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HAL F-HEART ED RADICALISM.

FREE TRADE'S FAILURES. I

NORTHOP.

LITTLE -BUDWORTH. i

CONN A ITS QUAY & SHOTTON.…

¡LOCAL & GENERAL NOTESI

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LOCAL & GENERAL NOTES I F I The civic ceremony at the Town Hall on Tuesday marked the consummation of a pro- ject Iwppy alike in its initiation and ite achieve- ment. The moment the Mayor suggested that the bronze bust of Sir Horatio Lloyd, admir- ably executed by Mr. Stevenson, a Chester sculptor, should be secured for the city, it be- came the wish of the citizen, generally, and the enthusiastic manner in which the movement was taken up indicated its appeal to the popular sentiment. It is gratifying indeed to realise that this latest addition to the civic treasures will preserve to us for all time' the features of a great citizen, whu, we trust will long be spared to fulfil the duties of the ancient office he hae occupied with marked distinction for over forty-two years, and to confer the benefit of his counsel in many spheres of the public lice of Chester and Cheshire. An interesting visitor to Chester this week- end is the Bishop of Madagascar, the Right Rev. Geo. Lancaster King, who is brother of an esteemed citizen, Dr. King. His lordship is to fulfil several public engagements. To morrow (Sunday) morning- he will occupy the pllpit at St. Oswald's Church, and he is an- r.ouncod as the evening preacher at the Cathedral. On Monday he is due at Ilawarden, having accepted an invitation to be present at a "draw ing-room-meeting given by Mrs. Drew. Oti Tuesday evening his lordship will address a special meeting in connection with the Mada- t-asear Mis,ion in the Newgate-street Assembly Rooms. The Bishop of Madagascar has epis- copal jurisdiction over the island, which has an area of 228.000 square miles, 86,800 of which are covered by the missionaries, and of the population of three millions there are 13,000 Church people. His lordship, who wasordamed in 1884, was appointed to his bishopric in 1899. In discussing the proposed cleansing of the Combermero statu", our genial contempoiary in- dulges in a sneer at cur correspondent who made the suggestion, and who is characterised as "evidently not an expert in sculpture." The writer made no pretence to expert knowledge, but it is suftjcicnt for the present that his sug- gestion leceived the hearty approval of those whose opinion will carry weight in the city, including the Dean and Colonel LLoyd, and that it has the- best. wishes of the Duke of West- minst-c r. Prospective old-age pensioners continue to troop up to the Chester postofirces for their application forms, though the numbers have dwindled to about half a dozen daily. The rush was over in the first two days, and all the applicants now take away their forms to be filled in at leisure. The work of investiga- tion has commenced, and this will keep the Inland Revenue authorities busily engaged for some time. An order has been issued prohibit- ing officials giving information, but it is gener- ally understood that progress in Chester-will not be made until after the end of the month. A return will be sent to headquarters as to the numbers, and probably the local committee will then be called together. III regard 10 the. national demonstration aaainst the Licensing Bi!l in London, a Chester man gives t.hfi following impression:—"There never was such a de-monst ration in London he- foie. The pel ie", from constables to superin- tendents, said ti-cy had never soon such a de- monstration. everything 1 eing so orderly. They had no trouble at all. The statements by the Liberal papers lhat it was a small demonstra- tion have no foundation. The pioteslors gave one tlic, that they were there on busi- ness, and noi on pleasure bent. They took the mattor seriously, because they had so much at stake. It is interesting to note- that Mr. Thomas Stead man A'el is. Into his Majesty's Inspector of Schools, whose death at Bournemouth a week ago forms the subject of an obituary notice in the "TiITh" was a distant relative of Mr. Os- borne Aldis, of Ches;e;. It is just exactly a year s ince the death was announced of Mr. Sleadtnan Aldis's father, the Rev. John Aldis in his hundredth year. His threo sons all had a distinguished Cniversity car cor at Cambridge. The family traces its descent from the well- known lover of liteiature and critical .scholar of tie? day in Venice, Pine Manuiius Aldus, whose editions of classical works of the Augustan period, and by his introduction of the punting piess, gave the lead to Venice in tho world of liteiature in the 15th century. As t-lie books of the Aldine Press have never born r< printed the copies have natuially become very searec, and are eagerly putehascd at very high prices. Tho libraiy of the late Sir Tatton Sykes was romai kablo for its possession of some very fine e-op ie. Much local interest is taken in a chal- lenge which has been issued to Colonel Henry I Howard a* a sequel to some ceirrespondenee that has taken place on the patriot it-m of Welsh Nonconformists. The Co'onel had complained ot the ceaseless crusade of Welsh Noneonform- ists ministers against the Army. He citcxl in- stances where these preachers had spoken against military service, and quoted an address signed by the leading Baptist, Wesleyan. Methodist and Congregational ministers of M erionethshirc. when an appeal was made dur- ing the Borr War to raise a company of Volun- teers in that coutity. The appeal was addressed "to the young men of Merionethshire," and contained this remarkable statement :—"We cannot but-feel the effort made to entice the young men of our churches to join such a society (Volunteers) to be ery dangerous, be- cause euchv societies have always been the source of immorality. Be not deceived evil communications corrupt good manners." Col. Howard also cited figures, shewing that out of a batch of Volunteers for South Africa and out of two popular Ten itorjnl regiments in Wales only one-fourth of the men were Noncon- fo rmists. In Thursday's "Tifll" Col. Owen Thoma.s, late commanding officer of the Prince of Wales's Light Horse, brings forward statements in de- fence of tlu patriotism of Wel.sh Noncon- foi-miiy. and concludes with the following chal- lc!ige -"I lay Colonel Howard an even £ 1,000 that I will recruit in North Wales in four wep-k" 100 men, all Nonconformists, for the Terri- torial Army. The money to go to any charit- able object on which we may agree." We have no (loabr that Colonel Thomas is able to make good his assertion. When a spirit of rivalry is int-nduecd, it would be possible to recruit a much larger number of men, and it will be a pity if this opportunity o gaining a much- needed addition to the Territorial Force is allowed to slip. At the eame time, the chal- lenge does not ioucii Colonel Howard's indict- ment, which refers to the pafot, not the future. How are the results of such an in- dusi-ial struggle as the cotton strike is illus- trated by the relation of Cheshire agricultuie to Lancashire, industrial- centrcs. The big towns of the county palatine are among the beet cus:omers for Cheshire cheese, and if the strike now in progress continues for a few weeks only, there will be an enormous shrinkage in the purchases a.s compared with normal times. The cotton war, therefore, will seriously affect Cheshire cheese-makers, and indirectly the farming industry of the county as a whole. Its L-pecd-y termi nation would give great satis- faction in this-part of the country for that rea- son alone. As th> icsult of an in the "Observe* written by Mr. Osborne Aldis, on a c-fcancc visit pa.id to the ancient St. Plegmund's Well at Plemondestall, steps have boen taken to locale, the woll by a suitable stone pediment, with inscription. Tho undertaking is now in tlie hands of Mr. Clecg. of Frodsbam-strcet. Tho RA,A,tor of Ploroondestall, the Rev. II. Toogood, M.A., has given notice of his intention to hold a special seTvico on itit, ocmstoij of ¡hc inaugura- tion of the well, and he hopes to obtain the service's of a preacher woll-veised in the sacred wells in diffweirt parts of England and Wales. The wcll, when restored, will make quite a miniature hermitage, and care will IK- taken not to injure the overhanging t.re-et. out of ekrferctrce to an old küond" to the effect that, the water of the well will stop if tJie tJÐ:" is in any way damaged. In allusion to this prediction, part of the inscription oil the pediment will read appropriately: "Fons eeto poreruiis: floneat AI4vw ''f'" .W¿' •aroor* V? i Further interest attaches to the well from the fact that the water of it has been taken for the lile. of baptism and at PlemondestaH ClltH ch from the time of St. Plegmund, who was tiamforred from this church to the See of Can- terbury now more than eleven centuries ago. Mr. Alelis, we arc glad to hear, has been success- ful in hie application to the Earl of Shrewsbuiy for P"rflliR,iolJ for the preservation of the we.l, "hid; is situated en his 'oruship's osiate. Many a wayfatcr goirit; to Plemondestall Church has passed thc, spof in ignorance of the existance of this unique well, but aftel" its restoration it will 1- for tiiy on- be impossible for aay one- to pass without no:ie- ilig it. It stands under the hedge on the way fiom the Warrington-road to the church, and within a few yard s of tii-, lailway bridge over the Cowey. The incoiiigibie printer was not responsible for the eritus in the figures which we published in our last Fiiday afternoon editions in the return of-the Newcastle election. That honour belongs w:cly to his Majesty's Post-office. By the substitution of a cipher for a 9 and vice' veisa. the Radical candidate was credited with nine more votes than he-polled, and the Labour nom nee was deprived of thy credit of some 900 votes. A\e make th).s roiTcc'tion, breause t;Ix- crroiKVJus figuies led us into, the statement that Ill" Unionist champion had beaten both his rivals combim-d. The position of the candi- dates, however, was not affected by the incor- rect figures.

ELLESMERE PORT COUNCILI

EDUCATION IN FLINTSHIRE. -…

THE LATE VICAR OF NORTHOP.;

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I OUT-OF-WORK TKAGKDV.I I…

!THE YEEliMAN RECITAL 't

UNIONISM AT HAWAHDEN 4

rCHILDER THORNTON. 1.