Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

CORK BUFTER MARKET.—Ocr. 6,

The supply at market to day consisted of 2,403 kegs and firkins,
Which sold at the following uric -s :—Firsts, 118 s; Seconds, 112 s;
Thirds, 103 s; Fourths, 100 s; Fif hs,l36i; Sixths, 63s per cwt.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—Ocr. 6.

The market was quiet today at the following pr.ces :—Mixed
N 03., buyers 67s 6(1, sellers 683 ; No. 1, buyers 68s 6d, sellers
69s ; No. 3, buyers 645, sellers 64s 6d per ton.

BALLINASLOE FAIR.—OcT. 6.

By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.

A limited supply to-day caused a great in rease in the p ices of
sheep. Wedders ave aged 3s, and ewes 2s higher th,n yesterday ;
and tho demand would have taken np fully 20,000 mwe than were
for sale. Horses ant cattle are coming in, and it is expected that the
former will bring very high prices.

A MaecueSTEß FAILURE.—The Manchester advices
mention the failure of Messrs. J. and J. Beard and Co., in
the silk trade, 'with liabilities to the amount of about
£40,000.
WIDOWS.—They are the very dues. There's nothing
like e'm. If they make up their mind to marry it's done.
llknow one that was terribly afraid of thunder and light-
ning, and every time a storm came on, sh 3 would run into
Mr. S pith's house (be was a widower), and clasp her little
hands and fly around, till the man was half distracted for
fear she would be killed, and the consequence was, she was
Mrs. John Smith before three thunder atoms rat led
over her head. Wasn't that dillomatic. —.American
Paper.
Tans CASE OF MPS MADELINE SMITH.—We qu •ted a
paragraph from the Belfast Mercury in reference to the
reported death of a servant girl in Mr. Smith's family, and
giving some " startling disclosure" wi_ich she had made
on her death-bed. We have now been assured, on what
we believe to be " reliable authority," that the story is a
tissue of absurdity, and that Christina Haggett is a'
the present moment in the enjoyment o: the best of
health —Glasgow Daily Mail
M. Soper, in his Culinary Campaign, speaks of the
curious method which the soldiers had of marking their
different lots of meat. " Some," he says, " used a piece of
red cloth cut fro n an old jacket ; others half-a-dozen old
buttons tied together ; old knives, forks, scissors, &c. ;
but one in particular had hit upon an ilea which could
not fail to meet with entire approval. , It consisted in
tying a pair of old snuffers to the lot. All this rubbish
was daily boiled with the meat, but probably required more
cocking. On telling the man with the snuffers that it was
a dirty trick to put such things in the soup, the reply was,
'Elow can it be dirty, sir ? Sure they have 13;.ei bailing
this last month.'"
FIRE IN FARRINGDON-STREET —On Friday night a fire
broke out in a lofty pile of buildings in Farrington-strete,
formerly the composing rob es for Lloyd's London News •
paper, but at present occu iemt by sundry person, amongst
whom are Messrs. Dobbs, the prin'ere, of Fleet-street; and
Messrs. Routledge, the we 1 known booksellers, of Far-
ringdon-eireet. The fire commenced in the top floor,
amongst a large number of reams of paper, and for some
ti threatened very serFus consequences. The fire could
not be subdued until the greater portiun of the stock in
thee uppereteek flhoeolrow by was destroyed,
The
buildings belong to theend serious damage done to
th
Messrs. Harrill, the printers' roller makers, and are sup-
posed to be inured in the fina Fire-office.