The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.-FRIDAY.

The GRAND JUNCTION STAKES, of 200 sovs each. g subs-
Colonel Anson's ch f Buzz. by Muley M010ch.... tßutler) I
Mr. Mostyn's br c Brunel, by Velocipede
Lord Stanley's c f Ambition
Won in a canter, by two lengths.
The AINTREE STAKES. of 5 sovs each, with 40 added. The se'
cond to receive 10 sovs from the stakes
Mr. Owen's b c Joe Raphael, 3 year;
M r. Skerratt's ch c Tottenham, 2 yrs
M r. C. Peck's g f Alice Grey. 2 yrs
A good race, won by half a head.
The SEPTONI PLATE, of 40 sovs, added to a Sweepstake of 5 500
each.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m by Bay Middleton, 5 yrs.. 5 0 1 1
Mr. F. R. Price's gr M Valeutia, 5 yrs 6 1 2 2
Won easily.
The Wir4n-or. STAKES, of 1 soy each, with a Piece of Plate
added.
Mr. H. 0. Richarlson's b m Cerito
Mr. Shephard's br m Madame Vestris

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Robin Adair, the celebrated steeple chaser, was sold °tt
Doncaster during the race week by Mess's. latter:3s"
for 200 guineas.
ST.LEGER SWEEPS.—The fortunate holders of the 61'1
a'nl second horses in some lotteries drawn at great
hotel" in Covent-garden, have been placed in an unpleaFons
fix by the refusal of the landlord to pay over the prig
(beween 1,0001. and 2,0001.), on the plea that qui 10"".fit.
actions have been commenced against him ! The wormer
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some of whom hedged to their draws, and have no exeus;
for withholding payment, attribute other reasons for
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non-payment of the money, and threaten exposure. ,e
FOIL-A-BALI.A.GH.—Foig-a-halligh, the winner of
St. Leger, was bred by Robert Knox, Esq , of CurraVr:
Kildare, and sold by that gentleman to his present owneja
Mr. Irwin, of the county of Roscommon, Ireland, „.
July, 1812, along with Mickey Free and six other herle';
the price for the lot being £2OOO. He is altogetbefo
horse of great power, and, except in colour, very like lib
half-brother, Coronation : he has plenty of eourag",
fine temper. He is entered in the Grand Duke Mich°
Cesarewitch, and Cambridgeshire Stakes.

FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER.
(From the " London and Paris Ladies' 261rogazine
Fashion.") and
As the season advances, again are satins, whets, 00
all the richer materials in demand ; the new oncs are soot
brilliant in colour, displaying the prismatic tints jao,
their beauty. Bishop's purple, emerald green, br°,4o'
and gorge de colibri are the most in favour; velvet° ,111
broidered in gold, Algeriennes, Smyrna satins, and eq,u;ile
magnificent materials are talked of for dress ; e
velours, of extreme delicacy, hut soft as lace, are trowdti
every colour; the releau de Venice with ground of got/
or silver thread, and flowers of chenille, with bye' po'
gimp, are all used to ornament dresses; -t bot.`:",ple
ribbon, and narrow velvet are in favour for a wore 141'the
toilette, for which redingotes are universady wor" the
corsages are long, almost always busquer and very
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but not laced with chemisette a la vierge ; the sleeve:0010
bonne seeur, are reduced in size ; redingotes a l'Awa_.'defe
are ornamented with chicore'es, or gimp by, inthes,ol_,,es,
telle zephir. For evening dresses, clear muslin tarla7ioo'
bareges, and crape, and crr,pes embroidered, are dr 0'644;
able, with corsages la Grecre, or pelerines afeitt•
young ladies adopt the corsage a la vierye, with chetAtgoso
Deep flounces are indispensible for bareges, they " e
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used for muslin feslorine's, or edged with a lace, oc
deep tucks divided b embroidery. turtle°
Paletois are now quit necessary for travelling ees at'j
and arc often made of cachemire sliuhtly waddetorin
finished with a cordeliere ; large shawls are also
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rounded at the button', with hood and sleeves. aGa
Bonnets are but Ittle ornamented at this 5.05%;
the form is small at the sides : the winter bootie" ra
paration are of a more open form ; a new capote. o
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capote Hortense, is pretty, made of pink satin filo' will;
it
with black lace, forming veil, at the sides the ired
composed el coques of black vet, et ribbon striO tde
pink, forming demi.couornize, terminating at th,es,,
neeued ; it is also lined with pink satin. Velours
and velours e'pingli are materials now suitable.