The Press. — 1858-11-20 (London, England)

FOUNDATION-STONE OF A MONUMENT TO THE UTE EARL OF ELLESMERE was laid at Worsley on Wednesday. A great concourse of people were present at the ceremony. The octagonal shaft, which will form the principal feature of the monument, is to rise to a height of 132 feet, and the site of it is Wren's Wood, one of the loftiest eminences in the neighbourhood, and like the church will be seen for many miles round. The Earl of Ellesmere was present, and most of the leading inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The ceremony commenced with singing and prayer, after which Mr. Webber, the architect, presented the trowel to Mr. Fereday who spread the cement and adjusted the stone with the usual formalities. Mr. Fereday Smith delivered an appropriate address on the occasion. An illuminated parchment scroll was placed in a cavity under the stone, bearing the following inscription : "Ellesmere Memorial. The first stone of this monument, erected by subscription, to the memory of the Right Hon. Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, was laid by Fereday Smith, Esq., this 17th day of November, 1858." To this simple record were appended the names of the committee.  As UNSOLVED MYSTERY IS revived by a local Contemporary :—About eight years since the whole county of Sussex was in a state of ferment at the supposed murder of Mr. Griffith, of the Rook Brewery, Brighton. The circumstances under which this gentleman came to his death were enveloped in great mystery—a mystery which has not been solved to this day. It will be recollected that be was re• turning home from Horsham, and had called at Henfield in the way of business to receive money and orders. On the high road at Newtimber, near the Devil's Dyke, he was found dead, having been shot through the heart. The horse and gig with which he was travelling were found at some distance away, the reins were cut, one step of the gig was bent, and from the disordered state in which everything was left it was surmised that Mr. Griffith, who was a powerful man, had been attacked by robbers, and that a severe struggle had ensued, in which the unfortunate gentleman had been assassinated. He was known to have had a considerable quantity of money on him at the time, and also a watch ; but when his hotly was discovered both money and watch were gone. The latter had been attached to a chain, and portions of this chain were left on the neck; and the inference was that great violence bad been used in effecting the separation. This watch was found on Monday last in the mud of a pond at Nntknowl, by a man who was " muddling." The pond is close to the turnpike-road along which Mr. Griffith passed on the night of the murder, and about three miles distant from the spot where his oody was discovered. The watch was a gold one, and the dialplate and hands are quite destroyed, but it is identified by the remaining poi tion of the chain, which was hanging to it. The discovery of the watch does not in any way serve to elucidate the mystery which still enshrouds this singular murder. A NOVEL REMEDY FOR SEASICKNESS appears in a book just published by M. Jobard. The author states that sea-sickness is not occasioned by any chemical agent, such as a peculiar effluvium emitted by sea water, the condition of the stimonslooll4