Widnes Examiner. — 1894-11-24 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

WYCLIFFE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.  P.S.A. TEA MEETING.  The annual tea meeting in connection with the Warrington Wycliffe P S.A. was held on Tuesday at the Wycliffe Hall, Bewsey-road, when a very large number of P.S.A. members attended. Tea was •mmmenced at 7 p.m., and lasted till 8. Owing to the large attendance two sittings were provided. After tea an adjournment was made to the chapel, it being found impossible to provide accommodation for everyone in the Hall. The chair was occupied by Mr. T. Morris, F.G.S., who was accompanied by the Rev. J. Yonge and Mr. Risque of Manchester. At the commencement  Mr. MOHlus said he accepted the chairmanship because he knew he should enjoy himself better there than any- , where else. It was a treat to him to see so many ' happy faces. He was sure that no married woman, daughter, or sister in that room regretted that their husbands, fathers. or brothers had joined the P.S. movement. He did not believe, next to religion, that there was a movement in this town more capille of moralising and christianising the working Men's wives' sad families that the one with which they were connected, and he wished it God-speed. It had been so far, most snecessful; The one hour ori Sunday afternnons at the P.S. A. was he thought the most precious to thQ,ce ' peonle of all the hours in the week. Some men did not enjoy themselves as much in two months as the members of the P.S.A. did in one hour. The other denomination; that had started this movement he hoped would he successful. (Applause.) He wished the Church of England would take it up and aim at getting the Susday afternoon movement in their midst and endeavour to make their people as happy as Mr. Yonge and his , committee had done. ,  The Rev. J. YONGE expressed his pleasure at seeing their Chairman in his place, and said that he intended to make his speech "brief, bright, and brotherly." Fie Mid his committee were delighted to see such a large attendance. It was his opinion that they should make their churches more useful than they were, and moreover, he had ha a desire for many years viz., if it were possible, to have tilu churches in Warrington, and Wycliffe Pspecially, open onee a Week for a concert for the people. He bad na doubt that they would soon he able to make their church Df more use than it was. It was already more useful because of the P.S.A.meetinas. (Applause.) What they wanted was to do away with all starch and buckram, and the people would come quicker than ever. Mr. BISQUE then gave a very humorous address, and expressed an opinion that women also should have a weekly meeting. They would, he had no doubt," beat the men hollow."  Songs was rendered by Miss Cosgrove. and Miss Pemberton. A trombone solo was well executed by Mr. J. Smith, and an encore was demanded. Mr. S. Butterfield gave as a recitation " The Bashful Man," mid responded to an encore. After a few more -words hy the Chairman and the Rev. J. rouge the meeting terminated.  William Henry Sedgwick, rate collector to the Fedhergh Board of Guardians, was sentenced at the Sedbergh Petty Sessions on Tuesday to six months imprisonment for misappropriating the sum of £373 belonging to the Board.  The time closed on Tuesday. for reoeiving tenders for the new 21 per cent. redeemable loan of £901,100 required by the Liverpool Corporation. The tot a amount offered by the public was £2,900,000, more than three times the amount required ; and the terms ale stated, on the highest authority to be extremely satisfactory to the Corporation. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., addressing his constituents at Leeds on Tuesday evening, pronounced himself in favour of a Second Chamber on the lines laid down by Lord Rosebery. The police made a raid on Wednesday on the club pre misesat 59A, Paternoster-row, London, which are al. leged to have been used for illegal betting, and effected twenty arrests.  An explorer who has recently arrived in Faris from the Central Soudan states tht four Europeans are held prisoners by the Taurez tribes, amongst them being the French explorer, Captain Flatters, who was believed to have been murdered in 1881.