances attending the case were these:—
In a lonely house, near the wood, there lived a garden
labourer named Baguley, who was at that time
thought to be in needy circumstances. His family
three sons, and a
daughter. The daughter was approaching to years
consisted of himself, his wife,
of maturity, but the sons were all considerably under
age. A travelling packman, smitten by the daugh-
ter's charms, frequently visited the house for the pur-
pose,One night he was observed going into the house, but
h fPaying his addresses to her.
is return, nor has he been heard of
e was it
not
wast
seen
believed,
to c ,
since, and what most singular the debts owing to
him by numerous customers in the neighbourhood
were never inquired after or called for. These cir-
cumstances, connected with the fact that soon after
the paekman's disappearance Baguley removed to
a more commodious house, and invested a little
money in the purchase of live stock, gave rise to va-
rious rumours at the time, which were not much
heeded. We have heard a statement that appears to
be the most probable version of the murder, and the
reasons for it, but forbear repeating it at this stage
of the affair. Baguley lived uncomfortably with his
first wife, who frequently threatened him when quar-
relling, that she knew where his coat of arms was,
and that he had better mind how he behaved to her.
This was in allusion to the coat he is supposed to
have worn at the murder,
kept secreted. She died about six years ago, and it
and which it is said she
is said he never allowed any one to approach her
during her last illness. Subsequently he married
another woman. The cottage he bad quitted has been
for nearly twenty years notorious as " the haunted
house"—the villagers asserting that they fre-
quently hear strange noises in it, especially during
the night, and many ghostly tales are narrated
respecting horrilale apparitions. In consequence
of these absurd rumours the house is forsaken,
no one being bold enough to brave its terrors.
A fortnight since the old man Baguley lay
upon the bed of death, and before his spirit left its
earthly tenement he confessed to his wife that he,
" twenty-three years ago murdered a hawker of
shawls, blankets, and other wares, with a pick, and
buried the pick at the bottom
i of the dyke near the
house." A great number of idle reports are afloat,
and the consequence is that Chilwell is daily crowded
with visitors. On Sunday there were some hundreds
of people round " the haunted house," and they
known pi pick, but
the wanted
havingin the
beendyke fo
made r the
autho-
rities, they were prevented. Baguley,' but the cir-
cumstancess
widow, who
was married to him about three years, says she has
lived most uncomfortably with him, for when asleep
he was always visited by annoying and painful dreams,
and he would frequently fight with his hands, as if
struggling with some one, and jumping up would ex.
claim in great terror that some one was about to seize
him. The affair is creating much gossip and sen-
sation, and during the present week hundreds of silly
curious people have visited what they call the " Ghost
House," and minutely inspected the premises. It is
a singular fact that the cottage in which the murder is
said to have been committed has never since found a
tenant who dared to stay for any length of time, and
for many years there has been considerable excite-
ment in the neighbourhood, and a great alarm
amongst the superstitious, by the singular and hitherto
unaccountable noises that have been often heard on
the premises, de3ignated as "The Chilwell Ghost "
and "The Haunted House at Chilwell.„ We have
received a variety of communications on the subject,
with the names of parties who have heard and seen
strange things connected with his ghostship, but we
leave it for the curious and marvel-seekers to ferret
out the mystery —N tt• hams
• o hire Guardian.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We regret to hear
that a serious rupture is likely to take place between the
authorities and the engine drivers of the Great Western
Railway. The drivers complain that st
pinching system
of economy has for some time past been insidiously
introduced for the purpose of effecting very petty re-
ductions in the locomotive expenditure, and that the
saving even of the few bags of coke consumed in the
lighting of an engine is allowed to interfere with that
reasonable comfort and convenience which the servant
has a right to claim at the hands of his master. The
most recent determination to impose additional labour,
without additional pay,
upon the engine-drivers, is
stated to us to be evidenced in an alteration which is, on
the Ist of March (yesterday) to come into operation
amonst the drivers of the South Devon line, which is
worked by the Great Western Company.—Somerset
Gazette.
At the North Pool mining meeting,
a dividend of 251.
per share was declared, :and a balance of 5171. 15s. 3d.
carried to next account,