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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

THE CZAR AS "EMPEROR OF CENTRAL

ASIA."

The Weiner Allgemeine Zeitung publishes a telegram
from Gatschina, which is said to emanato from a
military officer of high rank, announcing that the
Czar intends in 1887 to assume a title equivalent to
that of Emperor over the whole of Central Asia. It
is asserted that his Imperial Majesty will make a
State entry into Samarcand, and then formally assume
the sovereignty over Central Asia in the presence of
all the Ameers and Khans who are under the sway
of Imperial Russia. The correspondent of the
Allgemeine Zeitung states, moreover, that this is no
new design on the part of Russia, but that the scheme
was for long under consideration by the late Czar
Alexander 11., and has only come to light now through
the indiscretion of a high official.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

Ant. GEORGE AUGUSTTJS SALA'S
AUSTRALIAN TOUR.

The Daily Telegraph has the following notice of
Mr. G. A. Sala's departure from England: This dis-
tinguished author and journalist sailed for America
on Saturday last upon a lecturing tour, which is ex-
pected to keep him from England during the year
1885. He will deliver lectures in the principal cities
of the Union while passing towards San Francisco,
whence he will sail for Australia, to continue the
course in Sydney, Melbourne, and the chief Anti-
podian towns. The subject-matter of Mr. Sala's
addresses will be derived from his experiences as a
journalist and special correspondent prominence
being given to the pageants and great processions
which it has been his fortune to witness in all parts
of the world during the last twenty-five years.

"I declare 1" exclaimed a young society man, "I
had almost forgotten my engagement. Pardon my
abruptness, but I was engaged to be married at 11.30,
and it is now 11.40 o'clock.-:A gentleman said to a beggar who had solicited
alms of him. "You ask me for a small gift. and do
not even take off your hat from your head. Is that
any way to act ? The beggar replied: "Excuse me,
most honourable sir. I dare not uncover, for yonder
stands a policeman. If he should see me take my
hat off, it would occur to him at once that I was a
beggar, and he would arrest me. At present, as we
are now, he merely supposes that we are two old
acquaintances having a friendly chat.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

BRIERLEY HILL LOCAL BOARD

Mr. M. Rollinson presided at the montWy meeting
of this Board on Monday.
The Medical Officer reported a death-rate of 12.1
per thousand of the population, against 25.41 in the
corresponding period of last year.
A letter was real from the secretary to the
Boundary Cotr rnission-rs acknowledging the receipt
of a meinorial-apki,g that Brierley Hill might be
named a one of the division.; of Staffordshire, and
promising attention.
The Chairman remarked that the matter was im-
portant to the neighbourhood, aid he trusted that
the object of the memolialists would be achieved.
By t e scheme, as published in the papers as affect-
ing Staffordshire. he found that in the district in
wnich Blierley Hill was placed there was no town
of the same importance with the exception of Wol-
verhampton, which had a member of its own It
was desirable that Brierley Hill should go up instead
of down, and he therefore trusted that it wL.uld be
named as one of the divisions of the county.
Several other members expressed similar opinions.
The General Purposes Committee called attention
to the ina lequacy of the assessment of the Dudley
and Stourbridge Tram -vtty Company, which for the
two miles in the Board's district was only as,essed
at £lOO, bringing in an amount of £B5, whereas)
according to the assessment of other property, the
amount should be £SJ2 103, There was co-se-
quently a deficieney, taking the rate at 2s in the
pound. of £45 158 6 tin the ye Lrly income from the
tramway. It was dscided to draw the attention of
the Assessment Committee to the matter.
A communication was real from the South Staf-
fordshire Waterworks Company, objecting to pay the
rate demanded under the new assessment. It was
explained that a similar objection hid been lodged
wilh the Kingswinford and Westbromwich Unions,
and it was decided to defer the matter pending the
settlement of those appeals.

AMBLECOTE.

INQUEST. -An inquest was held on the
boly of a child, the son of James Ed w,rds„kinble.
cote, before Mr. E. B. Phillips, coroner,—lt ap-
pears that the child had been suffering from whoop.
ing cough, aid on Saturday morning the child was
left in bed. In about half-an-hour afterwards a
girl na.ried Jane Dukes went upstairs and found
the child dead.—Tho jury returned a verdict of
"DeAtli from Natural Causes."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

SINGERS AND ALCOHOL.

At a meeting of the Society for the Study and
Cure of Inebriety, held on Tuesday in the rooms of
the Medical Society, the President (Dr. Norman
Kerr) in the chair, Mr. Lonnox Browne, hi a paper on
the influence of alcohol in relation to voice use, pre-
sented an abstract of the testimony of 380 vocalists.
Of that number .101, or 26.58 per cent., claimed to be
total abstainers, including some of the most eminent
singers in Cathedrals and Chapels Royal. Of the 279
non-abstainers 65, or 23.25 per cent., took stimulants
at meals only, and the same number at the close of the
day; 26, 0r.9.3 per cent., at supper only; 47, or 168
per cent., at meals and the end of the day; the re-
maining 66, or 22.9 per cent., acknowledged taking
stimulants at all times, according to pleasure and
oppnrtunity. As regards taking an intoxicant either
immediately before or during the use of the voice as
an aid to its exercise, 7.5 per cent. stated that they
never did so, and 20 per cent. that they did so more
or less habitually. Mr. Browne's opinion was goner-
ally against the use of alcohol.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

The WORKING of the ALLOT MENTS

EXTENSION ACT.

The report of the Select Committee appointed by
the House of Commons to inquire into the operation
of the Charitable Trusts Acts, and to consider and
report how far it might be expedient to amend the
powers exercised under these Acts by the Charity
Commissioners, the Committee being further in-
structed to inquire into the working of the Allotments
Extension Act, has been published. In it the Com-
mittee suggest that, pending the reform of such
charities, action might be taken under the Poor
Allotments Management Act to appoint a committee
of management of the allotments, such committee to
hire the land from the charity trusts; they also are
of opinion that the trustees of a dole charity should
be authorised out of their general funds to execute
such works as are necessary, in the way of fencing
or otherwise, to fit the land for allotments without
adding to the rent; and they think that the
obstacles which have arisen in the working of the
Allotments Extension Act arc largely due to the
difficulty of interpreting some of its main provisions
and to its not distinctly declaring that the grant of
allotments is to be preferred to the obtaining of the
largest income available for doles—a charitable pur-
pose which, in the view of the committee, deserves
little favour. The committee further state that the
Commissioners, though not going out of their way to
impress on the trustees the importance of enforcing
the Act, have not sought to nullify it; and they add
their belief that new legislation is urgently
needed to clear up the obscurities of the Act and
to provide better machinery for its working. The
report concludes by recommending that full parti-
culars should be obtained by the Commissioners as to
the extent of land subject to the Act and the number
of cases in which it has been put in force.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN.

THE DESERT MARCH.

[FROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
.KORTI, Weduesday Night

I proceeded to Gakdul to-day with the convoy,
which consisted of 1,000 camels laden with stores
and provisions. Our escort was a company of the
Light Camel Corps,
Colonel Clarke and the Sussex Regiment will
leave to-morrow with the remainder of the Camel
Corps, General Earle's column has not been heard
fromilbut the latest information will be sent to
you.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

Kowi, Thursday.

The light section of the Camel Corps left for
Gskdol Wells to—day, escorting a large convoy of
supplies. Another convoy will be sent forward to-
morrow, when the Black Watch will proceed to
Merawi.

[FROM THE SECOND EDITION OF THE "TIMES."]
KOIITI, Wednesday,

The anomalies of this campaign have now culmin-
ated. The Household Cavalry have become profi-
cient in infantry drill, and this evening the men of
the Royal Navy are having a first lesson in the
camel-riding school. I overheard a coxswain giving
this order to a sailor oa a camel:—" Shift:that
stearing-gear to starboard. !"

THE EARTHQUAKES IN SPAIN.
[CENTRAL NEWS TELEGRAMS.]
G3ANADA, Wednesday Night.

Several shocks were felt at Loja and the sur-
rounding district early this morning. The damage
so far is not very et ions. The town of Loja is about
twenty-five miles from here and has a population of
about 20,000 inhabitant.. In connection with the
long continuance of the shocks, it is stated that the
earthquake which occurrel in the March of 1829,
when Murcia and many other villages were de-
stroyed and over 5,000 persons perished, lasted as
long as forty days, or little less than six weeks.
MADRID. Thursday Morning.

Terrible tales of distress are reaching here daily
from the districts affected by,the earthquake shocks.
The inhabitants of the ruined towns a. e still camped
outside tt:e walls, exposed to bitterly ineement
weather. Fresh shocks occurred yesterday at Velez
and Werja,, causing considerable damage. The
inhabitants had previously forsaken their homes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

KINGSWINFORD SCEIOOI4 BOARD.

The Rev. J. Stone prenided at the monthly meet-
ing of this Board, held at the Moor Street Schools,
Brierley Hill, on Tuesday.
The Board decided to grant the free use of a
scnoolroom at the Quarry Bank Board S3hools for
the annual treat to old people.
Applica:io..s for an increase of salary were re.
ived from the clerk and Mr. T. Allden, attendance
!_ffi. As regards Mr. Allden's application, tho
Board could not see their way, in the present de-
pressed state of rade, to grant it. With resPect
to the clerk's application, the Board admitted that
the duties of the clerk had increased, and that his
salary ought to be raised, but suggested that the
matter stand over for the present: to which the
clerk agreed. . -

The iiinlnce Committee roported that the balince
i the bank on the gnernl account was £193 7s I Id,
aud oii the loaa account £1,005 83 2cl, making a
total uf .£1,2")8 16i Id. .

A synopsis of the scheme of religious ins ruction
for 1385 was submitted to the Board, and adopted.
OL 1) 11 MI,.

PErrY SESIONS —it Ilia Police Csairt, on Wed-
nesday, before 'Messrs, C H.-del:aft aid J. Pearson,
Ellen Mo..n.e, a married woman, residing in the
Ilitle,owen Road, Blackheath, was suramoued for
viokntly assaulting Phoebe davenscrofr, on the 29th
ult. Toe complainant stated that when drinking
n g ass o: ale in s public-house, the defendant seized
her by hr hair and threw her on the ground, and
aftei wards struck her several violent blows. De-
fendant admitted the assault and said she corn
witted it in cousNpienee of the , comp ainant being
;in ;lie company of tier (the defendant's) husband.
Mr. Ifo!eroft said the magistrates considered it a bad
'case, and fined defendant 21s, or in default one
month's imprisonment. Stepivm Pay.le, labourer,
(;1 I Hut, w,s eliar4nl with indecently ass tutting
Mary Slayton, on the 3rd inst. The complainant
al ege.l teat the det-n !ant indecently assaulted her
in her on house. li had, however, apologised for
his conduct, anl u hr -those (Areal ustanees she waa
desirous ot witaGrawing from the ie.'rho
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gambling in the ptthli• hi.thway it tdley Heath,
was fined ii s (;)11,•1Li125n, was
fined 2s 6d and; ct,s's fu: driving iii th.t
Halesowen Road, on the ;:tutii ul.. Wicksiead
proved seeing the defendant driving ;tt 1.6 miles an
hour.—Myra Hadley, a widow, residing at Black-
heath, was fined lb 6d and costs for .m tking use Gf
obscene language,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

THE INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION IN

LONDON.

On the invitation of the Bishop of Bedford an im-
portant Conference was held on Saturday afternoon,
between the representatives of the working classes
and the clergy of the various districts of the East-end
of London at the Biihop's residence, Stainforth
House, Upper Clapton, to consider the best means
of alleviating the distress existing amongst the
labouring classes of the metropolis more particularly
in the East London District. The Bishop occupied
the chair, and in opening the proceedings ex-
pressed his deep sympathy with the large mass of
human suffering existing in the East-end of London,
due to indtestrial depression. He was glad to welcome
sort., of the working-class leaders there that day, to
talk over the matter with a view that something prac-
tical should be done to alleviate the distress during
the present winter. The Rev. R. C. Billing, rector of
Spitalfields, bore testinony to the enormous amount of
distress existing amongst the labouring classes of the
Whitechapel and Spitalfields districts, and suggested
that a representative deputation should wait upon the
Lord Mayor and request his lordship to grant the use
of the Long Parlour at the Mansion House, for the
purpose of a special meeting to inaugurate a relief
fund, which he was satisfied would be well supported
by the wealthier classes of the metropolis. The Rev.
S. A. Barnett, rector of St. Jude's, Whitechapel, sup-
ported the formation of a Metropolitan Distress Fund,
and referred to the forthcoming Conference on Indus-
trial Remuneration, which would in all probability
discuss the causes of the present unfortunate ijidus-
trial crisis. After a long discussion it was agreed, on
the motion of the Chairman, "That the Lord Mayor
of London be respectfully requested to receive a
deputation representing all classes on the earliest
day possible, for the purpose of representing
to his Lordship the condition of large numbers
of the unemployed poor of the metropolis, and to
tale steFs for their relief." The Conference, wLich
had lasted nearly three hours, then adjourned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

OUR FINANCIAL POSITION.

The Economist says: All things. considered, the
revenue returns for the past nine months are not un-
satisfactory. The decline is chiefly nominal, being
due to the fact that this year, owing to a change in
the method of book-keeping, the revenue is not
credited with the receipts from the Indian Govern-
ment on account of its • army home charges, which
amount to over £1,000,000. The actual decrease thus
amounts to about COO,OOO, which is very little more
than the sum which Mr. Childers calculated he would
lose on the income-tax during the first month of the
year, from the arrears being collected at a lower rate
of duty than in 1883. The receipts are well sus-
tained but the expenditure is increased, and with the
prospective new charges Mr. Childers will find it a
difficult enough task to make both ends meet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

IMPRISONMENT FOR ASSAULTING A
SALVATIONIST.

William Tritton, aged thirty-one, labourer, was
charged at the Greenwich Police-court, on Monday,
with assaulting Martin Shaw, a member of the Salva-
tion Army and with assaulting the police. While the
" army " were parading the streets the prisoner went
to the barracks and tried to force his way in. Shaw,
the doorkeeper, refused to let him in, whereupon the
prisoner used bad language and struck him in the
face. Two policemen were called in and the prisoner
then became very violent, kicking the officers and
attempting to scratch and bite them. Sergeant
Goodwin, gaoler, said he knew the prisoner as the
ri.)gleader of a•gang of roughs who went to the Salva-
tion Army barracks for the sole purpose of causing a
disturbance. He had recently had a month's im-
prisonment for assaulting a woman. Mr. Balguy
sentenced him to two months' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

MR. GLADSTONE AND BOARD SCHOOL

- CHILDREN,
Mr. Buxton Morrish, speaking at a meeting in th°
Mint, Southwark, on the teaching of children in Board
schools, said that a short time ago he was present
when a " Kindergarten " lesson was being given to
some sixty very small children from the Crampton-
street (Newington) Board Schools. In the course of
the lesson the children had some small sticks in their
hands, and he asked the children where they came
from. They replied, " Tiees." He asked, Who
had prepared them? " They replied, "The carpenter,"
and on further asking, "Who cut down the trees for
the carpenter?" he was astonished to hear, instead of
the reply he expected, "& woodcutter," a general
shout of Mr. Gladstone." Following up this he asked
the children what else Mr Gladstone did, and some
of the youngest answered "He helps the Queen," and
others added" To make the laws." He had written
to Mr. Gladstone, telling him of the incident, and in
reply Mrs. Gladstone wrote: "I thank you heartily
for your interesting letter, for deeply interesting in-
deed is it, and I shall treasure it greatly and leave it
to my children. I think it is very kind of you to have
taken the trouble of writing so fully. The letter was
read to Mr. Gladstone, who was greatly touched. 1
thank God for the many helps we have of deep sym-
pathy, and specially for the prayers so precious, awl
I indeed the quantity of serious work would be heavy
indeed without this help and encouragemeno—l
. remain, yours truly, CATII. GLADSTONg.

"Yes," said the Vermont deacon, "I always go
down to the camp-meeting, and always come back
feeling good. Do you see that magnificent horse
there in the field? Well, you ought to have seen the
old plug I took down."
Miss Jennie Blackman, aged 18, of Mill Plain,
Conn., arose from her bed while asleep and wandered
some distance from the house to a brook, in which
she was found asleep in two feet of water, with her
head resting on the bank.
An agricultural exchange says that a good hog
should weigh as many pounds as he is days old. This
is a new way of getting at the age of the man who
occupies two car-seats.
The Sunday-school superintendent was lecturing
the scholars last Sunday morning on the wickedness
of stealing. After he had talked some time, he asked
them questions on what he had said, in order to fix
his good counsel in their minds. "Now children,"
he said, "is it as wrong to steal a pin as it is a hundred
thousand dollars ?" "Yes, sir," they all cried. "And
are those who steal made happy by it "No, sir,".
came the chorus. "Tell me, now, where do the bad
people go who disobey the commandment and steal r
Canada !" squealed a little boy over in the corner,
before the crowd had a chance to answer, and the
superintendent had to leave the rooms for repairs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

A CURATE CONVICTED OF A SERIOUS

OFFENCE:

At the Kesteven Petty Sessions, held at Lincoln
last week, the Rev. Lewis A. Kirby, of Branston, near
Lincoln, was charged, on an adjourned sumnions, with
indecently assaulting and ill-treating Rebecca King,
aged eiglit years, on the sth December. Mr. J. T.
Tweed appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Williams
for the defendant. Defendant is the licensed curate
of the parish of Branston. At some distance from
the main village, in the fen district, there is a
school, in which, on various occasions, Mr. Kirby has
entertained the scholars. On the evening of the sth
December last, the defendant drove to the school-
room,where were three girls, Rebecca King, Fanny Car-
rington, and Sarah Barron. He sat on a form, drew
two of the girls near him, and shortly afterwards
took Rebecca King into the coachhouse, and com-
mitted acts of a disgusting kind. He then gall() the
girl 2d., told her to say nothing about what had taken
place, and let her go. The girl afterwards told her
companions that Mr. Kirby had kissed her, but said
nothing further about the matter until the following
Wednesday, when she took several girls to the coach-
house, and told them all that had happened there.
The child was subjected to a severe cross-examination,
but her evidence was not shaken. After hearing her
statement, and before the other witnesses were called,
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girl, at once entered a plea of guilty to the minor
charge. 2157 Villiams then addressed the Bench in
mitigation .•.! i.unishment, pointing out that defendant
Would be deprived of his curacy, and that the conse-
quences to himself would be very serious, to say
nothing of the pain and misery which this case would
entail upon his wife and child. Canon Perry, rural
dean, was called, and stated that he had known Mr.
Kirby since he went to Branston, and, so far as he
had had the opportunity of judging he believed he
had discharged his duties in an excellent manner.
The magistrates intimated that it had been a matter
of serious consideration whether they ought not to
send defendant to prison without the option of a fine.
They, however, had decided to fine him £2O, which
was the full penalty.
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. A cornet. player at a Connecticut•concert blew so
hard and loud that he became deaf. It is remarkable
how often these great mercies fall upon the wrong
man. His audience kept right on hearing as Painfully
SI Mrs
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

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Luxury. Saves half the cost and is half the trouble. Sold
everywhere, in ad boxes sufficient for three pints, and in is
boxes, for seven pints.
Tb 0 Editress of a popular Magazine a great authority on
domestic matters, writes —"To: polish a stove or grate like
burnished steel, I recommend Jemas' DOME BLACK READ as
"the clean Black Lead.' It does not give off dust or small
"particles like other black leads, alld the polish'ug is done
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receipt of stamps to cover postage. Address, E. JAMES &
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hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives
the teeth a peJuliar .pearly-whitness, and a delightful
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

LY

CIIftIsTYAS GIFTS TO TILE POOR.—On Monday
December 22nd, the late Mrs. Thomas Perrens now
Mr, Crowther, of the Speuiels, near Kidderminster,
distri'inted hr annual gifts to the poor of Careless
(ire.-al, :LA Wolleicote. SArs. Crowther's philan-
thropy is not by any means of the kid glove type,
hu .is as ;Tactic .1 as it is real. Some diys before
nhe distr;hulion to.tk place she mad 3 a house te
ho ts:2 ea .vass to make herself prketically au-
(ill .1 Lott w.ti he needs of reeepei,,te other Jounty.
Alter spending some amount of time in getting at
the ino:it needy and deEerving cases a list of up-
wa;fig of 150 in nu nber was 111.tde out to be meet
y the bounty of this goo 1 lady. The gifts differ'
both in tinaltty and in kind, good joints of bee., &e.
to some, and where bed linen wAs tb.t most pres•
sing need, sheets a I blankets was graciously be.
ItQWoclo Welleed 110$ Odd VIAt law betide sad
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

CHINESE NAVAL WARFARE.

It is stated that since the destruction of their man-
of-war at Foochow by means of a spar torpedo the
Chinese have been very anxious to see the manipula-
tion and effects of torpedo weapons. Accordingly
Captain Harvey, of the Naval School at Nankin, has
shown a series of experiments on the river off the
powder works at Nankin, in the presence of many
mandarins and hundreds of the inhabitants of the
city. The city being so near, however, only gun-
powder was used, though each charge was fired by a
small detonated quantity of dynamite. Various
kinds of ground mines were constructed and arranged
to be exploded at will from the shore throuo about
half a mile of cable. A trial of an improvised spar
torpedo, containing a large quantity of powder, was
very successful. The torpedo was fixed to a 40-feet
spar, on a kind of boat called a sandpan. When the
boat was turned with her beam to the wind the torpedo
was exploded, with the result of causing the water to
be thrown up to a great height. Altogether the dis-
play is reported to have given much satisfaction to
the Chinese authorities.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

BEQUESTS ON CONVERTED STOCK:

There seems to be good reason for saying that
testators who have left Three per Cent. Stock by will,
and have subsequenely converted it into Two-and-a
Half or Two-and-Three-Quarter per Cent. Stock must
be taken to have revoked the legacy. Of course,
this applies not to cases in which stock converted since
a will happens to be part of the assets bequeathed
by it, but only to cases in which Three per Cent.
Stock is by name and amount bequeathed to a person
or persons, and been subsequently converted. The
case is like that of a person who bequeaths a picture
by Reynolds, and afterwards exchanges his Reynolds
for a Hobbema, in which case the legatee obtains
neither. In the case of shares or stock there is no
revocation or redemption if the exchange is effected not
by the act of the testator,but by persons over whom he
has no control, as where the shareholders of a com-
pany, by resolution under the powers of a statute,
convert shares into consolidated stock. The conver-
sion under the statute of last Session is, except in
some very exceptional cases, the act of the stockholder,
who must give his consent. Section 7of the Act, 47
and 48 Vic., cap. 23, providekhat the stock exchanged
shall be subject to the same trusts as the stock can-
celled, and "all powers of attorney, requests as to
dividends, and other documents relating to the can-
celled stock shall apply to the stock taken. in ex-
change ; " but a bequest in a will, although in the
form of a trust, is not "a trust" until after the tes-
tator's death, and a will is not "a document" of the
kind intended by the section. There should, there-
fore, be some little activity in the making of codicils.
Law Journal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]
THE RECEN2 DYNAMITE EXPLOSIONS

SUPPOSED CLUE IN AMERICA.

NEW YORK, Thursday,

Rumours are current in Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania, that English detectives have obtained
evidence that a powerful secret society of dynarnit-
ards exists in that county, which is directly respon-
sible for the recent explosions and outrages in
England. It is added that the detectives have gone
to Washington in order to inform the Hon. .Sack-
ville Wed, British Minister, of their discoveries.

AFFRAY IN A. NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
PARIS, Thursday.

An extraordinary scene occurred yesterday even-
ng . at the offices of the journal Cri du Tevle. Two
i
brothers named Ballerich, one of whom is a COM.
missary of police ani the other aa officer of the
peace, whose mother was recently assassinated at
Grenelle, exasperated by attacks made upon them
in the Cei du People, forced their way into the
offices of Viet journal at about eleven o clock last
night. One of them having wounded M. Due, an
editor of the paper, with a sword thrust, the latter
drew a: revolver a'd fired at Norberl Bellerich,
seriously wounding him. At this juncture the
other editors appeared on the scene and disarmed
the brothers Ballerich, Norbert Ballerich was then
conveyed to the St. Louis Hospital, where he re-
mains in a hopeless condition. His brother Charles,
who was still in a state of excitement, was taken to
the police station. An inquiry has been opened
into VI i affair.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

MURDER AND CANNIBALISM IN
THE SOUTH SEAS.

H.M.S. Undine, which hasbeen on a rather length-
ened cruise in the South
,Seas, has returned to Sydney,
New South Wales, reporting some murders and canni-
balism. At Port Stanley a man named Joseph Boothe,
with a number of others, was engaged trading, when
they were suddenly attacked by the natives of the
place. Boothe and two of his companions were
killed on the spot, and a fourth man narrowly escaped.
The latter only got away after receiving three
tomahawk wounds in the back. The commander
of the Undine did not punish the natives for this
offence, as he had not the authority to do so.
He could simply inquire into the circum-
stances of the matter and report the same to the
Commodore. The Undine learnt of a further murder
by the natives of Aoba Island, the victim being a
white man, whose body was afterwards eaten by the
savages. A Swede named Kird, who was a copra
maker, was reported to have been murdered at
Weasisi. Kird was in his own boat near the beach
when he was shotand killed by the natives. Whilst
at Havannah Havre the Undine received informa-
tion of the wreck of the Government labour schooner
Heron at Aneitium, and immediately sailed for that
place. It was found on arrival that the vessel had
been wrecked there, but that the Government agent
and the captain had gone on in the schooner Idano to
Havannah. The mate and the rest of the crew, how-
ever, were on the island, and they were received on
board the Undine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT FROM

DUBLIN.

A sensational elopement has taken place from
Dublin. A well-known newspaper reporter left that
city during the past week for America, taking with
him a young lady of great 'Personal attractions who
will have, when she comes of age, in three years from
now, a fortune of £BOOO in her own right. After the
pair had flown it was discovered that the faithless
swain, who is only 22 years of age, has two wives
living, and has by one of them a family. This is the
third Dublin reporter who has left Ireland suddenly
during the last three months.

A pup remains a pup until it is a year old, when it I
becomes a dog. This is the decision of a court in
Columbia, S.C. A negro was charged with keeping a
dog without a license. He proved that the animal
was only six months old, therefore merely a pup, for
which a license is not required.
A lady—a French lady—is showing a visitor the
family portraits in the picture gallery, "That officer
there in the uniform," she says, "was my great-
great-grandfather. He was as brave as a lion, but
one of the most unfortunate of men—he never fought
-
a battle in which he did not have an arm or leg carried
away." Then she adds, proudly: "He took part in
twenty-four engagements."
The enterprise of Americans is boundless. A crank
in Pittsburgh has printed a guide-book to heaYea, with
the desirable city lots numbered. and prices pat on
them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

LABOUR REPRESENTATION IN
PARLIAMENT.

In anticipation of the coming general election, and
the extension of political power amongst the work-
ing classes under the new redistribution of seats, a
conference of leading working men was held on Mon-
day afternoon at the Council-rooms of the London
Working Men's Association, 14, Fetter-lane, London.
Mr. George Potter, who occupied the chair, after
reading letters from various parts of the metropolis,
said that it was evident that nearly every section of
working men politicians desired to see at the next
election a fair number of labour representatives
returned to Parliament. This, he was glad to
say, was likely to be realised. Mr. M. H. Hanly
said he could speak on behalf of the Irish work-
ing men that they would do their utmost to help
in securing the return of suitable candidates in
every district of London. After a prolonged discus-
sion as to the best means to be adopted to carry
on a general movement throughout London
in which Messrs. Upshall, Murphy, Lemon, Wilson,
Stone, Watson, Hawkes, Peters, O'Brien, Walton,
and others took part, the following resolution was, on
the motion of Mr. George Mitchel, unanimously
adopted "That this conference would regard with
great favour the introduction of at least fifty work-
ing men representatives in the next Parliament from
London and the provinces, to defend the interests of
labour and wages, and this conference resolves to do
its best to secure, so far as possible, the- return of all
suitable candidates." Before the conference sepa-
rated the chairman read a letter which he had just
received from the Home Secretary announcing the
appointment to a vacant factory inspectorship of
London of Mr. J. T. Birtwistle, son of Mr. Thomas
Birtwistle, secretary of the Cotton Operatives or
Lancashire, who is spoken of as a prcbable candidate
in the labour interest for one of the divisions of that
county.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

'CURIOUS LEGAL DIFFICULT I IN
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

A curious legal point has been raised at the Cam-
bridge Town Council respecting the eligibility of per-
sons engaged in the liquor trade to serve on the
Urban Sanitary Authority. Under the Municipal
Corporations Act (sec. 135), the Council annually
appoint fifteen of their body to serve on the Board of
Improvement Commissioners, and the question arose
as to whether two of the nominees (Messrs. Bullock
and Bailey) could be legally appointed, they being
brewers and wine and spirit merchants, for it is
enacted by section 8 of the Cambridge Improvement
Act, 1794, that "no person shall sell ale, wine, or
an:, spirituous or fermented liquors, by retail, shall
be capable of being elected a Commissioner or of
holding any office for the execution of this Act."
In the index the reference to the section reads
thus "Innkeepers not to be Commissioners for
parishes." The provisions of the section have been
acted upon with regard to elections by parishes, and
in a recent case the return of a grocer was rendered
void by an opponent producing a bottle of spirits
which he had bought at the candidate's shop. But
with respect to the Town Council it is now contended
that the section does not apply, that being an appoint-
ment or delegation and not an election; and, more-
over, that all disqualifications for offi-es held by Town
Councillors as such were repealed in 1835. Mr. Bul-
loci: said he was prepared to fight the question if it
were raised on his appointment, and should he fail
legally, he would transfer his licence. The Council
unanimously appointed the two brewers among their
fifteen representatives at the Improvement Board. It
may be mentioned that Mr Bullock is the gentleman
who has brought forward one of the sewage schemes
now before the town.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

ALARMING EXPLOSION ON THE
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.

Another supposed outrage with dynamite was corarn
m itted on Friday night on the Metropolitan Railway.
between the King's-cross and Gower-street Stations.
The exact time at which the explosion took place-has
been ascertained to the minute from the fact that the
cluck at Charlton-street signal-box, about 150 yards
from Gower-street, stopped at Q. 14. At that hour a
Hammersmith train from Aldgate was timed to pass;
and not only from the damage done to the signal be;
the framework of which was shattered, but also the
shock felt in the neighbourhood of St. Pancraa
Church, the immediate locality was ascertained.
Such was the effect of the explosion, that the lights
were extinguished, not only in the train from which
the explosive is believed to have been thrown,
but also in the approaching train on the opposite
metals, as well as at the Gower-street and King's-
cross Stations. The deafening reverberation of the
explosion rang through the arched way on either side
with such force as to alarm not only passengers, but
those also who were paying for their tickets in the
overground offices; whilst the ticket taker at Gower-
street barricade was blown bodily out of his box.
For some short time the railway from station to
station was in a state of utter darkness. Strange to
say, however, the permanent way was in no way
impaired, and the traffic was resumed within half an
hour. Immediately after the explosion anxious in-
quiries were made at the various stations; but there
was little, if any, information to be obtained from
the railway subordinates. Many of these inquiries
were made by the occupants of houses in the neigh-
bourhood of Charlton-street, where the windows
were shattered. Happily, as it turned out, no lives
were lost. The only personal injury sustained
was by a woman whose face was cut by the
shattered glass, but she was enabled to proceed
to her home by the same train from which
the explosive is supposed to have been thrown.
Upon hearing the report the railway police,
under their chief superintendent, Mr. Gosdeni
proceeded to the scene of the supposed outrage,
where they were shortly joined by a large force of the
S Division of the Metropolitan force, under the com-
mand of Mr. Superintendent Harris. Search was
made along the line for any clue, but little of im-
portance was found. So swiftly was the news of the
dinster telegraphed to the authorities, that Chief
Superintendent Williamson, of the Detective Depart-
ment, Scotland-yard, was on the scene within half an
hour of the occurrence, and a strong force of police
was immediately told off to guard the tunnel. On
proceeding down the line it was found that the signal
box east of St. Pancras Church was partially wrecked.
A close inspection of the tunnel showed that the ex-
plosive could not have been gunpowder, as the brick-
work was not blackened. The part where the explosion
took place was about two feet from the ground, on the
north side, midway between St. Pancras Church and
Charlton-street signal-box.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON PUBLIC
AFFAIRS.

The newly-formed Birmingham Artisans' Associa-
tion on Monday entertained Mr. Chamberlain to
dinner. A resolution of sympathy with Mr. Chamber-
lain in the attacks that had been made upon hini,"and
of congratulation upon the passing of the Franchise
Bill and the prospecte of the Seats Bill, was passed at
9, meeting which followed the dinner. In the course
of his speech of acknowledgment, Mr. Chamberlain
said they now stood at the commencement of
a new era. In regard to the franchise, a
revolution bad been peacefully accomplished,
and this Democratic movement would be ac-
centuated by the Redistribution Bill, which he
regarded as safe. The proposed single-member dis-
tricts, he predicted, would soon be equal electoral dis-
tricts, which were the dream of the Chartists, and
they would infuse new energy into our political life.
Fresh organisation and a new programme of the
Liberal Party would be necessary to meet the neces-
sities of the new situation. The form of the organisa-
tion must be left to the constituencies themselves.
The right hon. gentleman glanced at the social re-
forms which he considered would be the work of the
Reformed Parliament.