266 NEWCASTLE~US:OEr)-LYME. STAFFORDSHIRE. (KELLY's YEOJ.lANRf CAVALRY. Assistant Recei,•er, Frank Cariss, St. John's chambers, St. Staffordshire (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) (R ~;quadron), John's hill, Shrewsbury Hon. Major James Heath ~- P. commander; Hon. Major Vestry Clerk, Edward Slaney, Ironmarket Francis E. Fitllherbert, second in command ; Ralph Sneyd, lieutenant Places of Worship, with times Of Services. VoLUNTEERS. St. Giles' Parish Church, Rev. Rowland Richard Cousens :xst Volunteer Battalion Prince of Wales's (North Stafford­ H.A. rector & surrogate; Rev. Rowland Waiter Cousens shire Regiment) (G & H Cos.), The Barracks, Stubbs B.A. curate; 10,30 a.m. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m.; street, Captains, Edward Slaney & John Victor Dutton & festivals, 1 I a. rn St. George's Church, Rev. Ramuel Llewellyn O'Conor NEWCASTLE UNION. F'entou x.A. vicar;. Rev. Wilfred Fuller M. A. Rev. Thomas Board.dav, alternate mondays at :xo a.m. at the Union George Gibaut Asplet M.A. & Rev. \Villiam Edward • offices, Croft street. Waddington B.A. curates; II a.m. 3 & 6.30 p.m The union comprises ten parishes, viz. :-Audley, Balterley, Friz~.rs Wood Mission ~oom, 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7.30 p.m Betley, Chorlton, Hardings Wood, Keele. Madeley, Maer, St. Paul'sMissionChnrch,II a.m. &6.3op.m. ;tues.7·3op.m Newcastle-under-Lyme & Whitmore. The population in St. John's Mission Church, 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; tues. I8gi was 37,535; area, 27,270 acres i rateable value in 7·:lo p.m 18951 £1501380 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, London road, Rev. Martin Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Joseph ].Iaguire, Rev. George Brabazon & Rev. Patrick J. Ryan, Knight, Ironmarket, Newcastle priests ; mass 8, 9· 30 & I I a. m. ; B. SS. 2. 30 & 6.30 p. m. ; Assistant Clerk, John Hall Knight, Ironmarket, Newcastl11 daily, 7 & 8 a. m.; holy days, 6 & 9.30 a. m. ; sermon & Treasurer, T. H. Nicholls, National Provincial Bank of Eng­ B.SS. 7.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 land, Newcastle Bapti<~t, London road, Rev. William Chambers, 10.45 a.m. Assistant Overseer, James l\'laland Turner, Union offices, & 6 p.m. ; wed. 8 p.m Croft street, Newcastle Con~regational, Kin~ street, Rev. Jesse Bamford; 10.30 Collectors of Poor Rates, James Maland Turner & Richard a. m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m Percy Astley, Union offices, Croft street Methodist 1'\ew Connexion (Ebenczer), Marsh street, Rev. Relieving Officer for the Union & Collect<Jr to the Guardians John Mellor; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 7.30 p.m & School Inquiry Officer, Thomas Massey Unett, Union Methodist New Connexion (Harpfield), 2.30 p.m, & 6 p. m. ; offices, Croft street, Newcastle wed. 7 p.m Vaccination Officers, Newcastle sub-district, Thos. Massey Primitive Methodist, Higherland; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m; Unett, Union offices, Croft street, Newcastle; Audley tues. 7.30 p.m sub-district, George Proctor-, Audley ; Whitmore sub­ Primitive Methodist, Boundary street, 10.45 a. m. & 6 p. m. ; district, George Arkinstall, Whitmore m on. 7· 30 p. m Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Audley district, Unitarian, St. Giles' churchyard, 3 p.m John J. D. Vernon M.B. Audley; Newcastle district, United Methodist Free, Lower street, Rev. Thomas Robert Harper Dicksoo L.R.C.P.I. Newca!!tle; Whitmore Skillings; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. 7.30 p.m district, Alexander Charles Harkness, Willough Bridge Wesleyan, Brunswick street, Rev. Edward Blanshard Superintendent Registrar, Joseph Knight, Ironmarht, New­ Keeling & Rev. Arthur Martin ; Rev. Thomas Peers, castle; deputy, John Hall Knight, Ironmarket,Newcastle supernumerary, 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m.; tnes. 7 p.m Registrars of Marriages, George Proctor, Audley; deputy, J. W. Proctor, Audley; John Thomas Coulam, ~metery Schools. road, Newcastle; deputy, James Eaton, :xo Ashfield road, Newcastle The J<'ree Grammar School originated in a benefaction from Registrars of Births & Deaths, Audley sub-district, George Richard Cleyton, in 1002, augmented in 1609 by a bequest Proctor, Audley; deputy, J. W. Proctor, Audley; New­ from Mr. John Cotton, & other bequests by J. Cowell, castle sub-district, Wm. Woodwiss, West street; deputy, in 1655; T. Hagnall, in 1674 & the Rev. Edward Orme, John Thomas Coulam, Cemetery road, Newcastle; Whit­ in 1704 (by whom also the .Middle School was founded), more sub-district, George Arkinstall, Whitmore; deputy, besides other benefactors~ who have at various times Frederick W. Arkinstall, Whitmore devised land & tenements for educational purposes. In The Workhouse in Keele road, a short distance from the March~ 1872, the royal assent was given to a scheule, town, is a spacious edifice of brick in the Elizabethan style, prepared by the Endowed School Commissioners, by which erected in 1839, at a cost of between £6,ooo & £1,000, for .the whole of the aboye charities were amalgamated & 350 inmates; the infirmary was erected in t886 & the old three schools founded, Yiz. : the "High school for boys," infirmary converted into wards for the old & infirm at a the " Middle school for boys" & "Orme girls' school " cost of (including site of new building) £6,soo; the The Newcastle High School for boys was founded in Septem­ women & girls' wing was destroyed by tire on December ber, 1874> & opened in May, 1876, as a first-grade 4th, r8go, & rebuilt in 1894 at a cost of about £n,ooo; modern school ; boys are admitted at the age of B & 19: Rev. Ezra Thompstone M.A. vicar of Knutton, chaplain ; may remain until the cost of tuition, as fixed by the James Yates, medical officer ; Thomas Edwards, master; governors, is, for day scholars, {,13 1os. yearly, & for Mrs. Edwards, matron ; Miss M. E. Shuffiebotham, boarders (apart from tuition fees), not more than £so schoolmistress yearly: there ara three exhibitions, founded by Mr. J oseph May er, ofLiverpool, for proficiency in mathematics, ScHooL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTBE. l'icience & art, tenable z.t any university or academy of Clerk, Joseph Knight, Ironmarket, Newcastle art in the United Kingdom ; one of these exhibiLions. is Attendance Officers, Enoch Sherwin, Audley, & George awarded every year, provided a suitable candidate pre­ Arkinstall, Whitmore sents himself, who must at least have been six terms ir: --- the school, & scholarships encouraging the longer stay RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. of ihe more promising pupils at the school itself are opeu Meets at the Union offices, Croft street, first monday in for competition among the:boys at the Middle school; as each month at 11.30 a.m. the rents & surplus income accumulate, the governors Clerk, Joseph Knight, Ironmarket, Newcastle will create fresh exhibitions; the County Council also Treasurer, T. H. Nicholls, National Provincial Bank of award scholarships by open competition; this school is ihe England, Newcastle only place of secondary education in Staffordshire at Medical Officer of Health, Robert Harper Dickson L.R.c.P.I, which they are temt.ble: the buildings, the founuation Nelson place, Newcastle stone of which was laid on September 3rd, 1874, by the Sanitary Inspector, John Lewis, ~ Queen street, Newcastle Right Rev. Dr. Temple, then Bishop of Exeter, occupy an elevated site in Stubb's field, south-east of the town, & are Public Officers. constructed of red brick, with Hollington stone dressing!', Certifying Factory Surgeon, George Coulson Robins Bull in the Elizabethan style, the total cost being about lLB. 4 King street [, 13,coo; they include head master's residence, school­ Clerk to the Burgesses' Land Trustees, J oseph Knight, rooms, boarders' dining-room, library, dormitories & Iron market workshops for technical education, & afford room for 300 Clerk to the Commissioners of Income & Land Tax. Robert boys, with provision for admitting 100 more, by an ex­ Fenton, 5 Lad lane tension of the east wing: G. W. Rundall M. A. head master, Clerk t(} the Markets, The Mayor late scholar of New College, Oxford, & 14 years assiiltant High Constable, The Mayor, appointed annually master at Marlboro~h College; assistant masters, Arthur Inland Revenue Officer, Jas. Hull Hall, supervisor, 26 King st John Gostick B.A- Henry Phillips M . .A. J. R. Taylor B.A. Official Receiver in Bankruptcy for Hanley & Burslem & R. Hornby B.A. H. A. Cralla.n & C. B. Wedd; 'I'. J, Salt, Tnnstall, Stoke & Longtoo,Stafford, Shrewsbury, Madeley writing & shorthand master; C. H. Whitworth, Newcastle Market & Nantwich & Crewe Districts, Thomas Bullock, School of Art. drawing master; J. Alcock~ Cambridge King street University, instrumental music .