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BIRTHDAY HONOURS. "PRINCESS ROYAL." His Majesty has been pleased to confer a series of honours in celebration of his birthday, the sixty-fourth anniversary of which occurred on Wednesday. The list possesses interesting features of its own, but it is specially remarkable for an announcement relative to members of tile Royal family which will be received with feelings of gratification throughout the country. The King has been graciously pleased to declare that his Majesty's eldest daughter, her Royal Highness Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (Duchess of Fife) shall henceforth bear the style and title of Princess Royal. His Majesty has also directed that the daughters of her Royal High- ness shall bear the style, title, and attribute of Highness, and also the style of Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names, and that they shall have precedence and rank immediately after all members of the Royal family enjoying the style of Royal Highness. Among the new knights is Dr. James Barr, of Liverpool.

CELEBRATED CONTORTIONIST'S PAINFUL EXPERIENCE. Mr. George Antill.. professionally known as tho "Evening Shadow, whose performances as a contortionist havo afforded amusement. to thousands, has undergone an experience that not only kept him off tho stags for nino w-oeks, but actually threatened1 to pievent him ever again following this moans of employment. A "Brigh- ton Standard" reporter interviewed Mr. Antill when on. a recent visit, to Brighton Alhambra. "Yee, I am pleased to say that my trouble is now all gone," said the contortionist, "and for my recovery from biliousness and piles I have bile beans alone to thank. Some years ago I became a victim to biliousness and pile5. No one who has seen a contortionist perform could fail to imagine something of the agony which accompanied my performances whilo suffering from piles. I always felt languid and depressed. I was troubled with sick headaches, and the piles caused terribly acute pains across the region of the kidneys. "Sometimes during my performances the pains would catch me suddenly, so that I hardly knew how to get off the stage without collapsing. At last I became so weak and ill that I had to give up my profession, and for nine weeks I was medically attended. On my return to the music halls, however, t.he old trouble returned, and I was forced to the conclusion that there was noth- ing for it but to leave the profession in which I had been eo successfully engaged for some twenty yoais. However, I determined not to give in without a struggle. I tried almost every kind of medicine without gaining anything more than temporary relief, till a fellow artiste prevailed upon mo to give bile beans a trial. The benefit I derived from the beans was almost immediate. "The heavy, depressed feelings left me, the biliousness departed entirely, and the pain from the piles gradually grew less severe. Finally, after a thorough course of bile beans, I was com- pletely cured." Bile beans cure biliousness, in- digestion, constipation, piles anaamia, "nerves," female ailments, weakness, dizziness, rheumatism. pains in the back and side, insomnia, lose of appetite, congested liver, headache, flatulence, pimples and other eruptions and ailments having a. common origin in impaired action of the stomach and liver, and are ail so effectual in ward- ing off colds, chiils, neuralgia, and influenza. Of all chemists, or post free from the bile bean manufacturing co., Red Cross-street. London, E C., on receipt of prices, one-and three-half- pa1we or two-and-ninepence (two-and-ninot>JX"nnv box contains threw time's the one-and-thice-half- penny siw). Do not accept 8ubstitute.s.

An explosion of dynamite occurred on Friday at the house of William Smith, a collier, at Ogmore Vale, Glamorgan. One end of the hoase was blown out. Mrs. Smith was killed, and Smith himself, two children, and a lodger were seriously injured. A later telegram says:—Three more deaths have occurred as result of the explosion, which it is believed was caused by dynamite being placed in an oven. The collier's wife was killed on the spot, while a lodger and two children of the collier were so shockingly injured that they have since succumbed. FIND OF ROMAN COINS.—A highly in- teresting discovery of Roman coins has bpen made at Smalley Bight Farm, Stanley, near Wakefield. A ploughman was at work in one of the fields, and his ploughshare struck an earthen- ware vase, and exposed to view a large number of bronze coins, which must have been buried in the earth for something like 1,500 years. The vase, whioh was scarcely two feet below the etrr- faoe of the ground, was unfortunately broken to pieces. The coins, of which there are some 6,000, all of bronze, date from the time of the Roman occupation of Great Britam, and many of them are in an excellent state of preservation. Some of the best preserved bear the name of Constantine, w'th the word Constantinopolis, while others have on one side a head with the inscription "Urbs Roma," and on the other aj design depicting Romulus and Remus being suckled by the she wolf. Some were evidently struck in the time of Nero. The vase was about 18in. high, and of rough, imglazed earthenware. TOWLES CHLORODYNE.—It is important in medicine to have uniformity in strength and superiority in quality. It is self-evident that to take the so-called "Just as good" preparations for the sake of a few coppers is playing with health. In this trying climate it is very necessary to have a safe-guard handy to ward off and cure attacks of cold, chills, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, and the various throat and chest complaints. A reliable and tried preventative and cure is Towles Chlorodyne, which has been in family use for over 40 years, and is still abreast of the times. The best I chlorodyne is not made up in any smaller sizes than one shilling bottles.

CHESTER CYCLE PARADE. The twelfth annual cycle parade and fancy dress carnival was held at Chester on Wednesday, and the promoters are to be warmly congratulated upon the accomplishment of another worthy under- taking in the cause of local charities. In past years the Chester Cycle Parade has deservedly hold the distinction of being one of the finest in this part of the country, and we trust that in the future the institution will maintain its reputation as a strong popular attraction. But if anyone anticipated that Wednesday evening's pageant would rival in brillianoe some of those we have seen during the last decade he was certainly doomed to disappointment. For a very sufficient reason, too, sanguine expectations were not justi- fied. A departure from custom was made in the fixing of the date, and the parade was conse- quently out of season. In former years it has been held at the period which is chosen for all similar functions in the district, when exhibitors ocming from a distance (and it is they who are de- pended upon to constitute the greater part of the show) could attend with the least incynvetnience to themselves. Consequently the diminution in the number of processionists on this occasion was not a matter of surprise, especially seeing that the raw and damp month of November is hardly can- genial to the parading of the streets in an airy fancy costume. In the circumstances the enter- prise was highly creditable to all concerned, and thanks to an energetic band of collectors the funds of the Infirmary and the other medical charities will thereby receive substantial aid. Since the inauguration of the carnival the committee have been instrumental in distributing upwards of £ 1,200 among the local medical charities, and £ 1,200 among the local medical charities, and through the coldiai help extended to them by. the tradesmen and others in subscribing the prizes, etc., the full amount of the collections go to those charities. The general public have but an im- perfect conception of the amount of labour which devolves upon the executive in such an under- taking. Under the presidency of the Mayor (Alderman R. Lamb) the committee had pressed forward their work with a praiseworthy zeal and thoroughness in the short time at their disposal. With the advantage of favourable weather, the parade attracted a large volume of spectators from far and near, and the line of route was con- tinuously thronged. Many of the collectors were afoot from an early hour in the forenoon, and their ubiquity was worthy of the cause in which they worked. The loud rattle of money-boxes which smote the ears at every turn plainly indi- cated that their industry was not allowed to go unrewarded. From a chronological point of view the variety of their costumes made a curious com- bination of anachronisms. Time for the nonce was annihilated, and centuries commingled in a manner that is only possible at a fancy drees car- nival. Tho timid individual found it difficult to resist the importunity of a buriy prehistoric man in his primitive attire of skins, who shouldered a menacing club. Another collector masqueraded in tho up-to-date creation of a postal pillar-box. Daintily costumed Geisha girls made picturesque figures in the thoroughfares, while the "yellow peril" was perhaps the moral intended to be con- veyed by a number of pig-tailed Chinaman. Par- ticularly gorgeous was the "Electric Diamond Prince," personated by Mr. C. Hubert, of Ever- ton, who was selected for the first prize among the gentlemen collectors in fancy costume. This gentleman has taken innumerable prizes at cycle carnivals, and took the premier award at Chester last year for his costume as "King of March." Before the marshalling of the procession the inasquoraders assembled for inspection by the judges, the. collectors in the Market Hall annexe and the tableaux and decorated machines in the Castle Yard. The task of judging was expedi- tiouslv carried out by Messrs. J. Ward Dale, Fredk, T. Parry, W. H. Denson, J. W. Garnett, Chas. E. Pugh and J. G. R. Crosslcv. At 7.30 the procession, with Mr. J. Willianxion as its marshal-in chief, left the Castle Souaro on its c tour of the principal streets. In the marshalling arrangements assistance was given by Messrs. J. Ablev, H. Buiieni. C. Burgess, W. Fearns, P. Hulmston. G. Hayman, R. Jones, F. T. Kelly, W. A. Lloyd, C. Matthews. A. Mottershead, J. Myatt, T. P. Tushingham, H. Underwood, S. C. Upton and T. Wilkinson. The fire brigades were strongly in evidence, the men on each engine presenting a smart appearance in their well- polished accoutrements, which glittered under the light of torches. Theise included the Chester. Sandycroft:, Eaton Hall, Tarporley, HooLe and Nantwieh Brigades. Stirring music wa.s p'ayed by the bands of the 1st Flintshire Royal Engineers (Vols.), ITeilsby, Royal Buckley Town, Tarporley and Clotton, and Coanah s Quay and District. Much amusement was created by the grotesque historical tableau by Messrs. Brook Hirst's em- ployes, representing King Edgar being rowed up the Dea by his eight tributary Kings, all of whom presented comical facial "get-ups." A card at- tached to the boat bore the announcement "King Edga.r being rowed up the Dee by his. tributary Kings. Sept., 1988. Left by the tide at SaughaJl Lighthouse." This creation received the honour of a first prize. Another effective and up-to-date tableau was "Togo's Dinghy," by Miss E. Ras- botham, of Chester, which looked very pretty with the illumination of Chinese lanterns, the dis- play of the Union Jack and th.3 Japanese flag typifying the recently-concluded Anglo-Japanese Treaty. Among the gentlemen's decorated machine and fancy costumes the most brilliant pro- duction was undoubtedly that of Mr. H. Powell, of Whitchurch, who took the premier award. Up- wards of 67 Chinese lanterns went to complete the decoration, while the exhibitor looked very gay in the costume of a cavalier. Miss Violet Byrne, Crane-street, gained the judges' verdict for her artistic and elaborate marine produotion entitled "Miss Neptune," a character personated by a very little girl, who was discovered lying in the sea-bed amid a wealth of seaweed, beautiful shells and coral. Among other noteworthy features of the procession may be mentioned the exhibits of Mr. Alfred Owen, Padeswood (Stork and Arabs), Mr. H. Blundell, Aintree (Indian Maharajah), Mr. J. Kendrick, Chester (Father Christmas), Mr. A. Read, Hoole (Japanese Piince aaid Palace), Mr. S. Hayes, Manchester (A Midnight Flit), Mr. W. G. Quigley, Aigburth (Moorish Cottage), George Heath, Chester (Bullfighter Up-to-date), William Rasbotham, Chester (Autumn Leaves), Messrs. A. Buckley and T. Amos, Chester (Capture of the Reckless Scorcher), Jessie Cartridge, Shotton (Ride a Cock Horse), Gwennie Cross, Hoylake (Sparkling Princess), Herbert. Hall, Birkenhead (Duke of Medals), the members of the Derby Cycling Club (Australian Lancers), Mrs. Graham, Birkenhead (Queen Elizabeth). Mrs. Cross, Hoy- lake (Star of Hope). Miss Hall, Birkenhead (Cherry Ripe), Mrs. Brown, Manchester (Kather- ina). and Mrs, Storey, Manchester (Work Bag). The following gentlemen formed the executiro and general committees:—Executive Committee: Chairman, the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Chester (Mr, R. Lamb); vice-chairmen, Mr. J. Williamson, Mr. J. Shone. Chairman of Prize Committee, Mr. J. Shone; chairman of Refresh- ment Committee, Mr. W. Hunter; chairman of Town Hall and Entertainments Committee, Mr. G. Hayman; chairman of Collecting Committee, Mr. R. Jerome; hon. treasurer, Ir. R. Jerome; hon. secretary, Mr. F. A. Crosby; assistant hon. secretary. Mr. T. Glover; chief marshal, Mr. J. Williamson; General Committee, Messrs. C. Bur- gess, W. Coventry, G. Crowder, H. Eden, W. Fearns. R. Fletcher, W. Fletcher, E. T. Hall- mark, G. Harrison, G. Hull, P. Hulmston, T. R. Hulmston, A. Inns, B. Johnson, W. Ledsham, W. A. Lloyd. C. E. S. McLeod, R. C. Noblett, J. Oldfield, E. Owen, W. Quinn, J. Rowlev J. D. Robb, 0. Reeves, F. W. Sullivan, J. Sampev, E. H. Thomas, J. Taplen, H. Underwood, A. W. Vernon, A. Warrington, J. Watson. The following is the PRIZE LIST:— Fancy costume and decorated machine (lady's)-: 1, Mrs. Broum, 3, Redvers-street, Manchester (Katherina); 2, Mrs. Storea, 34, Ashton Old- road, Manchester (Workbox); 3, Miss E. Wright, Birk-anhead (Cherry Ripe). Ditto (gent's): 1, H. Powell, Whitdhurch (Cavalier, Charles I.); 2, A. Reed, Hoole (Japanese Prince and Palace); 3, E. Owen Pades- wood (Arabian Stork). Tableaux: 1, Messrs. Brook Hirst and Co's. Employes (King Edgar on the Dee); 2, Miss E. Rasbotham, Chester (Togo's Dinghy); 3, Mr. Hewson, Boughton (Shepherd's House); special, H. Edmonds, Chester (Punch and Judy). Decorated vehicles: 1, Miss Violet Byrne, Chester (Miss Neptune); 2, Mr. Mcadoworoft, Chester. Fancy costume and decorated machine (juve- nile's) 1, Miss Cross, Hoylake (Sparkling Princess); 2, H. Hall, Birkenhead (Duke of Medals); 3, J. Kendrick, Chester (Henry VIII. Page). Ditto (open to competitors residing within a radius of five miles of Chester) 1, Miss B. Kendrick, Chester (Bon-bons); 2, N Kendrick (Autumn); 3, Miss N. Whitlow, Hoole (Bar- bara). Walking groups: 1, Derby Cycling Club. Humorous character in fancy costume, with machine: 1, H. Hayes, Manchester (Moonlight Flit); 2, G. Heath, Chester (Bull-fighter); 3, T. Amos, Chester (Scorcher). Lady collector in Fancy costume: 1, Ethel Dunville, Padeswood (Dora Theress); 2, Miss Alleyne (Liverpool (Belle of the Orient); 3, Miss Tudor, Brymbo (Florentine); special, Miss Fen- nyhough, Liverpool (Spanish Gypsy). Gentleman collect-or in fancy costume: 1, C. Hubert, Liverpool (Diamond Prince); 2, Pehoe Steshock, Manchester; 3, J. Ioke, Chester (Snake Charmer); special, T. Jones, Chesti2r (Chinaman). Ditto (comic): 1, A. Jones, Seacombe (Post- Box); 2, Prehistoric Man from Wrexham. Juvenile collector (girl) 1, E. Porter, Liver- pool (Sweet Carnations); 2, E. Dunville, Pades- wood (Folly); 3, N. Reynolds, Chester (Queen of the Butterfly). Ditto (boy) 1, H. Willcox, Boughton (Oava- lier); 2, E. Goudin, Chester (Irishman); 3, T. Moore, Chester (Nigger). Local collectors in costume: 1, C. Soroston, Chester (Uncle Sam); 2, A. Ellis, Chester (Chinese Mandarin); 3, Annie Bellis, Chester (Ruination). Unclassified: 1, Jessie Carlidge, Shotto-n, (Ride- a-cock-horse); 2, Charles Stamper, Liverpool (Face at the Window). Best fancy cyclist in club: Miss Stevenscn, Liveroool. After the parade a large- crowd assembled at the Town Hall, whe-e numerous entertainments W<2Jre to be seen. Devotees of the terps chorean art had ample opportunity of enjoying them selves. The Tarporley and Clotton Band played for dancing in the Market Hall until one a.m., while Marchant'e Band played for reserve danc- ing in the Assembly Room from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. During the evening a Japanese dance competi- tion was held. This was an innovation, but the movements of the competitors were more diffi- 11 "le cult than graceful. Premier honours were gained by "Thompson and Sylester," while the second prize was awarded to "Belle and Belle." Pro- fessor W. F. Gilbert delighted large audiences with his magical problems and Oriental mys- teries. Equally entertaining were the selections on the sound magnifying graphophone by the representatives of a local firm. Close attention was also paid to the entertainments of De Milo, whose manipulations and juggling with Indian clubs earned well-merited applause. The vocal part of the programme was entrusted to the Misses Dunville. The comic and sentimental selections of these ladies added in. no small way to the evening's enjoyment. At the prize distr-bution in the Assembly Room the Mayor (Alderman R.Lamb) presided, an4l was supported by Mr. Robert A. Yerburgh, M.P., the Sheriff and Mrs. Mann, Councillors J. Williamson and Denson, and Mr. W. WilLams (chairman of the Hoole District Council. The Mayor announced the absenou of the Mayoress (who was to have distributed the prizes) through ill-health. The duty was then delegated to Mrs. Mann.—Mr. Yorburgh, in proposing a vote of thanks to Mrs. Mann, sa'd he was sure everyone would be disappointed at the absence of the Mayoress, who had endeared herself to the citi- zens during her term of office. They hoped she would soon be restored to health.—Dr. Roberts. in seconding, voiced the regret of the citizens that this was the last appearance of Dr. Mann in his capacity as Sberiff, and expressed the hope that in the immediate future he would by thp unanimous wish of the Council become Chief Magistrate of the city.—The resolution was heartily carried.—On the motion of Mr. William- son, seconded by Mr. W. H. Denson, a vote of thanks was passed to the supporters on the plat- form, to the Chester Football Club, the Chief Constable and the Police Force.—The Mayor, in reply, suggested that pa.rt of the prcooeds of the parade might be devoted to the fund for the provision of a horse ambulance for the city. While the procession was parading the town the band of the 2nd V.B.C.R. rendered an enjoyable programme of music in front of the Town Hall. COMIC FOOTBALL MATCH. A new departure in connection with the Cycle Parade, and one which deserved better support, was a comic football match on the Whipcord-lane ground, in the afternoon. The attendanaoo of spectators was unfortunately small. The match was between a Wrexham team and a Chester team, and among those who took part were several well-known footballers from both places. Be;ng comic, the teams were not limited to eleven aside, and the number on the field was nearer thirty than twenty. All the players wore fancy costumes, and considerable ingenuity was shewn. Among the characters were an ancient Briton, clothed in the skin of a wild beast, and carrying an immense club, a negro of the blackest hue, a parson, a schoolboy, two or three "maiden, ladies," with running powers never possessed by their sex, some pierrots, Scotchmen. The game itself was, of course, made as much a farce as possible, and was a curious mixture of Rugby and Association. A good deal of the time it was played with a Rugby ball, and free-kicks, goal-kicks, and corner- kicks were taken in Rugby fashion. Several of the players shewed that they had played football before, and some of the shots at goal were too well done to be comic. The referee naturally libelled his species, and disallowed as many goals as possible when they were claimed by Wrex- ham, and allowed all the Chester goals. During the interval Professor Soupple, contortionist, gave a. clever exhibition. There was plenty of fun and none of the spectators regretted being pre- sent. THE COLLECTIONS. Although the parade was held under less auspicious circumstances than last year, the weather being worse and the time of preparation much shorter, financially the results of the parade compare very favourably with its immediate pre- decessor. The street collections amounted to £ 65. 7s. 7d., and to this sum must be added about £10, the proceeds of the football match, besides the fees for admission to the Town Hall and other minor receipts. Last year the total receipts amounted to JB76. 15s. 4d., and in 1903 to JE86. 3s. 7d.

THE HIGH SHERIFF'S CHAPLAIN. SUDDEN DEATH AT CHESTER. We much regret to announoe that the Rev. Canon James Dawson Lewis, M.A., chaplain to the High Sheriff of Cheshire (Mr. Hornby Lewis) I the High Sheriff of Cheshire (Mr. Hornby Lewis) died on Thursday morning after a very brief ill- ness. Canon Lewis, who was the brother of the High Sheriff, was rector of Trowell, near Not- tingham. He was in attendance on his brother at the Assizes, and on Monday and Tuesday was apparently in the best of health. On Wednesday morning, however, he became ill, and his condi- tion was so serious that members of his family were summoned to the Grosvenor Hotel, where he was staying. Despite every care he died at 3.20 on Thursday morning from heart failure. Deoeaeed was sixty years of age. He was edu- cated at the Royal Institution School, Liverpool, and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was a foundation soholar. He was ordained as and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was a foundation soholar. He was ordained as curate in 1869, and was vicar of St. Ann's, Not- tingham, from 1871 to 1901. He had been rector of Trowell sinoe 1901, and canon of Southwell einoe 1885. He took great interest in education, and had been a member of the Nottingham School Board for twenty years, and had held the office of vice-chairman. He leaves a widow and grown-up family for whom much sympathy is expressed. A contributor writes to the "Manchester Courier" The Rev. Canon Lewis was until his removal to Trowell a few years ago one of. the hardest-working and most revered clergymen in Nottingham. As Rector of St. Ann's, a parish which contains many poor, he was popularly sup- posed to give away in cnarity more than the income of the living, and he was ever doing such uncon- ventional deeds as helping old women to carry the week's shopping or to push a coal trolley up a steep hill. He had a cheery word for all he met. and the story goes that stopping once to pass the time of day with a journalist who resided in his parish he remarked, "Now, Mr. So-and-So, I never see you at my church." "No, Canon," was the reply, "you see, we so seldom get a chance to lie in bed that we sometimes indulge ourselves on Sunday morning; and at night we often have sermons to report or other duties to perform for Monday's paper. To be sure," said the Canon, "but I've just started some services in the afternoon for people like you, people who can't come in the morning or the even- ing—people like publicans and Sinners like us," readily rejoined the journalist. It was a little joke that cemented the bond of mutual regard between the two men, and whenever they met afterwards one or the other recalled it to mind.

ARMY AND VOLUNTEERS. .-+- COL. TATTON EGERTON'S RESIGNATION. Friday night's London Gazette contained the following :—Imperial Yeomanry. Cheshire (Earl of Chester's).^ Major and Hon. Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. de T. Egerton resigns his commission, with per- mission to retain his rank and to wear the pre- scribed uniform.

2nd V.B CHESHIRE REGIMENT.—In the 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Vol. Batt. the Cheshire Regiment Sec. Lieut. H. W. Guest was gazetted lieutenant on Tuesday.

CHESHIRE TRAGEDY. -+- FATHER CHARGED WITH MURDER. At 'the inquest held at Stockport, on Wednes- day, concerning the death of Florence M'Namce. three years old, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against her father, Dennis M'Namee, aged 29, a cotton doubler, who was oommitted for trial at Chester Assizes. Evidence was given that M'Namee had fre- quently threatened his wife, who had recently been confined, alleging that the ch.ldren were not his. He had been heard to say to the deceased, of whom he was very found, "Dolly, when I die, thou diest; when thou diest, I die." He took the deceased into his bedroom, and immediately afterwards cut her throat, the child being found dying. He also slightly cut his own throat. The Coroner, in summing up, said the parties might have lived uncomfortably together, but no- thing could have justified the father in cutting the little child's throat. If he wanted to die, if he had found he could not live and put up with what he thought he had to endure, it would have been far better for him to have tried his razor on his own throat instead of his little daughter. The crime was, to his mind, diabolical. How I the man could inflict the injury on his little in- nocent child if he had loved it so passionately as the witnesses described was more than he could conceive. It made one think that there were men living among them who were strangers to humanity.

POLITICAL ITEIMR. STILL A HOME RULER. MR H. GLADSTONE'S ADMISSION, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, speaking at Le>e«ds on Tuesday night, told his constituents frankly that the Liberal party had no programme on the slate. He for one would not tell what the Liberal Government would do, because ho did not know what it would be able to do. He admitted that he was still a Home Ruler, and agreed with Sir H. Campball-Bannerman that they were entitled to demand, if nothing more, nothing less than that the Irish people should be directly associated with the management of purely Irish affairs. HOME RULE. MR. REDMOND'S WARNING. Mr. Redmond, speaking at Glasgow on Friday night, warned the Liberal party that if they turned their back upon their obligations to Ireland the result would be disastrous to themselves. The proposed hanging-up of Home Rule was as much a repudia- tion as the more outspoken and shameless repudiation by Lord Rosebery. Irish electors would be asked at the General Election to put Home Rule above all questions, and to vote against Liberals who had openly, defiantly and insultingly repudiated their Irish pledges. The Irish electors ought to give preference to Labour candidates. Labour was scandalously under-represented in the House of Commons. THE HON. G. T. KENYON, M P. AN OPTIMISTIC OHAMBERLAINITE. Speaking on Tuesday night at a meeting of the rexr.ain Workiiigmen's Conservative Associa- tion, the Hon. G. T. Kenyon, M.P., said that sooner or later the whole condition of the work- ing-classes was going to be altered by Fiscal re- form. (Cheors.) He believed that the Fiscal question was gaining ground day by day. They wero not able to tell exactly in what shape or in what form it would bo presented to the electorate at the next general election, but Mr. Chamber- iam, in his admirable speech at Birmingham last. week, shewed no sign of retreating from the advanocd position which he then took; and he (Mr. Kcnyon) believed in his vigour and determin- ation to see that the workingmen of the future weiio not dependent for their wages upon what he might oatl a sort, of joint stock arrangement. He was determined, if he could do 'it, to see that what wo got from our customers abroad should bear some proportion, at any rate, to what we gavo to those customers. We were not getting a fair share of the world's labour. We lost our fair shaie of the world s labour by a system which handicapped the greater part of our industries, and was gradually driving abroad the greater and the best. part of those industries, and throwing daily out of employment a large number of our feilow-workmen. (Applause, j la conclusion, Mr. Kenj-on urged tho members of tho association to be neady for the coming fight, in order to make tho jssw a more satisfactory one and a certainty— as he honestly and truly believed it was a cer- tainty—for the great cause in which they were engaged. (Applause.) Mr. A. R. Jephcott, a Labour member of the Birmingham City Council, afterwards delivered an address in favour of tariff rt-form. MR. LEVER'S CHALLENGE. A meeting was addressed at the Village. Hall, Bromborough, on Tuesday evening, by Mr. W. H. Lever, the prospective Radical candidate for Wirral. There was a small attendance, over which Mr. R. Gray presided Mr. W. H. Lever re- peated his invitation to Mr. Joseph Hoult, M P., to meet him on a platform to discuss the pro- grammes of the two political parties. Uncmpioy- noent. was not caused' through the foreign trade of the country. More men were employed in the making of goods for foreigners than ever before. Our home trade was in an unhealthy state. and not flourishing as it ought to be. Mr. Lever ad- dressed a meeting earlier in the evening at Upton. WIRRAL AND ITS RADICAL CANDIDATES. At a meeting of the Wallasey Habitation of the Primrose League on Tuesday night at Liscard, Mr. Coulthorpe Wilson, barrister-at-Law, in the course of a lecture, said he was glad to find that the constituency of Wirral was rid of the candida- ture of a passive resistor, because he considered it was nothing less than an affront to have a passive resister offer himself to any constituency. Now the Liberal leaders had gone to the other ex- treme and had brought forward Mr. Lever, who was almost, if not altogether, a millionaire. The speaker proceeded to deal with the negotiations with respect to the Rivington estate between the Liverpool Corporation and Mr. Lever. He did not blame Mr. Lever for doing a good stroke of business. Mr. Lever did not pretend to be a philanthropist, and always said he was a man of business. He asked them to bear in mind that by the intervention of Mr. Lever the Corporation of Liverpool had been saddled with about £ 100,000 more than they needed to have paid for the acquisition of the Rivington property. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SACRIFICE. Mr. H. Pike Pease, M.P.. speaking at Darling- ton on Wednesday nierht, said it was not generally known that when Mr. Chamberlain gave up the Colonial Secretaryship and £ 5,000 a year to pursue the fiscal- propaganda, he also gave a cheque for £ 5,000 to tariff reform. That did not look like a man making money out of the propaganda.

The Windsor Corporation on Wednesday granted a licence to the Dowager Countess of Arran to sell game. She is taking charge of a provision and game stall at a bazaar to be opened by Princess Christian next Wednesday. NEW CONSERVATIVE AGENT. -Lieut.- Colonel Haig, C.V.O., C.M.G., who for I the past 15 years has been Conservative Agent for Scotland, has been appointed to suoceed Captain Wells as Chief Conservative Agent. The Prime Minister has written a letter to the retiring official, thanking him for his imperturbable courage and untiring industry in furthering the interests of the party. ADVICE TO MOTHERS !-Are you broken of your rest by a sick child suffering with the pains in cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, which has been used over 50 years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. 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Mr. Isaacs went on to say that tho Earl thought if she gave up Alton Towers, the Countess should have an allowance of £4,500, but Lady Shrews- bury claimed the right to deal with the family jewels as her absolute property. The Earl's case was that she had no su( right. He was not søekmg to get them for himself, but he con- sidered it his duty to see that on his death they should go to the reigning Countess. The hearing was aga n adjourned. PROVIDING FOR LORD INGESTRE. in the Chancery Division, on Thursday, thic hearing \val!! eLl!: Hilled. Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C., for the defence, read a letter dated December, 1899, as shewing the relations existing between the earl and countess at that date, although separated. It was dated from the Marlborough Club, and commenced: — "Dearest," and went on to say: "When we mapped out 's (Lord Ingestre's) Ife we did not know he would leave England c'r that there would be war. I will pay everything for Ingestre now. We can settle the s. d. ques- tion When you come over. Hoping you are better.—Yours affectionately." On the following 4th May the earl wrote, referring to Lord In- gestre gett.ng a commission—"I shall take every care of the dear boy when he joins, although I do not wish anyone to know what I am doing; but you would like to know I am giving him chargers, etc., and paying his entrance fees to his clubs, which will amount to about £ 1,200." The writer added that he was going to pay into Lord banking account JC80 a month, whioh would give him £1,000 a year. The earl expressed his wish that Lord Ingestre should pay ready llJoney for everything. "1 do not want him to get into debt, and do not think he will, as he is such a good boy," wrote the earl. Coun- sel submitted that it was abundantly clear on the correspondence that Lady Shewsbury always looked upon the jewels as the earl's, and would never oven lend them without permission. This extended to lending the jewels to the Dowager Lady Shrewsbury for the Coronation. Lady Shrewsbury (the plaintiff) might keep the jewels for hor life, went on counsel, and the earl would not ask for them if only her ladyship would agree that the reigning countess might use them on special occasions. Lord Shrewsbury was most anxious it should not be thought he was seeking tho jewels for himself, but that they should re- main, as they always had, in the family, and not be disposed of in any way by the countess, who now claimed them as her absolute property. THE EARL'S EVIDENCE. Charles Henry John Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot was then called, and stated that the countess agreed to give up £1,000 of her allow- ance of £4,000 a year alter Lord Ingestre left Eton. The reason was that the earl was going to pay his son's expenses when he entered the "Blues." While the late South African war was on the question of Lord Ingestre's future cropped up. He was then at Eton, and, having passted one examination, it was decided to send him to an Army "crammer." Finally, Laid Ingestre I entered the Life Guards through the Militia. The earl asserted that he had always carried out hit part of the arrangement with the countess. In 1901-2 Lord expenses amounted to £2.2û0 and £2,400 respectively, exclusive of the upkeep of hunters and polo ponies. There was not the slightest difference in the style of keep- ing' Alton Towers now and when he and the countess were living together. When they separated in 1896 he gave Lady Shrewsbury all the linen and plate whioh was in their Paris house. He did not remember any question about there not being sufficient plate for the use of Lady Shrewsbury. It had always been the cus- tom to keep the plate and linen at Ingestre, and it was taken backwards and forwards. Until this action commenced there had never been any Question about, there being enough plate. Lord Shrewsbury proceeded to give detailed evidence as to the condition of the gardens and green- houses at Alton. Towcl's. He said he kniuv no- thing about Lady Viola having to go into the garden and dig up potatoes. There were plenty of people at Alton Towers who could have done I that. The hearing was again adjourned. DECISION ON THE CLAIM. On Friday, Lord Shrewsbury, being asked whether he had made any settlement upon his n. Lorel Ingestre, 011 his marriage, still he covenanted to pay him £2,000 a year. When you executed that deed of covenant had you in mind an arrangement between yourself and 1.[1(1v Shrewsbury that her annuity should be reduced from £ 4.0C0 to £ 3,000?—Yes. In 1302 you objected to Lady Shrewrbar.v occu- pying Alton Towers. Was your reason that you thought her presence at Alton Towers would accentuate the differences between you in the minds of your neighbours and tenants?—Yes. And that the fact would remind vouv children, who were growing up, that there were differences? —Yes. Whether you were right or wrong you have not insistec) upon her ladyship withdrawing from Alton?—No. Mrrt. E. M. Stevenson, housekeeper to Lord Shrewsbury, gave evidence as to the proper con- dition of tho rooms, and said thllt there were plenty of tea services at Alton. The Countess had 66 pairs of sheets, 109 pillow-cashes, 283 bed- room towels, 68 table cloths, 177 table napkins, and 17 dozen rubbers and dusters. —Edward Oilman, the head gardener to the Earl, said the gardens were properly kept up. Mr. Justice Kekewich said that probably ihe most important question was whether the aHow. ance (if £ 4.000 continued beyond Lord Ingestre's majority, or whether it was after that time to be reduced to £ 3,000. Hc was satisfied that, L3dv Shrewsbury was entitled to £4,000. at any rate I from the date of Lord Ingestre's majority. As to the question of the keeping up of Alton Towers, he had very little difficulty in saying what the obligation WIIS, but. he had great. difficulty in saving what Lady Shrewsbury was entitled to in the shape of relief. As at present advised he could not do anything more than declare that Alton Towers should be properly kept up and maintained. No damages were asked for. and he did not intend to give any: neither did he nee his way to decree specific performance. Mr. Warmingt<>n. K.C., said that now Lord Shrewsbury knew his obligations he was sure he would perform them. He (counsel) therefore did not propose to address the Court. THE OWNERSHIP OF THE JEWELS. Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C.. then opened the de- fendant's counter-claim with regard to the Shrews- bury and Talbot jewels. He asked the Court. to say that the jewels belonged absolutely to Lord Shrewsbury, not to Lady Shrewsbury. Lord Shrewsbury had no objection to the plaintiff wear- ing them during their joint lives. The jewels comprised what was known as the Garter jewel, the. Gcora-c and Dragon enamel, and the Shrews- bury necklace. Lord Shrewsbury said the jewels came into his possession under the will of the Earl John, and some months after he came of age they were brought to him in Paris by his solicitor. He sent them to London to be deposited in the bank. From 1883 to 1895 the jewels were kept in a safe in his bedroom. The first dispute between him and Lady Shrewsbury was about 1895. Mr. Justice Kekewich: There was no claim until you wanted a loan and then Lady Shrews- bury asserted her right?—Yes. Cross-examined by Mr. Warmington: Do you pledge yourself that you did not make any gift of the jewels to your wife after marriage?—I have no recollection of it. Do you know you signed a document which states that you gave them to Lady Shrewsbury?— I know one bit of writing. Is it correct that you gave Lady Shrewsbury the jewels many years before 1896?—-Yes: I gave them to her as Lady Shrewsbury and I hone she will long continue to keep them as Lady Shrewsbury. Do you mean you did not give them to her for herself?—No: I gave her other jewels for herself. The hearing was adjourned. SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT. A COUNTESS' NEEDS. The fifth day's hearing of the Shrewsbury case was entered upon on Saturday in the Chanoory Division, berore Mr. Justice Kckewich. The Judge having indicated the line that he would take in his judgment with regard to the Countess of Shrewsbury's claim that her allowance should not bo reduced from £4.000 to £3,000 a year, and as to the obligations of the Earl with regard to the maintenance of Alton Towers as a suitable residence for the Countess, the Earl's counter- claim for a declaration that he was absolutely entitled to the Shrewsbury and Talbot jewels, which he Raid had bœn in the Shrewsbury family for several generations, was further proceeded with. The Countess, it will be remembered. claims that the Earl has made her a present of the jewels. After a consultation, Mr. Rufus Isaacs, K.C.. Raid the parties had arrived at a settement of the whole case, and it war; unnecessary to take a formal judgment. They would, however, be glad to have an expre5sion of his lordship's views- not as a formal jncJgment-heca,use they had agr0ed to stay proceedings as to the meaning of "keeping up" Alton Towers, so that both parties might have some guidance in the future in any question that might arise. Mr. Justice Kekewich said the first thing to observe was that this war; in every respect an arnicaMe separation. Lady Shrewsbury was entitled to reside at Alton Towers, in every way as the wife of a nobleman of high position and (1i!!nity and of ancient family. Alton Towers was to be kept up as a residence for her whenever she desired to stay there. He thought the ordinary meaning of te phrase "keen "ip" in cases of this description was perfectly clear. It. must mean that Lord Shrewsbury was to maintain Alton Towers substantially as it was at the time when it was occupied by the Earl and Countess. That referred not only to the house itself and its con- tents. but also to the gardens and pleasure grounds. Lord Shrewsbury was bound to supply suitable linen, china, and plate, such as were reasonably fit for the use of the Countess of Shrewsbury when she desired to reside at Alton Towers and for the entertainment of such of her friends as she chose from time to time to stay with her there. It was said—he was not express- I ing any opinion upon the question—that Lord Shrewsbury had removed from Alton Towers the best dinner service. Now. to his mind, if he had done so, that could not be imputed to him by any means as a breach of the agreement. He was not bound to keep that particular service there, but what he was bound to do was to keep at Alton towers such china as wa.s suitable and ade- quate for the use of the Countess. He supposed that linen appropriate to the use of the Countess would have a coronet upon it. He could not enter into such questions as to whether it should be frilled or not—-(laughter) —but it should be of first clatss character, such as one would expect to find in a nobleman's house. He dealt with the plate in the same way. With regard to the out- side of the mansion, there was a large garden, which he might describe as thc garden attached to the house. It seemed to him that there again Lord Shrewsbury was bound to keep the garden up very much in the same way as it was kept in July, 1896. He thought the Earl was wrong in pulling down tho conservatories, but he doubted whether it would be possible for Lady Shrewsbury to claim damages with respect to that. The altera- tion of the flower beds was, of course, done under the direction of the head gardener. That, of course, must take place from time to time, and so long as Lady Shrewsbury and her friends could walk about the garden and enjoy it as the garden of Alton Towers it seemed to him that they could not complain because perhaps there were not so many flowers as before, or that the walks were not so carefully kept as formerly. There was a little more difficulty about the outer gardens, which wero to a large extent. properly described as pleasure grounds, consisting of walks, drivers, shrubs and trees. The drives were said to be forty miles in extent. He thought Lady Shrews- bury and her friends were entitled to use this part of Alton Towers, but he did not think they could complain if the grass was not cut quite so closely as in 1896, and that the pruning of the shrubberies and the trees was not quite so frequent. It was a mere question of ordinary enjoyment. He had intended to submit to counsel hie. views in the form of a declaration. That declaration would have been to the effect that Lord Shrewsbury was bound during the joint lives of himself and Lady Shrewsbury to maintain the mansion house of Alton Towers, with the gardens and pleasure grounds attached thereto, in the same condition that they were in when the agreement was effected in 1896. Mr. Warmington thanked his lordship for the trouble he had taken in the matter. Mr. Justice Kekewich said he wished to con- gratulate counsel and lord and Ladv Shrews- bury upon having arrived at a settlement, and the only regret I1-' bnd was that the case had not been settled out of Court. THE SHREWSBURY TITLE. An historical enthusiast has been persuading me (London correspondent "Manchester Guardian") that Lord Shrewsbury should properly style him- self Earl of Salop or Earl of Shropshire. The patent of 20th May, 1442. granted to John, Lord Talbot (the great English leader in the wars of Henry VI.), confers on him nomen et honorem comitis Salop." and grants him a rent charge of £20 payable by the Sheriff out of the issues and profits of the aforesaid county. The first Earl did not spring from a Shropshire family, and his patri- monial estates lay in Herefordshire. From his mother, however, he inherited a considerable pro- perty at Whitchurch, Shropshire, and at Whit- church he was buried when he was brought, home from his last battle, in France. With Shrewsbury itself he never seems to have had much con- nection, though his grandson owned a house in the town known as the Talbot Inn. The present Lord Shrewsbury is of the family of Lord Chancellor Talbot, whose descendant the Lord Talbot of Navarino persuaded a Committee of Privilege of the House of Lords that on the death of his distant connection the seventeenth Earl of Shrewsbury he was entitled to the suc- cession. The case was ably argued, and several great lawyers, including Lord Selborne, were briefed in it. That Lo-d Talbot proved his descent from the old Lords Shrewsbury was indisputable, but a doubt was felt at the time, and haft been felt ever since, whether the extinction of lines of ancestors senior to his was clearly proved. But it was splendid to go back to those old Marcher EarV of Shrewsbury who built Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury Abbey and dreamed of founding a realm in the Midlands with Shrewsbury for a capital, independent of and hostile to that of the Norman kings, with Welsh princes tributaries to it and the Kings of Ireland in alliance.