The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-04 00:00:00

NUMBERING OF EIOUSES.

Mr. Haigh, of Gambia terrace, waited on the committee to
request that in the re.numhering of houses about to take place,
that terrace might not be included, as it was enclosed within
gates, and was no publ'c thoroughfare.

It was agreed that Mr. Haigh's suggestion should be enter-
;ained, and that he be communicated with when the numbering
;Vas about, to take place.

On the casting vote of the Chairman, it was resolved that
permission be granted to Mr. Palmer to construct areas before
his houses in Alfred-street, it being understood that the per-
mission was on sufferance.

The tenders of Silver and Co. for great coats; of A. P.
Ines, for trowsers ; and H. Johns, for capes for the use of
licials in the employ of the committee, were accepted.

received,

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ST. GEORGE'S HALL

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.'
Sir,—l last week attended Mons. Jullien's concerts, at St.
George's-hall, and having obtained a front seat in the gallery,
iwas shocked to see the injury that is being, and is likely to be,
inflicted on one of the moot beautiful and. characteristic
features of that fairy palace.

The position to which I allude—viz., the front of the gal•
lery, as is well known,- is, balt;straded by, a massive black
marble rail, supported by handsome vae.e-shaped pillars, of a
light coloured description, of the same material; and between
these little columns, the occupants of th.e front seats have, for
their own comfort, rested their feet, klurtng the performances,
to the injury of the angles of the work.
Now, the space allowed in these sm,ts, being not over corn.
modious, the public, however well (,Nrilc3red, is not likely tc
resist the tempting position alluded to, 411c1 I, therefore , thin]
you will agree with me, that something shop ild be done to prevent
it either by an internal wainscoating of wot .d, which, if painted
black, would not be an eyesore from the ba dy of the hall, or
by some better contrivance upon which t '1,3 :authorities are
more capable of deciding than myself. Ido not mean to say
that much damage has been done yet, but is a hall of such
general beauty and stability, which should be a s imperishable
as time itself, it would be a pity to see any of its individual
beauties at all impaired, ere' the novelty of its co. inpletion halt

worn off

Hoping you will call the attention of the authoth `ies to this,
• • ' this intrusion on your valued I space,
A SHILLING CUSP. ''BIER.

humbly subscribe myself

1-street, December, 30th, 1855,

THE A

-A notice has been iss

.ed by the War De-
e examinations for appointments to pro,
in-the Royal Artillery will commence
'stant, and that those appointed will
'lr of Artillery studies at Wool--
- are to transmit their certificates, &c., to,
vepartment by the 10th instant; and must, preVi-
ous to the examination, lodge £5 at Messrs. Cox and Co.'s,.
the Army agents, towards the expenses of the examination.
AN INscrititEcrrox IN ARABIA.—A letter from Alma-
dri a says :—" A serious insurrection has taken place in the
Hedjaz, in Arabia, where the authority of the Sultan is
very feebly maintained by a very small number of troops.
The Arabs threaten to expel the Turks from the coast of
the Red Sea, and demand that the English and French
flags be pulled down, and all Europeans driven out of the
country. The primary cause of this rise has been the
publication of the anti-slavery proclamation, and the depo-
sition of the old Shereef of Mecca. The East India
Company's sloop Elphinstone is to proceed to Jedda h tAo
protect British interests" ,

C.

CHILD STEALING.—111 the month of October last two
deeently dressed women having accosted a young girl, whO
had charge of a child, in the Grassmarket,' and, giving her
fourpence, asked her to purchase pears for them, promis-
ing to keep the child till she came back. On her return,,
both women and child were gone, and nothing was heard
of either of them till 'Monday last, when the child was
found in a close off the Canongate. Her name is Ape's
Blackie, and she is three years of age—too young to give
any account of the parties who carried her off, or as to
where she had been. The police, however, have succeeded
in apprehending two women who were implicated in the
transaction, and they tell the following story : Some
eighteen months ago a girl named Ann M'Kenzie, residing
in Richmond-street, parted with a young man with whom
she had been for son:le time acquainted, telling him that,
on his return from Australia, whither he was going, she
would present him with a child of which he was the
father. It turned out that she was not in the interesting
situation in which she was led to believe she was; but it
would appear that she had informed him of the birth of
a child, and on his return to this country, early in
October, instead of telling him that no such event had
happened, she determined to take a child from, the
streets, and pass it off as her own,. Accordingly, her
sister, Johanna APlCenzie, and a weman named Ann Ross.,
undertook to get ;a child apparently a'.bout the age of
eighteen months, and they succeeded in the manner we
have described. Agnes Mackie, although double the
necessary age, was very, delicate, and , looked much
younger than she was in really ; and they passed her off
to the young man as his child. The neighbours, however,
knew how the matter really stood ; and a quarrel having
taken place between them and the WlCenzies, they
threatened to give information to the police, whereupon
the M'Kenzies removed to Leith, where they lived some
time still retaining, the child. week or two ago, the
young man enlisted, and went to a port in England to
embark for the East. He promised to marry WlCenzie
if she would follow him to the port in question and see him
off. This she did, and is probably married by this time.
The child was now unnecessary, and it was set adrift, as
we have stated. The crime of child stealing, or plagiszas
is a capital offence by the law of Scotland.—Scotsman.

YESTERDAY'S MARKETS,

LONDON PRODUCE.—Sugar market' continues flat, ;the whole
offered to-day having been bought in. The small quantity of coffee
offered in public sales was not sufficient to affect the public market;
nothing doing private.y. Tea unaltered, common congou 9id to 9&d.
Rice dull.
LONDON TALLOW.—Market closes steady at 68s 3d, in
all
positions, with but little business doing. Delivery for the halt%
week, 377 casks; arrivals, 1,700.
MANCHESTER CORN.—This day's market was moderately
attended, and the demand for most articles very limited. Wheat and
flour were rather lower, the former 2d to 3d per bushel, and the latter
is per sack. All other articles were dull, and in most instances in
favour of the buyer.
GLASGOW CATTLE.—The supply of beef at our market to-day
was larger than last week. The demand fair at somewhat advanced
prices.. Sheep were exceedingly scarce, and sold at id per pound
over lost week's prices. Top Scotch beef worth 7d per lb, ditto
Irish 61d, middling and coarse 5d to 51d. Black faced mutton 7d,
second quality 6d to 6d per lb. At market 680 beasts, sheep 2191.
All sold.
DUB ~IN CATTLE —The supply of beef was large. Prime
marks barely supported the late high rates; middling and inferior
were decidedly lower, particularly towards the close, as compared
with the sales during December. Cattle were lower to-day by 20'
to 305 a bead. •
CORK PROVISIO

White wheat, 41s 6d; red, 393; barley,
40s_