Widnes Examiner. — 1881-12-31 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE ST. HELENS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.  The monthly meeting of this Committee was held on Wednesday, Mr. Wilcock presiding. There were also present :—Alderman Cook; Councillors Bishop, Twyford, T. Cook, and T. Fisher.  Mr. CRACK (deputy town clerk) said that on Saturday last, at the invitation of the governors, he attended the annual dinner and prize distribution to the scholars of the Liverpool Certified Industrial School. Mr. Whitley, 31. F., was present, distributed the prizes, and made a very instructive address to the boys. He (Mr. Craik) was pleased to learn that one of the boys named Emmanuel Spash, committed to that school at the instance of the Committee, had been successful in gaining a prize for general proficiency. The boys enjoyed their dinner immensely and seemed to be very comfortable. Disappointment was expressed because the Committee had not acceded to the request to be present. Mr. EDMUND BAMFORD reported-l'--Since the date of your last meeting the names of 883 absent and irregular scholars have been reported by the teachers in my district. Fiftytwo notices have been served upon the parents of 93 of the most irregular of the above scholars to appear bekre your sub-committee on the Bth instant,'when their eases were enquired into; and no reasonable excuse being made, the parents were warned of the consequence of a further violation of the law. Two boys were recommended to be sent to industrial schools. During the month 31 cases have been taken before the magistrates with the following results: —2l were fined the usual penalty of sixpence and costs; three cases dismisp.d, three attendance orders granted, and four boys committed to industrial schools' namely, William Herron, and Henry and -G2orge McCawley to the Boys' Refuge; and Richard Geoghan to the Liverpool School Board Industrial School, Hightown. I have signed 187 children's school books containing the usual evidence of age. I beg to ask for leave of absence during the present Christmas holidays at the schools. I Mr. THOMAS DUTTON reported :—ln the past month 780 absent and irregular scholars have been reported by the teachers of the schools in my district. Fifty-four notices have been served on parents representing 100 of the most irregular of such scholars who appeared before your Investigation Committee, on the Bth inst., wjaen 10 of them not being able te give a reasonable excuse for their children's absence or irregularity were ordered to be summoned; and in the six cases investigated at your last monthly meeting, proceedings have also been taken in accordance with your directions then given, making together 16 summonses taken out during the month with the following result; 13 fined in the usual penalty of ss. including costs, two attendance , orders granted, and one order to commit the boy to the Truant School at Hightown, but which order has not yet been executed owing to there being no vacancy in that ' department of the School to which he was ordered to be sent. The two cases referred to in my last report as being then adjourned were further adjourned by the magistrates on the 28th ult, to the 9th proximo. I beg to ask for leave of absence during the holidays at the schools. It was decided to take proceedings against the boys referred to in the former report, with the object of sending them to the industrial school. The officers were granted their holidays.  Major Bond's resignation of the office of Chief Constable of Birmingham was on Tuesday accepted by the Watch Committee, who agreed to pay him half a year's salary (£350).  A young nun who had been compelled to enter a convent at Gratz, nearly lost her life on Wednesday in attempting to escape by jumpinz from the nunnery into a mill stream. She was taken from the water in an unconscious state, and removed to the polica station. The police subsequently refused to surrender her to the superior of the convent. . _ _  An adjourned inquest was held eh Thurslty in London on the body of a young woman named Eanu t Cummins, recently employed as barmaid at the Criterion Restaurant. The girl had given up her situation in order to live with a certain Lieutenant Henry Ponsonby, who is on the retired list of the Royal Navy. She appears to have been tempted by the promise of a considerable allowance, and went deliberately to her ruin in spite of the strongest remonstrances from her family. In a short time Ponsonby left her in an exceedingly cruel and heartless manner, and she thereupon committed suicide. Ponsonby was called as a witness on Thursday. The Jury, after hearing his evidence, found that the unhappy victim had committed suicide whilst in a state of mental excitement produced by the miserable and unfortunate condition in which he had left her. The Coroner added some stinging observations of his own to the Jury's deliverance, and the crowd which had waited for the verdict made an attempt to seize Lieutenant Ponsonby as he drove away under police protection. 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