The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDer,

The business transacted here to-day was very limited..
For the Leamington Stakes the only horses backed were,
Baalbec, Haco, and Lurley. Boiardo, Trapper, and Han-
nibal, were each backed for trifling amounts for the St.
Leger. The transactions on the Cesarewitch or Derby
have been on a limited Beale. Latest prices :

4 LEAMINGTON STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Mr. F. Knowles's Baalbee—taken.
Bto 1 „ Mr. Barrett's Haco—taken.
Mr. Cook ns. Lurley—taken.
Captain Little ns. Pantomime—taken.
Baron Rothschild's Hungerford—taken.
Mr. Rowdon ns. Kidnapper—taken.
Mr. Greville's Scarecrow—taken.
Mr. Moseley's Bourton—taken.

10 to 1
10 to 1
12 to 1
15 to 1
20 to 1

20 to 1

DONCASTER ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo—taken.
6to 1 „ Mr. Payne 's The Trapper—taken.
Bto 1 „ Lord Derby's Acrobat—taken.
12 to 1 „ Mr. S. Hawke's Midsummer—taken-
-14 to 1 „ Mr. Morris's Knight of St. George—taken.
16 to 1 „ Lord Zetland's Ivan—taken.
30 to 1 „ Mr. Atkinson's Hannibal—taken.

CESIREWITCII STASES.
30 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Muscovite—taken.
100 to 3 „ Mr. Howard's Balrownie—taken.
100 to 3 „ Lord Clifden's Poodle—taken.
100 to 3 „ Mr. Montague's Burlington—taken.
100 to 3 „ Mr. Howard's The Star of Surrey—taken..
40 to 1. „ Mr. Barber's Cobnut—taken.
50 to 1 „ Mr. Parker's Joe Miller—taken.
50 to 1 „ Mr. A. Johnstone's Babel—taken.

THE DERBY,

10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grfeculus Esmiens—taken-
-20 to 1 „ Mr. Bowes's Bonnie Morn—taken.

named his filly by Orlando out of

Mr. Fenning has
Flight, Flyaway.
The three year old colt by Fitzallen, out of Miss Burns's-
dam, has been named Mortimer.
Mr. Barber's Goorkah, 4 yrs, the winner of the Liver-
pool July Cup, in 1853, has broken down,
The horses until lately trained by J. Godding, at Mei/
are now under the care of 3l`Caw, at one time private
trainer to Lord. Eurgan.
The Carlisle Stakes, for which Risk came in first, has
been awarded. to Brother to British Farmer ; the bets to
go to Risk. Risk had not paid his stakes before starting.
It was rumoured in the betting circles in London, dur-
ing last week, that Mr. R. E. Cooper's Autocrat, so long-
first favourite for the last Derby, has been made " quite
sound," through Mr. Maier's treatment, and that his ap-
pearance at Doncaster, for the St. Leger, is almost
certainty.

Sam. Chifney, the well-known jockey, one of the most
renowned of the present century, died on the 29th ult., at
Brighton, in the 68th year of his age. During his career,
in addition to a long list of other victories, he won the:
Derby twice, on Sam and Sailor, and the Oaks five times,
on Briseis, Sorcery, Landscape, Shoveller, and Wings ; he
never won the St. Leger. His last public " mount" was
on Bloomsbury, for the Cesarewitch, in 1849, when he
was defeated by his old opponent, Robinson, on Clarion7e
by a neck.

Sir Tatton Sykes's yearlings, by Pyrrhus the rust
were sold, at York, by Messrs. Tattersall, on Friday.
week, and realised the following prices :—Ch c, dam by
Hampton, 125 gs. ;ch c, out of Sister to Bay Momus, VS=
gs.; b c, dam by Bay Middleton 100 gs. ; be, dam by
Sleight of Hand or Dormouse, 100 gs. ; gr c, dam by
Stumps, 100 gs. ; ch c out of Hamptonia, 80 gs. > ch
dam by Hampton, 80 gs. ; and ch c, dam by Sleight of
Hand, 61 gs.
Thkreights for the Cesarewiteli and Cambridgeshire
were published on Tuesday last, and are spoken of
in
anything but flattering terms, the extromest possible
heavy weights being placed upon some of the horses,
whilst others are in reality " turned loose." In the Ce—
sarewitch Stakes, Rataplan, Kingston, Virago, Andover.
Little Harry, Nabob, Little David, Defiance, King Ton?,
&c., have had such crushing weighti awarded them as is
sure to preclude the possibility of their taking any par&
in the contest ; and the handicapper has been particularlY
lenient in affixing the burdens of Muscovite, Balrownie„
Grapeshot, Joe Miller, Cobnut, Epaminondas, Exact,
Jacqueline, Ptolemy, Calamus, Poodle, &c. The. bpdica. p
for the Cambridgeshire also exhibits many glaring tu—
milts awarded to the
equalities, especially in the high
An over, Nabob, c., and the
King of Trumps, Virago,
manner in which Helena, PeliOn, Heroine, Helmet, sortie.
&c., have had their burdens adjusted.

Exxixstvz FORGERIES.—On Saturday, in the London
Bankruptcy Court, a meeting was held for the appointment
of trade assignees under the bankruptcy of William Ivory;
of Norwich, wholesale grocer, who absconded s short time
since, after having committed forgeries to the amount o£
£7,000 upon the Norwich Bank of Sir R. J. Harvey, Ma—
sao, and Co. The total amount of the bankrupt's liabili—
ties Exceed £12,000, and his assets consist of book debts
about £33700, and property SViZO 11 the pacrogpaer
.