The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-04 00:00:00

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honsion. On recovering from the ►lock he watx.,
two men to a houso near the top of the raee-eonrs
we are glad to learn, that being a " tough 'on,"
shortly exclaim as regards the field, '
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Richard is him

_ne last race having concluded shortly before dark, nearly
all the parties on the ground started off in a body, to return
townwards with all possible speed ; and though we have seen
a greater assemblage, we never witnessed a more perplexing,
or_ we may nrld_ rtAncrernus " helter-skelter" on the road.

" and

The general feeling appeared to be " home, home,
" sauve qui peul." A vast number of vehicles were in wait-
ing behind the Grand Stand, and in the highway above it.
Those who could afford it, and affected riding, got " births"
as soon as they could. Others hurried on on foot ; and the
road, for probably two miles in length. became not only
thronged, but frequently jammed up, with coaches, cars,
omnibusses, gigs, spring-carts, common carts, and every
species of wheeled conveyance,—besides a continued stream
of pedestrians, and many dashing blades on horseback. To
those on foot the peril was frequent and great; and numerous
were the " hair-breadth 'scapes" from serious, if not fatal,
contact. Happily, however, all was good-humour, and a
desire for mutual accommodation under the circumstances ;
and we have not heard of any fatal accident, though, as might
be expected, some " hard knocks" were sustained. Most of
the public vehicles were much crowded, as well as the carts
and shandreys ; and there were several breaks-down, gene-
rally, however, with results rather of a ludicrous than a
serious nature ; and in an hour or two the town, at the Scot-
land-road end, which was all bustle and commotion, was
restored to its accustomed quiet and " propriety."

On the groupd, we noticed the following amongst the com-
pany :—Earl of Sefton, Earl
,and Countess of Eglington,
Marquis of Clanricarde, Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Maid-
stone, Lord Macdonald, Colonel Anson, Sir W. M. Stanley,
Sir. R. Brooke, Capt. Stanley, Col. Hornby, Lord Strad-
broke, Capt. Peel, Hon. M. Villiers, Sir D. Baird, Capt.
Gerard, Messrs. Crockford, B. Lloyd, E. G. Hornby, W.
H. Hornby, Elmore, Collett, Robinson, Moore, W. H.
Johnstone, Ireland Blackburne, A. Graham, Bradley, A.
L. Goodman, Anderson, Errington, Davy, John Stanley,
Gordon ; Hon. F. Craven, and most of the leading gentry
of the town and neighbourhood.
The booths seemed well attended, the eatables and drink-
ables being in great request. On the grand stand there were
a few ladies. The whole of the arrangements were under the
management of Mr. Lynn, whose indefatigability and po-
liteness were shewtt in every instance.

THE ALTCAR COURSING MEETING

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marged 482 and 4133, containing upwards of 100 gallons
each, were picked up a few days ago off St. Agnes, Corner
by Captain James Brent, of the Speedwell, on her voyage
from Fowey to Swansea. The brandy has since been landed
at Swansea, and deposited in the Custom-house warehouse.

" FREE TRADE AND NO MONOPOLY."—It is stated, in
circles likely to possess correct information, that Mr. Alder-
man Brooks, of Manchester, the man who first introduced
the " cheap and nasty" salt beef into England from America,
as food good enough for an English labourer, has £300,000
of cotton goods lying in Germany and other countries with-
out a single market for a piece. We mention this with the
view of showing the imprudence of merchants and manufac-
turers sending ,none goods to distant markets than the
foreigners can either buy or use. South America is so
glutted with Brittish manufactures that there is no room in
the market for any new importation, and then they bawl out
for a repeal of the corn laws as a cure for their imprudent
speculations. It is supposed that the Brazilians owe us
£10,000,000 of money. The British colonies are in the
same state, and, unless we can persuade the inhabitants o.
New South Wales, New Zealand, &c., to purchase clothe(
and stock amounting to £2OO for every individual, it is use-
less sending any more goods to Australia. Thus ruinously
have our Manchester merchants been speculating abroad,
and telling the world that the failure of their speculations
has been caused by the existence of the coin laws!—Stock-
port Advertiser.