g6 ROYAL ROCK BEAGLE HUNT. 



I must also add how much I now regret that idleness and engagements 

 have robbed me of the recollection of many a good run, and, as my last 

 official act, beg to admonish each member to avail himself of every opportunity 

 of improving his health and temper by beagling gallantly on the fields of 

 Upton, Landican, and Greasby. 



Wishing you the best of sport, believe me, dear Mr. Secretary, without 

 dodging. Ever yours faithfully, 



Wm. Banister. 



Mr. IJanister was about twenty-seven years of age wlien, in 1S44, lie 

 kft a curacy in Essex to take the chaplaincy of the Liverpool Workhouse, 

 and in 1S53 he was appointed chaplain of the St. James' Cemetery, in 

 Liverpool, where he was himself buried, 23rd January, 1S92, aged 76 years. 

 During this long connection wiiii Liver[)ool lie gained the esteem of all 

 who knew him. He took an active part in the administration of the 

 Hospital Sunday scheme, and the District Provident Society. Mr. Bannister 

 was also an active member of the Liverpool iNIicroscopical Society and the 

 Naturalists' Field Club, of whicli he was secretary for twenty-five years. 



Extract from " The Memories of Dean Hole." 



Is it right for a clergyman to hunt ? If I were a bishop, and that question 

 were put to me by a priest, I should answer : If you can assure me that you can 

 spare a day's holiday in the week, without neglecting any of your duties, 

 reducing vour charities, or getting into debt, you have my permission to hunt, on 

 one immutable condition — that you ride straight to hounds ; and if I hear of 

 your craning and shirking, I shall withdraw it at once. 



MilUam Cbambres. 



" Oh ! the blood more stirs. 

 To rouse a lion, than to start a hare." 



A'in^ Hip/iy / r, Parti, net i, scene ■^. 



Major Chambres was better known as a volunteer officer and civil 

 magistrate than as a beagler ; but having joined the R.R.B. in 1S47, ^'^"'-1 <^ii 

 liis resignation having been made an honorary life member, he enjoyed the 

 distinction of being connected with the R.R.B. for a longer period than any 

 man who has ever been on the register. He was a distinguished vohmteer. 

 He raised the Wallasey Company, now the 3rd Company of ist Cheshire, 

 his name being the first enrolled, and his captain's commission being dated 

 51I1 September, 1859. AMien his company was incorporated in the battalio)! 

 under Colonel King, he was promoted to the rank of major, in December, 

 1 86 1. Colonel Cunningham writes of him: — 



Major Chambres held an almost equal share in the love and respect of 

 every man in the battalion with his contemporary, the late Colonel King, and it 

 is somewhat singular that both passed away at the same age — 73 years. Up to 

 the last. Major Chambres took the warmest interest in his old comrades and 

 the affairs of the battalion, and his many acts of generosity and kindness will 

 never be forgotten. 



