The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT CHESTER.—PBIDAY.
TIIE DEE,BY.
3 to Isgst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat—taken.
6 tol „ Lord Derby's Dervish—taken.
6 to.l „ Baron Rothsehild's King Tom—taktn.
14 to 1 „ Mr. Gully's Andover—taken.
16 to .1 „ Mr. Merry's Wild Huntsman —takai.
20 to `1 „ Mr. Payne's The Trapper—taken.
4,0 to „ Mr. Newlandls Bracken—taken.
46 to 1 „ Mr. Morris's• Knight of St. George—tk.

THE OAKS.
.1 II agst Lord Derby's Metora—taken freely..
CHESTER SPRING MEETING.
Turenav, MAY 9.--The 'Grosvenor Stakes %were
won
by a length, by Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, beating Epami-
nondas.and six others.--The Palatine Stakes were on
by
a length by Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap, beating Lurley
and .two others.—The Chesterfield Stakes were won by
half £length by Mr. G. Mather's St. Clair, beating Com-
munist, Erycina, and twelveothers.—The Mostyn Stakes
were wan by a head by Mr. T. Powell's The Vatterer,
beating Lord Alfred and six others.—A Sweeps
fiikes of 6
sovs. -each was won by Mr. J. Osborne's Brother to King-
of Tray, beating six others.—The Wynnstay 'Handicap
was won by Mr. Barber's Domino, beating three ethers.
WSDNESDAY.—The Reiter Skelter Handicap was won
b3-Mr.AValker's Cimicina, beating ten others.—The Second
Trienxdal Stakes were walked over for by Mr. T. Parr's
Defiance.-=The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs.,added to a
Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. ea*, was won by• Captain- D.
Lane's Epaminondas, 3 yr!„:-4st 101 b, (FordhatnXbeating
Mr. Me rris's Indian \Varner, 4 yes 7st 431 b, (Llasham,)
Lord Derby's Acrobat, 3 yrs, .sst 101 b, (Garvey,) Mr. J.
Meiklant's Peggy, 4 yes, Est 6.1 b, (Aldcroft,)-auchtwenty
others. The running was made by Baalbec to the Castle
Pole where, Epaminondas, Indian Warrior, and .crobat
passed him, Epaminodas maintaining the lead to the end,
and winning by a length. Value of the stakes, £11,555.—
Sixty Guineas, the gift of the Members for the City, was
welt by a neck by Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, beating Helena
and five others.—The &ramble Handicap was weia by a
length lay Mr. Thompson's Bridekirk, beating four ethers.
—Her Majesty's Plate was won by a length by Mr. T.
Parr's Ititaplan, beating Bourton and three others.
TITURSDAY.—The Dee Stand .Cup was won by Mr. J.
Osborne's Helena, beating five others.—The Welter Cup
was won 'by a head by Mr. Corriah's Captain Cornish,
beating four. others.—The Dee Stakes were won byd
heathd
by Mr. Howard's Scythian, beating-Champagne angh
others.—Tke Fourth Triennial Stakes were walked (e'er
for by Mr.. 41. Osborne's Lord Alfred.— The Scurry Hindi-
cap was svon.hy Mr. E. H. Clark's Dear Me, beating ten
others.—The Marquis of Westrninsia-r's.Plate was won by
a head by Lord Eglinton's Vanderdecken, beating Indian
Warrior and aline others.—Match, 60,aevs. was won by a
head by Mr- Lumley's Orpheus, beating Lord Hill.—The
Selling Stakes won by half a neck by Mr. Osborne's
f by Galanthusobeating Bridekirk and four others.
Futna.x.—A Handicap Stakes was won easily by Lord
ours.
Clifdeu's Anteverta, beating seven oershe Third
Triennial Stakes ,were won by Mr. Osborne's Punchbox,
beating two others.—The Wirral Stakes were won by Mr.
Osborne's Lord Alfred, beating three others.—The Eaton
Stakes were won by Lord Chesterfield's fypee, beating
Barrel.—The Cheshire Stakes were won by Lord Eglintou's
‘Vanderdecken, heating Annie Sutherland and nine otheLors.
—The Grand Stand .Gap of 200 soya. was won by
rd
Chesterfield's Typee, heating Domino and six others.—
The Ladies' Purse was. on by Mr. Shepherdscn's Pastry-
,cook, beating five other.—A Match for 110 soya. was won
by .Mr. Nokes's Birdlimeairl, beating Little Queen.
ICilutsford races bavelpeen postponed until thegOth and
Oith of July.
urchased Past
Mr. Bless has prycook, from Mr. Shep-
berdson, for 140 guineas.
Lord Sefton's hunter Clear the Way, was geld at Tat-
tevors last week for 120,ga; and Twilight, for 45 ga.
Lord:Strathmore, Sir W. N. Wynn, and Mr. John M.
Stanley, have accepted the efhee of stewards for tbemext
Chester‘taces.
Mr. T. Parr made an offer do run Rataplan, after‘the
,race for -the Queen's Plate, at ;fester, against Bourtow
and give the latter 71b., but the offer was declined.
Newmilwter, who broke dowcio the Chester Cup race,
was going :as well as anything ;up to the time, and his
rider.expressed his confidence of ,success, had it not been
for the misfortune with which the ?horse met.
Mr J. Osborne's Brother to King of Troy, was claimed
by Mr. Morris for 80 sovs., after winning the selling
sweepstakes, at Chester, on Tuesday aaet ; and his ch f by
Gralanthus, out of Balance, by Mr. Golty, for 135 gs., after
winning on Thursday.
The result of the Chester Cup will prove favourable to
nearly all the large speculators. Captian Douglas Lane,
the owner of Epaninondas, wins about e 3,000 an bets ;
and many gentlemen backed the winner •after his success
at Newmarket the previous week.
Bashatn, Alderoft, and Wood, were surttpended from
riding again during the week, for disobeying the orders of
Mr. Hibburd, the starter, in the race for the Chester Cup.
On the following day, an appeal was made to the stewards
to rescind the suspension, as they had all been engaged to
ride in several raees on that and the following day, but
Mr. Hibburd would not recede to the requllest.

.73IRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS.

BlRTfig,
On the 7th inst., the wife of Mr. John D. Walker,
chemist and druggist, Christian-Street, of a son.
On the 7th inst., Mrs: R. T. Duarte, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Towerlands-street, Edge-hill, the
wife of Mr. A. B. Walker, of a son.
On the Sth inst., Mrs. J. P. Kirkby, Poplar-grove,
Allerton, of a son.
On the Bth inst., in Elliott-street, Mn. John Halls-
worth, of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of Mr. W.
Leak, of a son,.
On the 9th inst., Mrs. J. N. Holmes, Bedford-street
South, of a son,
On the 9th inst., at Wavertree, Mrs. E. S. Samuel, of
a daughter.
On the 9th inst., Mrs. J. Roberts, matron of the Union
Workhouse, Pwllheli, of a daughter.
On the 10th lust, at Salisbury-street, the wife of Dr.
Thomson, of a son.
On the 11th inst., at Crown-street, the wife of Mr.
Bernard Parkinson, of a son.
On the 12th inst., Mrs. Frederick A. Tamplin, Oak-
farm, West Derby, of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Prince's-park-terrace, the wife of
J. W. Seaburne May, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Warwick-street, Toxteth-park,
Mrs. E. Connor, of a daughter.

•
MARRIED.
On the 7th inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev.
A. F. Amos, Mr. R. Beattie, jun., to Miss A. Lomas.
On the 7th inst., at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J.
Bardsley, Mr. C. Pannell to Fanny, daughter of the late
W. Butcher, Esq., of Sutton, South Hants.
On the 7th inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr. Robert
,Kilner, licensed victualler, Pitt-street, to Miss Mary. Park,
of Bouning-Rte, near Kendal.
On the 7th inst., at Hale Church, Mr. Thomas Webster
to Miss Jane Webster, both of Childwall.
On the 7th inst., at, St. John the Baptist's Church
the late
, by
license, Meßichard Leathers to Mary, relict of
Mr. John Bryden, Torteth-park.
On the 7th inst., at St. Augustine's Church, by the Rev.
J. H. Jones, Mr. Philip M`Kim, late of Dundalk, to Eliza
Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Taylor, of this town.
On the Bth inst., at St. John the Bapf tiMr. Josephst'S Church,
But-
Mr.
John Smith to Mary Jane, daughter o
ler, jeweller, Tolteth-park.
On the Bth inst., at St. Philip's Church,
by the Rev. G..
L. Roberts, Mr. Robert Park Connolly to Elizabeth, second
daughter of James Sayer, Esq., both of this town.
Rev. G.
On the 9th inst., at St. John' thes Church, by
F, Mathews, Mr. A. Henry master mariner, to Mrs. M. T.
BelActt also, Mr. J, Marshall to Miss M. Worrell,