The North Devon Herald from Barnstaple, Devon, England • 5

THE NORTH DEVON HERALD THURSDAY JUNE 17 1897 INSTOW WATER SUPPLY (SawspoMUnce the world the spectacle of a nation Imperial and free and we can only hope that in the time to come that history will record that the English people have shown themselves equal to the enormous and unprecedented task which fate has given them to perform LOCAL AND DISTRICT NOTES there has been no clashing of interests no jannering of sectaries The motto has been Religious Education it mattered not whether Episcopalian Roman Catholic Wesleyan or tbe tenets of the Plymouth 1 Brethren There has been no rivalry save iu maintaining each school at the highest possible level There has been no religious difficulty no denominational jealousies And we in North Devon are resolute that the apple of discord shall Dot be thrown amongst us Nominally the Church of England Schools in the Deaneries of Barnstaple and Sberwill have agreed to tentatively join the Association but it constitution will have to be very materially modified if this nominal connexion is to become a reality In Barnstaple we have nothing to gain by such affiliation and every well-managed school in the Division is in the same position And the Aid-Grant gained by the local deaneries must be administered by the local deaneries else North Devon will withdraw The school managers in this district do not sea the wisdom or expediency of the five shillings per head for their scholars being converted into a fund for a number of pseudo-benevolent clerics at Exeter to dispense according to their own sweet will and pleasure without a scrap or atom of advantage to those who earn it The annual treat of the Wesleyan Sunday School was held yesterday A large party left by special train accompanied by the Supt Mr Maunder for Castle Hill and the outing was thoroughly enjoyed Cricket sports and various other games were indulged in and an excellent teajthoroughly enjoyed the return journey being made from Filleigh station at 920 The County Council will at their meeting at Exeter Castle to-day consider the question of the election of two Surveyors for the County The Bridges and Main Committee have submitted three names from which the selection will be made tbe names being Messrs Masterton and Acock two of the old officials and Mr Ingram of Bridgwater a new candidate Cattle Diseases in The return of cattle suffering from infectious diseases for the week ending June 12th is as follows Swine fever Fremington 1 Bishopsnympton 1 Uffculme 1 Thorverton 1 Broadclyst 1 Colaton Raleigh 1 Otterton 1 Stoke Canon 1 Tavistock 1 Aylesbeare 1 total 10 a decrease of 6 Place declared Oakford a decrease of 2 Scab Chivelstone 3 a decrease of 4 Parasitic mange Malborough 2 South Brent 2 Corn wood 1 Ermington 1 Peter lavy 2 Mary Tavy 4 total 12 an increase of 1 The Long Reign The rejoicings and festivities with the Diamond Jubilee Celebration in Barnstaple have now assumed shape They will commence on Sunday next when the Mayor and Corporation at the invitation of the Vicar of Barnstaple (the Rev Dr Newton) will attend Divine Service at the Parish Church in the morning where a special Thanksgiving Service will be held and the Vicar will preach a sermon in keeping with the auspicious event The order of proceedings for next Tuesday have also been arranged In another column will be found a list of subscriptions which now reach the substantial total of £195 13s 9d for the General Fund and £59 6s 3d for the Fund In addition to this several gentlemen have promised to provide materials for the bonfire At i 1130 am the Mayor and Corporation will proceed from the Guildhall to the Park preceded by the following bodies in the order mentioned The i Cyclist Club the RNDH band members of the various Friendly Societies in the town the band of the A andB 4th VBD and members of the 1 Borough Fire Brigade Arrived at the Park a loyal address of congratulation to Her Majesty will be moved and seconded After this has been forwarded the National Anthem specially adapted will be sung by 500 voices consisting of the massed choirs of all the religious denominations in the town assisted by the members of the Choral Societies and elementary school children The able Conductor will be Dr Edwards and the singing will be accompanied by the massed bands of the Hussars and the Volunteers Following this the A and Companies will fire a feu de joie and the procession will reform and accompany his Worship back to the Guildhall Major A Seldon has kindly agreed to act as marshall of the procession and his experience will be invaluable At three children under 15 years of age will be entertained to tea in the Market and will then march to the Sports Ground where the programme of sports will be carried out The whole will conclude by the lighting of a huge bonfire on the Seven Bank the Bands playing in the Park Fee our Weekly Broadsheet appear again the chief -est portions of the ceremonials and pageants the festivities and rejoicings in connection with the celebration of the Long Reign will have come and gone To-day in anticipation of the great National Event almost unique in the annals of our own or auy other country we give a Diamond Jubilee Supplement which we trust will prove acceptable and interesting to our thousands of readers in North Devon It contains a brilliant-written record of Her Reigu we can give this praise because we do not claim the authorship and the portraits and illustrations are executed with fidelity and artistic taste Everywhere the preparations are going forward with rapidity for the demonstrations and jubilations that will attend the Commemoration From all parts of the Empire beyond the seas come Statesmen officials and troops to take part in the procession Crowned Heads Princes and representatives of other GreatPowers are crowding to the Metropolis to take their places in that magnificent procession which will be unrivalled and for ever memorable Not a city borough town or village throughout Great Britain but is making ready to do honour to the loyal and enthusiastic occasion honour to tbe Empress-Queen whose rule has been at once so benignant and so prosperous and whose personality her nobility of character her devotion to duty her tenderness and solicitude for her subjects her sympathy with them in sorrow and trial has shed a lustre on the Throne and Her Gracious Majesty has unquestionably done more thau any other Constitutional Sovereign to perpetuate Monarchical institutions in tbe United Kingdom and retain under the sway of her sceptre our vast Colonial dominions and dependencies And heartfelt thankfulness will mingle with rejoicing that Her life has been so long spared to crown the graud and noble work of progress development and success material social moral educational spiritual and Imperial which practically began on her accession and which has proceeded with ever-increasing impetus and without solution of continuity through her Sixty Reign There is every augury that the boroughs and tow os villages and hamlets of North Deven will not be behindhand with their feastings and entertainments their amusements and rejoicings on the Diamond Jutilee Day One is pleasantly surprised by the generosity displayed in many village- and the sincere loyally and enthusiasm not to speak of liberality that have been aroused Southmolton Torring'on and Ilfracombe are well to the front and will do the thing right royally Bidcford has scarcely recovered from the handsome welcome accorded to tbe regiment of Yeomanry and for some reason the movement has not been proceeded with in Barnstaple with much spirit or ardour There would appear to be so far some considerable lack of initiative and energy The original division of opinion in regard to the expediency of establishing a Fund seems to have paralysed purpose and resolution The major portion of the collection of subscriptions seems to have been delayed till almost the eleventh hour procrastination being the rule in public affairs in this borough of late and so far as we know up to the time of writing little is being done to make the day memorable to the poor and needy the aged and the the very classes who should have been tenderly thought of and kindly remembered by those in authority Perhaps it is not too late even now for something to be done in this direction We hope not at all events The Mayor and Corporation who should take the lead in such matters surely need no spur to their intent in this regard Scores have not given subscriptions because th-y have not been personally asked and mayhap th te whom they consider should have solicited their donations deemed it too much trouble or could find no time for such work But the acceptance of honours naturally involves tbe fulfilment of responsibilities and it will be a pity if the Diamond ubilee in the good old borough in 1897 lags far behind the celebration of the Fifty Reigu a decade ago Just as we antieipated tbe singularly injudicious and needlessly uncompromising reply which the Yen Archdeacon Sandford forwarded to the Mayor of Barnstaple (which appeared in our last issue) in acknowledging the receipt of the resolutions adopt-d by the meeting of School Mauagers for tbe rural deaneries of Barnstaple and Snirwell held a fortnight ago has been deemed moat unsatisfactory by those principally concerned Instead of allaying irritation and conciliating opposition tbe Archdeacon only succeeded in intensifying both The truth is that the Archdeacon and the local School Managers regard tbe question from totally differenc standpoints Both view the subject from the aspect in which it presents itself to their eyes The Archdeacon sees it from the Church and clerical point of view the School Managers behold it from the platform of Voluntaryism Voluntaryism in Education is not necessarily identified with Glerieistn in Education But this is what Archdeacon Sandford and his minor satellites would fain insist upon They seem seeking to confuse the Church with the Clergy which terms are not synonymous striving to substitute a central clerical autocracy for local self-government Of course Archdfac Sandford had pat answers to all the objections of tbe School Managers of Barnstaple and Shir well The views of tbe Education Department and the Archbishop of strong were quoted against them as the Association has not beeu formed its actions could neither be defined nor directed and no pledge could be given as to where its meetings should be held -rnaoy persons (mainly we suppose persons whose apathy and indifference have permitted Soho 1 Boards to rule the educational roost in their parishes) knowing more about the administration of educational finances than the present School Managers the Association could not be restricted therefore to the latter class -and all the satisfaction the recent Barnstaple meeting received was a fresh appeal to join this unformed Association which is to do exactly wbat it pleases with the Aid-Grant without let or hindrance THE LONG REIGN PREPARATIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS THE DIAMOND JUBILEE FOR THE THANKSGIVING For the first time for a considerable number of years the Queen will attend service in St Chapel Windsor on Sunday morning next the Dean of Windsor officiating The service will be strictly private The chair will be on the broad step of the choir leading to the altar and her Majesty will be accompanied by members of the Royal Family There will be no service at Frogmore Mausoleum In t)l(iifterilwon service Hymn of Praise 1 W1 rencred and ended with prayers the service wl11 be attended bY members of the Royal Family i Madame Albani and Mr Lloyd will be the principal wdb 'r Walter Parrett as conductor The 1 sprvipp ntuVf in "aTO nt a service will take place in the nave of St Chapel in which 1300 persons will be seated but applications for more than double that number have been received The Dean of Windsor stated that no further applications can be entertained THE SERVICE AT ST The following are the terms of the special prayer to be used at St on Jubilee-day Oh Lord our heavenly Father we give Thee hearty thanks for the many blessings which Thou hast bestowed upon us during sixty years of the happy reign of our gracious Queen Victoria we thank Thee for the progress made in the knowledge that Thy marvellous works for the increase of comfort given the human life for the kindliest feeling between rich and poor for the wonderful preaching of the Gospel to many nations and we pray Thee that these and all other Thy gifts may be long continued to us and to our Queen to the glory of Thy holy name through Jesus Christ our Lord A rehearsal of next commemoration service was held on Monday evening on the steps of St Cathedral and was witnessed by a large concourse of people Two military bands suppli the instrumental music required in the rendering Dr specially composed Te Deum which was sung under his conductorship by the choir of five hundred voices For the purpose of accustoming the animals to the music the eight cream-coloured horses Marwood on June PC" Hedgland proved seem--which will draw the carriage and the steeds defendants near the Marwood Chapel rambling about on which the escort of Princes will ride were brought I swearing and offering to fight all whom they met from the Royal Mews and placed in the positions tliev i ThZy 'lai knocked do writhe landlord of the Ring ot Bells will ocemrv at the ceremonv itself The munis unm i and aso a mau a Upcort will occupy at the ceremony itself The creams were ancient hut I suppose worthy representatives of the general public All that has been accomplished has been done by the Press and I am sure the Herald has done its full share for good in Devon But the attack must be persistent and pointed Alter another dozen years let us hope that not only win classification exist iu another form hut that Workhouses will be things to be read of in history rather than visible objects There is a cloud like unto a hand hovering comet-like over the land of Bumbledom Charles Dickens passed away twenty-seven years ago Workhouses have slightly improved since then Within a less period the comet-like meteor may become a solid instrument wielded by a determined Democracy And we may find a substitute for Workhouses If so the existing stick-in-the-muds will not have existed in vain If nothing else clears the way we must trust to the Whirligig of Time to work out its Yours obediently YEO Manchester BARNSTAPLE COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS Before Mr Basset (in the chair) Mr Davie Mr Comer Clarke Capt Thompson ami Major Hogg $Mic lotto cEy0N teas? aod Leasebo BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY of tbe above Society ARE PREPARED ADVANCES on the Security of Free- Properties per cent per annum tola "1 mode of re payment If (lualterIy HARRY ASHTON Secretary The Barnstaple BOBOUM OF BARNSTAPLE JUNE 221STIT 1897- jEk diamond jubilee ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS JB MAYOR ALDERMEN and BURGESSES will 1 rroceed in procession from the Guildhall to tbe Park -iBpanied by the following Bodies in the undermeu- the Cyclist Club the Band of the Royal North Devon JBra the various Fiiendly Societies in the Borough he Band of theA and Coys 4th VBD Regt the 166 od Coys above mentioned the Borough Fire the Civic Officials with the Mayor and Corpor-tj Leaving the Guildhall at 1130 am It tbe Park a loyal Address of Congratulation to Her majesty will be moved and seconded Following which JheSanonal Anthem specially adapted will be sung by invoices composed of the Massed Choirs of all the Rel ci u9 Denominations in the Borough assisted by eiiil'9W of the Choral Societies and Children from the Elcineutary Schools conducted by Edwards Mus rj and accompanied by the Massed Bands of tbe above mentioned Regiments The A and Companies of the 4th VBD Regt will theu Fire a Feu de Joie alter which the Procession will tehrm and accompany tbe Mayor back to the Guildhall 1 A Seldon has consented to act as Marshall of the procession and tbe various bodies are requested to take orders for this purpose from him Tea will be provided for children under 15 years of age in tbe Maiket at 3 pm and after Tea the Children will proceed to the Sports Ground where Athletic Sports ill be held as per Programme published A Bonfire will be lit in the Evening and Bands will rjay in the Park A ROBERTS Mayor1 Guildhall Barnstaple 16th une 1897 God Save the Queen ESTABLISHED 1829- OLIVErXnICKLIN (FROM BROAD THE NORTH DEVON" ORGAN MUSIC WAREHOUSES THE SQUARE BARNSTAPLE CHURCH STREET ILFRACOMBE BIDEFORD STREET AND STREET all WELL STOCKED WITH INSTRUMENTS BY ALL MAKERS OF REPUTE ON THE EIRE SYSTEM OR SUBJECT TO HEAVY CASH DISCOUNTS EEUABLE TUNERS VISIT EVERY DISTRICT AT REGULAR INTERVALS J'B -References to any North Devon Residents ESTABLISHED 67 YEARS DcUott $HTali THURSDAY JUNE 17th 1887 There was a time not so many years ago when men doubted whether our Canadian and Australian Colonies would remain permanently with us They also doubted whether it would be to the advantage either of England or of the Colonies that the connection should be permanent One of the most important facts of the present Jubilee Commemoration is that it marks an absolute disappearance of all these doubts There is not much difference now upon Imperial and Colonial policy between the two great parties of the State That is something to be thankful for but every constitutional order of opinion has a right to point out that the Con-v rvutive and Unionist party has never held but ue view upon the subject and that ever since the commencement of the present reign Mr Disraeli afterwards Lord Beaconsfield fought an uphill battle against the views in this respect of the Manchester School of Politicians The Duke of Devonshire in his interesting and valuable speech at Liverpool last Saturday va7 cordially admitted the unwisdom with Jeaid to the Colonies of the party to which be belonged thirty years ago and admitted that we learnt by (painful experience that neither nor new markets are being thrown open to us by the influence of Free Trade If we want new Markets to provide for the increasing commerce ubieli is necessary to the increasing population of this country we must find those markets for ourselves and neglect no opportunity cither to expand or consolidate our Colonial possessions "hose populations are the best purchasers of our goods Happily there was never a time at aery period of history when the British Colonies and Dependencies filled a larger place in the thoughts el the people and of their political leaders bbei'e is something in the air at the present moment which has affected Statesmen in the conduct of responsible affairs and which is at jp Silme time responsive to a sentiment lying 'i''-'P down in the hearts of the British democracy 1 no splendid pageant which will pass through fleets of London next week is perhaps the wor pire than that which is contained in the little 'blinds which lie on the north-west of Europe As procession goes by with all its variety of aid colour uniform and countenance it A 'll speak to them better than volumes of books tae vast importance which affairs beyond the fa have to every individual Briton who lives Jl koine or abroad We have to deal with issues nowadays than the success or the t(at of a political party at a bye-election Even 11 relations with European Powers are as a of less importance than the "hons which the Mother Country may estab or maintain with all her young and vigorous who are learning the lessons of self-r''mnentin every part of the globe It rests with the appreciation of the new position commercially and politically whether oiiH deve'ope and unite more closely these yiag portions of our Empire or whether by juagement or by want of knowledge and i we shall allow them to slip from flag as British Statesmen in the last i)j(j allowed thirteen colonies to separate 'Uidei 7 allowed thirteen colonies to SjV( subsequently an independent nation years ago when Her Majesty ascended Australian Continent was almost Wn land- A few handfuls of men were to 'round the coast but there was nothing was lcate Capemprfy a geographical expression and the alony was the only jilace of importance an jetted tsficate its coming greatness South Africa Capo As fa ony was the only place of aff(jr we were concerned The condition of ciiW ln Canada was full of danger and diffi-iiiitj 'hellion broke out and it was not filin' internal convulsion that the pacified To-day in each of those alleej there is same cheerful and ready and )0Vp Sovereign the same prosperity for a ejo progress and the same aspiration J'8 tc 1 the as is J51' connection with the Mother Country ye in Australia The preserf of of our Colonies in London Mi onp y1 same message and object is fa -I onP vujeut ib j01 tlle most important facts of modem Jeu anH cannot but mark an epoch-making form help largely our people at home and some conception of Hem khe importance of the Imperial Thi? Year of Jubilee presents to THE MEETING FAVOURS A GENERAL SCHEME A well attended parish meeting was held in the vestry-room last (Wednesday) evening to consider the question of supplying Lane End Instow with water Mr Lock Chairman of the Parish Council was in the chair and others present were Haines Pigott Col Molloy Major Winter Mrs Vanstone Miss Rose Messrs (j Gorton Skinner Bcrry-Torr I ul ton Bosson Pidler Yeo A Easter brook Easteibrook Holland senr Smith Lock A' I ldlciV Fi'ilet Fry Holland junr Bulge Matthews Hare Sanders Sanders Ridge Mrs Chicnester Miss Whyte Mrs White Mrs Jennings Mrs Way Mrs Neville Messrs Bellow turner Ruld Farleigh X-o Three queries were submitted tor consideration from the District Council whether there was any likelihood of a water company being formed wiUun a reasonable time for supplying Instow whether it was the wish of the parish to provide a water supply for Lane End or whether they should take steps to provide the whole of the parish with a proper supply This was the gist of the correspondence read from Mr Toller the Clerk to the District Council) which sketched the action of the District Council up to the present After reading Dr Harper's rthe Medical Officer of Health) report on the quantity of water in Instow his further report on the quality of the water from ten wells at Instow Parade and the Quay was also submitted They were all shallow wells and from the nature of the soil liable to contamination the specimens examined being taken during a very dry period tIie water therefore should have been at its best There was no very marked contamination in any but the sample obtained from Mr house which was entirely unfit for use Considering the nature of the soil the irregular and at tunes insufficient supply a proper Watftr Mllimlv snmilll in Lie imininn bl water supply should be in his opinion at once obtained for the parish- It would he safer at present in most cases at Instow to boil the water before using The Rev hite said the ad ournment granted by the District Council was insufficient for the purpose of forming a water company -Mr Bosson said they did all they could in the time alloteil thorn -The Rev White continuing said what he should like to see was a proper supply of water for the whole of Instow (Applause) He should he the last person to oppose the well scheme but from Dr report they learnt there were only two houses with a defective supply The water company was the only fair scheme and those who paid the rate should have the use of it (Applause) Mr Chanter CE had told him the site for formiug the reservoir was suitable and the water could he brought into Instow by gravitation According to Dr report they had not a sufficient supply of water in Instow Quite A large number of people in Instow were dependent for their livelihood upon letting lodgings and unless their sanitary condition and water supply were good tourists would not come there (Applause) Mr White gave instances of people being kept away last year and concluded by saying he thought a water company would be the best thing for Mr Thomas Lock offered as a way out of the difficulty to allow a pipe to be fixed in his well at Lane End which had a constant supply if the analysis proved satisfactory (Applause) They must show their water and drainage were perfect to get visitors and the more money was spent among them the better for Mr Bosson was invited to address the meeting and stated that he did not believe the well at Lane End could be sunk for anything like £30 hut it was begging the question to deal with the matter piece-meal (Applause) Instow as a whole was insufficiently supplied and should be attended to as a whole (Loud applause Other portions of Instow wanted water as well as Lane End (Voices and Some got none at Mr Bosson was called to order by the Chairman on Jiroceeding to deal in detail with the Lane End proposal dr Bosson retorted that he should conclude by moving a resolution but the Chairman said as he was not on the list he should refuse to take it Mr Bosson challenged Mr position as Chairman but Mr Berry Tore ended the discussion by moving that Mr kind offer be accepted to allow a pipe to be fixed in his well if the analysis proves Mr Pedlar seconded and the motion was carried unanimously With regard to the other points the Rev Haines warned them against running the rates too high and moved this meeting being in favour of a general water supply for Instow considers it expedient to adjourn the matter for three months from this date in order to enable those who are endeavouring to form a water company time to mature their The Lane End scheme would cost 1 quite £200 (Applause) Why should Mr Yeo for instance be bound to remain with a condemned supply while water was supplied to Lane End (Loud applause) I It was unjust aud un-English for them to pay for any- thing but a general supply (Applause) Mr Gorton said Mr Yeo should look after his own supply and was instantly challenged as to his own water He protested against the resolution which was another adjournment shot in edgeway The Rev 8 Haines the District Council the in- Mr Fulton and the Chairman advised Mr Haynes to withdraw his motion as nullifying that previously carried while Mr Lock and others pressed for a division Eventually Mr Haines substituted the following resolution "This meeting does not approve of any expenditure upon a water supply except that involved in the first Berry-Tore seconded the motion which was sup-i ported by the Rev White and carried without On the motion of the Rev White seconded by Col Molloy the Chairman was thanked for presiding THE NEW CHURCH ON LUNDY ISLAND To-day (Thursday) the 1594th anniversary of the death ot 1st Alban the proto-martyr of Great Britain will witness a scene upon Lundy Island which has only once as consecrate the fine new church which the Rev Heaven Rector and Lord of Lundy has erected at a personal cost of £4000 for the perpetual spiritual use of the sixty tight little island A to St Helena with 7 stood close by to where the present one is built conspicuous as it now is by its I sturdy north-west tower It was dedicated early in the 14th century and traces of the ruined fabric may still be i seen Beside his Chaplain (the Rev Bickersteth) and other ecclesiastical dignitaries and officials his lordship will be attended from Exeter by tbe Rev si Bird A and the fine choir of St Sidwell's one of ifuot thejbest in thepxmnty and the talented organist Mr Joseph White numbering over 30 members ilicsc will robe mid witli bciiincrs flouting -iiid tlio sional cross leading the way go ashore at the only landing-I the isle possesses and singing the while wend their way up the rocky path to tlio new church which so fitly crowns the summit of the frowning crag at the end of granite-bound shore The consecration will take place at noon punctually The and SW Railway have most considerately placed saloon carriages at the disposal of the party and the train is timed to leave Queen-Street Station at 6 5(1 am The fine steamer Brighton is chartered to sail from Ilfracombe with the episcopal party at 945 and the landing at Lundy will if the weather pro 1 es fair be effected two hours later The steamer in question will probably also take many other church folk ovei The party which will receive large accessions from various parts of North Devon will be under the generalship of Mr Harry Hems who being a well season traveller will undoubtedly bring all home safe and sounded in due course Fine weather is all that is required A correspondent writing to the press gives some information as to the most attractive sights to be seen The following is the communication in question The island is three-and-a-half miles long and averaging one-third of a mile across but time should be observed as there is no accommodation for sleeping on the island for those who miss the boat which might mean a prolonged stay of several days We would advise 011 arriving at the top of the island to turn to the left and view the old castle the home of the pirate Earl Morisco under which will be found the cave of the smuggler Benson From wiu et a good view of the Devon and Cornish coasts and the South Lighthouse works beneath hollowing the south coast you pass Benjamin 9 Chair and at the south west corner is the Devil 9 Limekiln under which is the Shutter Rocks mentioned in Westward Ho Follow-mg the western coast you reach the lighthouse erected the year the Queen was born up which you will be invited to go and leave your bit of silver (voluntary) This hght will be extinguished this Jubilee year Keeping north you will arrive at the path leading down to the rocket battery which you may visit if you mind the back Then further north you come upon the earthquakes supposed to have been formed at the same time as the earthquake at Lisbon Caution should be of the crevasses are overgrown but are sufficiently large to allow a bullock to pass down and arc of unknown depth Adjoining is Cove called after a vessel wrecked there containing gold and ivory from the west coast of Africa Here is Mso the Chimney and the Punch Bowl At this point you get a view of the best part of the western cliffs the slopes studded with cheese rings and covered by sea birds Beyond is the North End where another lighthouse is in course of construction Coming back on the eastern side you get to Coombe under which you can see the Gannet Rock and a little to the south is the wreck of a 3000 ton steamer Coming on to Hill vou will find the Knight Templar Rock Looking from the south it gives a fine profile ot a face To the south of this is the Logan Rock in a line with Halfway Wall Follow down the hollow you come upon cart tracts which wiU lead to tram road you come to Hi? 1 9 where you climb to the top and farm where in the Iron House you calli man by a good luncheon at small cost (Possibly it might be found more advantageous to take luncheon at the Stores before starting this walk I fear time will not permit a visit to the extreme north end but at any point you may cross the island and commence the return journey There will be three services at the church viz Consecration Confirmation and Sacrament and those who take partin the service must content themselves by exploring the south end THE ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT FRENCH Paris Tuesday In spite of the discovery of the second tube and fuse the newspapers continue to attach little importance to Sunday outrage and express the opinion that the police should confine their investigations among persons of unsound mind and those with an inclination for ill-advised practical jokes President Faure continues to receive numbers of con-gratulqry telegrams from all parts Nearly all the Foreign a Bffifs of State have sent messages as well Hmisters and municipalities No serious clue has yet been discovered to the identity of the author of the explosion Xffie police commissary of the 3rd Brigade has made close inquiries among the Anarchists and has found that none of the known members of the community were at Long-champs at the time of the explosion Investigations continue to be made but no hope is entertained at present of discovering the perpetrator of the outrage One of the novelties which the Jubilee has brought with it is a curious kind of confetti made of coloured erimnled paper to represent buds flowers and butterflies in various and mixed colours They ea he thrown on to the softest where they adhere by means of a natural burr with winch thev are provided Mr George Sims has aptly JabdetV they made their debut frety advertd THE DANGERS OF BATHING IN THE TAW AT BARNSTAPLE (To the Editor of the North Devon Herald) Now that the hot weather has set in permit me to call the attention of the people of Barnstaple through your columns to the great risks which anyone runs in bathing in the river Taw especially if he cannot wim Generally every year one or two lives are lost by drowning in the river mostly on account of the furiously strong tides and currents which are not only extremely dangerous in themselves but render the bottom of the river very treacherous by filling up pits with sand and forming others where none existed before I have known a deep pit made by a single tide where there was shallow water only a few hours previously The sand also makes the water very thick and dirty so that it is almost impossible to recover a person after hie has once gone under the surface In conclusion it cannot be too deeply impressed on all whom it may concern that absolutely no part of our river is safe to bathe iu unless one is a powerful swimmer or there is a boat at hand with a reliable man in Yours very truly THE WALRUS Barnstaple June 15th 1897 WAIF SATURDAY To the Editor of the North Devon Herald) Sir Permit me through the medium of your columns to appeal fora generous response to a street collection which will be made on Saturday the 26tli inst on behalf of the 5000 destitute and rescued wails daily supported in Dr Home The splendid work done by Dr Barnardo in the rescue and reclamation of the Waifs and Strays of our cities and towns is known to many and entitles it to National recog- nition and support No less than 13391 boys and girls in a- T' all degress of distitution and suffering were cared for and assisted during 1896 It may interest many to know that during the last few years over two-hundred and fifty children have been rescued from the gutters of our Devonshire towns ami have been educated and trained for spheres of usefulness in the various homes of the Institution Help is urgently needed and I trust the result of the effort about to be made encouraging to Dr Barnardo and his band of helpers in their important and self-denying work I shall be glad to receive contributions to the Waif Saturdny Fund and to be favoured with the names of Lady-helpers who would be willing to assist in the street collection on the 26th I am yours faithfully TUCKER 63 Boutport Street Barnstaple WORKHOUSE LIFE (To the Editor of the North Devon Herald) I was much interested in your Notes on Work-house life and your arguments in favour of classification At present the country is not happily blest in its Work-house administration Probably the lasting curse of politics is accountable for the antiquated regulations which tend to choke progress of any kind Guardians are political persons and guardians of the poor after Some tunc ago I was illegally detained in an Asylum by some gentlemen of the Poor-Law-administration kiduey They feared my pen but fortunately the London powers promptly interfered I have told the tale which I am glad to find was largely read in Devonshire This by the way What I wish to urge with you is the absolute necessity for classification and general reform I was confined as a pauper and the were practically those of a Workhouse I slept on a bare floor for a time and had breakfast with a well-known Manchester murderer who was being detained for life I frequently had the dinner with a party who was anxious to strangle himself murder Royalty and scalp Visiting Justices My cocoa and bread at eventide were taken in the midst of a small army of men none of whom thirsted for anything less than bleed or his bank Classification or some kind of effort on the part of the numerous Guardians et hoc genus omne would have been advisable even here anyone would admit I have been in Workhouses too without disclosing my identity and there also I had to herd with the beery delirious seoundrels and sweepings of the district hovels There was no attempt at the places reminded one of foul refuse heaps and putrid The regulations are at fault They regulate nothing Most of our orkhouses and kindred Institutions are huge white elephants immense squandering centres modern Monte Carlos on a small scale The inmates I compare sir to the ones of the past many of the administrations to the successful gamblers of to-day In this country an average of some 9s a week goes to each Workhouse inmate Of that not 3s is actually spent on the individual including his clothes It is astounding how such ancient and unworthy laws remain It is just as astounding how such ancient and unworthy interpretations continue to be placed on these ancient anil unworthy laws by evidently somewhat taken Followed the boat to Barnstaple and saw the flowers taken Abraham Parker gamekeeper corroborated and recognised the two Pines and Griffin as being in the boat with the Wm Hill head gardener put the damage committed at 10s Tom Pine who was the only defendant to appear said he picked up the rhododendrons on the Fined 10s and expenses each or in default seven Pine How much imprisonment do I take for the three There was nobody else there I picked them When asked to be quiet Pine broke out with I suppose you'll take me up for contempt of Court I suppose what you are hitting and had to be removed from the Court A COWARDLY ASSAULT Charlas Thorne butcher was charged with assaulting an elderly woman named Elizabeth Mitchell wife of a master mariner in Church-street Braunton on the 31st Mr A Roberts prosecuted and Mr A Seldon Complainant said she was standing at her doorstep in Church-street on May the 31st when defendant who had been having a low with Mr Kiff next door came up the steps and knocked her down cutting open her nose and knocking out two of her teeth Had not even spoken to Frank Mitchell husband of the last witness and Mary Burrington a neighbour gave evidence as to condition Mrs Burrington with a boy named Samuel John Kiff witnessing the Mr Seldon submitted that defendant was too drunk to know whom he was assaulting and thought complainant was Kiff and called Mrs Mary Williams and Mrs Chappie who said they lived opposite but did not see any blows The Chairman said they thought the case proved and one of gross cruelty on his part and sentenced him to six imprisonment MATRIMONIAL DIFFERENCES Robert Hartnoll mariner of Braunton was charged with assaulting his wife Caroline Hartnoll at Braunton on the 6th Complainant said on the Saturday night her husband spent the money he should have bought meat with in drink and next morning became so abusive that she had to run out of the house when he followed and fisted her Emma Scobling a neighbour also living in South Street corroborated as to the assault Defendant said his wife could drink as well as he could and was a regular spendthrift as all Braunton knew She had helped to spend £300 or £400 with him but what he was getting now was not enough for her Admitted giv-ing his wife a dip under the ear when she began to throw the food out of the house Defendant was bound over to keep the peace towards his wife for six months in the sum of Complainant I want a separation I live with en again THEFT BY A CHARWOMAN Elizabeth Watts Swymbridge was charged with stealing £1 from Wm Hy Harris a mason ot Swymbridge on the 10th Harris deposed that defendant was working at his house as a charwoman on the date in question but had no call to enter his bedroom where his money was kept in a PC Mules saw defendant who admitted taking the money She had returned 17s 6d the next day and made good the remaining 2s 6d since Defendant was bound over under the First Act THE CAMBRIAN RAILWAY DISASTER John Biggs the railway employee who had both his legs amputated' died in Oswestry Hospital on Monday and the inquest on him and on James Wallace Irvine of Royton who died on Saturday evening was opened during Monday afternoon to receive evidence of identification Wm Robert Irvine a retired organ builder said his son was twenty years of age and was employed at the Beach Spring Works at Royton deceased accompanied the school excursion to Barmouth on Friday Mrs Biggs widow of John Biggs said her husband was travelling by the ill-fated train to Whitchurch in order to load the engines with coal The Coroner addressing Miss Scott the matron of the hospital said that considering the way in which the resoiirees of the hospital had been suddenly taxed he thought she had met the difficulties of the various cases in a manner beyond all A representative of the rail-WJLL exPreseed the sincere sympathy of the officials with sufferers and said itxe company would offer every facility in the oourse of the inquiry-The inquest was then adjourned to the 28th inst The injured now in the Cottage Hoepital twelve in number -we gvjbg tn as wU as could be expected 1 5Coal and $mntg Jlcws In-Patients On Books 48 Admitted 6 Died 0 Discharged 10 Remaining 44 Out-Patients On Books Admitted Died Discharged Remaining 189 62 0 50 201 North Devon Dispensary Barnstaple June 16th Patients admitted this week 46 discharged 44 Will our inestimable Correspondents far and wide kindly make a special effort to forward us BY TUESDAY POST or EARLY TRAIN on Wednesday morning as full a report and description of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration in their towns and villages as may be possible We are very anxious to make our account of the rejoicings festivities and demonstrations throughout the whole of North Devon as complete as can be accomplished within the time at our disposal and we can only do this by the assistance and co-operation of our very good friends who are wont to help us Let those now send who never sent before And those who always sent now send the more Thus sayeth the Poet Laureate of the staff and as he sapiently remarks have another Royal Diamond Jubilee in a hence England expects every man to do his and we feel assured our worthy Correspondents will do theirs on that eventful day The Holsworthy and Bude Railway works are now in full swing and a staff of about 500 men are employed Bookbinding of every special attention given to at Marks 107 High-street Barnstaple Mr Fenwick Harrison well known in shipping and financial circles is to be recommended as the second Conservative candidate for Devonport Mk Fulford has been appointed superintendent registrar of marriages for the Okehampton district in the place of the late Mr Stephen Wellington The Right Hon Sir Henry Fowler MP and Lady Fowler and family are staying at Pitt House Chud-leigh as guests of the Right Hon Seale-Hayne MP Amongst those who were specially thanked for their assistance in the Petersfield election was Sir Cameron Gull Bart the member for the Barnstaple Division Lcmn Clinton will at the meeting of the Countv Council to-day move an address of congratulation to the Queen on the completion of the sixtieth year of her reign Jubilee Thanksgiving Services at the Parish Church next Sunday Special musical services Coronation Anthem Zadok the Priest will be rendered (morning and evening) by the choir The Dedication Services at Holy Trinity Church have been continued during the week Holy Communion being celebrated daily throughout the Octave the Rev Emlyn-Jones vicar of preaching at choral evensong last evening At the meeting of the Baptist Band of Hope on Tuesday evening in the Lecture Hall Mr Stacey presided when recitations were given by Master Turner promised mother Miss Esther Jenkin one fault Miss Holloway The wild dark while Miss A Richards read The Addresses were given by the Chairman and Mr Tucker while the accompaniments were played by Miss Hnxtable Amongst those selected for special honours at the great meeting of Freemasons at the Albert Hall on Monday was the Right Hon Chief Justice Way most Worshipful Grand Master of South Australia who was invested by the Grand Master HRH the Prince of Wales with the title of Past Grand Warden At the same time the recipient presented to His Royal Highness a humble and loyal joint address to the Queen from the Grand Lodges of South Australia New South Wales Victoria Tasmania and New Zealand As most of our readers are aware Chief Justice Way was educated at Shebbear College The Barnstaple Postmastership To-day Mr Thomas Field who has been fourteen years Postmaster at Barnstaple severs his connection with the postal service after a lengthy and honorable association of forty-four years retiring on a well-earned pension We regret to say that ill-health is the primary cause of Mr relinquishment of office he having suffered for several years past from severe dyspepsia complicated by heart-weakness and asthma which were superinduced by the strain of arduous work and long hours in the past and intensified by the onerous and diversified responsibilities attaching to his present position Mr Field was transferred to Barnstaple from Oxford where he was chief clerk for a number of years and brought with him the reputation for strict and smart business habits which while his health permitted he fully sustained here Newspaper Editors in regard to telegraphic as well as postal arrangements are often under obligations to the Post Office officials and we have always found Mr Field most desirous to afford facilities and render ever- assistance in his power A notice has been placed in the Office by the retiring Postmaster thanking the whole of the staff for their attention to their respective duties during the term he had held the post When relieved from the labour and anxiety inevitably connected with the position he has filled there is every hope that Mr health may materially improve and we trust he will enjoy allowance had Westward proceeded Appledore Here account being Bay by and Tor-ridge the current northwards to the be seen of a the upon the layer of pebbles surface (technically tides on be discerned about The primitive have forest this this continuing above referred marine to an walk flowers honeysuckle season future on being This who wish to from they feel natural nor is veriest advise better how beginners which all contains Rural Cattle Natural The reliable Colonial TsevUSS and is most interesting and instructive UlfstranV WA farming' offices are 110 and -ODdon and the price Id weekly attached to a break and the saddle horses some thirty in number were ridden by grooms The procession of the calvacade through the city evoked a considerable amount of interest Everything passed off without a hitch stealing rhododendrons Thomas Griffin Thomas Pine and Joseph Pine three young men of Barnstaple were charged with cutting rhododendrons at Tawstock to the value of 5s on May the Mr A Roberts who prosecuted on behalf of Sir Henry Wrey said considerable damage had been done to Tawstock Park and though it was with some reluctance that they brought the case there it wis imperative that these men and others should be taught that they could not come up the river and cut plants as to arrive England between the 18th and the 21st they had done William Lake wood-ranger to Sir Henry Empress rredenck Hereditary Princess of Saxe- saw Joseph Pine and three other men near the rhododen-Meiningen and Prince Feod ore of Saxe-Meiningen (iron bed just before six and later returning with Parker Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia Prince and defendants rowing off in the boat with some rhododendron cuttings and found footmarks leading Serge Alexandrovitch Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna and Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria Prince Albert of Prussia Prince Rupert of Bavaria Duke Albert of Wurtemberg Duke of Oporto Prince and Princess of Naples Duke and Duchess of Sparta Hereditary Prince of Montenegro Prince Frederick of Saxony Crown Prince of Denmark (or his eldest son Prince Christian) Prince Charles of Sweden and Norway Hereditary Grand Duke of Nassau-Luxem-burg Grand Duke of Hesse and probably the Grand Duchess Prince and Princess of Leiningen Duke of Augustenburg Prince Max of Baden Princess Louis of Battenberg Prince and Princess Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Kohary Prince and Princess of Bulgaria and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg OUR COLONIAL TROOPS The general health of the Colonial troops in the barracks is excellent and most of the volunteers appear to be having a capital time The number of colonial troops quartered at Chelsea is considerable as the appended official table of the strength of forces may serve to indicate Name Ceylon Sierra Leone British Guiana Trinidad Cyprus Gold Coast Straits Settlements New South Wales ie Cape of Good Hope Natal Victoria Hongkong Jamaica Queensland Brit Borneo (Dyaks) New Zealand Canada South Australia West Australia 2 Lagos Niger Police Rhodesian Police 2 In all 1770 officers and men FREEMASONS AND THE JUBILEE A special meeting of Freemasons was held in the Albert Hall on Monday under the presidency of the Grand Master the Prince of Wales at which resolu-sions congratulating her Majesty upon her Diamond Jubilee were passed amidst much enthusiasm Amongst those upon whom was conferred Grand Lodge honours to mark the Jubilee was Bro John Brewer of Barnstaple who received the collar of Assistant-Director of Ceremonies Seven thousand Freemasons paid a guinea each for admission and the Prince announced that half the money would be devoted to Masonic charities and half to the Prince of Hospital Fund for London ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN VOLUNTEERS A large crowd assembled at Euston on Tuesday to witness the arrival of the Jubilee detachment of Canadian Volunteers So large was the assemblage that a considerable force of extra police had to be requisitioned to keep order The drums and fifes of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards and the drams and pipers of the Scots Guards were in waiting on the platform together with the bugles of the Westminster Volunteers to play the Colonials to Chelsea Barracks Great enthusiasm was displayed as the men detrained They immediately formed up and marched off with such celerity that even the mails had to wait until the column had ejaered the station precincts The Venerable Abchdeacon Sandford may bean astute and devoted cleric but he is not a man of the world He might have gained his end if he had only been more suave and less dictatorial He has simply managed so far at least inasmuch as the greater portion of North Devon is concerned in patting back np The few words Earl Fortkscue said at the Southmolton meeting would have carried immense weight had not Archdeacon Sandford acted with so little discretion had he not been so arrogantly sore that the Voluntary School Managers were in a cleft stick and that they must bend to his will Determination and resolution may be excellent qualities but when they degenerate 'into riding roughshod over the opinions and experience of others and into obstinate adherence to a fixed idea in the teeth of perfectly reasonable and legitimate objections founded on an intimate acquaintance with the work to be done an acquaintance vastly more practical than that possessed by Archdeacon they only prompt to and must certainly eventuate id such a revolt as that which has occurred in North Devon We aocord the Archdeacon every credit for good intentions What we gird against what the Voluntary School Managers of North Devon feel so strongly aggrieved are the high-handed methods whieb he haB adopted There is an intense feeliDg of opposition to strengthening the clerical element in the management of Voluntary Schools and also to any outside interference on the part of any Authority or Board or Association to be established in Exeter which cannot adequately apprehend or appreciate local circumstances or difficulties with the conductor administration of Voluntary Schools which have been established and maintained by the generosity of Willinghood and been prosperous and successful before tbe additional Aid-Grant was thought of and the very success and prosperity of which forbid them participating in it You cannot expect enthusiasm or union from those who have no incentive for either who know that whether they join the Association or not they will not be a penny the better nor a penny the worse The very circumstances under which the Voluntary system has been npheld in Barnstaple and iu other towns and village of North Devon provoke strenuous opposition to atiy such cast-iron scheme a that promulgated by the Venerable Arohdbaoon Sandford and which he or some other would-be Church wirepullers seem to have evolved out of their inner consciousness Five or six years ago Barnstaple raised tbe munificent snm of twelve-hundred pounds in cash to save the Voluntary Schools when threatened with Board Schools Nor did this handsome amount sent all that was done The Plymouth Brethren with praiseworthy liberality put their schools in order at answers to correspondents For7ir' A own sole cost as did our Roman Catholic friends in-Qdligence practical and critical without asking a farthing from the funds-ou the Saties It is We 1 for many years yet that superannuation which his past services so thoroughly merit The Barnstaple Field Club a very enjoyable ramble on Saturday last Ho was the locality selected The party by train to Instow crossing by the ferry to and across the Burrows to the Pebble-ridge Mr Handing gave a most interesting of the formation of the ridge the pebbles brought from the Southern end of the currents Nearer the mouth of the Taw the pebbles are most numerous because outflowing waters of these rivers check the and thus limit the progress of the pebbles After tea at the Old Baths a visit was made cliffs beyond the Nassau bath There is to what Mr Hamling describes as the best example raised beach in the United Kingdom Above pebbles of the present beach and resting upturned edges of the slates is a thick pebbles identical with these below These are covered with soil brought down by drainage from the neighbouring hills known by geologijts as At low the beach below the remains of a forest may All this points to an upheaval of seventy feet when the forest flourished stone knives of early races of mankind been found Amongst the remains of the proving that the human race was co-eval with change the level of the country After followed a subsidence which may be still leaving the ancient beach about fifteen feet the present level The rocks below were also to as an excellent example of a of they having been ground down approximately level surface by the sea The to Bideford through ways lined with wild was much enjoyed Meadow-sweet and were observed bloom for the first time this It waa decided tocontmue the rambles in alternate Wednesdays and Saturdays the next to Saunton cliffs on Wednesday the 23rd inst change is made to afford an opportunity for those cannot get away on Saturdays and who yet attend It is hoped that no one will be deterred becoming a member of the Club because that they know nothing or little of any science The Club does not consist of experts it intended to but of learners and the beginners with an old hand to instruct and and no one can please the Directors of Sections than by plying them with questions no matter simple the queries may be It is to assist that the Club was formed We have received Rural country people should regularly read It practical articles on we think almost every aad 8U'gect including Horses Gardening Of wthie Farm nd Garden Home News of the Week etc as well as i iiss contra Ti denominations likewise contributed generously to the general subscriptions Tbe Voluntary system hatf Always worked smoothly and harmonkm.