The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales

LATEST NEWS. COURANT Office, Tuesday Evening. THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS. DURHAM ELECTION. DEATH OF THE DEFEATED CANDIDATE. The Press Association's Durham corre- spondent telegraphs that Mr. Hugh Fenwick Boyd, Q.C., the defeated Liberal candidate at the recent Durham election, who was seized with illness on the day of the polling (last Thursday), and has since remained in a critical condition, died at eleven o'clock this morning. THE BLACKWALL DISASTER. The Coroner's enquiry into the death of 33 of the victims of the Albion disaster at Blackwall was resumed to-day. The jury found that the deceased met their deaths by drowning, from the collapsing of the gangway on which they were standing, caused by the wave or wash following the launch of the Albion, and that no neglect attaches to anyone. DEATH OF DR. PANKHURST. Dr. Pankhurst, barrister, who contested the Gorton Division of Lancashire at the last general election in the Labour interest, and took an active interest in Socialistic move- ments, died at Manchester to-day. Locally he will be remembered as having appeared as counsel for one of the Welsh authorities at the conference at Chester Castle respecting the appointment of a joint committee for the Dee under the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act.

THE SIEGE OF SANTIAGO. SPANISH FLEET DESTROYED. ADMIRAL CERVERA A PRISONER. Admiral Cervera's Fleet has been destroyed, and Santiago has been summoned to surrender. After the severe fighting with General Shafter's force on Friday and Saturday, Admiral Cervera believed the capture of the city to be imminent, and he made a bold attempt to get his squadron out of harbour in spite of the overwhelming American force guarding its en- trance. In a despatch to Washington, Admiral Sampson says the squadron attempted to escape at half-past nine on Sunday morning, and at two in the afternoon the last of the ships kad run ashore and let down her colours. Three cruisers were driven ashore, burned, and blown up within twenty miles of Santiago. Two torpedo destroyers were also demolished, and not a single vessel of the Spanish Squadron escaped. Admiral Cervera was captured, and about thirteen hundred Spaniards were taken prisoners. The city is threatened with bom- bardment unless it surrenders to the American forces by noon to-day.

SHOCKING STREET ACCIDENT AT CHESTER. A CHILD KILLED. A dreadful street accident was witnessed in Boughton on Monday afternoon. A number of children were following a circus band and an elephant along the streets when, passing Russell-street, in Boughton, one of the children, named Mary Frances Jones, six years old, living at No. 38, Boughton, got in the way of a coal lurry coming in the opposite direction. She was knocked down, and the wheel of the lurry passed over her head. When picked up the girl appeared to be lifeless. She was taken to the Infirmary, where it was found that life was extinct. The deceased's father is a quarrier at Waverton, and the family recently removed from Rowton to Boughton. The coal cart is stated to belong to Mr. Wm. Gallagher, and the name of the driver was Alfred Good. An inquest was held on the girl's body yesterday (Tuesday) after- noon.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CHESTER. Grosvenor Bridge was on Monday night the scene of an exciting incident-an attempt by a woman to commit suicide. She was discovered by two men at 10.30 standing on the ledge of the bridge, evidently with the intention of throwing herself over. While in this position the men referred to secured her and asked her her intention. I am tired of my life; I might as well do it first as last" was her reply. The gentlemen took her into custody, and informed River Constable Cuthbert. The woman gave her name as Elizabeth Taylor, and her address 11, Linenhall-street. She said she had come from Birmingham. The constable ascertained at this address that the woman, who was a widow, had been in Chester a week, and was lodging at that house by herself. The inmates of the house could furnish no description of her doings during the week. The woman, who was of respectable appearance, appeared before the magistrates yesterday (Tuesday) morning on a charge of attempting to take her life. She told the Bench she belonged to Chester, but had been in Birmingham looking for work. She could not obtain any, and that was her trouble. She expressed sorrow for her act, and promised never to repeat it.—The Bench discharged her.

CHESTER WORKHOUSE BREAD QUESTION. Mr. Butler had given notice that he would at Chester Board of Guardians' meeting yesterday (Tuesday) move that the Board's decision not to call upon the flour contractor to remove the stock at the Workhouse, and replace it by better quality, be rescinded. Mr. Butler, however, stated that he thought it was a waste of breath to talk about the matter any further. He had been to look at what was baked on the previous day, and there was no nature in the bread at all. It was as dry as chips, and the swill tub was full of it. He knew for a fact that the officers were buying bread outside the Workhouse as they could not eat it. He hoped that the ratepayers who had the power to put the guardians into office would make a note of the attitude of the members on the subject. Mr. RoWE MORRIS There will not be an election for three years, and they will have for- gotten it then. (Laughter.) Mr. VERNON said in relation to Mr. Butler's statement about the swill tub being full of the bread, it was only right that the public should know exactly how the matter stood. There was no bread taken to the swill tubs except the bread from the hospitals after bread went to the hospitals it was not allowed to go anywhere else. He did not know any- thing about the officers getting bread outside. He only knew that no officer and no inmate, until the last committee but one, made any complaint. Mr. KENNEDY asked if it was a fact that the officers were buying bread outside. The MASTER was about to answer, when The CHAIRMAN said there was no motion before the meeting. Mr. BUTLER said there was only twenty bags of flour in the workhouse, whereas last board day there was ninety bags. The damage was done now, and if that was poor law it was time they had an alteration. If the inmates could live on the flour for six weeks let them live on it till the stock was finished. He would not propose his motion.

DISTRICT AND PARISH COUNCILS. GRESFORD PARISH. This Council met on Friday evening, in the Boys' Schoolroom,when Chancellor W. T. Parkins took the chair, and the following councillors also assembled:—Messrs. F. C. Bate, E. Lloyd, G. Lloyd, W. H. Lancelot, J. Tilston, G. Williams, and V. B. Wright, and the Clerk (Mr. Charles Davies).-The question of the charities was again discussed, and it was stated .that a rumour was prevalent that Burton wished to claim a portion of them solely. The matter was again deferred for further inquiry. After a statement of the expenses of the late election had been furnished and approved, a letter was read from the Brymbo Council respecting the removal of house refuse, and asking that the parish of Gresford should be embodied in a scheme which was being formulated for dealing with the matter in Brymbo. On the motion of Mr. V. B. Wright, it was decided to form a committee, consisting of Messrs. F. C. Bate, W. H. Lancelot, and I J. Allington-Hughes to inquire into the matter and report.

STOCKBRIDGE MEETING.—TUESDAY. "iG.-Tu HAMPSHIRE STAKES. Orpah, 1; Leisure Hour, 2; Petty France, 3. Three ran. HOUGHTON PLATE.—Kenwyn, 1: Sand Martin, 2; Shrewd, 3. Seven ran. FULLERTON HANDICAP. Red Virgin, 1; Queen's Wake, 2; Privado, 3. Ten ran. BIBURY STAKES.—Cliviger, 1; Bouncing Lad, 2; Nouveau Riche, 3. Six ran. NOTTINGHAM MEETING.—TUESDAY. NETHERFIELD PARK PLLTE. Dancing Vir- gin, 1; Kingthorpe, 2; Kilometre, 3. Nineteen ran. BATSFOBD PLATE.—Orviepano, 1; Eoos, 2; Blumenaue, 3. Four ran. HOLME PIERREPONT PLATE. Carholme, 1; Slice of Luck, 2; Blue Lass, 3. Ten ran. ST. ALBAN'S HANDICAP.—Elfin, 1; Mackimmie, 2; Dumbarton, 3. Six ran.

(golu The final for the gold medal of the Chester ladies came off on Tuesday, the 28th ult. There was a good muster; out of 12 entitled to play, nine went round the course, and eight returned cards. The winner was Miss F. Shand with a very good 81 nett. "Miss F. Shand. 100 19 = 81 fMiss May B. Comber. 99 15 = 84 Miss M. E. Comber 92 7 = 85 Mrs. Ould 98 13 = 85 Mrs. Archer. 87 se. = 87 Mrs. Chambers 104 12 = 92 Mrs. Fluitt 120 28 = 92 Mrs. Neilson 107- 5 = 102 Winner of gold medal and of 1st sweep. t Winner of 2nd sweep. The Chester gentlemen were engaged in their fifth competition v. Bogey for the committee's cups on Saturday last. The cross west wind did not help the scores much, for eleven players made no return. Results (the figures in brackets denoting the medal handicap) *Mr. H. N. Gladstone (24) 1 down fMr. F. O. Roberts (6). 2 „ JCapt. Massie (6) 3 „ Col. Hutton (12) 3 X Mr. W. H. Scott (15). 3 „ Hon. H. J. Gladstone (10). 4 Mr. R. Kellock (12) 4 „ Mr. C. R. A. Toller (11). 4 „ Mr. T. Comber (12) 4 Dr. Archer (5) .5 „ Mr. U. B. Corbett (17) 6 „ Mr. C. B. Toller (18) 6 „ Win in 2nd class, and 1st sweep. f Win in 1st class, and 2nd sweep. X Divide 3rd sweep. In addition to the usual competitions two tournaments have been lately brought to a con- clusion. The latter of these was the Foursome Tournament (32 entries) of the spring meeting, which produced one very keen contest for the semi-final. Dr. Archer and Captain Thomas had to play 22 holes against Messrs. Ashton and Conwy before the match was decided in favour of the former. In the final the Dr. was off his game, and the brothers Dobie won by four up and three to play. The other tournament (36 entries) was a single with handicaps as for the Calcutta Cup, St. Andrew's, for a prize given by a late honorary member, Mr. Travin. The last stages of the competition were very interesting, and ties were the order of the day. In the third round Mr. Rowley Conwy beat Mr. Leonard Rowley at the nineteenth hole, and a like fate awaited Mr. R. B. L. Johnston, who met Mr. F. O. Evans. In the semi-final Mr. Conwy met Mr. G. S. Lloyd Davies, and again there was a tie, but this time Mr. Lloyd Davies was the fortunate one, and eventually he beat Mr. F. O. Evans in the final, three up and two to play, and won the prize. The Box Medal Competition, over the short course, for the month of June resulted in the handsome win of Captain Thomas with 71 nett (93-22). Over 40 cards were taken out, and many 79's and one 76 were returned. ——

MOLD PETTY SESSIONS. 0 MONDAY.—Before Messrs. P. Tatton Davies- Cooke (in the chair), E. H. Wain, H. Lloyd Jones, W. Catherall, Thomas Parry, and W. P. Jones. THE WRONG MAN.—An affiliation case from the Cilcen district was called on, in which Mr. J. B. Marston appeared for the complainant, and Mr. G. H. Simon defended.—Complainant entered the witness-box, and upon the appearance of the defendant she exclaimed, That's the wrong man. I've made a mistake; it isn't him, it's his brother."—This unforeseen development caused much surprise and amuse- ment in court, and with an intimation that they would come again, Mr. Marston intimated that the case would be withdrawn. MUCH MARRIED LITIGANTs.-John Williams, plasterer, a native of Mold, but now employed at Ellesmere Port, was summoned under the Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1895 for deserting his wife, Phoebe Williams. Mr. G. H. Simon appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Marston defended. Complainant's case was that she was married to the defendant in the Pendref Chapel, Mold, on the 2nd January last. This was the second marriage, while the defendant had twice previously entered the bonds of matrimony. After marriage they lived with her daughter in Hughes's Row, and subsequently they resided for a month in a house of their own at Pownall's Row. During the latter period defen- dant was out of work, and she kept the house going by nursing. They then went to live with his son at Nerquis, and they were supposed to leave there to enter a house of their own in the same locality. Early on the morning of the 28th May he left, and she had heard nothing from him, nor had she received anything towards her maintenance. -John Griffiths, son of the complainant, gave corroborative evidence, and deposed that while the furniture belonging to the parties was at his house, defendant was remdving it piecemeal. Defendant had threatened him.—For the defence, Mr. Marston said that his client's third dip in the matrimonial lottery had not produced a great prize. Defendant had married the complainant and was willing to support her, but he declined to keep her family, and considered it was his wife's duty to come to him at Ellesmere Port.—After a patient hearing the Bench dismissed the case on the ground that desertion had not been clearly proved. A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—Stephen Wynne, of Gwernymynydd, a miner, was summoned for being in possession of explosives without a police certificate. P.C. George Kingsbury stated that on the morning of the 28th of May he heard four reports, and on proceeding in the direction he found defendant firing charges of dynamite. He took from defendant two charges and some caps. In reply to the Chairman, defendant explained that on the day in question a friend of his was getting married, and without knowing he was doing wrong he fired the shots in honour of the event. —Fined 6d. and costs. THE ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT AT LEES- WOOD.—Peter Jones, a person of weak intellect, residing at Old Row, Leeswood, was charged in custody on remand with indecently assaulting Margaret Sarah Williams, aged four years. Mr. J. B. Marston prosecuted, and Mr. G. H. Simon (instructed by Mr. E. Peters, a local poor law guardian) appeared for the defence.— Considerable discussion took place at the outset as to the withdrawal of the charge, in order that the prisoner might be conveyed to the workhouse or other institution, but eventually it was decided to proceed with the evidence.—In opening the case Mr. Marston observed that if it could have been avoided, the prosecution were not desirous that the prisoner should be sent to gaol. The guardians had for years been promising to procure his admission to the Work- house. After the present offence had been committed the prosecutor refrained from pro- ceeding for a week, in the hope that something would be done in the matter. No step was taken, and for the future protection of his child he was compelled to take proceedings. After having neglected the matter for a great number of years, the poor law authorities, when it was too late, shewed sign of moving in the case. Margaret Sarah Williams, aged four years, who was not sworn, said she was the daughter of Edward Williams of Wern Cottage, Leeswood. Last Thursday week she was going to the shop of Mrs. Rogers on an errand when she met the prisoner who took her to a field and assaulted her. She told Mrs. Rogers and her mother.— Evidence was also given by Mary Williams, mother of the last witness; Robert Jones; Eliza Jane Williams, a niece of Mrs. Rogers; and Dr. Edwards.—After a brief consultation the Bench decided that the evidence given was insufficient to send the case for trial, and the prisoner was accordingly discharged.

Cricftet. GENTLEMEN OF CHESHIRE V. MR. NATHAN'S TEAM.—Played at Chelford. Score :— MB. NATHAN'S ELEVEN. GENTLEMEN. R Peel b Hayhurst 14 J B Littledale c Burton b C Reiss b Littledale. 0 Birley 70 A Burton c Hayhurst b H Gill c Birley b Beiss .29 C Reiss b Littledale. 0 Birley .70 A Burton c Hayhurst b H Gill c Birley b Beiss .29 Littledale 26 W E Fairlie not out 116 Lord Lilford c A J Sykes F Grant b Gregg 3S b Hayhurst 11 H Sykes not out 7 Bev. R W ilcock b Hayh'st 0 CH Clifford lbw b l&rley 1 F P Nathan c Storey b I Littledale .20 A Bankier b Cl H Gregg b Littledale. 1 F Hiller not out 0 A Co well st Story b Little- dale 1 G F Birley c Story b Littledale 2 G F Birley c Story b Littledale. 2 Extras 0 Extras 8 Total 85 j Total (for i wkts) .270 BOUGHTON HALL V. BIRKENHEAD PARK.— Played at Boughton Hall on Wednesday. Score: BOUGHTON HALL. J Ravenscroft c&b Bretherton 1 b Pheam .21 W Jones b Bretherton 4 c Grayson b Thomson 7 W E Fairlie c Cleaver bKirby 1 J Hampson c & b Bretherton. 9 not out .30 J P Douglas b Kirby 3 b Kirby 1 WAV Churton c Holden b Brethertou 3 J C Trampleasure c Major b Bretherton .22 F M Jones b Kirby .12 c Thomson b Pheam.. 5 EHodkiusoncHolde&bBre'tn 2 E P Blencowe not out .10 b Kirby 1 H Hack b Thomson 9 Extras 3 Extras 0 Total 79 Total .65 BIRKENHEAD PARK. C Holden c Fairlie b F M A J Chadwick o Tram- Jones 5 pleasure b F M Jones. 0 H S Cochrane c W Jones W H Major b Trampl'ure.15 b Hack 0 J Bretherton c Blencowe P A Cleaver b F M Jones. 12 b F M Jones .18 F J Kirby c Trampleasure G M Bennett not ont .13 b F M Jones .23 R B Thomson b Hack. 9 H M Grayson b Hack 5 Extras 5 N H Pheam c Ravenscroft — b Churton 8 Total 113 BOUGHTON HALL v. KNUTSFORD.—Played at Boughton Hall on Saturday. Score:— KNTJTSFOBD. I BOUGHTON HALL. H Hartley c&b F M Jones 1 S Swire b Fennell 11 F C Rivaz run out 10 F M Jones b Rivaz 12 H J Mothersill c Bankes T H Bankesb Rivaz 13 b.F M Jones 2 J Hampson c Hartley b T L Fennell c Arnold b Rivaz .86 Hack 0 J P Douglas c & b Rivaz.14 H Watson lbw b Hack .12 H Arnold b Rivaz 0 T Jackson b Hack 3 WAV Churton run out.,10 E J Barnes b F M Jones.16 J Henshall c Longridge b F Cook b Hack 0 Rivaz 0 H Longridge b Hack 0 E P Blencowe b Fennell. 0 H Truss b Hack 0 H Hack b Webb 23 A Webb not out 0 J Trampleasure not out. 0 Extras 6 Extras 18 Total 50 Total 188 EATON PARK V. PERMANENT WAY DEPART- MENT (CREWE).—Played at Eaton on Saturday. Score:— PERMANENT WAY. 1st Innings. end Innings. J M Williams b Killick 27 not out 5 Tweedy b Killick 7 c & b Barnard. 2 J Winley b Brierley. 2 b Killick .13 Timmins b Killick 1 b Killick 7 J Platt b Killick 1 b KiUick 6 W J Pool cMarchant bBrlerley 0 W J Webster cFuller bKillicklO not out 3 Watkins b Killick 1 run out 0 H Woodhouse run out 2 b Brierley 1 D Sands not out 4 c Killick b Brierley. 4 B Dain b Marchant 0 b Killick 1 Extras 6 Extras 3 Total .61 Total (8 wkts) .45 EATON PARK. W B Brierley run out 12 A Bailey run out 12 W Marchant c Tweedy b HE Crane lbw b Pool 1 Williams 14 F Wise c Webster b H Meekiiig b Poole 10 Timmins 9 Rev J R Fuller b Will'ms 2 E Wells not out 2 G Killick b Williams 3 Extras 2 J Joiner b Williams 0 — A Barnard b Poole 0 Total 63 HOOLE v. BIRKENHEAD ST. MARY'S.—Played at Birlrenhead on Saturday. Score:— ST. MARY'S. I HOOLE. S Jenkins c Bellis b Fenna 3 Laird b Jenkins 3 WBarnes cFenna bJerome 1 Cleg c Y ouds b Rowlands 1 H Rowlands b Jerome. 2 Walker c Rowlands b EWilson c Sands bJerome 3 Jenkins 0 J Hewitt b Fenna. 0 Hill b Rowlands 0 J Aldis b Jerome 3 T Fenna run out 4 J Youds cJerome bFenna 5 Jerome b Jenkins 5 S Davies b Jerome 0 Sands st Aldis b Davies.17 R Jenkins b Jerome 6 Bellis cBarnes bRowlands 0 C Wynne run out 0 Logan lbw b Davies 9 J Hall not out 0 Holland c Barnes bDavies 4 I Bowers not out 7 Extras 4 | Extras 0 Total 27 1 Total 50 ST. MARY'S 2ND XI. V. OLD ST. MART'S.— Played at Eaton-road on Saturday. Score:- OLD ST. MART'S. ST. MABT'S 2ND. W L Wildig b W Thomas 6 J Ronson c & b W Wildig 0 H Jones b Barnett 3 A Dryland st Davies b Walter Davies c Egerton Wildig 2 H Jones b Barnett 3 A Dryland st Davies b Walter Davies c Egerton Wildig 2 b Thomas 0 W H Walters b Wildig. 0 J Jones b Thomas 3 A Blake b Wildig 0 J Wildig c Blake bThomas 3 B Dryland lbw b J Jones.. 2 Wm Davies o Barnett b G Jones b Wildig 1 Thomas 0 R Barnett c W Wildig b J Thornton b 2 H Jones .12 F Edge b Barnett. 0 E Rogers c J Wildig b J A Williams not out 5 Jones 1 W Jordan b Barnett 0 J Egerton c & b Wildig. 0 F Good c G Jones b Dry- A Catherall b Wildig 1 land 0 W Thomas not oat 7 Extras 2 Extras 3 Total 24 Total 29 ELLESMERE PORT V. CHESTER VICTORIA.— Played at Ellesmere Port on Saturday. Score: CHKSTKR VICTORIA. ELLESMERE POET. J G Jones b Tomalin 5 J Tomalin c & b E T J B Sconce b Tomalin 7 Hallmark 0 A Rowland b Nicholas 1 TTutton cHales bCopp'ck 5 J B Sconce b Tomalin 7 Hallmark 0 A Rowland b Nicholas 1 TTutton cHales bCopp'ck 5 B Johnson run out 0 Whitby b E T Hallmark. 0 W King b Tomalin 1 W Breckon b J G Jones.12 W P Hallmark c Blain b J Nicholas c Sconce b E Tomalin 0 T Hallmark 10 E T Hallmark b Nicholas 3 Williams b E T Hallmark 0 EHales cTaylorbTomalin 8 D Jones b E T Hallmark. 4 C Coppack b Nicholas 1 C Stockton b J G Jones. 4 W H Jones b Nicholas 0 Blain c & b E T Hallmark 0 HHughesnotout. 0 Taylor not out S C Jones c Coppack b J G Jones 6 Extras 0 Extras 1 Total 18 Total 45 SALTNEY ST. MARK'S V DODLESTON.-Played at Dodleston on Saturday. Score :— SALTNET. DODLESTON. J Dean b Owen 8 Brammall c C Dean b J Davidson b Yarwood 0 Fennah 1 F Bennett b Yarwood 1 Evans b Manifold 0 C Dean cBrammallbO wen 3 J Smith c Bennett b Fen- W Richards lbw b Owen.. 3 nah 2 T Newman b Yarwood 2 Hughes b Fenuah 0 A Richards c Milton b A Owen c Bennett b A Richards c Milton b A Owen c Bennett b Yarwood 5 Fennah 6 R Manifoldb Yarwood 0 Kirkham b Fennah 5 G Edwards not out.4 Yarwood cC DeanbFen'ah 5 F Fennah st Kirkham b Jones rnn out 1 G Edwards not out 4Yarwood cC DeanbFen'ah 5 F Fennah st Kirkham b Jones run out 1 Owen 0 Hulmston c Newman b G Wamwright b Yarwood 1 Fennah 0 S Evans b Manifold 3 Milton not out 0 S Evans b Manifold. 3 Milton not out 0 Extras 2 Extras 1 Total 20 Total 24 ST. TIMOTHY'S v. HAWARDEN.—Played at Hawarden on Saturday. Score:— ST. TIMOTHY'S. I HAWARDEN. J C Alcock c Miller b A Williams b Williams 0 Johnson 4 F Green c Mitchell b A W Pople run out 5 Williams 2 W Parry b Johnson 0 E Evans c Mitchell b JBKirk cRoberts bEvans.14 Williams 3 C E Roberts c Roberts b F Prince b Alcock 0 Evans 0 W Garett run out 1 E Williams b Evans 1 E B Roberts c Roberts t A E Kirk b Evans 0 Williams 13 H J Haynes b Johnson. 4 R Green b Alcock 0 T H Mann not out 5 W Johnson not out 4 W H Mitchell b Evans 1 Miller c Haynes b Alcock 4 T Worthington st Green F S Gibson b Pople 0 b Evans 0 F Johnson b Pople 0 b Evans 0 F Johnson b Pople 0 Extras 0 Extras 1 Total 35 I Total 28 MOLD v. T ATTENHALL.-This Chester and District League match was played at Meld on Saturday. Score:— TATTENHALL. I MOLD. W Jones b Gillespie.28 W Gillespie c Grice b W J Welch b E Lewis 1 Jones 1 C Logan cE Jones bLewis 4 L L Maddox lbw b B H F Arthan lbw b Lewis 20 Davis 1 G Grice not out 7 Davies (pro) lbw bW Jones 3 Rev C Arnold b Gillespie.. 2 W H Cooke c Arthan b R H Davis b Lewis 0 Davis 9 G Grice not out 7 Davies (pro) lbw bW Jones 3 Rev C Arnold b Gillespie.. 2 W H Cooke c Arthan b R H Davis b Lewis 0 Davis 9 W Hall c Lowsby b 1 E Lewis st Grice b Davis. 6 Gillespie. 0 J Simons b W Jones 0 S Gartside b Gillespie 0 E Jones b W Jones 10 J Davenport b Gillespie. 0 J B Marston b W Jones. 0 J B Fletcher c Jones b A M North b W Jones 2 Gillespie 0 J M Lowsby not out 4 G Harrison b Jones 8 Extras 6 Extras 1 Total 68 Total 45 MALPAS v CHOLMONDELEV. Played at Malpas on Saturday. Score:— E Williams run out 0 C W Dod b L Fletcher 9 MALPAS. CHOLMONDELET. A Fletcher not out 7 JJ Slater c Williams b L Fletcher run out 13 Bradbury. 5 W Bradbury c Shuttle- A Dod c&b Bradbury 2 wood b C W Dod 4 A ahuttlewood b Bradb'y 0 R E Parker b Hopley 5 A Jones c Allman b L A Beeves c C W Dod b Fletcher 2 R E Parker b Hopley 5 A Jones c Allman b L A Beeves c C W Dod b Fletcher 2 Hopley 810 Hopley b L Fletcher 0 J Horbone b Hopley 0 J Lanceley b L Fletcher.. 0 F Allman b Hopley 1 H Horton b L Fletcher. 1 C Dod c Owen b A Dod 0 1 F Owen c A Fletcher b E Mercer b Hopley 0 Bradbury 2 J Baker b A Dod 0 A Brassey not out 1 T Jordan b L Fletcher 3 Extras 5 Extras 0 Total Total 25 MOLLINGTON V. WAVERTON. Played at Mollington on Saturday. Score :— WAVERTON. I MOLLINGTON. N Cogswell b Roberts 4 F Williams b D B-Ham'tn24 T Jenkins lbw b Roberts.. 6 J Coppack c Reynolds b R Wright b Tait 0 Meacock 2 D B-Hamilton c Har- R A Tait b Wright 4 greaves b Roberts 3 D Hargreaves c Jenkins C Gregory b Tait 0 b Wright 0 C Gregory b Tait 0 b Wright 0 E Meacock o Minshnll b LRobertscParrybWright 2 Roberts 3 J Williams b Reynolds 0 F Reynolds bTait 15 R D Nicklin not out .14 C Holliwell not out 7 FA Walker bD B-H'miltn 3 T Day b Tait 0 T Gallant not out 3 C Parry b Tait 0 J Minshull did not bat A B-Hamilton c Roberts S Davies „ bTait 4 Extras 0 Extras C Total 42 Total (for 7 wkts) .58

LAWLESSNESS IN THE CHURCH. 0 MR. S. SMITH'S CRUSADE. MEETING AT BUCKLEY. [By OUIt OWN REPORTER.] On Monday evening Mr. S. Smith, M.P., delivered a long speech at Buckley upon lawlessness in the Church, re-iterating mainly his recent statements in the House of Commons. The occasion was a lecture on the education question by the Rev. J. Hirst Hollo well in the Tabernacle, which was fairly well filled. Mr. Smith, who occupied the chair, was loudly applauded on rising to speak. He said they had had debates in Parliament of great importance, which touched very closely upon the religious condition of England, and which had a very close bearing upon the system of Voluntary schools. Indeed, those debates had shed a flood of light upon the whole question of education, and, he believed, would have a very great effect in forming public opinion. He thought he was not exaggerating when he said that the light which had been shed upon the condition of the Church of England in the discussions on the Benefices Bill had startled the country. They had brought out before the people of this country what some of them knew before, but what the great majority of the poople were ignorant of, that a large section of the clergy of the Church of England were steeped up to the very lips in Roman Catholic doctrine and ritual. It had been generally supposed that only a few extreme men were affected by these opinions, but information which had come to him of late years, and especially this last year, had satisfied him that in place of a small minority it was nearer the case to say that a majority of the clergy of the Church of England were more or less influenced by what might be called Romish opinions, and a number of them had gone to the verge of assimilating their worship to that of the Roman Catholic Church. This had come out in London this present year very strikingly through reports which had been given Monday by Monday of the services going on on the previous Sunday in many of these churches. The Mass was celebrated openly and without disguise exactly the same as in any Roman Catholic Church, adoration was paid to the saints, prayers were offered for the dead, the doctrine of what was called transubstantia- tion was taught in the most open form; adoration was paid to the consecrated wafer as if it was the living God, exactly the same as in a Roman Catholic place of worship. In his speeches in Parliament he had quoted very freely in proof of these facts, and no one rose to deny what he stated; they tried to minimise his statements and make out that they were exaggerated, but no one ventured to deny them, because they rested upon indubitable evidence. It had been proved beyond all doubt that the Church of England was honeycombed with secret societies, the object of which was to destroy its Protestant character, while some of them aimed at union with the Church of Rome as soon as they could bring the Church of England up to a sufficiently Catholic standard. He quoted in the House of Commons the objects of one of those societies, which had bishops-secretly ordained bishops-who held what were called Roman orders. No attempt was made to contradict that. He named one of those so-called bishops publicly, and it was open to that gentleman to contradict it, but up to this time he had seen no contradiction, and he did not think any contradiction would come. (Applause.) He had taken very great pains to verify the truth of those statements. It was a very re- sponsible thing to make them, and he dared not have done so if he had not been fully convinced of their truth. But a long and careful study of the question had satisfied him that there were hundreds of clergy in the Church of England who were absolutely Roman Catholics in everything but the name—(hear, hear)—and there were thousands more largely advanced on the same road. He had made a rough calcu- lation, and he thought between the English Church Union, the Society of the Holy Cross, the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, and two or three other ad- vanced Romish societies, there must be 6,000 clergy, perhaps 7,000, members of societies which were aiming at re-union with the Church of Rome. That was a very large proportion of all the clergy in England, and he gathered from the enormous number of letters that bad reached him during the last few weeks that over large districts of England, especially the rural parishes, there were very few left who now called themselves Protestants they repudiated the term with contempt and called themselves Catholic priests. He had letters from churchwardens in many parishes stating that th6 people had been driven out of the churches by the intrusion of these Ritualistic clergy. In some cases the whole congrega- tion had left, for under the existing state of the law they had no redress. After reading a letter he had received from a church- warden of St. Mark's, Marylebone, Mr. Smith said the explanation of the present state of things was to be found in the fact that the theological colleges which trained men for the ministry had fallen mostly under the control of the Romish element in the Church. The young men were brought up steeped in those doctrines, knowing nothing else, and believing that religion consisted of this kind of ceremonial. They believed in all the doctrines of the priest- hood, they believed they possessed miraculous power, and were able to forgive sins. Confessional boxes were being set up in these churches in thousands, and the worst of it was that in many cases children were being induced to come to confession. The catechism which he quoted in the House of Commons made some sensation there; it was prepared for children six or seven years old. (Cries of Shame.") He called it poison. (Applause.) These awful doctrines were now being taught to multitudes of children in Sunday schools, and he was afraid even in some cases in day schools. At confirmation services the Ritualistic clergy seized the opportunity to saturate young minds with Romish doctrines, and he was sorry to say he had found out that in many cases clergymen required children to give a solemn pledge that they would never enter any place of worship except one in communion with the Church of Eng- land. ("Shame.") To exact a pledge of that sort from a young girl about sixteen, and fill her mind with this intense pre- judice and hatred against her fellow- Christians was almost diabolical.—(Applause.) The sooner this sort of thing was ex- posed the better it would be for the nation. The discussions in Parliament turned very much on the action of the bishops. According to the theory of the Church the business of a bishop was to drive away unsound doctrine; he was the man who ought to prevent these practices. Why had the bishops not done anything in the case ? Undoubtedly because a great proportion of them were steeped in the same doctrines and practices themselves. The Public W orship Regulation Act passed in 1874 to permit the aggrieved laity to get redress against such practices had been neutralised by the veto of the bishops, and the rights then con- ferred upon the laity had been practically abroga- ted. Therefore even if Parliament did pass a strong Act and left the administration to the bishops, they knew beforehand it would be a failure. In his opinion there was no compromise possible between the sacerdotal and the Protestant element in the Church of England, because the more they studied the question the more they saw they presented absolutely opposed concep- tions of religion. Sir William Harcourt, to whom they owed a great deal, had touched a chord that had vibrated through the whole country, and his (Mr. Smith's) belief was that he had behind him the great mass of the citizens of this country of all creeds in his out- spoken denunciation of what he called treachery in the Church. (Applause.) He (Mr. Smith) respected Roman Catholics because they were sincere and honest; they were not double- faced, they believed these things and practised them. But he did not respect men who entered the service of a Church which repudiated these doctrines and then taught them. Some Roman Catholics were objecting to the strong language that had been used. They attacked Sir William Harcourt in the House of Commons, but they surely could not consent in the British Parliament to refuse to point out blots on their own ecclesiastical system because there happened to be some Roman Catholics who sat in Parliament. The thing was monstrous. They must be allowed surely to clean their own house from corrup- tion and deceit. But it must be well under- stood that they were not attacking any Church at all; they were attacking those who had no right whatever in a Protestant Church. (Applause.) Sooner or later this ques- tion, which lay at the root of the nation's welfare, would come to the front and be the question of the day. A strong < Protestant leader would be supported by a great proportion of the laity of the Church of England, and he had letters from many Conservative Churchmen and not a few clergy saying that they would thankfully follow any Liberal, any Radical leader who would take up the Protestant line. (Applause.) He thought we were not very far from the time when there would be returned to Westminster a strongly Liberal and Protestant Parliament that would undertake to fight this question of priestcraft with a thoroughness that had never been seen in this country since the days of the long Parliament.' The great mass of the citizens of this country would not consent to be led blindfold towards Rome; they would return a Parliament with strong convictions, and one of its first acts would be to establish universal public schools under popular control. (Applause.)

THE PROPOSED NEW CHURCH AT SHOTTON. 0 The Rev. S. E. Gladstone has issued a pamphlet containing a letter to his parishioners and friends, and a sketch of the proposed church. The letter reads as follows:— Hawarden Rectory. My Dear Parishioners and friends,—The time has now come when I have to commend to the sympathy and liberality of the whole parish, and of any other friends outside, the building of a church at Shotton for the benefit of that district. One by one the wants of the various parts of this large parish have been successively met, and churches, schools, parsonages, or some of these have been gradually provided. The knowledge that this was done for their benefit in the day of their need will, I am sure, draw out the kind benevolence of all who, wherever they live in Hawarden parish, value and make use of these institutions. Twenty-six years ago the late Bishop of St. Asaph (Bishop Hughes) advised the erection of a church near Shotton. We built a school-chapel which has since been much enlarged, and has done good work. There have been regular and good congregations, and there are over one hundred communicants in the immediate district. For many years it has only been a question of time when a church should be built to take the place of the school- chapel, and during the last two or three years the increase of houses and population has been so great and rapid that I am persuaded that the time has now come. During the last six months, however, this matter, which was first promoted inside the district itself, has been most carefully dealt with; I have visited all the houses, and attended several meetings, and been in frequent action with a committee appointed to deal with the preliminaries; and all the time I have shewn to those who are to be thus benefited that, if they desired a church now, they must prove their earnestness by work and self- denial. This has been no difficult or unpleasant duty, for the zeal was not lacking, and now over two hundred persons there are actually sub- scribing, and there is a large body of workers on the spot ready to do anything to advance the cause. But the district consists almost wholly of the working-classes, and even if they all do their best a great part of the help required must come from the rest of the parish and from friends outside. To your kindness, then now I address myself. The Bishop has consented to the work; the Archdeacon and the Rural Dean are also aware of it. May I, on behalf of your fellow parishioners, ask your support of this work ? I may mention that about a year ago Mr. Gladstone personally inspected the dis- trict and (in September, 1897) promised me £1,000 towards this church on the under- standing that it would be built handsomely and for the benefit of all the people dwelling in that part of Hawarden. I think we shall view this as a sacred legacy entrusted to us for the carrying forward of a great spiritual object. May I then suggest that every Churchman throughout the parish should contribute something, and pray do not hold back because you cannot give much. We have enough to start upon, and in any case intend to leave the tower and south aisle to another generation to build. The church will seat 470, and what we wish to do will cost about £ 4,000, besides the site. So far we have not asked anyone for help outs ide the district, but the following have been already given. (Then follows a list of subscriptions, including the Right Hon. W. E. :Gladstone, £ 1,000; the Rector, £ 500; Mrs. Gladstone, £ 50; the Hon. Mrs. W. H. Gladstone, £ 50; the Hawarden Estate Trustees (value of site), £ 363; Mr. Henry N. Gladstone, £ 50; Miss Glynne and Lady Penrhyn, 925; Miss Davison, 950; Messrs. Summers and Co., 950; Mr. Rowley and family, £ 25; Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, X10). The above amounts will serve to shew that this important matter is now well in hand. Plans and specifications have now been adopted.— Yours very faithfully, STEPHENE. GLADSTONE."

AUCTION SALES. VALUE OF PROPERTY AT TATTENHALL AND BURWARDSLEY. On the 18th ult., at the Grosvenor Hotel, Chester, Messrs. Churton, Elphick, and Co. held a sale of freehold property, lying at Tattenhall and Burwardsley, and divided into four lots, viz.:—Lot 1, the dairy farm, known as White Head Farm, situate at Tatten- hall, with farm buildings, garden, and several fields of old pasture land, extending to 19a. 2r. 27p., or thereabouts. Lots 2 and 3, two fields, known as The Common, situate close to Lot 1, and having areas of 5a. 3r. 25p. and 5a. 2r. 8p. respectively. Lots 1, 2, and 3 failing to find a purchaser, were withdrawn, but were subsequently disposed of for £ 2,350. Lot 4, comprising the tenement known as Mount Pleasant, situate at Burwardsley, with the outbuildings, garden, and four fields, with a total area of la. 2r. 26p., realised 1360. Messrs. Royle and Reynolds, of Chester, acted as solicitors to the vendors. SHREWSBURY HORSE SALE. The monthly sale for June was held on Friday and Saturday, in the Raven New Repository, which was formally opened on May 28th. As was then announced, Messrs. Wm. Hall, Wateridge, and Owen, owing to the gratifying support accorded them, had found it necessary to extend the sale to two days, and the satisfactory result obtained last week fully warranted this move- ment. The catalogue embraced an entry of 228 horses, Friday's sale consisting of 158 harness horses, hunters, hackneys, cobs, and ponies, which included many valuable animals, all classes meeting a much improved trade. The attendance was a large and representative one, and included several dealers and private buyers, who are unable to be present on Satur- days, and all these expressed their approval of the two days' sale. Saturday's sale comprised 70 heavy town and team horses, vanners, and shire colts, which met with the keenest compe- tition from the large number of buyers present, very few failing to find customers, several of the lots realising 60 guineas and upwards. The next sale is announced for Friday and Saturday, July 29th and 30th, for which a large entry may be expected.

LIFEBOAT SATURDAY: THE RECEIPTS.—The money paid for admission to the Groves enclosure and collected in the streets and hotels, amounted to the substantial sum of R126 2s. 6d. To this there is still to be added the collections in the various churches. THE LATE MAJOR JOCELYN FFOULKES.—At the Denbighshire Quarter Sessions on Friday, the Chairman (Captain Griffith Boscawen) referred to the death, a week or two ago, of Major Jocelyn Ffoulkes, of Eriviatt, Denbigh, who, he said, had been a magistrate since the Queen's accession, nearly 61 years, and had served many years in the Militia. Captain Griffith Boscawen remarked that he himself had the honour to serve with Major Ffoulkes in the Militia regiment. At one time Major Ffoulkes was a very prominent man in the county, and he was sure he was speaking in accord with the feeling of the court when he said he desired to express their feeling of sympathy with his family, and their appreciation of his many services to the county. The vote of con- dolence was seconded by the Vice-chairman, supported by Chancellor Bulkeley-Jones, and carried unanimously. Mr. S. Moss, M.P., ex- pressed his concurrence with the resolution on behalf of the bar. CAUTION.—The universal appreciation of HORNY- MAN'S PURE TEA has induced unscrupulous dealers to palm off worthless imitations. Sold by—Chester: Spencer, 36. Bridge-st.; Co-op. Society Turver, chemist; Woolley, confectioner; Roberts, chemist; A. Evans. Birkenhead: Dutton, Haywood, chemist; Packwood, Dixon and Osmond, Hessler, Co-op. Society. Rhuddlan: Roberts, grocer. NewFrrry: Fawcett, chemist. Upper Brighton: Somerville, Garratt, chemist. West Kirby: Atherton and Co. Bromborough Pool: Co-op. Society. Mynydd Isa: Co-op. Society. Frodsha-m Baker. Tarporley Dunning. Port Sunlight: Provident, Society. Tattenhall: Morgan,

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 'ENGLAND'S VICE AND CORRUPTION.'—Your letter is an advertisement. 0

DR. McCULLOCH AND HIS GRIEVANCES.' Sir,—I have seen a letter under this title from Mr. Gordon Houghton, which appears in your isue of Wednesday last, and I ask you to kindly afford me space to reply to it. Mr. Houghton writes, The letter in the Press ef the 25th inst. is in reference to myself and my gardener, Charles (Christopher) (?) Sprackling, and in a postscript he says the gardener is prepared on oath to deny the truth of the story told by me. Well, I admit my story had reference to Mr. Gordon Houghton and his gardener, though I gave no names in my letter to the Press; and I can only now say that I believed the story at the time, and since then my informant declares it is substantially true. There the case ends as far as I am con- cerned and your readers must judge between the probabilities of the two versions. I am glad to note that Mr. Gordon Houghton was not influenced by any of the petty spite which emanated from the District Council election. I believe he has not discussed the matter with the Rector, or any of his family. His action, he says, against me has absolutely no connec- tion with the attack upon the Church and the Rector of Tarporley.' I do not like this phraseology. I have again and again denied that I made any attack on the Church or the Rector, but only against the Church policy in local matters. This I had every right to do, if I thought fit, and all my actions have been open and public. Yet to this day no one has stood forth to defend the Church policy, or prove wherein I did them a wrong. Instead, because I had the audacity to oppose what they proposed, I have since been treated as if I were a moral leper in their midst. It is this unjust and unfair conduct I have objected to, and for the opinions of outside readers on this I appealed in the columns of your two contemporaries last week. To me, the most important part of Mr. Gordon Houghton's letter is the assertion that his conduct towards me was justified by a reason quite well known to me. Well, I hereby solemnly declare that I am quite ignorant of, and so far as I know, quite innocent of any action or speech, which could have caused Mr. Gordon Houghton's extraordinary behaviour towards me. Arguing post hoc, propter hoc, I concluded it must be due to this bother.' In the face of his statement that this has nothing to do with it, I must now ask him to let me know, through the Press, or privately, the nature of my offending. I ought to be told, and afforded the chance of proving my innocence, or otherwise; and I shall leave no endeavour untried to obtain it.—I remain, yours faith- f ully, ALLEN MCCULLOCH. Tarporley, July 2nd, 1898. 0

FIN DE SIECLE MARTYRDOM. Sir,—I found an enormous gooseberry in my garden on the 24th ultimo, and fully intended sending it to you with a letter for publication, but I remembered that the silly season had not yet set in, and that Parliament is still even in its dull way able to supply copy' for the Press in the meantime. However, on the morning of the 25th ultimo I found a letter in the Observer bearing the exciting heading 'Britons never shall be slaves. A lesson to Reformers.' Methought at first here is another of those patent medicine advertisements, with which the unwary reader is trapped from time to time, but on looking at the signature I found it came from a properly qualified medical man, and that the mention of his professional skill in saving a patient when he was all but dead of inflam- ma tion,' was so deftly wrapped up in an account of the doctor's grievances as to avoid being altogether a breach of the professional etiquette which forbids advertisement. Having given in realistic, but somewhat inelegant, language the conversation of three Britons in Tarporley, he proceeded to invite the public opinion of the county upon what he describes as un-English and un-Christian conduct. He was to look anxiously in the issue of next week for com- ments, and I must confess that I expected to find a wealth of indignant language therein, and so restrained my pen from expressing my thoughts on the subject, eager though it was for work in the interests of publication. Judge of my surprise when I found that the only letter which the Doctor's trumpet blast had evoked came from Mr. Gordon Houghton, who had the temerity to identify himself as the subject of wrath, but who placed the case in such a different aspect that one is driven to believe that Tarporley Britons are still freemen, and that the Churchman (also a church-goer, as the Doctor takes pains to point out) who cried aloud to the Almighty about the rottenness of Tarporley had, like the Psalmist, spoken in his haste. Now, sir, when men aspire to political or municipal office, they must not be too thin- skinned, and if Dr. McCulloch wishes to pose as a martyr and a fit descendant of the Covenan- ters whom he claims for his ancestry, it seems somewhat ridiculous to find him howling so loudly when his corns are trodden upon by one and another of the crowd who travel along that stony road. Here and there one meets that man who is known as 'The man with a grievance.' Is there not such an individual in Tarporley ? A couple of years ago Dr. McCulloch appealed in your columns for public support in an attempt which he proposed to make to alter the carriage-licence laws in the interests of professional men, his corn having been trodden upon a week or two before. But the public lay low, and left him in undisturbed possession of that grievance. A couple of months ago he sought public sympathy because he and his wife were on unfriendly terms with certain neighbours over his action in District Council matters. Next the public are asked to weary themselves over a trumpery matter in connection with a mistake in the printer's proof of the local cricket club's fixture card. And Inow we are asked to take up arms, or, at any rate, the pens, because Gardener Sprackling has seen fit to dispense with the services of his late medical attendant! Cheap are the glories of martyrdom if they cost but such trifling irritation and loss, but this is not the stuff of which martyrs are made, and Dr. McCuUoch has not been cast in the mould of the Scottish heroes, from Sir William Wallace to Piper Findlater, whose deeds and sufferings make more noble history than the paltry and petty worries of the everyday life of the Chairman of the Tarporley Urban Dis- trict Council.—I am, sir, your obedient servant, RIDLEY LATIMER. Independence Day, July 4, 1898.

ADVICE TO MOTHERS !—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth P Go at once to a chemis and get a bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRUP, which has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It is pleasant to taste produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright as a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Sold by Chemista everywhere at Is. lid. per bottle.

Stock aim Sljarr iU»; Reported by Messrs. EDWABDS, SON, & \VARMS1, 29, Eastgate Eow (North). Chester. CONSOLS 112 BANK MATH >G.EGENT Chester Corpora- tion 3i Irredeemable Stock Chester Gas Com- 235-^2. pany 10 A Ordinary Stock 7 B & C „ J95-20* „ 7% Con. Pref. Stock Chester Water- works Co 74 Consolidated Stock •» it 7 New Ordinary Stock, 1st and 2nd moieties „ „ 6 £ 10 i*erpet'l. Pref. ^8 Shares, fully paid Haw'd'n & District Water Company £ 10 Shares, fully paid Nat. Prov. Bank 0 of England Lim. £ 75 Shares, £ 1010s. paid. 4y xd»° Do. do £ 60 Shares, £ 12 paid .55j North and South 36-39 WalesBank Lim. £ 40 Shares, £ 10 paid Parr's Bank Lim. £ 100 Shares, £ 20 paid Liverpool Union. £ 100Shares, £ 20 paid Lloyd's Bank Lim. £ 50 Shares, £ 8 paid Bank of Liverpool. £ 100 Shares, £ 12 10s paid British Law, Life, jJ- Jf Fire Insurance.. £ 10 Shares, £ 1 paid Chester Boat Co. £ 10 Shares, fully paid Chester Cocoa House Co £ 5 „ £ 4 It £5 iE3 „ .d Chester General Cemetery Co. 95 „ „ „ ChesterGrosvenor Hotel Co £ 20 Chest'rNewMusio Hall Co £ 25 Chest'r Northg'te —'J Brewery Co Ordinary £ 10Shares,fully Pa "igf-—1 6% Pref. £ 10Shares,fully Chester Queen jfH? BailwayHotelCo £20 Shares, fully paid 15-1 £ 20 „ £ 10 „ Chester Blossoms iOJ Hotel £ 10 „ fully Chester Steam Laundry Co. 95 „ fully Chester Tramway 4— Co £10 „ I fully j#"1 Chester Race Co. 9100 „ t75 Walker, Parker & ,1 Co £ 10 Shares, fully paid, 6 Cum. Pref 4t Debentures y HalkynMiningCo. ti Shares, fully paid aj Halkyn Drainage Co A;10 Shares, fully paid „;)/. < East Halkyn Min- ingCo £ 1 „ 15/- a SouthHalkynMin- *^1 ing Co £ 1 „ fully ing Co. £ 1 fully £ 1 „ 15/- f NorthHendre jSt Mining Co £ 2 10». Shares, „ + EhosesmorMine. £ 1 fully paid Talacre Mining Co £ 1 Ord. ,,r £ 1 Pref. „ 15/- Isle ofMan Mining t Co.(Foxdale) Mines £ 5 „ to „ „ „ 71 Pref., £ 17 10s Llanarmon Mining Co £ 1 Ord. fully paid r £ 1 Pref., fully Garden Valley Gold Mining Co. Ltd., (California) £ 1 Shares, 12/6 paid » Wirral Railway Z% Debenture Stock Jt Wirral Railw'ys Co. aid Limited tlO Ord. Shares, fully P

Jftarftets antr LIVERPOOL CORN, TUESDAY.—WHEAT I^P$ since opening demand 2d. to 3d. over J r 1 Californian, 7s. 3d. to 7s. 4d.; Norther"' to 6s. lOd. Kansas, 6s. 9d. to 6s- '»3, yfa Saidi, 26s. 3d. to 26s. 6d. Peas, 4s. 1* Oats very quiet; white, 2s. lid. to 3s- • not very freely offered, demand somew 0 mixed, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 2 £ d., being ab°u Friday. Flour 6d. over Friday.. jjj^Jqej* SALFORD CATTLE, TUESDAY. — A* Cattle, 1,535, trade slow sheep and la# only choice on good demand; calvesijj drooping. Quotations: Cattle, 5d. to 'to 5d. to 8d.; lambs, 7d. to 8id.: calves# u per lb. °P WREXHAM CATTLE, MONDAY.—There a moderate supply of stock at the 0ne& tt0% to-day, probably owing to the harvest ^a(ja There was a good all-round trade. Beei 6d. to 6^d. per lb., mutton and lamb 7d- ,Q veal 6. to 7d. Bullocks realised "P to0 each, and dairy cows, of which there >.ejf supply, from £ 14 10s. to £ 19 10s.pb* were a few store cattle on were sold at late rates. The best So made 33s. each. Rearing calves fetche jj, of while pigs sold well, the supply being. S LIVERPOOL CATTLE, cattle was rather larger than last b° proved demand for all classes. lfic0J are not quotably higher. Sheep and r fo' in increased numbers. A slow deman? ijy 9, W considerably lower all round, espJ, middling qualities. Quotations —- 4 £ d. Scotch mutton, 7|d. to6d.; Irish j? to 5d.; lambs, 7d. to 8d. per lb. "'h 0 is CHESTER CORN, tically no business to note, millers 13 et8 or nothing delivered to them in far during the week, and in the absent samples to-day quotations are All other grain in small supply, with .s at generally unaltered rates. Quotati p* NEW; r. '■ o't° n 0 s. D. B- TF X 0 » Wheat, white. per 751b. 0 OtoO C o 0 .0 j Wheat, red 751b. 0 0-0 Malting Barley. „ 601b. 0 0-0 j 1 J j Grinding do 641b. 0 0 — 0 { j 0 Q Oats 461b. 2 3 — 3 0 0 o Beane „ 801b. 0 0 — 0 n 0 Indian Corn „ 2401b. 8 9 — 9

ø, €pe &rms antr IToittlitt ST. RESIGNATION OF MAJOE 8A^nco £ 'tl °[ Major C. W. Hazlehurst, of v-fid resigned his commission in the Chester's) Y.B. the Cheshire RegfV* ji K permitted to retain his rank and 0 wear the uniform of the »$ retirement. Major Hazlehurst i*° smart Volunteer officer, had rl^%e9> ^$1 ranks in the Earl of Chester's most popular with everyone in 0 *e° utoK resignation is a distinct loss to fol- as it had been hoped that wliotl Oilor t, time had expired he would have .g sp1 command, a position for which ^JUJ. knowledge of drill eminently

— -ouf f$\h CHESTER BATHS: AT LAST. TH0, will be glad to hear <*at VM for the new Chester baths an<J been decided upon. The t, aud Committee met on Tuesday » to recommend to the Town Council thfc » of the Union-street site. This si. » remembered, was bought some QotV syndicate in order to prevent the for from having to pay through the O1 & ft. which would be inevitably reqf^-eet'^j^lH future for the widening of UnioO'vey0l syndicate made a capital bargain,* handed over the property to the £ J making a penny profit. To t^0 spirited gentlemen the citizens r0oS deeply indebted for their The new Baths will overlook Park, and there will be entraO00 r £ etP%0 gate-street (parallel to the BelgrftT wbilo ØIe Hotel) and from ato $,' Grosvenor Park Committee will » g0 i^ a gateway in the boundary wa^gfcf1 direct access from the park. -*• g(j ^jjjjf 7^ provement, which it is proP°se simultaneously, will be a great almost continuous width of street d SO to10 lane to Grosvenor Park-road, the very dangerous projecting bKt narrow the carriage w ay at the we te Roman Catholic Church. The decided to call in Mr. Douglas plans. Srl;fl v- seSV" PREFERMENT FOR A FORMER CO" A". 0 0 —The Rev. Langdale H. Postga^ef^g curate of St. John's Church, ar, bitJ and formerly of St. Paul's, Che # presented by Trinity College wi Shillington, Bedfordshire, £ I' parish with a population of removal from Kidderminster wi regretted by many, for Mr. n if very popular in St. John's ParlS rendered excellent service.. gfcill1.0. 1,, Crockford,' the gross income °_ c fg p- £ 370, with house and four acre ^oJJo Postgate graduated with classic jege. 1885; M.A., 1890, at Trinity also a student of Salisbury Th0° J V 5' being president and P"z0?aa„,i was ordained deacon in 1886 a pr f( by the late Bishop of He went to St. John's, Kid for 0{ Je deacon in 1886 and remained ovr0,for f P when he was appointed senl ped Paul's, Chester. Here he jc*1"' years, and then returned to 0ld 1892 as senior assistant to h Eev. J. F. Kershaw, M.A. J proved himself an earnest a ara,ct q £ "A man, his preaching being m»ti^. much fervour. He has beeBL Girls Sunday School, conduc Women's Bible Class an< » ftliss1 > charge of the Holy Inn°<3^c0tt^>^ he started in a Sutton-roa rcrg,ai3 jg soon developed into the we church on Foley Park. congratulated on this aPP this his old college. Printed and published for and and North Wales Newspaper tbe ° { v" JAMES ALBERT BIRC&ALL.^ city Office, 8, Bridge-street, O p WBSKKSDAY, July 6,1893. J