The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-09 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S—AIoNoAY.

The betting-room was crowded to exeess.at an early hour,
and the attention of its occupants taken up during th?greatcr
partof the. afternoon by the Goodwood. settling. Betting
commenced about five o'clock, and for'un hoof ova.; tolerably
brisk. The layers against Bloomsbury for the St. Lager
were more numerous than usual; 6 to 1 was taken at one
time, but the offers against him became so eager, tb at, before
the lose of ther.:,room, Ito '2 went begging,, Chaelcs 1i1„
without being 401t,ed ta any amount, was ..SfeAdy, io 1.
very long usterval:',.c.ArAtes tlie two favOurites
field. The quOtitticiiig r. 3 Vac trouble- ef--1,-;aking any,
remarks. Several etgagyniCnts wereanatleon tho Derby: at
odds which. do, not.,promiso well for .book TO
prices at the close of the room were as follow.:
-•.- DONCASTER ST.. LEGER.
to-2 ag,tt /qr. ,W.4dsdalo's -Bloomsintry •
4to 1 „ Major Yarburgh's Charles 'XII. tk.)"
.„. ~„
16 to 1 ;, Mr. Thornhill .s Euclid
18 to 1 ~ Mr. Dixon's Hyllus
20 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's tletman Platoff .
20 to 1 ~ Duke, of Cleveland's Commodore
25 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Lord Mayor . , •
:30 to 1 „ Colonel CradOck's Provost
30 to,l „ Mr. Golden's Diver
550 to 100 agst Bloomsbury winning the trital ati,Liyo:p9ol
and the St.. Leger (taken ;) 14.t0 1, and aftklokfritp 4,1,) 44)4
asst Mr. Dixon's lot. In the early part of t4,-4.fter,09:4-,:16
to 1 was taken in hundreds about Hetinan.PlafOlE •13, `,"l-11
THE DERBY. • 19111 MIR
10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot 'ti. .4;811/1
28 „ Lord Westininster's LauncelotAtAtNynfl 3111
f, Lord Orford's Angelica c -(ttls)/ ud.!. I,,tr
,35 to 1 .
,M N Wreford's
.40;t41:. ~ Lord Chesterfield's Molineux,(tk):,
46 to 1 „. LOrd Chesterfield's Miss Giles c
40 to 1 „ Mr: Greville's Perseus (tk)
40 to 1 „• Duke-of Rutland's Crazy Boy (tk)
50 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Middleham (tk)
_ _

16 to 1 on the field.
THE OAKS.
2000 to 500 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifi:::—not p.p.

ATTEMPTED INFANTlClDE.—Considerable excitement was
occasioned last. night in the neighbourhood of Brownlow-
hill, by the following occurrence :—A young woman who has
been lodging in a cellar, in Shannon-street, for a', short time,
came there yesterday, with a parcel of dirty clothes, which
she stated she wished to leave. The suspicion of the occu-
pier of the cellar having been excited from come reason
which we were unable to learn, followed her with the bundle,
which she was about to deposit in a trunk, and imagining slit:
heard a cry or groan, proceed from the clothes, insisted upob
searching them, when an infant about a fortnight cll .was
immediately discovered. A policeman was brought inrwhn
conveyed the .presumed mother to Bridewell, arid the, child
was removed to the Workhouse. On inquiry, we found the
little one was doing " as well as could be expected," though
some doubt was entertained of its ultimate safety.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED BY THE MEMPHIS, F&OM' NE M/

Yonk.—Hon: R. M.-Young and lady, of Illinois ;-.lltuncin
Bruce and lady, London; Mrs. Janet Wise, New York;
Miss Sarah Foster, ditto •, T. D. Forbes, ditto ; George
Townsend, ditto ; G. R. ,Barry,. U. S. N. ; J. Louvrier,
Havre ; Thomas Wallace, Liverpool; Captain David -K.
Brown, ditto ; Edward Mercer, England ; Thomas Pem-
berton, ditto ; George -Hodges, New- York ; James Nevins,
Charleston, S. G.
Lord Nugent, who polled three votes at Aylesbury, in-
tends starting for Marylebone, under the auspices of about
half a dozen radical vestrymen, in the event of a vacancy; that
is to say if the electors will consent to defray the expenses
incurred.
NEW WRIT.-011 Wednesday a new writ was ordered and
issued for Perth, in the room of Mr. Kinnaird, who vacated
by accepting a stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTIIWARE.—A IneCtineOf SOMC
‘f the electors of Southwark took place last night at'tlieSbip
inn, Stones'-end, to consider the propriety of bringing:Mr.
Walter forward for the representation of this borough, in.the
event of a vacancy, supposed to be near at hand, by thOgp-
pointment of Mr. Harvey, M.P., to the metropolitan coin-
missionership. A. long discussion took place touching the
politiCal principles of Mr. Walter, the result of which was
that the meeting pledged itself by resolutions to support Mr.
Walter at the nettelection. Very many radical electors have
already declared themselves favourable to Mr. Walter, on ac-
count of his determined opposition to the new Poor lAN+ Act,
and because they "prefer anybody to a whig."—Herald of
yesterday. •
FAT PEOPLE.=Various ludicrous anecdotes are-related of
fat people. A scene between Mrs. Clive and Mrs. Pfitehard,
two corpulent actresses, must have been very amusing. They
were playing in the parts of Lady Easy and Edging, in the
Careless Idizsband, when the former desires Edging to pick
up a letter she had dropped ; and Mrs. Clive, who might as
well have attempted to raise a hundred pound weight, ex-
claimed, " Not I, indeed, take it up yourself if You like it."
This answer threw.the audience into roars of laughter, when
Mrs. Pritchard replied, " Well, if you wont take uwthe let-
ter, I must find some one who will;" and. so saying,
.she
beckoned to a 'servant in the wing, who came forward, and
terminated the dispute.—Dr. Millington's Curiosities of
Medical Experience.

HERRINGS.—Not for many years past has this specie of
fish appeared to any extent on the east coast of Ireland;and
their absence was considered by many to be occasioned by so
many steam-vessels plying in the channel :but this supposi-
tion appears erroneous by the great quantity this season ;
and, as the herring is known to migrate froilil4`tititth.seas
in a southCrly direction, most likely the shoirgiiiiAgaed by
the state of the weather on their approach to the north. &ast
of Ireland, whether they take' the• Atlantic ocean on their
coarse, or the less turbulent water of George's Channel,- Be
this as it may, during the last week they have been tau in
large quantities off Ballywater, although by theft al2per!be so
long, the fishing apparatuS'of boats, nets,. &c.; in
comparison with former years, and quite inadatii ro_
curing a supply sufficient to be generally advant Itirthe
community; there is, however, an abundance 04„•'1,4,„ astir
of. very prime quality. Shoals of many acres,,hOrt dth
have been seen playing in the water, rendering,the FA;
silvery whitish colour as far as the eye could dise-eiii rand it
would be well if preparations were entered into by..fiSlS4inen
on the more southern part of the coast for their reception
and capture when the shoals visit their shores.—Dublin
Evening Mail.
I. shink that the author of Sam Slick may not be wrong in
his assertion, that all America will be a Catholic couhtry. I
myself never prophesy; but I cannot help reinarkliz, that
even in the most anti-Catholic persuasions hi Aiiiiciea there
is a strong Papistical feeling ; that is, there is a vyists;with
each other, not only to obtain the best preachers, but fizhave
the best organs and the best singers. It is the sysWro4 ex-
citement which without their being aware of it, f„liik carry
into their devotion. It proves that to theM there Is'a weari-
ness in the church service, a tedium in praver, whieli`re4iiires
to be relieved by the stimulus of good music and sweetvoices.
Indeed, what with their anxious seats, their-reitiTolN,their
musie;.and their singing, every class and • sect iir3lic...2ta to
have even now so far fallen into CatholiciSm; that religion is
become more of an appeal to the senses than to the calm and
`sober judgment.— Captain Marryat.