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London, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

broken knees and broken bones, equine and human
Luckily none of these fell to our lot to witness, or to
suff,,r• and we reached our destination of Chur mnsi-
derably b>fore the covenanted time, viz., in two hours
and a half. In all the active part of these proceedings
our good horse had the whole merit, as the driver hardly
twitched the reins or used the whip from first to last,
but left him to btlce his own pace and his own course as
to him seemed good."
But we must bring our account to a close, much as
we should have liked to tarry on many an interesting
spot, and commune with many an equally interesting
character : we allude more particularly to the worthy
priest the author encountered (see page 224), and
whom we should like to encounter in reality. Wo
cannot dismiss the book without congratulating its
author upon the success which has attended his exe-
cution of a task which must have been one of extreme
anxiety and labour, and in the course of which he
must have evinced considerable fortitude in foregoing
his hard-earned repose to note down day by day the
host of interesting matters which, in their present
well-digested form, we recommend to all who will
agree with us in saying of him—
" Omne tulit punctum
Qui miscuit utile dulci."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTE RSA LL'S. —YESTERDAY.
The betting on events to come off prior to the Derby
only requires us to refer to a change in the positions of
the two leading favourites for the Two Thousand Gui-
neas Stakes; Pitsford, as the odds will show, baying
been deprived of the premiership by Bee Hunter, on
whom a large sum was laid out at 5 to 2, 2 to 1, and 6
to 4. The Derby betting, if not heavy, was important,
if only for the fluctuations in the odds against Ghillie
Callum. The first quotation was 7to 1 (taken); 10 to
1 was then laid to two or three hundred pounds; and,
as 20 to 1 was taken at the same time about William the
Conqueror, an inference was naturally drawn that there
was a " screw loose." The reaction, however, was al-
most as marked as the decline, 8 to 1 being the highest
offer against the " crack" at the close, while William the
Conqueror receded to 25 to 1. Clincher was backed
freely at 7 and 8 to 1, Mayors at 9 to 1, and Voltigeur at
14 to 1; we did not hear a bet laid against Bolingbroke,
or a single quotable offer for or against The Nigger.
Final quotations:—
SOMEReETSHIRE STAKES.
7 to 4 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo, 6 yrs, Bst 21b
2 to 1 eget Sir J. B. Mill's Won't-you.come-out-to-
night, 3 yrs, sst
8 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Seagull, 6 yrs, 6st 61b
9 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Sauter la Coupe, 4 yrs,
Est 61b—taken
10 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Chorister, 5 yrs, 7st 31b
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Lord H. Lennox's Beehnnter—t freely
7 to 4 agst Mr. Hill's Pitsford
10 to 3 agst Colonel Peel's Harding°
20 to 1 agst any other.
NEWMARKET STAKES.
Even between Nutshell and the field, the latter for
choice.

CHESTER CUP.
11 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'-day Boy, 6 yrs,
9st—taken
12 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius, 4 yrs, 73t 91b
13 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca, 4 yrs, 785 &lb
13 to 1 agat Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 4 yrs, 7st
16 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Ellerdale, 6 yrs, Bst 31b
18 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Chantrey, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b
6 to 1 to 1501. agst Peep-o'-day Boy and Essedarius.
There was a very equivalent disposition to lay agat
Cossack, but no price fixed.

DERBY.
5 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards naßolingbroko
7 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—taken freely
8 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—.
take 9 to 1
9 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken
14 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigenr—taken
16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian
20 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Mildew—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Nutshell
25 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's William the Con-
queror—taken
25 to 1 sgst Mr. 11. Hill's Pitaford
28 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Penang
40 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Blarney
DERBY, 1851.
,000 to 20 agst Capt. Hareeurt's Brother to Ellerdale
—Won

DEBBY, 1853.
0,000 to 150 ggst Brother to the Flying Dutchman—t

IMPORTATION or SPECIE.—An instance having
occurred in which some inconvenience was ocssisioned in
consequence of the officers of the revenue declining to grant
permission for the landing and delivery, to the captain's re-
quest, of a package of dollars which he had brought in his
charge on account of a friend abroad, and which, being a
private transaction, was not accompanied with the usual bill
of lading as merchandise, but requiring the package to be
forwarded on proper authority trom the shipowners to the
Bank of England for the usual examination and delivery to
take place there, the peculiar features of this case have been
made the subject of consideration in order to prevent similar
inconvenience for the future. The second section of the
Customs Regulation Act, allowing specie and bullion to be
landed from the vessel in which it is imported, is for the
express purpose of facilitating the delivery, and the revenue
regulations in force further provide for it, except in cases
similar to the present, where the master of the vessel has
nut signed a bill of lading for the package, which is seldom
the case, and the ground of requiring the bill of lading to
be produced in this instance previous to the delivery bing
sanctioned, out of the usual course, was security to the mer-
chant; but in order to prevent any misapprehension for the
future in cases of this kind it has been directed that where
the master of a vessel has had the private charge of such
property during the voyage, his order fur the delivery to
himself or to any other person named by him, is to be
deemed a sufficient guarantee and release to the revenue
authorities, the master or the person deputed by
him to receive the treasure, giving a receipt in writing
for the same.

TREATMENT OF AMERICANS IN CUBA.--A cor-
respondent of the Weekly Herald communicates the follow-
ing :—" Some extraordinary occurrences have taken place
here, which are likely to result in sonic action cn the part of
the American Government against the exercise of tyrannical
sway exerted over innocent American citizens in this island.
The facts are curious, and have sprung from a small cause.
Rumours of a vague character were recently extensively cir-
culated that arms and ammunition had been smuggled into
the island, and the officials of the place immediately set
about making a search and inquisition in the matter. In a
very high-handed and summary manner three foreigners were
arrested upon suspicion of a plot, and connexion with it.
Two of them were American citizens, and one of them a
Frenchman, being all the foreigners who resided near the
scene of the tremendous discovery, which, upon investiga-
tion was found to be nothing more than six kegs of gun-
powder and a box of window sashes. The two Americans
were tied together, and so tightly that the blood oozed
through the skin where the cords were put on. In this state
they were placed astride a log, and kept in that painful and
humiliating position for twelve hours, having a pistol occa-
sionally pointed at their heads by their brave captors, though
they made no resistance, and were wholly ignorant of the of-
fence of which they were charged. During this savage
treatment the authorities were consulting, searching, devising,
and sleeping, when the captured party were mounted on
horseback, and carried to a prison in the interior, to strike
terror to the hearts of conspirators. On the route to their
destination another American was captured without being
charged with any offence. Solitary confinement was their lot
for a week, and now one is incarcerated who will have to
remain in prison till his captors see fit to release him.. His
crime is stated as a remarkable one—having a watch, pistol,
and about 11b. of powder in his possession.
Mr. William Maclean, the Assistant-Secretary to
the Board of Customs, has been appointed Secretary of that
department in the room of Mr. Scovell, who has been placed
upon the retired list; and Mr. Gardner, a gentleman of
great experience in the Secretary's office, has been promoted
to the rank of Assistant-Secretary in the room of Mr.
Maclean. Mr. J. Arkle, Landing-.surveyor at Dundee, has
been promoted to the office of Landing-surveyor of the Cus-
toms at Cork, vacant by the decease of Mr. Hart; and Mr.
G. Arnott, Controller at Lynn? to be Controller and Land-
ing-surveyor at Dundee. Lieutenant. Edward Griffiths,
R.N., is appointed Superintendent of Liberated Africans at
St. Helena.
TUE ALLEGED MURDER AT LALEllAM.—Saturday
being appointed for the re-examination, at Staines, of
Charles Holden, an agricultural labourer, who had given
himself up to the police on his own confession of having mur-
dered a woman twenty years ago, and burying her in a plan-
tation on the Earl of Lucan's estate at Laleham, the Petty
Sessions-house was crowded. Lord Lucan was among the
magistrates who were present. The prisoner was brought
by train frem the Detention-house in Clerkenwell. Edmund
Hiscock, carpenter, stated that on the 13th of Novemkr be
was digging a hole for a post in a field near Lynch-corner,
belonging to Lord Lucan, when he came on a human skull;
and, on digging further, he found an entire skeleton. He
covered it up again, and in a day or two he gave information
to the police. Mr. W. K. Heseltine deposed that he
was a qualified surgeon, though not in practice. He
saw the skull within two or three days of its dis-
covery, and afterwards the other bones. They were cer-
tainly those of a very elderly female. The bones had
been under ground a great number of years, pro-
bably a century. They crumbled when they were touched.
Police Constable M'lntyre, 27 V, stated, that the soil all
around where the bones were found had been carefully sifted,
but nothing was found. David Groves, a farming man,yodree
posed that seventeen or eighteen years ago .he was at lei
hke
on Mr. Honner's farm, when he saw the prisoner, wh
to a woman
knew, and asked where the woman was, alluding
with whom the prisoner cohabited. He nodded, but said
nothing. Colonel Wood then read the usual caution to the
prisoner, after which he asked him.whethevr he chose to sa
anything. The prisoner then said in a lodN
thbautthcelehaardvboeie!ne
that he was not quite right in the eachan t
taking a little drink when he gave himself_up to the police.. He
had heard of this skeleton having been dug Bd. As a proof
that he was not guilty, the young leomeanhehfoeuwnacis syipepohseada.
and if
to have murdered was still aliviec. d t
publ house in Chert.
lately been with her in
gai.l-with him he would soon find her.
deliberated on the case an hour, Co-
any gentleman would
The magistrates having
lonel Wood said there is Lis not suffisient evidence at present
to detain the prisoner further. lle was accordingly dis-
charged.
CRIME IN FRANCE.— As a gendarme, named
Mignot, residing. at Montrouge, was yesterday morning, at
3 o'clock, returning home from a patrol in the quarries, he
noticed that the door of the house of M. Dardant, a quarry
owner, was open. He was about to close it, when he saw a
light in a room on the ground floor, and heard a pane of
glass broken. On examining more attentively, blignet saw
two men engaged in breaking open drawers, and making
packages of their contents. He advanced boldly to them,
and ordered them to follow him, but one seized a heavy
hammer, the other a bar of iron, and assailed him furiously.
Mignot parried the blows as ever as he could with hie Cara.
bine, but, finding he was too closely pressed, he cried
" Surrender, or I will tire!" The thieves then attacked
him with renewed fury, whereupon the gendarme fired, and
killed one of the men on the spct. He seized the other, and
held him, until several persons, attracted by the report of
the carbine, arrived, and assisted in conveying him to the
guardhouse. The man arrested said his name was David
llirch, but he refused to state who his companion was. The
body of the man killed was taken to the Morgue, and there
the police ascertained that he was a liberated convict of a
mat clagexcli4 Wad.