History of the Fife Pitcairns

CANON PITCAIRN'S LIFE AT ECCLES. 297
17th, Wednesday. Called at the Lord Chancellor's Office ;
also on Martin at the Temple. Dined at the Clarendon.
18th, Thursday. Bought jewellery for Emily and the two
girls. Reached dear home at 8.30. A very delightful visit.
All most kind.
March yth, 1866. Went as Chaplain to the breakfast at
the High Sheriff's (Sir E. Armitage), then to Lancaster
and met the Judges, Mellor and Lush. Grand Jury dinner.
8th, Thursday. Attended the Judges' Courts, &c. Dined
with the Judges to meet the Grand Jury.
gth, Friday. Attended Courts, returned with the High
Sheriff, reached the vicarage at 5.30.
nth, Sunday. Preached at the Cathedral in the morning
before the Judges, and at my own church in the evening.
12th, Monday. Dined with High Sheriff to meet Grand
Jury. On the 13th, dined with the Mayor of Manchester
to meet the Judges. On the 14th, lunched with the Judges :
went over Copper Works with Judge Lush and his wife.
Home at 5.30.
16th, Friday. Dined with the Judges and High Sheriff,
&c, at Sir J. Watts's, Abney Hall. 24th, Saturday. Went
with the High Sheriff and Judges to Liverpool to open the
Commission. Stayed with the High Sheriff at the Adelphi.
25th, Sunday. Preached before the Judges, Mayor, &c, at
St Peter's, Liverpool.
26th, Monday. Attended the Courts. Dined with the
Judges to meet the Grand Jury.
27th, Tuesday. Dined with the Mayor to meet the Judges.
28th. Dined with the High Sheriff to meet the Grand
Jury. 2gth, Thursday. Returned to my own dear home ;
tired of Chaplain's attendance.
May 28th. Had a telegram that Mr Turner is very ill.
Note. — Mr and Mrs Pitcairn went at once to Bradford-
on-Avon, and stayed with her father, Mr Turner, until
he died on the 8th June 1866.
July nth, Wednesday. Consecration of St John's, Irlam.
I preached the sermon. Drove the Bishop there. He