The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-04 00:00:00

THE SHARE MARKET

For the following particulars we are indebted to Mr.
Wills, sharebroker, of this town
/ "Liverpool, Ist February, 1845.
" A large amount of business has been done again, this
week, in railway shares, and prices generally have contd.
derably advanced.
" Another announcement from the railway department
of the Board of Trade was published in last night's Ga-
zette, from which it appears, that the board have decided
on reporting to Parliament in favour of three out of eight
of the new Irish lines, and in favour of six out of nine of
the new English lines. The board have recommended the
postponement of four of the new Irish projects. All these
decisions are in strict accordance with the principles
which have, hitherto, guided the board, and prove that the
policy of the Government with regard to the all-important
question of railway extension is at once conservative and
progressive. . . .

• "-The fate of the West Yorkshire scheme, with its Wl'
erful and influential committee, should have some effect
in checking the reckless speculation w:lich has been going
on for some time in the shares of the London and York
Railway. The West Yorkshire was one of the projects
which would have interfered most materially with the
traffic of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, whilst the
Leeds and West Riding Junction is manifestly a legitimate
extension of that important line. The country is mainly
indebted to the energy, enterprise, extraordinary foresighti
indomitable courage, and untiring perseverance of the
present companies for the wonderful facilities of comma',
nication which now exist between most of the princiPe
towns in the kingdom ; and it is not to be supposed for d
moment that all this will be forgotten by a tribunal raised
above the suspicion of being influenced by any sinister
considerations and appointed by Parliament to investigati
the merits of all new projects of railway extension.
"The approval of the Churnet Valley scheme mal
seem, at first sight, to be a departure from the principle
which have, hitherto, guided the decisions of the board;
but it is understood that arrangements have besn made
with the promoters of this line which place it in a veil
different position to that occupied by such aggressive pro;
jects as the Direct Portsmouth, the Direct London ant
Norwich, the London and York, the Direct Northern, of,
the West Yorkshire schemes.

" The increase in the traffic receipts of the underrnetl'
tionel twenty-four railways for the first four weeks of thit
year, as compared with the corresponding period of 101
year, amounts to £51,224; namely, Birmingham and
Gloucester, £l,BOO ; Chester and Birkenhead, £341
Edinburgh and Glasgow, 41,254 ; Eastern Countieli
£1,464 ; Glasgow, Paisley. and Greenock, £213 ; Glos.
gow and Ayr, £1,090 • Grand Junction, £3,005 ; Great
North of England, .£1022 ; Great Western, £8,982 ;
verpool and Manchester, £1,540 ; London and Binning'
ham, £3,759 ; London and Brighton, £915 ; Landoll
and South Western, £1,644 ; London and Croydon'
£707; Manchester and Birmingham, £2,264; Mancha'
ter, Bolton, and Bury, £353 ; Manchester and Leeds
£3,506; Midland Railway, £5,670; Newcastle and Car.
lisle, £974 ; North Union, £2,340; Preston and Wire
£467; Sheffield and Manchester, £742; South Easter%
and Dover, £9,121; and Ulster, £48."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S, THURSDAY

The room was badly attended, and business, althongt
of some importance in two or three respects, extrema
slack. Of the Chester Cup it is only necessary to obserill
that the first two favourites and Celeste wept in greitl
force at an improvement of several points on Monday
market. Cataract was also in favour, but did not move
Several others were backed, but at small amounts, 06
only in two instances, Zanoni and The Era, with set
effect on the prices. The only demonstration on el
Derby was in favour of Kedger, who was backed at 15
and 16 to 1 (in one bet at 14 to 1), the smaller of the tvg
prices not being obtainable at the finish. The (Abel
transactions on this event tallied too closely with our lasi
quotations to call for any observation. Closing prices:'

CHESTER CUP.
11 to 1 agst Mr Jaqurs's Semiseria (taken)
14 „ 1 „ Mr A. Johnstone's Obscurity (taken)
18 „ 1 „ Mr W. Scott's Cataract (taken)
20 „ 1 „ Mr H. Stfbbing's Celeste (take 25 to 1)
25 „ 1 „ Mr 0. Parry's Zanotti
33 „ 1 „ Mr A. Johnstone's The Era (taken, and
afterwards offered)
33 „ 1 „ Mr Gully's St. Lawrence
33 „ 1 „ Mr Bell's Winesour (40 to 1 laid once)
50 „ 1 „ Mr Irwin's Pride of Kildare (taken)
50 „ 1 „ Mr Osbaldeston's Sorella (taken)
50 „ 1 „ Mr Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne (taken)
50 ~ 1 ~ Mr Irwin's Foig-a-Ballagh (taken)
60 ~ 1 „ Lord George Bentinck's Nereus
66 ~ 1 „ Mr Armstrong's Advice
66 ~ 1 „ Mr Hook's Bastion
100 „ 1 „ Mr Plummer's Alice Hawthorn

DERBY.
12 „ 1 „ Mr Greville's Alarm (taken, and aft offu,
13 „ 1 Col Pea's Cobweb colt (tic, and aft oird)
15 „ 1 „ Col Anson's Kedger (taken)
16 „ 1 „ Lord Stradbroke's ldas
30 „ 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger (taken)
33 „ 1 „ Lord Gla.gow's Miss Whip colt (taken)
35 „ 1 „ Mr Gully's Old England (taken)
50 „ 1 „ Lord Eglintoun's Lycurgus (taken)
50 „ 1 „ Mr Coleman's Young Eclipse
600 to 50 on the field agst the Cobweb colt
The colt out of Calypso's dam has been named Mentor

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING.
Owing to the near approach of the day of acceptanel
(to-morrow) for the Chester Cup, the betting since Toes'
day has been exceedingly limited. The little busioeol
done„ however, includes a number of important invelt
ments, the principal of which may be enumerated as NI
lows :—On Wednesday, 20 to 1 in scores was laid. agltin6l
Cataract, and 400 to 10 against St. Lawrence; hotb
which were wanted again. Yesterday, the Era ccr,
backed in ponies at 35 to 1, and Winesour at 300 to I"'
offers to back April Noddy against The Pride of Kildllt
for 1000. To-day, Obscurity was supported twice lo
b
hundreds at 16 to 1, Zanoni at 22 to 1, to a little atriallaid
The Era in scores at 30 to 1, Ratan several times at 33
1, Extempore to a pony at 40 to 1, Agriculture at 950 ,
20, and Milton at 500 to 10. The following were Eh
dosing prices :

CHESTER CUP.
6 to 1 agst Kent's lot (offered)
11 „ 1 „ Semiseria, 5 yrs, 7st 81b
15 ~ 1 ~ Obscurity, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (16 to ltakeof'
2U „ 1 „ Cataract, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b (offered)
25 „ 1 „ Zanoni, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (taken)
25 „ 1 „ Celeste, 4 yrs, sst 12lb (offered)
30 ~ 1 „ The Era, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (taken)
30 ~ 1 ~ Winesour, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (offered)
33 „ 1 „ Ratan, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (taken)
33 „ 1 ~ St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 91b (offered)
40 ~ 1 „ Extempore, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (taken)

40 ~ 1 „ Hemp, 4 yrs, 6-t 91b (offered)
40 „ 1 „ April Noddy, 4 yrs, sst 71b (offered) ,
950 „ 20 „ Agriculture, 5 yrs, Est 61b (taken)
50 „ 1 „ Milton, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (taken)
50 „ 1 „ Advice, 4 yrs, 6st 2lb (offered)
50 „ 1 „ Nereus, 3 yrs, 4st 71b (offered)
6 „ 1 „ Duke of Richmond's lot and Obscurii
(taken, 8 to 1 afterwards offered)

DERBY.
11 to 1 agst Mr Greville's Alarm
13 „ 1 ~ Col Peel's Cobweb colt (offered) •
15 „ 1 ~ Col Anson's Kedger (take 16 to 1)
16 „ I ~ Lord Stradbroke's Ides (offered)
20 „ 1 ~ lord Chesterfield's Pam (offered) r
25 „ 1 „ Mr Johnstone's Annandale
30 ~ 1 „ Mr Gully's Old England (take 35 to I)
30 „ 1 „ Mr Gully's Weatherbit (take 35 to 1) i
33 „ 1 „ Mr Mostyn's Paritasa (bike 40 to I)
33 , I „ Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt
33 ~ 1 „ Mr St. Paul's Calypso's dam colt (t 40 to
40 „ 1 „ Mr Irwin's Connaught Ranger
40 „ 1 , Mr A. H. Hill's Ironmaster (t,ke 50 to I,
On Wednesday, 35 to 1 was laid in ponies and t;
sums against the Miss Whip colt, who was backed 145,
ously at 40 to 1, and yesterday 16 to 1 in scores se;
Kedger, and 50 to 1 to the same amount against MC;
gus. There was not a bet that we are aware of laid '

LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEP'
CHASE.
ENTRY.

HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, 611

only if declared on the 17th of February.
Blueskin, Brenda. Clansman, The Romp, T8113,74;1,
Discount. Charley, Nimrod, Tim Novice, Pickwick, .1
Tug, Mathew, Crams, Cure-All, Peter Swift, Spil
Moderideroo, Agriculture, Babylon, Peter Simple,
Duenna, Robin Adair, Brilliant, The Page, The Stray!
Lycurgus, The Returned, Heslington, The Sky, Pre'
nitz, Crocus, Chance, Tiny, The Artist (late lieslingtl,
Culverthorpe, Ploughboy, Boxkeeper, Ceremony,
Knight Templar, Vanguard, The Scavenger, COI
Jewel, The Tuly, Jellalabad, The Exquisite, W*'
Cheroot, gr g by Algar, out of Gift.

HEREFORD STEEPLE CHASE, WEDNESIW,
The Aristocratic Chase was won by Humbug, beat
Momentum, Albert, and Tariff. Albert refused oel
all his fences, and Tariff fell.

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FOOT RACE.—Notwithstanding the unfavourable !
of the weather upwards of 4,000 persons assembled
Monday last at Gannick Corner, about a mile and a,
beyond Bernet, to witness the foot race (four miles),
tween Jackson, the American Deer, and Shephard of.
minghatn. The men went to the starting place, I
Frank Keys, to run one mile out anti return, the dials
being measured towards London. Jackson took thel
which he maintained until nearly the whole of •the
tance had been accomplished, his opponent waiting I
him the whole of the way, and being but a few yards,
hind him. The speed throughout the race was moat.
traordinary ; the first two miles were performed 111
minutes and ten seconds, and the four miles under twe
one minutes. In going up to the fifth mile the
appeared to increase their speed, and Shephard,
style is the most extraordinary and beautiful ever
raa right up to his opponent, and they were togethe;
spout fifty yards, when Shephard, almost within sIIV
the winning post, gradually headed his opponent, add
by about four yards, accomplishing the five mile
twenty-five minutes and forty-five seconds. It was
witted to be the finest race ever witnessed.

A NEW DISCOVERY IN THE TREATMENT OF 0
—We beg to direct the attention of our readers ti
advertisement of Mr. Ayres, in another columo.,
understand this gentleman has been very success°
come cases of difficulty, and certainly the scientific 1
ciple upon which his prescriptions are based,—,1%."-
of exact analysts, must secure a certainty nf effect.

Caledonia, Stephens, of Hull. from Newcastle ifor Bombay
put back from off the Isle of Wight, with loss of bowsprit, &c.,
having been•in -contact with a vessel, name unknown, during a
strong gale on Sunday morning.
William Metcalfe, Philipson, from Calcutta for London, lost
foremast, •snaintopgallant.mast, &c., during a gale, and had
seven •men killed.
H. M. S. Dick), (I 8,) from Penang at Portsmouth, sailed from
Penang 31st October, Cape of Good -Hope 18th,December, and
St. Helena 18th December.

Isis. Bailey, ,hence at Trieste 14th Jan.
Cicely, Hepburn, sailed from Trieste for this port toth Jan.
•Liverpool Picket, Jovovich, sailed from Trieste for this port
14th January.

Velocity. Holmes, sailed from Trieste for this port 16th Jan.
Fernanndes, Contente, sai'ed from Lisbon for this port 21st
Jan.

Waterlily,'England, from Messina, at Palerrno.2oth Dec.
Will-o'-the.Wisp, Stevens, ftorn Naples. at Palermo 25th De
Newport, Legros, from Naples, at Pdlerrot-.
Columbine, Crisp, hence at Syra Ist Jan.
Exet: r, Lobbett. hence at Cape Good Hope sth Dec.
Emerald, Le•ghton, and Ann Rankin, M'Arthur, hence at
New• Orleans 31-t Dec.
Tarneriend, Childs, and Hope, Soul, both cleared at New Or
leans for this port 26th Dec.
Ellen. Roes, hence at Cape Good Hope, and
for ichaboe.
Harriet, Duthie, hence at Cape Good Hope,
Dec. for Algoa Bay.
Mary Jane, Harper, hence at Cape Good Hope, and sailed 16th
Dec. for .lehaboe.
Guard. Pain, and Rother. Roy, of Liverpool, at •St. Helena.
SraaNAsiut. January 26.—A large ship is reported to have
passed Porttrabuck this morning, within about half a mile of the
offfing,dismasted.
WIIITKHAVI:N, January 28.—The William, Martha, from Har-
rington to Liverpool, was driven on shore 26th instant, near
Ravenglass..and has become a total wreck.
GENOA, January 20.—The Deve, Crockett, from Liverpool,
has been (insisted in, with loss of anchor and chain.
CAPE OF Goo') flora, December 17.—The Hamilton, Mitchell,
(brig,) was on shore near Cape Voltas, Bth instant: .crew saved.
Br IbLINOTON, January 27.—The Jack Tar, Malcolm, of Fra-
serburgh, from Thornholm for Newcastle, with a cargo of wheat,
was brought in • here last night, having, when off Wiley, been
struck by a sea, which carried away one of the pumps, thereby
tearing up a part of the deck, by which she had nearly foun-
dered before, hey could get the damage secured. She has had
a great deal of•water in her, and will discharge.
OLYHEAD. January 27.—The Culzean Castle, Alien, from
lehaboe for Ayr—left Nov. 24, and St. Helena Dec. s—with loss
of sails, and leaky.
Dem., January 27.—The brig Sarah, Miller, of Yarmouth,
from London for Liverpool, with a general cargo. got in contact
with the brig Charles, of Newcastle, for Marseilles ; lost bul-
warks, stancheons, /lie. The Charles had bulwarks, stancheons,
and jibboom carried away ; slipt an anchor and part of chain,
and proceeded to Ramsgate to repair.
DOUGLAS, (M.M.,) January 28.—The William, Brown, from
Westport, which put into Ramsey on Monday, reports that on
Sunday they passed the masts, yards, and Jigging of a brig, the
Copeands, at the time bearing S.W., distant about two leagues.
The Thistle, Corrigil, master, from Dublin to Wick, which put
into Ramsey on Monday, states that while off the Mullof Gal-
loway, on and
morning about four o'clock, one of the hands
named James Mitchell, a native of Kirkwall, in the Orkneys,
was washed overboard the vessel at the time lying on her beam
ends, and was for some time quite unmanageable. The de-
ceased has left a wife and three children to deplore his loss.
The Mary Ann, Brown, master, of Workington, from London.
derry for Liverpool, with a ,cargo of oats—which slipped both
her anchors in Ramsey Bay on Sunday morning—earne into this
;port at noon the same day, having been boarded by the crews
.of two boats which put off from our harbour on observing a
signal for assistance. From the exhausted state of the crew,
(they were unable to manage the vessel.

2ythDec

sailed gth Dec

and sailed 11th

THURSDAY,
ARRI JANUARY 30.—Wind variable and light
VED.—Goodwin, Davies, from New Orleans.
4Atten.—lsabel, Griffiths, for Antigua.

—....
Antonius. lcheper, hence at Antwerp
Isabella. Thorpe, hence for Demerara, at Milford
Psenniugham, Purchase, from Bahia, at the Downs
arthagenian, Jacks, from Bahia. at St. Helena
Eatte,-, Shedding, from Calcutta, at ditto
in;levrood, Smith, and Sandersons Bushby, from China, at
ditto
Persia, Grange, sailed from St. Helena for this port gth ult.
Esk,ence at Bahia

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31.--Wirld N.E.
Anarv,eL.—Nuevo Raffaeiro, Longherds. from Naples.
SAlLED..—Suffolk, Crosby ; Hampden, Cowan, and Colombo,
Conn. for New Orleans —Briton, Caine, for Aftica—Wm.
Mitchell, IVl'Laughlan, for Hong Kong and t 1 for
Roflings, for the Cape of Gf.,od Hope and Mauritius—Gilbert
Jamieson, Harris, for Genoa— Povrhattan, Marshall; Windsor
Castle, Hanley, and Thos. B. Wale:`' Crocker, far Mobile—Anne,
get fan
Fanny Palmer. Cutting, for Constantinople—Queen,
Devey, for Rio Janeiro—and Jamaica, Selkirk, for Bahia.
Bahamian, Person, from China, at this port ; sailed 30th
Sept. from Anjer 2,th Oct tier, and St. Helena 18th Dec, On
21st Oct. in the Straits of Gaspar, spoke the Tapley, from China.
On the 2;th, in the Straits of Sunda, spoke the Manlius, from
Sincapore to Lndon, and Heroine. from Sincap3re to this port
Cerra, Stark. from Taganrog, at Plymouth
Gov. Douglas, Hyde, from St. Andrew's, at Cove
Wanderer, Manning, from Marseilles, at Falmouth. On the
.22nd instant, in lat. 42, long. 10, spoke the Commodore, hence
X 22 Constantin,,oe
Blucher. Searrow, from Ichaboe, at St. Helena, and sailed
lath Dec. for the Br from
Charlotte, Carter, hence at Anjer 2nd Oct.; Challenger, from
the Clyde, 15th Oct. and John Christian, hence, 21st
Theodosia, Garrick, from Calcutta, at St. Helena
Dpi, Horner, from Bombay. ditto
Bengal, Dauntless, and Claremont, from Moulmein, ditto
Bohan Abbey, M'Gill, from Ichaboe, ditto
Pheeidx, Kuiper, hence for Antwerp, at Dover, with bows
stove, stem, bowsprit and anchor stock broken, and with other
ihuriaKe, having been in contact with • large barque early this
Morning off Dungeness
MILFORD, Jan. 29.—The Flora, Sutherland, from Liverpool to
Barcelona, has hauled into the Pill to stop a leak
CARDIGAI: Jan. 28.—A large vessel is sunk at Cybur, about
six miles down this coast
°i
lewpoitx, Jan. 2a.—Several vessels were observed in the
g during the gale on 26th instant, under little or no canvas,
some of which are believed to have run on shore or foundered.
as several pieces of wreck were washed on shore yesterday and
this morning. Six sacks of flour were picked up on the sands,
one of which is Marked "C. and J. Gaussen, Liverpool," another
" M. it' and CO•t" and oth..rs " D. Power and Co. Cork."
VESSELS SPOKEN.— Chieftain, of Leone, hence, Dec. 3, in lat.
19, long. 31
' Rival hence, Nov. 20, in lat. 2 N, long. 2W ;
Goowin, from New Orleans for this port, Jan. 2, in lat. 29,
long. 5,, ; Adelaide, hence, Jan. 21, in lat. 5.1, long. 10 ; Black-
eyed-Susan. hence for Rio Janeiro, 23rd Dec. in lat. BN, long.
25 W ; Speed, for Savannah 6th instint, in lat. 29 N, long. 36
W; Earl of t eicester, from Rio Grande for Cork, 20th instant.
in lat. 20, long. 34 ; Martha. , f Weymouth, hence for Lisbon,
2i st instmt, in lat. 38 so, long. a 3, ; Medway, of Whitby, from
Liverpool for Venice, 2;th ultmo, off 'Malaga ; Osewaga, of
New York, 16th ulinoo, in lat. 63, long. '27, with loss of foretop-
rattan t mast., main to' mainyard, sails, &c., but required
no ,Fistanee; Philopontis, hence for Ichaboe. 6th instant, in
Lt. 2, ong. 2 1 : Inglewood, from Calcutta for Liverpool, 2nd
instant, in lat. 68, long. 17 ; Esther, of Liverpool, 3,;th ultimo,
in lat 12 S, long. 11 ; Ocean Queen, hence to lehahoe, 9th Dec.
in lat. 21 S, long. 2 W ; Riehard Anderson, hence to Baltimore,
ill lat. 48, long, 58.

Charles Moore, St
gilder.
William arid Robert Smith, Bow-lane, London, and Aberdeen
warehousemen.
Charles Burrage. Newgate-mark et, London, carcass butcher.
Charles Maxwell Wilkinson, Ulverstone, Lancashire, wine-
merchant.
John Kelsall, Hanley, Staffordshire, fishmonger.