The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-12-02 00:00:00

At half-peat ten.

CAPITAL RlM—The meet of the Royal back bounds
on Friday last at Maidenhead, was attended by a field of
upwards of two hundred. A young stag, which had been
once hunted, at nearly the end of the last season, upon
being uncarted at Maidenhead thicket, went away in
beautiful style to Bisbam, crossing the Thames, at Mar-
low, into Bucks. The hounds were taken over Marlow-
bridge, and upon being again laid on, the stag made away
through Sir W. Clayton's park. at Harleyford, and
thence, almost in a straight line through Hamhleton, to
Lane End, in Oxfordshire The run, which was over be-
tween eighteen and twenty miles of country, was accom-
plished in an hour and forty minutes, at a racing pace
throughout. Not more than twenty out of the large field
at the meet were up at the finish, which was between
twenty and thirty miles from the Kennel.—The celebrated
deer, Highlander, afforded a large field a tolerably good
run (the first portion in the midst of a pelting rain) on
Wednesday week. The deer, which was turned at Icken-
ham common, after making for Harrow-on-the-Hill, go-
ing direct through the village. and crossing the Birming-
ham Railway to Uxendon Farm, was taken at Wimbley-
park, near Kingsbury, upwards of twenty-six miles from
the Kennel, at Ascot.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ADMIRALTY COURT, TUESDAY, Nov. 25
THE LORD SEATON.—COLLISION.

The Lord Seaton, a ship of about 700 tons, and a small
French brig, called the Marie Therese, came in collision
on the morning of the 13th of April in the river Mersey,
at the entrance of the Victoria Channel (near the red
buoy), whereby the brig was so injured that she almost
immediately sank. The Marie Therese was proceeding
out of the port of Liverpool, the Lord Seaton was enter-
ing into that port, each vessel being in charge of a duly
licensed Liverpool pilot. The course of the brig was
N. W. and by W.: that of the ship was S.E. and by E.;
and the wind was fresh from the W.S W. The brig was
close-hauled on the larboard tack ; the ship had the wind
free, and was on the starboard tack. The defence of the
Lord Seaton was, that either no blame at all was imputable
to those on board that vessel, or, if blame was imputable
to her, the pilot (Scott) was solely in fault. The case of
the other vessel was, that the man at the helm of the
Lord Seaton had mistaken the order of the pilot and put
the helm down (or to port), instead of starboarding and
keeping the ship away. Cross actions had been brought,
but the other action awaited the decision in this case,
which was conducted by plea and proof.
The Court was assisted by Trinity Masters, who were
clearly of opinion, that it was the bounden duty of the
Lord Seaton to have avoided the brig, which might easily
have been done by going to leeward ; that the pilot in-
tended to go to leeward, but his orders were not obeyed,
and that the fault rested with the crew of the Lord
Seaton.

Dr. LUSHINGTON concurred in this finding, and pro-
nounced for the damage, with costs.

BANKRUPTCY COUR,T, LONDON, THURSDAY.

IN RE HENRY PARKER • IMPORTANT CASE.

An application was made by the solicitor to the insol-
vent, whose petition stood adjourned sine die for leave to
come up for re-hearing, on the ground, that the insolvent
had since petitioned the Insolvent Court, and Mr. Com-
missioner Law had most distinctly said, that he consi-
dered the insolvent entitled, on the facts, to his discharge,
but could not make any order whilst the petition was
pending in this court. The dismissal of the petition,
therefore, would even be preferable.
The Commissioner asked the grounds on which the
cause had been adjourned.
The Solicitor said that the insolvent had assigned his
property to a pressing creditor. _ _ _

. .
The learned Commissioner said, that it was a good
ground to reject the petition. The object of the Legisla-
ture was to protect those persons who were unfortunate
enough to become insolvent without any fraud.
The Solicitor said the case had been gone into much
more fully before Mr. Commissioner Law than before
Mr. Commissioner Fane, and, unfortunately, unless the
commissioners of the court interfered, there was no
remedy by habeas or otherwise ; and the Vice-Chancellor
Bruce had decided that the Court of Chancery could not
interfere to compel a re-hearing or revision of judgment
under this act (5 and 6 Victoria.)
The learned Commissioner said he could not take upon
himself to re-hear a case already decided by another com-
missioner; but, if the applicant would obtain an affidavit
of the fact that the case had been before Mr. Commis-
sioner Law, who was willing to let the insolvent pass,
he (the learned commissioner) would give an order for the
defendant ►o come up again, but it must be before Mr.
Commissioner Fane.

The SOLICITOR said that there was one very special
circumstance i❑ the case, and that was, that Mr. Tnr-
quand, the official-assignee, Mr. Cooke, the barrister en-
gaged in the case, and he (the applicant) all understood
that the petition was dismissed, but on the record of the
court it appeared that the case was adjourned.
Mr. TURQUAND, the official-assignee, who was present,
said his impression, was, that the petition was dismissed.
The learned COMMISSIONER said, that he could not in-
terfere in the case further than, on the affidavit being
sworn, making an order for the insolvent to be again
brought up.

The Lord Chancellor has filled up the vacant commis-
sionership in lunacy, by the appointment of Mr. W. G.
Campbell, of the Northern Circuit.

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ACCESSION TO THE BAR.—At the commencement of
last term the bar consisted of nearly 3000 individuals—the
senior of whom had been called 55 years, the junior a few
months. During the term the unprecedented number of
61 more candidates for legal distinction received their
diploma and became " barristers-at-law."
In the Court of Queen's Bench, on Saturday, an ac-
tion was tried, brought by the Duke of Brunswick against
the present proprietor of the Satirist, for a libel con-
tained in the following paragraph :—CONGENIALITY.—
The Duke of Brunswick, the papers tell us, was accom-
modated with a seat on the bench at Marylebone
Police-
office. on the examination of the alleged murderer,
Rocker. The journals do not add whether his Serenity
took a pinch of snuff with the prisoner, who, it is stated,
handed his box about in the most affable manner imagina-
ble." The Puy returned a verdict of a farthing damages.
BREACH OF PROMISE.— In the Court of Queen's
Bench, on Saturday, Miss Wright, Me daughter of a
law-stationer, sought to recover damages from Mr.
Walker, a medical student, for a breach of promise to
marry her. "1 he plaintiff stated that she first became
acquainted with the defendant about the beginning of
1842. The young lady was stated to be very accomplished
and to possess great musical abilities. Her " majestic
voice," to use his own expression, soon produced an ef-
fect on the defendant, who was also addicted to musical
purouilo la,. upp...u. °ism,. mud 1/14,111L,113 tJcliag agreea-
ble to him, his sensibility soon led him from the chords
of harmony to the chains of love. Letters were pro-
duced and read in court, which went to prove that an
offer had been made by Mr. Walker: The first began
" Dear Miss," and proceeded in a business-like way to
inquire whether her hand and heart were disengaged, and
stating that she had produced such an effect upon him as
to induce him to offer her protection through life. Up-
wards of fifty other letters were written, a large portion
of which were read in court. The only thing worthy of
notice in them was the way in which his affection seemed
to increase from letter number one to letter number fifty-
two. His first mode of address, it may be observed, was
respectful, " Dear Miss." In a short time " Dear Jane"
was substituted. Then came "My dear Jane," and ul-
timately, "My dearest Jane." The signature of the
first billet doux was merely the " name in full," till, by
various gradations, he arrived at " Your ardent lover."
The evidence for the plaintiff went to prove that Miss
Wr'ght was a young lady of " considerable personal at-
tractions," that she was highly accomplished, and that
she was governess in a ladies' school, an office which she
was in every way qualified to fill. The evidence fully
proved the case. The counsel for the defence. who in the
outset declared that no promise had been made, said af-
terwards his client had declined to marry the young lady
because he was unable to support a wife. The jury re-
turned a verdict of £2O damages and 40s. costs.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LYTHAM COURSING MEETING

A very capital meeting 'has been held during the past
week, over the grounds of T. Clifton, Esq. The cours-
ing commenced on Tuesday, and the stakes were only
run up on Friday. The hares have been plentiful, and
in excellent order for running the sport has, therefore,
been of the very first style. We subjoin a list of the
running of the up courses or. Friday :-
Ihe Great St. Leger Stakes—Xs 10s. each. Up course.
Mr. O'Grady's Oliver Twist beat Mr. Woodburn's Pel-
ter. and won the stakes.

The Greet Clifton Cup—Xs 10s. each. Up course.—
Mr. B. B. Robinson's Blue beat Mr. Williams's Lanca-
shire, and won the stakes.

The Talbot Stakes—.£s 10s. each. Up course.—Mr.
Standish's Spree beat Mr. Thomas's Tiny, and won the
stakes.

The Ribble Puppy Cup. Up course.—Mr. B. B. Ro-
binson's Sam beat Mr. R. Williams's Kate, and won the
cup.

The Fylde Cup. Up course.—Mr. King's The Baron
beat Mr. Ardern's Matchless, and won the cup.
The Lytham Stakes. Up course.—Mr. Chew's Blakely
Lass beat Mr. P. Taylor's Tearaway, and won the stakes.
The Clifton Stakes. Up course.—Mr. Ardern's Cas-
sius beat Mr. Unsworth's Unicula.

THE GREAT SKIFF RACE.—The great skiff race be-
tween Harry Clasper, of Derwenthaugh. and Pocock, of
London, for £lOO aside, came off on Tuesday, on the
Tyne. and resulted, after the boats had twice fouled, in
favour of Clasper, who won by a distance of several hun-
dred yards. From £3OOO to £4OOO changed hands on the
occasion.

THE LATE Qtyt TAM ACTIONS.—The action com-
menced by Charles H. Russell against Mr. H. Hill, to
recover £40.000, and £20,000, won on the turf, has been
stopped on the payment of costs, taxed at £lO 14s. 10d.
The above-named qui tam informer has since been cap-
tured, and lodged in Whitecross-street Gaol, for the cost
of an action brought by him against Lord G. Bentinck,
and tried at Guildford Assizes.
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EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—The long-expected match
made by Mr. Bragg, the proprietor of the North Star
Inn, at Slough, with a sporting character at Windsor, for
a considerable amount, to produce a man, within the pre-
sent year, whn would run eleven miles within an hour,
came off on Wednesday, on the turnpike-road, near the
King's Head, at Bedfont, between Staines and Hounslow.
The person who was named by Mr. Bragg to perform this
extraordinary feat was a celebrated runner named Max-
field, known as the " North Star," who in May last ac-
complished twenty miles in one hour, fifty-eight minutes,
and thirty seconds. On Wednesday the match was per-
formed over one mile of ground, in which, of course,
there were no less than ten turns. This was considered
to be rather to the disadvantage of the runner. The start
took place between three and four o'clock. The result
was that the " North Star " gallantly won the match, but
with only seventeen seconds to spare.

OPTICAL, MATHEMATICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL
INSTITUTION.—We know of no optician in our town who
devotes more anxious attention to the hill finish and
excellence of his extensive stock of instruments than Mr.
C. H. Chadburn, of Lord-street. who has himself a
large manufactory in Sheffield. The articles comprise
spectacles of the first make, and in great variety, having
the best picked and worked glass, or pebbles ; reading
glasses, telescopes, microscopes, magic lanterns, theo-
dalites, globes, sextants, and quadrants, electrical and
pneumatic apparatus, barometers, thermometers, working
models of engines, &c. &c.,—all embracing every im-
provement in principle and construction which modern
science and experience can suggest. Mr. C. also supplies
instruments by celebrated town makers, at the London
prices. We have read, with much interest, big treatise
entitled " Spectacles : their Use and Abuse," which,
together with priced catalogues of his stock, may be had,
gratis, at his establishment.