The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-01 00:00:00

STOURI3RIDGE.
--
PARKFIELD RESIDENCE AND ESTATE.
BUILDING LAND, on either Sile of ST. JOHN'S
CHURCH;
BUILDING LAND, at VAUXHALL,
TEN HOUSES and
.PREMISES, in CHURCH
STREET.
THE above valuable FREEHOLD PRO-
PERTIES, all near to the town of Stonrbridge,
and to the Railway Station now being made in Fester
Street, will be OFFERED by AUCTION, by Itessu.
°Anis. PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE, on TrEs-
DAY, the 1811 day of JuiNE, 1875, by direction of the
Representatives of William Akroyd, Esq , deceased..
For particulars, with Plans and Cards to view, and
for further information, apply to Messrs. Freer and
Perry, Solicitors; or to the Auctioneers, Stourbridge.

AUCTION SALE ROOMS,
102, HIGH STREET, ST OURBRIDGE,
MESSRS.
OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
have the pleasure to announce that they hold
Sales periodically at the above Rooms, fo the disposal
of Estates, Houses, Building Land, Pastures, Wines,
Works of Art, &c., &c., at a moderato fixed scale of
o charges, to be had on application.

THE BREWERY,
STOURBRIDGE.
TO BREWERS, MALTSTERS, BROKERS,
AND OTHERS.
MRJOHN EDWARDS has received in-
.strnctions from Messieurs Wall and Co., to OF-
FEU for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION, on tbe premises as
above, on MONDAY, the 3rd day of June, 1878, aportion
of their Excellent BREWING PLANT, comprising
A 4i HORSE POWER HORIZONTAL STEAM
ENGINE, with bedding complete, 4ft 10in Fly Wheel,
21t sin Pulley, in Cylinder, and Gin Stroke, nearly
new.
A Tangye Special STEAM PUMP, 4in. Piston,
Capable of Throwing 20 Barrels Per Hour, nearly new.
Two 260 GALLON COPPER FURNACES, with
Brass Tap, Bars, Grate, &c , complete
Lawrence's Patent Capillary Refrigerator to Cool 8
Barrels per hour.
7 Quarter Oak and other Mash Tuns.
Copper Spargers.
Maitland's Conper Mashing Machines.
Set of Working Casks, Yeast Troughs and Pipes,
Trams, Quantity of Brass Taps, Two 24-Barrel Wood
Fermenting Squares, Wood Coolers, Racking Troughs,
Copper Swan Necks, Attemporstors, Malt and Bean
Mill for hand or steam by "Turner and C 0.," Malt and
Barley Hummeller, by liolbens ' - Farmers' Winnowing
Machine, Malt Crusher, 4-Pull Seer Machine, Quantity
of Iron and Lead Piping, One 120-Gallon Oak and other
Casks and Effects.
J. E. can confidently recommend the above as a
genuine Stock, and the Sale is solely necessitated by
reason of the extensive alterations and additions made
by Messrs. Wall and Co. to their Brewery.
Catalogues may be had at the "'the Stourbridge
Brewery," or on application to the Auctioneer, 60, High
Street, Stourbridge.
The Sale to commence at Eleven o'clock a.m.

TO LET.

TO PARTIES FURNISHING AND OTHERS.
--
MIT.RE HOTEL, ST OURBRILGE.
MR. JOHN EDWARDS has been favoured
with instructions from Mr. Charles Brown, who
has recently taken to the above, hotel, to OFFER for
BALE by AUCTION, on TUESDAY, the 4th day of JUNE.
1878, a large quantity of superior HOUSEHOLD kUR
ÜBE, comprunt g Dining and Drawing Room
Suites, Mahogany Dining and other Tables, Half•tester
and other Bedsteads, tend other Household Effects ; also
a Fashionable and Stylish DOG (,ART (nearly nevi).
capital PIIX lON, k LOA', &c.
Catalogues on application to the Auctioneer, 60, High-
street, stourbriage.,

J. E. CORNFORD,
A 2.4
(Late R. THOMSON)
A. I I_l 0 IR, I
LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPER
GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING
Made to Order, on the Shortest Notice.
STYLE AND FIT GUARANTEED.
--
LADIES' JACKETS, SHAWLS, DRESSES, &c.
14 and 15, HAGLEY STREET, STOURBRIDGE

ROSE ENTRY,
HIGH STREET.
STOURB RIDGE
WALTER T. PACKWOOD
Having commenced in the
UPHOLSTERING
AND
Cabinet Business
Begs to inform the inhabitants of Stourbridge and
its Vicinity, that he has taken to Promises at the above-
named place, and having had considerable experience
in London and Birmingham, and Sixteen years with
his father(L. H. Packwood), will be a sufficient guaran-
tee of his knowledge of the Trade in all its Branches,
and trusts by close application to business, and prompt-
ness in executing all orders, to merit a fair share of
their patronage.
DINING AND "BATWING ROOM SUITES
RE-COVERED.
FEATHER BEDS, CLEANSED AND PURIFIED.
UPHOLSTERING DEPARTMENT :
Dining Room Snitea. Easy Chairs,
Drawing Room Suites, Hair Sofas, Couches.
kc., &c.
CABINET DEPARTMENT:—
Bed Room Suites, Marble Washstands, Dining Tables,
Gilt Cornice Poles, Cornice Pole 3, &c.. &e,
connection with any other house in the trade.
'WALTER rill pAcKwoOD.
T.
NOTE THE ADDRESS:—
ROSE ENTRY, OPPOSITE THE
TALBOT HOTEL.
,
Tait
te OAT ATIZOTIONS AND HOLBSXNZO3.-All ant.
,„,,1111g from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
iv;I:1 be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
1?,!lei afforded by the use of " Brown's Bronchial
bf)ches." These famous "lozenges" are now sold
liY,ro.ost respectable chemists in this country at
f• lid per box People troubled with a "hacking
-cu h•
, a"slight cold," e! bronchial affections, can.
pro ,tl7 them too soon, as similar troubies, if allowed to
result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic
Tr•
oetions. See that the words "Brown's Broonia.l
excielV,3” are on the Government Stamp around
° :t CAUr C by,,JenN I. Bp.owN &S;INS,
•
Lowitatt. taws. Depot, 4'33 01.ford-streot,

SALES BY AUCTION.
STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE AND
SHOW OF WHITSUNTIDE BEEF.
TUESDAY NEXT, JUIN E 4th, 1878,
600 SHEEP and LLMBS,
50 HEAD of CATTLE, Including Prime Stall Fed
Beasts.
Usual entry of Calves and Pigs.
Juiges : Messrs. T. Yardley, J. Lane, and Jos. Parkes.
B. King, Auctioneer.
Sale at 12.
-
TALBOT HOTEL ASSEMBLY ROOMS
STOURBRIDGE.
mJLit JOSCELYNE will SELL by AUCTION,
in the above rooms, On WEDNESDAY, RINE 19th
1878, a quantity of Genteel Household FURNITURE,
and effects, consisting of Walnut and Mahogany-framed
Drawing Room Suites, Telescope, Dining, and other
Tables, Sideboard, Card Table, Pier Glasses, Pianoforte,
Brussels Carpets nod Hearth Rugs, Lady's and Gentle-
man's Easy Chairs, ; Mahogany-framed DINING
ROOM SUITE, covered with .Leather ; Bookcase,
Sewing Machine, &c., &c, Chamber Appointments,
comprising Mahogany Four-post, Iron, and other Bed-
steads, 'Washstands and Dressing Tables, Chests of
Drawers, Feather Beds, Mahogany Wardrob", Cane.
seated Chairs, Brussels and 'Tapestry Carpets and
hearth Rugs, Stair Carpets, 'Toilet Glasses, &c.,
13agtel:e Board ; a Number of Engravings, Oleographs,
Oil Paintings, &c., &c; Kitchen and Cooking Utensils,
and other effects, removed as above, for convenience of
sale.
Catalogues of the above will be ready a week prior to
the sale, and may be obtained at the Observer Offices,
Stourbridge, or the Auctioneer, Kidderminster

FOR SALE. •
•
BUILDING ESTATE,
Al'
CARELESd GREEN, LYE.
1%1 R. W. FIDDIAN has on SALE by
PEIVAIt. iIIACT, the above Ripe
LAND, in Lots of 3,0
yards and upwards, WALLS iruhtitges to good streets. Ihe
purchase money may be paid by ihstaluients.
Lithographed Plans and further pariiculars may be
obtained at his Orthes, 98, High ,6treet,Stourbridge ;
or from kessrs. Qorser and IN alker, bolieitors, btour-
bridge.

C RADLEI BEA TH,
EOR SALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT, a
PLOT of LAND, containing 626 square
yards, adjoining to the Primitive Methodist Schools
Granger's Lane, Cra,dley Heath.
Apply to Thomas Wall, Solicitor, Stourbridge.
BRETTeLL LANE.
OR SALE by PRIVATE CONTRACT, Three
DWELLILN 1101 j SE 6, now in the occupa-
non of Michael Connelly and others.—Price =O.
APply to Thomas Wall,Solicitor, Stourbridge.

I 0 BE LET A COAIPACT VAL.L.A
RESIDENCE, with Southern Aspect, great por-
tion having been newly erected. situate within a short
distance of Kidderminster lainway station, and beyond
toe borough bounary. 'The house, which is approached
by a Carriage Drive, comprises on ground floor, taltrauce
Drawing Loom, 171 t. 41n. by 14 ft.; Dining Room,
14ft. by lift. Kitchen, 161 t by 16it. Cook's l'autry, China
closet, with iwo time Cellars, 'there are 45 cnambers,
W. C., and the usual Domestic Offices, btuble. Coach-
house, and Cowhouse, Garden. Lawn, and with or with-
out •Lwelve Acres of Arable and Pasture Land ; also
Gardener s Cottage
Immediate possession.
Apply to Messrs. Tovey and Elgooti, Auctioneers,
Kidderminster, or to Messrs. Wight and son, olintore,
Dudley.

;SWAN .POOL COTIAGE,
SW4N STIiJIT, IVULLAoTOLY.
10 BE LET, and may be entered upon immediately,
the above Capital House and Yremises, Large
uarden, well stocked with Emit auct other flees, Itent
Lib per annutu.—Apply, zdr. Josiah 1.1/light, zunny blue,
Woliaston, or to Atessrs. lioniuson and beckley,
Est,te Agents, Brierley

TRADESIVIENS ADDRESSES
SPRINC, 1878,
Mrs. E. H. II UNSTON
SOLICIIS AN EARLY INciPECTION
OF HER
NOVELTIES Oil THE sEAbON,
122, [UGH STREET, STOURBEIDOE,

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
ARTHUR T. BROOKS'
POSTING,; ESTABLISHMENT
REMOVED TO MR. J. HUGHES',
STAR INN yARD, HIGH STREET
Orders received at Cab Office, in yard; or at
Mr. J. Edwards' Bar. •

MRS. HUNSTON,
(LASKEY AND HIINSTON.)
HONITON POINT LACE MANUFACTURER,
122, HIGH-ST., STOURBRIDGE.
FRENCH WOVE CORSETS,
White ana Scarlet
THEN ABDOMINAL CORSET.
.RIDING AND NURSING CORSETS.
INFANTS' AND CHILDRENS' STAY BANDS.
EIDERDOWN CORSETS.

MR'. SARAH HILL, Grocer and Provision
Dbaler, No, 1, Coventry Street, Stourbridge,
begs to inform her Customers and the Inhabitants of
the town and neighbourhood that she has taken into
partnership
MR. ALFRED RICHARD-READING,
Who has for some years been Manager of her Business
which will henceforth be carried on until the firm of
"HILL AND READING."
HILL and READING trust they may be favoured
by a continuance of the support so long awarded to Mrs.
Hill and her late husband, Mr. Joseph Hill, and ventrue
to promise that by careful selection of goods, Moderate
Prices, and prompt attention, they will be found to
deserve the support they now respectfully solicit.
1, Coventry Street, Stourbridge.
24th April, 1878.

DIIDLLY AND WALSALL.
[lnn PIANOFORTES & HARMONI-
J,kyvv lIMS have been TUNED by G.F. GREEN
?rofessional Tuner, 260. CASTLE-STREET, DUDLEY, anF
67, PARK STREET, WALSALL. Pianofortes Re
silked, Re-strung, the Hammes s Re-covered with Pater
elt, as used by the most emineio firnaN.

•
IFORK.
BREWERS,
STOTTRBRIDGE
Beg to inform their Cnstmers and Friends that they have entirely completed their New
Brewery, and are now in a pcsiticn tosurply ALES AND STOUTS of the Finest Quality,
in the most Brilliant Condition..
CASK OR BOTTLE.
Price Lists on application.
OFFICES THE STOURBRIDGE BREWERY.
•

ESTABLISHED 1849.
ME AMP. AND 01\1,
GENERAL HOUSE PAINTERS,
AND
ECCLESIASTICAL DECORATORS,
51, lIAGLEY-SE, STOU_RBRIDGE.
DESIGNS & ESTIMATES FREE,

DUDLEY A RMS HOTEL, DUDLEY.
THE LARGEST
WEDDING AND FUNERAL CARRIAGE ESTABLISHMENT
lzi THE MIDLAND COUNTIES
GEORGE 111ORRIS3 PROPRIETOR,
NAG'S HEAD INN,
KING STREET, (Late Stone Sheet), AND BAITAND LIVERY STABLES, DUDLEY ARMS HOTEL
DUDLEY.
DANKS. St. Thomas-street, Netherton.
GOULD, Undertaker, Cradley Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undeitakers Kingswinford.
AGANTS : G. WOODALL. Market-street, ' do.
WHITFIELD, do. Brierley Hill.
DORREL, do. do.
EMERY, do. do.

J. At, STANLEY,
ALE AND PORTER BREWER,
HAY GREEN BREWERY,
STOURBRIDGE.
LIST OF PRICES.
The 0. D. V. Pale Ale. 54 gals. 86 gals. 18 gals. 12 gals. 9 gale.
A light Dinner Ale, 54/- 36/- 18/. 12/- 9/-
especially recommended
X 1, Mild Ale - 30/- 15/. 10/- 7/6
XX 2 63- 42/- 21/- 14/- 10/6
XXX 3 72- 48/. 24/. 16/- 12/.
XXXX 4, Strong Ale - 72/- 36/. 24/- 18/.
Old Ale - 18/- 12/- 9/.
D. Pale Ale - 13/6
Table Beer - 24/. 12/- 8/._ 6/-
Double Stout 72- 48/. 24/- 16/. 12/-
Porter - 42/. 21/. 14/. 10/6
All the above ALES and PORTE tt are Brewed under J. A. S's personal supervision.
A trial is respectfully solicited.

6 , 111011 STREET. AND 1, UNION STREET, EiRmiNGHAm.
A. STEDALL'S
GREAT CLEARANCE SALE OF
MANTLES, JACKETS, AND SHAWLS.
I shall show for a few Weeks the surplus stock from my other Establishments, which has all
been re-marked and
.REDUCED 75 PER CENT
BELOW THE ORIGINAL COST.
. S TED ALL,
69, HIGH ,STREET, AND 1, UNION STREET,
A. STEDALL'S OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS :-
11, 13, and 15, Brompton Road, London. 123 and 124, Tottenham Court Road, London,
21 and 23, Newington Causeway, London.
162 and 182, Edgware Road. London. 92 and 93, High Street. Shoreditch, London.
• 21 OLDHAM STREET, MANCHESTER.

MEERSCHAUM PIPES,
CIGAR HOLDERS,
BRIAR AND OTHgR PIPES.
ELEGANT CIGAR CASES,
Archer's, Wills's, Cope's, Hignett's,
AND OTHER
FANCY TOBACCOS,
AT THE
OLD ESTABLISHED SHOP,
S. FIELD,
92, HIGH STREET, STOLTRBRIDGE.

RAILWAY INN/
CHURCH STREET, STOURBRIDGE
JOHN BRISTOW/
(bate of the Swan Inn, Hagley Street),
Begs to tender his sincere thanks to his kind friends
who patronized him whilst at the Swan , and to ii,form
them that he has taken to the above well-known Inn,
which is replete with every comfort and accommodation.
ALES, WINES, AND SPIRITS
Of the Finest Quality.
RECOLLECT THE ADDRESS :
RAILWAY INN, CHURCH STREET
STOURBRIDGE.
Opposite Sale Ground, and Three lilinutes' Walk from
the Railway Station.

T. J. HICKS,
BUILDER, CARPENTER AND COFFIN
MAKER,
DEALER IN CEMENTS, PLASTER, COW-HAIR,
LATHS, NAILS, AND ALL KINDS OF
BUILDING MATERIALS.
PAINTING, PAPER HANGING, WHITEWASHING,
COLOURING, AND GLAZING DONE ON
THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
ADDRESS-
PARK STREET, STOURBRIDGE,

WILLS'
"BLACK JACK"
Only in Packets,protected by th
Name and Trade TOBACCO.
Mark of
W. D. & H. 0. WILLS, Bristol & London.

STOVE ORNAMENTS.
TIMOTHY JONES & CO.
WHOLESALE AND kANUFACTURIAG PLALN
AND FANCY saAllorlLs, EOOKSELLEBS,
The Largest and best Assortment of STOVE ()RNA.
MENTS, CUT TISSUES, AND GOLD LEAVES,
in the Midland Counties.
NIMMO'S REWARD BOOKS.
THE TRADE MOST LIBERALLY DEALT WITH.
UNION PASSAGE
(Bull Street End), and
SWAN PASSAGE
(High Street End),
BIRMINGHAM.

JOHN pARKER,
HILL STREET, SIOURBUDGE.
PAINTER AND PAPtaR HANG ER FOR THE
TRADE.
N.B.—Parties finding their own paper can have them
hung at trade price.

GLENFIELD
STARCH.
Has for many Years been Exclusively
used in the Royal Laundry.
"The best Starch I }The Queen's Laundress.
• ever used."
"Admittedly far and
away the best Starch "The World."
attainable."
" Particularly }" En gli shw o m an' s
apted for clear starch- Domestic Magazine."
ing muslins."

IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO THE
INHABITANTS OF STOURBRIDGE
AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,
. APPERSON,
iv • F.
SURGEON-DENTIST,
HAMPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM.
HAS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY:
from Ten till Five, at
MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
Celluloid Base, a newly invented and
patented materiel that cannot fail to give
satisfaction and comfort to the wearer.
NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.
Objectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influence of Nitrious Oxide,
:nd other anzesthetics.
Mr. Apperson's Antiseptic Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifying, and
preserving the Teeth; in boxes, is. and is.
6d.
Also his newly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleansing both sides of Teeth, is. 6d. each.

BENSON'S WATCHES. Watch and Clock
Maker to the Queen and Royal Family, and by
special appointment to the Prince of Wales and Emperor
of Russia. Old Bond-street, and (Steam Factory) Lud-
gate-hill, London.

BENSON'S WATCHES of every descrip-
tion, suitable for all climates, from £2 to 200
guineas. Chronographs, Chronometers, Keyless, Levers,
Presentation, Repeaters, Railway Guards, Soldiers, and
Workmen's Watches of extra strength.

BENSON'S ARTISTIC ENGLISH
CLOCKS, decorated with Wedgwood and other
wares, designed to suit any style of architecture or furni-
ture ; also, as novelties for presents. Made solely by
Benson. From £5 ss,

BENSON'S PAMPHLETS on TURRET
CLOCKS, Watches, Clocks, Plate, and Jewellery,
Illustrated, sent post free each for two stamps. Watches
sent safe by post. Benson's new work, "Time and Time
Tellers," 2s. 6d.

BROKEN WlND.—Many a Horse's WIND
has been saved by the timely use of
GOSTLING'S COUGH BALLS (or Powders). Six
Balls, is. 6d. Six Powders, is. 9d.

•
FRIEND OF ALL!
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.
World Known—World Tried!!
For strengtheaing a debilitated conbtitution, these Pills
are more efficacious than any other medicine. Persons of
a. nervous habit of body, and all who are suffering from
weak digestive organs, or whose health has become
deranged from whatever cause, should lose 11,0 time in
giving these Pills a fair trial; their action is immediate,
beneficial, and lasting, restoring order, health, and vigor
In every case.
For Disorders ,of the Liver, Stomach,
Kidneys, and Bowels.
These Purifying Pills are confidently recommended as the
most simple and certain remedy for Indigestion, Flatulency,
Acidity, Constipation, and all Disorders resulting from
i•ce
d sordered Stomach or Bowels. They act as purifiers,
ratives, and strengtheners of the stomach. Though
werfully tonic and satisfactorily aperient, they are mild
ix their operation and beneflcal to the whole system.
Weakness and Debility—Nervous Irrita-
bility and Low Spirits.
The wholesome effect exercised by these admirable Pills
over the Blood and Fluids generally, is like a charm in
dispelling low spirits and restoring cheerfulness. Their
general aperient qualities well fit them for a domestio
medicine, particularly for females of ad ages and periods of
life. They quickly eject all impurities from the system,
and regulate every function of the body, giving wonderful
Was and energy to weak and debilitated oonstitutions.
Old Coughs, Colds and Asthmatic
Affections.
These pills, assisted in their action by rubbing Holloway's
antment very effectually twice a day on the Throat and
Cheat, and keeping those parts covered with the
prepsration, will be found the znol.t effective remedy for
Asthma. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, and Influenza. They
tranquillize the hurried breathing, soothe the irritated
air-tubes, and assisted in dislodging the phlegm which
stops up the air passages. This treatment has proved won-
derfully efficient, in not only curing old settlas eeogha and
°olds, but even asthma of many years standing.
Complaints of Women and Children
jay mother, nurse, or young person guided by the three
tiOns which accompany each box of Holloway's Pills, has
at our available means for checking disease. purifying She
blood, and expelling from the system all gross humours
The Pills arid Ointment are sold at Professor I.lou,oway's
Establishment, 53, Oxford Street, London; also by nearly
every respectable Vendor of Medicine throughout the
Civilized World, in Boxes and Pots, at Is. lid., lis. Od.,
4a. 6d., lls. 225. and SU. each.
Full printed directions are affixed to each Box and Pot,
Rad can be had in any language.
----
N.B.—Advice can be obtained, free of charge
by applying at the above address, daily, between
the hours of 11 and 4, or by letter

ri OSTLING'S CONDITION BALLS (or
• 111 Powders). Six Balls: 2s. 6d. Six Powders 2s.
9d. Post Free. Testimonials from celebrated Trainers,
Farmers, &e.
GOSTLING and SON, Diss, Norfolk, and all
Druggists.

• 1410 R, THE BLOOD IS THE LrFE.”-.
a: See Deuteronomy, chap. zit., verse 23.

WORLD FAMED
'BLOOD MIXTURE.
Trade Mark,—" Blood Mixture."
THE CREAT BLOOD PURIFIER & RESTORER
SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, Blotches,
, Ulcerated Sore Legs, Old Sores, Glandular
Swellings, Cancerous Ulcers, Spots, Pimples,
Pustules, Boils*, Carbuncles, Ringworms, Scald
Heads, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs,
Disoolorations of the Skin, Humours and
Diseases of the Skin of whatever name or
nature, are literally carried out of the system
in a short time by the use of this world-famed
Medicine.
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS FROM ALL PARTS.
IMPORTANT ADVICE TO ALL.—Cleanse
the vitiated blood whenever you find its im-
purities bursting through the skin in pimples,
eruptions, or sores ; cleanse it when you find
itobstructed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse
twhen it is foul, and your feelings will tell
you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
health of the system will follow.
As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and
warranted free from anything injurious to the
most delicate constitution of either sex, the
Proprietors solicits sufferers to give it a trial
to test its value.
CILARKE'S WORLD-FAMED BLOOD
MIXTURE is Sold in Bottles 2s 6d each, and in
Cases, containing six times the quantity, us each—
sufficient to effect • a permanent cure in the great
majority of long-standing cases, by all Chemists and
Patent Medicine Vendors thrvughout the United King-
dom and the world, or sent to any address on receipt
of 30 or 132 stamps, by the Proprietor,
F. J. CLARKE,CHEmisx, Apothecaries' Hall,Lincoln.
Agent for Stonrbridge : Mr. J. H. Bland, High-street.
Wholesale: All Patent Medicine Houses.
LONDON DEPOT: 150 OXFORD STREET

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
T)IANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
I be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
three Years; after which, and without any further pay.
inept, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru-
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
no tapproved of, and returned carriage free. And fur.
;icr, af tea a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Her-
moni,..m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usual charge for
Litre; thus offering greater advantages than the London
or Birmingham Houses.—Apply FREDE rtICK GREEN
Music Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and Oa
Park-street, Walsall...

GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.—Tho ex-
cruciating pain of Gout or Rheumatism quickly
removed and cured iu a few days by that celebrated
Medicine, BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
They require no restraint of diet or confinementiduring
their use, and are certain to prevent the disease attack-
ng any vital part.
gold by all Chemists at is. led. an 2s. 9d. per box.

PUBLIC NOTICES.
STOURBRIDGE SKATING RINK,
FOR ONE WEEK oN
Commencing MONDAY, JUN 1878
Special Engagement of
MR. JAMES. ATHERTON
And his wonderful Troupe cf
11 0 G.
UYIINASTS,
FOURTEEN IN NUMBER.
Clown Dog, and the Greatest Leaping Dogs in the World
who have had the honour of appearing, by specia
ce =nand, before 1
THE QUEEN. PRINCE ARTHUR, and SUITE,
At Balmoral Castle, Sept.4th, 1874 ; the
EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.,
At Lorinder Colosseum, Wien, Oct. 260, 1876; the 1
RING AND QUEEN OF SAXONY and SUITE
At Schitzenhans a Leipzig I and Principal Theatres
aud Circuses on the Continent
fhe Performance w.ll COLIMI, Lei. eeci, i_vc.uing a 6 i.
The Band will be in attendance.
Admission aud Skates as Usua'.

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SKATING RINK,
STOURBRIDGE
OPEN DAILY.
;
MORNING: 11 a.m., till 1 p.m.
AFTERNOON: 2-30, p.m., till E. P•rrhi
EVENING-: 7 ~ ~ 10 „
THE ST 0 URBRIDGE BRASS BAND
Will be in attendance Every Evening, and on
Saturday Afternoons.
ADMISSION, SIXPENCE
PLIMPTON'S SKATES, SIXPENCE.
Select day, Wednesday, when the charge for
Admission is One Shilling.
SEASON TICKETS, admitting at All thnee, when
the Rink is open for Skating, are now ready, and
may be had on application at the Newspaper Offices,
of Mr. Broonahall, Stationer, High Street or of
the Manager, at the Rink.

ASTON LOWER GROUNDS.
GhAND DISPLAY oF SPRING kkowk.Rs, IN
GREAT PEI:WEL:IION.
THE GRANDEST DISPLAY OF TULIPS IN THE
MIDLAND COUNllliti.
The GROUNDS heve been entirely re-arranged, the
Flower beds newiy designee, and filled with Ittiips and
Hyacinths iii full bloom.
BOATING on the improved and extended Lake, with
freshly painted Boats, &c.
'The sRATING RINK, which has been re-laid, made
level, and newly lighted, will be open for Three Exercises
Every Day. Pountney's band k.very Evening. Synyer
and Gilmer's band will Play from 8 p.m. to 6 p.m. it
the Wounds on baittrday afternoon, and from 7 till V in
the Rink, for a Grand hinstcal Entertainment.
:the L,ONSE.EVAIOI{Y is replete with a choice Col•
lection of Fiowering and Exotic Plants.
The new Erections of AQUARIUM and ASSEMBLY
ROOMS are rapidly progressing.
Admission to Grounds .. Ba. each.
Admission to Rink. .....6d. each
Use of Skates..
Tickets for Skating Rink can no obtained at r.c.ch
entrance every day, until further Lut F., fid, ca< it.
Season Tieuets are now ready, sun ta% be oniaitta at
the °dices of the Company, Bolts liut.i, Astou, where
any other information required stria be fdruibhed.
Trains run to litton Station, Loudon and North.
Western hailway, aojoming the Gr. ends; sad utnni•
buses run constantly.
H. U. QUILTER, Managi.4 Li- tor.

MONEY TO LEND BY THE
TMPERIAL ADVANCE BANK, LIVER-
POOL, without sureties. The strictest Privacy
Guaranteed.
£lO to £2OOO ready to be advanced without delay,
in sums to suit " Gentlemen or Ladies, Private
Householders," Professional Gentlemen, (Jerks
holding permanent situations. Persons shoat entering
into business, and others, upon easy terms upon 4hea
own security, without sureties.
Cash also advanced to Farmers, Cowkeepers, Car
Proprietors, and others, upon their effects, without
reruoval, or publicity, upon their own undertakings,
without obtaining friends as sureties, which can be
repaid monthly, quarterly, or other terms, as may be
agreed upon, extending over one year and upwards to
enable them to increase their stocks, and render
them every kind of temporary accommodation.
Executions and other loans paid out. Distance no
olject. Every information willingly afforded. !he
Bank having a large capital in hand, no good application
refused. No connection with any other office iu
England.
Apply personally, (or if by letter state amount
required) to LEN IS SIMMONS, Proprietor, 27,
South John Street, Liverpool.

so. •
The Field has received most discouraging repay,
as to grouse disease from several moors.
The Emperor of Austria has conferred the Iron
Crown (second-class) on M. Henri Schneider, of Creuzot.
The usual Roy al Bounty (says the Sheffield Telegraph)
has been conveyed, through Sir Thomas Biddulph, to the
wife of a Sheffield workman, Mrs. Powell, who was safecll
delivered of two thrivink boys and a girl a short time sin
gas
It is stated that it is not the intention of her _
jesty this year: _make any naval or military prom s
otions, or,
to confer the act, istomed decorations to mark the ()cash) ,
of her birthday.
A telegram from India says that cholera of a
lent type has broken out at Morar. Out of 41 Europelt,
cases, 30 have proved fatal. There have also been
Dm
native cases.
In the United States the name for a farce IS, a
"rieliculosity," a tableau has become a " chromo," snut:
dancer an "air wrestler." At any rate, such is the WO
which a new piece is advertised at New York.
It is not, perhaps, known that an excellent harbour,l
is being formed by the action of the sea and of the ris'e.r;
the Kilia mouth of the Danube. This is why the Russian_
are so anxious to obtain possession of Bessarabia and of thl'
mouth.—Truth.
The Moscow Gazette announces that the ImPneiriicaln
Bank of Russia has advanced, free of interest, two ro
roubles to the Moscow Cruiser Flotilla Committee.
The transport ships Bengal, with the 13th Ret
meat; Oriflamme, with sappers and miners; NallkiMeW".s
the 26th Regiment; and the Kilkerran, with the 9th B
nfif
Cavalry, arrived at Malta on Tuesday. All the troops sll'
in good health. .
A very sad ease of death from hydrophobia WI
occurred at Crewe. A little boy, aged about five years O 0
of the Baptist minister at Crewe (the Rev. F. J. Green_
was, it appears, bitten by a rabid dog in the neighbouristLo,
of his own home some three months ago. After seer":
for three days, the poor little fellow expired in great agons
Fancy buttons, with bank-notes, postage-start;
and so forth, on them, in enamel, are very fashions
Paris as trimmings for dresses. be
When a wealthy Jap breaks up housekeepaing,
rar
ships his kitchen furniture to England to be sold as
curiosities from Japan."
A vessel has gone to pieces on the coast of Rolland,
name unknown, and it is feared all her crew perished.:_o_ll!
porcelain clay found among the wreckage leads to th
position that she had a cargo of this material on board. -
In a restaurant—a gentleman and a Paris snob Arbil
seated at the same table. The snob is just finishing
lie I
dinner, the gentleman just beginning his. The snob
a cigar and blows a cloud of smoke over his coffee. .:3;;;;
gentleman rises and says in the politest tone :—" Excusers-
sir, will it annoy you if I eat while you are smoking
Court Journal.
A large serpent from Java—Python molurus"—bag
arrived at the Paris Jardin des Plantes. The reptile ilsals 180
girth of some twenty inches, and weighs 66 pounds, Isbuyts
Is considered a most rare event for so large a specireen
reach Europe alive.
The Baroda wild beast fights have been un. itatedol
Texas, where a fierce combat recently took place betsve,be
bull and a lion and lioness. The bull had the best 01 sa ,
• Ii
fight, and gored the lion frightfully, while the
retreated from the conflict altogether.
"It is stated that there has been an•increase itlarthi;
average speed of American trotting horses which, as ne ee
as possible, amounts to four seconds in five years
In two minutes and twenty-three seconds was consideSesis
good pace five years ago, but now a horse is not Ings,7l
esteemed unless it can trot a mile in two minutes
...$lO
nineteen seconds. lam not aware if short races are rau
quicker time in this country than they were five "
years ago."—Mark Lane Express. lr tew
Six Russian officers, according to a New Yor-i ti3e
gram, have arrived at Philadelphia and inspecteu..4
steamers Columbus and State of California, recentlY b°.114-
by Russia. They are also reported to have visited the '—
yards. V/ of
The Emperor of Germany takes a sanguine v,,,,.ltsid
his health which is to be hoped may be realized. Psi., of
some friends the other day that he hoped to see the BPse
Cologne Cathedral completed, and as that is to take Pl,t'S
1880 we can only hope that Kaiser Wilhelm will real,'"
wishes.—Court Journal.
Viscount Bury has addressed a letter to the lidetiv;
tenant colonel of a volunteer corps who had effegere
organize a regiment for active service, stating that t soot
no statute empowering her Majesty's Government to %lib,
the services of enrolled members of volunteer corps, as be 110
for service out of Great Britain; but that there
objection to the volunteers joining the army by the or
method of enlistment.
"It is almost needless to state that there w'etar-11°
foundation whatever for the rumours spread ab )ut on
Stioo
day concerning dissensions inthe Cabinet and the resigngs
of certain of its Members. In the course of Use elenet on!
gentleman, well known in public life, is said to have
isplether "
of her Majesty's Ministers and to have asked linnly„---ssest,ll.
was true that two of his colleagues had resigned. -re'Ss.o:";
true,' the noble lord replied—' but it was some tittle
—Daily Telegraph. Ajneriet '
The new Cincinnati organ, the largest in ;
also ranks as fourth or fifth in size in the world. lt lOW
feet in height, tnirty feet in depth, and fifty feet ill ss,, 01.
-
with 6,287 pipes and ninety-four stops. The largest ore'sna
the world is in the Albert Hall, London. It has 111 stoes
7,879 pipes.
On Saturday the Guion steamer Nevada The
a
tlbeafbtert •
Mersey for New York, having on board more
Mormons, who are on their way to Utah. The norn frost-
eluded men, women, and children, who had coln'wole-
various districts of England, Scotland, and Wale'. spied
about 50 were Scandinavians. Five elders accoreP 04 -
them. This is the first migration of Mormons this Yell!, 00
a large number of their fellow-believers assembled
them off. ld -
+he
fie
Some one discussing with Lord Beacons
celebrated Salisbury circular, asked, "How do Yon 1 one
the Russians will construe that paragraph mentioniuw_shed
in particular. "They won't construe it, I expect," rs.e
our ready Premier, "they will decline it"- -The Warlu' the
A Highland Sunday-school boy was asked
superintendent if his father was a Christian. " Yee'
replied, "but he is not working at it much." efti
The Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall 6.67;5141
says :—" The strike of the compositors, after lasting s: we°
months, has at last ended by the surrender of the 111€,TSes tO
have not only lost money but who find themselves OM
accept the terms of their employers, who have addea
original ones over which the dispute arose." s in
e
A marvellous hailstorm is reported from SYjh
neite
India, where the hailstones were so large that ale of tne
weight of eleven amounted to eight pounds. One eserel
stones, writes a correspondent of the Times of India, t
wounded a Coolie on the arm, making a hole large eau
admit the thumb, and nearly fracturing the ho,ael, being
another stone went through the cook-house, and all three'
kept nine hours in a blanket, was found to weig
quarters of a pound.
"What, a famine in Morocco ! " I heard
man say in a railroad, carriage. "They are really ove_„4,-,
these famines," and there is some truth in this reel'
Truth. sotlY
"One of my friends who of necessity- is fro' or
reo are
away from his house in the country has manufact 'lo „n ,
three small torpedoes. These instruments of destrulse root.'
carefuily concealed from view in rooms which "moll
valuable of his household-gods are kept. The collseSsal
Is that he requires no watchmen to guard his preilliseTholl '-
absence, for, before leaving home, he puts nP high s
exhorting burglars to 'Beware of Torpedoes'
Review.
At the Birmingham Police-court the ot'le-st
seventy persons were summoned at the installe%soceo*
Excise authorities for keeping dogs without :eted
Fines ef 255. each, the minimum, penalty, were loL"eurthe
67 cases, with a recommendation to the Excise te
mitigate them. ibt
The Siamese have at length opened their sectifor
the Paris Exhibition. Their furniture is remarisall tile
capricious designs in relief; but the ehief curios Jossia
four natives who guard the products, their type APPr
nearer to the Chinese than the Japanese. th°
• g a
An inquest was held on Saturday at Resdo sstor
body of James Wilson, son of the Rev. W. Wilson,sr'rsiel
Narberth, Pembrokeshire, and undergraduate niAown id ,
College, Cambridge. Deceased had laid himselif,„"sy, nnss
front of an express train on the Great Western fts'ileeess",,
was killed instantaneously. The jury fund that
committed suicide, but there was no evideuoe to Ply
state of his mind at the time. ss,inittel
A report has been drawn up by the use°
appointed by the French Senate to inquire into the los Ili I
to
the distressed condition of trade and man„"f.gt
for
France. It proposes that the Government shouldo,seces
present reserve the question of the Treaties of -0-affes
and raise the duties which protect the industries no 02:M`SsgsM
lug. On Slonday delegates from the manufacturers
7"iirsses!
in the Lille spinning trade gave evidence before the I,eoe.
Committee. They declared that they were unabluest'esse
pete with England, and asked for 50 per cent. Di
duties. s
If the following telegram in the Gobs be t
people of Russia must certainly be far less exhaustes"on,
than some of our leader writers imagine :—" Kber- C°o4
11th—The Bishop preached on behalf of the ern...isLot
mittee to-day, and the subscriptions after serViee t
to 2,700 roubles," or just £3oo—Mayfair.
The Mark Lane Express says the growl" tolny
has become !leggy and discoloured and barley'aPPOrdessideod s
suffered even more. The agricultural outlook is 00 DAS
less favourable than was the case three weeks ag°,,,' 010 0811
higher soils the damage caused by the eexvceesshievreelaiperrisSel
rote
perhaps been less apparent, although n
are less promising, and unless dry, forcing weat .t
oil
speedily the hope of an abundant cereal herves
abandoned. stOfiss
The Anna H. Smith, which arrived at Qurraitcalls,
the other day from San Francisco, touched ~u,Dseiteieiss.
Island on the 2nd of March, and found the,,le rein,7s9,
about 86 in number, all well. This island tsns „ty 10' In
bered in connection with the mutiny of the EciuSlocierslion'
the inhabitants being tile descendants of the 111,n' cone
1873 the island was visited by her Majesty's stnP
The population then numbered 76. POI
heso a
On Sunday no fewer than three new churc ton stae
est!.
opened in Glasgow, and on Saturday the founds.sses le A 0
die' ide' .
a fourth was laid. The total cost of these e .ro/ coo
mated at over £,40,000, and the accommodation r so
MP V
for 4,000 people. In 1844-5 there were 37 Free W. ter,
gregations in Glasgow, with a membership of Win; 1110
last year 51 congregations had been added to tilos ise
with a membership of 17,606, and adding the inseesse tig,64°
old congregations, there has been a total incs-'44 '
strength of the Free Church in Glasgow since 100. st
persons, and an aggregate of over 34,638 membe ,ittieet:eo
Ser ' jeant Spinks, M.P , addressed his conss Pr:sore,
Oldham on Saturday. He declared that under sei ' err
Government England had for the first time fus.r..lrsl4_sit'Sslis
resumed her place in the council of nations. TT sece'tiors
Government England had for a long time heirilliS usrit 41r
sain
position. So long, however, as the people oss se_se•
continued to support the present ministry, tul lost la', 0. •
pend upon it England would continue to hold tu.,e
The question of despatching troops from India,
not one of law, but of common sense. And is cot„rnoll
n'ornills
oblivious of law? After the division of FridaY se t"usbe' _
believed there would be no more constitutional
the question, r 0 -pot
03 a
jt P
Dr. Cumming ought to be happ aPIse'
y ! ore k Of
at the War Office they were discussing tt- ,003 '
-
where a decisive battle would be fought in to,
eon a
the world being at war, and that they pitched
deuce of latitude and longitude which on a ,-zoirite sw-
rt
named "Armageddon." Whether an angel. taep
ominous geographical expression on the oia ,t'
stated.—Whitehall Review. frtildiWl
On the anniversary of her Majesty's busuno
Crathie Choir had the honour of attending str-, theotbw,
singing. the following pieces :--4,Comin' t „isssaSs,ss
"Ye Banks and Braes," "Outward Bound," , „„s yowssier
Ca "
a mile," "The Blue Bells of Scotiand , " ~Anule o'o
the knowes," " Homeward Bound, s _Ads
ners
"Scots wha' bee," "Last Rose of Situr‘ur son,
for Prince Charlie," "Now pray we for
"God save the Queen."
Tuesday'sof a rumour having been spread there that au.s,riuse
been made in London on the life of the Cro
totally unfounded. It seems to have t'isiossoLZsli S;
many. It is almast needless to say hat_snclS,:d stiols:
grams which we s Standard
„eised fromsay says
: e h—C"O nSteinveenr at 1_
9,
sotaf: tite ‘biletc,‘lv il ,s 1
orossilltstie.;
whence it was telegraphed to Paris, wilerigTr el; rt cos: stls
ot to se;rits
1,0
early in the afternoon On the Berlin Bours
excitement. So far from having been subiesseether
in this metropolis his Imperial Highness,
_ln, the s'
re
Crown Princess' was dining last night Iss," sO 11
Ambassador in Belssrave-square." wade B°lll3iteneliti
h a"rtTs hi
ne
El antgelt wd.ss
of rbormi
et,hteer, braver
b s
Captain Stevens is not less popular. 1-11?, woe oty ed
ra t
Saltrnarshe was ever beloved by friend aiod:CSirgfirreild
almost immediately after Captain Stes.._ssns essie sits,.
wounded The little party of our men tac4;ol4d
prised, and the Katfirs, faithful to and ust%
Awn the cdramanders. General ThesTit is to
Wood hsve had come narrow escapes, an"
sthatantt t
abne prasuncki tt
eys
so fe our
sf
no
rrec e
es
fdre
andoetgaewobeseetniteitse tresid
difficult to replace."—The

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
In the HoUsE op Louses, May 27, Lord Cardwell, in the
aksence of Lord Granville, asked Lord Salisbury whether he
could give any information respecting the negiotiations be-
tween this country and Russia.
Lord Salisbury replied that -he was not yet able to enter
into any details on the subject. He could only say that
Within the last few days the prospects of a Congress being
held had materially improved.
Lord Redesdale was about to make some observations
against the cession of Bessarabia, the demand for which he
characterised as preposterous, but refrained from doing so
hPen the Duke of Somerset objecting to so important a topic
being entered on without notice.
The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill was considered in
Committee.
On Clause 26, enabling the Privy Council to make regula-
tions in respect to the transit of animals affected with pleuro-
Pneumonia and foot-and-mouth disease,
The Duke of Somerset objected to the provisions providing
for quarantine, as the establishment of quarantine stations
'lves calculated to extend disease all over the country, and
he moved an amendment to carry nut his views on the
Subject.
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon opposed the amend-
fluent.
On a division the amendment was negatived by 131 to 53.
„On Clause 33, Lord Ripon proposed to add at the end of
re clause words enabling the Privy Council in relation
in foreign animals to suspend or modify the provi-
aions relating to quarantine or to the slaughter of
animals, and observed that the provisions of the Bill
relating to the foreign trade went further than neces-
sary to keep disease out of the country. He believed
that the first effect of the Bill must be to raise the price of
Meat, and that it would give rise to great agitation, as the
Practical result of the proposed legislation would be the
renewal of Protection.
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon said that he could not
accept the amendment, as it was contrary to the whole
aPleit of the Bill. His conviction was that the Bill, if passed,
Would have the effect of stamping out disease.
A brief discussion ensued, in the course of which Lord
Cardwell supported and Lord Salisbury opposed the amend-
Lunt.
On a division the amendment was negatived by 133 to 36.
The other clauses of the Bill were then gone through, and
their lordships adjourned.
In the HOUSE OF COmmosee, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, in answer to Mr. Fawcett, who asked Whether the
aasent of the Council of the Secretary for India had been ob-
tained before the expenses of moving Indian troops to
Malta were defrayed out of the Indian revenues, said,—
a'a, ere has been no appropriation of the revenues of India for
'ale Purpose. There has been simply an advance on ac-
Colin% and consequently no case has arisen under the 41st
section of the Government of India Act, 1858, which pro-
vides that the expenditure of the revenues of India shall be
litibject to the control of the Secretary of State in Council.
sl:MaTOr Nolan-asked the Under-Secretary of State for India
What allowances in quarters, rations, money, or otherwise
the Wive, and children ot the European soldiers ordered
IT°M India to Malta are receiving at present.
Mr. E. Stanhope: While they remain in India they receive
tree quarters and subsistence allowance; if of European, or
th some cases of mixed descent, at eight rupees a month; if
Otherwise, at six and a half rupees a month; their children
Mader sixteen, at two and a half rupees a month. The wives
and children receive, in addition, half and quarter rations
TcaPectively free.
In reply to Mr. Wheelhouse, Lord Sandon said,—ln answer
tO my hon. friend I beg to say that there does not appear to
roe to be any necessity for enlarging the powers of the corn-
retttee to whom all Bills of this Session relative to the use of
Mechanical power upon tremwass have been referred, as the
eoramittee have prepared clauses and regulations upon the
hject, which they will insert in all the Bills and Pro-
Visional Orders, which clauses will afford facilities for the
Bettlement of the question. These clauses and regulations
Could only be made applicable to Tramway Acts and Orders
I:',lpr.vious Sessions by a general measure, and I do not think
'net in the present state of public business it would be pos-
saihie to legislate, supposing we considered such legislation
'eairable, in the matter this year. (Hear.)
"In reply to Mr. Dillwyn, Mr. Fawcett said he should not
'ring forward his motion on the Indian Army that evening;
and he gave notice to postpone the motion until an early
or until the Indian Budget.
The Marquis of Hartington : I beg to ask the Chancellor of
- Exchequer whether he is yet in a position to give the
e'rhae any information as to the negotiations which are
Lilted to have been recently in progress and the prospect of
Is early assembly of the Congress,
The Chancellor of the Exchequer: I am not yet in a posi-
tion to give any detailed information upon the subject, but
I May say, within the last few days, the prospects of a Con-
gress have materially improved. (Loud cheers.)
~ On going into Supply en the Supplementary Estimate, Sir
,se. Campbell moved for a Select Committee to inquire into
the cost, direct and indirect, of Her Majesty's Indian troops
',serving beyond the old Indian limits—that of the Cape of
'00(1 Hope. Although he did not admit that a fitting
oPPortunity had arisen, and regretted deeply the wound
Which the Government had inflicted . on the Constitution,
the was favourable, in certain circumstances, to employing
'he Indian Army in garrisoning some of our Colonies, and
raa even ready to bring over a detachment to this country
kir honorary purposes In many circumstances a fresh
Iticlniry such as he proposed, supplementary to Colonel
s'snson's Committee of 1867, would, he believed, bring out
results mere favourable to their employment than that
TePort.
Colonel Stanley, on behalf of the Government Assented to
inquiry, with the understanding that it must be at alater
Period of the Session, and mentioned that the War Office had
tatended to appoint a Departmental Committee of its own
aa soon as the movement was completed.
Mr. C. B. Denison thanked the Government for having
Ila,sSented to an inquiry; while Mr. Hester pointed out that
the Committee of 1867 had already made it clear that
'lndian Troops could only be employed at a very great
Cost. Mr. Rylands was proceeding to enter into the
teneral policy of the measure, but was called to order
the amendment
Speaker saying that he could not do this until
'he amendment had been disposed of, and Sir E. Cole-
brooke was favourable to the experiment, but thought it
eoldd not be tried until the Indian Army had been
Organized with a view to it. Sir H. Havelock predicted that
the result of an inquiry would be to show that Indian Troops
could not be employed with advantage„ except in a great
emergency ; while Mr. A. Mills expected from it totally
PPosite results. Mr. Childers reminded the House that the
former inquiry had been of an exhaustive character, and
liaised for further information as to the exact points which
,*he new Committee was to go into ; after which Sir G.
`44lPbell's amendment was negatived without a division.
ss_Mr. Rylands then resumed his speech, and stated at length
'ta objection to the policy of menace and demonstrations;
flel Mr. E. Jenkins condemned the employment of Indian
troops as likely to raise the jealousy of Europe and to create
"angers in India.
Mr. Gladstone repeated his reasons for believing the mea.
Ilsare to be illegal, and contended that the Government had
Token the Common Law by increasing the standing army
Without the sanction of Parliament, and had violated the
ilet, 55th and 67th sections of Ihe Government of India
Act.
Mr. E. Stanhope, addressing himself to the last point,
Showed that the 57th section did not restrict the services
Within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the old East
`udia Company.
Sir A. Gordon, on the other hand, insisted that the
Indian Native Army was not liable to serve out of those
Mr. Muntz said he felt so strongly on the constitutional
follit that he must with regret vote against the Speaker
eaving the chair; while Sir George Bowyer denied that any
Constitutional difficulty existed, and ridiculed the suggestion
net the Bill of Rights extended beyond the Kingdom.
Itrldr• Hopwood and Dr. Lush spoke against the Vote, and
• B. Cochrane deprecated the renewal of the constitu-
tional issue which had already been decided; but Mr. New-
insisted on explaining once more his reason for be-
eying that the Government had broken the India Act of
laeg.
Mr. Jacob Bright insisted that no emergency had been
tawn or in fact existed • while Mr. Hardcastle rejoiced in
,s.e measure as showing that India instead of being a source
Of Weakness was a strength to the Empire.
Lord Hartington said that if the opposition to the Speaker
leaving the chair were pushed to a division he could not
tiotlie part in it, because it was unprecedented and could lead
T n° Practical result, except postponing the Estimates until
u
"hisday. There had been so much mystery and so many
!reconcilable statements in justification of their policy that,
the Government could lay its full case before the
ri.ouse, it was impossible to discuss it. For the same reason
e thought it wisest to offer no opposition to the Vote in
Coe, •
nu
—, ttee. It was proposed too late for securing the con-
lot of Parliament, and too soon to be discussed with suffi-
cient information ; at the same time, lest the Government
Should interpret the granting of this Estimate as a vote of
ZMlldence, he pointed out that all that Parliament had done
cias to sanction the policy of preparation, and warned the
"eminent against presuming upon this to commit the
cOlintry to war.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the Govern-
,,,;"ent had never at any time wished to plunge the country
ssito war. On the contrary, they had pursued it as a means
21 Precaution—as the wisest and best method of avoiding a
very serious and disastrous conflict—for no doubt such a
rtntlict would have been disastrous to the whole human
tee. Her Majesty's Government were as desirous to avoid
4,ltt calamity as any hou, gentlemen in any part of the
• es°„llle. (Hear.) They believed they had taken a right
W7,,T,se. others might think differently. The Government
tr,s',.`"d be prepared at the proper time to defend the
they had
which they had adopted. Some of the steps which
s 7 had taken had been represented as being calculated
11'S`u intended to plunge the country into war. They
od been told that the sending of a fleet to the Sea of
130,arniora, the calling out of the Reserves, the frank and
and he hoped temperate statement of their objections
taine Treaty of San Stefano, and other steps which they had
t -.sea, among which the bringing of these troops from India
Malta had been one, were of that character. The Govern-
tent
:. believed that those steps had not brought the country
,;" war, which anybody might see for himself, but were
;
Zeatures the best 'calculated to avert war, and to bring
DAM a peaceable and durable settlement. ,(Cheers.) Their
'"•;cY might not be the wisest or the best policy, lie could
tW2Y say it had been a sincere policy, and at the proper time
1...71 Would be perfectly prepared to defend it. After some
izthee observationethe Chancellor of the Exchequer said that
ee agreed with Lord Hartington that this was an 'neon-
Izillent opportunity for challenging the policy of the Govern
but he admitted that it would be within the
Competence of Parliament to express its opinion on it at
"siroe future time.
vilkfter some remarks from Mr. O'Donnell and Mr. Fawcett,
ss declined to follow the course recommended by Lord
i3'artingdon, the House divided, when the motion that the
Deaker do leave the chair was carried by 214 to 40.
The
tw - Rouse then went into Committee of Supply, and the
eotes in the Army and Navy Department for the Indian
"",ingent were agreed to.
804,
e other business was disposed of, and the House
Ahrned at twenty minutes past one o'clock.

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