The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER RACES

couTlhdisp THE CUP DAY.-WEDNESDAY.
sons from all sides of the country, very many of tbens
obsesiinbglythhea
have
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from London, Liverpool, Manchester, and North Wales'
poured into Chester from an early hour in the mornieP
The numbers on the course have been variously estimate
but all parties agree in opinion that, at least, 50,0 V;
of human beings, of all ages and ranks, were present ; and
this was, by many thousands, a greater number than were
ever at any former of the cup-races at Chester. oft
The CORINTHIAN STAKES of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. villa h-

sovs. added, for bona fide hunters. i
Mr.W. H. Johnstone's br g Spectator (h. b.) aged.. 1
Sir J. Gerard's b h Pantasa, 5 yrs.
The TRADESMENS' PLATE Of 200 sovs. in specie, a .ciciedir
a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., 5 ou'fr
if declared. &c. 1

Mr. Hagarty's Peep-o'-day Boy
2
Mr. G. Hill's War Eagle
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Montpensier
t;11464
This was a splendid race. Thirty-four horses s
They were placed in three groups, and Peep-o'-day Boyle
the favourite, was in the last group. He kept in the bac,
ground until nearing the winning-post the second and la!'
round, when his jockey seemed to let the reins lie looseit
upon his neck, and he shot ahead, with the rapidity 1;;6I,
lightning, beating War Eagle by about half a leagt
Montpensier was close behind, and all the rest of tb
horses, who were in a ruck the whole way twice villa.
d
were in a nick almost to the close, when two only of toe
number fell in the rear. Immense sums of money ha
changed hands upon the result of this race, for altheue
Peep-o'-day-Boy was the favourite within the last wee",
large odds were taken against him, four, five, and 61"/
weeks ago. 3
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 guineas, for all age'

times round

Mr. Pedley's Cockerrnouth (A. Day)
Mr.
Dawson's The Magnet 2
.
Two others started. 5 to 4 on Cockermouth. w"
by a length,
Surly GUINEAS, (clear), the gift of the members for
tbir

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city. Heats once round and a distance.
Mr. Woffenden's liaistborpe, 4 yrs.
Mr. Palmer's Ferry Hill, 3 yrs 1 0 3
Mr. Dawson's Activity, 3 yrs.. - 0 0 2,
Three others started. The first was one by half a nom'
the second in a canter, and the third cleverly.

THURSDAY.
The settling was comparatively harmless. We under-
stand that the Danebury party do not win much. T.lll
Manchester division cut in the best. Mr. Hagerty v";
£5000; M r. G. Hill £2OOO, and there are some min
winners. Mr. Tattersall had a large sale of blood N
stoF°
at the Albion Hotel, consisting of the stud of Mr. elo
son, and the stud of the Hon. Mr. Mostyn.—Coßingw°
won the Dee Stand Cup, in:specie, by subscription of i;"
• r (2)
sovs each, with 50 sovs added, beating the Spaniard t,'
and the North Star.—Wanota won the Marquis of Wee
minster's Plate, value 100 sovs in specie, added
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, by a head, „,,•1:
ing Lady Wildair (2), Patriot (3), and Chemisette.----r7m.
catcher won the Dee Stakes, of 25 sovs each, with AS
sovs added, by a head, beating Shylock (2), and fly
others.—No go won the Chester Welter Cup, value 'IA
sovs, by two lengths, beating Godfrey (2), Conne°,s
Ranger and three others.—Abigail won the Seale'
Stakes, of five sovs each, with 20 sovs added, by a bare
head, beating Spectator (2), and three others.

each,Ga FRIDAY.
ffwerithGrseoenadwdeada,
10 g 0
nibal walked over for the Cestrian Stakes, of 10 sovs 01:
theb beating
a tFreen Spaniard Handicapdicap
and Stakes,Ba r oonf
—lnheritress won the Cheshire Stakes, of 25 sovs esc;',
with 50 added, beating Pyrrhus the First and T.9h
Tough.—Jovial won the Eaton Stakes, of 10 sovs etc ,
with 30 added, beating Capsicum and Spaniard.---.',;er
mance won the Grand Stand Cup, of 100 sovs in sPe't,
added to a Handicap Sweepstakes, of 10 sovs each, 1?elt
ing Athelston and Sharston.

RAILWAY RECEIPTS

The following are the receipts of railways for the past
that is to say, up to the date t• which the respective
are made :

RA I LWA YS.

Week 1848.
I ending Amount

Aberdeen
Amiens and Boulogne
Arbroath and Forfar
Birkenhead, Lan. and Cheshire.
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
Cockermouth and Workington
Dublin and Drogheda
Dublin and Kingstown
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen
East Anglian
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh and Northern
Eastern Counties and N. Eastern
East Lancashire
Eastern Union and Ipswich and
Bury
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Ctbrg
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr.
Glasgow and Greenock
Great Southern and Western
Great Western
Kendal and Windermere
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Lancaster and Carlisle ......
Leeds and Thirsk
Londonderry and Enniskillen
London and North-Western
London and Blackwall
London & Brighton, South Coast
London and South-Western
M'chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland, Bristol, and Birming-

1-847.
Amt•

£ B. d.
Apr. 0 0 0
30 1147 0 0
0 0 0
30 878 0 0
29 3674 0 0
0 0 0
29 91 0 0
27 799 0 0
2 1901 0 0
29 825 0 0
30 483 0 0
—29 3421 0 0
—2O 1444 0 0
—3O 13162 0 0
—29 1118 0 0

-- 23 1020 0 0
0 0 0
--- 29 1903 0 0
--
29 991 0 0
-- 29 2760 0 0
--- 29 192
1532 s 0 0
__ 29 9161 00.
-- 28 1789 0 0
0 0 C 1
-
22 187 0 0
- " 41926 0 0
--30 907 GI
--29 9706 0 -
__ 30 9321 0 0
0
-- 29 2630
--30 481 0. 0
--
29 20414 a 0
030 G 42 0 0
0 0
-- -
29 2148 0 0
-- 30 1859 0 0
--
29 2009 I 0
--
15 2438 0 0
--
15 1097 0
0 0 0
-- -
30 797 0 0
-- 29 8873 * 0
0 0 0
-- 29 1404 0 0
--
30 974 0 0
__ 30 187 0 0
0 0 0
--
29 10597 G 0
-- 29 7603 0 0

2i5?
03,
1919'

4shisl'
6816
720
2054
554'
19066

ham
Midland Great Western (Ireland)
Newmarket
Newcastle and Carlisle
Norfolk
North British
Paris and Rouen
Rouen and Havre
Scottish Central
Shrewsbury and Chester
South-Eastern and Branches
South Devon
Taff Vale
Ulster
Whitehaven Junction
Wishaw and Coltness
York, Newcastle, and Berwick
York and North Midland, &c

STATIONS OF THE
ON THE IST .

BRITISH !ARMY►
MAY, 1848.

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11
161,
826°

7
1411
903
166

(From Colburn's United Service Magazine.)
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[Where two places are mentioned, the last-named i '
which the depOt of the regiment is stationed.]
Ist Life Guards—Regent's Prkl36th—(lst batt.) Corfu* to
2d Ditto—Hyde Park (2d batt.) Cep
Royal H. Guards—Windsor 37th—Ceylon, Chathaul
Ist Drag.Guards—Birmingham 38th—Jamaica, Boyle
2d—Newbridge 39th—Hull
3d—Piershill 40th—Galway
4th—Nottinghara 41st—Buttevant ht
sth—York 42d—Bermuda, Isle 0f_....,(11,
6th—Dundalk Reserve batt., I3c''""
7th—C. Good Hope, Maidstone 43d—Templemore
Ist Dragoons—Cahir 44th—Cork _.,.... 1331
2d—Athlone 45th—Cape G.Hope,l.°Gf". ;1010
3d—Bengal, Maidstone Res. batt., Cape
4th—Newbridge 46th—Halifax, Guernsey
sth 47th—Clonmel '
6th—Dublin 48th—Dublin
7th Hussars—Dublin 49th—Dublin
Bth—Baliincollig 50th—Bengal, Walmar
9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidstn.'slst—Madras, Chat/mai
10th Hussars—Bombay, Maid- 52d—Preston
stone 53d—Bengal, Chathanl
11th Hussars—Coventry 54th—Barbadoes, JerseY
I2th Lancers—Hounslow 55th—Dublin _lto
13th Lt. Dragoons—Longford 56th—(1st batt.) Gibn-
14th—Bengal, Maidstone 57th—Enniskillen ~,,.tbinss
15th Hussars—Madras, Maid- 58th—N. S. Wales, uo'•
stone 59th—Templemore
16th Lancers—Norwich 60th—(lst bt.) Bombay
17th—Dublin (26 bt.) Chatham
Grenadier Guards— 61st—Bengal, Chathalo
(Ist batt.) Wellington Bar. 62d—Winchester
(26 batt.) Winchester 63d—Manchester
(3(1 batt.) St. John's Wood 64th—Limerick (1, istb°l
Coldstream Guards— 65th—N. S. Wales, ;:, goie ~40
ost batt.) The Tower 66th—Barbadoes, bin f YIN
(2d batt.) Windsor 67th—Gibraltar—
Scotch Fusileer Guards— 68th—Mullingar
(Ist batt.) St. George's Bar. 69th—Malta
(2d batt.) Portman-st. Bar. 70th—Cork
Ist Foot— 71st—Edinburgh cisse
(Ist batt.) N. Scotia,.Stirling Reserve bet., IA so'
• (2d batt.)—Barr 72d—West Indies, Ns
2d—Athlone 73d—Cape G. Hope'
3d—Belfast 74th—Dublin •
..e.e• 11.
4th—Madras, Chatham 75th—Dublin f r ..,
sth—Mauritius 76th—Corfu—Isle o a
6th—Cape G. Hope 77th—Canada—F,,tti slil,f
7th—Halifax, N.S., Dublin 78th—Bombay, M,,0
Bth—Bombay, Chatham 79th—Gibraltar, ILI.II
9th—Portsmouth 80th—Bengal, ChSti''- •
Ioth—Bengal, Chatham 81st—Devonport a iirec°
W 11th—N. S. ales, Chatham 82d—Halifax, N. •
12th—Weedon 83d—Kilkenny
Reserve batt., Mauritius 84th—Madras, Cba
13th—Newry 85th—Dublin chathAl°
14th—Newport, South Wales 86th—Bombay,
15th—Ceylon, Chester 87th—Weeden „je
16th—Corfu, Youghal 88th—Trinidad-- /, •;:I,lo°
17th—Portsmouth 89th—Ashton-unue` ' 60r
1/3th—Bengal, Chatham 90th—ChathaM A floPe' A
19th—St. Vincent, Castlebar 91st—Cape of GO- el'
20th--Canada, Isle of Wight; port CO3
. Reserve batt., Canada Reserve haft.,
21st—Calcutta, Canterbury Hope
226—Bombay, Chatham 92d—Limenck „rdeen
23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight ; 93d--Canada, Au` oaf"
_Reserve batt., Canada 94th—Madras,C10.1
~.10.
24th—Bengal, Chatham 95th—China,IN aa' chstpit
25th—Madras, Chatham 96th—N. S.Wall'e of %•,fc,'
26th=Cork 97th—Jamaica,ls.,, 00
27th—Edinburgh Reserve ~ht.ool_
Chi
01
28th—Bombay,* Chatham 98th—Bengab ""; Ow _.ir
29th-13engal, Chatham th—N. S. Wale' ,Ou
.30th—Newcastle-on-Tyne Rifle Brigade-:2 of "• of
31st—Manchester (Ist batt.) 1-'l4's7 WI 1010
13r
32d—Bengal, Chatham ,-. pads,
33d—N. Brunswick, Stirling C. (2d batt.) Igtebee•
34th—Corfu, Nenagh 1
35th—Plymouth Reserve batt.•

COLONIAL CORPS.
Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica
2d Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands.
3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &C.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon and China
RoyaMounted
Rifle Regiment—CanacialloPe TOO°
Cape Riflemen—Cape of Good eOOO
Royal Newfoundland Veteran Company'
Royal Malta Fencibles--Malta
St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena
• * On passage home

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