The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

IZOW THEY ADVERTISE IN FRANCE.

Any one who has visited a Paris cafe must have noticed
that several of the publications placed at the disposal of the
frequenters aro encased in a very handsome cover, embellished
with ornamentations, and abounding with advertisements in
gold lettering. The custom of placing advertisements upon
the covers of publications, for reading in cafes, has just
given rise to a trial which is not without interest. It seems
that the Charivari has the privilege of taking advertise-
ments like any other of the daily journals, and that this
branch of the business is farmed out. The " farmer," find-
ing advertisers less numerous than formerly, sought to discover
the cause. He found that, dazzled by the greater brilliancy
and effect given to their announcements on the outside of the
Charivari, people had quitted the inside to go there. Tho
fourth page of the publication was deserted for the gold
embellished cover. Upon discovering this, the advertisement
farmer deemed that his rights were being invaded, and
brought an action for damages against the proprietors of the
Charivari, and the proprietor of the cover. Not less than
15,09(1i. was the sxm he claimed. The court did not award
this ; it gave, in fact, no damages. The proprietors of the
Charivari were let off entirely, but the proprietor of the
cover was made to pay expenses, and was forbidden to print,
in future, the name of the Charivari upon the case in which
he enclosed it for reading in cafes. A strange decision this,
as it appears to me, which no fact brought out in evidence
would seem to jus ify, and which can yield no benefit to the
" farmer," whose cause it is intended to support. Nothing
can be easier than to devise a cover which, without having
the_word rharivari printed- upon it, that will at once be
recognised, after a week or so, as belonging to the comic
journal. The poor advertisement " farmer" will then be as
badly off as ever.

ANOTHER CONTINENTAL MIRACLIL—The age of miracles
is not yet passed, it would seem. Another instance that
marvellous and supernatural agency is at work around us—
not in the manifestations of nature, which are still incom-
prehensible enough for most minds one would think, but
outside of nature, and away from her—has just taken place
et Soluzzo, and the particulars have been forwarded to the
Turin papers. According to the account published,
which evidently is about as worthy of credit as the story
of Mrs. Vears`thost, it would appear that a maid servant,
living near the town just named, observed that a wooden
crucifix her master possessed in the house, was in the
habit of sweating blood. She called the attention of her
master to this astounding phenomena, but he paid no atten.
tion to her (being probably of infidel tendencies) ; never-
theless, she kept close watch upon the crucifix, and a few
days after, found it sweating more blood. This time, to
convince even the most incredulous, she gathered the
precious manifestation upon a handkerchief, so that the
stains remain there visible to the eyes of all who choose
to look. The miracle soon got noised abroad—people
flocked to the crucifix, but it bled no more. There was
the handkerchief to prove tha fact that it had bled,
however. The Bishop of Salem, when he heard of the
matter, went with his Vicar General to the house where
the maid servant dwelt. What his views are upon the
matter he has not yet said. Meanwhile, the cross and the
handkerchief have been taken possession of by the autho-
rities, and an investigation, doubtless of a grave and dehbc-
rate kind, will be made into the matter. Perhaps a few
days' imprisonment, with bread and water accorded to the
miracle-maid, will throw a true light upon this mystery,
She evidently, however, does not expect snch a reward ;
but it is the one she deserves. When we read such a story
as this, it is difficult to believe we are in the middle of the
nineteenth century, We might fancy ourselves back into
the middle ages,

THE LIVERPOOL POULTRY EXHIBITION -
CLOSE OF THE SHOW AND GREAT SALE.

The fourth annual poultry exhibition was brought to a
close yesterday afternoon. In every respect it may be said
that the result of the show has been eminently successful.
Throughout the birds exhibited were of the very first class,
and each day the exhibition room has been crowded to view
the various specimens, and in a financial point of view the
result is eminently satisfactory. The amount of private
sales of the exhibition birds was upwards of £350, the
prices ranging from. about £5 to £lO and £l6 per three
birds. One pen of Dorkings, however, belonging to
the Rev. Mr. Donne, of O3westry, fetched thirty
guineas ! As regards the various classes exhibited,
although, as we have already remarked they were
almost uniformly good ; yet, looking to numbers,
the Liverpool show of this year seems to have been
chiefly distinguished for the game fowl exhibited ; and we
perceive, from an announcement made in the exhibition
room, yesterday, that the Managers are disposed, more
especially to encourage the exhibition of this class of birds.
The prizes for the best pair of game fowl next year are to
be five in number, The first prize being £4O, the second
£2O, the third £lO, and the fourth and fifth, £5 each.
The entrance has been fixed at AI each; the number of
entries not to exceed 100. There were no less than 72
entries made yesterday. We were, yesterday, further informed
that the committee have also decided that the entries for
each class in future, shall be £l. 'We hope this decision,
on the part of the committee, will not be persevered in ;
because it must inevitably render the exhibition one
of an exclusive character, and be in other respects,
very unsatisfactory. The proposed advance cannot
be necessary to ensure first class birds, or in order still
further t) improve the breed of poultry, as the show just
ended most unmistakeably provese To adopt it would be
to shut out a large body of exhibitors, and this to discour-
age the practical object of all poultry exhibitions. The
annual sale by auction of poultry took place yesterday, by
the Messrs. Lucas, about 600 birds being offered for sale,
including some of the birds in the exhibition. The lots
included- some choice Dorkings, Spanish, Cochin China,
Hamburgh, and other breeds, from the stocks of Mr.
Wright, Mr. Copple, the Messrs. Werra', Mr. Stretch, Mr.
Teebay, and other noted breeders. The competition was
spirited, and tolerably good prices fetched. The Dorking
fowls commanded the best prices, viz., about an average of
Al 15s. to £2 per pen of three birds. Cochin China,
Spanish, and Hamburgh fowls averaged about £l. ss. per
pen. The proceeds of the sale amounted to upwards of
£4OO.