The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

HORTICULTURE.

STOVE, CONSERVATORY, AND GREENHOUSE.—The
dampness and general gloom which has prevailed so far
during the summer seems likely to continue through
the winter. Dampness is the greatest enemy to the plant
cultivator, and every means must be resorted to in freeing
the houses from this evil ; at the same time too much fire
heat is also bad ; the fires should be lighted in the day
time only for drying the greenhouse and conservatory,
and, when thus heated, the ventilation should be complete,
so that the heated air may carry off the moisture. Chry-
santhemums, if mildewed, should be sprinkled with sulphur,
and the pest removed from them if possible before they
expand their flowers and are removed to the conservatory.
FLOWER GARDEN, &c.—The stormy weather has much
abbreviated the season of out-door gardening, and nothing
now remains to be done but clearing away the debris—
dead leaves must not be allowed to accumulate on gravel
walks or grass lawns and verges, which they not only dis-
figure but permanently injure. The walks should be fre-
quently rolled when tolerably dry; they are then less
liable to be affected by frost or rain. Dahlias which have
been destroyed by the wind may be cut down, where the
quantity is large, and a deficiency of room has been expe-
rienced. We have found it a good plan to fill a large flower-
pot with sawdust and turn it over the root ; they will in
this way keep in the ground until the spring, when they
may be taken up and started for cuttings. We have found
the cuttings from roots, so preserved, have always been
stronger.
Any fruit remaining on the trees should be got in and
stored, taking care it is thoroughly dry when gathered.

THB YALLow FEvsit r BERMIIDA.—A private letter
states that, up to the 18th of September, 60 convicts and
as many soldiers had died of yellow fever. Col. Phillpotts,
the acting governor, many officers in garrison, and whole
families of the principal people at St. George, were swept
off. 160 soldiers were in hospital, and the disease was
proceeding speedily and becoming fatal. Medical assistance
had been called for, and was being despatched from
Halifax. Col. Phillpots is brother of the Bishop of Exeter.
His family were to have embarked from England on the
22nd instant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT AIANCHESTER.-FRIDAY.

The events decided this week at Newmarket have engrossed
the attention of the few members who remained at home.
This morning there were not above a dozen subscribers at
the rooms, when a few investments were made on the Cam-
bridgshire Stakes. Autocrat and King Tom were the only
horses backed for the Derby. The following are the closing
prices:— CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
9 to 1 apt Mr. Drinkald's Nabob—taken.
11 to 1 Baron Rothschild's Orestes—taken.
16 to 1 Mr. Williams's Haco—taken.
20 to 1 Mr. Pedley's Mistletoe—taken.
20 to 1 Mr. I'Anson'a Balrownie—taken.
50 to 1 Mr. Nichol's Honeydew—taken.
50 to 1 Mr. Greville's Glenluce—taken.
50 to 1 Mr. T. Shepherdeon's Pastrycook—taken.
THE DERBY, 1854.
7to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat—taken.
10 to 1 Baron Rothschild's King Tom—taken.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
TUESDAY, OCT. 11.
Match for ie 200, h. ft., was won cleverly by a length and
a-half by Lord Derby's Hobby Horse, beating Lord Glasgow's
Coalition.

Match for en% h. ft., was won by a length and a•half by
the Duke of Bedford's Pensioner, beating Lord Glasgow's
Sister to Caracara.

The Royal Stakes of 200 sous. each was won by a length by
Mr. Knowles's Talfourd, beating Vanderdecken and Filbert.
The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sous. each was won by a neck by
Lord Exeter's Miranda, beating Minerva colt and four others.
The Cesarewitch Stakes (a free handicap) of 25 toys. each, 15
ft., with 300 added, for three-years-olds, and upwards.
Cesarewitch Course. 77 subs.
Mr. W. Barrett's Haco, 3 yrs, sst. 121 b (Palmer) 1
Mr. Drinkald's Nabob, 4 yrs set. (A. Day) 2
Mr. Howard's King Pepin, 4:yrs, fiat. 81b .......... (Wells) 3
Twenty eight others started. Weathergage was struck out
at 10 49 a.m. this day; Mr. Sykes and Nntpecker were struck
out between eleven and twelve o'clock. Lord Exeter declared
to win with Dove.—All got off well. Winter, with Missive,
Haco, King Pepin, King of Trumps. Songstress, Teddington,
Nabob, and three or four others occupying good places in
front of the ruck, made the running to within a short distance
of the bushes, where Haco took it up, followed by King Pepin
into the Abingdon mile bottom, where Nabob, who had taken
second place in going down the hilt, headed Haco; but in the
next stride or two Haco was again in possession of the lead,
which be maintained the remainder of the distance, winning
cleverly by a head. Good steady pace throughout.
Match for .elOO, h. ft., was won cleverly by a length by
Mr. Newland's Grimalkin, beating Lord Glasgow's Senorita.
Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each was won by
Mr. floss's Lord Albemarle, beating Snarry, Leybourne,
and four others.
Challenge for the Whip, 200 soya. each, was won by six
lengths by Mr. Morris's Kingston, beating Teddington and
Weathergaite.
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each was won by a head by the Duke
of Richmond's Home-brewed, beating Heroine, Coleraine,
and nine others. WEDNESDAY, Om'. 12.

A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for two-year-olds, was
won by three lengths by the Duke of Bedford's Weathercock,
beating Cranbourne and Mishap.
The Bedford Stakes of 50 sovs. each, was won by two lengths
by Mr. Cookson's Mincemeat, beating Spinaway and 2 others.
The Town Plate of £5O was won by a head by Lord Clifden'a
Sackbut, beating Gossip and five others.
Match for £lOO was won in a canter by six lengths by Mr.
Milner's Grapeshot, beating Sir J. V. Shelley's b c by Cother-
stone, ont of Lucy Banks.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sows. each was won by Mr.
Batson's Khadidjah, beating Songster and seven others.
Sweepstakes o 10 sovs. each was won by half a length by
Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mirabeau, beating Sister to Filius and
four others. •
Match for £2OO was won by a head by Lord Glasgow's Miss
Sarah, beating Mr. J. M. Stanley's Nicotine.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., for two-year-
olds, was won by a neck by Lord Palmerston 's Austrey, beat-
ing Pope Joan and eleven others.
The Oattanda Plate (handicap) of £5O was won by Mr.
Batson's Khadidjah, beating Noisette, Michaelmas Maid, and
several others. THURSDAY, OCT. 13.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each was won by Mr.
Westropp's at. Faith, beating King David, Epigram, and
Winter.
Match for £2OO, h. ft., was won by the Duke of Bedford's
Dabchick, beating Lord Glasgow's f by Don John.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each was won by Mr. J. M. Stan-
ley's Rosaline, beating Mouser, c by John o'Gaunt,Vaultress
and nine others.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each was won by the Duke of Bed-
ford's k illion, beating Red Rose, Hotchpot, and Graziella.
Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, b. ft., was won without the
slightest effort by two lengths by Lord Derby's Dervish,
beating Phaeton and Boer.
Renewal of the Bretby Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., was
won in a canter by halt' a length by Lord Derby's Sortie,
beating Testy and the Novice.
Match for £200,h. ft., was won by Lord Exeter's Filbert,
beating Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco.
Handicap Plate of £lOO was won by two lengths by Mr.
Howard's Rataplan, beating Poodle, Missive, and ten others.
FRIDAY, OCT. 14.
Sweepstakes of 10 soy. each was won by Mr. Williamson's
b f by Ugly Buck, beating Wave, Mirabeau, Cranbourne
Chase, and ch c by John o'Gaunt.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 soya. each, 10 ft., was won by
three-onarters of a length by Mr. Harvey's Pillion, beating
Grimalkin and seven others.
Match for .e2OO. h. ft., was won by Lord Glasgow's Flutter,
beating Lord Clifden's wan
by
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 5 ft., was won by a
length by Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orinoco, beating Rabel,
Ephesus, and seven others.
The Prendergast Stakes of 50 ROM each, h. ft., was won by
two lengths by Lord Chesterfield's b f by Orlando, beating
Astolfo and four others.

Match for .R2OO, h. ft., was wam by two lengths by Mr. J.
M. Stanley's Hyb!a, Lard (3;:,sgow's Coalition.
Match for £lOO, h. ft.. wi*.s won by three-quarters of a
length by the Duke of Bedford's Nathan, beating Lord Glas-
gow's Assault.
Swe- pstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft., was won by three-
quarters of a length by the Duke of Bedford's Beatrix, beat-
ing Remorse and Orange Girl.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, was won by a neck by Mr.
Tabberer's Red Rose, beating Mirabesu and Basquine.
Math for .R2OO, h. ft., was won by half a length by Mr.
Gre,ilie's Invasion. beating Lord Glasgow's Douldethong.
Match for £403, h. ft., was won by two lengths by Lord
Glasgow's Caracara, beating Lord Derby's L.ligbow.

The filly by Sir Tatton Sykes out of Strife has been named
Miss Sykes.
Umbriel, Hobby Horse, and Gossip, were struck out of the
Cambridgeshire on Thursday last.
The Eetinton Biennial Stake, to be run for at Liverpool
July Meeting, has been re-opened, and wilt close to-tnorrow.
In consequence of the Alien' Coursing Meeting being fixed
for the 9th and 10th of November, the Liverpool Autumn
Meeting has been brought forward to the Bth and 9th.
Testator was struck out of the Roxburgbe Handicap, at the
Royal Caledonian Hunt, at 4 p.m., on the 7th instant, and
will he reserved for the Caledonian Handicap at the same
meeting.
It is on Wednesday and Thursday in the Houghton Meeting
that the sale of Lord Exeter's stud takes place. His lord-
ship's secession from the turf we bear will be for a period of
two years only.
The owner of British Boy, who came in first for the Scottish
Volunteer Stake, at the late Lanark Meeting, having failed to
produce a certificate of the rider's qualification, the race has
been awarded to Delusion, who came in second.
The Shrewsbury Handicap, the Column Handicap, the
Copeland Handicap, the Steeple Chase, and Hurdle Race, will
close on Saturday the 22nd instant. There is to be a new stake
added, called the Monkmoor Handicap.
The following yearlings have arrived at Mr. G. Drewe's,
Meteor out of Lampedo's dam; ch f Flageolet, Daley, to be trained for their engagements :—Br f Falsity, by
by Hautboy
out of Apropos, by Sir Hercules; ch c by Velox, dam by
Lanercost, by The Saddler out of John's dam ; b f Speed, by
Orlando out of Despatch by Defence; b c Prater, by Gabbier
out of Enc)re, by Liverpool (h b); br or bk c New Holland,
by Pompey out of Minx's dam ; b c Mayboy, by Trueboy out
of Rebecca, by Pompey, grandam by Peter Lely; ch f Madame
Valentine, by Harkaway out of Pergama, by Priam out of
Eliza Leeds, oy Comus.