The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-07 00:00:00

HEATON PARK MEETING.

These rapidly approaching races are becoming a leading
topic in the sporting circles. The list is richly studded with
valuable prizes ; and there can be no doubt the company will
be great, and the show of horses, in number and character,
all that could be well wished for. The acceptances for the
Heaton Park Stakes, with 100 added to a sweepstakes of 25
sovereigns each, 15 ft., being only out this day, we give the
same, as such may not be generally yet known. The course
is a mile and a half, and professional riders to perform :
st. lb.
9 2 Mr. Antrobus na. Harkawav, 4 years.
8 10 Mr. Brunton na. Slashing harry, 4 years.
8 7 Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, 4 years.
8 6 Lord Eglinton's Black Diamond, 5 years.
8 0 Mr. C. Sheridan na. Darnley, 4 years.
7 6 Lord Chesterfield's Mayflower, 4 years.
7 3 Mr. Houldsworth na. Rachael, 4 years.
7 3 Mr. Justice na. Golden Drop, 4 years.
7 2 Mr. Trafford na. Wee Willie, 3 years.
7 2 Lord Stanley's Ole Bull, 3 years.
7 0 Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen, 4 years.
7 13 Mr. Lynn na. Harpurhey, 2 yeers.
6 4 Mr. Osbaldeston's Fairy Queen, 3 years.
The remainder, '2l in number, have " cut it," by paying 5
sovereigns each. A subscriber, according to the rule, is only
liable to pay 5 sovereigns, if not the bona fide owner of the
horse he names.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton are expected to arrive
at Heaton House to-morrow or Thursday.

TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.
The attendance was thin, the betting " slow," and the
changes of little moment. Don John was not so much in
favour as before; 3 to 1 taken once only, having been offered
currently towards the close. lon stood at his old price, with
plenty of friends ready to back him at 4 to 1, proof enough
that the report about blistering" has no foundation Grey
Momus, Alzira, and Cobham were backed at last week's
prices; the latter having the call, without making any de-
cided advance. Lanercost, Jemmy Jumps, and Albemarle
are evidently on the decline, while Pucelle shows symptoms
of improvement. Closing prices:—
ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 against Lord Chesterfield's Don John.
7to 2 „ Colonel Peel's lon, (take 4to 1.)
9to 1 „ Mr. Coombe's Cobham, (t.)
12 to I „ Lord G. Bentincks Grey Mornus, (t.)
12 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Alzira, (taken and after-
wards taken.)
20 to I „ Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle filly, (1)
20 to 1 „ 11,1 r. S. L. Fox's Jemmy Jumps.
Appleton Lad not mentioned.
DERBY.
1000 to 50 against Duke of Richmond's Bulwark, (t.)

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evening, attended only by two of his native retinue, and ac-
companied by Mr. Campbell, now of Exeter, but who for-
merly resided seven years at the court of Lucknow, and,
altogether, has passed thirty years in India, and speaks the
dialect of Hindoostanee in use in Oude with great fluency.
On Friday, his Highness visited the large cotton mills and
factories of Messrs. Ashton, at Hyde, with which he was
highly delighted, and seemed to comprehend the various pro-
cesses in operation with great facility. He said, that one of
the principal objects of his visiting this part of the country
was to see all the processes of the cotton manufacture, from
the bag to the piece ; and in several of these he took much
interest, and expressed both gratification and astonishment.
He also visited the collieries in the neighbourhood : he was
somewhat minute in his inquiries as to the number and em-
ploy of the men below, in the pits, and was surprised at the
expedition with which the carts were loaded with the coal.
Thence the prince proceeded to the various machine-shops
and engine and boiler manufactories of Messrs. Sharp,
Roberts and Co., with which be also expressed himself much
pleased. On Saturday, his highness visited the silk mill of
of Messrs. James and Samuel Occleston and Co., where he
saw the processes of throwing and winding silk; and thence
he proceeded to the establishment of Messrs. Louis Schwabe
and Co., Portland-street, where he was very much delighted
in witnessing, not only silk-throwing, but also the weaving
and embroidering of rich damasks, and other silks. Thence
he proceeded to the print-works of Messrs. Thomas Hoyle
and Sons, where he met aTurkish officer of some distinction,
Colonel Bekir Bey, who is now staying at the Mosley Arms
Hotel, in this town, and who was personally known to the
prince. Thence the party proceeded to the patent card ma-
nufactory of Messrs. Curtis and Parr, Store-street, uhich
also exceedingly interested the prince. His highness is a
great man otherwise than by birth ; for though only three
months turned thirty years of age, his stature is upwards of
six feet, and he is an exceedingly large and heavy person.
To save the inconvenience of ascending and descending the
various flights of stairs, his highness was conveyed to and
fro in the hoist, which seemed to give him great satisfaction,
and he exclaimed, "Ah, you English do all by steam."
Having expressed a desire to see a Manchester warehouse,
the prince was then taken to that of Messrs. Potters and
Norris, George-street, where he was shown all the depart-
ments, and was conveyed in the hoists from floor to floor.
Happening to pass a weighing machine, and learning its
use, his highness expressed a wish to know his weight in
English measures. His wish was complied with, and it was
found that his weight was just three hundred and twenty-two
pounds, or twenty-three stone! Many of the manufactories
and other establishments being, as usual, closed at four
o'clock on Saturday, and the time of his highness being
limited, this ended his tour of our.manufacturing and mer-
cantile concerns. He left the Albion Hotel on Sunday
morning fur Sheffield, calling on his road at the residence of
Mr. Thomas Ashton, Flowery Field, Hvde, where he spent
an hour with the family, partaking of fruit. Urom Sheffield,
it was bis intention to proceed to Leeds; thence to Liver-
pool ; and, after a short time spent in viewing the mercan-
tile and commercial wonders of that busy port, he proposes
to visit the salt-works at Northwich, one of his chief objects
of his visit to the north. Thence he will probably go to
Cheltenham. His highness has letters of introduction to the
Master Cutler of Sheffield, and to Wm. Rathbone, Esq.,
Mayor of Liverpool. The prince speaks English imperfectly;
and, before he left this town, he expressed his astonishment
at the rapidity with which every operation in manufactures,
and, in fact, every transaction in life, was performed. "Ah!
here every body busy," was his observation; "all in a
hurry." lie purchased, at every manufacturing concern
which he visited in this town and neighbourhood, some arti-
cles illustrative of the style and nature of the particlar manu-
facture, which it is his highness's intention to forward to
(Jude. Ile is described to us as a fine, tall, majestic, and
portly man, with sparkling dark eyes, his complexion of the
coppery hue of that region of Hindustan; his moustaches
blackf; his manners gentle; his bearing dignified and ex-
tremely courteous; his politeness (native or engrafted) to
the ladies was observed with some surprise; and his general
acquirements appeared to be of a far higher class and degree
than would be anticipated. He showed great readiness in
Pointing out upon a map his route from Lucknow, through
Persia, to this country; his landing at Penzance, and bis
subsequent tours in England. We believe, notwithstanding
his large proportions, that his highness rigidly conforms to
the customs of his fathers, especially at the table and that ,
he is, in fact, remarkably abstemious. •

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Diuorben.—Chester Gazette.
A severe thunder storm passed over the village of Wrox-
ham, Norfolk, on the evening of Tuesday last, and a woman,
named Roach, the wife of a schoolmaster, was struck dead
by the lightning, as she was putting her child to bed. No
fnrther damage was done, except a small hole made in the
roof. In the next house the hair on the head of some
children was singed by the lightning, without their sustain-
ing any further injury.—Essex Herald.
THE BEGGA R'S OPERA, AND SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.—
There are many satirical allusions, both in the dialogue and
the songs, to the public characters of the day. Sir Robert
Walpole had frequently been the object of Gay's satire. He
was not, however, deterred from being present on the first
night, and sat in the stage box. Lockit's song—.
" When you censure the age,
Be cautious and sage,
Lest the courtiers offended should be;
If you mention vice or bribe,
"I'm so put to, all the tribe,
That each cries, That was levelled at me'"—
was loudly encored. Sir Robert observing the pointed man-
ner in which the audience applied the last line to him, dex-
terously parried the thrust at the end of the repetition of the
song by calling out "encore" in a voice that was audible
throughout the house. This produced a general cheer from
the audience, and the song was sung a third time. Not-
withstanding this escape, however, the audience continued
for many years afterwards to apply to Sir Robert Walpole
various allusions in the Beggar's Opera, so that he could
never, with any satisfaction, be present at its performance.
Not only was the song above mentioned so applied to him,
but the name of Bob Booty was never mentioned without
raising a laugh at his expense; and the quarrelling scene
between Peaehem and Lockit was so well understood at the
time to allude to a recent quarrel between the two ministers,
Robert and Lord Townshend, that it constantly kept the
audience in a roar of laughter,—livarth's Memoirs of the
Musical I.)ranla,