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TARVIN MAN'S DEATH. —. + CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION. INTERESTING TO AGRICULTURISTS. At Chester County Ccirrt, on Thursday, before- Sir Horat-io Lioyd, an application was heard under the Workmen s Compensation Act, 1900, in which Hannah \V iiliams, Old Moss, Tarvin, claimed j6150 compensation for the death of her husband, Thos. Williams, from Frank Dodd, farmer, Oscroft Hall, Tarvin. Mr. Samuel Moss, instructed by Mr. E. Brassey, solicitor, Chester, appeared for applicant, while Mr. F. Cutnbert Smith. instructed by Messrs. Richaidson alio Marsh, 0: Liverpool, appeared for the re..porldenL Mi-, Samuel Moss said it was a somewhat curious case. ifie deceased iiitii was employed as an agricultural labourer at Oscroft Hall, Tarvin. On January 10th he carted a iurry-load of boill- manure from tile station to the tarm. On Monday and Tuesday, January 12th and 13th, he was en- gaged unloading the boue manure, which was in bags. He carried the bags on his back, and some of the boned rubbed aga jst the back of his neck, causing an abrasion of the skin. He complained to his wile about it that night, but on the Thursday his n<v«. was apparently ail right. On the Mon- day fui^jiVing, January 19th, and on the Tuesday, deceased was engaged in sowing the bone manure. Oil !•<lays ho complained very much to his wife of P,"il .:L and about his neck, and when lie went to w<-•: L <1. Monday theve was 011 the side of his neck sonu '■ iing like a small pimple, which he had sh.'vvn to i, wife on Sunday, stating that it felt queer. On Wednesday he was quite unable to go to his work. and Dr. M ireton, of Tarvin, was called in Thi man got worse, and Dr. Pattullo. of Kxlsail, was sent for. On Friday Dr. Taylor, of Chester, was called in. ard on Saturday, about five ill tne morning, the man died. In the opinion of the doctors, death was due to what was tech- nically called malignant oedema, which was a kind of anthrax. The doctor- could account for death in no other way than by inoculation when the man was sowing the bone manure. The man sowed the manure as wheat was sown, by scattering it from a ''hopper, which he carried in front of him. There was something in che nature of the microbe of some disease in tile bone manure itself, and the man either put his hand to the abrased surface of or the neck or the dust itself blew on to that sur- face. and in that jvav b-? became inoculated with the bacillu». wÜicq rise to the disease from which the man died. February 27th his client gava notice of the action to Mr. Dodd, and re- ceived a complete denial of liability, which was contained in a letter from the Accident insurance Company. inquest was held on the man, and the jury returned a verdict that deceased died from malignant oedema, caused by inoculation probably from. bone manure, wuile deceased was engaged in sowing. The Insurance Company had aLa written stating that dtc-a-sed did not die trom an accident m tne meaning of the Workmen's Com- pensation Act, and the applicant was not entitled to compensation. He did not see how the death could not be called fortuitous or unexpected. His Honour: Was an analysis made of the maim re Mr. Moss did not know. He wa3 told that an anahsis would not afford conclusive evidence, on account of the large quantity that would have to be analysed and the minute nature of the bacillus. Mrs. Williams, deceased s widow, said he was 42 ye.\rs of age. He was a farm labouier. He was a. healthy man.—Cross-examined: The first injury was on top of the spine. It was a scratch about two inches across and was inflamed. It was healed nicely on tho Thursday. George Cleave said he saw an injury on de- ceased's neck. Deceased did not complain about it.—Cro-e examined E" did not tell witness that lie haa had the sore jX-v.e all his usck before the first day he carried tlr" bags. Dr. Tom Moreton, of Tarvin, said he had known deceased ail his life. K; was a very healthy man. He was called in on January 21st. Deceased had a swelling on the right side of the neck. He said he d.d not feel ill, and his pulse and temperature were both normal. There wa, a superficial and very small sore on thangle of the jaw. His Honour: Was it a razor cut?—Witness: It was just where a razor cuts. Continuing, witness said he came to the con- clusion that it was an unusual case, but witness did not recognise the disease at first. He came to the conclusion on the 23rd that it was malignant cedeuia. Dr. Taylor L-,d Dr. Pattullo confirmed his opinion of it. Air. Moss: Could lie contract the disease from the pinipio"—Witness: He could. If the dust touched tli,3 pimple it would be quite sufficient to cause death. If his hand, having some dust on it, touched the spot it wa ;d cause the disease. Witness proceeded to uay that the bacillus might be found 111 the manure, but they would not be expected, as the bacitt were so minute and the quantity analysed would have to be so enormous. The bones of diseaseo animals would be likely to contain bacilli.—Cross-examined: Witness agreed that as deceased was wearing his clothes, on which there was the manure dust, part of the Sunday and the whole of the Monday and Tuesday, there was a constant source of i:if"ction. Dr. Henry Pattullo Kelsall, said he called on the. Thursday and came to the conclusion that de- ceased was suffering from some infection, most probably enthrax. In acute anthrax the period of inoculation was very short. He should say that deceased contracted the disease from 24 to 48 hours before the symptoms were developed. Dr. James Taylor, Chester, said he came to the conclusion that deoeaMxi was suffering from malig- nant oedema, which was analagous if not the same as anthrax. H' examined some of the fluid from the puncture, and found it contained bacilli like tho.e of aiithrac. Deceased was inoculated by organic poisoning it a wound, probably a small puncture. The most probable explanation was that the poison had oome from the manure which deceased had been handling. Witness was very much mcliaed to think that the infection came from the man's finger nails when he scratched the sore It might have been first the injury at the back of his neck which was the cause of the poisoning. That poisou acted locally, and did not affect his constitution, but the bacilli of the anthrax were there produced, and the man's scratching very easily got a little into the scratch on the side of his neck. Mr F. Cuthbert Sm th addressed his Honour for the defence. He sad the onus of proving the cause of death lay with the applicant. He ventured to think that never in the whole number of workmen's compensation cases was there a more problematical case. They had probable causes and possible causes. Ever- one of the causes given might have caused death, and yet they did not necessarily arise from any accident. It did not matter what disease a man might contract, it must arise out of an accident in order to come within the meaning of th? Act. If anthrax wa- the result of an accideat. then if a ma.n caught sunstroke in a field t-wi, would be an accident within the meaning of the Act. His Honour: Sunstroke would I, an accident in a. way. but it would not come within the mean- III, of the Workmen's Compensation Act. as it did not arise out of hi employment. Mr. Snuth Neither does anthrax arke out of employment. His Honour: What "is up the anthrax? That arises out of the employment. That is the question, not the reside—anthrax. What caused the anthrax? Mr. Smith thought a man got sunstroke out of his employment as much as he got anthrax out of his employment. Not o.y must the disease arise out of. but in the course of his employment. They had the wife's evidence that her husband on Sun- day changed his clothes. He shaved at the same t,i izic- and washed hhns'if. If he had a pimple on the side of his face where the razor caught-and he ventured to think tin: Dr. Moreton's evidence on the point was a useful bit of evidence—-it seemed to him that it v.'as not necessary to go wandering into speculation about what happened on Monday. They had an act which might have caused an abrasion at that moment. It was likely that as the man was rubbing tli, lather over his face, he might have rv'ibed the germs into tip skin, and they had the doctor's evidence that if the germs got into a ratch which they could not see it would b^ sufficient to cause inoculation. In that case it was lICZ during his employment. There was no evidence as to when the accident happened. His Honour reserved dgment.
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Eiirl Egerton of Tatton. Chancellor of the Order, presided at the general a.v.embly of the members and associates of the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England held on Wednesday. The great extension of the Order's philanthropic branches has neces- sitated the building of a new hall, adjoining St. John's Gate. which will he formally opened by the Prince of Wales, Grand Prior of the Order, next month.
CESTRIANS' FIELD DAY. ——.
CESTRIANS' FIELD DAY. —— About 50 members of the Chester Natural Science Society spent an enjoyable day on Wednesday, when the annual excursion was held. This event is perhaps the most popular of all the society's gatherings, and this year's excursion fully equalled its predecessors in interest. The places visited were Rhuddlan, Dyserth, Gwaenysgor and Meliden. The party left Chester shortly after 12 o'clock, and on arrival at Rhyl they were met by wagonettes, which conveyed them to Rhuddlan, where the Castle and Old Parliament House were visited. Mr. Mostyn Williams, of Rhyl, a well- known arclieeologist. read an interesting historical paper on the Castle, which was highly appreciated. The Old Parliament House was afterwards ex- plored. It was there that King Edward 1. once held his Parliament, being one of the few places outside London so honoured. The party were then conveyed in the brakes to Dyserth Vicarage, where a rare spindle tree was to be seen growing. They were met by the Rev. J. and Mrs. Owen. who kindly shewed them over the Vicarage grounds and pointed out the botanical features. The fine old church plate, dating back to 1600, was ex- hibited and much admired. Dyserth Church, famous for its Jesse window, a Roman cross of curious workmanship, and several coffin lids of the 13th and. 14th centuries, received attention next. This church was in 1093 appropriated by Walter Meschinus to the church of St. Werburgh's, Chester. Its unique feature is the Jesse window, of rich glass, containing five lights. The figures in the window are arranged in threes, and represent our Lord's genealogy as recorded by St. Matthew. The central light contains the Virgin with the infant Saviour. The colouring is rich and beauti- ful, especiallj" the purple. The tracery of the three central light- consists of figures of the twelve Apostles, each holding a scroll with the traditional sentence of the Creed, together with his emblem. The window has probably two dates, the Apostles' portion being 1450 and the other part 1531. The waterfall, which is considered one of the finest in Wales, was then se?n. The excursionists were taken to Dyserth Castle, which is situated on an eminence, affording a beautiful view both across the Vale of Ciwyd and the mountains beyond, as well as a splendid seaward view. Air. Leonard Hughes. the artist, kindly shewed the party around his house, which adjoins the Castle ruins, and ex- hibited his painting entitled "The Birth of the first Prince of Wales. In 1241 this Castle was fortified by Henry III. Twenty years later a cross was crected on the spot. the hàft of which is now sup- posed to form the stile giving access to Dyserth Churchyard. Among th? ruins of the Castle there can be traced two towers, the Watch Tower and the Well Tower, one no doubt having something to do with the filling of the moat and the other supply- ing the Castle with water during a siege. An adjournment was made to Dyserth National Schools, where tea was provided. At the clo-.c- of the tea. tho President (the Rev. A. H. Fish) thanked all those who had contributed to the enjoy- ment of the party, especially mentioning the Rev. J. and Mrs. Owen. Mr. Mostyn Williams, Mr. Leonard Hughes, and the Rev. C. A. Griffin, the last named of whom had kindly organised the ex- cursion. Some of the party journeyed to Gwaenysgor to visit the fossil cave. while others gathered specimens of the botany and geology of the district At eight o'clock the wagonettes left via Meliden for Prestatyn Station, whence the party returned to Chester, having spent an enjoyable day.
HOOLE FIRE BRIGADE. *
HOOLE FIRE BRIGADE. ENTERTAINED AT DINNER. An enjoyable gathering took place on Fri- day evening at the Bromfield Arms Hotel, Hoole. when, at the invitation of the chairman of the Sanitary and Highways Committee of the Hoole District Council, the members and friends of the Hoole Volunteer Fire Brigade were enter- tained at dinner. Mr. J. T. Ball presided, and among those who accepted invitations were the following:—Representing the Hoole District Council: Mr. William Williams (chairman). Mr. Alfred Watts (vice-chairman), and Messrs. T. B. Richardson. W. J. Croydon, G. Dobson and E. Mealing; Major R. Cecil Davies, Surgeon-Lieut. F. J. Butt, and Lieut Charles Atkin, officers of the Hoole Fire Brigade; Captain J. Williamson, Lieut. J. Lightfoot Walker, of the Chester Fire Brigade; Captain W. B. Barlow, of the Helsby Fire Brigade; and Messrs. W. H. Nightingale, J. W. Richmond, G. F. Cox. T. W. Chalton, C. J. Knott-Hutchinson. W. G. Marrs, A. Bradley, G. Barnes, W. Heaps. A. W. Owen, J. Coleman, W. H. Hallmark, Walter Howick, A. Millward, J. H. Ditchburn, J. B. Brownson, etc. After an excellent dinner the usual loyal toasts were given from the chair and musically honoured. The Chairman proposed The Hoole Volunteer Fire Brigade." As one of the district ratepayers he was very pleased to think they had such a fire brigade. The men were always ready and willing the call of duty to obey, and they had never been found wanting. (Hear, hear.) He coupled with the toast the name of Major R. Cecil Davies. Major R. Cecil Davies responded, and thanked the chairman for his kind hospitality. When they were called to a fire they looked upon it as a matter of duty to be there as soon as they could, and he said without flattery tlot they were never more than a few minutes before turning out. Their surgeon-lieutenant, who had been with them since the commencement of the brigade, was about to be married. Thinking that they would not like such an event to pass without shewing their appreciation of Dr. Butt, they had subscribed among themselves in order to make him a present. He had much pleasure in handing to Dr. Butt a silver salver and two silver sauce-boats. The in- scription on them read: "Presented to Surgeon- Lieut. Butt. from the members of the Hoole Volunteer Fire Brigade, on the occasion of his marriage, June 30th, 1903." (Applause.) Dr. Butt said he hardly knew how to express his feelings to them. He thanked them for the kindness they had shewn him in giving him that lovely present. He could not think of anything he would have liked better than what they had given him. Words of his could not express the thankfulness he felt for the good wishes that had prompted the gift. It was a tangible token of their good wishes. He thanked them from the bottom of his heart. (Applause.) Lieut. C. Atkin then read apologies for absence from the following:—Mr. A. E. Caldecutt, Mr. A. L. Williams. Dr. Lewis A. Williams,, Mr. R. Pinnington. Mr. W. E. Phillips, Mr. W. Leah, ex-Captain Hincks, Lieut Yates, Surgeon-Major Harrison. Captain Thomas (chief of the Liverpool Fire Brigade), Captain Shore (secretary of the North-Western Fire Brigade Union, with which the Hoole Brigade is associated), Mr. T. Hart Davies and Dr. Lees. Mr. W. H. Nightingale proposed The Hoole Urban District Coi-,iie' I." He said the formation of the brigade devolved upon Major Cecil Davies, who brought the matter before the Council. He received a great deal of opposition, and he (the speaker) believed he himself was one of his opponents. He had one complaint. They were not sufficiently well known in the country. They wanted more advertising. People from Ince and Elton and Trafford went past Hoole to Chester. He thought himself the Hoole Fire Brigade were quite equal, if not a bit superior, in the way of equipment to the Chester Fire Brigade. He did not wish to speak di-paraginglv of the Chester Brigade. No doubt they were energetic, and it was very praisewortny c-f them to give their ser- vices. With regard to the Council, they deserved hearty thanks. They had spent a lot of money on the Park, and he thought they would not carry out the work without an increase of rates. The Hoole Council had a very able chairman, and their host that night made a very able chairman of the Works Committee. He hoped the time would come when they would see Mr. Ball chairman of the Council. (Applause.) Mr. William Williams, in responding, thanked Mr. Ball for the kind hospitality he had extended to the Hoole Council. Hoole was no doubt march- ing in the right direction and keeping pace with the times, and making for progress wherever it could. With regard to the health of the district. Hoole had maintained that very proud place of being one of the most healthy districts in the county. It was a good sign of the times when they saw the district providing pleasure grounds and a park, which would no doubt prove great boons. When all the land was built upon around the Park. it would be conceded that the Council had gone in the right way. It was also contem- plated having a bowling green. Mr. T. B. Richardson gave "The Visitors," coupling with the toast the names of Mr. G. F. C'ox (chairman of the Newton Parish Council). Capt. Williamson. Lieut. J. Lightfoot Walker and Mr. A. Bradley.—Other toasts were The Chair- man," "The Press, and "Our Musical Friends." Among those who contributed to the enjoyment of the evening were the following:—Dr. I'ur.t, Lieut. Lightfoot Walker, Sergeant Catherall, Messrs. J. H. Ditchburn. W. H. Hallmark, A. Milhvard, J. B. Brownson. E. Mealing, etc
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NAVAL MARKSMANSHIP.—Mr. Yerburgh in the Hou-e of Commons on Tuesday asked the Secreta.ry to the Admiralty whether, seeing that the prize-firing return for 1902 of the battlaship3 and first and second class cruisers of the Home Squadron shews 1,096 rounds fired and only 262 hits made, he will state what =!teps the Admiralty intend to take to secure an improvement. Mr. Arnold-Foster replied I have made it clear on several recent occasions in answer to questions in the House that the Admiralty are fully alive to the desirability of securing an improvement in the shooting efficiency of the Fleet, and) that cfficial notice is taken of results which are con- sidered on a review of all the circumstances attending the firing to ba unsatisfactory, while approval is bestowed on ships which do exception- ally v.-oll. The figures quoted by the hon. mem- ber refer to firing at a somewhat remote date, and any question arising out of this practice have already been dealt with by the Admiralty, and no further action appears to be oalled for.
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CHESTER SCHOOL OF SCIENCE I AND ART. EXAMINATION RESULTS. The results of the Union of Lancashire and Cheshire Institutes' Examinations, 1903, in con- nection with the Chester School of Science and Art have been received, and are as follow:— Frederic Adamson, advanced, shorthand theory, pass. George W. Ballance, mechanics, 2nd; literary, French (X F), pass; literary, English, 1st; senior commercial, arithmetic, pass. John Joseph Barker, advanced, shorthand theory, pass. Robert Barker, advanced, bookkeeping. 1st. Albert John Bester, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Thomas Sidney Booth, advanced, history, 2nd; commercial, geography, 2nd; com- mercial, handwriting, 2nd. John Frederick Boulton, shorthand speed. P. 100. James Bromley, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. William Edward Byrne, elementary, shorthand theory, pass; Thos. Ewart Candeland, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. Douglas Ewart Clarke, elementary, shorthand theory, pass; George Cochrane, junior com- mercial, arithmetic. 2nd. Herbert Collins, pre- liminary, handwriting, 2nd; junior com- mercial, arithmetic, lst; elementary geography. lIst; advanced history, 1st; elementary, English, 2nd; algebra, 2nd. Henry Meyrick Cooper, pre- liminary, bookkeeping, pass; William Edward Cooper, elementary, geography, 1st; algebra, pass. Robert Roy Cottrell, elementary, business routine, 2nd. Charles Richardson Cowap, ad- vanced, history, 2nd; elementary, arithmetic, 1st: clemetary, English 2nd. John Charles Crook, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Harold Bratton Davies, advanced, history, 1st; com- mercial, geography, 2nd; elementary, French, pass; workshop, arithmetic. 2nd. John Dodd, elementary, German, pass. Alfred Edwin Dolphin, advanced- bookkeeping. 2nd. Stephen Donne, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. Albert Dutton. elementary, French, 2nd; advanced, history, 1st; commercial, geography, 2nd; workshop, arith- metic, 2nd. Stanley Gordon Dutton, elementary, business routine, 2nd. Thomas Brooke Edwards, elementary, French, 2nd. Harold Gerrard, pre- liminary, handwriting, 2nd. Frederick Ellis Gregory, preliminary, bookkeeping, 1st. Robert Griffiths, preliminary bookkeeping, 1st; William Griffiths, elementary. German, 2nd. William Addison Griffiths, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd; elementary, business routine, 1st. William Percy Golothan, algebra, 1st; advanced, history, pass; elementary, geography, 2nd; junior commercial, arithmetic, 2nd: "preliminary, handwriting, 2nd. John Cassells Harley, elementary, French, pass; algebra, 2nd; advanced, history, 2nd; commercial, geography, 2nd; commercial, handwriting, pass. Cecil William Hawkins, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. George William Heath, advanced, bookkeeping. distinction. Frank E. A. T. Hewitt, algebra, 1st; commercial English, 2nd; advanced, historv, 2nd; commercial, geography, 1st; com- mercial, handwriting. 2nd. Charles Higginson, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Wm. Henry Higgs, elementary, French, pass; algebra, pass; advanced, history, pass; commercial, geography. 2nd; junior commercial, arithmetic, 2nd. Alfred Rowland Hill, senior commercial, arithmetic, pass. Thomas Bennett Hodge, preliminary, bookkeep- ing, 2nd. William W. Hodgson, advanced, book- keeping, 2nd; advanced, shorthand theory, pass. Harrv Holland, elementary, French, pass; ad- vanced, history, 2nd; commercial, geograpny, dna. Harry Hopkinson, advanced, bookkeeping, 2nd. John Hughes, algebra, 2nd; elementary, English, 2nd; advanced, history, 2nd; elementary, geopraphy, 1st; junior commercial, arithmetic. 1st; preliminary, handwriting, 1st. Leonard Arthur Hughson, elementary, geography, 2nd; advanced, history, pass. G. S. N. Hull, senior commercial, arithmetic, pass. Benj. Ernest Hulse. senior commercial, arithmetic, pass. Wilfred Herbert Hulse. workshop, arithmetic, 2nd; com- mercial. geography. 1st: advanced, history, 1st; elementary, shorthand theory, pass; elementary, French, 2nd. Hubert Ireland, preliminary, hand- writing, 2nd; elementary, arithmetic, 1st; ele- mentary, geography, 1st; advanced, history, 1st; elementary, English, 2nd. George Douglas Izzett, shorthand speed (60), pass. Peter Jack, advanced, shorthand theory, pass. George Frank Jackson, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. Harold Jackson, junior commercial, arithmetic. Ist; commercial, geography, pass; advanced, history, 2nd: com- mercial, English, pass; algebra, 1st. John Bishop Jackson, junior commercial, arithmetic. 2nd; ad- vanced, bookkeeping, pass. Robert Herrington Johnson, elementary, German, 1st. John Henry Jones, shorthand speed (60). pass. John Robert Jones, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Walter Edward Jones, commercial, geography, 2nd: ele- mentary. French. 2nd. William Edward Jones, commercial, handwriting, pass; literary, French (X P), pass; workshop, arithmetic, pass; com- mercial, geography, 2nd; advanced, history, 1st. Archibald George Lammas, shorthand speed (60), pass. Richard Darby Laycock, elementary. English, 2nd; advanced history, 2nd; elementary geography, 2nd. William Joseph Levingston. elementary, French, pass advanced, history, 1st; commercial, geography; workshop, arithmetic, 2nd. Walter Lloyd, pre- liminary, bookkeeping. 2nd. Frederick Charles Lowe, preliminary, handwriting. 2nd. Percy Lynes, preliminary, bookkeeping. 2nd. Charles Miller, commercial. geography, 2nd. Frank George Milton, preliminary, bookkeeping, 1st. Patrick Garrett Nagle. commercial, English, 2nd; literary, French (XP), pass: advanced, history. 2nd; commercial, geography, 1st: workshop, arithmetic, 2nd; commercial, handwriting, 2nd. John Howard Newstead, commercial, English, pass; advanced, history, 2nd; commercial, geo- graphy, 1st. James Leonard Palmer, shorthand speed (60), pass. Charles Phillips, preliminary, handwriting, 2nd. Philip Henry Phillips, elementary, German, 1st. Harry Preston, cle- mentary, shorthand theory, pass; Geo. Pritchard, algebra, pass advanced, history, pass; elementary, geography, 2nd. John Henry Ridley, junior com- mercial. arithmetic, pass; advanced, history, 2nd algebra, 2nd; elementary. French, pass. Philip Henry Roberts, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Thomas Rowland, shorthand speed (60), pass. John Sconce, advanced, bookkeeping, 2nd. William Sconce, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. Ewart Skenfield. preliminary, bookkeeping, pass. Frank Burton Simpson, advanced, history, 2nd; elementary, geography. 2nd; elementary, arith- metic, 2nd. Hubert Fletcher Smith, advanced, shorthand theory, pass. John James Smith, com- mercial, English, pass; commercial, geo- graphy, pass junior commercial, arith- metic, pass. Samuel Purcell Smith, preliminary, bookkeeping, 1st; elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Frank Stacey, inter- mediate, bookkeeping, pass. Court Stitz, junior commercial, arithmetic, pass. Joseph Francis Tallon, preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. George Taylor, elementary, business routine, 1st. James Edwin Taylor. algebra, pass; elementary. English, 2nd; advanced, history, pass; elementary, geo- graphy, 2nd: elementary, arithmetic, 1st: pre- liminary, handwriting. 2nd. Thomas Gregory, elementary. French, pass; advanced, history, 2nd; commercial, English, pass; commercial, geo- graphy, 1st; commercial, nanawntmg, pass. J no. Smeath Thomas, advanced, history, lst: com- mercial. handwriting, 1st: workshop, arithmetic, pass; commercial, geography, distinction (6); commercial, English, 2nd; literary, French (X F), pass. Leonard Thompson, elementary, English, 2nd elementary, geography, 1st; elementarv, arithmetic, 2nd; preliminary, handwriting, 2nd; advanced, history, 2nd. Thomas Thompson, ad- vanced, history, pass: elementary, arithmetic, 1st; elementary geography, 2nd. Arthur Thwaites, commercial, handwriting, 2nd; junior commercial, arithmetic. 1st: commercial, geography, dis- tinction (2); advanced, history, 1st; commcrcial, English, 2nd; elementary, Latin, pass; ele- mentary, French, 1st. Arthur Tinsley, advanced, shorthand theory pass. Ernest Edward Turner, algebra. 1st; elementary, English, 1st; advanced, history, 2nd; elementary, geography. 1st; junior commercial, arithmetic, 1st; preliminary hand- writing, 1st. Clarence Harold Vernon, com- ¡ mercial, handwriting, pass; junior commercial, arithmetic, 2nd; commercial, geography, 2nd; advanced, history, pass; commercial, English, pass; algebra, 1st; elementary, French, pass. Richard Warburton. junior commercial, arith- metic, pass; commercial, handwriting, pass; com- mercial, geography, 1st; commercial, English, pass; advanced, history, 2nd; algebra, 2nd: ele- mentarv, French, pass. Samuel Orton, War- burton, advanced, history, lst; elementary, French, 1st; commercial, geography, 2nd; work- shop, arithmetic, 2nd. Herbert Waring, pre- liminary, handwriting, 2nd. Alfred White, ad- vanced, bookkeeping. 2nd. Walter White, ad- vanced, history, pass; commercial, geography, pass. George William Whittaker, advanced, bookkeeping. 2nd. George Wild, preliminary, bookkeeping., 2nd. Brinley Jenkyn Williams, workshop, arithmetic, 2nd; advanced; history, 2nd; commercial, geography, 1st; elementary, French, pass. Frank Lloyd Williams, commercial, hand- writing. 2nd; workshop, arithmetic, 2nd; ad- vanced. history, distinction (4); commercial, geo- graphy, 1st; literary, French (X F), pass; ele- mentary. Latin, pass. Frederick Williams, ele- mentary. shorthand theory, pass. Horace Coronwy in Williams, commercial, handwriting, pass; junior commercial, arithmetic, 2nd; commercial geo- graphy, 1st: advanced, history, 2nd: com- mercial, English, 2nd; elementary, French, pass. John Irving Wilson, shorthand speed (60), pass. Frederick George Witt, senior commercial, arith- metic, 2nd. Charles Ernest Wright, algebra, 2nd; commercial, English, pass: advanced, history, 2nd; commercial, geography. lst; junior com- mercial. arithmetic, 2nd. Florrie Barton, ele- mentary, business routine, pass: preliminary. bookkeeping, pass. Isobel Violet Burges, literary, German, 2nd: oral, German, pass; literary, French, 2nd. Emma Elizabeth Cooper, literary. French, 2nd. Winifred Davies, junior commercial. arithmetic, 2nd; elementary, French, 2nd. Lily Ellison, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Mildred Mary Evans, elementary, German, 2nd; oral, German, pass. Jean Milligan Ferguson, oral, German, pass; literary, German, 2nd. Marv Gordon Ferguson. literary, German, 2nd: oral, German, pass. Nellie Hunter, elementary, German, pass. Annie Johns, elementary, business routine, 2nd; preliminary, bookkeeping, 2nd. Florence Govier Mills, ele- mentary, shorthand theory, pass. Clara Mdfris, literary, German, 1st; oral, German, pass.. Gertrude Nickless, elementary, French, 1st. Ali-oo Mabel Pearce, senior commercial, arithmetic, 2nd. Alice Maude Pinkney, literary, German, 2nd; oral, German, pass; literary, French, 2nd. Margaret Primrose Prince, elementary, business routine, pass; Nellie Beatrice Robb, elementary, Freneh, 2nd. Gertrude Agnes Robinson, elementary, business routine, 2nd; shorthand speed (100), pass. Gertrude Stapley, elementary, shorthand theory, pass. Ruby H. E. Woolrich, elementary, short- hand theory, pass.
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COUNTY POLICE COURT. -a.- SATURDAY.—Before Mr. H. D. Trelawny (in the chair), Messrs. J. Pover, W. Williams, and E. Dean. ABSCONDED FROM THE WORKHOUSE. Eliz.Lewis was charged with deserting her three children and leaving them chargeable to the com- mon fund of the Chester Union on the 23rd Mav. The Workhouse Master (Mr. R. C. Turner) stated that prisoner left the house between five and six o'clock on the evening of the 23rd ult. She had repeatedly absconded in this way, and had given them a great deal of trouble. The Chairman said this was the worst case they had had from the workhouse so far as his recollection went. Prisoner would have to go to prison for six weeks' hard labour. BOUGHTON BOY IN MISCHIEF.Joseph Vickers, aged 14, was charged with throwing stones to the danger of the public in Tarvin-road, Great Boughton, on the 14th June. A police constable saw defendant, who was in company with four other boys, throwing stones across the road towards Tarvin-bridge Mills. As soon as he saw witness he ran away, but he followed and caught him. He then gave a false address, telling witness he was working at a farm at Pulford. In reply to the chairman witness said defendant was throwing at a wmdow at the gable end of the mill. There were seven or eight panes of glass broken in this window. The Bench fined defendant 5s., including costs. LAMP AS TARGET.-Geo. Bishop and Wm. Dilworth, two boys, were charged with wilfully damaging certain lamps. the property of the Ellesmere Port Urban District- Council, on the 17th June.—The Surveyor to the Council said recently they had had a large number of lamps broken in the district-, and he had strict orders from the Council to enquire and prosecute the offenders. He caught the defendants throwing at a mortar spot on one of the lamps. He regretted to have to bring the lads there, and did not wish to press the case, but a stop must be put to damage of that kind—The Bench fined defendants 5s., including costs. ILL-REQUITED KlNDNESS.-Joseph Wm. Jones, a youth, was charged on remand with stealing a gold watch. the property of Sarah Stubbs. at Hoole, on the 15th June.—Prosecutrix stated that she resided at 37, Westminstcr-road, Hoole. Her husband brought the prisoner home on the 13th inst., having picked him up at Sandycroft. Prisoner said he was coming to Chester to look for work. He remained with them until 9 a.m. on the 15th inst. During the time prisoner stayed with them witness had a gold watch in a drawer in the kitchen, and after prisoner had left she missed it. The watch produced was the property. It was worth 10s.-The husband of the last wit- ness said he was coming from Sandycroft to Chester on the 13th, and he met the prisoner, who said he was looking for work and had no money. He took pity on him and invited him to his house. The prisoner had also taken his ties out of his drawer.—Geo. Dawson assistant to Mr. Bains, pawnbroker. Boughton, said prisoner came to the shop and offered the watch in pledge on the 15th inst. He asked him to whom it belonged, and he said it was his father's. Witness said he must bring a not? from his father, and he. went away and returned with the note (produced). In conse- quence of receiving this note purporting to come from his father, he advanced prisoner os. on the watch.—The Chairman commented on the fact that the note (written on a piece of newspaper) did not arouse the witness' suspicion. The wit- ness replied that thev required notes from people who sent their children regularly, lhe Lmnrman (sharply): But you don't call that. a note. There s no address or anything. If you are satisfied with that all that I can say is that you deserve to lose on this pawnbroking business.—Supt. Hicks said there had been previous complaints against the prisoner, but he had not been convicted. There was another charge pending against him at Liver- pool in reference to a gold ring which was found in his possession. He had been to sea -—The Bench sentenced the prisoner to one month's hard labour. -Supt. Hicks said. with reference to the pawn- broker, he would like to say that it was in conse- quence of information furnished bv him to the person who was trying to redeem the watch that they found where it was and recovered it.
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THE QUEEN'S SCHOOL. OPENING OF THE HASTINGS WING. On Friday afternoon the ceremony took place of formally opening the new Hastings Wing of the Queen's School, Chester, which has been built at a cost of about £ 2,00G out of the endow- ments made to the school from the trust of the late Miss Hastings for the purpose of providing increased school accommodation for the education of girls in Chester. The ceremony was attended by a large gathering of students, parents, and supporters of the institution Mr. John Thompson (Nethcrleigh House) presided, and de- livered the opening address. The new building supplies a need long felt in order to maintain the efficiency of the school and cope with the in- creasing demand for accommodation. Erected from the designs of Mr. E. A. Ould. of Chester, it includes a large cloak-room, six new class- rooms and a studio, which are admirably equipped with the most improved apparatus and appliances. With this substantial addition to the school build- ings, it is now possible to accommodate two hundred pupils, whereas formerly 140 could only be taken in by making a severe tax upon the available space. The new wing, which is situated at right angles to the other part of the school on the south side, is built of red brick, and is in every respect well suited to its purpose, the light- ing and ventilation being all that could be desired. The building was commenced about two years ago, and the school has been open for use since January last, the opening ceremony having been postponed owing to the death of Mrs. Sandford, the headmistress. The Queen's School has been a progressive institution, and is now endowed under the Charity Commissioners and is officially recog- nised by the Board of Education. It should be added that the endowment to the school out of the Hastings Trust has also provided six new scholar- ships, four of which cover the whole of the pupils' fees and two cover half-fees. The large attendance at the opening ceremony included Dr. and Mrs. Stolterfoth, Dr. King, the Archdeacon of Chester, Canon Cooper Scott. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mmshull, Mr. L. \eerman, Mr. A. Gardner, the Rev. F. Anderson, Mrs H. T. Brown, the Rev. W. Sparling, the Rev. J. F. Ilowson, Mr. and Mrs. Welsoy, Mr. Walmsley Price, Mr. J. Gooddie Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. R. Newstead, &e. Mr. John Thompson, in formally opening the building, said they had come to the third stage in the development of the school. Many of them were aware that it had begun work in 1878. For nine years the School had the advan- tage of Mrs. Cooper's superintendence, and right well she managed it. Though she probably did not live within the recollection of everybody present, many would remember how efficiently she inaugur- ated the work. She was succeeded by one whose great wish had been to see opened the part of the I School which had now been built, and many a time had she and he (Mr. Thompson) consulted as to the best means of erecting that building. Their plans, however, failed until Mrs. Roberts, of Hough Green, came to their rescue. Having to some extent controlled the estate of the late Mrs. some extent controlled the estate of the late Mrs. Hastings, that lady decided with the help of her counsellors that she could not better dispose of a portion of that estate than by building what they now called the "Hastings Wing." It had been the earnest hope of the late headmistress. Mrs. Sandford, to see the completion of that work but Providence had otherwise ordained. Having carried on the work of the school until the beginning of the year in the old building, which, to the minds of many, was sadly lacking in room, they had now added those new rooms, which they started under new auspices. In the head mistress, Miss Clay, they had found one who had the welfare of the children and the school at heart, and who, he I believed, would do for them all that a head-mistress could do. There had always been the best possible feeling between the children and the head mistress, and they believed it would continue under Miss Clay's regime. Alluding to the change which had come over the educational world by the new Act, he said they thought that the Education Act would shew itself to some extent in the management of that school. It was impossible that a school like the Queen's School could lag behind in the education of the children. Therefore there might be, and he hoped there would be, gradually introduced some changes in the tducation of the school. They must look to facts, and facts told them that they must prepare to educate the children to a higher degree than certainly was the case when the school was first opened. In conclusion Mr Thompson referred with regret to the absence of the Lord Bishop and Miss Nessie Brown, the latter of whom had been one of the largest benefactresses of the school. Afterwards the following enjoyable musical pro- fe gramme was performed:—Piano solo. Ftmerzauber from "The Walkyre," FraulemFiredlaender song, "Who'll buy my lavender," Miss Ella Douglas- Adams; duet, Introduction and Polonaise in C for pianoforte and violoncello. Miss Emily Giles and Colonel Savage song, (a) A bird was softly call- ing." (b) Mighty like a rose," Miss Ella Douglas- Adams piano solo, Widmung, I raulein Fried- laender song, (a) "Earl Bristolsi!arewell, (b) "The Cuckoo Song from 'More Daisies, Miss Ella Douglas-A dams; piano solo, "Nocturne.
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The list of birthday honours bestowed by the King includes the name of Mr. Philip Lancaster Brocklehurst, a member of the well-known Brockle- hurst family of Macclesfield, who resides at Swythamley Park, Staffordshire. Mr. Brockle- hurst is one of the six new baronets created. A large number of new knights include Mr. H. F. Hibbert, chairman of the Education Committee of the Lancashire County Council.
lJITY POLICE COURT.
lJITY POLICE COURT. THURSDAY.—Before Dr. Stolterfoth and Mr. J. J. Cunnah. A DRIVER DRUNK.—Edward Stevens, White Lion-place, was fined 20s. and costs, or 14 days in default, for being drunk in charge of a horse and cart in Grosveno-r-road the previous evening.—P.C. Charles Williams proved the caae. A DANGEROUS PERSON. Solomon Stevens, of no fixed abode, was oharged with beg- ging in City-road on Wednesday night.—Mr. Wat-kins, the proprietor of the Avondale Hot-el, said prisoner came to hi's house and demanded money or bread, threatening what he wouldi do if he didn't get it. Witness had considerable difficulty in getting him outside, and when prisoner get in the street he began insulting everyone that passed, including several ladies. He then pulled his boots off, and the police were sent for.—The Chief Constable said the prisoner had been convicted for stealing a watch in City- road and sentenced to three months' imprison- ment.—The Chairman commented on the prisoner's bad record, and said the Bench con- sidered him a dangerous person. He would have to go to prison for one month with hard labour. FRIDAY.—Before the Mayor (Dr. Roberts), Dr. Stolterfoth, Mr. W. Twiston Davies, and Mr. F. Skipwith. NEW MAGISTRATES. -Mr. W. Twiston Davies and Mr. F. Skipwith qualified as magis- trates and took their seats on the Bench. PUT ON THE BLACK LIST.—A young man named John Brown, described as a watercress seller, residing in Bellis's-court, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Foregate- street on Sunday.—An officer proved the case, stating that prisoner was shouting and causing a great crowd to assemble. The Chief Constable proved that prisoner had been convicted three times within the last twelve months. There were ten convictions against pri- soner, all of which were for drunkenness.—The Mayor said prisoner would have to go to gaol for seven days and be put on the black list. He could not but express his regret at the course personally, but he could not speak for himself on the Bench. He hoped that, whatever the Act might do, it might be the means of doing good; but it mi^ht be the means of doing harm. The magistrates had to administer the law as they found it, but personally he ob- jected to the course and took that opportunity of expressing it. OBSTRUCTING THE FOOTWAY.—Edgar Pope, St. Anne-street, was summoned for obstruct- ing the footway in St. Anne-street and Trafford- street by putting goods on the pavement.-P.C. Shone said on Monday afternoon he saw a quan- tity of goods outside defendant's shop, occupying about four feet of the pavement in St. Anne-sireet and eight feet in Trafford-street. He saw them at two o'clock and they were there at 7.30 p.m.— The case was dismissed on payment of costs. ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE.-Thomas Tracy, alias Cullen, was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Lower Bridge-street, and with assaulting P.C. Hewitt while in the execution of his duty.—The Chief Constable said the officer was arresting two men when prisoner came up and, taking off his coat, assaulted him. Assistance was obtained, and the officer had practically to "frog-march" prisoner in order to get him to the police-station.—P.C. Hewitt said he had two pri- soners, whom he was taking to the station. Prisoner, who was drunk, came up and said he would not allow the men to be taken. A struggle took place and witness' two prisoners escaped. Tracey kicked witness several times about the legs.—Market-Constable Brown corroborated. He said he assisted P.C. Hewitt. They had great difficulty in getting the man to the office,The Chief Constable said prisoner belonged to Middle- wich. Since 18S0 he had been convicted no fewer than seventy times. It appeared that every time lie was arrested he assaulted the police.-The Bench dismissed the charge of drunkenness, but for the assault on the police prisoner was sent to gaol for four months with hard labour. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY—A man named Thomas Jones was charged with stealing a jacket, six dozen laces, and five pair of spec- tacles, value 5s., the property of John Shield.— Complainant, who was scantily attired in old clothes, went into the witness-box, when the Magistrates' Clerk (Mr. Davison) told him he was drunk. He denied it and said he was solier.-The Magistrates' Clerk thought the case had better be adjourned, and added that complainant should be locked up. then they would be sure of having him sober.-The Chief Constable: All right, I will charge him with being drunk in a public place. (To a constable) Take the man down.—Shield was then taken below. The charge of theft against Jones was also adjourned until to-day (Saturday). THE CONSCIENTIOUS FARCE.—A gentle- manly-looking man named W. R. Evans applied for a certificate exempting his male child, born in March, from vaccination.—The Mayor: What are your reasons?—Applicant: I do not believe in vaccination. I have several reasons. I read of a case in the paper where a child died from the effects of vaccination.—The Mayor: You do not believe it is efficacious. That is one reason. What are the <)thers?-Ap_ licant: I don't think it is any good at all. It does more harm than good.—The Chairman You don't expect us to believe that, do you? Any other reasons ?-Applicant: That is all. He added that the child was a healthy one.— Dr. Stolterfoth: I suppose you are fully aware that it is not altogether for yourself that the pro- tection is taken. You must agree that it is to protect the general public. You are acting very unwisely. I think you ought to have more public spirit. There is no doubt you protect the general community by having your children vaccinated. You have to take upon yourself not only the risk of your own child, but of the general community. I don't know whether you have taken that into 1 consideration.—Applicant said he had.—Dr. Stol- terfoth There are many institutions to which people who have not been vaccinated are excluded. —Applicant: The Commissioners reported that there had been 600 deaths from vaccination.—Dr. Stolterfoth Statistics can be made to shew many things. The main statistics shew that vaccination is a protection for the child.—The Mayor: Per- sonally I must accept your conscientious objec- tion. It is a source of regret to me that I am obliged to accede to your application. I hoped to persuade you to let your child be vaccinated. It is the only admitted protection against small- pox. We have no alternative but to grant the application-The Magistrates' Clerk (to appli- cant) That is if the magistrates had an alterna- tive, they would not grant your application. Do you understand?—Applicant: Yes, sir. SCENE OUTSIDE THE COURT.—On leaving the Police Court, a woman named Elizabeth Spence created a disturbance at the Princess-street en- trance. She was arrested by Detective Hughes and brought into the court again. This time she found herself in the dock.—Sho was charged with behaving in a riotous manner.—Detective Hughes related the incident, and said prisoner called out, "You have given my husband four months, and you will have to give ma four months."—The Chief Constable: This woman was rescued yester- day, and the officer seriously assaulted afterwards. —Prisoner was remanded until to-morrow. SATURDAY.—Before the Mayor (Dr. Roberts), Mr. James G. Frost and Dr. Stolterfoth. TWO MONTHS FOR DISORDERLY CON- DUCT.-Elizabeth Spence, of no fixed abode, was sent to gaol for two months for disorderly be- haviour in Lower Bridge-street. She had been previouslv convicted about twenty times. CAUGHT NAPPING: THE SEQUEL—A stranger, named Thomas Jones, was charged in custody with stealing a jacket, six dozen laces and five pairs of spectacles, value 5s. 7d., the property of John Shields.—Shields, who is a pedlar and formerly belonged to Chester, but has not now any fixed place of abode, told the Court that he was lying on the racecourse with his jacket over his head. In his jacket were the laces and spectacles. When he awoke the jacket, lac-t-s and spectacles were gone.—Edwin Jones, cabdriver, said that on Thursday afternoon prisoner offered to sell him the coat and some laces. Witness bought a pennyworth of laces. Prisoner offered to sell him his (prisoner's) own jacket for fourpence, and witness told him that he would not have it at any prica. Prisoner also offered to sell to him for threepence the other jacket, saying that he had got it from a gentleman's place.—P.C. Hewitt said prosecutor informed him on Thursday afternoon of the theft. es' Afterwards witness saw prisoner and a woman entering a public-house in Bridge-street. Prisoner was wearing one jacket and carrying another. Witness pointed out the man to prosecutor, who identified the jacket prisoner was wear- ing as his. Prisoner, when spoken to, said he had bought the jacket for 7d., and de- clared that ho would not be so mean as to steal anyone's jacket.—Prisoner told the Bench that he bought the jacket off a friend—Prisoner was sent to gaol for seven days' hard labour.—Shields was then called upon to appear as a defendant. Ad- dressing him, the Mayor said that when he (Shields) appeared in the court on the previous day he was drunk. and it was nothing but what was right that the Chief Constable should take charge of him, so that he would appear that morning. He Ifiul been locked up all night, and in the hope that he would not repeat his indiscretion they dis- charged him.—Defendant: Thank you, sir. SELF-ACCUSED OF HAM STEALING.-A. man named Henry Buckley was charged on his own confession with stealing a ham, the property of Arthur Stonel2y, Northgate-strect, on the pre- vious day.—Prisoner had on the previous night given himself up to P.C. Colley.-Tlie Chief Con- stable mentioned that prisoner had previously re- ceived sentences, including two of five years and one of two years.—Prisoner was remanded till Monday.
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NESTON'S LOST GLORIES. + THE TANNER AND THE BROOK. [BY GEORGE GLEAVE.] Time, with its hoary mantle, has shrouded an ancient industry that flourished two hundred years ago on the southern slope of Great Neston. The tanner, as a man of commerce, is of great antiquity. We find him foremost among the guilds assembled in the city of York in the year 1415, to do honour to the play of "Corpus-Christi." He is again singled out by our great dramatist in the play of "Hamlet," where the gravedigger with humour descants on the protracted mortality of the tanner. We read of leather girdles in the oldest of books. And we further read of St. Peter lodging many days in Joppa, at the house of one Simon, a tanner, whose place of business was by the seaside. Joppa, some hundreds of years before this time, was a maritime city of great repute. It was to this port that Hiram, King of Tyre, floated along the Mediterranean sea-board the cedars of Lebanon. And here also was landed the choice work of Sidonian artists, conveyed inland for the building of the temple. From this port the prophet Jonah embarked,, thinking by so doing to elude his imperative command to visit Nineveh. And at Joppa, again, battles the most sanguinary were fought by our Crusaders, where the lion- hearted Richard wielded with merciless severity his ponderous battleaxe. Why St. Peter selected for his lodgings above all others at Joppa the house of a tanner seems difficult to reconcile with the fact that the business, from a religious point of view, was odious in the eyes of a Jew. What hallowed associations culminate in this old Saxon word, the brook! It directs our thoughts to that Kedron between Olivet and Siloam, sorrowfully crossed more than nineteen I hundred years ago. And it does also to the tiny stream which babbles at the foot of Great Neston. Before the tower of Neston Church cast its square shadow aslant the brook, or ere pious hands dedicated a rude shrine for Christian worship, the brook, buried beneath a mantling forest, rippled silently on its course to the Dee shore. Modern innovation, however, has made sad havoc with this once serene locality. The valley of the brook and old place names such as the Stamnev Hill and the Vicar's Hey arc no longer heard. And this once sequestered haunt, this happy retreat that has soothed the strained susceptibilities of bygone generations of old Neston, is now effaced by two railways. The brook entered on its straight course to the Dee at the dog kennels, where it flowed over, and sometimes tumultuously, a ledge of rock, and fell some feet into a deep ravine, forming thereby a cascade of more than ordinary picturesqueness and making a murmur that was heard afar. This ravine went for some distance through a wide range of shelving rock. To geologically account for this, conjecture assumed that at some prehistoric period an armlet of the estuarv had washed along the low, swampv land in this direction We, however, learn that the falls of Niagara had cut out a deep valley in the solid rock, and are still slowly cutting at the rate of one foot a year. From this we may readily assume that through the ages the miniature fall at the dog kennels had scooped away the rock and also formed the ravine referred to. When the last of the Stuarts ascended the throne the brook made for itself a wide course. To the business of a tanner a plentiful supply of water and an unlimited area were favourable adjuncts. These the brook admirably afforded. This situa- tion was determined upon by a discreet business man from the parish of Hope, Flintshire. And e-8 on the southern side of the wide and wasteless margin he arranged his tan-pits. In the year 1723, on the verge of the stream, he built on the solid rock his house. There was no half-timber, black-and-white, no wattle about it. The house was built of solid stone, of sufficient solidity that might have embarrassed the progress of an in- vading army. In line with the primitive bridge then crossing the brook, and fronting the high- 1 way, on the facade of the house, appeared a dedication stone, with a semblance of ornamenta- tion, and within a circle, on a white ground, ap- peared the black initials, J. J., 1723," the assumed interpretation being John Jones. The population of England and Wales about this time was perhaps not more than 5 millions, and Wirral was then sparsely populated, Neston being by far the larrgest town. The new quay, built at an enormous cost "in the belly of the sea" by the citizens of Chester, had become hopelessly abandoned. And the Neston "roads," that had been a haven for shipping from the time of Henry VII., had departed. It is said, and per- haps truly, that we are a conservative race. When the tanner built his premises at the brook, the bay of Parkgate had become utilised as a packet station to the city of Dublin. To this city for some hundreds of years through Chester had been the traditional highway. Liverpool at this time did not possess one single dock, but was then making marvellous progress. Yet, for nearly one hundred years, the route to Ireland was that of Chester by Parkgate. The cattle trade be- tween this place and Ireland in the year 1700 was doubtless small, and the convenience not much in favour of the animals. The advance of civilisation, however, in the two hundred years that are past has told significantly in that respect. In one of John Wesley's letters on this passage he modestly complains of the packet being over- crowded. There were three score passengers on board, and in addition," he adds, "I had to crawl on my hands and knees over bags of hops to get to the cabin." In consideration of this, and of there being no landing place at Parkgate, it is reasonable to conclude, as the passage was both rough and tedious, that many of the cattle would die, and therefore be removed to the Brook Tannery. This Irish trade, then, was the tanner's inducement, it was, moreover, the mainstay of his business. When the Armada was said to have landed at the Now Quay, Liverpool had only about a dozen ships, the aggregate tonnage of which did not exceed two hundred tons. In the reign of Charles I., when the noxious ship-money was levied, Bristol was assessed at one thousand pounds, while Liverpool, on the other hand, was requested to contribute twenty-five pounds only, thus shewing the relative position of each port. In the year 1770 Liverpool imported from New York three bales of cotton wool, four bales from Virginia and three barrels from North Carolina. Those may be called the harbingers of that gigantic trade in cotton transacted in Liverpool which finds employment for thousands of indus- trious Lancashire to-day. The rapidity of the growth of Liverpool finally began to tell on the 9 trade to Liverpool by Parkgate. Twenty years before this small import of cotton to Liverpool, the trade of Parkgate was at the height of its pros- perity. Between this trade and the tanner at the Brook there was an identity of interest. There- fore, as Parkgate declined, the trade of the tanner declined also. There were, however, other causes that contributed to this. From the year 1750 a great awakening took place throughout the country. And the first step in the right direction was the improvement of the highways. The Romans set us a splendid example, and yet, for nearly eighteen hundred years, we had no easy communication between one town and another. This was slowly, but assuredly changed. Naviga- tion by canal began to open up the country. The pack-horse was taken off the lonely path and the stage coach put oil to the highway. In the year 1770 one coach only left Manchester for London and one for Liverpool. In 1804 eighteen coaches set out every day from Manchester, and eight others three times a week, and, moreover, the speed had so increased that in place of being nearly a week on the road, as at the former date, two coaches to bring news of the short-lived peace ran down from London to Manchester in thirty hours. In the face of this improvement, the Parkgate boats still found passengers. One lady in the year 1791 writes: "We found chaises on the beach to take us to the inn, where we dressed, as soon as we could get the baggage from the Custom- house." From the year 1800 to that of 1824 this Parkgate trade flickered on. It was in the year 1806 that off Hovlake that terrible disaster befell the King George packet, when four only were saved out of 170 passengers. 'Gentlemen's Magazine,' Sept. 14th, 1806. The King George packet, of and from Parkgate for Dublin, was lost this night near Hoyle Bank (and it is said all on board perished except three or four. She had up- wards of one hundred passengers. There were but four cabin passengers. One of them was Mr. W. Benson, a practical farmer of Leicestershire. He had in the packet six rams of the Leicester- shire breed." The second decade of the last century saw the extinction of the trade to Ireland by Parkgate. And it saw also the close of the Tannery by the Brook. The tanyard was then converted into a garden and the premises into a dwelling-house. An entirely new career then awaited it. When the Beer Bill of 1829 was pas3ed the old tan-house obtained a licence, and in this new business it con- tinued until about the year 1864, when the house was taken down to make room for the Hooton and Parkgate Railway. For more than one hundred I and twenty years the tanyard remained in the family name of Jones, a name long honourably identified with all that concerned the wcllbeing of Neston. Neston. The last of the tanners was Mr. George Jones, a man highly esteemed and well known in the city of Chester. To this excellent business mart he travelled on each successive Saturday by the coach of Mr. Thomas Williams, the Ship Inn, Drury- lane, Parkgate. The latter days of Mr. Jones were not favoured by fortune. He, however, con- tinued a slender business at a lower reach of the brook, now a highway. The brook still babbles onward, but the tanner, the tanyard, and the trade to Dublin by Parkgate are as though they had never been.
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FRODSHAM PETTY SESSIONS. 0 WEDNESDAY.—Before Mr. A. Thomas (in the chair), Mr. J. Ockleston, and Mr. Samuel Wood- ward. DRUNK AND QUARRELSOME .-Tw<) men of the labouring class, named Fred Garnier and George Didsbury, were summoned for being drunk and disorderly at Frodsham Lordship en June 12.-P.C. Fry said he saw the men quarrel- ing with others out-side a public-house. They were drunk. They had been in the house but had been, turned out, and in order to prove-fit their return the landlord had locked the doors-Defendants were fined 17s. 6d. each, including costs. VIOLENT THREATS.—William White, of Helsby, was summoned for using threatening language towards John Boffin, of Helsby, on June 22nd.-Complaiiiaut said defendant came to him as a lodger a short time ago. He gave him a notice to quit, but defendant paid no attent-ion to it, so witness turned his belongings out. Defendant put them back again and was jtill in the house. He had threatened to knock witness's brains out and cut his head off.-De- fendant was bound over to keep the peace for six months in the sum of JE5. He was also ordered tü pay the costs. A SUSPECT.—A man named Williiam Booth was charged on suspicion with stealing cne flannelette shirt, the property of John Wri.ght, Frodsham Lord ship .-Superi n ten dent J. Beeley applied. for a remand for a week.-It was alleged by the prosecution that between June 17th and 18th a shirt was missed from the clothesline in Wright's yard. On the morning of June 18th, prisoner was seen leaving the place with some- thing under his ooat. The shirt had not yet been found.-A remand was granted.
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--u_- THE LATE MR. LECHE. -4- IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL. The remains of the late Mr. J. Hurleston Leche, of Carden, whose death was announced in our last issue, were interred on Thursday afternoon in Tilston Churchyard under circumstances which afforded a striking and impressive demonstration of the esteem in which the venerable squire was held among all classes of the inhabitants living within a wide radius of his ancestral home. There was every indication in the character of the obsequies that a great man had fallen." Tokens of mourning were visible, not only in Carden and Tilston, but in the neighbouring villages where the influence. of the deceased gentleman's person- ality was deeply felt. The inhabitants of the district, including the tenantry of the Carden estate, assembled to the number of several hun- dreds. with the deceased's numerous personal friends and associates, to pay a last tribute of respect to a fine old English gentleman, and so large a gathering of mourners has seldom been witnessed at a public funeral in Cheshire. In somewhat harsh contrast with the solemnity of tho occasion, brilliant sunshine illuminated the landscape throughout the obsequies, and the whole aspect of nature in the glory of early summer formed a strangely inappropriate setting to the sombre cortege that wended its way through the park. An old Bristol wagon, drawn by two agri- cultural horses and decorated with laurels, served the purpose of a hearse to convey the remains, in a polished oak coffin. from the hall to their last resting-place two miles distant. This plain, old- fashioned vehicle was thoroughly in keeping with the character of the late Mr. Leche. as reflecting the essentially rural nature of his life. Almost an hour was occupied by the long funeral pro- cession in slowly accomplishing its somewhat lengthy journey, the route taken being through the park and along the bye-road to Tilston. It was headed by about a hundred of the tenantry, who preceded the coffin on foot, the wagon being followed immediatolv bv a number of household servants. The members of the bereaved family and other prominent mourners and tenants on the estate brought up the rear in carriages and traps. The boys and girls attending the Tilston Schools, with their teachers, were drawn up in line on both sides of the road as the cortege passed that point. On the arrival of the procession at church, several hundreds of sombrely-dressed people had assembled outside the sacred building, unable to obtain admission owing to the restricted accommo- dation. A muffled peal was rung on the bells as the mourners approached the church. The coffin was met at the entrance by the Rev. Morris Jones, rector of Tilston, who preceded it into the church while reciting the opening sentences of the burial service. The coffin was borne from the bier on the shoulders of the following tenants and work- men:—Messrs. E. Benson. W. Edge, L. Studley, J. Bellis, G. Povey and J. Clutton. The service, which was of a simple character and devoid of musical feature, was conducted by the rector, assisted by the Rev. Arthur Wright, a former rector of Tilston. The coffin was interred in the Leche family vault, which contains the remains of nine members of the family, including the de- ceased's first wife. The walls at the entrance of the vault were tastefully lined with laurels, ferns and choice white flowers. The coffin bore the fol- lowing simple inscription:—"John Hurleston Leche. Born 25th February. 1827. Died 21st June, 1903." The principal mourners were Master John Hurleston Leche (the heir to the Carden estate), Mrs. J. H. Leche, Mrs. Leche. jun., the Hon. George T. Kenyon. M.P.. and Mrs. Kenvon. Miss G. Leche. Mr. F. W. Hayes, Mr. Anthony Stokes, Mr. C. Stanhope Jones, Colonel Horsford. Capt. H. Cobbe. D.S.O., Mr. R. Donaldson Hudson, Mr. Philip Cooke and Colonel Hampton-Lewis. Among others present were Lord Arthur Gros- venor. General the Hon. Savage Mostyn. the Rev. C. Wollev-Dod, the Rev. the Hon. A. R. Parker (rector of Malpas). Mr. Harry Barnston. Mr. T. M. Lossford Vernon. Mr. Hugh Lvle Smyth (Barrowmore Hall), Colonel Rivers Bulkelev. Mr. R. P. Ethelston, Captain Ethelston, Mr. Nugent Howard (representing Mr. Robert Howard. Broughton Hall), Colonel J. H. Hamersley (Chief Constable of Cheshire). Mr. Warburton Lee. Mr. W. Wilding Jones, Mr. Robert Williams (repre- senting Sir Watkin Williams Wynn), Mr. E. R. Massey, Mr. R. Longueville Barker. Mr. Capel Lutener (representing Mr. George Barbour and Mr. R. Barbour, Bolesworth Castle), the Rev. Canon F. C. Royds (Coddington), Mr. Crawshaw Bailey, Mr. James Ismay, Mr. Uvedale Corbet, Mr. Vivian, Mr. Lang, Captain E. Massie, Mr. H. Y. Barker (Heron Bridge, Chester), Mr. Evan Langley. Mr. Henry Taylor (clerk to tho Buxton bench of magistrates), Mr. H. Ashbrook (assistant clerk). Mr. F. Skipwith (Chester). Mr. W. D. Haswcll (Bickerton), Mr. A. Gerard (Kidtial), Dr. Brierley (Tattenhall), Mr. Thomas Snelson (Chester), Mr. Dutton (Stretton), Mr. R. Wynne, Mr. J. C. Okell, Mr. H. G. Little (Chester), Mr. Joynson, Mr. James Blake (Calveley Hall). Supt. Hicks (Broxton Police Division), Mr. F. Maddocks (representing Messrs. Barker and Rogerson, solicitors to the estate), Messrs. James Swinney and R. Court (representing the Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution of England), Mr. J. W. Wycherlev, Mr. A. D. Callcott, and Mr. R. Jones (representing the Lentwardine estate in Herefordshire). I Among the members of the Carden estate tenantry in attendance were Messrs. J. Woodfin, Jos. Dutton, A. Atkin. Jos. Edwards. Wilson (Clutton), Crump, Mitchell (Clutton), T. Edge (Chowley). F. Studley, J. Eardley, J. Edwards, J. H. Edwards, James Edwards, Chas. Jackson, D. Gough. J. Foster, John Rogers, T. Matthews, J. Thomas, C. Barlow. Fergusson. C. Foster, S. Foster, Elias Thomas, J. Again, J. Finnerin, H. Large, S. Gerrard, D. Kinsey, J. S. Steele. H. White, T. Harrison, W. Foster, Levi Huxlev, T. Wynne. H. Hughes. J. Dutton, J. Higgins, Mason. W. Wynne, W. Jones, George Dutton. H. Woiley, J. Gough, W. Studley, T. Edge, J. Esther, J. Lightfoot, Gregory. S. Speed, Benj. Blvthin, J. Windsor (Barton). C. Clutton, A. Clutton, L. Lomas. R. Chesworth. D. Rowland, G. Rowland, Mitchell (Clutton), Hughes, S. Biggins. J. Fendick, J. Pover, J. Ikin, J. Caldecutt and J. Clutton. Numerous floral tributes wore sent, many being exceedingly choice and beautiful. Among the contributors were Lord Tollemache (" In affec- tionate remembrance of an old and dear friend") "Constance Westminster," Ladv Arthur Gros- venor (Halkvn Castle), Your daughter Florrie and George." Mr. and Mrs. Assheton Smith (Vaynol Park). Colonel France-Havhurst, the Rev. and Mrs. F. C. Royds. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hayes. Mrs.^ and Miss Lang, Mrs. Barnston (Crewe Hill), Mr. C. L. Stanhope (nephew), Mr. and Mrs. George Barbour, Mr. and Mrs. Godsal (Isycoed), Mr. and Mrs. Aldersev (Aldersev Hall), Marie and Violet, Mrs. Copeman, Mr. F. G. Barker, Mrs. Frank Corbet, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Toyn son, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Greenshields (Malpas), Mr. F. Maddocks (Chester). Philip and Dolly, Till ton Rectory, Dr. and Airs. Brierley, JVIrs. Norris Roberts and Miss Norris Roberts, Mrs. Donaldson Hudson, Mr. T. C. Royden (Liverpool), Mrs. Charles Collier, Miss Lees. T. and L. Studley, Gena Cobbe, Freddie and Connie, Mr. Edward Massie, Emily Jones. Mr. Walter Vivian, Mr. G. H. Rogerson, Mr. S. Biggins, Mrs. and Miss Lang, the indoor and outdoor servants, with respect from the workpeople," "A tribute of respect from the Carden tenantry," members of the Cheshire Constabulary (Broxton Petty Sessional Division), the teachers and scholars of Clutton School, the employes at Broxton Railway Station, and the tenants on the Burwardslev estate. Carriages were sent by Lord Tollemache, the Hon. Geo Kenyon, M.P., Mr. F. W. Hayes, the Rev. C. Wolley-Dod, Mr. George Barbour, Mr. J. C. D'Arcy Hartley, Dr. Brierley, and Mrs. Roberts (Kingslea). Letters explaining unavoidable absence from the funeral were received from the following magistrates of the Broxton Bench:—Mr. George Barbour and Mr. Robert Barbour, Mr. Robert Howard, Mr. R. O. Orton, Mr. S. H. Sandbach and Mr. Hugh Aldersey. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Messrs. J. Smith and Son, Chester.
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WEST DENBIGHSHIRE SEAT.-The report that the Hon. Laurence A. Brodrick would contest West Denbighshire against Mr. J. Herbert Rolierts, M.P., is without foundation.