Cheshire Observer

ALLEGED POACHING AFFRAY. On Saturday, at Northwich, three Cheshire poachers, John Maddock, John Drinkwater, and Frederick Walton, were charged in custody with assaulting Sergeant Griffiths and Constable Bithell. The officers stated that at 11-30 o'clock on Friday night they were attacked near Cuddington Station by a gang of poachers. The men were armed with pick shafts, bludgeons, &c., and had poaching nets. A wound was inflicted on Bithell's head. Griffiths was struck on the back and arms, his dog keeping the poachers off. Prisoners were remanded to Over sessions. NEWTOWN PROPERTY SOLD.-On Saturday, Messrs. Cunnah and Roberts offered for 811.10 by auction, at the Blossoms Hotel, Chester, several lots of freehold property at Newtown, Chester. There was a good attendance, and bidding was brisk. Lot 1, a dwelling-house. No. 5, J aines s-street, Newtown, was eold t. Mr. R. H. Lanceley at JE172 10s. Lot 2, the dwelling-house, No. 7, St. James's-street, was purchased by Mr. James Davies for £170. Lot 3, tho dwelling-house, No. 9, St. Jamos's- strect, was sold to Mr. James Davies at £ 170. Messrs. Bridgman, Weaver and Wild were the solicitors to the vendors. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT CHESTER- At the City Police Court on Saturday morning, before Messrs R L. Barker and J. J. Cunnah, a middle- aged woman named Kate Jones, shopkeeper, residing at 41), Upper Northgate-street, was charged with attempted suicide.—The Chief Constable (Mr. J. H. Laybourne) said prisoner obtained a bottle of carbolic acid the previous night on the repre- sentation that it was for the purpose of cleaning a drain. An officer was summoned to the house at night, and ascertained that she had threatened to commit suicide. Her mouth was inflamed, though she must have taken very little of the poison. It appeared that prisoner, who lived alone, had recently been veiy depressed in consequence ef family troubles.- On her sister promising the magistrates to take care of her and keep her under surveillance prisoner was discharged. TABLE CRICKET.—Dr. W. G. Grace appears to have succeeded where others have failed in adapting cricket to indoor play. On Friday, at \\isden s show-rooms, an exhibition was given by him, his son, Mr. C. H. Grace, and Mr. G. W. Beldam, among others, of "Cricket, a game for the table. By means of a spring and a slide, the bowler, after a little practice, can vary his pace and length with considerable accuracy, with the result that the batsman has to develop considerable skill to keep the ball off his wicket. Small nets are placed in the positions usually adopted by fielders at the real game, and if the ball lodges therein, the batsman is given out. Posts are arranged round the field of play, and their position defines the score of each stroke. (The above articles appeared in our last Saturday Evening Edition.)

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I AGRICULTURE. I » I DEEPENING AUTUMN. The progress of autumn is being slowly but surely indicated by the rapidly waning daylight, and the departing weeks just now mark but little change in the situation on the farm and farm work. The late mild and pleasant weather has given place to cold and damp, and we are gradually passing into the dark and drearv, if we are to trust barometrical indications, which have been excessively low even for the season during the last fortnight. Thus fore- warned, farmers have been making the best of their time in securing their excellent mangold crops, which are now practically all under cover in the clamps in this district, and attention is being directed to the swedes. The great bulk of potatoes, too, have been raised and are in the bury, and it needs but a little more of dry surface to complete wheat sowing and to make matters square for the coming winter. The continuance of mild weather, and the consequently free state of the pastures, has enabled horses and stock to be kept out late and although herbage, particularly in placeoi. is assuming an autumnal appearance and texture, there is yet a good deal of grass about, to the manifest advantage of both stock and owners. While, however, we are hugging ourselves with more or less satisfaction at results in these latitudes it will scarcely come as a matter of surprise, considering the season we have been experiencing, to learn that they are still struggling with harvest in the far north. It is stated that harvast is only just now commencing in the Shetland Islands, and, to come nearer home, we learn that fields of beans are still standing out in Yorkshire. Owing to the deficiency of sunshine and consequent low temperatures the seed harvest has been very disappointing. Peas and beans are conspicuous in the list of the suffering crops, and English clover is lamentably deficient. In some parts of the country the recent rains have interfered considerably with ploughing and breaking up the stubbles and the consequent clea.nsing of the land but on the whole fair progress has been made in the Cheshire district in this direction, which, with I threshing at favourable intervals, will claim the spare labour of the farm for some time to come. I THE PRICE OF BEEF. I According to the latest reports from the, other side of the Atlantic, there is a probability of a re- duction in the price of meat. Mr. Wilson, the Secretary for Agriculture in the United States, prodicts that the price of beef there will, before l December, havp to be reduced from the extraor- I dinary rates lately current to more normal prices. Maize-fed cattle, he says, have begun to appear in the marketa of the West, and they will increase in number every week. Retail prices, he adds, have j already fallen considerably in the Western towns, and will shortly drop in the East. And so by natural process of cause and effect we may hope to see a return to something like the old prices in .1 this country. Others, however, are not so sanguine. ) We are n caring Christmas, indeed the beef season J M already well upon us, and the demand at! pres&nt and for some time to come is likely to keep I pace ;vith, if it ds not exceed, the supply. Then again, the failure in the consignments of mutton I from Australia, by reason of the great droughts, j is another factor to be taken into the account in its effects on the British markets. RESUMPTION WITH ARGENTINA. I 1 ho r loid states that. the latest reports from South America point to the early arrangement of a proper understanding on the cattle importation question between the Republic and this country. The authorities at Buenos Ayres are at last recog- nising the true import and fairness of the con- ditions insisted upon by the British Board of Agri- culture, and from this point to the resumption of the suspended traffio is but a short step. CAPITAL PRICES FOR PIGS. borne oxcelleat prices were realised at a recent sale of pigs, the property of Mr. A. Hiscock, of Motcombe Manor, Dorse.t. The highest figure was 61gs., given by the Hon. Claude Portman for Manor Perfection. Mr. Portman's own sow Ethel, which was included in the sale, fetched 50gs. from an American buyer. Seventy Berkshires averaged JE12 9s. 4d., and fifty-two large whites JE8 3s. 6d., the grand total of 122 head of all kinds realising the exceptional average of £10 12s. each.

CHESTER FARMERS CLUB. SELECTION OF A HORSE. THE EDUCATION BILL. MR. CHAPLIN'S APPEAL. A largely attended meeting of the Chester Far- mers' Club was held on Saturday, at the Hope-pole Hotel, Chester, Mr. Wm. Allen prosidi-ii.A deputation, consisting 0f the president (Mr. Allen), Mr. J. T. Pickering and Mr. RobL Jones (Lcd- shain), reported that they had waited upon the Duke of Westminster's agent with reference to the hiring of his Grace's entire etallion, Phenomenon 111., as the club horse for the next season.—It was decided almost unanimously to engage the horse for the next season. Phenomenon III. is a. bay shire stallion, four years old, sired by Seldom Seen; dam, Pratt's Violet. The club is to be congratulated upon having secured this valu- able stallion. It is interesting and pleasing to recall that he was bred by an ex-president and a prominent mamber of the club. Since the meeting the secretary (Mr. A. P. Smith) has received a telegram from the Right Hon. Hy. Caaplin, M.P., formerly Minister ot Agriculture, as follows: — j "I have.an amendment to clause 13 of the Educa- tion Bill, limiting burdan to be imposed on the rates to one-fourth of the total expenses of the Council; but it is not the first amendment. The Government have announced their intention to move, on Tuesday, a resolution to guillotine the rc lause on Wednesday night. If this is done, there will be a danger that the amendment cannot be! moved. This will destroy the only chance for, agriculture to protest against the increased bur- 1, den. Please use what influence your Chamber can in the House to support me in resisting the premature closure of this amendment"

THE BOARD OF AGRICULURE. IMPROVING THE MACHINERY. Speaking at a meeting of the Cartridge Chamber of Agriculture on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Hanbury said that farmers throughout the country should be taught that the Board of Agri- culture was not a mere London office, but a living reality. Agriculture generally was indebted to the University of Cambridge for taking the inter- ost it had in agricultural education, but he was afraid that in some of the more local colleges the education was beyond the reach of the ordinary farmer, and that the fees would have to come down. Farmers must be. thoroughly up-to-date if they were to hold their own against foreign competition. It would be found, generally speaking, that where foreigners beat us was in the closest attention to tho smallest details. Again, the foreigner made the greatest use of the waste products, and this in some cases compensated him for an actual loss on the sale of the prime article, such as American meat. Mr. Hanbury also urged the utility of co- oporation among producers. Proceeding, he said it would not do to indulge in generalities with re- gard to agriculture, but he must know the varying wants of varying districts. For this purpose he proposed to appoint correspondents of a semi- official position to keep the Board acquainted with the actual wants of the farmers in their respective localities. Having dealt with 'the meat supply from the Argentine, Mr. Hanbury said he wished to keep agriculture clear of politics, and said he should endeavour to obtain further funds from the Treasury to improve the machinery of his Board. That machinery had been specially provided for the farmer to make use of-in fact the Board of Agriculture was made for the farmer and not the farmer for it.

POISONING CATTLE IN CHESHIRE REWARD OF £ 100. _A few weeks ago a number of valuable cattle belongink to Mr. B. Steele, farmer, Sutton, died in a mysterious way, and it was afterwards discovered that the animals had died from arsenical poisoning. The police have up to the present been unable to find out the parties guilty of the outrage, and the Chief Constable of Cheshire, Colonel Hamersley, has just offered a reward of 9100 for information that will load to the conviction of the offenders. ■

ELEVEN YEARS OF ANAMIA! SWOONED AFTER A SHORT WALK.. NOW SHE WALKS TEN MILES EASILY. BILE BEANS CAUSE THE DIFFERENCE. Anaemia is easily summoid up. It means blood- < lessness. The blood is the life. If you've only I half-supply of blood, you've only half-supply of life and energy. If you pant and get breathless by going upstairs if your lips and gums are pale, an d if you if you've got headache every other day, and if you [ feel to have "no strength to crawl," depend upon it you've got anaemia. "For eleven years I suffered with anssmia, and had an awful time," says Miss Ellen Cooke, a domestic servant of Inwood's Cottages, Woburn Sands. "The weakness caused by anaemia led to other ills. All my colour went. I was weak, out of breath with the least exertion, and at times felt almost lifeless. Then I began to have acute indi- gestion. The pain after even light food was ter- rible. With the least exertion I had palpitation, which made me afraid of over-taxing myself in the least. As far as I dared I continued to attend to my duties; and the result was I became utterly prostrated and had to remain lying down and perfectly quiet until I could recover. On one occasion I set out to reach a place five minutes' walk away, but I was so very weak that I swooned before I got there and had to be taken home. For six woaks I was too weak to live on anything but milk food. My father very strongly advised me to give Bile Beans a trial, and I consented. "Well, I had not been taking the beans more than a few days before I felt that I was benefiting. My appetite improved day by day; and the food was digested without giving me any trouble such as I used to have. "Thanks entirely to Chas. Forde's Bile Beans, I am now thoroughly recovered. I have neither the sickly look or feeling I had before; an d my appe- tite is quite satisfactory. Anaemia, palpitation and ) chronic indigestion are complete strangers to me; and I never experience the 'fagged' fee!ing I used to do. Only the other day I walked ten miles; and neither then nor since have I experienced the least discomfort or sign of weariness." Miss Cooke's parents fully bore out her state- ments. Morel conclusive testimony to the wonderful powers of Chas. Forde's Bile Beans for Biliousness could not be desired. They have earned for them- selves the enviable reputation of being the "World's greatest Specific" for antemia in its ) worst forms, chronic indigestion, palpitation, ulcer- ated stomach, and debility; while they are also unsurpassed for headache, dizziness, pains in the chest, side, and back, constipation, piles, colds, chills, rheumatism, liver and kidney disorders, female ailments, nausea and fulness after meals. All chemists stock Bile Beans, or they may be ob- tained post free from the Bile Bean Manufacturing Co., Red Cross-street, London, E.C., for prices Is. lid. or 2s. 9d. (2s. 9d. box contains 3 times Is. lid.).

I FRUIT AND CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. I A SUCCESSFUL. AFFAIR. I The fourteenth annual exhibition of fruit and chrysanthemums, under the auspices of the Chester Paxton Society, was opened in the Town Hall on Wednesday, and proved an undoubted success. There was an exquisite display of chrysanthemums, and the Assembly Room pre- sented a strikingly pretty appearance. In spite of the wet and -sunless season, the entries for fruit, although slightly less than last year, were quite up to the average, and it was an agreeable surprise to find the quality of such a high standard. What little falling off there was in the fruit classes is accounted for by the fact that, owing to the large increase of local entries in late years no prizes were offered for nurserymen's exhibits, and the exhibition was consequently short of tho collections which have been pre- viously sent from Herefordshire. In the chrysanthemum classes there were large entries of both plants and cut blooms. As usual, the groups of chrysanthemums formed the principal feature of the exhibition, and this year witnessed a now departure in the establishment of a class for the single varieties, which are fast becoming very popular and are considered by many to be more decorative than the large incurved and Japanese blooms which have been so much in. evidence in the past. To encourage cultivation of the single varieties, Captain Macgillycuddy, Bache Hall, offered for competition a handsome silver challenge cup, together with £ 5 in prizes, and by a happy coincidence the trophy was carried off by the donor's own gardener, Mr. E. Stubbs. This exhibit not only displayed a fine quality of bloom, but the group was arranged with pleasing and artistic effect. The second prize went to Mrs. Townsend Ince, Christleton Hall (gardener, Mr. Thomas Weaver). Tho arrangement of this group was exceedingly taste- ful, the colours being beautifully blended, but the exhibit suffered by the blooms not being sufficiently expanded. In the large bloom class, in which the entries numbered only three this year, the premier honours fell to Mr. T. Gibbons Frost (gardener, Mr. Gilbert), who staged one of the most magnificent collections ever seen at a Paxton } Society's show. The judges praised the high quality of the blooms, which were very large, and the arrangement was very effective. Dr. Lawrence, County Asylum (gardener, Mr. Ellis), secured second prize with a very creditable group. The arrangement had been well carried out, but the Sowers lacked the 'site and substance of the firt prize group. Third '?Yize ?vas gained by Mr. E. Dixon, Littleton .all (per Mr. J. Dutton, gardener), and had this group beau a little more massive in appearance, the awardy of | second and third prizes might have been [ reversed. In the classes for separate plants some exceedingly pretty exhibits were noticed. The six single varieties staged by Mr. G. W. Hayes, Hool& Bank (per Mr. Wm. Edge), were remark- ably well grown, and easily carried off first honours. The exhibit belonging to Mr. T. Gibbons Frost, which won second prize, also con- 6isted of very nice plants, but the blooms wore not so well expanded. In the class for Japanese or incurved varieties, Mr. Gibbons Frost took first prize with six exceptionally well-furnished plants, Mr. G. W. Hayes being awarded second and Captain Maogillycuddy third. In the amateurs' class for Japanese or incurved varieties there was only one entry forthcoming, viz., that of Mr. J. C. Thornton, Upton Heath, and as the blooms were not all expanded, the judges withheld the first and awarded it second prize. A new class for eighteen cut blooms produced a magnificent display of large and handsome blooms, and first prize was easily carried off by Sir Gocrge Meyrick, Bart., Anglesey (gardener, Mr. W. Pilgrim), while the second went to a new exhibitor in the person of Mr. W. E. Whinneray, Leighton Court Ne3tDn (per Mr. Thomas Jennion, gardener). The single varieties of cut blooms were largely represented, first prize going to Mr. J. Mossiord, Tattenhall (gardener, Mr. J. Breen). There were also strong entries in the class for naturally grown trusses, and first pnd seoond prizes were won respectively by Mrs.' Townsend Ince and Mr. C. Threlfall, Tarporlcy. The class for tho flv. best Japanese blooms brought out a good array of competitors, but premier honours were easily taken by Mr. E. Dixon, who was followed by Mr. George Dutton (Curvon House) and Mrs. Townsend Ince, to whom the judges awarded second and third prizes. In the class for nine Japanese blooms, the Hon. Mrs. Kenyon (Macefen) took first prize with a magnificent group of blooms of various shades of colour. Mrs. Okeil (Littleton) was second with an ex- cellent group, but the blooms were all of one colour. One of the most pleasing features of the exhibition was the table decoration, no fewer than ten ladies entering the competition. The judges had some difficulty in making their awards, but after carefully noting the various points, the first prize was unanimously awarded to Mrs. Okell, Littleton. The colours introduced by that lady were almost perfect, pink begonias, white chrysanthemums, and variegated grasses blending very effectively, the ground work being made up of green silk. The second prize was gained by Mrs. Welsby, Curzon Park, who on previous occasions has taken first prize. On the present occasion this lady 'shewed great taste in her colours, which were mainly pale and bronze yellow, and her arrangement was most artistic. The third position was given to Miss Nora Smith, of Pulford. The ornaments she employed ut the ends of the table were somewhat too heavy, other-wise the arrange- ment of the flowers was cleverly done, and pro- duced a pleasing effect. The fourth position was secured by Mrs. Macgillycuddy. The judges ex- pressed themselves as being exceptionally well pleased with the taste displayed in the blending of the colours, and had it not happened that the flowers were somewhat too dense, this table would have been higher up in the prize list. The exhibit of Mrs. Dimond Hogg, of Saltney Vicarage, was awarded a highly commended card. The flowers utilised here were of blue and green colours, and although they looked very pretty, they lacked the brightness of several of the other tables. Mrs. F. Brown, Cambrian View, was highly commended for an exhibit the prevailing colours of which were white and purple, while Miss Mabel Dickson, of Mayfield, came next in order of merit with a commended card. Mrs. Pringle, Mrs. Breen, of Tattenhall, and Miss Beresford Adams were also exhibitors in this class. FRUIT. In the fruit department, the class for 24 distinct varieties of apples included some very handsome dishes, and the competition was ex- ceedingly close. Mr. John Lee, of Higher Bebington, was eventually awarded first honours, the second prize going to Mr. R. R. Salmon, of Rowton, and the third to the Rev. L. Garnett. The class for 12 distinct varieties of kitchen apples also produced some fine fruit. The first place was awarded to an old and successful com- petitor in the person of Sir Charles McLaren, Bodnant Hall, Denbighshire, per Mr. J. Saunder- son. Mrs. Townsend Ince, Christleton Hall (per Mr. Weaver), was given the second prize, while Mr. Thomas Day was a close competitor in the third position. In the class for six distinct dishes of kitchen apples, the first prize was deservedly taken by Mr. R. T. Richardson, Capenhurst Hall (per Mr. John Jackson), Mrs. Rolt, Christleton. being second with six excellent dishes, and Miss Humberston, Newton Hall (per Mr. Wakefield), third with a creditable entry. Peasgood's Nonsuch invariably prove the most attractive fruit in the single dishes of apples, and on this occasion those staged by Mr. Thomas Day, Rowton, proved no exception to the rule, easily carrying off the first pfize. Mr. Saunderson took the second award with six pretty fruits, which were somewhat lacking in size, and Mr. John Lee, Bebington, was third. The principal prizo- winners in the other classes in this department were Miss Humberston, Mrs. Rolt, Mr. John M. Frost, Mr. G. W. Smith (Tarporley), Mr. J. Jefferson (Peel Hall), and Mr. George Faulkner (Rowton), etc. There was a new section this year for cottagers whose rental does not exceed £ 10, and although the entries were not large, they were sufficiently encouraging for the society to continue the section another year. The chief I prize-winners were Mr. John Caldecott, Little- ton Mr. Thomas Povey, Guilden Sutton; Mr. D. Large, Littleton; Mr. B. Walker, Rowton; and Mr. T. Thompson, Pulford. There was an excellent display of pears. "Doyenne du Cornice," staged by Sir George Meyrick, was an exception- ally attractive variety, and gained a first prize. The Rev. L. Garnett took the second card with some nice fruit, which somewhat lacked the finish of that from Anglesey, while Mr. John Thomp- son, Netherleigh House, was third with an entry that in point of quality was very little behind that of Mr. Garnett's. In the other classes, Captain Macgillycuddy, Mrs. Ambrose Dixon, Mr. John Frost, and Mr. Joseph Wrench (Tarporley) were among the principal exhibitors. In the depart- ment open to gardeners and farmers who are not eligible to compete in the other sections, prizes were taken by Mr. F. L. Rawlins, Rhyl; Mr. John Wynne, Mr. G. Faulkner, and Mr. G. W. Smith. Some luscious-looking grapes were exhibited. In the class for black grapes Sir Charles McLaren gained the first prize, Mr. E. Dixon the second, and Sir George Meyrick the tkird. while Lady Greenall and Captain MacGillvcuddy also exhibited. Mr. G. W. Hayes secured the first prize for white grapes, Sir George Meyrick the second, and Mr. T. Rich- mond, Newton House, the third. Lady Greenall also exhibited. The society has always offered liberal prizes for bottled fruit, and at this exhibition the competition for the best twelve bottles brought out three competitors, whose exhibits were most meritorious. The premier honours fell to Mr. Amos Walker, Mr. J. Weaver was second and Mr. J. Campbell (Willington) third. No one has done more to encourage 1 this feature of the show than the president (Mr. John Weaver), and he l staged an excellent honorary exhibit of 30 bottles, chiefly composed of apricots, rasp- berries, red currants, plums, black currants, damsons, mulberries, etc. As usual, Messrs. Dicksons' honorary exhibit occupied the lower end of the room, and was quite unique in its way. There were exceptionally attractive floral designs of a harp and an anchor, with a bridal bouquet, Messrs. McHattie and Co. staged an interesting exhibit of apples, pears, tomatoes, and foliage and flower plants, and Mr. F. W. Dutton, Queen's Park Nurseries, staged a pretty exhibit, which included a cross, anchor, a bridal bouquet, lilies of the valley, sweet scented violets, etc. A unique display of apples, bananas, oranges and grape fruit was exhibited by Messrs. J. Little and Son, Eastgate Row, who kindly obtained the collection from Sir A. L. Jones, of Liverpool. Sir A. L. Jones, as is well known, takes a great interest in the display of colonial fruit, and this exhibit, which was composed entirely of colonial fruit, was examined with much curiosity. Experts spoke highly of its appearance. The fruit pos- sessed a brilliancy of colour which is hardly obtainable in this OOUIItry. Last, but not least, we oome to the magnificent display of fruit and flowers sent by Mr. Barnes, 'head gardener to the Duke of Westminster. It included apples, pears and grapes, with a striking variety of cut flowers, the whole effect being of a most pleasing oharaoter. The colouring and marking of many of the apples were especially fine. The display eloquently testified to Mr. Barnes's ability as a gardener, and it was not surprising that the judges unanimously awarded Mr. Barnes the gold medal. Mr. John Taylor sent fine specimens of arbutus in flower and fruit, which had been grown in the open at Coiwyn Bay. The shrub will not bear fruit or flower in Oneshire. The judges were as follow:- Chrysanthemums, grapes and table decorations, Mr. Doe (head gardener to the Earl of Derby, Knowsley Park), and Mr. Flack (head gardener to the Marquis of Cholmondeley; gardeners' section for fruit, Mr. Severn (gardener to Katharine Duchess of Westminster, Combermere Abbey), and Mr. John Taylor, late of Hoole Hall and now of Coiwyn Bay; remaining sections for fruit, the Rev. L. Garnett, and Mr. Ford (gar- dener to Mr. B. Glegg, Backford). The arrange- ment; were admirably carried out by the executive committee, with the able assistance of the enthu- slastie, honorary secretary (Mr. G. P. Miln). I I THE LUNCHEON. The lunoheon was served at the Blossoms Hotel, j where the judges, ofifcers and committee were i catered for in good style. The chair was occu- p;ed by Mr. Weaver, president of the society. The Chairman gave the usual loyal toasts, which were duly honoured. In proposing "The Judges," the President said the gentlemen who had made the awards were well known for their distinct impartiality, and from what he had seen he thought their decisions would give general satisfaction. He did not think their task had been quite so difficult in some departments as in previous years, but he thought in other respects it had been on similar j lines to what had been experienced at previous shows. The Rev. L. Garnett, in responding, said with regard to the exhibits of apples and pears, the show was inferior to those 01 past years, and that was only natural considering the curious season they had gone through. In regard to this de- partment, he would, if he might venture to do so, plead for a certain continuity in the schedule with regard to certain varieties. The Paxton Society was an educational society, and he would recommend them to draft their schedule on those lines. At present an exhibitor, guided by their schedule, might be induced to grow a certain variety of fruit, and two or three years after- wards, when his tree was in bearing, he found this variety had been dropped from the schedule. The variety known as Warner's King, he pointed out, was so well known that it should have its own class, and thereby clear the any variety class of its overwhelming presence. (Applause.) Mr. Flack also responded. He thought the Paxton Society, having regard to the season, had every reason to congratulate itself upon the show to-day. The chrysanthemums were quite a. surprise to everyone for excellence. The groups were very fine classes, and the single varieties were an acquisition to their show. (Applause.) Mr. Siddall gave The Successful Competitors," and Mr. Wakefield responded. I the Uhairiiian proposed the health of Mr. Miln, the secretary. They all knew that if they had not a good man at the helm everything soon went wrong. If they had not had Mr. Miln at the helm they would have been on the rocks this year. (Applause.) The toast was drunk with much cordiality. Mr. Miln said his work in connection with the society had always been a labour of love, but without a very able and very willing executive the secretary's work could not be carried cut as it had been. None of them had any idea of the amount of time and labour some members of the committee gave to the interests of the society, by 1 securing new members, subscriptions and ihwlike. Their only difficulty was in getting a hall big enough for their exhibition. They had been obliged to exclude the nurserymen's class for j that reason. Until they got a larger room they seemed to have reached their limit. (Applause.) I THE OPENING CEREMONY. I MR. YERBURGH ON CO-OPERATION. The opening ceremony was performed by Mr. R. A. Yerburgh, M.P., who entered the hall escorting the Mayoress (Miss Roberts). The Mayor (Dr. Roberts), who presided, led on the platform Mrs. B. C. Roberts. Among others present were the Sheriff (Mr. H. Dcdd), Miss Roberts (Oakfield), Captain Macgillycuddy, Dr. Stolterfoth, Alderman J. J. Cunnah, Alderman Thomas Smith, Mr. George Barbour (Boles- worth), Drs. King and Lees, Mr. J. D. Siddall, Mr. W. Ferguson, the Rev. Harry and Mrs. Drew (Buckley), Mr. Jefferson (Peel Hall), Mr. and Mrs. T. Gibbons Frost, the Rev. L. Garnett, Judge Wynne Ffouikes, Major Bryan Johnson, Dr. Hamilton, Messrs. R. Newstead, J. Taylor, R. Wakefield, A. Armstrong, W. Denson, J. Rogers, A. E. Goodman, G. R. Griffith, J. P. Gamon, J. S. Dickson, J. W. Hincks, W. F. J. Shepheard, N. F. Barnes, W. Welsby, G. P. Miln (hon. secretary), etc. The Hon. Secretary read letters of apology from Colonel Wilford LLoyd, General Hallam Parr, the ex-Mayor, the Hon. C. T. Parker. Mr. B. C. Roberts, Alderman G. A. Dickson, Mr. J. W. Macfie, and the ex- Sheriff. The Mayor, who was received with apT.-Ia.use, said it was always expected that the newly-elected Mayor should make his first public appearance at the opening of that exhibition and be among the unclassified exhibits. (Laughter.) He hoped that the cornmencemeat of his year of office among such beautiful surroundings was a happy augury of the future. (Hear, hear.) Mayors were like plants; some were annual and some were nearly perennial. In Chester they followed the wise plan, as he considered it, of having an annually elected Mayor. He, as the Mayor for the ensuing year, would be very pleased to do anything in his power to enhance the success of that and other good causes in the city. (Hear, hear.) His chief interest had been in what the cottagers could produce. Fourteen years ago he went round the city with the late Alderman Charles Brown, who was then chairman of the Public Health Committee, and he (the speaker) remembered him, with all the fervency at his command, encouraging the cottagers to do all they could to cultivate what little ground they had. On going round the next year they were glad to see a marked improvement, and he (his worship), on visiting the same spots since, had found that the practice was still going on. Per- haps, owing to their dependence on the natural elements and the cold and sunless season there had been, the cottagers' exhibits at that show were rather fewer this year, but if there was any want of a little stimulus he should be glad to offer a prize for competition during his year of office, say of L2. (Applause.) He would go round and see how the work was going on but he would not take any part in the decision. They were pleased to see Mr. Yerburgh among them, looking so well and cheery after his long and arduous Parliamentary work, and he had "great pleasure in calling upon him to address them. and declare the exhibition open. (Applause.) Mr. Yerburgh, who was cordially received, in declaring the exhibition opon, said it did not re- quire much sacrifice on his part to exchange the heated and somewhat dusty atmosphere of the House of Commons for that charming exhibition. It was true that he passed last night a most inter- esting iwening in the House of Commons; he heard some excellent speeches, but one spcech he was sorry to miss came from one of the champions of gallant little Wales, who'had been displaying] such a conspicuous part in this Parliamentary con- test. That was not the first time he (Mr. Yerburgh) had occupied that post. for some years ago he dis- charged the same duty. So far as his memory served him, the exhibition he had the pleasure of seeing at that time was a very good one indeed, but it appeared to him there must be a distinct advance on what he saw then in what he saw now. Ha had been told by the honorary secre- tary that the progress of the society had been most satisfactory. They commenced with some 30 mem- bers 14 years ago, and now their members num- bered nearly 500. He thought that was a matter upon which the committee might well be congratu- lated. Although the Mayor had told them that owing to the unfavourable weather the exhibition in the oottagers' classes wa, not quite so good as had been hoped, still in other directions they had a show which ought to be to the satisfaction of everybody who was interested in the society. (Hear. hear.) The society were doing a. very ad- mirable work in enoouragmg. the growth of 7ruit: in teaching the manner in which the trees could best bo looked after, and tho way in which the natural enemies of those trees could be met. In passing, he should like to give his thanks to Mr. Newstead for having so kindly presented him with a copy of his admirable work on those insects of a certain character which were so injurious to our fruit trees. The society was doing a most ex- cellent work in arranging for the delivery of lec- tures in Cheshire and North Wales, and in having meetings during the winter evenings in which these different questions could be discussed. It was doing a great deal to improve the taste—and a very admirable taste it was-for growing flowers, and improve the prospects of the small holders, who could by tla, successful cultivation of fruit add something to their earnings at the end of the year. He was delighted to think that in the small holders who were undertaking this growing of fruit he saw a fertile field for the conduct of his experi- ments on co-operation. They knew perfectly well that the small grower of fruit in this country could not compete with the larger riva's he had to con- tend with unless he combined with his neighbours in grading the fruit properly and putting it on the market in an inviting condition. At Worcester, he recently witnessed an interesting exhibition of fruit, which was put forward by a small co- S-rv^irffv TVlA frnit. WHS VlM 1]tif 1111V frrOWTl VP\1-U,L\ "VY. _a_ol r" and perfectly graded—the very thing the buver I asked for. The small grower of fruit—it was he i their society was to a large extent. looking af_ ter by enabling him to make the best of bis produce- must co-operate with his neighbours to md his í produce on the market.. (Hear, hear.) He had great, pleasure in declaring the exhibition open. | (Applause.) Captain MacGillycuddy moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Yerburgh, who, he said, had taken the, trouble to come specially from LondoI-from a place where the flowers of rhetoric and eloquence I were in vogue—(laughter)—to open that exhi- bition. The speaker congratulated the members of tho Paxton Society upon the wonderful strides that most useful society had made. The Deputy-Mayor (Dr. Stolterfoth) seconded, remarking that he hoped some good would come of Mr. Yerburgh's very suggestive remarks on the, subject of co-operation. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Yerburgh, in reply, said it had given him great pleasure to be present, and particularly to be on the platform in company with Dr. Roberts. He was not on the same side in politics, but during j the whole time they had known one another they ) had been gradually advancing to a position of friendship, which he hoped might continue as long I as he was connected with Chester. (Applause.) Though it was a rule that the Mayor of Chester should be elected annually, he hoped no such rule would ever be applied to the position of their mem- ber of Parliament., (Laughter and applausa) On the motion of Mr. T. Gibbons Frost, seconded by Mr. J. D. Siddall, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the Mayor for presiding, and this brought the proceedings of the opening cere- mony to a close. Selections of music were played during the after- noon and evening, and on Thursday, when the exhibition was continued, by the Massa Brothers.

I DISTRICT COUNCILS. I NANTWICH RURAL. The monthly meeting was held on Saturday, Mr. C. B. Davies in the chair. I PROPOSED MAIN ROAD. Mr. J. H. Cocke, clerk to the Winsford Urban I Council, wrote asking if the Council would join his authority in an application to the County Council to make the road from Worleston Station to Winsford a main road. If the application was acceded to it would mean a continuous main road from Nantwich through Winsford to Northwich. It was stated that the length of the road would be about fcur miles.—The question was referred to the Highways Committee. CREWE'S NEW RIFLE RANGE. I A letter was read from the Coppenhall Parish Council with reference to the proposed rifle range on the Coppenhall Moss for the Crewe Engineer Volunteers. The Parish Council, in the absence of a plan, would not give a definite answer to the question whether they objected to the scheme, but they pointed out that the construction of a range east to west would interfere with too many fcot-passengers, and was altogether out of the question. The Minshull Vernon Parish Council wrote on the same subject, and were in favour of the adaption of the east to west scheme, as being much safer for the public than constructing the range from south to north. The committee ap- pointed at the last meeting to inspect the site reported that they were informed whichever site was selected all proper precautions to safeguard the public would be taken by the military authori- ties. It might fee necessary to divert one of the footpaths which crossed the Mess, but this would bo an advantage. Bye-laws with respect to the temporary stoppage of the footpath while shooting was going on could only be made by the Secretary of State for War with the consent of the District Council. The committee was of opinion that, accepting the principle upon which the range was to be constructed as being perfectly safe, so far as the land behind the targets was concerned, there was no reasonable objection to either site, but the alternative site was, if anything, the more desirable. They recommended the Council to offer no objection to the construction of the range on the alternative site, or on the original site if the alternative site could not be procured, and that they were prepared to approve any reasonable bye-laws which the War Office might frame.—Mr. Loring moved the adoption of the report.—Mr. Dyson seconded, and the proposition I was carried. 1 TYPHOID AT BUNBURY. J A CHALLENGE. I Mrs. Woolley wrote respecting the Council's request to clean cut a well at Bunbury and have the water analysed. She stated that the case of typhoid which had occurred at Bunbury had been attributed to the water supply, but she challenged the correctness of the diagnosis of the disease, stating that the patient, who was a visitor, had been suffering from Bright's disease. Four families were supplied from the same pump, and no cases of typhoid had occurred among them. She required more information before she went to the expense of carrying out the Council's request.—Dr. Turner (medical officer of health) observed that the case was certified by a qualified medical practitioner as being one of typhoid. He had every reason to believe that the case was really one of typhoid.—The Council decided that the request previously made to Mrs. Woolley should be adhered to. ELLESMERE PORT AND WHITBY. I A meeting of the Ellesmere Port and Whitby I ITrban District Council was held on Monday evening, at Ellesmere Port. Mr. W. Stockton presided, and there were also present the Revs. W. Bidlake and T. Kynaston, Messrs. J. Wynne, C. Whitridge, E. Williams, J. D. Dutton, W. Brockon, T. Jones, J. H. Lloyd, W. Worsey, J. W. Ellis, with the Clerk (Mr. D. Bunting), and the surveyor (Mr. J. W. Hudson).—A contribution order was received from the Wirral Joint Hospital Board for £91, to be paid on or before Dec. 9th. The Clerk explained the sum was equal to 2d. in the B rate. Only £ 08 had been provided for in the estimates. £ 21 of the Board's order was for arrears. The Clerk submitted a claim to be made against the County Council by the Ellesmere Port Council for the sum of P.11 Os. lid. He explained that since Dr. Kcnyon's appointment the Council had paid him jEo 8s. Gd., and half of that sum, £2 14s. 3d., would be returned by the County Council. The surveyor (Mr. Hudson) had been paid £ 1G 13s 4d., half of which sum, £ 8 6s 8d., they claimed from the County Council.— The claim was signed by the chairman. An application was jicceived from the Manchester Port Sanitary Authority for a contribution of Ril lis. lid. The Clerk of the Authority wrote that with reference to the precept issued by the Man- chester Authority on the Wirral Rural Council, he w s in ignorance at the time that the Ellesmere Port Authority had been carried put of the Wirral district.—The Clerk said he did'; not think the Council would be justified in paying the claim until they were included in the district by an order from the Local Government Bo.rd.-The clerk was instructed to reply to that effect. With reference to the wall which had been knocked down in Worcester-street, Messrs. Morris and Johnstone wrote that they were greatly sur- prised to receive the Council's denial of the responsi- bility. They had several witnesses to prove that the night-soil men knocked the wall down. They were making further enquiries. Mr. J. Lloyd called attention to the ditch at a sharp bend in the lane near Mr. T. Wilson's brickyard. He considered it dangerous. Two years ago lamp had been put there, but it was just as dangerous as before. He had filled up part of the ditch, and he thought it was now the Council's duty to do something.—Mr. Jones agreed that the ditch was dangerous. He objected at the time to having the lamp placed there. If the ditch at that coruei- was filled up they might do without the lamp. The Surveyor ought to do something.— Mr. W. Breckon said Mr. Lloyd had been filling up gutters, and it v.-as a pity that he should stop snort of the corner. He had been going along that road for 25 years, and had never heard of anyone's getting into the ditch. If they went by history, history said the ditch was certainly not dangerous. He was not im favour of piping the ditch, unless the lamp was removed, so as to save the ratepayers £ 3. He thought they might rely upon Mr. Lloyd's generosity to pipe the dangerous ditch for the good of the community, and if he lived long enough the Council might perhaps present him with a purse. (Laughter).—Mr. Lloyd My own horse had been in the ditch.—The Rev. W. Bidlake: For a drink, perhaps? (Laughter).—Mr. Lloyd: No, it was not for a drink.—Mr. Whitridge asked why Mr. Lloyd was stopping short of the corner.—Mr. Lloyd Because I think you ought to do something.—Mr. Whit- ridge But we don't want to do anything.—Mr. Breckon asked if Mr. Lloyd would give the Council the land—The Chairman said the ditch was included in Mr. Lloyd's land, and he (Mr. Lloyd) had recognised that fact because he had started to fill up the identical ditch for two-thirds of the distance along the road, and it was difficult to understand why he should stop short of the corner. —Mr. Lloyd said it would take from three to five hundred loads to fill it up. In the future somebody would have to do the work. Other councils were filling up ditches, and were piping them. He sup- posed it would cost from ?40 to kO. He bad done about two months' work in the ditch for nothing.— Mr. Jones moved that the Council provide the pipes, and that the lamp be taken away, and put at the end of the sub-way near the station. The distance from one end of the sub-way to the other was 200 vards, and it was a dark place.-Mr. was ?ked what ditch in Whitby-road would take from two to three hundred loads.—The Chair- man understood Mr. Lloyd had plenty of material to fill the ditch up with.—Mr. Lloyd Plenty but it has to be parted.—Mr. Dutton said he could not second the, resolution proposed by Mr. Jones, be- cause he wanted to take the lamp away. It was a very sharp curve, and he thought the lamp should remain.—The Rev. W. Bidlake moved an amend- ment that the ditch be filled up, and the lamp allowed to remain.—Mr. Dutton seconded.— Mr. Whitridge asked if the Council put pipes around the bend, would Mr. Lloyd do the other portion?—Mr. Lloyd: No, Mr. Chairman, I won't. He asked why should he put in another two or three hundred yards for the sake of 25 yards of pipes? He had already filled in 700 yards for nothing.—Mr. Breckon asked why Mr. Lloyd had 'I interfered with the ditch at all. He could have understood his filling it up at the dangerous part.— Mr. Whitridge moved that the Council leave things as they are. They were not going to gain anything. It was simply tiirowing money away. The ditch was not a dangerous one, and anything done in the shape of filling up ditches was to enhance the value of the land to the owners.—Mr. Breckon seconded. —The Chairman ruled that lr. Whitridge's motion was a direct negative, and therefore he must content himself with voting against it. It was decided to leave matters as they were by a. majority of one. FLINT RURAL. At the monthly meeting on Saturday, the chair- man (Mr. Rice J. Williams) presiding, the road surveyor was called to-account in connection with the working hours of men in the employment of the Council.—Mr. Conwy Bell (vice-chairman) remark- ing he knew a man who was entered upon the monthly time-sheet as having put in 24 days who had done nothing of the kind. As to the hours per day, it was state9 it was settled some time ago by day, B?,ird that tbQ men in their service should only be required to leave their homes at seven a.m., and that they should knock off work at an hour which would enable them to be back home by six p.m.— IThe Surveyor replied that so far as he was aware any of the men leaving their work before the proper time first asked his permission, and he tried to keep as accurate an account of their hours as possible. I! He undertook that in future he would exercise the strictest supervision in this matter.—The question of providing the sanitary inspector (Mr. George Bell) with assistance either by the granting of an allowance for carriage hire or by other means was again discussed, and after considerable discussion, and by five votes to three, it was decided to increase his salary from that date by j625. I MALPAS RURAL. HAUjWAY STATION IMPROVEMENTS. monthly meeting was held on Wednesday, ) in the Jubdee Hall, under the presidency of Mr. j E. Lang;ey. There were also present Messrs. ] ? Penk? Reeves. Morgan, Hough, Shone, Birch, J. |WTif. ParkM- (surveyor), T. T. Chubb (sanitary in- spector) and G. Richardson (clerk). At the commencement of the proceedings the j Chairman said they had all probably heard of the serious illness of one of their mørnbers-Mr. Geo. Lewis-and he was sure he was interpreting the wishes of all the members of that Board in ex- tending to him their deepest sympathy and ex- pressing the most earnest hope that be may soon bo restored to his usual health and strength.—The clerk was instructed to convey the sentiments of the meeting to Mr. Lewis. The Clerk stated that he had written to Mr. Davenport, asking his permission for the Nantwich Council s man to go over the stopcocks in Bicklev. —Mr. Davenport called the attention of the Council to some plumbing repairs to the water pipes there, which had been done in a most unsatisfactory manner, and warning the Council that a great waste of water may result from the employment of other than fully-qualified plumbers.—It was de- cided that some slips be sent to tho householders advising them to employ none but gcod men to do the neC(-5sary repairs to the service pipes. With reference to the nuisances on the Cholmon- dciev estate, which had be-en reported to the Council by the inspector, Mr. George Hopley wrote stating that the matters were either in the course of being set right or that they had in some cases been already done. As regarded the nuisance at Mr. Weaver's, some alterations and additions were in contemplation there, and a scheme for abating the nuisance was embodied in the plan.- The Local Government Board wrote to state that they had placed to their credit of the Council B184 13s. 3d. under the Agricultural Rates Act — A circular letter from the Yeovil Rural District Council, seeking the Council's co-operation in getting the. "Light. Locomotives on Highways Order of 1896" amended in several clauses, chieflv as regarded the reduction of the speed limit from 12 to 10 miles per hour, was read.—Mr. Morgan thought that as no vehicular traffic had had a greater monoply than the railways, they ought not to be too severe in their restrictions on road loco- motion, which was perhaps the means for their gaining more consideration both in the matter of I goods and passenger traffic than they had. To put a check to locomotion on the roads was to cut the ground from under their feet—The further dis- cussion of the matter was adjourned until the next meeting.—The Sanitary Inspector reported a case of diphtheria in Malpas. It had been imported from Liverpool. Due precautions had been taken, jI and the complaint had not spread. Mr. langley reported on the conference which was held at Crypt Chambers, Chester, on the pro- sod joint isolation hospital. The Tarvin and the Malpae representatives were quite unanimous, but trio: Tarporley Urban Council were no-l. quite so. Tho resolution was carried. As regarded the num- ber of beds, it had been suggested that one bed per 1,500 would be sufficient. There appeared to t>e three classes of infectious diseases to be dealt with. At any rate, there would be three beds for each case, and with male and female it would take at least 18 beds. The cost, Mr. Grant Bailey said, would be about £ 6,000, and the annual repayment of the interast would be of which sum the 3 8 0 of which sum the County Council would pay one-third. One point which had not been referred to was that they could borrow the money at i per cent, less than the County Council coulcL and that seemad to a strong point m favour of the scheme.—Mr. Hob- son said he had very great pleasure in moving] that the Council approve of the. action of their delegatee. They had done the best thing they could, as the question had been thrust upon them. They, as a joint body, would be more likely and able to spend the money more economically than the County Council would do.—Mr. Penk seconded. and the motion was carried.—The Chairman said that it was decided at the conference that the popu- lation should be the basis upon which the repre- sentation should be framed. In this way Tarpor- ley would have three, Malpas five, and Tarvia. thir- teen representatives.—It was decided that the chairman, the Rev. C. Wolley-Dod, Mr. T. L. M. Vernon, Mr. Morgan and the clerk (Mr. Richard- son) should attend as delegates at the forthcoming meeting. Mr. Morgan said the Parish Council had received a complaint from Mr. Parsons regarding the inadequate water supply to his house- It was found from the tests which had been applied that the main \which was one of the oldest), in Old Kali- street, required renewal.-A oommitteie—Messrs. Morgan, Penk and Reeves-was appointed to confer with a deputation from the Parish Council on the advisability of relaying the main.—The Clerk was instructed to procure a safe for the t books, etc., at a cost of J37 16s. 9d. I Mr. Morgan gave notice that. he should at the next meeting move the following resolution: — "That this meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Malpas request the Rural District Council of Malpas to adopt the Housing of the Working- classes Act, 1890. part three, and make application to the Cheshire County Council for a certificate to obtain a loan for the purpose of providing the needful housing accommodation of twelve cot- tacr eE The Chairman called attention to the very bad accommodation which was provided at the railway station for passengers. There was only a very I small waiting-room for ladies, while others had to I stand outsida or in the booking hall, which was generally crowded with parcels of a miscellaneous character, including butcher's moat, game, venison and other things, which ought not to b? there at all. On a wet day ladies who were alone bad not only to push past or thread their way j through this mass of parcels, but were forced into contact with people with wot ^farmfents, iq ordczf to j reach the booking stall. Across the tine, too/there was no proper accommodation. The platform had been raised, and those who were not over-active I had to go a long way round in order to cross over the line. It thus necessitated their going over early if they wished to catch their train, and they had to wait out in the cold, as there was no fire or comfortable accommodation for them. He had hoped that Mr. Wollay-Dod or someone with in- fluence had been present. He would suggest that they, as a public body, should pass a resolution calling the railway company's attention to the very bad accommodation at Malpas Station, and expressing a hopa that something might be done to improve the conditions for the benefit of the passengers. He thought it only right that they, as a representative public body, should give expres- sion to a very crying need.—Mr. Morgan said he had pleasure in moving the resolution suggested by the Chairman. He presumed that they had anticipated the large amount of passenger traffic when they de-signed the station. The other stations on the line were also very bad. The waiting-room was a positive disgrace.—Mr. Hob- son seoonded the resolution, and bore out the statements of the previous speakers. Not only had they bad accommodation, but they had also a bad train service, and he would like to see that remedied.—The re&olution was carried. remEd,ed.-T'.?e resolution was carried.

j TRADE OF NORTHWICH. A CLOUD OF DEPRESSION. I On Monday night a town's meeting was held at Northwich to consider the protection and develop- ment of the trade of the district. The Chairman of the Urban Council declared that a cloud of commercial depression rested on Northwich. The ratable value and population were decreasing. Mr. Ward, managing director of the Salt Union, con- sidered that the industry of the town was fair, but new shops and fresh methods had ousted older tradesmen. It was pointed out there was an abundance of sound land for works, that the town possessed a wonderful waterway with direct com- munication to the sea, to coalfields, and other great facilities. An association was formed to foster industry and act as a bureau oi information.

OUR NEW COLONIES. I THE PREMIER HOPEFUL. OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. Mr. Balfour responded to the toast of his at the Lord -Nlayor's Majesty's Ministers, at the Lord Mayor's banquet, at Guildhall, on Monday night. After alluding to the regret which they all shared at Lord Salisbury's retirement, he touched cn the leading events of the past year, the greatest ci which was the re-establishment of peace. He looked to the future of our new Colonies, and of the great South African community, in a hopeful, but not, he thought, too sanguine, spirit; for already, in spite of great difficulties, the condition of these Colonies had been brought to a higher state of material prosperity than ever existed before they became integral portions of the British Empire. Of all the happy intuitions which had made Mr. Chamberlain's administra- tion by far the greatest in British history, nene, he said, had been happier than his policy of going in person to South Africa, and he hoped that this visit would only be the first of a long succession of such visits. Although the hope of a Constitutional union with the Colonies might not at present be attainable, some closer fiscal union with them might be found practicable. In regard to our foreign relations, he congratulated Lord Lansdowne on having secured for the world freedom of commerce in China. He believed that every great Power in Europe was not only desirous of peace, but was firmly resolved that peace should be maintained. In regard to the ill-feeling manifested towards us abroad, it was a loss to civilisation that such feelings should be allowed to survive; and he impressed upon all statesmen that they should cultivate a spirit of international toleration and friendship, thus enabling Ministers to continue the great policy of the European Concert, which had been a great instrument for peace, and was in future destined to play an even greater part in the progress and civilisation of Christendom.

NORTH WALES REPOSITORY. Messrs. Frank Lloyd and Sons' last. sales for the year in the North Wales Repository, Wrexham, are to be held on November 18th, Wth and 20th. The catalogue is a good one, and comprises 750 entries. Tuesday's, the first day's sale, is made up of 250 hunters and harness horses 200 small harness horses, show cobs and ponies, carriages and harness, will come under the hammer on Wednesday; Thursday, the con- cluding day of the sales, is set apart for 300 heavy town horses, lurry and parcel valines, and young horses. Catalogues are ready, and may be obtained lorn the auctioneers, Wrexham and Crewe. To MOTHERS.—Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp has been used over fifty years by millions of mothers for their children while teethinar with perfect success. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is pleasant to taste; it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub wakes up as bright as » button." Of all Chemists, le. lid. per bottle..

I CHOLMONDESTON ASSAULT CASE I PETITION TO THE HOME SECRETARY. In reference to this case, tried at the recent Chester Assizes, in which, it will be remembered, three youths of 17 years of age, were, after a. trial of over five hours, convicted of a serious assault at Choimondeston, near Winsford, and sentenced by Mr. Justice Bucknill, two of them to five, and the third to four years' penal servitude, though recom- mended to mercy by the jury, we understand that the Home Secretary is to be petitioned with a view to the reduction of the sentences. Forms of petition will lie for signature at the offices of Mr. G. H. Evans, Northgate Chambers. Chester, the solicitor for the defence at Mr. Thos. Wright s. Green Bank Farm. Cholmondeston; also at various other places in the Cholmondeston and Winsford districts.

I OUR IMPERIAL GUEST. I I THE KAISER'S VISIT. me German Emperor, with the Prince of Wales, on Monday morning, bad some wild duck shooting on Wolferton Marshes. After lunching with the Royal family at Sandringham, his Majesty, v.-ith the King and Queen and Princess Victoria, drove to what in future will be known as Coronation Avenue, between the Sandringham estate and A nmer, where fourteen trees were planted to commemorate the Coronation, the King's recovery, and the Emperor's visit. An address from the tenants and labourers was presented to the King, than king his Majesty for acoeptinc Coronation Oval from the people on his estate. In reply, the King said it gave him genuine pleasure to he again among his tenants. Referring to his recovery from his illness, his Majesty assured those prosent that he never felt better in health than now. The Royal party then drove to a large marquee, where the Sandringham tenants were at dinner in honour of the King's birthday. The King invited his guests to drink the health of The Emperor, remarking that they hoped to Eee him P.gai in often. This was heartily responded to, and the Emjxjror bowed his acknowledgments. The I Royal party afterwards returned to Sandringham.

ANOTHER SUPERANNUATION- SCHEME. — A FEY ) weeks ago an interesting superannuation scheme was unfolded at Sheffield by Mr. J. G. Graves to his 2.000 employes. Briefly, the scheme is to provide for a fund being started and invested in trustees. Each member is to contribute 2J per cent of his salary, and the firm is to add a simil&r amount. After ten years' service a member, if he is disabled, will be entitled to draw from the fund one-sixth of his average wages; after twenty years, two-sixths, and so on. As regards old-age pensions, if at 65 a man has served the firm for ten years, he will get one-sixth of his pay for fifteen vears one- quarter, and for thirty years one-half. Those who leave will draw all they ever paid into the fund. together with compound interest. In the case of death a man's widow or next of kin will draw all he ever paid, together with what the firm had paid. TIME TRIES ALL. For over 50 years Hewitt's Boots have stood the test of time, and are still unsurpassed and unequalled. Abbey Gateway and next to Music Hall.

I A rare opportunity will occur of securing good value for your money during our Clearance Sale, commencing November 11th. Francis, China ) Stores, Bridge-street Kow. I FLOKIUNI: !-FOR THE TEETH AXD ^±>HEATH.- Thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites or impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, and gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly whiteness and a delightful fragranoe to the breath. Price 2s. 6d. for the liquid, or Is. per jar for the Flonline Powder," of all Chemists and Perfumers. THE REGULATION OF MOTOR CAI;&.—At the monthly meeting of the Flint Rural District Council on Saturday the question of the regulation of motor-cars was discussed upon the reading of a. circular letter from the Yeovil Council asking that a petition be sent to the Local Government Board in favour of the restricting of the speed to ten miles per hour, and other regulations.—Mr. T. Howse Roberts (St. Asaph) hoped that the Council would do nothing that would drive the motor car industry out of the country, as the imposition of unreasonable regulations would have that tendency.—The Vice- Ciiaii-man said he liked n.otor oars, but he did not like drivers who were not gentlemen. He had met drivers who when they saw a restive horse approach- ing stopped their cars, but there were some drivers who were not gentlemen, and who drove past young horses at twenty miles an hour. Those people should be regulated.—The Chairman said he had met one motor car driver who would have 1 ought with him if he thought he could have given him a thrashing. It was very hard on young people who were driving along country roads that they should be frightened by drivers who were anything but gentlemen, and paid no consideration to others who were driving horses. He had met many drivers who were gentlemen, but they were not in the majority.—The Council decided to send a petition I in favour of further regulating motor cars.

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CHAMPION PLOUGHMAN. ■ The death is announced of Jim Barker, who held the title of "champion ploughman," having won over £ 2,000 in prizes by his skill in drawing a straight furrow. Born at Boxted, in Essex, in 1827, he became a farm lad at the age of eleven, and in a few years achieved a great reputation, which attracted the attention of Messrs. Ransomes, of Ipswich, who were plough manufacturers, and in 1863 his services were secured. Up to then, Barker had only been used to the old-fashioned wooden plough, but he soon demonstrated his skill with the new iron ploughs that were then brought out, and at Royal and other shows displayed all the skill of a master hand. In the autumn of 1864, he won 15 prizes in competitions open to the whole country, and the following year took 21 such awards. He had secured a B20 prize, and also beat a picked team of 35 ploughmen representing England and Scotland. In the 15 years that he was champion, the value of the prizes he obtained exceeded £ 2,000. He did much to raise the standard of ploughing and farm work, and was a sterling character. At Ipswich, where he resided at Alston-road, he built a row of houses which he appropriately na.ned' Champion-cottages and he had gone to most of the countries of Europe to exhibit his skill, being uniformly victorious m all ooaipetitions.

DRINKING CLUB RAID. I FORTY-SIX DEFENDANTS. I As the outcome of a remarkable social club prosecution heard at Ruabon Sessions a fortnight ago, when a widow and her son were fined B20 each and costs for illegally conducting the Victoria Social Club at Johnstown on September 21 last, forty-six men, principally colliers, were charged on Friday with illegally dealing in intoxi- cating liquors. At the outset Mr. Stanley Edis- bu. (Wrexham) stated that Mrs. Ann Griffiths, the manageress of the club, had instructed him to procure the money for paying the L20 and costs ()11 her behalf from a mortgage existing on her property valued at L800 to E900. The Bench acceded to the application for a fortnight to examine the deeds before the money was paid. On the application of Deputy Chief Constable Jones, in default of paying the fine of £ 20 and costs imposed upon him, Joseph Griffiths, son of Ann Griffiths, was committed to gaol for one month's imprisonment. Tho case against the forty-six defendants was then proceeded with. Sergeant Leo deposed to raiding tho Johnstown club on Sunday, September 21, when he found the defendants on the premises, and they admitted that they had come for a drink. Twenty-four produced cards of membership and twenty-two said their cards were at home. It was afterwards proved that three of the men were not members. The magistrates said that the defendants were iiable under the Licensing Act of 1874, and eacn was fined Is. and costs, or L19 lis. in all.

PRICE OF PEACE. -0 COLONIES AND THE WAR. I A statement was issued on Friday by the War Office showing approximately the revised amounts now required under the various votes for the Army, in view of the conclusion of peace, as com- pared with the estimates submitted to Parlia- ment. The excess includ es £ 4,700,000 for the pay of the general staff and troops, with gratuities on demobilisation and wages of civilian sub- ordinates," and for the war gratuity, which is put down at £ 2,000,000; £ 350,000 on account of Militia; £ 350,000 for works mainly on engineer services in the field and accommodation for officers; £200,000 for "compensation for losses, bank commissions, medals, etc. and £ 400,COO for gratuities, etc., on cessation of hostilities to. officers re-employed from the retired and reserve list. The total deficit, therefore, is £ 6,000,000. On the other side there have been some economies, the largest item being L3,150,000, savings on land transport, the purchase of re- mounts, and receipts from the sale of horses, mules, and oxen. An aggregato economy of M,250,000 has been effected in provisions, forage, clothing, and stores, owing to the earlier cessa- tion of hostilities and additional receipts. These sums amount in all to L5,400,000, leaving a net eficit of £ 600,000. In this connection it may be added that an in- teresting return of the cost of the war is appended to the report of the Colonial Conference. Tie expenditure borne by the Mother Country is set down at £ 222,974,000, or £ 5 7s. 2d. per head of the population. Out of every thousand inhabi- tants in the United Kingdom on the average 8i served at the front. In comparison the following figures are given to indicate what proportion of the burden of the war was borne by the self- governing colonies, number of men per thousand of population sent to South Africa, and the cost per head of the poplation being indicated: No. per 1,000 Cost. No. of men sent. Canada 1J 2s. 4d. 8,400 N. South Wales. 44 58.9d. 6,208 Victoria .3. 2s. 3d. 3,897 Queensland 6 8s. 7d. 2,003 S. Australia 4 4s.6d. 1,494 W. Australia C-3 58. 8d. 1,165 Tasmania. 4g 4s. 6d. 7UG New Zealand 8 8s. 8d. 6,000 I These figures shew the exact proportionate service in money and men which the colonies rendered, and reveal how splendidly New Zealand in particular rose to the occasion, contributing nearly as many men in proportion to her popula- tion as the United Kingdom, and spending £ 334,000 on them, besides incurring a liability of £3,000 a year for pensions. Canada's expendi- ture was £ 620,000, New South Wale3 L391,000, and Queensland's £ 203,164.

NEWS OF THE WORLD. I ■ ♦ — Mr. J. H. Bethell on Tuesday night consented to be the Liberal candidate for the Romford Di vision of Essex, in the event of a vacancy in the near future. Statistics as to the population of France in 1001 show an increase of 72,398, as compared with a decrease of 25,888 in 1900. The increase is ascribed mainly, to a lowering of the death-rate. Mr. Alexander McDonald, of Ohio, is nego- tiatmg for the purchase of Sir Walter &-ottlt? house, Abbotsford. If the bargain is concluded. ¡ Mr. McDonald will present the .house &nd estate to the Scottish people. It is understood that the German Emperor has presented a cheque for £500 for the benefit of the married men of the 1st Royal Dragoons and their families. The Kaiser contributed a hke amount on the departure of the men for the Cape three years MrO. Mr. Alan G. Mason, who was arrested on November 4th on the charge of murdering Miss Clara Morton, and who was suspected of being the perpetrator of a series of murders and murderous assaults on women, was acquitted and discharged on Tuesday. On Wednesday at Manchester James Henry Pickup, managing director of the Radclifi'e Spinning Company, was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude for making false entries in account books. His son, James Ernest Pickup, against whom a similar charge was made, was discharged. On the recommendation of a sub-committee the Staffordshire County Council on Tuesday decided to adopt a pension scheme for their workmen in receipt of weekly wages, the men, if willing, to contribute to a fund a sum equal to 2:; per cent. of their wages, and the council to con- tribute 5 per cent. The Boer Generals Botha and Delarey on Tues- day had a private interview with the" Colonial Secretary. Nothing was made public ofScialiv as to what took place, but it is understood thiTt their object was to thank the Government for the liberal financial assistance which has been made to the South African Colonies. At Dublin on Wednesday the hearing concluded of the case in which O'Keefe, a Tallow (Waterforu) merchant, claimed £25,(100 damages from a number of persons for alleged boycott at the instigation of defendants, who are members of the United Irish League. £ 5,000 damages were awarded against the defendants, except Condon, and £:AI(} udai tionr.l against all, including Condon. On Tuesday night, while shifts were being changed in the Treharris Colliery, near Cardiff, one of the deepest pits in South Wales, the wind- ing engine suddenly stopped, and a cage containing 30 men became fixed in the shaft. It is said a water-pipe burst and the men were deluged with water, and great damage was done to the shaft. By eleven o'clock the whole of the men were brought to bank, 26 alive and four dead. The mission of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Premier of Canada, and his colleague, Mr. Fielding, to France after the Coronation is now stated to have been undertaken in the interests of the commercial relations of the two countries, especially in the matter of the tax of 36 francs per ton on foods shipped from Canada to France in Canadian vessels. It is added that the results of the mission were satisfactory. Roland B. M, alineux was acquitted on Tuesday zt New York of the charge of murdering Mrs. Adams by sending poison through the post to her nephew, Harry Cornish. Molineux had been in prison four years charged with the crime, of which he was found guilty at his first trial, but was reprieved, the Court I of Appeal subsequently ordering a new trial. There was a scene of wild excitemet in the court on the announcement of the verdict. One of the oldest Warwickshire customs, that of paying "wroth" silver to the Duke of Buceleuch, was observed at daybreak on Tuesday morning at Knightlow Hill, near Coventry. Representatives of various parishes assembled and placed their respective dues in a cavity in the base, of an old cross, whence they were collected by the Duke's agent. Subsequently the company met at the nearest inn and observed the further custom of drinking the Duke's health in hot milk and rum. The inquest concerning the death of James Macartney, aged 6 years, who died as the result of taking a powder in which strychnine had been made up by mistake, was concluded at Birkenhead on Wednesday. Dr. H. Laird Pearson, who dispensed the fatal powder, gave evidence as to the circum- stances under which the mistake occurred. A verdict of "death by misadventure" was returned and the jury suggested that poisons should be kept separate from other drugs, and in fluted bottles. When the hearing of the libel action of Co wen v. Labouchere" was on Tuesday, ersumed, in the King's Bench Division, the foreman of the jury alleged that on Monday he saw one of the jurors sha.ke hands with the plaintiff's brother, and remark, You have done pretty well this morning." The juror denied the allegation, and said it must be a mistake. Mr. Louis Cowen also said the foreman was mistaken but he replied that he was afraid he was not. Eventually it was agreed that both the foreman and the juror referred to should leave the box, and the trial proceeded before the remaining ten gentlemen. The scene at the Yarmouth fish wharf on Tues- day morning was one without parallel in the history of the town. The glut of herrings in the market was the greatest ever known. Fishing smacks were densely packed along the three miles of quays and tens of thousands of fish were being landed every minute. It was computed that the total catch brought in on Tuesday morning amounted to four thousand lasts, or nearly fifty- three million fish, of the approximate value of £ 35,000. This is nearly double the best previous record. Indeed the Scotch and Yarmouth boats have never previously had such a season, the total catch, so far, exceeding thirty thousand lasts. The Bishop of Hereford, presiding on Tuesday night at an Anti-Gambling Demonstration at Derby, said that while the crowded state of large towns, and the consequent demand for excite- ment had contributed towards the increase in gambling, the daily newspapers were mostly re- sponsible for it. Public opinion was not yet ripe enough to stop the publication of starting prices, but a Bill would be introduced -next Session, recommending the suppression of tipsters' advertisements and betting circulars, much greater severity in the punishment of street book-makers. and .Itu amendment of the law so as to make houses which received betting letters and telegrams betting houses within the meaning of the Act. The question of the retention of Greek as a compulsory subject at Oxford came before Con- gregation of the University on Tuesday on a resolution proposed by the Hebdomadal Council that candidates should not be required to offer both Greek and Latin as stated subjects of Responsions. Mr. Matbeson, of New College, in bringing forward the resolution pleaded that it was time the University recognised the double curricula of the schools of the country and took its place as affording a proper completion to the study of modern as well as of ancient languages. He contended that the effect would be really to the advantage of Greek studies, the present minimum demanded of candidates implying no really humane knowledge of Greek literature or Greek life. The Rev. L. R. Phelps, of Oriel College, in opposing the resolution argued that the removal of Greek from the compulsory subjects would ultimately end in the throwing open of all scholarships to boys with no knowledge of Greek, and would dimmish 50 per cent the standard now required of those who enteied the University. On a complaint that the resolution was confusing, Mr. Macan, of University, as a member of the Council, and Mr. Matheson undertook to try to get a resolution which should make it quite clear that the option was only available for honours students. The division ended in the rejection of the resolution by 23 votes.

I NEW MUSIC. I HANDEL'S -MESSIAH." i (iNew edition by Professor Prout—London: j Noveilo and Co., Ltd., 1. Berners-stree't, In announcing the forthcoming new edition of f the full score of Handel s "ile&Man,' many lovers of the immortal composer will be surprised to learn, according to Professor Prout, that the chief reasons for the issue are (I) the corruption cf the text of all existing e ditions, and (2; the unsatisfac- tory condition 01 the &QQttionaI accompaniments m general use. It is unnecassary hù. to r?c.pitu- late all the Murc? from whICh corrections are m&de, but tae most important of these is the i P-oto-lithographed facsimile of Handel's auto- I fraph, the original of which is in the King s ILusic | i Library at Buckingham Faiaoo. The tirst per- 1 j icrmance of Profe Prout s new editior; is j announced to take place at Queen's Hall ta I Wednesday) evening, when Metropolitan lows f of the great master will have an opportunity of [ j wha;t Hauael actualiv wroe. -No a!?'.>ion'y I ie;" a new edition can surely be needed, when itis C L'med that only those who have caref"t'"r c, Ilated the published editions, whether of the full or vocal score, with the original manuscript or with the contemporary transcripts made bv Handel's amanuensis. Christopaer Smith, can have the least idea either of the number or character of the mis- takes which are to be found in many movements I A total has been discovered, it is said, of 87 actual wrong notes. Nor are errors confined to this de- partment, for corrections have been found neces- sary even word-^tting. Space forbids any ♦ lengthy, detailed reference, but a strikinyriv aoc-ept- aoie correction may be found, by way of example in the general trenUnent of the phrase "tne first fruits of them that ?p." in the air "I know that my Redeemer hvetn." A-z?in, with our large .ciioral societies, additional accompaniments of some kind are a necessity for an effective performance, and the question is not so much whether, as how, 1 they ought to be written. Professor Prout has in certain instances retained Mozart's additional ac- companiments, but he has to a great extent re- scored the work in order that the instrumentation shall be practical-in facL the practical utility of this new e d ition has be?n t- this new edition has been the main object through- out its preparation. The Professor has also written ai. organ part, anci ticlilou- Iv revised anci largely re-written the pianoforte accompaniment to the ,.oil vocal score. Our sympathies are entirely with Pro- fessor Frout. coupled with best wishes for success and appreciation in his great work. He is full of reverence for tho great composer, and his allegi- ance, both with reference to vocal and mau luiJtntal score, is evidenced by hit earnest labours in the restoration of the original text.

DENBIGHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. On Friday a meeting of the Denbighshire County Council was heid at the County Hall, Wrexham,, under the presidency of Mr. O. Isgoed Jones, Llanrwst. A long discussion took place respectin0- the rc-commendation of the Main Road s Commauee of me Wrexnam distrK-r that a grant of a sum of £1,000 be. made towa.rds the cost of a 'iie-v- bndga across the Dee at Bervvyn. near Llangollc? The bridge proposed to b? erEeted w' The cos- a b cut. ±■5,000, and towards u:is £1.700 had alrcadv been promised in subscriptions. Tin bridge had been promoted as a memorial of the Coronation. The supporters of the bridge said the want of it had iong been felt, there being no vehicular bridge across the Dee between Llangollen and Glvndy-  a UISUUIO& or 5? Mile?S. There is a foot- br;dge at i?er?vym known as the Chain Bridge,. trut tbe committee was informed that this was kept in repair by a private o'"ner, and Lhat should it at any time co;!ap'? tne obligation upon t1w owner ,0 repair or to renew it was R àoubdul one.?- Several members for the western division opposed tne rooommendatjon — Colonel Cornwaiiis- Wost said he regretted very much that whenever any- thing was suggested by the members from the eastern part ol the county it was opposed by the members from the western part, and it. was just the same when anything was recommended by the western members. t'or that reason he would strongly support the recommendation of the com- mittee.—An amendment that the matter be ie- ferred back ior further information was defeated cy 3: votes to 14, and the report of the- conamittee was Lzopt"d. A report was iaid before the Council as to tho I scheme of agricultural education for North VS ales in connection with the University College of North L-cs. Tle Board of Education had sanctioned instruction in the principles and practice of-agri- culture, and the College authorities were requested to add this subject to those upon which extension lectures were, given, and also to take into con- sideration the desirability of providing instruction in horticulture. Several applications were re- ceived from various places in tne county for ex- tension lectures, and several were granted. With reference to the question of the establish- ment of a ..mining- department and an application from the University College of North Ill. atcs for a contribution from the Council towards main- tenance fund of such a department, it was decided til at it be deferred until a definite application was sent in by the authorities of the College. The Standing Joint Committee approved of the payment of £ 3i> to the Chief Constable fo- umform and fittings in with the Coronation, which he attended one of two representatives of the county constabulary of England and Wales, bnt the Finance Committee decided by a majority of two votes that the amount should not be paid. —Captain Grifhtn-Boscawen asked that th2 clerk's opiaMn should bo obtained as to whether the action. of the Fioll.lceCommittee was in order.—The Clerk read the section of the Act concerning the matter, and said he must decide that the. L, 1 must be paid. —Tfee question was accordingly referred back to the committee. Mr. W. G. Dodd, Llangollen, moved the follow- ing resolution .—"This. Council emphatically dis- approves of the Education Bill now before ParIia- ment, on the grounds that while il fails to provide for a sound and comprehensive system of education calculated to work harmoniously, it introduces into local government areas the vicious principle of tha levy of sums of money for public purposes without providing for adequate representation of the rate- payers upon the bodies controlling the expenditure of such money; it revives the odious system of religious tests to be applied to a large number of persons engaged in public service.. For this end other vital objections this Council I-z., to inform the Government that if the Bill is pa«s-Kl m its present form it cannot be responsible ior its administration. This Council further declares that no system will be satisfactory which docs not p:o- v, de for the election of fully representative local education authorities with complete control of rate- supported educational institutions, including the power to acquire either by purchase or hire the use of all public elementary school buildings. Mr. E. Hootson, Rho&. the vice-chairman,^seconded resolution.—Mr. W. G. Rigby. Denbigh, moved an amendment acknowledging the great work of the Voluntary schools in tne past and pointing out that the Bill maintained an even balance between denominational schools and the ratepayers, whose interests were safeguarded by absolute control of the financial matters and repre- sentation on the governing body of the SCl100!S.- Colonel West seconded.—After an animated dis- cussion, the amendment was defeated by 31 votes to 6, and the resolution was then carried.