The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

THE CHASE.

SIR WM. M. STANLEY'S HOUNDS WILL MEET
Friday, Nov. 1
Monday, Nov. 4 ... ..... Burton.
Wednesday, Nov. 6 H a warden.
Saturday, Nov. 9

CHURCH EXTENSION.—Upwards of £6,000 have been
subscribed for the purpose of building additional churches
in Bristol.

The Standard states that her Majesty has conferred
the Garter vacant by the death of the Duke of Grafton,
on Earl Yowls.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.—We are happy to learn
that Mr. Lever (" Harry Lorrequer") intends to open
the coming year with a new serial work. We understand
the scene is laid in the South of Ireland, in the latter pare
of the last century.

BIRKENHEAD DOCKS.—One gentleman in Birkenhead
is reported to have cleared £200,000 by land speculations,
£lOO,OOO of which he cleared in one day !! Another is
said to have netted £BO,OOO by similar speculations.—
Railway Magazine.

DEATHSBYDROWNIYG.—OnSaturdayTheobaId S rwt-
wood, Esq., a magistrate of Caherciveen, and two boat-
men, father and son, went out to fish near Valentia, and
unfortunately the boat upset, and they all met a watery
grave.—Kerry Post.

PLAYING WITH FIRE.—On Wednesday week, tic')
little boys were playing at killing pigs in a barn, at Dy-
mock, near Cheltenham, when the one who mimicked the
butcher proceeded to singe the other, and lit a lucifer
match, by which the straw in the barn ignited, and the
place was soon in a blaze. The boys ran away, being toe
frightened to give an alarm ; and, the wind fanning the
flames, they communicated to some stacks of bay and
corn, and property to the amount of £BOO was destroyed.
THE SCREW PROPELLER.—A Trial took place ott
Thursday with the Wilberforce steamer with paddle
wheels, and the Rattler with Mr. Smith's screw propell'r-
The former vessel has always been considered the fastest
boat on the river Thames, and very recently
made the
journey from London to Havre in twenty hours ; "1:)t"
withstanding, on the recent trial, in forty minutes the
Rattler was at least a cable and a half a
-head. The
Wilberforce has engines of 285 horse power with a toandnsge of 600, whilst the Rattler is 880 tons burden, and
-has only 200 horse power.
HACKIN'S-HEY SCHOOLS.-13y an advertisement ill
another part of our paper, our readers will notice that Oc°
sermons are to be preached in St. Paul's Church, by t"e
respected minister of that church, to commemorate the
blessings of the late abundant harvest. Aler each serm,.°ll
a collection will be made as a thank-offering, to he applied
in aid of the schools in Hackin's-hey. We regret to fill
that the funds of these schools are in a very critical state,
in consequence of an accumulated debt of nearly £2ov;
The schools are very advantageously situated, and th
number of children amounts to about 300. But, uolel
the friends of scriptural education will come f0rw31.,,
liberally to the aid of the committee, these important
schools must be abandoned.

LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, OcT. 28.
We have 711(1 a heavy supply of Cattle at market to-daY the
greatest poi•tion of second-rate and inferior quality which In a
with dull sure. Anything good eagerly sought after at a g°°,
price for this time of the year. Beef 4id to 54d; Mutt-
ad to sid.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 2S.
0
A very fair and rather improving extent of business donF 1d
~,
our market to-day; the sales are 6,00.3 bales with decide
firmer tone. Holders nevertheless are willing sellers On' a 3
market prices, l'here is some enquiry for export as WC°
speculation.