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QUERIES. NEWS. NOTES. AND best authenticated spook story jn the English occurred on a Vnvmlh r. The cond l.yttelt/.n.

whose eloquent eulogium on Ciiathsm after that peers tragic death is likely to be forgotten by admirers once dreamed that a bird had fjewn llo in Berkeleyjjrj.jare. and had into a woman, then informed him that lie had not days to live. Ho told the story to a II friends, adding that, for a man ot thirty-live of age, he had never jn ids life felt more til and full of energy. fatal third day after his dream Lyttelton spent a pleasant twelve hours with his various friends. Amidst her incidents of the day.

he passed, in mpany Lord Fortesrne, a elinreh- card. .1 nd niarkvd You ami who are im-n and not common folk, will hve g'ed old However, no had die dooimd peer retired, in ai the best of health, to bed, was nnacketl by a sudden lit, in his immediate death! sv.r. is for by many diff. audmiities, and is reeordeil in li; one magazine of the year 1779. which ihM American soldier Majorn.

ral B. M. Young, thus a dinner at Potsdnm trliiWi ho attended with General Corbin and General Wood while in Gerjnarn go much on dinners as a rule, hut I never had a hetter tune in my life. It was just what it was fiipjKised to dinner without any formalities, and we saw the home side of Kmperor William. We were all presented to the Empress, and all remained standing, of course, while she was in the 1- iuiii.

As soon as she had left, the Kmperor said: on. boys, p.i have a was a hit surprised the very slight German accent in the l.iiip-r-ir's spcveli. 1 would say that he l.a I even so much accent as his i r. Prince Henry, and I am very ir that he hasn't any more of an accent, ti. i iiiaylv a bit less, than the King of In faci.

Prince Henry said to day: my brother yon see excellent Englishman, and in my Kdward you will see a very it And we found ahoui I had said. At the sng a into a beautiful mi. off 'lining riMUii. ami the cigars pass'd. Strolling up lo llcncral KuijKT.ir saitl: he it vs cal adjutaiit-general 'f I know your failing.

You like fnMfft. Idaekesi- cigar you Now. no I no.v I've all ahout Hi.cn. inn ing to a lackey, lie dinvted im hting lo Uencrnl Corhin th ng.st an kesl cigars lie could tfnd. In.

art did as direeled, and Corbin i lie of his Ih New Vagala.nds” to-night I'aifimg ns their guests. their a-fiial liristmas dinner at the Trocari. i I I'nnl-Clc neral and Lady fan Laudheii. 1 1 is probably news to rf lers to know that this 1 general, who is also to be pr the Calfsloitiim ditoier ill this m. M-veral literary no meaii da uni Fighting the and simitar works hear Iribule his ities in this direction.

There arc very men of his age in the F.nglislt Army have seen a greater amount of than Sir fan Me gained It lost mention in despatches in A'hati war of 1873 30. while he also was I tn al Majnha Hill, where he was oid.d. Kiuhener has 1831. there Hamilton has been also, a his Kgvptian and Sotilli African i teslifv. The victor of Wagon ts of the finest sjiecimens of British lo he found in the world to-day.

'h v.mvil. a War Or. a confrere who al the hek al that wmkman cf that Iniilding over the uv. the matter with inijn "lan'iii'j tlinuigh the nt iniltVidiinl icl ntcd the ether, i Midi lb iwggar last 1 (tv and he done ke of work tin At the -e nioinent at which the above con- Trr- 1 on Hired, a British working n.i-. Wav addressing his 1 icm.iiked in a tone of deep dye see that ere War Clli- bnk in that room darn there? me if ili aint bin 1 nmf a bower, an" the bloomer's tl' but start Inuit winder uU- i.icssed tyme.

Tbatw the sort o' finp pys taxes ter On- iho most extrnonliiiarr enginrer tii rpuses is ri present engaging the nti- (dovrnincm of the I nited Tiiis is maintain, if not to lift. In. I gn at lakes, and Congress t.i made some financial provision the undertaking. The scheme most by practical men is the building if a huge dnm in the neighbourhood of igara. which would raise tho level of quite three feet, the level of Huron probably two feet, and von iho depth of Lake The will naturally ami wili tun many 1 5 bm it is that removal Nsity of diedging the harbours.

large sums are paid every year. offset the expenditure. It hv lowering of tin late J. v. Is.

irjij, (he tendency of shipy wards the larger anti deeper v. makes the condition the future of the eoinmrree school teacher was an 1 in her new winter hat k- 1 prettier than over. Jew the little girl whispered; 11 will be the prettiest in 5 i proudly. But the little boy V- enthusiasm. ought to said; we've boon giving nnics every Sunday to bnv American who permits his picture 'NU 4 along with some testimonial he has used same patent medicine ce taking it lias been cured and las taken nt other, is liable to find himin serious trouble.

Fifteen New Yor policemen who indorsed a certain licine in this manner were summoned for trial on the charge of to influence the Polict pector Cortright, who declined to J' a cigarette case from Prince enr prepared the charges. 4 CONTEMPORARY CUPPINGS. Popnlwlty. Popularity is more likely to be doe to what a man say than to what he does. run- Every woman has a terrible lonping to fnd out about her husband's old love affairs, and a terrible fear that maybe she will.

Chun Von Bhimer (roaring): Who told you to put this paper on the Decorator: Vonr wife, Von Blumer; ruaUr Tlio 'eif-maclo man He said: father was a raiser of hogs. There was a large family of then his voice was drowned by the applause. She Did What She Could. Besde: that horrid Miss Xewrich talking to Lord Brokeleigh. awful but doing her best to be a A Feather in Sis Cap.

Slip'liorl good enough to favour us with a commntiicaiiou on the subject of the latest telegraphic feat, pointing out a parallel which, she thinks, has not yet been used. The discovery. says, is yet another feather in the cap of Macaroni. OaadiA MaoA. ChitTK'r: you are not friends any Rimer: he doesn't know what true friendship means.

1 him once 10 give me candid opinion about some verses 1 had written." Chimcr: Rimer: "Tlte chump Rave it." WLat Stoppol Sim. Havp you boon to seo tho mpnnpcrio He: I intended goint? Inst evening, but tvns by one of tho was that? Did one of the lions break Ho; no; nothing so exciting. 1 was prevented going by the reindeer. see, it was a wet night. 7 Holy csm.

remarkably tcpical answer given by a schoolboy the question, Why was hidden iu the if we may believe the It ran. Please, e-cape The youth declared the mottasteries were dissolved bv iho London County Council wav hardly guilty of a greater anarlironUni. A Just SjldOm. If is related of CVowu Rudolph of the that hoirjurrd an Hinifranan village school with visit. Upon the inquiry how many children there were in the school, life leat her answered.

have thirty-eight scholars and five to which the Crown Prince added. a stupid Sslglan fiailvay Engine VWstlei. The Relgiau railway authorities are dedrous iiiininiisiug the effect which the oar-splitting of the produces upon the nervous is of passengers. According to the Inrlcprndame the engines arc to he furni'hed with whiftlea producing two lone-, and sofier in cffei'f than the ordinary signal, the former to he used in railway stations or when the traia passing platforms crowded ni pe-sengers. Anythin? to OUiTO- (Jrcjitniau.

I idi stop priming my porlrair every time any little thing happen-' to me. or else get new one. had that old plate in seventeen All right, my dear sir. Aiiyfhiug to Assistant Foreman (a week later). 1 find that picture of Sam.

tlie sneaktliief. Well, dump in that old picture of Mr. Orcatman. It going to he used for him any Sml Salt. of tlio Dead 'nit' surfprr fi'iisiclorahly Ijolow whik if tlw- drainage of sulphur, anil miuos.

The don.dty of the water about 1,2 compared with distilled water, that of sea-water beintf only 1.027; and a analysis more than 24 per cent, of -olid matter, includin'? 9 per cent, of chloride. C.52 of sodium chloride, and 5.49 of calcium chloride. A bather become instantly covered with a layer of Reflections of Sacflolor. A 1 woman is fat: a rich noman is only stout. Women iivc for admiratuin.

but men dir without it. The a woman knows nbom a thing, more she talks about it. I.ct us remember be kind to diimb and married men. overage woman will forgive her rival anything but her beauty. Who ever heard of a tongue that a-n't abominably overworked? Man the young lady ip mb him round to papa to see if he opposes.

A Frank Cosfetalos. According to the Italian leaders of the all good things come from the North, and even in England we were coming the opinion. But eonfe-sion is good for the and an Aberdeen Town chairman of that significant body the Watching made a frank and open confession. Some people, says this austere man. imagine siiat Aberdeen is a very good city.

The sooner they disabuse their minds of thi- iinpre-MOii the better. There is more crime in Aberdeen tbafl in any other city. But what is the legal definition of a crime? SortditT doctrine of heredity (says the is writ large hi judicial places. The Chief father was a wellknown Q.C.: the Master of the Rolls, who belongs to a long line of distinguished Irish is tho son of a leader of the Irish Bar; Lord Justice Vaughan Williams's father a judge of the Court of Common Mr. Channel! is a -on of a judge of the Court of Exchequer; Mr.

Justice Philhmore's father was a judge of the Probale and Admiralty Division: Mr. Justice Wills is the son of .1 Birmingham -olieitor; and Mr. Justice father practised in London as a member of the same branch of the profession. Among the County Court judges the principle illustrated by Judges Lnsh-Wilson. Bacon.

Arthur Russell. Ingham, TindaA Atkinson, Bompas. and Reginald Brown. The The stenodacrvle of M. T.afauvie.

29. Rue Jean Jacques Rouleau. is a typewriting machine for shorthand or phonetic writing which may he useful to reporters. It or not letters but syllables, and tio concern with spelling or punctuation, a -peed of 200 words a minute, if required, whereas the ordinary typpewriicr about seventy words to dictation. The stenodactyle is mechanically simple.

It ten keys, five for each hand, the left ham! for consonants, the right for and both are played together. The keys are numbered, and each number corresponds to a vowel or consonant, so tbit a syllable or sound is written by playing the keys which form it. The machine expected to economise time in many ways. Being small and light, it can easily be carried about. Not only journalists and authors, but business men may find it useful.

The telephono service may also use it for making written copies of messages, and the blind may profit by it. Perhaps, too. it will become a means of establishing a universal system of stenography. 'Wc I i OLD BOROUGH I of LIVERPOOL. MAP OF GREATER LIVERPOOL.

THE PROPOSED EXTENSION NORTHWARDS. borough is such that it intervenes between important and populous districts of tho city in the north and east and the river front, cutting off the inhabitants of those districts from the docks. There is every reason to believe that under the proposed new regime building operations would become much brisker in the outlying districts, and that manufactures would substantially benefit. At present many manufacturers are under a disadvantage in having to describe themselves as of near and the simple address of Liverjiool would be in itself a good advertisement to their businesses, and would also be found a great assistance to persons of all grades obtaining appointments, public or otherwise. Participation in the technical instruction scholarships and in oilier educational advantages would likewise be included in the benefits of citizenship of the larger city.

As regards the question of rales, which are slightly lower in Bootle than in Liverpool, tb City Council would no doubt, as in former cases of annexation, consent to an arrangement whereby the present poundage should bo fixi-d for a period, say. of fifteen years and it need not be said that such a guarantee against an increase of local burdens for such a period would be keenly appreciated by community in these days of big municipal debts As a matter of fact, Bootle to a large extent owes the lightness of its ralis to Liverpool. With hardly any cost it enjoys the advantage of the high rateable value of the docks, warehouses, railways, factories, and compels many thousands of its working people to live in Walton and Kirkdale to be looked after hygienically at the expense of Liverjmol. Thus Bootle gets the iii the way of rating, while Liverpool has to pay 30 per cent, for the collection of rates in cottage property. One illustration of how Bootle blocks the way is furnished by the history and present condition of the cattle trade of the port.

Had Bootle been a part of Liverikiol the great Bock Board scheme of a few years ago would now be an accomplished fact, ami such vexed and difficult problems as those of the abattoirs and THE LIVERPOOL DAILY POST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2T, 1902. the Chnnnpl cattle traffic would hare boon satisfactorily solved. The point on which the controversy with Bootle will mainly turn will probably be. the question of passenger and merchandise transit. A glance at the map will show that Liverpool is completely cut off from communication with tile great north docks, except by way of Bootle.

Owing to failure of negotiations, a proposal to lay down a tramway to connect the city with the Alexandra and other docks not long ago fell through, and at present a scheme for connecting the same docks with the South-West Lancashire Iraraway system for goods traffic is in some danger of lieing spoiled, owing to the ini(Nitent positon of the Liverpool Corporation as regards control of the streets in Bootle. Another respc in which Bootle pro cos a barrier to development is that by its position Mween Livcrimol and Litherland it makes impossible an extension of the electric tramway system into the district of Litherland, which is at present served by horse trams only. In regard to railway developments also, such as the proposal to join the Overhead Railway with the Lancashire and Yorkshire at Maghnll, t.nd with the Cheshire Lines at fH'ftnii, it would Ik. a groat advantage if and Liverpool alone, hail the power of consultation and negotiation. It is oxpeiled that the Liverpool Corporation will receive substantial backing in its courageous and progressive policy.

There will be no question of political partisanship. That has already been shown by the unanimity of Committee, and by the fart that the resolution was moved by Mr. R. A. Hampson and seconded by tUderinan Frederick Smith.

Both the Mersey Do' ks and Harbour Board and (he Liverj)oo! Chainlkt of Commerce are expected t' lend (lie weight of their influence project. It is understood that ilnleading residents of Seaforth and Water 100 are favourably disjwsed. and it is quite possible that a poll of the inhabitants of the four districts concerned would result in an emphatic endorsement of broad-minded and far sighted conception of the possibilities of local administration. MUNICIPAL V. GOVERNMENT AUDIT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILT TOST. speech of Mr. Harmood Banner, chairman of the Finance Committee, one of a deputation to Mr. Waller Long, President of the Loral Govern mem Board, raises the whole question of the public amlil of Corporalion accounts. If Mr.

Banner thinks there is general satisfaction wiih the present system 1 fear he is much mistaken. A system deviled many years ago when the anmunts dealt wiih were comparatively small, which not only made no provision for payment of the elective auditors, but made their appointments subject to an election which has ali the worst of political contest, cannot lie considered adapted to the twentieth eentnry. Tlml the present sysioni not considered satisfactory is proved bv the fact that already a draft Act of Parbament has been drawn tip by Major General 11. P. Babbage, of Cheltenham, with a view to remedy many of the evils of the present system.

Among other things, it provides for the council having the appointments of in its own hands, and this would have peculiar attractions for Liverpool just at the present moment. A Government audit would no doubt be welcomed by the officials of the Corporation, for it wotdd relieve them of the dilemma in which they must now be placed with regard to connected with municipal trading. The Local Government Board at present them from all responsibility to the amount put aside for sinking funds and interest. and it is certainly most desirable that the same authority should decide what is a safe and amount to be reserved for depreciation and general reierve. For these reasons it appears de-irahle that the whole question of auditing of Corporation and the appointment of public auditors should receive the attention of onr local and Imperial ALEX ARMOUR Liverpool.

November 26. 1902. SNAKE-FEEDING AT TUB ZOO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY POBT- true lover of animals, who has been impressed by Humanitarian League's exposure of lire repulsive and cruel practice of feeding the python on live at the Zoo. will doubtless agree with the opinion recently expressed by the Now this, in our opinion, is not only shamefolly cruel, but.

rouipnibepng that the goat a domestic animal, it is abo illegal, and it i to bo hoped that of the more earnest lovers of animals among the patrons of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal will urge that immensely wealthy society to a little labour and tnonev in defending the goats thus put to a doafh of terror and sunoring by the python almost at the doors of the great lustituticu for preventing cruelty to Surely the many members of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will not overlook the inactivity of their executive, whose quarters are in such close proximity to the scene of this disgusting LUCAS LEYTON'. 22. CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND THE IRISH PARTY. A meeting of Irish-born Roman Catholic priests officiating in London was held at the Ctatsoti-street Hotel, London, yesterday, to protest against the treatment of the Education Bill by the Irish party. There was a fairly large attendance, and the proceedings were private, but it was intimated that an official report of the proceedings would be usned.

Jt JS I-' The township of Ford, which is. though separated from Orrell geographically, governed by the same pariah council, it not included in the scheme of absorption and that the populous district of Seaforth and Waterloo remains outside the projects of both Liverpool and Bootle. Except as regards area, it will be seen that borough of Bootle is by far the most important of the four districts, and it will be mainly with the opjrosition of Bootle that the Cilv Council will have to reckon. Although created borough only in 18')8. Bootle has the distinction of being mentioned in Domesday Book, which is silent as to Livcrjrool.

That is an interesting and undisputed historical fact, though not likely to have much weight in the coming controversy. It is also admitted that the borough has been and is well managed in most respects, but that very creditable fact must take secondary position when placed against the interests of the whole of the great community, which is in common dependence on the commerce of the Mersey. The question is not one of good roads or efficient sewers, but of the development of the city as a whole, which al present is considered to be seriously retarded by the existence of an independent and sometimes obstructive authority on the northern boundary. What, then, is the case for Liverpool The reply is that Bootle, however well governed, blocks the way, and its separate existence constitutes an anomaly and an inconvenience. To al! intents and purposes it forms part of Liverpool, ami the population consists principally of persons engaged in occupations connected with businesses carried on in the city.

Bootle has no markets or exchanges for lbe transaction of business in no sense has it an individuality distinct from Liverpool it enjoys the benefit of such Liverpool enterprises as water undertaking, the electric trams, the art galleries and museum a Liverpool -ompany supplies it with gas cud tlm Liverpool docks extend into tiic borough, an I are policed by Liverpool. Bootle has even no facilities to bury its dead, and its only trading concern is its electric lighting department, which is proving rather a Besides, the geographical position of the IRISH MEMBERS AND THE EUaCATIOX HILL. THE CASE FOR LIVERPOOL, Something of a sensation was caused yesterday in municipal circles by the announcement that the Parliamentary Conimikec of the Liverpool Corporation have launched a scheme for the absorption rot only of the urban district of Litherlnnd and the townships of Orrell and Fazakcrlcy, but also of the borough Bootle. This policy, which the City Council will Ik? invited to sanction at a special meeting on Saturday, is admittedly a bold one. and constitutes rather a startling reply to the memorial of the Bootle Town Council to the Local Government Board praying for the inclusion within their borough of Litherlaud and Orrell.

In their memorial the authorities make a strong point of the then suspected intention of Liverpool of Hrst surrounding Bootle and of afterwards capturing it. There is now, at any rate, no concealment of motive. The issue is clear, and it is piotty certain that we are in for a big struggle, in which Bootle will strenuously tight for her separate existence, and LiverjHiol for her right of expansion and for the unification of common interests and responsibilities. There is no doubt that the City Council will approve, and with virtual unanimity, of forward policy and in that event a counter-memorial will presented to the Loral Government Board on behalf of Liverpool. In the ord nnrv course things the local bodies concerned will thru lie invited to offer their criticism, and an official inquiry will follow.

An idea of the magnitude of the proposed extension ef the city will Ik- gained the statement that the prospective addition would form in area nearly a fourth of superlative to which tile city will be fully entitled by and in population and rateable value about a tenth. The latest available figures arc: At reatro. Pcpulniion value. Br.otlc 1.576 58.556 509.995 Litherland 85T 10.595 46.492 Fazakcdev 1.710 17.814 Orrcll 370 2.C00 9.5C2 Total. 4.515 76,499 583.805 Liverpcol J.

3.235 .684.947 ..4.042.624 THE DECADEST DRAMA TO THE EDITOR OF THE DATLT CCMT. Mr. Austin Harford think he and your dramaiic critic have made a covery when he says Saph.j is not a nice piny! anybody ever said anything fo the contrary! Surely Austin Harford must have known it was not a nice before he went to see it. Then why did he why he insult a Liverpool audience famous for good taste and judgment by charucteridnp the well-deserved applause accorded to Miss Xclhersole's marvellous artistic acting as showing willing plcaHireahle abasement on the part of larg end presumably educated of not an occasion for talking pompously about the decadent drama. To my mind, the a would be sweeter and cleattcr if people like Mr.

Austin Harford refrained from advertising such plays by writing to the papers about I play, by the way. dramatised from a French novel hy an American. ns clear our minds of cant." I disallow that the drama is so frightfully decadent, when we have plays turned out regularly by such charming writers as J. M. Barrie.

R. C. Carton. 11. V.

Esmond. Conan Doric. Anthonv Hope, and ju-; RICHARD FIELDINC. Nov. 25.

1902. CITY COUNCILLORS AND THEIR SUPPORT Tit THE HOSPITALS. TO THE EDITOn OF THE UAILT TOST. painful to the poor attend auce of our citv aldermen and at St. Michael's Church.

yesterday morning, when tho annual sermon and service held on behalf ot most noble institution in the Royal Soul hern Ho-pital. No; ten members of the City Council at tended with the Lord Mayor. which. 1 think, was a it an insult the Loid Mayor that so few should attend him on 5-uch on important -tatc occasion. The police arrangements were very bad.

the Lord Mayor having to walk in the roadway and dodge behind own state carriage wheels to get to the front dour of the hospital. Surely there forircifulnefs or J. 0. PARIS. Nov.

24. 1902. TUE CIIDUCIIES AND Tllti LSI'. HUGH HUGH US. TO THE EDITOR Of THE DAILY TORT.

mighty warrior in the of Righteousness has fallen. He been killed in action. This event was of sufficient interest to provoke some Talk on Change. but. in glancing over the column of Church news in your Saturday's issue it was noticeable that only three churches in this city titougln the subject worthy of any special reference from the pulpit ami only one of these three belonged to that denomination of which the fallen warrior was bright an ornament.

It is to he hoped that the event was not passed over in silence by the occupants of the other Wesleyan pulpits; but the fact remains, and is of much, that onlv one Wesleyan church announced ihat such a reference would made. Attracted bv the announced subject. "In Memoriam: llngh Price the writer wandered to Pembroke Chanel; and. although arriving in ample nme. only obtained a seat through the courtesy of a friend who was willing that eight people should occupy a pew seated to hold seven.

By the time the hymn had been sung all the aisles were full; men were standing in the galleries, and men and women were standing in all the doorways. As that vast congregation stood during the playing of The Dead one remembered that these people were drawn thither, not to hear a dissertation on 14 The Gav Lord nor upon any other sensational topic, bur to hear a sermon preached in a Baptist chapel to the memory of a Wesleyan minister whom only one church in this city of his own denomination had considered worthy of thus M. D. Liverpool, Nov. 24, 19C2.

TO TUB EDITOR OF THE DAILY TOST. abstention of the party from Parliament al the present juncture a cause of indignation to and Irish Catholics, who rrc equally interested in the Kdncation Bilk It is said that whild Rome was berning Nero riddled: and whilst Catholic interests in Parliament are being frittered awny. the Irish party- many of whom. I believe, are not at al! sound on education and allow important points to be left to dienec or to the benevolence of the drininant parly. Nay.

more; the only member who from the took any part in the education John sent by the rani: and file e.f the party on a begging expedition to the so that he may not obtrude his opinions on the House of Commons. What do the electors of Scotland Division think of their representative. Mr. T. P.

O'Connor? In that division there are Catholic scheols almost starvation point, and yet the representative of the division has not so far oven raised Ins little linger to protect their interests. It to me and other- a -onree of (hat the Catholics of Division returned Mr. at the general election, and I hope that this betrayal of an important trust will prompt my fellow-Catholics 10 rejee; him at the first J. THE LAYMAN'S LEAGUE AND CHURCH DISCIPLINE. TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY POST.

would, perhaps be more presumption on my pan to expect notice from such an august personage as the Chairman of the Layman's League. Still, when there more dignity attached to the po-ition than principle which left to Ire defended a one feels more honoured by being replied to on behalf of the principle than by chairman. Thcrofuro. if your will no 100 ilto favour of reading my ioifor Im will find that I nor ronrfono tho oflfon.T.* of rhc who exceed the Rnhric of the Book of Common Prayer, neither do I overlook who of tlnit by kn'pini? their churches fotened with and all week. which I notice that A Layman of the not word to say.

He that policy of Bi'hop has tried, and I venture to say that the tjolicy would have been a failure if te had acted on ex parte statements and not only ignored the disloyal Churchmen or Nonconformists who come short of the Prayer Book, but also have eon-tinited himself the prosecutor, prosecuting counsel, prosecuting witness, and judge against one side only of to the Book of Common Prayer. The League seem to want our pood and wise to rush in where they as fear to What a sample of Christian martyrdom! This wonderful league seems to be well versed in the low. and where it is violated on one side particularly. That being why don't they institute legal proceedings, and bring some Low Churh clergymen to prove how the Ritualists disobey the law by acts of commission. and how they obey it by acts of omission? I venture to say that if such a case was presented tor Dr.

Chava-se to adjudicate upon he would judgment in the words of his Master he that is without fault cast the first The league purs one in mind of (he Pharisees of old. wlto were continually thanking God they were not as otlter men are. In conclusion, let me repeal that, while I do not uphold any ism that goes beyond (he Prayer Book towards the Church of Rome. I equally disap- trove of any it Churchism if you stops short of the Prayer Book towards and. as I have not heard of the League attempting to deal with the latter problem.

1 maintain that it has miserably failed to justify its existence as a defender of Church militant here on and br aw A CHURCHMAN WHO ATTENDS. JiWSTON OLSBIWA TOUT. TO TIIK EDITOR OF THE DAILT POST. oid lady put on her spectacles and read industriously the paper just brought home by her good man. Pausing awhile, and locking at Iter husband ever her she said.

me! he be getting very old now; why. he was writing Wters to the paper when I was quite a Who is that, my queried her husband. Why. Mr. Bono came the reply.

Eh, dear, he must be great age by Well, Mr. Editor. I am glad our old friend lias lived long enough to write to you this regarding the preservation of Bid ten Observatory, either as a branch from the University cr by the Corporation of Liverpool. Worked on proper linos. I am certain that- Bidston Observatory could made a centre of interest and much instruction to Liverpool people generally.

Too little thought and attention is given to the wonders revealed by astronomy, and to too manv a starlit -sky means a fine ing ami nothing more. All eyes should open to the marvels of creation before lheir eyes, and no one can give any attention I to astronomy without being fascinated by what lit bos to teach. I that the Liverpool Astronomical Society has lias removed its i headquarters and impedimenta to the new i Technical Schools, but a position in the centre of large city must useless for observation purposes, owing to the limited horizon end the glare of light. The Mersey Docks ami Harbour Board does not exist to exercise any edncationcl or philanthropic functions, but Liverpool owes it to herself to see that Bidston Observatory Is nor demolished, but that it be retained for ever os tlio Liverpool Observatory, and that it second to none in the kingdom. Our men who built St.

have thought nothing of this task, and we nut lag behind them in ciithnsra-m for wie.ue end art. But the signs of the times indicate that Liverpool is not backward in those respects, and the matter only wants taking up properly by Liverpool's first citizen, the Lord Mayor, or by our wideawake University College, so soon to be. we all hope. Liverpool Yours. G.

Ifoylake. November 26. 1902. LOCKOUT CF LIVERPOOL PLUMBERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY POST.

am sorry to have lo point out inaccuracies in the derails of the above dispute. (1) The two men were employed at Messrs. shop, not at the job. which makes all the difference imaginable; (2) the rules arc quite clear upon tint point, tho employers agreeing 'hat men sent from the shop should have their travelling expenses and time paid going and retdrniug. if discharged or sent back to the shop; (3) that a deputation from the society waited upon the firm to try and effect a settlement, but without success; (4) the dispute having been created by the aitnude and refusal to adhere to the rule indicated.their action caused the men (plumlwrs) lo leave the shop; (5) we offered lo the question to the employers, as admitted, but were refused.

Further, the assertion that there are 300 men affected by tho dispute is totally wrong; we arc willing to produce evidence of our truthfulness as regards numbers. Also re the paragraph stating that the roaster builders were constrained to use force against force is a curious way to act. seeing that in flu? first instance only four men were affected; and the master builders try to paralyse thr whole industry, and cause, as they admit, un necessary trouble and expense to all con WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretarv. United Operative Ask s' --J ciation of and Ireland. November 26, 1902.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MILLS. TO THE EDITOR OP THE DAILY POST. report you publish to-day of the annual of the Cotton furniMies ample jnstifiiofion. if any were needed, for my propo-al to cotton mills in this district. Since your puMieaiiou of my last letter I have had numerous criiicisnis to me.

mostly very favourable, ami where objections were they were based either on interested motives, such as part owning of existing mills or on misconception of my While I am only in a position to deal with generalities. I should like to say that I am convinced there ace three important points to bear in mind. In the first place, the scheme must be out on a sufficiently large scale to warrant, if necessary, having its own special agents and at the distributing markets. Secondly, it must be established to deal with the whole, of the processes of cotton manufacture on the spotfrom the row cotton to the finished goodsotherwise obviously it might Ire subject to an effective boycott. Thirdly, the works mustbe planned upon the most up-to-date principles, in which electricity would play an important pan in the primary and distributed motive power, so as to effectevery possible economy of time end labour.

Given only equal of manufacture, as compared with the Manehester'district. and equal prices for the goods sold, ihe saving of the various items carriage on the raw cotton, the yarn and cloths for the different processes of manufacture, and of the fini-hed goods to warehouse and place of shipment, as well as the intermediate profits and commissions, would in the aggregate place the Liverpool mill in a very favourable position. There seems to be an Idea that this scheme is of interest only to the cotton trade, but this is entirely fallacious. The cotton trade is the great trade of Liverpool, and it is impossible that that trade can be seriously diminished, and perhaps leave the city without the effect being felt by the whole community. At the inception of the Manchester Ship Canal all classes from highest to lowesi.

and including the municipal authorities, vied with each other in their local patriotism and enthusiasm in carrying out their pet scheme. I confess my ambition goes to the length of seeing Liverpool becoming a great industrial centre atid abandoning the position of being the mere middleman. It is not merely a question of a cotton mill, or even a dozen, but one must make a beginning. I fully realise the grea difficulties in tlio way. but if Liverpool will only show a part of the energy Manchester displayed over the Canal, they are not by any means insuperable.

But they will not be overcome by sitting still and doing nothing 11. R. MEYER. Liverpool, 26th November, 1902. P.

AND 0. COMPANY AND THE PORT OF LONDON. IMPORTANT DECISION The loams on cood su-horitr that die Peninsular ami Oriontai which roivntly hod it in conioniplalion to select Southampton in preference to London its home port, has finally determined that will not leave the at all events for the present. Arrangements have been made for ihc berthing at Tilbury of the four new steamships of the company, which, owing to their length, will be unable to mili-e die lotk giving admission to the Dock. The vessels is, however, not expected In the until Angii-t or ncxi.

Among the elements which have weighed with company in deciding again-t Southampton undoubtedly is the fact that the action now taken by the Board of Trade in reference to the report of the recent Royal Commission definitely points to dreper channels in the Thames, improved dock accommodation, and the aliatemcnt of a variety of irritating which have hitherto not tended to make London popular. NAVIGATION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE. TICK SKVSOVS MISHA IS lafrr parr of St. hitherlo been regarded the for navigation lonjr ibe wafer fioe ice.

but this year has been exceptionally unfortunate the The Loango, llemxorc Uead. and now the Allan liner Sicilian have been aground month, and the important during the season amount to eleven. This number considerably in of the average for recent years. One good feature, however, lias been the absertee this year of iota' The Sicilian pttf back to Quetjec. and will bo repaired with ail speed in order to gel away before the navigation The number of recent lias caused the dock and re pairing resources of the St.

Lawrence ports to be The Iberian, winch weir ashore month, the Bengore Head, and the Sicilian, all boats in regular trade, are being repaired against lime. and. apart from the risk they run of being detained all the wiutet; by ice. the cost of repairs executed in an urgent manner must Iw a much ereaier bn -de upon underwriters that: would be the case il nio' time were available. The Allan Line, os thcolde company in the St.

Lawrence I rede, hern granted favourable teinis by underwriter-; but the line lias not of Istte beeji blessed with good fortune, and doubts expressed as to the adequacy of the rates which have charged. The Sicilian, which Uof 6,125 gross tonnage, and built in 1899, ivalued u' £68.000, of uliicb the owner: hold a considerable line themselvce. The light at Belbvha se. where the Sicilian grounded, is heiiig made oeenltiag under Canadian scheme for improvic" the St. Lawrence.

grain crop in Canada i- this veer so large that tite lighthouses in the Great ore to bo kop: out until Dec. 12 in order to water transport, and the St. Lawrence will he navigated until tlie lost available day. AMERICAN PRESIDENT HONOURS BRITISH SEAMEN. LIFE SAVING AWARDS OK GOLD WATCHES AND MEDALS.

The President of the United Start? of America awarded to Captain BcnneM ami Chief Officer A. of the Vera, a gold watch each, ami the bnatswem and four seamen a gold medal each, all beir iug -uitablc in recognition of their bravery in rescuing the crew of the American schooner Standard on the 20iit November last year in mid-Atlantic. Vera, owned by the British and Shipping Company. Limited C. T.

Bowiing and Liverpool and London), was on a voyage from Huelva to Philadelphia, ami in mid-orean Captain Bennett sighted two distant a and wafer-logged vessel, which was lienting about at the merry of the and unmanageable. Use morning was stormy, and a gale was slowly mbsiding. with a heavy running at the time. Captain Bennett railed for volunteers to the shipwrecked men. and boat went off to the assistance of the derelict, which proved to the American schooner Standard, with crew of sever, all told, wire were worn cut with constant pumping in their to save the ship.

The rescue attended with great difficulty. RESIGNATION OF AN AMERICAN CONSUL AT.LEGED INSULTS TO KINO EDWARD. TRLKGBAM. Xew York. CL V.

Ilerdli-ika. American Conrul at C'aDao. lias resigned post The reason is said to bo that he lias been socially ostracised in consequence of some insulting remarks about King Edward which he recently made at the English Club at Callao. THE IRON INDUSTRY. A Middlesbrough telegram states that, contrary to general expectations, the average realised price of finished iron delivered by North ot England firms in September and October shows an increase, the figure being £6 5s id per ton.

an advance of Is 8d per ton in Julv and August. All kinds show an increase. 'There will bo no change in the for December and January. LEAD. MUNICIPAL HOSPITALITY Commenting on Mayor new departure in reaper! of civic receptions cl the Town this says: Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Liverpool have set an eaample which might well loe followed by every municipality in the country.

They have broken down social and have bidden every citizen to their receptions. Surely this is as it should mayor being mayor and no kidglove monopoly. Moreover, contact will quicken popular imeren matters much-needed awakening every when-. Very different conduct is this to the pitiful snobbishness of the civic personage who very long ago gave a ball and had the indolence to rope off a space of the ballroom for his mighty exclusiveness and his peculiar people. Now that Liverpool's chief magistrate has so bravely broken the ice we hope lie will go further.

first innovation is inst act with such fine feeling and admirable realisation of what mayor shsnld that he promises not only to make his year of office memorable in Liverpool, but jet a lead in mun cipal hospitality which will be epochmaking. ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS FOR WIRRAL BIRKENHEAD TO CHESTER Rural life, however charming in the minds of many, has. in the opinion of several disadvantages, one being the lack of adequate communication, and it has even been propounded that this is one of the causes which have led to the depopulation of country The remedy, or one of the remedies, proposed for this pressing question is that of giving the two sections of the community fuller facilities for interchange and intermingling. Prosperous dwellers in the country, who make their homes in rural spots, but carry on their daily work in cities, are apt to deprecate improved transit as tending to promote the growth of villages iiito towns and deprive them of a -oJitude which, after all. is somewhat selfish.

The two phases of thought are likely to meet in a battle royal in Wirral. where a new company is endeavouring to obtain for instituting a tramway route from New Ferry to Chester, under the style of the Birkenhead and CliO'ter Tramways Company. Limited. Already they have brought matter before several rf the local rctiuciis and uteiderabic argument has beet! adduced and against. Working men favour ilte new lino giving them opportunities of getting into the country for their home life, and this, indeed, has been pleaded by authoritative and benevolent men as a real of meeting the difficulties of housing the working classes.

With a regular service of electric right through the hea of Wirrrl. a tremendous ne.cl for etncrprodi'g builders would be opened up with proportionate lienefit to the overcrowded residents in Birkenhead and Liverpool. The other side of the shield has been insisted upon by the wealthier class of residents, who have not feared to argue that rents would go up enormously, and the artisan ehv. would find country cottages as dear as town slums. Hut they would surely be healthier.

However, it is not fer ns either to support or oppose the scheme, but simply to give an idea of its scope. The system i- to be electric, with light outddc ears driven by the overhead trobey method, the ndl gauge being 4 feet O-j inches. The line, which is double in many places, i- to join on with the Birkenhead system at New Kerry terminus, and proceed along the New Through Bromborough. Ka-tham. Little and Great Sutton, Hack ford.

Mo-ton, Upton, and Chester. There to be a branch lino to the ferry at New Ferry, and another down to Ferry; while far a great portion the way the road- will be widened and remade the company's improvement which has gained no little support in (he country Generating si at ions will Ire erected at various points-ene near New Little Suwon, and cue a' Upton with a small station The detail- of service and ecusiruction of have not yet been definitely fettled, but the service will be frequent, and the cars of some light design, with inside and outside neronimoclation. The company have given notice of their intention to a bill in i'arlioment next session, and are present busy discussing (he scheme with the Witral Rural District and other bodies through whose jurisdiction the to pass. It is pointed out that most of the villages on the line are from cue to two miles distant from any railway stat'oij. so that a large population at present cut off from ready communication with Birkenhead, Liv-wpool.

ami Chester will be served. We may add that the subscribers to the company, which been registered with a nominal capital ef £SXOO in £1 shares, ara as follow Sir J. A. llox. 53.

Victoriastreet. Liverpool, newspaper proprietor shares); J. Holt. 81. Dale-street.

Liverpool, merchant E. Adam, 21. Edinburgh, advocate (SCO); C. K. Maples.

14. Liverpool, solicitor (50(1); A. Stanley. M.P.. Knowsley.

Prc-col (GOO); M. F. Burrows, Ncwbrcok. Atherton, near Manchrsav. colliery proprietor (500): F.

L. Lane. 5. Grosvenor-road. L-eds, engineer (250).

The number cf directors i- not to be more than seven. The first are Sir J. A. Willox. J.

Holt. Adam, and C. E. Maples. £250.

mil SUPERANNUATiON. ROYAL COMMISSION AIM'OIXTKI) A Rovnl Comnit-i'ion lias been appoimml to inquire whether it to nmonel the sv-ioni of superannuation of iu the Civil Service of the Sfate to confer greater ami more uniform a Hvan I upon to whom It applies wiilioiit increasing burden which it the taxpayer. The will he composed as follows: Right Ifou. Leonard U. (chairmanU Sir Alexander Henderson, M.P..

Sir Brampton (lurrlon, K.C.M.G.. C.B. M.P.. Sir Ralph Knox. K.C.8., J.

Klrichcr Moulton. K.C*., M.P.. Mr. A. 11.

Aylmer Morton, M.P.: Mr. F. 'V. Qrabrook. C.B.

(Regi-trar of Friendly Societies), Mr. W. H. Dickinson, and Air. W.

tJ. Bimn (trustee of the Ilciirts of Oak Benefit I Society): and Mr. L. .1. Ilewhy of the i rea-ury will be secretary.

composition of the Commission is re I gardes! by those directly concerned as satis! fat tory. and as likely in particular to inspire i confidence in the thoroughness and partiality of the forthcoming inquiry. The i matter to he investigated i one which deeply I concerns everv e-tablished servant of the from the hm.iblco to the most highly placed ofltcer of the Crown. Civil servants contend that superannuation or pension realiy equivalent to deferred and the committee which they eonsfttnmd alion: seven ago to take charge of the move- mem for reform has from the firsi been known ins the Deferred Pay In sup port of this contention it is painted out that when female civil the bulk of whom I are employed in the Office or as typists in other departments. leave the service to be married they are paid what i- officially known as a compassionate by way of solatium for the of their pension 1 pects.

This allowance consists of one month's pay for each year of established service, the inaxinuim amount which any noman can receive lieing fixed at £ICO. Xo actual cash deduction at present made from the of civil servants towards the cost of superannuation. bin upon several occasions officials of the Treasury have officially declared that al civil servants are paid from 16 to 20 per cent, less than the market- value of their services in consideration of tlje value of their prospective pensions. It is alleged that the majority of civil servants die in harness that is to say. before they reach the pensionable age, and it.

contended that the least- that ought to he done is to apply to the willows or other of snob men the principle embodied hi the allowance on I marriage, or to make the pension payable as a matter of right to the widow of any man who does not live to enjoy the benefits for the provision of which he been paid less than value in (he open market during tho whole of his official life. The Lord Chemberlain on Tuesday heard the of London theatrical managers against tho County Council. The deputation urged that tho whole official supervision of the theatres should be transferred to the Home Office. THE PROPOSED LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY. HEARING OF THE PETITION.

Official notiro has hcon rocciTcd from Clerk to the Privy Council that tho Hoarinf of the petition r.ill take place on Wednowlay. Dcceniher 17. at eleven THE COMMAND OF THE INDIAN ARMY. SIR POWKU FAREWELL ORDER. Simla, -General Sir Power Palmer, to-day issued ft farewell order to the ludi.v.i Army, in which he has served for forty-five years.

The British Army in India, says the general, was never more efficient. It is fit to go anywhere and do anytniog. ITe thanks officers for their devotion. Tiie native army, the general adds, has developed wonderfully in fighting power, and it has been difficult to meet the for its services in different parts of the King's dominions. He alluded to the fine spirit prevailing in all ranks, and thanks the staff commanders for the valuable aid rendered to him.

Ho has tried to give all the armies an equal chance of jorvice. In conclusion, the retiring Commander-in- Chief says lie recognises the temptations of British soldiers in India, but exhorts tho strong to assist the weaker in purify and sobriety, tints rendering them more efficient soldiers in (he service of their King and country. SIfAKJtSPB.iIiE Til BATHE. THE CONDOT.IERS. with itf sunny atmosphere.

its sparkling music, crisp ImnmuT, its infectious gaiety atlrat ted a large appreciative atuliestee to the Shake.petsr© Theatre last evening. This opera, together with other works of Gilbert and Sullivan, grows in popularity as li veant. effacing fingers have no inilueurw up-nt if. and the piece remains to-day as brignt. as delightful as first produee.l at the Savoy, a-f re- prjVM'utaimn.

not nlropfjlnT witlioitt flmv, wns on llio p.iru olCu fiii.nl. ai-d tl'o nilh ision a r.f p.in. of vvlm am t'-uinorarilv rn in of Rirataria ollomlv on anrl (if Wliiro n'Tpptaaio. in's imp Mr. I'Vi'il miow mom loin horoi" poi.ipo^ity llio of ill- Miss IxO'O (iiai.oitn.

iinl MUs ns T. ssn. Ivifii uni! mhor won- rnnipoiomlv suslainoH. C. 11.

WorkiiMiM vp. Dukft of Plr.wi Tr.in. Tlio of will SBFTON PARK ASSKVItLY ROOMS. Terrs' rrp drtrmu'C, operatic, and fgrticnl.nMc nn-ro npjval to public, a acqnalmaucc tin -rt and tti vu K.V'Mi'.iry iJio liv IJ. fn Fnik A vlioro an r.

yivon in of iho lan. whieli i- in Mraitt'iiod pitv- under frnm an iviint of vir v. more than orJjnarv tiiiTn and ihernfore dnc.4 net l('ml it amateur at-I'ieut, and it greatly in cf p.Tfnrmaivo ilir thar. ia of an story of well hero, notl it mo-i to -ay tho hullrrou' in play alwmmh pthnirnltly f' of o.ist rcvoi'lo nanitvs of Mr Uatr onito irroproarh.tblo. and Mi.

V. K. Rioby. v.hn as irv provoked u. iV.u:;.! a K.

11. ri'on. Inc of vvrro 1 Tim iinuor wolJ fiilcJ, mul cial othrr oiTr. t- adniirabi '0 A Jljf' cu'rnainmnii. wili factor; LirBIIPOOL MUSICAL SOCIETY.

A.uZArTS MASS, So. ji ty iKprrtcti somml'at fnun ilnsr ulirn i work i' of Itoral wrilami very well liave athllciifc ihjo cas ilm rase cvenine. Toe I real incut of -vorl; roiMt I ai'fl. apart if rrli'sie? to I hero am! ilirr- in and no excepticn he taken, I "reiitly to the spirted and iof Mr A. Hra c.cotnh:*.

A cnpdiie ijin.r-tetie was found in Teresa Mdme. Tomlinson. Mr. Pin ip Xev.linry. and Joseph Hurley, who Mire ted with mr-t arilstie effect i tin 'l a IneernaMts and Henefliei fonner.

Mr. pleasing tenor was afforded for expression. whiX; Hlamv overcame the florid soprano in the success. Mdme. Via Tondimon.

too, won distinction for her of Dona minis pucer.i.’* Dr. 1.. I'eacc Icni aide at cr.ind nrpan, occupied only the part of the programme, the rrtnai.idt of the even- ing being devoted to miscellaneous iio is. A NH EL US PIANO AND VIOLIN KBCITAIJS. There an exceedingly large In the Small Concen w.i.

yesterday afienioon, when Hu-hwonh and Breaper gave an piano and vio in recital. The two mem- Ih one. I' may be cither an orga.i or loth. Stru ily -ncaking, i- nn organ. lon when attached of pi.ino-»f*ridr comiiinaiioii.

morr port'rnlariy piano sfaimni only an. no undor-f-uKI. (ho om- himiion Of tli- is purely a.iJ jxrfonm'r need not of mn-nal laio.vle'ljrc. artistic insiinn is however, y.v. nmplo ami by of simple levers aid I flops ibe tempo, espredion and even phra'ins? of llie mn-ir i- pla.e-l under tho absolute control of the At reritn! the wonderful rapabiiiiios of the insinmieni and with which it ran hnndieti were fully and The i'eni' played were tho overture 10 therou (Weber), Second I Op.

54 (Gcdtinil. Sydney aTanpemem of tMemb'ls-obu)." Oran I Dolonai- in Hat. (Chopin). Nmvjui'cu-e. ire (R.

Berber), and in II Flat Minor (Cliopiu). It will lie easily seen that the selections mil for a of treattin iu. and many of them pre-enl intricacies which iuisrh( well tax the resources of the most competent pianist. Tho however. Xu all demands, and alike in the essentials of touch, and teclinhiue.

was re-pon-ih'e for curprlsing results. In the organ combination was heard to advantage in the passages. A further remarkable feature- tha n-c of the Angelus accompaniment purposes--was satisfactorily emphasised in the violin solos of Mr. Philip Cathie, who played Reverie Op. 22.

No. (Vionxtemps). and Concerto, Op. 64 with marked acceptance. Mrs.

Wills Harper contributed greatly to the enjoyable character the entertainment by a couple of recitaiiona, admirably rendered. The programme WftS prated in the evening before a audience, who recognised moat cordially the unique eeaourcea of the Angelas as a day muiioai instrument. Jt ill A I 1 vu 1895 s'' 1 vjte? 5w I e- o0.