The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

DERBY CLUBS.—The question as to the legality of
Derby Clubs, vtla.ch has occupied so much the attention
of tavern-keepers and the sporting portion of the public,
has lately been submitted to Mr. E. James, the eminent
barrister, for his consideration ; and that gentleman has
given it as hii decided opinion, th a such clubs are illegal,-
and that persons in any way conne,!ted with them are
liable to be proceeded agiinst for heavy penalties.

SKITTLES UNLAWFUL.—In the Bath Court of Re-
quests, last week, the commissiot:er refused to allow a
plaintiff's claim for a debt won on a game at skittles, be-
cause he said, that by the statute of the 9th of Queen
Anne, which applied to such cases, no action could be
sustained for money won in a prohibited game, and skittle
playing was so prohibited by the statute.

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.—A short, but very ergo-
prehensive, act was passed on the 6th of August, to sim-
plify the transfer of property. which, however, will not
take effect until the 31st of December next. There are
14 sections in the statute, concisely worded and frees
from all verbosity. The term " land " is to extend to
manors, advows,ns, messuages, lands, tithes, tenements,
and bereditaments, whether corporeal or incorporeal;
the word " freehold," to include customary .fieehold
" conveyance," to be extended in its significat,on ; ‘` per-
son," to mean a corporation as well as an individual, and
the word importing the singular number to apply to several
as well as to one, and the masculine gender to the fernala
as well as the male. Deeds need not be " indented,
and persons, though not parties, are to take immediate
benefit under the same. The following provision has
been framed for the protection of trustees :—Section 10.
" That the bond fide payment to, and the receipt of, any
person to whom any money shall be payable upon ant
express or implied trust, or for any limited purpose, or
of the survivors or survivor of two or more rnortgaees,
or holders, or the executors or admi,,istra! ors of such
survivor. or their or his assigns, shall effectually discharge
the person paying the same from seeing to the application
thereof, unless the contrary shall be expressly declared
by the instrument creating the trust or security." The
act is not to extend to Scotland.

S.PO RTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER.

FRIDAY EvxNJNo.—The settlement of the Doncaster ac-
counts has passed over pretty satisfactorily.
For the Cesarewitch Stakes, on Monday. the Souvenir filly
and The Brewer were in great force, both singly and coupled.
On Tuesday, the filly was backed at y to 1 freely, and Haitoe at
20 to 1. In the afternoon. at the Old Swan, Pickpocket was
backed at 25 to I to about £2O, and Lightning at 20. who had
been laid agst at 300 to 12, giving an " acceptance." On the
appearance of the weights eight were freely against the field.
The following ten for "55" were booked :—The Souvenir f,
Brewer, Pickpocket. William le Gros, Lightning. Glossy. Croton
Oil, Haitoe, and Boarding School Miss. On Thursday. Jitn"l/
was backed for a very larg.: sum, commencing at 20 to 1, and
ending at 10 to i (offered).

DOINGS TO-DAY.
THE CESAREWITCH STAKES.
5 to 1 agst Souvenir (f offd) I I S 6 Marquise

. .
10 1 -Z— The BreAer (i) 100 6 The Bride
10 1 Jamal (t) 2 p I Lightning (t)
15 1 Glossy (t) 20 1 Boaroing-scho°
15 I -- Haitoe (t) Miss
100 —6 Albion 20 I Croton Oil (t) t
100 6 --Pickpocket 24 1 Elegance (30 (t)w}
100 6 Maria and Johnny to en at A trincham

4—l J hn Day (t 5) 140— 1 Winchester
4 1 Scott (t 5) (t to LO)
10 —1 Alarm (12 t) I 50 1 Bro so E 0 (t)
600 —2O Brit. Pi ince (t)
oAss. No betting.