The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-26 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER RACES

The Trademan's Cup, value 100 sovs, with 50 in specie,
added to a handicap stakes of 20 sovs each, h ft, and only 5,
if declared on or before the 4th May.—The winner of a cup
at Chester, in 1839, to carry 41b extra.—Two miles and a dis-
tance. The owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out
of the stakes.
The Doctor, 4 yrs, 9st 21b
Heron, 6 yrs, 9st lth
Chit Chat, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b •
Red Rover, aged, Bst 61b
Modesty, 5 yrs, Bst 51b
Cynric, 6 yrs, Bst 21b
Gilbert Gurney, 4 yrs, Bst
Sir Ralph, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
The Hydra, 4 yrs, 7st 11th
Maid of Mouton, 5 yrs, 7st 91b
Fairy Queen, 4 yrs, 7st 81b
Goldhurst, 5 yrs, 7st 61b

Percy, 4 yrs, 7st 61b
Bellona, 4 yrs, 7st 6 lb
Northenden, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Gasparoni, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Cruiskeen, 5 yrs, 7st 41b
Argirio, 6 yrs, 7st 21b
Opera, 4 yrs, 7st
St. Leonard, 4 yrs, 7st
Constantine, 4 yrs, 7st
C. by Beagle—Pastora, 4 yrs
Brush, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
Creeping Molly (dead)

CHESTER RACES.—THE COCK PIT.—We undersand the
Cock Pit is engaged for the ensuing races. The main will be
fought between the gentlemen of Lancashire, Haines, feeder ;
and the gentlemen of Cheshire, Davies, feeder.—Chronicle.
CHESTER TRADE CUP.—The committee have been very
active collecting subscriptions during the past week, and have
been tolerably successful. One of the conditions of the races
is, that no horse shall be allowed to start, which stand at the
stables of any person, who does not subscribe two guineas to
the meeting. We trust this rule will be enforced ; as some
instances have come to our knowledge, where parties who
have a large trade in this line during the race week have
objected to subscribe. Owners of race horses, will therefore
do well to inquire whether, when they engage stables, the
condition of the meeting has been complied with.
CHESTER RAC.ES.—The ensuing Chester Races promise
excellent sport. The Apothecary, one of the smartest two-
year olds in any part of England, is engaged in the famed
Dee Stakes as well as the Palatine Stakes.. The Tradesman's
Cup, however, is the attraction in point of speculation ; in-
deed, at' Manchester, ' books' to a large amount are always
made upon this race. The handicap, somehow or another,
is always a good one, consequently the acceptances are nu-
merous. At present King Cole and Harkaway are running
a sort of dead heat' for the premiership ; while close at
their heels are Caravan and Cardinal Puff; then follows
Van Bruen, lon, Modesty, Slashing Harry, Cowboy, and
one or two others. The betting at present is about 6to 1
on the field—a tolerable proof of fairness of the handicap.
To judge by Harkaway's race for the Queen's Plate at Don-
caster, we are at a loss to pick up any animal in this sporting
race for choice against him ; and although lOst. seems a pro-
digious load for a five-year old to carry, yet it is stated
upon good authority, that Harkaway was a stone and half
better thaw Cardinal Puff in the Doneaster race. Supposing
this to be case, and the horse to continue his work well, with
other et ceteras we need not mention, we would ask what
horse's chance looks better than Harkaway's ? It may be
urged that the Chester course is quite a different one to any
that the flying Irish horse has ever galloped over, being a
circular course of one mile, and this may have some effect
upon a lengthy galloper, as Harkaway is. Still we look upon
him as a dangerous customer.—Sporting Magazine.
''l z• TATTERSALL'S, Mciivonv.

The room was excessively Crowded for several hours ; but
betting, brisk at first, was dull on the whole. The four prin-
cipal favourites for the Derby were clustered togetlier ; Ceesar,
without being backed to any amount, having a marked pre-
ference ; seven to one was laid repeatedly against the Dey of
Algiers, so readily, indeed, that the takers were first satis-
fied. The same odds were offered against Dragsman, but
not accepted. The Corsair had a host of friends at eight to
one ; but no one seemed disposed to back Mr. Thornhill's
colt. The Epsom and city divisions were very zealous in
their support of Valaincourt, whose price will be found several
points short of the last quotations. Sleight-of-hand fluctua-
ted strangely in the course of the afternoon ; at one time
twenty to one was taken, five points more were then offered,
and at the close eighteen to one was taken to " a sum."
Bulwark was nominally at twenty to one : his party was ex-
ceedingly small, nor was his stable companion, Westonian,
although quoted at forty to one, in any force. The King of
Kelton was backed freely at one thousand to ten ; he is said
to be on the road per van. The Oaks betting possessed little
interest, and was remarkable only for the introduction of two
new favourites—the Memima filly, a winner at Newmarket
on Friday, and The Dolphin, beaten at Catterick by Mr.
Stephenson's Lightfoot, to whom she ran fourth only in a
cleverly won race. The betting closed at half-past six, as
follows :

THE DERBY.
5 to 1 against Lord Jersey's lot
10 to 1 ~ Mr. Thornhill's lot
15 to 1 ~ Sir G. Heathcote's lot
13 to 2 „ Lord Jersey's Cwsar (t)
7to 1 „ Mr. J. Clarke's Dragsman
7to 1 „ Col. Peel's Dey of Algiers. (t and aft off)
Bto 1 „ Lord Lichfield's The Corsair. (t freely)
13 to 1 ~ Mr. Thornhill's Euclid
17 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Valaincourt. (taken
and afterwards offered)
18 to 1 „ Marquis of Westminster's Sleight - of-
Hand. (taken and afterward's off)
20 to 1 „ Duke of Richmond's Bulwark. (t 25 to 1)
30 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's llderim
33 to 1 „ The Duke of Grafton's !Ether. (t)
33 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Domino
40 to 1 ~ Mr. Bowes's Erin-go-bragh
40 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Westonian
45 to 1 „ Capt. Williamson's Melbourne
1000 to 10 „ Mr. Wreford's Wapiti. (t)
2000 to 20 „ Mr. Worrall's Peon. (t)
1000 to 10 „ Mr. Bowes's King of Kelton; (t freely)
1000 to 10 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Chimborazo
300 to 100 against Dey of Algiers and Dragsman (t); 34
to 1 each against Domino, !Ether, and Valaincourt (taken
in one bet); 1000 even, and afterwards 1100 to 1000, on
Caesar against The Corsair.—ln the course of the afternoon,
it was declared that Bloomsbury was privileged to start, on
the understanding that his forfeits should be paid in advance.

THE OAKS.
11 to 1 against Mr. Eddison's Kathleen. (t)
14 to 1 „ Capt. Williamson's The Drama. (t)
20 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Wapiti. (t)
25 to 1 „ Lord Stradbroke's Memima. (t)
30 to .1 „ Col. Crawford's The Dolphin. (t)
5 to 1 against Kathleen, Appleton Lass, 'and Mickleton
Maid (t) ; 1 to 1 agst Appleton Lass & Mickleton Maid (t)

EQUIVOCAL TESTIMONY.—Among the letters published
in favour of a quack medicine is one of which the writer,
after ordering so many bottles or boxes, adds " If I live, I
will repeat the order." -

A company has been established for the manufacture and
supply'uf bread, in the metropolis, from flour, salt, yeast,
and water only, which professes, by its peculiar process, to
save full 10 per cent. upon the chief commodity—thus, esti-
mating the consumption of the metropolis at 20,000 sacks of
flour weekly, the projectors propose to save 2,000. But
" flour" may be made of rye, rice, barley, beans, peas, or
potatoes. •

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILROAD.—The works upon
this line in the neighbourhood of New England are now ad-
vancing rapidly. Two hundred men are at work there pre-
paring the ground for the entrance to the station in Tra-
falgar-street, and although the excavations in cutting for this
are stupendous, it is expected they will be complete and
joined on to the Shoreham branch by September next. The
excavations on the Shoreham branch at the Wick are also
being at last proceeded with, and the engine is kept in con-
stant employment between there and Southwick. A new
engine called the " Shoreham" arrived in the town on Tues-
day evening last, drawn by fourteen beautiful horses. On
Wednesday morning it was conveyed along the upper road
to Portsdale, and there safely placed upon the rails. This en-
gine is rather larger than the " Brighton," and of course,
more powerful, and is intended chiefly for luggage trains,
being of a different construction. The present weather has
favoured particularly the works on the main line, where
every contractor is urging his power to the utmost.—Brighton
Herald.

ELOPEMENT.—The week before last the daughter of a me-
dical gentleman residing about six miles from Cork, in the
barony of Kinnalea, eloped with a neighbouring Lothario.
She is just " in her teens," and reported to possess two
thousand charms. When her flight became known, her
brother, assisted by two bridewell officers, went in pursuit.
The fugitives, being watchful, kept changing their quarters
for five days, but eventually a house near the Ovens, in which
they were concealed, was alighted on. The pursuers knock-
ed loudly at the door—there was no admittance, and at length
one of them went to the rear of the mansion, where I•.e per-
ceived the' lady dropping from a window in the arms of her
lover. When she alighted on the ground they both set off
at full speed across the lawn, but being quickly followed by
the constables were captured. The fair one was subsequently
conveyed to her home, where she was met by her parents
with the greatest joy. It is said a fatted calf' was instantly
ordered to be slaughtered to commemorate her happy return.
—Cork Con.titutional. -

ARRIVED—Bombay Packet, Wylie, from Bonny; sailed Ist Jan.
and from Fernando Po, Igth Jan.—Condor; Smith, from Monte Vi-
den—Ann Monde% Roberts, from Barbadoes—Australia, English,
from Bahia ; sailed 4th March—Carolina, Jones, from St Michael's.
SAlLED.—England, Waite, for New York—Denison, Jones, and
City or Perth, Porter, for Antigua—Enterprise, Fletcher, for Hali-
fax—Superb, Boult, for Pernambuco—De Vreede. Wiersma, and
Neptunus, Bakker, for Riga—Mary, Capan, for Rotterdam—Au-
gusta, De Graeve, for Ostend—lo, Barnes, and James Lemon, Foy,
for Montreal—Azores Packet, Peters; Constanca, Avellar • Bro-
thers, Lewis, and Venus, Bowden, for Lisbon—Snperior, Lodtitt,
and Helen Scott, Scotland, for St. Petersburgh—Hope, Sheridan ;
Bell, Nicholson, and Edgecombe, Stoyle, for Newfoundland—An-
dromeda, Patrick; Edwin, Wilson; Ebro, Watts, and Superior,
Candler, for New York—Telumah, Gliddon, for New Orleans—
Rapid, Mathias, for Archangel—Elvira, Gill, for Calcutta—Cato,
Low, for Boston—Pauline, Perre, for Ostend—Star, Farren, for
Heligoland—Marie Antionette, Ocket, and Jean Jaques, Cochran,
for Antwerp—Jersey Tar, De Caen, for Rio Janeiro—Oporto, Smith,
for Oporto—Planter, M'Mahon, for Jamaica—Hebe, Thompson, for
Gibraltar—Lady M. Fox, Sowerby, and Mary, Nelson, for Deme-
rara—Caledonia, Smith, for Bahia—Mary Caroline, Lawson, and
Tyrone, Clarke, for Quebec—St. Jean, Perraud, for Bourdeaux—
Moderazione, Bertoluzzi, for Malta—Courier, Banks, for Hammer-
fest—Norval, Ferguson, for Barcelona—Grace Brown, Duff, for
Baltimore—lsabella, La Perrella, for Algiers—and Commerce,
Beattie, for Narva.

Liverpool, (steamer,) henCe off Carnsore Point, 21st instant, at
1 30 p.m.
A ship, supposed to be English, under jury masts, and steering
S.W. was seen 13th ult. in lat 34 S. long 26 E.
An American ship, with bright sides, with loss of fore-topmast,
was seen 11th instant, in long. 23 ; and a vessel, with loss of main-
mast was seen the day following by the Margaret, arrived off Cork
Europe, Swindell, hence to Alexandretta was spoken 24th ult. in
lat. 37, long 1 W.
Enterprise, , hence to Calcutta was spoken 25th Feb. on
the Equator
Australia, English, from Bahia, at this port. The Thomas Bat-
tersby was to sail in a few days for this port, and the Castries, for
London, 4th March
Heath, Aiken, hence, at Benin
Bounty Hall, Foster, hence, at Bonny
Wilberforce, Jackson, and Kingston, Alsop, hence, at ditto
Gezina, Wykmeyer, hence, at Amsterdam
Weltzena, Greven, hence, at ditto
Orient, Taylor, from Batavia, at Helvoet
Anthony, Mugge ; Patriot, Sawbridge ; Kynderdick,
and Fortuna, Haay, hence, at Helvoet
Maria, Aftsen ; Antonius, -; Louise, Rooms ; Rembrandt,
Brabander ; Constant, Van Schie ; Henrietta, Hondt ; Barbara
Catharina, Schotley ; Edward, Greenwald; and Charles,
hence, at Antwerp
Egide, Duyts ; Maria, -; Angelina, -; and Alexandre,
Fisher, hence, at Ostend
Otterspool, Sceales, from Samarang for Rotterdam, off Falmouth
Duan, hence for Batavia, was spoken 25th Feb., in lat 2 N, lokg
23 W
Monarch, -, from St. Lucia, at Dublin
Tiber, , from Trieste for this port, at Gibraltar
Ann, Wade, hence, at Constantinople
Sir Henry Parnell, Airth, from Odessa at Constantinople, and
sailed 27th March for this port
Boyne, Foster, hence at Constantinople, and sailed on the 27th
March for this port
Alexander Johnstone, M'Donald, sailed from Manila fo Singa-
pore 20th Feb., and Emma, Nash, for London on the 20th
Saguenay, White, from Manilla and Singapore at the Cape Good
Hope, with damage, bound to Cork
Argyle, M'Donald, from Bombay to this port, was spoken 9th ult.
in lat. 18 S. long. 5 W.
Liverpool, -, hence to New Orleans, was spoken 14th ult. in
33 N. long 32 W.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24.—Wind N. moderate.

Minium—Humber, Cape, from Sierra Leone ; sailed 3rd ult.
Left the Ann, loading for this port—and Wanderer. Smith, from
Calcutta.

Livinia, Mara, and Maria Teresa, Splivalo, hence at Trieste
Terra Nova, Wendberg, hence at Barcelona
Jolly Tar, Rossignol, hence at ditto, and sailed for Marseilles 4th
instant
Isabella, Brown, hence at Gibraltar, and sailed 10th instant for
Almeira
Jeune Felix, Ledenbat, hence at Bourdeaux
Bonne Mere, Comte, hence at Camerat
Aimable Hyacinthe, Bodett, hence at ditto
Cintra, Renfree. Emma, Jarvis ; Amizade, Rocua ; Emma, Irving,
and Trinity Yacht, Johnson, hence at Lisbon
Adelaide, Granby, Rz Emma Graham, Ferguson, hence at Oporto
Euphemia, Butt, hence at Copenhagen
Wassily Welliky, Nimrat, hence off ditto
Visiter, Loch, and St. Patrick, Evill, hence at Cuxhaven
Cleopatra, Stewart, and Ituna, Sanderson, from Bahia, at ditto
London, Tate, from Canton, at Cork
Jean Goudie, late Simpson, from St. Jago de Cuba, at Swansea
Reform, Salmon, from the Cape of Good Hope, off Weymouth
Heroine, Bouch, sailed from Callao for Iquique sth Dec.
Susanna, , hence for Havre, has put into Scilly, with loss of
bowsprit, main boom, &c.
Tweed, M'Kenzie, sailed from Trieste 6th instant, and the Arch-
duchessa Maria Dorothea, Almonda, on the 11th—both for this port
Monarch, Douglas, sailed from Leghorn for this port the 7th
instant, and the Carena, Heyden, for Smyrna same day
Ellen Jenkinson, Blundell, sailed from Lisbon for this port 13th
instant
Thomas Naylor, , hence for Restigouche, was spoken 14th
instant, in lat. 48 0, long. 25 0; had on board the crew and passen-
gers of the Kingston, from Bristol for New York, which foundered
on the gth
Mary Appleby, M`Kay, hence for Bahia, was spoken 22nd Feb.
in lat. 1 0 N, long. 11 0 W
Julia, --, hence for Palermo, was spoken 12th instant, in lat.
38 0, long. 11 0
Margaret, Blythe, from New Orleans, at the Clyde
Hero, Smallwood, from Bombay, at ditto. On the Ist ult. off
Ascension, spoke the Watkins, from Mauritius, for this port. On
the 17th, in lat. 3 0 N, long. 24 0 W, spoke the Mary Queen of Scots,
hence for Pernambuco
PRESTON, April 20.—The Ann Paley, Hunter, from Liverpool for
Lisbon, which was driven on shore at Clevely, Bth Jan, has been
got off and carried into Fleetwood.

THURSDAY, APRIL s.s.—Wiud S.S.E,

ARRlVED.—Wanderer, , from Calcutta. On the 21st inst.
at 5 p.m. about 50 miles west of the Saltees, (off Youghall) spoke
the Liverpool, (steamer) hence for New York.
SAILED.—Samuel Freeman, Campbell, for Newfoundland—Har-
riet, Robson, for Halifax—Zoe, Holmes, for the Cape of Good Hope
and Mauritius—Lidia Obegg, Oortgrese, for Bremen—Kent, Elder,
for Miramichi—Concurrent, Chapius, for Martinique—Collingwood,
Guthrie, for Kingston, Jamaica—Apollo, Rendell, for Dordt and
Riga—Paradiso, Mainero, for Bahia—Hoppet, Lindquest, for Revel
—Hugo, Binder, for Stettin—Scipio, Greggs, for Newfoundland
and Quebec—L'lrna, Esclapon, for Marseilles—Forth, Glen, for
Madeira, Cape de Verds and Monte Video—Blackaller, Cockran,
for Hayti—Charles, Bricks, for Bruges—and Augusta, De Grave,
for Osfend.

John Dugdale, M'Gowan, sailed from Bahia for Sincapore 25th
Jan.

Fenwick Keating, , from St. John. N.B. for Dublin, was
passed Bth inst. in long. 40, abandoned
Winscales, and Eliza, hence at Sierra Leone

LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL.

INDIRECT.

Since Tuesday last, the arrivals of Grain, Flour and Oatmeal from
Ireland, Coastwise, and from foreign ports, have been to a consider-
able extent, greatiy exceeding our present demand ; and sales only
to a very limited extent have been made, though a decline of 3d to
4d per 701bs on Wheat is to Is 6d per 2801bs, and Is per barrel on
Flour, Id per 451bs on Oats, and Is to is 6d per 2401 b on Oatmeal,
and Is per qr on Beans and Pease has been submitted to; tine Malt
and fine Malting Barley have fully supported last quotations ; and
these remarks are applicable to the Manchester Corn market, and
to all others of this district and of Yorkshire during the past week.
The duty on Wheat from foreign ports is since Friday further in-
creased to lOs 8d per qr. and on Flour to 6s ad per brl ; there is also
an increase of is 6d per qr. on Pease; the chief part of the last
week's imports has paid the duties of 6s Bd, 4s, and 12s 6d respectively,
but it is now probable that all those articles will go into bond. Some
Flour has already found sale in bond at 34s to 35s per brl. ; and Oats
continue to find sales slowly, in bond, at 2s lld to 3s 2d per 451bs for
export.
At this day's market there was a good attendance of town millers
and dealers, and also of those from distant interior markets ; but
the transactions, which otherwise would in all probability have oc-
curred, were greatly paralyzed by the decline in Mark-lane yester-
day of 4s to 5s per quarter on Wheat ; and in consequence sales
were made only to a very moderate extent of every article in the
trade, at fully the reduction in prices above noted, and which, in
some instances, was a little increased.
WHEAT, per 701bs s. d. s. d. INDIAN CORN, lir 4801 b.
English
Scotch o 6 10 3 White 42 0 44 0
Irish 6 6 310 BEANS, per quarter.
Bonded
BARLEY, per qr. Irish 37 0 42 0
English 43 0 44 0 PEAS, Grey 3B 0 42 0
Chevalier 44 0 46 0 White 46 0 43 0
Scotch, per 601 b. 5 4 510 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b.
Irish 5 4 510 I In bond l7 0 20 0
Foreign, in bond, 0 0 o 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b.
OATS, per 451 b. Fine 48 0 51 0
English
Scotch 3lO 4 0 Amer. la• brl. free 34 0 35 0
Irish 3 6 4 0 Sweet U. 5..... 37 0 39 0
Foreign, in bond 2 9 3 2 Sour 34 0 35 0
Ditto, duty free.. 310 4 0 OATMEAL, per 2401 b.
RYE, per quarter .. 42 0 44 0 English 3l 0 32 0
MALT, per qr. fine.. 68 0 69 0 Ditto, new 32 0 33 6
middling 50 0 62 0 Scotch 31 0 32 0