The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.

The brilliant expectancy of this meeting is now almost
beyond a doubt, and will rival any previous gathering on
the Heath. luesday's racing will be principally composed
of matches, Lords Glasgow, Exeter, and Bedford, posting
the principal portion of the " roudy."
Wednesday will furnish a better day's sport. A Handi-
cap Sweepstakes, the Jockey Club Plate, and the Three-
years-old Sweep, the acceptances of which I am not now
in possession of. The principal attraction of the meeting
being the Suffolk Stakes (Handicap), with 17 acceptances,
will produce a good field of the right sort—Corranna,
Ruff, Marquis of Conyngham, and Maynooth, of North-
ampton notoriety, besides others of considerable preten-
sions, out of which I will try to select a winner. Lady
Wildair, Maynooth, or the Marquis of Conyngham must
be near by.
Thursday's principal feature will be the result of the
Two-years-old Sweepstakes. The list will have nearly
the following : Eothen, Blacklock, Brother to Pawn-
broker, Dromedary, Lord Lonsdale's br. f., Vampire,
and Broad Sword. The winner here is not ECP dif-
ficult to trace as in handicapped races—Lord Lone-
dale's br. f., Dromedary, or Brother to Pawnbroker, the
latter for choice. Several matches will comprise the
whole; but, doubtless, should the weather prove fine,
plenty of sport will crown the result of the Second Spring
Meeting.—Yours, &c. SOMNAMBULIST.
P.S.—The Derby will have a touch of our crow quill.

LATEST BETTING AT CHESTER.
DERBY.
3 to 1 agst Sting.
5 1 Sir Tatton Sykes
10 1 Fancy Boy (taken).
10 1 Tom Tolloch (taken).
18 1 The Traverser (taken).
25 1 Crown Prince.
13 1 John Day's Lot.
OAKS,.
Offers to take 7 to 1 about Vanish..

As a proof of the extraordinary success of the Chester
meeting, we may state that tbP receipts of the Grand
Stand amounted to £1.420. We understand that the
Race Committee intend to approptiate £lOO out of their
greatly increased funds to a new rice fur three year olds,
on the first day, to be called " the Chester field Handi-
cap," and, to insure ample accommodation for the bet-
ting fraternity, the ball-room at the Royal Hotel will, in
future, be opened as a subscription betting-room, an en-
trance to which, w th the permission of the Marquis of
Westminster, will be in Newgate-street. This will be a
great accommodation, and the proprietor, we hear, in-
tends to place a liberal percentage on his receipts at the
disposal of the Race Committee.
The Stewards for 1847 are the Earl of Chesterfield, Sir
J. Gerard, Batt., and Mr. S. Standish,

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.. —At the Birkenhead
Police-court, yesterday, a young man, named William
M'Clement, was charged by Mr. Primrose, bookseller, of
Pitt-street, in this town, with having received several
sums of money whilst in his employment, and not ac-
countaig for them. The prisoner, it appeared, bad been
in tie service of Mr. Primrose, as a deliverer of. and
canvasser for, periodical works, during which time he had
received several payments which he had not accounted
for. The c,se not being complete, the prisoner was re-
manded to this day.
CONCERT.—A very excellent concert took place at the
Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, on WednesdAy even-
ing last, at which the Misses Williams, Mr. John Parry,
Mr. Case, and a multiplicity of other talent appeared.
The house was most respectably filled, and elicited re-
peated encores, and, from first to last, the loudest plau-
dits. Mies A. Williams was in excellent voice, as also
was her sister. Mr. John Parry was, as usual, trium-
phant; and Mr. Case, who was accompanied, by the
piano-forte, played the violin in a style worthy a ::•_%ixori,
exhibiting not only a str'ctly musical ear, but a taste and
power of execution that denotes a future greteness.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CANNING-STREET.—This
building was opened on Stinday, when sermons were
preached by the Rev. J. R. Welsh, the minister, and the
Rev: T. Guthrie, of Edinburgh. Liberal collections were
made after each service. The building has a light and
elegant appearance. The bold tower and spire in the front
elevation have a fine effect, the top of the spire being 111
feet above Canning-street. The whole of the fronts are
faced with white stone, from Stourton. The length inside,
exclusive of the staircases, is seventy six feet, and the
breadth fifty-four. The height of the ceiling is thirty feet.
and the height under the gallery beam is ten and a ball
feet. The pulpit, ornamented with crimson velvet, is ap-
proached by two staircases, one on either side, which
adds to the uniformity of the interior ; andahe approaches
to the galleries are of easy ascent, and on a new principle.
The pews above and below stairs are numerous and spa-
cious; and the number of long narrow lancet-headed
windows to vogue in the thirteenth century, shed a re-
dundancy of light through the building. At night the
church was brilliantly illuminated with gas. We believe
Mr. Hay, of St. George's-chambers, was originally em-
ployed, and prepared the design for this church, which
has been partially carried out.
CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE FRE-
TENCES.—A man having the appearance of a foreman of
mechanics, was yesterday brought before Frank Hayward
and William Brown, Esqre., the sitting magistrates at the
Police-court (in the absence of Mr. Rushton), on a charge
of obtaining from Mr. Eastwood, publican; of Great Cross-
hall...street, the sum of five shillings, on false pretences.
The complainant stated that on Friday, the prisoner called
upon him, and enquired if he did not keep a club-house
there for mechanics, to which, as such was the fact, he
replied in the affirmative. The prisoner said he was glad
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then said he was loath to change even the £lO note just
then, as he did not like to carry so much loose money
about him, and as lie wanted a trifle for his immediate ex-
penses, he would feel obliged if he would let him haie
five shillings, which he would return when be came to the
club-room to engage the men. Mr. Eastwood in his sim-
plicity did not, it appeared ask for a sight of the wiles
from the stranger, and the latter did not state that he
wanted the five shillings on account of Mr. Brown. The
crown was readily handed to the prisoner, on whom, when
apprehended, no notes were found. The magistrates, un-
der the circumstances, necesaarily decided that the money
was merely obtained as a loan to the prisoner himself, and
discharged him.