The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY.

A good supply of Beasts, both as regards numbers and qua-
lity; the weather, however, being cold, the trade is active, at
rather more money than on Friday. The number of Sheep and:
Lambs has considerably increased. Big Sheep are a heavy
sale, but sizeable ones are selling quite as freely as of late. The
dead markets being clear, everything is disposed of. The
trade is still very bad for Calves.

MINOR OFFENCES AT THE POLICE-COVET YESTERDAY.-
-Wm. Musker, for stealing lead from premises in Scot-
land-road, was committed for two months; Wm. Andel,—
ton. for picking pockets in Williamson-street, three
months ; Wm. Jones, for attempting to pick pockets in
Tarlton-street, three months; John M'Avoy, an accom-
plice, but less known, one month ; and Thomas Saxon,
another active assistant. three months. Margaret "Love,"
for robbing John Finn (an amorous swain) of ss. in Peter-.
street, two months; Helen Lockett, for stealing a pair of
sheets in Harpur-street, two months; Wm. Hutchinson,.
for stealing and killing on the premises of a poulterer, in
Mile-end, a number of hens, &c., three months.
ALLEGED ROBBERY.-At the Police-court, yesterday,
a ship-carpenter, named John Morrison, complained of a
shipmate, named James Kearney, of having robbed him
of £4 Os. 6d., in a house in Regent-street, on Saturday.
It appeared that the two, after a recent voyage from Con-
stantinople, had gone into a public-house together; that
complainant had the money in his stocking, and that the
other pulled off the shoe and stocking, and took the cash.
The prisoner said the money was his own, and was taken
from him by the complainant to keep for safety. He also
recriminated against the complainant in regard to some
money transactions between them at Constantinople, but
this could not, of course, be entertained. Two sovereigns
were returned by the prisoner when he was taken, and
one was afterwards found in his coat pocket. The pri-
soner was committed for trial, but as the case was of a
somewhat doubtful nature in some points, Mr. Rushton
said he would accept of bail for his appearance—two sure-
ties in £2O each. _ _

GREAT SALE OF THE MOSTYN ESTATES, AT PARK-
GATE.—The announced sale of the town of Parkgate, and
other large contiguous estates, by Messrs. Churton, the
well-known auctioneers; excited much interest throughout
the whole country. The sale commenced yesterday week,
at the Mostyn• Arms Hotel, and continued during the
whole week. The attendance of capitalists was great,
about 200 gentlemen being present. The property con-
sists of the valuable estates of the Hon. E. M. Lloyd
Mostyn, M.P., situate in Parkgate, Leighton, Neston,
and Thornton Hough, and contains 1,500 statute acres of
land, with the whole town of Parkgate, and the greater
portion of the town of Great Neston, together with the
manorial rights and tithe rent charges. The estimated
value of the property is upwards of £200,000. The
amount realised on Monday was upwards of £20,000.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the biddings were still
more spirited. Mr. Chamberlain obtained possession of
the first teu lots, being the whole of the property in the
neighbourhood of the ferry, at a cost of nearly £5,000.
There were in all 284 lots. The Leighton Hall Farm,
with buildings and 249 acres of land, was bought by Mr.
Chamberlain for £7,100. The sale up to Friday night
realised £62,826, out of which Mr. Chamberlain's pur-
chases amounted to £18,070. On Saturday, prior to
other business, about thirty lots, bought in on the former
days, were again offered. Mr, Arthur Henderson, of this
town, made one or two small purchases, and Mr. Kellet,
printer of Oldhall-street, bought a house and nine acres
of land. The Thornton-hough Estate contains 820 acres
of land. It is situated on the road from Birkenh, ad to
Parkgate, and consists of several farmhouses, comfort-
able cottages, a public-house, smithy, &c. It was put up
by Messrs. Churton, in the first instance, in one lot, to
prevent, if possible, the splitting up of one of the most
beautiful estates in that part of the country. The tim-
ber was included. It was ruled that the advance in the
biddings should not be less than £5OO a time. £20,000
was named as a beginning. The biddings gradually ad-
vanced to £23,500, when Mr. Churton stopped to remind
the competitors (some three or four) that such a price was
ridiculously small : at only £5O an acre it would come to
£40,000, and there was not finer land in the kingdom than
that at Thornton-bough. The biddings afterwards ad-
vanced to £27,500, and stopped there, and as this was
many thousand pounds below the valuation, the estate
was subdivided and sold in lots. Amongst the competitors
for its possession as a whole were Mr. Harper, of Man-
chester, and Mr. Geo. Thompson. Exclusive, of course,
of many lots bought in, the six days' sale have yielded
upwards of £lOO,OOO.