The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

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THE COURT

BALmonikr., Sept. 10.—The Queen, accompanied by the
Princess Royal and Princess Alice, and attended by the
Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and the Earl
of Clarendcr, drove yesterday to the falls of Quoich. The
Prince Consort went up on to the hill, dear stalking. The
Duchess of Kent, the Princess Amalie of Hohenlohe
Schillingfun', Lady Augusta Bruce, Lord James Murray,
the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, and Mr, and Mrs.
Farquharson, of Invercauld, had the honour of dining with

her Majesty in the evening,

ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—At the last meeting of the St.
George's Hall Committee, it was decided that the small
concert room—the gem of the building—should be thrown
open to the public daily from twelve o'clock until two. The
large hall and courts are open daily from ten o'clock until
four, except on Saturday, when the organ performances
take place at three. Therefore, in future, it will not be
necessary to obtain any order to view the entire building.

ELOPEMENT FROM i3IRMINGRAM.—On Thursday, detec-
tive officer Patrick, of this town, arrested on board a ship
in the river, two persons, named Thomas Wright and Isabella
Millar, on a charge of having absconded from Birmingham,
and for having stolen (the ma❑ only) a sum of money from
Messrs. Chance and Sons, the extensive glass manufacturers.
The facts connected with the case did not very clearly
appear ; hut, from what could be collected, it seemed that
Wright is a married man, and that the companion of his
journey to Liverpool is a spinster, and was a schoolmistress
at some public educational establishment—that they came
here with the intent of going to "some foreign parts;" but
the intervention of Patrick, who was informed of the
movement by the aid of the telegraph wires, put
an end to the anticipated voyage—its bitters and sweets.
The " loving pair" were yesterday sent back to the place
from whence they came, there to be dealt with as the law
directs:

TEE SMOKE NuiaaNcß.—Yesterday Mr. Richard Mill%
- .

ward Storer, the proprietor of the rice mill, White street,
was again summoned before Mr. Mansfield, for permitting
dense volumes of smoke to issue from the chimney of his
manufactory on the 6th inst. Mr. M'Gowan, instructed by
the Health Committee, conducted the prosecution. Inspectors
Wagnell and Higgins proved the offence, and stated that it
was entirely owing to the carelessness of the persons attend•
ing the furnace, as all the machinery connected with it was
in a perfect and good condition. Mr. Rogerson, of Great
George street, stated that until the rice mill was erected in
the street the house let for £B4 per annum, but now it only
let for £64. This depreciation in the value of property was
entirely owing to the smoke from the chimney. Mr. Newton
corroborated this statement,and complained that his tenantry
had left in consequence of the nuisance, as also Mrs. Owens,
a servant to Miss Colborn, who resides in the same locality.
The person who

tired for the defendant said that all that
money could do had been done to prevent the smoke, and
that it was only seen for a few minutes occasionally; and as
far as the depreciation of property was concerned, he knew of
property that had been depreciated in other parts of the
town, where there was not a tall chimney to a much greater
extent ; and as to the annoyance, persons could not expect to
have the same air in the town that they could have out at
Aigburth. Mr. Mansfield recommended the defendant to
impose a regular system of fines to those who had the care
of the furnace—that would soon stop the nuisance. He
imposed a penalty of £6 and costs.
A GREAT FIRE !—An evening or two since an accident,
that caused an immense amount of fun and laughter, took
place in that fashionable lounging place, the Zoological
Gardens. Amongst the swell of visitors was one very
" great swell," whose black moustache, and long raven hair,
done to perfection a la Macassar, attracted much attention
—in fact, he was the observed of all observers, and would
hardly suffer the wind to come from the crowd towards his
nobility. There he was puffing his real Havana, that
arould have done a Turk good to have beheld him. The air
bout him was redolent of the perfume from his hair and
handkerchief—bouquet a la .Roi bad been
,resaid piece of silk. Being, as remarked,
, ho caused more attraction than any
Besides great smoke issuing from
a great smoke from his coat tail,
garment was in a blaze, having
ht fire from the " butt" of an unfinished cigar, which,
I deposited in the pocket of the
The unfortunate wight did not
the people were laughing at, until his nether
t became rather hot, and on putting his hand to

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for economy sake, he

ascertain the cause, it was severely scortched, and a roar of
laughter burst from the crowd as the " dandy" rushed to
the pond, where he extinguished the devouring element by
sitting down quickly amongst the limped water, with an
accompanyment of hilarity never before witnessed. For-
tunately the fire was got under without the aid of Mr.
Hewitt, and the swell made his exit amid a tornado of
laughter.