The Chester Courant and Advertiser for North Wales

CHESTER FARMERS' CLUB. SELECTION OF A HORSE DISCUSSED. CONFIDENCE IN THE SECRETARY A meeting of tho Cluster Farmers' Club was held on Saturday at the Hop Pole Hotel. Mr. Lewis Dodd (chairman) presided, and the attend- ance included Messrs. Orton (vice-chairman), J. Beocroft (delegate to the. Central Chamber), P. Allen, T. Dodd, W. Dyke. R. Evans, V7. A ilea, R. Parry, S Croxton, T. Lea, T. J. Dubton (secretary), etc The club first of all discussed what was to be done with regard to the selection of a horso for the coming season. It tranepired that Lyman Harold, last year's horse, was not supported as well as the club had loason to ox- poet, and the resu t was a lose to the c-Jub oi. 1105. The insuflicient EUppolt was attributed in tc I some degiee to a false, impression which got abroad, and the seeintary said he was &o satisfied with the horse- that be in several oases guaranteed to make up any loss- to farmers out of his own pocket. It had, however, been unnecessary to do &o. Others suggested that Earl Ege.rton of Tat ton might be inclined to meet them with iegard to the insufficient suppoit. given to Lymm Harold and with reference to another horse, and eventu- ally Mr. P. Allen moved: "That a deputation be re-appointed to interview Lord Egerton and see wha.t, can be dono in regard to last year's horse, Lymm Haiold. and what. terms c-an be come to re en craving another horse for next season; that the deputation be tho same as last year with the addition of the chairman.' Mr. Allen thought it might be possib'e to arrange with Mr. Blunt (as implementing Lord Egei ton) for him to. supply a good horse to travel the district and take what the horse made, the club to fix tho route, print the cards, and pledge themselves to give any horso sent down a. good season. The club's sup- port would of course be worth considerable to any horse. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Evans seconded, believing it was a very good suggestion. The motion was carried. CENTRAL CHAMBER MATTERS. Mr. Beecroft gave a resume of the business to come before the next meeting of the Central Chamber. The agenda conta,ined the following: (1) The law ot trespass. (2) The neglect ot Icl-ad authorities to adequatelv enforce the Sale of Food and Drugs Acta and other Acts to prevent adulteration. ill". Beecroft said many benefits might accrue to agriculture if these laws were enforced as they ought to be. The business com- mittee of the- Central Chamber believed it. was quite time to impress upon County Councils and other authorities the necessity of more rigorously enforcing their powers in connection with tne adulteration of food and drugs. Another item on the agenda was "Lord Roberts's address to the London Chamber of Commerce on Imperial Defence." He had no remarks to make on that. With regard to the law of trespass, it was ccr- tainly a matter which should be taken up. Mr. T. Dodd proposed that Mr Bcec-oft attend the meeting of the- Central Chamber. The law of trespass "wanted attention. The Chairman supported As they knew, ris e.ninion was that they should be economical m the matter of sending their delegate to London, con- Sstent with adequate ^-presentation and a pmper troking after their interests in the Central Cham- bor. He. however, certainly thought Mr. Büeo- croft should attend the meeting announced. Lne motion was carried unanimously. THE FOAL SHOW INCIDENT. The secretary having retired from the room, the club discussed: the recent County Court case, in which Mr. Herbert Jones, of the Butterbacnc Farmrecovered damages for assault against the 6CMertoBo t resK,d himself in strong dis- agreement with the finding of the jury and em- phatically contradicted the staten^nt Jlr. Dutton was "thiee parts drunk. r> t| { noint he quoted the eviuenoe of P-C. Kogers mat. all parties were sober. Moreover, many members ofX club know that the secretary was sober They knew that the reason Mr Dutton cutethe cart?with the knife was that unfortunately he had three contracted fingers on one hand. As a club they were bound to take notice of the case, and they were glad to exonerate Mr. Dutton from all blame so far the statement that ho was not, sober went. They as a club had a duty to perform in clearing Mr. Dutton s character Tbev were iir honour bound to let the wo-la know what. they thought, of Mr. Dutton (Hear., hear.) He (Mr. Beecroft) had always found him a The Chairman said he and others who were in court also disagreed with the verdict of the jury, which was a matter of astonishment to him. Mr. T. Dodd supported the Chairman andmr. Beecroft in the matter. On the motion of Mr.. Beecroft, seconded by Mr. p Allen, a vote of confidence in their secre- tary was carried unanimously.

REVENGEFUL CONVICT.-At the Shrop- shire Assizes on Monday Mr. Justice Kennedy sentenced a young man, Thomas Lea, gardener, to five years' penal servitude for a criminal assault on a little girl at Whitchurch. When Lea heard his sentence he made a desperate attempt to get over the barrier out of the dock, evidently with the object of attacking another young man, who had been the principal witness against him. It was only with considerable difficulty that he was over- powered by two warders.

CAMPBELL MEMORIAL HALL CONCERT. • •- In oonnection with the series of popular enter- tainments in the Campbell Memorial Hall, a concert was given on Saturday evening which may be referred to as fully entitled to a place :n the first musical rank. The love of vocal music and the cultivation of the art was evidently the inspiring motives of the performers, most of whom, if not all, have appeared on other and ly t I possibly more classical platforms. There was an absence of the pianoforte solo—the only thing in oonnection with the programme, perhaps, which never would be mi.s.sco-but there were plenty of fluent, sympathetic and subordinate accompani- ments which would delight the most ardent lovers of the instrument. The soloists were Madame Agnes Croxton ^soprano), Mr. A. Greenwood (tenor), Mr. A. M. Proctor (baritone) and Mr. C. James (bass). Mrs. Owen and Mrs. C. Rich- mond were the pianists, and the whole were under the direction of Mr. E. S. Giles, who held a. skriful baton. The programme consisted of English ballads and glees-— all old and familiar friend*, evergreen and everlasting. There was "Sir Knight, Sir Knight" (Macaroni), "lierc, in oool grot" (Lord Moruington), Ye Mariners of England" (Pienson), "0 Happy Fair" (Shield), "The Song of the Vikings" (Eaton Faning), Sinoe first I saw your face" (Ford), and "Good- night, thou glorious Soun" (Smart). Where all was excellence, and sung by some thirty or more exoellent and experienced performed, it seems superfluous to make special mention. But "Since tirst I saw your face," for balance of parts, ex- pression and precision, was certainly a perfect bit of harmony. Among the solos mention should be made of Mr. C. James's fine rendering of the old English ballad, When the King enjoys his own again." Mr. A. M. Proctor gave all the robust. and powerful character ot the solo in Ye Mariners of England, and the 17th century song, The Vicar of Bray," could not have been better eung. Mr. J. H. Ditohburn, who was on the programme for this eong, was unfortunately unable to appear through indisposition. Mr. Proctor was equally at home in his I attempt from love's sickness to fly (Purcell). Mr. A. Greenwood, who possesses one of those rich, rare, and almost rc-edy tenor voices, gave "Sally in our Alley" (17th oentury) and The Bailiff's Daughter of Isling- ton (traditional), both enjoyable performances. Of Madame Agnes Croxton it may be said that she sang delightfully. The difficult but ever- welcome Should he upbraid (Sir H. R. Bic-hop) met with every appreciation, as it deserved, and another song of songs, Where the bee sucks" (Dr. Arne) compelled the lady to reappear in response to a double encore from the delighted audience, many of whom, probably, listened for the first, time to a sweet and natural tremolo, a very different thing indeed to the spurious and acquired article. Appended in the programme Glee, "Sir Knight, Sir Knight" (Macaroni); song. When the King enjoys his own again" (old English ballad), Mr. C. James; song, "Should ho upbraid" (Sir H. R. Bishop), Madame Agnes Croxton; glee, "Here in oool grot (Lord Morn- ington); song, Sally in our Alley" (17th century), Mr. A. Greenwood; song and chorus, Ye Mariners of England (Pierson), solo by Mr. A. Proctor: glee, "0 Happy Fair" or "The Load- stars" (Shield); glee, "The Song of the Vikings" (Eaton Faning); song, "The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington" (traditional), Mr. A. Greenwood; soncr. "The Vicar of Bray" (17th century), Mr. A. M. Proctor: glee, "Since first I saw your face" (Ford); eong, "Where the bee sucks" (Dr. A-np), Madame Agnes Croxton: song, "I attempt from love's sickness to fly" (Purcell), Mr. A. M. Proctor; gleo, "Good-night, t'bou glorious sun" (Smart); "God Save the King."

MR. YERGURGH & AGRICULTURE. -c— IMPORTANT DEBATE. "Agriculture and the Nation's Wealth" was the subject set down for discussion at the Decem- ber dinner of the Imperial Industries Club, whkh was held on Monday night at the Hotel Great Central, London. Mr. Ycrburgh, M.P., was in the chair, and the company in- cluded the Duke of Argyll, Sir Thomas II Elliott, Mr. W. Hayes Fisher, M.P., Sir John Gilmour, Sir Joseph Lawrence, M.P., Major P. C. Craigie (secretary of the Royal Sxatistical Scc.ety), Sir Walter Peace, Mr. F. S. W. Oornwaliis (presi- dent, Royal Agricultural Society), Sir Charles Owen (general manager, London and South- western Railway), S.r Tnomas Brooke-Hitching, Sir George Wyatt Trusooit, the HOll. T. A. Brasseyx Mr. H. T. Eve, K.C., M.P., Sir T. Pink, Colonel A. W. F. Street. Protessor T. Mc'Kenny Hughes, Mr. T. S. Dymond (Board of Education), Mr. W. P. Wood (president, London Cora Exchange), Mr. Kenrio B. Murray, and Mr. J. E. Evans-Jackson (hon. secretary). After the loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed in the name of the club to send a telegram of condolence on his bereavement to Sir George Hayter Chubb, the president of the club, and this was done. In opening the discussion, the Chairman said that no matter how valuable to the country and its strength were its various industries apart from agriculture, yet the real ultimate source of the power of the nation and of its expansion as an Imperial race rested upon a hardy people, and the production of a hardy and vigorous people depended not upon those reared in the slums of the great cities or in the great industrial centres of the North, but upon those engaged in agricul- ture. Agriculturists were largely to blame for the false view which was held with regard to agriculture-. They were too modest and diffident. He believed he was right in saying that the loss to agriculture bad been computed to amount in the last 30 years to some 1,700 millions owing to the fall in prices, the opening up of virgin fields abroad, and other reasons; and one labourer out of three had left the land in the same time. He would not ask the Government to impose protec- tive duties for the benefit of agriculture, but the Government ought to consider such questions as the adulteration of food, tho identification of foreign products, scientific education, and the provision of cheap loans for landowners. Agri- culturists, too, ought to help themselves so far as possible. (Hear, hear.) They should endeavour to decrease the price of production and to in- crease its volume. The foreigners, who had suffered just as we had done, were invading our markets. (Hear, hear.) They had done that by tho aid of two weapons. One was education, and the otrer a system of combination among the farmers. (Hear, hear.) In his opinion, the farmers of this country would never acquire the position they ought to hold in their own markets and would never get consideration from the Government for their just claims until tihey adopted a system of combination which would give them irresistible force. (Cheers.) Sir Walter Peace strongly supported a policy of 7 combination among farmers. From a Colonial point of view the United Kingdom would never be considered prosperous while it was dependent to the present extent upon food from abroad. (Hear, hear.) We had it in cur power to produce far more food than we did to-day. If a 2s. duty were placed on imported wheat it would really be paid by the foreigner. (Cheers.) He sug- gested the payment of a premium of J61 per acre for home-grown wheat, to be obtained by a duty upon imported wheat. (Hear, hear.) Sir Thomas Pink expressed it as his opinion that combination and energy were all that was needed to make the English farmer succeed. Mr. W. P. Wood gave a number of interesting figures to shew the loss of national wealth through the shrinkage in the cultivation of corn. Sir Charles Owen said he was the only repre- sentative present of the industry which was credited with the sinister design of stifling British agriculture. (Laughter.) He repudiated such a suggestion most strongly. The success of the British railways was bound up with the success of agriculture in the different counties through which they ran. (Hear, hear.) The boot was entirely on the other foot. British agriculture, if it died at all, would die of its own inertia. (Hear, hear.) The agriculturists d'id not send up their produce in one, two, or three ton lots, but in small retail quantities, on which they had to pay higher rates. Theire was a lack of organisa- tion among them which came from lack of educa- tion.. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Eve, M.P., declared himself a staunch Free Trader, and said that, in his opinion, the depres- sion of agriculture was due to the impositions placed upon agricultural land, the inefficiency of labour, and the unfortunate conditions upon which some of our holdings were let. Sir Thomas H. Elliott (Secretary of the Board of Agriculture) said that, in spite of all that had been said, he considered the British farmer was the best in the world. He believed that if tho Government and the Board of Agriculture would help a little the farmers would help themselves very much. The farmer was helping himself at present, and was learning the lesson of co-opera- tion taught him in the commercial world. The Hon. T. A. Brassey, while he did not think agriculturists must look to the protection of their industry, said he did not believe in the free im- portation of Colonial products while the Colonies taxed us. (Hear, hear.) Farmers must depend more upon organisation than anything the Government could give them. (Hear, hear.) The toast of the club, proposed by the Duke of Argyll, concluded the proceedings.

STRUGGLE IN A TRAIN.-Mr. H. S. Walker, of Finsbury Park, London, has had an exqiting experience while travelling to that place on a. London and North-Western train from Liverpool. He states that he saw a man's fade at the oarriage window, and found that a soldier, who had been drinking, had left an adjoining compartment, and got. on to the footplate. Mr. Walker, with great difficulty, dragged mm in, and they struggled together in the carriage, the noldier wanting to got out again. Eventually, the communication cord being used, the guard and four train attendants came up, and the IlIOldier was removed to the luggage van, where he was locked up.

BOOKMAKER AND BARBER. ALLEGED ASSAULT. SCENE AT CHESTER. A case which attracted a large attendance in the "gallery" of the City Police Court was heard on Monday before Dr. Stolterfoth and Mr. Frank E. Roberts.—Ernest John Williams, hairdresser, the Eastgate, summoned George Moore, bookmaker, Watergate-street, Chester, for assault on November 28th. Mr. E. S. Giles appeared for complainant, and Mr. R. T. Morgan was for defendant. Mr. Giles said his client was now tenant of the first floor of the building at the Eastgate belonging to Messrs. Huxley. He had been tenant since October 1st, and he had formerly been sub-tenant of the premises under Mr. Moore, who had had an agreement with 1-1 uxley previous to October 1st. About six o'clock in the evening defendant came into the saloon. and after wishing good evening, said "I believe there is a bit of difference between you and me." Complainant replied Is there? What is it?" Defendant said" 168. 8d., proportion of an assessment tax." Complainant said" I have no money now. when do you want it ?" Defendant said "I shall want it by Saturday week," then "No, I shall want you out by Satur- day week." Complainant said "If you are going to talk like that, you had better do your best or worst." Complainant then turned towards the window, thinking Moore would go. When his back was turned defendant struck him three or four violent blows on the head. Defendant said he was the landlord. Complainant went for a police- man. The only other person in the saloon was a boy named Crewe, employed by complainant. The question of tenancy had already been threshed out between himself (Mr. Giles) and Mr. Morgan. Complainant alleged the question of tenancy by Moore came to an end, ana tnat ne nao ueen tenant from October 1st. Defendant and his solicitor knew it. Six days after the tenancy went into the hands of complainant, Moore came on to the pre- mises and asked for the rent, camplainant having formerly been his sub-tenant. Complainant paid the rent to Moore, due up to October 1st. On October 28th Moore came on the premises again and took possession of everything belonging to him. On that day something was said by Moore about a proportion of a tax still due to him. Between that date and the day of the assault complainant heard nothing about the tax. Complainant gave evidence which bore out the statement by Mr. Giles. Cross-examined by Mr. Morgan: Complainant said he did not refuse to pay the money defendant claimed. He did not threaten to remove defendant from the premises until after he was assaulted. He had since paid the 10s. 8d. under protest. Mr. Morgan I suggest that he pushed you and you felL Complainant: He struck me three or four times. Mr. Morgan said his case was that defendant was perfectly justified in being on the premises. The Clerk Suppose he was. Can you justify the assault ? Mr. Morgan: We deny the assault was com- mitted. Mr. F. E. Roberts It does not seem to us to be of any importance whether any money was due or not. If it was due he had no business to enforce payment by assault. Mr. Morgan: Assuming you are satisfied an assault was committed. Corroborative evidence as to, the alleged assault was given by Leonard Crowe, a youth in com- plainant's employment, who said that Mooio rushed at Williams and struck him on the head four times. comolotcd the case. Defendant then entered the witness-box and I gave a different version of the affair. Aocorcing to his evidence he visited Williams's saloon and taid he wanted a settlement of a little difference between them in respect of rate assessment. Com- plainant retorted, "Suppose there is a difference, 1 decline to pay." Asked for his reason he said. "One reason is that you took a razor and an apron." Witness then painted out that ho (Wil- liams) had had the uso of his lazois, aprons and towels for fourteen weeks without being charged a penny. Complainant repeated that he would not pay tho amount he owed, whereupon witness said ho would obtain an ejectment order. "Oh, wcti. rejoined complainant, "you can do your worst," and he went towards the fireplace appar- ently for the puipose of taking up tho fiioirons and assauTtmg him. In turning round he pushed uiio witness and they met. Witness thought ho was "coming for him," but Williams knocked a chair over and went out of the shop shouting "Police!" Witness emphatically denied having struck complainant. Mr. Giles: Is that your serious defence to this su mmons Defendant: Yes. Is that all the defence you have got?—It is all I can have. It is the truth. What, aro you?—What do you think I am? What aro you by profession, trade or calling?— I am. a bookmaker. Where do you carry on your business?—I go away occasionally. ( In Chester where do you carry on business?— Nowhere. Where did you?—For ten yeais I have been a tenant of Mr. Huxley's, of premises at the East- ga;te. Do you owe anything for rent wh;le you have been there?—No. They owe me a deal of money ior improvements. Does Williams owe you anything to-day?—No. Had you been in Huxley's vaults before you went. to demand the money from complainant?— Yes Was there a man named Holliwell with you?- Yes. Is he. a. betting man?—He is a clerk to a book- maker. Defendant admitted that he took his coat off after tho alleged assault, but he did so to have his tea. He remained on the premises about half-an-hour after Williams went for the police. Mr. Morgan said he did not want to complain of his friend's conduct of the case, but he really failed to see what effect on a. summons for assault had the fact that any man got his living as a bookmaker, if he did not keep a pla,ce for the pur- pose. The intention was obvious. There was only one purpose, and that was tc impoit preju- dice to the minds of the magistrates. Moore, car- ried on his business in a legitimate way, and whether they disapproved of gambling he did not seo why any prejudioo of that sort should bo brought in. The insinuation was that because a man was a bookmaker he must be a liar of neces- sity. He suggested that defendant's story was perfectly reasonable. He thought he had a right to bo on the premises, and he went there in the lawful assertion of his right. The Chairman said the Bench had decided to convict, and they would fix the penalty at the close of the other case. Mi". Giles applied for sureties against Moore, on behalf of Williams. The summons of John Cowley Huxley, the Easterate Vaults, against George Moore and Thos. Holliwoll, bookmaker's' clerk, Waverton, for as- "W sault, was then heard. Mr. Giles was for the prosecution and Mr. Morgan defended. John Cowley Huxley said ho was a nephew of Mr. William Huxley, of the firm of Huxley Bros. He had been in the business for sixteen years. He had originally let the rooms to Moore, and his tenancy came to an end on September 30th, and his uncle signed an agreement with Williams from October 1st. On Tuesday, November 28th, Moore and Holliwell entered the vaults, and both were served. He talked with them in a friendly way. Moore asked him about a tax, and he said he.must Williams about it. Moore said it was rent, 16e. 8d. Moore then went out. Witness heard a scuffle upstairs. He saw Moore put. his head through the door and beckon Holliwoll out. Holli- well went out, and witness followed. He went upsta.irs into the saloon, where he found only Moore and Holliwell. Witneee said "Where is Williams?" and Moore said "I have thrown him out." Witnes-s said "You have no right to carry on like this. You are trespassing." Moore said he was the tenant. He took off his coat., and then witness received a blow on the side of the jaw, which dinged his collar. He became un- conscious. and when he came to himself he was at the bottom of the steps in the doorway of his own vaults, where he had been carried. He found that he was bleeding very much from the right side of the jaw, and his face was very much swollen. He went upstairs again, and found Moore and Holliwell and a policeman there. He asked the officer to remove Moore, as he had no right there. Moore did not go at first, but he went afterwards.. During his cross-examination, Mr. Morgan was a^ked by Mr. F. E. Roberts if he had any sug- gestion to make as to the cause of the blood. The Magistrates' Clerk: The suggestion must 00 that he did it himself. (Laughter.) Mr. Morgan Well, yes, that is the suggestion. Re-examined by Mr. Giles, witness said Holli- well saw him on Saturday, and stated that he took no part in the assault, but that Moore drew off at witness. William Bailey, brass finisher, 29, Duke-street, said he called at Messrs. Huxley's vaults. Ho heard a disturbance above like someone falling. He then saw Moore put his head through the door and beckon to Holliwell to follow him. Holli- well went out.. Witness went upstairs, and found complainant lying on the floor unconscious. He was bleeding at the mouth, and his face was swollen. Moore and Holliwell were in the room. Witness turned to Holliwell and said Have you done this." He did not answer, but sneered. He asked Moore the came question. After a pause the latter replied Yes, I have. He deserves more. He owes me pounds." Witness then tried to pick Huxley up, but, as he was too heavy, he went for Arthur Wilson, an employe at the Vaults. P.C. Colley said when he arrived on the scene Huxley was in a dazed condition, and was bleed- ing at the mouth. Witness said to Moore, "George, come on; you can get your money in other ways than this." Moore then went out. Arthur Wilson deposed to carrying complainant from the saloon to the bottom of the steps, where he recovered consciousness This completed the seoond case Mr. Morgan asked that Holliwell should be dis- charged, but the Bench replied that they con- sidered there was a case to answer. The defendant Moore- went into the box and continued from where his evidence in the last case finished. He said that after Williams had gone Huxley came. up. Holliwell was sitting on a chair in tho middle of the room. Huxley said, "Look Lore, what is all this bother about? You aro drunk, and I will have to put you off these promises." Witness answered, "You cannot have mo put. off the promises. I am still tho tenant I havo not had proper notice. Huxley said, "I will put you off." Witness thought. complainant was "coming for him," and they met each other. Huxloy foil against the counter and a chair. Hol- liwell was three yards away. Halliwell did not get up from his chair, and he took no part at all in rt-he- incident- Cross-examined: Witness admitted pushing complainant. Holliwell then entered the box. He said be took no part at ail in what happened. Moore hit Huxley, who fell down. Witness did not touch complainant. Cross-examined: He did not attempt to pick Huxley np. He would not have helped Moore if Huxley had knocked him down. He did not coiissider it his duty to interfere. The Bench retired to consider their decision. On their return into court they sentenced Moore to fourteen days' imprisonment in the first- case with hard labour, and one month with hard labour under the second summons, making six weeks altogether. Holliwell was fined 20s. and costs or one month's imprisonment in default. The Cnaiiman said it was a most unprovoked assault. Mr. Morgan gave notice of appeal, and the usual recognisances of B50 and two sureties of £ 25 oaoh were asked for and given. Yesterday (Tuesday) morning Moote, who had remained in custody since his conviction, asked that he should be released on bail until the decision of Quarter Sessions upon his appeal. The Bencn granted the application, nxmg Dan in prisoner's own recognisances of £ 60 and two sureties of 223 eanh.

HAWARDEN SCHOOL FABRICS FUiND. — ♦ GREAT INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTIONS. The "Hawarden Parish Magazine" says: Our School Fabrics Fund.—In our last issue we wera able to announce contributions, either pro- mised or paid, to the extent of 1;928. This time wo ai'o in a position to chronicle a very great and enoouiaging step forward. The sum now pro- mised amounts to £ 2,330. This is indood an advance for which we may thank God and take courage. We trust that this splendid support, before the printed appeal has been put out, will be a very groat incentive to all who feel con- cerned about the. welfare of our schools and the.;r retention in the future to stand in and help as they are able. If our people will just remember that only 24d. a week, regularly given, works out to just 10s. a year, and if they will then con- sider whether they might not, very many of them at any rate, manage 3d. or 6d or even a Is. a week, for the space of three years, we should be able to do simply wonders. It is really marvel- lous what a large community of an industrial character liko ours can do if, as individuals, we stand together and do our best. We note with great thankfulness that the plan of contributing so much annually for a oeitain number of years is being- very generally adopted. Most are for three, years, but some are for two years and some for four years. Among the recent gifts is JB500 (in two years) from the, Hawarden estate, trustees- towards tho outer ring of, schools, with which we aic first dealing; two other friends are giving £ 150 each; four axe giving £ 100, cne E75. one £ 30, ono £ 15. two £ 10, one JB9, two £ 6, three £5, one £ 4, one £ 3. 3s., three JB2, seven 30s, two £ 1, etc. A meeting- of church-workers was held in the I Rectory Pansh Room on Thursday, Nov. 23rd, at 7.30 p.m., "to consider the best method for bringing the printed appeal into the hands of all our parishioners. Some 80 were present, and every distiict was well represented. It was in- deed a fine and uplifting rncciiiig. After full dis- cussion it was decided to divide the parish for the purpose into 12 districts. Small working sub- committees have been formed fcr oach district, and each sends two delegates to the central com- mittee, which meets at Hawarden, in the Parish Room. It will be the- effort of the sub-commit- tees to soe that no one shall go uniocognisod. Wo do not want any adult parishioner to have to say, when please God wo shall have come safely through our task, "the schools were saved, and I should like to have had a hand in the work, but 110 oil, ever asked me to help." We venture- to print her,, the letter in full, which is about to be- issued for this purpose. HAWARDEN PARISH DAY SCHOOLS. APPEAL FOR £5,000. Dear S'r or Madam,—Thirty-two years ago II awarden parishioners had a vital question to faoo in the matter of their schoolsi. Up to that date the buildings, in which the. children of the parish received their education, had been erected almost entirely by the munificence of one family. The question that had then to be decided was whether the four new schools, which were neces- sitated by the increased population, should be built from the rates or by the voluntary efforts of the. parishioners. Mainly, if not entiioly, by tho personal advocacy of Mr. Gladstone—then Prime Minister—the latter course was adopted, and thus the definitely Christian character of the echools was preserved. Again, after this lapse of time, a similar question. has to be faced by our- selves, with th's slight difference. Ours is rather a question of structural improvements than of providing increased accommodation, though that may be found in some cases necessary also, and in more than one case rcbuildng, on account of the antiquity of our fabrics. In most. important re- spects our schools are far from what they ought to be. Teachers and scholars arc severely handi- capped in consequence. The question for us to decide is whether these improvements are to' be done by the county authority from the rates (of which ths will have to be found by this locality), in which case we shall Jose all that we have hitherto been struggling for, or whether, like those, before us, we determine to do these things ourselves, and so retain and hand on to others that which we. have ourselves received. It is be- cause we believe in the supreme importance of this issue; because we do not think it possible to estimate the calamity to this parish, and the blow that will be dealt to the cause of religious education beyond its borders if we fail in this effort, that we ask most earnestly for the sym- pathy and practical support of all our fellow- parishioners who have the cause of religious liberty and definite Christian teaching at heart. £ 5,000 seems a large sum to raise, but it has been accomplished by Hawarden people before, and it can be done again if we have the same faith, courage and spirit of self-sacrifice,. Many around are watching our conflict with deep in- terest and sympathy. Let it nerve us to the task. Already we have received, offers, that should put us in good heart and encourage us to take, each one, our part and to give as we are able- We want, our schools to be among the, best in the county. To accomplish this let us adopt, so far as we can, the three-years' system which has already been recommended. The general adop- tion of this plan is indeed vital to success. We ask all who care for the retention of these schools to come forward at this crisis and help the cause. lvc We want cheerful givers. We need self-sacrifice from individuals. Will you give this appeal your most earnest consideration, and do your best on behalf of what we believ to be the truest inter- ests of this parish in the time to come?—We are, yours very faithfully, H. DREW (Rector) R. S. GARDINER (for the Hawarden Estate Trustees), E. S. TAYLOR, C. B. TOLLER, Members of the Building Committee. Nov., 1905.

Sir Clinton Dawkins, the distinguished financier, who gave up a brilliant career in the Government service to become a partner of Mr. Pierpont Morgan, died on Saturday.. MAYOR OF WREXHAM AT CHURCH.-On Friday afternoon the Mayor of Wrexham, Mr. E. Birkett Evans, paid the usual state visit to church. His Worship was supported by the Hon. G. T. Kenyon, M.P., and Mr. Phillip Yorke, of Erddig. The procession from the Guildhall to the Parisn Church was headed by the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. At the church a sermon was preached by the Vicar (Canon Fletcher), and a collection amounting to £ 58 was made on behalf of the Wrexham Infirmary. On returning to the Guildhall, the Hon. G. T. Kenyon, M P., congratulated the Mayor upon creating a record in the history of the town in being re-elected for the third time in succession. Mr. Thomas Bury, he understood, was taking part for the last time in an official capacity in that ceremony. The town had never had a more valuable official. The Mayor having thanked those present for their congratulations, said they intended to pay their retiring Town Clerk a unique honour by making him the first freeman of the borough.

CRAWFORD'S "MAYFAIR" BISCUITS. A NEW BISCUIT FOR AFTERNOON TEA.

INTERESTING POLITICAL DUEL. +. MR. F. E. SMITH AND MR. LEVER. WHO ARE THE WORKINGMEN S FRIENDS? Tho hall of the Const.itutsicxnal Association in Sir Thomas-street, Liverpool, was on Monday night crowded out by an eager audic-nce intent on witnessing tho crossing of swords in Single-handed combat by t.wo such redoubtable political duel- lists a Mr. F. E. Smith and Mr. W. H. Lever, the Unionist and Radical candidates respectively for Walton and Wirral. Tho meeting arose out of a declaration, by Mr. Lever that, after ten years' experience of their control, ho could not understand how woikingmen. could support the Unionist. paity. Invited to attend the ordinary monthly meeting of the Central Committee of tho Liverpool Woi king men's Conservative Associa- tion, as he expressed an inclination to do, m order to support that view, Mr. \V. H. Lever agreed to meet Mr. F. E. Smith in a debate under tho conditions of Monday rught- In addition to tho Workingmen delegates present, twenty seats wero reserved for iNIr. Lever's friends, and there were also a number of well-known Unionists on the platform and in tho hall. Alderman Sal- vidge presided, as chairman of the association, witii Mr. Lever on his right hand, and MI. F. E. Smith oil his left. THE RIGHT NOTE. Alderman Saividge, upon whom devolved the duty of mamtajning a free discussion, struck tae noto of fairness at the outset of the proceedings. After referring to the unique occasion and his unique position, and declaring his intention to hold the scales evemy between tho two gentle- men, he ventured discreetly on the sore ground of the contention which gave rise to the debate- "Members of the Liberal party have, he re- marked, "made attacks fiom time to timo upon this association; not attacking its principles, for we could not object to that, but attacking in a personal, vindictive and untruthful manner the 10 high character or tho organisation. It. has been my duty as your c-hairman to reply to these at- tacks and to challenge proof of them." "But," the Alderman fa¡rJy added, "I will not go into that to-night, because it would not be fair to Mr. Lever, who :s in no way responsible for such at- tacks Tnis open tribute, to Mr. Lover's honesty of spirit e icilfcd a hearty lound of applause, and none tho le ss was the response, when tho chairman appealed to the Liberal section of the- aud-erce to say whether the delegates pre- sent. looked1 the class or stamp of men that would be ruled by any individual or by any tiado. En- couiagcd by the appreciation displayed, the Alderman averted, with ealphasis "You. are banded together in support of the principles of this association; you are disinterested politicians except, in support of the cause which you believe- is for the good of your country, and while we will at. atl times welcome honest criticism, and are prepaic-d to meet them as we meet Mr. Lever al to-night, we protest against untruthful allegu- ticplQ. After briefly explaining the cause of Mr. Lever's appearance in their midst, and humor- ously epitomising the correspondence on the sub- ject. in which he described Mr. Lever's attitude as characteristic and manly, Alderman Salvidge appealed for an orderly hearing on both sides, and paid a tribute to the courage of the Port. Sunlight chief in going among them. CASE FOR THE UNIONIST PARTY. Mr. F. E. Smith alluded at the. outset to the chivalrous manner in which Mr. Lever had re- pudiated any reflection on the character of their association Plunging at once into the quest-ion to he debated, he genially chaffed his opponent on his failure on two. occasions to induce the typical workingmen of B:rkenhcad to renounco Unionist principles, and remarked that ho had now devoted his efforts to the simp-.«_-minded rus- tics of Wirral. (Laughter.) Dealing first, with loic gn policy, he pointed out that Mr. Lever's party recognised publicly to-day, as a condition preocdent- 10 the remotest chance of bciig re- turned to office, that they must p'n themselves to the foreign pohcy of the Conservative party. The inference was that the foreign policy of the British Empire did not matter to the workingmen of the country. This was typical of the party who were the friends of .every country but their own, and who were the lineal descendants of those who, like Ccbden. longed to see the Colonies go. (Applause) Mr. Lever had recently been dilating on the extravagance of the Tory Govern- ment. buib he personally approved of the South African. war, to which- three-fourths of his party were eppoeeel, and he would like to know the precis:1 manner in which. All. Lever proposed to reduce expenditure. By how many men would ho reduce, the Army, and by how many battleships deplete the Navy? (Hear, hear.) They remem- bered what "C.-B." had said about a policy of beggar-my-neigkbour, and they wished to know precisely what the Radical party proposed to do. (Applause) Turning to domestic affairs, Mr. Smith that, for 63 years it had been the work of the Conservative paity to root. out ono by ono tho heresies and frauds bequeathed to the Radical party by the influence of Co-bden and Bright, the outstanding fallacy of all being laissEz faiie in every department of life. After quoting tho opinions of Cobden and Bright against what they described as the brutal tyranny of trades unions, and pointing to their opposition to the Factory Acts, he reminded his auditors that Carlyle described the motto of the Manchester school as "cach for himself, and the devil take tho h'ndmost." It had been the PROUD AND ALMOST UNDISPUTED mission of the Conservative party for 40 yeans to care for tae hindmost and keep them from the devil. (Applause.), T-hat party had called trades unions into existence*, and, by making combina- tion lawful, had put. a weapon in the- handof labour and a tongue into its mouth. (Applause.) Mr. George Howell, formerly a Labour M.P., and secretary of tho London Trades Council, de- scribed the Workmen's Conspiracy Act of 1875 as the charter of the social a.nd industrial freedom of the industrial classes, and would Mr. Lever tell them who passed the Factory Acts in the teeth of Free Trade principles, destroying the white slavery which they upheld? (Applause.) They gave free education to the poor man's child in 1891, and in 1902 carried the ladder from the ele- ment&iy school to the, university. He supposed that in education. Mr. Lever's statesmanship- was limited to passive resistance, but if the latter was right why didn't Mr. Lever go to gaol; if wrong, why didn't he protest in his constituency against such theatrical illegality? (Applause.) Which would Mr. Lever say had done most. for the, work- ingman—free education or passive resistance? (Applause.) By the Dwellings of the Working- Classes Acts of 1885 and 1890 the Conservatives promoted the erection of cheap dwellings, with unspeakable improvements to the home life of the workmgman. and by the Compensation Acts of 1897 and 1900 established another great principle for the workman. Under those Acts about £ 100,000 per annum was paid! in compensation to injured working-people, and yet Mr. Lever said those measures were no good. (Applause.) The average cost of litigation under the imper- fect Radical Act, of 1880 was JB25, against only £ 11 under the Conservative Acts. Mr. Smith proceeded to quote the opinion of prominent labour leaders in testimony to the work accom- plished tor the working-man by Conservative Governments, and remarked, as he turned with a smile to Mr. Lever, and these representative labour men, instead of wondering after lunch how a workirgrnan could be a Tory, had done justice to a great party. (Applause.) Among other im- partial opinions as to innumerable beneficial Acts passed by the Unionist party, Mr. Smith quoted Mr. Ben Tillet, who said: "I should be a hypocrite were I not to say that the Conserva- tives of late have done more for the working- classes than the Liberals. (Applause.) Where- were the labour testimonials to Mr. Lever's party? Written in large letters in the many constituencies where. Labour candidates wero fighting against Liberals—against those whom Kcir Hardie de- scribed as "the false and insincere friends of labour." (Applause.) Brilliantly winding up his case, Mr. Smith declared in an eloquent perora- tion that, the Conservative party deserved the support of the working-classes, not only for past records, but. because they were pledged to com- plete the emancipation of labour, and to tear aside from its cramped limbs the last shred of the Man- chester swaddling clothes, by tariff reform. Of the necessity for that Mr. Lever was himself an admira-ble. example—at home a Free. Tmder, but abroad btifiressirg- himself against- rival English exporters by the severest tariffs of extreme Pro- tection. (Applause,) THE RADICAL CASE. Mr. Lever was warmly received and he readily expressed his acknowledgments. "I had no fears in coming here at all," he remarked. "I have had dealings all my life with workingmen. I have never received a discourtesy yet, and I am certain I shall not meet with any to-night." While admitting that the opposition had a perfect right to choose their own champion, and one whose eloquence, oratory, and rhetoric he ad- mired, it would, in his opinion, have been pre- ferable had he, as a business man, been pitted against a business man. Turning to the kernel of the debate, Mr. Lever reiterated the assertion that he could not for the life of him understand how a workingman could lie a Conservative, and he thereupon proceeded to quote numerous re- cords of divisions in the House of Commons in sup- port of his main argument, that in advanced de- mocratic legislation the Conservatives had gener- ally opposed the interests of the worker. He pointed out that the Conservatives, together with their representatives of that party in Liverpool, had voted against graduated death duties, and also the proposal for a graduated income tax. They had been in antagonism to the proposal several times before the House to rate urban site values. They were the opponents of the Ballot Act, which was carried by the Liberals, and although he admitted that household suffrage was carried when the Conservatives were in power, he occ-asioned much amusement by assert- ing that it was so amended by the Liberals that the only part of the original Tory Bill was the initial word "Whereas." While they passed an Employers! Liability Act under pressure, and a Free Education Act after opposing it for y-ean, they had never yet as a party, cicspite all the weight of publio opinion, laid thc,.r hands upon the taxation of lanu values. The Liverpool mem- bers had voted this year in favour oi Sir John Brunner's Bill to tax land values—possi-bly be- cause a general election was looming—but he would like to know when that Bill was going to be carried into law by the Cinservative party. Turning to the Aliens Act, Mr. Lever souglit to score a point by remarking that while the Conservatives voted against the proposal net to exclude aliens fleeing from religious persecution, they also voted aga.nst Keir 1iardies proposal that black-leg immigrants imported under contiact during a strike should be excluded. This con- tention evoked applause from the benches crowded by Mr. Lever's friends, who also testified their approval when he quoted the division records to shew thait although the Conservatives had voted against such a democratic reform as payment of members of Parliament and of returning officers' expenses, they supported the importation of Chinese labour into South Africa. Briefly allud- ing to foreign policy, Mr. Lever caused consider- able laughter by asserting that the foreign policy of which Mr. Smith boasted was simply the foreign policy of the Liberals—at any rate Lord Lans- down-a had returned to the traditional Liberal policy of smoothing over difficulties. He argued further that with the Liberal party nested the credit of having initiated a strong Navy by the estabishment of the famous two- nation standard, but he complained that the strengthening of our sea power to practically a four-nation standard was a menace to peace, as well as a great burden to the country. Both in regard to the Navy and Army he was of opinion that greater economy with corre- sponding efficiency could be brought about under a Liberal regime. Throughout the speech the audience displayed a fair spirit, and although once or twice, when Mr. Lover, to quote the chairman's remark, was "Saying unpalatable things," the feelings of the .nn.r1t'¡fln nc..rrn¿:\ incf o hn.rl.D. xn o A 1.J.CI l' n'} 0"\ n I Saividge promptly checked anything in the nature of a hostile demonstration. THE REPLIES. Mr. F. E. Smith then replied, ZJ:d indignantly repudiated what he deter-bed a-s the preposterous assumption that the Conservatives had adopted the foreign policy of the party responsible !or the Gordon betrayal, and the disgraceful, d.s- loyal policy of pro-Boerism. (Applause.) Re- ferring to the opposition to Mr. Keir Kardie's black-leg motion, Mr. Smith said that was cnly one of the many dishonest amendments put ior- ward by the Liberals and their friends to bar the passage of the Aliens' Bill. He twitted Mr. Lever on his failure to mention a question of which he was evidently afraid—Home Riiie-ai-d thought it was very significant that "tho busi- ness advocate of Liberalism" had not attempted to give even the semblance of an answer to the oharge against our obsolete Free Trade system, which was responsible for the appalling 'fact that there were to-day more skilled workmen unem- ployed and depending upon the bread of charity or pauperism than there had, been for 40 years past. In a touching peroration he appealed to his hearers to solve the question of the unem- ployed by remedying the defective and cruel Fiscal system, which had shackled to their limbs chains that were terribly hard to struggle with in the field of modern competition. (Applause.) Mr. Lever, in the course of his reply, confined himself for the most part to the quest-tin of Free Trade and Protection, and raised a. storm of dis- sent by asserting that we exported more manu- factured goods than did the protected nations of America, Germany, or France. Summing up the Fiscal proposals of tariff reformers, he said we might stop the £ 140,000,000 of fore.gn manufac- tured goods coming into this country from abroad, but at the same time we should stop L-200,000,000 of manufactured goods going cut from this country abroad. This argument also elicited adverse cries. Replying to Mr. Smith's statement as to his firm's works abroad, Mr. Lever said the first factory was established in a. Free- Trade country which shortly aiterwareta I became Protectionist. The second was placed in Switzerland, which was nearly a Free Trade coun- try, and another in Belgium, which was in the same position. He maintained that in the truly Protectionist countries where his works wore in operation the conditions for the w07kingmall were far worse than in Free Trade England, and he wculd be glad if Free Trade was adopted there to-morrow. Free Trade in England had enabled the eoap manufacturers of this country to supply the neutral markets of the world. He denied that the establishment of his firm's factories abroad had taken any employment from men in this country, because they went to countries to which previously no English-made soap had been sent. In conclusion, Mr. Lever, with a sudden burst of eloquence, declared that our Colonies, were the legacy of Free Trade. True Imperialism meant a-i Empire founded on freedom and liberty, but the Imperialir;m of Protection wae of the tied- house description, and if adopted would lead the country to a deplorable depth of eoo-didnesi. A remarkable meeting was brought to a close by a vote of thanks to the speakers, proposed by Mr. David Maclver, M.P., and seconded by Mr. Tobin, K.C., who voiced the spirit cf .the pro- ceedings by expressing the hope that when the rivals of that evening went to their respective constituencies the best man might win in each case.

RUNCORN BONE WORKS, LIMITED. -+- IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT. This old-established firm of Runcorn bone manure manufacturers, who commenced bunifies* in the year 1843 and up to the present- hctve confined themselves entirely to bone manure and animal products, have just launched into a new enterprise by putting down an extensive plant for making mineral superphosphates. Through the oourteey of the directors, who are always pleased for farmers to call and go through their works, several Cheshire farmers had the pleasure of making a thorough inspection on Tuesday, when the Manager (Mr. Thomas Nicholas) chewed them through and gave them every information possible in reference to plant food, and the making up of the different manures to suit the different plant.s and soils. The manager also stated that farmers wiehful to compound and mix their own manures could be supplied with each ingredient in separate form, or they could have them mixed at the works under their own supervision, with the chemical advice of the manager. The visitors were particularly interested in the new plant which this firm have just completed for the making of mineral superphosphates, which is capable of turning out 80 to 100 tons per day of all strengths and in a beautifully dry and powdered condition. This new departure will most certainly be a great boon to farmers in the district. The (lireetor-s and shareholders being farmers, the aim and study of the Runcorn Bone Works Ltd. will naturally be to make and supply the very best manures pos- sible. The very fact of the Runcorn Bone NVorke Ltd. having been established for over half a century should be a sufficient guarantee that they will take care to place nothing in the hands of farmers that will not make them their friends by enabling them to produce crops second to none.

CITY POLICE-COURT. THURSDAY.—Before Messrs. R L. Barker and F. Skipwith. SHOPLIFTER SENT TO GAOL.—Samuel Williams, of no fixed abode, was charged with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Thomas Richard Cunyeis, 33, Frodstiam-stroot.-Illo Chief Constable said prisoner was yesterday found in possession of a pair of boots, and this morning it was ascertained they were stolen from inside the shop of Mr. Conyers. He had been seen in the vicinity of the shop.—Complainant s shop assist- ant stated that on Wednesday morning he saw prisoner ion the shop next door offering some tape for sale The boots produced, which ho identi- fied, had been in a box upon a shelf in the shop. —P.C. Cronin said at one o clock in the afternoon he saw prisoner with the boots in Lower Bridge- street. He had been trying to sell them at several places for 2s. When questioned, prisoner said he bought them for 2s. from a man in North- gate-street.—Prisoner now reiterated this state- nKJnt to the magistrates.—Detective Orewe pointed out that, the boots bore a distinctive mark, which no other dealcis than the complainant used in Chester.-Prisoiier, whom the Chief Constable c,a Id was not a. Chester man, was awarded LI days' hard labour. On leaving the dock he oom- plained to the magistrates that he had been "set upon when taken into custody.—The Chief Con- stable: You ought to have made that complaint to me yesterday when I saw you. A DRUNKEN DRIVER.—George Wilcocks, of Sealand, was fined 5s. and costs for being drunk while in oharge of a pair of horses and lurry on Wednesday. MONDAY.-—Before Dr. Stolterfoth and Mr. F. E. Roberts INJURIES CAUSED BY DRINK.—Mary Price., a married woman, was summoned for being drunk in Chapel-street while in charge of a child. —P.C. Rogers, who proved the case, said he had to take defendant to the Infirmary to have injuries to her head diwsed.-Ddeiiderit was fined 10s. and costs.—Nellie Johnson, a Chester woman, was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the Old Dee Bridge on Saturday night. P.C. Bunnel proved the case. He said he found defendant bleeding from the head. He took her to the In- firmary and had the wound attended to.—De- fendant. whoso head was swathed in bandages, was fined 5s. and costs.

HOCKEY: CHESHIRE v. WESTMOR- LAND.—At Warrington, on Saturday. From the bully-off Cheshire immediately made headway. The backs served the vanguard admirably, and though they made the best of position fortune was against them, their shooting being weak. Hughes effected several fine clearances, and there was no score, at half-time. Resuming, Ch-eshire, ohewed brilliant form, and goals were scored by Tomlinson (two), Draper, and Blencoe. Result: Cheshire 4, Westmorland 0.

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VIVISECTION IMPEACHED. TO THE I-DITOR. Sir,—I shall not. follow Mr. J. H. Howitt, in auy personal considerations of his fitness or otherwise to hold the office cf Director -if Educa- tion, except to say that t.he office JS of so much importance to the youth ei the ooumry that a. man cannot try to help his fellow-.rei-tur^s in a more responsible position. A real educatiomahafc must be one who has not only trained Ins in- tellect, but the host of hi,) emotions towards mercy as well .3 logic. 1, however, ask Mr. ilow.tt to name the greater cruelties which he says are to be found otnei than m Lie •iviseetion. method. I have-on viviseot-on in wirioh aLvdng dog was slowly done to death, and 1 oan tonsider no more hornble thing in t1,.) world than the de- liberate infliction of pain in experimental re- sea.rch. Under the Act el Parliament by which taose experiments are ocrtioilcd there is no limit to the amount of pain a vbisector may mflict. Neither is there any limit to. the number of ex- periments that may be periormed. T're famous "little brown dog" is a. ttnKing example of wliafc a vivisoctor may legally de. It is nnt the best taste fci Mr. Howii-t to dispise the opinions cf thevse. that he may be in disagree- ment with. Let him answer' error by all means, but to put out of court a« not worthy to be con- sidered suoh a m'<JS9 of cultured, opinion such as are opposed to the pract,-Le of vivisection is at least pocr evidence of the real studious temperar ment. Surely only to mention such carries as those of Sihaltesbury, Manning, Tennyson, Spur- geon. Browning, Cottbe, Coleridge, Wilberioroe, liright, LiHwsoffi ia^t? opcjis up &uch vast realms of diverse thought to am educationalist as to make one at leaet careful to pronounce upon the question in which all there WIeTC in agreement, while separated ypen so -ir ony other intellectual questions. I further ask Mr. Howitt jf he can free himself from a certain, scientific bias into which he has quite umcon.scaou.sly drifted, to lcok at a vivi- seator at work, to tiry and realise what it means to take a living animal ar>d to slowly put it to severe pair., not for its own benefit, but on the mere hypct-hctosj chance of something turning up. If we had act, hecim 1: rib.e-d by promise of «')seoveries, instantly wc -thould deny the right of tho vrvlsectcr to his method, as being a cruel and unjust degradation, opposed to the best in- terest o< men and women, lo'r it is impossible to be'ieve that, lasting good can- be the result of momentary selfishness, for a Pagan writer taught the world "the greateet utility was morality," and that which is morally wicrig can never be really useful. The anti-viyi-secUonist ivoloon-,es tho scientist in most of hi;j work for the family of mankind, but upon thi^ Vjuostion it is for the moralist, and t-c \tep in a.nd say that viyifiectiofn; is an infliction upon the mom law which oan not bo ponni if souoty is to pro- gres-s, and not to return toO a ravage past of force and might upon the weakei of cur common life. In the language of a. realty good educationist, Professor Clifford, "We rrniut not do evil that good may come, for at any rate this evil has come that we have done evil and made ourselves wicked thereby." I will not enter further upon the debatable question of whether vivisectioii has been of value to medical and surgical science, ether than to say that tho greatest surgeon of last century, tho late Professor Lawson Tait, ciice wrote to me to say that. "no operation in surgery owes its discovery to any experiments upon animals." Any final discission upon this <|uebt'icn must be one of ethics. Is Mr. Hewitt <(uite certain that real good' can be aodompliehed for-the race by methods which he would not. allow to the Anarchist, if broug-ht into the .sphere of political effort? Seme of us have decided f-hat- of all the efforts to help our humanity, tho most sacred is tha,t of medical research. Its methods must. be be- yond r/uspreion of oudty. Ite hand must be dean. and to win its ideal > it must employ all that i just and merciful. Can so much as thia be claimed for t'he vivisectc,j method? I ap- peal to Mr. Howittto rectify his judgment, and to make suire that he is not defending what I be- lieve to be the meanest crime of the age, namely, cruelty to creaturea whoe very helplessness should be their protection.—Yours faithfully T. A. WILLIAMB, A. V. Le xurer. Bristol, Nav. 24t.b. [Our correspondent is in error in describing Mr. Howitt as Director of Education. He is Assistant Director.—ED. "C.O."]

LIGHTING-UP TABLE. --+-- All cycles and other vehicles in the Chester J'stricfc must bo lighted up as stared in the foliow. ing table:- P.M. Wednesday, December 6 4.53 Thursday, December 7 4 53 Friday, December 8 452 Saturday. December 0 4 52 Sunday, December 10 4*52 Monday, December 11 4.52 Tuesday, December 12 .I. 4,52

OHEsrrER INFIltMAR Y — WKKKLY STATE, ENDED SATURDAY LAST. In-Patienta are adnitted on Tuesday Morning at Eleven o'clock. In-patient-s Discharged. In-patients. Cured 15 Admitted. 23 Relieved 8 Remain in the House 78 lade Out-patients. 0 Unrelieved. 1 Irregularity 0 Dead. 2 OUT-PATIKNTS. Medical Cases are seen on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday mornings at Eleven o'clock. feurgical Cases are seen on Thursday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Ophthalmic Cases are seen on Friday mornings at Eleven o'clock. :.Dental Cases are seen on Tuesday and Saturday mornings at Ten o'clock. Out-patients admitted since Saturday last. 74

BIRTHS, MAHRI AGES &DEATH3 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS are charged at the rate of 20 worda for Is. (prepaid). If not prepaid, the charge will be 2s. 6d. The announcement must be authenticated by the Signature and Address of the Sender. MARRIAGE. DAY-POLLARD-On the 2nd December, at Heswall Parish Church, by the Rev. T. H. May, Al. A., assisted by the Rev. O. Tansley, Henry George C3 ril Day, M.A., solicitor, Liverpool and Heswall, only son of the late Rev. Henry Josiah Day, M.A., Vicar of Cheshunt, Hertford- shire. to Bertha Helena, youngest daus-hter of ilr. George- PoiUrd, of Farr Ball. Heswall DEATHS. ARUNDEL-On the 3rd December, at Windvhowe, Dela- mere, Henry Birkby Arundel, eldest son of Henry Arundel, Manor House, Ledsham, aj*ed 58 years. SOMERVtLLR-On the 4th December, at Lynwood, Thomas Alexander Somerville, physician and surgeon, and medical officer of health for Wilmslow, Cheshire, aged 68 years. TURNER—On the 4th December, at Neston V; race, aeed 64 v<?ars, Harrictte, wife of the Rev. (Jution Turner, Vicar of-Neston, Cheshire. Interment at Nest,on l-'ai'isii Church at 3 p.iu. on Friday next. [Friends please accent this— the only—intimation.] WALL-O" the Srd December, at 3, Shrewsburv-road. l.irken.lead, aged 18 ears, Irene Victoria (Queerie). eldest surviving daughter of Walter George itiid Charlotte Wall. IN MEMOIUAM. LOVELL-I11 memory of dear little Mabel. At rest November 28th, Nevcr forgotten.) WHALLEY-To the dear memory of Henry Shaw WhaUev. who went to rest November 25th, 1901. '["Until the day d.nvns."]—3, Hunter-street, Chester.

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