The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-09 00:00:00

BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA.

In reply to Mr. Finch, Sir J. GRAHAM said, the Admi-
ralty had received a. telegraphic message from our consul
at Varna, stating that the combined fleet had bombarded
the outer mole of Odessa; that all the land batteries of
the outer mole he been destroyed, and the ships lying in
the outer mole, 4ind that the loss of the combined fleet
had been comparatively small —lo,killed and LS wounded.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY,

Betting on the Chester Cup was very limited, consider-
ing the near approach of that event ; there have, however,
been a few new favourites introduced, which have been
supported at the prices annexed; a few hundreds were
laid against Newminster at 20 to 1 in the early part of the
day, but he rallied towards the close k the same price was
also taken about Acrobat. For the Derby, Neville has
been backed for large sums during the week; 20 to 1 was
taken at the close ; Dervish was not so strong in the mar-
ket, owing to the defeat of Boiardo in the Two Thousand
Guineas Stakes. Latest prices :

CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hill's Doctor O'Toole—taken.
14 to 1 „ Mr. Parker's Aldford—taken.
16 to 1 „ Mr. Nichol's Newminster—taken.
16 to 1 „ Mr. Knowles's paalbec —taken .
20 to 1 „ Mr. Wilkins's Peggy—offered.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Farrance's Joe Miller—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Henderson's Lough Bawn—taken.
25 to 1 „ Lord Derby's Acrobat—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. W. H. Scott's Tom—taken freely.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Magennis's Sandhurst—taken.
30 to 1 „ Mr. I. Day's Llandforda—taken.
30 to 1 „ Mr. Howard's Catspaw—taken.
30 to 1 „ Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior—taken.
33 to 1 „ Mr. Howard's Nabob—taken.

THE DERBY.
9 to 2 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat—taken.
Bto 1 „ Lord Derby's Dervish—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. Gully's Andover—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. Clarkson's Neville—taken.

Moresca has broken down.
Switch, by Ratan, 3 yrs, has been purchased by Mr,
Armstrong.

Mr. Mansfield's bay colt Lord Fauconberg is now called
The Skinner.

Mr. Strickland has sold Alfred Tennyson to Mr. Hall;
for 270 sous.

Mr. Bowes's Derby colt Blight, is not dead, as reported
a short time since.

Mr. Greville's Bobby, by Robert de Gorham, 3 yrs, has
been sold to Mr. Rogers, for 70 sovs.
Lord Spencer's annual sale of thoroughbred yearlings
will take place at Tattersall's on the 29th instant.
Waverly has been purchased for a Belgian gentleman
for R2oo,and has left Stephenson's stables for the Continent.
The remainder of Mr. Elwes's stud, fourteen in number,
were sold by auction at Newmarket on Wednesday last ;
they were all knocked down at very low prices.
A draft from Lord Clifden's stud was brought to the
hammer, on Friday, at Newmarket, but the only lots sold
were Sadkbut, for 200 gs. ; Astolfo, for 41 gs. ; and Ossa,
for 16f gs.
Several horses from Lord Exeter's stud were offered by
auction, at Newmarket, last week, but none of them were
sold, the reserve in each instance being more than the
sum tbid.

Hermit, by Bay Middleton, the winner of the Two
Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, at Newmarket, on Tues-
day last, was purchased last year, at the sale of Mr. Ford's
stud, at Tattersall's, last year, for 600 guineas, by Mr.
Gully, his present owner.
The inhabitants of Holywell presented Mr. Wetherell,
the trainer, on his leaving for :Nliddleham, with a chased
Silver sugar basket and cream ewer, as a testimonial of
their respect for his straightforward and neighbourly con-
duct during his residence amongst them.
Mr. Liley has sold the remainder of his stud, consisting
of Redemption, 2 yrs, Roderigo, 3 yrs, Tavistock, 4 yrs,
and the brood mares Cheerful (with a filly by Bay Mid-
dleton) and Phoebe (with a filly by Newcourt), to Mr. T.
Powell. The horses have left E. Jones's fur Stevens's
stables, at Ilsley.

The clipper schooner Hornet, built by Messrs. Ratsey
and Sons, of Cowes, for. John Naylor, Esq., of this town,
was launched on Saturday. The accommodations are
truly English, and her interior arrangements are unique.
She is expected to be ready for sea in another week.
Captain Holmes, a gentleman well-known on the turf,
and universally esteemed, died on Sunday week. He was
a heavy bettor, and,had backed Autocrat for a very large
stake for the ensuing Derby —a good deal of the money,
it is said, being for.the owner of the horse. He was like-
wise half owner of several racehorses which are trained
for Mr. Cookson, by Goodwin, of Newmarket.

A proposition- lane been submitted to the clerks of the
various racecourses throughout the country to establish
one day in the week J(Tuesday) for the closing of stakes,
whether for nominations or declarations of forfeit, and as
far as possible to fix.the first Tuesday in the month. The
nominations now made on the Ist day of January, March,
&c., to be altered torthe first Tuesday in those months.
Edwin Haigh, Esg.„is now the commodore of the Bit.=
kenhead Model Yacht Club. At the last monthly meeting
sixty pounds was,voted for prizes for the present season.
There are at present building for this club .a new yacht of
8 tons, by Bishop ; another of 2 tons, by E. C. Hicks ; a
third of 2 tons, by D. Morrisson ; and a new one of 31
tons, belonging to the hon. sec., by M`Donald, of Green-
castle, near Londonderry.