The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT CHESTER—Fninkr.
THE DEDEY.
3 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat—taken.
6to 1 „ Lord Derby's Dervish—taken.
6to 1 „ Baron Rothschild's King ToM—taken.
14 to 1 „ Mr. Gully's Andover—taken.
16 to 1 „ Mr. Merry's Wild Huntsman—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. Payne's The Trapper—taken.
40 to 1 „ Mr. Newland's Bracken—taken. •
45 to 1 „ Mr. Morris's :Knight of St. George—tk.

TWE OAKS.
3 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Metora—taken freely.

CHESTER SPRING MEETING.
TUESDAY, MAY o.—The Grosvenor Stakes werewon
by a length, by Mr. T. Parr's Rataplan, beating Epami-
nondas and six others.--The Palatine Stakes were won by
a length by Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap, beating burley
and two others.—The Chesterfield Stakes were won by
half a length by Mr. G. Mather's St. Clair, beating Com-
munist, Erycina, and temlve others.—The Mostyn -Stakes
were won by a head by Mr. T. Powell's The Flatterer,
beating Lord Alfred and six others.—A Sweepstakes of 5
soya. each was won by Mr. J. Osborne's Brother to King
,of Troy, beating six others.—The Wynnstay Handicap
was won by Mr. Barber's Domino, beating three others.
WEDNESDAY.—The 'Hefter Skelter Handicap was won
by Mr. Walker's Cimieina, beating ten others.—The Second
Triennial Stakes were walked over for by Mr. T. Parr's'
Defiance.—The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sovs., added to a
Sweepstakes of 25 soya. each, was won by Captain D..
Lanes Epaminondas, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b, (Fordham,)theating
Mr. Morris's Indian Warrior, 4 yrs, 7st 61b, (Besham,)
Lord Derby's Acrobat, 3 yrs, sst I.olb, (Garvey,) Mr. J.
Meiklam's Peggy, 4 yrs, Est 61b, (Alderoft,) andqwenty
.others. The running was made by Baalbee to the Castle
,Pole where, Epaminondas, Indian Warrior, and .Acrobat
passed him, Epaminodas maintaining the lead to-the end,
and winning by a length. Value of the stakes, 12;655.—
•Sixty Guineas, the gift of the Members for the City, was
won by a neck by Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, beating Helena
and five others.—The 'Seramble Handicap was won 'by a
length by Mr. Thompimi's Bridekirk, beating four others.
—Her Majesty's Plate was won by a length by Mr. T.
Parr's Rataplan, beating Bourton and three others. •
TIIIIRBDAY.—The Dee Stand Cup was won by Mr. J.
Osborne's Helena, beating five others.—The Welter Cup
was won by a head by Mr. Cornish's Captain Cornish,
beating.four others.—The Dee Stakes were won by a head
by Mr. Howard's Scythian, beating Champagne andeight
others.—The Fourth Triennial Stakes were walked over
for by Mr. J. Osbornes Lord' Alfred.—The Scurry Handi-
cap was won by Mr. E. R. Clark's Dear Me, beating•ten
others.—The Marquis of Westminster's Plate was won by
a head by Lord Eglintees Vanderdecken, beating Indian
Warrior and nine others.—Match, 50 soya., was won lay a
head by Mr. Lumley's Orpheus, beating. Lord Hill.—The
Selling Stakes were won 'by half a neck by Mr. Osborne's
f by Galanthus, beating Bridekirk and four others.
FEIDAY.—A Handicap Stakes was won easily by Lead
Clifden's Anteverta, beating seven others.—The Third
Triennial Stakes were won by Mr. Osborne's Punchbox,
beating twa others.—The Wirral Stakes were won by Mr.
Osborne's Lord Alfred, beating three others.—The Eaton
Stakes were -won by Lord Chesterfield's Ty pee, beating
Barrel.--The Cheshire Stakee were won by Lord Eglinton's
Vanderdecken, beating Annie Sutherland and nine others.
—The Grand Stand Cup of 200 soya. was won by Lord
Chesterfield's T)'pee, beating Domino and six others.—
The Ladies' Purse was won by Mr. Shepherdson's Pastry-
cook, beating fiveothers.—A Match for 110 soya. was won
" by Mr. Nokes's Birdlime Girl, beating Little Queen.
Knutsford races have been postponed until the 26th and
27th of July.
Mr. Bloss has purchased Pastr3-took, from Mr. Shep-
herdson, for 140 guineas..
Lord Sefton's hunter Clear the Way, was sold at Tat-
fersall's last week for 120 gs ; and Twilight, for 45 gs.
Lord Strathmore, Sir W. W. Wynn, and Mr. John M.
Stanley, have accepted the office of stewards for the next
Chester races.
Mr. T. Parr made an offer to run Rataplan, after the
race for the Queen's Plate, at Chester, against Bourton,
and give the latter 71b., but the offer was &dined.
Newminster, who broke down in the Chester Cup race,
was going as well as anything up to the time, and his
rider expressed his confidence of success, had it not been
for the misfortune with which the horse met.
Mr. J. Osborne's Brother to King of Troy, was claimed
by Mr. Morris for 80 soya., after winning the selling'
by
sweepstakes, at Chester, on Tuesday last ;ad his ehafter
f
Galauthus, out of Balance, by Mr. Golby, for 135 gs.,
winning on Thursday. • •
The result of the Chester Cup will prove favourable to
000
nearly all the large speculators. Captain Doug i
las Lane,
the owner of Epaminondas, wins about £3,n bets ;
and many gentlemen backed the winner after his success
at Newmarket the previous week.
Basham, Alderoft, and Wood, were suspended from
riding again during the week, for disobeying the orders of
Mr. Hibburd, the starter, in the race for the Chester Cup,
On the following day, an appeal was made to the stewards
to rescind the suspension, as they had all been engaged to
ride in several races on that and the following day, but
Mr, Hibburd would sot accede to the request.

BIRTHS, 2111ARRIAGES, and DEATHS•

BIRTHS.
On the 7th inst., the wife of Mr. John D. Walker,
chemist and druggist, Christian-street, of a son.
On the 7th inst., Mrs. R. T. Duarte, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., at Towerlands-street, Edge-hill, the
wife-of Mr. A. B. Walker, of a son.
On the Bth inst., Mrs. J. P. Kirkby, Poplar-grove,
Allerton, of a son.
On the Bth inst., in Elliott-street, Mrs. John Halls-
worth, of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., in Portland-place, the wife of Mr. W.
Leak, of a son.
On the 9th inst., Mrs. J. N. Holmes, Bedford-street
South, of a son.
On the 9th inst., at Wavertree, Mrs. E. S. Samuel, of
a daughter.
On the 9th inst., Mrs. J. Roberts, matron of the Union
Workhouse, Pwllheli, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Salisbury-street, the wife of Dr.
Thomson, of a son.
On the 11th inst., at Crown-street, the wife of Mr.
Bernard Parkinson, of a son.
On the 12th iust., Mrs. Frederick A. Tamplin, Oak-
farm, West Derby, of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Prince's-park-terrace, the wife of
J. W. Seaburne May, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at
hte Warwick-street, Toxteth-park,
M• rs E. Connor, of a daugr.
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MARRIED.
On the 7th inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev.
A. F. Amos, Mr. R. Beattie, jun., to Miss A. Lomas.
On the 7th inst., at St. Bride's Church, b
of the y the Rev.
late
J.
l3ardsley, Mr. C. Pannell to Fanny, daughter
W. Butcher, Esq., of Sutton, South Hants.
On the 7th inst., at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr
Ma ry P. Robert
Kilner, licensed victualler, Pitt-street, toMiss ark,
of Bonning-gate, near Kendal.
• On the 7th inst., at Hale Church, Mr. Thomas Webster
to. Miss Jane Webster, both of Childwall.
On the 7th inst., at St. John the Baptist's Church,
late
by
license, Mr. Richard Leathers to Mary, relict of the
Mr. John Bryden, Toateth-park.
On thelth inst., at St. Augur
J. Church; by the Rev.
J. H. Jones, Mr. Philip M`Kim, late of Dundalk, to Elizown.
a
Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Taylor, of this t
On the Bth inst., at St. John the Bapf tiMrst's
. JourChch,
But-
Mr.
John Smith to Mary Jane, daughter oseph
ler, jeweller, Tosteth-park.
On the Bth inst., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. G.
L. Roberts, Mr. Robert Park Connolly to Elizabeth, second
daughter of James Sayer, Esq., both of this town.
On the 9th inst., at St. John's Church, by the Rev. G,
F. Mathews, Mr. A. Henry, master
sinmarer, to MI, ,
gtpnett also, Mr. J, to , Warren.

On the 9th inst., at St. George's Chapel, Myrtle-street,
by the Rev. A. Cromar, Mr. H. Fraser to Miss Jane
Roberts.
On the 9th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, by
the Rev. A. Knox, Mr. Robert Scott, of Edinburgh, to
Miss Mary Sharp, of Dumfries.
On the 10th inst., at Holy Trinity Church, Walton
Breck, Mr. David Edwards to Miss Charlotte Augusta
Whittle, of Breck-road, Everton.
On the 10th inst., at St. George's Church, Everton, by
the Rev. Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Samuel Price, of Willaston
Mill, Cheshire, to Miss Martha Hunt, of Gloucester-Place,
Everton.
On the 10th inst., at St. Silas's Church, Mr. Thomas
Chatterton to Miss Jane Poole. "
On the 10th inst., at St.-Bride's Church, Mr. William
Creary to Miss Mary Arden.
On the 11th inst., at St. Silas's Church, Mr.- John
Grimes, cooper, to Miss Sarah Morgan.
On the 11th inst., at Walton Parish Church, A. W.
Paulton, Esq., of Manchester, to Martha, daughter of Jas.
Mellor, Esq., of this town.
On the 11th inst., at St. James's Church, by the Rev.
H. Hampton, Mr. Robert Mulreay, shipwright, to Miss
Rebecca Woods, milliner, Park-road.
On the 11th inst., at Ruabon Church, by the Rev. R.
M. Bonnor, vicar, the Rev. Horatio Walmisley, Stratton,
Audley, Oxon, to Alice Roper, youngest daughter of the
late Wm. Lawton, Esq., of Overton-lodge, Flintshire.
On the 11th inst., at Christ Church, by the Rev. T.
Marland, Mr. George James Bate, of this town, to Helen
Bullman Wood, eldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Wood, of
St. Helen's.
On the 11th inst., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev.
C. H. Burton, M.A., Mr. Thos. Richards to Mrs. Mary
Ann Gladhill.
On the 11th inst., at St. Oswald's Church, Old Swan,
Edward Browne, Esq., to Miss Mary Clare, daughter of
11fichael Cullen, Esq., both of this town.
On the 18th inst., at St. Simon's Church, by the Rev.
James M'Allister, Mr. George Fraser, chief officer of the
Rhone steamer, of this port, to Harriet, fourth daughter
of the late Mr. William Pulfort, Chester.
On the 13th inst., at St. Phillip's Church, by the Rev.
M. Burton, Mr. W. G. Vickers to Miss Elizabeth Radley,
youngest daughter of the late Mr. W. Radley, of Blaston.
On the 14th inst., at St. George's Church, Evertou, Mr.
John Hilton, watchmaker, to Miss Jane D, Wild, both of
this town.
On the 14th lust., at St. Augustine's Church, Mr. Jos.
Halsall to Miss Elizabeth Slobom.