The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

TU RE.

hazI3A.DY the effects r,reiurning spring are beginning to
be folt in the plant houses,;tibe little sun we have 130 has
giver,-considerable energy ita the process of vegetation.
The es,rly vines are making .good prozress and peaches
and nectarines are in full Bow. Pruning in the open, air
shouldle completed, and grafting work be proceeded with.
Give air at mid-day to the tframes, especially to .cauli-
flower plants under stand gl.‘sses, &c. Force rltubatb,
seakale, .s.iparagus and small salading. In the flower
garde; AlAnt boa edging, aud*Attp the lawn well swept lo
prevent injury from worms. Complete the sowing of pars-
nips and eArrots, plant shallots,lncd sow another crop :of
early peas aid long-pod beans

NEW Pa .as LABEL.—The Commissioners of Inland
Revenue haw provided a stamp for•flenoting the duty of
sixpence for postage, and such satapap will be issued to
the public to-morrow, Wednesday.
GREAT WE .ERN RAILWAY.—Tit€ half-yearly meet-
ing of this company took place on Wednesday, at' the
Paddington station ; Mr. C. Russell in ,the chair. A di-
vidend at the rateo-f 4 per cent. per annum for the half-
year was agreed to, and a balance of EliV36 carried to,
the next account. !fir. Harper, of York, tW3ii elected an
Auditor, in the roma Mr. Dickinson.
YORK, NRWCA.6I4.4, .AND BERWIPE: 11Ala.i.WAY.—The
'half-yearly meeting of ells company was held At York, on•
the 18th instant—Mr. Pulleme in the agar. A divi-
dend for the half-year grt tthe rate of 4 per cent.Rer annum.
was declared.
YottK APTD NORTU MILIPLAND RAILWAY.--Tke half-
yearly 'meting of this company was held on the ltitb.
at York—Mr. H. S. Thorson in the chair; Resolutions
were passed, adopting the re pat, and declaring a, dividend
at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The- retiring
auditor was re-elected, and au at (mance of £l5O per annum
Agreed to.
Tun NEW CUARITARLE Turku BOARD.—On Tuesday
the first report of the commissioners under the Charitable
Trusts Commission was issued. Iliey had done but little
since their appointment, but expected before the end of
March to receive from about 40,000.07sarities in England
and Wales an accout of their receipts and expenditure.
They had had applications from more than 300 charities,
and had made rules for gnidance, &c.

It is now stated that Alembic has gone to France.
Mr. Tilbury has purchased the hurdle-racer President.
Tickton was struck out of all his engagements on the 17th
instant.
Plenipotentiary, the winner of the Derby in 1834, died on
Tuesday last.
The brood mare Young Altisidora, dropded dead, at Catte-
rick, last week.
Mr. Helmsley has purchased Jullien, by Dulcimer, 5 yrs,
from Mr. Bloss.
Horatio has arrived at J. Shepherd's stables, Malton, to be
trained for his engagements.
Mr. Plummer has sold his yearling colt by Touchstone out
of Alice Hawthorn for a large price.
The entry for the Liverpool July Cup, with 200 sovs. added,
closes to-morrow, the let March.
Mr. F. Walker's yearling colt by Van Tromp out of Little
Cassino has received the name of Van Galen.
Ulster is struck out of the Spring Cup, and The Buck out
of the Aintree Plate, at the Liverpool Spring Meeting.
Mr. Ratsey, of Cowes. is building a beautiful clipper
schooner yacht, to be called the Hornet, for our townsman
Mr. Naylor.
The celebrated mare Maid of Lyme, the property of Mr. J.
Clarke, of Newton, dropped a fine colt to Melbourne, on the
16th instant.
Sister to New Warrior. 2 years old, and filly by Lanncelot
out of Billingham's dam, 2 years old, have arrived at Charles
Wintrineham's stables, at Richmond.
A splendid tea and coffee service, with spoons, forks,
knives, &c., and a beautiful and rich china service, is about
to be presented to Mr. John Frail, the clerk of the course at
Shrewsbury,
Mr. H. Neale has sold The Magnet to Mr. Lisle, of Audlem,
Cheshire, for a rood price ' • and the brood mare Schoolmis-
tress, by Liverpool, in foal to The Magnet, to Mr. T. Parks
of Manchester.
Mr. Douglass's Harkaway, whilst running in the Carmar-
thenshire Steeple-chase, on Tuesday lust, jumped into a drain
with such force that, before being enabled to extricate his
fore feet, he tumbled over and broke his back.
At the sale of M. De Calenge's brood mares, in Paris, on
the 15th instant, Eusebia (bred by Mr. Thornhill in 1839), the
dam of Euphrosine, Echelle, Royal Quand Meme, and others,
was purchased by M. Aumont, of Chantilly, for 540 sous.
M. Letache de 'Fay, one of the most popular and straight-
forward supporters of the French turf, died a few days ago, at
his residence, Fay, near Gisors. He was one of the most
successful turfites in France, having possessed the first-rate
horses Firstborn, Memory, Firework, Trust, &c., all of which
he bred himself, His stud will be continued by his relatives.
The racing stall of the Duke of Richmond, whose retire-
ment from the turf we announced some time since, will be
brought to the hammer on the 13th March. It includes Har-
binger, 5 yrsr, Pharos, 4 yrs ; c by Van Tromp out of Reel, 3
yrs; br c by Robert de Gorham out of Wilderness, 2 yrs ; br
c by Red Hart out of Refraction, 2 yrs; b f by Epirous out of
Reel, 2 yrs; and the yearling f by Red Hart out of Coral ; c
by Red Hart out of Refraction ; and f by Red Hart out of
Reel.

THE CHASE.
The CHESHIRE HOUND'S meet
This•dvy, Feb. 28th , Capesthorne
Thursday, March 2nd Wrenbury
Friday, March 3rd Crewe Hall
Monday, March 6th . . Norton Priory
Each day at half-past ten o'clock.
Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOrNDS meet
This day, Feb. 28th •Oswestry Racecourse
Thursday, March 2dd White More
"Saturday, March 4th The White Lion, Whitchurch .

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The NORTH STAFFoRDSHTRI": HOUNDS meet
To-morrow, March tit Johnstone Hall
Friday, March 3rd Stoke Heath
Each day at half-pact ten o'clock