Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

C R ST! UN RE'NaEI.

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RHYL CORN MARKET.

TiE- Noran ERN DAILY' TIMES.
"TO 111i13TITT01,..

SIR,—I' feo, fully s:nsihle that your widely-circnlated
'paper is Always:open to :matters having a tendency to
public improremt.ut ;. and, ou this:. occasion, I beg to
point out an Object in, refet•ence to our Ithyl Corn
Market, which, lihink require; .."lendment, :

in almost every other town then ?3 'generally a deg.•;"
-Vite time Axed for the commencement of the businesS of
their corn-markets, and. Also a time. sia,4id. when .to be.
closed. This is as it_ -ought to be, as' such n stipulation'
produces prOmittness in attendance, and 'also ,give_7ita-:
lity to its operations.- .•
I am sorry to say: that thei-e.i.s.na stipulated .time set.
forth at Elly.l when their corn market :is to begin _or
end ; but! parties are seen, on market days; to be col-
lecting tog-ether, froM the houfef one.o'clockup to ftvz,-
,at -which time it-may be said that business haS began.
I can say that the iircient system opera:tes, against
both buyer and seller ; for,.can it be supposed that influ:-
-ential dealers can he drawn.froni a distance •to purchase
in a market, . commencing at'a time when it should be
closed ? 'Can samples of seeds, and of
,grain generally,'
as are usually produced in. these tuarkiets, -be fairli, esti-,
mated, and judged .correetly,.as to quality, withtlntlight
afforded at this late:lperiod of the.--day, .in the winter
-months ? Gq-tair4--hot ; therefore, the class of 'Pur-
Chasers which W6iild le-tyq most likely to benefit the
' producer,. are .thug: shut out fiom attending a market
carried onus aboye.stated,,,: ,

The. facilities now afforded 9f reaching. Rhyl, both
by steamer and rail, are"too 'patent toirieed ftiiiher cortt-
ment : and T do c,msider that, if the hour
the RhylCOrnuiarket or. Tnesday, was fixed, , for tliAe
o'clock, and to eio,se at four, it would meet the approval
-of three-fourths of thoSe.whosnow attend.it,.aud. would.
be the means of attracting more principals as purchasers,
instead of agents, as now erfiployeaTElTety-r-dhpillg that
which the produC4 sliOuld receive and-ToCk.et.':
I must now ccneitde, apoloc,rising., for ..cluis'qespass-
ing, andsremain; sir, yours respectfully,
• ToomA.s HEALING.
Rhyl, North Wales, Jan. 26, 1860. - • :

The Rev. C, T. Spurgeon preached his first sermon in
Dublin on Tuesday.

WURTHY Ex A MPI;E:- /11-10141W4'
-Esq., shipolvner of Bristol,. Isisliberhlly forwarded an
annual.subscription of £5 to The- --National •Life-bbat
Institution on behalf of his five ships-Lthi James Gib-
son, Mailanne, Minerva.; Star of Peace, 'and the Frances.

AN ODD `RIFLE ;\IOVENIENT.=The " Odd Fellows
of Cheltenham have determined ,to avoid the reproach
of singularity by enrolling themselves as tifle'volunteers.
The prehmitiary meeting was held at the Beehive
Hotel, and we understand that many names were taken:
It seems that, as a • secret society, they cannot form a
portion of her Majesty's service, r but as private indi-
viduals they will of .course be gladly,receive.. Shbuld
all the propositions for- the - formation of `rifle carp
this town be• adopted; .CheltenhaM will possess a small-
standing arMy.--Cheltenhrin '
GLASGOW, TitynSpA.v.,—An influe,ntial meeting was
held to-day- to,#ijiii)atru,..'se.witli-the-ProtestantS of Illin-
gary in their,,strugglefor civil and-religious frcedoin;
-.Mr. 11. Dmildp,:OfCrington, nn the chair. :The meeting
was addie'Siddrby" 'the Rev., Drs.
Smyth, and IlobSon, Rev.. G. Jeffery,-Messrs. J. Hen-
derson, of park, Hastie, ex.-M.P., W. Paton, chair-
man of. the Chamber of Comnieree, and.Baillie,Young,
The resolutions were ordered to be sent to'Kossuth fur '
transmission to Hungary.
Loss Or THE INDIAN; MAIL STEAMEn.—The Official
report of the Board* Trade on the loss of the Indian,
'by Mr. Manstleld, the'. LiVerpool magistrate, `before
whom the inquiry took plade, has been made. The.
Indian was an iron screw,- the ArOpbyty, of the Montreal
Steam-ship dOmpany. ' She sailed. from•liverpool for
Portlank-Matne, on the 9th 'November last, commanded
by Captain William S;nith, with -a crew of 79' men.
There was alio on board 8 cabin and 30 steerage passengers.
On the 21st the vessel struck on the Seal' Socks;- near
the Marie et ."Joseph Imrbour, Nova Scotia: Captain
Smith:is :exculpated- from all blainUin the matter,- and"
retains his derifficate. The .second Mate, Mr. William
Henry Smith, is highly commended for his conduCt after
the accident. In acknowledging the receipt' of the re-
port the board express their': opinion that the mate, in
whose charge the vessel was when she struck, evinced a
great want of caution.
RETIRING BEN-EInT or I. DIST-IN, SEN.—On W.ed-'
-nesday next the above veteran will •give his 'retiring
benefit cmicert—nt Eater-halt,--tmterthrtiistingaished.
-patronage of the King of
./Iployer, theYArl of Zetland,
-and several noble members of the Masonic body. Mr.
Distin summons to - his -aid, Mesdames Catherine Hayes,
and Ruderidoiff, Miss Stabbach, Miss RansfOrd, MiSs'
Laura Baxter, and other favourite vocalists ; and in the
instrumental department has secured the services of .Mr.
Viotti-Collins,- Miss Medcira Collins, and Maser Drew
Dean. lhat a musical treat of •no ordinary kind will
result from such executants cannot 'be, doubted, which
combined with the high artistic reputation and private
worth of Mr. Distin, cannot'fail, we conceive,. to attract
an assemblyWill—proVe both ititiTymk - is
feelings and beneficial to his exchequer.
CONVIVIALITIES' IN MELEouRNE.-4 had many in-
vitatioffS,----and-received many kindne,sses, "f"rom persons to
whom I had no other introduction than their knowledge
of my liter,ary position in the 914 "country. The public
as well as .private dinner parties soon became too much
for me. They sometimes resembled what one reads of
the convivialities, after a day's among the Irish
. _

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squirearchy of a century ago. On one occasion, when
the mirth was growing ” fast and furious," being
inspired by a bantering joke on the "feather-bed
horseman of Charing Cross," followed by a trifling
bet, I bent the steel poker by a blow upon my
arm, which so enchanted a stalwart squatter at my
side, who had never seen the feat before, that he
snatched the poker out of my hand, and, without con-
sidering what muscle he should present, he struck his
arm so violent a' blow that the poker instantly broke,
and the upper half flying across the table, cut off the
heads.of two decanters, and knocked over a branched
candlestick. The delight and excitement which ensued
exceeded all bounds. The door was locked, the table
was jumped upon, and down it went with all upon
it in a rolling smash. Single combats took place
with mahogany chairs, the broken arms and legs of
which flew about in all directions. While I was trying
to force open the door, a gentleman came with the
steel fender in his arms to demolish the window, and his
first blow not only smashing the glass, but half the
frame-work, I immediately leapt out upon the verandah.
I made my way homeward. over Prince's-bridge, which
seemed so desolate and silent, and thence up the rising
ground, broken by a great straggling watercourse, till I
regained my lonely tents, where- I found my two dogs
standing in the moonlight anxiously awaiting my return.
Horne's Australian Facts and Prospects.
MYSTERIOUS FIRES IT HACKNEY AND DALSTON.—
Two mysterious and, unfortunately, destructive fires
broke out on Thursday morning; and from the fact of
one house being empty, and the other unfinished, there
is ground for supposing that some evil-disposed person,
in passing along the- road, had mischievously thrown a
piece of lighted paper into each building, and thereby
caused the disaster. One fire was discovered at about
half-past three o'clock, raging in an unfinished house,
situate at- 21, Amy-villas, Shrubland-grove, East Dal-
ston. It commenced in the front room, ground floor,
used as the workshop, in which a quantity of unfinished
work wastleposited, which fed the flames, and caused them
to spread with great fury. The Jeffrey-square brigade en-
gine, and that of the parish, were quickly in attendance,
and a good supply of water having been obtained, the
firemen went to work, but they were unable to extinguish
t'ie fire until the premises and their contents were partially
destroyed. The other fire took place in an empty house
in Greenwood-road, Hackney, the property of Mr. S.
Eastman, and when discovered the greater portion of
the building was enveloped in a broad sheet of flame.
Three engines of the Hackney brigade, under Mr.
Green, th head engineer, were soon brought to the
place, and a good supply of the East London Company's
water baying been procured, all hands went to work ;
but in spite of their exertions the entire building was
burned out and thoroughly destroyed. Fortunately the
owner of the property was insured in the Law Offiee.