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MONEY.—WHERK AND HOW TO OJT IT.—
THE IMPERIAL ADVANCE BANK having
been established for eight years in Liverpool, has new
taken extensive Premises in London, whore borrewers
will have the opportunity of ebtairiug *tisane's
the same equitable terms which have eanseallre
Imperial Advance Bank in Liverpool tip bosoms familiar
as household words.
Householders, Professional Gentlemen, Ir sneers,
Shopkeepers, Licensed Yistualless, Lodging-heaps
Keepers, Tradesmen, Dairymen, Cab Proprietors,
ardeuers, Clerks, persons entering ixto busiaess, sad
)ther responsible persons, in lay part of .bingland sad
Wale., can obtain &emcee almost immediately, ix sumo
v,rying from £lO te £2,000, NO SUR) TIES RE.,
'JARED, either upon their furniture, Aga, pleat,
lattle,. crops, implements (they retaining the free use of
-awe), or uion note of hand alone. Rea distraint;
,nd other axPentions paid out. Advances extended
'row one ta five years. Easy repayments. No cam-
(nission is paid to agents, liprrowsia tt tie fare reap the
9enefit. Liberal advs ces made upon dri usit ci rues-
handise. surplus stocks, jewelerv, fur' iture, deeds,
ife po icies, ..erip, ard upon every kind 4.1 valuable pro-
pt rty a itb the strictest nrivaey.
Further inforn ation by calling upon or writing
• tatiug amount required) LEW'S SIMM ON, Principe
Imperial A.2vance Bank,
245, Tottenham Court Bowl, London, W. C.

ONE BOX of CLARKE S B 41 Bill ill
warrranted to cur all dischargra from the Urinary
irgans, in either Bt-1, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
And Pains in the Bsck.-601d in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
ill Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
Any acldreFs for CO Etsu t. I:1 9) • Mbl
LINCOLN SC MIDLAND CO UN TIES' DRUID COILIWIT,
Lincoln, 1% I,olE4ale Agents liehewe di; Sox, Le-don,
aid all 11: ‘9l IsOltbhiti.Cll,l,B

At Last! At Last! At Last!

DR. LOWET'Sinviti n is an of the greate.t
ei of the day. Af.er uunie on tese trliu he bui
.ucceeded in ohtlaiin.; a mlxture fir t e 1.1 i which
B Die happiest le3u.ts. an I uri aStiai alt 1 ose
iiitbtrta kn wn. 1 his niit...ne pr d u
line, tutu , hair oil whi-k.ns ; it also preven.s the Lir
f'O.LI ft:hinged..

The Inventor, guarantees con:-
, plete success.
BuTILEs £2. 1 ANL 1:

To be had only at the inveltor Dlt LOVE
Avenue Du ltser, at Aver s (13e.gcl0e'• ffile tif
'e Sent "c ,ntre tembunrse neat" but a 1 orders prouiptly
attended to on receipt of the soar ia stoups or Post
°dice Ore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

FATAL FALLS OVER CLIFFS.

On Saturday, the day on which the Queen's birth-
day was observed at Pembroke, the cliffs in the neigh-
bourhood of St, Govan's and the Stack Rock were the
scene of a terrible accident. A party of men were
amusing themselves near the Huntsman's Leap, a
narrow and dangerous fissure in the cliff, when one of
them named John Brace, residing at Pembroke, fell
over the precipice, a depth of nearly 200 feet, and was
instantly killed. The deceased leaves a widow and
one child.

A shocking accident is also reported to have occurred
to a lad who formed one of an excursion party to
Rousay on the Queen's birthday. On the return of
the party it was found that this boy, whose name was
Henderson, was missing. As he had gone to the Crags
in quest of birds' eggs a search party proceeded thither
with ropes and a boat, and made a thorough investiga-
tion both above and below the Crags. Marks of foot-
steps were found near the edge of the cliff, but no trace
of the lad's body, which is supposed to have been
carried out to sea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

ffiriE SUBSTITUTE FOR f lIHE MANNA CAKE
CASTOR OIL. BEN- is an effi,lient ‘Vorm
NE TTE'S MANNA CAKE, Cake. Children take it as a
price lid. each (not a patent Sweetmeat,
medicine). One Cake equals It is perhaps the most
hall-an-ounce of Castor Oii, suitable aperient known
without its griping and sub- for use during pregnancy.
sequent constipations. It has Order from Chemists
a mild but certain action. It only ; or Post Free,
is mainly sugar flavoured with for 6d. ; 6 for lid ; 12
liquorice juice. . for is, 9d. ; and 36 for 4s.
From sole Agent. Air, T,
H. Bland, chemist, 75,
High Street, Stourbrilge,

DHAFNEBEI, NoisEs IN' THE EARS, &c, DELLAH
Ls6ENCE FOH DEAFNEBs 1.,11,Hi1d always be tried, as in
numbers of cases, seemingly incurable, it has done
woudeis. Slight Deafness, obstructions in the Ears,
and the incessant humming sounds so frequent with
affected hearing, are removed after two or three nights'
applications. Dellar s Essence can be spoken of as ,ure
to give some relief in any case of Deafness without
causing the slightest injury to the delicate organisms of
the ear ; and, however surprising, persons for years
'Deaf have heard sounds after a fair trial of Dellara
Easeuce, Bottles, Is. lid. and 28. 9d. Sold by ail
Chemists, Yost free for 18 Stamps sent ta Bedford
Laboratory Bayley Street, London, W,C.
A oviou ¶tO 10THERsI—Are you broken in your
rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutt it g
teeth? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of
LI its. IN INSI.OW.S SOOTHING SIRUP. It will relieve
the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm.
Ices and pleasant to taste. it produces natural,
quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the
little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It
goothes the child it softens the gums, allays all
pain, relieves in 44 regulates the bowels, and is the
.:ect, know: re&.e..7 for dysentery and diarrhcea,
Phetter arising from teething or other causes. a Mrs.
Viumlow's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers
porywiseso I* led, per bottle.

FREEDOM FROM COUGII IN TEN MINUTES is given, and
CONSUMPTION and ASTHMA in all stages are instantly
relieved, by Dr. Lccock'a Pulmonic Wafers, which taste
pleasantly, and effect a rapid cure. In Bronchitis
Cougbs, Colds, Whooping Cough, Wheezing, Phlegm
and all Disorders of the Breath, Throat, and Lungs
Hysterical, Nervous, and Heart Complaints, Rheu
matism, and Nervous Pains, "they act like a charm.
To ingers and Speakers they are invaluable, in a fes
hours they remove all hoarseness, and wonderfulll
increase the power and flexibility of the voice. Ful
directions with every box. Small books of many
thousand cures may be had from every agent. Sold by
all Druggists, price Is, lid., 2s. 91., 4s. and lls. 6d
er box.
TOWLE'S PENNYROYAL AND STEEL PILLS
FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irr.. gularities and
relieve the distress.ng symptoms a prevalent with the
dozes is. lid. and 28. 9d., of all Chemists. Sent
anywhere on receipt of 15 or 31 stamps bylhe maKer
L. TOWLE, Chemist, Nottingham
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

AN ANCIENT BREECH-LOADER. •

The St. James's Gazette says :—Most students of the
subject are aware that breech-loading firearms are of
no modern invention. The Marquis of Worcester
describes a breech-loading pistol; and it is well known
that at some of the Chinese arsenals there are very
ancient specimens of breech-loading field-guns. A
discovery which has just been made at Aleppo, is
nevertheless, likely to cause considerable surprise in
military circles; for, according to the Turkish official
gazette of that place, a party of engineers, while
making excavations beneath the citadel of the town,
have come upon a large wrought-iron breech loading
cannon which must have been buried fot at least two
hundred and fifty years. That the weapon should be
a breech.loader Is in itself sufficiently astonishiug ; but
the most extraordinary part of the affair is that the
breech mechanism is almost exactly similar to that
which has for so many years been fitted by Krupp, of
Essen, to the artillery of the German army. The gun,
it is interesting to note bears the name of its maker,
Halebli Mustapha Osia, and is in fairly good preserva-
tion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

A MINERS' RIOT IN AMERICA.

A Times' telegram from Philadelphia says that a
riot occurred among the miners on strike at Belleville,
Illinois, on Monday. The strike began two weeks
ago, and the wives and daughters of the miners have
lately taken an active part in preventing the new men
from working in the mines. When work was to have
been resumed in one of the mines in the morning, 150
women, armed with clubs, marched two abreast to the
colliery, and compelled the new men to quit, and also
drove off the sheriff's posse, leaving a guard of 50
women at the mine.
The "Amazons" marched to another mine several
miles distant, and drove out the men there.
The sheriff having asked for military aid, the Militia
arrived late in the afternoon, and found the women,
reinforced by 500 men, on the hills about the mine,
and also in possession of the railway station. The
deputy•sheriff ordered the mob to disperse, upon
which three shots were fired from the strikers' ranks.
The fire was returned by the militia, one rioter being
killed and three others wounded, one mortally. All
the persons hit were men. Twenty-six rioters were
captured, and the rest fled.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

A recent report states that there are 2,500 miles of
wire and over 5,000 telegraph and telephone poles in
Brooklyn.

In London, on Tuesday evening a painter engaged
in painting the roof of Paddington Station fell from
the scaffolding on to the metals—a distance of over 50
feet—and when picked up was found to be quite dead,
his head being completely smashed.

THE AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL.

The Daily Nem says that Lord Lymington intends,
when the Agricultural Holdings Bill reaches Corn-
mittee, to move to orai- the clauPes relating to distress
for rent. He will f irther move that drainage be
included in the schedule of improvements for which
the consent of the landlord is required. In the
Bill it is classesl as an improvement which the tenant
may cury out after giving notice to the landlord.

The Morning Post says :—The Agricultural Hold-
ings Bill for England will be subjected to lengthened
criticism in Committee. Several of the Irish members
who took an active part in the discussion of the Land
Law (Ireland) Bill two years ago intend to move on
behalf of the English tenant farmers all the amend-
ments urged by them in the interests of Irish farmers
and occupiers, but which were then rejected by con-
siderable majorities.

SCHOOLMASTERS AT OXFORD.
On the invitation of tke Honourable G. Brodrick,
warden of Merton College, Oxford, about two hundred
masters of London Board Schools paid a visit to
Oxford on Saturday, a special train being run from
Paddington. The party were conducted over the halls
and colleges. At an interval during the inspection a
dinner was given to the guests in the hall of Christ
Church, each table being presided over by a graduate,
Mr. Erodrick acting as chairman.

In proposing "The health of the head masters of
the London Board Schools," Mr. Brodrick hating
referred to the connection between elementary educa-
tion in London and academical education in Oxford,
mentioned that, although there way., a School Board in
Oxford, there was not a single Board School. He was
of opinion that, by a mutual working from the
elementary schools at one end and the university at
the other, they would meet in the grand problem of
middle-class education, which problem they would
solve.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE IVIARKEI'S.

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ILETROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET
The cattle trade was very quiet, and supplies were 'stile
short. A moderate number of beasts was received 001100
eastern counties, but from Scotland the arrivals ode
short, as was the case with other receipts. Them al,
was dull, but the best Scots and crosses machL,-.i vor,
to 6s. 10d. per 81b. The foreign side of the to.-413is'
fairly supplied with Swedish and Danish beasts for
ovep
there was a slow demand at about late rates. The dolt
pens were sparingly supplied. A quiet business vriee Des'
and the prices were about the same as last week. Slh;
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Downs and half-breds realised 6s Od to 6s 8,1,912;;g er AT,
Lambs were steady, at 7s 6d to 8s 10d per 81b.
pigs were quiet At Deptford there were about
awl 16,000 sheep. Coarse and Inferior beasts, 43 4u 74 40
second quality ditto, Os to 5s 6d; prime large oxen. Bsariferiot
Os 80; ditto Scots, &C., Os 8d to Os 100 ; coarse and nrlolB
sheep, 53 to 6s 64; second quality ditto bs 6d to es; rdoso,
coarse woolled ditto, 6s 40 to 6s ed ; prime Southdoel3csifee,
Os 6d to Os ; lambs, 7s 60 to 8s 10d •' large coarlent Pat
Os to 63 6d : prime small ditto, 6s 6d to 65 10d; le'eth to 00-
4slid to 4s 8d ; neat small porkers, 45 8d to Os Per 8"
the offal.
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AIETROPOLIPAII MEAT MARKET.--
nd
A moderate supply. Trade slow for beef I.„,ttono
mutton, but a fair demand for veal, lamb, and smal.,l
gd
at top quotations. Prices :—lnferior beef, 3s W
middling ditto, 3s 80 to 4s 40 • prime large ditto,
48 100; prime small ditto, 4s B'd to es 2d; veal, 65
10
inferior mutton, 35 8d to 48 4d ' • middling ditto, ,fto 4s;
68 4d; prime ditto, Os 4d to 63 4d•' large pork, 3
small ditto, 4.3 to 45 60 ; lamb, 75 4d to 85 per 81.
carcase.

GAME AND POULTRY.
16$ 6(1
Guinea fowl, 3s 6d to 5s • pea forl, 6s 6d w
pigeous, 10d to is 3d; French'ditto, is 61t0 ls 19d; Le Atogs.
3s 6d to 6s ; rabbits, is 9d to 2s; ducks, Sato 6s
8s to Os ; fat ortolans, 3s to 4s ; haunches of venisou,
755. each.

ltto, 85 °)

Smoked haddock, 20s to 30s per kit; trawl ditto, iroat,
128 per bas.. et; large ditto, 3a to Is 6d each; Balra_, an's6s Ler
scud grilse, Is 3d to Is 7il per lb. ; lobsters, 103 or! t';.,
' • W.—
dozen; crabs, 15s to 22a Id per basket ; mackerel, . 0,3_
3s 31 per. dozen; large soles, Is to 53 6d per Pair
is 6d to 2a per basket; whiting, Is Id to 143 per score ,
3d to 4d per lb.

POTATO. dl_
A fair supply of potatoes were offered. The deo— 1800
moderate, as follows : Magnum bonums, 1605 ltr7ctOrill
revents, 140 s to 160 s; champions, 130 s to .150 s. ;
160 s to 180 s per ton; German reds, be to 7s per baS•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE BANQUET.

The Special Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
in an account of the day's proceedings says :—Wheu
the joint Imperial party reached the Grand Staircase
of his Palace his Majesty ascended the stairs, and
then pausing, turned round and facing his subjects
there assembled the Emperor, crown on head and
sceptre and orb in hand, delivered a short speech. It
was impossible to catch one word of what he said, as
he was completely surrounded by his officers • but
the appearance of the crowned Monarch evoked the
wildest cheering.
- - - - - -

Ascending the staircase of the Palace, their Majesties
quitted the shelter of the canopy, and, preceded by
the Great Officers of State, the members of the Im-
perial Household, the bearers of the regalia, and the
heralds, proceeded to St. Andrew's Hall. The sceptre
and orb were then handed to their appointed cuato•
diens, and their Majeeties, still wearing their crowns,
were conducted to their private apartments.

On the announcement of the Arch• Grand Marshal
of the Coronation that the banquet was in readiness,
their Majesties, crowned and still wearing their Im-
perial mantles, re entered St. •Andrew's Hall, where
the Czar resumed the sceptre and orb. A stately
procession having been once more formed,their Majesties
were conducted to the Granovitaya Palata, or Ban-
queting Hall, At the conclusion of the banquet,
which was enlivened throughout by vocal and
instrumental music, as well as by the distant thunder
of artillery and the pealing of tells, their Majesties
descended from the throne, and were conducted to St.
Andrew's Hall. In the throne•room the Czar finally
placed the crown, sceptre, and orb in the hands of
the proper functionaries, and their Imperial Majesties
withdrew to their private apartments. The corona.
tion of Alexander Alexandreivich, Czar of All the
Russias, and of Marie Feodorovna, his august Consort,
had been completed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

DUDLEY.

DAMAGING TREES IN SALTWELLS WOOD.— At
Dudley Pollee Court, on Monday, C. Cochrane,
Esq , sitting as a magistra'e for the county of
Jame Cutler, of Quarry Bank, was tined
ss. and critered to pay is. damage and costs, amount-
ing Lo us,, for damaging a nut tree, on the 21st
ultimo, in Saltwells Wood, belonging to Lord Dud-
ley, Benjamin Penn, George nooton, and George
Truster, youths, also of Quarry Bank, were each
fin- d 2s. Gd. and costs, and ordered to pay is dam-
age and the costs, with the alternative of 14 days'
hard labour, for damaging a nut tre and an oak
tree in the same wood and on the same date.
CLAIM AGAINST THE DRAINAGE CONTRACTOR.—
On Thursday afternoon an action was tried at the
County Court, before Mr. Amphlett, Deputy Judge;
in which Ur. J. E. Whitmore, cab proprietor,
sought to recoNer from Mr, John Jeavons, contrac-
tor, the sum of £l2, damage done to a horse by
reason of negligence in leaving the road in Old Mill
Street in an unsafe state after putting in,the drain-
age pipes. Mr. S'lakespeare appeared for the plain•
tiff, arid Mr. Hugo Young (instruc'ed by Messrs.
Warmington and Thompson) for the def.ndant
Mr. Shakespeare said the accident took plac in
October, 1881, when one of plaintiff's cab d ivers
was in charge of a horse and vehicle. Br the injury
to the horse it had been deteriorated £2O in value
and the keep which the animal was receiving, with
veterinary surgeon's fees, made up the amount of
claim —Evidence in support of tee statement hav-
ing been given, it was contended, on behalf of the
defendant, that he was not guilty of negligence,
and that the road was broken up by the bursting
of a water pipe, which was not his fault.—His
Honour held that there Ism negli2ence, bat found
tiat the horse had only deteriorated to the extent
of lOs. He should reduce the claim, too, for keeps
and his verdict would be for £lB 12s. 6d for plain-
tiff, with crsts on the higher I.cale.—Nolice ri
appeal was given.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE ILLUMINATIONS.

The Times' Correspondent says :—Without a pen of
fire, dipped in rainbow colours, it would be impossible
to give you an idea of the appearance of Moscow, as
illuminated in honour of the coronation of the Czar.
Moscow is again burning—that is the only expression
for it—every private house, every public building, looks
like a frame of rainbow fireworks. Never was any-
thing of the kind 90 complete, so fairylike. Viewed
from the walls of the Kremlin, the aspect of the city
is grand ; and viewed from the city, the Kremlin
itself looks more than magnificent, with its towers,
and domes, and steeples standing out not like structures
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

DEATH OF ABD-EL-KADER.

The Damacus Correspondent of the Standard, writ-
ing on Saturday, says :—One of the most picturesque
and chivalrous figures of modern history has passed
away. The Emir Abd•el•Kader died yestexday morn-
ing after a long and painful illness, endured with
unvarying fortitude.
The funeral took place the same afternoon, and was
celebrated with unparalleled pomp, amidst an innumer-
able concourse of sorrowing spectators. After prayers
at the Grand Mosque, a procession was formed. It
numbered several thousands, and included Mussul-
mans, Christians, Ulemos, Dervishes, the civil and
military dignitaries, Foreign Consuls and Notables,
Freemasons, and the representatives of every guild in
the community. The most touching feature was hun-
dreds of blind men and poor who had been recipients
of the Emir's generous charities. These all accom-
panied the body to its final resting•place in the Mosque
of Sanahieh, where, by the speigal favour of the
Sultan, it was laid alongside the sacred tomb of
Muhieddim.

It was a solemn spectacle when the last remains of
the hero of many battles, who was better known at
Damascus by his charity and personal virtues than by
the courage displayed during the fearful days of 1860,
were being lowered into the grave. The assembled
multitude rent the air with lamentations, and lifted
their hands towards Heaven, thereby assisting,
according to the Mussulman idea, the flight of the
departed soul to Paradise.

The death of Abd-el-Kader has removed one of the
most remarkable men of his day (says the Evening
Standard). For some fifteen years he with the Arab
horsemen of the desert, defended his native country
against the French, who were obliged to exert
their power to the utmost to maintain themselves
against their gallant but undisciplined foes. The
military genius displayed by this Algerian
chieftian was so great that it elicited the admira-
tion of the greatest military authorities, .including
the Duke of Wellington. When, after costing
France an immense expenditure of money and life.
Abd-el-Kader found that further resistance was
hopeless, and would only entail loss and suffering upon
his fellow countrymen, he surrendered to the enemy.
After five years' imprisonment in France, he con-
sented to swear homage to Napoleon 111., and to
become a pensioner of the French Government, re-
ceiving an allowance of four thousand pounds a year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

MEETING OF THE CONSERVATIVE
PARTY.

On Tuesday a meeting of the Conservative members
of the House of Commons was held at the Carlton
Club to consider the action to be taken by the party
with regard to various matters now before Parliament.
Sir S. Northcote, supported by the leading members
of the party in the lower House, was present.
After about half an hour's discussion, it was decided
to support the Tenants Compensation Bill, and to re-
sist the amendments to be proposed by the Farmers'
Alliance. It was also resolved to press the Govern-
ment for a day for a discussion of South African
affairs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

A SECOND SUEZ CANAL.

At a meeting of the Balloon Society held in London
at the Royal Aquarium, Captain Bedford Pim in the
chair, a paper was read by Mr. A. F. Brady, C.E.,
on the necessity for a second Suez Canal, in the course
of which he said that everything pointed to the fact
another canal was urgently needed more suitable to
the requirements of the age. A second canal should
be constructed in the interests of this country free
from the domination of what he would call, without
any invidious feeling, a hostile power.
A resolution was carried affirming that a larger
canal should be formed in the interests of Great
Britain, constructed by British capital, and under
the protectorate and guarantee of the British Go-
vernment.

The chairman expressed his entire concurrence with
the resolution, and his conviction that a new canal
would be both of political and commercial advantage
to this country,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

The Paris Correspondent of The Times gives the
following particulars respecting the deceased com-
mander :

Captain Riviere had asked to be charged with the
expedition. He had been ten years a naval captain.
He knew that to attain the grade of rear-admiral,
which was naturally his aim, he would have to go through
a naval campaign and have a command. On arriving
he found two ways open to him, either to put himself
on the defensive or to take the offensive, and by a
striking feat of arms accelerate the resolutions of
the Government and Parliament. Without precise
instructions on the subject, he chose the second alter-
native. He was not only a distinguished naval officer,
he was also a very elegant writer, a charming novelist,
and an observant traveller. He bad spent half his
Me at sea and the other half in Paris, which he loved
above everything. He was both a brave sailor and a
brilliant man of the world. When he started last
time he reckoned on soon returning with the rank of
rear-admiral, when he intended to make a long stay
and devote himself to his friends and to his literary
work.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND.

The Royal train in which the Queen, accompanied
by the Princess Beatrice and the Princess Elizabeth of
Hesse, travelled from Windsor to Balmoral, arrived at
Ferryhill Junction, Aberdeen, shortly after one
o'clock on Saturday afternoon. The Royal train re-
mained at the station for only a few minutes, while
the engines of the Great North of Scotland Company
were substituted for those of the Caledonian Com-
pany. At Ballater a guard of honour composed of a
detachment of the 93rd (Su'zherland and Argyll) High-
and ers was in readiness to receive her Majesty.
Her Majesty, though somewhat fatigued on arrival,
bore the journey well.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

SUICIDES IN FRANCE.

&suicidal epidemic has made its appearance in the
arrondissement of Perigueux ; no fewer than thirty-
three suicides having taken place since the Ist of
January in a population of about 116,000. This gives
the extraordinarily high annual rate of over 730 per
million inhabitants, or more than four-and-a-half times
the average rate for four years throughout all France.
Of these thirty-three suicides, eighteen were by hang-
ing, eight by drowning, and seven with firearms. It
is found that eighteen out of every hundred French
men and women who take away their own lives do so
because of physical suffering. And it would seem that
the women bear pain better than the men, for the
proportion of such suicides are twenty-five men to
seven women.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE FRENCH IN TONQUIN.

Despatches have been received in Paris from Cochin
China, reporting that the commander of the French
expedition to Tonquin, Captain Riv Are, had been
killed while returning to Hanoi from a reconnaissance.
The second in ccmmand was mortally wounded,
twenty•six of the French were killed, and fifty-one
wounded. The French troops subsequently reoccupied
their positions.

In the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday the
Minister of Marine announced that the Government
had that morning received a telegram from Admiral
Meyer, commander of the Naval Division in the
Chinese seas, and dated Saigon, Friday, five o'clock,
stating that Commander Riviexe and 14 men
had been killed, and 22 men wounded, in a sortie
from Hanoi, and that he, the Admiral, was start-
ing for Hai Phong, to command the reinforcements
and organize the defence. The Minister stated that
a week ago he had been informed that M. Riviere
contemplated this sortie, and had asked Admiral
Meyer for the assistance of landing parties, as he had
only 400 men with him. He, the Minister, had at
once given orders for the transports to start, without
awaiting the final vote of the credits. He had ordered
General Bouet, of the Marines, maitary commandant
of Cochin China, to Tonquin to take command'ther,3,
and he had instructed M. Thomson to send 450 men,
who would be replaced on the 20th proximo by 450
men sent out in the transport Bien Hoa. The credit
was then adopted unanimously.
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THE LUTHER FESTIVAL.

A Berlin telegram says :—ln a decree issued under
date May 21, to the Minister of Public Worship and
the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Church, the
Emperor directs that the 400th anniversary of Martin
Luther's birth shall be solemnly observed by the
holding of a Church Festival on Nov. 10 and 11 next
in all Evangelical churches and schools.
The decree concludes with the following words :
" I pray to God that He may listen to the supplica-
tions in which I and all the members of the Evan-
gelical Church shall unite on the days of the festival,
in order that the celebration may be productive of
lasting blessing to our beloved Evangelical Church."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE
CORONATION OF THE CZAR.

The Coronation of Alexander 111., who succeeded
Ma father more than two years ago on the Throne of
All the Russias, took place in Moscow on Sunday,
when the neighbourhood of the Kremlin presented an
animated scene from an early hour, large crowds of
persons filling every available spot from which a sight
of the procession could be obtained. The seen which
was one of extraordinary impressivzness and brilliancy,
has been graphically described by the Special Corres.
pcndents of the London daily papers, from whose
columns we extract the following particulars :
THE SCENE IN THE STREETS.
The Special Correspondent of the Daily News says:
At six a.m. the ladies who had found places in the
tribunes were already beginning to assemble. At seven
the soldiers were all in line along the raised causeway,
covered with scarlet cloth, which leads from the
chnrch in front of the stands, by that time crowded
with well-dressed people. The square lying between
the Palace and the churches was growing black with
crowding citizens.
On the terrace overlooking the river Moskwa is .a
park of 21 guns, pointing their muzzles to the
south. Detachments of various regiments stand to
their arms beneath the galleries from which we
look. There are Hussars in scarlet and white
dolmans, Lancers in ultra-marine blue and silver,
Cossacks in yellow, magenta, brown and red.
Standards of white and black, green and white, or
red and gold, rise with the eagles of the Chevalier
Guards in relief from the lines of bayonets. The
curious-fashioned headgears of the Grenadiers
dates from Catherine the Great. The men are re-
splendent with gold lace and plumes, ribbons, orders,
crosses, and cuirasses. Between the crowd and
the scarlet path are two ranks of troops, two
rows of police, and two lines of special constables.
Then a close-packed crowd of Russians who, when
they uncover their heads, as they do whenever the
bells ring out, look like a field of clover as
far as the eye can reach. The few white and red
handkerchiefs of the women form the daisies and
poppies in the field, while every now and then a
shower of rain sends up in an instant toadstool um-
brellas, which make those without them groan with
disgust. Here and there some Asiatics who have been
left out of the tribunes make their way to the front to
show their rich costumes.

Every coign and every window, every lamp has
some one banging, climbing, or clinging to it. There
must be 50,000 people within sight.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

AN AMERICAN EXHIBITION OF
RAILWAY APPLIANCES.

The National Exhibition of Railway Appliances has
just been opened in Chicago. Speeches were made by
Mayor Harriion and Mr. Elihu B. Washburne, ex-
Minister to France. Horatio Allen, and Joseph
Whitehead, who was a fireman on the first locomotive
run in England, were presented to the audience, and
delivered short addressee. The ceremonies were
closed with the performance of "God Save the Queen"
by the band.
The largest engine exhibited was one made in
Patterson, New Jersey, for the Southern Pacific
Railroad. It weighs 65 tons, and is 60 feet long, has
eight wheels, a driver, and ttvo sets of cylinders,
steamchests, &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

ACTION FOR INJURY TO A CHILD.

In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of
Justice the case of "Talbert v. the North Metropolitan
Tramways Company" has been heard. This was an action
to recover compensation for very serious personal in-
juries suffered on the 4th of November last. A boy
between 13 and 14 wae pushing a perambulator across
the East India-road, and in the perambulator was a
baby three months old and a little girl three years
of age, and beside it there was another child eight
years old. The wheel skidded upon a rail, and the
girl fell out. The boy seeing a tramcar coming,
pushed the perambulator across the rails, and turning,
dragged the child that had fallen, but he could not
pull her clear, for the wheel of the car went over her
left leg and cut off her foot. The defence was that
the driver did his beet to pull up in time.

The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for MO,
ansi expressed a hope that it would be settled upon the
child. is lordship said that he should be glad to
facilitata such an arrangement,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

and lock manufacturers, bicycle and tricycle makers,
and builders, are busy; but boot and shoe makers End
tailors are slack.

TRAGIC OCCURRENCE AT PRESTON.

Late on Sunday night a solicitor's clerk, named
James Brocklehurst Proctor, left Preston, and pro-
ceeded to Fulwood Park, a suburb of the town, where
he met a domestic servant named Mary Yates, aged
nineteen, to whom he was engaged. They had a
walk through the fields, returning to Fulwood at
nine, when at a small cross road they were seen
to be having words. Miss Yates broke away
from him twice, and he then placed a five.
barrelled revolver to her right temple and shot her.
She fell, and he immediately placed the weapon to his
own head and fired, the bullet pasting through his
skull and the hat he was wearing. He fell dead In
the hedge, where he was found by some persons who
had rushed out of their dwellings on hearing the
reports.

The girl was bleeding and insensible, and was carried
in a sheet to the Workhouse Hospital, where she was
attended by a surgeon, but she died at one o'clock on
Monday morning, never having recovered conecious•
nese.

On Tuesday an inquest was held on the bodies of
the deceased. The two had kept company for almost
three years, and it was supposed that, as Proctor was
not in a position to marry her, the girl wished to break
off the engagement. A boy deposed to being near the
couple at the time of the murder. He saw Proctor
go to the girl, look at her, and then, turning his face
to the hedge, shoot himself dead.—The jury found
that Mary Yates had been wilfully murdered by
Pr, )ctor, and in the other case returned a verdict of
fel° de se.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, May 28, the Municipal Cor-
porations (Unreformed) Bill was read a second time, and
the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill a third time and
passed.

Several Bills having been advanced a stage, their lordships
adjourned at five minutes to five o'clock.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, there were questions on
the paper, and "question time" was prolonged until close
Upon seven o'clock. .

THE COAL AND WINE DUES.

In answering questions from Lord G. Hamilton and others
as to the renewal of the coal and wine duties, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer said that, even if they should be renewed
in a restricted form, as to which the Government had grave
doubts, it could only follow a decision by Parliament to
allow the construction, by the local authority of the
metropolis, of some very costly communication between the
districts north and south of the Thames below London-
bridge. The question of area would have to be considered,
and the parties interested would be heard.
Mr. Ritchie gave notice of his intention to call attention
on an early day to the importance of giving facilities for
creating this communication.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-02

THE LABOUR MARKET.

Reports from the various manufacturing centres
during the past week show that in almost every
department business has been very quiet. The cotton
market is fairly steady, but producers are less con.
fident and are willing to take new orders at the old
prices. Manufacturers are seriously meditating a
reduction of wages, asserting that profits are so small
that business cannot be carried on at the present rate
of wages. For woollen cloths the demand is dull,
and the mills are not running full time. In the linen
brai.ct,t-A there is a 'lore hopeful feeling, yarns in
p%rticular being inquired after. The jute and flax
markets are fairly brisk, but the lace trade is
quiet, although there is a good business being done
in eurtaice. In some of the coal mining districts the
pits are only working four days a week. Orders come
in slowly, but prices are steady. Prices for iron are
unchanged, and there is a disposition on the part of
manufacturers to do less work rather than sell at
lower rates. Finished ironmakers are kept going, but
orders are difficult to obtain, and the blowing out of
furnaces in some districts is contemplated. The ship.
building and marine engine yards are most actively
employed, with every prospect of a continuance. Nail