The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-30 00:00:00

THE MOORS.

The sport on our moors continues excellent. Above
a hundred boxes of grouse have passed through the
coach-office here since our last publication, and fully
three times the amount have been taken up on the
Highland road, between Inverness and Dunkeld. Col.
Standen's party, at. Aberader, has been very successful.
At Balmacaan and Knocky, and also at Glenmachy,
Stratherrick, (the quarters of Messrs. Dick, Cairney, and
Hutchieson,) there has been good sport. Last night
Lord Bolingbroke and party proceeded to Ross-hall, by
Bonar Bridge.
In other parts of the country we observe that equal
success has been experienced. In Ayrshire the sport
was excellent. The Kelso Mail represents the birds
upon the Lammermuir as remarkably stronr, and fat; as
a proof of which one gentleman had a bird from his hag
weighed, when it was found to be of the extraordinary
weight of 27i ounces. We believe the ordinary weight
of grouse, evert in good seasons, is about 19 ounces.
The following is from the moors, of Perthshire:—

" From the quantity of dead game which has appeared in
various quarters about the town there is reason to believe
that a good deal of execution has been done among the
sportsmen scattered over the country. We have got few
of our returns of killed to hand as yet. In some places,
such as Glenlyon and other districts, where muirburn has
occurred; there are e-reat complaints of a scarcity of birds.
In other quarters, however, the sportsman has been at-
tended with more success: Captain Butler, of Fascally,
for instance, bagged on the first day 80 brace; 'Colonel
Paterson, Castle kluntly, 53 brace; and another gentle-
man, whoSe name we did not learn, killed between 30
and 40 brace. This is pretty fair, but we expect soon to
hear of much greater devastations among the feathered
tribes, as soon as our moss-troopers have time to trantquit
their reports."—lnverness Courier,

.SPOLiTiNi; INTELLIGENCE.

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TVl.ltten exprogsly tai• the L're,pcol S!tt tdarl

The b?ttin,g upon the St. Leger ti,s engrossed the almost sole
attention of our sporting circles sinus the last communiei,tiou.
Mitkv reaw.ins stationary at his °A price. Belshazzar, Mum •
sulouti, and Rockingham are also in x similar situation to our
last quotation, with tha exception that few can be found to take
the odds against the latter.- The Blaudford, Canterbury, Leo-
minster, Tunhridge Wells, Plymouth, Devonport and Cornwall
races have concluded, and the sports at each place were far
beyond mediocrity. The Plymouth, Deronpolit, and Cornwall
races were particularly attractive, and Little Red Rover awl
Lady Elizabeth proved themselves excellent of the•kind, and
exceedingly 'fortunate: lied Rover took the Saltram Stakes
and the SNeep of Ten,. and her Ladyship carried away the £s(i
plate, afterwards beaten by " Land's End" for the gift of the
Duke of Sussex, but subsequently she beat Land's End in the
contest for the Litt) The business doing upon tile ensuing
Warwick meeting is not material, the Leer being all the go.
The following are our late,t adds, from th2'Lancashire sporting
circle :-5%t0 1 agst i'vlulcy Moloch (t); 6.1: to I agit belshaz-
zar (t); g to 1 agst Rockingham; 8 to 1 agst-Mussulmau
(offered); 10 to 1 agst Marpessa; 12 to 1 agst Anne'(t) 15 to
1 agst Ic 'venge (t); 20. to I apt The Mole (t) ; tar to 1 agst
Tutor; '25 to 1 agst Jack Fawcett; to 1 on Connoisseur.
N one others noticed.

THE SCABIS:1111 SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.
UNTC,RS, eze. •
This sale took plave.on We lute.-day' under the presidfney of Mr.
Lucas, who nownted the pulptt on the oceaslon, and had this
honour of knocking down abont thirty fine 10t... horseflesh.
The following gentlemen ‘rere among the purchasers-;
TWO yr:Aas OLD.
Scamp, a bay colt, by Lottery, out of Mrs. Clarke, by Mar-
mion.—Engaged in the Derby Stakes, 1431, in Mr. T. J. Wood's
name.—Bought from Mr. F. Richardson. Purchased by Capt.
White for I 6) guineas.
Bay colt, by Lottery, ont of 'Chapeau de Paille.—Bought at
Mr. Clifton's sale. Vurchased by Mr. Brown for KZ guineas.
Bay gelding' by Peter Lay, out of Pm-sure-f-shu'n't, by Co-
riolanus, g. d. by Sir Peter. Purchased by C. Dieconson, Esq.,
for 120 guineas.

YEARLINGR.

Bay colt, by Lottery, dam by WePacek, out of Tramp's daM.
Bought from lir. Kirby. Purchased by Captain• White for 190
guineas.
Chesnut colt, by Telocinede,.out of Rose, by Rubens. Pur-
chased by Sir Thos. Stanley for 74 guineas.

BROOD MARE.

Chapeau de Faille,' by Rubens, out of Fadladinda, with a
Chesnut Filly Foal at her foot, by Velocipede, and stinted to
Dr. Syntax. Purchased by Mr. Wilson, of Lytham, for 185
guineas.

HUNTERS, &e.

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Rose, a bay geldinzby Gray Orville. Purchased by John
Crosstliwaite' Esq. filiTRI guineas.'guineas.'", •
The Priest, a bay gelding, 7 years old. By John S. Leigh,
Esq. for 85 guineas.
Driver, bay gelding, years old, by Langolce. By C. Die-
conson, Esq. for 180 guineas.
Gray gelding, by The Marshall, 5 years old. By C. Diceon-
son, Ilsq. for 150 guineas.
Brown mare, by Sir Gilbert, 5 years. By J. J. Trafford, Esq.
for 85 guineas.
Brown mare, 7 years old, very fast in harness. By C. Die-
conson, Esq. for 75 guineas. .

Inuit ACCOUNTS.—In the report of the commissioners for
auditing Irish accounts, just printed, there is the following
item in the Belfast Ballast-office returns:—"Pumping wuter
out of dry docks, £B9!"'
The merchants, manufacturers, and other inhabitants of
Barnsley have procured, by subscription, a portrait of Lord
Wharncliffe, painted by Mi. Briggs, R.A., to be placed in the
new Justice-room in that town, as a testimony of-their high
estimation of his distinguished talents and unflinching integrity,
and to express their sense of the prompt and efficient services
at all times rendered by his lordship, as a magistrate of the
West. Riding of Yorkshire, and as a colonel of the Southern
Regiment of West Riding Yeomanry Cavalry, especially
during periods of insubordination and alarm."

LUNAR RAINBOW.—On Sunday evening last, about half-past
nine o'clock, a very beautiful lunar rainbow was clearly seen
about N.N.E. from the village of Stowting, near Ashford, lit
Kent. No prismatical colours were at all developed as in the
solar rainbow, but its general character resembled the halo
often seen to encompass the moon,- and supposed to be indi-
cative of rain. The night was appaVeiitly fine, the moon and
stars shining brightly, but there was. a considerable dampness
in the atmosphere at the time., It lasted about half an hour,
three-fourths of an arch at one time being visible.
The Run Rockingham, in speaking of the late debate in the
House of Commons on impressment, says, "Sir James Graham
took the lead in opposition to the motion, and, by his line of
argument, both astonished and grieved us. When Sir James
was a candidate
.for Hull his hostility to impresgment was his
passport to favour!—How justly ma
_y we exclaim, 7'empora
mutantur, no: et mutamur in Wis.' " What strange effects have
power and place on the human mind!
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It is generally supposed that the King of Spain is dead. Be
dies at a critical moment. The struggle going on in Portugal
will now be extended to Spain, and almost in the same forux—
uncle and niece disputing for the sovereignty. The prospects
of the Paninsula. under such circumstances, are far from being
enviable. That Ferdinand is actually dead, we scruple to aver,
recollecting that ,he died once before, but revived in time to
cashier his ministers, who acted as if he had been really dead.
and to send them to various prisons. He may be playing off
the same mat. again ; but, without question, his health has been
so long precarious, that nothing ran be more probable than the
report. What a singular career his has been !—Standard.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has recently given judgment
upon a case of appeal presented to his grace by the Rev. J. H.
Dunsl'ord, against the Bishop of Gloucester, for refusing to
grant licenses for non-residence on his two livings of Fretherne
and Frampton-upon-Severn, in his diocese. Ihe sentence of
the primate has pronounced that the bishop exercised disci etion,
and confirmed his refusal of the licenses. .

Law AMENDMENT Bira..--In this bill, which passed on the
14th August instant, the last section enacts that. it shall come
into operation on the Ist day of June preceding. Several sum-
monses have already been taken out to transfer the causes front
the superior courts of Westminster to that of the sheriff of the
county in pursuance of this act.
REFORM JURILEE.—It is a melancholy fact that, with one
exception, no place in Scotland has celebrated the anniversary-
of the passing of the Reform Bill. The exception to which we
allude is Leith. But even here the jubilee wall held by only a
few idle apprentice lads, who, in the glory of a bedaubed piece
of cotton, 'determined to enjoy a gala day. Will it be believed
that this solitary instance of reform enthusiasm has warmed the
hearts of the Edinburgh Whigs, almost to overflowing !—Edin-
buryh Eveniny Po,t.
A curious seizure was made last week at Portsea. Upon oc-
casion of a marriage the bridegroom gave an entertainment to
his friends at the Society Hall, and sent the wine from his own
house. Soon after the company were placed at the table two
revenue-officers entered and seized all the liquors in the room.
They had been purchased at the Custom-house, but the gentle-
man had neglected to take out a permit for removing them from
his own house to the place of entertainment.
Mr. C. Kemble and Alias Kenible realised upwards of £ll,O al
the first season by their theatrical exertions in the United
States. Theyhave now commenced a second season, and are
not expected in England until next year. Mrs. C. Kemble
in Paris, superintending the education of her youngest daugh-
ter, a lady of great promise in a department of the theatrical
profession quite distinct from the line adopted with so much
success by her sister.

The affairs of Switzerland appear to be daily becoming morn
and more confused. The town of Basle has addressed letters
to the Germanic Diet, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor
of Austria, in which it maintains that the Helvetic constitution,
whether as created by the congress of Vienna or by more an-
cient treaties, has ceased to exist. It is easy to- foresee that
this appeal to the great powers of Europe will, ere long, put an
end to the independence of Switzerland.—Standard.
THE POPISH JuBILER.—This politico-religious thing—this
unconscionable humbug, which is neither more nor less than.
cutting a tally to-day with the priest and beginning a new score
to-morrow with the devil, is now going on at full swing in the
sweet little village of Laurencetown, county of Galway ; and,
hear it all ye jubilee boa s, one who knelt to pray stood lip
plunder, and departed with an absolvo on his head and Father
Mick's silver box snug in his pocket.—Dublin

A court-martial was held on Thursday on hoard tb^ San
Josef, in Plymouth Hamoaze, before Captain Ross, president,
Captain Falcon, Commodore Pell, Captain Sir Samuel Roberts,
and Commander Herringham, G. Eastlake, Esq., judge-advo-
cate, on Mr. Charles Raker, gunner of the Sheldrake packet-
brig, on a charge of having stole❑ rum from the spit-room of the
She!drake, when left in charge of that ship as commanding
officer. A considerable quantity of rum had been lost from the
spit-room. The charge was fully proved against the prisoner,
and the sentence of the court was, that he be dismissed his
Majesty's service. The prisoner had served 18 years in the
service, and up to that period had borne a good character.—
Cornubian.

POSTOFPICE.—SIT LIZTTRS.—The following. are.-the papers
moved for on this important sr jest by the-Duke:Of Richmond,'
on Monday evening in the house of Lords :-1. A return of
the number of ship letter begs, boxes, and sealed packages
despatched from the General Postoffice, London, to places be-
yond the seas, from the Ist January, 1832, to the 16th August,
1833.-2. Of the number of the above despatches, and number
of letters contained in them, which were sent from the General
Postoffice, London, by the North American passage vessels
from Liverpool.-3. Of the cumber of letters forwarded front
"the postoffice at .Liverpool by the above vessels from other
towns not passing through London.-4. Of the number of let-
ters forwarded from the pestoffice of Liverpool from the town
of Liverpool by the above vessels.-5. Of the -total number of
letters forwarded by the above vessels from the postoffice at
Liverpool, exclusive of the letters from that tew.i.—G. Of the
number of ship letter despatches made up et the
.postoffice at
Liverpool (exclusive of those- for the North Amerwan passage
vessels and those from London.)-7. Of the number of des-
patches from London forwarded via Liverpool (also exclushe
of those for the North American passage vessels.)-8. Of the
number of letters during the same period brought by the North
American passage vessels for the town of Liverpool alone :
and 9. Of the number of letters during the same period brought
by the North American passage vessels for all parts- of the
king►doin.
We observe that the ministerial journals affect much indig-
nation at the barefaced sophistry, if such humbug deserve the
name, with whiA the autocrat attempts, in the Russian lnani-
festo which we published 3.esterday, to get rid of the engage-
ments of the treaty of Vienna. Kw things can be more dis-
gusting no doubt, but still there are some• and prominent
amongst them are the manner in which the British ministers
disengaged themselves in the affair of Belgium of the obliga-
tions of this country—obligations to the King of the Nether-
lands—under the same treaty, and the attempt now made by
these scribblers to throw his,imitation of our own perfidy as a.
reproach in the face of the, Emperor Nicholas. What right
have we to speak of the treaty of Vienna which we have so
scandalously violated, as of any binding force upon any one?
We have by our foreign policy taught a lesson. of breach of
faith, and of fraud of every kind, to all the world; and there
is no baseness which strangers can practise, the suggestion of
which, by our practice, they may not recriminate upon us.
Nor is it in our foreign le.liey only,. that we have given a
general right to consider Greet Biitain as having cast aside
th?.. protection with the practice. of a common ouservance of
faith in public acts, /is we have hinted, there is nothing in
the shuffling upon the word " constitution" in the Russian mani-
festo to be compared with Lord Grey's and Dr. Whately's
quibbling upon the terms of the coronation oath. The Emperor
of Russia contends, that as the Polish "constitution" is spoken.
of by the treaty of Vienna in the future tense, it may be just
what form of government he pleases—as if, e.c vi termini, a con-
stitution does not mean a free form of government. Just so
the premier and Dr, Whateiy, availing themselves of the inten-
tion of the trainers of the coronation oath to extend protection
to the property of the chinch de future as well as de presenti,
affect to conclude that the crown is at liberty to extinguish all
• church ',Tor rty; for the argument goes that iength.—Steodards

• " Extrinsic interest has lately attached to the fine scenery of
Woodstock, near Kilkenn, on account of its having been the last re-
sidence of the author ofy Psyche. Her grave is one of many in
the church-yard of the village. The river runs smoothly by. The
ruins of an ancient abbey that have been partially converted into a
church, reverently throw their mantle of tender shadows over it. It
is the very spot ior the grave of a poetess."—Tales of the O'Hara
Family.—New Monthly Afagazine.