The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-28 00:00:00

THE COURSING MEETING AT ALTCAR

commences this day, and will be a rich treat to the lovers of
the long dogs, and never was weather more propitious for the
diversion. No doubt many Altcar men. will be made on the
occasion. The ceremony is simple, but, in cold weather, ra-
ther the antipodes of pleasant. We have undergone the ini-
tiation ourselves, and, therefore, speak from experience.
To be made an Altcar man is to be immersed in one of the
deep and wide ditches with which the township is intersected.
On one occasion, at a coursing meeting, the present Earl of
Sefton saw one of his tenants (Joseph Amebury, we believe)
get an unexpected ducking. Never mind, Joseph," said
his lordship, ",you are only an Altcar man made o'er again."
Fate ruled, that his lordship should, the same day, take a
cold bath in a similar manner. " Never mind," said Joseph,
who saw the mishap, " you're only an Altcar man made o'er
again."

The best road to the coursing grounds is through Aintree,
Maghull, and Lydiate ; the shortest way lies through Bootle
and Great and Little Crosby.

The following are the names of the dogs to run :
WATERLOO Cup.—Lord Stradbroke's Maximus, late
Ajax. agst. Mr. Gale's Queen; Mr. Etwell's Empress agst.
Mr. B. B. Robinsos's Rocket; Mr. Mare's Matilda
agst. Lord Eglington's Blackbird ; Mr. Slater's Sandy agst.
Mr. G. Pollock's Major; Lord Stradbroke's Mango agst.
Mr. Scott's Lady Harkaway ; Lord Eglington's Stag agst.
Mr. Swan's Stork : Mr. Gibb's Slasher agst. Sir Pyers Mos-
tyn's Mariner ; Mr. G. Barge names Eau de Vie agst. Mr.
Scott's Chancellor; Mr. A. Graham's Mavourneen agst.
Mr. Robinson's Zurich ; Mr. Kershaw's Knight of the
Garter agst. Mr. Ball's P. P.; Mr. Hutchinson's Rubens
agst. Dr. Brown's Sportsman; Mr. Harper's Solon agst.
Mr. Mare's Marmion ; Dr. Brown's Queen Bee agst. Mr.
Barton's Ribton ; Mr. Garven's Gambler agst. Mr. Bradley's
Tyrant; Mr. Armstrong's Negro agst. Mr. Swan's Stork;
Mr. Jebb's Hotspur agast. Mr. Deakin's Distiller.
WATERLOO PURSE.—Mr. Ball's Bugle agst. Mr. Deakin's
Doctor Syntax ; Mr. Slater's Stiletto agst. Mr. Bradley's
Baron ; Mr. A. Graham's Long-iong-ago agst. Mi. Swan's
Hill Coolie ; Mr. Mare's Moonlight agst. Mr. Unsworth's
Unknown ; Mr. Garven's Garland agst. Lord Eglington's
Greysteel ; Mr. Etwell's Westwind agst. Mr. Scott's
Drainer; Mr. Pollock's Empress agst. Mr. Robinson
Whiskey; Mr. Ridgway's Reginald agst. Lord Stadbroke s
Minerva.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT

LANCASTER, MONDAY, February 27

The Assizes for the Northern Division of this county
commenced on Saturday last, when the commission was
opened in the evening by Mr. Baron Rolfe, who arrived in
the town about eight o'clock from London. Yesterday, his
lordship attended Divine Service in the Parish Church, at-
tended by Wm. Garnett, Esq., of Lark-hill and Quermore-
Park, and the Mayor and corporation of the town. The
prayers were read in an affective manner by the Rev. J.
Manby, vicar, and a most eloquent sermon was preached by
the Sheriff's Chaplain, the Rev. R. Parkinson, Fellow of the
Collegiate Church, Manchester, from Matthew xxiii. B.
"But be ye not called Rabbi, for one is your master, even
Chriat, and 01l ye are brethren."

This morning at ten o'clock the learned Judge, accom-
panied by the high Sheriff and the usual officers, proceeded
from his lodgings to the Castle, where he took his seat in the
Crown Court, when the usual preliminaries having been gone
through,

His Lordship observed that he had perused the depositions
in all the cases Which would come before the Grand Jury—
at least all he was aware of,—and he was happy to say there
was no case likely to occupy their attention which would
present any difficulties to their minds. From the disturbed
state in which many parts of the country had been in some
months ago, he was apprehensive that there might have been
some cases to be brought before them, but such was not the
case, and he was glad to find that there was not any indict-
ment likely to be submitted to their consideration arising out
of the disturbances of last summer; and, upon looking over
the calender, he did no suppose there were more than at any
ordinary assizes. His Lordship then proceeded to remark
on one or two ordinary cases in the calender, on which he
deemed it expedient to give some general directions to the
Grand Jury, and then dismissed them to their duties.
There are, however, to be tried at the present assizes no
less than 69 persons, all charged with offences arising out of
the riots of last autumn, but in all shose cases the bills are
already found at the special commission, including one gene-
indictment charging the whole party with conspiracy. This
case is likely to be the most important to be tried during the
present assizes, as in it is included Fergus O'Connor and the
leaders of the Chartist party. The trial is likely to come on
on Wednesday morning, and will no doubt occupy a very
considerable time. With this exception the calender only
contains about 35 prisoners, and is not important so far as
the charges are concerned.

The cases tried during during the day were quite uninter-
esting to the public generally.

INCENTIVE TO MATRIMONY.—A company of young men
at Lincoln have originated a new club. Each member pays
ls. weekly, which is placed in the savings bank. The first
of the party who marries is to receive the whole amount de-
posited, together with the interest.

GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES.-It would appear from the
following statement of the number of marriages that were
witnessed by Mr. Robert Elliot of Gretna Green (the grand-
son of Mr. Paisley, the reputed blacksmith), from 1810 to
1839, that the Dissenters' Marriage Act has materially
diminished his business. In the twenty-nine years he mar.-
ried no fewer than 7744 persons. The following is the num-
ber of marriages in each year :-
1811 .. 58 1821 .. 152 1831 .. 168
1812 .. 57 1822 .. 178 1832 .. 153
1813 .. 59 1823 .. 188 1833 .. 160
1814 .. 68 1824 .. 196 1834 .. 168
1815 .. 87 1825 .. 198 1835 .. 124
1816 .. 89 1826 .. 187 1836 .. 98
1817 .. 98 1827 .. 188 1837 .. 55
1818 .. 109 1828 .. 186 1838 .. 46
1819 .. 121 1829 .. 180 1839 .. 42
1820 .. 124 1830 .. 179

STEAM NAVIGATION AND THE SHIPPING INTEREST.—
The metropolitan steam navigation interests find much fault
with that part of the recent speech of Sir C. Napier in which
he attributes the depressed state of the shipping interest to
the increase of steam navigation. They contend, on the
contrary, that much employment has been created by the
latter which otherwise would not have existed. For ex-
ample, the service of the lines to the Peninsula and the
Mediterranean requires about 50,000 tons of coals annually.
which must be carried by sailing vessels from Wales or New-
castle to Southampton. Then as to the interference with the
foreign trade of the merchantmen, they contend that it is
next to nothing, the steam vessels by their quickness of
transit creating the only traffic, or nearly so, in which they
engage—that is, the conveyance of fruit; and that what
business they do take from them is counterbalanced by the
conveyance of their consumption of coals.

CHINESE NOBILITY.—The nobility of China are of two
kinds, hereditary and official. The former class is not nu-
merous, nor greatly influential. It consists chiefly of the re-
lations of the Emperor, who are called Princes, and are
bound to live within the precincts of the Imperial palace.
The real nobility, or aristocracy of the country, are the man-
darins. Of these there are estimated to be, on the civil list
of the empire, not less than fourteen thousand. The man-
darins are divided into nine ranks, or pin, each of which is
indicated by a double badge—the colour of the globe on the
apex of the cap, and the embroidery on the front and back of
their official robes. The colours employed are red, blue,
crystal, white, and gold ; and these, with certain modifications
of shape, serve to distinguish what are denominated " Kew
pin," that is, " the nine ranks," into which all persons pos-
sessing any rank in China- are divided. The nominal rank,
and of course the distinctive costume of any of the official
grades, may be purchased of the Emperor, The sum de-
manded for the distinction is, however, proportionably large.
Howqua, for instance, the richest of the Hong merchants,
purchased his nominal rank at the enormous price of 100,000
dollars, or £20,000 sterling.

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to
people in the middle walks of life so seriously required to be
made to see in in its true light the Romanists' position and
their own. Costly edifices are raised by Papal funds in every
county—inroads are being made on every side—yet no notice
taken of them. Looking at these things, but more than all
looking at their practical return to, and revival of. their thrice
refuted and exploded calumniation of the validity of our or-
ders—in undisguised contempt for which, we now observe
them angling for reverend renegades from our communion,
and publicly re-ordaining them to their's—and they them-
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Courier.