The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-09-06 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY.

The attendance was thin, and the betting so flat as to leave
us an easy task. The two favourites are still close together,
Bloomsbury, with backers at sto 2, having the call. 3to 1
was the outside price against Charles ail I. and was not offered
currently. Euclid was backed twice or three times at 13 to
1, and as often at 14 to 1, and 16 to 1 was betted to three or
four ponies against the Commodore—two points less than
were offered against him at the close. Some other bets were
made, but without leading to any change worth notice.

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst Mr. W. Ridsdald's Bloomsbury (tk)
3to 1 „ Major Yarburgh's Charles XII.
13 to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill's Euclid
18 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Commodore
20 to 1 „ Colonel Cradock's The Provost (tk)
22 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Lord Mayor
40 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Meunier
40 to 1 „ Mr. Ramsay's Easingwold
40 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's The Dey of Algiers (tk)
40 to 1 ~ Mr. Theobald's Dragsman (tk)
40 to 1. „ Lord Westminster's Sleight-o -Hand
50 to 1 „ Mr. Wormald's Bolus (tk)
100 to 1 „ Mr. Newton's Tag-rag
12 to 1 „ Lord Mayor and Sleight-of-Hand (tk)
300 to 25 ~ Bloomsbury winning the St. Leger, and
Charles XII. the Doncaster Cup (tk ;) 300 to 25 against
Bloomsbury and Bee's Wing for the same events ; 300 to 25
against Bloomsbury and Harkaway for ditto ; 1000 to 10 agst
Lord G. Bentinck winning the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger
in 1840 (taken.)

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE.
—lt may be in the recollection of our readers that a few
months since in consequence of apprehensions which were en-
tertained with regard to the safety of the above lighthouse,
after a very severe and unusual storm, Mr. Walker and other
government engineers were directed to examine and report
upon the structure, and the result was, that the same was
found secure in all respects. It was, however, determined
at that time to fill up the cavern on the eastern side of
the rock, near the landing place, and with this view, a
gentleman had been sent down by Mr. Walker to execute
the same, who proceeded thither, aided by the necessary
workmen. Thursday, the 22d ultimo, at about half-past 11
a.m. this gentleman, together with three masons, were in the
cavern engaged in the above work, when melancholy to re-
late, a wave much larger than could have been expected from
the tranquil state of the waters at that time came over them,
and carried away one of the men, named Hugh Brown, who
sank to rise no more.—Plymouth Journal.
THE QUEEN AND HER MAIDS.-Mr. Willis, author of

" fencilifngs," who is at present in England, gives the fol-
lowing account of the Queen and her maids of honour, in a
letter which appears in the last American papers :—" In the
course of the evening I found myself vis-a-vis in the qua-
drille to the Queen's most beautiful maid of honour. She is
a daughter of Lord Rivers, rather tall, andcombining a most
majestic enbonpoint of figure, with a slightness of limb, and
a slenderness and stateliness of neck seldom seen in such
graceful proportion. To the £3OO a year which the maids of
honour receive for dress, the Queen, my partner informed
me, has added another hundred, thinking the sum insuffi-
cient. You know, probably, that on their marriage they re-
ceive also a dowry of £lOOO. Then there are the ladies in
waiting, who are of the highest rank of nobility, and the bed-
chamber women, who receive also £3OO a year, and are ge-
nerally ladies of good birth, in reduced circumstances.—
These all take their turns of service for two months together.
My pretty and noble informant gave me these household sta-
tistics very good naturedly, between pastorale and dos a dos.,
and as she was closely connected with those who had the best
opportunity of knowing, 1 asked her a question or two touch-
ing the personal qualities of her Majes" ty. She thought Vic-
toria fancied herself very beautiful, which she was not,"
and a very good horsewoman, " which she was not decidedly,"
and that she was very impatient of a difference of opinion
when in private with her ladies. She admitted, however,
that she was generous forgiving, and " cleverer than most
girls of her age." When alone j with two or three of her
maids, she said the Queen was " no more like a Queen than
any body else," and was " very fond of a bit of fun or a bit
of scandal, or any thing that would not have done if other
people were present." As far as it went I should think this
might be relied on as the impression her Majesty makes upon
those who daily associate with her.—The New York Com-
mercial Advertiser, alluding to the above says :—Now there
was no particular harm in the honourable Miss Harriet Eli-
zabeth Pitt's making the remarks she did, according to Mr.
Willis, about the Queen ; but we think it very probable that
the Queen, if she chances ever to see Mr. Willis's letter,
will not feel particularly obliged to Miss Pitt—(who, by the
way is not a daughter but a sister of Lord Rivers)—for the
opinions she is reported to have expressed so " good natu-
redly." It is even possible that Miss Pitt may lose her si-
tuation, with its £4OO a year, and its £lOOO in expectancy.
In that event perhaps it would he no more than just for Mr.
Willis to make pQmppsatioq,"