The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-04 00:00:00

THE CHASE

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet on
Tuesday. March 4, at .
Thursday, 6, at
Saturday, 8, at

Al Half-past Ten o'clock

Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on
Wednesday, March 5, at. .
Friday, 7, at .
Saturday, 8, at

At Half-past Ten o'c'ock

Sir JOHN GERARD'S HOUNDS will meet on
Rainbill Station

Thursday next, at

At Eleven o'clock.

A WEEK'S SPORTING

LIVERPOOL
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE

For months past this racy event has been " a leader "
in the conversation of the sporting circles, and as it draws
more closely, the manifestation of anxiety becomes more
prevalent ; and the spirit with which it has been filled
and accepted, has made many " whips " declare that the
affair will surpass any event of a similar character in this
part of the country. Should the weather prove favoura-
ble, which at the time we write it has every appearance of
doing, the attendance will no doubt be numerous. Ma-
chines, from the spicy whitechapel to the common drag,
are already at a premium ; and, as Sam Weller would say,
" hacks are hired." From 16 to 18 horses have already
seen the " order of the course." Amongst those at the
stables yesterday we may name—
Vanguard Peter Simple Croesus
Peter Swift Knight Templar Tom Tug
The Page Brilliant The Exquisite
Stranger The Romp Clansman
Preissnitz

The first race is the Great Han,licap Sweepstakes of
20 sous. each, with 100 sous. added; the second horse to
save his stake. The following have accepted :

st. lb j- st. lb.
Discount, aged
Vanguard (h b) aged.. 12 10 The Duenna, aged.... 11 0
Peter Simple, aged .. 11 12Consul, aged
Croesus. aged
Crocus, aged
Brenda (h b) aged ll 7 The Stranger, aged .. 10 10
Clansman (h b) aged ll 6 The Knight Templar.. 10 8
Cure-all, aged....
Boxkeeper
Ploughboy
The Exquisite, aged ll 0 Brilliant, aged 10 4
Moderidero, aged .... 11 0 Tom Tug, aged . lO 2
The Scavenger, 5 yrs .11 0 Preissnitz, aged 9 7
The next is a sweepstal e, of 10 sovs. each, with £5O
added by the Earl of Sefton; for horses that never won
more than £2OO at any cne time, for which the following
horses are entered :

Mr. Mostyn's br c Master Stepney, 3 yrs.
Sir J. Gerard's bik g Erebus, 4 yrs ....
Mr. Hesseltine's ch h Portobello

Mr. J. Scott's b c The Duke of Rutland, 3 yrs
Mr. T. Critchley's br c Cceur de Lion, 3 yrs
Mr. Smith ns blk g Sultan, aged..............
Lord Chesterfield did not name.

The Hurdle race, for a sweepstakes of £5 each, with
£2O added ; did not fill.
lhe ground for the Steeple-chase will be the same as
that of last year, and that for the following race over a
mile of flat country, thus giving a variety to the day's
doings.

WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—To-day, and again
on Thursday, the Great Waterloo Coursing Meeting
comes off over Altcar, and bids fair to maintain its high
reputation in the opinion of the sporting world. The
Waterloo Cup, value £3OO, in specie, added to a sweep-
stakes of £2O, to be run for by thirty-two dogs, from
which will be given a bonus of £l7O for the sixteen beaten
dogs in the first ties, is the first grand prize to be con-
tested. The subscribers number thirty-two. The Altcar
Stakes, for the sixteen beaten dogs, will be run on Thurs-
day, and the Waterloo Purse of £lOO, added to a sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs. each, for sixteen dogs, completes the
card at this meeting.
HOOTON STEEPLE-CHASE.—On Friday next, under
the especial patronage of Sir Wm. Massey Stanley, Bart.,
the Grand Hooton-park Steeple-chase will be run at
Stourton, over three miles of fair hunting country in the
neighbourhood of Hooton. There will be three races
during the day, which, no doubt, will form a capital wind-
up to the week's proceedings. The first is a sweepstakes
of £2O each, hf. ft., with £lOO added by Sir W. M. Stan-
lev. Bart. ; the second is a sweepstakes of £lO each, with
£5O added ; and the conditions of the third race have not
as yet transpired, though there is no doubt of a full com-
plement of subscribers.

SATURDAY'S STEEPLE-CHASE.—On Saturday will be
run a Steeple-chat,. match for £5OO a-side, over the same
course as for the Great National, at Aintree, between Mr.
W. Scott's A ericulture and Mr. J. Mason's Culverthorpe,
" owners up."

[The latest intelligence respecting these events will be
found in our sixth page.]

The iron steam-frigate which has been building at Bir-
kenhead by Mr. Laird, and is now nearly ready for
launching, is to have her name altered from " Vulcan" to
" Birkenhead," in honour of the place of her nativity.
She is of 556 horse power.

THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.—The first full-dress
concert of this year to be given by this society will take
place on Monday. the 31st instant, as announced in an-
other column. The talent engaged for the occasion is, in
American parlance, " first-rate ;" and tne whole arrange-
ments on such a scale of liberality and magnificence, as
cannot fail to give the utmost satisfaction to all who may
avail themselves of the treat.

SAVING OF THE SHIPS VALPARAISO AND ANTILLES.
—We gave some account a short time ago of these ves-
'sets having come on shore.—The Valparaiso on the 26th
January, at Formby, and the Antilles on the Ist Febru-
ary. on Madwharf,—but we were not then in possession
of information to enable us to do justice to all the parties
through whose praiseworthy exertions they were both
afterwards got off. The Antilles was taken off on the day
on which she stranded, and brought to Liverpool by the
Formby and Southport life-boats and two steamers. The
Valparaiso was brought in on the 23d February by the
united efforts of Captain Dixon, (late commander of the
vessel) and Lieut. Kellock, R.N., agent for Lloyds at
Southport. This ship and cargo were of the value of
about £400,000. The Antilles had also a valuable cargo
of copper and silver ore, and bullion from Valparaiso,
Lieut. Kellock is brother of Capt. Kellock, of the fine
ship Bentinek, built at this port, and now on the mailani
passage station between the East Indies and Suez.
ALLEGED FRAUD ON A LO SOClETY.—Yesterday,
at the Police-court, John Watson. and Sarah Watson,
his mother, were placed at the bar on a charge of obtain-
ing a loan of £4 15s from a loan society—the signature of
one of the parties to the required surety being false. The
male prisoner, it was proved, received the money, and the
surreptitious signature purported to be that of a Mrs.
Catharine O'Neil, of Warren-street, who stated that she
had not signed the document, nor authorized any one to
do so. The part! who represented Mrs. O'Neil made
her appearance in company with the prisoners, but was
not in custody. While in the bridewell the prisoners gave
up £3 Os. 6d. of the money, and the daughter of the
female afterwards brought the balance of the amount re-
ceived. Under these circumstances, and from its also
appearing that the signature of the female prisoner was a
real one, Mr. Rushton said that, though the case evidently
involved a fraud, there was not sufficient evidence to con-
vict the accu-ed, and he consequently discharged them—
advising the treasurer of the society to look for the other
woman who had personated Mrs. O'Neil.
PRAYING TO THE HOLY VIRGIN.--Yesterday, at the
Police-court, an Italian seaman, named Vincenzo Borzo,
claimed from his captain (Luke,) of the schooner Quiz,
the sum of £4 Is. as due for wages. He had embarked
at Genoa, in November, at £2 per month, arrived here on
the 19th ultimo, and alleged that, bating some advances,
the amount stated was due. It appeared by the log-book
that the applicant had left the ship without leave in the
long-boat, which, through his carelessness, was driven
upon some rocks and damaged. The captain (who had
offered to pay him £2 as a balance, which was refused,)
also stated that the man was not competent to perform
his duty as a seaman, and that whenever it blew heavily
in place of assisting to work the ship, he was in the habit
of falling on his knees and praying to the Virgin Mary.
Mr. Rushton finally decided that as the wages were but
small, the captain should pay him the sum promised, as
the leaving! the ship was !not, under the circumstances
stated, an act of desertion, and after deducting the damage
done to the boat, and the advances admitted to have been
made, that amount would be about the mark. The cap-
tain, a smart young man, instantly complied.
THE CHESTER Cup.—lt will be seen by an advertise..
ment in another column that Mr. White, of the Globe
Hotel, has again opened a sweep for the Cheater Cup.