The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-05 00:00:00

THE CHESTER CUP.-P. P.

The two first favourites are both a little better ; our figure
was taken on the member's horse within the past hour ; and
against thejrish candidate no one will come out with 9 to 1.
lon is also in great force with one of his regular and spirited
backers. The following will 'be as near the prices on the
horses in most request as is attainable in a market full of ex-
citement for south intelligence, &c.
7to I agst Mr. Copeland's King Cole. (t)
81 to 1 „ Mr. Ferguson's Harkaway.
10 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff.

11 to 1 „ Captain Berkeley's Caravan.
12 to 1 „ Col. Peel's lon. (offers to take)
16 to 1 ~ Sir T. Stanley's Cowboy.
16 to 1 „ Mr. Meiklam's Modesty. (off)
17 to 1 „ Mr. Heseltine's Slashing Harry.
20 to 1 „ Any other.

THE OATLANDS.

This day 6 to 4 offered on Caravan ; even he runs ; and
ditto he wins. The offers at a late hour were fo back lon at
evens for £6O. against Caravan.

THE MURDER OF ELIZA GRIMWOOD.

(From the Observer.)
On Friday a letter, of which the following is a copy, was
received at Union-hall Police-office, on the subject of the
murder of the above-mentioned female :

" Thursday Evening, March 28, 1839.
" Gentlemen,—Before you receive this hurried note the
body of the murderer of Eliza Grimwood will be in the
Thames. Yes, I, and I alone, am the guilty villain who per-
petrated the hellish deed, and in a few hours will receive my
deserts. Stricken in conscience, and shunning all mankind,
I add to my character the name of a suicide, rather than meet
with an ignominious death on the scaffold. With my death
will all the particulars be in eternal oblivion, as no human eye
saw the poignard pierce her. The assassin's name, to shield
the worthy family from irreproachable disgrace, will be for
ever a secret. Do not imagine the writer to be some brain-
struck man. lam wretched. I can go on no further."
The above letter, which was addressed to the magistrates,
was written in good handwriting, and on looking at the post
mark it was found to have been forwarded from the twopenny
postoffice, City-road. _

Soon after the receipt of the above epistle, information was
given at the office that the body of a respectably-dressed man
was found in the river, within a short distance of Broken-
wharf, Upper Thames-street, but that memorandum or
document was found in his possession by which to ascertain
his name or the residence of his friends. On Saturday In-
spector Field, of the L division, attended at Union Hall on
other busines, when Mr. Edwin, the chief-clerk, handed him
the above letter. Inspector Field, having been made ac-
quainted with the finding of the body of a gentleman in the
Thames on-Friday morning, proceeded to the station-house
in Watling-street, and from subsequent inquiries ascertained
that the name of the deceased was George Green, that he had
been formerly a captain of a ship, but had latterly led a very
dissipated life. The inspector had no opportunity, however,
of seeing a specimen of the deceased's handwriting, to com-
pare it with the letter. At all events, it is rather a remark-
able coincidence, that the body of a well-dressed man was
found in the river on the morning the letter was received by
the magistrates. _ _

On Saturday night an inquest was held on the body, when
It appeared that about seven o'clock on Friday morning the
deceased was found lying on his face in the mud, about four
feet from the shore, between some barges, and that on
searching him a silver hunting watch, marked Marshall, 213,
Oxford-street, and 2s. and a halfpenny were found upon his
person. He had also a half-pint bottle of sherry in one of
his pockets. - On stripping him, his shirt was discovered to
be quite dry. It had been subsequently ascertained that the
deceased had been captain's steward on board the Victory,
East India trader, but that for the last three years, being in
bad health from a liver complaint, he had been without an
engagement, and had been living on what money he had
saved ; that he had, nevertheless, led a dissipated life, and
had had his head-quarters at 151, High-street, Wapping. On
examining his lodgings, a large quantity of Indian copper
money, as well as a singularly extensive wardrobe of linen
and general clothing, were found. There were not, however,
any papers which could lead to further discoveries. The
deceased quitted his lodgings on Thursday morning, and had
not since been home. He frequently drank to excess ; but
it was stated by, the waiter of the Bengal Arms, Birchin-lane,
where he had been in the habit of going for the last twelve
months, that he left that house quite sober on Thursday.
The enquiry was adjourned to Wednesday.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE,

OXFORD, MARCH 30.—The intended meeting of the Ox-
ford Archdeaconal Board of Education is deferred to the 9th
of April, when important business will be deliberated on.
Subscriptions are now open at the banks in all the towns
of Scotland, to enable persons to contribute to the Oxford
Memorial in that part of Great Britain.
The head mastership of Hereford Cathedral Grammar
School has been given to the Rev. W. H. Ley, of Christ
Church.

The Lord Bishop of Ely has instituted the Rev. M. C.
Bolton, of Queen's College, to the Rectory of Shimpling-
thome, Suffolk. Mr. Bolton was lately chaplain to the Bishop
If Jamaica, and rector of St. George's, in that island, where
the negroes subscribed and presented him a cup as a testi-
monial of their gratitude for his spiritual attention to them.
Arrangements are making on a grand scale for the musical
festival, which was postponed last year on account of the
coronation, it will take place on the 11th of June and two
following days.

CAMBRIDGE, MARCH 29.—Notice ha.s been given that the
following will be the Classical subjects of examination for the
degree of 8.A., in the year 1841 :
Homer's Iliad, Books VII., VIII., IX., X.
Sallust's " Bellum Catilinarium."