man for ten years, from 1844 to 1854, resigning the position in the latter year. He attended his son's funeral in Bolton only a few weeks ago. BALSHAW.-Mr. Thomas Balshaw, youngest son of the late William Balshaw, of Rose Hill, Bolton, died at his residence, 145, Clarence-street, Bolton, on the 29th February, aged 61 years. Deceased's father, who was under the old regime one of the boroughreeves of Bolton, carried on the business of a plumber and glazier, in Taylor Brow, on the site now occupied by Messrs. Hardcastle and Co.'s Bank, and had a private residence at Park Hill, Little Bolton. He had three sons. The eldest, Edward, a spinner and manufacturer in Blackburnstreet, but more latterly and until death in "Marsh Fold," Halliwell, had for wife a sister of the late Mr. Peter Ormrod, and Mr. James Ormrod, of Halliwell Lodge. William Balshaw, jun., carried on his father's business up to Christmas of the year 1874, when he retired and was succeeded in the plumbing business and premises by the late Mr. Allsebrook. Richard, yet surviving, was formerly a manufacturer, and married a daughter of the late Mr. Walton, forty years ago a wholesale brewer, in premises opposite the Bull and Wharf, bottom of Church Bank, Bolton. The recently deceased Mr. Thomas Balshaw, the youngest son, carried on for many years the business of a cotton yarn agent and dealer in cotton waste, in a warehouse on the site of the present Fish Market, Bridge-street, Bolton, and married Miss Young, sister to Mr. William Young, formerly a brewer in Bolton. MATHER.—Mr. W. Mather, of "Mather's plaister" fame, died in his 55th year, at his residence, Fern Villas, Cornbrook, near Manchester, on the 8th of March. The deceased was a member of the Manchester City Council, having occupied that position since 1868. Mr. Mather, who was a wholesale druggist, served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. McMillan, druggist, Church Bank, Bolton, and removed over twenty years ago to Manchester, where he for some time filled the position of assistant to Mr. Samuel Buckley, then a druggist in Deansgate, and now of Old Trafford. Leaving Mr. Buckley's employment, he accepted the management of a similar business at 109, Chester Road, Manchester, of which he shortly afterwards became the proprietor. At this humble-looking establishment he carried on the retail business up to the time of his death, and from it have grown extensive premises for the manufacture and sale of various articles and appliances in which chemists and druggists deal, the works being first in Trentham-street, Hulme, which were burnt down, and now in Dyer-street, and the wholesale warehouses in Corporation-street, Manchester, and Farringdon-street, London. All the buildings were his own property. He opened an establishment in London about twenty-five years ago, since which period he has exported largely to distant countries, including Australia. At the time of the Crimean War he supplied the Scutari Hospital with plaisters of his own preparation. His reputation as a wholesale druggist and manufacturer was world-wide. For the last two years he had suffered more or less from an aneurism in the main artery of one of his lungs, supposed to have been brought on by over-exertion during a visit to Thirlmere with some of his municipal colleagues. Various doctors were consulted by him both in Manchester and London, but without obtaining a cure, and eventually paralysis set in, which partially deprived him of the use of one side, and affected his speech so seriously that during the last few months of his life it was difficult for anybody but members of his own family to understand what he said. He had been confined to bed since Christmas, and on his death left a widow, three daughters, and one son to mourn his loss. His remains were interred on the 13th at the cemetery, Brooklands, TO READERS AND CONTRIBUTORS. J. D. G.-Your Swinton note will appear in our next. OLD BOLTONIAN.-We have anticipated you quite. Several sketches have been secured by us, from different stand-points, of the Old "Wool Pack" Inn, Deansgate, Bolton, now being demolished. The gable of the old meeting house, taken from the yard of the inn, is the subject of one of these; the curious panelled ceiling of the portion used as the "vaults" is the subject of another; and there are two exterior views. In addition, Mr. Walter K. Booth, of Wood-street, Bolton, has kindly promised a copy of a plan of the ceiling design. The latter and our sketches will be reproduced in due course. The demolition is being carefully watched on our behalf by a local antiquarian. A RELIC OF OLD BOLTON (BRADSHAWGATE).-The promised "short architectural description, and brief chronological review of successive tenants," is ready for press up to a certain point, but it has been considered advisable to await the delayed demolition of the structure in order that our architectural remarks may be final and complete. THE BOOTH CHARITIES.-We desire to witness the Easter (1880) distribution, and obtain certain interviews, before commencing this article. ANGLO-SCOT's remarkable note upon J. K. W.'s contribution to "Sketches in Local and District History," in the Bolton Weekly Chronicle of 28th February last, is in type, but its insertion has been unavoidably postponed until our next issue. CORRECTIONS-LAST ISSUE. On page 82, the first limb of the parenthesis which closes with the date 1500 got accidentally displaced. It should have preceded the word "date" which begins the same line, not the words "the exteriors," &c., on the third line above that date. On page 96, the sentence which commences with "Because" and ends with "Mealhouse Lane" should have read thus: "Because," replied my father, "there are such a number of lawyers in it," there being there at the time, and in the adjoining sweet neighbourhood of Ship Gates, some of the leading lawyers of the town, many others having offices in Hotel-street and Mealhouse Lane. "I come by NOTE, to give and to receive."-Merchant of Venice, act iii., scene 2. MANCHESTER CITY NEWS Notes and Queries. On the first Saturday in 1878, the Manchester City News began the weekly publication of a Series of NOTES, QUERIES, and COMMENTS, designed, like the now famous London periodical, to be a "medium of inter-communication on all subjects and every department of knowledge. The following list of the subjects treated during the last three months, December, January, and February, will show the character and range of this department of the paper. BIOGRAPHY.-Charles Swain's Early Days; John Cassell; Rev. William Roby; John Meadowcroft; Sheridan Knowles and Manchester; DIALECTS AND PHILOLOGY.-Burns's word "daimen;" Origin of "Royton;" "A richt gude willie-waught;""Walie;" Meaning of Snape Hey; Rantipole; Skedaddle; Cowper's use of "eke; Gypsy Words; Meaning of Kinder Scout; the Adverb "directly;" "Don" and "Pods." LITERARY HISTORY AND CRITICISM.-A Wonderful Book on Botany; Shelley's Guitar Lines; Passage in Tennyson's In Memoriam; Shakspere and Clocks; Border Ballads. LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.-Reminiscenes of Manchester Fifty Years Ago, by J. T. Slugg, F.R.A.S. (several chapters); Talleyrand Lane, Levenshulme; Peterloo; Manchester Scuttling in Past Times; Cathedral Bell Tablets; Marple Hall and Stables; Library in Tib Lane; The Royal Victoria Gallery; Ardwick Corporation and Manor; Manchester Charter of Incorporation and the Bond of Indemnity; the Lever Family. 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