Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

commendable, almost every butcher seeming to • have
endeavoured to excel his neighbour. It would be a task
of considerable difficulty to mention in merited terms all
those who deserve praise ; but, as usual, we•subjoin the
names of a few who seem to have the best shows, with-
out, however, guaranteeing that there is no omission.
Mr. Lowthian (No. 11) has a very fine stock, among
which will be found six prize West Highland bullocks,
bred and fed by the Earl of Galloway; twenty prize
sheep, bred and fed by Joseph Kilbey, Esq., Dunlain,
County Wicklow ; ten prize sheep, bred and fed by W.
Boogie, Esq., Fifeshire ' • one prize ox, bred and fed by
Andrew Weight, Esq., Edinburgh ; one prize ox, bred
and fed by the Earl of Galloway, and from which a baron
of beef is to be cut for Mr. Morrish ; a Cape sheep alive;
two calves, and two very fine pigs,
Mr. Thomlinson (No. 16), who has always had the
credit of having one of the best displays of meat, has
this season maintained his character. He exhibits fine
Galloway bullocks bred and fed by the Earl of Galloway,
and ten bred and fed by Thomas Sprout, Esq., Kirkcud-
bright ; ten Irish bullocks bred and fed by Richard
Bramerwall, Esq., Bloomsbury Wells, Ireland, and five
by Lord Dunsany, Dunsany Castle, Ireland ; one heifer
(to be cut as a baron for Mr. Ridley, Adelphi Hotel),
bred and fed by Thomas Thomlinsou, Broad-green
Farm, Childwall; thirty. Irish wethers, bred and fed
by S. Winter, Esq., Summer Hill, county of Meath;
twenty Irish wethers, bred and fed by Major Nugent,
Rickard, Ireland; twenty-five Cheviot wethers, bred
and fed by William Thomlinson, Barrockside, Cumber-
land ; three calves, three brown pigs, and one prime
house lamb, bred and fed by Mr. Thomlinson, and six
pigs fed by Mr. Thomas Radley, Adelphi Hotel.
Mr. George Dean has a fine heifer, bred and fed by
the Earl of Galloway, and a splendid bullock, bred and
fed by Robert Rankin, Esq., Bromborough.
Mr. :Anie' Tunna has a fine display of beeves, in-
cluding a short-horned heifer, bred and fed by Wm.
Chorley, Esq., Belfast ; and another by Ardason Wright,
Edinburgh. He has also 15 prime Irish wethers, fed
by Lord Carew, county Wexford, and ten Scotch
Cheviots.

Mr. Woods (No. 6), shows among other prime beasts
a fine heifer, bred and fed by Aungier, Esq., Ireland.
Mr. Sockett (No. 7), has a Galloway bullock, bred
and fed by James Stewart, Edinburgh, a Galloway
heifer bred and fed by Patrick Gifford, Esq., Kirkcud-
bright.
Mr. Allison (No. 1) has five large Irish heifers, from
Joseph Kilby, Esq., Kildare.
Mr. Robert Dentith's stock includes a bacon pig, bred
by Alexander Lafone, Esq., Thingwall-ball, Cheshire,
twelve months old, and weighing 21 score ; a prize
heifer, bred and fed by Joseph Kilby, Esq., Kildare ;
22 sheep, bred and fed by the same gentleman, and one
house-fed lamb.

Mr. John Hughes. shows a Galloway Seot, bred and
fed by the Earl of Galloway ; a house-fed lamb, •bred
and fed by W. Winder, Esq., Kilderrig, County Wick-
low. His stall also contains a fine display of beef and
Scotch mutton.

Mr. Edward Preston's stock includes a bullock, bred
and fed by David Tennant, Kirkcudbright, and a good
display of mutton.
Mrs. Croasdale has a fine display of beef, including
four Scots, bred and fed by Mr. S. H. Stewart. She
also displays a large number of South-down, blethers,
a few Welsh pigs, and some prime veal.
Mr. Charles Philips (No. 54) has two bullocks bred
and fed by the Earl of Galloway; six bullocks, bred and
fed by Mr. Tennant, Howwel, Kirkcudbright; four bul-
locks, bred and fed by Mr. Wm. M'Crombie, Aberdeen-
shire ; fifty sheep, a fine bacon pig, fed by Mr. Ashburne,
of Netherton, and several calves.
Mr. Farmer (No. 53) displays a good stock of beef
and mutton, and Mr. Meadows (No. 52) has a fine beast
at his stall. Among other stalls worthy of attention,
may be mentioned those of Messrs. Thos. Laya, Woods,
Pierce, Sampson, Locock, Knight, and Mrs. Woodward.
Among the poulterers several have good displays, and
this may be said of the stalls of Smith, Mann, Glenden-
ning, M'Avoy, M'Keown, and Griffin.
The principal fruiterers have tastefully adorned
their stalls : Messrs. Taylor, Ellis, Sullivan, Edwards,
Riley, Smith, and Clarkson, bearing the palm among
this class of tenants.
To-day being " show-day" the market will no doubt
have even a better appearance than yesterday, and it is
probable that the visitors will be more numerous.

ST. MARTIN'S MARKET.
The butchers in this market attempt a Christmat
ghnw. and though not numoroue, they exhibit a fine
quality of meat. Messrs. Metcalf, Bradwood, Darling-
ton, George Campbell, F. Campbell, Thomas Fletcher,
and William Lowcock compete for the palm, and their
displays approach so nearly to each other that it would
be difficult to say which excels.

ST. JAMES'S MARKET.
There is but little desire shown by the tenants in this
market to give welcome to Christmas. They are perhaps
reserving their display for Saturday, but up to yesterday,
only for the large quantity of evergreens that abounded,
there was no indication of the approaching festival.

Amongst the pork butchers, may be classed as the
first the establishment of Mr. Harding, of Byrom-street,
whose stock is not only the most extensive but the most
extraordinary, in many respects, ever seen in Liverpool.
He has over 120 pip of all sizes, and of the most supe-
rior quality and finish, from a swine of four up to the
enormous weight of forty score. One pig of twenty-six
months old, bred by Mr. Harrison, of Devonshire-place,
Everton, weighs forty-four score and ten pounds, being
considered the largest animal of the sort ever
seen in the market. He has also twenty-four others,
bred by Mr. Speed, of Woolfal-hall, near Knowsley, of
the finest finish, weighing 24 score each. The splendid
prize pig, ' • Prince Albert," (first prize at the agricultu-
ral show), and "John Bull" (second prize) are also on
show here. Altogether, we have never seen, and our
readers will agree with us, such a magnificent display of
pork of the rarest quality as that presented by Mr. Har-
ding this year: Thousands of persons visited the pre-
mises during the last two days, and were astonished at the
extent, variety, and quality of the pork on show. The
place is well worth a visit.
In making allusion as we have done to the markets on
both sides of the Mersey, it would be invidious to omit
mention of some of the leading shops in different parts
of the town. As has been his wont Mr. Nation, in Com-
mutation-row, has an extraordinary and tempting dis-
play of exceedingly fine beef and mutton from tie choice
herds and flocks of the beat breeders and feeders in the
kingdom. Concerning the stock of Mr. Burton, of
Islington ; Mr. Hall's, Cooper's-row ; Mr. Brabin's,.
Ranelagh-street ; and seVeral others in. Renshaw-street,
Berry-street, and Edge-hill, similar remarks are equally
applicable. In Great Homer-street, Mr_ Jones. shows-
some beautiful five year, old bullocks,. 44c1 Scotch end
Cumberland sheep! n,Adi 1,..,0! imp, I

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BIRKENHEAD MARKET. y t
Nowhere are more exertions made to welcome 'Old
Father Christmas than among our friends across the
water. Weeks before the expected visit the preparations
commence ; and though they may be excelled in sub-
stantial matters, by attention to external appearances
the Birkenhead people seem desirous of making ,their
visitor believe that he is more welcome there than here.
The desire of the tenants of the market to make a Christmas
display is greatly encouraged by the Market Committee,
who are at the expenseof extensive illuminations reaching
across the broad central avenue, and adding greatly' to the
gay appearance of the scene. Bat though they make what
by some would be considered a Uselese display; the
tenants do not entirely neglect substantial provision for
the celebration of the approaching' festival, and this year
they have the same credit, as the tenants of St. 'John's
Market, of having excelled their efforts of previous
years. The display this year among the butchers is said
far to exceed any which has preceded it.
Mr. Heathcock's stall has a good appearance. His
stock includes a Devon -ex, fed bi the Fsrl of Leicester:
four Hereford heifers, bred and fed by J. Naylor, Esq.,
Leighton-hall, Montgomeryshire ; eighteen South-down
sheep and one calf.
Mrs. Pover whose display is remarkably good, has
upon her stall a prime Scotch bullock, bred and fed by
R. Forgie, Esq., Launeeston-house, Edinburgh ; three
Highland Scotch bullocks, bred and fed by Thomas
Lacey, Home Farm, Wigton; a prime South-down
sheep, bred and fed by Lord Walsingham, Merton-hall,
Norfolk, and twelve Cheviot sheep.
Mr. Fullard shows a superior buffalo ox which won
the first prize at Peterborough ; two South-downs, bred
by Lord Walsingham; three West Highland Scots ;
twenty four-year-old South-downs, bred by Thomas
Fullard, Thorny Abbey, Cambridgeshire ; ten Cheviot
sheep ; three Berkshire pigs, bred by Mr. Fullard and
fed by Mr. J. G. Southern. Birkenhead Market, a prime
porKet, ccd by Mr. Fullard, and a calf fed by Mr.
Jeffries of Thursta.ston. _ _ _

Mr. W. Hilton shows four Irish heifers, bred and
fed by Mrs, Gerrad, Gibstown, county Meath ; and one