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§lfo ~.emorhun. FEBHUARY 4TH, 1869.

Of gentle mien and courteous, yet dauntless, fearless, bold; Two others, Warriner by name, are doom'd their fate to •hare;
With eye as bright, with beart us true as any knight of old, They leave behind them families, who ill these men can •pare.
Was he o! Seri.en Park, 8ir Charles, of York and Ainsly fame, But He who dries the widow's teat· and heara the orphan's cry
Descendant of an ancient race and honourable name ! Will fill the void that death has made, and all their wants
supply.
'Tis history that tells of hi:n wbo dwelt near Marston Moor,
And entcrtain'd the Stuart Charles at cost of worldly store; I road that Slingsby rais'd his hands before his strength was
Wbo gave his life aud shed his blood at last on Tower Hill, spenL;
The victim of a tyrant'• wrath, yet brave and loyal still. Goel grant tlrnl wilh theru to The Throne a cry for mercy went;
Renown'd for ardour and for zeal in forest and in field That those who with him died had also time er.ough to pray,
'fbis Scriven-Slingsby race bath been, and never known to Lord Jesus t.ke us to Thyself, and save ns at t hat day.
yield
For gallant prowess in that sport to Englishmen so dear Ancl what of those whom, near their end, our God vouchsal'd
to sa\'e,
To any in tbe country round, to any far or near.
And snatch'd them from the jaws of death, and brought them
And this tbe last of that brave line! to Yorkshire known so from the grave ?
well ! Oh ! well may all their hearts be fill'd with gratitude and praise
Be!ov'd, respected, valued both by rich and poor (who'll tell To Him who, when their friends were Jost, themselves to life
Of many kindly acts, all done in unpretending way), did raise.
To many friencls will long be dear, and o'er their hearts hold
sway. This was the time for noble deeds, and noble deeds were done I
Clare Vyner's gallant conduct highest meed of praise bas won I
Oh ! sad and fatal day on which the hounds at Stainley met ! God bless the heir of Newby Hall I God bless him Rcvenfold I
And, keen for sport, the huntsman's eye on Monkton Whin His acts were brave and generous as they were good and bold I
is set!
The hounds put in-a fox is found-the view halloo is heard I We never shall forget that day of Febmary fom·lh,
They all rush forth-the eager blood in man and horse is stil'l''d When (sad to tell) these four, the keenest sportsmen of the
North,
And, warming to their work, the hounds in full cry soon are To death succumb'd between the banks of Yorkshire's lovely
seen! Ure.
Ancl those whose forms we know so well lit~ where they've Their like we cannot hope to see, their equals to procure.
always been,
Amongst the first and foremost of the field on that Rad day Then when we lay them in their l'?raves W•'ll dro' a sileut tear,
On which the waters of;the Ure fonr of them swept away.
And trust that they're at peace with God in humble faith and
Poor Slingsby, Robinson, and Lloyd, and Orvis gone to rest fear ;
Two of them did not rise at all ; the ott.ers did their best! And, when the day comes round on which they met their sad,
Right manfully they swim, and hope is felt by those on shore ; sad end,
They'll reach the bank in safety, but-they sink to rise no With contrite hearts for mercy from our God the knee we'll
morel bend. GEORGE FRENCH, YORK.
In Memoriam - Sir Charles Slingsby and
the Newby Hall ferry disaster 1869
Sir Charles, of Scriven,Hall nr. Knaresborough (which the family owned
since 1560) was Master of the Hunt and on February 4 1869 he took
part in a hunt at Stainley. The fox swam the River Ure, so the hunters
went to cross on the Newby Hall ferry, a flat bottomed boat about 30ft
x10ft. Some way across his horse kicked out and jumped overboard,
taking Sir Charles with him. This cause a disturbance amongst the
other horses, causing the ferry to capsize. Sir Charles was seen to ,
swim close to the shore but then disappear and five others of the party
drowned. The horse swam to the shore and found his own way back to
his stable.

Will take place at the above House
On Monday, September 9th, 1895,
For the Jlellf•fit of
DICK HILLEAR.D,
To help him to defray the funeral expenses of his child, who died after a long and
painful illness. This being his first appeal he hnpes all his friends will assist him
on this occasion, for which he will retwn his sincere thanks.
Cha.irm.a.n--:BO:B SKI'I':B:. l Vioe--:S:.A.3.BT KOBG.AN.
Assisted by the following:' G. Stung1~l, Tom Watson. C. Hall, T. Sparks,
Ardigan W. Huxter, G. HumpreY.s, H. Gale, Bros Golden, A. Hill, Brumey,
H. Payne, Barton, E. Smith, Bros l'res~ott, C. Moore, Bros Clark, W. Charring-
ton, Bros Woodall, T. Callagan, W. Harmer, Frog Mert Wallace, T. Warterfield,
Con Jones, Dan MacCarty, W. Channc;>n, W. Hurley, ~mith, B C~llins, Sparrow,
Tom Wheeler, Walley May, W. Berwick, H. Slade, 1. Wilson, Kay, Jack Wren
J. Jenkins, Da"e ';\ heelwright, Bros Hilleard, F. Linford, Richards, Joe Boyce,
Jim Griffiths, M. Flin, C. Laws, Rog Bray, Ben Barrett, Ike Barnard, and a
host of others. (~ Commence at 8 o'clock.