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; MTD-DEV03 ELECTION. I
MTD-DEV03 ELECTION. I .I'f'he result was announced to day of tne po Jmg which took place yesterday in th.? A r.hburton Division of Devonshire, for th:: election of a mem bpr of Parliament in the jplace of (ii, Mr. Spate-Hayiie (Radical* wh o- was v- y popular in the constituency. The ifgtir- are — Mr. Eve (.oo. 5,054 Sir R. Harrison (U) 3.558 Majority 1.476 1 The Radical majolity at the IVIIIIII, 1 771, a.nd 11l 1835 it was 304.
.BURGLARY AT KESTON. I
BURGLARY AT KESTON. [SPECIAL TELEGBAM.] The Neston and Parkgata Launj-y ■were forcibly ente ed sid ransacked Ir night The* burglars broke through a ekyliglii in the! laundry roof and desoendod by rm?.ri:> of a long pole. The cfFioe window was forced, and odd cash, amounting to about 123. 6d, was tr'°n The parties evideiitly were v.x-H acquis rited w:th the pbc". and knew thaf more cash tha-i u~. lal com:-s into the office on Thursday. The m.nager, Mr. J*. Smith, had however, fortunaV»!y about 270 awa-I.- with him.
: DEATH OF THE RECTOR OF I…
DEATH OF THE RECTOR OF I DODLESTON. ;Qu:te a vilhge- of ♦Quite a gloom was oast over t!. j. village of ( Utodle3ton yesterday (Friday) morn:r,g, by the nfcwa of the death of the recto1* (th? Rev. Adam Charles Gordon). Deceased had ailing for adrrie years. but his death was unexpected, as only t'is C'hristmastido fie was present af Cia village festivities. He has been rector of DodV-ton for orer 36 years, and during that firr,.? r? has always occupied a high place in the. confidence and es teem d h:, parishioners, ali of whom will deeply fel the less taey tave .s.ust.lined by his death. Deceased was a late scholar of St John's Co! lege, Cambridge, where bo gir.ed his B.A. (sjanior optime) degres i-i 185-5, and four year;, lftter the> M.A. degre He v;ai ordrir.ed deaoon tp. 1357. and Lti 1859 he ord.r»d priest at yor-ester. Between the years 1857 ad 1859 he 3as c-iirate of Holy Trinity, Coventry, and curat?. of. Plemstall between 1859 and 1861 In the latter year he nILû to Dodieston, and for six. years he I acted in that' parish, be»"orrjng rector in. 186". He was- well-known throughout the diocese, and a (hoof friends vrifl ^egret hi.; death.
- SERIOUS POACHING AFFRAY.…
SERIOUS POACHING AFFRAY. -NOP,T-C)-Tl GANIEKFEIIER I A. serious affray with poach occurred at Northop on Thursday. Jame-. Speed, under gamekeeper to, Mr. Thomas Bate, Kolsfcerton, wis going I¿ rounds at 12.45 a.m., when, near WOTI Hall, he enc-oiinfcer'ed three strange poachers, each With a gun. He challenged them, and one of tho poachers tlosed with him. botlf filling to the ground. Speed uppermost. While thfcy were •{higgling one of the olher u'len pi a 5ed the muzzle- of his guIÍ to .Speed's leg and fitted, ..littering the'! log to pieces. He then placed tlic" gar. to Speed" fcead. and1 said don't let the- cl ap go I'll How your brains out." The keeper released hi., adversary, and the men went olf towards Tyn-y Coed. Descriptions of the. three men have been furnished to the Flintshire police who are actively following up the dues, It is strongly .-inspected that the three men are identical wit! those who aSsaulted the keepers on the Burton (Wirral) estate a short time ago.
DEATH OF THE REV. A. GOLPWYER1'…
DEATH OF THE REV. A. GOLPWYER 1' feEWIS. I —— -6.- I A LOSS TO THE DIOCESE. I \Vith unfeigned regret we record the death at Oswestry, on Monday, of the Rev. A. Goldwyer Lewis, rector of Davenham, and until rocently of Aldford. The news of tiis demise, following no quickly on that of liis illness, came almost as a shock, and was received with much pttief by bis many personal friends. He was educated at St. David's College., Lampeter, where he took hii B. A. degree in 1872, with honours in classics, and his B.D degree in 1834. He was ordained deacon in 1872, and priast in 1373 at St. Asaph. From 1872 to 1874 In was curate at Erbistoek, and from 1874 to 1875 at Oswestry. In the latter yi- r he was appointed chaplain to the Bonn fcay Ecclesiastical Establishment, was acting Arch- deacon and Bishop's Commissary from 1,488-90, and from 181,K) to 1896 was Archdeacon of Bombay In India he was highly respected and admired for „ fcisyconsistent. life, not only by his clergy but by %-tsotn the civil and military laymen. On his return to this country the late I>uke of Westminster gave lum the living of Aldford. So recently as April or May last he succeeded the Rev. T. W H. France-Hayhurst as Keotor of Davenham. By his death a striking personality is removed from the r-iuks of the clergy of the d off-se. A vigorous and eloquent preacher, bo was in real demand iti the churc'ie." A moderate High Churchman, but with view:; broadened and eoftenea by wide expeti--itoe of men and life genev a!'y, h" i?a; 1d. upon v.?th g-t r?pect not only in his pari.??. buL throughout C'.r?h;re. Th?' late Duke <,f Westminster, who i?"t-; a frqn{>nt.1 worshipper at the pt?sh church of AIdford during the Archdeann's incumt?ncy, h?Id him in esteem. The dece??d genO?mm? wag a !f}Vg p.upporlei'. I of th P.P.G. and v.'ps t?er t'e?y to contribut • hi?'knowled?? and e-'f"} Rrivo1Y to the ca.u&? in tins dioces-c. Ho took ,K'.deep Snt?rast in the social question, and in April list. at. a meetihg at isoc Iii (Itlc$il:on. an d i ii ?Ap Chester in connection with tho VVaiffi' a.nd Strays' lio 'in'is at.' TattenhaM r.rid.Now Brighton, he de- fly 11 re-ci a stirring address, jo:/ tt- Tenth, creating a profound hnprat ;ic The Ven- crrable gentleman lea-vos a widow, a son. and two daughters, to wtlom in their bsrea»e?nent the utmost sympathy i.s i vt,ended
CHESTER WHIST LEAGUE. f
CHESTER WHIST LEAGUE. f HANDBRIDGK r. CILE-IHTRE BEARER CO. I ? ?? .? jriayea ac riirciuria,-e institute. 6core Handhridge W. 'I)<weup')rt anel T. Williams 18, H. Hand and S. Blake 18, S. Harrison and T. Bioadburst 21, A. MlUJngton and J. Bolwel1 21, T. Pate and R. G. Gerrard 21, H. Wood and J, Harper 3; total 102. Bearer Co. Sergt.-Major Chase and J. W. Davies 21, Heath and P. Wansell 21, G. C. Jones and A. E. Dutton 4, W Errington and T. Jackson 13. A. Jones and T. Large Vj, F. Wansweli and T. J Dutton 21 total 95. Majority for Handhridge, 7. ST JOHN'S v. ST. FRANCIS. -This match was phiyed at St. John's on Monday evening. Score r, St John's J. R. Hignett and J. Lewis 21, T. Dempsey and E. Taylor 11, J. T Riley and W. Delaney 10, R. Dutton and F. Fowler: 13, A. Taylor and H. Lloyd 21, F. Weston and F. Argyle 8; total 84. St. Francis M. Ward and G. Goldirg 4, Father Wilfred and W. JarvLs 21, J. Handley and J. J. Rf,hill 21, J. Munphy and J. Higgins 21, J. C-ihill and J. Flynn 7, W. Nolan and J. Cassidy 21; total 05. Majdi-ity 'for St. Franci3,ill OLD ST. MARY'Sifr^T-ITUTE v. CHESHIRE BEARER CO Thia match was played at Old St. Mary's Institute, Grosvenor-road, on Tuesday even- ing. Score:- Old St. Mary's Institute: r. Good and G. H. and A. Killick 7, W. Hornby and Oorporat Hudson 21, J. Jones and J. H. Guckenheim 21, J. Moulton and F. Latham 21, J. Ridley and T. Gamer 21; total 112, Cheshire Bearer Co. G. C. Jones and E. Hughes irl, P. Wansell and A. Heafh 21, F. Wansell and F. Dutton 12, A. Jones and T. Large 12, H. Brown and A. Mallard 10, J. Davies and W. Errington 5; total 76. Majority for Old St. Mary's Institute, O'i.
MR, HOULT, MP., AT ELLESMEREI…
MR, HOULT, MP., AT ELLESMERE I PORT. PRACTICAL FISCAL SPEECH. I On Wednesday evening Mr. Joseph Hoult., M.P., intended at the Dock Hotel, Ellesmere Port, a sooia.1 gathering of the committee of the Elles- Port polling district in connection with the Wirni,! Conservative Association. Mr. H. Price presided, and; the attendance included Mr. McNiel (vice-chairman of the committee), Dr. Finney, Mr. T. Wilkinson and Mr. W. Platt (joint secretaries), the Rev. 0. E. Rice, Messrs. M. Ha iiso-n., W. Norman, J. Atherton, T. I Griffiths, C. Waterridge, W. \,valllJa.nk, T, Wilson, F. Jones, Alien, W. Fogg, T. Henley and A. Bir- kctt (secretary to the association). An excellent hot.-pot supper having been served, the loyal toast was honoured in the customary manner. Lc-tten. to be present were received fnom Mr. J. S. Harmood-Banner (chair- man. of the Wirral Conservative Association), Mr. S C. Woodward (chairman of the Little Sutton Polling District Committee), Mr. J. C. Catto and Mr. Bushel!. Mr. Harmood-Banner, in his letter, expressed the hope that Ellesmere Port would shew the lead to the rural district of Wirral on the great question of tariffs, and added that per- sonally h' was in favour of the Colonial tariffs so ably advocated by Mr. Chamberlain. Tit, Chairman, in proposing the health of Mr. Hoult, said they hoped he might long live to repre- sent -r, -.i Parliament. He was giad to see Mr. Hoult there in the time of peace, and when the fighting day arrived he hoped the contingent of the 1 Ellesmere Port Polling District would put their shoulders to the wheel, and help to place him at the liotd of the poll by a triumphant majority. (Applaus\) The toast was enthusiastically drunk with the singing -of "He's a jolly good fellow." Mr. Hoult, who was loudly cheered on rising to respond, referred first to the circumstances under which h^ paid his first visit to Ellesmere Port. His fii,t visit there was brought about in conse- quence of hearing that the people in Ellesmere Port said that he dared not shew his face in that locality. (Laughter.) That was during the elec- tion; and the moment he heard the statement he determined to go to Ellesmere Port on the first opportunity. He found himself in Ellesmere Port on" day standmg on a cart addressing a crowd in the Maii-street, and the experience he had of the people of Ellesmere Port was highly satisfactory, and proved conclusively that those people who said lie. dared not shew his face in Ellesmere Port weie sImply libelling the people of the district. (Hear, hear.) Since that time he had always been on excellent terms with his friends in Ellesmere Poit, and he had often wanted to see them and j cxoluuiigo views all the topics of the day. It was a special pleasure to him to be with them that night for the purpose of having a talk on that ail- absorbing subject, the Fiscal question. No l>olit;cal subjest, even including Home Rule. had, &o monopolised the attention of the nation, the empire, the world, he might say. for generations, and our own Colonies, and eveiy man, woman and child in this country. But it had a. special signifi- cance to the workingman of this country, and K!l;t;ir:?ro Port being an industrial centre, natur- ally took a lively interest in it. The working- man. interest was to be able to get labour and to sell it for a good price. His labour was his capi- tal il is his all, and on the sale of it depended the welfare of himself and his family. The pros- perity of the workingman was felt through the whole population of the country. The working- man, i>erhaps more than any other man, spent the money he received, and the shopkeeper and manu- facturer in turn received the benefit of it. If the present conditions gave the workingman full employment, he would be well off, because full employment meant a good demand, and that m <mt good wages, and he would say to the work- iugman,, "Let well alone, be satisfied, don't con- sent to any change." Unfortunately, there is not full employment, nor anything approaching it, and he was afraid under present conditions things would not improve. Of course, there would be the ordinary fluctuations of trade, good times and bad times, but the tendency of our present Fiscal oortditions would be in the direction of giving more and more employment to the foreigner, to th. detriment of our own people. (Hear, hear.) Some might say, "How is this? We can surely manufacture as cheap and as well as others." Yes, that was so to a great extent, but the foreigner had advantages we had not got. Foreign Govern- n¡,"< wOlùd not allow our manufactured goods into their country unless we paid a big import duty, a-id that duty was sufficient to keep our goocia out, while our country was free, and the lorngner poured his suiplus stuff into it, selling it, of cxirse, at a less pric than we could produce it. S-VIT.3 people said that was a great advantage to u,; to bj.y so cheaply. It would be an advantage to ine individual if he could depend on its con- t'uu t ice, but it would not continue, and as soon IF. t'l'> foreigl1cr got the trade into his hands. the j th? individual would begin to rue the day he encouraged the foreigner. (Applause.) They aL. know what it was to quote a low price to get a. new customer, and what an advantage it was to shut out. opposition or competition. Well. that waa wnat the foreigner was doing with us. and who said it was an advantage to the country to buy cheaply under such conditions were labour- ing under a most serious delusion. Mr. Cham- berlain was not so shortsighted, and thanks to him our trade was likely to be saved. He saw the game>, and says to the foreigner, "Much obliged 3ro< :r kindness, but it won't do. I don't want iL f was in business in Birmingham at one- time, ad E know all about that kind of thing. Pro- ceeding, Mr. Hoult illustrated what might happen in Ellesmere Port. Suppose a manufacturer set up works and gave employment to, say, a thousand rno" producing an article consumed in this coun- he sold at, say, JB5 15s. per ton, and the same article was made in America and Ger- many'a.1" practically the same cost as in this coun- try. For oertain reasons, which after what he had already said they could all appreciate, it suited the German and American maker to send a lot of tbe. surplus stuff into this country, selling it to the Ellesmere Port, manufacturer's customers at £ h per ton and cutting him out, so that no o.'de'i came to the works and the 1.000 men had to go out of employment. That would be a great Ij-) to the people of Ellesmere Port, and a great j l w- to the country. A saving to the buyer of 5s. per tor_ would not by any means compensate for th" IOTS of labour to 1,000 men. How many men we e out of employment at the present time from this very cause? (Hear, hear.) If the number eovld be ascertained, it would be staggering. Ho saw the other day one works in South Wales had to discharge 1,000 hands. What was the remedy? Mr, Asquith says educate the people. Sir H. C a raphe 11 -Ba n n e rman said, "It.s all right, it is Free Trade, it cannot be wrong, don't do anv- thing. Were we satisfied? He (Mr. Hoult) was not W ith willing workers wanting work some- thing must be done at the earliest moment pos- sible ro stop the foreigner getting fat, while our workmen were starving, taking the bread practi- cally out of their mouths. Our present system was absurd on the face of it, and he was quite satisfied j (he workmgmen would not be slow to see it. Mr. ('.?'nberiain said he relied on the workingme?. he (Mr. Hoult) was satisfied he was right. in do !ig Mr. Houit proceeded to warn his h-avers against the mis-statements and clap-trap which were being used by the opposition. The- big Had Lt:;e loaf had been disposed of. but the cry of d-a." food was still being used, and also <!)'- statement that every trade was to be pro- {.f¡>(1 and subsidised. He gave the workingman C'edifc for not being misled by these incorrect s and mis-statements. Food would not bo d^arMr. and it was not intended to bolster up any iiici'i.'ttry. This must be perfectly obvious to all j tho:1 who had studied Mr. Chamberlain's pro- posals. but it suited our opponents to put forward tj¡(>" exaggerated statements, because they really had no answer to the change of policy which Mr. [ Oh am. be rl a in had initiated. (Applause.) He did not intend that night to go into the question of Co.'o.?ai preference. That was all right. It was j the proper thing. He also did not intend to touch on the question of the supply of wheat and grain, hvau-i? those were subjects that might be reserved for other places in the division. He intended to I as far as possible with every phase of this bjecc. They might not all agree with the views 1; had on the subject, but he had formed those viewa, not by following the views of other people, buf- by a business experience in Liverpool of over forty years-an experience in business which had b,olg'ht him into contact with almost every part of the world and with every trade of the world., (Hear, hear.) He was, therefore perhaps in a lioHer position to form an all-round opinion oil I that subject than the man whose ideas had been confined to one particular industry. (Applause.) The health of the chairman was drunk on the initiative of the Rev. 0 E. Rice. and the remain- der of the evening was pleasantly occupied by imp-omptu vocal, instrumental and elocutionary
I RUSSIAN EXPANSION.
I RUSSIAN EXPANSION. » I NORWEGIANS ANXIOUS FOR THEIR I COUNTRY. The Christiania correspondent of the "Morning Peas' states that Russian aggression in Northern Eumpe has created a de°p impression on the Norwegian mind. The people have watched Russia, creeping slowly and silently nearer toward the seaboard, and the steady progress has filled them with consternation. They are now convinced that an attempt to secure the total absorption of Norway under Russian dominion remains only a question of time and opportunity. Throughout the country there is organised a Russian secret agitation, which has already made a sufficiently favourable impression among the fishing population to cause political disturbance and discontent with the home Government. Moreover, a number of military officers are said to visit the various districts each year. It is stated that they come in the guise of woodmen with the object of gaining a practical knowledge of the country and to make an ordnance survey, which is declared to be nearing or d ua?nce sur qa result of this b" been that n'o't completion. The result of this has been that most Norwegians have a wholesome dread of Russia. The idea of ever being governed from St. Peters- burg is repugnant to them, and on- every possible occasion they give expression to their feelings of avetsion. Not long ago the visit of a lady from Finland to Christiania was made the occasion of a demonstration axainst Russian aggression. In the event of the crisis coining Norway feels her im- patea :e to hold out for long in an unequal struggle. To Great Britain especially the people look for assistance. They argue that the British cannot afford to permit Russia to come quite so close to thei" own door. The Norwegian is therefore cultivating a knowledge of everything English. Our language is nearly as well known as the native tongue.
MR. BANKES AT FLINT.I
MR. BANKES AT FLINT. I SPLENDID MEETING. I IMPORTANT SPEECH. I fFRoar OCR OWN REPORTER.] A crowded and enthusiastic meeting in suppcrt of the candidature of Mr. Eldon Bankes, K.C., for Flint Boroughs, was held at Flint Town Hall, on Wednesday night, when Mr. Bankes delivered an interesting speech on the Fiscal question, and made an important pronouncement on the educa- tion difficulty in Wales. Mr. T. Bate, of Kelster- ton (chairman of the Flint Conservative Club) presided, and among those present were Mr. P. P. Pennant, Dr. Mould, Mr. T. W. Hughes, Mr. Isaac Taylor, Mr. W. Hughes, Mr. H. A. Tilley (Rhyl), and Mr. J. W. M. Ev- tiia proce,- d ngs, The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, made an interesting allusion to the. contests cf the past in the Flint Boroughs, ana spoke cheeruuly of the future. To uitrcdujo fcho Caiiaidax^, he said, would be a complete work of supereroga- tion, because he was their friend and neighbour, Mr. Eldon Bankes. His reputation was well- known to all of them. and his reputation as a good friend and neighbour and good landlord was only equalled by his high legal reputation as a King's counsel at the Bar. He appealed to the voters of Flint to put their shoulders to tne wheel and set a good example to the other boroughs in the county by shewing that at Flint, at any rate, they meant to have a substantial majority. He would not call their friends on the other side enemies, because he was sure when they heard Mr. Bankes many would think it would be better to be repre- sented by a friend and ne ghbour wh-c wouid have more sympathy with them than a stranger. He appealed to them to organise themselves as soon as possible, and to lose no chance of making the majority against them at the last- election into a majority for them at the coming election. (Hear, hear.) He was going to make a prophecy, and that was if thev returned Mr. Bailees at the top of the poll they might possibly return a prospcc tive Cabinet Minister. (Loud cheers.) Let them think of what they world do in Flint if they had a. Cabinet Minister. The streets would hardly be big enough to h-cld them. and they would all career down them and carry away the lamp- posts. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Bankes, who was received with cheers, thanked them for the. welcome. As noighbe-urs they knew his most obvious faults, and in sp-te of that they were willing to accept him as a fit and proper person to contest the constituency. (Hear, hear.) For that reaoon he appreciated their wel- come all the more. Turning to the Fiscal ques- tion, he described it as of more vital importance that any which had arisen daring the lifetim0 of anyone present. He had seen that somewhere someone addressing an audience on that subject had appe,ated to the women upon the ground that any change in the Fiscal system would increase the household expenses. Tilat was a kind of ar- gument he would never use. (Hear, hear.) He was not one to under estimate fhe intelligence or the patriotism of the women of this country, but that appeal was addressed to the wiveo, of working- men, women who had not the time or the oppor- tunity of studying the question. Goodness knew the men had difficulty enough to grasp the ques- tion. When workingmen were together, if they were not discussing football they were discuss- ing the Fiscal question—(hear, hear)—but he ven- tured to say with no disrespect to them that working women would not be found discussing together the Fiscal problem, but talking about the ordinary domestic matters. It was Lttle Johnny's breeches or such things as that with them. (Laughter and hear, hear.) Therefore when we found a man appealing to women who he knew had no opportunity of discussing the matter, he laid himself open to the accusation that he felt he could not convince the men, and therefore was trying tc frighten women into Free Trade. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Bankes) would never fight with such weapons as those. He would en- deavour to influence people to agree with what he believed to be right, by appeals to their reason and to their intelligence, but to coerce or attempt to coerce he never would. (Loud cheers.) He would deal with the Fiscal question as shortly and as broadly as he oould. It wa.s a matter of striking importance, and although the matter was only raised within the past few months by t-hat. distin- guished statesman who had raised it—(cheers)— it had already advanced to a stage that to his mind was convincing proof that the seed fell on ground prepared for it-hear, hear)-alld, let them remember, not prepared by arguments or speeches, but prepared by the convictions of busi- ness men, who were oppressed by the considera- tion of matters which they found going on around them and in their own business. Quite the last thing we had got in this country was true Free Trade. We had free imports, while the ex- ports from this country—which meant the pro- duce created in our manufactories by our work- men, for which they were paid and without which they could not live-met with every con- ceivable impediment and obstacle raised in every civilised country. It was idle to call that Free Trade. (Hear, hear.) The condition of things in England to-day was this. We exported, roughly speaking, £ 227,000,000 worth of things, and we imported £ 528,000,000. How were we paying for this? We were paying for our imports partly by what we exported and partly by in- visible exports. That wa,s to say we were pay- ing for what we imported partly by what we ex- ported, partly by what we earned by our ships, and partly by interest upon monies invested abroad. When we found a country paying for its imports by interest upon monies invested abroad, that country was, commercially speaking, not in as satisfactory a position as the country which paid by its own exports. If we paid for imports by ecxports we paid by things upon which we had expended labour and for which we had paid wages, but when we paid by interest upon monies. in- vested abroad it was because we had in past years become enormously rich, and we had invested our capital abroad instead of investing it in business hera; and in that way it was as though persons had invested money abroad and were drawing in- terest upon it instead of utilising the intorest upon that money in employing labour in this country. The Fiscal question was a I QUESTION FOR WORKMEN more than for anyone else, because the capitalist could take his capital abroad, while the workman had from force of circum.•tan'ces to remain in this country. Unless he could find work he could not exist, and unless we were flourishing commer- cially there would not be work to go round. (Cheers.) An essential article of the Free Trader's faith was that everything should be pro- duoed at the place where it could be produced cheapest, and there should be no impediment to its being -conveyed to any particular destination. That carried to its logical conclusion would often result in the destruction of English industries, but the Free Trader argued that other industries would take their plaoe, but even if they did not he (bhe Free Trader) did not care, and still be- lieved in the article of his faith. Mr. Morley had said that the key and only key to commercial prosperity in Britain was free imports. That was where he (Mr. Banke.s) and many others joined issue with the Free Traders. It was important to look at the matter historically, because he be- lieved the advantages of any particular system must be a question of circumstances. Free Trade might be good tor one country and bad for another. Free Trade might be good for one country at one time, yet not good for it at another. The Navigation: Laws were passed in 1650 to 1651, and at that time although England was a prospering manufacturing country, but of course not to the extent to which she had been sinoe, practically the whole of her exports were carried in Dutoh ships. The gcod people of Britain in those dayi did not think fhat good business, and said, "We make these things and why on earth should we not carry them and make two profits instead of one?" They passed the Navigation Laws, which were Protectionist in the highest degree and substance. They forbad e the carrying of English produce in any other than English ships, and stipulated that those ships should be manned or mainly manned by English sailors. (Hear, hear.) For a time this increased the cost of carriage and raised the price of freights, but the good people of those days were wise in their generation. They said "It may raise the prices for a time, but we shall drive the, Dutoh off the seaa, and we shall have control of the carrying trade of the world." There was no doubt that happened. Within a few years by enter- prise, ability and capital, the Englishmen built or bought sufficient ship.3 and drove the Dutch off the seas, and carried every ounce of British pro- duce. (Cheers.) That wa an object lesson of the first importance, because it shewed that we first established our maritime supremacy under the strictest system cf Protection. Taking the last 100 years in periods of 30 years, Mr. Bankes said that before 1845, the year in which the Corn Laws were repealed, we were a purely Protectionist country, and under that system we built up a I grand manufacturing business. From 1815 to 1845 we increased the volume of our .exports by 250 per cent- and therefore not only did we create our maritime supremacy but we also created our industrial supremacy under conditions of strict Protection. (Hear, hear.) It was said we ought to consider the great distress which existed shortly before 1845. That distress was said to be due to Protection, but he denied it absolutely. It might have been increased by Protection, but it was due to one of those great oommercial and industrial crises which ocurred from time to time in the his- tory of every nation and whether it was due to Protection or not he ventured to think it was really not material to the point he was going to make. In 1845 we were without rival as a com- mercial nation, and therefore at that time we did not want Protection. (Hear, hear.) We did not want to protect the strong man of 25 against a lot of babies in the nursery, and the condition of England as a manufacturing nation at that time was the oond;tion of a fine, etrong man of 25, while the condition of foreign nations, so far as manufactures were concerned, was the condition of babies in the nurseries. (Cheers.) We were the manufacturing nat;on of the world—(cheers) -and therefore if ever there was a time when Free Trade was a good thing, or at any rate, free imports, it was in 1845. when there was NOBODY TO DUMP, and everything that came in was something we wanted, things-grown in southern climes, things we could not produce ourselves. There was no question of importing iron, steel, tinplate, and. articles which would compete with ours, be- cause there was nobody in a position to send them. He heard people talking as though the abolition of the Corn Laws was the act of philanthropists and done in the in.teresta of the working classes. It was not so in the least bit. Cobden was a manufacturer, and he wanted them repealed because, he said, "I want cheaper food for the people, because if food is cheaper wasres will be lower, and I, as a manu- facturer, will be able to make a better profit." Cobdeon also said that foreign countries would grow more and more corn; they would grow it for us they would pour it into this country. We 110uld be the manufacturing people of the world, and foreign nations would be the granaries who would supply us with our food. That was his idea, and he (Cobden) said over and1 over again that he had no idea of foreign nations competing with us in our manufactures. Cobden also said, "So sure as the sun rises to-morrow, so sure will every nation within ten years be Free Traders." That exeat man was ABSOLUTELY MISTAKEN. 11 r But it was not at all blameworthy that a man 01 those days did not forsee the extraordinary de- velopments of the last 60 years. How could he foresee- that steam and electric. tv would annihi- late time and space? He could not foresee gigantic steamers loading corn and bringing it r.,g it from New York to London at Is. per quarter, man-puiated at both sides by labour-saving appliances. He could not foresee Amer.ca, and Germany beooming manufacturing countries. In justice to those great men he thought he was entitled to say that they at any rate would never have advocated the repeal of the Corn Laws or the introduction of a system of Free Trade if they could have foreseen what had actuailv happened and what, as it had turned out. was exactly contrary to what they prophesied. The next period from 1845 to 1875 wa.s a time of abounding and marvellous prosperity. n Our ex- ports rose from £ 52,000,000 in 1345 to £ 2(8,000,000 in 1872. People said "See what Free Trade did for us." Let them say it. though he did not ac- cept it. During those years all the discoveries had been made in steam, improvements of ocean traffic, the telegraph, electricity, and various other things; and, further, the discovery of gold, and also the fact that we were still praot.cal-y without rival as a manufacturing nation. Dur- ing that time it tended to our material prosperity at ° the moment that we had adopted the principle of free imports, which, under the circumstances, tended to cheapness of living and luxury of liv- ing He doubted whether it was wise, and whether it would not have been better to have looked forward as our forefathers did at the time I' T _1 L _p" of the passing of the. INavigation Ltaws, anct nave attempted to unite our Empire as one commercial whole. Let us imagine what would have hap- pened if we had instead of neglecting cur Colonies, bound them to us before they became Protectionist, what our position would have been then instead of, as now, finding ourselves isolated as Free Traders, and every civ.lised nation in- including our own Colonies, having raised a wall of tariffs against us. (Cheers.) What was the con- dition of things from 1872 to 1890? What had happened in the nursery he had alluded to be- tween 1845 and 1875 V Those babies had grown up, and they had turned that NURSERY INTO WORKSHOPS I and factories, and they were direct competitors with us in business. There was only a certain amount of business to be done in the world, and if they did it we should not do it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Unless we did our share we would do more than their fair share, and every bit of business they took from us meant bread out of our workmen's mouths. The condition of things during the last thirty years was so changed that it was necessary to j-cin issue with the Free Trader, and to say that in his judgment the time had come to do something with free imports. After illustrating the disadvantageous working to us of the tariffs, and shewing that our rivals after safe- guarding themselves by protecting their own markets, unfairly invaded ours, he said no doubt cur total exports kept up very well, but that was because we were continually exporting larger quantities of coal. He agreed that we must not eliminate coal because a larger percentage of the cost of coal meant labour, but there was a very great distinction between exports of coal and ex- ports of manufactured articles, because one was an export in the nature of cap.tal. The more coal we exported the quicker we exhausted the easily worked coal, and scon got to the coal which cost more to produce because it was deeper. Once we got to that our position as a competitor with the United States would be worse. Mr. Bankes now quoted figures shewing the relative position of this country and others in regard to exports, coal consumption and imports of raw materials, con- tending that our rival manufacturing countries were progressing by leaps and bounds, while we were almost practically stationary. In the last twelve years the United States and Germany had invaded our markets to the tune of £ 28,000,000, we had lost in their market.s to the tune of £ 11,000,000. It was of vital importance in these matters that we should not think in days but in generations. (Hear, hear.) The mere goods I made by the foreigner and importer into this country, the less goods would be exported by us to them. Discussing free imports and their I EFFECT UPON AGRICULTURE I he said the abolition of the Corn Laws did not do much harm until the condition of things arrived under which unlimited quantities of wheat were poured into this country. Then down went prices and it became unjyofitable in England to grow wheat. The figures were appalling. In 1902 there were nearly 4,000,000 fewer acres under the plough than there was in 1871, and our agricul- tural population had decreased by 605,000. The loss to the nation had been calculated. They said that. the capital of the owners of the land in Eng- land which had been lost was over a billion pounds, the farmers' capital over £ 248,000,000, and the average annual loss to the country in the agriculaural industry was £ 90,000,000. NVo had ceased to exist as a corn-growing country, and what was going to happen to cur manufactories if the same process was allowed to go on? Hear, hear.) Farmers had kept their heads above water partly by selling milk and partly by rearing stock, and, let it be remembered, both these were pro- tected markets, milk on account of the necessities of the case, and sbcck because the Board of Agri- culture would not allow the importation of live animals except for slaughter. (Cheers.) The Radical party had pledged themselves that under no circumstances and at r.o time, as he under- stood, would they ever interfere with free im- ports. That was; where he joined issue, because he believed that the time had come when it was necessary to do something, and that something might interfere with free imports. (Cheers.) Mr. Balfour proposed by retaliation to attempt to break down the tariff wall of foreign countries. Mr. Chamberlain, on the other hand-(Ioud and prolonged cheers)—wanted to build up a tariff wall of our own. He had not time to address them on that subject, but he strongly advised them not to jump to a conclusion in the matter. The time haa not arrived when it was necessary- to make up their minds, and he hoped when the time came they would make up their mind", and be unani- mous. (Hear, hear.) Turning to the EDUCATION QUESTION, I Mr. Bankes said that unless they were sober- minded, unless they were honestly anxious to do what was right the interests of the children would be sacrificed. In that matter very strong, very exaggerated asd very intolerant language had been used, and, he thought, quite unjustifi- ably. (Cheers.) The facts did not warrant it, and when he had read some of the language whioh had been used by people in positions of responsibility and trust, he really wondered whether they knew the facts or whether it was they were so blinded by prejudice that they could not see the facts. or whether it was they were anxious to exaggerate the differences in order to create a weapon fcr effective political warfare. (Hear, hear and cheers.) Briefly sketching the history of elemen- tary education, he ske of the arrangement ac- cepted by both sides in 1870. There was no oom plaint about that arrangement, but he would tell them thar he personally did not think it was a good arrangement. In 1902 the State felt that there were a great many matters in regard to education that might be better, and one was that there were so many different bodies having con- trol of education in particular districts. There- fore they thought it better to put all education under one body, and they did that bv putting It under the County Council. He did not think anyone would say that it was not a wise and proper thing to do. To that extent the Noncon- formists were better off under the Act of 1902 than they were under the Act of 1870, because the real and effective control for all schools now, ex- oept for the single matter of the religious educa- tion, was under the County Council. The Coun- tv Council of Flintshire now had control of the educational ladder. They oould so regulate mat- ters that the intelligent boy or girl could mount from the elementary school to the intermediate school, the university of Wales and not only that but they had it in their power, if they would only exercise it-(cheers)-to deal with the practical part of the education within their control, and had not only the clever children to think of, but those who were not clever, and to make their education more practical bv reaching other things ana making them practical men and women, happy wives and happy citizens. They cou!d also tmpr?vp the buildings, see that their sanitary oondi tions were improved, and teach children physical ,d);:M He spoke with respect of their County Council. They were an exceJIent admini- strative body and had done an immense amount   he deplored the fact that instead of grasping this grand opportunity of Improving the Snd,t,oa of education i„ that cou^^ of t&Sj advantage of an opportunity thav had for the fi" 't time m tl\e history of educate fh? had aWHt+Khemselves, he thought, to be made the tool of a pohtica! party. It seemed to him that tool 3 P° lthu e position of a spoiltchild who would not cat its bread and butter because it could not got jam. (Laughter and applause.) Although one might rondemnand personally he did oon- demn-the attitude which had been taken up in that matter by certain of the most extreme mem- bers of the opposite party, he felt that all his feel- mgs of resentment ought not to blind him to what  ??veu w De laIr, and he did not think that the present system wa? fair. There were many pari"hes in which the only school to which child, ren oould go was a Church school. Many of the children were the children of earnest Nonocn- formi.sts who were, Placed in this position: that aat t- all, their children A no rcli?ious education ? ntT n° they were obliged to listen to a re- ligiou education to which they ?nscientious? objected. (Hear, hear.) He did not think that was fair. (Cheers.) At any rate they ought to be fair, because those who did not agree with them had taken up an attitude on that. ,.mM" they did not approve. What ought to be done? Surely the week was long enough in anv Church school to afford opportunity for the teaching both of denominationa l and undenominational re- ligion. He believed most firmly that it ought to be a part of every child's education to receive some religious teaching in every day school. (Cheers.) He believed that religious teaching-, wherever practicable, ought to be according to I the religious belief of the parents. No difficulty arose in Rom^n Catholic schools where the child- ren were of one persuasion. No d:fficulty aroseir, many towns where the child had the option of going to a Board school or a Church school. The difficulty only arose where there were places in which there was only one school, and that a de- nominational school. In such a school as that he advocated most strongly an arrangement which he thought could be come to perfectly easily by managers, under which the time table could be so arranged that the Church children should receive teaching according to the belief of their parents, and that the rest of the time should be devoted to undenominatJonal religious teaching, to which i no parents could possibly have an objection. He j advocated that most strongly, and he believed it I was possible. The question ought to be settled now by the moderate thinking- men of both sides. If we left it to the enthusiasts he was as certain as he could b& of anything that the ultimate re-u!t wou ld be a system from which religion would be ) 1 TJ r. J ii v-Auiuutu ctii-uy fcriiifi. ny was baiisxieu uicit WOUlCl be the result of allowing this matter to become a matter of political warfare, and he therefore earnestly appealed to everybody in the county who had any influence in the matter to instil into the County Counciil the'r belief that there was a great opportunity for them if they would only work the Act. If that was done it would be pes-I ible to mak" an arrangement such as he sug- gested, and to which there could be no reasonab'e objection. (Loud cheers.) On the motion of Dr. Mould, the following reso- lution was carried "That this meeting expresses its unabated confidence in his Majesty's Govern- ment, and pledges itself to use all legitimate means to secure the return of Mr. Bankes at the next election."
PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS.
PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS. HOPE LICENSEE FIXED. I The. C'aergwrle magistrates,, Messrs. Wm. Davies (in the chair). II. II. Hughes and W. G. Barcreft. had before them on Thursday the licensee of the Red Lion Inn, Hope, Peter Snelson, on charges of serving a drunken person and permitting drunkenness, and Robert Evans, an old man, described as a pig- dealer, living at the Warren, for drunkenness. The case against the last-named defendant was taken fiist. Mr. T. W. Hughes prosecuted on be- half of the police. P.C. John Hughes, Pcaymynydd, said that on Monday, December 14th. he saw defendant at Penyffordd with his son-in-law. He had his head between his legs. Witness helped defendant's son- in-law to put him into the house. He was help- lessly drunk. He found defendant about 300 yards from the Red Lion,, Hope. The Deputy Chief Constable (Supt. Ivor Davies) said that was defendant's 20th appearance before a bench of magistrates. A fine of j61 and costs was inflicted. The charges against Peter Snelson. the licensee I of the Red Lion, Hope, were then heard. Mr. T. W. Hughs proposed to deal first with the charge of serving a drunken person, who was the defendant in the previous case. named Evans. Evans's son-in-law, Wm. Bellis, m-tdo a statement to P.C. Hughes. in consequence of which tho con- stable went to the Red Lion Inn, where he saw Snelson and his two daughters. In reply to his questions, they admitted that Evans had been there. and that he had left half-an-hour before the constable came in. Miss Snelson said Evans had been drinking whisky, while her sister said she had given the man a glass of water, into which she put some tea. He (Mr. Hughes) thought Miss Snelson would not have done that if Evans had been sober. Evans was in the house from about 12 o'clock, and he did not leave until 6.30, and he had no drink anywhere else. P.C. Hughes said that on Monday, December 14th, he went to the Red Lion. Hope, in conse- quence of a statement Wm. Beliis had made to him. He there saw Mr. Snelson and his two daughters. They told him that Evans had been there, and that he had left half-an-hour ago. Miss Snelson said he had been drinking something. Witness asked her what she wanted to serve him for, and she replied, "Well, if he is drunk, he is not saying anything to anybody. He has gone home very quietly." The sreond of defendant's daughters then said she had served him with a glass of water, into which she had put a drop of tea. She added that Evans had also been drink- ing whisky.—Cross-examined by Mr. J. B. Mar- ston, who appeared for defendant.. witness said an auction mart was held at. the Red Lion. He did not know whether the day for which defendant were hundreds of people there. The Christmas was summoned was a busy one. or whether there I sale was held on that dry. Wm. Jones, labourer, Penymynydd. said that I when he went to the Red Lion at 12.20 p.m. he saw Robert Evam there. He was sober then. At four o'clock he had a drink at his (witness') expense. Evans was served by Miss Chris=ic Snelson at 6.15. and he left at seven o'clock. A glass of whisky was taken from in front of Evans by a man named Griffiths, I, wno was told by tne landiora not to serve mm, because he was drunk. Arthur Griffiths, collier, Penyffordd, said he was in the Red Lion from five o'clock to about seven o' clock. He saw defendant. He was not drunk, but muddled up.—Mr. Hughes: Would you say he was the worse for drink?—Witness, Yes. sir. Wm. Bellis Penyfford. deposed to taking his father-in-law. Robert Evans home.-Alr. Hughes: He was drunk, I suppose?—Witness He could not be sober. Mr. J. B. Marston. addressing the Bench for the defence,, said his client was a respectable man, and had kept a public-house for many years. There was no evidence to shew that Evans was drunk while he was in the house kept by defendant. He had got to the stage when he had had enough, though lie was quite sober and able to conduct business. There was no evidence to shew that Evans had not been to any other public-house, and he asked if it would not be unsafe and unfair to convict the publican. The Chairman said the Bench were sorry to convict defendant. He had known him personally for over 25 years and he had never heard of any disturbance or bad conduct at the Red Lion. De- fendant would be fined El and costs. The mag- istrates would not endorse the licence. The costs included the advocate's fee, and the expenses of seven witnesses. The case of permit- ting drunkenness was withdrawn, defendant pay- ing the cost-
THE EARL OF CREWEL ESTATES.
THE EARL OF CREWEL ESTATES. One of the earliest, as well as one of the most interesting, of the New Year's sale- concerns certain lands of the ancient family of Milnes, now merged in the peerage of England with the not Ip, ancient lineage of Crewp. The Earl of Crewe, who. prior to the conferment of his present dignity, succeeded to the estates of his uncle, Lord Crewe, and to the title and estates of his father. Lord Houghton (Richard Monckton Milnes), has resolved to dispose of a considerable amount of property in the West Riding and adjacent districts. It comprises in all upwards of 7,000 acres, and is to be sold by auction in the course of next month. It includes at least two stately homes of the descendants of a race which as far back as the reign of Queen Elizabeth were considerable landed proprietors, especially in the county of Derby. One is Fryston Hall. Yorkshire, with its 2,000 acres, whereat lived Richard Slater Millies, M. P., for the city of York, in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The other is Bawtry Hall, near the Notts border, owned still earlier by Pemberton Milnes. These two proper- ties found a single possessor at a later date in the person of Robert Pemberton Milnes, who was M.P. for Pontefract early in the nineteenth century, and they passed at his death to his eldest son. Lord Houghton. But there are one or two other noteworthy cir- cumstances connected with the estates which arc now to be realised. They include, for instance, a good deal of property at Great Houghton, whence the late Lord Houghton took his title. The Old Hall Inn at Great Houghton, which forms one of the lots, was formerly nothing more nor less than the ancient manor house of the Rhodes family, within whose walls the great Earl of Stafford wooed and won his bride. In later years it was gallantly defended against the Parlia- mentarians. From such antecedents the building has now passed to the prosaic purposes of a peace- ful village hostelry. There is, if inference be cor- rect, a reminiscence of an early generation of the scholarly Milnes family in the least extensive of the several properties now scheduled, namely, that at Tapton, Derbyshire, for Tapton Hall was the name of the abode of the William Milnes who flourished in Armada times. The extent of the estates which are coming to the hammer is shewn in the sub- joined details:— Estates. Acres. Rent roll. Fryston Park, Yorb. 2,000 £ 1,357 Austerfield. Yorks and Notts. 1,488 752 Timberland, Line. 1,437 1.568 Bawtry Hall, Yorks and Notts 827. 1,638 Fishlake, etc., Yorks 677 402 Thuristone, Yorks 444 485 Great Houghton, Yorks 290 349 Tapton, Derbyshire 31 31 T;o n. 7,194 £6,582 ryston tiall. which is close to the famous old town of Pontefract. is a stone-built mansion stand- ing in a park of a couple of hundred acres. It is skirted on all hands by woodlands and plantations, which constitute one of the best game preserves in the W est Riding, so well do they lie together. Yet they are intersected by leafy glades and broad green drives, miles in extent, which offer a singular charm. The mansion, to use an auction- eer s phrase, is "in hand," which means that the Earl of Crewe has for some time past made his country home at Crewe Hall, his principal Thither. it may be supposed, the extensive and valuable library has been or will be removed, along with the pictures, which comprise not a few interesting family portraits. Bawtry Hall, on the other hand. has been let for some time. The value of this section of the estate is naturally enhanced by the circumstance that it comprises the chief portion of the town of Bawtry. The Austerfield properties, close by, are almost all agricultural, and are to be offered in lots to enable tenants to secure their own holdings. Other portions of an agricultural tvne lie hctwonn T)" caster and Goole, and between Lincoln and S!ca- ford, while a part is in the coal mining district of Penistone. with Bullhousc Hall, a fine old stone- built and oak panelled residence, which originally could have had little in common with the colliery [ premi. ses with which it is now associated. Don- caster, Sheffield, and Lincoln are to witness the sale within their midst of such of the estates as are relatively adjacent thereto. The realisation it may be added, will still leave the Earl of Crewe a very large landed proprietor.
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DRAGGED TO DEATH.—The Mid-Cheshire Coroner has been apprised of the death of Charles Latham (13), son of a Winsford farmer. A few days ago he was driving a horse from the smithy, and the animal, IRing startled, dashed away, dragging the lad a considerable distance. He was afterwards found lying unconscious in the roadway with his skull fractured and the drum of the right ear broken. He died on Wednesday without regaining consciousness.
I HA WARDEN1 GUARDIANS.
HA WARDEN1 GUARDIANS. The fortnightly meeting of the Hawarden Board of Guardians was held at Broughton on Thursday. Mr. W. Fryer (chairman) presiding over a small attendance.—The Master (Mr. Roberts) recorded in his journal Christmas gifts from the following: Mrs. Mayhew (tea for the women, tobacco for the men, cake. etc.), and Mrs. Swetenham (box of toys).—The Guardians tendered their thanks to the donors. The success of the annual treat to the inmates was the subject of many congratulatory remarks. It was felt that the entertainment was one of the best ever given, all the performers having acquitted themselves well. It was agreed unani- mously to thank the master and matron and the relieving officer for their services in connection with the treat. DELINQUENT PARISHES. The Board approved and the chairman signed the following letter, to be sent to the overseers of Hope Parish:—"The Guardians resolved to-day that as the call due November last has not been paid, and another falls due from your parish on the 9th inst., the Clerk is instructed to take pro- ceedings against you for the recovery of the contributions. Hope has been relieving its poor from the beginning of October at the expense of other parishes, as the credit balance at Michaelmas was 210 13s. This is so unfair, and has been so regularly a thing in respect of Hope, that the Guardians insist upon the calls due from the parish being paid promptly. "It was also decided to send letters in similar terms to Sealand and Kinnerton, which parishes also were reported as delinquents. I NEW AUDITOR. The Clerk reported that Mr. Young, district auditor, had been promoted from the Cheshire district to the Essex district, and the Local Gov- ernment Board intimated that Mr. F. Mitchell Adams had been appointed auditor for the Cheshire district. A COMPENSATION CLAIM. The Chairman said a letter had been received from Mr. Harding Roberts (Holywell) applying for compensation in reference to the transfer of the Buckley (Mold) parish from the Holywell Union to the Hawarden Union. Buckley (Mold) was part of the district of which Mr. Harding Roberts was superintendent registrar. He (the chairman) had, with the clerk, gone through the letters and the law affecting the case, and so far as he (the chairman) read-the clerk might hold another opinion—Mr. Harding Roberts was too late in making his application, inasmuch as Buckley (Mold) was transferred on the 1st July, 1901, to the Chester Registration, I_)istrict., There- fore Mr. Harding Roberts ought to have made his application to the Chester district at that time. There was another complication. Colonel Evans-Lloyd, when he resigned his post as Superintendent Registrar of Chester, included Buckley (Mold) as part of the district on which he claimed his pension. 'If they- now compensated Mr. Harding Roberts it would be like paying twice over.—It was decided to refer the applica- tion and the facts to the Local Government Board for their consideration. RURAL COUNCIL. A meeting of the Rural Council was afterwards held, Mr. Fryer again presiding. The Chairman gave notice that at the next meeting he would call attention to a matter re- lating to Mr. Vickers (inspector under the Dairies and Cowsheds Order and the Factory Acts) and iii, reports, and perhaps move a resolution thereon. TRYDDYN AND LEASWOOD WATER. The Clerk reported that Mr. Harding Roberts (Holywell) and he had had a further interview with the directors of the Brymbo Water Company with reference to the negotiations between the Holywell and Hawarden Rural Councils and the company for supplying the district of Tryddyn and Leaswood with water. The directors had absolutely refused to moderate their previous terms. which were that the Councils should guarantee ten per cent. per annum on the outlay for 20 years. The directors had produced a former draft agreement, which they had had stamped with a sixpenny stamp. That document, which purported to contain the assent of the Councils to the terms, was valueless, inasmuch as nothing was binding upon a Council except it was under the common seal. and that required a 10s. stamp. Holywell Council had already decided to accept the terms. Mr. Ford said he had been told by a Holywell councillor that the Holywell Council were of opinion that they were getting a cheap scheme, and., whatever happened, they should go on with it. He proposed that they (the Hawarden Council) should authorise the clerk to complete tho scheme. The Rev. G. Owen said he objected to that. The Clerk said Tryddyn people had said their say, and said it absolutely irrevocably. They had passed a resolution that there was a deficiency of water, and, secondly, they had referred it to the ballot-box. and decided to take the Brymbo water. The Rev. G. Owen: That was under the im- pression that the terms were for ton years and not for twenty. The Clerk: They were told that it was for twenty years, but that an effort would be made to get it reduced. Miss Thorn seconded Mr. Ford's motion. The Rev. G. Owen said he should like before they passed such a motion as Mr. Ford had pro- posed to carry the matter back to the parish meet- ing of Tryddyn. Mr. Ford said he was present at the parish meet- ing at Tryddyn when they were told that the terms wore for twenty years. He considered the Council were simply wasting their time by arguing about it. Six voted for Mr. Ford's motion, the Rev. G. I Owen and Mr. Morrev voting against. I A FOOTBRIDGE. I I The Wrexham Rural Council wrote stating that I they were prepared to pay half the cost of making I the Cymmau Half footbridge. TELEPHONE AREA. A lengthy communication on the subject of the movement for the extension of the telephone area of North Wales was referred to the Visiting Com- mittee. A MANCOTT LANE. nawarden farish Council wrote eailin? atten- tion to the Condition of Brown's-lane, leadi I-t,- from Little Mancott to Manrott Bank. It wa? stated that some time ago Mr. Swetenham had offered with the permission of the Council, to repair this roac i It w a road. It was now left for the Council to com- municate with Mr. Swetenham with a view to the work's being carried out. m1 1"01 CAERGWRLE SEWERAGE. I | xne unairman said the Committee, of which he was a member, had had plans of both Mr. Davies and Mr. Bell before them. The committee suggested that all the plans should be sent to the Local Government Board.—The Council then adjourned.
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SAD DROWN ING AFF AIR. A drowning case occurred at Belmont Hall, Great Budworth, the residence of Mr Roseoe Brunner. The three-and-a half-year-old boy of Mr. Howard, the gardener at the hall, had gone out to play and was missed. As the result of a search he was found in a shallow pond containing only 15 inches of water. A STONE WITH A HISTORY.-A stone with a remarkable history has just been unearthed at Portsmouth Dockyard. Fifty years ago the frigate Pique went ashore on the coast of Japan. She was got off apparently none the worse for her experience, and returned to Portsmouth, At the latter place the Pique was put into dry dock. It was then found that a huge boulder, weighing many tons had become firmly wedged in the vessel's bottom. and had prevented the water from entering. Had the stone fallen out while the ship was at sea she nmst have foundered. The stone was preserved as a curiosity at Portsmouth, but foT many years had been lot sight of.
MR. TOLLEMACHE ANDI EDDISBURY.
MR. TOLLEMACHE AND I EDDISBURY. IMPORTANT DECISION. I Cheshire folk will regret to learn that Mr. Hy. Tollemache, M.P., has finally dec ded to dissever his Parliamentary connection with the Eddisbury Division of the county at the next election. Mr. Tollemache has faithfully represented Eddisbury in the House of Commons since 1885, and prior to that. he sat for a short, period for the old constitu- ency of West. Cheshire. In 1885 Mr. Tollemache defeated that man of promises and glib tongue, Mr. L. Irwell, by only 121 votes. In the follow- ing year he headed Mr. James Tomkinson by six hundred odd, and in 1892, when his cousin again came up to the scratch, he defeated him by 536. Mr. Roger Bate rushed in in 1895 and was roundly trounced, Mr. Tollemache's majority being 1,805. Since then the Radical party have seen the futility of trying to oust Mr. Tollemache, and have not opposed him. Mr. Tollemache's impending re- tirement will be regretted by all parties in the constituency, to which he has rendered such signal service. His motto might well have been "Deeds not words." Though a speaker with a very happy turn, Mr. Tollemache is not one of those who continually like to see themselves mentioned in the Parliamentary reports, but at the same time, as his constituents well know, he has always worked steadily and quietly on behalf of agricul tural interests. His wise counsel is highly valued in the Cheshire Chamber of Agriculture, and his ripe judgment has greatly assisted the Cheshire Agricultural Society, of which last year he was the popular president. In short, Mr. Tollemache is a good-all-round ,man, whose, retirement will be a distinct loss to the county.
I-HOPE.-I
I HOPE. I RAILWAY FATALITY.-A fatality occurred I on the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Rail- way, between Penyffordd and Hope Village stations on Tuesday. An elderly man named Bellis, residing at Penymynvdd, employed as a roadman, was seen walking along the permanent way by the driver of a passenger train from Buckley to Wrexham. The driver immediately blew the whistle of his engine, but Bellis. without looking around, stepped in front of the train and was struck by the buffer, sustaining injuries which caused' almost instantaneous death. The deceased was trespassing at the time.
MALPAS,
MALPAS, DEATH.—The death took place on Thursday morning, in his 54th year, of Mr. George Hewitt, shoemaker, of Church-street. DANCE.—On New Year' s Eve the cricket club. which is sorely in need of funds, held a successful ball in the Jubilee Hall. SOCIAL GATHERING.—On Monday evening the annual supper given by the rector to the mem- bers of the church choir, the Sunday School teachers, and church workers took place.
ROSSETT.
ROSSETT. ALLINGTON PARISH COUNCIL.—The quarterly meeting of this Council took place on Tuesday evening, when there were present Messrs. E. Babb, J. Eardley, W Lewis, T. Parry, S. Williams, E Woolrich and Charles Davies (clerk). In the absence of the chairman and vice-chairman, Mr. Babb was voted to the chair. The Clerk read a communication from the W rexham Rural District Council acknowledging the receipt, of the complaint made concerning the deposit of rubbish in Darland- lane at Lavister. The appointment ot Mr. J. Hastings as the Allington Council's representative upon the Gresford Joint Burial Committee was con- firmed The Chairman gave an account of the work done by the Lighting Committee, which was approved. ♦ —
lTARVIN.
l TARVIN. T' .\n H COUNCIL.—A meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday night. Mr. T. Nield presided, and there were also present- Messrs. C. Holland. J. T. Youde, J. Bull. W. Barefoot, and "L Wilkes (clerk).—A letter was read from Messrs? Smith, Gore and Co. with reference to the repairs of the footpath across the Church Farm land. leading- from Tarvin to Oscroft, enquiring what repairs were needed, and offering to contribute part of the cost. After a lengthy discussion it was decided to send a letter in reply suggesting thaj- the commissioners should find the material and deliver it at the station, and the Council would arrange for the carting and putting on of same.—The public hall accounts for the year were submitted by the Clerk, and it was decided to communicate with the Reading Room Committee with reference to the small margin left for rent after paying for fire and lighting, and to call their attention to the terms of agreement, that at the end of two years, if the amount paid was insufifcient, a fresh agree- ment should be made.
CAERGWRLE.
CAERGWRLE. A VIOLENT SON.—At Caergwrle Sessions on Thursday, Elizabeth Tudor, of Caergwrle, sum- moned herson, Samuel Tudor, for malicious injuries. -Complainant, said her son came home on Monday, December 14th, in drink. At two a.m. the next day he came into her room and asked where his beer was. She said she thous-ht it was on a table downstairs. He used a great deal of bad language to her, and when he went downstairs, she fastened her door. He continued his disturbance until four a.m. On Tuesday when he came in to dinner, he threw the food placed before him on to the floor. He went out and came home again at 10.15 p.m., when everyone else was in bed He made her get up and prepare his supper, and then he threw it and a jug of tea on to the floor. Defendant's brother came down and asked him to be quiet, but he turned witness and his brother out of doors for the night. On Wednesday night he turned her (complainant) out again. On Thursday night he brought in a young man and took him upstairs. Witness found the next morning that they had been drinking rum. She then told defendant to leave by the Saturday. Defendant had also broken six panes of glass.—David Tudor, another of com- plainant's sons, corroborated.—Defendant was ordered to pay 10s. and costs, and the damage, or go to gaol for seven days.
ITARPOi'LEY.
TARPOi'LEY. CONCERT.—A concert was given in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening by the Winsford Min- strel Troupe in aid of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund for Bosston Castle District. SEWERAGE COMMITTEE.—A meeting of the Sewerage Committee was held at the clerk's office on Tuesday evening.—On the proposition of Mr. Pickering, seconded by Mr. Dunning, it was re- solved that seven of Messrs. MacFarlane and Co.'s ventilating columns, 20ft. high, at the tendered price of ES 6s. each, be used for the new sewer instead of the ventilating columns and four venti- lating shafts set out in the specifications. there being a difficulty in obtaining suitable sites and supports for the ventilating shafts specified BRITISH SCHOOLS.—The annual treat to the scholars attending these schools was given in the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon. A large Christ- mas tree was provided which was l^den with presents kindly given by Mr T. H. Gordon, which were distributed by Miss Taylor, Miss Aston and the Misses Rogers, every scholar and teacher receiving a present Tea was provided in the Council-room, at which over 100 sat down. The following ladies presided at the tables:—Mrs. Aston. 1 Mrs. Dutton. Mrs. Greenway. the Misses Bate and Miss Hurlbutt. An enjoyable enter- tainmsnt was given in the evening by the scholars. The Rev. R. Rogers presided.
I BROUGHTON.
I BROUGHTON. DEATH OF A LOCAL WORTHY. The, life of Mrs. Sarah Turner, the Hawarden Union nonogenarian, flickered quietly away in the Broughton Workhouse on Tuesday morn- ing. If the old woman had lived till July 7th next she would have been 100 years old. She was in good possession of her facu?t-ies up to the end, and only on Wednesday last was one of a merry party at the annual Christmas gathering in the Broughton Workhouse. Everyone who has in- terested himself or herself in poor law work, is acquainted with the antipathy with which the aged! members of the working classes regard the workhouse, but Mrs. Sarah Turner was a striking instance of the consideration extended to them in these institutions. A sympathetic Beard and kind matron have seen that everything possible was done to make her declining days comfortable, and happy she always seemed. The old body had a wonderful memory and up to comparatively recently often favoured her visitors and fellow- inmates with lengthy recitations. The late Mrs. Gladstone shewed her interest in Mrs. Turner in a touching way some years ago. It will be re- membered that Mr. Gladstone successfully under- went an operation for cataract. Mrs. Gladstone knew from her visits to the workhouse that the veteran inmate was suffering from defective vision owing to a similar cause, and after the aged statesman's operation she thoughtfully sent the old woman to Chester Infirmary, where she was operated on with marked sucoess. w
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ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS.
ADJOURNED QUARTER SESSIONS. The adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace opened on Wednesday at Knutsford. Sir Horatio Lloyd presided in the first, and Mr. H. C. Yates in the second court. DECREASE IN CRIME. In his charge to the grand jury, Sir Horatio Lloyd said he was pleased to say their duties would be light. There were only twelve prisoners for trial, as against 26 this time last year. At the other end of the county there were the same number as before.. This was so far satisfactory, and indicated a marked improve- meat. CHANGE IN PROCEDURE. The Chairman informed the members of the Bar that they intended that day to give criminal cases precedence of appeals, of which two were down for hearing that day. it being somewhat of a hardship keeping twelve geiltlem-eii sitting in a box all day, and making it possible that they might have to call the next day. He did not wish to lay down a hard and fast rule, and if it was found to be anything of a hardship, the matter could be considered on a. future occasion. I NEW MAGISTRATES. T?EW i ll .1 I The following gentlemen qualihed as justices ot I the peace for the county:—Messrs. William I Bradbury, Marple; Cliarles J. Hughes and J. I Vaudrcy Braddon, Northwich. A RUNCORN CASE. I Albert White, alias William Lewin. 36, tailor, was charged with breaking into the Runcorn Co- operative Stores and stealing money and a piece of pork. The premises were entered on the night of the 13th of November, and next day a jemmy, wrapped in a newspaper stolen from the shop, was found at prisoner's lodgings. He was also identified by several witnesses as having been seen loitering about the place the same. night.—Prisoner conducted his defence with great ability, and cross-examined the witnesses at considerable length.—He was sent to five years' penal servi- tude. "TO WIPE OUT ALL OFFENCES." John Reynolds was sentenced to three vears' penal servitude for obtaining credit and lodgings by false pret2nces. and stealing a bicycle at Stoek-? port. He had carried out nefarious schemes in Sussex, Beaumaris. Manchester. Winchester, and was wanted in Bristol Birkenhead and Bolton. The Bench signified a, desire that the present sen- tence should wipe out all offences. FALSE PRETENCES AT RUNCORN. Fred Moss alias Brown, fitter, was sentenced to six months' hard labour for obtaining food and various sums of money by false pretences at Run- corn. He obtained lodgings by representing that he was working on the canal. Then he called on various people and declared he was an insurance superintendent.—The Chairman Did they pay him without authority?—The Barrister: Yes; they were ignorant.—The prisoner was said to have robbed landladies at Widnes, Preston, etc.
ISTAPLEFORD. I
I STAPLEFORD. I SUNDAY SCHOOL TREAT.-On Thursday week the teachers and scholars of the Primitive Methodist- Sabbath school had their annual New Year's treat. In tho evening a splendid entertain- ment was given in tho chapel. Recitations and solos were contributed by the following scholars and friends:—Miss E. Williams, Mr. J. Lee. G. Lee. A. Vernon, N. Lee, T. Vernon, N. Wood- cock. S. Vernon. L. Vernon and M. Gidmau. The Rev. G. Rennison delivered an address and dis- tributed the prizes for good attendance.
IMARKETS AINI) KAIIUS. I
I LATEST MARKETS & FAIRS. (See also page 3.) LIVERPOOL CORX, FRIDAY.-Wheat firm, but only small business at r,d. to Id. over Tuesday No. 1 Northern Duluth, new, 6s. 6W. to 6s. 7d. new Kansas, 6s. Id. to 6s. 4M. Beans, Saidi* 28s. 3d. to 28s. 6d. Peas, Canadian, 5s. 6¥J. to 5s. 7d. Oats unchanged from. Tuesday. Maize quiet trade, old mixed about 2d. and new ld. over Tuesday: Old mixed, 4s. 6d. to 4s. Gid.; new, 4s. 3id. Flour unchanged. LONDON CORN, FRIDAY.-Wheat, flour, oats and maize firm; barley 3d. dearer. American, quotations of wheat and corn came lower. CHESTER CATTLE, THURSDAY.—The?e was a small fair and a quiet trade. Buyers A-,&re few and the demand was almost exclusively for dairy stock. For these prices were well maintained, but in other classes were somewhat smaller. Prices :-Milch cows, 918 to £ 20; calvers, £];6 to £ 20; barrens, C10 to 912 heifers, ES to R13 stirks, S6 to 29.
I WREXHAM.
I WREXHAM. (See also page T.) LADY GUARDIAN S FUNERAL—On Wed nesdav afternoon the remains of Miss Jones, the. only lady guardian in the Wrexham Union, were interred in the Old Cemetery, Rhosddu, Wrexham. The deceased lady was one of the two oldest sur- vivors of the Weslevan cause in Wrexham, and it is interesting to relate that the undertaker at- Miss JoDes 's funeral was the other, in. the person of Mr. V\ m. Pierce. The funeral was a private one. but representatives of the Wrexham Board of Guardians, on which she did good work, were among those present I FUNERAL OF MR. SISSON.—On Wednesday afternoon the funeral took place at Gresford Churchyard of Mr. AN-. J. Sisson, proprietor of the Cambrian Brewery, Wrexham. Canon Fletcher. vicar of Wrexham. conducted the service,. and among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Ll. Hugh Jones, Drs. J. LI. Williams. S: Edwards Joness and J. E. H. Davies, Mr. T. B. Taylor. Mr. F. Storr, engineer and secretary of the Wrexham Waterworks Company, of which company the de- ceased gentleman had been a director for 25 yeajSK Mr. J. Allington Hughes, and others. WELCOME TO MR. FITZHUGH.-On Mon- day evening the members of the Bersham Parish Council visited Plas Power Hall, near Wrexham, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Godfrey FitzHugh with an address of welcome on taking up his residence in the district. The Chairman of the Council (Mr. Thomas Roberts), in making the (presentation, referred' to the gift by Mr. FitzHugh of a piece of land for a recreation ground for the village, and also to the offer by Mr. Otr- negie of the sum of £ 1,500 for the purpose- of pro- viding a free library. The members of the Coun- cil, he said. intended to strive to make the parish a model one. and trusted that the powerful aid of Mr. FitzHugh would always be available to assist them to bring this about.—Mr. FitzHugh thanked the councillors for their hearty welcome, and stated that he desired to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and worthily fulfil the duties of his responsible position.
I- 0,-I IFKODSHAM.I
I 0,- I I FKODSHAM. I (See also page 7.) CONCERT AND CONJURING ENTER- TAINMENT.—On Wednesday night, in the Drill Hall, Frodsham, Mr. R. Lascelles, of Norlev Bank. gave a clever conjuring entertainment to the mothers' meeting.
I FLINT.I
I FLINT. I (See also page 7.) RESIGNATION OF A TOWN COUNCILLOR —Mr. Benjamin Roberts,, having been appointed by the Health Committee as foreman over the Corporation workmen, has sent in his resignation as a member of the Council. Mr. W. F. Jones. who was defeated at the last election, has an- nounced his intention of becoming a candidate for the seat. PUBLICANS AND SUNDAY DRINKING.— At the Holywell monthly sessions, on Tuesday, three Flint young men named Doyle, Shoa and Pritchard, were summoned by the police for ob- taining liquor at the Railway Inn, Bagillt, on Sunday, December 27, by falsely representing themselves to be bona-fide travellers.—Supt. Jones said a number of Flint men made it a practice to go to Bagillt on Sundays to get drink. He was in a position to say that these men were well known at this house; and if men took the responsibility which should be placed on the publican, he would ask the Bench to inflict upon these men such a penalty as would deter them from taking such responsibility off the publican's shoulders. They were well known at this house, though they thought it convenient to shelter the publican.— The Bench fined Shea and Pritchard (who gave wrong names to the police) J31 and costs each, and Doyle (who is a soldier) 5s. and costs.
BUCKLEY
BUCKLEY (See also parlc 7.) RECTOR'S HOSPITALITY-On Monday evening thp, Rev. Canon Harry Drew, M.A., enter- tained the members of the St. Matthew's Company of Bellringers to dinner at the Vicarage. The remainder of the evening was spent by playing games of various kinds. On Wednesday evening the members of St. Matthew's choir, together with the curates (the Revs..J. Compton and Southam) and churchwardens (Messrs. T. Jones and Edwin Peers) were similarly entertained, and most enjoy- able evenings were spent by Iffith parties.
I NESTON.
I NESTON. (See also page 7. J WESl^E"KAN SUNDAY SCHOOLS.—The annual treat and distribution of prizes to the scholars attending the Neston Weslevan Sunday Schools took place on Thursday evening. After a capital tea, at which the teachers and members of the congregation presided, the Rev. Percy J. Grubb formally presented the prizes, as follows:— Mr. Tranter's class: 1st prize. Polly Peers: 2nd, R. Mitchell. Miss Whitehead's class: 1st, Florry Taylor; 2nd Bessie Middleton. Miss Elsie White- head's class: 1st, Lily Smith; 2nd. Lily Coventry. Miss L. Peers's class: 1st, Kitty Williams; 2nd. Lizzie Anvon. Miss E. Tranter's class: 1st. Maud Taylor; 2nd, Gladys Meadows. Mr. Coventry's class: 1, Fred Medcalf; 2. Harold Peers. Mr. Anyon's class: 1st. Albert Medcalf; 2nd, Harry Coventry. Mr. J. Piatt's class: 1st, Wilfred Jones. Miss Louie Peers's class: 1st. Charley Povev; 2nd, Albert Tilley. At the close of the prize distribu- tion Mr. Grubb, on behalf of the choir and con- gregation. presented Miss Minnie Platt. tho honorary organist, with a handsome Organ Voluntary Book, and referred to the valuable ser- vices she had so ungrudgingly rendered during the past year by presiding so regularly at the organ, and by acting as accompanist on many special occasions. Miss Platt, who was heartily applauded, briefly acknowledged the compliment and accompanying gifts. The following pro- gramme was afterwards rendered. Miss Platt acting as accompanist, while the children delighted the audience by the clever manner in which they rendered the various items :-Pianoforte solo. Miss Platt: chorus. Bo-l"eep," the Children; recita- tion, "Little Orphan Annie," Marv Williams; song, "I want my Mammie," Miss C. Tranter- recitation. "Baby Land." Doris Bell: march and National song, Girls and Boys song, Little maid and her boyinct," Miss K. Williams: pianoforte solo, Miss D. Higgms: song, "A drummer bov fers: rT^tlon' "Rock-a-bve Boat," IT '1^b clu l^r lalofue' "A B ? Ferric Taylor.Agnes GnfHth. Mary Jones and Bessie Middleton; son?' "Flight of Ages." Miss Muriel Jones; dialogue. "Bad Manners." Miss Lilv Smith and Betsv Jones, recitation. "Bobbie's Questions," Master George Jackson: song, "When first I left mv early home," Edgar Small: "God Save the Kinsr. PRIZE DISTRIBUTIOiN.-Tlic, annual distri- bution of the Sunday school prizes at the Neston Presbyterian: Church Sunday School took place on Wednesday evening, in the presence of a laxgo gathering. Colonel Lloyd, superintendent of the Sunday school, presided, and the following pro- gramme was cleverly rendered by the juveniles, Miss Maggie Niven efficiently acting as accom- panist: -Hymn, "All things bright and beauti- ful, little ones;, recitation, "Little Boy Blue" Cissie Leonard; action song, "Little Scholaxs," little girls; recitation, "City Cries." L. Birch, A. Butcher,, A.. Wattie. D. Thelwell, L. Swift; pianoforc solo, "Snowdrop Polka," Florrie Hough; recitafo'On. "Going to Market." Ruth 'Trh? elwel?l. se?./?OM Folks at Home," bix girls fllau"u, Ida Champion song I dout want ta play in your yard." M. Butcher A. Ander-,m, M Niven; recitation. "Lost Do? Gwnnie The!weU; recitation, "Three Mice '?'??? conjuringr. Prof. Chris; recitation, "The rCu hi-lKd/ren s Hour." Beiia Wattic; song, "Th? Boys m Navy Blue," the boys; song, -I love the merry sunshine," big girls; recitation, "Truth in parenthesis," Nora Walsh; song, "The Dust- man, girls. During the interval Mrs. Niven dis- tributed the prizes. In addition to the hand- some volumes of books which are given as prizes, the school last, year adopted the American system of giving solid silver and gold stars as rewards of special merit, and this has been found to work so well on being put to the test of experience that it is being continued. As a proof that these induce- ments have worked well in practice it may be men- tioned that whereas five received the silver star for being never absent or late during the preceding year, this year no fewer than eighteen had gained the coveted badge, and will have their names em- blazoned on tho illuminated roll of honour which adorns the schoolroom. The eighteen recipients were as ionowsleaeher of class, Miss Norman, West View-Alice Anderson, Lily Swift, and Martha Meadows Teacher. Miss McColl-Dora Tlielwell, Agnes Leonard. Teacher, Miss Thom- son-Florrie Meadows, Catherine Meadows and be a Wattie. Teacher, Miss Birch—Ruth Thel- well, Gweneth Thelwell and B. Williams. Bible class, John Wattie, sole winner. Teacher, Col. Lloyd-Aleck Wattie, T. Clirimes and Allan Birch Teacher, Miss Smith. High-street-James Wattie Teacher, Miss Nivell-Nelli Wattle. Muoh in- terest centred in the winners of prizes for correct answers to Bible questions given out Sunday bv Sunday. Miss Martha Meadows (Parkgate-road) came in an easy winner with 49j points out of a possible 52. The Misses Gertie Champion, Ida Champion, Nora Walsb and Louie Walsh had th- creditable total of 47 each, or four points in ad vance of the next nearest competitors. It should be mentioned that tho gold star is given only for very special merit. The only young lady who has yet received it won it last year, with seven years' unbroken attendances. As time goes on, however, it is hoped that some of the silver stars will secure the more precious decoration. It will bo noticed that no less than five stars were on this occasion awarded to the members of one family, a circum- stance that is perhaps as creditable to the parents as to the children, particularly as in this instance the family resides nearly two miles away from the school. At. the close a cordial vote of thank- was passed to the popular cha.irman.