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CHESTER FANCIERS' ASSOCIATION.…
CHESTER FANCIERS' ASSOCIATION. ♦ ANNUAL SHOW. On Wednesday the Chester Fanciers' Asso- ciation opened their ninth annual two days' show of dogs, cats. poultry and pigeons, dressed fowl and eggs in the commodious Drill Hall, Volunteer-street. The entries in all classes were about the same in number as those at the last show, with the exception of the dogs, which were somewhat fewer. It was pointed out that the exhibition of poultry, &c., being held in conjunction with the dogs probably militated against the prospect of an entry in the canine classes of many noteworthy animals, and Mr. Tom Ashton (the dog judge) suggested it was very desirable to confine the show to dogs and provide more open classes. There were but few notable animals at Wednesday's show, and they were chiefly Welsh terriers, collies, retrievers, and fox terriers. The St. Bernards did not elicit favourable comment from the adju- dicator. Smooth collies were superior to the rough breeds, while the animals in the retriever class were probably the best in the show. Scotch terriers were a fairly good class, though no animal among them was worthy of being singled out for special commendation, and Irish terriers were adjudged to be of a moderate type. Wire-haired fox terriers were a much BUperior class to the smooth variety. In the collie bitch open class the Marquis of Anglesey obtained third prize for his dog Aline of Morton, and in the any other variety open class he entered three dogs—Winsford Uhenoo and Wynford Saidi—which were very highly commended, and Clevedon Spark, which was highly commended. A well-known fancier, in the person of Mr. O. J. Burgess, Swanlow, Winsford, gained first prize and two specials in the any other variety open class, for his valuable animal Winsford Blue ( £ 1,000), which also carried off first prize in the district spaniel class. Poultry was judged by Mr. E. Hutton, Leeds, and the classes were all tolerably well filled. The winners in the modern game classes were very good specimens, but the others hardly approached the ordinary standard of merit. Old English Lame coeks were of a decidedly inferior type, though some of the hens were finer. The two classes of Indian game contained the best poultry in the show, and the first prize specimen belonged to a well-known local poultry breeder, Mr. George Faulkner, Rowton, who holds a distinguished record as a prizewinner. This exhibitor also captured the special prize for the best pen in five classes. The winners possessed to an extraordinary degree the beautitul mark- ing and excellent outlines characteristic of the breed. Dorkings were as fine specimens as could be seen in a show of this kind. In Minorcas, the cocks excelled the hens, the winner of that sex owned by Mrs. J. Chaliinor, Middlewich, competing very keenly for the special prize in five classes, which was eventu- ally won by a very beautiful rock hen of Meears. Roberts Bros., Ruthin. Hamburgs were, in common with others throughout the country, a moderate lot, the principal com- petitor being Mr. Lawrence Booth, who carried off first, second, and third prizes in the hen class, where he was the sole exhibitor. Next in order of merit to Indian game were Plymouth Rocks, which were of so uniformly good breed that it was difficult to say which of the two classes was the better, several of the hens being of great size, and the most exquisitely marked that the judge had seen of late. Orpingtons were capital specimens, the special prize being won by Mr. E. C. Griffiths, Northwich, for a black hen of great size. That exhibitor was also awarded first prize in the cock class. Ducks were a capital section, the game being all of great size. Pekins were particularly large, and in the class for Ayles- bury or Pekin duck Mr. A. E. Jones, Malpas, supplied the winner in a duck of monster size. Pigeons were jadged by Mr. A. McKenzie, Liverpool, and the best section in that depart- ment was that of flying homers, which were of very good stamp, and appeared to be very good workers capable of flying long distances. Show homers were not numerous, but there were some of very good quality. There was a capital selection of tumblers, both long and short faced. A creditable class of dragons included some well-known prize winners. The show of pigeons altogether compared favourably with that of last year. Mr. Maitland, Heywood Lodge, Newton, was the principal prize winner with his homers, he being well known as a successful exhibitor in other parts of the country. Mr. W. L. Horbury, of Meals, won first and second in the Oriental frill class with two very typical birds. Cats were judged by Mr. Ashton. The management of the show was in the hands of the following committee:—Messrs. W. E. Little (chairman), L. Booth, J. A. Birchall, R. W. Boden, H. Bright, J. H. Dickson, G. Faulkner, the Revs. A. E. Farrar and P. A. Miller, Messrs. A. Mait- land, A. Rowson. J. H. Salmon. The following were the stewards :-Dogs, Messrs. A. Rowson, J. A. Birchall, H. Ninnis, D. T. Williams, J. Rogerson, R. Taylor, T. Welsby, R. W. Boden, J. E. Lowe, P. J. Pace; cats, Mr. W. E. Little; poultry, Messrs. G. Faulkner, H. Griffiths, W. E. Little, B. J. Roberts, J. H. Salmon, E. Williamson, and J. Sumner i pigeons, Messrs. R. T. Peers, W. Taggart, T. H. Boden, E. Gordon Poggi, A. Maitland, J. A. Harker. Mr. Edward Andrews acted as secretary. The following is a complete LIST OF THE AWARDS. DOGS. Open Classes. St. Bernard, dog or bitch: 1, Jones and Marrs; 2, W. H. Cluoas; 3, C. W. Hibbert. Collie bitch 1, Farish Bros. and Wildgoose; 2, Frank Hoyle; 3, Marquis of Anglesey. Any other variety, under 301b., dogs or bitch: 1 and two specials, O. J. Burgess; 2 and special, Mrs. Willia Taylor; 3, Mrs. K. Flimter; r and special, Harry Smith; The (2), Marquis of Anglesey, and Harry Smith h c, Marquis of Anglesey. The following classes are restricted te competitors residing within 20 miles of Chester -Retriever, dog or bitch 1 and special, J. Welburn; 2, R. Whittingham; 3 and special, E. Milton; r, P. J. Pace; v h c, Samuel Clegg h c, Chas. littler and J. Beswick. Spaniel, any variety except toys, dog or bitch 1, O. J. Burgess; 2, F. Carter; 3, John Fields; r, G. T. Miller; h c, Miss M. E. Dickson Collie dog: 1 and special, A. U. Bailey; 2, P. Fitzpatrick 3. Parish Brothers and Wildgoose; r. J. Morris; v h c, U. Oakley and J. Horswill; h c, T. H. Finney. Collie under 12 months old, dog or bitch 1 and 2, Parish Brothers and Wildgoose; 3, C. Kauntae; r, A. W. Barber. Fox terrier, smooth, dog I and special, W. S. Glynn 2, W. Carter 3, H. Ormrod r, J. H. Hopley v h c, Mrs. Boscawen; h 0, H. W. Williams. Fox terrier, smooth, bitch: 1 and v h c, I. Taylor; 2, T. P. Whitaker; 3, T. R. Jones; r, Sydney Jones; v h o, W. S. Glynn and T. M. Fogg; h c, W. Jones. Fox terrier, wire-haired, dog or bitch: 1 and two specials, A. E, Whittaker; 2. W. E. Shuttlewood; 3, Geo. Berry; r, J. E. Balmer; v h c, W. S. Glynn, it. L. Owen, and T. M. Fogg; h c, E. W. Baxter; c, W. Riohardson. Fox terrier, smooth or wire-haired, under 12 months, dog or bitch: 1, J. Hornby: 2, T. P. Whittaker; 3, Sydney Jones r, W. Carter; h c, D. T. Williams. Fox terrier, smooth or wire-haired, the property of an exhibitor residing within fire miles of the Chester Cross, not having previously won a first prize: Dog or bitch: 1, T. P. Whittaker; 2, George Berry; 3, B. L. Owen; r, Sydney Jones; v h c, R. Jackson; h o. D. 1. Williams; c, W. Richardson. Welsh terrier, dog or bitch: 1 and special, W. S. Glynn; 2, A. Rowson; 3, H. Hewitt; r, W. S. Glynn. Irish terrier, dog or bitch: 1 and special, J. Bailey; 2, A. E. Whittaker; 3, Sydney Jones; r, John Bairstow. Scottish terrier, dog or bitoh: 1 and 2, Harry Smith; 3, W. S. Glynn; r, Jas. Parry; h c. Miss E. Leith and Mrs. Kirkpatrick; 0, George Whitehouse. Any other variety not under 301b., dog or bitch: 1, T. Gibbons Frost; 2 and 3, L. P. Smith. Any other variety under 301b., dog or bitch: 1, Mrs. Willis Taylor; 2, Mrs. K. Flinter; 3, W. C. Thornhill. Selling class, any variety, price not to exceed 910: dog or bitch: 1, Mrs. W. G. Phillimore; 2 and Tho, Farish Bros and Wildgoose; 3, F. Hoyle; r, J. Fields; v h c, W. S. Glynn, E. W. Baxter, J. Bairatow and H. Musker; c, A. H, Bailey. Selling class, any variety, price not to exceed 95. dog or bitch: 1, W. E. Shuttlewood 2, W. S. Glynn; 3, F. Hoyle; r Sydney Jones; v he, B. Oakley, F. Price, and H. Musker; h c, E. W. Baxter and A. H. Bailey. Any variety, members only, dog or bitoh: 1 and v h c, W. S. Glynn; 2, John Bailey 3, Mrs. Willis Taylor; rand v h c, H. Smith; h c, J. Horswill. CATS. Open Classes. Long-haired oat. male or female: 1, Mrs. J. Davies; 2, T. Pleavin; 3 and v h e, Miss Jones; r, A. W. Currie; vhc, T. Gerrard. Cat, short- haired, male or female: 1 and special: P. Fitz- patrick, jun.; 2 and v h c, T. Dodd and Sons; 3, Thomas Challinor; r, Miss A. Wakefield; he, R. Yf. Barber. POULTRY. Restricted to competitors residing within 20 miles of Chester. Modern game, cook: 1, A. E. Jones; 2, Phillip Hinde, jun.; 3, J. Cheaters; vhc, Parker Bros. Modem game, hen: 1, Phillip Hinde, jun.; 2, A. E. Jones; 3, John Cooke; vhc, W. Ellson; he, J. Cheaters. Old English game, cock: 1, E. Milton; 2, Thomas Harris; 3, J. Williams; v h c, John Buokleyand Thomas Peters- Old English game, hen: 1, E. Milton; 2, Phillip Hinde, jun.; 3, Jos. Buckley; vho and h o, John Massey; v h c, W. Parker. Indian game, cock: 1, George Faulkner; 2, W. D Hesketh; 3, James Potts; v h c, James Fisk. Indian Game, hen: 1, C. M. Nicholson; 2, George Faulkner; 3, W. J. and S. Mayers; v h c, W. D. Hesketh and James Fisk; h c (twice), H. A. Cope. Dorking, cock: 1, 2, and h c, Thomas Brocklebank; 3, Mrs. Williamson; h c, Charles Harris. Dorking, hen: 1, Charles Harris; 2, 3, and v h c, Thomas Brocklebank; h c, Mrs. Williamson. Minorca, cock: 1 and 2, James Challinor; 3, J. Sumner; v h c, Thomas Bailey; W. Percival and Son and J. T. Blaok- shaw; h c, R. Hughes and H. B. Smith. Minorca, hen: 1, Roberts Bros.; 2, James Challinor; 3 and h c, Joseph Nicholls; h c, W. Percival and Son and John Ockleshaw. Leghorn, cock: 1 and 2, J. Gerrard; 3, W. W. Wright; ho, J. A. Harrison and Miss M. A. Williams. Hamburg, cock: 1, E. E. Peel; 2 and 3, Lawrence Booth. Hamburg, hen 1, 2, 3, and h c, Lawrence Booth, Plymouth Rock, cock: 1 and vhc, W. J. Dale; 2 and vhc, R. A. Chrimes; 3, Jos. Grindley; vhc, R. C. Williams; ho, Isabella Tunna. Plymouth Rock, hen: 1 and 2, R. A. Chrimes; 3 and h c, John Pennington; v h c, J. Speakman and J. Grindley; h c, W. J. Dale. Wyandotte, cock: 1, W. D. Hesketh; 2 and 3, Mrs. Williams. Wyandotte, hen: 1, R. Hattriok; 2, James Fisk; 3, W. D. Hesketh; h c, J. A. Harrison, Mrs. Williams, R. G. Roberts, Jos. Dean and J. Gerrard. Orpington, cock: 1 and vhc (twice): E. C. Griffiths; 2, Mrs. Barge; 3, C. Charles- worth vhc, R. Young. Orpington, hen: 1, E. C. Griffiths; 2 and h c., C. Charles- worth 3, B. Battarbee v h c and h c, D. Davies; v h c., 0. Barlow; h c. W. Burgess and Parker Bros. Any other variety except bantam, cock: 1, C. Charlesworth; 2, James Formstone; 3, W. E. Little. Any other variety except bantam, hen: 1, R. Roberts; 2, G. Faulkner; 3, R. Young; v h c., Jas Formstone; he, W. E. Little. Table fowl, oross-bred, cockerel, bred 1900: 1 and 2, George Faulkner; 3, Thomas Sumner. Table fowl, cross-bred pullet, bred 1900: 1 and 2, E. Birkett; 3, Thos. Sumner; h c, G. M. Nicholson. Selling class (20s. limit),, cock or drake: 1, Phillip Hinde, jun; 2, Joseph Pickerill; 3, William Parker; v h o and h c, C. M. Nicholson; vhc, Joseph Grindley and George Faulkner; b c, Joseph Buckley, E. C. Griffiths and Frank Howell. Selling close (20s. limit), hen or duck; 1, Phillip Hinde; 2, Joseph Pickerill; 3, Parker Bros.; v h o, C. M. Nioholson and H. Jackson; he, G. Fairbrother and G. Faulkner. Bantam game, any colour, cock: 1, A. J. Vipan; 2, Charles Harris; 3, Mrs. Ryan; vhc, L. B. Rowland; h c, J. Formstone (twice) and Phillip Hinde, jun. Bantam game, any colour, hen: 1 and h c, A. J. Vipan; 2, T. B. Manley; 3 and vhc, Phillip Hinde, jun. Bantam, any other variety, cock: 1, W. Beloe; 2, R. Heaton, jun.; 3, T. B. Manley; v h c, C. M. Nioholson and L. B. Rowland h c, Lawrence Booth. Bantam, any other variety, hen: 1, T. B. Manley; 2, C. M. Nioholson; 3, E. Hargreaves; vhc, W. Beloe. Aylesbury or Pekin, drake: 1, Charles Harris; 2, E. Jones; 3, F. R. Edwardson; v h c, W. J. Dale; h c, R. G. Roberts. Aylesbury or Pekin, duck: 1, E. Jones; 2, C. M. Nicholson; 3, R. G. Roberts; vhc, W. J. Dale (twioe), and F. R. Edwardson. Any other variety (drake): 1, 2, and vho (thrice), H. B. Smith; 3, M. Rigby; v h c, Charles Harris; h c, Frank Howell. Any other variety, duck: 1, 2, 3, and v h c, H. B. Smith; he, Frank Howell. Gift class: 1, G. Faulkner; 2, Jack Maitland; 3, Phillip Hinde, jun.; he, William Parker. DRESSED FOWL AND EGGS. Best pair dressed fowl, bred 1900: 1, George Faulkner; 2, Mrs. Williamson; 3, Mrs. Ellis. Best six eggs, coloured: 1, Parker Bros; 2, B. Battarbee; 3, Joseph Lightfoot. PIGEONS. Restricted to competitors residing within 20 miles of Chester. Tippler, cock or hen: 1, T. Crasp; 2, Geo. Walmsley; 3 and h c, W. E. Little; r, E. Gordon Poggi v h c and c, R Lewis; v h c, S. Byrom, junr.; 1, special, and r, G. Iball; 2,junr. puly ii junr. Dragon, cock or hen: 1 special, and r, G. Iball; 2, Chas. Faulkner; 3'and vhc, John Rams- den; h c, S. Byrom, junr., S. W. Kirkham. Tumbler, long-faced, bald or beard, cock or hen: 1, 2, and 3, Jack Maitland; r and vhc, J. A. Harker; h c, E. E. Lees, T. Crasp. Tumbler, short-faced, bald or beard, cock or hen: 1, A. Lawton; 2, 3, and r, R. G. Johnson; v h c, J. A. Harker, Jack Maitland. English owl, cock or hen: 1, Edwin Lee; 2, W. W Wright; 3 and r, H. B. Smith. Turbit, cock or hen: 1, W. W. Wright; 2, Dr. Riddell; 3, W. Phillips. Oriental frill, any variety, cock or hen: 1 and 2, W. L. Horbury; 3 and r, W. Phillips; v h c and c, R. B. Brassey; h c, Dr. Riddell (twice), R. H. Wilde. Homer, bred prior to 1900, cock: 1, 2, and 3, A. Maitland; v h c, T. Lancaster; h c, Chas. Ball. Homer, bred .prior to 1900, hen: 1, 2, and 3, A. Maitland; r, Mercer Bros.; v h c, Chas. Ball; h c, T. K. Lan- caster. Homer, bred 1900, cock or hen: 1, 2, 3, and special: A Maitland; r, Mercer Bros.; vhc, S. Byrom, junr.; he, Chas. Ball. Likeliest Homer for flying purposes, bred prior to 1900, cock: 1 and special, A. Elton; 2, J. Greenway; 3, Mrs. M. Lancaster; r, James Randies; v he and he, John Vaughan, Henry Parker; vhc, Thos. Pope, R. Woodward, W. Phillips, Thomas Lewis; h c, J. A. Harker, A. Moeford, T. Wood- ward, Chas. Burrows, S. Byrom, junr., J. Grundy, H. Stanyer, Jas. Boscoe (twice), T. H. Boden (twice), H. G. Fog-g, John Cooke; c, A. Higginson. Likeliest Homer for flying purposes, bred prior to 1900, hen: 1, W. Phillips; 2, Edward Roberts; 3 and h c, Jas. Boscoe; r and c, A. Higginson; v h c, J. A. Harker, S. Blake, John Vaughan, T. Woodward, Mrs. M. Lancaster; h c, Chas. Ball, S. Byrom, junr., J. Grundy, Wm. Gibbon, J. Meason, Jas. Randies, Frank Mayers, F. Stringfellow, J. A. Harker; c, T. Ward. Likeliest Homer for flying purposes, bred 1900, cock 1, special, and v h o, Harry Whitlow; 2, J. Greenway; 3 H. Stanyer; r, R. Woodward; v he and h c, H. J. Irlam; v h c, J. A. Harker (twice); L' Basnett, A Elton, Chas. Price, T. Woodward, Harry Parker, Jas. Randies, Jas. Boscoe, John Bate; he, A. E. Rowe, W. Mort, S. Byrom, junr., Mrs. M. Lancaster, A. Higginson, T. H. Boden (three times), George Rhoden, F. Stringfellow; c, John Cooke. Likeliest Homer for flying purposes, bred 1900, hen: 1, A. Elton;2, Chas. Price; 3, S. Byrom, junr., r, T. Woodward; v h c, J Greenway, Charles Ball, Mrs. M Lancas- ter; h c and c, George Rhoden; h c, S Blake, John Vaughan, Miss L. Roberts (twice), Jas. Bandies, A. Higginson. Thomas Lewis, J. A. Harker. Any other variety not previously men- tioned, cock: 1, A. Lawton; 2, W. L. Horbury; 3, R. B. Brassey; r, R. G. Johnson; v h c J. A. Harker (twice), F. W. Jones, T. B. Manley; h c, G. H. Lowe, R. H. Wilde, Mercer Bros., Jack Maitland. Any other variety not previously mentioned, hen: 1, F. W. Jones; 2, T. B. Manley; 3, R G. Johnson; r, G. H. Lowe; v h c, R. B. Brassey, T. K. Lancaster, h c, J. A. Harker (twice). Selling class, any variety, price not to exceed :Cl, oock or hen: 1, G. Iball; 2 and vhc, A. Mait- land 3, W. Phillips; r, Geo. Whitley; v h c, J. A. Harker (twice). Dr. Riddell, J. Chesters, T. Crasp; h c, G. H. Lowe, Edwin Lee, R. G. Johnson. Selling class any variety, price not to exoeed 10s., cock or hen: 1, W. W. Wright; 2, G. Iball; 3 and h c (twice), H. B. Smith; r, R. G. Johnson; v h c, J. A. Harker (twice), Dr. Riddell, C. M. Nicholson, Jos. Chesters, Mercer Bros., W. Phillips; h c, Geo. Whitby. Special gift class, any variety or sex: 1, R G. Johnson; 2, Dr. Riddell; 3 and v h c (twice), A Maitland; r, v h c, and h c, J. A. Harker; v h c, he (twice) and c (twice), John Roberts; vhc, Charles Faulkner; he, S. Blake, Thomas Ward, George Whitley.
SNEEZING AGAIN.
SNEEZING AGAIN. What is more unpleasant than the feeling of dull-headedness which accompanies a bad attack of cold in the head ? Verily few things The best tbing to do when you have a right down bad attack is to get rid of it; and you may do this very soon if only you know how. The discharge from the nose, the watering of the eyes, the feeling of stiffness and fulness in the head, and the all-round feeling of wretchedness, cannot be removed effectually by merely bathing the nostrils in hot water, or having an extra glass of liquor. The trouble is more deep-seated than that. The stomach should not be called upon to do any hard work, and should be assisted to do even its ordinary duties. The bowels should be prevented from being loaded, and yet should not be further weakened by purging. A proper stimulant should be given which will improve the circu- lation, and so make cold hands and feet warm; and a medicine applied which will, by its action on important organs, soothe and relieve the aching head. Now, Charles Forde's Bile Beans for Biliousness fulfil all these offices. A few doses taken when the attack is first felt will in many cases avert it altogether; but if this is too late, as a curative for colds in the head they will be found adequate for the worst cases. The demand for Charles Forde's Bile Beans for Biliousness is now so great that first-class chemists practically the world over stock them, or you may also obtain direct from the Bile Bean Manufacturing Co, 119, London Wall, E.C., by sending prices, one and three halfpence or two and nine per box.
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NORTHWICE DIVISION ELECTION EXPKNSKS. On Wednesday the list of expenses of Sir John T. Brunner, Bart., M.P., at the recent North- wich Division election, were filed with the High Sheriff. The total amount was £1,475 10s. 5d., made up as follows: -Boturnin-, officer's charges, X249 16s. 6d.; candidate's personal ex- penses, 974 48. Id.; agent and sub-agents, R.361 polling agents, clerks, and messengers, R162 8s. ^•5 printing, stationery, and advertising, £ 400 on. 8d.; postages and telegrams. £ 66 15s. lid.; committee rooms and publie meetings, £ 86 12s.; miscellaneous expenses, 274 63. lid. The expenses of Mr. Leopold Samson, the Con- servative candidate, were filed a week ago at aEl,,W. The total cost of the election was thus &J,Ol& 10s. Sd. I
PRESENTATION TO MR. EDWARD…
PRESENTATION TO MR. EDWARD CUZNER. Mr. Edward Cnzner, who is enjoying a well- earned retirement after an almost unique service extending over a period of fifty years as lay olerk at Chester Cathedral, was on Thursday evening the recipient of a presentation at the hands of the Dean and Chapter and the members of the Nave Choir. It is but a short time since Mr. Cuzner severed his official connection with the Cathedral Choir, and a few weeks ago his fellow lay clerks gave a tangible evidence of the great esteem in which they held him. It should also be mentioned, as shewing Mr. Cuzner's popularity among the citizens at large, that he will shortly receive a public presentation on their behalf. The presentation on Thursday evening took place in the Chapter House of the Cathedral, in the presence of a large gathering of Mr. Cuzner's more intimate friends. The Dean presided, and the attendance included Canon Feilden, Dr. J. C. Bridge, the Precentor (the Rev. H. H. Wright), the Rev. H. Grantham, and the Rev. J. M. New.—In making the pre- sentation, the Dean said it had been his pleasing duty to send out the invitations to those who were kind enough to respond to them, and to ask Mr. Cuzner's acceptance of a gift. They were all happy in the knowledge that the city at large intended to present him with a testimonial which would testify to the great regard which the citizens of Chester had for him, not only as fil- ling the post of lay clerk in their Cathedral, but as a fellow citizen who had on many occasions shewn how ready he was to help in the work of the city. (Hear, hear.) They would forgive him (the Dean) if he referred for one moment to the readiness with which Mr. Cuzner gave his help to him at the time he was rector of St. Bridget's. Mr. Cuzner would understand that their gift—com- paratively a small one in one sense—came from the fullest and the most cordial gratitude of those assembled that night for the services he had rendered to them and to the Cathedral for the almost unprecedented period of 50 years. (Applause.) He had shewn to them all, including him (the Dean) an example of devotion to duty, of regularity of attendance even beyond that which they might have demanded, because he knew that he had often attended the services at a great strain upon his physical strength and health. (Hear, hear.) Looking back through those fifty years he ventured to repeat what he had already said that to him Chester Cathedral had a peculiar interest, because Mr. CUZBer was singing within its precincts as a bass well known and valued when he (the Dean) was ordained there in the year 1856. That fact reminded him that his connection also with Chester Cathedral was approaching fifty years. It had been a really intimate connection, for this was the only cathedral he had known during the whole time of his priesthood. Though this was not strictly true, it was somewhat remarkable that the exception he made was one which bound him very closely to Mr. Cuzner, as he well knew. For a year and a half he was in the diocese of Bath and Wells, and when he was serving as assistant curate, Mr. Cuzner's family was well and intimately known to him in the town of Froine. He little thought, when he was at Wells, that he should return to the diocese of Chester, and the most distant vision of imagination could never have put him into the position he occupied that even- ing. ,As holding that position, it gave him great pleasure to ask Mr. Cuzner to accept the gifts which they trusted would represent to him the hearty good wishes of all those who were connected, or who had been connected, with the Cathedral of Chester. Archdeacon Barber, in a letter expressing regret at his inability to attend the presentation, joined with them in giving that testimonial, and in hearty good wishes of health and happiness for Mr. Cuzner. Canon Blencowe and the Rev. Hylton Stewart had also sent letters of apology for absence. Mr. Hylton Stewart would, he knew, be second to none in placing the true value upon Mr. Cuzner's services. (Hear, hear.) Among the subscribers to the testimonial was the Bishop of Calcutta, who, they would be interested to learn, began his ministerial life in the diocese of Chester as minor canon of the Cathedral, and afterwards became rector of Northenden, and later Archdeacon of Chester. The presenta- tion took the form of a handsome silver tea service and a cheque for J630 10s., being the balance of the contributions. The tea service bore the inscription Presented with every good wish to Edward Cuzner by the Dean and Chapter and others connected with the Cathedral Church of Chester on his retirement from his office of lay clerk, after fifty years of faithful service—July, 1850—July, 1900/' In the name of those present the Dean asked Mr. Cuzner's acceptance of those tokens of their high regard. (Applause.) Mr. Guzner acknowledged the gifts in a short address, given under considerable emotion. His heart was full of gratitude for the splendid testimonial they bad given him, and he was not able to adequately express his gratitude for it and for the kind words which fell from the Dean. His gratitude was, of course, first due to the Giver of all good for having blessed him with health and strength to com- plete fifty years of active service in the Cathedral. His thanks were next due to the Dean and Chapter for the uniform kindness and consideration which he had always received from them, and especially the Dean, who ha.d befriended him on many occasions. His heart would always go out in gratitude to the Dean for what he had done for hint. His warmest thanks were due also to the Dean and Chapter for the provision they had made for him in his declining years, and in thereby relieving him from that anxiety which would greatly have augmented the trials and infirmities which were common to old age. (Hear, hear.) He must also thank very warmly the members of I the nave choir, the Precentor, and his dear old colleagues of the Cathedral, and all those who had contributed to that handsome testi- monial. He could say a great deal of his connection with the nave choir; be could speak of its palmy days when it started with 140 voices, of the splendid render- ing of Handel's Dettingen II Te Deum" on the occasion of the opening of the Cathedral after its restoration, and of the sublime music which, he regretted, they only sang once or twice, viz., Haydn's Passion Music. He was leaving them with the greatest of regret, for among the many offices he had been called upon to fill he could assure them there was none that would occupy a warmer corner in his heart, or have his more earnest prayers for unity, concord, and prosperity than the dear old nave choir. (Applause.) The closing lines of Lydia Thompson's farewell he thought were very appropriate in his case:— Too much I've said about myself forsooth, I'm rather loth to go, a.nd that's the truth Still we must part, it's idle to delay it, I've come to say Good-bye—so let me say it. The link that binds me to you must be broken, Come now, come then, the last word must be spoken; In no light mood the farewell phrases fall, God bless you, God bless me, God bless us all. (Applause.) The Dean remarked they were all glad to think that the link between them and Mr. Cuzner was not altogether broken. (Hear, hear.) He would still live among them, and they would be still permitted to hear the old tone of his voice as -he sat in the stall which he had occupied so long. (Applause.)
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DENBIGH BOROUGH ELECTION EXPKNSES. —The election expenses ot the Hon. George T. Kenyon, M.P. for Denbigh Boroughs, amount to £601 9s. 2d., while those of Mr. Clement Edwards, the unsuccessful Liberal candidate, come to J6559 8s. 4d. COLLIERY EXPLOSION: FOUBMBN KILLED.— An explosion of gas occurred on Friday at a colliery owned by the Preston Coal Company near North Shields. Four men who were engaged in sinking operations were instantly killed, and several others were badly burned. SUNDAY IN ART GALLERIES.—At a meeting of the Chester Caledonian Association, at the Oddfellows' Hall, on Friday evening, the President (Mr. D. Robertson) in the chair, an animated debate took place on the question Should Museums and Art Galleries be opened on Sundays?" Mr. J. M. Smith took the affirmative in an able paper, and Mr. J. Cameron the negative, condemning the proposal chiefly on religious grounds. The feeling of the meeting was pretty evenly divided, among the advocates of the affirmative view being Dr. Hamilton and Messrs. G. Miller and N. C. Firth; while the negative received strenuous support from Messrs. Wm. Ferguson, C. HoGili, and J. Niven.
COUNTY POLICE COURT. *
COUNTY POLICE COURT. SATURDAY.—Before Messrs. H. D. Trelawny, John Thompson, and J. Pover. WORKING AN UNFIT HORSE.—Fredk. Hill, carter in the employment of the Lion Brewery Company, was summoned for working a horse in an unfit state.-P.C. Bracegirdle said on the 3rd inst. he saw defendant driving a brown horse attached to a brewery cart on the Wrex- ham-road at Marlston-cum-Lache. He stopped the horse and found two wounds on the off shoulder. One was the size of a 5s. piece and the other was the size of a shilling piece. They were very sore. Defendant said the horse had been attended by Mr. Storrar for a sore shoulder about a week before, and he thought it was better.—Defendant said when he started the horse's shoulder was perfectly right. —An employe of the Lion Brewery Co. named Stennatt said the horse had a pimple on its shoulder some time ago, and he obtained some lotion for it from Mr. Storrar, and on the. latter's suggestion he did not work the horse for a week. When the horse went out on the day in question its shoulder seemed quite right. —Defendant was ordered to pay the costs, the Chairman remarking that he did not think a respectable brewery company would have sent out a horse in an unfit condition had they known it was unfit. The Bench, however, could not pass over the thing entirely.
A CHESHIRE LADY ON CHINA.…
A CHESHIRE LADY ON CHINA. 0 MISSION WORK IN THE EMPIRE. INTERESTING ADDRESS. Mrs. Bishop, the famous traveller and authoress, addressed a crowded audience on Tues- day evening in the Newgate-street Assembly Rooms, Chester, respecting Bible work in various Asiatic countries, particularly in China. The meeting was held under the auspices of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Mrs. Bishop is a daughter of the Rev. E. Bird, who for some time was rector of Tattenhall. Accompanied only by a servant, Mrs. Bishop has travelled in the Sandwich Islands, through the Rocky Mountains, Japan, and she has penetrated into the interior of China, Korea, Persia, Hindoostan, and Central Asia, in many regions where a European lady has seldom or never been seen.—Mr. George Barbour, of Bolesworth Castle, presided,, and was accompanied on the platform by the Revs. F. Tilney Stonex and F. Barnes, and Mr. F. E. Roberts. The Chairman, in briefly introducing the speaker, said the Bishop of Chester had intended to be present, but was unable, as also was the High Sheriff (Mr. B. C. Roberts) Referring to the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society, he said the demands upon it were con- stantly becoming greater because of the energetic work of missionary societies in all parts of the world. The special claims which had been made upon its funds this year were evidenced by the fact that when our troops, numbering upwards of 200,000 men, embarked for South Africa, every man received from the society a copy of the New Testament. Mrs. Bishop was to a great extent a Cheshire lady, for her father was rector of Tattenhall for many years, and the early years of her life were spent within a few miles of Chester. fHfiftr. hflaiO Mrs. Bishop, in the course of an entertaining and instructive address, which received a most attentive hearing, pointed out that the society on whose behalf she laboured had been distributing copies of the Bible for a hundred years in increasingly enormous quantities, and had accom- plished the laborious and difficult task of trans- lating the Scriptures into 500 different languages of the world. She was of opinion that Christian people nowadays did not devote so much time to the study of the Bible as they did formerly. In her young days she was impressed with the great love of the Bible generally manifested and with the long time the people spent daily in studying the Scriptures. The neglect of Bible reading at the present day was partly due, no doubt, to the more absorbing affairs of life. There was, how- ever, another reason for the modern neglect of the Bible. She believed many people in the atmosphere of modern criticism had begun to think it was not worth while devoting a great amount of study to a Book which had been very. much discredited by what was known as the higher criticism. She was much surprised to hear that Dr. Driver, who was one of the greatest critics, had said in the course of a lecture that he thought those outside the intimate circle of criticism were under a great misapprehension in thinking that modern criticism had rendered the Bible a less reliable book. He said this was far from being the case, and that the whole of modern criticism had no power to shake the faith of any Christian man. They must remember that the Bible Society was the basis of every foreign mission, for the missionary approached the heathen with the Bible in his hand as the sole authority to which he could refer. Was not the power of God as shewn in His Book supplied to the missionary by the British and Foreign Bible Society, without which he would be utterly powerless? She had spent eight and a half years in journeying among the Asiatic peoples, leaving the treaty ports or British settlements as soon as it was possible to obtain an interpreter. She had observed the industries, occupations, beliefs, superstitions, and ideas on social and political subjects of the people, and she discovered that the 450,000,000 comprising -the population of Eastern Asia were without God or hope in the world. One saw that the old philosophical systems of Asia, which started with a very large amount of high moral teaching, no longer made pretence of teaching righteousness, for the priests were very corrupt. Superstition was increasing, and Buddhism, which swayed the eastern world, had appropriated to itself the idolatries which it found when it conquered China and Korea, till its temples were now crowded with idols to a greater extent than those of any other faith she had ever come in contact with. Law existed as an engine of oppression of the worst kind, and was regarded by the people as a commodity to be bought and sold. Society was corrupt, and there was no trust between man and man. There was no truth in them; people told lies without scruple, and were not ashamed when they were exposed. There was no justice; the poor had no rights which the official or the rich man were bound to respect. That great engine-public opinion—which was one of the most blessed results of Christianity we enjoyed, did not exist. There was nothing to sustain a man in doing right, or to condemn him for doing wrong. Then social life was utterly corrupt, and one felt that those nations, with the single exception of Japan, had sunk to such an extent that unless some power from without stepped in to raise them they would be utterly dead. She believed there was no resurrection power in any of the philosophical religions of Asia, and the only power that could raise the Asiatic countries politically, religiously, morally and socially was the power of Christianity. How to convey this resurrection power of Christianity to those nations was the great problem. The Chinese were a unique people. It was the fashion to "run down" China, and she did not wonder at it, for the absolute untruthful- ness of the Chinese and the horrible deeds they had recently perpetrated were enough to create a very strong prejudice. But after two years of travel in China, accompanied only by a Chinese servant, she did not think so badly of the people. She had formed the opinion that the Chinese were a straight people with a corrupt Government; that there was an immense amount of good in them, and that they had the making of the finest national character in Asia. We might yet see China made into a magnificent country. This, however, could only be done by Christianity and the Bible. The Christianising of the people was being attempted on a small scale, but the Society did not supply the money which could render it possible to evangelize China on a large scale. The work was entrusted to converted natives of unimpeachable character, who were ready to sacrifice life for their cause. Everywhere they taught the Gospel, and everywhere they dis- tributed copies of the Scriptures. They were often beaten, sometimes robbed, and even murdered. Indeed, during te time she spent in China several of these faithful missionaries sacrificed their lives for the spread of Christianity. They all worked under the British and Foreign Bible Society. The work in Manchuria had been very successful. Idolatry had there almost completely disappeared, the true God was worshipped in many villages, and there were 6,000 converts. In conclusion, Mrs. Bishop remarked that she was impressed with the extraordinary love of the Bible evinced by the Chinese converts. They devoted all their spare time to its study, and would often travel a hundred miles at their own expense in order to be instructed by the missionaries for four cr five weeks in the Scriptures. On the motion of the Rev. F. T. Stonex, seconded by the Rev. F. Barnes, Mrs. Bishop was thanked for her address. Canon Scott, in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman for his kindness in presiding and in promoting the meeting, remarked that Mrs. Bishop's statements concerning the Chinese were corroborated by other missionary workers in that land. Missionaries had testified to the good traits of the Chinese character, and were convinced that were they but well governed there would not be a more governable race than they. Mr. F. E. Roberts seconded the resolution, which was heartily carried, and the Chairman's acknowledgment concluded the meeting.
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FREEMASONRY IN CHESTER.
FREEMASONRY IN CHESTER. ♦ ITS ANTIQUITY. In the course of a lengthy paper on this subject read before the Cestrian Lodge at their regular meeting, Bro. J. Armstrong, P.P.G.W., traced the history of Freemasonry in Chester from its earliest times until the present. He stated that no MSS. had come to light relating to the operative period, but as Chester had had from Saxon tim-s the famed abbey of St. Werberg in its midst, an abbey which had been vastly extended by Hugh Lupus and his successors during the rise of Gothic architecture in England, we might fairly assume, like the old Scotch lodges, that the old Lodge of Chester originated at or soon after the foundation of that abbey in A.D. 845. Ranuf Higden, a Benedictine monk, compiled his Polycronycon in this abbey between 1320 and 1357. It was from this book that the compiler of the Cooke MS. Charges of A.D. 1400 got much of the traditional history of the craft, which he intro- duced before commencing the recitation' of the old charges as they appeared in that manuscript. Higden says "that Masonry is the principal of Geometry," and the compiler of the Cooke MS. quoted "Polycronycon" as an authority for the origin of geometry. It was thus more than probable that Higden, 300 years before Randle Holme, had some connection with a lodge or guild of Masons in Chester, of which the 17th century lodge was a continuation. HANDLE HOLME III. About the year 1650 Randle Holme III, made a copy of the old Masonic charges, and that copy is still preserved in the British Museum. In his "Armory" he says: "I cannot but honour the fellowship of the Masons, because of its antiquity, the more so as being a member of that society called Freemasons." He had also left us many MSS. relating to. Masonry, and the names of 26 persons, members of the old lodge in his time, all of whom were men of some social status. Randle Holme died in 1700, and in 1725 we had the names of 80 subscribing members to the three lodges then in Chester, 28 of whom were returned as belonging to the old lodge then meeting at the Swan, in Bridge-street, Chester. This lodge returned the Provincial Grand Master, Colonel Francis Columbine, the oldest recorded P.G.M. in the world, and all the other Prov. Grand officers as members of it. By shewing the family and other connections of Randle Holme, and the members of his lodge, with the members of the Swan Lodge, the great probability of the one being a continuation of the other was clearly demonstrated. The names of those belonging to the Swan Lodge in 1725 shewed that they were of a distinctly higher social class than the members of the other two lodges. Officers in the Army predominated. The Lawrences and Warburtons; the Gleggs of Gayton Hall; Kyffin Williams, M.P. for Flint; Roger Comberbach, Recorder of Chester; Lee of Darnhall, an ancestor of the Confederate General Robert Lee; the Vanbergs, Ffraziers, Claytons, and Davies's, all testified to I the high position the lodge held in the esteem of the ohtef county families in those days. BOYAL CHESTER LODGE. Although the other two lodges accepted new con- stitutions from the recently formed Grand Lodge of England in 1724 and became No. 32 and 33 on the roll, the old lodge, though continuing to elect annually the P.G. Master, D.P.G. Master, and the two Grand Wardens, did not accept a consti- tution from the Grand Lodge until 1739, and then appeared on the roll of that body as a new lodge, with the last place on the register, as No. 180. No effort seemed to have been made to assert its time immemorial existence, in fact so far as the minutes shewed the lodge would seem to have still kept on its old course. It continued to elect the Prov. G. Officers every St. John's Day until 1757, and to keep its minutes in exactly the same form as it did in 1725; in fact, with the exception of its being registered under its No. 180 in 1739, and a record in Grand Lodge books of £ 2 '2s. having been paid for a constitution in that year, the change was not noticed. This No. 180 in 1787 was named the Royal Chester Lodge. Before this time lodges were known by their numbers only and by the inns where they met. The career of No. 180 was then sketched, shewing that until Field Marshal Viscount Combermere, G.C.B., became P.G.M. in 1830, it continued to nominate all P.G. Masters, who, together with all Prov. Grand officers, were exclusively selected from the members of the Royal Chester. Many distin- guished brethren of the old lodge were referred to, foremost among which were Captain Robert Newton, who was elected P.G. Master for over a dozen years, but never returned as such to the Grand Lodge; Edward and Bell Lloyd, admitted in 1759; R. D. Watson Lloyd, admitted in 1807; Major Ogilvie and Captain Dacre; Eustace Patten, Esq., of Bank Hill, Warrington; Colonel Roger Barnston, who entertained Lords Wellington, Hill, and Combermere in Chester after Waterloo, &c. Early in this century other lodges in the Province began to make themselves felt, and in 1818 Sir John Grey-Egerton, the then P.G. Master, announced that he would install his new Deputy, Venables Townshend, under the Banner of the Loyal British Lodge, No. 148. To this the Royal Chester strongly objected, and they carried the day, though the previous an- nouncement was cancelled, and the Deputy was installed as usual in the Royal Chester. It was not until Field Marshal Viscount Combermere was appointed P.G.M. in 1830, in succession to Sir John Grey-Egerton, the Royal Chester having recommended the new baronet, Sir Philip Grey- Egerton to the office without success, that the old lodge lost oontrol of Provincial matters. Lord Combermere's first P.G. Lodge, at which he was installed P.G.M., was held at Nantwich in 1831, the first time it had ever been held outside the Royal Chester at Chester, and, instead of every office being given to members of that lodge, Bro. Benjamin Brassey, its W.M., was the only one honoured, he receiving the collar of P.G. Senior Warden. The detention of the books by Bro. Thomas Bowers, the loss of prestige in the ruling lodge in Chester, and. other causes, soon after led to the erasure of the lodge by the Grand Lodge, but not until the rise of the Cestrian Lodge, in 1834, formed by 11 members of the old lodge, with Wm. Lloyd Wilbraham as W.M., assisted by the W.M. of the Royal Chester, and Bro. B. Brassey as S.W. The 11 members of the Royal Chester were then further assisted by the mem- bers who had been attached' to the Loyal British and Independence Lodges (both extinct). These 18 formed a nucleus of a new lodge, the Cestrian, which was soon again to be- come the Metropolitan Lodge of the oldest of English provinces, but shorn of those autocratic powers which were no longer in keeping with those broad views which are inculcated by A ntiAnt. FJ"AA- unH A N1..rr.t.n M .nn THE CESTRIAN LODGE. The Cestrian had been working nearly two years when it was consecrated on June 24th, 1836. The 6th toast at the banquet was "The Princess Vic- toria—England's Hope," and the 7th toast was "Field Marshall Viscount Combermere, P.G.M., the Hero of Cheshire." Lord Combermere soon afterwards joined the lodge, and until his death in 1865 was rarely absent from the annual festival on St. John's Day. In 1840 he introduced his eldest son, the Hon. Wellington Stapleton Cotton, as an initiate, and 24 years afterwards he, as P.G.M., and the Hon. Wellington Cotton, as D.P.G.M., introduced the eldest son in the third generation in the person of Robert W. Stapleton Cotton, the grandfather and father both being present at Robert W. S. Cotton's initiation, which took place in the Corn Exchange on Oct. 13th, 1864. The Cestrian has had a glorious history and a glorious roll. A few only on that famous roll can be named here. They are: John Finchett Maddock, D.P.G.M., who heads the list; Benjamin Brassey, last W.M. of the old and first S.W. of the new lodge; W. Lloyd Wilbraham, first. W.M.; Sir John Jervis, M.P. for Chester in 1835; Edward Watson Lloyd, father of Sir Horatio; Edward Gardner Willoughby; the Earl of Hillsborough, afterwards Marquis of Down- shire; Viscount Combermere, P.G.M.; Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart.; Brooke Cunliffe; Hon. Wellington Cotton, afterwards second Viscount Combermere; General Sir Charles Napier, the Indian hero; W. P. Bolland, son of Baron Bolland; W. Newland Welsby, Recorder of Chester; Wm. Chas. Towns- hend, of Macclesfield; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, of Wynnstay; Lord Arthur Hill, of 'Hillsborough Castle; Hon., Thomas Cholmon- deley, of Vale Royal; John Hardman Lyon, P.M. of the Deva and first W.M. of 721; Robert Dymock Vaughan; His Honour Judge Sir Horatio Lloyd, initiated Dec. 10th, 1851; Talbot Clifton, M.P., of Lytham Hall; James Salmon, A.G.D.C. of England; Thomas Aldersey, of Aldersey Hall; Hon. Edward Kenyon; Edward Cuzner, initiated Feb. 13th, 1856; George Corn- wall Leigh, M.P.; Henry Brougham Loch, after- wards Lord Loch; Hon. Robert Bourke, afterwards Lord Mayo; lEueas J. Mclntyre, Q.C., G. Registrar of England; Lord De Tabley, P.G.M.; Robert W. Stapleton Cotton, afterwards third Viscount Combermere; P. H. Humberston, of Mollington Banastre; Lord Edwin Hill Trevor, &c. On the occasion of the lodge taking up its quarters at the Gros- venor Hotel on its completion in 1866, Lord Richard Grosvenor, now Lord Stalbridge, joined. In 1883 the lodge moved to its present rooms in Queen-street, having spent several hundred pounds on alterations and decorations, and only recently it made a further improvement by the installa- tion of the electrio light. THE LODGE AND CHARITY. The consistent and continued support the lodge Plve°i, Jo the Central or Cosmopolitan Chanties of the Order for the last 60 years is beyond all praise. It has resulted in the fact that to-day the W.M. of the Cestrian wields a voting power not only unequalled in Cheshire, but un- equalled by any W.M. in the provinces of Encr- land—truly a proud position. And if the Cestrian holds a unique position with respect to the chanties, it holds an equally unique position as the owner of perhaps the most complete set of lodge minute books to be found in any English lodge. Older minute books than even those now in the possession of the lodge may yet come to light when the muniment chests of local antiquaries are carefully searched. Some also may yet be in the possession of the descendants of the Bowers, Sellers, and Brasseys of the last century, and of Bro. S. Brown, of this. In conclusion, Bro. Armstrong expressed his deep gratitude to Bro. Hy. Taylor, F.S.A., P.G.Regr., whose ready and willing assistance was always placed at his command.
TRAFFIC IN RAILWAY TICKETS.
TRAFFIC IN RAILWAY TICKETS. 0 A WARNING. At Chester Police Court on Saturday, before the Mayor and Roger Jackson, Joseph Jones, 18, Bulwar-street, Everton, Liverpool, pleaded guilty to a charge of travelling on the London and North- Western Railway from Liverpool to Chester, on the 10th October, without paying his fare and with intent to defraud. Mr. J. Fenna appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that defendant travelled by a North Wales train from Lime-street on the night in question, arriving in Chester at 12.30 p.m. When tickets were examined at Chester, he produced to an official named Frank Mitcham a return half of an excursion ticket from Llanrwst to Liverpool. The examiner observed that the date of the ticket was almost completely erased, and sus- pecting it was out of dace he took possession of it. He told defendant the ticket would not be available, but as the train was then about to start, or already on the move, he allowed him to proceed on his journey. He, however, com- municated by telephone to the station officials at Rhyl with regard to -this passenger. At Rhyl defendant alighted from the train, and when asked for his ticket, said he had come from Chester, and offered to pay his fare from that place. The money was accepted, and defendant then entered the Denbigh train, but the ticket collector, who had been notified regarding him from Chester, asked him if he had not come from beyond Chester. Jones then admitted he had, and said that at Lime-street Station a man whom he did not know sold him for 2s. 3d. the ticket he produced at Chester. Mr. Fenna pointed out that the great pro- bability was that defendant did not buy his ticket at the Liverpool booking office. His ticket was dated June 25. The object of the railway company, in this prosecution, was not merely to punish defendant, but primarily to stop the selling and purchasing of excursion tickets, which had become a common practice at Lime-street Station. People holding excur- sion tickets who did not want to use the return half at the stipulated time sold them cheaply to passengers at Lime-street, principally Welsh people, and the company had already prosecuted on two occasions for selling and purchasing those tickets at Lime-street Station, and the penalty provided fur either of those offences was 20s.—Defendant was tined 10s. and costs or 14 days' imprisonment.
NEW USE FOR TARVIN WORKHOUSE.
NEW USE FOR TARVIN WORKHOUSE. SUGGESTED EPILEPTIC HOME. Mr. R. O. Orton presided over a fortnightly meeting of the Tarvin Board of Guardians on Saturday morning, when ano'her d scuusion arose relative to proper provision being made for epileptics and imbeciles. The Chairman said the members had perhaps seen in the newspapers a short discussion by the Nantwich Board as to the advisability of making Tarvin Workhouse into an institution suitable for the poor creatures referred to. At the last meet- ing, when a circular was read from the Northwich Union on the subject, they (the Tarvin Guardians) decided to take no action in the matter, but the suggestion of the Nantwich Board raised another question. The Clerk (Mr. H. Grant Bailey) said he had received a circular from the Nantwich Guardians asking this Board to make some arrangements in order to send delegates to a conference which would be held at Crewe, if such a course was deemed desirable. The circular contained two resolutions expressing the opinion that the time had arrived for the provision of institutions for the reception of imbecile and epileptic inmates of union workhouses; and the Nantwich Board ap- proved of action being taken by the unions of the county, or the Local Government Board, to carry this into effect. Mr. John Minshull: I think the Tarvin Work- house will come in very well for the purpose suggested. Has the date of the conference been fixed? The Clerk Not yet, I think. Mr. W. H. Phillips (Aldfiord): Our workhouse will come in very handy. The Chairman said all the asylums in the county seemed to be. full to overflowing, and if proper accommodation was made in the way sug- gested more vacant beds would be ready at the asylums for lunatics. A great many people were in the asylums who ought not to be there. Some might be epileptics or of weak intellect, perhaps through old age, but they were perfectly harm- less, and he thought a separate building should be erected for the comfort of such persons. Mr. Cathcart Smith: In my opinion the idea is a very good one, and there would be little difficulty in boarding out our patients. But there is another side to the question. Would the Government allow us the 4s. a week for every person we receive as they allow the County Asylum? The Clerk: That is a question which will have to be discussed at the conference. The Chairman: Perhaps, if we consented to the proposal of the Nantwich Board, our workhouse would have to be considerably altered or nearly taken down altogether to make it suitable for the treatment of such cases. But of course there is the site, which is in a very central position. The Clerk said they were only asked for the present to appoint delegates for the conference. Mr. Minshull: Now that our workhouse is almost empty I think it would make a very good and proper place for epileptics. We should be very wise in supporting the suggestion. Eventually, the Chairman, Mr. Roger Bate, Mr. Cathcart Smith and the Clerk were appointed as delegates to attend the conference.
HOLY TRINITY PAROCHIAL TEA.…
HOLY TRINITY PAROCHIAL TEA. The eighth annual Parochial Tea was held in the Schools on Wednesday, and was in every way most successful. An enthusiastic band of workers made every effort to make the gather- ing a happy and enjoyable one, and they are to be congratulated on their success. The tables were artistically decorated with flowers and plants. Between 300 and 350 sat down to tea, and, judging by the looks of pleasure on all faces, everyone thoroughly enjoyed himself and herself. After tea the company adjourned to the Mission Room, where the Rector had pro- vided a capital entertainment. The following programme was gone through:—Pianoforte solo, Miss Marston song, Morning Sunlight," Mrs. Hamilton; recitation, '■ The Two Dolls," Miss Elsie Hamilton; parish pictures, the Rector; song, Sweet Vale of Avoca," Mr. Elson; song, The Keys of Heaven." Miss Hero Taylor; reading, selections from Pickwick," Mr. Churchwarden Bax; song, The Cheap Patriot," Mr. H. Stone; recitation the "Handy Man," Mr. S. Snelson; skirt dance, Miss Phyllis Jones; humorous sketch, Mr. Frank Lloyd song, The Bay of Biscay," Mr. Churchwarden Knowles; reading, Paddy the Piper," Rev. T. W. Mundy; violin solo, "Welsh Fantasia," Miss Taylor; song, I'm sitting on the stile Mary," Mr. J. H. Thompson; recitation, A Soldier's Children," Miss K. Webster; song (in character), "The Parrot Song," Miss C. Viggars; duet (in character), The First of April," the Misses Parsons. All the items were thoroughly appreciated and encores were numerous. The dancing of Miss Phyllis Jones was exceedingly pretty and graceful, and she is to be con- gratulated on her skill. During one of the inter- vals Mr. Churchwarden Bax explained what had been done in regard to the Symonds Testi- monial. It was intended to present Mr. Symonds with an illuminated address, cheque, and album containing the signatures of the subscribers. Mr. Bax read a touching reply from Mr. Symonds. The following is a list of the table holders:—Mrs. Bagnall, Mrs. Bax, Miss Bickford, Miss Blayney and Mrs. Jones, Miss Birley, Mrs. Churton, Mrs. Coventry, Mrs. Cuzner and Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. J. P. Davies, Miss Elliott, the Misses Frank, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Goodheart, Miss Greenall and Mrs. H. H. Wright, Mrs. Hamilton, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Edwards, Miss Kerr and Mrs. T. Davies, Mrs. King and Miss Rimmer, Mrs. T. Knowles and Mrs. R. Knowles, Mrs. Lamont, Lady Lloyd, Mrs. Evans-Lloyd, Mr. Fred Lloyd, the Mayoress, Mrs. Marston and Miss Marston, the Rev. T. W. Mundy, Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. Pate and Mrs. Whalley, Mrs.Park and Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Potts, Miss Powell and Miss Urmston, the Rector, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Hugh Roberts, Mrs. Quellyn Roberts, Mrs. Sandford, Mr. Segar, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Thomas, and Mrs. Woolman, Miss Tilston, Mrs. Viggars, Mrs. Whalley, Miss Waters, Mrs. Webster, Miss Williams, Miss Wilkinson. The following gave donations :—Mr. P. B. Ironside Bax, Dr. Clarke, Mr. E. Dixon, the Rev. J. L. Bedford, Mr. Taylor Harrison, Mrs. Keith Douglas, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. J. Powell, Miss Perry and Miss Salmon, Mrs. B. C. Roberts, Mr. John Rogers, Mrs. W. Smith. The thanks of all are due to the table-holders and donors, also to the ladies and. gentlemen who so wil- lingly gave their services and assisted in providing so enjoyable an evening.
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MARRIAGE OF THE REV. F. S. M. BENNETT. 0 An interesting ceremony was performed at Portwood Parish Church on Friday afternoon, when the Rev. F. S. M. Bennett (vicar), formerly private secretary to the Bishop of Chester, was married to Miss Ida Livesey, daughter of the late Mr. Clegg Livesey, of Ardern, Bredbury, Cheshire. The rev. gentle- man went to Portwood three and a half years ago on being appointed vicar by the Bishop. Mr. Bennett is highly esteemed by his parishioners, and they,lwerel,present in large numbers at the church on his wedding day. On the previous Tuesday they had testified their kindly regard for their vicar by presenting him with a handsome sideboard with copper embellishments and a Chesterfield settee. Mr. Emerson, in making the presentation, had stated that since Mr. Bennett was appointed vicar between R-300 and 9400 had been expended in improving the church and churchyard. Among those present at the ceremony, whieh was performed by the Bishop of Chester, were Mrs. and Miss Jayne, Mr. Kingsley Jayne, the Rev. A. G. Child, and Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Dobie. The bride, who was accompanied. by two bridesmaids—Miss E. M. Bennett (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss Royle (Southport)- was attired in a beautiful dress of white satin, covered with chiffon, trimmed with lace and orange blossom, and made Empire style. In her hand was a Prayer-book bound in white, and she wore a gold chain.both gifts of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids were becomingly costumed in red material, trimmed with black and gold. They wore red velvet hats, and their ornaments consisted of gold and pearl safety-pin brooches. They carried beautiful bouquets of pale yellow chrysanthemums, which were the gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. H. M. Bennett, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. Rev. C. W. Bennett, rector of Pilton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells, and uncle of the bridegroom,. assisted in the service, at the close of which Lohengrin's bridal march was played on the organ. On entering the church the bride and bridegroom were saluted by the Lads' Brigade, and as they left at the con- clusion of the service flowers were strewn in their path by a number of pretty little girls belonging to the Children's Guild, while on the bride the crowd showered confetti in token of their good wishes. Subsequently a recep- tion was held at Ardern, the home of the bride.
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NATIONAL HEALTH SOCIETY. -A. MEETING AT CHESTER. Under the auspices of the local branch of the National Health Sooiety, the Rev. F. Lawrence* vicar of Westhow, York, who is a well-known authority on the subject of sanitation, and holds the position of honorary secretary to the Church Sanitary Association, addressed a large and influential meeting in St. Martin's Room, Chester, on Wednesday afternoon, under the presidency of the High Sheriff. Letters of regret for non attendance were read from Lady Lettice Gtoavenor, Mrs. Pitcairn Campbell, and the Archdeacon of Chester.. The attendance included the Mayoress (Mrs. H. T. Brown), Mrs Stolterfoth, Mrs. Cullimore, Mrs. Keith Douglas, Mrs. George Dickson, Mrs. F. E. Roberts, Mrs. Hamilton, Sister Mabel, Miss Wright, Miss Davies, Miss Robin. Miss Eggers, Mrs. Hincks, Mrs. Dutton, Miss, Clark, Miss Rycroft, the Rev. F. T. Stonex, the Rev. A. and Mrs. Radford, Miss Harrison, the Rev. J. Cairns and Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Lay- bourne, the Rev. W. N. Howe, Miss Marsden, the Rev. J. D. and Mrs. James, Mrs. Mann, Miss Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Crowder, Misses Thomas, Miss Williams (hon. secretary), and others. Mr. Lawrence commenced his address by re- marking that it was fit and suitable that the first branch of the National Health Society should be established in the city which was proud to claim Charles Kingsley and the late Duke of Westminster as citizens. The lecturer then laid stress upon the necessity for light "-light upon our physical life and well- being-and the importance of more light upon the problems oi sanitation and hygiene. A discussion followed, led by the Rev. F. Tilney Stonex (who presided during the latter part of the proceedings), and in which part was taken by the Rev. W. N. Howe, Mrs. Keith Douglas, Mrs. Hamilton, Mr. F. E. Roberts, Miss Wright, Mr. Laybourne, &c. A suggestion was thrown out that certificate holders should have the option of accompany- ing Miss Curwen on her rounds with a view to forming a corps of voluntary lady health visitors. The Rev. W. N. Howe thought that if they were to do anything practical, in addition to their educational work, they should be careful that their voluntary offorts.should not clash with the duties of the sanitary authorities. They should work in harmony with them. No definite course of action was decided upon. A vote of thanks to Mr. Lawrence was proposed by Mr. Howe, seconded by the Chiet Constable (Mr. J. H. Laybourne) and a vote of thanks to Mr. James for the use of the room was proposed by Mr. Mitchell, and seconded by Mr. Radford. The meeting closed by Mr. Lawrence thanking Mr. Stonex for taking the chair at the departure of the High Sheriff. During his visit to Chester, the Rev. F. Lawrence, who is treasurer and the founder of the Church Society for the Promotion of Kindness to Animals, addressed the following schools on this subject: St. Mary's National Boys' and Girls' School, Handbridge, Holy Trinity Church Schools. the College School, and gave a lantern lecture in St. Thomas's Girls' School to a large number of children, including the Swallow Band of Mercy," the slides being of unusual beauty and interest. Mr. Lawrence left Chester on Wed- nesday evening on a very important mission to Berlin and St. Petersburg, to obtain the consent of the Emperor of Germany and of the Czar of Russia (as he has already obtained that of the President of the French Republic), to extend- ing the terms of the Geneva Convention to those who shall go out under the Red Cross to alleviate or terminate the sufferings of horses on the battlefield. Mr. Lawrence's journey has, however, been postponed owing to the Czar'" illness. Before leaving Chester Mr. Lawrence addressed the soldiers at the Castle, two of whom had, just returned from South Africa, on this subject. We wish him God- Bpeed on his humane mission.
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