The Runcorn Guardian from Runcorn, Cheshire, England • 2

THE GUARDIAN SATURDAY MAY 16 1891 CORKKSPON l)BN CE 17 Sd AnuIUel 17 11 v-1 dull D-et 1 ji Id Wy toyor li tritar Ki I i A DOVDON L4ND80AP OAUHI was brought by John Shaw The Downs Altrincham who souri!" denf the sum of £44 10 6d Kfc MJ A aad md IOCKLE3 ASTIBKIOCR PILLS "tE C001 RLE'S ANTI BILIOUS PILLS I COLLIERY WARNING 1th attiatlto ef aflnora to directed to the system I of high baronwtrie pftosure which now covers the British Islands the atamophar being very dry aad much warmer than baa been experienced for a long time past Before permitting shot firing careful search should be made for any appearance of gas In the vicinity of the eoal dust and ventilating curveata also require close observation during the obntlananoe of the present condition taiaiBuM tdb oBsmucrivB anus at hasusgtox Mkaxpd Otter to nwroe fell I My attention has been drawn to a letter In root lat week's Issue re la tint to the erection tetrnctlTo stifosoutfae fotapath leading acrues the ERKX78 BIOT Ot CHI mkot Tk MbmttMkad th C-tholko UiMkia ui Mt rtuMUlj tk IBU wm bl to populace who continued for several hours riotiH and burnfog Wo lose of Iffo Is however reportJM The Buropeans have taken refuge la the hulks lying la the river Her Majesty's ship Inconstant has baon ntdisrsd to go up th Yang Iso KUag to UVEUPOOL PRODUCE Temur fin rtpu i I So 2 1 7 31 Ko 3 ids I rOK LI rK BA-on lu threw Arm AmeH -niSM- TUpentine itiatT mt 9s Bla ra at SI ikltm 4 at 23 3d Tl-n Arrnrrr at Si IWStaArn FOR ACIDITY goutls firm Uioi £3S IS Heap 'MV at i3 I ipot Nitrate aieadr at 8 Itfjd to ld- C-nr oil ready 3fr4- nriirrsrBX MFMUPOOI produce ffpnmt fcy rrmnEikTiim rrIItu MM mam S3 9 B-eun da rw fii Chea-anJ tatter ready Peir-Inini itnly Ame lean -l Turpentine drmtf 'O- R- fin frmdsdd C- tlonwr-l 41 firm Field: FOR INDIGESTION firni -j rp quid It fid Tallow tendf X-rttai 3S Si 8 SO Pdm oil firm Hemp dull t3 -n oil qa'et to 3d FOR SICK HEADACHE3 MINCH INTER FARM PIlODrCE Temur-PoteUiwi ASTI BILIOUS PILLS FREE TnO JfEBCTBY 1 '77 'SS fSlOn: per ewl CMinne Jitend kidney 3d to Id JW' IK Oiiowe 10s to per load Turnip I wrea 70 lofeMdiUe alteI 180 to AW jwi -POTATO LOSDOS POTATO Old ANTIBIUOUS TILLS ASTIBILIOUS PILLS ANTIBIUOUS ANTI BILIOUS PILLS ANTIBIUOUS PILLS ANTI BILIOUS PILLS arm at firm Xoeth 8-i UiiftiaiAltaix'tiug i-w Ay ijw iuatecaiy! 9 Mto9s Castor pWvlove i III MANCHESTER SHEFFIELD AND LIN- OOLN8HIRE RAILWAY (EXTENSION I TO LONDON Ac) BILL 1 The following letter has been Issued by Messrs 1 Hargrove aad to those chiefly interested in this i I matter I 1 16 Victoria-street Westminster 8W I 11th May 1881 I ITU the preference aad guaranteed shareholders to of the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire I Railway I We beg to inform yon that the opposition of the I I guaranteed and preference shareholders to the I I separate undertaking" clauses or the Bill has I been succemful After the cross-examination of Mr iPollitt the general manager of tbe company by Mr Grippe Qa as eounsel for the petitiuners I the promoters announced to tlie Committee that the I clauses objected to would be struck out or tlie Bill I We suggested this Course to Sir Edwin Watkin on I the 28tb January assuring him at the same I time that no factious opposition was intended to 1 the Bill We repeated the suggestion on the 2nd I February in reply to his request for information as to tho amendments our clients desired and 1 again on tlie 4tli March we pointed out to Mers I Martin nnd Leslie the Parliamentary agents for I the Bill that the proposed amendments of the I I clauses were delusive and that their omission was I necewary to safeguard your interests and would end tto opposition I It is a matter of regret that tbe directors should I only have recognised the necessity of nefiH your reasonable demands after the heavy expense of appearing by counsel against the Bill had been Incurred We think that under these circumstances the Committee may fairly be asked to order tbe pay moot by tto company of the expenses incurred but as this can only be done at the close of the inquiry we defer any further communication until that We are you obedient servants Ha hgboyii Co fields Bal i remark contained therein teing directed myelf for the r88oa that I not in the hmmt of my interest in tle welfare and such interest as I taken In the welfare- the inhabitants of the village baa lae eaerci-ed for the general benefit and hn aSway hviiiifa practical character far as my opp-C-tun ties have permitted and has so far as I know e-t-itent at all tinn-a am! not for election puritose only Again everyone iu Haslingbm most know that I cannot possibly lnr any personal ur direct interest in the proprrtv on wiiidi the obstructions have been erected Mv rea-on therefore for noticing is tiut teing tlw representative for Ilalingtxi on the IligiiWay Board I think It only tight that th rrsi-1eti the village shouhl ku-w that the matter has bcn under the cr i h-ration of the Run! on several occasion- and although the -struct ions were much deprecated the Clerk to th- K-url a-vrts that the Brt ar ow rIess to inter! ere a the own of tltc property i acting within Ins strict legil rights I may in con-elufion that I have no idea of tle matter Stand Where it is and if anything cn In don to remove eh an object i-malde oletr etion which lrecate a- much a- anyone in the village I shall only be too l-a-ed to do what 1 can f-rwird the BPffiffSiIi8 business Yours Lc JOHN EDWARDS Ha-lingtoo llall May 13 1891 a prim qualities gradually l-wn in twice owig la Hetwon IB ta I-1 13w brat Dunbar Ik to IttH Krgent I per ton Canary new 13 ta WmV Priee eh bit to be iiktwH rap 1 at new Dunlar- IB I IB Impavaiare li to 13 H-tean 1I lit nt ta per Ian WbBmraH don't accept the personal tinun to ia tOoc lilMpf-fur Xrw larger tuppii Qia'ation nutn IJO 13-e liV Champ 'on to lAW per cwt LOX DX POTATO dovnvir I Qani tea II to l' Mcnws I'- to Xew ftwrign poUlin jtrtfl from ta IS ewt HAT AXD STRAW IJJXDOX HAT AXD S1RAW Tt wnar-Drp tap-nlirt ind trade dull Prime elarae 8 a 1 3 1 irl-w dftto M- JSa test hwy toSJ infer Ur liUo 24 3w atraw 30 to AS par load MAt'lTKR HAT AXI STRAWWmrananar av 3d tn fl ri WW 14 to JI Wbtat lj-1 8l d'Ua nat 34 to SJ prr -tore 141b gurrsR BtJTTXR Trw uT Ordinary Pint- 97 and 73s third kattli i7 liD: PlrSt 5 third -i'owtbt Mill enrr-i Srkn- 8-iwrSne-h fn- mfM 73 K-C- Superfine fine I lathe nnc-(: arklna 3 tags and Its mild CORK BUTTER WtMW'iT Orilnarvs Firvta S3 lewiltU- third firtlit 47 Ifi mcowi eared Srk'n pwA i S3 Sue V' (Tiht 7U Ia nr--t 73 Srkina 0 keg and 137 iniiti CHBNL GLtSGOW CHEESE Womotr-' There were v-ver lot of near fUrr rVer totward but there little inquiry fwc them pri-e arc c-nisidarvd to high OIJ rbtrJe ore brtln rdue The new parcel Mag Th re hl I BUeitang in the market till Um ae graai ebrertrrm Old Chedda-a and Daaiop afwqwotsd ib tnyblaj di-M b-irgsahwle dearer SUGAR CTYDR SUGAR Trr -The Tt1 rapact ate: The market naiioa- quirt tat steady tmti-w limited JatheBmae ef rrfine- A private report my: Only iB'tlr ot ta-am done Pricer are kind alet-ly CLYDE SUGAR rwi-MT-Ofltaa' report Imperwed de-nandaad gt Imaioe done at pri-r nt nttii-d! -T-j-nUr rriva- r-pvt tier market large ta-laem done at very iu5 price Ulet'KI LAX LOXDOX META Uh Mi-0ppw Heady CfiUihwa tn IZISa id cash 1V to fSJ three month Tin trade fine fevrign AM) Os tn AP rwh 0 01 to 181 Ira there BwnUn Lead: Eaglih XU IS foreign AU Ira Swier £33 I LOXDOX MSTAL WTOtEtar-Cippr qwiet CVr ilrauit-XlSaUewsh and ail 1H to AS od there month irnfekhr lee fr iga AVI 4 to c8l lO rash and 17 -i tn Xl iu three mouth hgt'fib lead Al 2 I2kl to 3 la foreign load XU I HC11UM cp-ltrr A22 Ira riE UURN MEAT AND PKOYIKION MARKETS OF THE DISTRICT DR MACKENNAL AND THE SECRE- TARYSH1P OF THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION I At tto annual meeting of the Congregational I Union Monday the Special Committee appointed tu consider the subject of the vacant secretariat i reported that they were unanimous in these recom-l mendatioos (lj That tbe duties of the secretariat 1 should be discharged as hitherto by one responsible and competent ereuu and (2) that the General Committee should place tlie name of tbe Rev Dr Alexander Mackennal of Bowdun before the business meeting in May with a view to his being appointed secretary (Cheers) The Rev Gvinniss Rooms said the Committee found in Dr Mackennal a min whose whole career recommended him as eminently fitted for the work to which they (ought to have him called (Hear hear) That Union required a first-class man and that being so he considered it would be beneath their dignity to higgle about the remuneration to be given him They wonted as secretary a man ell power and not a mere clerk Mr Rogers moved a I resolution requesting Dr Mackennal to undertake the position of secretary of the Union in accordance with the Committee's recommendation and relegating all matters relating to the ijutle of tlieoffice to a special Committee with instruction to present a report at a special burinnsn foyeting to to eon-I vened at the next autumnal Assembly I I Mr A J8xkmrabd (DaWtoa) seconded the motion I The Rev Dr Paefiqp (City Temple moved as an I I amendment TtiXt Inasmuch as several questions directly bearingn the service which the secretary of the Union isWxpected to render should be care-Ifully- In tho interests alike or the ehafehee tlie Union and tlie Secretary hi raclf I before permanent appointment is made it is herein jreolved that the consideration of tlie socfjWnat te postponed to a special or annual Imsieu mating summoned the Committee for meantime the Committee is hereby empowered to make temporary arrangements for secretarial He remarked that he would not say wlm was fit or unfit for the portion of secretary His oue concern so far as his amendment was concerned what was the office itself After tweuty years it was surely time to revise the duties of the office before they appointed the officer He -Horn him to to covers of the house some cood als? directed tto house paid The JOCKLE-S £J0C ivLE JOCKLLS QOCKLET' RUCKLES lOCKLE's i Boar If- ltd 2 ItW 11- and 33 GEEAT ORMOXD STREET lOXDOX Day asd Soxs crbwb srRs Farm a Stable Medicixes FR ALL IDE TEAR ROCXD CASH TERMS FOR ORDERS OF A3 AXD UPWARDS Wfcn Cah 1 7i prr 1 Aftrr I i lb i untea dtyt-iea i jer tins mt THE PRIXK Cure Mir ard Crfd hi Pm wed Cattle Cure 5 ur tj ail Toui-J aid Mature Stock ImSictfy pIptts Down Catl 1 Sheep Per Ivl-liity Out's and LiwOoMioa Foe a uni jk! Pain alter ealring aad lambing P- lee I0i per half-dam er 9 per dozen bottle THE RED DRXXK in Cattle OrresPere- an I Coftie Oewr-e aad CWi the 1 For Red WaLr IcdigestioM and Yellow Ceres Bad Cleansing ami Prevent Milk Fever Price 13 per dozen Packet The EWE DREXCH as above for fiheep 3 8d- per danm THE PURIFIED DRIFFIELD OILS He I- Wound- ef all kinds in ali Animal Rea! Sa Id'e aad 8t hr Woanarul Cracked liwii Hen Ser Tent and fivoOtn drr in Cow To- Awinski in Bad Ua and Calving Price 3 aad fi per Ui le THE WHITE OHA Ucr-ivallrd ae a Safe EmNro-atkui Fi-fSiaia Sseliiag Wn? gall SrmrgSfeew For K-naMtim Swe throat Weak Joint For Cur aad SpRnt hen fnain Price ed and 8 per tattle Any qmnti of any nsedie'n- lent ear-itgepii and de arched ta dav a aider arrive Ail the EeiiidsnvU kept DRY -wntinue gkl many yean THE ORIGIXAL UXJVERSAL MEDICIXE CHEiT a de Everyday Tor Idserdev in net Cattle ami Sheep (May be bad without Sheep Medic-ne if demred) ree A3 AJ and Alt-1 Sample Chest 4 X-te nr oxlt aklreand beware of inge Imitationf So AT A NS CREWE 383 OLD MEDAL PARIS KTHlHlvmv jam INGE R8 VlBRATOO Shuttle ACHINES BYES OFFERED TO THB PUBLIC THEY HAT THB MOOT PERFECT TEXHOX 2b make tn PXERTur bthch COMPLETE ACCBSOORIE HAXDeOME CABIHRT WOOL EASY TO BUY EASY TO LEARN EASY TO WORK FDR CASH PER CRXT DISCO TXT OR OH HIRE WITH OPTI--5 OF PURCHASE LIBERAL ALLOWANCE FOB OLD MACHTXKB The Siscek 31 ASUFACTCKISO Co Braaefc OS- 3 HIGH-STREET RUXCORX VICTORIA HOAD for the United UgA- FOSTER--AXE CHEAPS IDF LOXDOX BC MARKETS conn LIT ET? POOL COW The market has ihown bo aa-mat ooaqwet trade patin in spot wheat at aoat rarrarin Mate tojw at Id tireline mixed Amefra n-zviug at to 5 Sd per cni'al Foor taken ia retail at late ra'r Bran and pea lower to eI tar buy era have teen indifferent LEEDS CORX TrrPAl Under the Inffnenre of the hril'iant weatLcr the wbea- uale eonticuesd -premed witk value favouring bavrt Lu Engluh farmer ate tuaiely blr for the grat d-ciiue in boa e-grwn wbraS Dg their uce en unwillirg tayera foreign qualities ic'd having reiapae-l to netting like the an-nt-nt Countri wbanee rrnps are -mpaane-1 of (pm any impr -vement tia the eiuv which led to the texiy advance ti I remain raequrnt the market inalstr t-k-taratSd tol per qr dcvlae tathevreek Bran are Is and trsure an-1 oat ter jr kwer tisce laat Tuesda with cely a limited cnand There 1 1 no change in Sour COKK cosy So qmtetiona BDIXBUBGH OOR5 SDnsAT-Vlm' mH a ready ale at hs price Btrin very doll at per qr lower rat per or- lower Means in no demand and very of busines wh tinally UBcfangec Barley aga eh-a er Uv(atreg Serf- Ma ze nominally 17 3d perJsoifas hwartiri unchanged LIVERPOOL CORX WawnmoAT-The ma-ket mn-tiBu-s quiet for wheat under the influence of triiliant weather but Ute i ri- are asked fur spot pan el hile held ter 1 to Id advance in rwpme to higher from America Maize slow hut fairly atea at ia Sid to fid per cental for prime mixed -bos difficult to move --ata and oatmeal unaltered LOXDOX CORX WcnswT-ffih continued i ht arm eat ter trade in English and f-veign wheats Mark-lane o(s derided-quiet with IRtledhpoei'ion the rrt of millers to operate Fair in sympathv the raw material Maize ratter steadier the being no arrival mid Antriii new crop 33 new round ih to 3d Barley Grinding quiet at li IT Ur common Knuu aad Ihftlkia CATTLE BIRJIIXGHAM CATTLE Tccmar-Tbere was a fair wipfVy all round today aad a quiet market Beef mad from SJ to 7 jd wool matten'Id to SJd shorn ditto S4 veal Od toSd per Bacnn pig 8i lohM fist4ta83dandyariiteSd tora5dpr LEICESTER CATTLE There were ver oign of tamed stock at the spring fair lodir and te buk were in good cenditioo Buyer were well repre--nted and etaace lot sold more freely but seeencarr dfeeription were dull of ru and prices were unsatisfaetorV to tellers Choree bcDocks made Xl7 to XI9 per head go bulLdo XT 4 to XI3 tr head Young stock were a large supply and sold slowly Sheep a fair supply but trade dragging SALFORD CATTLE There were atau TO etlt leas than last week at nn 'as Ruugb oUl- made 6d midd! nuntar of ihp and iiL A gnI ri ling trade Light-weight ilarep elipp a found burnt at -fd which was the top price fi sb-ep7d Linffi Ui to I Calee remained at the ame fgnre a last week At market OxtUe 3 1 10 lira- 12 17 Gr eluding 200 Umt) cmhcsXS pigs 119 Itare ere no foreign steep LEFT'S CATTLE WnnsMT-Tbw ns a good diixy bear at this market to-day tut the show of Leep wo omewhal thin arid as a result prices were higher than las'- week Brazts 5 jd to 7d sheep smail 7pl toSd other octs to 7Jd tante Ud to is Id 1 LKICFSTFR CATV5JB Wl of home-fa: buiio ki zed ate 7 id 1 hrt an inert maT-Fullcoiuignnten's very rariahte Irric tet and tra quality sji oral RAT TRIAL Film ie hnoeanl solBlel eeeg hM The henitaf of tbeB been toed ffer Jane LORD GEORGE HAMILTON I-ord George flamilton who Is suffering from influenza continues week 1LLNB3S OF MR HUL8K MJ Mr HuW Ur has been confined to hie bod by Illness for the pest four days THB NBW CANON OF ST GEORGE'S CHAPEL The Marquis of Nmubf was oa Tuesday installed a canon of St George Oiapel Windsor WINDING UP THB HANSARD UNION Mr Justice Chitty on Wednesday on th petition of several creditors made an order for the winding up of Uaaoid't Publishing Union mm TWO SAPPERS DROWNED Two sappers of the Submarine Mining Battalion ramtotote Chatham on MoadawAtoto night through the accidental upsetting of a dingey Medway DEATH or THC BlaH BHEttlir or I LANCASHIRE I Mr George Fresfam the High Sheri If of Lancashire died on Wedneaday from pneumonia followiay influenxa I FREDERICK CROMElT COM BITTED I to prison I I Frederick Cromer theatrical manager was com -I nutted for trial at Westminster on Tuenlav charged with de Branding money by menaces from his brut her MR SMITH AND MR DE COBAIN I Mr Smith replying to a Belfast correspondent a-ty the only course for Mr de Cobain to adopt is to anwer tlie charges iwfure a magi-irate The Grown eould change the venue if THE INFLUENZ A Influenxa is greatly increasing at Stratford and in the West Ham district Nearly the whole of the staff aad many of tlie children at St George's in the East Industrial dcbool are suffering ft the disease THB LISBON EXPLOSION WOMEN ARRESTED Tto IYsms second edition 1 Jsbon telegram states that two women have been arrceti'd in connection with th dynamite explosion at the residence of the Minister of the Interior TYPHOID FEVER THIRTY PRISONERS RELEASED Tbe JhMim Exprtm states that 30 persons having short sentences to expire were released from Maryborough Prison on Monday in consequence of the outbreak of typhoid fever at tbe gaol DEATH OF CANON CADMAN News reached Canterbury on Wednesday ef the death iu London of Canon Cad man Canon Cad man who was une of the chaplain of tlie Archbishop of Canterbury liad been ill some time and the Archbisliop recently referred la feeling terms to his illness at Exeter Hall DEATH OF THB DOWAGER MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD The death occurred at Ford Northumberland Tuesday of Loui-a Dowager Marchioness of W'aterford widow of the third Marquis not tlie Marchioness Christina widow of the fourth Marquis a has been incorrectly reported THE EXPULSION OF MR CUXING-HAME GRAHAM MJ Mr Cuninghame Graham was warned at the time of hie expulsion from France that if to returned to renew hie attempt to agitate and create trouble in the country he would not to again expelled Any renewal of the offence would result in his arrest aad praercution under French laws HOW TO BAG TIGERS Enquiry asks Is it tto fact that where big tog of tigers have been obtained in India the animals have previously been heavily fed and drugged I tove it on good authority and tto stary is current in India that on some occasions the tigers in Nepaul were found ao laay ur sleepy that it became necessary for tto beaten to kick ot suear them out ia front of tbe guns A GOOD STORY A good story illustrative of the advanced state of education in tbe British Amy is told by Sir George Chesney A few days he said when at a Calcutta dinner table I observed a fine-louking young fellow at the end of the room who from his liken was evidently a son of tto hostess I asked her how he came to be there The lady said that lie tod just come out to India to seek hi fortune He was not clever enough for the Army she said and so they were going to make a lawyer of him hi MS REEVES'S FAREWELL ifr Sim Reeve after having held a foremost place on the British lyric stugo for nearly half a century made hi last professional appearance at the Albert llall London on Monday uight The vast auditorium was filled with a sympathetic and enthusiastic audience who cheered to the echo tlie veteran vocal i-t as he sang the well-known Come into the varden and Tlie Bay of Madame Nil Ison came all the way from Madrid to assist on the occa-ion and sang with all her wonted fire Madame Antoinette Sterling Signor Foil and a crowd of artiste too mituerou to mention also lent their services and Mr Henry Irving read a farewell address written by Mr 'Walter Herrics Pollock THB LABOUR COMMISSION The ouneluding meeting of tlie Procedure Committee of the Royal Commission on Labour was held ou Tuesday when the members agreed uioa their report It is understood that the Committee recommend that for the purpose of taking evidence the commission should divide itself into three section devoted to leading industries or groups of allied trades vi one with reference to mining ironmaking engineering and shipbuilding the ecnd with reference to the textile industries building gas chemicals and miscellaneous trad-- and the third with regard to transport trades and agriculture The full commission will be summoned to meet on tlie 26th Inst previous to which date the report of the Procedure Committee wilt be printed and supplied to all tbe members ALLEGED ILLEGAL COMBINATION OF SHIPOWNERS The House of consisting of the Lord Chancellor Lord lVataon Lord llramwell Lord Macnaghten Lord Morris fold Field and Lord resumed on Monday the hearing of the appeal of tlie Mogul Steamship Company in which they sought tv recover damages from a syndicate of shipowners including tto Peninsular and Oriental the Ocean Steam Navigation Company and others for loss sustained by the couibi nation of the syndicate owners to drive ail competitor out of tto China tea carrying trade by accepting absolutely umemunerative freights the conference owners as they are called naviog lowered the usual tea freight from 60s to 2Ss per too The allegation is that this was done in order to obtain a monopoly of the trade and then charge their own a combination which the appellants allege was not only illegnl bat subversive of the public interest 8irHJameon Monday replied for tto appellants and their lordship on tto conclusion of the argument intimated that they would consider their judgment PERSECUTION OF JEW8 IN GREECE BRITISH 8UBJECTS IN PERIL A Renter's telegram on Tuesday stated that Great Britain ana another of the Powers have made friendly representation to the Greek Government regarding the persecution of Jews in Corfu one of the Ionian Islands and have I demanded that protection of foreign subject in the island should be secured by the adoption of efficacious measures Letters have been received by Manchester traders from friends and relations in Corfu who give very distressing accounts of the privations and perils of themselves and their co-religionists The correspondent British subjects and many more of the objects of the persecution were born in England It seems that trouble arose very suddenly Tlie Jews of C-rfu who are very prosperous traders found themselves confronted with the old charge of murdering Christians for the sake of their blood and tlie situation1 quickly became very perilous Tlie Greek authorities seem utterly powerless before tto mob which I keeps the unfortunate Jew confined to tlieir houses so that it is with very great difficulty and at great danger that food is obtained This state of things has now continued for throe weeks and the besieged persons fear that their privations will faring about an epidemic From time to time they are fiercely threatened by the mob and a rising which might result in a massacre of tho whole Jewish community bexpected Cor JcniLXK Btakcs Demt fie Kngllih KpoOnnankraraJ TH BACCARAT TRIAL Tea Teas Co 7D- 2 Cd 2sS avd 3 PFE LB KITE O'E CIlFrE OR YALCE SB WIT E1C3 QtARTEBHPOCSD CatysS Cliim tI Fath-awarp Oun ber Te-lrt Sri rwlTWrt 1 T- i OT Rns In mat Tvirty iunvn CUiiarT A- kk too at tsi to The Kmpiur Tea Co Id noaEMA HSET-STBEET VABIRCTOX I5S II I JWR KTTATE Itty: iCtOf'lTlXT AUCTION EEB VALUES wim-BiKiterfiirK rmi hers wahxitg- ACCfloy si SASS-REET CASR Iiffy-yn 15 Iinnr liNITEti lg S4IF- A -E5T f-r- PILKINOTON A MX WIDXrTS icnlartr at nI all kini at ArtiSctat liww Ikk TfcLEPil'NES AND ELECTRIC BELLS FITTED AND SA TOW5 OK COC5TKY-ESTMATE- GIVES Mortos ELECTRIC1AX Op PATTEX-ST Gaee It RuA Qaar SSatioa SrARRJXGTOX ISruxdreit EAL WOLFE BKETTERT WACSUGr'L OF MILD AXD BITTES ALZ3 AXDtTOtT Ginrante-f! frn pure Fr aad ma'L PARnccLis iTRxnas to ale malt geocxd the Premises uti rr-traiE ATJatteuF WV -newtaT- Cora Ii OOTIIROTP MALER IX MFSrCAL IX5TRCMEXTS P1AXOS OX HIRE FOR C05C-ET5 Ac OLD PLAXCH TAKLX IX EXCHAXGE PIASOFOETI OSGAX A HARXOXIFM WAREHOUSE SAXSIT--TREET WARRJ5GTOX WOOLLEN ANGOLA AND OXFORD SHIRTS AND SHIRTINGS AT WHOLESALE PRICES AT THE Maschester AREHOUSE FRIAR? -GATE BlilD i E-STREET WARSIXGTOX illiam Coates WHOLESALE MAXTFACTURER BHIRTS DSAWTEES 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OVERALLS XAWIEV PAITT- aad ErTCOERS SLOP iSu JACKETS WHITE DRILL JACKETS FOR GROCERS Ac Ion THE Imtit: 31 axchestek Warehouse PRIARs-GATE IWDaS-SSIuTT WaRIXGTOX-EstUi abed a Cycles VTBHZOX TTSES BALL BEARINGS to aix run GUARANTEED STEEL THROUGHOUT £9 15s CASH Imr Machine gaaraateed fur Twelve Mortb- Co POHN JL ENTLEBURY AND 38 WIXWICK STREET WARRIXGTOX Ma I AND 0 RINTING ORES CVAMDIA OFTICB WARRUGTOV TSaOXLT Et tMT exs no AOTGMAT1C 3 TEA HD SIV TYPE Si itnmna maCTROTTPB AXD STERBOTTPS POCFDSOg I TEWSiT BOOK31XDIXG AXD UTH MACH1XE2Y at woe Mt COMPLETE BOOSGIXDIXe tU day BE HUXDRED SUDS COsnur I OOMPP SHENSI YE ADVERTISING CHSSTZR GUARD LAX WARRIXGTOX GUARD IAS MOETHWIca A KSUTSPORD GUARDIAH AKTR19C1AB A BOWDOH GUARDIAH BAXTWICH GUARDIAH 0 1 1 I G7AIBIAI RUXCORX GUARDIAH BALE ASD STRETFORD GUARDIAH TKXBPORD ASD MCDDLETSICH GCABBKAS Their ADTZBT25EME5TT average 2000 A WEEK WAEPIXGTOX VORE3 neenf AiiLrioo and I-nprevemer-ts an Mvfll MUST COMPLETE PJOSTIXS OFFICES td andertate the foiiowiag kind at wak i-r ahorteat nriet: ACCOrXT OF atf EIXDS AOCOUXT ADI5G3 AKT'CLS OF SALE LlCASDS HA1 CARLA AXD PROGRAMMES BOOKS vnsmifi FiAiacd 0-1 CATALCGCEA CHURC-I ACCOCXTB CIECULAKS CM EDI srr COMMERCIAL CARLS C0XCE2T TICKETS ASD PROGRAMMER DELI 7 It XOTE6 SMFZDESD aRRaSTTB DHStS CARDS MgQPSCBUM HUCIROT FAEK IKASFH FE-TiVAL TICS EIS AXD Pf G2AMMEA SrXUSAL IXIIMATIOX KAVIMKLL3 OJ ALL SIZEA MOSTICULTUEAL SHOW PilZE IW IXV CZ FOEMS legal PEixnso or GaxnH MAS UFACTr REIS- LISTS MEXEEESHIP CARDS exorasdcm FORMS CALLS HOTICES TO ATTR5D MELT 75 Gy PAMPHLETS POSTERS PRICE LISTS Pf-tTS TRADE CISC CLARA MRCSEPr FGEilS REPOSTS RULES AD EEGUL1TIOS8 fiALfl AXS CXCEMEXra SHARE CERTIFICATES SHARE ALLOTMEXT SOTES SHIPPIXG FORM3 for oostracb te TESTHIOXIAia TRADE CATALOGUFS OTIMATIOX5 TO CEEDTTOB3 TRADE SOCIETY PLACARDS AXD RULES dcsofre Prinrs ef DIRECTOSILS DICTIOSAElSai POLITICAL W0SE8 sad PAMPHLET ItaMI-IRK Noted residing at Langham Lea Langham-'road it -Mr Bradbury instructed by and Paterson appeared for the plaintiff Langdon barruter-at-law was for the defend? Mr In opening the case Mr Bradbury said ft' for work done and materials sunnli plaintiff The defendant took a house LL ry tl September or October in Langham-road iri was about to get married he wanted (ras putting in first-rate order The i-arlle time was in a very bad state and requir ing and re-making The iustJ were carried out all the work was don cll0as work and a Urge number of shrubs were 7 The total bill amounted to £63 8s 4d defendant had paid £18 17s loa as 1 119 could understand the defendant delVnd ittS 1 -action on the ground that there was the ground that there was len in order but it was 10 ract could not include th re-forming Another ground of defence there was an agreement to put the card for £25 but this was not true Thadf also written to the plaintiff to say that 'dnt ha(l not to have put so much stuff into oult garden Mr Bradbury said he could 0d 4 that tlie defendant was in a lilpr i before his marriage and gave large that when he received the bill heobiecti but orders (Laughter) wa togve Hie Honor said he should like to know what defenca was "at the Mr Langdon said the defence was that i were not given at all 1 His Assuming the orders wr-P you do not dispute the work was don Mr Ljogdon-We do not disut tlt soim or the work was done 0 01 His Honor said it was clear that the h-arin tlie case would occupy a couple of dns tl always said that where there was a dispuu the work having been done it should i iu by acompetent man vU The items we dispute arc very few and realty go to the fond fidu of the claim reserve them for crossxamination Mr IanoD mentioned various items in dispute auwtn-iJL £1 14s 6d US The plaintiff examined by Mr Bradhurv cti that some time in October he saw Uied fu' an his office in Manchester and he said he should wan him to give him a contract for keeping his garden order and also a contract fora lawn tennU i-round He replied that thegenlepi was sj very rour'li that he would havo ti ruVit in order first nt in a contract to heap tlie garden in order for £25 Oa tlie 1st November in consequence of a letter written by thd(eiuLtot lie met the defendant with at the garden in ad 1 went over the ground and told the d-fctulint that several of the large shrubs were too together ahd they would require regulating tho borders would need re-forming and throwing up he grass was rotten and would have to in? taken up and refold He also told the defendant that new shrubs were necessary and the defendant told him to get what was required and hat lie mu-t put th garden in thoroughly good order At the hark Of the house where there was a rough kitchen garden witness proposed a small lawn with four ornamental beds He did the work as ordered the defendant and on December 12th lfcij in his bill for £21 17s 6d which was paid The present claim was for work don subsequently to that date On tlie 20th December witne was Vent for and he went to Langham Lea There he saw the defendant who said I have just been telling your gardener what 1 Witness told Iiim that be should prefer to take the order himself and the defendant thereupon accompanied him over the garden At the front of the house he pointed out that several over-greens were required and the defendant told get what was necessary and also wall with ivy On going to the back the dofendant said he would lik old English flowering plant- and he him to put plenty of creepers round He then sent in his bill which was work was stopped owing to tbe frost 1 of January wton ho carried out the directions of the defendant and in February after receiving other instructions lie drained cindered and gravelled the paths On the return after his marriage he expressed his satisfaction with what he liad done The learned counsel then read various letters which parsed between th parties from which it appeared ttot upon receiving a bill for £33 8- 4d the defendant repudiated having given plaintiff carte btoncht for the performance of work and the supply of shrubs The plaintiff maintained that for everything done express orders were given by the defendant and that his prices wer most reasonable He also stated that the defendant had paid him £6 5s for the first quarter for keeping the garden in order The witness was cros-xau-ined by Air Langdon as to various discrepancies in bi account which he admitted were errors II-denied that when going over the garden he told th defendant and Miss Mather liis present wife that it would cost from £20 to £25 to put the gard- iu order Th evidence was borne out by Thomas Sell William Franci and John Robin-on gardeners in the employ of the plaintiff Evidence was given by Christopher Cunliffe landscape gardener Oldham He stated hat he had inspected the shrubs and found that the agreed with the account charged I a some cases they had been undercharged The price were usual and reasonable and the shrubs were above the average quality Ellis Hope stationmaster Broadheath produced the bills showing the weight of gravel delivered amounting to 19 tons 15ciJt to the order of Mr Shaw at Langham Lea Robert Johnson gardener for Sir Edward Watkin said he had been through the statement of accounts and the price for shrubs were usual not excessive He went to Langham Lea on the previous uight to look through the garden to see whether the stuff wa there and he was ordered out Air Langdon said that the witness had not announced his intention of visiting the house and he was therefore not allowed inside The witness said that both Mr Shaw and himself had explained what they had come for Mr And you were not allowed to go inside I Witness No For the defence Air Langdon said that the defendant' case was a blank denial of almost everything that the plaintiff said in fact denial that the order was given at all In September of last yearthe plaintiff called upon the defend ht solicit an order for keeping the garden in order hing was arranged at the time but on October 27th Mr petrocockino wrote a letter informing the plaintiff that he wished to lay down a tenni- court and wished to have a contract for keeping the garden In order On the next day Mr Shaw went to see Mr Petrocockino at the house and the evidence of both defendant and his wife as most distinct that it was on the 28th Octote-r aud not on tlie 1st November that the interview spoken of took place They went round the garden to point out to Mr Shaw such mat rs as occurred to thorn and especially to show the garden at the back where they wished to have a tennis court made The dimensions of the plot were taken and it was found that tlie garden was too small fora tennis court and it was decided to use it for a flower garden iustead From that time the discussion turned upon ths state of the garden as a whole and Air Shaw was asked what it would cost to put it into a state of decency and good repair such as was appropriate to a house of a rental of £78 per year When Air Shaw said he could put the garden into good order and repair for £20 or £25 the defendant thought it was a price which he might reasonably to expected to pay It was resolved at that time thnt the matter of the tennis court should stand over On the 2nd November there was another interview and Mr Petrocockino pointed out one or twodetails which he required doing Mr Petro cockino went to the house on several occasion afterwards but ho would distinctly deny that lie went into the details as stated by Mr Shaw because lie bad already given the matter into his hand for tho price stipulated On the 1st January Mr Petrocockino was married and beforo going away for a few weeks lie left in lie hands of the cashier of hi Arm in Manchester a sum of money to be applied to ti payment of any bills that might come in in his absence One of the bills that came in was that of Mr Shaw which was paid on the 8th Jam-ary Mr Petrocockino did not get'thc hill until he returned home and a it was within tho amount which ho understood he would havo to pay he did not canvass the details of the bill took it for granted that ths £21 paid by bis agent was the amount whicli covered the expense for the work which he had arranged should lie bestowed upon the garden On the 4tli March the plaintiff sent in his quarterly account according to arrangement and It was paid en the 18th At that time both Mr and Airs Petrocockino would distinctly say that there wa a conver-ation with Mr Shaw as to the amount still owing when lie said that except for the gravel £2 or £3 was all tliat'Wa due On the 8th April the plaintiff sent in his account for £63 which Air Petrocockino refused to pay on the ground that lie had already-paid what wa agreed upon At this point the case was adjourned to June 10th THE CHESTERFIELD DEATH RATE The death rate at Chesterfield for the past fortnight was 63 per 1003 Influenza iu that district shows no abatement ROTTEN ROW There i no more amiable able and conscientious official in the ranks of her Maje-ty's Government than tho First Commissioner of Works the Right Hon David Plunket lie has succeeded in most of the duties he has undertaken and no doubt his efforts would continue to to crowned with success if someone were to make him cognizant of tho utterly miserable condition at this moment of Rotton Row so absolutely hard is the ground half au inch below tho soft surface that horses are practically gal-lopped or cantered on a substance resembling macadam the consequence being that rider- are unable to work valuable animals as they would inevitably bo lamed Now Rotten Row is an article of luxury and tho experience and skill of experts ought to be called into requisition to make It independent of weather influences Wo are not prepared to say what the precise remedy should bo that is for the I-Irst Commissioner to ascertain for himself Whether the mixture of tan nnd the peculiar earth now a desirable result mxy be doubtful but that the lfow- should be regularly picked up watered regulated and into something like order for going is ahsol-N-ly essential Mr Piunket should without delay cad a council of men skilled iu the art of providing such accommodation for equestrian in the open air 1 THB PRINCE OF WALES'S FINANCES I HI AN APOLOGY 1 ia Tuesday's World says A paragraph appeared la these columns last week respecting HRH the Prince of Wales his alleged financial embarrassments and their proposed liquidation I am assured on the highest possible authority that there is net the slightest foundation for tho current rumours on whieh this paragraph was based and I unhesitatingly tmpa my great regret that it should have appeared RETURN OF MR SMITH Egg llfr Bmith was on Tussday mornlngj nominated as candidate far tho parliamentary qpprrnonjstion of tto Strand Division to fill the fnennoy oansnd by his acceptance ef tto Lord Wardanship of tto Obuo Furts At one Mr Lse tto rattening oflker declared Mr HI Bmith duly elected no other candidate being nominated After tto nominatioa Mr Keevil asked Mr 8esiih what proposal tto Government intended to make with regard to free education with respect to tto presefit School Board Ratei Mt Smith said he did not think they would expect him todiseloee the provisions of a BUI not yet intro-l doted to tlie House of Commons He could bow-once that eveajatoeeetonortionrfftedumfon Ml DEATH OF A WELL-KNOWN III! WESLEYAN MINISTER A hlghly-rcaproted Wesleyan minister hat passed away The Rev Marmaduke Osborne died on Monday morning somewhat suddenly at the Baa-low Hydropathic Establishment near Sheffield The cause of death was bronchitis the mult of a cold which it is believed he contracted while driv4 i ng in an open carriage a fortnight ngo He left London for rest and stayed at Baslow where he received every attention but succumbed tlie complaint with which to was attacked The deceased gentleman for many year was a prominent I minister ol the Wesleyan body and was a familiar I figure at missionary and other meetings where his lability as a speaker made him a most acceptable I occupant of the platform He was also an excellent I organiser nnd took a deep interest in all the missionary movements connected with WerieyanUuffi He only recently retired from the Wesleyan Miashmdiouae haring for some time occupied the position of one of the secretaries in which position his energy and devotion to the work i were vrry conspicuous Some time ago he was a member of the Liverpool district sod was attached to the Brunswick and fitt-street circuits He MM not only very popular with the members of his own community both ministers and but for ihis scholarship ability and breadth of view was held in high regard by tlie public of that city generally Hie death will remove one who has had a marked and valuable influence on modern I MethodUm Mr Osborne was a native of Sheffield! I and his brother is the present mayor of that town BE THE TAPLEN DIVORCE CASE At Biw-street London on Wednesday F1 ward Taplen aged 88 described as a putAfejtomie of Exchange-street ChcethauL Manchester charged on remand before Ylr Vaughan wiU having commltud perjury in evidence before Sr Uannen and Mr Justice ib-nn Collins during the time of the divorce edit or Tapi Taplrnnuuul Gowen tto 12 days Btephenaon proccuteU on behalf of tlieTreasury and Mr CNMhaw solicitor defended) the iflti February 1880 and divVi other Jv-Gill inotructcd by Sir A prosecuted on behalf of the MMhsw solicitor defended Mr Gill in opening the case eaifl Jlliat in the 4ivuMAK of Taplrn Taplen the petitioner led fn for ii 4 nau peris and allenffi that his wife Mk -eommitted Adultery on jfferent occasion ulfoCjr in September And October 1888 at a houseTfbT7 L'nioo-etrrct Liverpool The cirious feaftcre in the case was that tlie co-resondent had made answer to tlie ietition As a result of tlid trial a decree nisi wa pronounced a there wibM evidence to show connivance The foamed cpdnw-1 proceeded to refer to the action taken by the Queen's Proctor and said the case came ae before Mr Justice Uenn Collin- and after a trial of some davs it was found tbat tin re hau torn flormivance and practically it wa found that the qvtdrnc- giveu by the prisoner and the co-reiindtut was per red The question wa whether Taplen did know Gowen nnd whether lie had taken steps to bring about tills supposed discovery and On this point the pro-edition would tie enabl' to show conclusively that both tho evidence given by the prisoner a nd Cowon was perjury of the most deliberate character Tto accused was further remanded ARREST OF COW EX Jepunuah Cowon the corespondent in the recent divorce ease Taplen Taplen was on Wednesday arrested by Inspector Schofield on a warrant charging Iiim with having committed perjury in the above case The director of public prosecution telegraphed to tlie chief constable on Tuesday stating that a warrant had been issued for hi apprehension ILLNESS OF MR GLADSTONE Mr Gladstone who attended church In London on Sunday morning was seized in the afternoon with shivering and illness Sir Andrew Clark who was sent for said Mr Gladstone must not leave hi room for several days Mr Gladstone was found to be suffering from a feverish cold but hi condition is not serious and it is hoped that in the course of a day or two the right bon gentleman will to in the enjoyment of his usual good iw Clark again visited the patient on Monday morning when the following bulletin was issued Mr Gladstone is confined to his room with a feverish cold Andrew Clark report favourable progress this Mrs Gladstone who went ant fora carriage drive on Monday morning informed a representative of the pro-4 that Mr Gladstone would not to able to attend the dinner at the Devonshire Club announced for that evening when hewasto have met the Lancashire Gladstonian memler of Parliament the County Gladstonian candidates and the officers of the Federal Council Tlie dinner has accordingly been postponed till after Mbits untide Mrs Gladstone assured her interviewer that there was nothing alarming in the right hon condition and that there was every reason to believe that lie would to well again in a few days Mr Matlier MP and Mr Nha-Lefevre MP were -mougst the callers at Mr Gladstone's home in lark -la no on Monday TUESDAY'S BULLETIN Mr Gladstone's condition does not give cause for any anxiety lie is suffering from an ordinary attack of influenxa without complications and with due care it is expected that he will be ablo to carry out liis intention of spending the Whitsuntide recess at Hawarden Mrs UUdstone who went out for her usual drive on Tuesday afternoon assured inquirers ttot tto cx-Premter was going ou well There were hundred of cullers at Air Gladstone's residence in Tark-lane Sir Andrew Clark's bulletin on Tuesday stated Mr Gladstone is doing very well but the feverishness is At nine o'clock on Tuesday night it was reported that there was no change Inquiries were made during the day on behalf of tto Queen tbe Prince nnd Friitcesa of Wales Lord Bali-bury the Duke of Cambridge Mr Goschen Ac It is stated that Mr Gladstone's temperature was 101 but this degree of feverishness did not much disturb him or interfere with the reading with which he beguiles tbe time while confined to bed health Sir Andrew Clark again visited the THB RAILWAY EXTENSION TO LONDON to Tuesday the Select Committee of the House of Common presided over by Mr Woodall sat for the sixteenth time to consider the scheme of the Manchester Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company for the extension of their line to London Mr Taylor QC informed tlie Committee on behalf of the promoters that there was the strongest hope ora satisfactory agreement being arrived at with the representatives of 8t Alary's Church Leicester aud the Leicester Countv Council Tho Chairman said the Committee were very glad to hear this statement Mr Williams MP asked how many petitions remained against the Bill 3 Mr Taylor promised to have a list of the remaining petitions prepared Mr C- Liddell tlie chief engineer of the line was cram examined by Mr Stephens QCon behalf of tbe Nottingham petitioners Be said that in Nottingham the greater part of the rail and rock would be removed from tlie tunnel through the heading without carting through the streets In one thoroughfare tlie soil would be taken from the surface but the Corporation offered no objection to this being done In answer to Mr Saunders QC witness said the blue clay through which tlie line would pass at point was treacherous material but there ild be no difficulty in tunnelling provided the egg-shaped tunnel was adopted The tunnel under tlie Crystal Palace went through blue c'ay and it was an unsatisfactorv tunnel because not constructed on the egg-shape plan The promoters would undertake not to interfere ith the London and North-Western tunnel near Rugby either as to Its security ventilation or efficiency with which the signals could be worked By Air Bidder QC for the Midland Railway Company It was impossible to bring tbe line through the Centro of Nottingham without crossing the line of the Midland In Nottingham The promoters tod as they thought selected the least objectionable place t- cross tho AHdland Railway but be did not expect that to be admitted by the opponents It was not the consideration of economy alone whieh had induced the promoters to select this particular place for crossing the Midland Railway but if they went more to the westward as UileriiMlcounM-1 umM tliey would meet with all kinds of difficulties The Committee adjourned Yixoua KvRsxar Rorox- Ladyt Pictorial fay Vinolla Powder zVei7 lP'tlen both in ean of ckln diwaan and ter toilet purpose uperellng the old toilet powder which ore apt to owe aene spats oa tto face by blocking up the pore of tto skin 7S ttrititk 1 Muni Journal I TAB XAXrWICH HIGHWAY HOARD AND TUB HASUSGTOX KOADX 8ir I take tho liberty ta invito tSie attention of finders of tho Gmmrdimm to tbe method adopted by the Nantwioh Higliway Board in its iuaAgrmont of the rnada between Haslingtoa and Crc' Tbe Wl is (unpfd laoft esclusively of farmers as a rale are very considerate of tho convenience of the wurking-clafi'Cs Especially de it appear so ia tlie long-delay improvement of Small-lane After year of agitation it is not a little disappointing to see the paltry improve-m-nt effected in the section of Mn ill-lane under the supervision of the Highway Board Even what is now accomplished ia due entirely to the persitent rfirt of the waywarden for llaslingtoo Air Edward HaslingPin Hall and a corresponding determination oa the part of th Crewe Town Cjuneil to remedy as far as po-siMe tho shortcoming of th highway authority If tbe new section bad been laid ia a more direct line with what luu recently been named 11 mgerford-rund it would have occupied leas land cost less to intaia it and th -xtra cost of construction would probably not i re ese-edel on -half that incurred by tin Town Council Anotlmrcnm in which it ia extremely diffi-ult rnderstand the of tlie Highway Bunrd is referred to in tlse report of it last etiag in yur issue of the 0tli inst a Tins alleged footpath encroachment in Altliougli tlie Ch-rk advised tlat it is incumbent on the Board to tint a clear passage is kept for the public the matter was allowed to drop A memorial -eased unani-mouly by a well-attended meeting of ate payers in Haslington plainly asserted that an obstruction doe exist Yet when tbe deputation visited the put they advied further obstruction in the nature of stile a aerted ia the following no-ice posted by the landowners shortly after the visit This otitructia i erected ns advised by tlie deputation appointed by the Xantwich Highway Board in answer to the memorial sent there by the The verbal report presented to tlie meeting of the Board as reported in your issue is 'lecidedfj inaccurate It is remarkable that -in tho very definite assertions in the rate-payer memorial no opportunity wa afforded them to explain their case more fully before this (Mi-in not interfere The statements of the lafifiowner have evidently been accepted without any inquiry into their accuracy and it is matter for surprise that bis very request was not alo acceded to vis that the Board make none recommendaGun t- tho inhabitant of Haslington who use the footpath to take the new road in preference to I think that after two well-attended public UH-eti igs held in H-lingten at one of which the fotpath in quetiMi was the only subject before it and at the other wa regarded as the most inuiortant the ratepayers have every just eaue to lx? diatisfied with the proceedings of the Highwray Board whose duty it is to protect tlieir interrats against any per-on who may be simple enough to imagine they can tread an public righu with Yours Ac RATEPAYER CRIMES OF VIOLENCE THE OLDHAM MURDERER IN STRANGEWAYS GAOL DATE OP EXECUTION Tuesday the 19th inst has been fixed by the High Sheriff Lancashire as tbe date of the execution of Alfred William Turner who murdered hi-sweetheart Mary Ellen Moran at Oldham on tbe 29th of March Should the condemned man not be respited in the meant! aso the execution will take place at 8am in Btraagoways Gael 8s far Major Prmtou has received no eomnmaieation from tlie Home Secretary with regard to tho commutation of the capital nteooe It will be remembered that the jury at the Manchester Amises added to tlieir verdict a recommendation to mercy evidence having been given to show that tbe prisoner hod a hereditary taint of insanity and that his enduct had been very eccentric at times Since being placed in the '-nod'-mard cell at StrangArajs Turner has been vfoited by his mother aunt aad brother He is ia pfi health and eats heartily He has not express any regret at having committed the crime for which be was sentenced to death IRELAND MR PARNELL'S CHIEF FOLLOWER A London correspondent of the Xaiwiii! says that ia a daj or two one of Mr Parnell- mo-t influential followers will renounce lii allegiance THE MUARTHYITES AND THE EVICTED TENANTS APPEAL TO THE IRISH PEOPLE An important meeting off the auti-Parnell! te Pty was held ia the Cnrerence Room of the Hou-e of Commons on Monday afternoon Mr Jutin McCarthy pre-idiog when tlie following resolution was adopted That Mr Parnell having refused to join in releasing the Paris funds forth use of tbe evicted tenant ujwn any of the conditions communicated to him during the past three months by Mr McCarthy we are forced to Uie conclusion tliat Mr Parnell has resolved to prevent tlie application of tho funds as public feeling desires and that it would be useleos to make any further appeal him That ws therefore now resolve in view of the extreme urgency of the ca-e and encouraged by the prospect that tlie approaching general election will open a way of deliverance to make a special appeal to tb people of Ireland on liehalf of the evicted tenants and for this purpose we hereby summ na convention of every Irish county to lie held in such order and on such days a a committee oi this psrty may appoint and that in tlie cose of all constituencies whose present repre rotative tove violated the pledge of the partv we request that candidates for the seats so held be selected by tlie convention LOCAL MEMBERS' ATTENDANCES IN PARLIAMENT The number of divisions taken during tlie fortnight ending May 8th 1881 was -10 eive below tbe returns published by the House of Common of the attendance of local member of Parliament A several divisions frequently take place upon 000 day the nuiuter of dat' attendance at division is a better test of attention to I'arlia-mtary duties than the actual numU-r of divisions attend'd We therefore publish in the third column the number of divisions iu the fourth tto m-m'ier of days on which the member was present at divL-iooi of these diviahms the most important ware (1) Those of 28th April on the amendment to Mr John Ellis resolution in favour of brl Option The amendment was supiiorted by Colonel Cotton-Jodrell Messrs Davenport Eger ton Ed ward -Mnni Lcgli and Maclnre and opposed by Mr Brunner The other members were atnent 28th April on tlie Leaseholders Enfranehi-ement Bill Mr Haldane moved an amendment to this Bill that it i inexpedient to para a Bill which professes to enfranchise leasehold holdings without providing powers for the regulation and control of such holdings in the interest of the community and the acquisition in that Interest of such increment in the value of such holdings as may hereafter take ptace by reason of public neeesritim and other causes independent of improvements by the owners This was opposed by Messrs Brunner Oottoa-Jndrell Davenport Edwards-Moas Egerton Legh Maelun and M'Larcn None of the local member voted in its support Tlie second reading of the Bill as it stood was uppted fay Brunner and and opposed by tto members above-named The Bill was defeated (3) On the 8th May Mr Conybeare moved an amendment to a clause in the Irish Land Bill providing that the total amount of advances in all the counties to be made under this Act shall not exceed thirty million pounds" This was supported by Mr M'Lareu hut opposed by Messrs Egerton Legh Madura and ToUemache Tlie oilier divisions taken were principally on tbe Irish Land Purchase Bill No of I NARROW BSC APE OF A SCOTCH WM 1 EXPRESS pi I The Midland Scotch express dm at Chesterfield at 116 on Tuesday had a narrow escape whilst Igotng at the rats of about fifties on hour Just after psaaing Dos Hill Station some now mil had Ibsen laid and those espanded owing lotto heat aad the cons a acmes was that tbe two lat carrisgo I left the rails the train not being brought up I until it had ran 1M yards on the sleepers and it considered marvellous that the whole train not precipitated down a steep embankment! I The guard was severely shaken the paasengeri THE LONDON AND RAILWAY AND THE NORTH WAU OOALFJUBbD OEOMON hut SELECT OOMMTITE I the innfisn and North-Western Railway Bill which proposes to give that oompaay running 1 powers over the Wrexham Une was on Tuesday I further considered by the Bsfoet noUlmsf the House of (Jummons After hearing the evidsnoeof Mr Pollitt manager of tto Manchester Shefttld ipastlM Committee deliberated in private and as the result decided to reject the London end North-Western Cumpaay's proposal to take running power over the Wrexham line II TRAFFIC RETURNS Sortb Staffordshire increase fefeljlp-' Midland increase WmMmmm Hull and Rtrndcy increase Caledonian increase Great Northern lacrosse I Manchester Sheffield Lincolnshire Increase JIJN Great Eastern increase IJSOS I Glasgow and 8outb- Western 184 tondiNi Tilbury aad Buithend increase 383 London and South-Western Increase 10I I North British inemnae 721 Loudon and North-Western in anas 234 Great Western increase 173 MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AN ARTISTS ASSISTANT Wm Artistic circles in Liverpool have been much surprised at the strange disappearance of a person who was attached to a well-known artistic institution The conduct was of the most exem-I pUry character and Id obliging disposition made him a favourite with both pupils and teachers A tort time ago to unaccountably disappeared he did not roaunra his duties inquiries were made! hut everything connected with his conduct was found correct An advertisement asking him to return was inserted in thenews papers but without result An artistic gentleman who took an interest iu tlie matter went to the person' house He found it shut up and the neighbours informed him that tlie assistant wife fondly and furniture had all disappeared that no reason cjuld be I aa-igned for this and that no trace had been left as to where tliey had gone This strange affair lias caused a great amount of gossip among arti-u and their pupils by whom the prrMm who has dis-appeared was well known SIR HARCOURT ON THE ELECTIONS Speaking at Newton Abbot on Monday night 8ir Wm Ilnrcourt referring to the recent election results predicted that the Liberals would return to power at the next general election with a majority equal to that of tlie Unionists in 1886 He ridiculed tlie idea of a dissolution saying that Ministers were not such fools as to commit political suicide The free education cry of ilia Government hoff proved a failure for it tod estranged their own friends He was in favour of free education however but it must be controlled by the public and not by the squire or parson The neggen ral election would depend very much upon votes of tlie agricultural labourer Referring tp 'the labour question he said it would not be settled hv the Royal Commission but would have to to dealt with by Parliament Alluding to the ffdngeito charged Mr Gowdten with having declared surplus out of the borrowed money and touching upon Ireland he observed that the Li beralsi were prepared tv give to the Irish people the management of tlieir affair upon safe conditions but not in tto spirit demanded by Mr Parnell In conclusion to characterised lordG Hamilton's description of the condition in which the Liberal Government kept the navy as an impudent mure presentation MR CURZON MP AT SOUTHPORT The Hon Cursun MP addressed a forge meeting of his omitituents in the Cambridge Hall Southport on Wednesday night Sir William For wood prodding Mr Cursun said that since his election five year ago to had never spoken in that hall in tune of more joyous confidence than lie was now able to pt The patriotic alliance between the tn wings of tlieir party was a strong and as solidly established as ever They could point to promisee fulfilled intentions kept Bills passed and good work done revenue and trade inerrasing by steady degrees the community almost unhappy because they had not got a grievance tlie Government successful and united and the Opposition peevish and distracted Speaking of Mr Farnell and Irish affair he said liow often tod they said that the acceptance of the Parnellitv of Mr Home Rule Bill in 1881 was a simulated farce to-hind whicli lurked the spectre of revolution! Ifow often had they argued that Mr Gladstone with all his great ability and integrity was the dupe of tho who were wilier and more unscrupulous titan he! Instead of Mr Gladstone leiar the grand old spider he was the grand old fij- who walked gaily and unsuspiciously into the parlour Tlieir prognostications on thee and other points having been c-rrect wa it not a reasonable working hypothes-is that they would tie right to the end Case under the Crimes Act had been reduced from 1300 in 1888 to 400 las-t year and lie believed that since the disruption of the Iristi party not a single Crimes Court liad lieen held in that country while the present Land Bill was the most generous measure ever offered to any tenantry at any time by any Government He then spoke in favour of free education being convinced that religious instruction and the interests of denominational icluoli would be fully safeguarded while the control he contended should be vested with the NUte lie further advocated leasehold enfranchisement on equitable lines- not on the liass of Mr Rowland's Bill A TRAIN IN A FOREST FIRE Tlie latest details from Oondcrsport show that the train which 1 ft Austin on Sunday conveying men fight the fires in Potters County contained 75 labourers Tlie men made trenches piled up earth and lighted back fires but they were finally obliged to retreat to the train On arriving at anotber point the party found themselves hemmed in by frest fires on one side of tlio track and burning log on the other Finally it was decided to dnsli fast the burning timber The engineer and fireman with tlieir faces covered with damp cloth and their hand and arms wrapped in Wool polled through the wall of fire The remainder of tlie party lay with their faces on tlie lain of the car Soon however tlie heat became unbearable and the smoke blinding and stilling Just as tlie train was rushing by millions of feet of burning logs a most terrible thing occurred Tlie engineer who tod forgotten that the great heat would cause an expansion of the metal pulled the throttle wider open in the hope of escaping alljthe sooner from tlie torrent of heat and smoke Suddenly there was a lurch and an ominous heaving of the train which toppled over on to the flaming furnace Tlie cars then caught fire like so many toys and the occupants half blinded and scarcely realising anj thing except that tliey were being slowly roasted to death struggled fearfully to regain tlie track Those who were not seriously hurt rushed with burned and blackened hands to the rescue of their unfortunate comrades The scene which followed is said to have been Indescribably horrible Mr Badge the railroad superintendent who was in charge of the train had worked lib hardest to stay the progress of the flames but when the train rolled over he was found to be must seriously Injured nnd was therefore unable to help himself Later on his body was found jammed in wreck and it was evident that he liad been slowly burned to death Six other are known to have perbhed under the nme terrible appalling circumstance 8even men are missing while of the survivors 30 are badly bnmed aad it feared that many of tliera tove sustained fatal injuries owing to the fact that they Inhaled the flames and smoke A later telegram says the fire spread with such fury that the survivors declare that they would all have perished if they hod not taken precautionary measures and immersed themselves in a creek Porty million feet of log of timber aad twenty-flv thousand cords of valuable bark have already been destroyed The flames have now been ravaging the enunty for 48 hoars and show no appreciable diminution The people in the lumber towns of Austin Oostello Galeton and Moore's Run are verging on a state of panic The fires seem to form an impenetrable wall on either side and it is feared that the towns will be destroyed unless rain should set it I non TITR A Hi BUN NlOima S' HUralnr hu nut dull hour wr rrlln wlib Intrat tli'lnd rmrbWBorj nf SIdM tin Hot from tlut wood rf ii I eolleidioa of Oriental romaness the Arabian Kigbta and who tmt the most hard hearted has not wits the adventured Bnbad in tlwHd dim utile Ie liad to oontrnd willi In hi voyages inEBft espee'ally the trouble that fall upon him when la a moment of genrvoitty lie took upon his shoulders the trouMeaome Old Mau of tto Sea Al attempt togetrid of tats unwelcome companion were futile until the dlwoverv at Si fcfod friilt ran In tto hands of tto wearied wonrea by wh! he was ad free himself from In dutches of his tormentor and onee more regain his Uhrrtjr What the Old Man of tto Sea was to the unfortunate Hlnbad so I Sciatica Uhenmatlsmnr Lumbago to thousand of offering pewle at the ireaeat day tn tow they cannot shake off (heir troubles and yet wttiilu their reach I a remedy whkh has brought redef aad 9 'as a --a A I IS I Oi os vs 787 I lo 8 8 4 lift ie vi I DEATH OF MR WILUAM BARBOUR The Tress Araviation Brighton ceneepeodent telegraphs that Mr William Barbour the Liberal member for Paisley died there on Wedom CUTTINGS FR JM THE CviMIC PAPERS PUNCH Clcsical -C-xirni' Pair pariahiawer And do you like the pulpit Mr Auriul The new curate not it hides too much tho figure and I like every shako of the surplice to tell Tmu Emm Fitness or Trisol Sou of the house You're cot dancing Mr Lambert Don't you wish to Mr Lamtiert (who is not so slim as be used to be) Certainly if you can find a concave partner Vessc Jew to Caar Well then it now appears you need my help Ton that did void your rheum ujon my beard and foot me you a stranger cwr over your thrs-hold moneys is your suit What should I say to you Jfadkant of I Voire Act I Sc 3 ALLEGED MUTINY ON SHiP BOARD A SAILOR SHOT DEAD Information is jeri to hand of the shouting by th second officer" Mr Richard Wells of one of the bailor of the steamer Mapocho at Quiloa Peru The Mvjoclio was built at Liverpool aad seat out to trad- in Peru and whil-t at Quiloa luoding cargo four of the sailors b-came intoxicated and refued to return to the ship The officer iuse-ted on the men returning when they insulted aad attacked him He then drew bis revolver and fired two shots in the air as a warning The men afterward came up to him with their drawn knives and in -elf-defence the officer fired a third shot This struck one of the men named Romero in the heart and let fell dead When tlie affair became known the authorities arrested all of tlie men Mr Wells and the other three and conveyed them to the pri-on at Callao MR GLADSTONE AND VISITORS TO HAW AUDEN Toe Barn-ley Liberal and Radical Club having made arrangements for a large excursion from all port of tbe Barn-ley division to Hawarden on Whit-Wednesday the Rev I Clarke eorrefoadiAg s-cretary to the club aefuainted Mr lari -tone with tbe proprrd visit and a-ked if he would be willing to accept an address on the occasion Mr Glad-tone has sent a postcard in reply a under I am very n-ible of the kind feeling which prompt your letter and I hope your friend- may enjoy thir visit to Hawarden where I shall hope to -ee them and I shall be lappy to be pat in possession of any address they may think fit to favour me with but unhappily I am obliged to make it a rule nut to connect such an oersnos in any way with the delivery of a speech Yours very faithfully Gunsroxi EXCITING CHASE IN LIVERPOOL they selected that tlih should to done Air Srxxs (Huddersfield) seconded the amendment Hie Rev II HotxowKix (Rochdale) said the Special Committee which now reported had already for five mouths been con-idering every question affecting the office its duties and function its limitations and cost Tlie Committee consisted of 70 persons freely chosen by the ballot and he maintained that consistency required that the Assembly should adopt the Committee's unanimous rccom me nda kms Ultimately both the original motion aud amendment were withdrawn and tlie following resolution was unanimously adopted at tlie instance of the RevGSBsrratt (Norwich) That this Assembly affirming distinctly the principle ttot any person appointed secretary of this Union should be i minister holding a leading position in the churches refers all matters relating to the duties of the secretary to a special committee with instruction to bring up its report with recommendation at a special business meeting of the Union to be convened at tho next autumnal BANKRUPTCY OF AN ALTRINCHAM AUCTIONEER A receiving order In bankruptcy has been made against Air Thomas Hancock auctioneer Station-road Altrincham The gross liabilities are put down at £1231 0s 2d creditors fully secured estimated value of securities £100 surplus £75 Tlie only asset is a pawnticket for a watch and chain for £1 10s and the total deficiency is £1119 10s 2d To tbe Official Receiver the bankrupt alleges as tlie cause of his failure Ill-health insufficient trade want of capital losses on guarantees law suits loss on shares of Stalv-bridge Paper Mill Company The observations of the Official Receiver are as follows A receiving order was made against the above-named Thomas Hancock on a creditor's petition and by conent on the 8th inst iu respect of the following 1v failure on the 11th day of Aforch 1881 to comply with the requirements act of bankruptcy namely failure on the 11th day of a bankruptcy notice and on tto 9th inst he was also by consent adjudged bankrupt The bankrupt states as follows About 1877 I entered into partnership with Thomas Capper senior and we carried on business as auctioneers and valuers under the style of Capper and Hancock "at Altrincham and Northwich About 1880 we dissolved partnership nnd I joined Henry Balshaw the new firm being styted Balshaw and the business being carried on at Altrincham and 57 Princess-street Manchester In May 1887 this partnership was dissolved and I continued the business on my own account until November 1888 when I entered into partner-hip with Thomas and William Capper the new firm leing styled Capper Son and Thi firm was dissolved in July 1890 since when I have been an auctioneer and valuer on my owu accouut in Station-road Altrincham and at 3 Ridgefield Manchester No capital was put into any of tho businesses but 1 lent Air Balshaw about £1500 or rather took up that amount of shares in tto Stalybridge Paper Mills to oblige him There were deeds of partnership in each case and the dissolutions were gazetted I mn liable for £200 under the deed of dissolution which I signed when I was seriously ill last year I have b'en Secretary of tlie Altrincham Show for the last ten years' He al-o states that although he first became aware he had not sufficient property to pay all his debt in full April 1890 'he has not made any formal suspension of payment of liis debts and he admits he has contracted a few debts since lie became aware of his insolvency adding that he Imped to pay them out of hi business and his salary as Secretary to the Altrincham Agricultural Show Tlie following is a copy of the statement the bankrupt ha filed in explanation of tho deficiency of £1119 10 2d shown by the foregoing summary Liability for loss on partnership with Capper £200 loss by guarantees £191 16 law cotsabout £150 I have not kept any books of account through illness aud want of buxines My expenditure ha exceeded my iucomoand 1 have been sold up in my private house and my business has been ruined This is the onlv explanation I can give of tlie balance £574 14 2d total £1110 10s This account however is very unsatisfactory but as the bankrupt bus only given up a diary it is impossible to say until after the public examination has been held whether he should be required to file any further and if so what accounts He alleges he has not within the past three year made out any statement of liis assets and liabilities and that he is unable to say either what hi income has amounted to or what has been the amount of his expenditure for household and personal purposes during the same period Tho following is an analysis of the unsecured liabilities amounting to £1129 5s 2d he has scheduled £342 5 guarantees £149 lfl judgments and costs £122 7s Id law costs £91 13s 7d partnership liability $209 sundry claims advertising household expenses Ac £223 3s Cd total £1128 5s 2d The security held by the fully secured creditor and valued at £100 is stated to be as follows Joint promissory note given to Parr's Banking Company as gurrautce for overdraught of Henry Balshaw at three months' date signed by self and James Cowsill for £200 dated 28tli July 1887 which I have paid and upon which James Cowsill is liable to the extent of one-half £100 to my estate I gave the note to my solicitor for collection about November 1890 and he claims now to have a lien upon it' And the security held by the partly secured creditor for a loan of £75 valued at £10 is stated to be a policy of insurance for £300 on the bankrupt's own life issued by the Rock Insurance Company in 1883 at an annual premium or £10 13s In exnlxnatien of the fact that the bankrupt discloses no ass tsotlipr than a pawnticket valued at IQs and the surplus to arise from the promissory note in the hands of tho partly-secured creditor he makes the following statements The furniture at the office in furniture at the office in Station-road belongs to Mr George Bowen George-street Altrincham who let me have it on the hire system It never was mine The furniture at 2 Stamford-place Sale was taken on the hire ajfltem by my wife and her friend from Gershaw in Oxford-road own furniture seised and sold under an execution in June 1890 1 had a half share in some property in Altrincham but I raised money some years ago and sold the equity to my brother In 1888 I pawned a gold watch and geld ring on April 10th 1890 for £3 10s 6d They co-t £10 over ten years ago and are both paid It appears that the bankrupt was unable to resist the making of a receiving order against him inconsequence of several of his creditors having instituted legal proceedings against him some of whom obtained judgment and one of whom lias recently caused a judgment summons to bo issued against him The bankrupt since the 1st or January 1890 appears to have had from 20 to SO writs and summonses served upon The public examination of the debtor is fixed for the 28th inst A most exciting incident occurred in several of the main of Liverpool on Wednesday night -horlv after nine o'clock A herd of cattle that had arrived during tlie evening at the Lime-street Station were being driven in the direction of tlie Gill-street abattoirs when a cw frightened it is believed by the glare of the lights and the busy scene in Linr -stxvet rushed wildly ahead From Lime--treet it ran madly along Remahaw-atrent and tee shouts of the crowd of people who were chasing it a well as of tho-e who were endeavouring to check it- peugress seemed to infuriate tto animal still more and Ie ran down Bofcl-etrcet Here it came with terrific ree against the plate-glass window or Messrs Creamer's shop brake the ironwork in front smashed tbe glass and damaged two valuable mantles This however hardly brought it to a standstill aad now oner was an attempt made by the police aad others to get the animal under control than it started off again down Bold-street through Church-street into Lord-street where it was stopped in a doorway wh' re it considerably damaged the door It then turned into Whitechapel and feU down in Button-street in a thoroughly exhausted state wnB re moved in a cart to its destination There wa a scare among pedestrians in each LORD CROSS ON DISSOLUTION RUMOURS VI' count Cn secretary of State for India Mressd a mevtiag of Mr Mowbray's constituents on Wednesday night in the tive Hall Fail-wrth Alluding to free education a-tie forchefc-e Kta tat wondary a-HS Interior very flat he raid that the Government come to tbe iZlt I cluakm compuLrion having been put upon acvzai6ra' at lid per ib Crire lBSdead parents to n-nd tlie ir children to acbool the best GLASGOW CATTLF Wssanar-8apr 1 of Senfrt to BM tlc hands of parent the mill It huzrs tfcb seoHia but id not suffra mean to pay that which they were compelled tn no foreign bnlnrk were crktt-d price is pav At th- -ame time the Government might be li 11 not d- Mytlln wbicb xroold iniure tin il Jd ta Lunu iit 1 1 pr 1 circulated tbmt tfi GoeniaMTit iritMidc(i to dinoira rxouccx i riiaroi-nt immediately He thought it muld be LOXDOX PRODUCE Rarar i Ddners and folly on their part to do any such fcl (tote quel aadaaebzBged Fren thing as a general election must come within rirJrXraaqaelMmed: French goids street and when the animal was at last captured there wa a crowd of several hundred people present The damage done at Mcana Creamer's shop is estimated at £50 as a dhiafacSaat nm "flmiear Hi ii MR CHAMBERLAIN AND GOVERNMENT PENSIONS Speaking at a omference held in London on Wednesday for the purpose of considering a nlicne of national pensions for old age Mr Chamberlain said ho had come to tlie conclusion that they could not allow the proposed Government pensions to begin before tlie age of 65 He thought it was not derirable to begin with a comfxilsury rcheme Money contributed must be considered as earmarked for the purpoe of proriding an old-age pension and ought not to lie withdrawn except Incase of death before the age of 05 In which case the withdraw should bo without interest or bonus itoiH -iawFtaSS7: taTer i- jj -iWs the neat twelve eighteen months he urged his las uri C4te Pio ulet- political friends to prepare for the fight A resol u-nu tn expressing approval of the home and foreign Otte LOXDOX eiifni rv a 1 cjz 2 Itu: oil'll Jom WOMAX Why vork so bard Try It.