The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

wages, in order to complete the work in land. Mr.
Cram's liabilities are reported at nearly £lOO,OOO, of
which £40,000 is owing for timber, and £lB,OOO for iron.
A lame shipping company at Liverpool are among the
having advanced £25,000 on a vessel building

creditors
for them

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 20th of August, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £4,361 Os. 4d. ; steam-boats,
£716 18s. ld. ; total, £5,078 3s. 4d. Goods, £1,444 11s. sd.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £5,805 16s. Bd. Cor-
responding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c., £4,565
12s. 7d. ; steam-boats, £956 12s. 7d. ; total, £5,552 ss. 2d.
Goods, £1,230 ss. Bd. Total. £1,230 ss. Bd. Total, includ-
ing Carnarvon traffic, £5,795 81s. 3d. ; steam-boats, £956
12s. 7d. Total, including Carnarvon f. 9,752 10s. 101
Decrease £229 16s. Id.

CAEDIFF.—As an instance of the overcrowded state of
the coal docks in the various ports of South Wales, we
may mention that at Cardiff there are at this time no less
than 15,000 tons of shipping waiting outside the dock
gates to le loaded with coal from the pits of one proprietor
only, and this exclusive of the vessels in the docks taking
in cargo. The new dock which is being built in order to
accommodate the enormously increasing traffic of the port,
is rapidly approaching to completion, but even this addi-
tional area will shortly prove inefficient. This new work
has been undertaken by the trustees of the Bute estate.
TIES NEW PUBLIC-HOUSE LA 17.—At the Birkenhead
Police-court, on Thursday, several publicans and beer-
house-keepers were summoned for infringements of the
new act regulating public-houses. Several cases were dis-
missed on various grounds, but many persons were fined.
Mr. Case, during the hearing of the cases, more than
once stated that every publican in the township had been
-supplied with an abstract of the new act of parliament,
and therefore they could not plead ignorance. The bench
were determined to carry out the new act with the great-
,est severity and rigour.

STATUE OF TIM DUKE OF W.ELLINGTON.—The inhabi-
tants of the town of Brecon are about to raise a statue of
-the late Duke of Wellington, and the site for its erection
has just been selected. It will be placed on the Bulwark,
about 50 feet from the church. The height of the statue
and pedestal will be 18 feet, the former being 8 feet and
the latter ten. John Evan Thomas, the eminent sculptor,
will be the artist, and there cannot be a doubt that the
whole will be an ornament to the town. The site chosen
isvery striking, and calculated well to show the statue to
advantage.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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LATEST BETTING.

The speculation on forthcoming events during the past
.week shows a great change in the favourites for the Don-
caster St. Leger. King Tom was laid against at 1,000 to
"5
-on Monday, and on Tuesday he was declared not to start.
Boiardo, reported to have had a very favourable trial, had
strong supporters, who, after commencing at 40 to 1 on
Monday, have backed him at all prices during the week,
2 to 1 only being obtainable about him on Friday evening.
Dervish, on the advance of his stable companion, has re-
ceded to the outside division, whilst Acrobat has many
atlmirers, who freely take 6to 1 about him. Champagne
is hors de combat, having broken down very badly in the
race for the Great Yorkshire Stakes. The Trapper, Mid-
summer, Ivan, and The Knight of St. George, are also
inquired after, and have been backed at our quotations.—
For the Leamington Stakes and the Derby there is not
mush doing. Latest prices:—

.LEAMINGTON STAKES.
9 to 1 agst Mr. T. Dawson's Amalgamation—taken.
DONCASTER. ST. LEGER.
2.t0 1 agst Lord Derby's Boiardo—taken.
6to 1 „ Lord Derby's Acrobat—taken.
6to 1 „ Mr. Payne's The Trapper—taken.
12.t0 1 „ Mr. Morris's Knight of St. George—taken.
14 to 1 „ Mr. S. Hawke's Midsummer—taken.
15-to 1 „ Lord Zetland's Ivan—taken.