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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE LATE MR. THOMAS LONGMAN.
The Athenceum, in a biographical notice of the late Mr.
Thomas Longman, whose death at the age of seventy-five
was mentioned a few days ago, says :

He was the eldest and last surviving son of Thomas
Norton Longman. Educated at Glasgow University,
he early began his career in Paternoster-row, be-
coming a partner in 1832. The name of all others that
is connected with Mr. Longman is that of Macaulay.
Few thoughts were pleasanter to him than to look
back on his dealings with the celebrated historian,
and he always spoke of their business trans-
actions together (as well he might) with pride.
Mr. Longman was also closely connected in
business with Tom Moore, Sydney Smith, Come-
well Lewis, Empson, Napier, and many other
distinguished men of letters who are now no
mole, not to mention those whom he has left behind.
He had the power of securing the personal confidence
and even the affection of all with whom he was
associated. He had a strong sense of honour, and his
views and opinions were stamped with that gentleman-
like, high-minded feeling which was the prominent
feature of his character. The great event of his lie
was the completion of his illustrated edition of the
New Testament,which stands by itself as a specimen of
illustration on wood. It was the hobby of his life.
His great love of art and the artistic feeling with
which he was endowed were strongly developed in the
production of his great work. No time, labour' or
expense was spared to make it successful. His
object was to produce in black and white the
effect produced in colour in the old illuminated MSS.
The earliest title-page that bears the name of Long-
man (so far as Mr. C. J. Longman is aware) is that of
"The Countess of Moreton's Daily Exercise; or, a
Book of Prayers and Rules. The date is 1665. The
copy in Mr. C. J. Longman's possession is one of an
edition reprinted in 1848 for private circulation at the
desire of Anne Isabella, Viscountess Hawarden, then
in her ninetieth year. Besides the name of T. Long-
man there is in the title-page the name of T. Osborn,
who was doubtless one of the family with whom the
Longmans married, and one of whom was in partner-
ship with them when they moved to the "Sign of the
Ship," in Paternoster-row, in 1726. Between the
date of this book and 1726 the traces of the Longman
family as publishers are scanty, but after the latter
date the various generations succeed each other
regularly,

COUNTRY TALK ."
By THE CARD."—" Here's a
tolerablish chaainge o' weather fur the better," said
Corydon, 'come at 1240,i2 No,t,y7i'istanduni the wet
zummer, I expects we be gwiun to ha Uniraiit like a
bit of a harvust aater all."—"Doan't thee holler,"
answered Thyrsiq, "afoor thee bist out o' the 'ood."—
" Or.t of the 'ond, doat thee say ?" retorted the other
husbandman. "Naa, mate, Thee mane'st out o' the
waater,"--Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

A "BIG DANCE."

The British and African Steam Navigation Com-
pany's Royal Mail steamer, Kinsembo has arrived from
the West Coast of Africa, bringing news that the two
thrones of Old and New Calabar were still vacant when
the Kinsembo was at those places. At Old Calabar a" big
dance" was in progress in memory of the deceased ruler,
King Archibong, the constant firing of guns being part
of the proceedings. At New Calabar the dissensions
amongst the natives relative to the appointment of the
new King had subsided, a general "palaver " upon
the matter having been decided upon. At this muster
it was expected that Consul Hopkins would be present
an 1 take the leading part, the duty of crowning the
new monarch being likely to be entrusted to him as
it was in the ease of King Archibong who, it
may be mentioned, was an old man at the time of his
appointment, and, being blind, had to be led by attend-
ants on and off the platform on which the ceremony
took place.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

SALMON IN NEW ZEALAND.

The Times has publishol the following letter :

Sir,—The following extract from the Mika Maori
of July 5 a newspaper published in Maori and Eng.
lish at Napier, Hawke Bay, Will be of interest to
pisciculturists. A number of salmon were introduced
and liberated in the upper waters of the Ngaruroro,
Mohaka, and other rivers in Hawke Bay about three
years ago :
"The natives at the Wairoa have caught a large
fish of a kind quite unknown to them. It is described
as being 2ft. in length, and the flesh red when cooked.
Natives who catch such fish would confer a benefit
on the colony by immediately letting_them go again."
—I AM, Sir, your obedient servant, HAMLETT LORD.
9eptember 3.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

CRADLEY HEATH.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—Mr. E. Hooper, Coroner, held
an inquest at the Beehive Inn, Cradley Heath, on
Wednesday, on the body of the man found dead on
the Great Western Railway on Sunday last. Samuel
Draper, of Dudley. identified the body as that of his
son, Henry Benjamin Draper (26), hames filer,
Oakey-well Street, Dudley. A verdict of ''Acciden-
tal death" was returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

HALESOWEN.

ASSAULT CASE.—At the P.,lice Gaut, held on
Tuesday last, before Messrs, F. L. Smith, E. Phillips,
and JlGibbous, John Shelton and Rebecca Sla,-,•'v on
were charged with assaulting Thomas Rudge on the
30th ult. Mr. W. S. Hayes appeared for complain-
ant, who said he lived in Bromsgrove Street, - and
near the defendants Ab ,ut six o'clock at nigt:t the
male defendant was the worse for beer and began to
use bad language to him Told him to go in o the
house, when he followed him into the brewhuuse and
struck him and knocked him down and while down,
the fem,le defenlant caught hold of a bowl and
struck him on the head, inflicting a severe wound,
and had to go to a surgeon. Elizabeth Rudge gave
corroborative evidence. The defence was that they
had some words about a brewhouse, which ended in
a regular fight, and called T. Bullas, w]lo said they
were fighting, and that he parted them. John
Shelton was fined is and the costs. The case
against the wife was dismissed.
DRUNK AND DISORDEIZLY.—James Hackett and
Benjamin Brettle were charged with being drunk
and disorderly, on the morni-tg of the 3-Ist tilt,
Police. constable Webb said there was a great row
in Love Lane. He ordered them away, and the
went. In a short time after he heard cries of !
"Murder," went in the direction, and found the
defendan s fighting. They were stripped. Police
Sergeant Raybould gave corroborative evidence.
Fined 2s 6d each and costs.—Joseph Webster was
charged with a similar offence in Birmingham
Street, on the night of the 81st ult. Police-con-
stible Webb and Police-sergeant Raybould proved
the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.—Reuben Waldron
was charged with being drunk and disorderly on
the night of the 30th ult. Police-constable Parkes
said he saw the defendant at Spring Hill. He was
very drunk and wanted to fight any one. Fined is
and co-sta.—Charles Hackett, alias Dobbs, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly on the
sth inst. Police-sergeant Raybould said he saw
the defendant very drunk in Rockingham Street.
: Defendant said he was very sorry. Fined 2s 6d
and costs.

DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.— Charles Real was
charged with being drunk and incapable on the Bth
inst. Police-constable Parkes proved the case, and
said he found the defendant lying down in the road.
Fined is and costs; in default 7 days.
CHARGE OF STEALING A PONY.—Charles Cooke,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

WONDERFUL ALTERATION.

From the City, and in attendance at the Conference
undermentioned, The TiMa correspondent reports
that—

"The quaint and quiet old city of Basle is very
lively to-day. The Evangelical Alliance is holding its
seventh conference here."

This is remarkable. Times are changed. Now an
Evangelical Assembly imparts liveliness to the place it
is held in; whereas in other days it would rather have
rendered it "serious."—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

A BEE FARM.

Near the village of Beeton, county of South Simcoe,
Ontario, Canada, there is a bee farm which is probably
one of the most extensive and successful things
of the kind in the world. It consists of four bee-yards
situate at the angles of a square which embraces
several square miles of country. The current year,
so far, has proved favourable for honey. Mr. D. A.
Jones, the owner of the bee farm, had at the end of
July already secured 50,000113. of honey from 620 stocks
of bees. The Canada Farmer asserts that this state-
ment is an absolute fact. Each yard covers about an
acre of ground, carefully enclosed, and contains, besides
the hives and summer store rooms, a house for wintering
the bees. The hives used are oblong, pine-wood boxes,
with a cubic capacity of 3,2401 n., the inside measure
being 15 by 18 by 12, Mr. Jones's four bee-yards contain
250, 150, 150, and 70 of such hives respectively, and
he reckons 30,000 bees a good swarm for one of them.
He expects a total yield for the year of 70,0001 b. of
honey from his 19,000,000 little workers, in which case
he would not between 7,0001015., and 10,000, dols. for
the year's product, without taking into account the
sale of swarms or of queen bees, This successful
apiarist estimates the year's total outlay at 2,100,d015.,
nearly half of which, however, is interest on capital
which has grown up with the business,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE VICTORIA CROSS.
The London Gazette of Tuesday, September 9, contains

the following :

"War Office, Aug. 23.

. _
"The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify
her intention to confer the decontion of the Victoria
Cross upon the undermentioned Officer of Her Majesty's
Army, whose claim has been submitted for Her Ma-
jesty's approval, for an act of bravery performed by
him during the war against the Zulus, as recorded
against his name :

"Captain Lord William Beresford, 9th Lancers,
for gallant conduct in having at great personal risk,
during the retirement of the reconnoitring party across
the White Umvolosi river on the 3rd of July last,
turned to assist Sergeant Fitzmaurice, Ist Battalion
24th Foot (whose horse had fallen with him), mounted
him behind him on his horse, and brought him away
in safety under the close fire of the Zulus, who were
in great force and coming on quickly.
" Lord William Beresford's position was rendered
most dangerous from the fast that Sergeant Fitz-
maurice twice nearly pulled him from his horse."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

An advertisement in an American paper runs as
follows :—" Stolen, a watch, worth a hundred dollars. If
the thief will return it, he shall be informed where be may
steal one worth two of it, and no questions asked."

A huge Yankee in England being profusely thanked
for having rescued a lady from the attack ef a ferocious dog,
which he seized by the throat aud throttled, raid—" Of
course I was glad to help the gel; but what I wanted most
was to give that condemned English cur some adequate
notion of the American eagle,"

In Austin almost everything is plastend over with
big patent-medicine advertisements. In the court-yard of
a hotel there is a big cistern, and on it is an advertisement
in letters a foot and a half long: "Smith's Diseased Liver
Remedy." A stranger from the North saw the hotel clerk
draw a bucket of water from the cistern on which the above
sign was plastered, and then he said, as though to himself:
"I've heard it was sickly in Austin, but I never expected to
see-people draw off their medicine by the bucketful."
About ten o'clock one morning two men met and
began threatening and calling each other names. The
quarrel raged high, and at last the two were about to
grapple, when a woman opened the door and said, "Gentle-
men, are you about to fight?" "We are I" they answered
together. "Then have the kindness to watt a moment," she
continued. "My husband has been sick for weeks and
weeks, and is now just able to sit up. He is very down-
hearted this morning, and if you'll only wait till I can draw
him up to the window, I know he'll be very grateful to both of
you." She disappeared in the house, and after one look into
each other's faces, the men sniffed, shook hands, and de-
parted together.
All of one long, happy hour, mamma had been
reading to the little ones, bunday afternoon, and talking
to them about heaven and the angels, and showing them
pictures of angels with their snowy wings. Suddenly Jack
shouted, "Mother I When I'm an angel, I want to be a
Shanghai--" Shocked silence on the part of the family
circle, followed by the explanatory clause by Jack.
"Feathers on my legs, you know?' Mother dismissed the
little congregation without the usual benediction.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

HOSPITAL SATURDAY IN LONDON.

Saturday having been appointed for the annual col-
lection amongst employes of firms and in the streets in
aid of the various metropolitan hospitals, infirmaries,
and dispensaries, the usual signs in connection with
that event were conspicuous from an early hour. Even
between four and five o'clock the first detachment of
collectors started upon their good errand in Billings-
gate, Covent-garden, and the Metropolitan Meat
Market, in the latter of which five gentlemen and
one lady presided over the collecting boxes. The
general commencement, however, was between eight
and nine, at the latter of which hours every "suit-
able position from Kensington to Bow and from
Hornsey to Peckham, where there was any likeli-
hood of catching the eye and tapping the pocket of
the pedestrian, was occupied with a table holding a
box labelled "Hospital Saturday Fund," and bearing
the appropriate legend, "It is a duty to give." In
nearly every case charge was taken, as usual, by,
ladies, whose gracious pleading it must require con-
siderable hard-heartedness to refuse. The number of
boxes actually in use was 280. Facilities had been
given by the railway authorites for the accommoda-
tion of collectors at the various London stations,
and many of the leading firms had also approved
of tables being placed at their doors, them-
selves finding accommodation for the young
ladies who had charge of the boxes. Besides the
collection boxes, the committee had issued no fewer
than 30,000 forms to various large firms, railway com-
panies, docks, police, workmen's clubs, friendly
societies, vestries, board schools, the Post Office, In-
land Revenue Department, and the Royal Mint, at
which arrangements were made for subscriptions. In
the evening collectors were pasted with boxes at the
metropolitan theatres, music halls, and other places
of amusement, the consent of the proprietors, and
their co-operation having in every case been cheerfully
given.

The Times of Wednesday says :—" The counting of
the 'street collection' of Saturday last was continued
on Monday night at the offices of the fund, and at a
very late hour was announced to be as follows :-259
boxes counted; contents £1,028 7s. 3d., the average
being within one half-penny of that of last year. But
as there were more boxes out than usual, the total
street collection' shows this year an advance of
£llO lls. 6d., or 11. per cent.—a result with which the
council are very well satisfied. There are still some
ten or eleven boxes to come in to the head office, and
all those issued by local committees, so that there is
every probability of a large increase.
"The ' street collections' during the last few years
have developed in a marked degree, having been as
follow :-1874, £258; 1875, £489; 1876, £825; 1877,
£777; 1878, £1,090."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE ZULU WAR.

The Union Steamship Company's Royal Mail
steamship Pretoria, from Cape Town, August 19,
arrived in Plymouth Sound.at six o'clock on Sunday
morning, having accomplished the whole passage in
the unprecedentediy short space of eighteen days
seven hours. On board the Pretoria was Colonel
Needham, formerly of the Grenadier Guards, who as a
volunteer, had been srving on Brigadier-General
Wood's staff. Colonel Needham was firm in his belief
that the war was over, and observed that, as the
British troops were within a few miles cf Cetywayo,
he had no doubt that by the next mail we should
hear of his capture.
Among the other passengers by the Pretoria was
Captain Clarke, of the 17th Lancsrs, who was thrown
from his horse and injured his leg early in the
campaign.
The Standard and Mail says: "A reliable corre-
sp:indent reports that it was confidently expected that
the terms demanded by Sir Garnet Wolseley for the
re-establishment of relations upon a peace footing
would be accepted. It is understood that the con-
ditions will provide for the parcelling of Zululand
under five different Indunas, each under or co-
operating with as many English residents. In effect,
this will, of course, be very little short of annexation;
and it is argued by a portion of the press here that it
would probably be better to declare an annexation at
once."
At Government House, Cape Town, the belief that
the war was concluded was prevalent among all
officials.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE REVIVAL OF TRADE.

The Daily Telcgraph, says :—" It is satisfactory to
see contimatton arriving aloaost daily of the favourable
opinions recently expressed as to a recovery in Eng-
lish trade responsive to trie undoubted revival of
American industries. Te'egraphic despatches f corn
the States mention that tbe foreign imports at New
York this year show a great increase over those of
1878, the chief gain being to British imports,
which increase each weak. Although no detailed
enumeration has yet been received, it is, of
course, known that most of the augmented
trade has been in iron and steel; and a
reference to our owr official returns, published
this morning, confirms this view, while showing what
descriptions of the metal have been most wanted on
the other side. The leally sudden demand has been
for pig, railroad, cast and wrought iron, old iron for
re-marrutacture, and in-plates. So far as it is has
yet gone the expansior of business is not very striking,
but iron furnishes an excellent basis from which to
start, and a beginnbig once made, we may hope
that the dreary uniformity of depression from
which English iniustries have been suffering
so long will now gradually disappear. It must
be borne in mird that the construction of
several thousand nore miles of railroad is to
130Mf.: of the newe States in the reat Republic
an absolute necessity to enable them to send their pro-
duce to market. liimigrants have gone in crowds to
open up the virgin soil of the West and North-West;
they have been tie pioneers of civilisation and cer-
tainly of that tart and crowning outcome of civilisa-
tion—railways; but, if their enterprise is to prove
lucrative, or e'en in a modified way a success,
they must hire means of cheap and rapid in-
tercourse with the markets and the communities
they left belind them. Capitalists and corpora-
tions in aburdance there are to make the iron
road which is to be the connecting link with
civilisation, int for the materials recourse must be
had to England, still the world's biggest forge, factory,
and workshy. The conjuncture is one which will
bring home to Ile minds of American farmers the
drawbacks of a protective tariff; and this is an inci-
dental frut of the newly opened enterprise for which
English manufacturers should be thankful, for it esta-
blishes a iommunity of interest between them and the
Americai consumer.

TEE KETCH-llP.—Pareon : "Well, Mrs. Fungus,
with emh weAther as we have had I fear the fruit and
the cops will not come out well this season."—Dilrs.
F.: No, sur, that may be, stir, but we ought to have
a ge)d full outcrop o' mushroomis."—Fun,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

QUOITS.

A. game at quoits was played between the Coombs
Wood and Hales Owen Clubs, on the ground of the
former, on Saturday last. .
--,`-a Coos Won. HALESOWEN.
WO7rall ll ) 01 (T. Tether 6 1 12
Spittle.
Mickley 2 1 6 I S. Tether 19 1 21
Bannister 6 f 1 Parrock
Hunter ..lO}2l ) Russell
Willis ll i Rose
Gadd lll 12{Paskins
Bullock lO j W Tether 1

CRICKET.
STOURBRIDGE V. SMETIIWICK —The return match
was played on the home ground on Saturday last,
and after an excellent and exciting game was won bY
the Smetlrsvick by 7 runs The home team were
well-represented, but the Smethwick hid tly,
assistance of C. Ford, (professional), and Mayor
of Birmingham. Stourbridge was the first to bat,
r u
nTsh. e lastTll e
only
and Messre+. W. Green, E. Otter, J. Ede and
C. Westwood were very unfortunate in batting,
the whole of them being out for 13 runs. Penn made
an excellent stand, played well for his 21. J-. W.
Parkes also played well for his 14, not out, making
wickets ran the score up from 4.5 to 70 when goud-
year was bowled for 9. 01 the side of Smethwick
o3c'ks'etrwpola2y'esd, amn'eall,onsceorisningg:
other who made double figures was F. Webb, 11,
three 3's,
the total being 77.
_.

STOURBRIDGE.

W. Green, c Webb, b Ford 0
E. Otter, b Ford 6
J. Edge, c Webb, b Ford,
C. Westwood, b Mayon.... 1
J. Penn, lb w, b Smith 2l
J. Lewis, c Webb, b Ford 7
C. Hicks, c Cox, b Ford 4
C. Davenport, c Ford, b Smith 0
A. Otter, b Ford 0
J. W. Parkes, not out l4
C. Goodyear, b Ford 9
Extras 4

Total 7O

SMETHWICK.

H. Docker, c Hicks, b Penn 1
Mayou, b Penn 6
Docker, c Goodyear, b Penn 27
Cox, b Penn, 6
Coldow, c and b Edge 4
Ford, b J. Penn 5
Webb, b J. Penn ll
Sayer, c sub., b Edge 3
Smith, b J. Penn 1
Harley, run out 3
E. Docker, not out 3

Extras 7

Total 77
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

ZULU PRISONERS IN MILITARY
HOSPITALS.

The Times of Tuesday published the following letter :

- Sir,—ln answer to a statement recently made as to
the non-reception of Zulu prisoners in hospitals, per-
mit me to Etate that as far as General Wood's column
is concerned wounded prisoners were frequently
patients in the Field Hospital, and at the Base Hos-
pital, Utrecht, a building hired by me, with General
Wood's sanction, for the treatment of natives was con-
stantly occupied by wounded Zulus and attended to by
our Staff. The prisoners themselves wondered at this
kindness and frequently told us that had our wounded
fallen into their hands they would have assegaied them
without mercy.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES MD. CAUFFE, Surgeon-Major,
Camp in Zululand, Aug. 7.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

J. F. GREEN,
piANOFORTE TUNER

MO, Castle Street, Dudley,
And 67, Park Street, Walsall.
His RBAT PLBASurs.E. IN PUBLISHING THE FOY...LOWY:N:3
TE6TIMONIALS,
tom Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
n3titution for tie Blind, St. John's Wood, London:—
I can contiJeutly recommend Mr. Green as a Piano.
..rte Tuner. He times by equal temperament, and ob-
sins AZ exlet seals. (Signed) C. POTTE U."
Fronk Mr. J. F. Pattbrsou, Organist, St. Patric Vt.
Church, Iliddersileld :—" I have much pleasnre in tol—
ti!yiing to the abilities of Mr. Gre&n as a Piutoforte
Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and pe rfe.c.
Wis. (Signed) 38.1.1 ES F. PATTABAO3I."
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who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I reqnlre previot:e
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au.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE FUTURE QUEEN OF SPAIN.

The young Archduchess Christine, the future Queen
of Spain, though not strictly beautiful, is neverthe-
less certain to charm the susceptible Spaniards by her
winning ways, as she has already rucceeded in conquer-
ing the heart of their king. In her native country she
is the most popular of princesses; at Gunderden, in
Upper Austria, where she has for many years spent every
summer with her mother, the Archduchess Elizabeth,
the inhabitants idolize her, not only for the interest she
takes in the place, but the kindly and unostentatious
way in which she enters the dwellings of the poor and
endeavours to alleviate their wants, not as an arch-
duchess, but as a woman. She is equally beloved
among the ladies of the Adeliges Damanstift at Prague
of which she is the abbess. Her popularity is shared
by her brother, the Archduke Friedrich, who some
time ago married the Princess Isabella de Croy, to
whom was accorded the rank and status of an
Austrian archduchess, greatly to the discom6ture
ot certain ladies of the Vienna gramd monde.
Curiously enough, the mother of these interestieg
young people, the Archduchess Elizabeth, is herself
the solitary instance of an unpopular member of the
House of Hapiburg. The acquaintance of Alfonso
d Christine dates almost from their childhood.
Years ago, when the present King of Spain was at
the Therisanum, he might be seen any afternoon in
the Prater on a velocipede racing the young arch.
duchess on her shaggy pony. The name Christine is
not of good augury for Spain; however, Austrian
archduchesses have many names, and it would be ad.
visible for the young Queen to select some other to be
known by in her future home. But, Christine or not,
she is sure to gain the sympathies of her subjects in
the end, even in spite of the frigid formality of the
Escurial.—Examiner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

A DEAN ON DISESTABLISHMENT.

The Dean of Lichfield, in acknowledging the health
of "The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," at a cele-
bration at Lichfield on Monday, said he should like
very much that those who were habitually advocating
that it would be better in the interests of the Church
were she disestablished, to consider candidly these
few questions. It was frequently urged that the
State endowed the National Church of this
country. To that he offered a distinct denial. The
endowments of the Church almost entirely
were the result of private liberality ; the result of
the gifts of former ages, fixed and protected by
the law. Then, again, it was said that the National
Church was an Act of Parliament Church, established
by Parliament. He should like to know where was
the Act of Parliament which had established the
Church of England. The Church of England was a
great and powerful community long before Parlia-
ments were ever heard of. To talk of the Church of
England as having been established by Act of Parlia-
ment betrayed a very great ignorance of the old
constitutional history of this country. Well, then, it
might be said, that if the Church of England were
disestablished, it would fall to the clergy and laity to
carry out those measures of improvement and progress
that they all so much required. His answer to that
was this that the Chuich of England, recognised
as the national Church of this country, enjoyed a
greater amount of liberty than any other Church in
Christendom (hear, hear). He should just like them
to consider what, under the pressure, as it was called,
of a State establishment, a true and loyal Church had
done during the last century. Why they had built
and endowed no less than 3,000 additional churches.
They had doubled the number of clergy during the
last half century, and if it were said the clew were
an unenlightened body he would only call punt atten-
tion to the fact that long before the Education Act was
passed the clergy and laity of this great national Church
had spent three millions and a half of money in
providing for the elementary education of the
people. Now, thee were facts of which there was
no doubt, and it was important that they should be
ventilated. He had not a word to say with regard to
those religious bodies around them, who, according to
the measure of their power and opportunities, were
trying their very beat to do that which the Church
had been unable to do. He said God speed, with all
his heart, to whatever they could do for the spiritual
and temporal benefit of their fellow-creatures. But he
did say this that the existence of the national Church,
recognized by the State, was a most important fact for
them to contemplate, inasmuch as it was the recogni-
tion by the State of religion as the most important in-
fluence which could guide the destinies of this country.
(Applause.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

WANTED, A HEAD.

The Philadelphia Record says that the United States
Treasury Department applied to the English Mint
two or three years since for an expert designer and
engraver, and a Mr. Morgan was in consequence sent
out and engaged in the Philadelphia Mint. It be-
came his duty to make a design for the Bland
silver dollar, and he desired to present as the prin-
cipal figure on the coin a representative head of
American female beauty. His first inclination was
to make a fanciful head of a goddess of Liberty or
something of the sort which would be pleasing in
its appearance and yet have no real significance. Two
designs of this sort were made, but did not come up
to the expectations of the artist. Then it was deter-
mined that the head should be the representation of
some living American girl, who should sit while the
artist sketched her features. But where to procure
such a lady was a question which bothered Mr.
Morgan. He examined the countenances of the young
women who make it their business to pose as models for
the artists at the Academy, and among the large number
he could find none who suited his purposes. He went to
the Woinen's School of Design, but in all the sketchings
and casts there examined he could find nothing which
accorded with his views. Eventually he was introduced
by a friend to a private family, one of whose members—
Miss Anna Williams—consented to his making a sketch
•of her face. The journal above named goer on to say,
—" It did not occur to her at the time of the sittings
that she would become historically famous, and had
such a thought ever crossed her mind, the designer of
the dollar would have been compelled to seek else-
where for a subject. The designer is represented to
have said that the profile of Miss Williams was 'the
most perfect he had ever seen in England or in this
country.' After four or five sitting, tracings sufficient
to proceed with the work had been secured, and Mr.
Morgan dismissed his model. After this, the designer
took his various sketches, and from them wrought out
the head which is the prominent figure on the front
of the dollar of the daddies. It would be impossible
to recognize the lady by the head as it appears on
the dollar, because there are numerous artistic changes
made to suit the eye of the designer. This is parti-
cularly the case with the full-rounded chin, which is
said by those who know to resemble that of the wife
of Mr. Morgan. The Grecian nose and the delicate
lips are those of Miss Williams, and this characteristic
Is strongly marked in other members of the Williams
family. The blousy hair, the folded liberty-cap, and
the other ornamentations are the addenda of the
artist, and made to set off the figure so that it would
appear to better advantage."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

THE LATE SIR ROWLAND HILL.

The Lord Mayor of London has sent the following letter
to the papers for publication :

Sir,—l have received many suggestions that the
public are awaiting an opportunity of showing their
regard for the memory of the late Sir Rowland Hill
and their appreciation of the immense advantages he
conferred on the world at large by contributing to a
fund which would in some suitable way be the means
of perpetuating his name and work. It is thought
that such a movement should be inaugurated in the
city of London, as the centre of the nation which has
profited so extensively by the penny postage system,
and that all classes would be willing to join in it.
In order to teat how far this feeling, in which, per-
sonally, I heartily concur, is general, I shall be happy,
as Lord Mayor, to receive at the Mansion-house
donations towards a "Sir Rowland Hill Memorial
Fund ;" and should the response be favourable, as I
have no doubt it will. I shall call together a represen-
tative committee of the subscribers to decide what
form the memorial should assume,—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES WHETHAM, Lord Mayor.
The Mansion-house, London, Sept. 9.

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SPORTING NOTES.

(By our own Turf Corropondent)

AYRSHIRE HANDICAP, WITH MANCHESTER
LICHFIELD AND CESAREWITCH STAKES
NOTES.

Now that the acceptances are published for the
Autumn Handicaps, we shall have some daily heavy
transactions at the clubs when the various stable
commissions are being executed. Dresden China
by her easy victory in the Gt. Yorkshire Handicap
came with a bound to 10 to 1 taken freely for the
Cesarewitch Stakes, and it will take a clipper to
lower the colors of Mr C. Perkin's new purchase.
However, as time travels on, I shall have more to
say on this race, but at present think that Dresden
China is worth a little following.
Isfextlweek's events are more of a local character,
still the Ayrshire Handicap should bring out a
good field, having such animals as Touchet, eton
Peter, Attalus, and the Mistress of the Robes
amongst the acceptors, and as the distance is only
1 mile 3 furlongs, I shall stand on
Kineton and Attains

who are just now in good form.
Manchester and Lichfield meetings also take
place next week, when Caxtonian or Singleton
should take the Staffordshire Plate and I' Anson's
best the Manchester Handicap, probably Knight
Templar.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

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Oa (money returned, deducting the usual charge for
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

A PLAGUE OF BEES.

After the invasion of the butterflies and moths re-
ported from the whole of Western Europe a week or
two ago, we now hear of a fresh, but perhaps more
welcome, intruder in the ehape of the honey-bee (says
the Globe). The newspapers of Rouen describe
the appearance of swarms of these insects in
numerous houses of the town, where they have
not only presented themselves without invita-
tion, but have insisted with the utmost importunity
and obstinacy on making themselves at home. The
most notable of these incursions seems to have been
one which was made into the house of a confectioner
in the Rue de la Grosse Hortoge. Possibly the sugary
and fragrant delicacies which the baker was making
and exposing for sale had their effect upon the leader
of the swarm, and addtd a definite attraction to the
vague impulse upon which migrating bees seem
usually to act. At any rate, the shops or
rooms in which the baker's men were at work
were soon filled with the unwelcome guests,
who did not by any means confine their attention
to devouring the cakes and sweetmeats, but used
their stings to such effect that almost every person
in the establishment was more or less severely
wounded. An attack of a ferocious kind was made
upon the winged foe by the defenders of the citadel,
who by burning sulphur attempted to rid the room of
their presence. But as soon as the assailants were
dislodged from one storey they took possession of
another, covering the walls so thickly as to hang in
clusters more than half-an-inch deep. Nor were they
discouraged even when the obnoxious fumes had been
poured into the whole house, but, after waiting till
the smoke had clearea off, returned to the attack
with all tha porseNerauce of thou race,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-09-13

A STRANGE PHENOMENON.

On the 23rd of August M. F. Strobl, of Linz, joined
a party which was making the ascent of the Gross
Glockner. The members of the party left, the
Stiidlhiitte together at two o'clock in the morning,
with a storm apparently threatening from the west.
At three a.m, they found themselves in the middle of
the storm-cloud, and were compelled by the Egyptian
darkness surrounding them to come to a complete
halt. Suddenly the storm broke out directly above
their heads, the thunder and lightning, which at the
same time came on, being at once awful and grand
In the extreme. There were other parties as-
cending the mountain at the same time, and
some of their guides and members, who during
the brilliant lightning flashes were able clearly to
distinguish the party to which M. Strobl belonged,
stated after the storm had subsided that the electric
fluid seemed to strike into and all round the company
in the storm-cloud. To the six persons of whom this
party consisted all nature seemed to be the scene of
one vast conflagration, and they were prepared for the
worst. The guide endeavoured to console them,
addressing them in these words,—" Gentlemen, we
shall all be struck dead; but what does it matter?
The lightning might have killed us even if we had been
in our beds." For some time the lives of the members
of the party did not appear worth half a minute's
purchase. Moreover, every one temporarily suffered
from complete blindness, owing to the overpower-
ing intensity of the electrical display. At length,
however, the power of vision began to re-
turn to the various members of the party, when
a strange phenomenon presented itself to their sight.
Each of the six persons appeared enveloped in all the
brilliancy of St. Elmo's fire. From the hair of their
heads and beards, from their coats and hats, a stream
of electric sparks was discharging itself. The cords
with which their hats had, on account of the violence
of the storm, been fastened to their coat buttons, gave
out light, while from the alpenstocks which they had
stuck in the snow the electric fluid streamed out. Not-
withstanding the imminent danger to which they had
been exposed, none of the gentlemen were in the least
injured, the only inconvenience they suffered being
that they were compelled by the rain, snow, and frost
to return that morning to the StUdlhiitte and defer
the ascent to a later hour of the day.