Cheshire Observer

HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT.  hope th:tt everyone will decurate i'orK er house, as br as possible, in a t:Lteful 'o? {' ?'? that ??'? Corporation w'H h-?'st. ii<?? ?'ts ?r'f.?'"8S, and the W?t.?- Tower Rnd King -'?sro?. .1 Is 1 1  DJ):i' Standard to be Hc-wn up?n Lis I?ya?.r??t?j ;j,.t,tl he leave, ti.e?.u)!'?- lam r t ic r Li ? i t, A RESIDENT. I

«. VESTMENTS I  ?i! to 8.? why Mr. Robert Fou.k? I *A.the first P?'?'K?? of '"? last let- '?,? authorities in quotes arc only '-?" "?'??:')d;vidn!t's. It is not a question of "tnj  mnk? p.?p!<? L<,line the EnhRn]r¡c IIr '!h;'d< lu\d\11." Thcinb'-ic?pr?ks.for ?if ? any ?ns.htc pürfün will accept that loga 1 and binding. Mr. Fou'kcs frUhii, str()n]y i?.?r??f;?1a??<? with the niát of t sn5 .} ¡ f d.. ? and evidently pre f ers indivkhiahwn to T,fori»'«y to '!? ?b'.nhc.d rlÙ': of thQ Aiwj- ? Ca'?nc Chinch.—Yours faithfuJly,  MICHAEL CnRtE?. I ft, "?" ?'.r?\,Mayyh,19&8.

RITUALISM. Sir RELIUION OK ,.1 ?'t)? ^stde the Cambudge M.A s heretieaJ ?\?) ? &ac)iLigicua noiifense, Mr. Fou!k:s's ?' ?'??t? ?;comc more insignLtic?nt than ?? '.? "i'do?r&nt. bi"ü!ry" at any rate "1)1 ,0 ? ? ?t<n..in.? ;?? ?.jt?.i truths of our rc!tgJOn, it th, 'rntit WM<- kn?wn, may }WH b?'n c Oij, Qf not ? JitHc :n?<xx nt funu??mc.nt to *? ? ??t'a.biy W\11"x1wal:d n?dc.rs, wh o "'??' U? t)n:< and mduHdlon t? wad? T?'?' (" dl('4" but more or 1('f; na:rmlu  ?Ut '"? it oom?s to rt UnivetMty man, and ??.? '? b<x?, de'ibenttfjy disobeying UK' b?h ?a? Diu49'ar, ? ?" ????y s declaration p;o6xcd ;C? 39 r?illigic?ii, by d<'<?ing <tM ?Cf f b??Ps a.nd t?ic?if,, rightly, ordcily COIIWCrat«<l and orckn d 10 forgive ?? '? ??'c?'? and ord?nd. ?for?c ? ?"\?T ?"-? ? ?P?"? t? worJ ? <od {¡,"I't;¡,' JS 1(,l ??'tamcr.?, then, I ?y, until a. ?''?i <- ? discipih? i)?y 00 restored again, Hie}muCh to ? w?h'?), such cOlJuihlltiom, ?')i' a. t¡ I J" ?'? ? ??"y ?'" to (O( the Chuieh M) d man's ?r b(,JJ'(', ???' ?''? '? '?n.s<d by a GnrlE>fHUI 1 coin's, etc., May 4th. 1908. ?, L'?SMOP"Ln'AX. i)- "M.A. iQuitab}"' name acy Angii- ? P )?.?' ,ho has preaehe-d t,lH' Roma.n doc- "'<? ?' '??!ruL?aJitiation, pa.rdo;)s, wo!sh)p- "dotation of images or reliqiu^, and in- iei) of saints, tho mfitiiibihty of the ?'? of the "'?s'm!'i?' points wherein t? Ar?'?n braneh diffcrf from the Roman? <*iii ,'|"f<* im;tgino that in his presont frame r«AiJ' ??"cc of ditto, "M.A." 6nds r??. ?o:-th dcftudni? in tJc ADglican, » Uroh 1 ? wonder he takes any interest in iL iilj T1ce h< kj.'oytg .? Y(jy litdü aoout JL.

b,LESSNESST IN IRELAND. 1o()l\1i<Í.n' uni Corda f-nce, as almost all «p S throw d(l?t into the C3-cs of '?. "?'' Ai!ow m<\ 1hcj'doH" to name a ?'  ?'?' At tho ?''E? A?izos on Ma?li h' 'a&t ?or.. j\jr. Jusitw Wrieht. ten young ?T) ? ? ??''?i?'x'? on a c.har? of unlawful t'?'??f !Jw if conduct, a)ot]? witlt about one Jl ''1'^re(i ??<'TS, *n piwrnuit)? th? po-itman Q€ '?Ti,? .?'??. bought from ihc Judge the ??'k ? wn.R pvident that t.ho pccp!e of the rapidly—or progressively, at aU I'ry ???"n? sava?s; and he would bc L?.' ??' ?"y jury countenance Hwh con. }f I.L the Clare Assize, on Man:h l&t r°lt\  ? ('hief Justice M.i?: "He found, ? t.h? ccn?.'bu'ary at)t!M:it(c.?' report, pr(- t?? tQ ?'?' that ?"'? '?? ? '"?i- Assizes a?Si?  and no, "a ?? ?? 31 K?rar;tiTt oHc'nocs, and not a ?''? on:" rnad- responsible for any." On ?!? y ?'?'?'y 23 i?r. a servant gif! in the I), w lQocUJt of ?'s. Cr< ??, r<?iding at Lvdi- ? o'o ??? '? victim of a cowardl3- ?.tack "'O"d of ?ilout 200 ibm. She was hooted ? "y? ?? .?bout in a most brutal manner. 1 "*N she. r?fu?d to ?\e her boy- V ?'???' ? ?'?dow; this oc>currod as she l^1"" ohapci where she at?nd?d "?. ?w"y Expr??'' of Feb. 29 latL is needless1.—Yours Uutv, ? Jc CEWTRIAN. ^•k1908' • ¡l' poJic'(; l1a.l to use 1Jwir b:Hcn- in ??ih S ?ec.;uwd.

 + ?ANISM.—A HELIGION OF ,Si. v ACIDITY. ?'?t, .? R'nco the d..y? of that g)?a,t tit k llc,%vli to h?'.ory as Oliver CwmweJJ, I '4 'e  0.?, ?" harassed by the descendants of <L ??ij an'c fol]owcr, In those g?od (:) old ?' the seemed ? have rejoic^ed in such ?? ^'Pra-isie God Barebone# "Halle* "P rais-? God Barel>crl H alle- th fi\. ?y' e!c., but, in these latter days, '? '? f? '?"? go by a nom-de-pium?, such a6 t) A. ,p '*Vlg.11?tnt, etc., ??hh?? ?'??? ?''? ???'' ?' m'sprable ? t"t lUg ek'-C t.ht will oo,'er t.h1:>.ir miserable 1 !¡Qf\1;(:(>' amd s-iill aJJo' them to throiv ful )f "? from time to time at the ?fc.h',??? ?sf who defend her <<Mchjng. ^n 0' ?ti .? '??'? "M.A. (Cantab)" holding ? ? ha?? iii p'°"s horror, or even aesum- ? a. ?'"?'???? window attitude of m<llRnation, at the awful sight of a <?'?r <C ? t {l,et alone ? cboir) t''rnin? to Uie :bf(! u' r,E\olt the ?'??' ?'? his ?refathor?, V ?Hht of old, he ev?entJy has no idea j t???t ?? ?' ?"?' o.! he rudely ignor?? t? .) Anglicans h? e. Now a? the alt?r te?en? j??, '? ''? <??''y thro?, it is eurdiy a <?y a.n "?'"S thing ? turn towards it r Ült.Jn.g anvthint( of 00 solemu a nature t? re—— ? a-nyt h ing of so so i emjj a nature ie!?1- ??? ??? y?'r ?st. I!W, under the i'lig ]Rituadi-iii-a religion of cJotbM," W ^be 4 farce|y wovth anybody'p notice were it <t?H? he Jact t-h?,t, in his ajixiety to throw '? poasibie, this gentleman over- <? <hc ??'?' such pe>ple invariably Jo, ? ?t)? rr6 might easily be misled by r vrs nilgl).t easil y be rni?, l e d by ?? th??'?P??'n?t'o?. For instance, he f-h^he Anglioan Ohuroh teaches "that ("r(If"t 11 "0 can crea.te t?e Creator out of a h? ? Lread" which is untrue, She teaches UtL niakc6 all the difference) that it is tho Creator Himself who causes of the Real Presence to take place :n the Blessed Saciament. How simple it ail is, when ne eorisider that, if God created man. in such a ,tate a? to t? ?b'igf? to 141?c? ordinary f'Kxi, wn.h which to sustain the body, it was quite ae easy for Him to give to man a spiritual or heavenly f<x>d in order to sitetain the tvoul, aiwl this is exactly what, He did, when, at the first Maes, IIo said, "Take eat, this is My Body, etc. (Mr Fo;ilkos, plea4>e note this.) Again (Cantiilj)" makes out from hi" leiter that, it is rjnite u^ual in the Anglican Church "to practise the eonfeauonali," and pfmns forth quite a long anathema, on the sub- jeet. Except in a few very exceptional easee th's ts most certainly not the case, and he 0<:1)- not mejition a. nin.gle instance either in or near Chester where the c"Jllfes"j{)olK¡I is in pme- ticc (to quote book dioi.incitjy says: "If a.ny ecvnnot «Iui'i liio. own co.ii<oci-en<v> let him co.rne to pome discreet and iearned minister of God's Word, and open his grief, that by the ministry of God's H< Iy Word, he may receive the benefit, of ablu- tion, together with ghostly counsel ayiti advice." It is simpliy nonsenj-e for him to describe riiualifl-m at* a religion. Ritual is to a chitrch ;-js the index is to a book, and the word, "rmi;:i- ism," is simply a phrase iuv d by t he opponents of tij, Cb,,ir-Ii, wlio fill.1 J n it a mediiiiii for describing a«yt.hing 1 h t.hcy don t approve of, and which they probably more frequently don't. understa;hl. The. I'u.-iians al, wayis despiser] anything of a t-aercd ill ;>;»le;n;i nature in religicii, and Crcmweiu, who iiad no veneration for tin- IJo-ij#*> of G01i. loved turn c'lr great cathedrals into stable' for hw horses. won.,l< what tiie (vhiii i-.h Defence ?'i?y claims as bcin? wo. tb tie- fending. 1 eiiou.ld think the Churoh wish' io e i?t I herself from the unjust accural ion* o'. m1l like himself, who grope about in ilv thick da.rl •Lue-.f? of Puritanism, and s he would gbd:y lead them into tho light of truth, and f-ecci) theni that religion mean* joy and happin^rs, ?i:k) not col lness and austerity, as th<y m to believe, but. I fear they are as inflexible today as were Cromwell and his Ijands of Hat> llitos of YOT0, f strongiiy rwomineml euoh ac-jd dro¡;. a- M.A. (Cantab)," Mr. Robert l'Ou Hves, and constantly endeavouring to throw mild at I he Church <-f England, to don a ftigar-hiaf hat. like- iht-ir p«alm-6inging ancestors, N) lIJdl we may know them by eight, as well a* by repute. —Yours faithfully, CHARLES ED. CATTLEY. Siillington, IlooCe-road. Chester, May 5, 1S08. A.

ROME AND THE BIBLE. 1 Sir,Nemo" tells us that "the Roman Church has boon reformed to sonic extern as our own sinee tho reign of Henry VIII. If he had raid the Roman Church had bccai to eome exUmt deformed in that period he would have been ncouer the- mark Pioof: About 1854 the dogma of tlx- immaculate conception was dccrrvd as nti ariicV of the faith, while in 1870 the absurd dogma (if the infallibility of the Popo was passed, which à?ovo many of her host men from her. Thou we have tho canom- In.,r I-igtiuri. aiii hor of fho l-ock. "Glories of ,1[\.)'y' and his mn:uj theology, some of which is so indecent n? | unfit for pubdee.tion. Father J, D. Uro-ti appaix-nlly does not know Dr. W. Wright, anther of "Power Behind the i Poi>e," evidently confusing Iiini Nvii-ii Dr. O. II. il. Wrig.hr. Whafever Nemo" or J. D. Rieen n; :y 'y, the rule of the Church of Rome is "5 In: O¡1 :u? uot <c po'?cs? a copy of tho Scriptures without the written ?rnti?sicTt of nor intenpret them conlrajy 10 the) unanimous opinion of tho fathers." This was in Leo XII!> J('t.t<"r of November. 18S3. If the Pope be infallible) in matters of faiith. why dors lie need the "till.Uli- mous consent" of tho fathers jus an aid to in erprcl the Bible, On September 27rh, 1S03, the Ron an Catholic priests in Pcrnambiieo, Brazil, publicly bin:it. Bibles The matter was brought, befoio tho Congress at Rio, and a fine spee ch agaimt such bigotry and intolcranea was R: snlc. the people aic asking to \It, the book of which the priests are so afraid. Papal Rome is not to lx) lefornied, but is doomed to destruc- tion, J I. Thcfrs. ii., ROBERT FOULKES. Chester. May 4, l&ft. Sir, lit my last Jet to* 1 abstained from giving .,M.A. (Cantab)" the dressing down lie deserved for quoting a stupid Protestant forgery, "Tho letter of three Kishops," as if It, were genuine. The history of this forgery is well known. It was not writien by any bishops. It is me.ro.ly a clumsy lampoon, concocted by a rpbid Pi-o- testant, Peter Paul Verger io, in order to bring discredit, on the c-hureh wh ),&h he had left. It is such a grow piece of buffOûncry that every man with a spark of intelligence can see at once that it is what he has Ixsen proved to be, an impudent, forgery. Baylo, in his "Dictionary, suys of the author. "We ought at. least to sus- pend our judgment concerning the infamous ciinKs charged on Yeigerio, but I must confess that öom,) Protectants own that he was incon- stant, deceitful and ignorant in theology." This was one of the shabby tricks i-e-orted to by the oaily reformers, in order to diacrccKt their opponents; writing silly letters in their nam-^s. Lnrick Yon Hulton's "Letters of (lb- •scuro men" arc every one of them spurious. But. men who d.id not. eeruple to forge the text o-r the Bible wore quite equal to forging other things. "M.A. iCantab)" wrote* an article in the "Pioiostant Alliance Magazine." in which be said that tho Fourth Council of Latern, 1215, "strictly forbade the reading of the Scriptures." Having got smartly rapped over the knuckles for his si npid blunder, he seems to ha ve found out that it was the Council of Toulouoe that said something on the point, though w "M.A.'s" flagrant- blunders. There is nothing in 'he text about "the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin." All this tells, the same talc of second- hand, unverified misquotation. The writer's reference to Cardinal Wiseman having admitted that a Catholic has only to warl tin Bible to become a Protestant is another iiK-'tanoo of dishonest misquotation. Ills refer- to Wiseman's "Essay on the uses of the Bible" iswiong. Wiseman never wroie such an essay. He did write an essay on "Tlie Catholic doctrine as to the use of the Bible," but theie is not. a word in it that in the remotest degree justifies "M.A.'s" assertion. He doeo put an objection in the mouth of a Protestant in order to smash it, but to quote this as being the writer's opinion instead of tha.t of his opponent is not honest. I have in niv library a copy of Martini's translation, containing notes and coni- me.nt.aiy, and it. only fills three small octavo volumes. So much for your 20 books' Things have come to this pass, that no n ent whatever, however precise and circum- stantial, no references to authorities, however seemingly frank and c-lear, to bo found in a Protestant controversial book, or to be heard from the lips of a. Jivjng controversialist, can bo taken on trust, without a vigorous search and verification. The thing may bc, triii-, but there is net, so much as a presumption of its proving so whe-n tested. The degree of guilt varies no doubt from deliberate an j conscious falsehood with fraudulent. intent, down to reckless dis- regard as to whether the thing is true or false, to mere oveipowering prejudice causing mis- lv.'picsentation, but truth pure and impb is hajxiy ever to be found, and the whole truth in no ease whatever. And the curious thing :s that tire controversial bounder is such a block- head tha.t ho dors not seem to see that he is doing untold Itarm to the Proteelant cause by hisani ic. J. D. BREEN. I

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N.S.P.C.C. 'A I BENEFICENT WORK IN CHESTER. The annual meeting of the Oheeier and W est Cheshire branch of tho National Society for the i Prevention of Cruelly to Ohrldren was held at 1h.r Town Hall on Wednesday, tire Mavor (AJd JOlhn JoncAj piosiding. The attendance included Mr. Robert J. furr (director of t.h.? society), a.nd Mcssls. J. R Thomson, E. S~ Gilds, V. If. Dickson (hon. secretary), E. M. STKyd Kynneis- ley, the Mayoress, MiS, Granger, the Rev. K C. Lowndvs, tho Chief Constable (Mr. J. H. L,ti r j-, -i, Mr. Geo. Avery, tho Rev. Father Haves, Miss Wlight (Rescue Home), etc. [ Apo'ogiee were received from tho Bishop of Chester, Mr. Robt. Yerburgh, the Archdeacon of Cliefft-c^r, the Hon. Cecil T. Parker, the Rev. j Canon Spurhng, Mr. Thos. E-rooklebank, Judge Moss, Mr. Mond, etc. ,n j Tlie. ajimiktl report ffUited: rrho numKr of oasxw investigated was 170. being an increase of two over the ifgures for 1906-7. Tho moot. noticeable- change in the classification of these oa.vs is the increase in the number of oaare of causing to bog, there having [IC"k-ql only one of these in 1905-b, and none during 1S06-7. This increase is possibly the result, of greater vigi- lance exorcistd over tramps who have chikJren with thr^ii. The number of piosceuticwis found necessary iiae it- crcascd During the past year th society's Hdion in prosecuting j?.o onœ fuga iii b«'u ju?tiucd in ?\c?y caxc brought be- for? rhc c<?U!-ts, t?rm.s of imprisonment varying from 14 days to thr«. months having been im' posed in tan of the twelve prosecuted cases, while the remaining two v.cro adjourn< d for better Ix'hnviour. The classification of causes and asaauh 18, causing to beg 11, immoral sur- roundings 5, ot-hcr wiongs 4, total 170. How dealt with: Warned 142 (and con- victed) 12, otherwise dealt, with 12, dropped 4. Tlie total number of childien affected during the year was 476, and the- nttinbcr of offenders in- volved was 257. Both figures &how only slight alteration from thos^ of th;' pievioufl year. lvne activity of the inspect«r (Mr. F. Hay ward) ap- pears fo inere<wv> each year. Tho number of supe'ivb-ion visits was 953. The sources from which information was received were as follows: 88 cases were reported by the general public, 25 by the police, 24 by other public officials, and 33 wero discovered by the society's inspec- tor, a record which your committee feci justi- fies their view that the work of the year has bresn very s«fisfsctory, and that the confidence of tho general public in the society has been well maintained. It is with deep r&grot. that your committee have to icourd the death of Mr. C. P. Douglas, who had been a member of the executive and geaicra! committees since almost tbc. foundaticMi of the branch. In Mr. Douglas the society had a stiong and zealous supporter, and your committee a member of sound judg- mcnt and wide experience, whose place cannot j easily be filhd. The balance-sheet shews a most decided improvement, in the financial position of tlie bmnch. The total receipts dur- ing 1907-8 amount to £ 377. 5. lid., as againwt I £ 254. 14s. 7d. for the preceding year, which includes the handsome sum of £ 5-3. (ho, 4d. the district committee formed! at Mal- pas duang 1906-7. and a substantial and very wcJoome increase of £ 22. 12s. 4d. in tho receipts through, the League of Pity. Ae a rc«,ilt of this financial stioce'ss the bianch has been able, in spite of a somewhat heavier expenditure than J III tho previous vcat, to contri bute to the society s national fund £ 157. 15s., a.n increase of more than ;CIOO as compared with iii-it, figures 1£57, Os. Id.1 for the preceding year. A very valuable addition to the funds of tihc branch was the sum ol £ 55. 7s. 3d., generously contributed by the Me.narider Amateur Dramatic Club as a lesult of iJieir most successful performance of "Lady Hunts worth y Experiment." The Mayor eaidorised the reference to Mr. C. P. Douglas, remarking that ho had always found him, a most ardent vve.rker and gfsiera 1 sympathi-er with cverytliing that was good and phi lam th ropic. in Chester. The society, along with othe-in would miss him greatly. Tho Mayor a1 so boro testimony toO the work tuid vigilance of the local inspector (Mr. F. Haywa-rd), and said he was surt- that a prosecution was never resorted to until attempts at reform had failed, lhe conditions and surroundings of kklc. n tclwii had been sticil that it would be utterly impossible for them to make any headway whatever, and it woo a real boon to the childiv.n to }X' separa- ted from t lieir fathers and mothers and taken away from such surroundings and given some- thing of a chance in life. The work of such societies as theirs must be helpful in the future in very many ways. If they could only recover the children, they would do a very great deal towards recovering tho fntuio generation, and liberating them from the associations and sur- i,ollil4ii-lige m which they were found, they were giving the-m an opportunity to rise in life and grow up to be good and respectab^ citizens. (Applause.) Mr. J. R. Thomson, as one of the oldest mem- bers of thr: (-hotter ('-o-mrivitte. seconded, and a'«ociated himself with tiie testimony to tibk, memory erf Mr. Douglas. Tito work of tlie fc :-iety was absolutely neceesary. and they f.('It the success already attained would be act<led to year by year, so that the whole country would bo swept by the sot-i?y. He acknowledged the excellent, welcome and skilful he!p given by tho Mcnand?r Amateur Dr?m?io Club, more especially ti'?t of Messrs. Harker and CMivcr. 'nM tt pohs wfr? ad-opkd. Mr. E. M. Sueyd Kynnersley proposed, the Rev. 10. C. Lowndes seconded, and it was agierd. that tho committee should be re- olected. Mr. Robert J. Parr deliveied an interesting and instmctive address on tlie work of the society. He alluded to the references of spoa- kens to the, founder of the socicty (the Rev. Benjamin Waufh), and ivniaikcd that in his early days, wiien he was buffet ted and; beaten about, some of his earliest, friends were in the city of Chrcter, and it was a constant comfort and consolation to him to look back on the warm encouragement he received from tht- fri<,nd,-g of the society who worked and acted a.t Chewier, lie paid a tribute to Mr. Giles, the chairman of tlie committors Mrs. Granger, the leader of the ladies who colkcicd the funds, Mr. V. H. Dick- son, the lion, secretary, and Miss M-aefie, whose labours on belie If'of the Children's Lea,gue of Pity bad resulted in the league receiving £ 39 17s. 9d. this year compared with £ 6. 19e. 5d. Ia-st year. (Applause.) The work of the sooiety throughout the land was shewing pi ogress, and making it increasingly impo-sible for chiidem to suffer. 'Piiey believed it impossible to carry on the work without doing incalculable good to the race and permanent benefit to tiho com- munity. During the year just, closed they had inquired into 46,000 cases, an increase of 5,779 ■aver the previous year. He eupported the Children's Bill, and said it represented the aoeumuJa-ted experience of the last, 25 years of such institutions as theirs, while it, was going to do mere for work such as they were carry ing c-li tiha-n anything done since Parliamentary government, begun. Concluding, he said the future outlook, so far- as the work for children was canecmod, wa.s full of hope and encouraco meait. The Re v. Father Hayes proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor, and bore personal testimony to the great work the sock-ty waf, doing in the city, and to tihe kindly and tactful manner in which Inspector 11 ay w aid 1-alto u reel. Mr. V. II, Dickson seconded, and the motion was carried. Pine company were- afterwards entertained at ten by the Major nnd Mayoress?.

CHESTER WOMEN UNIONISTS. [ TRlSiTI WARD GATHERING. I On Tuesday eveniiig in coniuction with the Trinity Ward branch e-f the- Chester Women's I Unionist. Association a lec,turc and entertain- ment were given at the1 Newgate-street Assem- bly Rc«om«; There v-as an exce).lent attendance, the chair being taken by Mr. John Dodd, who wai- supported by Messrs. D, L. Hewitt. E. S Meredith. Arthur Wall, R. T. B. Atcherlcy, W. V. J. Walliey, C. II. Giassey (secretary and agent), etc. I The Chairman said he was convinced t-hat in the near future th.; ladies would have to be J reckoned with both at Parliamentary and munijipil elections. The work done by women Unionists at viie municipal elections during the last two Yh,r hHl been of inestimable value to the party, and wh n wo fieri f-ecured the vote for which they were now a.gitating, the majority of their votes would no doitbt be I given on the Unionist «?ide. The lecturer was Mr. Henry Harrison, of the Nation; Union of Conservative and Con- stitutional Associations, London, who ma.rle a comprehensive review of the political sd nation, | shewing how lamentably the pr, c-iit Govern- 1 ment had failed to legislate in conformity wit-h j Ú1J wishes of the pocvple. '1'h(')' we're returned to power upon false pretences, and had been found out. I'pon the Government's own con- feajion the electors had been dcCtided by the cry of Chinese slavery in South Africa, and while it, was now admitted that- the Chinese were not. working mider c'(}]1{htion" of slavery, their dishonest taotics had recoiled upon their own he.'t(,l:" by tlie subsequent, revelations of the kind of identured labour they had them- eelves sanctioned in the New Hebrides a-;rninst the wish of our Colonial Governments. A com patison between the terms of indentured labour in P?uth Africa and those under wL?h men, and even women and children, were employed | in the. New Hebrides .shewed that it was the j present. Government and not the Unionist [ party who had laid themselves open to t.he charge cf permitting slavery. Air. Harrison denounced the Education Bill as having been framed practically at the dictation of a small section of tho Nonconformist parry who wished to attack the voluntary school syutemt and the interests of the Church. In opposing that measure the Unionist party were fighting for religious liberty, and they were determined not to allow Parliament to determine what form of rdigiol1s te¡whing hou[(1 be given to their children. A.s to the Radical attack upon the House of Lords, Mr. Ilirrieon pointed out its absurdity in view of the fact that, they had made three t imes as many poors as the Union- ist. party, the latest promotion to the Upper Chamber being that of t.he gentleman who wa<; the- author of --lie well-known phrase "ending or mending" that tribunal. In the whole oour of political history the Hou, of Lords had never opposed the wisher of the people. Dealing with tho 1 Irish question, the lecturer said that notwith- standing that the Radical party were pledged to Home Rule, the interests and welfare of Ireland had always been best served under Unionist rule. Instead of "Peace, retrench- ment and reform," the Radical pol-icy of to- day wouild be best summed up in the motto, "Muddle, false economy and robbery." (Ap- plause.) Mr. D. L. Hewitt, in moving a votc, of thanks to Mr. Harrison, said there was no doubt that the present Gov0rnnJoent appealed to the coun- try mainly on the questions of Chinese labour and education. They got into power by false- hood, by using those political arts to which they- had been so long accustomed. Legalised rob- bery of licensees was indefensible on all grounds, and the result. of the Peckham elec- tion indicated a great upheaval against the righteousness of a Bill which, while sanction- ing the grossest injustice, was utterly useless in promoting temperance. The Government's muddling with the defensive fores was s hewn locally by the fact that. bpfore Mr. Jlafidane' s .scheme came into operation there were 000 Volunteers in ("heeler, whilj there were new only 75. (ApplauK.,) Mr. Arthur Wall seconded, and the ixhsoiu tion was carried. At line enjoyable entertainment which fol- lowed, songs, etc., were given by Miss Ford. Mrs. Sidney Sharpe, Mrs. John Simon, Miss W alley, and Messrs Whitelev, Coveney and Sullivan, Mr. R. flewiek accompanying.

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j ALLEGED FARNDON ABDUCTION. 4 —— j AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY. MIDNIGHT VISIT TO CHESTER. An extraordinary story was related before Mr. Harry Bairnston at the Bwxtoll PciJic Court on Monday, when Harry Wileock, a young labourer, working on the telegraphs, was dargICd with abducting a girl under IS years of age at Farndon on May 2nd.—Jane llopley said she resided with her father, Henry Hop- ley,a labourer, at Farndon, and was 16 years and 9 months of a, ze. She had known prisoner only last Friday, but. she had seen him every day last week working en the telegraph wires. Last Friday she saw him going down the Barton-road about 9.30 p.m.. and they walked down the road towards her home. She iircmised to nl-Eet him at. 5 p.m. on Saturday, but she did not keep the appoint- merit, and in?t?xt went for a wa*k with a girl friend to Bartcn, gdtin.g Lack a!?ont 9 p.m. &hc found the house locked, and went down Ow strp?t to look for her p;upnt?. She saw pri'?oner standing by a gate leading into & field that her father had, and in reply to his questions she said she was going to meet her parents and fetch come water. He asked why she did not meet him, and she explained where she had been. He asked her to go for a walk with him, and after persuasion she consented. They went up Sibbersfic-ld-lane. and when by a gate prisoner got hold of her, whereupon the shouted. Slio eventually got away from him and ran towards home. Prisoner foi'lowod. took hold of her. and brought her back. She got away again and went in the direction of I' home, prisoner following. She beard the clock strike a?d sa'd "There, that* ten," prisoner replying, Ni, Its tw(,h()." Wi<iie<? said "I ?imU get iock? out," and he said You a re locked out. They have gone to bed. Wit- nesfc said "I dare not go home if it is twelve o'clock." Prisoner said "It is twaive o'clock. Come on back to Chester. My father keepe a | hotel. You can stay the night." Witncrf thought, rJ1., had better go home, and stopped I about five minutes thinkin.g whether to go back -r not. Prisoner said "Are you coming?" and got hold of her and pulled her baek. Th' y went towards Chester through Eaton Park. Witness said in Eaton Park "If I knew my way back I would go." Prisoner Jay down, but finally got up and -hey went towards I Chester. After they passed the llall, he atvyvulted her, and she toikl him she should re- port him when she got back to Farndon^ and prisoner !-a.id "You are not going back to Farndon." They went on to Chester, and prisoner said he would make a different girl of her if she went with him, They went to the waiting-room at Chester Station, arriving there ah(r,1t 2,30 a.tn" and they "topped there until dinnor tinJP on Sunday. A porter asked ilien-i where they were for, and prisoner replied "Wrexham." They left the i-tation and prisoner wanted her to go into lodgimrv but she said "I will go bock to Farndon." Finally they got as far as Aid ford, where she left prisoner and went home. He asked her what she was goine- to tell her parents, and she said "I will tell the truth." On Saturday even- I ing prisoner asked her how old she was, a.nd sthe td:d 11im she was not 17 years utit.il A[1g:j. Prisoner was remanded next. Monday.

I HOOLg COUNCIL AT CHURCH. I On Sunday mc ruing tlie chairman and mem- bers of the Hooks Urban Council observed the annual custom of attending divine service at All Saints' Church by tlie inviiation of the Vicar to inaugurate the new year of office. Despite tho inclemency of the weather there was a crowded congregation, and a representa- tive number of local residents assembled at the District Council Offices to meet the mem- bers of the Council and join in the procession to the church, which was headed by the mem- bers of the He-ole Fire Brigade, under tlie commatjd of Major R. CeejJ Davic, -Surgic,(,n- Lieutenant. Butt and Lieutenant Atkin, and the All Saints' Company of the Church Lads' j Brigade, under Mr. John Barber ilieiteiitiii), and Quartermaster-Sergeant Hull. The attend- ance included Mr. R. Wallace ichairman of the Council), Councillors F. J. Duck, J. W. Rich mond, J. T. Ball, J. Bonn, George Dobson, H. Crowder, J. Wralton, W. Williams, W. J. Croydon and Benjamin Pttgh; Messrs. J. R. Thomson, C. Cooper, W. D. Lajrd, J. Watkin, Jas. Beck, W. Beck, C. McGilJ, Johnson, W. Leah (Deputy Chief Constable of Cheshire), J. 11. Challis, John Fenna, Andrew Storrar, A. W. Armstrong, W. G. Marrs, J. Riddell, J. Randies, F. Coveney, H. Anderson, Bell (Newton), T W. Ohalton, T. B. Richardson, T. J. Bough ton, Robert Beck, Osborne. Henry Jcnos, J. H. Fenna, Daniel Dewar, W. Walton, Mills, Samuel; Davies, James Laurie, Richardson, junr., Wal- lace, junr., J. Heaps, etc. The procession was met at the entrance of the church by tlio clergy and choir, and the National anthem was sung as they proceeded to their seats. Tho Vicar (the Rev. Grantham Collins) and the Rev, G. 0. Holt conducted the service, t.lse lessons being read by Mr. S. Reading. The hymns were "God of our fatheiiland," "Jesus lives; thy terrors now," and "Tholl to whom i.h c sick and dying," the latter being sung during ilie offertory, which was on behalf of t.he Chester Infirmary. The sermon was preached by the Vicar from the text: "There- fore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, tin. moveable, always abounding in the work of the Loi-*l forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord." ilse Cor., xv., 58.) St, Paul here set forth an ideal character for public workers, a character compounded of j love and strength. There was a wonderful power in pubtie life, which had been illus- trated only just lately in the life of the late Prime Minister. What a wonderful power for overcoming opposition did we find in that per- renial good nature. It oiled all the wheels of public machinery, and made the work of pubitic administration easy and prosperous. But there must also be the power which came only of self discipline and self-restraint. Many- problems demanded their best thought. There was the problem of crime. How liarct it was to punish t.he criminal without hardening the man against hope of reformation. There wa.s the problem of sickness, and they had to deal with many who Zllld not find alleviation or employ medical skill for themselves. There was the problem of sorrow in all its hundred branches, how oould they best express prac- tical sympathy without seeming to patronise. Then there was the problem of po\erty—-how couild they relieve the poor without pauperis- in.g them? How could they best encourage self- help and maintain self-respect. And there was the great problem of ignorance, and how best to teach the young in such a way as to prepare them for their after-life, and without imper- tinent intrusion to advise the full-grown. There were also so many social, economic and sani- tary questions, such for instance as the prob- lem of infant mortality and the faiiling birth rate. Was it not encouraging and inspiring" to note what wonderful results had been pro- duced in such districts as HtidderA.?,ld and St. Panora by the strenuous effort of public bodies upon the principles he bad ju&t been quoting?

I I | THE ARMY. t THE RMY. I T j TERRITORIAL RECRUITING. i RESULTS AT CHESTER. I It is now rather more. tliuil t month sinco the new Tcrntorial Army came- into existence, and although tho old Volunteers have two months longer before deciding whether to join the new force or to resign, it is possible to obtain some idea of the progress of the- scheme locally. Especially in Chester will the develop- ment of the new system bo watched with inter- est, in view of the measures which tlie Corpora.- tion had to use to obtain tin- proper recognition of the citizens" share in the patriotic duty of the defence of ihe country. In negotiating wi:h the Cheshire Territorial Associatioti to secure ihe continuance here of tho headquarters of the 2nd Earl of Cites tor's Volunteer Battalion, and to presetyo even the very- identity of the bat- talion in face of proposals to absorb it into the Corponatacn pi-aioticaJly- pkdged tho city's reputation to the. raising of the number of morn which tiie Army Council lequired. It behoves everyone, therefore, to give to the scheme ail the encouragemieiit in his power. Tlie individual member of the Terri- tonal Army on the whole should be in a rather bclt-er position than was the old 'Volunteer. Ilis status at least will be impioved he will bo better trained and he will have the satisfaction, of knowing that he is taliin-, his rightful place as a citizen in an organised force, which, owing to its co-ordination, should attain far greater efficiency than hitherto has been tho case. Up to the present, rccruiting in Cheshire has not been very brisk, but tho returns COIll- pare favourably w ith -other partu of the country. Already the 5th (Earl t-f C'qwetc-r's) Battalion, the old 2nd (E.C.) Y.B.tJ.R. has the best rc- cord, having 630 men toward s tho required strength of one thousand. We are sorry to h(-,ain. however, that the credit for this is duo Wast, of all to Cliesler. and mainly to the Midi- Cheshire district. Taking the county generally, the places whevo the enrolment is most baek- ward are this city and Birkenhead. It is not ercclible. however, that ill cither district, this is due to any lack of patriotism. It is believed 11,hat the men will justify expectations in course of time, only they aro hanging back until tho last possible date. Quite a Hood of oratory- anil a countlrss number of printed articles itave been expended on the new scheme; yet, it seemingly is still impiopeiiy understood by many Volun- teers. It may not be unreasonable to suggast. that a special effort should ljc made by the officeit), or those responsible, to tec that, the misconceptions that do exist arc cleared up. Once the position of the Territorial sokiicr is thoroughly realised, there should bo a consider- able improvement in the enlisting. For the 4th Battalion (BirkenJheadl, only 300 have joined tinder the new conditions. Al- though the battalion formerly consisted of t27 Volunteers, it. is now 700 below strength. 111. t,he 6th Battalion 370 men, and in the 7th Bat- talion. 460 men hare transferred. Tho Cheshire Airillery, now known as the 3rd Welsh Bri- gade, R.F.A., is in a .much worse position, only 160 men having accepted service in the Terri- torial Army. When the armament was changed from 4.7 guns to 15-poundws. the strength was also raised, and is now over 600, as compiled with 480, £ o that little more than the extia es- tablishment has been provided for. Owing to the great. reductions in the strength cf the 1st and 2nd Cheshire Engineers, both these corps will have no difficulty in raising the required number of men. It is gratifying to learn that the Che-shire Yeomanry a.ro acting up to their berst traditions, and are expected to transfer at full strength, namely, about 440, 246 having already notified their intention of enlisting in the To:iitorial Force. Tho squadron of Den- bighshire Yeomanry raised in Wirral is in a like satisfactory position. The Cheshire Bearer Company have been changed to a eoips of Cavalry Field Ambulance. Only about. 100 men are required, and 43 having promised to join, it is expected there will be no difficulty in com- pleting the establishment. No official figures have been sent in for Flintshire, but no ob- stacle is anticipated. Owing to the decision of tlie Army Council, the 1st Flintshire Royal Engineers, which coniprised six officers a.nd 133 men, has been lost to the service-, and fw of the members of the corps are expected to join another branch of the force. The Territorial Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers which takes the place of the 2nd Y.B.R.W.P. will bo composed of eight companies instead of nine, but thero will be no reduction in the numbers. To Flintshire seven companies are allotted, the eighth being stationed at. Colwvn Bay. Mattel 9 aiv romewhat in a state of uncertainty, as tho commanding officer, Col. Willes, io re<tiring, and his successor has not yet. been appointed. The position, we understand, should fall to Major T. M. Keene, but he is already secretary to tho Territorial Association.

CHESHIRE REGIMENT.—Tuesday night's London Gazette" contained the following:- The Cheshire Regiment: Captain Arthur B. Stone to be major, vice R. J. Cooke, promoted. Dated April 21, 1908. THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.- It is an- nounced from the War Office that commanding officers of units who have bo-n transferred as sucii from the Yeomanry and Volunteers to tho Territorial Force- will not begin a fresh term of command, but will continue in their new ap- pointments for the unexpired portion of their original tenure, subject to any possible exten- sion. It has been decided that men of tho Volunteer mounted infantry who elect to join the Yeomanry may be treated as though they are Yeomen and as though joining the same arm. They may therefore be enlisted for one, two, three or four veais. DETACHMENT ORDERS.-By Captain C. E. Bromley, commanding Detachment ftth Bat- talion Cheshire Regiment, for week ending 16th May, 1908. 1. Guard of Honour: The battalion will furnish one sergeant and 20 men as a portion of the guard of honour found by the battalion on the arrival at Chester on Tuesday, the 12th inst., of his Majesty the King; these men will parado in the Drill Hall at 3 p m. on that date. Dress, review order belts, fiogs, pouches, and slings to be white, tunic facings buffed. The medal ribbon not to exceed one inch in length, unless the numlier of clasps require it to be longer, the firsti clasp to commence one inch from the top of the ribbon. The men detailed for this guard of honour will parade in the Drill Hall at 7.30 p.m. on Friday, the 8th instant, dress as above.— (Signed) C. E. Bromley, Captain, commanding Detachment 5th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. TERRITORIAL ROYAL MEDICAL CORPS. -Ileadquarterq, St. Michael's Hall, Chester. Orders by Lieut. Colonel G. W. Side- botham, V.D., for the week ending May lGtli, 1908. 1. Parade on Monday at 7 p.m. for com- pany drill and lecture, < £ c'. 2. Parade on Friday at 7 p.m. for wagon drill and lecture. Dress, drill order on all parades. 3. Clothing and equip- ment will be issued to all those requiring same at 7 pm. oil Friday at St. Michael's Hall. 4. Orderly N.C. officer for the week. Corporal J. R-atchwell.-(Signe,d) G. W. Sidebotham, Lieut.. Colonel, V.D., W.B.M.B.F.A. R.A.M.C.

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ROME'S ZEAL FOR "RELIGIOUS" EDUCATION. Sir. Will you allow me to give the following utterances from the Popw, who to be defenders of the faith, but whot-w dynaety waa indeed the Antichrist of 2 Thees. ii., 4? While they professed to be the teachers of G<xl> trutli, they were in reality 1! most deadly enemies. Hence the Apo.tlc.. by prediction, in 2 Thews. 11., 7, call., the Papal svwtem tho Mystery of j Iniquity." We not-only find the 14th Canon of the Council held at Toulouse in 1229 forbidding the reading of t he Scriptures, but the Council of Trent putting fatal restrictions thereon, and a number j of Papal Bulls expressly prohibiting the reading of the Bible, and particularly in the mother tongue. Pope Innocent XI. commanded, ill the vear 1688, that every one should deliver up his Bible to the clergy of the place, who should burn them. Pope Piiiis VII., in a Papal Buil of 1816, said ,he trembled at, tho spread of the Holy Scriptures-. Thie distribution," gald IK, "is a most arful crime through which the true foundatio!? of iviigion (i.e. the Pop'?h reii?ion) will be undermined. It is a pestilence which be healed and extirpated; a rna-t cor- rupting pollution to the faith of any soul. It has been proved, by experience, that the distri- bution of the Holy Scriptures in the mother tongue lie, done more mischief than good." The same Pope, in 1819, issued a Papal Bui] con- cerning the distribution of the Iloly Scripture*? in the Irish Schools, which states that lid's sowing of wc.cd." giving corrupt teaching, whereby children in cai-ly vears arc inoculated with most injurious poison." How very different is this from the words of St. Paul to Timothy! And from a child thou has known the Ho!y Scriptures. which arc able to make Ihec wise unto saivation, through faith which i? in Christ uj)to wlilc!) if,  In the year 1824, in an "Encyclical." Le?? XU. speak# of a certain society "which is spreading over the world the Bible, which is the gOBpei of the devil. Gregory XVI. issued a HuH in 33441 against the Bible Society, in which he savs, "Wc have decided to condemn, with apostolical authority, every Bible Society," so that, accord- ing to tine, the Apostles condemned their own writings', which is a reductio ad absurdum. At the same time he commands the clergy to tear the Bible in the mother tongue from the hands of the faithful. Pope Pius IX., in January 1850, says, The Bible Society ventures to spread abroad the Scriptuers in tho mother tongue without eccle- siastical notes or warnings. Under false de- ception it invited the faithful to read the same. You. reverend brethren, will see with what watchful wisdom you must bestir yourselves to awaken in the faithful a holy horror of such poisonous reading. According to these exiracto,, therefore, the world can receive no more dangerous book than the Bible; nothing from which it should shrink with more hatred and fear. Our Lord's words explain it:And this is the condemnation, that. light is come into the world, and men love dark- ness rather than light, because their are evil. For every one that. docth evil hateth the light, neither comevji to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved" (John iii., 19, 20). We read in Act.-i xvii., 11. that the Bcreans were more nob'e than they of Tbcesalonica, in that they i received the Word of God with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily whether tho6C things were so." Our Lord says, in John v., 39, "Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think (i.e. ye admit) ye have eternal life, and thev are they which testify of mc" and again, in Matt. xx II.. 29. "Jesus answered and said unto them, ye do err. not knowing t.he Scriptures or the power of God." It is very evident that Rome fears lest Ilk-i-I craft should be in danger (Acts xix., 25), and grist should fail to come to her mill, and her iniquitous spiritual traffic in the BOuls f men I (Rev. xviii., 13), such as tho false doctrine of Purgatory, by which the Atonement is ignored, and through which ehe has extorted so much money from her victims. The Romish Church teaches that we receive the Bible on the authority of the Church, and the authority of tho Church from the authority of the Bible. Thus they fall into the logical fallacy of arguing in a circle, whereas Protestants receive the Bible on evidence. Cardinal BcUarminc actually said I that the could make virtues vices, and vices virtues; and amongst other profanities, it was declared in the Papal Canon Law that the Scriptures received their authority from the Pope (Danbuz, p. 582). Cardinal Wiseman has, however, betraytvi the secret He says, The prohibition of the reading of the Scriptures is the stronghold of the Cilurch's unity. Let the faithful but read the Scriptures, and the government will fail to pieces: insubordination will enter, ami self- sufficiency and prido will takotJw place of humility and docility." When the Pope says that, as the vicar of Jesus Christ, he is judge of all men upon earth, then, assuredly, the faith- j ful may not read thai Christ said I came not to j judge the world, b it to save tho world." Whcn the Scriptures toll lib that the be-nd between man t- f it- r- pi -art, 'and God is withoUí human mediation, and when St. Paul exclaims, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" ami tho Pope says he can, by a maledictory Bull, then certainly he has done well in prohibiting tho reading' of the Holy Scripture. (''EVmy on the use of thp Bible." by Cardinal Wiseman). Wc arc in- clined to think his name was rather a misnomer to j?tthf cutout of <.hGba?]ikc<J:i?. It was t?) t-li-a ba,?r 1 1 Y,),ir.

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