The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

seven miles

_ .....-, - , -‘,... ...eiapore, z. Dane ran.
muustry. The ever, that is, if they did not make that porno , on:
line from Hooton to Helsby. This was extremoYA up
former took away the means of subsistence, and left them FRIDAY.
the potato, and nothing more—and they expected nothing CASTLE IRWELL STAKES : won by Mr. Green's Flat- He alluded to several other disadvantbges Prer ejhe,'
the company, in regard to the Shrewsbury au".A 0;6
more. The latter took away the ' key of knowledge,' and catcher, beating three others.—The SALFORD BOROUGH
tolls for passengers, &c., and said that the boalutileco
left the people in the most heathenish ignorance. But, CuP was won cleverly by a neck by Lord Chesterfield's
fore, after the best consideration, had come tS,,sujcl 11
mark the retributive providence that has overtaken the Mrs. Taft.—The BROUGHTON STAKES were won by Sir
elusion to recommend that the ernn,-;.,,,,,.. u
social and spiritual oppressors in our country. The pro- C. Monck's Vanguard, by a length.—A PLATE of 50 sovs.
was___gaine.d
rby Mr. O'keill
prietors of this part of the country have now to support Y's Idle 13ov bentincy ..,,„, proceed with thn L:',
the very wretches thpv in,,,,....;.),„A ITh___ __ : .

...icy impovenstied. Une proprietor, I other
1
out of a rental of £21,000, loses, at present, I ascertained, B. C
about £2,000 of bad rents, and his rates and other assess-
ments amount to £5,000 2s. 9d. One-third of his entire ----
income is yearly absorbed by these items alone—not to It is a remarkable fact that Hotspur, second for the : "-- ---- -•
were pow under re(
speak of the other' liabilities of the property.. The rack Derby, and Lady Superior, second for the Oaks, are
: to no,. ~
neither of them thorough-bred.
rents of the former generations are being given back in
F.), HUNTING. —it is reported that some parties in the
the rack-rents of the present; and upwards of 600 Irish
estates are ss, involved
'he western counties have killed more foxes this
year than in
An any previous season. Lord Fitphn—u,......., -

won by Mr

tiANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES who
,reen's Atheistane beating six others. Tht.
I won cleverly by a neck, with Mr. Banks' Swift do

Western Company to

;ent of t

winner

Their Pio
..id esP di
ore, abanTl

❑e from Chester to Srocl:poa•t NVOI
lstant, and they might. t

pse of tim

—no bill bein

remarbill be
folly of the shareholders so far. moved that the
approved of, and that the direet"
not to proceed with -- •
iarson's nearly half
as many contied the resolutiP-
-1

Then the retribution on
lore obvious and righteo

Mouldbe BuAtnii

s enslaved it

'erypowe

I,argt

upwards

really 1 of £19,009 is

Mr. Smith's a great core. It appears
paid annually in the shape of taxes by mas-
of hounds, there being above 100 packs of fox-hounds, quired s.
ies and as many packs of harriers kept in Great Britain, inde- parliament
1 pendent of Ireland.

art or power

The instructors (!) of the people ,
—.Lig as well as their flocks, and many of tt
praying to get after them to America. • Tit,
..., anu OLltlt._
who have bullied and mismanaged the people in past times 1 -r,
ter DIN
are the two parties who are suffering from the poverty and DETTING ON THE DERBY.—As is almost unavoidably contracts.,—The Chairman said, the Ma'uches
mingham railway through the Potteries was 1111°,%ebilitie
ignorance they have inflicted. Feeling that their own the case when favourites win, the ring suffers severely ;
abandoned by fluxion of time, without such P tli:
poor had become a burden to them, they have made a bold and in this case, we believe not a betting man escapes ;in
The board had taken opinions, and were satisfiedos
effort to get rid of an overgrown population ; and you fact, next to Nunnykirk, the Flying Dutchman was the
might see in the counties of Longford, Roscommon, and worst horse that could have won for the bookmakers.
Mayo, whole ranges of houses unroofed to drive away Had Hotspur been landed first, it would have made a dif- athnedyurneacrounmimouensidyedcaarrsiaedfe.foTz.c—bTaihrneiraensZieJlet:tobr:
were progressing rapidly, and it might hereafte,r gelib
their inhabitants, just as you would send out sheep or ference of between £30,000 and £40,000 to Mr. Davis,
interest to make a branch between Hooton an°,.owet!
black cattle from a farm that was overstocked. The island who, of course, is a heavy loser. Lord Eglinton and his
This closed the business'of the meeting, which, ",or
would support double and treble its present population if ft iends are great winners, as well as the public, with whom
was prolonged, by the putting and replying to a 'OO
it were cultivated ; but it cannot be cultivated under pre- the noble lord and his horses have always been great fa-
of questions. The whole of these referred to tifjec
sent mismanagement. The finest land you could lift •your vourites, and deservedly so. It is the richest Derby ever
of the respective shares, the financial matters of '
run for, the value of the stakes, clear of the deductions
eyes upon in Longford and Roscommon I have seen abso-
lutely waste. One landlord I saw has 700 acre. -in lii "."""fir'n" in ase ''''''';'". ""' ."'°26. - -nc3.l'" ems
riors gftarve—nryfre -Z:ilffir silii—sfatZ---- Li.
'rt.
Lord Eglinton won in bets about £B,OOO ; and the R. F
own hand with scarcely a tenant upon it. Lord
~
or Ragged Famine Club—as the Army and Navy Club is vot?cl to the chairma" -
has upwards of 1,000 acres thrown up by insolvent tenants,
and has it now under partial cultivation, but will hardly 1
...... be able to make it nay thA 'lf.. P
Failed—are said tohave won upwards ..+ -C971 nnr. ...-

, they would not

be left

le to c
had entered Ipt,

with whom they

;110 We°

from the Preston station to the Rive, _ ti'''tie
He: apath's Journal states that Mr. George,,,oo ,e
has paid back nearly £9,000 of the profit he man'ets r%
Great North of England purchase. It also sugge... be '
,
---v
i likely to be annoyed by suits at law.
necessity of Mr. Hudson leaving the country,
The Class List at Oxford has appeared. The First On Wednesday, Her Majesty and the Court returned t 1"/
A , for, 01
Class men are J. J. Hornby, Balliol; C. D. Morris, from the Isle of Wight to Buckingham Palace.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Tra..-- pig
Lincoln; 11. J. S. Smith, Balliol; W. P. Warburton, HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING ROOM.—The Queen held week ended 26th May 1349 : Coaching traffic/ V
Balliol.
a drawing.room on Thursday afternoon in St. James's Bs. Id. ; Parcels, £39 Os. 10d. ; Go,
The dean, and some of the members of the chapter at Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the 183. 11d. ; Steam Boats, £164 Os. Od
Bristol, have met and resolved that they cannot record Royal suite, erriyed from Buckingham Palace, escorted 10d. Exclusive of Toll from Shy--
the recent judgment of the bishop, as to the chanting and by a detatchment of the Royal Regiment of Horse Co
and payment for con-..__
intoning, without violating their statutes. Guards. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge The proposed agreement for an amalgamatroe v,,,
The Rev. William Higgin, dean of Limerick, and of arrived, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the the Lancaster and Carlisle and the Lancaster 811(1'0 e
Ardfert and Aghadoe, is appointed to the bishopric of the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklen- Companies has been confirmed by the respectiY,eto ts
united dioceses, vacant by the death of Dr. Edmund bourg Strelitz. Prince George and Prince Henry of the holders, and the directors have been authorize' t 0.1
Netherlands were also present. The Queen wore a white
Knox.
On Wednesday last, Mr. John N. Luxmore, a student satin train, trimmed with bouquets of corn flowers and effect. tha
to
~j
the necessary measures for carrying the contrae at St. John's College, Cambridge, and son of the Dean tulle, and ornamented with diamonds. The petticoat The first instance of malicious injury being (1100 6,vil
ty's headdress was formed of feathers and a wreath of
of St. Asaph, came by his death through an accidental was white satin trimmed in the same way. Her -Mies- electric telegraph has just occurred on the Lon 51,`',,
fall from his horse.
Mr. Shore has quitted his prison-cell. That is a relief, corn flowers and diamonds. The white satin was of North Western Railway, between Clifton BP",rai t'',l
Rugby, by the twisting of the wires, and by wi:;',"o 0
Many dissenters, we are well aware, will gnash their Spitalfields manufacture. The Duchess of Cambridge communication was broken off between IoO,,,roisf
teeth at the loss of so capital a grievance; but all the wore a petticoat of white glace, trimmed with Brussels Rugby down, and Liverpool, Manchester, and Pi
, ~'3O,
friends of peace, and of the Church, will rejoice at the lace; the stomacher of emeralds of the largest size and ham up.
removal of a public scandal. diamonds; the train was of the richest white satin, trim-
COLONIAL BISHOPRICS.—It has been observed as a re- med to correspond. Her Royal Highness wore a splendid The special meeting of shareholders of the Caleas°s.-sli'.',
sanctioned the purchase of the Wishaw and Coltac,ite
markable instance, that the festival of Whit-Tuesday was tiara of diamonds, with feathers and lace lappets. The the lease of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilste° ogre;
the eighth anniversary of the formation of the Colonial necklace and earrings were brilliants and emeralds. The The forfeiture of certain shares in arrear was 14,,5°0000j
Bishoprics Fund, by which five colonial sees have been Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenbourg Strelitz wore to, but the directors' proposal for borrowing•e",A; cr B 1!
endowed, partly endowed, and, no doubt, in a great a train of light blue satin, richly embroidered with silver, made the special subject of a vote. The lant' elegy
degree, in consequence of the statements made from time and bordered round the edges with a rouleau of silver
to time by the committee, four more from independent bullion; the stomacher was adorned with large pearls Coltness shareholders confirmed their share of t
without remark. liog
sources, during the same period. Thus in eight years and brilliants ; the petticoat was of lace, over white satin. A lamentable railway accident occurred in theej3roi;cl4;
THIRTEEN new sees have been endowed, and Bishops eon- Her Royal Highness wore a magnificent diadem of dia. ton long tunnel, between Bristol and Bath, on ''''teo;t
secreted to them ; a fact full of comfort and of hope for monds and large pearls. The necklace was formed of Five labourers were at work, when a train entered e„0 4e,
the Church.
pearls.
end. They got bewildered, and one named Dole'lore,
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—The General Assembly of the Her Majesty and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace cut to pieces. He has left a wife and six young ,c,.00,,,,
Church of Scotland, holding its sittings in Edinburgh, yesterday, for Windsor Castle, to sojourn there during the It is a striking fact that, before leaving home in t"'"•tav
ct
have been occupied during the past week with most im- Ascot races.
ing, he knelt down by his bed-side and prayed---3 ,
Hottest questions, chiefly on the subject of education. APPROACHING ROYAL MARnIAGE.—The Times sas stance which, his wife states, never occurred hetbr`ovbeis
The state of the colonial churches was taken up on Mon- that the Count de Montemolin has offered his hand to LARGE WHEn Sunday week, an immensij, f J
clay, on which a very favourable report was made by Dr. Miss de Horsey, the accomplished daughter of Spencer de 18 feet in diameter, and weighing about ten :,:t lie
Clark, who urged on the church the necessity of conti- Horsey, Esq., and the marriage will shortly be solemnized conveyed from Liverpool along the Manchest`d fate,
nued exertion to carry out the great objects they had in in this country. It is understood that a negotiation has Li'verpool line of railway. The wheel is to be n'ederp:/:,
view. The report on education, and an overture on paro- been opened by the Prince with the Government of the Victoria tunnels Edgehill, Liverpool. This P° nods chial schools, gave rise to long discussions on Tuesday. Queen of Spain, which has consented to make an adequate piece of mechanism was obligcd to be conveyed on '-'top e,
The thanks of the Assembly were given to Dr. Muir, for provision for his Royal Highness and his bride, in consi- as it could only be taken when all other traffic wast,ia/
the able report he had drawn up on the state of educe- deration of the renunciation of the claims to the throne itsgreat width necessitating the use of two lines 0! 705'ts
tion ; from which it appeared that the desire for learning of the male line, of which the Count de Montemolin is OPENING OF THE SHROTSHIRE UNION RAIIO toll
was increasing among the people, which was evidenced the representative.
Ott Friday this important chain of railways, by 11p1$ of
by the more numerous attendance at all the schools. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Wednesday, at St, county of Shropshire and the adjacent district a1...n00,e/
The Assembly condemned the mode in which the grants George's Church, Hanover-square, Miss Meyrick, eldest in direct communication with the metropolis, hiriabtP„f,
were proposed to be given to schools by the Privy Coun- daughter of Colonel and Lady Laura Meyrick, and niece the London and North-Western Railway, with ''tiet "is
cil, as tendit, to compromise the right and control which of the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, was led to the communicate at Stafford, was publicly opened, SO ,s tree
the church claimed over the schools supported by it, and hymeneal altar by Mr. Charles Holder, of the sth Dragoon ter to-day a passenger taking his seat in the exPre„:oo,e
they conceived that the claims of the parochial teachers Guards. The bride, who was very beautifully attired, from Euston-square will be enabled to reach Sin'alir'74
should be put on an equal footing in respect to the grants was attended by eleven bridesmaids—several of whom*, 160 miles) in five hours. The first train over theltetelLi
with the teachers in other schools. The principal subject wore blue, and the other pink dresses. The service was shire Union line, which is 30 miles in length, e' stet
before the Assembly was the Affinity Marriage Bill, which performed by the Lord Bishop of Exeter, the bride being from Stafford to Shrewsbury, left the Shrewshur'reto%o
was condemned by all parties as being not only uncalled given away by her gallant father. The Duke and Duchess at 6 a.m., and reacheo Stafford at half-past seven;
.„, 'be
for, but contrary to Scripture, to the Confession of Faith, of Cleveland, wall characteristic munificence, presented again at eight, and others followed during the deli; te
and the laws of the country. The Free Church Assembly, their fair niece with a purse of £lO,OOO, and other rela- total cost of the line has been X 500,000, and I' A.
which is likewise sitting, have also had before them seve• Lives made valuable add)tions to the fiancee's jewel case.": worked by the London and North-Western. „rtallet
ral important subjects. They have unanimously resolved The late Duchess of St. Albans bequeathed an annuity CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAIL NAY.—The " ,It of
to oppose the Registration Bill, and, with the same una- of £lO,OOO per annum to the Duke, which, by his recent meats for floating the stupendous tube bridles'b 80,1ePo.
Marrinimity, have petitioned Parliament against the Affinity demise, becomes the property of Miss Burdett Coutts. Britannia Rock, over the Menai Straits, by whte, ess'ek
age Bill, a measure which is universally and justly e5eee5...„„5,........„„2,,,e,,,.........,.„,
hour will be saved in the transit of the mails and l"„le! „,
condemned, and which should at once be withdrawn from LAW INTELLIGENCE. • t C°lllr il°;s
gets between London and Dublin, are ins 0)
Parliament. It would be followed by the most baneful
----ee— The pontoons, with the excavations for their rslong for
consequences, as being the means of introducing into The County Court Judges, it is said, have presented a are finished, and twelve capstans of large diment.,aits, aid
families a demoralizing influence, which would undermine memorial to the Government on the subject of their sale- erected along the coast, on either side of the,,s, ;3,0.01
the great social and moral fabric of which, as a nation, ries, which are incommensurate with the dignity, labour, the safe conduct of the floating tubes, which will be
we are so justly proud.
and usefulness of the office. The amount is £l,OOO. along guide lines, strong hempen cables being ',4.0, 011
CONSECRATION OF THE NEW Bisuoes OF VICTORIA In the Queen's Bench on Thursday, the Court decided for chains, on account of the length of the 1%0115 ive
AND PRINCE RUPERT'S LAND.—The Archbishop of Can- that a Judge has a right to discharge a jury that cannot weight of each tube is 1,800 tons, and the poT.,ous
,00
terbury having appointed Tuesday for the consecration of agree in a case of necessity, but that the prisoner may be have to bear a load of 200 tons. The ponaielocci'oo,
the Bishops designate of Victoria and Prince Rupert's tried again, as no verdict of acquittal or condemnation chinery for elevating the tubes to their restiq„ej Ore 0
Land, a large number of prelates and dignitaries of the had been given.
their piers, upwards of 50 feet high, is being tlich o jeer
Church assembled in the cathedral, Canterbury, shortly In the celebrated Hope jewel case, it was announced, towers. The ends of the horizontal tubes, w"nry I'd
after ten o'clock, whilst the cathedral close was crowded in the Rolls Court on Monday, that an arrangement had wrought iron, will have to rest on the Inaroo rile".ioo
with visitors anxious to be present at the solemn and in- been come to between the parties, that the jewels should which are 400 feet apart. Rather more than , eper°;tll'
teresting ceremony. His Grace the Archbishop of Can- be given up, and Mr. Henry Hope would be allowed to employed in these preparations, and the gren!...t eIP,I 0
terbury occupied the throne; and there were present take those which he claimed, and Mr. Alexander Hope of floating will take place in the course of lief:, 0,4
Bishop Coleridge, warden of St. Augustine's College; the would be allowed to take the residue. In the mean time rehersals with the pontoo" ccotP
and tbe
Doi
Bishops of Winchester, Salisbury, Worcester, St. Asaph, SUIT FOR A DIVORCE.—Mr. Edward Cripps, nephew made to test the velocity of the current,
and other prelates; the Very Rev. William Rowe ',Yell, of the late representative of Cirencester in parliament, of the novel and gigantic tackle.
.—The,,aol
D.D., Dean of Canterbury; The Venerable James Croft, and son of the Rev. H. Cripps, vicar of Preston, in the THE WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSION TRAINS; throttoor:
M.A., Archdeacon of Canterbury ; the Venerable Benja- county of Gloucester, is petitioning for a divorce from his day excursion trains in and out of London, ano
an es th'
min Harrison, M.A., Archdeacon of Maidstone; the wife, Mrs. Augusta SarahCripps, late Callington, to whom the country, during the week, have been on qui cot!'
Hon. and Rev, J. E. Boscawen, the Rev. Lord Charles he was married in 1841, elilst living in London for the Binary scale. The influx at the Euston stal,j',,, elisi
Thynne, M.A., the Rev. Dr. Spry. the Rev. Dr. Russell, purpose of completing his studies at St. Bartholomew's
the Rev. Francis Dawson, 8.D., the Rev. Henry Venn, Hospital. The evidence so far as published chews Mrs.
8.D., the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, 8.D., the Rev. John Cripps to be an abandoned character, into whose wiles the
Thomas, M.A. the Rev. Richard Davies, M.A. and a unfortunate petitioner had fallen, and to whom he was
large number of clergymen from all parts of the country- married when he was only 18 year. of ..,.
Full choral service was performed, and at its close th
archbishop took his seat within the rails of the commu- :ions c
nion table, which stands on a commanding ascent at the for fir
eastern end of the cathedral. The Right Rev. George 'd by '
Smith, D, D. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, Bishop Elect of it the
Victoria (HoneaCong), and the Right Rev. David Ander-
' he Cr
all ti
plai cision was
ntiff
son, D.D., of -Exeter College Oxford, Bishop Elect of ue
bishop,Princeandthe Rupert 's
usualLand,limi
p were then introduced
formalities
having
beentotheAr c h I
-
of counsel to Lord
observed, the bishops designate retired. lip to this ime •., •

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS,

ave won £lO.OOO

COURT AND FASHIOI

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coming in from Liverpool, Birmingham, and ,Hera r;

facturing districts bl

very curious correspondence 11
the counsel for the state convicts a!

taken p 1

...s stated by Sir Fitzroy Kelly
leagues that the opinion of the judg
turely, as all the points were not ;-
decided the case, inasmuch

learned

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