History of the Fife Pitcairns

300 THE FIFE PITCAIRNS.
14th, Monday. Left Floors after very pleasant visit.
Reached Thomas Potter's, Pitnacree, at 7. Met the
Thomas Fairbairns, Miss Cobden, Miss Husband, &c.
15th. Shooting.
16th. Spent day on the moors.
i&th. Shot with T. Potter ; went to Perth. Slept at the
"Queen's" Hotel.
igth. Left Perth at 8.15, reached Worsley Station at 5.
Milly and carriage met me. Home — dear home again.
26th, Saturday. Confirmation at Eccles. 558 confirmed.
July 2.0th, Tuesday. Took Edith and Lily to the Agricul-
tural Show ; saw the Prince and Princess well — so did Emily
and the children at Worsley. Emily, Edith, and self went
to Worsley Hall [Lord Ellesmere's] in the evening to meet
the Prince and Princess of Wales, — very good.
Dec. 31st, Friday. Went to the funeral of the Bishop at
Heaton Mersey.
The Bishop (Prince Lee) was a very able man, and a
great scholar. He had formerly been Head-Master of the
Birmingham Grammar School, and many of his pupils
became very celebrated.
He was stern, and perhaps treated his clergy too much
like schoolboys to be kept in order; but to the writer's
father he was always a most kind and helpful friend, and
no doubt many others of the old Manchester clergy could
say the same. The one great blot on his otherwise fine
character was his severity to his daughter for marrying
against his wishes.
Bishop Fraser succeeded him, and was exactly the
opposite type of man. Pleasant, kindly, friendly with all
classes and all denominations, he was a great favourite, and
did a great work in Manchester. He was beloved and
looked up to both by high and low ; but as the history
of his life has been published already, there is no need
for me to dilate further on the good he did in Man-
chester, nor on his wonderful power of work, or on his
deep religious feelings, for it is all so well known.
In 1872 the Bishop made Mr Pitcairn Rural Dean, and