The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

Mr. J. J. Hender'solfs ch h:fough 'lawn, 7st. 61b. 3

A selling race of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sous. added, for all
ages. Two-years old, Bst. ; three, 9st. 61b. ; four, 10st. 41b.;
five, 10st. 91b. ; six and aged, 10st. 111 b. Winners in 1853,
up to the time of starting, of the value of 50 sovs., clear 31b.;
of two, or £lOO, 61bs. extra. Mares and geldings allowed 21b.
The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. in the usual way ; if
entered, to be sold for £6O, allowed 31b. ' • £5O. 71b. ; £3O,
161 b. ; and £2O, 211 b. The winner to be sold by auction
after the race, and any surplus to go to the fund. Half a
mile. 11 Subscribers.

Ten started, and the following were placed .
Mr. Hadland's b g Hyacinth, 4 yrs. (L2O)
Mr. G. Taylor's b f Game Chicken, 3 yrs. (X2O) 2
Mr. Harrison's eh f Lady Ponsonby, 2 yrs. (20) 3
The Croxteth Welter Cup, in specie of 50 sovs, added to
a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Certain winners extra.
Riders qualified as for the Welter Cup, at Chester, and
jockies allowed to ride on carrying Sibs extra. Winner
to pay 5 SOTS. towards expenses. Mile and a half. 22 subs.
Won by a neck.
Ten horses started, and after an exceedingly well contested
race, " Russborough" being amongst the ruck, the follow-
ing were placed :
Mr. Parr's b c Defence, 9st. 101 b. 1
Mr. Moselly's ch b Alonzo, list. 21b 2
Mr. Dawson's b c Lerrywhent, lOst. 81b. 3
The steeple chases will come off to-day.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
Foreign Office. at two o'clock, attended by all the Ministers
in town.

The packet ship Queen of the West, from Liver-
poOl, for New York, was off Cork on the 6th, putting back
dismasted. The passengers were all well.

The Peninstilar and Oriental Company's new
screw steam-ship Noona, took her official trial trip at South-
ampton, on Monday. She will leave Southampton, for In-
dia, on Monday next.

REPRESENTATION OF CLONMEL.—Dr. Gray, pro-
prietor of the Freeman's Journal, and Mr. John Reynolds,
are already in the field for the representation of Clonmel,
rendered vacant by the death of the Hon. Cecil Lawless.
WRECK OF THE EMIGRANT SHIP SAPPHIRE.—The
fine ship Sapphire, 1,140 tons, Captain Bird, which sailed
from the Clyde on the 29th ult. (Saturday week,) with a
general cargo of goods and passengers, for Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, was lost off Black Head, on the northern coast of
Ireland on the 4th inst. The crew and passengers escaped.
CARDINAL WiSEMAN BURNT IN EFFIGY.—On Sat-
urday last, at Weymouth, an effigy of Dr. Wiseman (Guy
Faux in a Cardinal's hat) was exhibited during the day,
labelledy Cardinal Wiseman. In the. evening there was a
procession, after which, the effigy was burnt.

0 VERLAND MAIL.

[By Submarine and Electric Telegraph.]

TRIESTE, Nov. Bth, 8.30 a.m.
Thd steamer Calcutta has arrived, after a run of
113 hours, from Alexandria.

The India mail had arrived at Alexandria, with
dates from Calcutta, October 3; Bombay, October
11; Burmah, September 17; and Hong Kong,
September 27.
Our troops in Burmah are in a state of siege, and
the country in possession of the followers of Hea-
ton and other chiefs of equal rank, who give out
that they are acting under the authorities of the
King of Ava. Our steamers are fired upon in
going up and down the river, and the country is
becoming a desert
M. James Thomason, the celebrated Governor of
the Agra Presidency, is dead. Reports are current
that a Russian army is invading Kiva and Bochara;
that Russia has entered into an alliance with Dost
Mahomed and with Persia, and that a large Persian
army had been collected in the valley of Sooltana,
for the purpose of co-operating with Russia against
Turkey.
Trade in India, fair. Exchange at Calcutta, 2.1.
Shanghai has been occupied since the 7th of Sep-
tember by a band of insurgents. At Amoy, on the
12th of September, the rebels completely routed a
body of government troops.
Mexican dollars are to be current in China.
Exchange on London, 7s. 2d. to 7s,