Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-24 00:00:00

IS. !, but neat only rdon THE MARKETS, &c. The love light from wkose eyes, Was mill as mellow moon be..ms, From Oriental rktes. ►as ad he Ferb3 make grass, And ;rut m ik,s hay, 'LD CHRISTMAS, AGAIN. IV4lconae, Old Christmas, o nce aga i n ! Th a t f ace , alth oug h tall of wrinkles, and hearing evident marks of the plough. .share of thy elder brother, e Ti me ," i s s till welcom e ! W e li ke that o ld f ace, a l t h oug h the eye be not so l aughing, or tee Emili e se gay, as in days of yore; yet, once again, we benison be on thee, Old Christmas ! Over thy 444 - - tuark, none can step with impunity ; for the moment We prepare to pass thy bounds, necromantic memory titttches, ns by the throat, crying aloud —" stop, and 'member " How many good resolutions had you mad e ` 415 time last year, and how many have you truly kept 44 performed? You start, do you? Well, indeed, it is 1)111 Y a pang, and like the flesh of forked-lightening, passes -1,14 leaves it nothing behind ? How many old years hest 1110 a seen depart? and how many new ones hast- thou We lecitned in ? and art thou all the better for the lessons a_ light by those silent but sure monitors ? Put thy hand 4 : 1 _ 1 thy heart, and tell me truly are thou one whit improved "Itt this day twelve months ? Thou art twelve moons tle arer to that bourne from whence no traveller returns, ,t ll4 what preparation hast thou made for thy journey ? 'here is a season and a timo for all things ; hast thou Iltsfited by taking alvantage of these? How many Illleerful hearths hast thou not contributed to enlighten -414 ask yourself Where are your friends, your playmates, 1114 kindred? How many will answer this with a sigh, s ad bow many eyes will be filled with tears, as the words, . 'last Christmas," involuntarily escapes the lips ? How 1 :. 4 . 1 , 1 : 1 _ 1 7 vacant places—where some loved one used to sit— "l be found about our hearths. And wh"n we remember all Thn words of love then spoken— Th- eye. that ?bone, Vow don'ed and rens, The cheo haute now broken. 4 nd - yet, after all, old Christmas, we love thee We are Ilot Of the Latrant or Cynic school—no " dog in the finger'' for us—if we cannot participate to the fullest :teat in the enjoyment, such as the world paSsing on -IPlrd affords us, why we like to see others able to do so. 011 ectivelynorindividually man was not made for self,and . t We could find out any man whcw heart beats not respon 41te to the Jehovah salutation of a " happy Christmas," it e should at once jump from the sublimity of fEolian t e try to plain sympathising prose, and catch the rascal t Y the th.roat, crying out !‘ Xou Sepoy I '' And yet itt 'l're moons have only circled this earth (query, is the e arth really round?) since we met—three hundred and a 7 t Y - fivediurnals—and yet in that brief span in the order 1 7 Urge, how many laughing face*. and bright eyes, and (111 3 - cheeks, and faultless forms, and buoyant steps, have tid ed away from arnongit ? How many households ,s, ;ss the pet and pride of the family," in the everlasting 'acne° of th it beautiful girl, bursting like a flower into .4 and life— i l tl lorr many a " brave boy," the stay of an aged mother . 4 the pro u d us u rper, De a th, laid lo w , w ith ou t th e a id t l r svP it'd or pestilence, -inte last W. greeted Old Christ= ; 4 ? Wo fain would be on a merry rather than a lancholy train of thinking, because if our valued and t eae rated friend "Christmas' brings his sorrows, yet we r ot the joys that accompany him will prepond er at e h eZ. °Pposite scale, to sur.:ll an extent, that the balance " 911 he all in favour of the purchaser. 1) ?ell, if we have lost dear and beloved faces, there is we c onsolation, that others have sprungup, for v_oo may break, ,0 , 1 may scatter, the ve t e as ynn will, I , t the scent of the rOses will hang round it stilt l although one blossom fades to-day, to-morrow new buds appear, and, in d ue t i me, 4t 6 ,May look to these for flowers also. Christ -41 is, after all, a happy time—if we could only s ee 8 It. The misfortune is, though, we never can see anythin g i ts proper light and true bearings—that's certain - . :PP°se we co u ld li ve so me two or threo hundred y ears , t i c-414 we, by any possible effort, enjoy life more than we a t Present knowing you must die some time or other ? :lila this broad coestion to the reader, young and old tlla s t " You not seen mil enjoyed some pleasant Christ ou v a " ,„ 7 - 4e 1 " ? " To be sure you have : very:well. then : don't ""', If you live, that some Christmas to come may 0 " , quite so happy T. But that?e no reason I should late to die now. We never saidi.it was. Then don't be 11 4 411 g on with your dolesome sort 'of talk in this way, f or 4if t-You know, as well as I do, that TiTe flies fast. the poet sings, Then surely it is wise, In ro,y wine to steep Ws wings, And Tr 6 °P there. We had jest coruo; to the culminating point *. 'a You took up that simile about old time and rosy 4; 4 ; and so let tn walk back, linked together, to the liPitable mansion of Old Christmas, who only GiV3Il " a b•cw out" once a year, But when he does, he gives him good cheer. a large mansion hath our good old relation ? How I t 44 h l ful hia domain (the grasping lawyers call the last o de4zesnc) is laid out ; the branches of his oak, with hundred arms so strong," stretch far and wide ; 41; gardens are replete with everything good for,food, Plea3aut to look upon ; his forests are great, for I °I I ill beholding Trees, tall tape'ing troes, Thy fcrros I love to :zee, t ,er lathed by the tempest, GE f,,n'd by tLe bre,zo, ou'ie beautiful thiogs t) ma th; art thou sociable, indeed; now art thou coming to '%til---this is Eomettling like old Christmas, f or utbo 4Bh hialtrees are leafless, there is a good nat ure d 44 4 r ecognizable about them that says, as plain as Nk i ja g trees can say, WELCOME! Welcome, then, N h , old, good-natured, benevolent, hospitabl e , and - " Ur al Christmas ; and when other men and oth er th 4:" salute thee, may thy shadow never be less, and may th or "a rld be at peace—may plenty prevail, and enlight freedom govern the land, and our ships govern the ttt' t ill tranquil commerce. hi t 4i ug done this bit of poet-astering, we think it right ItinY a little task of prose-astering ; but we fear w; tik t r lot gr.t on so well in th a t li ne as th e f ormer , f or i t is % e asier to couple "love " and " dove, or to write a tl', 4t to tho black eye-brow of Nancy Malone, or a suit 4(1 2 4014 1e —a ready made suit we mean—than to apes * prize ox, a couple of South Down sheep, a tik tit il Pound capon, or a gorgon turkey 1 f a t por k p i gs, 44‘ ti des of beef, well fe /calves (too many of th em we t4:4 tnoustre South ,Downs, with a variety of other 'II "' such as— rabbit. and Hares, ‘1. 4 And Pheasants in pair?, 14141enlated to produce an; idea rather than that of top the muses—these arc stern realities ; but so 1 11.1 t - " 4 c lass poetry become in the save of dairy produce, I ty.._ ll m celebrated feeler o; pigs, in Wiltshire, has made ve Ntt tQtnpqng offers to the present writer (unier .. a h tlnc ePtlon that he was the greasy laurate) to eulogise 4 14: 141 % and his knuckles, and his sid..s, aad, above all, ~tj/-. and other pr o d uc ti ons o f his stye. But the 4 1 5 :1% feeling that h e h a d not &imbed high enouth up l'et -4 t Par nassas f or th e accompl i shment of t h e tas k , was bl 4 tly obliged to refuse the golden bait by telling that • And cow- eat it up, " Aft o . A nd it'L butter next day ! "qt all, and notwithstanding the crisis—we know a 1 / 4 t t iZ , word for ‘• crises," far , an , away hotter than f or e.ratn"is for ‘• t e le,raph, —but 1 as we are not paid 1, 0, 4 4 ! We shall, fo r th e presen t, re serve if, until some floe t he t . llll B we will ast on i sh the Norl d — th a t we w ill— w ith ‘ `t• 4llbB titute. But, as we were just Paying, for all . the 111 1: R4tIl e 8 s "—and it must b e con f esse d that the wri er, , I)t,p.le e the run "on the banks, has frequently ex tp %srieed a sort of hand-cut Ting sensation about his e , t hi. % r - a Pockets that almost ind uce d him. on t wo or B Peetal oc cas ions, to imitate " better rime —that is, tk i , Bl4 l 3 osed to possess more money than he does—and l ab 11 : 414 Cash p a y men t s ;" but he is partic u ' ar l y happy 14%11 ' N:that his milk bill has been liquid-Wed, and that, the:teller has been fully satisfied with 193 and 1111 in I ‘ ll cl 4: 1141 . He was about saving that people must eat d and whether they can consume more food and 4 40 ; abou t th e close of the year than at other periods e"~rAtaini but it is very certain that more is provided 4bliocorepetition, not . to mention the consumption, THE NORTHERN TIMES.-.LIVERPOOL, TH URS DAY,. at this peculiar season th an a t an y o f th e f our seasons which compose the year. The mo un t a i ns of fine beef, and mutton, and pork, and bacon , an d f ow l s b e l ong i ng t o a ll the feathered tribe, f rom a s p arrow to an ostrich—geese, and turkeys, guinea hens, and p eacoc k s— fi s h , a l most from a sea serpent to a pinkeen--all proclaim that if people do not eat more, there is more provided for them ; so that the caterer has nothing to answer for—provided he charges only a reasonable price, such as will afford him a fair profit for his oathy, his labour, :and his time. No one grudges him less, but people will grumble if more is asked. Without entering on the theoretical portion of this part of the subject, wa may:take a glance at THE MARKETS generally this year, and we are bound to say that for many years past we have not observed a more ample show of every variety of butcher's :meat, with the other articles stated, than we have in this year of 1537. The quality, too, is indeed superior to what was shown for the last few years, and as the world is progressing, it seems that no . small amount of attention has been turned to the produc tion of the finest animals destined for the sustenance of man. To those who are not initiated Into the mysteries of the farm yard—who are ignorant of " green feeding," or any other feedine—of cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, and the like, it may seem strange how such rare and choice specimens of these animals are turned out for market. Well, the animals aro there, and that's enough for the superficial observer, who only wants to know " What's the price of that piece of beef ?" or " [row much a pound do you charge for that mutton?" " What beautiful pork!" exclaims our friend, as he surveys a pretty handsome piece of that prize swine; -" Did you ever see such a big goose as that ?" asks Mrs. Jones of her neighbour Mrs. Edwards—" I say Sam, " says William Gambleton Gour mand Esq. to his friend, Samuel Sir S.vallow, baronet, " Eh, isn't that a first-class haunch of venison ?" " yes, " responded the baronet, " and these pheasants—and these partridges, and grouse, and—" here he gave a groan as he asked his friend to take pot-luck with him on—but here he was cut very short by his friend asking him what "luck" would be in the pot before he accepted his polite invitation. Tho query was answered, not by the gentleman, but by a lady who keeps a stall in the emporium, who went on her way chanting involuntarily Three Items more, fidelize Were c :bbago eggi, and bacon, That would sot tho eery p rtals Of a vacant stoma:h akin,/ ! There is a considerable difference of opinion about the period of the year when the world was pet into its pre sent phvsical shape ; but without going into a learned disquisition on the subject, which might lead us into spirit graphying, or "spirit rapping" (which is much ihe better of the two), or great " square circle sailing"—in eeed we might be drawn into the " butter-place," and a better place we need not go into, for our good natured poetical friend—" the immortal Kelly, the real butter man"—coull enlighten us on the subject, and no doubt he would agree with the opinion. that the creation took place about Christmas, when the luxuries of all creation reaches the zenith of all sublunary perfection, for the sustenance of the noblest of all animated creation—MAN. In all the markets through town, the supply of fresh and other meats is abundant, and the quality excellent ; this is observable even in markets where the humbler classes arc in the habit of dealing, so that no matter what the cost of the article may be, the quality is decidedly not to be despised. Besides the more substantial decoration of the stalls in the several markets with beef, mutton, pork, veal, fowl, &c , there is another time - honoured observance that must not be forgotten, and that is DRESSING THE MARKETS, which means clothing th , m with the livery of our good old Master Christmas, which consists of holly, and mis tletoe. and many other old verdant shrubs, not forgetting that Rare old plant, the Ivy green, That croepeth o'er ruins old. In going through the markets, ST. JOHN'S ➢iARKET, being the king of all, claims the first notice. For many years past, we have not observed more ample decorating than adorns this great emporium at the present time, and much taste is shown in the details and the designs in evergreens, &e. The usual quantity of flags, banners, and the like are also lump eels --a in the respect of " dressing" the market is most attractive. There are - also a variety of illuminations, in gas Jets, with mottos, devices, initial letters, & In tho more substantial way, the show of Meat, in extent and quality, has not been equalled for several years ; this is the opinion of the best judges. The Londoners may talk of their Covent Garden, Leadenhall, and Hungerford Markets, but we can challenge all the metropolitan markets to produce such an extent and variety of fine meat, as can be seen its St. John's Market this day ; it is nearly marvellous to contemplate where it was all produced,. and, mere marvellous still, to think how an d when it will be cosumed; but man must have meat at least once upon a day. In another department of the market, that of the Preserved Provisions, there is an extensive show, particularly in hams, which appear to be the finest we have looked on. In the Poultry compartments nothing was eveaseen in the market to equal the exhibi- Cora One is quite bewildered when gazing on the truly eacrmous quantity of poultry in the market ; scarcely could half a nation produce the number of fowl, which, in the aggregate, must be many hundred thousands, and of the most tempting quality that can be imagined. It would appear to us :that the whole inhabitants of the town would fail to consume the supply in a lengthens) period ; yet no doubt the quantity will diminish vastly before the end of the weds. There is also an extraordinary large supply of Game of all sorts, fro n the kingly pheasant to the fat little rabbit. We have, on the whole, no hesita- Von in saying that the Stock of the entire market is more varies and extensive, and of a quality superior to any exhibited for many years. Tais i 3 gratifying amid the depression that prevails, bat we trust the worst Is past, and that all will be enabled to spend the festive season with satisfaction and comfort. When there is such a mighty quantity of meat to be seen, an-I when such excellence is observable in all, it is difficult to select the stall most attractive. However, the general impression fixes on that of Mr. Thomas Lowthian, which for the manner of its management, the extent of animals, and the quality and finish of the meat, seems to say this is the " premier' shop in the market. The fine oxen and sheep are certainly laid out, not only in a way quite novel, but v er y a t tract i ve, and during yesterday and last -evening the usual crowd of sight-seers, and admirers of fise finished cattl a collected in frost of the shop to admire the exhibition of the good things held out for competition. The stock of this establishment consists of no less than 60 sheep of the largest: description and from the feeding the class of mutton is of the finest ;milts , . Ten of these splendid animals were fed by Mr. Lowthian, on his farm at Tuebrook, and elicited the warmest approval of the best judges at the late market. A. pinion of the other sheep were bred and fed in Ireland, by Mr. Kilbee, of the county Wicklow, and Mr. Cannons', of the county Meath, and a large portion of Cheviot sheep. killed by Mr. Lowthian, were fed by the Dike of S Ilherland, and fully support the fame attained by the stock sent forth from his Grace's pastures. In WS stall also, there is not less than the carcases of 10 enormous bullocks, all Galloways, of the purest breed, and most excellent description. These are the produce Of the farm of the, Duke of Baaclettch, and finer were never turned off his celebrated feeding ground. One of the celebrated "B irons of Beef," cut off the finest of all the oxen, has been purchased by Mr Morrish, for the Merchants' Dining Rooms, and will afford egreat treat to the numerous customers of that famous establishment during the holidays. Amongst the rarities of Mr Lowthian's stall, may be mentioned the body of a Chinese pig, reared by himself at Tuebrook; and if our notions of beauty could at all be brought to consort with the dead body of a swine, the carcase in question is the handsomest thing of the sort ever looked at. Mr. Low thian appears not to be done, for, besides dead stock, he has a living animal-3. very fine and lively Indian buffalo, just arrived here from Delhi. The interest attached to this creature is great. This stall is adorned with all sort of heads of animals, and is handsomely illuminated with stars, and his name in gas, and some pretty devices. He has some floe large house lambs at the stall. The next stall is that of Mr. Thomas Thomlinson's, who has been long the pride :of the market. This is most ' profusely fleaOratagallfl brilliantly:Jar : with; gas—stars, V. A., and some neat devices. There is, however, qomething better to admire than such ephemorals, al2d when we mention the following stock, it will give an idea of tho appearance of this attractive stall:— Eight prime west Highland bullocks, bred and fed by the Earl of Galloway, Galloway House, Garliestown, Scot. land; eight prime bullocks, bred and red by James Billlen, Esq., Lisoarton Mills, Navan, county Meath, Ireland ; four prime bullocks, bred and fed by Edward Bitten, Esq., Liscarton Castle, near Navan, county Meath, Ireland ; six prime heifers, fed by Thomas Thomlinson, Broad Green Farm, Childwall ; one baron of beef for James Ridley, Esq., Adelphi Hotel; thirty prime vveld,u-s, bred and fed by John Netherville Gerrard, Esq.,' Gbstovrn House, county Meath, Ireland; twenty-three Cheviot wedders, fed by Thomas Thomlinson, Broad Green Farm, Ch 11 wall; two prime house•fefl lambs, fore quarter 235, hind quarter 15s; tour prime bacon pigs, bred and fed by Thomas Thomlinson, Broad Green Fares, Chlldwall ; four prime pork pigs also fed; by the above ; and three prime calves. The illuminations are—a large star over the door, in the front the proprietor'Osame, with the letters V. A., and surmounted by a crown. [Where Mr. Thom linson's name occurs, it will be remembered that he is the owner of the stall, and bred the stock on his own farm.] We think Mr. Knight's stall deserving the next notice. He exhibits a considerable q iantO , of prime beef, route ton, pork, &c., bred in the three parts of the - United Kingdom—about the handsomest dressed animal in the market may be seen at this stall; which is also nicely illuminated. We come next to7the stall of Mr. Thomas Allison. In this stall Irish bred beef and' cattle prevail, and a finer specimen of the feeding of tie Si:ter Island it would be impossible to find ; the finish of the slaeep is remarkable, and that of the beef in like mariner. Ile has no less than twenty splendid sheep, fed by Mr. Campbell, and four fine heifers, and four oxen, fed by the eminent grazier Mr. Lleey, of the County of Meath—all of the finest description. He has also two remarkably flee pigs, and other stock of the best description. Mr. Brandreth has some excellent specimens of beef, mutton, and pork. He has psis attention to the selection of the material for use rather than ornament, And he has succeeded. I Mr. Hughes has some specimens of giant oxen, looking first rate, an 1, from appearance, there can be no doubt that the quality is excellent. We notice, in glob°, the stalls of Mr. Daffy, Mr. Tenna, Mr. Chaidcs Price; and Mrs. Gidlow, all of whom show extensive stock, and of first quality. There are a numlier of other stairs, all replete with excellent meat ; and amongst the most pitn rninent of the side stalls is, that of Mr. Palfrey, who has everything to suit the palate. Mr. Alexander M•Gaffie has slaughtered 7 prime four year-old Cheviot wAders, bred and fed by Mr. William Roan, Wavetree, Lancashire; three five-year-old * West Highland bullocks ; and two prime Galloway bullocks, The sheep look very inviting as they hang tinselled and ornamented with rosettes. Mr. John Luca has four prime bullocks ; eight prime Cheviot withers, bred by the Duke of Sutherland ; and two Irish heifers. The butchers near the entrance from Roe-street also make a , very creditable display. Mr. William -Meadows has an Aberdeenshire polled ox, bred by the E trl of Fie, and fed by Mr. Willi Ana M'Combie, Tillyfour, Aberdeenshire and an Hereford ox. Mr. Charles Phillips has provided two prime heifers, 16 Cheviot welders, bred and fed by the Duke of Sutherland, at Danrobin Castle, Sutherland; and an Aberdeenshire polled ox. A baron of the latter is to be cooked at Mr. Lawrence's Temperance Hotel, Clayton- I sqaare. Mr. William Croasdale presents a varied and epicurean choice, having provided a polled ox ; a pig, bred and fed by the Earl of Ellesmere, at Worsley ; ten Cheviot wedders, bred and fed by the Dake of Suther land ; and eleven pure-Soutladowns, In the Poultry- Market, as before observed, there has nothing like the present been seen for a long time. The stalls of Mr. Hatch, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Carney, and other;, defy all description. Mr. Carroll sold nine geese, weigt jag 120 Ibs, to a man for the London market; in fact, several Loudon buyers are here at present making purchaws. In the centre avcnur, where fruit and other luxuries most prevail, there is a goodly display of these things— in full accordance, with the other portions Of the market ; but towering away above all is the giant stand of Mr. George Taylor, and if there was nothing about it, but the mere decorations, it would be almost`a wonder in itself. But viewed as it now standi, decked oat with all the fruit of every nation undir the sun, it is a sort of enchanted castle—it is worth all the other sights in the market. Mr. Richard Ellis' stall is also tilled with compact pyramids of choice and rare 6ult, surmounted by a curious miniature design of a fruiterer's shop, with an open front, the interior filled with the usual commodities. The top of the window space in this little model is fringed with carrots. onions, &e., pendent from the ceiling, and arranged so as to form a very pretty decoration. Sus _ pended from the brass rods surrounding the stall tire nice apples, grapes, and mushrooms. Upon the stall opposite, belonging to Mrs. Sullivan, in addition to the apples, oranges, &e., there is a large quantity of fine foreign grapes. Mrs. E. Clarkson has a very large array of fruit, in rows of pyramids, three deep and twelve in longitudinal extent. ST. JAMES'S MARKET. This market ranks n-xt in importance to St. John's. Th 9 occupiers of shops anti stalls have male extensive preparations for Christmas, and appear' determined to ma'ntain their character for business enterprise. There is an abundant supply of meat and the other edibles in demand at this season, the venders taxing their ing,,nuity to the utmost in disp!aying their wares so as to render them attractive to purchasers. Most of the shops are decorated with evergreens, and at several of the green a 'ails ornamental devices are nrmed, so as to give the market a gay and animated appearance. Amongst those who make a goodly display are Mcssrs. Fughes, Gilbert son, Outrun, Ellison, :Meson, Daft, Broomhead, Salacity, and Lawson. To some of the shops outside the market extensive preparations are going on to meet the demand. One of the most prominent is that of Mr. S. G. 13roomhead, butcher, Great George-place. His stock inclules four Scotch bullocks, a lot of prime four-year old bullocks, selected from the stock of Mr. Mooney, Drogheda, Ireland; a selection of Southdo rtn lambs, an excellent show of sheep, white faced and black, of first-class quality ; some prime pigs. One of them is a most extraordinary animal, and its size may be judged of from the fact that the girth round the body exceeds the entire length by nine inches. In the neighbourhood of St. James's, there are several other tradesmen who show a variety of things in season. Amongst these may be mentioned Mr. l3rundrit, pork butcher, Mill-street; Mr. Sortou, butcher, St. James's. street; Mrs. Worrell, butcher, St. James's-place ; Mr. J Taylor, butcher, Mill-street; and Messrs. G. and W. Paris, cheesefactors, &o. ST. MARTIN'S MARKET Shows an ample and well-selected stock of very prime meat, and amongst the most prominent Stalk may be mentioned Mr. John Braid wood, who shows a prime four year•old heifer, bred and fed by Mrs Gougerty, county Meath, Ireland ; and some prime Cheviot sheep, bred and fed by Lord Abercrombie, Athery, Stirlingshire, Scot land. In the shop of Mr. W. Lowcock we observed a prime bullock, bred and fed by Mr. A. Stuart, Glasserton, Kircudbright ; and a prime beast, bred and fed by Mr. J. Walmsley, Everton. Messrs. Darlington, Rimmer, Stubbs, Dickson, M'Cartney, Cartwright, &c., will ,also sustain their reputation by a display of excellent stock. Amongst the most prominent shops, outside the Mar kets, that attracted the greatest attention, are those of Mr. Buckstone, London-road, and Mr. Madden, in the same street, both of which show a large stock of the finest beef, mutton, &c. The quality is much admired by the best 3ulges. Mr. Nation, of Ciaannota tion-row, elan has a grand . stock on show. Messrs. Hall, of Preesons-row, Georg(:'s Caurch, and Mr. Williams, of Mersey-stae3t, show the largest pr:z 3 beasts of the season. Nixt to the fl?sh department of the market, or perhaps before that portion, comes the great general staff of life._ bread, and on no occasion, great, as the exertions o f M r . John Gibbons,' of London-road, has been, to please, end gratify, and satisfy the public, has he ever produced any. thing to equal the extent and variety of his oven of this year. His famed Blair Athol, Balmoral, and Edinburgh cakes, his celebrated phuntioake, his reiitawod r for the tea table, with an endless variety of every sort of fancy and household bread, surpasses anything ever seen in Liverpool, and the best judges award him the palm in his useful and important line, and pronounce him superior to any house in London, and a visit to_the shop will prove the fact. B IPKE NHRAD. The preparations here indicate that Christmas has come again, with all its gaieties and cheerful associations. This year--notwnstanding the straightened " ways and means" of many of the inhabitants, occasioned by late commerclat disasters—is not a whit behind any of its pred ecesors in the provision made for giving Old Christmas a hearty greeting. Butchers have ransacked all parts of the kitutdorn for the primeet specimens of beef and muttori awl their'stalls in the market are cone pletely crammed' with monster heifrrs, bullocks, sheep, and pigs. The' groaers, too, are in their glory, and their ' shop windows display piles of " good things." In addition to the usual dinneT parties, treats to workmen, &c., we hear that the festive season is to be marked by a reunion of ail the officials cewtected with the several public bodies and companies in the town4iip, the object being to culti vate-and maintain a friendly feeling amongst each , other, The idea is a good one, and no doubt there will be a large gathering. Success to it. The chief attraction in Birkenhead, at Christmas, is the large and beautiful market, which was last evening illuminated,, and exhibited a number of very pretty device& in gas, which have been put up by the Birkenhead Gas Company'. Of 'these devices there are: eight, le the form of arches, which are erected in the centre avenulat a moderMe distance from each other. The next device is the motto, in large characters, "Faith, llope, and Charity,''' with laurel leaves on. each side 4 surmounted by a crown. The other devices are, "Contentment is bettt than' riches," " Live and let 'Hier " P. A. " and a large star In the rentre. " God save the Qienn,' and" Be honest and truthful." The whole of these devices eini, a flood of light, and with the fountain 3 playing in the centre, a beautiful effect is produced. A few deviee3 are also exhibited by the occupiers of sorneof the stalls. . , All the stalls contain a prodigious quantity of prime meat, and it is almost difficult to say which of, the ‘f nights of the steel and the Cleaver" has been the h.iiTest caterer for . the public, or has exhibited the best j - aclgoant iu the selection of the stock which he Ofk?rs for sale to his customers. Mr. E. Full ird exhibits a splendid Durham ox; which won a prize at Birmingham,-three fine Hereford, heifers, a Short-horn heifer, a number of prime fOur.year old Soithdowns, some fine Scoteh sheep, two (ore from Australia, and the otivm from the East Indies), which attract much attention, a monster pig, several other fii.e pigs, and six pigs, each weighing about 13 or 14 score. At the stall of Mr. Hilton may bo seen two splendid short horn heifers and two prime short-horn bullocks, andi 16 fine shecp, fed by Mr• S. G trnett, of Arch Hall, comity' Meath. Mr •W. Heatheock exhibits two Hereford heifers, two. Hereford bullocks, and a number of sheep, all of fine quality. Mr. Joseph Heathcock has provided for his - customers a very find Hereford beast,: three - IriSh beaSts and a large nutriber of Irish sheep. 'Mr.W. KtrAt l S 56.11 contains five short-born, beasls and a number of prime sheep. Mr. Doyle exhibits four very prime Irish heifers and a nu•nber. of Irish sheep.• The other butchers Who have also liberally catered for the public in the market are Messrs: Greenwood, Lloyd, Joseph Edge, Davis, Strongitharm, Burns, Walters, and James Edge. The lovers of pork can have their wants supplied at the stall of Mr. J• Matthews, who exhibits upwards of thirty fine pigs, one of which weighs upwards of thirty score, and was bred and fed by Mr. Jones, of the Stanley Arms, Easthatn. Mr. W. Teem also has a number of very large and prime pigs at his stall : one of them, bred and fed by Mr. George Whittle, of Gayton, Cheshire, weighs u p wards of forty scorn, The poulterers in the market are Mr. C Wynne and Mr. J. Lloyd, whose stalls, inside and outside, exhibit an immense number of geese, turkeys, fowls, rabbits, hares,' &c , all best quality. • • The greengrocers range on each side of the central avenue, and cut a great figure amidst their piles of fruit which are very tastefully and temptingly arranged. The dealers are Messrs. G. Sadlow, W. Maddocks, J Wniieuibily. W. Taylor. G NV: C;;lhwilr. Ana P Callen. The stalls of M .ssrs. •R. Teece. IL Kaight, 11. Roberts, and J. Leech, provision dealers, have laid in an extra stock to meet the demands of their customers. TUB' OWN GENERALLY Looks ♦ery gay—rather more so than usual at this season, and the decorations in shops, public houses, &c , are extensive in the evergreen line. Whole woeds of holly, and ivy, and laurel, and mistletoe, and every other "green thing," with artificial flowers to no end, are up" and, we may add, " stirring ;" and all faces seem to smile as the corrpninents of the season' are showered good naturediy from one to another. In wishing the same to all mankind, we must not forget, in the exubrance of the blesaings bestowed on us, THE POOR, ' For, alas there are hundreds—Yr,: fear thousands—who may not have the means of making their he firths happy a t Christmas. We know the fine benevolent feeling of ourtowns people—their sympathies or purses:were:never appealed to in vain. We know there.are many who, at this season, only require a channel to pour out the balm of consolation to those who need it—if there be thousands of poor, there are also thousands of good Samaritans. Yet such may not come the way where the poor sufferer lieth. The clergy of all c'asses know where the needy are to be found, and we would respectfully suggest that the ministers of religion are tho proper sources through which charity may be dispensed to such as require assistance.'' The rich can enjoy themselves with all that wealth can bestow, but will not consolation be added to the enjoyment, and will not a tenfold blessing fall on the cheerful giver, who contributes to tho wants of others, as well as satisfying his own ? We have no more to ad,!, but the good old hearty salutation' which, with all sincerity, we greet our friends, and if we have any enemies—which we trust we have not—we wish, one and al!, A HAPPY catuz.rtilas AND NEW YEAR. "A Merry Christmas and a Happy Now Yuir !" 01 the C.)ntinent the great day of the year is New Yea:'; when there is one continued exchange of embraces. Fair maiden, kiss on each cheek, and bearded men follow the same fashion ; but with us, the warm shake of the hand and the hea , ty °id English greeting conve:„ at bast to our minds, more of real cordiality and warm-heartedness than this demonstration. The fi stive season of Christm,s brings with it other r however, than visions of rol , :t beef, plum puddings, twelfth cakes, and rejoicit , g3 ; the past bars to ba scanned over, ,and the future has to be lo( Iced to. On the present occ:ion the past year cannot be re arded generally with an 3 thing like satisfaction, for, with one or two exceptions, the last twelve months bare been perhaps among t'ae nr.st disastrous that this counry has ever witt Last Christmas the ricture wan apparently as b ight as could be wikhed. We had just tome triumphantly out of a greet war, in which we hod had serious reverse;, and incurred enormous expenses. All these had, heivever, been verc me ; just tribute had been paid to the memory of those who had fallen in their country's service; the sur viving h^roes had been .more or less fitly rewarded ;• the heavy debt incurred had been lig lated ; and the war taxation was about to he removed.' Trade, too, wes in a most flourishing condition ; in fret, there was employment for all. The WorthaoceS were comparati* ly empty, and her Mejesty was enabled to open her Parliament with a sve2ch of general congratulation. Rot soon all this was changed. fi;re many months had elapsed rumours become rife that there w s a storm brewing, in our Asiatic 'dominions. The Eastlodia Company could not or model not credit that the troops which they had raised; fostered, anti petted for a century, cool I turn out treitore. The authors, of these reports were condemned and scouted 'es pusillaTimens, rig farners. Io their opinion the Governor 0-116ral Of India fully. cinceded, and re-assuring deTatches 'were sent to the' Government:who, in their turn, felt, justified in calming th e aPp7ehensiont of Parliament. . At" length came.vcconnts of die' ff.alon in one or two regi ments ; bat those were attributed to lii3al causes. No one . -would believe that a storm was impending, only too soon to btirst out with tremendous for;. Then fell° wed the ou!break at Meerut, the mureer of the European efficors, the-niansee.re at Delhi, the slaughter at Cawnpore, and the universal revo't of the Ben;al army. Never were the energies ^nd resoarces of this country more severely taxed, and never did the country more readily respond to the apnea' male to it--throughout the land there was but one feeling, but' one mind. Everybody was ready and willing to lend a helping hani' to relieve the sufferers, and to supply the lneaus . to overome and Oastisq tho mutluters. DECEVIBER 24. 1857. In an - ifictediblisl!oftlime one of the largest ntmiei th.rt ever•lefr. these allures -weft despatched - for Tall, • aid although they did not arrive in time to take part in tho glorious victories which have rendered the proWeis of out countrymen more rennwnej even - thin before, they will . atilt be in sugleient limn to - i, fret eoncig ). punishment on the revolted hordesoso deeply stained with 'he filo d'of our. countrymen and cittutywomcn. Thus, th-n, although We may. jeetly pride ourselves on the renown whjey li4s attended Our armies, yet the Indian revolt Cat.ii , t hut be regarded in every Aense of th word as most disastrous. ~.I}tatibis is not; the whole of !be nisfor'nn.,s of theyear. Tri the early antnnan eeconnts of a threatening charactet arrived CrpmAtutrice, pn-1, befoie the E - ..glish pahlio e prepare for_iiich a to.Foalt, a cot menial 0;1910 place in that coul•try , sech as had, oever before heenwi nessed. Its effects, from the intimate ri-eions lintwhen The two coon. tries, s , ere not long ir. being fdt, and • a finaticial ,crisis ensueB *641W -beg cot-been f rpaaed 0103 - - 1825. • Firms of the highest .sending and reepectability wets! 'obliged to succumb cue after -another ; balk tiller Valle was corn. pelted to close i's-deors; and nothing but the „prompt Vehiskin of the Giverennent saved the connt:y tram a state of - financial-ruin. conseqaetes have nett/rally been most distressing. Trade is at a stand-sill; cern merciat onnfidetee has been shaken to its very - centre ; and thcusands - upon - thetisands of the working elaitses . hatv'S 'been thrown out of employmeat. Such is the gloomy - side of the record of thy past year. Nov for the few liti2Vet points. 'During the pest twelvs months the health of the people has Urea wonderfully gold ; in tact, for many yeas the mortality h.:s not been so hell - . We hive b 'el favoured with filo wsetber r and e most bountiful harvest has been gathered. The prices of the necessaries .of li a have generally fa:len •full thirty per cent;. and, although the state of trade has produced much disaster. our poor suffer ing countrymen have borne it most manfully. And now one glance to the picture wAch appears to be one of great pr. mise and hope. The rebellion in India may he, corpitiercct as crushed ; inasmuch as although there may:44M lie much bloodshed, the goal issue cannot he doubted for an instant., - 71 e bloody part will perhaps he thin:leans of - opmin*. ft trlot?- , icla of presnerhy in our Eastern dominions, lon4 desired, but:Whirl) oliTy for past events, years, perhaps •eenturlts, would hava elapsed before it arose. Mireorer,.the financial crisis may be considerad as at an end; the new year, in all probability, will biag path it returning confidence, said trade , will be carried on upon a surerhesis.,.isacaasc men. will. act with, mon pm dence.and elution. Oar relaions with foreizn states ere in ..a most datistactory condition 0,111 under the. sweti ofaaord Pitlmers - evr England holds her proper position on . the.ffontitient... , No . goVeronlent. now dares - to insult or ,diot:ate to England.- .illuramo has seen that thmigh not a miliOiry , nation, yet where elnergences aris;, -she is quite equal to every centiugenor. The faug ire, therefore, is thes . „fm.llpqappe, and we feel we are justifiel. cotwithstandireg pa - se3, in vOsitimr - t;a ell n Al Merry Clicistwas i ._ a; 4l v New Year."—Weceeb. PI)3L - 10 . ri USF,VENTS THEATRE ROYAL. At this hore more than usual exertions have been made to pVer-v a delebtablc dish to please the palate of the usall-thous , mds- who .congr,vate t, wittiesS• the annnal treat prepared by Mr.' Copeland, the proprietor and able manager-of the Theatre Royal and Amphitheatre. - Since the numerous- alterations and . improvements mada..in this house, it is admitted to be one or the best and most handsome theatres in the kingdom. and from the grey pleasure afforded to all easses of the community, upon, all occasions, no matter what the &ass of entertainmeet one may rest assured that the enhanced comforts of the boiise will . be.dulv.appreciated by "young and old, middle age and grey." The New Grand C.7,ristmas Pantomime for which has beam in preparation and rehearsal for some time past, is founded upon the ever-favourite tale. of Pass in • Roots," and fran the succe-s attending the productions bf the sarne:(author, there can be no daiiht of its entire success. ' " T. 91 show the age, and , body of the time,"' the Pantomime tthe Theatre - Royal 'appears, to he more- than usual successful this year, and the multitudinous " Whips and snaps' of the ,past year an 1 present time have been caught up by the author with a spirit able and willing to make the most of them. The crisis" is ton. , upon in an able manner, and no doubt will be felt by-: theSKing says,— 0. -dfr"vi We ha—e some ,!s we w'slwoii.to- dise , lmt; - The inter st. oreonrse, the bsak's . • That's twelve par cent—and when the bias are due, If we're still short we've onl to renes— ist various (laths , ---soma long may be—same shorter, If you'll accommodate me take my . 4:l , inghter I \Vc therefore doubt. not of the success of " Puss in Boats, or Harlequin and the Miller's Son. THE ADE LPEIL At this house, so proverbial for crowded audiences, cheap amusements, and ever unclosed portals, the Pantnirimp is fern ha novar-fAi!inq run of :r W Courtney, Esq.. a . g7mtlernan who has contributed the class of enter ainment to this house for s.ver.tl years past, and has been eminently successful. Fur 1857 We are presented with "'Undine, or the Spirit of the Waters," upon the production of which a great deal of time has been spent, and considerable expense g)ne to ; and, in adlition to which, we learn that several of the famed Lauri family have been engaged, thus presenting the holiday patrons with.ohereogranhic artistes • quailed by few, and not to be excelled. In the opening portions of the Pantomime there are the usual hits at the tirro-s: several of 'them• or a smart and racy character, and the "good old town" comes in for its share of eulogium in reference to the crisis Trad failures o'er the wcr'd have boon titan'e, 'rig w'iat they call, I thi ik, th, money pani3. Our Liverpool, stool fl at rank— The toiimiand tract 3 has braved tin general sluck,• Ia honow stands as firmly as a rock, Th&rebellion in India. .and murderous atrocities of the Sepoys, also cone in for their share of execration. and'. altogether. Unditie, o- the . , Spirit of the WaterA," appears vv,e'l adapted to afford the usual amount of delight to hbliday.seekers.* THE CHRISIniIkS MINSTRELS. How to. combine the attractive with the harmless, and zitill more. with the elevating,. in .popular. entertainments. has always been one of the grand difficulties with persons of good sense and enlarAed ,views. -on such matters. Lectures 'are dull ; theatres a i re mischievous; oratorios are fl it and please only th ) learned; concerts don't pay, and people are tire i of them :—• hose are the sort of difficulties one hears on all sides, when the subject ,of popular amnse - nent is practically discussed. In _fact, how to conciliate the seruptilous,-satisfy the critical, and at the-same time please the people, is so difficult, that the task is often given up in despair. We shall be somewhat dliappointed if a fresh attenal , , which is about to he made in Liverpool, to please all parties. with a positive b , nefit to the cause of "the people," does not succeed to the utmost wishes of the,. most sanguine. In the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, as our advertising columns announce, we are to hive .what is rally a complete novelty in the line of popular recreations, THE CHRISTMAS MINSTREL'," to be performed next Monday and the three fohowim evenings, will present a combination of the muscat, the drarrat , e, and the pictorial art, never Vet attempted. The subjoct, moreover, which includes the principal scenes in the Scriptural history of the birth of Jesus Christ, is one whioh so directly goes home to every one's heart, that it his an attractiveness about it, peculiarly its own. The writer and composer, Mr. Capes, is, we h ear, a gentleman who has devoted no little tfinc and study both to musical science nild to the genet-al question of popular education_and cultivation ; and the result of his labours in the present ease, we hear, Is considered eminently satisfactory. The performers to - whom the execution will be entrusted are among the best the town and peighbour hord afford, and the music exactly suits their several voices. The plan of the entertainment is this dialogue spoken iu character, on a species of stage, with scenery and appropriate decorations, introduces a body of "Christmas Minstrels," who sing the story of the Nativity, in costume; while a series of scenes, including the peculiar and beautiful effects which can be produced by dissolving views, with the oxy-hydrogen light, repre sent the historical events of the scripture story. The introductory dialogue is in the usual blank verse of the dramatic poets; and the tongs. duets, and concerted piece", for the most part, are in lyrical poetry. The ,whole winds op. after the representation of the Adoration, of the Wi:e Men, with a song and quartett, expressing the adoration offered to the Divine Infant, as typified by the gifts and homage of the Wise Men. The music, wa hear troll critical listeners, is of a festive kind, rather than of theextrethe severity which characterises tno much of our sacred music ; but at the same time. of a pure and re&aed character, atulremoved from everything merely theatrical or vulgar. *. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. Mendelssohn's Oratorio, Elijah, was given on Tueaday everting, at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, as one of the subscripil , )n coecerts of the ses , ien. the principal vocalists were Mr. and Mrs. Weis, Miss Lascelles, and Mr. Lecksv. The last name,' singer has so completely identified himself with Obediah, that criticism would he thrown away. Mendelssohu's praise must supersede all other remarks on the singers. On the music, it is too late—nr too early—to give another opinion. Miss. Las miles continues to improve. Mr. and .Mrs. Weiss have room for improvement. Both have great capabilities, but want style for Oratorio singing. Grandeur of declamation is indispensable, and this regaires the most careful variety of enunciAtion. The hall was crowded, but the audience was very cold. For many reel" pint, the numerous Christmas novelties, to be pre s ented; for the first time on Boxing-night, - in London, have been in a state of active preparation ; mana gers, trettatt. ere, scene-painters, carpentere, and panto, wlpit to it94tfe been assiduouil/ emploTed ia the conception inl realicatfno of brilliant effects; wherewith to astonish who, it i s hoped, will flock to during the pe rio d o t the Christ man festivities. At Drury-lane, for sone seasons post famed for ifs pac tomimie pruperity, the subject of its f irthc 'mi ng nove l ty is the legend of " Little Jack Horner." adapted to its new purposes by Mr. E. L. Blanch Ail. rh, scenic department is, ay usual, suoerintended by Mr. B in accardanre with- precede n t, pal effect will dotibti c ws, became a theme of "town talk " fur some months after its first i.troduction to the puhic. The chef sublet of :he diatinnish.d rtrtis:.'s is, - wo belire, a grand tableau. netting forth an iarigin zt yr pie'ure of the bneteme .of the sea, with the varied accompaniments - which:Abe poetry and fable of all ages have ascribed to the realms of Nertune. The retult Oudit to be attractire, if, as we are informed, Mr. E 'T. Smith'pays the worthy artic alarze salary thratigMent the year to secure the monopoly of 1 - Es - Chiistmas eff a.ts The Clowns a . .e.liessrs. F,lexturire and - Boleno_i- the RarTel,nins; M-,,sera. Milano and Yeroni ; the Herr Le ilia ; the Pcentaloons MaFsis. - Biroes and Nash: the Columines, Mad Boleno - and' Mane.- Christonbtr; . and the premieres - danscuses, Miss Roaica Wright and . Madll. Auriet. At.the.Haymarket, Mr. Buckstone, who devotee his own energies to the delect ttion of his Christ Mas audience, bt.s Construcred a - pantomime called "The Sleepioz Berinfy in the Wood ; us; Harlecrain and the:Spiteful F dry."' The Leclerq family have been retained b 1 the tryinitqem,nr-, Miss Louisa Leclerq sustaLing the character of tie (Beauty.zng and appearing. thr-ughout the har'eilir nitto wi:,b rr Arthur L-c'erq as ifarlequiß, to - n s Wright fee the Friendly Fairy • and , Co!aarbine,. Mr Mac'.3r;.s,s Pantaloon, Al r. Cha ries • Leelezq as Clown; and Was La-- vine, whose versatile talents arid pleasing manner we have oten referred to, will sustain a charac er in every way arlapted to the favourite line in which sliehas a host of admirers. In ord Ir. to increase his means for the production. of eff:cts, Mr. B ickt-tone has leased the prerdsesadjoining the Haymarket, formerly known as Ling's, Shoot,irg Gallery, and which will no-v become a porti to , of the theltre.• Or and after Bixing-rtizht - upper gallery is • tt. ben.biished, and the space oreupie i by that an! the lower gallery to form ene apatnous are). S airs have also been constructed so that from the johay of the pit those of the audience' who 'desire, it will be enabled to asce7id to the upper. bona& The management of the - Princes,'is .hoe - emOloyed ,its liberality, taste, ancLahundant care on a d paiar.:lar subke.. Th e -, name of the pantomime i 3 fLtriAain and thel‘rhitts C - at cr, the Priniassi Blanched - Over end 'the GOdlnthers." Bias 0 troiine - kdams is Vie Cbluns bine, Mr. Curet .iek llar?qigini , Mr Rtulo Polttoloon, rrd M'. Haline Clown. During the first week of its c veer the pant anima tvitl urobably prec each nib it either by the -" Cosiieat 8r4)t.b . 0i . " orb "'Welai.rd - Mr. William - 11rhigh. the-author - of ."Conrad and , Me alora," has written the ettravaganzt withwbich Mr. Charles Dil on will inaugiara:e his wiv.er seas.in i, it is called " Lalla and embio-scrs the various rentan in topics included in the 'fitsc;:inatO:g. Eaii•ern pot rat Mr. Vinton, wt.° lost year 'pequire - t•such renown -by'his great trans formation sc.tne,, has.--a,gaiir been busily at work, and, are :rding to report, pith increased success,The principal spars will be played by Miss Wiiolgar and If Toole. Mr.Tlm Matth. , ,w , , hoverer, will. in the pa.ild•niiwe:seenes, as=tute his visual arduous and eMjial duties- Messm Robson and Etnlen re , y .for ; thief suecesci of their Coris..coas cmnpaign ttrim a new_ ar.d original fairy ext,-rivanza, by M-. Robett b:.‘ called The D 4.r.; of Dar.dto ; or, the Eochl'usd Eves" The nriccipal evit'aezers arc entrtwed to Vlr ssrr.. Ho - )son, G )r)ke, It. Wigan G. Murray, Mjzses %Vvudhaw, Herbert, Hughes, C .ttrell, Szeren3, and Mrs. L'in'en. -The //lige en scene is said, to be of a more than usually elabora'e The enhAination of exfravaynzs wad panteatius'at tig Adelphi has been eff e ct e d b y t N(r. Cha-les Selby and Hr. B. Webster, the former having devoted his talent to the early development of the story„ and the later to the various features of the barlequinade. The title will he "The Laves of Cupid and Psyche," and the plot will embody in the'poeticalstr.sin the nuinernii? is , cidents fleeted with the course of true lore, wldult in a mytholo— gical aga ran between these two d'iiciledly int , r , sting and r)rn.intica'ly impulsive nerti's. iii=a Wilton is to play Cupid, Miss Keeley Psyche, Mrs. Billiigton Cs dcbeante) Venus, and Mr. Rini Betitord Jobe. When the youthful m •mbers of the dramatis persona; -ebeut whom we all know sl much, have terminated their histronic career. Mi ae Wilton and Miss Keeley are to appear as Harlequis and COlUnbil2e. At Sadlet's Wells, Mr. T. Gremwood is the active uly.riatendent of his own panto nines. and g-neraily ma nage to aeh'eve a well-deserved s;lcces.. Tais yelr the title is " Harlequin and Peau:y and the Mast ; or, Little G)ody T-co-slucs cud Mother Bunch's Bo)k-case in B I)vland." Anon of tl%l tranonont:-,c t , 3e.ntrel, r.nit tiv,ne s7inatel at tiv , cut end of the metropolis, the St:lniar.l i 3 distin g•iisbed for the attention and Ith'irality b?storverl by its lesse, M. John I) , uglas, on his Onristnaas e itertainments. " Georgy Porgl , Padding,. and Pm; or, liariewiin Middy Longlegs," will form the all-important item of 'he 11..)xinz night diy raiTsne. Wile. Cash nie is the Ccituntb . ne, Mr.W. Smith Ifarlegain, Mr. nr,dershol (his first appearance in London) and Mr. D iver (late of the flaymarkct Theatre) C.'owns; and the Sprites will be Meastr. Jam and Faix Cario. Perak Khan, attended by his suite, had an audience tee take leave of the Queen, on his xeturn to Persia. Tile LEIGIIWOODS MUNDICR.—BeaIe was, on Tuesday, f }and guilty, and received sentence of death. SveremaTic RoitneatEe IN 11 0DIAMSPIELD.-01 Stator dry, at the Huddersfield Gaildhall, George Laverty, Jane Armstrong L iverty, his wife, rind John Arrnereng, their son, were brought up on remand, charged with haring committee} feur robberies. The first charge heard- was against - the last-named prisoner, for having stolen a suit of me - i's clothing, an I numerous . other articles of wearing aopirel, +he property of Wel ingtoa Monrehouse, broker. The goods had been taken on two several days fr:m a bedroom in the house. Sam iof the articles the prisoner had pawnr.d, and others wore found i his nestession when apprehended. 'File second charge was against the same trisoner for having stolen awareh-rh from the Fox end Grapes Inn, the property of an as istant at that place, named Mary Ann Slaw. This the prisoner had pledged I in the town, and it was produced and identifie I by the nrosecutria. The next charge was against Jane Armstrong Laverty, for stealing a gold watch-attar& valet) £4, the property of James Hellawelf. The guard had been left in the prosecutor'shedroom on the 30th October, on which d ,yr it was stolen, along wdh to gold, and £4 in silver. The guard was. proved to have been pledged by the prisoner, an lit was produced and i Ica. ified. 'l'h; fourth -charge was preferred against Laverty and his wife j,.intly, for having stolen a watch an! guard, the property of Allen Wood, Kaye'a Arms Inn, gaay.street. When these tvra prisoners were apprehended at their dwelling New Mills, Darbyshire, the stolen witch was found in their possession, and the chain was afterwards ascert'doed to have brew pledged in St , el:port, in the name of the female prisoner.. B th were produced and identified by M-. Wood, who . stated that at the time they were stolen, £35 in gild .and silver, a cheque for l'lo, and a note for £5, were also stolen from the same bedroom. lie remembered that the. Male prisOner used to frequent the house shortly before the robbery. At the time the elder prisoners were apprehended other watches were also found on them, which are sus-. pected to have been staled. They were committed for trial on each of the charges bronet against them. SERIOLT3 1t 83A5. LT ON A GADIEKEZPER.—On Monday, at the Rotherham Court Those, David Sellars and John Beverley. of Sheffield, were charged with assaulting John. Ellis, of Horton, gamekeeper to Colonel Gould, of A;ton. The ease had been previously before the le , nch, and reMan-. ded. A pack of bar; jars are kept by a nurnber‘of working man connected with the Sheffiald trade?, and. Sellars is the huntsman. On the 27'h November, the h winds were taken oat for a 'Lu l ls sport, folio cied by a large auraber of work, ing men. They started a hare on land over which the ownces of the dugs ve permission to hoot; and, pursuant to the authority of the ect of narliament--awhich rankes it, halal for hnntsmen and dogs to chutes hare, starting on, their own hunting ground, over whomsoever land it may run—fcllowed the animal on land at H'irtoa, in the necne ration of Mr. Oxley, an 1 over which Calorie' Gaul+ has the exclusive right of killina game. Ellie was in one of the fields with Mr. Oxley, and shot over the doge when they were in full pnrsuit. The effect of this was to throw ; m at of the dogs off the scent a but several dogs, on tieing encouraged by Sellars, re3ommenc of the pursuit, an d vptured the hare in an ndj rifling field, wher e it b acatne entangled in a sheep ne'. The keeper fired over the d , gs three limes, but on the trelatter 0 2W.510 1 .18 they were to/ far off him to heed the shot. The hunters who numbered alarm" 100, were indignant at the attempts to spoil their sport, amd one of them, natncd Blake oat yet approhen ded), cleared with Ellis, endeavoured to wrest his gun frrm - him, and struck hum lever blows en thd face. BETerl ` 2 7 7 aided in the attack by beating Bilis with the deal hire, and eventually shawl: him a holy hl9vv on the right temple r:ith a knehßtiek, while Sollars struck Ellis's reels with a stick Th e hloir which Ellis received fr om Beverley on the temple eat to the hone, and caused severe swelling and discolouration, Medical ail bad to b e ale I in, and i symptoms of fever manifested themselves to cavil an extent that danger was apprehended for several days, but the keeper is now recovered.—The bene'a fined 13.veriey £5 and Sellars £2 and costs, with each two months' imprisonment in default of payment, S liars was further charged with assaulting Mr. Oxley, and Good £2 and costa 1 for that offence, with imprisonmenttwc! Maths' in ! default or payment.