Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-24 00:00:00

V. A., and some neat devices. There is, however,
qomething better to admire than such ephemorals, al2d
when we mention the following stock, it will give an
idea of tho appearance of this attractive stall:—
Eight prime west Highland bullocks, bred and fed by the
Earl of Galloway, Galloway House, Garliestown, Scot.
land; eight prime bullocks, bred and red by James Billlen,
Esq., Lisoarton Mills, Navan, county Meath, Ireland ;
four prime bullocks, bred and fed by Edward Bitten, Esq.,
Liscarton Castle, near Navan, county Meath, Ireland ; six
prime heifers, fed by Thomas Thomlinson, Broad Green
Farm, Childwall ; one baron of beef for James Ridley,
Esq., Adelphi Hotel; thirty prime vveld,u-s, bred and fed
by John Netherville Gerrard, Esq.,' Gbstovrn House,
county Meath, Ireland; twenty-three Cheviot wedders,
fed by Thomas Thomlinson, Broad Green Farm, Ch 11
wall; two prime house•fefl lambs, fore quarter 235, hind
quarter 15s; tour prime bacon pigs, bred and fed by
Thomas Thomlinson, Broad Green Fares, Chlldwall ; four
prime pork pigs also fed; by the above; and three prime
calves. The illuminations are—a large star over the
door, in the front the proprietor'Osame, with the letters
V. A., and surmounted by a crown. [Where Mr. Thom
linson's name occurs, it will be remembered that he is the
owner of the stall, and bred the stock on his own farm.]
We think Mr. Knight's stall deserving the next notice.
He exhibits a considerable q iantO, of prime beef, route
ton, pork, &c., bred in the three parts of the -United
Kingdom—about the handsomest dressed animal in the
market may be seen at this stall; which is also nicely
illuminated.

We come next to7the stall of Mr. Thomas Allison. In
this stall Irish bred beef and' cattle prevail, and a finer
specimen of the feeding of tie Si:ter Island it would be
impossible to find ; the finish of the slaeep is remarkable,
and that of the beef in like mariner. Ile has no less than
twenty splendid sheep, fed by Mr. Campbell, and four
fine heifers, and four oxen, fed by the eminent grazier
Mr. Lleey, of the County of Meath—all of the finest
description. He has also two remarkably flee pigs, and
other stock of the best description.
Mr. Brandreth has some excellent specimens of beef,
mutton, and pork. He has psis attention to the selection
of the material for use rather than ornament, And he has
succeeded.

I Mr. Hughes has some specimens of giant oxen, looking
first rate, an 1, from appearance, there can be no doubt
that the quality is excellent. We notice, in glob°, the
stalls of Mr. Daffy, Mr. Tenna, Mr. Chaidcs Price; and
Mrs. Gidlow, all of whom show extensive stock, and of
first quality. There are a numlier of other stairs, all
replete with excellent meat ; and amongst the most pitn-
rninent of the side stalls is, that of Mr. Palfrey, who has
everything to suit the palate.
Mr. Alexander M•Gaffie has slaughtered 7 prime four-
year-old Cheviot wAders, bred and fed by Mr. William
Roan, Wavetree, Lancashire; three five-year-old *West
Highland bullocks ; and two prime Galloway bullocks,
The sheep look very inviting as they hang tinselled and
ornamented with rosettes. Mr. John Luca has four
prime bullocks ; eight prime Cheviot withers, bred by
the Duke of Sutherland ; and two Irish heifers. The
butchers near the entrance from Roe-street also make a
,
very creditable display. Mr. William -Meadows has an
Aberdeenshire polled ox, bred by the E trl of Fie, and
fed by Mr. Willi Ana M'Combie, Tillyfour, Aberdeenshire
and an Hereford ox. Mr. Charles Phillips has provided
two prime heifers, 16 Cheviot welders, bred and fed by
the Duke of Sutherland, at Danrobin Castle, Sutherland;
and an Aberdeenshire polled ox. A baron of the latter is to
be cooked at Mr. Lawrence's Temperance Hotel, Clayton- I

sqaare. Mr. William Croasdale presents a varied and
epicurean choice, having provided a polled ox ; a pig,
bred and fed by the Earl of Ellesmere, at Worsley ; ten
Cheviot wedders, bred and fed by the Dake of Suther-
land ; and eleven pure-Soutladowns,

In the Poultry- Market, as before observed, there has
nothing like the present been seen for a long time. The
stalls of Mr. Hatch, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Carney, and other;,
defy all description. Mr. Carroll sold nine geese, weigt-
jag 120 Ibs, to a man for the London market; in fact,

several Loudon buyers are here at present making
purchaws.

In the centre avcnur, where fruit and other luxuries
most prevail, there is a goodly display of these things—
in full accordance, with the other portions Of the market ;
but towering away above all is the giant stand of Mr.

George Taylor, and if there was nothing about it, but the
mere decorations, it would be almost`a wonder in itself.
But viewed as it now standi, decked oat with all the fruit

of every nation undir the sun, it is a sort of enchanted

castle—it is worth all the other sights in the market.

Mr. Richard Ellis' stall is also tilled with compact
pyramids of choice and rare 6ult, surmounted by a

curious miniature design of a fruiterer's shop, with an
open front, the interior filled with the usual commodities.

The top of the window space in this little model is fringed
with carrots. onions, &e., pendent from the ceiling, and
arranged so as to form a very pretty decoration. Sus-
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pended from the brass rods surrounding the stall tire nice
apples, grapes, and mushrooms. Upon the stall opposite,
belonging to Mrs. Sullivan, in addition to the apples,
oranges, &e., there is a large quantity of fine foreign
grapes. Mrs. E. Clarkson has a very large array of fruit,
in rows of pyramids, three deep and twelve in longitudinal
extent.