The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

THE COURT.

Earl and Countess De Grey returned to St. James's-
square on Thursday afternoon, from a visit to her Majesty,
at Windsor Castle. The Earl and Countess arc expected
to proceed to Buxton this week.
On Friday; the schooner, Lord Coke lest London
Docks for St. Petersburgh with the following live stock,
presents from His Royal Highness Prince Albert to His
Imperial Majesty the emperor of Russia :—A beautiful
Yorkshire stallion, valued at 600 guineas ; a splendid
Durham bull valued at £300; and a pure Leicester ram.

VISIT OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH TO ENGLAND.
It is well known that King Louis Philippe has promised
to pay her Majesty a visit this autumn. It is now under-
stood that His Majesty will embark at Treport, in the
month of September, for this country. His Majesty will
be accompanied by two ships of 74 guns and four or five
steamers, and will land at Portsmouth, whence he will
proceed by railway to the station nearest to Windsor.
His Majesty will remain eight days at Windsor, and will
not visit London.—Morning Herald.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederic William Louis of
Prussia, brother of the King, and heir apparent to the
Prussian throne, is expected on a visit to her Majesty in
the early part of next week. On account of her Majesty's
expected accouchernent his Royal Highness will take up
his residence at the mansion of his Excellency Chevalier
Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, who returned on Monday
last from Berlin, for the especial purpose of receiving the
Prince in Carlton-terrace. His Royal Highness will
probably be present at the Goodwood races.

. . .
THE QUEEN AND THE QUAKER.—Prince Albert
having resolved to keep an apiary in the vicinity of
Windsor Castle, two beautifully constructed hives, of
and
Windsor, on Tuesday, by Mr. Sholl, the pategn
Wed-
American manufacture, filled with bees, were broteueg.ht to
placed in the Royal gardens at andFrogmoy_er,cce
ssigned for them.
removed from Frogmore to the placea
had appointed to in-
nesday morning, by command of the
The Queen and the Prince
•Consortreturn from Frogmore
spect them that morning, on their a
g more House until within a
of Kent ,
Highness the Duchess
House, where they
d
(the hour for her Majesty's
naweanttimteoolnat.heir return to the Castle
but vaPissitithte:Qhtuehereeynßwoaeynradel
the Prince Pmriinnuceteds
luncheon,) they had Mr. Sholl, who was awaiting alone
to inspect the hives.
anxiety for the arrival of her Majesty
with considerable
ran out to them Royal Highness, when be saw
and his
by the entrance of the new apiary, and thus
them Pass .
personages,.
d ressed the illustrious with his hat undoffed,
addressed
dcourse, being a Quaker:—" Friends, won't you look
at the hives? They are all fixed, friends; pray come and
look at them." The Queen and the Prince, however,
hastily passed on to luncheon at the Castle, laughing
heartily. idofatowt2ea'vjo!.o

QUEEN ADELAIDE.---The Queen Dowager arrived at
Woolwich on Thursday from the Continent. Her Ma-
jesty left Antwerp on the previous day, and, on arriving.
immediately entered a carriage with fuur horses, and left
for Marlborough House.

July 30, ISI4.

SFORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY.

The betting was uncommonly flat, and, except in the
instance of Croton Oil, the Elegance Filly, and Murton
Lordship, for the Stakes, and the mare for the CuP, Who
were in great favour at improved quotations, nothing arose
out of it to require more than a summary of the closing
quotations ;
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7 to 2 agst Mr. Wreford's Franchise (takers of 4 to 1)
6 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil (7 to 1 tk f)
9 1 Mr. H. Johnstone's The Era (tk, and aft ofq
10 1 Mr. Meiklam's Best of Three (tk, & aft offd)
11 1 Colonel Peel's Canton.
12 1 Mr. Irwin's Pride of Kildare (tk, and aft offd)
13 1 Colonel Anson's Parthian (taken)
16 1 Lord Exeter's Elegance filly (taken) ..•
18 1 Mr. Shelley's Lucy Banks (taken)
20 1 Mr. Mostyn's Murton Lordship (tk freely)
20 to 1 Mr. S. Spry's Subduer
200 even between Canton and The Best of Three.

GOODWOOD CUP.
Even on Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn
6 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Prizefighter (taken)
7 1 Mr. Quartermaine's Discount (take 20 to I)
ST. LEGER.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure (taken and aft offered
4 1 Lord Stanley's Ithuriel (taken, and aft offer°
19 1 Col. Anson's The Princess.
1000 25 Mr. Vane's Valerian.