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COUNTF POLIUE OOUHT. SATURDAY.—Before Mr. R. T. ltlciiilydson. Mr. -John M. i^rost, Mr. W. lA miauis and Mr. liowe Morris. FOWLS AGAIN !-David Hughes, rope and twirle maker, Chester, sumilicild Gather-no heatcrofr, w-fe of \\1 m. Whca tClOft, Hoole Vil- for abusive language. Mr. K. Brassey ap- -pPase-d fcr the prosecution, while Mr. R. T. Mor- defended.—Mr. Brassey said h.s client rented 4 field, about an aore-n extent, in Hooie Village, ^'hich. defendant's husband bad formerly rented. Complainant had a couple of horses grazing in *•>9 field, and had frequently complained about pendant turnliig li s army of fowls into the kid. On November 3rd complainant went to horses, and, frndng the fowls in trie field1, ho c'ia.>d them cut. Deiendant came to her door "l1d remarked that his dog looked as bad as his faster. She called him a scamp, and said Jtat if she was in her husband's shoes she would "?-ve got hold of him and thrown him into the fJ-t. Complainant bore out this sratement, and was corroborated by Lucy Ellen Gilding, wife ()f Q.M.-S. Gilding, Watergate House, Chester, Charlotte Hughes, complainant's wife.— "r. R. T. Morgan submitted that whatever words were spoken they were not spoken in a public ¡¡ a.oe. Defendant was on her doorstep, and it a physical impossibility for anyone at the °.Ppos'te corner of the fi^ld to hear the conversat- ion that took place. Complainant was the ag- sor, and called defendant blackguard. She ^id she must be one to spsak to such a scoundrel 18 he. She aid that if she was her husband she ^uld give him a thrashing.—Defendant gave ?i*idenoe to this effect, and was corroborated by tjkry Brennon, her mother, and Mns. Da.soombe, if1>Qle Village. —Defendant was ordered to pay ne costs (10s. 6d.)—Hughes had a summons 'jfainst a woman named Jessie Price, also fotr language. This ho withdrew on defen- ^ot agreeing to pay the costs (4s. 6d.). tHEFT AT THE CASTLE.—Richard Rostron, a young Macclesfield man, was charged' with paling a cord waistcoat, value 3s., the property* Thomas Slater, at the Castle, Chester, at 10 ?-'n. on November 6th. Complainant said that J!? and Slater were in the receiving -r^om at ■heater Castle as recruits for the Army. Ho left vert hang:ng up on a peg in the room, and ^"hon he was called out for medical inspection Prisoner was looking at the vest. When be re- ined to the room both the vest and prisoner missing.-P. C. Sandland said he arrested Prisoner at noon on Thursday at Chester, and at ffoole Police Station lie charged 'him with steal- ltkl the waistcoat. Prisoner replied "All right." te Thomas Wilson, Castle-street, said at prisoner's finest he pawned the waistcoat for Is. 6d. at r^ssrs. Dutrt-on's shop.—Prisoner said Slater him perm'ssion to sell the wa"st"oat if he i*>ater) passed the doctor. A man told 'hrim that 5'ater had passed and he took the w<vi°teoat.— f-S- Jackson said prisoner was convicted in Mav r-904. at that court for stealing a b".cycle f'wn w Castle, and hnd boon sentenced *o two months Imprisonment. S:nce then he had ioin^d the 8th ^a*3ars, and had been dischnroed at Aldersihot incorrigible and worthless.—Prisoner was sent ?fiol for a month with hard labour.

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CHESHlliE COUNTY COUNCIL. The quarterly meeting of the Cheshire County Council Was held at the Castle on Thursday, Col. Dixon presiding over a good attendance. RK&iG.NATION OF LORD NEWTON. Lord Newton wrote resigning the office of county alderman and torwarded the usual fine. Tne Chairman said they were ail sorry Lord Newvcn tiad sons iii ins resignation. He was unable to attend regularly enough, and he had hhought it bettc-r to resign. He moved that line resignation be accepted and that the usual fine be remitted. Tins was agreed to. TiiE UNEMPLOYED ACT. THE yuKEN'S FuND. The Clerk laid beiore the Council a print of the Unemployed Workmen ACT- and the regulations of the Local Goverziiiient iioard. Tile Cliainnan said they in Cheshire were very weii oil ooalparød, with the Metropolis. It was quite right Uiey should appoint a committee under the Aot. He drew tho attention of all members to the fund now being started by her gracious Majeety, which had been responded to by all. No doubt it would be responded to by a great number of the wealthy peopie of the land, to enable employment 10 bo provided for the honest labourers who were ui.,abic to find employment and were in a state of poverty. He thought they in Cheshire, who lived in the midst of plenty, ought to do their beat as far as they oould w hcip on the good work of our gracious Queen. He moved that a committee be appointed to take into consideration the Act. and to take any steps that were necessary with regard to it. Alderman iSeeiev eocoiicted, and it was agreed to. The Rev. J. G. Grant Bird moved that the General Purposes Committee be the committee to consider the Act and take such action as might be necessary. Mr. George Cooke seconded, and it was agreed to. OUTBREAKS OF ANTHRAX. The Chief Constable for 'the county (Colonel Hamersley) had reported to the Executive Com- mittee under the Diseases of Animals Act that during the last quarter nineteen outbreaks of anthrax had occurred, including one in the parish of Choimondeley. There had been no cases of sheep scab or rabies. During the quarter 117 cases of suspected swine fever had been reported to the Board of Agriculture. In eleven of the out- breaks the disease had originated among swine bred in Cheshire, in two cases the pigs had been bred in Essex, and in the remaining casets the pigs had been brought from the borough of Macclesfield. On the recommendation of the Chief Constable, the Diseases of Animal Act Committee had recommended that the four parishes of Darnhall, Little Budworth, Marton and Over be excluded from the Tarporley veterinary inspector's district and constituted a separate district under the super- vision of a veterinary insjx?etor resident at Over. and that Mr. Herbert Bibby, M.R.C.V.S., of Wcodford-Lane, Over, be appointed veterinary inspector of such district. The Diseases of Animals Act Committee had considered a petition from persons resident in certain parishes abutting on the river Mereev, asking for tie relaxation of the provision, of the Wild Birds Protection Order now in operation in tho county, prohibiting the shooting of edible wild fowl on the rivers Dee and Mersey. It was re- solved that-such petition be referred to the follow- ing sub-committee for their consideration and rooort thereon :—Messrs. James Smith, George Wall and A. T. Wright. Mr. C. B. Davies, in moving the adoption of the minutes, said the outbreaks of anthrax had been very .Cr10U6. and fiince the last meeting of the committee, on October 27th, there had been four The last happened on November 4th, so that they had now^bad ten or twelve clear days. Mrrf&wjrre'CooKe, in -.('cohdlng, said one satis- factory feature was that more euspccted cases were Ix'iug sent for examination. The minutes were adopted. MILITARY EDUCATION. Mr. G. King called attention to the grant by the County Education Committee of £ 3UQ- to the Victoria, University, Manchester. lie fsairl the University was a standing monument to the public ic spirit of Manchester men, and he was pleased that a grant should be made to it. It was only right that cheshire shoidd contribute to the University, and he would be glad to see the grant. increased. He objected, however toO a recent innovation, namely, that, tempt-od by an offer by the War Office, the5 authorities of the University had estab- lished a lectureship in military tactic;; and military strategy. He maintained that instruction in military subjects ought not. to come into the curriculum of a modern university. The fields of ence and literature were cosmopolitan, and had no nationality. One had been led to believe that one of the functions of a university was humanity, and the teaching of the art of slaughter could not be called humanity. He moved that it be an in- struction to the Education Committee to impose a condition that no portion of the fund should be devoted to that particular lectureship. The Chairman said the motion was not in order. 2vlr. King: Then I must content myself with having raided the question. THE MICKLE TRAFFORD ROAD. The minutes of the Main Roade and Bridges Committee recorded that letters had been re- ceived from the clerk of the Chester Rural Dis- L; ict Council as to the construction of a proposed new highway to con nod, the Chester and Frod- sham main road with Mickle Trafford railway stations, and the comm:t. resolved that, the con- sideration of such proposal be adjourned until tho next. meeting, and that tho District Council be requested to submit a complete scheme shewing how they suggest the work should be carried out a.nd by whom. and their proposals for meeting the expenditure incurred in carrying out the work. HEAVY MOTOR TRAFFIC. The Main Roads and Bridges Committee had received a report of a meeting of the Motor-ear Act Sub committee, which had, considered several )evolutions passed by urban and rural district councils in Cheshire, together with circulars from tho County Councils' Association and the High- ways Protection League The committee had also considered a letter from the Local Govern- mcnt Boa; d with reference to the registration as heavy motor-cars of steam wagons manufactured by Messrs. Fodeng, Limited. The Letter was to the effect- that on tho general question the Board were inclined to take the view that if a, vehicle appeared to bo so oonstructed that it would not emit smoke or visible vapour, and if in other re- speOts it conformed1 to the requirements of the Acts and orders touching motor-cars, it would be reasonable to register it as a motor-car.-It was resolved that. the clerk confer with the Chief Constable as to proceedings being taken in con- nection with vehicles registered as heavy motor- cars. but from which in the user thereof emoke, steam or visible vapour was habitually emitted from oauses other than accidental or unavoid- able and that the olerk for the present continuo the registration of steam wagons as heavy motor- oars without prejudice as to whether such wagons are entitled to be registered as such, or in the alternative required to ba lioensed as locomotives under the Locomotives Act., 1898. DUST-LAYING EXPERIMENTS. The Surveyor (Mr. H. F. Bull) laid a report before the Main Roads and Bridges Committee on methods of dust-laying. Dealing first with "VVestruniite," he said the Dunham main road between Altrincham and Bowdon had been ex- perimented on for a length of 1,259 lineal yards, and had cost JB26. 8s., which includes the labour of preparing the road and putting the material on, equal to the rate of JE56 9 per mile. Another length had been exporimented an at Toft, on the main road outside the Knutsford Urban District Council's area, for a length of 1,100 lineal yards. That length was treated as the first, exi^ept that it had had an extra 10 per cent. (solution coat put on, the cost being £ 25. 6s. 3d., equal to the rate of £ 41.66 per mile. Both lengtlis answered veiy well during the season, and the saving in watering would bo very Little, as the roads were only watered for maintenance purposes. The roads would have to be treated in a similar man- ner every year at the samu-, cost, unless the price of the material lowered. The material in both eases was kindly supplied by the residents living alongside the road. Taking the next, "Dust- royd," or Ciare's patcHi: Mr. Bull said the length at Toft which had been experimented on with "Westrumite" last year, was this year coated with the "Dustroyd" by the firm themselves, the material being paid for by Mr. Comber, the cost being £ 22. 10s. 6d., including the preparation of the road surface, equal to a rate of 917 per mile, for a roadway 18 feet wide. This experimont proved a. failure, and could not be compared with the '-Westrum!:te." A machine has also to be bought for applying the material at a cost- of £ 13 10s. Wrilting of "Akonia." Mr. Bull said it was the oaloium chloride solution brought out by the United Alkali Company, Ltd. He had inspected a length of main road at Flint, which had been laid with the material once in two months. The action of the material is to absorb the moisture in the air, a.nd so keep the road surface sufficiently moist to provent the dust rising, and not enough to bo unpleasant to pedestrians. In connection with the same matter, the Chair- man laid before the committee a letter from the Director of roads, navigation and mines of trance (Moiifi. A. Cheizueso). This gentleman wrote that in France tarring main roads was st-ill en- tirely in the. experimental stage. The results ob- tained had been generally favourable, notably on the sections of the highway where the surface had to stand only the traffic of light carriages and motor-cars; but ono tarring abolished the dis- comforts of dust and mud only for a period of five or six months, &nd on slopes and inclines the pro- cess oould not usefully be applied for fear of horses slipping or motor-cars skidding. The adoption of the system of ta,rring would involve a very high expenditure, approximately lid. per square yard The committee instructed the surveyor to defer making further experiments. ROAD MAINTENANCE. In hia annual report to the Main Roads Com- mittoG on expenditure on urban and. rural main. roads, under the direct control of the Main Roads Committee, tho Surveyor said the total ex- penditure for diLnteii:i3.c>Q of turban reads for tb? year had been £ 41,349, ayainat an estimate of £ 42,038. The expenditure was -equal to £ 80.92. a decrease or £ 1.36 per miie. He felt sure that some alteiation would have to be made befoie long in the method 01 construction of roads, which would email an increase on the present expenditure. Tho sum ot x5,462 had been spent in improvements. For rural mam roads the- total expand*hue had. been £ 42,543 for maintenance, and £ 5,462 for improvements. Uther sums made up a total Of £ 51,634. 8s. 7d. Tliii FLOUKERSBRUOK BRIDGE. AN AMALGAMATION CLAUSE. The Main Roads and Bridges Committee passed the following lesoiutioa )n tne report of the oon- feienee regarding the Fiookerabrook Railway Bridgt):—' ijia). in Liw event. OL tJm Hoole Urban Di strict Gounod, in combination with the other Oourie.is, enteiing moo aai agreement with the Railway Companies io const-uct a public foot- bridge on tire east side oil the railway bridge, the County Council be recommended to agree to con- tribute to the llooie Urban District Council one- half the amount, w be paid by uiiem annually JIl respect of principal and intere»t to liqu date any loan the Uibuu lAtror et Council may raise for tne purpose of their contribution to tiie scheme, pro- vided, among other things, t' iat the total con- tribution of tho Hooie Council does not exceed £ 5,000; uiat Uie County Council be not respon- se hie for the maintenance of such footbridge; that. in the event of the Hooie urban district, or any part of it, being incorporated in the city of Uh05toCr, tire County Council shall not be iiabie or be called upon to make any further payments in iespect of tho said contribution, and the liooie Urban District Council w.d rorthwith refund to tho County Council the amount of ail payments made by them in respect of the said contribu- tion." "HYSTERICAL COUN CIL." In moving the adoption ot the minutes 01 the Main Roads and Bridges Committee, Alderman S. H. Sandbuch said tie not.ood that at the last meeting of the County Council his fnend, Dr. Hodgson. made an hysterical attack on motor- cars and the apparent callousness of the Main Roads Committee regarding the iciomplairLtE; of timid people like his friend—(laughter)—who were in danger owing to the iniquities of motor- cars. He had Bten a report of aocideaits caused by all classes of vehicles, and motor-cars were very fa,r behind omnibuses and cabs as causers of aooidents. (Hear, hear.) Dr. Hodgson Have you taken the proportion of motor-caws to other venules? Alderman Sandbueh drew attention to the re- port on dust-laying methods. Alderman Dr. Hewitt suggested that the sur- veyor might report on the value of ehlor.de of calcium for thpurpose. He said it had the effect of diminishing the watering of roads. Dr. Hodgson said he thought that if Mr. Sand- baoh had been at the last meeting he would not have used the word "hysterical" in condemna- tion of the debate. If it had been hysterical, he thought it had been justifiably hysterical. The chairman of the Coun.il came to that meeting fresh from a serious accident in which he was nearly killed, and they were thankful indeed to see that he had just escaped. He thought when motor-cars came near killing the chairmari of the Council, it was Lme to stop them. (Laughter.) If it had been the chairman of the Main Roads Committee he dd not know what would have happened. (Laughter.) If it was hysteria, it had been shared by a. largo proportion of the population, and especially by people who, were driven out of their houses by the motor-car nuis- ance. Mr. Roger Bate supported the remarks made by Dr. Hodgson. The committee's minutes were adopted. THE MANCHESTER SANATORIUM. At a meeting of the Publio Health Committee the medical officer of health laid before tho committee a letter from the secretary of the Manchester Hospital for cor.3umpt.on and diseases of the throat and chest, to the efleet that the committee were prepared to receive suitable cases at the Orossley Sanatorium from the sanitary areaa within the administrative county of Chester at a weekly charge of 32s. but they oould not reserve bods for such casea, but would admit cases subject to there being beds available, and subject to the usual regulations. By "suitable cases" wore meant early cases of "phthisis," and :n con- nection therewith Mr. W. J. Croesley staled wirn great regret t-hat all the available accommoda- tion in the sanatorium bearing his name was now practically taken up. It was resolved that, having regard to Mr. Crossley's statement, the Isolat;on. Hcspitril* Sub-committee be requested to further consider the question of the prevision of sanatorium or sanatoria, for the county. The minutes were adopted. THE TARPORLEY LIGHT RAILWAY. The Clerk reported to the Parliamentary Com- mittee that the appeal of the Council to che Board of Trade against the .rder granted by the Light Railway Commissioners authorising the construction of the Tarporley and Moulds worth light railway, had been heard by the Board of Trade, and that the Board had decided to confirm the order subject to an agreement being en- tered into between the promoters and the County Council, by which the railway would be carried over the Taj-vin and Kelsall road by means of a bridge instead of a level crossing, and the foun- dations of the bridge and the bridge for carrying the railway over the road would be con- structed of such depth as to permit the County Council by -exca,at n- the surface of the road. to increase the height of the bridge from 16 feet to 19 feet. The Clerk also reported that. subsequent to the inquiry the promoters had offered to carry the railway under tho Tarvin and Kelsall road in- steaè. of over by means of a bridge. The offer was accepted, and the minutes were confirmed by the County Council. SUGGESTED NEW BYE-LAWS. The Standing Orders Committee reported hav- mg considered an ap.plication. from the Hoylake and West Kirby Urban District Council that bye-laws should be made regulating the use of shooting galleries, swing-boats, etc., and the playing of noisy instruments, etc., and a letter from Mr. Stanley Wilson, of New Ferry, upon a like matter. It- was resolved that the olerk pre- pare a form of bye-law to give effect to the appli- cation of the district oounoil. The committee had also icionaidered a letter from Mr. W. O. Salter, of Crewe, suggesting the m&kmg of bye-laws oompelling persons driving sheep and other cattle along highways after dark to precede such sheep and cattle with a lighted lamp, and they had resolved that the deck ascer- tain whether any bye-law had been made by any county council on the subject. The confirmation of these minutes was agreed to COMMITTEE ROOM ACCOMMODATION. The county architect (Mr. H. Beewick) re- ported to the committee appointed for the pur- pose on the accommodation for meetings of com- mittees in the assembly room at the Crewe Arms Hotel, Crewe. He suggested several im- provements to cost 2400 in all, and it was de- cided to forward the report to the London and North-Westarn Railway Co., with an enquiry as to the terms on which they would carry out the improvements. CURE OF INEBRIATES. The Council agreed, on the recommendation of the Inehriaitee Aots Committee, to renew. their agreement for five yeani with the Royal Victoria Homes at Brentry, which secured the retention of five beds at an annual retaining fee of £ 100. HALF-YEAR'S RATES. COST OF EDUCATION. Mr. James Smith, New Brighton, • moved the adoption of the Finance Committee's report. Hie said that the blllsand acoountøsubmitted that day amounted to £ 180,332. Os. lid., against £ 197,676 a year ago. The general cash balance of the county fund was £ 69,731. lis. 6d., com- paring with the amount of such balanpe as it stood thifc time last yoar of £ 76,124. The en- largement of the two lunatic asylums of the county had cost considerable sums of late. The sum spent on improvements at Upton Asylum had been £ 99,270. The county had spent, say within the laart ten years, the gross sum of £ 190,954 for lunatic asylums' extensions and im- provements, to meet, the requirements of the growing number of lunatics, so far as their proper lionising was concernxl- Those moneys had been obtained from loans taken up on mortgage securities, but the annual instalments of repay- ments and interests had been met, as they had fallen due, out of the county rates; and it was satisfactory to know that such repayments and interests have been duly made without an in- crease in the county rates which at the com- mencement of the County Council in 1889-90 had stood at 6,d. in the JB, and in the present year were 4d. in the JB. The average, county rate had been 5d. in the JB. In 1890 the number of lunatics claimed upon by the various unions in the county had been 1,200, and the number in 1904 (the last claims) was 1,719, or nearly a third more. The County Counlil wore often criticised, and particularly by boards of guardians, for the increase in the county expenditure and the in- creased demands upon the ratepayers; but the examination of the facts did not warrant such criticism. The oounty rates had not increased, nor had the police rates, and they 'ould only turn to the rates for the cost of administering the Education Acts for the explanation of +he extra oharge upon the ratepayers; and for that the County Council were not blameable. The new Aots of Parliament had placed new duties upon the shoulders of the County Council, and so far such new duties had been discharged economi- cally and well. If all the particulars were im- partially and fairly considered the public would agree that, in Cheshire at least., there had been no improper expenditure upon education, and no extravagance whatever, as alleged by some of the boards of guardians; indeed, if the facts were closely looked into, the boards of guara-inns own expenditure in many instances shewed a larger advance upon their expenditure of say ten years ago. The amount of the County Council s own debt at the moment was £ 277,283. 5s. lOd. Dr. Hewitt emphasised the remarks made re- garding the Education Committee. The amount charged on the rates was 18s. Id. per child as com- pared with 18s. 2d. in the previous year. That was notwithstanding an expenditure of £20,000 in advftuciQS teachers' salaries and £ 16.000 for schools. The Government grants were £ 108,000, a considerable increase on the previous year. Two thousand more children were attending school. The Finance Committee's report was adopted. On the motion of Mr. Smith, it was resolved to levy for the ensuing six months a county rate of 2id. in the £ a general police rate of d. in the £ local police rates in the Broxton district at d., in the Eddisbury district at d., in the Wirral (North) district at gd., in the Wirral (South) district at d. a higher education rate of Id., and a general elementary education rate of 4d. in the £ FAIR WAGE CLAUSE ADOPTED. Mr. James Tomkinson, M.P., moved That in the conditions of contracts which in future may be entered into by the Council a clause shall be inserted which shall compel all contractors when competing for the work to undertake to pay the standard rate of wages, work the recognised num- ber of hours, and observe the accepted conditions of employment in operation in the district in which the work is to be carried out, and that the clerk to the Council be instructed to draw up a clause to be. submitted to the Council at the next meet- ing." The Chairman said the motion had been before the Council in 1894, 1897, 1898 and 1903, and had i not been adopted, and he would like Mr. Tomkin- son to consent to its withdrawal. Mr. Tomkinson said he could not do 60. He was asking the Council to pass a general resolution in favour of the principle. The same clause had been adopted by 150 municipal authorities and other councils in the two counties of Lancashire and Cheshire, and the Government had adopted it in their great workshops and arsenals, and it had been found to work smoothly. Mr. W. J. Croesley eeconrled. He said the em- ployer who paid proper wages wa*, handicapped when he had to compete with the man who em- ployed cheap labour. He thought if it were not for the trade union rules wages would be much lower. Mr. J. Emberton, in supporting, said that working-men had found that protection of labour was the best thing for them, and they were ooming round to see that the protection of in- dustry was the natural consequence of the pro- tection of labour. (" No, no.") The real secret of the want of employment in the country was that the trade unions had placed the inferior labourer at suoh a disadvantage that he could not get work. ("No, no.") Mr. J. Emmott Barlow, M.P., Stookport also supported. Alderman Sandbaoh said it was his painful duty to oppose the motion. He was not an M.P. nor a candidate, so he need not look for favour or with fear to his constituents. (Laughter.) He dared say the clause worked very well in towns, but the rate of wages varied so much in the county that the olause could not he applied to it. He was in favour of free trade in labour. (Laughter.) The Rev. J. Grant Bird and Dr. Hewitt sup- ported the motion Mr. G. B. Baker-Wilbraham, who was con- siderably interrupted by Dr. Hodgson and Dr. Hewitt, .said his view was that the clause was essentially protectionist, and in that matter he was distinctly a free trader. (Laughter.) He believed the spirit in which that olause was formed was more accountable for want of employment than almost anything else, and far more than that other question which was looming so largely in the country. There was no halting ground be- tween that clause and the protection of labour generally, which must oome. (Loud cries of dissent.) Dr. Hodgson That kind of protection is slavery. Mr. Baker-Wilbraham said there was a great natural improvement going on which did not re- quire to be regulated by edicts and statutes and so on. He would rather that they had freedom a.nd did not. go back to the old-fashioned way of fixing the minimum rates of labour, because an infinitely better movement was going on volun- tarily, which would tend a. great deal to improve the position of tho labouring men. The Chairman said he believed no other county council in England had adopted the clause. The motion was carried. NO ACTION TAKEN. The Council took no action regarding the invita- tion to send witnesses to appear before the Royai Commission on the care and control of the feeble- minded neither was any action taken in regard to a letter asking the Council to contribute towards the British section of the forthcoming Inter- national Exhibition at Milan (Italv). ASYLUM EXPENDITURE. The following resolutions passed by the Guardians of the Bucklow and Congleton Poor Law Uiiions were placed before the Council:— That this Board protests m06t. strongly against the action of the Visiting Committee of Upton Asylum in transferring 47 patients belonging to this union from that institution, where the weekly charge per head is 8s. 5^d., to Parkside Asylum, where the weekly charge per head is 9a. 4d., with- out previous notice"; and That the Cheshire County Council be urged to take the necessary steps for arranging that a uniform charge be made on'all Cheshire unions for the maintenance of pauper lunatics in the two oountv asylums, instead of the present unfair and unjust system by which unions situated in one part of the county pay more per head for their cases than unions in another part." The Chairman said the question had been con- sidered in 1904, in connection with a resolution of the Stookport Union, and the County Council had decided not to make a uniform oharge. It was deoided to inform the Board of Guardians that the County Council saw no reason for changing their decision. WITHDAWN. Mr. J. Charlton Parr had given notice of the following resolution:—" That the Education Com- mittee be strongly recommended to withdraw absolutely from use in schools the children's books of moral lessons by Mr. F. J. Gould, as being in parts subversive and misleading and calculated to lower rather than to raise the moral and religious tone of the schools, and that in future when books on moral and religious subjects are issued to the schools they should be sent through the managere and not direct to the schoolmaster or schoolmistrosfl." In oonsequenoe of the decision of the Education Committee on Monday Mr. Charlton Parr with- drew his motion.

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The Wirral and Birkenhead Show will be held on July 18 and 19 next. EDITOR AND MAGISTRATES, -On Friday, in the King's Bench Division, before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Jelf, the judges directed that the trial of Sir Edward Russell, of the Liverpool Post and Mercury," for alleged libel should take place at the forthcoming Liverpool Assizes, which open on the 27th insfc. It will be recollected that the charge was for publish- ing comments on the conduct of the licensing justices of Liverpool.

MAYORAL REMUNERATION. PUBLIC MEETING AT CHESTER. ANNUAL GRANT CONDEMNED. A public meeting of ratepayers, convened by the Chester Ratepayers' Association, was held on Thursday evening in the Newgate Assembly Room to oonsider the proposal recently made in the City Council by Mr. J. D. Siddall that a 3urn of £ 250 should be annually voted to the Mayor. Mr. J. M. Hawkins, president of the association, pre- sided over a numerous gathering, and was sup- ported on the platform by Messrs. Robt. Grrffiuiie, Hugh Miller, Charles Wright, M. Kennedy, E. Yates and Beresford Adams (secretary to the association). The Chairman, in explaining the object of blic meeting, said the ratepayers were under a deep I debt ot gratitude to Alderman Lamb for having accepted the office of Mayor for a third year. it must not be assumed that he had asked ior, or would be willing to accept, a grant; and the ques- I tion would be discussed upon broad, generai grounds, the association being simply desirous of obtaining the opinion of the ratepayers. i Mr. Robert Griffiths moved the following reso- lution :—" That, while it may be advisable to con- tribute a sum from the rates for any special occa- sion as heretofore, it is not desirable to attaoh an annual grant to the position of Mayor of Chaster. ¡ He paid a tribute to the Mayor and councillors for the seif-sacrifioe with which they devoted them- selves to the inunioipal affairs, especially the Mayor, because, in addition to his work as a councillor, he had other duties thrust upon him which were constantly increasing. The obliga- tions attaching to the Mayor were increasing year by year, and while they all admired tho generosity of well-to-do citizens who had filled that positron, they must remember that there we many other members of the Council who were not in the same fortunate position. (Hear, hear.) Such gentlemen made it very difficult for those who were not so fortunately placed to follow in their footsteps. When Mr. Siddall in the Council pro- posed to make a grant of £ 250, another member suggested that the amount should be L500. Thie sufficiently indicated the danger of fixing any grant, for he believed it would not be long before the figure would increase to £ 1,000. The proposed grant was not for the purpose of entertaining the citizens, but rather for the purpose of entertaining important visitors to the city, and he for one would be quite willing to shew hospitality to im- portant strangers who visited the city from time to time. But it was not their duty to inflict the cost of doing it upon the gentleman who happened to be the Mayor for the time. If the city ex- tended hospitality to any visitors, the city ought to pay for it, but the placing of a lump sum every year at the disposal of the Mayor was quite a different. matter, and specific sums should be voted whenever visitors had to be entertained. He would like to &c,- a small committee appointed to undertake the duty of providing for such enter- tainments. In conclusion, Mr. Griffiths said if they once named a specific figure and allowed it to grow, it was extremely unlikely that it would ever bo reduced to its original amount. Mr. E. T. Hallmark seconded the resolution, and remarked that if they granted £ 750 per annum for the mayoralty every Mayor would think it his bounden duty to spend that sum. He would not like to see any gentleman qualified to fill the office excluded from it because he had no money in his pocket. Every honest man had as much right to aspire to be Mayor of Chester as a millionaire. Mr. J. D. Siddall said if anything had been needed to justify his proposal in the Council it had been furnished by the remarks of the pro- poser and seconder of the resolution just heard. As to the feeling expressed that the sum lie had mentioned to be placed at the disposal of—not neces- sarily given to—the Mayor would be increased, he thought it was without the slightest justification. It was a perfectly unworthy suspicion to entertain of any Mayor. He knew, perhaps better tuan anyone else outside the Council, the difficulty that had been experienced in getting a citizen to under- take the office of Mayor for the ensuing year. He had not the slightest notion that the present Mayor, who had made an id-eal Mayor—(hear, hear)—was prepared to accept offioe again, other- wise he would not have moved a resolution in the Council. Still, he thought the opportpnity was a good one for making such a proposition. They were all anxious to widen the circle of posi-ib'e Mayors of Chester. (Hear, hear.) Seeing that this difficulty existed, and knowing there were certain men in tho Council who were willing to be made Mayor but were debarred from holding office for pecuniary reasons alone, he thought the time was opportune when one might submit to the Council the very moderate suggestion he made there. He consulted the prominent officia!s of the Corporation, and was assured that at least JE250 was necessary for the entertainment of outside visitors. People wrote to the Mayor to say they were coming to Chester, and they took the rest for granted; and if hospitality was not. forthcoming the talk would be "Stingy city; stingy Mayor!" Then there was that large entertainment, the Mayor's At Home," which put into circulation a largo amount of money, at least £ 1,000, in addition to the JB300 which the function cost the Mayor. All this went among the tradesmen. In common honesty it was due to the Mayor that some such sum as he had suggested should be placed at his disposal. He had no occasion to use it unless he liked. He hoped they would approve of the Council affirming the principle, for it was a disgrace that the office of Mayor should have gone a-begging until Alderman Lamb once more stepped into the breach and agreed to take it, but told them plainly that he would not have the "hat" poked at him as often as before. He read them a very salutary lesson in the Council when he accepted office, and charged the members with lack of patriotism in not accepting it. Mr. Siddall concluded with an enumeration of several cities and towns oomparable to Chester where a mayoral allowance was granted. Mr. C. Wright referred to the oath taken by the Mayors on their election, in which they custom- arily swore that they were possessed of £ 1,000 after their debts were paid. If such was the case it seemed to him that £ 250 was not required. It I was not necessary to give the large parties which were a feature each year. Mr. Hugh Miller doubted whether a grant of JB250 would remedy the evil of which Mr. Siddall complained. He suggested that every alderman should be required on his appointment to pledge his word that if called upon he would accept the office of Mayor. Mr. Clarke, a tradesman, spoke in support of the proposed grant. If it were true that the office of Mayor was going a-begging he would rather it were filled by the youngest member of the Council than that they should seek outeide the Council for a likely gentleman. In his opinion they ought not to allow the office of Mayor to be degraded by asking him to preside at bazaars and attend all sorts of functions, at whlioh he was expected to spend generously. Mr. Yates moved an amendment in favour of leaving the matter in the hands of the Town Council It was the duty of the citiacms. he said, to advertise Chester, and, if they could db so for the sum of £ 250 through Mayor, they would be doing it exoeeding-Iy cheaply. He ven- tured to say that their £ 250 would be returned! to the city with a hundred per cent, profit by to the city with a hundred per cent. profit by the extra trade it would brmg to me city. Mr. F. Moody seconded. Mr. Beresford Adams hoped the decision of the meeting would not be interpreted as a dicta- tion to the Town Council. The object of the meeting was simply to indicate to the Council the state of public opinion in the city upon this question. The amendment, on being put to the meeting, was lost. Mr. G. E. Oldmeadow spoke in support of Mr. Griffiths's resolution. Mr. Griffiths, replying to the debate, said he did' not think there was a great difference of opinion between Mr. Siddall and himself. Mr. Siddall told them the expenditure of the Mayor during the last few years had been 21,000 per year. If that were go, what was the good, of voting £ 250? The statement afforded the best proof of his contention that if a specified. sum was granted to the Mayor each year, it would before many years had passed increase to £1,000. There were plenty of men with sufficient means within the Council who ought to step into the breach, but why was the office going1 a-begging? Simply because there was £1,000 a. year to be spent, and however much the men loved the position, they loved their money more. (Laughter and hear, hear.) He agreed that they should not allow the Mayor to pay the eost of entertaining distinguished visitors to the oity. Mr. Siddall had helped them immensely that night. The resolution was then put and carried with only three dissentients.

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PRETTY CHESTER WEDDING -0 The nuptials were solemnised at Upton Churoh on Thursday of Mr. Horaoe Smith, son of the late Alderman John Smith, of this city, and Misb Gertrude Jones, eldest daughter of Alderman John Jones (B.) The dhurch was crowded witn friends and well-wishers. The bride wore a charm- ing- costume of cream satin, with an old Brussels lace veil, and carried a bouquet of roses. She was given away by her father. The bridesmaids were Miss Florence Jones, sister of the bride, and Miss Florence Dutton, niece of the bridegroom. wore dresses of white eolienne tastefully trimmed with orange, also cream mubhroom- &hapod hats. They also wore wluie furs and broociies, tiie gift ot the bridegroom, and earned bouquets of chrysanthemums. Tiie best man was Mr. Sidney Fearnail. The officiating clergyman was the liev. G. Puroeli, senior curaie at Frod- aharn. During the ceremony the organist (Mr. E. Westbury) played suitabie wedding music. A reception was afterwards held at The Spinney, iiunter-sbreet, the residence of the bride's father. The bride and bridegroom left amid a chorus of good wishes for London, where the honeymoon will be spent. The bride's travelling cusiumt; was of ciark blue, with bat trimmed with purplu velvet roses and heliotrope chiffon. tehe also wore sables and a light grey travelling long coat. Ihe guests included Dr. G. Harrison, the Rev. G. Puroell, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. banks, Mr. Johnston, Minn Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Cunnah, Mi as M. liamiey. Mr. Barnett, Mr. Cooper Bland, Miss Worraii, Mr. and Ilxs. T. Parxer, Miss Helen Parker, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hewitt, Mrs. Walker, Mr. A. W. Cunnah, Mrs. A. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Bellian, Mrs. Barker Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Porbury, MiBs Dutton, Mrs. and Miss Fmchett, Misses Kendrick, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Dodd, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Plinshail, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Chalton, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lowe, Mr. and Mni. Strong, Mr. and Miss Peers, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Challinor, Mr. and Mrs. R. Fearnall, Mr., Mrs. and Miss Hart-Davies, Miss E. Gilbert, Mies L. Hamley, Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith, Mr. Riley, NI-iiss L. Brown, Miss E. Howard, Mr. F. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. F. Jones, Miss M. Turiiock, Mr. A. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. S. Chalton, Mr. and MN. Haeelden, Mr. and Mrs. Oakes, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Davies, Mr. Hellier, Mr. R. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. S. Craig, Mr. Bevington, Mr. Cowap, Mr. and Mrs. Croxton, Mr. and Mrs. Hornsby, Mr. and Mrs. L. ChaJton, the Misses Parker, Mrs. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. Minahull, Mr. and Miss Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Ham- ley, Mr. and Mrs. Daleman, Mr. and Mrs. Lay- bourne, Mi*. Tate, Mrs. How&t, Miss Bland, Mr. M. Worrall, the Rev. Piercy, Mr. and Mrs. Wild, Miss Hilda Fearnall, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ellis, Mr. L. Baiilie, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Chalton, Mr. and Mrs. Bradley, Mr. and Miss Howard. Appended is a list of the presents:—Bride to bridegroom, diamond ring; bridegroom to bride, sable necklet; father of bride, cheque, piano and field glasses; mother of bride and. bridegroom, field glasses; mother of bride and bridegroom, household linen and furniture; Mr. Arthur E. Jono9, clock; Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Jones, dinner aervioe. Miss Florence Jones, chair; Mr. and Mrs. Norbury, oak table; Miss Florence Dutton, re- volving book-case; Mr. and Miss Cross, silver oake knifo; Miss Gilbert, Worcester vase; Mr. and Mrs. Minshall, silver asparagus servers; Mayor and' Mayoress, silver sauce boat; Mr. arod Mrs. L. Chalton, silver eggstand; Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Chalton, silver toast rack; Mr. and Mrs. S. Chalton, silver cream jug; Mr. and Mrs. Oakes, silver egg boiler; Mrs. A. Chaltcn, silver serviette rings; Mr. J. Chalton, silver photo frame; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Cunnah, dock and ornaments; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cumjah, silver fish knives; Mr. Sydney Fearnall, silver and cut- glass tantalus; Mr. and Mrs. R. Feamall, Wor- cester china vase; Mr. Peers, silver teaspoons and suger tongs; Miss Peers, silver tea knives; Dr. George Harrison, cheese and celery dish; the Rev. G. Purcell, old china; Mr. L. Bailey, silver candlesticks; Mr., Mrs. and Miss Parker, silver teaipoons; Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Bland, silver en-twee dish; Miss Worrall, silver hot- water jug; Mrs. Grice, afternoon tea cloth; Miss Williams, silver trinke-t box;Miss Winton, silver and outgians honey dish; Mr. and Mrs. James Croxon, four cruets; Mr. W. S. Croxon, silver salver; Mr. and Mrs. T. Fearnall, silver ouger sift-er; Mr. and Mrs. C. Lowe, silver candlestick; Mr. W. H. Nightingale, eilver- mounted oigarette box; Mr. R. Edwards, white fur rug; Mr. Hellier, silver dessert knives and forks; Mr. and Mies Howard, silver salver; Mr. A. H. Davies, silver cut-glass claret jug; Mr. and Mrs. S. Craig, silver candlesticks; Mr. and Mrs. T. Hart Davies, silver flask; Miss Elsie Hart Davies, Delft china vase; Mr. and Mrs. Hamblin. silver and cut-glass claret jug. Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilde, silver fruit service; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Davies, silver-mounted celery glass; Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt, silver tea, spoons; Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Roberts, silver. and cut-glass pickle jar; Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Banks, silver serviette rings; Mr. and Mrs. D; P. Morgan-, silver pepperettes; Mrs. Mort, ohina ornaments; Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith, silver sugar basin; Mr. and Mrs. Strong, silver entree dish; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Laybourne, pair of orna- ments; Mr. a.nd Mrs. Braidley, silver coffee jug; Mr. Fred Ellis, silver and cut-glass die- oanter; Mr. and Mrs. John and Miss Challinor, silver egg stand; Mrs. B. Jones, and Mr. H. Davies, silver tea knives: Mr. Fred Cowap, car- vers; Mr. and Mrs. Bellian, pair of pictures; Mr. and Miss Riley, screen Mr. and Mrs. Cfop- paok, tea. aervioe; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hughes1, silver gong; Mrs. and Miss Finohett, silver toast rack; Mr. and Mrs. T. Dodd, silver cheese and .butterdish; Mr. W. S. Jones, silver butter d'sh the Misses Kendrick, Worcester bowl; Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Bee to n's cookery book; Mr. W. Roberts. silver table and gravy spoons; Turkey Club, silver cigarette oase; Messrs. A. Lewi^, H. Haeelden, E. Rebbington and G. Sheffield, smoker's cabinet; Mr. F. Lowe, silver card dish; Miss and Mr. Len Hamley, silver spoons; M'ss Turnock. Honiton, lace handkerchief; Mr. W. H. tod M5i«t Davies, three etohingis of Old Chester; Mrs. Roberts, cushion; Mrs. Lee, table centre Mrs. Tate, afternoon clotfh and d'oylevs; Mi "a Richards, silver suger basin and sifter; Mr. and Mrø. H. Hull, Chippendale tea tray; Mrs. I Parry, suger sifter; Mr. Sherratfr, silver Apostle -4" spoons; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Owen, table centre; Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, eiderdown quilt; the Mioses Croxon, afternoon tea olcch; Mr. G. Hibbert, two umbrellas; Mr. and Mrs. F. Harper, silver serviette rings; Mr. Henshaw, cruet; Miss L. Brown, silver-mounted' suga.r sifter; Owen, Evans, Mr. and Mts. White, cruet, ornaments and oake stand; etc.

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