The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

WORK FOR PARLIAMENT.

The following is a list of intended applications to par-
liament next session, the plans and specifications for
which have been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace,
at Preston :-
1.--st. Helens Railway and Sankey Canal.
2.—Blackburn and Preston Railway, proposed alterations and
extensions.
3.—Blackburn Waterworks.
4.—,alford Waterworks.
s.—Liverpool and Preston Railway. •
6.—Preston and Wyre Railway, Lytham Branch.
7.—Preston and Wyre Railway. Blackpool Branch.
B.—Manchester South Juncti n to Altrincham Railway.
9.—Heaton Norris and Ashton Branch of Manchester and
Birmingham Railway.
u,.—Macclesfield Extension of same.
11.—Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.
12.-111137t0n Branch Grand Junction.
13.—Extensions of Stations Liverpool and Manchester Rill.
way.

lc —North Tunnelling of same.
15.—Parkside Branch of same.
16 —Patticroft and Clifton Branch of same.
17.—Rainford and Liverpool Branch of same.
18.—Newton and Ardwick Branch, Ashton, Stalybridge, and
Liverpool Junction.
Ig.—Guide Bridge Junction of same.
20.—Oldham Branch Extension, Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way.

21.—Heywood Branch Extension to Bury of same.
22.—Southport and Enxton Railway.
23.—Ribble Branch Railway, North Union and Ribble Navi-
gation.

24.—Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway
at Kirkheati n, called Cooper Bridge.
23.—Blackburn. Varwen, and Bolton Railway.
26.—Mosley and Stalybridge Waterworks.
27.—801t0n, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway, Leeds and Brad-
rd Extension.
28 —Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chester Railway.
2g.—Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension.
so.— Heywood Branch, Ma chester, Bury, and Rochdale
Railway. _ _

31.—branch from the St. Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway,
in Sutton to Rufford.

32.—Heywood Waterworks.
33.—Heywood Waterworks (Spotland).
34.—Whitehaven and Furness Railway.

Below we give a copy of the tit!es of the several plans
deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the
West-Riding of Yorkshire :
I.—Barnsley Junction Railway.
2. Brayton to Goole—York and North Midland, Branch of.
3.—Church Fenton to Harrogate—York .and North Midland,
Branch of.
4.—Di ect Northern Railway.
s.—Goole. Doncaster, and Sheffield and Manchester Junction.
6.—Goole and Snaith
7. Harrogate and Ripon Junction.
B.—H uddersfield and Manchester Railway and Branch.
Gt.—Huddersfield and sticateld Junction and Branch.
10.—Huddersfie d Waterworks.
11.—Leeds and Bradford Railway Extension.
12.—Leeds and Th,r,k.
14.—Leeds. Dewsbury. and Manchester Junction.
15.—Leeds and West-Riding Junction.
16.—Lincoln, York, and Leeds, Direct and Independent.
17.—Londnn and York.
18.—Manchester and Leeds Burnley Branch.
lg.—Manchester. Sheffield, and Midland Junction.
20.—Midland Railwa Branches and Station Enlargement.
21.—Darfield to Worsborough.
22.—Darfield to Elsecar.
23.—Chevet ti Ho, bury.
24 —Oakenshaw to Wakefield.
25 —Ambergate to Crich.
26.—Rotherhr.m. Bawtry, and Gainshorough Junction.
27.—She eld and Rotherham Junction Branch, and Station
Enlargement.
28. Sheffield Waterworks.
29.—Shipley-lane. head and Barnsley Turnpike-road.
3 t.—South Milford to Doncaster, Ycrk and North Midland
Branch.
31.—Swindon and Lincoln.
32.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole.
33.—West Yorkshire.
34._-.lartchester. Barnsley. and Go, le.—Received Dec. 1.
55.—Sheffinld and Lincolnshire Junction.—Received Dec. 3.

THE COURT 4 FASHIONABLE WORLD.

It is uncertain whether her Mjesty will visit "the
Duke " at Stratfieldsaye before or alter Christmas.

The royal family have taken their accustomed prome-
nades and drives at Windsor during the past week. On
Saturday, her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe Cohur4, and the rest of the royal
circle left the castle fur Claremont, where they will re-
main after the funeral of the Princess Sophia,
which is to take place this night.

Her Majesty his signified her intention of honouring by
an early visit his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, at his
princely mansion of Stowe, in Buckinghamshire.
The Duke of Wellington does not intend to leave
Apsley House for Stratlifieldsaye until a few days before
the noble and gallant duke is honoured with the company
of her M..jesty and her Royal Consort.

The Marquis of Salisbury has been entertaining, this
week, at Hatfield House, th. Marquis of Douro, the Earl
of Ellenb,rough, Viscount Ossul&ton, Viscount and Vis-
countess Malcolm. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor,
the Hon. Capt. Percy, and a distinguished party.

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BENEVOLENCE OF HER MaJEATY.—One hundred and
eighty pairs of excellent blankets, the gift of the Queen,
will be distributed amongst that number of poor families
of Windsor at Christmas. A Iftetal supply of meat,
beNtd, and plum pudding will also be given away to the
poor of the town, at the time.

PRINCE ALBERT'S PRIZE Ox.—This extraordinary ox.
which vras purchased for his royal highne'ss in Scotland,
in the autumn of last year, is now of the estimated weight
of upwards of 200 stone, and finely proportioned withal.
Its girth is ten feet six inches, and it stands upwards of
seventeen bands high. It has been ted on grass, oil-cake,
and clover, and is now in excellent health.

SPO RTING I N TEL LIGENCE.

TATTERSA LL'S, Ti URSDAY.

--The Derby herttnz,-withour ,ring at alt heavy, wan nt
least as lively as it usually is at this period ; the chief out-
lay was on ldas, who was b.icked tor about £3OO ; about
half that sum was put on Young Eclipse, and a smaller
amount on Pam—the odds in each 22 to 1. Anti-Re-
pealer was backed at 25 to 1, for £6O or £7O. the taker
willing to goon; Connaught Ranger for £6O, at 40 ti 1 ;
Miss Wh!p colt at £2,000 to £45; and two other outsi-
ders for small sums. The odds against Alarm and the
Cobweb colt are nominal.

LATEST PRICES.
CHESTER CUP (name or not.)
400 to 10 was laid agst Foig-a-ballagh.
1800 15 agst The Dean.
500 10 agst each of the following in ole bet :—Ratan,
Alice Hawthorn, Foig-a-Ballagh, Exrem-
pore. Croton Oil, Pastoral, Agricdlturfst, c.
by Gladiator, dam by Capticum, Morpeth,
and Portobello
DERBY.

15 to 1 agst Forth's lot.
11 1 Mr. Greville's Alarm.
17 1 Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt.
18 to 1 Colonel AMSOWS Kedger (taken.)
22 to 1 Lord Stradbroke's Ides (taken freely)
22 to 1 Lord Chesterfield's Pam (t iken)
23 to 1 Mr. Jacque's Anti-Repealer (take 25 to 1.)
30 to 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Rebecca colt.
40 to 1 Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger (taken.)
45 to 1 Lord Giusgow's Miss Whip colt (taken.)
50 to 1 Mr. Forth's Lady Berner's colt (taken)
66 to 1 Mr. St. Paul's c. out of Calypso's dam (t.)
1000 even between Anti-Repealer and Idas.
1000 even between Young Eclipse and Idas.
1000 to 10 agst Cobweb colt winning the 2,000 Guinea
Stakes and Derby, and Lancashire Witch the Oaks. •

THE LATE MR. CROCKFORWS ACCOUNT.
We are desired to state that the guarantee required by
the Jockey Clab will be forthcoming on Monday next, and
that the gentleman giving it will be prepared on the fol-
lowing Monday to settle the account.