JAMES WILLIAM DAVIS. 
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found that he had lost the power of speech ; rupture of a vessel in 
the brain was followed by paralysis, and after this, in spite of every 
effort of the best medical skill, the patient gradually became weaker 
and though retaining consciousness to the last was unable to hold 
any communication with his family or friends beyond what could be 
expressed by the language of the eyes ; early on the morning of 
Friday, at about 3 o'clock, the end came, and a brave and noble 
presence passed from our midst. The sad news cast quite a gloom 
over Halifax, and, when it was known that its Mayor was no more, 
expressions of profound sympathy poured in from all sides. The 
President of our own Society, The Marquis of Ripon, the senior 
member for Halifax, the Right Hon. James Stansfeld, M.P., and the 
chief representatives of the numerous public and scientific institutions 
with which Mr. Davis had been associated hastened to condole with 
the bereaved family, and to testify to the deep-felt and wide-spread 
esteem and affection in which the memory of the deceased was every- 
where held. As was fitting, a public funeral was accorded ; one of 
the largest and most imposing ever seen in Halifax. The order of 
the procession was as follows : — 
The Chief Constable, Mr. Pole. 
The Police. 
Workpeople from the Greetland Dyeworks. 
Tradesmen and Burgesses. 
Clergy and Ministers. 
Trustees and Directors of the Halifax Equitable Benefit Building 
Society. 
Members of the Halifax Mechanics' Institute. 
Members of the West Vale Mechanics' Institute. 
Members of the Halifax Board of Guardians. 
Members of the Halifax School Board. 
Members of Various Local Boards. 
Elland Division Liberal Association. 
Governors of Heath Grammar School. 
Governors of the Crossley Orphanage. 
Halifax Technical Institute Committee. 
Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society. 
