The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-07 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S,—ThuRSDAY.
The room was well attended, and business, without being
heavy, of considerable interest. The grand feature of the af-
ternoon will be found from the quotations to have consisted
in the advance of the Hon. Sidney Herbert's lot (Clarion,
out of Clara, and the Charlotte West colt,) which was backed
by the party at 30 to Ito win nearly £20,000. A few other
changes will be found. Dragsman was as good a favourite
here as at Newmarket; but Ciesar declined half a point, and
in reality had very little the best of Corsair. Some bets were
made between them at evens. The Day improved two or
three points, and Euclid found friends at 11 to 1 ; 23 to 1
was taken about Deception, and only 18 to 1 offered at the
close. No other alteration of consequence occurred.

THE DERBY.
5 to 1 agst. Lord Jersey's lot.
9to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill's lot.
25 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's lot
sto l „ Mr. G. Clark's Dragsman.
7+ to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ctesar.
9to 1 „ Lord Lichfield's The Corsair (tk)
9to 1 „ Col. Peel's Dey of Algiers (tk)
11 to 1 „ Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (tk)
20 to 1 „ Mr. Sadler's Deception (tk)
20 to 1 „ Marquis of Westminster's Sleight-of-
Hand.
20 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt.
25 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Bulwark.
25 to 1 „ Duke of Grafton's ./Ether (tk)
25 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Ilderim (tk)
30 to 1 „ Hon. S. Herbert's lot (tk)
40 to 1 „ Mr. Dixon's Camelino. (tk)
50 to 1 „ Captain Williamson's Melbourne.
50 to 1 „ The Marquis of Westminster the Lord
Mayor.
2000 to 10 „ The Duke of Cleveland's Kremlim. (t)

THE OAKS.
Bto 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's lot.

Lord Auckland has heen presented by Runjeet Singh, with
twenty fair Circassian ladies ! How can the governor-gene-
ral, the queen's representative, refuse to accept the gift ?
SOUTH SALOPIAN YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—Four troops
of this regiment, which is under the command of the Viscount
Clive, M.P. mustered yesterday morning for eight days' per-
manent duty. In the course of the afternoon, the Welling-
ton and krewport troops, under the command respectively of
Lord Forester and Captain Coates, marched into town.—J.
R. Ormsby Gore, Esq. M.P. has joined the corps, having
paired off with R. A. Slaney, Esq.—Chester Chronicle.

MISCELLANEOUS.

We find by the Marseilles papers, that, M. Paganini, who
is still residing in the town, is much improved in health.

A. TROTTER.—There is a horse at Tattersall's that is said
to have trotted in America at the rate of more than 20 miles
an hour.

NOTTINGHAM AND DERBY (MIDLAND COUNTIES) RAIL-
WAY.—The whole line from Nottingham to Derby is to be
opened on the first of June.
By the Ist Vict. cap. 34, sec. 2, it is enacted, that " if a
letter be refused, or the party to whom it is addressed shall
be dead or cannot be found, the writer or sender shall pay
the postage."
A correspondent in the Quarterly Journal of Agriculture,
ascribes the mildew in wheat principally to the existence of
barberry bushes in the neighbourhood.
The horse-power of the steam engines employed in various
manufactures in the parliamentary boroughs of Manchester
and Salford, is 9,924-i.
The reports relative to the appearance of the crops of
wheat throughout England, are of a very flattering character.
Robert Stephenson, Esq., the eminent engineer, is on his
way to Italy, to lay out a railroad from the city of Florence
to Leghorn.

Wednesday was the birthday of the illustrious Duke of
Wellington, who completed his 70th year.
By an eruption of water into one of the shafts of a mine
near Aberystwith, a few days ago, four miners were drowned.
A fifth escaped almost miraculously.
Lord and Lady Francis Egerton entertained Sir Robert
and Lady Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, and a select party of
friends at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at Bridgewater
House.

The remains of a Roman amphitheatre have just been
discovered outside of Narbonne, and arc said to indicate that
the building was of larger dimensions than those of Nismes
and Aries.

The Duke of Richmond is recovered from a severe illness
caused by the moving of the ball with which his grace was
wounded at the battle of Orthez, and which has never been
extracted.

DEATH OF A PRINTER.—George Woodcock, the * of his
profession, the type of honesty, the ! of all ; and although
the it;" of death has put a . to his existence, every § of his
life was without all.—Sussex and Essex Times.

The report that her majesty intends to visit the continent
during the summer is entirely without foundation, but a
royal trip to Scotland in the course of the autumn is reported
to be in contemplation.
RAILWAY TUNNEL, NEAR TODMORDEN. This great
undertaking has been relinquished by Messrs. Evans and
Coupland. The company have appointed John Stephenson,
Esq. as their successor to work the tunnel.
The trout of the river Aire have been justly held in high
estimation for the solidity of their flesh, and superiority of
their flavour; a specimen not only combinihg these qualities,
but of gigantic size (weighing a few ounces short of six
pounds), was recently caught in Utley deeps, near IC.ighley.
The Wesleyan methodists at Boston, none of the richest
connected with that influential body, at a public meeting on
Tuesday week, raised two thousand eight hundred pounds
towards the erection of a new chapel, and the payment of a
heavy debt on their old one.

NEW CASE OF ABSENCE OF MIND.—A doctor, calling
upon a patient, put the fee into the hand of the sick man
and took the pills himself ; nor did he perceive his mistake
until he found himself getting ill and his patient recovering.

It has been discovered that some of the best black tea im-
ported into this country from China is grown in a climate
much colder than that of England, and experiments are in
consequence now making near Birmingham to introduce the
cultivation into this country.
EMIGRATION FROM IRELAND.—The Waterloo, of 450
tons, will leave the Thames this week, for the Shannon, hav-
ing been fitted up at the sole expense of Col. Wyndham, as
an emigrant ship, to carry farm labourers from his large
estate in Clare, to Sydney, New South Wales.
DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH.—On Wed-
nesday evening, at the Palace, died Herbert Marsh, D. D.,
Bishop of Peterborough, Margaret Professor of Divinity,
and Rector of Terrington St. Clements, Norfolk, aged 82
years. He was consecrated bishop of Llandaft; 1816 ; and
was translated to the Diocese of Peterborough, 1819.
INQUEST EXTRAORDINARY.—An inquest was held last
week, at the house of Mr. Thomas Price, Castle-street,
Ruthin, upon what were supposed to be the bones of a child,
which a man had found in digging a garden. After a grave
deliberation, it was at length discovered by the medical gen-
tleman present, that the bones were those of a cat! How
the poor animal had come by its death was not elicited.

Lord and Lady Stanley gave a sumptuous dinner, in St.
James's square, on Wednesday evening, to the Earl and
Countess of Wilton, Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Lord
Castlereagh, Lord Villiers, Ossulston, Lord and Lady Je-
mima Eliot, Lord George Bentinck, Lord and Lady Mahon,
Lord and Lady Fitzharris, Mr. Grenville; Lord Barrington,
and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham. The noble
lord gave another grand banquet on Thursday evening to a
party of 24.

Puss TURNED GROOM.—The curious may any fine day
see, on the Burley road, a gentleman's servant mounted on
one horse, leading another, on the back of which placidly sits
a cat, with paws on bridle, and giving herself all the airs of a
groom of the first water, taking out his favourite steed for a
morning's airing. Puss looks as wise as a Russell Justice,
and performs her duties as holder of the reins a great deal
better than Lord Melbourne or Lord Palmerston.—Leeds
Intelliyencer.
DEPRESSION OF TRADE.—We are much concerned to
state, that the staple trade of this town is at the present mo-
ment, in a most depressed condition. Both spinners and
manufacturers have good ground for complaint ; but the
spinners especially are suffering from the state of the times.
Many of them are making positive sacrifices, and that in no
inconsiderable degree ; there is too much reason to fear, that
should not an alteration speedily take place, great and general
distress must prevail.—Preston Chronicle.
EXTRAORDINARY TIMBER.—A remarkably fine piece of
timber now lies in the yard of Messrs. Cryer and Vitty, of
Rochdale. It is the stem of an elm, which was blown down
near the mansion of Mrs. Lawrence, Studley Park, near Ri-
pon, during the hurricane of January last. It is 16 feet in
length, 15 feet 6 inches in circumference ; and contains
about 162 feet of solid timber, exclusive of two arms, which
contained about 107 feet, It will, we understand, be shortly
sawn up, and made into kitchen dressers.

THE FLITCH OF BAcoN.—Dunmow, (Little) a town.in
Essex, had once a Priory, and is still famous for the tenor of
its manor, namely, that whatever married couple will go to
the priory, and swear, kneeling upon two pointed stones, that
they have not quarrelled, nor repented of their marriage,
within a year and a day after it took place, shall receive a
flitch of bacon. Some old records mention several that have
claimed and received it ; and it has been actually received so
late as the year 1751; but the custom has since been dormant,
either through the want of claimants, or from the neglect to
enforce the demand.
CHEVET TUNNEL.—This laborious section of the North
Midland Railway is in a very forward state, and is expected
to be completed in about three months. The tunnel is about
three quarters of a mile long, 25 feet wide, and 22 feet high,
and the whole is lined with bricks, the number of which is
estimated at a million and a quarter. Nearly the whole of the
tunnel is cut through hard rock. The excavation at the en-
trance at the Chevet end is 36 feet deep, and at the Walton
end about 60 feet. The greatest depth of the tunnel from
the surface is 63 feet. The contractor is Mr. Shaw, of
Milnthorpe, late of Worsbro' Dale.—Leeds Intelligencer.
The ministers are giving symptoms that they will now
hurry on the business of the session as much as they can ;
for Lord J. Russell on Wednesday night placed a notice on
the commons' books, that, on Tuesday next, he will move
" That, after Whitsuntide, orders of the day shall take pre-
cedence of notices on Thursdays," leaving only one day in
the week for motions, Tuesday, as Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, are already order days.
EXPORTS TO JAMAICA.—By a parliamentary, return just
printed it appears that the declared value of the exports
from the United Kingdom to Jamaica in the nine last years
were as follow :

1830 £1,353,359 1835 £1,718,768
1831 1,240,438 1836 1,756,504
1832 1,324,675 1837 1,534,223
1833....
1834..

PRIZE FIGHT.—One of these disgusting and revolting
exhibitions, which we had hoped were at length in disfavour
with what is called " the sporting world," was fought on
Tuesday, at Woodhead, in Cheshire. The pugilists were
" Jemmy Russell." of this town, and .` Bob Heald," of
Stockport ' • the fight was for £5O a side, and it is stated that
the roads leading from Manchester and Stockport to the
scene of action were thronged with equestrians, pedestrians,
and vehicles of every description. Betting was in favour of
Heald at starting ; and after pommeling each other through
52 rounds, occupying an hour and five minutes, Heald hit
Russell down, on which his seconds gave in, and Heald was
declared the winner.—Where were the magistrates and con-
stables of the neighbourhood ?

NEW PEERS.—We have great satisfaction (says the Globe
of Thursday) in announcing that the following are imme-
diately to be raised to the peerage :—Lord Talbot de Mala-
hide, an English peerage, or Baron Furnival Malabide ; Sir
John Stanley, Bart. Baron Stanley, of Alderley, of Alderley
Park ; Right Hon. Henry Villiers Stuart, Baron Stuart, of
Decies ; Right Hon. Charles F. Brownlow, Baron Largan,
of Largan; ChandokLeigh, Esq. Baron Leigh, of Stoneleigh ;
Paul Bielby Thomson, Esq. Baron Wenlock, of Wenlock ;
Nicholas Ridley Colborne, Esq. Baron Colborne, of Har-
ling ; Arthur French, Esq. Baron de Fregne. We under-
stand that when the government decided to ask a vote of
confidence from the house of commons on their Irish policy,
they at the same time determined that if that vote should be
carried, the friends of liberal government, and especially of
those principles which have guided the executive in Ireland,
should be strengthened by some addition to the peerage.

EFFECTS OF CHARTIST AGITATION.—We are deeply
grieved to learn, that, for some weeks past, considerable sums
have been withdrawn from the Savings' Bank of this town,
consisting of different small amounts belonging to the opera-
tive class of depositors. Some have taken away the whole of
their deposits, and numbers of others have seriously reduced
their funds. We are enabled to state, not from conjecture,
but on evidence deserving implicit reliance, that this exten-
sive simultaneous withdrawal, on the part of the operatives
of their savings, is, in the great bulk of instances, for the pur-
pose of purchasing pikes and fire-arms. This is truly a la-
mentable circumstance ; and deeply, we fear, will the deluded
victims of the agitation have cause to repent it. We speak
not in anger, but in sorrow ; for it is truly painful to see
honest and hard-earned savings prostituted to purposes con-
sistent neither with the laws of God nor man.—Preston
Chronicle.

GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL.—The annual grand festival
of the English masonic fraternity took place on Wednesday,
at Freemasons' Hall, under the presidency of his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex, the most worshipful grand master.
Among the appointments consequent on this anniversary
were those of the Earl of Durham, as pro-grand master, in
the room of the late Earl of Zetland; the present Earl of
Zetland as a deputy grand-master, in the room of Lord John
Spencer Churchill, whose promotion to the Druid takes him
from his masonic duties ; A. H. Moreton, Esq., senior grand
warden ; Capt. Deans Dundas, junior grand warden ; Joseph
Douglas and Stephen Norris, Esqrs. grand deacons ; and
J E. M`Mullan, 'Esq., grand sword-hearer. The brethren
then adjourned to the festival, which was attended by about
300 members of the craft.—Herald.
NEWFOUNDLAND AND BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
SCHOOL SOCIETY.—On Friday, the annual meeting of the
members of this society was held at Exeter Hall; the Rt. Hon.
Lord Bexley in the chair. The Lords Bishop of Chester,
Ohio, and Valmont, the Rev. Messrs. Close, Hybert, Hazle-
grave, with several other clergymen and gentlemen were on
the platform. Lord Bexley read letters from Lords Roden
and Sandon, apologizing for their unavoidable absence. His
lordship then explained the object of the society, which is to
furnish a religious education to the settlers in the North
American colonies ; to promote the circulation of the Holy
Scriptures, the Prayer Book, and Homilies ; and to render
such assistance as is in conformity with ecclesiastical disci-
pline. Front the report it appeared that there are in the
colonies 39 daily 41 Sunday, and 15 adult schools, which are
attended by 3,o6l.pupils. The receipts for the past year
amounted to £3,103 13s 3d, and the expenditure to £3,475,
exclusive of £674 3s raised as a building fund ; and the
average expense for the ensuing year is calculated at £3OOO.
After several strong appeals in behalf of the society, and the
adoption of resolutions in support of its object, thanks were
voted to his lordship, and the meeting separated.—Herald.