Cheshire Observer

I MR. BALFOUR RESIGNS. I KINGS ACCEPTANCE. Buckingham Pahtcc, December 4. The Right Hon. A..1r Balfour, M.P., had an audience of the King this afternoon, and tendered his resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which His Majesty was graciously pleased to accept. Lord Kenyon and Sir A. Condie Stephen, Lord ami bioont in Waiting, were in attend- ance. —" Court Circular." I THE NEW PRIME MINISTER. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, in obedience to the King's command, went to Buckingham Palace "n Tuesday morning, and had an interview with his Majesty. The visit and its result are thus sum- marised in the Court Circular ;—" His Majesty summoned the Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell- (Jannerman, M.F., to an audience this morning, and invited hiir to form an Administration. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ac- cepted his Majesty's commission and kissed hands upon his appointment as Prime Minister and First l.ord of the;.Treasury." The Radical leader, it is stated, desired to consult a number of former col- leagues whom he proposed to associate with himself in the new Cabinet, and informed the King that he would not be able to submit the list of his proposed arrangements for a few days. I CHIEF ELECTION ISSUE. HON. ALAN FO^RTON AT PRESTON BROOK, The Hon. Alan de Tatton Egerton, M.P., for the Knutsford Division, on Monday night addressed a meeting of his constituents at Preston Brook, War- rington. Referring to Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman's recent utterance on the Home Rule question, Mr. Egerton pointed out that they had .mly to look at the speeches during the last twelve months of the leaders of the Irish Party, and especially the speech so lately made by Mr. Redmond hnnself at Waterford, to emphasise what that policy would be. It would be neither more nor lw» than the breaking away of the Sister Island from the United Kingdom. (Cheers ) If an Irish Parliament were established in Dublin, how long would it be before the repudiation of the Sovereignty became effective? Happily it was in the bands of the electorate, as it was when Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule policy was brought forward, to endorse the action of the House of Lords in rejecting such a measure. His personal hope was therefore that the general election would be fought on the Home Rule question, and not on any side issue, because however much Tariff Reform might have come before the electors, he considered the dismemberment of the Empire constituted the greater issue. (Cheers). HONOURS AND OFFICES. I NEW LORD OF APPEAL APPOINTED. I The following announcements were issued from the Prime Mimster's residence in Downing-street on Monday night:— The King has conferred a peerage of the United Kingdom upon Sir Thomas H. Sanderson, G.C.B., who will shortly retire from the office of Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The King has been pleased to approve the The King has been Jo En 'e Atkinson, Attorney- appointment of Mr. John Atkinson, Attorney- General for Ireland, to be a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, in succession to Lord Lindley, who has resigned. The King has approved the appointment of Mr. J. H. Campbell, Solicitor General for Ireland, to be Attorney General for Ireland, in succession to Mr. John Atkinson. The King has directed that Mr. Justice Wills be sworn of the Privy Council on the occasion of his retirement from the judicial bench. The King has approved the following promotion The King hoaf s Sa tp?lic;iael and St. George :—To be G.C.M.G.: SirGeorgeSydenham Clarke, K.C.M.G. RADICAL SPLIT. I HOME RULE THE DIFFICULTY. I In a published letter the Earl of Durham says he has been twitted with a, desire to ignore the situation with regard to Home Rule. He con- siders Mr. Arthur Elliot at- Durham, will not only uphold Free Trade but oppose separation between Great Britain and Ireland. If these views render Mr. Elliot unworthy of the respect of the Liberal party, thousands of other Liberals would also have to be ostracised. They were not going to be dic- tated to by Mr. Redmond. "Will any Liberal statesman/' adcte his lordship, "dare to say that only such Englishmen as favour Home Rule are Liberals? Separation will be overwhelmingly opposed by Englishmen of all parties. England has twice decided against Home Rule). If anyone is foolish enough to propose it a third time the answer will be more decisive and more uncom- promising than it was in the lifetime of Mr. Glad- stone. Free Trade and Protection will be the issu-es in the next Parliament." On the other ha-nd it is reported that. Mr. J. Lawson Walton, K.C., member for the South Division. of that city, has resigned his member- ship of the Liberal League, of which the Earl of Rosebery is president, owing to his lordship's opinions on the Irish question. Mr. Walton dealt generally with the subject at a meeting at Acton cm Monday night. THE DISSOLUTION. I the liberal Government will take charge of the affairs of the nation as soon as practicable. The date of the dissolution will be in their hands, and it is understood it is likely to take place during the first week of January, so as to enable the elections to be completed during that month. Parliament will be convened early in February, oaid Mr. Balfour is not expected to make an im- mediate explanation of the reasons which led to his resignation, but ho will doubtless do so at an early date, possibly to his own constituents in Manchester. Preparations are already afoot for ex-Cabinet Ministers to wa,gc an active campaign for the retention of their majorities, and to pay to their constituents that larger degree of attention which is practically prohibited by the duties of office. Several members of the late Ministry on Monday expressed unfeigned joy at their release from the long-continued strain of Government. There was aiso noticeable a marked degree of confidence that the eoaintry would not commit itself to the policy of Home Rule as outlined by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. An important factor making for that confidence and for a belief in the unification of the Unionist party is the present, attitude of the Central Con- servative Office, under the direction of Colonel Iiaig. Hitherto some friction has been caused by lack of support, from the. central office to those Unionist candidates who are known more as Tariff Reformers than as Retaliationists. This difficulty now appears to be ban'shed

I NORTH CHESHIRE. A bye day on Friday brought the North Pack to Crowton to draw the Woods. No foxes were found here. Mr. Speak man can.e to the rescue, however, by finding us plenty of foxea at Mickledale. A portion of the pack ran towards Kingsley, then back by the Golf Link\ Frodsham. again to where we found. Six couple of hounds having slipped away with another fox, the remainder of the pack were taken home it be in" after four o'clock, the six couple were found quite safe the second whip coming up with them and taking them home. Delamere House was the fixture for Saturday, with Mr. Hugh Wilbraham in command. Only one of the home covers responded with a fox, which was soon chopped without any sport, being mobbed with foot people, who spoil their own sport and that of others, who come to enjoy a day with hounds. Several unsuccessful draws took place before wo found a fox, or, I should say, foxes in the Forest. It was then nearly 4 o'clock, however, and hounds for the next 20 minutes pushed a fox over the Norley road to lIatcbmere and back past Eddisbury Lodge. Hound s had to be stopped in the Longlev Wood. Ash ton Hayes, on account of the shooting, fixed for the following Monday. I SOUTH CHESHIRE. I A good day a sport was had with the South Cheshire on Friday from the fixture Hankelow. We found in the gorse close to the meet. Hounds ran a ring before makine a point into the North Staffordshire country, and getting on good terms with their fox they ran down to Audlem. going thence to Bellaport Soon after they came round to the left and past the three brooks to ground in Williams' Gorse, which is close to where we found. We next drew in Acton Gorse, and our fox ran merrily through Doddington, which is in the North Stafford country, close up to Woore, and on to Candridlems. Soon after, hounds had to be stopped on account of failing light. The hunt lasted about an hour and fiteen minutes, over some of the best of the North Stafford country. BLUECAP. I SIR WATKIN WYNN'S. 1 Followmg upon tho hunt ball held 'at Whit- church on the previous night a large field turned up at Iscoyd Park, Major Godsal's home, on Saturday. Sir Watkin was unable to be present, and honours were in charge of Marden, the huntsman. The field included the Marquis of Ckolmoiideley and Lady Lcttioe Cholmondelcy, Lord Kenyon, Lord and Lady Harlech, Mr. Geo. Wyndha.ni, M-P-, General Mcstyn Owen, Sir Walter Corbett, Sir Keith Fraser, Col. Rivers Bulkeley, the Rev. the Hon. A. Parker, of Ma.ce- fen; Major and the Misses Godsa!, Mi-. C. T. Dugdale, of Tcrrick; Mr. W. Thom, Mr. John Jones, of Mossfielcb; Captain and Mrs. Ethelston, Mr. Frank Colton, Mrs. Ramsdien, Mr. Kc-Ill i Davies, Mies Moss, and practically all the regular followers. Hounds found at onee in the little i oover near the gamekeeper's cottage, and ran a ring round to the big Wood, where the quarry got to ground. Finding again without much delay near On«iea, hounds ran on to Bubney and right-handed to the neighbourhood of Ciover- ficlds. where they cheeked. They soon hit off the line again, however, and went away past I HOmton Hall and Mr. Thompson's new farm on to Thew Mere at Marbury, the. fox being broken up at the more side after a first-rate hunt of three-quarters of an hour. Stockton Dingle was drawn blank, after which hounds found near Taylors Rough, and ran out. nearly to thro rail- way bridge on the Macefen-road and left-handed to Goodiioon Rough, where soyitc other' foxes were on foot. Hounds, however, ran in the direction of Malpas and in a. ring towa/xl s Gc-cdnocn Rough again, when. as the light. was, failing, they had to be whipped off after a. capital' run of an hour's duration. I THE CHESHIRE BEAGLES. On Saturday thesl hounds met at Tiverton1 Smithy. A good field included Mr. Percv Roberts (master). Mr. G. W. Morrison (whip), lVI. C. B. Royds, Miss Royds. Mr. George Stuart, Mr. J. Urmson. Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Blain, Mr. and Mrs. John Rimmer, Mr. H. B. Rowley. Miss Ma.î::d4 Dickson, Miss Ruth Bird. Miss M. E. Morris, Mr. G. Cowie. Mr. W. Ö. Cowie. iunr.. Mis. Blagdbn, Mr. Millet, Mr. Stanley Rimmer Mr. Frankaw, Miss S&munl. Miss Linnet Mr. Ed. f ÜQIJJ.ør!Q:rd, Mr. Alfred SfoiytJe, Mr. TempLe. etc. A hare was viewed away from a fallow field be- yond Ferney Lais, and hounds ran hard over u, fine line of country to nearly Huxley village. Bo fore reaching it, however, t,tk har t- straight back again and down wind, there bci.'ie; hL-, city an atom of scent, and they could only j. c manage to keLp the hne for several fields, liten a fresii hare got up out of a p t-hole and the pack were soon away after her in full pursuit, but. Mr. Morrison managed to get up to them on h. roadway and turn them, and tr.ey took up the line of their old hare again. Scon afterwards she was leaving the field where she was first found. She then took us over much the same ground as before and eventually hounds ran her to ground in a rabbit burrow, and one of the field put his arm down and pulled her out. The time occup.ed by this run was one hour and ten minutes. Another hare was found in an .adjoin- ing pasture field, and at first she also ran towards Huxley, but after going for some distance swung round right-handed and went over the road. After a while she recrcssed it and ran a wide circle round by Hulgrove Hall and, passing close to Mr. Frank Heath's farmyard, went up the hill and over the road at Birch Heath. Leaving Tarporley Rectory on the right she passed on to Ldt-nghall, where she turned right-handed again and came on to the Tarporley-road op- posite to the stone quarry. Old Buxom hit off the line at a gateway on the further side of it and away they went, but after running for several more fields a large flock of sheep kept wheeling about in front of them and foiling the ground ahead. They were, however, now running for blood, and pressing steadily onward rolled their hare over on Mr. Williamson's farm at Utkinton, after an excellent run of exactly one hour's duration. In fact, it was just as good a beagling run as anyone could wish for, as although the pace was good throughout the foremost division I of the field could always keep on fairly good I terms with hounds, and so were able to witness most of the work done by them. LEVERET. I

SIR WATKIN WYNN'S I MEET ON Saturday, December 9, Shavington .at 11.0 Monday. December 11. Ducking-ton. at 10.45 Wednesday, December 13, Hardwick 11.0 Friday, December 15, Acton it 10. 45 Saturday, December 1(5, Fenn's Bank .<1t 10.45

VANITY FAIR. MEN OF THE DAY. I From "Vanity Fair." I RIGHT HON. A. J. BALFOUR, M.P. I The Balfours of Whittinghame are a younger branch of the Balfours of Balbirnie, who are a younger branch of that ancient Scottish family, the Balfours of Balfour. Arthur James Balfour is the elder son of an elder eon, of the younger branch of the younger branch, who had married Lord Salisbury's sister. Being thus Lord Salis- bury's nephew, he seemed marked out by Fortune for a public career, and was inducted in 1874 into a seat in the House of Commons for Hertford. His uncle madb him, in 1878, an Assistant Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs, took him to Berlin to assist in the Berlin Treaty; in 1885 appointed him president of the Local Government Board in 1886 promoted him to be Secretary for Scotland, with a seat in the Cabinet; and later made him Irish Secre- tary, a post which brought him into great public notice. He has the qualities of the gentleman. He is bold and fearless. He is a landlord, a sportsman, and a bachelor. RIGHT HON. J- CHAMBERLAIN, M.P. A force naturally, if strong enough, incom- modes those persons who find themselves in ite way. Mr. Chamberlain, who is sixty-nine, is a strong force, and he has incommoded a great many people in his time. It is not the fact that he was the first among Britons to see the possi- bilities in thinking Imperially. But it is the fact that, he taught the public to make the Empire and not one part of it the Unit of Patriotism. And the lesson will not be forgotten. Criticism from friends and colleagues is not a novelty to him. Lord Hugh Cecil recently described him 313 an Alien Immigrant in the Conservative Party. HARD CASE. No. 1,493. I Die Rev. Jlr. A. calls- on a parishioner, H, a notoriously irritable, hot-tempered disciplinarian. During the visit. Mr. A chances to eee from the window he faces that B's eight-year-old son is throwing pebbles at. hits pony (a young and restive animal), and that the boy in charge of it is fast iocing contro!. Mr. A is a member of the Humanitarian League. What should the Rev. Mr. A do? I JUDGMENT IN HARD CASE 1491. I A can only repeat ins apologies, lo offer to I pay for the well-dressed lady's hat would, under the circumstances, be extremely unwise, unless he gets a clear and direct hint to that effect. I PLAYING FOR MONEY! I A notoriously stingy individual was playing bridge—a friendly game--just a shilling a hun- dred. His partner did not give the attention to the game that he thought such enormous stakes required. He therefore leant across, the table. and said to her, with a savagely serious expression, Remember, you are playing for money. UNEMPLOYED MARCH: INTERESTING AND ENJOYABLE. 1 here arc many views ot the unemployecl. Uor example, a South London philanthropist tells me of his astonishment at seeing two women whose were earning good wages marching in the procession. Afterward s he questioned them on their conduct, We wanted to see the fun," they told him. We'ad a rare old time." A kind-hearted lady sends me a protest on the conduct of a well-known personage in Sociotv who was lunching at a. party given to watch the unemployed procession." On leaving, she remarked to her hontess. Thank you ever so much. It wa. most interesting. I enjoyed myself immensely." Enjoyment was hardly the word. I BIG DEMAND FOR A ROYAL PHOTOGRAPH. A curious circumstance in connection with the rumours concerning the,, ^upposrd matrimonial iritention,, of King Alfonso is thai an extra- ordinary demand fo,' the photograph of Princess Ena of Battenberg has suddenly sprung into existence in Madrid. "Nearly every available portrait of the Princess has been bought up within ithe lazt two weeks- by Soafliards in London and despatched to Spain. Those who arcindined to see omens in everything drew interestinp; <ion- from the fact that at. the afternoon 7-t-,rt.v given last week by the Counts, of Dundonaid in Portman-squaro, Princess Henry I of Battenberg was taken (lowt, to tea by th I SDait1.jJ Ambassador wheff-, wife followed with Princess Ena.

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NEWS OF THE WORLD. — ♦ 'L'v. > are \:6llt 326 empty hoi;. ( Harro- A Morris league, o:gaa!5,ed on the JiLi. <. l ZL iootba.i iv-a^ue, iiii bceu. o.ganiscd by shoct- lag clubs in \in.sfl:r0-. The German Ambassador made an important declaration on Saturday, in which he appealed ior a better understanding between Britain and Germany. A tramp who was summoned for refusing to break stones in Ongar Workhouse, Essex, gave as his excuse, that lie- was suffering from "pc-in and verdigris." A baker, fined at Tunbridge Wells for failing to carry scales when delivering bread, said that in his sixteen years' experience he had not once been requested to weigh the bread. He aid at York Police Court.: -The Lord i Mayor: Is there any leaden why the young man in the dock should be wearing a cap?—Police Officer: It's a woman, my lord. (Laughter.) The apparent "daformdty of a hunchback ar- rested in Paris on Tuesday was found to be a wicker-work contrivance, in which he had stovrsd several hundred pounds worth of stolon, jewelie. y i After two recent nights of fog, nearly 6 000 birds were found dead under the lantern of Capo Giisnez Lighthouse. They were attracte d by the brilliant light, and killed by flying against the lanirv. Leigh fishermea have had a strange "catch" off Q-oiithced, having taken a dummy torpedo in their net. This has been handed over to the naval authorities, who had offered a reward of JE5 for its recovery. During the hearing of a case at Middlesbrough, an Italian stated that while in Italy he signed an agiooment to come to England and work for the defendant for 30 months, at a wage of 16s. a month. A French paper, referring to the purchase of the Duke of Portland's Darlev Dale, winner of the Eclipse. Stakes, for a stud in the South of France, informs its leaders that he was foaled in Westminster Abbey! The clause in the Australian Trades Mark Biil I for the labelling of merchandise in stiell a way as to cieaily indicate gooes made wholly by union labour was on Tuesday carried in the Federal House of Representatives. Mrs. Phyllis Harmer, who died on Tuesday at Poiegate, Sussex, was believed to be the oldest active woman farmer in the counn-y. She was ninety-eight- years old, and for fifty years has superintended the work of her farm at Hailsham John Rutherford a gypsy prince of "blood royal," ha.3 died suddenly in. his sixty-eighth year. He was the second son of the noted Queen Esther described by Borrow. With his death the royal line of the Faa gypsies is practically ex- tinct. Mr. John Bartlett, famous throughout the English-speaking world as ili,- coml>ller, of "Familiar Quotations," died on Sunday night at his home in Cambridge (Mass.), says the "Paris Herald" correspondent. He was eighty-five years of age. While London, ha.s boon progressing at a phen- omenally rapid rate in the matter of motor omni- buses, people. in the French capital ha.ve had to bo content with seeing a few experimental vehicles. This delay is due to the vastly greater price of petrol in Paris than in London. It is announced that the King has approved of the appointment of Mr. Henry Sutton, Junior Counsel to the Treasury, as a Judge of the High Court, in place of Mr. Justice Wills, who has resigned. The new Judge has been Junior Counsel to the Treasury, in the King's Bench Division, since 1890. Tuesday night's "London Gazette" announces that tho precedence is to be established and defined, and that in all times here- after he shall have place and precedence next after the Archbishop of York. This places the Prime Minister fourth after the Sovereign's uncles and nephews rn the table of prrcc<i -nce. Figures just published in the "Washington Post" shew that it cost just over E36o,ow to elect Mr. Roosevelt as President of the United States and Mr. Fairbanks as Vice-President. In electing Mr. Cleveland for the second time the Democ-rats spent nearly £ 1.000.000, that figure achieving a record in American politics. The King was present on Tuesday afternoon at the marriage in the Chiipel Royal, St. James's Palace, of Countess Victoria GJeicben, second daughter of Princess Victor of Hohenlohe, with Mr. P. D. Machell, Adviser to the Ministry of the Interior in Egypt. His Majesty, who gave a handsome pre- sent to the bride, signed the register in the Vestry. Colonel Hail Walker, M.P., was the chief guest of the Gimcrack Club at York on Tuesday n'ght, and spoke on the importance of racing in preserving the breed of thoroughbreds. He sug- gested that State assistance should be given to the Jockey Club either in funds or increased powers, so that national stuck might be estab- lished. Racing would then be carried on for the benefit of the country at large. B. Phillaker, a young grocer and draper, in a fit of homicida.1 mania, en Tuesday shot his mother and sister at Doeping St. James, a vil- lage between Spalding and Peterborough. He then walked to Taliington, the next village, and shot his sweetheart, afterwards taking his own life. The mother was dead when discovered. The two young women are lying in a precarious con- dition. A deputation waited upon the Board of Agri- culture on Tuesday to urge the need of increased aid to higher agricultural education. Sir Thos. Elliott, permanent secretary of the Board, who received the deputation, said the Department, sympathised with the claims put forth, aed hoped that the aspirations of the deputation might be realised. He would place their views before the incoming- President.. The Mayor of Dampirre, M. Condon, murde-red his wife on Monday morning with an axe at her own request. Mme. Candon was suffering a-eute agonies from cancer, and &he begged her husband to end her pain. At first. he would not, but when his wifo had supplicated for an hour. he kissed her, and killed her. He was arrested on Tues- day, and said he was not sorry for his crime, if it were a crime, and that he was glad his suffering wife was at last in peace. There is a. move in Ramsey, having a strong backing, with the object of asking Mr. Hall Caino to resign his scat. in the Manx House of Keys. It is contended that Ramsey is virtually disfranchised bv the famous novelist being often away. Hitherto it has bnen put forward that the novelist's name was a thing to be conjured with by way of advertisement; now it is contended that disfranchisement is a heavy penalty to pay for such an advantage. It is stated that the Duke of Norfolk's recent visit to Romo, and his long private audience with the Pope, were connected with Princess Ella's change of religion if she mai-ries the King of Spain. The Pope wishes, and the King's mother is of the same opinion, that the change should precede the betrothal. Great Britain consents to this course, but wishes the ceremony to be as private as possible. The Duke is believed to have be-en able to smooth over the difficulties. President Roosevelt on Tuesday sent, his usual message to Congress. He po'nts out. the. neces- sity for some Governmental restraint upon the trusts and great corporate organisations. In this connection he raises the question of Federal supervision of railways, advocating the appoint- ment of a Federal Comnrssion, with poweis to fix and control inter-Skato railway rates.. He urgevs the nation to give its fuU support to the next Hague, Conference. If possible there- should bo a general arbitiation treaty negotiated among all the nations represented at the. Conference. protecting neutrai property at. sea. and defining contraband of war. 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i -SEA ENCROACHMENT IN WALES I It i" very int.ere5ting (writes a C0r.'e,pon(: (': the "iian'jncH-ter Guardian") to thoee who bnc the leisure to gaze at the havoc played 011 the Weisn coa,t between Abergele and Rhyl—bur there is a very serious side to it. Those who are familiar v, ith thig stretch of sea board have noticed within the last thirty years the shingle pitched on to high-water mark, and the mud layers shifted to a point but little below it, shew- ing a trend of current never dreamt of when the i Chester and Holyhead line was buiit. Now beyond the London and North-Western Railway (Jom- panv'ii seawall at Towyn (eastward) the mud bank i hact been swept away, leaving the hollow ground open to the inroads of tho sea, the dykes are choked up, and houses are flooded. Trie (Iu.(.stion irniii-edia,telv ari,in,- is to repair the enormous breach in the mud fender, Tho chief landowners either cannot or will not. The fimaii owners take up the same attitude. The Railway Company will only move when their line is imperilled, and they appear to think they axe safe at least from being washed out. The f.trong argument used against reinstating the bank is that the co* would exceed the value of the land reclaimed. Let this word of warning sink into the minds of there who have property hereabouts—that the devastation by floods will increase, land be driven out of cultivation, labour be at. a terrible discount, and productive land be lost to the community. Far and beyond the enormous danger threatened there is the danger to the westward portion of RhsL

AUCTION SALES. I A CHESTER RESIDENCE, &c. I Un Saturday Messrs. Cunnah and Roberts, at the Blossoms Hotel, offered for auction the valuable residence, No. 12, Upper Northgate-streer, together with the stabling and garden in the rear. Messrs. Dickson, Barnes and Dickson bacame the buyers at £ 2,275. A building site of about 1.237 yards, situated in Newry Park, was sold to Mr. Wvcherley for £ 180. Messrs. Browne and Dobie and Mr. Jas. C. Bate acted as solicitors to the respective vendors. HOOTON SMITHFiELD. I On Wednesday Messrs. Cunnan. and Ro berts held their annual Chnstma-s sliow and sale 01 cattle, sneep, pigs, and calves at Hooton. As far as quantity and quality of stock were con- cerned the sale was by far the best at Hooton for many years. The cattle numbered 152, and were ail good butchers' meat, and not the great heavy fat beasts that won the prizes in former years. The sheep were a capital show and met with a. quiok sale. The calves and pigs were up to the usual Christmas standard. 'JLh/3 pr-ze-wmners, buyers, and prices were as follows; -1, for the best fat bullock, Mr. Peter Owen 6, The Manor, JE25. 5s., bougnt by Mr. A. E. Roberts, Birken- head; 2, the exors. of tl- late Mr. C. Bushell, Hindert<m, £23. 5s., Mr. T. Swift, Nesxon; h.c., Mr. P. Owen, £ 22. 7s. 6d., Mr. C. Matthews, Rock Ferry; c, Mr. Raynor, Barnston, £ 20. 10s., Mr. Cannon, Birkenhead. 1, for the best fat heifer, Mr. Peter Owen, 4-22, Mr. T. Swift, Neston 2, Mr. S. Jones, Pools Hall, JS18. lCs., Mr. E. Williams, Ellesmere Pert; h.c., Mr. S. Jones, £ 17. 5s., Mr. E. Williams, Ellesmere Port; c, exors. of the late Mr. C. BusheII, JE17. 7s. 6d., Mr. C. Matthews, Rock Ferry. Pr.ze for the best fat cow, the Misses Russell, Brim- stage. £ 19. 12s. 6d., Mr. Stockton, Ellesmere Port; 2, Mr. H.. Bamford, Thornton, £ 19. 155, h.c., Mr. H. J. Stretch, Sutton, £ 17 12s. 6d., Mr. Whieldon, Tranmere. Prize for the best fat bull, Mr. H. J. Stretch, Sutton, £ 22. 15s., Mr. Brad- bury, Tunstall; h.e Mr. Jones, Thornton, JE18. 17s. 6d., Mr. Bradbury, Tunstall. The prize for the champion beast was awarded to Mr. Peter Owen's, The Manor, Great Sutton, for a capital, well-finished Galloway bullock, which realised J325. 5s., Mr. A. E. Roberts, Birkenhead, being the purchaser. The prize for the best pen of five boggs or gimmers was won by Mr. S. Jones, Poole Hall, and sold to Mr. P. Swift, Little Sutton, for JB15. 10s.; h.c., Mr. Jarvis, Hooton, L10. 7s. 6d., Mr. Roberts, Birkenhead; c, the Misees Russell, £ 12. 5s., Mr. Matthews, Rock Ferry. The first prize for the best pen of five fat sheep went to Mr. H. M. Da.vies, Frodsham, and the lot were sold to Mr. Farquaher, Birken- head, for J315. 17s. 6d. Mr. Roberts was h.c., the lot being sold for £ 20, and Mr. S. Jones was c, his exhibits going to Mr. A. E. Roberts for Lll. 15s. The prize for the two best ba/Con pigs was won by Mr. J. Jarvis, Hcoton, and the pigs were sold for JB12. 17s. 6d. Mr. Jarvis also won the prize for the best, fat calf, which mad £ 4. 8s., Mr John Wright being the purchaser. Mr. Pearson. Eastham, was h.c., Mr. Richardson, Chester being the purchaser at £ 4. 4s.; while Mr. Platt, Whitby, was c., Mr. Richardson again being the purchaser at £ 3. 16s. Mr. Thos. Clarke, Brook-street, Chester; Mr. E. Williams, Ellesmere Port; and Mr. C. Matthews, Rock Ferry; officiated as judges and gave the utmost satisfaction. I ERMINE CATTLE MART. This weekly stock sale was splendidly sup- ported on Tuesday record entries in all classes were received! Shortly before mid-day every pen in the yard was occupied, the remainder of the entry having to be sold in the carts. The demand for pigs, however, was fortunately above even the record supply, and satisfactory prices ruled throughout. Porket. pigs were remarkably well sold, and the enquiry for bacon pigs was so keen that in several case", they reached 10s. 6d. per score live-weight. Several pens of pigs made from £ 17 to £ 24 per pen, and heavy-weight bacons were purchased to E;3. Is. per head. There was a distinct, advanc-e on the recent moderato market prioos for beef handy weights in heifers and bul- locks up to £ 18. 10s. Next Tuesday only pigs will be sold at this sale, and the Christmas Show and prize soles will be held on Monday, Dec.' 18th for pigs and calves; Tuesday, the 19th, for shocp and cattle; and poultry on the 20th Dec. I HORSES AT CREWE. I On Trfursday and Friday last week Messrs. Henry Maniev and Sons, conducted their final sales at Crewe for the present, year. The cata- lo gue embraced an entry of 500 light and heavy horses. The hunters on offer were the best lot exhibited at these autumn sales, and all the useful animals in th.s section met a quick demand. Foreign buyers v.c-re the best customers, and a strosg contingent went to France, Germany and Holland. Mr. Wm. Brown, of Nantwich, secured the champion prize for the best hunter, but de- clined a tempting bid of llOgs. for this animal. Messrs. S. and J. McMorran secured the prize in the harness class, but. declined to sedl after a bid of 90gs. was made. A pair of bay harness horses weie sold at 120gs., a chestnut gelding at SCgs, and a bay gelding at 75fs. There was a sharp demand for cobs, the prize-winner in this section, exhibited by Mr. S. Mumford, going to Liverpool at 55gs. The trade throughout for light, horses was much better than that experi- enced at the corresponding sales of last year, the total turnover shewing an increase of 86 per cent. The cart horses numbered over 200, and were a useful lot. Tliei, was an excellent- lot of cart colts and fillies. oil offer, including several fashionably-bied shiies. Messrs. Pickford's. the well-known earners, were extensive purchasers, and a good number of horses went to London. The demand from Liverpool and Birkenhead was also sharp, and capita! prices were, realised all through the sale.

FOOTBALL.—Many a goal is missed by reason of faulty Boots. Hewitt's Boots are faultless. Try I a pair, and raise your average. -IfE WITT, Abbey Gateway. CHESTER TRADESMEN SLANDERED.— Rumour, says the Chester Courant this week, never lived up to her reputation as a lying jade better than during the past week in the city of Chester, where all sorts of insane re- poits have been spread abroad as to the insolvency of local business firms. The most extravagant statements of the impending collapse of quite a crowd of old-established and prosperous trades- men have been put in circulation, with the re- grettable effect that some people are sufficiently orccEulous to believe. them. It ought. to be un- ne-cossary at this time of day to point out the disastrous consequenc-eis of the circulation. of such repoits, however absurd they may be. Such a slander has been known to ruin a tradesman, by bringing down all his creditors upon him at once, whereas, in the ordinary course of business, he was perfectly solvent and prepared to meet ail liabilities. It should be unnecessary also to re- mind the public that the spread of these wicked reports is a highly dangerous prooeckiiig, render- ing the person implicated in the circulation of the statement liable to legal proceedings, and often to he-avy damages. In the present case we have authority for stating that if anyone is detected passing on these cruel fabrications, the firms whose reputation is thus tampered with are determined to bring the offender to book. A PUBLICAN S DIFFICULTIES.—The licensee of the Glynne Vaults, Pensarn, named William Riddell, was charged at the Abergele Police Court on Saturday with selling spirits, beer, and tobacco on October 19 without an Ex- cise licence. Mr. Francis D. Drake, supervisor of Inland Revenue, prosecuted, a.nd Mr. E. A. Crabbe defended. The latter contended that as the defendant held a justioes' licence he was entitled to sell intoxicating liquors. Early in October the defendant found he could not pay the money for the Excise licence, and consulted tho advocate, who called a meeting cf creditors. As a result of the meeting the defendant assigned his estate to a trustee for the benefit of his credi- tors, and an attempt was made to get a new tenant. A considerable quantity of fixtures and stock would have to be taken over by the in- going tenant, but none had yet been found, al- though there were several anxious to get the house. There was a largo body of creditors be- hind the Inland Revenue authorities. The de- fendant was keeping the house going in ant:ci pa- tion of a new tenant being found. and the new tenant would take out the Excise licence. As a rule the revenue authorities said nothing if the licence was taken out by the middle of Novem- ber. The Bench, Mr. Oldfield (the chairman) stated, fined the defendant 2s. 6d. and oasts, I making a total of 33s. [ VALUABLE DISCOVERY FOR THE HAIR. If yonr hair is turning grey or white or falling: off use the MEXICAN HAIR RKNKWKB. for it will positively restore, in every case, grey or white hair to its original colour. It makes the hair charmingly beautiful, as well as promoting the growth. P-ice 3s. fid. per bottle. "THE PEACEFUL .TAP" iq thp titie of Horniman's artistically coloured Almanack for 1906 This interesting picture is now being eiven away by over 20/00 retailers of Hornimin's Pure Tea. Sold by. Chester: W. Ahin Davies, lfi. CommOnhnll stro- t (wholesale agent); Co-operative Society; Cryer, 25, Christleton- road Holborn Restaurant, 29.- Forogate Rtreet. Neston Lee. Little Sutton: Swiniell-. Ehtiddlan: R->bert8, erocer. Rromborough Jfool: C<i-op. Society. Mynvdd Isa: Co-op. Society. Mold Junction: Co-op. Society. Hoole: k nnvie. Wroxhant Felton. Sftitoev: Knbinsorf. Wingford: Whitehead. Tattenhall:■ Jacksor, Grocer.

F gEE CHURCHES. ♦ Preacbera for next Sunday m the ftrious Free j Ch_uich pi.toes- of worship :— vxingregauonai, '^ueeu-sneez j_c >b ana t>)}, Rev. Fred Hibbert. Congregational, Upper NorthgAte-street: and G.30, Rev. W. H. Towers. | Congregational Welsh Chapel, Albion Park: 10.45 and 6.e, Rev. Ivor Jones. Congregational, Great Boughton: 10.45 and G.30, Rev. J. Ll. Jones. ConsTegational, Handbridge 10.45 and 6.30, Rev. W. Jones. English Presbyterian, City-road: 10.30 and G.30, Rev. R. Jones, B.A. Presbyterian Church of England, Newgate-street: 10.30 and 6.;10, Rev. J. Mitchell, B.D. F.R. A.S. Baptist, Grosvenor Park 10.45 and G.30, Supply. Baptist. Miltou-place: 2.30 and 6.30, Supply Baptist. Hamilton-place: 10.45 and 6.30, Supply. Welsh Baptist, Penri Memorial: 10.30 ana Supply. Wesleyan Methodist, St. John-street: 10.30 and 6.30, Rev. Mark Guy Pearse. Wesleyan Methodist, City-road 1.30, Rev. W. A. Prunell; 6 30, Rev. T. Wheat-ley. Wesleyan Methodist, Garden-lane 11.r, Rev. R. Worm well; t6.30, Mr. S. Whitworth. Welsh Wesleyan, Queen-street: 10.30 <:nd 6.0, Supply. Welsh Calvinistic Methodist, St. John-street: 10.30 and 6.0, Rev. J. Pryce Davies, M.A. Primitive Methodist, Geergt -street: 10.45 and 6.30, Rev. W. Upright. Primitive Methodist, Hamilton-street, Hoole: 10.45 and 6.35. Rev. J. Travis. Primitive Methodist, Hunter-street: 10.45 and 6 30, Rev. J. E. Leuty. Primitive Methodist. Saltney: 10.46 and 6.30, Evangelist J. H. Cooke. Primitive Methodist, Boughton: 10.45 and G.30, Mr. J. H. Jackson. Methodist New Connexion, Pepper-street: 10.45 and 6.30, Rev. E. Genner. Waverton Presbyterian: 10.45 and C.30, Rev. D. Manuel, M.A. Matthew Henry. Unitarian: 11.0 and 6 30. Rev. H. E. Haycock. Church of Christ, Upper Ncr th gate-street: 10.45 and 6.30, Supply. Church of Christ, Saltney: 10.45 and 6.30, Pastor Dobson. I New Jerusalem Church, Temperance Hall: 6.5'a 1 Supply.

I TIDE TABLE. I r HIGH WATER AT CHESTER. I DECEMBER. MRN IM Ir;F-N. iB. Jl.1rr.m.!B. Me ———————— j—;— 9 Saturday j 10 39 15 5 10 6 10 Sunday i 11 15 1C 6 j 11 3a 11 Monday i 11 50 17 1 — 12 Tuesday 12 7 1 17 0 12 24 13 Wednesday 12 31 17 S 12 58 14 Thursday i 1 15 17 1 1 22 15 Friday 1 50 i 16 b 2 d

CHESTER INFIRMARY. I WEEKLY STATE, ENØ) SATURDAY LAST. I In-Patients are admitted on Tuesday Morning at I I 0" L Eleven o clock. I in-patients Jlscnargeo. Cured 15 Believed. 8 Made Out-patients 0 1 Unrelieved. 1 Irregularity 0 I Dead. 2 -in-pauen;s. Admitted 23 Remain in the House 78 I u OUT-PATIENTS. I T! I Medical Uases are seen on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Surgical Cases are seen on Thursday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Ophthalmic Cases are seen on Friday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Dental Cases are seen on Tuesday and Saturday mornings at Ten o'clock. Out-patients admitted since Saturday last. 74

MARKETS AND FAIRS. I 0 WREXHAM CATTLE, MONDAY.-Business was somewhat quiet to-day, no doubt owing to much stock being held back for the Christmas markets. Some good quality stuff was, however, on offer, and prices were steady. Beef made from 6d. to 6., and best a trifle higher, while mutton fetched from 7d. to 8id. Pigs were fairly well represented, and realised from 7s. 9d. to 9s. 6d. per score lb. LIVERPOOL CATTLE, MONDAY.-The supply of cattle was smaller than last week. Good qualities in demand at fully late rates. Middling and inferior classes difficult to hell. There was again a smaller supply of sheep. Notwithstanding this trade was very slow, and there was no appreci- able alteration in prices. Quotations :—Beef, 5fd. to 43d. mutton, 9d. to 6d. per lb. LONDON CATTLE, MONDAY .-Supply of beasts compared with Monday last, shewed a decrease of 190. Trade slow for fat beasts, chiefly due to retail butchers buying short to enable them to have their shops for big market day. No quotable decline in value, however, can be noted for choice fat shed cows. Trade slightly firmer for middling quality; cows and bulls met a very limited demand even at a decline of Id. to 2d. per 81b. Top prices per 81b :—80st. to 90et. Devons, 4s 6d. 90st. to 95st. Herefords and 9Gst. polled Norfolks, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d.; 95st. runts, 4s. to 4s. 4d. lOOst. short- horns, 3s. lOd. to 4s. 90st. fat oows, 38. 6d. fat bulls, 2a. lOd. to 3s. Id. Trade extremely slow for both wethers and ewes, rates favouring buyers. though barely sufficient to quot& Irish sheep 2d. per 81b. lower. Scotch sold fairly well at late rates. Calf trade nominal. Quotations per 81b. :—Beasts, ijs. lOd. to 4s. 6d. sheep, 3s. lOd. to 5s. lOd. MANCHESTER HAY AND STRAW, MON- DAY.—Hay, 4fd.; clover, 5id. to 6d. straw, wheat. 3#d., ditto oat. to 4d. per stone of 141b. w h eat. 3?d., BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY.—The market is firm but without much activity. There is a good inquiry for merinoes, which tend rather to harden. Fine crossbreds are exceedingly strong, and for the time being are more in demand than any other sorts forties 16d., super sixties 26d. Mohair and Alpaca are quiet. There is little doing in the export yarn trade. Mohair spinners are well employed. Botany trade rather better. SALFORD CATTLE, TUESDAY.—About the same number of cattle with fair demand. Large decrease in number of sheep penned with strong demand. Small show of calves with better trade. Quotations :-Cattle, 4d. to 6d. sheep, 5id to O^d.; calves, 5;id. to 8d. per lb. BIRKENHEAD AGRICULTURAL PRO- DUCE, TUESDA Y.-Hay, 60s. to 65s.; clover. 67s. 6d. to 80s.; wheat, straw, 40s. barley, straw, 40s. per ton. MANCHESTER CHEESE, TUESDAY.—The feature of to-day's market has been a good demand for home-made cheese, buyers shewing a desire to fill up stocks in view of Christmas. Arrivals are large for this period of the season, and the quality is excellent. Stocks in merchants' hands are de- creasing in bulk. There is very little under-priced cheese now on the market. To-day's quotations are as follow :—Cheshire, finest white and coloured, 75s. to 80s. fine, 68s. to 70s.; mediums, 60s. to 63s. lower grades fetching from 50s. to 55s. Lan- cashire, finest white and coloured, 73s. to 78s. tine, 67s. to 70s. Stiltons, finest ripe, realised from lld. to Is. green Stiltons, 81,d. to 9id.; and Cheshire Stiltons, 8d. to 9d. Canadian cheese With stocks in Liverpool about half of last year, and shipments being only 12,000 boxes to the United Kingdom, there has been on excited market, and prices are is. to 2s. higher. CHESHIRE BUTTER AND EGG.-Iarkets moderately well 'supplied. Prices about as last Friday. Trade less animated than usual. Quota- tions :-Stockport (Friday): Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 5 and 6 for Is. Crewe (Friday): Butter: is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 6 for le. Northwich (Friday), Butter, Is. 2d. and Is. 3d. per lb.; eggs, 6 and 7 for Is. Sandbach (Thursday): Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 6 for Is. Macclesfield Butter, 18. 2d. and Is. 3d. per lb.; eggs, 5 and 6 for Is. Con- gleton: Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 6 for Is. Altrincham: Butter, Is. 3d. and Is. 4d. per lb. eggs, 4 and 5 for Is. Nantwieb Butter, Is. 2d. and Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 6 and 7 for lR. Knuts- ford: Butter, Is. 3d. per lb.; eggs, 6 and 7 for Is. Runcorn Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 6 and 7 for Is. Chester: Butter, Is. 2d. and Is. 3d. per lb. eggs. 6 for Is. CHESTER CORN, SATURDAY. Market quiet. Wheat in small supply, with prices against holders. Oats also favour buyers, and are in fair supply. Beans and barley quiet. Feeding stuffs firmer for most descriptions. Foreign wheat I quiet and unchanged. Quotations .— I nw OLD 8. D. S. D. 8. D. 8. D. Wheat, white per 75!b. 1 0 0 to 0 0-0 0 to 0 0 Wheat, red. 751b.! 00 — 4 5j 00 — 00 Malting Barley. 601b. 0 < 0 0, i) 0 — 0 0 Grinding do 1 6 111). 0 0 0 (t 0 0 — 0 0 Oate „ 461b. 22 — 2600 — 00 Beans. 80ib. I) 0 0 f) 0 0 0 0 Egyptian Beana „ 2401b. 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 ii.dian Oon: >t 2toib. l. 0 0 013 0 13 C

The Lord-Lieutenant of Anglesey, Sir R. H. Williams-Bulkley, Bart., on Saturday left Baron Hill, Beaumaris, to join the shooting party of the Earl of Lathom, at Lathom Park, Ormskirk. DRUNKEN PAUPERS.—At Mr. Churton's office on Monday morning, before Messrs. G. Dick- son and W. Williams, John Brannon and John Dunning, inmates of the Chester Workhouse, were charged with being drunk.—Wm. Dugdale, t&sk- master, said Brannon went out on Saturday and returned drunk. Prisoner was sent to gaol for fourteen days.—The taskmaster said Dunning went with him to the Castle Petty Sessions as a witness. Afterwards he asked permission to see his friends, and witness allowed him to go on condition he kept sober. He returned to the workhouse drunk and j assaulted a tramp. Prisoner was sent to gaol for seven days.

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FIRE AT SHREWSBURY SCHOOL. I LIBRARY SAVED BY THE BOYS. I Just before noon on Tuesday fire was discovered in the main building of Shrewsbury School. The boys were fat lessons at the time of the outbreak- and were disturbed by melted lead falling. They spread the alarm, and hurried pell-mell from the building. Owing to the elevated position of the schools and the strong wind, the fire spread rapidly over the whole of the upper part of the building, ruining the top storeys, and threatening also the lower ones with destruction. The belfry fell with a crash about one o'clock, but an hour or so later the fire was well in hand. Fortunately, the residential buildings are remote from the school, and there was no chance of these being set on fire. The valuable school library was saved by the schoolboys, who, arranged in lines, passed the books from band to hand. Two men who were assisting the firemen fell from the top of the build- ing owing to the roped ladders parting, and suffered serious injury. From the elevated position of the school above the town the fire presented a magnifi- cent spectacle. The fre started in the roof, it is | thought, through the electrical wires fusing. )

-J-Y- MR. LEVER AND BIRKENHEAD WHY HE DID NOT WIN. Mr. W. H. Lever on Tuesday afternoon ad- dressed a meeting of farmers on the Market- square. Birkenhead. He contended that. Sir Elliott Lees had voted in the House of Commons against the interests of work- illgn-beii, and Le challenged him to give a list to the workingmen of Bukenhead of his votes on the subject of labour and the light of la-bo-ur to combine- Mr. Lever referred to a statement made by Sir Elliott Lees regarding a poster that was placarded about the town Wn1e ye.rs ago and whieh concerned a sub- scription lie (Mr. Lever) gave for a certain objects He said the poster was sent out as a reply to a I statement, which was made. that he did not sub- scribe to anything ù the town. That poster was sent out without his consent, and he admitted it was bad politics to repl; to it at all. and it was aJso bad electioneering. He believed every time such statements were made the Tory majority declined, and it wa, his opinion that if he bad taken no notice of the statements he would have been tho member for Birkennead. Alderman Benedict Jones had revived the rusty weapon of Toryism, and he was positive that by introducing the subject, again in Birkenhead it would lose Sir Eiliott Lees his seat.

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