The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

IRELAND

Alto
t. NG the rumours curent in Dublin is one that Mr.
Roche, M.P., will shortly be raised to the peerage
title of Viscount Fermoy, and that Mr. J. Heard,
for Kinsale, is to have a baronetcy.
iloWe.ooL STEALING has become alarmingly prevalent in
the",°°llos of the county of Clare. An inhuman ruffian cut
ene out of a lamb and a ewe a few days ago at
.envale, in order the more easily to strip them of the wool.
1.1.
ICIT DISTILLATION.—IIIiCit distillation is carried
,pttensively in the west, and the revenue police have
',l_c,te seizures to a large amount in Connemara and other
'llB of the county of Galway.
thIrISIT OF HER MAJESTY.--It is very generally believed
‘,.lt her Majesty and her illustrious consork intend to
ilkt the Irish Exhibition, and to make a stay of three or
loclati!,.daYs in Dublin, about the close of July, when on their
,r"0 Scotland.
aRE P Loom IN BELFAST.--It appears, from a
"‘
-Lelgent°inrh; W
Northern Whig, that successful experi.
teatsCa; e--heen ma_d_e. in introducing the power-loom in
„4, manufacture of linen cloth in Belfast, and that thi▪ s
Lange is likel to lead to a revolution in the staple trade
of Ulster. y
„SUDDEN DEATH .—A letter from Ballinasloe anntoutnecoes_
.uat Mr. Gerald Fitzgerald, the stipendiary
that district, while attending the Johnstown racecourse,
horse, and on being taken-upit
and in the act of speaking to his daughter, fell from his
magis ra f
totally extinct. was found that life was
tiTAE COASTth FISHERIES.—The Galway Packet states
e coast fisheries are now carried on with the most
Clad success, and that the arrest and committal of the P,llttielel rioters has produced a most salutary effect i▪ n
'oostre‘ an end to a system of intimidation that had
„ cted
Lae enterprising persons engaged in " trawl-
.o the
ft., A bay of Galway.
nlent thl'ivo, like England, is to have a military encamp-
aCilde,.:lB Summer. It will be formed on the Curragh of
meets °ll a large scale ; the force to comprise five regi-
Huss: of the line—the King's Dragoon Gards, the 11th
and i,""' ancer and detachments of Artillery, Horse Artillery,
s.
and ER
- '4"ESTYS I SIT. V —The visit of her Majesty
the ro"nce Albert, to Dublin, with the elder branches of
bejal,family, may be expected, about the end of July
t'rnclintung of August. The King of the Belgians, the
Perm' and Princess of Prussia, with other distinguished
.
s, are expected to be in the royal suite.—Dublin
„.„1" Pst.
4.e
.-AxoDus still continues, and great fears are enter-
har;',°f a sufficient supply of labour being left for the
the Able-bodied labourers and small farmers form
haveu,',l4 of the emigrants. From Tralee alone, 1,000
Upu-,:eit for America; and a Waterford paper states that
lee's of 3,700 left the qua of that town for the same
illation during the last three months of 185 2 .
DE
tk ATI' OF SIR MONTAGU LOWTHER CHAPMAN,
thiltl%--Accounts have reached Ireland of the demise of
.408 gentleman, who was falsely reported to have been
last
about six months back. He died in February
yt'l on board ship while proceeding from Melbourne to
183(jleY• He represented Westmeath in Parliament from
ee_ to 1841, and was high sheriff in 1844. He is sue-
d by his brother, Benjamin James.
EDUCATION.—.I. Dublin correspondent of the
r_Pectator sends the following warning as to the proceed-
:,..)%s of the officials at the Educational Board have
,feellent reason for believing that the Government are
r,?out to throw Archbishop Whateley over, and to bundle
'„iro2. and his Scripture lessons and evidences of the truth
;s;W,Uhriatianity very unceremoniously out of doors. Mr.
tltoackburn has withdrawn his resolution against the
ooing of all knowledge of the historical facts of Chris-
Instead in the model schools of the National Board
thereof, a milk-and-water amendment of Baron
preen, calculated to make matters worse than they are, is
substituted."
...NURDER NEAR GALWAY.—The Galway Packet Con-
Cns the following account of a murder which was per.
rated near that town :—" A young woman named
thering Kindrim was found oia Tuesday morning

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST END.

THE DERBY.
7 to 4 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian-100 to 55 taken
three or four times.
Sto I Duke of Richmond's Pliaros—taken to -e5OO.
Bto 1 Mr. Surtees ns. Honeywood—taken to .4'loo
and afterwards offered.
9to 1 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne.
11 to 1 Baron Rothschild's Orestes—taken to .elOO.
12 to 1 Lord Derby's Umbriel—taken and offered.
12 to 1 Mr. Powney's Cineas—taken to £lOO.
20 to I Mr. Wilkins's Peggy—taken to £l5O.
20 to 1 Mr. Rogers's Jerry Kent—taken.
1000 to 40 Captain Lane's Ninnyhammer—laid twice.
1000 to 25 Sir C. Rushout's Ethelbert—taken to .t'soo.
50 to 1 Mr. B. Way's Brocket—taken.
50 to 1 Lord Clifden's Cheddar—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. J. Ayling ns. Rattle—taken.
1000 to 10 Mr. Conolly ns. The Mayor of Hull—taken to
£lOO.
1000 to 10 Mr. Thomas ns. Beverlac—taken and offered.
6to 1 Orestes and Cineas, coupled—taken to .elOO.
DOUBLE EVENTS.

Bto 1 agst West Australian winning the Derby and Cathe•
rine Hayes the Oaks—lo to I also laid.
40 to 1 Peggy winning Derby and Oaks—taken to .*'loo,

THE OAKS.
sto 2 a,gst Mr. S. Hawke ns. Mistletoe-3 to 1 taken.
325 to 100 Mr. Wauchope's Catherine Hayes—taken.
Bto 1 Baron Rothschild's Mentmore Lass—taken to
1000 to 60 Lord Glasgow's "lot."
The races will commence each day at two o'clock.
Hurworth was declared not to start for the Derby at 4.30
p.m. on Saturday.
ARRIVALS AT EPSOM.

Daniel O'Rourke. Songstress' Phantom, West Australian,
Umbriel, Hurworth, Mayor of Hull, The Queen, Mabella,
Broughton, Golddust, Dervish, The President, Meteors,
Cheshire Marquis, Joe Miller, Afas, Ephesus, Welch Harper,
Doublethong, Barbatus, Coalition, Incognita, filly by Don John
—Miss Sarah, Eccentricity, Blondell, Follow-me-Lads, Forester,
Miss Tennyson, Empress colt, Vanderdecken, Pelopidas,Singa-
pore, Mr. Sykes, Lady-in-Waiting, Punch Box, Talfourd,
Otranto, Jerry Kent, Guicowar, Coomberland-Stathesmon,
Charity, Venison filly, Hothorpe, Cock Pheasant, Nightshade,
Augusta, Honeywood, Sittingbourne, Orestes, Pharos, Cineas,
Ethelbert, Pharold, Rataplan, Lascelles, Cat's-paw. Catherine
Hayes, Peggy, Misietoe, Lady Louisa, Mentmore Lass, Prince
Leopold, Beverlac, and many others.

MANCHESTER RACES.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 18.—The splendour of the weather con-
tributed greatly to the enjoyment of an immense concourse of
spectators, the stands being literally crammed. The racing
was not of the first-class ; owing to so many horses being re-
served for Epsom, the entries to the various plates were decided
failures. The first race was for
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THE MEIKLAM HANDICAP, of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added.
Lord Derby's b c Longbow, Bst 71b ....TempJulian 1

Mr. Meiklam's hl c The Hatchet,6st4lb.Waddington 2
Seven others ran. Won by half a length.
THE SAPLING STAKES, Grit) soya. each, with 100 added. T.Y.C.
Mr. Barton's b c Arthur Wellesley Holmes 1
Mr. Redhead's b c Barrel Clement 2
Seven others not placed. Won by a length.
THE UNION Cup, of 200 sovs, in specie, added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes, of 5 sovs. each. 69 subs.
Lord Derby's b c Longbow, Sat 7lb Templeman 1
Mr. R. Harrison's ch c King of Trumps. Cartwright 2

Lord Ches,erfield's b c out of Begum
Kohinoor, Woolwich, Evadne, Candlewick, Agnes Wickfield,
Chilton, Incense, Jack Leeming, Gaffer Green, and Minerva
also ran.-9 to 4 agst King of Trumps, 7to 2 agst Longbow, 5
to 1 agst the Begum colt, and 10 to 1 agst Jack Leeming. At
the last bend, Longbow came up on the inside, and obtaining
the lead at the distance, won cleverly by two lengths.
THE PRODUCE STAKES, of 10 SON'S. each, ft, with 100 added.