The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

EPSOM SPRING MEETING, FRIDAY.

The GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES Of 25 sovs. each,
were won by Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel, beating Mr.
Meiklam's Inheritress, and Mr. Shelley's Remembrancer.
The following also started, but were not placed :—Jeri-
cho,• Lady Wildair, Rat-trap, Blackbird, Walmgate Bar
Without, Tufthunter, Gannet, Marietta, Tit-bit, Antago-
nist, Pottinger, Moscow, Maid of Lyme, Marquis of Con-
yngham, Snuffbox, Tortoise, Cracow, Blackball, Baccha-
nalian, Headley, and Senga. Betting : 7 to 2 agst Jeri-
cho, 10 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 10 to 1 agst Cracow, 10
to 1 agst Glen Saddel, 12 to 1 agst Rat-trap; 12 to 1 agst
Remembrancer, 12 to 1 agst Maid of Lyme, 20 to 1 agst
Marietta, 20 to 1 agst Moscow. A most excellent start
was effected, Blackbird leading, attended by Maid of
Lyme, Marietta, and Marquis of Conyngham, Rat-trap,
and Glen Saddel also lying well up. In the rear were the
heavy weights,'Cracow and Headley. On turning out of
the course the lead was taken by Maid of Lyme and
Marietta, who went on in company, followed by Glen
Saddel.and Rat-trap to the top of the hill, when Marietta
took up the running, which she carried on to the road ;
Glen Saddel here obtained the lead, waited on by Rat-
trap, Marquis of Conyngham, and Remembrancer to the
distance, where Inheritress and Jericho drew towards the
leading horses. Halfway up the distance Inheritress took
the second place, Jericho and Remembrancer also lyng
well up. A beautiful race ensued with this lot, Gien
Saddel winning by a head, the old mare second, beating
Rembrancer by a neck, and the latter beating Jerieho by
a head ; Marquis of Conyngham was a bad fifth. Run in
4m. 20s.
The TWO-YEAR-OLDS STAKES Of 10 SOVS. each : colts,
Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. ; half-mile ; 18 subs, were won
by Mr. Dyson's Christiana, beating Mr. Payne's Far-
thingale. The following were not placed : Epirus,
British Consul, Docility f. by Caesar out of Emily, Cheer-
ful, Syrup, Cashier. Betting : 6 to 4 agst Farthingale,
6 to 4 agst Cashier, and 6 to 1 agst Emily. Farthingale
and Clui.tiana got away together,
.and made the whole of
the running, Christiana winning by a short head; Doci-
lity. bad third, and Lord Lonsdale's colt fourth. Run

The quarterly return of the revenue presents little mat-
ter for remark, but is on the whole of a cheerful character.
The public are already prepared for the unfavourable re-
sult of the comparison between the last and the previous
year ; the fact• of a decrease on the ordinary revenue to
the amount of near two millions having figured promi-
nently in the debates of the session. Resigning the year
just ended, therefore, to those who will probably take this
opportunity of thrice killing the slain, we will proceed at
once to the comparison of the quarter just ended with the
corresponding quarter last year. There has been a slight
decrease to the amount of 55,0231. in Customs. The
state of the Continent, and the consequent stagnation of
trade at home, are quite sufficient to have accounted for a
much more considerable falling off. In the Excise there
has been an increase to the amount of 349,7361., partly
owing to the prejudicial effect of the high prices of corn
on the consumption of fermented and spirituous liquors
in the first three months of last year ; and partly, also, it
appears to an alteration in the form of the accounts, a
portion of the Stamps being collected by the officers of the
Excise. Hence a decrease of 198,6141. under the proper
head of the Stamps. There has been a slight increase on
the assessed taxes of the quarter. The other differences
are but trifling. Upon the ordinary revenues there is
thus an increase on the quarter of about 70,0001. An
instalment of China money, detained last year at the Cape
for the expenses of the Caffre war, has been lately released
by a Parliamentary grant for that specific purpose, and
enters the account, imparting an illusory appearance of
prosperity to the quarter. We have, however, only to
congratulate ourselves that things are not worse than they
might have been. It is something that the present year
begins rather better than the last.