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GENERAL EXCURSIONS. 
June 12th, 1884: Thursday.—PRESTON AND PENWORTHAM. 
Septr. 3rd, 1884: Wednesday.—YORK AND SELBY. 
PRESTON AND PENWORTHAM. June 12th, 1884. 
Leader, JAMES McK AY, of Preston. 
The party reached Preston about half-past two. Here they 
were met by Mr. James McKay, who officiated as conductor for 
the day. The party immediately proceeded to the County 
Offices, where Mr. T. R. Jolly courteously showed the visitors 
through the beautiful range of buildings, pointing out the 
armorial bearings and mural decorations, by Messrs. Shrigley and 
Hunt, of London and Lancaster, from the designs of Mr. HK. H. 
Jewett and Mr. J. Milner Allen, of London. The necessity for 
giving any detailed account of the historical portraits and 
pictorial subjects which adorn the walls of this splendid apart- 
ment was obviated by the presentation to the members of copies, 
of the exhaustive and able manual written by C. R. Jacson, 
EKsq., of Barton Hall, for the information of the Lancashire 
justices on the occasion of its opening. Having ascended to the 
highest point of the building, from which a magnificent view of 
Preston was obtaimed, the party left the County Offices, and 
proceeding along Fishergate, the associations of the thoroughfare 
and all the buildings along the route—the Baptist Chapel, built 
in the Byzantine style of architecture ; the Theatre Royal, in 
the Italian style—were all pointed out to the members ; then 
the church of St. Wilfrid was inspected by special permission of 
the Rector, the Rev. Father Dykes, 8.J.. The visitors were put 
in possession of the history of the church from the time of its 
opening, on the 4th of June, 1793, to its rebuilding in 1879, 
from the designs and plans of Mr. Nicholl, of London, and 
Father Scholes, of St. Mary’s, Preston, at a cost of upwards of 
£20,000. The beautiful altar, with its Italian marbles, the altar 
steps, the tabernacle of the high altar, the paintings of the 
Crucifixion and the Flight into Egypt, and the statue of Our 
Lady, were all inspected. Leaving this sacred edifice the party 
made their way through Winckley-square to Dr. Shepherd’s 
Library and the Cross-street Museum. The charming beauty of 
the foliage and greensward within the enclosure was the subject 
of admiration. At Dr. Shepherd's Library, the Rev. J. Shortt, 
Vicar of Hoghton, and honorary curator of the Cross-street 
Museum, was awaiting the party, and, with the assistance of the 
obliging librarian, the eyes of the visitors were feasted with rare 
