The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-11 00:00:00

(Copy.)

6: b'rul;n-street, Dec. 6, 1849.
" Sir,—The correspondence between Mr. Murray and
me upon the Pasha of Egypt's challenge having now
been long enough published to be generally known, it
appears to me that if this matter is to proceel it
ought to be pushed on another step. I therefore take
he liberty of suggesting to the stewards of the Jockey
Club, and I beg you will request them, to name any gen-
tleman they may think fit to act as a committee for the
purpose of arraoging this match, if it should be found
possible to make it. The Jockey Club, in its corporate
capacity, can have nothing to do with it, and I do not by
any me ins propose that the stewards should incur any re-
sponsibility of any sort or kind; but I think such an affair
as this can only be handled by a committee, and it is
very desirable that scch committee should possess the
confidence of the racing world. One, therefore, which
w.ts (originally) named by the stewards of the Jockey
Club would have more weight than any self-constituted
committer, and it would have a semblance of authority
which would serve to it« ep off the volunteers whose in-
terfe,rance Mr. Murray so earnestly deprecates. I should
propose, therefore, that the stewards should invite cer-
tain persons (not necessarily members of the Jockey
Club) to form a committee, with power to add to their
number, it being perfectly understood that the com-
mittee is to act on its own behalf and quite independently
of the Jockey Club.

"I am, Sir, your obedient seavant,
"C. GREVILLS,

"Mr. C. Weatherby."

" London, Feb. 2.
" Dear Greville,—We have given our best considera-
tion to the/proposition transmitted through you by his
highness the Pasha of Egypt, and although we think it
very probable that partie3 might be found willing upon
;,heir own account to accept the challenge to the full
amount of the stake proposed, we have come to the con-
clusion that it would be inexpedient that we should do
so on the part of the Jockey Club as a trial of merit be-
tween the horses of the respective countries.

"You are well aware that the Jockey Club, as a body,
has no control over the owners of race horses, and that
it is a matter of certainty that the owners of the best
horses in England will not subject them to all the risks
attendant upon a long land and sea voyage, change of
climate, food, and water. The match, therefore, if made,
cannot be, as his Highness desires it should be con-
sidered, a test of the comparative merits of the best
horses of England and Egypt. Independently of this,
the ground proposed, according to the accounts we have
received, is wholly unfit for a trial of speed, and the
probabilities of accident appear so great as to make it
very objectionable even as a test of stoutness. On these
grounds, therefore, we are not disposed to recommend
the acceptance of the challenge on the part of the Jockey
Club. " We remain, yours faithfully,
" J. HAWLEY.
"STS.NLEY,
" GLASGOW.

" Mr. C. C. Greville."

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