The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

such. delay is proved to be be

company

.ond the control of th

In case the company fail to land the mails in time to be
forwarded by the trains appointed to carry them, the
Lords of the Admiralty have power to deduct for each
failure, from the contract service money, a sum bearing
the same proportionate to the annual payment which one
voyage• bears to the annual service ; unless the delay has

en unavoidable on the part of the company.
The vessels must not linger, deviate from their course,
put back, under a penalty of

The company must receiie on board an officer in charge
of the mails, or the Lords of the Admiralty can place the
mails in charge of the master of the vessel, should they
think such a course desirable.

The Commissioners have power to survey the vessels of

the company

The piym-ent to the company is y• be
,25,000 per annum

The contract is to continue in force for ten years from
the Ist May, 1850, and to determine any time after that if
twelve months' notice shall have been

The company are bound in the sum 'of £4,000 for the
due performance of the contract.
The amount of postage received on account of this line

for any year cannot he stated,

On the 7th of May, 1850, a select committee of the
House of Commons was appointed to investigate and report
upon all matters connected with this contract.
The evidence taken by the committee, as well as their
report, have been laid before parliament. In the report
they expressed approval of the contract, and of the con-
duct of the Government in all transactions relating to it.
A Committee of the House of Commons was again ap-
pointed in May last, and is now sitting, to inquire into
the communication between London and Dublin.
Under these circumstances we have not thought it neces-
sary to institute an additional examination into the merits
or working of this contract, the objects of which we con-
ceive to be larger and more general than those of ordinary
postal contracts. We concur in the opinion expressed by
the committee of the House of Commons upon the post
communication with Ireland in 1842, to the effect that "any
expenditure which maybe necessary for affording the utmost
facility of intercourse between the two countries is to be
regarded rather as an outlay of money for national purposes,
than for the advantage of any particular department of the
public service," and we do not consider that such expen-
diture is to be measured by the minimum cost at which the
mails can be conveyed across the Channel.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—TnunSDAY.

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the Great Northern line on Wednesday evening, most of the
principal bookmakers, nothing daunted, left town in good
time next morning en route to Lincoln. The attendance at
"The Corner," was consequently very scanty, and business
was extremely dull. The only feature of interest was the
further decline of West Australian for the St. Leger-60 to 50
was laid five or six times against him, and still offered at the
close. Seven fifties to two were taken about Sittingbourne ;
7 to 1 to a pony about Rataplan ; 10 to 1 to a'so about The
Reiver ; and 20 to 1 to "fifteen sovereigns" about Loid Exe-
ter's lot. Cineas was untouched. Very little was done on
the handicaps named below :-1,000 to 20 and 1,000 to 25 were
taken about King Pepin for the Cesarewitch, and Pelion was
backed for both Cesarewitch and Cam‘ ridgeshire at 1,000 to
30 for each. The following are the closing prices :

LEAMINGTON STAKES.
5 to 1 asst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken.
sto 1 Mr. Bridgman's The Friar—taken
7to 1 Mr. Palmer's Doubt—taken.
15 to 1 Mr. Howard's Eulogist—taken.

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
6to 5 on Mr. Bowes's West Australian—taken, aft. off
7 to 2 agst Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne—taken.
7to 1 Mr. Thelluson's Rataplan—taken.
10 to 1 Lord John Scott's The Reiver—taken.
25 to 1 Lord Exeter's lot—taken.
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
1000 to 30 agst Lord Clifden's Pelion—taken.
1000 to 25 Mr. Howard's King Pepin—taken.
:000 to 10 Mr. Milner's Grapeshot—taken.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
1000 to 30 agst Lord Clifdert's Pelion—taken

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--FRIDAY,

There was a very thin attendance, yet the little betting that
was done was rather spirited. West Australian, for the St.
Leger, was backed at evens against the field 'or about elso ;
4to 1 was wanted about Sittingbourne. Forthe Leamington
Stakes Scarecrow was in demr.nd, opening a: 5 to 1 and clos-
ing at 7 to 2 (offered)-400 to 100 was taken in one bet; and
The Friar, who has been a coming horse dining the last few
days, was firm at 5 to 1 (takers); Doubt is much on the de-
cline.— The appearance of the weights for the Cesarewitch
and Cambridgeshire Stakes has not much improved specula-
tion as yet, nor do they present anything very striking beyond
that the extinguisher has been put on al, those horses that
had previously figured in the betting, which is not much to
be wondered at; and, upon the whole, as far as appearances
go at present, we have no doubt that the two handicaps will
turn out to be very successful. Latest paces :

LEAMINTON STAKES
7to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—take 4to 1 freely.
4to 1 Mr. Bridgman's The Friar—taken.
10 to 1 Mr. Palmer's Doubt—talen.
10 to 1 Lord Wilton's Lady Eveyn—taken.
10 to 1 Mr. Cooper's Montague—taken.
12 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Boarding School Miss—t,
100 to 8 Mr. G. Barton's Little Fawn—taken.
GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP.

10 to 1 agst Mr. l'Anson's Heapy—taken.
12 to 1 Mr. Milner's Grapeslot—taken.
100 to 8 Mr. Greville's Scarec•ow—taken.
100 to 6 Baron Hothschild's Bungerford—taken,
100 to 6 Mr. Nichol's Newmitster—taken.
100 to 6 Duke of Richmond's Harbinger—taken
100 to 6 Lord Zetland's Goorstmer—taken.
20 to 1 Mr. Dawson's Georie y—taken.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.

Even agst Mr. Bowes's West tustralian—taken to £l5O,
7to 2 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne—tk. 4to 1.
7to 1 Mr. Thelluson's Rrtaplan—offered.
7to 1 Mr. Powney's Ciness—offered.
10 to 1 Lord John Scott's The Reiver—taken.
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
13 to 1 agat Lord Clifden's Pelion—taken.
33 to 1 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Winter—taken.
1000 to 20 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contentment—taken.
1000 to 20 Lord Chesterfield's Boarding School Miss.

THI2 wimpy. 1854.
to 1 agst Mr. R. R. Cooper's Autocrat,
25 to I Mr. Bowes's Bligtt—taken.

THE CHARITIES.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—(WeekIy Report,
3rd Sept.)—ADMITTED: In-patients. 30; out-patients, 10;
casuals during the last week, 16.—DISCHARGED In-
patients cured, 32 ; relieved, aid at own request, 8 ; made
out-patients, 5; irregular, 3; lead, I.—Remaining in the
house, 140.
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES, SEPT. 5.--New cases re-
ceived advice and medicine al the institution during the
last week—North, 304; South, 208; total, 512. New cases
visited at their own houses, and supplied with medicine—
North, 139; South, 50; total, 189.
NORTHERN HOSPITAL—(WeekIy Report, Sept. 3.)--
-ADMITTED: Accidents, 32 • Medical and Surgical Cass
upon recommendation, 17; Total, 49.--DISCHARGED :
Cured, 16; relieved and at own request,4 ; attending as out-
patients, 26; irregular, 2; died, 2.—Remaining in the Hos-
pital, 99.
St. ANNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR IN-
STITUTION. 9, Ross HILL.--Sept. 3.--New patients ea -
tered on the books last week, vic. : Relieved at the institution,
133; relieved at their own dwellings, 47; cases of prevailing
epedemic, 0; total, 180.

EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, No. 90, top of MOUNT-
PLEASANT.—(MonthIy Report.)—EYE DEPARTMENT: New
patients admitted in the month of Aug., 356; patients pre.
scribed for, and who have received Surgical assistance during
the month of Aug., 1364.-11 AR DEPARTMENT: Patients
prescribed for, and who have received Surgical assistance
during the month of August, 376.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1853.

BANKRUPTS.—Jos. Fowler, Macclesfield, provision dealer,
Sept. 16, Oct. 7, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District
Court of Bankruptcy : solicitor. Mr. Norris, Macclesfield ;
official assignee, Mr. Lee, Manchester.—Francis Edmund
Hayman Fowler, Brownlow-road, Dalston, builder.—John
Scovell, St. George's-roid, New Kent-road, and Botolph-
lane, fish salesman.—Alfred Rogers, Upper Marylebone-
street, draper.—John Garnet), Woolwich, butcher.—Thomas
Johnson, Broad-street-buildings, merchant.—Thomas Hutch-
ings, Park-street, Westminster, and elsewhere, railway con-
tractor.—James Kelly, Baker's-row, Walwortb, tailor.—Thos.
Shelton Catlin, Leicester, grocer.
PAIITNERSH lI'S DISSOLVED.—J. H., and W. Rohmer,
Manchester, merchants; as far as regards J. Rohmer.—
Berry, Riley, and Stott, Birtle-cum-Bamford, Lancashire,
fire brickmakers ; as far as regards J. Riley.—Smith and
Price, Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, wholesale
grocers.—Wright and Charlesworth, Ashton-under•Lyne,
cotton-spinners.—M. and E. Bentham, Manchester, fancy
repository. _ _ _

CERTIFICA.TES.—Sept. 22, W. Riley, St. Helen's, Lanca-
shire, glass manufacturer.—Sept. 22. J. Scholes, Ashton-
under-Lyne, shopkeeper.—Sept. 21, F. English, Manchester,
power-loom cloth manufacturer.--Sept. 21, G. Prockter,
Rochdale, cotton spinner.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1853,

BANKRupTs.—Thos. Bickford, Church-street, Greenwich,
butcher.—Michael Canfield, Basinghall-street, woollen ware-
houseman.—Joseph Heath. Chesham, Buckinghamshire, clip-
mist.—John Kelson, Clifton, apothecary.—Richard Williams,
Bristol, grocer.
PARTNERSHIPS DISfOLVED.—Bott and Allen, Manchester,
brassfounders.—Abbott and Shaw, New Accrington, Lanca-
shire, cotton spinners.—lsaac, Low, and Co., Liverpool; A.
Low and Co., Savannah, commission merchants; as far as
regards W. Smith.—W. Sager and Sons, Liverpool, mer-
chants; as far as regards R. G. Sager.—H. and J. Maden,
Spotland, Lancashire, cotton spinners.
DtvinuNns.—Sept. 27, J. and J. Heywood, Liverpool,
provision merchants.—Sept. 23, J. R. Pim, Birkenhead,
brickmaker.