The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-12 00:00:00

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ON SEEING A DECEASED INFANT.

BY W. 0. B. PEABODY, AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.

And this is death ! how cold and still,
And yet how lovely it appears !
Too cold to let the gazer smile,
But far too beautiful for tears. _

The sparkling eye no more is bright,
The cheek hath lost its rose-like red ;

And yet it is with strange delight
I stand and gaze upon the dead.
But when I see the fair wide brow,
Half shaded by the silken hair,
That never look'd so fair as now,
When life and health were laughing there,
I wonder not that grief should swell
So wildly upward in the breast,
And that strong passion once rebel
That need not, cannot be suppress'd.

I wonder not that parents' eyes,
In gazing thus, grow cold and dim ;
That burning tears and aching sighs
Are blended with the funeral hymn :
The spirit hath an earthly part,
That weeps when earthly pleasure flies,
And heaven would scorn the frozen heart,
That melts not when the infant dies.

And yet why mourn ? that deep repose
Shall never more be broke by pain ;
Those lips no more in sighs unclose,
Those eyes shall never weep again.
For think not that the blushing flower
Shall wither in the church-yard sod ;
'Twas made to gild an angel's bower
Within the paradise of God.
Once more I gaze—and swift and fir
The clouds of death in sorrow fly ;
I see thee like a new-born star
Move up thy pathway in the sky.
The star hath rays serene and bright,
But cold and pale compared with thine ;
For thy orb shines with heavenly light,
With beams unfailing and divine.
Then let the burthen'd heart be free,
The tears of sorrow all be shed,
And parents calmly bend to see
The mournful beauty of the dead;
Thrice happy—that their infant bears
To heaven no darkening stains of sin ;
_ _

And only breathed lire's morning airs,
Before its evening storms begin.
Farewell ! I shall not soon forget !
Although thy heart hath ceased to beat,
My memory warmly treasures yet
Thy features calm and mildly sweet ;
But no, that look is not the last,
We may yet meet where seraphs dwell,
Where love no more deplores the past.
Nor breathes that withering word—farewell

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Manchester, Tuesday Evening.
It was little expected, either in the London or the Lanca-
shire circles, that the running of the Derby horses at the
Craven meeting would have cut up the expectations of so
many parties. It is, however, so ; and we find this week
downcast looks from many of the parties who, some ten days
ago, were ripe with hope that the long-standing premier
would meet with defeat, and their own selections prove
" trumps." Tros, Kremlin, Flambeau, Montreal, Brother
to Plenipo, with some others, no longer give a shadow of
hope to their backers. The three first named have had no
small sums laid out upon them week after week in this
market. We observed on Friday, that the fieldsmen were
told out against Caesar, and 5 to 1 could not be obtained : he
has since risen to 5 to 2, taken to-day, with offers to take 2
to 1 Lord Jersey wins. The Dey is at Bto 1 ; Euclid, at 16
(offered.) Dragsman (now said to be Scott's very best)'was
supported for a little money at 17 to 1 ; yesterday, 50 to 1
might have had : so much for following the London " price
current." He has never been out ; and his engagements do
not open out until the Derby day. Farce was backed for the
Oaks at the same time (this morning,) and 6 to 1 offered
against Shadow. We may add, that Erin-go-Bragh and
Accelerator were not without a friend to-day ; 33 to 1 about
each would have been taken ; 200 to 7 was offered against
Accelerator.

TUX CHESTER Ct7P, P.P.
For this event, King Cole is " still on the thrwe ;" 7 to 1,
to the extent of a hundred, would have been taken at noon,
but 6to 1 was the top offer. Puff, Modesty, and Caravan,
have all been in good force, particularly the marquis's horse
and the mare. Thus run the odds :-
61 to 1 agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole
Bto 1 ~ Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway
Bto 1 „ Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff (tk)
9to 1 „ Captain Berkeley's Caravan (tk)
11 to 1 „ Colonel Peel's lon (tk freely)
12 to 1 „ Captain Healey's Van Buren (tk)
16 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's Modesty (tk freely)
17 to 1 „ Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy
20 to 1 „ Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry
20 to 1 „ Lord de Tabley names Zillah (offered.)

Tattersall's, Monday

,yfii DERBY.

Destructive as the raiiining last week proved to the chances
of several horses that-had been prominent favourites for the
Derby, it does nizteappear to have affected the disposition to
speculate ; for the betting to-day was animated, and ‘full of
interest. Caesar was nominally at 5t02, or perhaps 11 to 4,
nearly the whole of the afternoon ; but although three or four
parties offerted to take 3 to 1, we did not see a bet made ;
shortly before the close, which was late, two or three gentle-
men would have laid the odds previously offered to be taken ;
these odds, however, 'were the very outside, and were not
offered currently. The Dey of Algiers was backed several
times at 15 to 2, and the odds afterwards offered. The chief
feature In the afternoon's business was the extraordinary
advance of an outsider in Scott's stable. Dragsman (for a
long time he had been stationary at 50 to 1, at which figure
a considerable amount had been got on) opened to day at 25
to 1, rose in a short time to 15, and finished at 16 to 1, each
of these prices being taken eagerly. Erin-go-Bragh, of the
same lot, had a tolerably numerous party, but did not make
much progress. The other four, (Epidaurus, Zimmerman,
the Lord Mayor, and Accelerator,) as the quotations below
will indicate, were out of favour. Euclid was at about 16 to
1, and had scarcely any friends present. Ilderim sprung to
20 to I, and Westonian, after a bet of 25 to 1, dropped five
points. Flambeau, Brother to Plenipo, and Tros, are where
there running might be expected to leave them. Kremlin,
we are informed, started to-day from Newmarket for his old
quarters at Middleham. At a late hour the betting closed
as follows :

4 to 1 agst Scott's lot (tk)
12to 1 „ John Day's lot
3to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ctesar
15 to 2 „ Col. Peel's Dery of Algiers (tk and aft off)
16 to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill s Euclid (take 18 to 1)
16 to 1 „ Mr. G. Clark's Dragsman (tk freely)
20 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ilderim (tk and aft off)
30 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-Brash (tk)
30 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Westonian (tk)
33 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaim our,: (tk)
40 to 1 Lord Westminster's The Lord Mayor (tk)
40 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Wapiti (1k)
40 to ). ;, Lord Lichfield's Gulnare c. (take 50 to 1)
50 to 1 „ Mr. Batson's Brother to Plenipo
50 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Flambeau
900 to 10 „ Fulwar Craven's Deception (tk)
1000 to 15 „ Mr. Theobald's Hamlet (tk)
1000 to 15 „ Captain Williamson's Melbourne (tk)
1000 to.lo „ Mr. Bowes's King of Kelton (tk)
100 to 1 Lord Albemarle's Tros

1000 to 5 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Oronooko (tk)
1100 to 1000 on Cesar, Ilderina, Dey of Algiers, Euclid,
and Dragsman, against the field (taken ;) 200 even between
Ilderim and Erin-go-Bragh (tk ;) 4000 to 100 each against
Accelerator, Epidaurus, and Zimmerman (taken in one bet,
and the odds afterwards offered ;) 25 to 1 against Gulnare
and Brother to Plenipo (tk.)