The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

THE MAYOR AT THE SATURDAY EVENING

CONCERT.

According to annual custom his worship the Mayor,

Francis Shand, Esq., presided at the Concert-hall, on Satur-
day night. There was a very numerous audience, the house
being crowded to the extreme limits of its capacity. The

concert was one of more than usual attractions, having among
its vocal performers, Miss Ransford, Mrs. Scarisbrick, and
Mr. Delavanti. In addition to those vocalists we must not
omit to mention Mr. Dalziel, a gentleman well known as an
amateur, but who, on this occasion, made what was understood

to be his first public appearance, and who, unquestionably,
succeeded in creating a sensation. We need not criticise
the singing of the perfomers we have mentioned, who are
principally of metropolitan ' distinction, and bad on this
occasion a well-chosen and varied programme, in which to
display their characteristic qualities. Indeed, the gratifiCation
of the audience demonstrated itself to somewhat an incon-

venient degree, as almost every, song was encored, and some
were even called for and given a third time, thus protracting
the performances beyond their ordinary length. The singers,
however, displayed the utmost kindness in yielding in every
instance to the desires of the audience.

Among the gentlemen on the platform, besides the M iyor,
were Messrs. N. Caine, President of the Institution, William
Rathbone, Fleming, Clint, Alderman Bold, Livingstone,
Alexander Shand, Kitchen, Crosthwaite, James Thompson,
and sevsral others.

In the interval between the first and second part of the
concert, Mr. Caine came forward, and was received with loud
applause. He said Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen,—
I rise, as president of this institution, to •congratulate once
more the ft equente,s of the Saturday Evening Concerts on the
presence of their Chief Magistrate. (Cheers.) This is the
twelfth time the Mayor of Liverpool has thus expressedipis
sympathy with the rational recreations of the people. All
honour to him for the encouragement afforded—and all honour
to you, air, for the compliment received this evening. (Cheers )
For twelve years these concerts have been carried on within
this hall, and it is sixteen years since they were first established
in the North Corporation Schoolrooms in Bevington Bush.
Feeble, very feeble indeed, were our early efforts ; but,
although feeble the efforts, although small the beginning, the
institution has now become a "great fact"—(hear, hear)—
spreading and developing itself in various forms, not only in
Liverpool and the vicinity, but the principle has been adopted
in Manchester, Birmingham, London, and other largo towns
and cities throughout the kingdom. Our object has not been
to provide a mere amusement ; hut we have endeavoured, by
enabling them to enjoy the highest talent, to create and
cultivate a taste for refined rational recreation among the people.
In that object, I believe, it will be admitted that we
have largely succeeded. (Hear, hear.) But we have had
gr a' difficulies to contend with. We have had to struggle
against prejudice, misconstruction, and misrepresentation.
Our first and greatest difficulty was with the professionals.
We could not persuade them that we were respectable. (Hear,
hear, and laughter.) What—sing for threepence! Such a
thing was never heard of. (Laughter.) It was infra dig,
and could not be entertained. I recollect, one morning,
being waited upon by the father of a young lady who had been
engaged to sing for us. He was in great distress of mind,
saying that his daughter had been crying all night. She did
not know what to do, for she had been told that, if she did
sing for us—if she did descend so low, her professional prospects
would be utterly ruined. She must be released from her•
ngagement, for she could not, she would not, and she did not,
sing for us. (Laughter.) Now, that feeling was very general
throughout the profession. We were only enabled to Wain
the services of the higher class, when Miss Whitnall broke
through the prejudice, and set the example with a dignity
which well became her, by taking. her place upon our plat-
form. (rear, hear, and cheers.) Now, it ought to be borne
in mind, by all who take an interest in this institution, by all
who have derived benefit from it, that we are indebted for the
first step in its successful progress, to.the present Mrs. Scaris-
brick. (Cheers.) Well, but we have had difficulties to con-
tend with in other quarters—and in other quarters great
changes of opinion have taken place. (Hear, hear )
Clergymen there were who doubted our movement, who
declared against it, and denounced it as an evil, saying that
a Saturday night concert was a most unfit preparation
for the approaching Sabbath. But if we look around us now,
what do we find ? Clergymen advocating our principles in
the public press—presiding over such meetings. in immediate
association with their respective churches. Arguing, and
publicly declaring—as Mr. Rathbone has, time after time, main-
tained—(cheers)—what the Saturday night concert is, of
all others, the thing well calculated to induce the attendance of
the workman at church on Sunday. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) Now we, have outlived all these prejudices, and we
stand pretty firmly established in the public favour. I need
not give any detail of the positio t and nroapec's of the institu-
tion, but I may tell you, and I tell it for your satisfaction, not
boastingly, mind you—hut for your satisfaction, merely—that
we ate " out of debt, and not of danger." ([oar hear, and
cheers.) Mr. George Holt, Mr. William Lane, Mr. John
Wyberg, and Mr. Lawrence Heyworth, M.l'., are the trustees,
and there stands in the names of these gentlemen, at the
Royal Bank, a credit in favour of this institution of upwards
of £l,OOO. (Cheers,) That is one result—the sterling re-
sult of our operations. But another, a higher, and far more
important result, is, that there has been provided for the
people a cheap, elevating enjoyment; an antidote for the
social poisons which are so freely and invitingly offered ; so
temptingly spread for them on every hand. Here the tempted
and the tried find a refuge ; the irresolute and weak, a safe-
guard; the enslaved and ensnared, a shelter. (Hear, hear,
and great applause) Many a wife, and many a
mother blesses this institution for evils presented ; and through
the instrumentality of the Saturday evening concerts, many a
man has been made " a better mechanic, and many a mechanic
a better man," (Hear, hear, and loud cheers), It only re-
mains for me, sir, to tender to you the warm thanks of this
meeting for the honor you have done us in taking the chair
this evening.

Three cheers for the mayor followed this address.
The Mayor then rose, and was received with renewed ap
plause. He said—Ladies and gentlemen, my friends and
fellow-townsmen, I begin by making almost a complaint, and
that is, that while the sounds pf such sweet music are ringing
in your ears, you should be brought down to su,h plain prose
as mine. (Laughter.) However, gentlemen, I shall, to the
best of my power, endeavour to express my thanks for the
honor you have done m-. This is what I may terra my OrSt

appearance in public since I had the honor of being placed in
the high position to which the favour of my fellow-townsmen
has been pleased to raise me. I think I could not devote the
occasion of my first appearance more appropriately—certainly
not more congenially to my own feelings—than if I can in any
way promote the comfort and happiness of the mechanics of
Liverpool. (Cheers.) On looking round me I scarcely
know how to imagine that I am addressing the me•
chanics of Liverpool, because the appearance of those I
see, is not that of mechanics, but of a much higher class,
and, therefore, I may say that if such an effect is
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the process of the Saturday evening concerts, it is a process
almost amounting to enchantment. (Hear, hear.) • Well,
gentlemen, I feel that if you bring such an appearance to this
place, you will carry to your homes happiness and comfort--,.
vou will see bright firesides, clean households, and happy
homes. (Cheers ) you will sleep the sleep of enjoyment
and peace. You will rise on the Sunday morning with clear
heads, prepared to look on yourselves as something more than

mere meehanies—you will feel that you have within you a

better part, to the advancement of which you can devote the
day. And then I feel that, when you rise on the Monday
morning, you will feel that you have not only done a great
duty, but that you have exercised a great privilege—a privilege
which sends you forth to your labour on the Monday morning
with greater enjvment, with full vigour, and preparation to
renew, at tho close of the week, the happiness which, I hope,
you have all been enjoying this evening. (Cheers.) Lt
ancient days, we hear that tho power of music was so great,
that one who exercised it, and who loved his wife, went down,
when he had lost her, to the regions below, and by the power
of his music brought her back to earth again. And we know,
also, that one of our great poets says the power of Saint Cecilia
was such, that, by her vocal influence, " she brought an
angel down." Now, ladies and gentlemen, I feel that the
Saturday night concerts seem to embrace both these powers,
because, while they draw upwards from the sinking
of iniquity, and the polluting places of dissipation, so many,
they create here refinements and blessings ; and, therefore, we
might apply to the influence of this one institution that double
power of which the poet speaks, when he says that—
" She raised a mortal to the skies,
She drew an angel down."
(Cheers.) I think this is evidenced by the appearances which
I see around me this night. (Hear, hear.) I only trust that
your example and your influence may be extended, and I can
assure you that I feel it is a fact accomplished that the Satur-
day evening concerts are productive of the greatest possible
advantage and happiness to the town at large, I thank you,
most sincerely, for the reception you have given me, and I
wish you to believe that there is nothing closer to my heart
than to promote the happiness of the working classes, and of
all classes of the inhabitants of Liverpool. (Hear hear.)
Mr. Ratlibone was then loudly called for, and, in obedience
to the de,ire of the meeting, came forward. He said Mr.
Mayor and fellow townsmen—for I only look upon you as such
here, and I know nothing of ono class or another---I joy to be
again among my fellow-townsmen in a state of perfect equality.
(Cheers,) lam not, however, Mr. Mayor, going to be very
democratic in my speech, I assure you. (Laughter.) I have
to complain very much of my friend the president, who repeats
my sayings, and then expects me to make a speech, when ho
has taken all the tit-bits out of it. My friends, I always
have pleasure in coming here, and from the kindness of your
reception, whenever I do so, I always endeavour to do my best,
andte Mayor
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Inaugurates
gahrtneec,seaihmuisl andn a feelinge upon
eeetnrdaenaveonr upon the presetit or9a-
sion. (Cheers.) During the last twelve years it has always
appeared
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of ay inhi
s whichve
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impottant office... I believe his first object is ni'go to church in
favour of the Blue Coat Hospital, in order to show that he
gives his countenance to that education which is better than
wealth. rhe career of some who have come from that Blue
coat Hospital, and who have been the architects of their own

NORTHERN TIMES..-LIVERPOOL

MONDAY.

fortune, proves that education can create wealth—but it can do
more. Some of the pupils of the Blue Coat schools have,
indeed, been the architects of their own fortunes, but they
have also lived, loved, and respected, and died regretted, with
their loss deeply felt by the merchants of Liverpool. (Hear,
hear.) Therefore, we may be sure that, in the Blue Coat
Hospital, a good education is given, and we thank the Mayor
for going first there to give it the sanction of his presence.
(Hear•, hear.) His first appearance in public; then, is among
us. I think that, too, a very graceful act, because it is a
profession on his part that he is Mayor of the Town of Live' -
po l—not of any one class of society; for there are all
classes .here. He is not the mayor of a clique, or of
a party, or of a section, one way or another, but he
is the mayor of the people of Liverpool. • (Cheers) We
are much obliged to our present mayor for his declaration to
that effect to-night—and lam very sure he is not the man to
make a profession to which he will not keep. (Hear, hear.)
Now I want to have a fling at my friend, the president.
(Laughter.) He richly deserves it. lam going to he very
angry with him, and I dare say you will be so, too, my friends.
(Laughter). He is not merely the architect of his own fortunes,
but he is the architect of our fortunes. At one time this good
old ship of ours was rather in shallow water, and among rocks.
When he got her first he at his own risk under Arok and guaran-
teed the expense of getting the good ship into deep water. She
is now in deep water, and the heart of oak, I hope, will long
remain in deep water and sail, carrying with her many hearts
to a haven where I feel you will all go. (Cheers). I believe
it to be a fact that these concerts do elevate and exalt, refine
and enlarge, the heart of every human being who comes into the
p eseuce of the goof mus•c, and the good moral,., which are
heard here. lam quite sure of this, nay, I have it from the
highest officer of the land, with whom I once had the good
fortune to be in company, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who
said he had some little doubt in the first instance, but he could
now say that the Saturday night concerti were well calculated
to fill the churches and places of worship, and he wished them
" God speed " (Cheers). Mr. Rithbone then thanked the
meeting for their reception of him, and resumed his seat amid
renewed applause.
Lend cries were then heard for Mr. Bold.

Mr. Bold came forward, and said : Mr. Mayor, ladies, and
gentleman, I can assuke you that I am perfectly unprepared to
make a speech to ❑ight; and, indeed, I do not know that I
ever was prepared to make any speech. (Laughter.) Having
been called upon, however, by the present assembly, nothing
could give me greater pleasure than to express my approval of
these concerts, and I believe I have never omitted, during the
last twelve years, to attend any concert upon such an occasion
as this. It has always given me the greatest possible satisfac-
tion and gratification to see assemblages here enjoying such an
intellectual treat .as is giVen by the music which we have heard ;
and it gives me.greater satisfaction still to see the hall se well
filled, when I know that this very evening St. George's Hall is
open for the admission of 'the public at, believe, the very
same prices which all had to pay who entered this room, It
is a great satisfaction to see that these concerts, under the
management of such worthy men, are so well filled. Ladies
and gentlemen, I do not.know that I can say any more than to
thank you again for your kindness iu calling upon me. Poli—
tics aro not.introduced on such an occasion as this, but I may
be allowed to say that it will give me sincere pleasure to meet
Mr. Rathbone, or any gentleman, no matter bow nitieh opposed
to me in politics, in carrying out any purpose which may bo
conceived for the benefit 'of the inhabitants of the town where
I was born and bred. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) So long as
I have life and health, I will meet any gentleman, and freely
shake him by the hand, and go cordially with him, in
promoting anything which 'can be conceived, for an instant, to
be for the benefit of the inhabitants of this town. (Cheers.)
I have nothing to add, except to repeat that it has given me
infinite pleasure to 'Meet-you all here. (Cheers.)
The vocal and instrumental performances were then
resumed.

KIRIED ALE SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—On Satur-
day evening, .1. C. Ewart, Esq., M.P , presided at this
concert. On taking the chair, he expressed the great
pleasure he felt at seeing so large an attendance of the
working classes, and contrasted the effects such meetings
would have on society, if carried out. Ile also directed
attention to the system pursued in Germany, where he had
recently been travelling, and hoped to see the working
classes take part in such entertainments, rather than sit-
ting in the dram-shop. The programme tor the evening
was well chosen, and the singers were warmly applauded.
It would be an act of injustice, did we not particularly
refer to Mrs. Steedman, who was evidently the favourite
of the evening. She sang the " Irish Emigrant" with
great taste and feeling, and was most heartily encored.
We hope that these evening concerts will meet with the
support they deserve. At the conclusion a vote of thanks
was accorded to the hon. member.

ARGYLE Rooms, BIRKENREtD 77.93 Saturday night a
very agreeable miscellaneous concert was given in the
Argyle Rooms, Birkenhead, under the direction of Mr.
Jukes. The pi.ogramtne.ccimprised selections from some of
the best and most popular of our Roglish composers, besides
a number of well known native ballads, pleasing alike from
their poetry and melody. The vocalists were Mrs. Jukes,
Miss Sharp, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Sadler, and Mrs. Mmison,
and their perfarmance was mast creditable, the whole being
wound up by the happy and appronriate solo and chorus
(B Life), "My Task is ended." We are aware that an
effort is being made, in Birkenhead, to erect a public build-
ing, for the use of the inhabitants, like unto the Concert-
hall, Lord Nelson street, in Liverpool. We wish • the
undertaking every success, and trust that before long the
rople of Birkenhead will have as many opportunities Of
enjoying popular concerts and other amusements of a kin_
dred character as have their neighbours on this side of the
river.

I X LIIBITION OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY AT CHESTER, IN 1858.

PUBLIC MEETING AT CHESTER.

(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER

CHESTER, SATURDAY,

To-day, at noon, a numerous and highly influential public
meeting of the nobility, lauded proprietors, land agents, and
others, interested in the agriculture of Cheshire and North
Wales, was held in the Music-hall, Chester, in connection
with the meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England,
in 1858, being held at Chester. The immediate object of the
meeting will be gathered from the following statement in the
announcement convening it :—" The Royal Agricultural
Society having resolved on holding the country meeting, for
1858, in the north western district, of which Cheshire and
North Wales form a most important part, and as the place of
meeting will he decided upon by the council of
the society in the ensuing spring, the town council
of Chester, believing that no town in the district
can afford the acciety such full accommodation, in addition
to its being the place most convenient for the majority
of the eg. iculturalists in the Principality, have determined
upon taking the necessary steps to secure the meeting being.
hold in Chester, and of adopting the best course for ac-
complishing the above object, and of raising the necessary
funds"

The spacious room was crowded, and amongst those present
was an immense number of the nobility and landowners
connected with Cheshire, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, and
the various counties in the principality of North Wales. The
Marquis of 'Westminster, Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, was
voted to the chair, on the motion of Peter Eaton, Esq , Mayor
of Chester.

The Noble Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said, that
in the first place it became his duty to state to the committee
the reasons why he should have the honour of being in the
positio❑ in which he found himself then placed. It was, no
doubt, quite right and proper that in a city of such extent and
importance as Chester, the gentleman who had the honour of
being placed at the head of their municipality, and who
wielded the authority with which his fellow citizens had
invested him, that he should, on an occasion such
as the present, naturally have occupied the chair.
But it was feared that had he occupied that
post, the meeting might have borne something of the character
of an exclusively Chester assembly ; whereas, it was desired
by the promoters of the meeting, that the discussion should
partake of as wide a field as possible, end embrace, not only
the immediate County of Chester, but also the whole of the
Principality of Wales, as well as those other counties in Eng-
land which were understood as being included in the North-
western district ; that it should extend itself to every part of
the district, of which they believe Chester formed the most
important point. (Hear, hear.) It was on those grounds that
he had taken the liberty of explaining to the meeting the
reasons why he now occupied the chair. Perhaps, it might
not be known to every gentleman present, the means in which
its proceedings were carried on by the Royal Agricultural
Society; he would, therefore, state to the meeting, two or three
facts in connection with this part of the subject—leaving it to
those who were to propose the different resolutions, to enter more
deeply into the general question. The chairman, here, briefly
described the mode in which the society conducted its opera-
tions, by holding its successive annual meetings in different
parts of the country ; by means of which, the agricultural
community derived great advantages, by having opportunities
of witnessing the best exhibitions of stock, produce, and agri-
cultural implements, which the country afforded. The man-
ner in which the society made its arrangements, was by
allotting the who e of England and Wales into separate dis-
tricts. The district in which the County of Chester was
included, embraced all the north-western part of the country ;
consisting of the counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, and Stafford-
shire, and the whole of North Wales. Now, with regard to
their friends in North Wales, it had been said, that there were
some differences between them ; but, he might say, that now
there was a perfect understanding, and he hel,eved he was
correct in stating that, the inhabitants of the Principality were
anxious, for their own advantage, that the exhibition of 1858
should bo held in Chester, They, in Cheshire, regarded it as
of the greatest importance, that the interests of 1113 Principality
should be couidered as well as their own ; and that they
should go hand in hand with them. He was happy to see
several gentlemen from the Principality present, and he was
sure the meeting would be happy to hear the expression of
their views. (Hear, hear.) But he thought, he might say,
that some some difficulty had been felt in fixing upon a suit-
able place in North Wales. (Hear, hear ) If they found, then,
that that difficulty did exist, and that they could provide much
better accommodation in this neighbourhood, the next paint
for consideration was the claim the city of Chester had upon
the society, as compared with other places in the district which
might feel themselves likely to he interested in the exhibition
being held there. We might think that it w.oild he much to
their interest and advantage that the locality should be placed
at Chester, as the most convenient;

but those re

rig in other

parts of the district might be of an opposite opinion. The next
county to which he would refer was that of Shropshire. That
county, no doubt, had claims upon the society, but it was not
usual for the annual meetings of the society to he held in the
same locality more than once, except at remote periods, and
the society having already held ono meeting at Shrewsbury, the
inhabitan•s of this locality thought that the meeting ought fairly
to be held at Chester, in preference to any part of Shropshire.
Well, then, there only remained the county of Stafford. No
doubt the town of Stafford had considerable railway communi-
cation, and was placed in the centre of a large diatriet, and it
might be urged that the meeting should be held there, but he
had not heard that there had been any stops taken at Stafford,
or that any particular anxiety had been shown to hold the
meeting there. On all these grounds, he thought that the
advantages of the entire district, as well as this county in par.
ticular, would be consulted by the meeting being held at
Chester. On the great advantages of holding the meeting at
Chester., ether gentlemen would no doubt speak, but he might
observe, that it was impossible to have a finer place than the
Roodee, which had been secured in the event of Chester being
fixed upon as the place of meeting ; and, so long as they had
such ample railway communication with all parts of Ragland,
every facility was afforded for conveying stock and implements
from any district in the country. After some further remarks,
the chairman concluded by calling upon
Lieutenant Grey Egerton, who proposed the first resolution,
to the effect, that Chester was the most convenient place in the
district to hold the meeting, and that the Council of the Royal
Agriculteral Society be solicited to fix upon Chester. Leaving
out all personal considerations, he would not now stand before
them to advocate the meeting of 1858 being held at Chester,
did he not entertain the belief that it was the very best place
in the district. (Hear, hear). Let any person take the map
and look over the district which had been selected for the
meeting of 18:58,, and he was sure that he would at once come
to the conclusion that Chester was the very best place in the
district. lt was the focus in which a great number of railways
from all parts of England centred—Shropshire, London, Liver-
pool, Manchester, Holyhead, and several other places—and,
what was of the greatest importance. no other town afforded
the same facilites for North Wales. But it was not the advan-
tars of the immediate district itself that he wished to consider
in advocating Chester. hoped and believed that the meet-
ing would be attended by visitors from all parts of the country,
because so extensive was the net work of railways coming to
Chester, that no one who wished to attend the meeting, that
there were not ample facilities for bringing him to Cheater
from any part of the country. The convenience for the attend-
ance of visitors from the other side of the channel were also un-
exceptionable, and they should be prepared to give a hearty recep
ion to all who rrtig,ht come from the sister country, With regard
to the ground which had been secured for the show, he would
say that he knew of no more beautiful area in the country than
the Roodeo. Then, again, there was a groat deal i❑ Chester
to attract the attention and admiration of strangers. In no
p'ace were there more objects of interests than in the city of
Chester. In every point of view, he thought that Chester was
not only a good situation for the meeting, but that it was the
very best and most advantageous iu the district, and he hoped
they would do all in their power to have the meeting held
here. (Loud applause.)

Sir Richard litilkeley, Bart., M.P., seconded the resolution,
fully concurring in all that had been said by the preceding
speaker as to Chester being the most convenient place in the
district. The attractions in Chester surpassed that of all other
places in the district, if that wAs all, but It was not. He (Sir
R. Bulkeley) was present in the Interest of North Wales, and
he said there was no town in the district at which the meeting
could be held which would be so advantageous to North Wales
as Chester. (Cheers). The condition ofagriculture was deficient
in North Wales, but it was not any deficiency in stock, but
in the cultivation of the soil ; and as theme would be the
greatest facilities for bringing a large collection of agricultural
implements in the event of the show being held at Chester,
that circumstance would doubtless have the effect of improving
the cultivation of the soil in North Wales. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was carried unanimously,
Earl Grosvenor, M.P., proposed the second resolution, that
a subscription list be at once opened for the 'purpose of raising
the necessary funds. Lie hoped that their friends in Chester
would spare no exertions to have the meeting held here, and
he also hoped that the other countica in the district, Shrop.
shire and Staffordshire, would co-operate with them to effect
that object. (Cheers.)
Mr. Humberston, ex-mayor of Chester, seconded th
mo ion, which was carried with acclamation.

_
n Joh Tollemache, Esq.; M.P., proposed the next resolu-
appointing a committee of noblemen and gentlemen
connected with the district, for the purpose of canying out the
previous resolutions.

- [The names of the committee, consisting of npwa'ds of 100
of the nobility and gentry of, the district, and headed by the
Marquis of We.,strninster, was here read over• by the deputy
town clerk, I _ _

Colonel Douglas Pennant, M.P., of Penrhyn Castle, near
Bangor, seconded the resolution. Farming was not very good
Northin
therefore, the oftener the farmers in that
Wales, and)
district had an opportunity of seeing these great national
exhibitions, the more must it contribute to the improvement of
agriculture. As a North Wales man, he, could- give then% a
proof of Chester being the bekt place for the convenience of
North Wales. That naorniugAr Richard 131;lkeley and him-
self had travelled fifty Miles from a part of North Wales, in
order to attend the present meeting.
The resolution having been earried,
R. C. Naylor, Esq., high sheriff of Cheshire, proposed,and
cleorgc Cornwall Leigh, Esq., seconded a vote of thanks to the