The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

WORK FOR PARLIAMENT.

The following is a list of intended applications to par-
liament next session, the plans and specifications for
which have been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace,
at Preston :-
I.—St. Helens Railway and Sankey Canal.
2.—Blackburn and Preston Railway, proposed alterations and
extensions.
3.—Blackburn Waterworks.
4.—Salford Waterworks.
s.—Liverpool and Preston Railway.
6.—Preston and Wyre Railway, Lytham Branch.
7.—Preston and Wyre Railway, Blackpool Branch.
B.—Manchester South Junction to Altrincham Railway.
9.—Heaton Norris and Ashton Branch of Manchester and
Birmingham Railway.
10.—Macclesfield Extension of same.
11.—Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
12.—Huyton Branch Grand Junction. •
13.—Extensions of Stations Liverpool and Manchester Rail-
way.

14.—North Tunnelling of same.
15.—Parkside Branch of same.
16 —Patlicroft and Clifton Branch of same.
17.—Rainford and Liverpool Branch of same.
18.—Newton and Ardwick Branch, .Ashton, Stalybridge, and
Liverpool Junction.
Ig.—Guide Bridge Junction of same.
20.—Oldham Branch Extension, Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way.

2i.—Heywood Branch Extension to Bury of same.
22.—Southport and Euxton Railway.
23.—Ribble Branch Railway, North Union and Ribble Navi-
gation.
24.—Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway
at Kirkheaton, called Cooper Bridge.
23.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway.
26.—Mosley and Stalybridge Waterworks.
27.—801t0n, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, Leeds and Brad-
ford Extension.
28.—Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Railway.
29.—Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension.
30.—Heywood Branch, Manchester, Bury, and Rochdale
Railway.

31.—Branch from the St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway,
in Sutton to Rufford.
32.—Heywood Waterworks.
33.—Heywood Waterworks (Spotland).
34.—Whitehaven and Furness Railway.

Below we give a copy of the titles of the several plans
deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the
West-Riding of Yorkshire :-
1.-Barnsley Junction Railway.
2.-Brayton to Goole-York and North Midland, Branch of.
3.-Church Fenton to Harrogate-York and North Midland,
Branch of.
4.-Dit.bot Northam Railway_
5.-Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield and Manchester Junction.
6.-Goole and Snaith.
7.-Harrogate and Ripon Junction.
8.-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Branch.
9.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction and Branch.
10.-Huddersfield Waterworks.
11.-Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension.
12.-Leeds and Thirsk.
14.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Junction.
15.-Leeds and West-Riding Junction.
16.-Lincoln, York, and Leeds, Direct and Independent.
17.-London and York.
18.-Manchester and Leeds Burnley Branch.
lg.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction.
20.-Midland Railwa, Branches and Station Enlargement.
21.-Darfield to Worsborough.
22.-Darfield to Elsecar.
23.-Chevet to Horbury.
24.-Oakenshaw to Wakefield.
25.-Ambergate to Crich.
26.-Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough Junction.
27.-Sheti eld and Rotherham Junction Branch, and Station
Enlargement.
28. Sheffield Waterworks.
29.-Shipley-lane-head and Barnsley Turnpike-road.
30.-South Milford to Doncaster, York and Noah Midland
Branch.
31.-Swindon and Lincoln.
32.-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole.
33.-West Yorkshire.
34.-Manchester, Barnsley, and Goole.-Received Dec. 1.
55.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction.-Received Dec. 3.

THE COURT cy FASHIONABLE WORLD.

It is uncertain whether her Majesty will visit " the
Duke " at Stratfieldsaye before or after Christmas.
The royal family have taken their accustomed prome-
nades and drives at Windsor during the past week. On
Saturday, her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, and the rest of the royal
circle left the castle fur Claremont, where they will re-
main untill after the funeral of the Princess Sophia,
which is to take place this night.

Her Majesty has signified her intention of honouring by
an early visit his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, at his
princely mansion of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire.
The Duke of Wellington does not intend to leave
A psley House for Strathfieldsaye until a few days before
the noble and gallant duke is honoured with the company
of her Majesty and her Royal Consort.

The Marquis of Salisbury has been entertaining, this
week, at Hatfield House, the Marquis of Douro, the Earl
of Ellenborough, Viscount Ossulston, Viscount and Vis-
countess Malcolm, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor,
the Hon. Capt. Percy, and a distinguished party.

- -
BENEVOLENCE OF HER MAJESTY.—One hundred and
eighty pairs of excellent blankets,,,the gift of the Queen,
will be distributed amongst that Amber of poor families
of Windsor at Christmas. A liberal supply of meat,
beead, and plum pudding will also be given away to the
poor of the town, at the time.

PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZE o:C.—This extraordinary ox,
which was purchased for his royal highness in Scotland,
in the autumn of last year, is now of the estimated weight
of upwards of 200 stone, and finely proportioned withal.
Its girth is ten feet six inches, and it stands upwards of
seventeen hands high. It has been fed on grass, oil-cake,
and clover, and is now in excellent health.

.SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, ThURSDAY.

The Derby betting, without 'being at all heavy, was at
least as lively as it usually is at this period ; the chief out-
lay was on Idas, who was backed for about £3OO ; about
half that sum was put on Young Eclipse, and a smaller
amount on Pam—the odds in each 22 to 1. Anti-Re-
pealer was backed at 25 to 1, for £6O or £7O, the taker
willing to go on; Connaught Ranger for £6O, at 40 to 1 ;
Miss Wh!p colt at £2,000 to £45; and two other outsi-
ders for small sums. The odds against Alarm and the
Cobweb colt are nominal.

LATEST PRICES.
CHESTER CUP (name or not.)
400 to 10 was laid agst Foig-a-ballagh.
[BOO 15 agst The Dean.
500 10 agst each of the following in ole bet :—Ratan,
Alice Hawthorn, Foig-a-Ballagh, Exrem-
pore, Croton Oil, Pastoral, Agriculturfst, c.
by Gladiator, dam by Capticum, Morpetb,
and Portobello.
DERBY.

15 to 1 agst Forth's lot.
11 1 Mr. Greville's Alarm.
17 1 Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt.
18 to 1 Colonel Anson's Kedger (taken.)
22 to 1 Lord Stradbroke's Idas (taken freely)
22 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Pam (taken)
23 to 1 Mr. Jacque's Anti-Repealer (take 25 to 1.)
30 to 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt.
40 to 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken.)
45 to 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt (taken.)
50 to 1 Mr. Forth's Lady Berner's colt (taken)
66 to 1 Mr. St. Paul's c. out of Calypso's dam (t.)
1000 even between Anti-Repealer and Idas.
1000 even between Young Eclipse and Idas.
1000 to 10 agst Cobweb colt winning the 2,000 Guinea
Stakes and Derby, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks.

THE LATE MR. CROCKFORD'S ACCOUNT.
We are desired to state that the guarantee required by
the Jockey Club will be forthcoming on Monday next, and
that the gentleman giving it will be prepared on the fol-
towing Monday to settle the account.

MANCHESTER—LATEST BETTING.
A moderate room, with a desire to lay " extraordinary
odds agst any outsider for the Derby," a feature in the
sayings.

THE CHESTER CUP.
100 to 1 was offered agst The Dean, Red Deer, and one
or two others.

THE DERBY.

A bet of 10 score to 1 agst Idas and Young Eclipse is
all we saw booked ; 20 to 1 in ponies agst each of six bar
the crack (offered). Average prices :-
5 to 1 agst Scott's lot (offered, 6 wanted)
7 1 Day's lot (offered)
16 1 Forth's lot (offered, 20 wanted)
10 1 Alarm (offered, 11 wanted)
17 1 Kedger (20 to 1 wanted)
17 1 Cobweb (20 to 1 wanted)
17 1 Young Eclipse (20 to 1 wanted)
20 1 Idas
22 1 Pam (offered)
22 1 Anti-Repealer (nominal)
25 1 Newsmonger (nominal)
28 1 Rebecca (nominal)
30 Old England (offered)
40 1 Winchester (nominal)
40 1 Ranger (offered, 50 wanted)
40 1 Lord Miltown (offered)
it 50 1 Lycurgus (offered)
50 1 Cabin Boy (nominal)
1000-15 Twig (offered)
500 —l2 Calypso's dam and Yellow Boy (offered)
20 1 Ranger
Several other—
offers, as s andwe
e guess, u
eosrs, Miltown
made
at (offered)kiu.t
im e.,,

THE OAKS.
5 1 Kent's lot (wanted)
7 1 Lancashire Witch (taken)

THE CHASE.
THE CHESHIRE HOUNDS
Meet on Wednesday, the 11th instant, at Tarporley •
, on
Thursday, the 12th, at Stamford-bridge ; and on Satur-
day, the 14th, at Warmingham ; each day at half_
past ten o'clock.
THE ALDRIGHTON HOUNDS
Meet on Thursday, the 12th, at Seighford ; and on Satur-
day, the 14th, at Gatacre ; at 12?lf-past ten O'clock.
SIR W. W. WYNN S HOUNDS
Meet on Wednesday, the 11th, at Plas Teg ; on Friday,
the 13th, at Farndon ; and on Saturday, the 14th, at
Brynypys, at half-past ten o'clock.

A fire broke out at the Newcastle Grand Stand at an
early hour on Tuesday morning last. The roof and upper
staircase were in flames, but the fire was speedily subdued,
with but trifling damage.

STEEPLE CHASE.—A match for Xloo was run across
the country on Tuesday week, between Mr. Charlton's
mare and a horse belonging to Mr. C. Christian, of Swin-
stead. The ground selected for the purpose was a beau-
tiful line of country. between Grimsthorpe and Han-
thorpe, about two-and-half miles out and back again.
Scott took the lead, was never headed, and won easily.

Dec. 10, 1844.

LOCAL NEWS.

PRESENTATION OF MR. INSPECTOR lIEMER.--1
Inspector Hemer, formerly of the Liverpool force, an
now of the county constabulary, has recently been Ps,
sented with a massive silver snuff box by the serjeantsaa:
men of the Bury division, on his removal from that tin
trict to that of Amounderness.
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A SHIP'S CREn•
Friday, Captain Johnston, master of the Grampian, aP
peered before Mr. Rushton, to answer a summons?:
refusing to pay Michael Robinson, one of his crew, a a,t
lance of £1 125., alleged to be due as wages. The eliP;
cant stated that he had come in the vessel from St.Joitn!
N. 8., and that they had been engaged by the run. (:;Ti
Johnston proved that almost all the hands, the plaull'A
included, had knocked off on the 4th November, stnt
refused to work. They came aft in a body, and slat!:
having shipped in a body they would do nothing Dr.
than haul round the yards, and steer and pump the 1
He told them if they refused they should have no fo,;
One of them said they had bread in the forecastlee;
which they could live for some days, and they then
forward, and 14 of them ceased from duty for some ht,
They had pistols, which they loaded and discharged n:/".0
timidate the captain, who was obliged to load his ,°,„"a
pistols in case of more violent proceedings. Mr. Ituou'„
ordered the summons to be dismissed, and said thea°"6
duct of the whole fourteen had been disgraceful frlig
dangerous that not one of them shouldrecover a fart
of their wages if they applied. Mr. Owen, who was
gaged for the whole, abandoned the case.
CO.if IP
MEETING OF THE PAVING AND SEWERAGE v
SIONERS.—THURSDAY.—Mr. Arthur-Henderson made,j.,
evening at some works going on in Islington
complaint respecting the want of lights on Wednesl,
in the Inli;
die of the road. He had, in consequence, incurred cos'
siderable danger by running with his horse andgieagai!A
a heap of stones ; the reins, however, broke and stol3l
the horse, or probably the consequences might
Dave 07.".
serious. On the same evening, according to a statenn
read by the chairman, an accident occurred from a alb
lar cause in Scotland-road, by which the Ormskirk ees
rsoll
was upset at the corner of Dryden-street; one Pe
tbe
was thrown out and had his collar bone broken, but
rea
rest escaped without any material injury ; it aPPeanfs
also that a week or two ago, Thomas Hill, the driver fl.
car, was thrown from the box, owing to his vehicle,
ing into a sewer in New Bird-street, and rendered ."irb;
pable of following his employment for several days.:tbe
surveyors were called in, and a notice read to the "ti ing
effect that none of the workmen employed in Wol" °till
&c., in the streets should be allowed to leave tber—,oot.
the lights are placed and the watchmen are on the "
Orders were also given to have a number of tresselst
barriers, to be placed at each end of the excavation,'
otlDieorcwicorkc.
COMMITTEE.—THURSDAY.—Present_BeeS,SII'
Moore (in the chair) Nicol, Houghton, Chilton, o.°`7,'
Smith, Shand, Horsfall, Evans, Kendall, Sadbac".'
Henderson, Mann, Molyneux, Tobin, Middletl
Aikin, and Royden.—The tender of Boulcotte 8110
Co., of London, for the supply of 3,000 gallons of sle!,,a
oil, was accepted.—ln reply to the letter of Henry W"":,,
and Co., noticed last week, it was stated by the sub-e°'
mittee that no new chains were at present wanted. to
sub-committee reported that Mr. Heys, of Runcorn,
their opinion, was not entitled to be reimbursed the ag:
penses consequent upon the sinking of the flat Dido.;
The Chairman reported that it was very desirable seal:i
arrangement should be made for the better working
the transit sheds. He had been down that day, and C".
~of
sels were wanting much to discharge ; but the Serve',
of Customs would not allow them to do so, although the,76
were two of the sheds with only a small portion of t"
cargo of other vessels in them. After some conversation,
it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Aikin, that tbe
chairman and deputy-chairman should wait upon tolnspector general and collector and comptroller of tm;
Customs on the subject.—A letter from Mr. John Slit(
Leigh, as to a drain, was referred to the sub-committeev
Works.—A letter was read from Mr. Peter Cato, acce,P,
~
tton
ing the terms of the lease offered by the committee onZ;
23rd ultimo. He expressed a hope that the co'
*
would place him on the same footing as Mr. Wilson, Wttb
regard to compensation in case of removal. The corn
mittee resolved to adhere strictly to the original con"
tions.

THE ANCIENT SCOTTISH GAME Or CURLING•"4II3
frost which set in on Wednesday last, and continued 01
the three following days especially, enabled some of °T,
townsmen from Scotland to resume their practice in cor`;
ing to this neighbourhood. A number of them met °-
Friday (which, by the way, was bitterly cold), and PO;
ceeded to a large pond near Wavertree, and on the road
thence to Wootton, where they enjoyed the pastime ,e 1;
mele'e for some hours, by way of getting their hands la'
They were all members of " The Lowhill and Evertoo
Curling Club," and the result was an arrangement fora'
more regular contention on the following day. Accord_
ingly, on Saturday, about twenty of these stalwart soar
of Scotia met at the same place, and ranging ten on each
side, headed by the two bachelor " skips"' (or generals)
played with great vigour and animation (the ice being
uncommonly fine), from eleven until four o'clock, without
much advantage: to either. This led to the bachelors. 0,
the party declaring " friendly" war against the married
men present—and the match was fixed to come oft ori
Thursday neat, at the same scene of action, the sport to,
commence at half past twelve o'clock,—the losers to pr,
vide for the whole, the ancient national dinner of bebe;
and greens. The plain but substantial repast ivlll
served up at Mr. Kirkup's, the Wavertree Coffee 1-10115''
I where the " stones" are deposited. Fine sport s ex-
pected. The club is in expectation of the frost lastit4
out the week, and of having the long-talked-of match
between the Liverpool and Manchester players on tllO
same ground—the latter having this year to follow the
uliallcuse on the ira_

MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.--•
On Friday evening the monthly meeting took place, at the
Town-hall, Birkenhead. John H. Greene, Esq. in the
chair.—Mr. Bentham complained of the filthy and an-
wholesome state of the courts in Back Chester-street,
when it was stated the commissioners had power to iPre-
vent the erection of such places in future, and that l
owner of the property alluded to would be called upon to
make such improvements as would remove the nuisance.--
The Market Committee recommended that £196 be vr-
pended in the purchase of fountains for the new market:
The receipts of the Woodside Ferry, for the past months
were stated to be £1354, being an increase on the receipts
of the same month last year of £4lB. A conversation
took place as to the time when the Monks' Ferry would
be regularly opened to the public, when it appeared that
the committee had not the power to open it until the title
deeds were completed. It was also stated that more boat;
could not be employed until the landing places on this stile
were improved. The Chairman said, he believedtl4
corporation were doing their utmost to obtain plans.--,1;
improvement rate was fixed at 7d., and the watching rate
at lld.. in the pound.—A letter to the commissioner'
from Mr. John Laird was read, to the effect that Messrs'
W. Jackson, W. Potter, Macgregor Laird, and the Witte'
had decided on building and endowing a church, re. s
placed at the west end of Conway-street, where it ielto
Corporation-road, the New-road, and Wallasey. .
order to improve the site, they applied for a slight devil;
tion of the Corporation-road. The letter was referred
the Improvement Committee.—lt was agreed Oat a spa,
cial meeting should be held that night week for the
pose of considering the propriety of postponing the sale of
the land in the Park, from the 18th of the present merit
to the end of April next.—The board then adjourned.
PROPOSED ENLARGEMENT OF ST. JAMES'S CIID111;
—On Thursday evening a public meeting was held in
School-room belonging to St. James's Church "to b
into consideration the best mode of increasing the chures,
accommodation (especially for the poor) in the popult
district, by the enlargement of the church, at which t,uo
pew-owners, and grave-owners are invited to attenta.
About 150 persons were present. The Rev. H. Haag
ton was proposed as chairman, but an amendment NI
proposed by Mr. Barnes, seconded by Mr. Dawson, tha
Dr. M'Kee should preside. This was declared to be Or'
rigid amidst some confusion, the original motion not beilk
put. Mr. M'Kee wished to decline taking the chair 01,4°
Mr, Hampton was present. Mr; Barnes thought Nri
Hampton ought not to preside, as he was an intereste,
party. The rev. gentleman explained that as a right
ought to occupy the chair, and was besides the besci
enabled to explain the object in view, which he assures
them would not violate the feelings of any of the relati.'''
of those who were interred near the church. After se'
conversation the amendment and the motion were suck
cessively put and there appeared 36 for Mr. M'Kee, °be
38 for Mr. Hampton. The latter accordingly took flia
chair, and read a list of the parties whose graves we
be affected. He said he had given every publicity to tb
object in view, and had no sinister or mercenary objeeit./,,
view. He stated that there were 19,300 people in his i.
trict, whereas the church accommodation was only se
cient for 1000, and that the endowment amounted to on!,
£7O a-year, The alterations would give 800 additiou;
sittings, 300 of which it was proposed should go towile
the endowment of the church, and 500 be set apart re
the
poor for ever. It ought, also, to be recollected that
owners of pews would soon be called upon to expend xeoi,
upon a new roof, and this was included in the alteratto
proposed to be made. He then explained that thew tino
for the enlargement of the church, would be built uP:st
arches, placed between the graves, so as not in the le„"lat
to disturb the coffins now in them, and that access We,et
be left to each grave—in some cases there would be 6 'F„,
6 inches head-room, and, in the lowest part, 4 feet 6 Imo,
ches for parties to work at the graves. Mr. Montgolo,%q
said that though his grave would not be affected he
against the principle of disturbing the ashes of the de be
If parties did not think the church large enoughLar,
thought they ought to build another. Mr. H. G. "sea
bord proposed a resolution to the effect that the poll be
alterations should be made, seeing that no grave wont ,00,
disturbed. Mr. Fisher, after some further confus!„g
seconded the motion. Mr. M'Rae said the alteratli;l
were unjustifiable without the consent of all parties, and
it would be cruelty to disturb the graves. (Uproar c.,9
cries of " it would," " iniquitous," " that's true, ICA be
Mr. Welsh, the architect, stated that no grave WOO 'O,
disturbed. Mr. Barnes said he should propose an 801!,,ort
ment, and proceeded to state that the church would.s'er,
be empty—attributing neglect of duty to the rninig'„ej
This created great uproar, and Mr. Harbord rernello.
that such an attack on a clergyman was very disgrae';to,
The chairman left the chair, which was, after some rY
ther confusion, taken at his request by Mr. Montgonle!jd
Mr. Barnes attempted to speak but was prevented bile ~,o
marks of disapprobation, the chairman remarking tar,
unless he apologised he ought not to be heard. Mr• so
bord said he branded Mr. Barnes as the author of
anonymous letter reflecting on Mr. Hampton's character',
duct Other
weremade,
expressions
withf cries
disapproval
of ‘,
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nMhri.mß ao runt e!, I
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upon which he at first refused to apologise, but final
said if what he said were taken as an insult, he wi
shtnor_.4
the expression. Order not being likely to be re
Mr. Harbord withdrew his motion, and the chairman VI
flounced the meeting to be dissolved.