The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-13 00:00:00

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LIEUTENANT.-All the accounts from
Dublin speak in the highest terms of the splendour of the
ond the profusion of the outlay of the present
'ay since Lord Eglinton's
ss gave, at a principal linen-
:ly £9OO in amount. All the
are feeling the impulse of this
The private expenditure of his
£l,OOO per week.
ELECTION.—The Leinster
oration of the sort of freedom
—.tan Catholic electors of Kildare under
rulers." The mill of Mr. Walsh, of Newtown,
burned down because he would not pledge himself to
-ainst Lord Naas at the late election. That was not
,nishencnt enough for his offence—so a few
evenings ago the tombstone which covered the remains of
his wife in the churchyard of Moone was wantonly
smashed in pieces !

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GRAND TOURNAMENT ON THE BANKS OF LOUGH
ERNE.—Preparations ace making on a magnificent scale
for an entertainment in the course of the summer in Fer-
managh far exceeding that given in 1850, at Chrom Cas-
tle, to his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon. The Duke
of Wellington, who has not been in Ireland for many
years, is anxious to pay his native country a farewell visit,
and from his Excellency the Earl of Eglinton's fame in
matters of taste, it will no doubt far exceed any enter-
tainment ever yet brought forward in this country.—
Armagh Guardian.

RICHARD DAVISON, Esq., the candidate for the repre-
sentation of Belfast, in opposition to the present members,
is a moderate Conservative, and a gentleman of high stand-
ing and intelligence. He was the agent and ally of Sir
James Emerson Tennent in his earlier contests for the
borough, and he was, for several years, the proprietor of
the Ulster Times, a Conservative paper now extinct. We
do not know anything of the capabilities of Lord John
Chichester, and would be sorry to see the Donegal family
separated from the town for which they have done much;
but Mr. Davison would be a great improvement upon Mr.
Robert James Tennent, both as a man and as a member.
MOST EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.—At the recent Clon-
mel assizes a man was charged with inciting to murder,
and the chief witness against him was the murderess.
Alice Minehan, a prostitute, stated that John Phelan, a
medical student of Cashel, of respectable connexions,
hired her to murder two infants, twins, which he said
were not really his own. The woman, for a few shillings,
undertook the frightful task, and in the witness-box she
described how she executed it. One infant she carried to
a ruined hut, and buried it under the thatch ; the other
she conveyed to a sand-pit, and covered it with a large sod
—she did not hear the infant cry, for " it was covered too
well to cry." The skeletons of the children were found at
the places indicated by her. The Jury consulted for 20
minutes, and then acquitted the prisoner I The fiendish
witness was turned loose upon society.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING PROPHECIES

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD

Sin,—lt would be premature to give a conclusive pre-
diction now for so open a race as the Chester Cup, there
being three weeks to the appointed day. Early prophecies
are, in a degree, out of the common way. I shall, however,
offer one, with the promise of more extended remarks and
an ultimate decision hereafter ; the latter, however, I ex-
pect, will merely confirm this trio, which I now bring for-
ward, viz., Joe Miller, Cossack, and Sophistry. The
" whys and wherefores" shall duly appear in the subse-
quent communication to which I have already alluded.

I observe that " Timothy" has produced a trio for the
Derby, upon which I cannot refrain to touch. He says
he will not have Hobble Noble, and chooses Claverhouse,
Daniel O'Rourke, and Filius. The former may have a
fair chance, at any rate, if he keeps up his present condi-
tion, but the remaining two are quite out of the question,
one not being " intended ", and the other being " dead
amiss." Phantom will eventually eclipse Dan. O'Rourke,
and for the same reason I still hold to Kingston rather
than Lapidist, a reason special and well ascertained ; the
latter will be no longer at 16 to 1 after the Two Thousand
Guineas shall have been run for, You will now see, Sir,
that with the addition of Augur, which has from the first
stood A 1, my trio is formed thus, Augur, Kingston, and
Phantom.

For the Oaks, Red Hind or Bird-on-the-Wing ; and
mind if Longbow will not be very near the St. Leger.
I remain, Sir, yours respectfully.
" BEESWING."

TATTERSALL'S.--TFIURSDAY.
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
We did not hear a bet laid except against Bard°lph,
who left off anything but strong in the market.
4to 1 agst Mr. Williams's Maria.
Bto 1 Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower.
Bto 1 Mr. Dobson's Bardolph—tkn. and offd.
10 to 1 Duke of Richmond's Officious.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
Offers to take 6 to 4 about Hobbie Noble, with a start.
Claverhouse is scratched.
4to 1 Duke of Richmond's Home-brewed.
4to 1 Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidist.
sto 1 Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke.
10 to 1 Mr. Merry's Hobbie Noble.
CHESTER CUP.
On this, as on the other events quoted, business was
almost at a stand ; Stilton, Nancy, and Hothorpe were
the only ones in request.
12 to 1 Mr. Meiklam's Stilton—taken.
20 to 1 Mr. J. Pilling's High Sheriff—taken.
25 to 1 Duke of Bedford's Hesse Homburg.
25 to 1 Mr. H. Hill's Hothorpe—take 30 to 1.
25 to 1 Mr. Martinson's Nancv—tkn., aft offd.
50 to 1 Mr. Disney's Indian Warrior—taken.
1020 to 15 Mr. E. W. Hughes's Sophistry—taken.
THE DERBY.
he quotations, made chiefly from offers, show a slight
decline in Hobbie Noble ; a decided retrogression in
Augur, who was very weak in the market, and an im-
provement in Lapidist and Claverhouse. Scarcely any-
thing was done.
11 to 2 Mr. Merry's Hobbie Noble—take 6 to 1.
13 to 1 Lord Zetland's Augur.
15 to 1 Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse--tk. 16 to 1.
20 to 1 Mr. J. Arnold's Little Harry.
25 to 1 Duke of Richmond's Home-brewed.
35 to 1 Mr. J. Scott's Phantom—take 40 to 1.
1000 to 15 Lord Orford's Alcoran—taken.
1000 to 15 Lord Ribblesdale's The Nabob.