The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-08-12 00:00:00

LATEST BETTING.

St. Leger.-7 to 4 against Hernandez (tk) ;9to 1 against
Hothorpe (tk) ; 12 to I against Newminster (tk); 12 to 1 against
Aphodite ; 20 to 1 against First Fruits; 5 to 1 against John
Day's lot; 20 to 1 against Prime Minister.
Ebor Handicap.-7 to 1 against Haricot (tk); Sto 1 against
Nancy (tk); 10 to 1 against Knook Knoll; IO to 1 against
Officious.

Great Yorkshire Stakes.-7 to 4 against Nancy (tk); 7to 2
against Neasbam (tk); 4 to 1 against Marlborough Buck;
6 to I against Ariosto ; 8 to 1 against Newminster.
Cesarewitch Stakes.-500 to 10 against Confidence (tk);
500 to 10 against Nancy (tk); 50 to 1 against Clarissa (tk).
Cambridgeshire Stakes.-1000 to 20 against Nancy (tk);.
1000 to 15 against Gawforth (tk); 1000 to 15 against Bordeaux
(tk); 1003 to 15 against Woodlark (tk); 1000 to 15 against
Italian (tk); 1000 to 15 against Officious (tk); 1000 to 15 against
Vancouver (tk).
The Derby. 1852.-10 to 1 against Hobby Nobble (tk); 20 to 1
against Claverhouse (tk); 40 to 1 against Treasurer.

Idas has been sold to Thomas Campion. Esq , for 500 guineas.
Mr. Foster purchased Cheerful for 200 guineas, after win-
ning the Town Plate, at Brighton.
Mr. S. Darling has purchased Mr. Elwall's filly by Slave, out
of Pelerine, for 155 sovs.
The first draft of Colonel Peel's race-horses will be brought
to the hammer on Monday next.
The owner of Jackey has not yet closed with the offer of the
owner of Little Mary. to make a new match for 250 sous.
Mr. Martinson has refused the value for Goodwood Cup. won
by Nancy, of whom he declares he is the sole proprietor.
The Ebor has been sent to T. Dawson's Middleham, to be
trained for his future engagements.
The Earl of Zetland and Gerard Sturt, Esq., have accepted
the office of stewards of Goodwood races for 1852.

The Cesarewitch Stakes closed with 152 subscribers, and the
Cambridgeshire with 147.
A match has been made for 500 sovs. between Lord Water-
ford's Duc-an-Dhurras and Mr. Bryan's Blucher, to be run at
Eglinton-park Races; to carry 14 stone each.
The horses in training by Mr. John Scott have been removed
from Whitewall Corner, !Walton, to Pigburn, at which place
they arrived on Wednesday last.
Lord Eglinton has sold his three-year-old colt, Juggernaut,
by Lanercost, out of Idolatry. He has left Middleham, and
joined Mr. J. I'Anson's stable, at Malton, where he will be
trained for his future engagements. The price has not trans-
pired.
Oxford Blue, whose career upon the English turf this year
has been very successful (having won, amongst others, one of
the cups at the late Manchester meeting), has been purchased
by Mr. Thomas Hurst, of Chantilly, for the Boulogne, Dieppe,
and other races in France, open to English horses.
The Marquis of Waterford, being dissatisfied with the way in
which H. Robertson rode Duc-an-Dhurras for the Grand
Stand Plate, at Brighton, immed'ately dismissed him ; in con-
sequence of which Robertf I'Anson, his lordship's trainer, has
resigned his place. Richard Prince succeeds l'Anson.
TROTTINGI.—Three sweepstakes are advertised to come off
over the Liverpool race-course on the 4th September next.
The first race is of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. with 100 added, open to
the world; the second of 5 toys. each, with 60 added, for
Britisn bred horses only; and the third of 5 soya, each, with
40 added, also confined to English horses.
CRICKET.—A match between Liverpool v. Manchester was
played at Liverpool on Wednesday and Thursday last, and
terminated in favour of our fellow townsmen by eight wickets.
—lt is likely that a match between Liverpool- (with two
players) and Manchester Club and ground will be played next
month.

MANES'S ARDUOUS PEDESTRIAN FEAT AT SITE-FIELD.—
This persevering man is still proceeding with his task of walk-
ing 1,750 miles over the ground attached to the Barrack
'Tavern. Sheffield. He finished up to 10 o'clock last Friday
night, 356 out of the 1,000 miles, or 1,106 of the great total of
1,750 which he bad undertaken to perform. His present rate
of speed when most vigorous is 10 min. 30 sec. up to 12 min.
per mile; and in the night from 16 min. up to 19 min. 30 sec.
Since Saturday last, the increased heat of the weather has
caused his feet to blister afresh; but, beyond that, he remains
in excellent condition for going through his stupendous task.
His appetite remains pretty good; he has had a slight head-
ache at times, but it soon leaves him ; he sleeps tolerably well
during the period fixed for rest, and is roused with much less
trouble than before, proceeding cheerfully on his rounds.
His medical attendant reports more favourably of his general
health ; his pulse averages 92. The public have been assured
that the moment there appears real danger (if such should
show itself), Manks's attendants would be the first to require
him to resign the struggle ; but any such contingency appears
to him highly improbable, and he is daily ruminating on pro-
jects far greater even than that he is now accomplishing.

THE EXHIBITION AND CHEAP TRIPS.—WO understand
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company's trains,
leaving the Exchange, Manchester, and other stations,
carry passengers to meet the trains of the Great Northern
Railway Company, which company is carrying passengers
from Leeds, Bradford, and Wakefield, &c., to London
and back for five shillings !! ! This is certainly the age
for cheap travelling, when you can go from hence to Lon-
don and back, hi such a roundabout way, for about 155.,
without limit to time.

EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE.—A most extraordi-
nary circumstance connected with the accidental death of
a fisherman named Brat occurred at Plymouth on Friday
week. He was the master of a trawling sloop, and on the
day in question was out in his vessel fishing, when he fell
overboard and was drowned. About four hours after-
wards his son, who was mate of another trawler, and who
had not heard of the accident, was hauling up his trawl,
which appeared to be unusually heavy. After some diffi-
culty, however, the trawl was hove on to the vessel, and
within it was discovered, to the consternation and dis-
may of all parties on board, the body of the mate's father.
ENGLISH SWlNDLERS.—Extraordinary interest has
been excited in the English circles at Pan by the trial, a
few days ago, of an English married couple on the charge
of swindling. The husband represented himself to be son
of a colonel in the English army, and of a Neapolitan
princess ; the wife took the title of lady, and represented
herself to be the daughter of an English general. Both
pretended to be allied to the familes of the Dukes of Nor-
folk, Leinster, and Devonshire. On the 13th of February
last they arrived in a postchaise at the Hotel de France,
accompanied by several servants, and they lived in the
style of persons of the highest rank. They ran up a bill
of 6,000 f., and as the landlord declined to give credit for
snore, they took a chateau, which they caused to be fitted
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up in a costly way. They paid 2,500 f. on account of the
rent; but ran deep into debt with butcher, tailor, dress-
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to give evidence, stated that her husband had paid 50,000 f.
to release them from the debtors' prison at Cologne. She,
however, added, that she believed that they were what
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200 f. fine. On hearing the sentence the woman uttered a
piercing shriek and fainted in her husband's arms. He,
with apparently great affection, paid her every attention.
and she soon recovered. They were then removed to
prison.