The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-09 00:00:00

STOURBR 1110-E OBSERVER

slightest danger to the daintiest boot or annoyance of
any kind; and certainly those ladies who will visit
the Agricultural Hs.l will have nothing to complain of
upon thickhead. 'The arranwements made by the com-
mittee appear even nore perfect than usual."

Although the Priace of Wales is this year in Eng-
land, it.wa3 scarcely anticipated that he would visit
the Show, but much to the gratification of the Presi-
dent (Lord Cheshan) and the Council, Mr. Sidney,
the secretary and manager, rectived on Saturday a tele.
gram announcing that the Prince would pay a visit to
the Show on Monday. Immediately on the conclusion
of the judging, the doors were thrown open to the
public, the entry having been previously restricted to
the members of the Smithfield Club and of the Press;
and the area of the Hall rapidly began the
faster, no doubt, in anticipation of the announced visit
of his Royal Highnesa the Prince of Wales. His
Royal Highness arrived about half-past three, attended
by Major Russell, and was received by Lord C'nesham,
the President. and a number of members of the Smith-
field Club. He was smost enthusiastically received
when, he enteied the Hall, and the cheering was re-
newed over and over again as his Rapti Highness
moved from place to place in the prosecution of his close
inspection of the stook, which lasted a considerable
time. A large crowd had gathered outside by the time
that the Prince left the showy ard, and he was warmly
cheered as he drove snaps, '
•
The Globe, reinarlaing upon thiSdlsplay of Machinery,
says that "it always forms an important feature
at the annual show of W 3 Smithfield Club, and this year
the mechanical branch is an unusually good one. Tbere
is the usual display of traction engines, steam ploughs,
harrows, drills, root shears, threshing machines, &c., but
the latest development in this direction is a machine fon
sheep-shearing. The animal is laid upsn its Bide, and
'44k feet are securely held by clips, which prevent;
motion without galling the legs. Tee, head
held down by a light strap. The animal. bah* fhtie
kept perfectly quiet and motionless, We" Opetatilka,
of shearing begins. This is effected hy Team eikalyisle
or scissors similar to those used in horse-chainig, sine.
they are worked by an indiarubber band the similar'
way to a steam hair.lornsh. One man can hold the
shears, which can be worked either by hand or steam
power, but two men, one at each end of the animal,
can of course get the fleece off 0 half the time that
would be taken by one man, closer than it can be shorn
by an ordinary pair of hand shears, and with almost
-efect immunity from danger to the sheep. When
one side has been finished the animal is turned over on
ite shorn side without 'releasing its feet from the
blocks. The inventor reckons that one lll9chine
worked by two men can shear 160 sheep in a day of ten
hours, or 16 sheep in an hour, and that this can be
done without pain or danger to the animal, and with-
out skilled labour. Assuming that the machine does
all that is expected, it is evident it would be in-
valuable on the large colonial sheep runs, where
labour is as scarce as the demand for it is
great. Ano-ther novelty is a machine from Chicago
which cuts, gathers, and binds the corn into sheaves;
while in the gallery is shown a harvesting machine
which, by an ingenious arrangement of spikes on a very
broad revolving canvas sheet, turns over or 'makes'
the hay and throws it up into a waggon, so that, by
the rapidity of the operation, a crop may often be
saved if bad weather is expected.
"The bazaar contains labour-paving:machinery of
another sort. There is among the Votilties a handy
little washing machine, which can be plaoed in an
ordinary tub, and which, worked by a handle, forces
the clothes between two serrated wooden rollers, not
unlike large goffering cylinders, and works out the
dirt with a minimum of bodily exertion. Among
other trifles is shown a pencil. which, used
dry, produces an ordinary black mark, written with on
wet paper produces an indelible ink, and if written dry
and covered with a piece of damp tissue, will give a
second impression on the tissue in the same manner as
a copying press will duplicate a letter."

ANOTHER CLERGYMAN INHIBITED,
On Saturday, at the Court of Arches, before Lord
Penzance, Mr. B. Shaw said a summons had been
issued against the Rev. A. Tooth, of Hatcham, for not
having obeyed the monition of the court ihsued in July.
Mr. Tooth, was called, and half a hour was allowed to
elapse to give him an opportunity to put in an appear-
ance. As he did not appear, Mr. Shaw proved the
personal service of the monition upon Mr. Tooth,
and read affidavits showing that the ritualistic prac-
tices %omplained of had been continued up to last
Sunday
'1 he judge said it was clear that Mr. Tooth had set
at defiance the order of the court, and paid no attention
to the admonition. The present application was for
an inhibition in respect to practices which had been
finally settled to be contrary to the ritual of the
Church,.anduot in respect to any point that was under
appeal. There was no reason why the hand of the
court should be stayed, and Mr. Tooth would, there-
fore, be suspended from the performance of divine
service in his church for three months, the inhibition
to contlnue,thereafter unless under his hand the re-
spondent intimated his readiness to conform to the
Order O!the court.
' There was a large attendance at St. James's Church,
Hatcham, on Sunday, as it was supposed that an
inhibition would have been served upon the Rev.
Arthur Tooth, the vicar, who was suspended by Lord
Peuzance on Saturday for neglecting to obey a moni-
tion of the Arches Court. The rev, gentleman, how-
emer,i appeared 'is usuaL with his nitrates, and the
seivldes 'were noiducted- iii ' the -usual manner. Mr.
Tooth preached frpri?, the
_text, "My kingdom is not of
this world. If 'lO kingcroth, were of this world, then
wevid _my servaids: fight." He said that he and his
friends, held it to be their privilege and their joy
to ; acknowledge,Ahe
_)alPv of their King Jesus,
aid, IleFpite Nets 6 f Parlament and secular powers,
rthey were determined at ipiaY And every cost to main-
' theii right to Oberthelaw of their King. It was
liouneed that a meeting of the parishioners would
be held durint, the week to consider the steps to be
/talked chnsequent upon the suspension of the vicar.
--rk -'-'declaration' signed by Mr. Tooth was distri-
buted among the congregalion as they left the church,
in which he entered his solemn protest against the
exercise of secular authority in matters spiritual.
THE RUSSIAN FLEET,

Ms. E. J. Reed, M.P., in a letter to The Times,
says the ironclad navy of Russia consists first of three
floating batteries of about 3,300 tons displacement,
carrying 4h and in one case 6-inch armour, with no
gun larger than one of 9i tons, and with a speed
below 10 knots. Next there are 10 small American-
type monitors of from 1,400 to 1,600 tons displacement,
carrying 5 inch armour and two 15i ton guns, at a
speed of 7 to 8 knots; also three similar vessels slightly
larger, but no stronger, except in carrying two turrets in-
stead of one. Next come four vessels which were built in
the days when many persons believed in riggea iron-
clads with low freeboard, and which would have-
ohm ed the fate of the Captain had they ever been sent
to sea. They are vessels of about 3,600 tons displace.
ment, carrying comparatively thin armour (5i and 6
inches), with guns in some cases of 27 tons weight, and
steaming at 10i to 11 knots. The capsizing of the
Captain doomed these four vessels to harbour service.
, Then follow two wooden armour-plated frigates of
large size and fair speed, but carrying very weak armour
and comparatively light guns. A third frigate, built of
iron, but somewhat smaller, and in no sense stronger,
may be classed with these. This last vessel, the
Prince Pojarsky, is the only, or almost the only, iron-
clad that Ruesia was able to send to Besika Bay when
the British fleet had assembled there. All ,the above
nose's, with the last-named exception, are in the
Patti; and will probably remain there for ever; for
I although many of them would, no doubt, be more or
less valuable for, defensive purposes, they cannot be
considered fit for operating at any great distance from
Cronstadt. There remain of Russian iron-elads but
six, among which are the Peter the Great and the two
circular ironrolads.'