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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

AND OTHER

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

FILEIDOX IRON COUGH IN TEN MINUTZ3 is given, and
Cowsumaxiox and ABIHILL in all staßea are instantly
relieved, by Dr. Loeock's Pulmonic Wafers, which taate
pleasantly, and effeet a rapid cure. In bronchitis
Whooping Cough, Wheeeing. Phlegm
Coughs,"Colds,
and all Disorders of the Breath, Throat, and Lungs
Hysterical, Nervous, and /della Complaints, Rheu
matism. and Nervous Pains, "they act like a sham.
To singers and Speakers they are invaloable, in a fes
hours they remove all hoarseness, and wouderfulll
increase the power and flexibility of Vie 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., 23. 9d., 41. and ill. 6d
cv box.
ATOWLE'S PENNYROYAL AND STEEL FILLS
FOR FEMALES quickly correct all irugularities and
relieve the distressing symptoms s prevalent with the
bow is. lid. and 9d., of all Chemists. Sent
anywhere on receipt of 115 or 34 stamps by the mixer
T. TOWILII, Chemist, liottingltam

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the ROUSE OF LORDS, March 12, the Archbishop of
'Canterbury, introduced by the Bishops of London and Exeter,
took his seat on the Episcopal Bench, and subscribed the
Parliamentary roll.
On the Motion of Lord Cairns, and after a brief conver-
sation, a Select Committee was appointed to oonsider the
construction and accommodation of the noose and olleries,
more especially in reference to seating, hearing, and report,
lng ; and whether any, and what, improvements could be
made.

A discussion initiated by the Earl of I,lllltown on the
subject of the Nentilaters in course of erection by the
District Railway Company on the Thames Embankment
led to the expression of a hope by Lord Slideley, speaking
on behalf of the Board, of Trade, that the railway company
would recognise that it would be to their advantage to
yield to a strongtzi expressed public opinion on the matter.
After soixre further business, their lordships adjourned at
:quarter past six o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

ARTIFICIAL TEETH,

WITHOUT PAIN.

M. R• J. F. A.pPERBON,

SLIEGEOE DENTIST,
ATTENDS EVERY
TUESDAY

PRIDAY,
From 11 tr4l 5.

M 120, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE.

BIRMINGHAM
ADDRESS -HAMSTEAD ROAD
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE "FRIEND IN NEED" AND
GiLTIDK TO HEALTII. A New and Special
Xedibal Work of vital importance on the cure of Nervous
bebility Prom whatever cause, and all diseases of the
rervous system, depression, exhausti,n, palpitation of
`Le heart, noises and pains in the head, indeciaion, low-
-4 Fee of spirits, melancholy, pains in the back, deafness,
piles, its, &c., dz., whether arisint, from brain work,
worry, intemperance, or enervating habits. This book,
illustrated with cases, gives directions and advisP, the
resnit of 30 years successful practice, whereby sufferers
luaY regain health without recourse to those dangerous
:ruge generally used in these diseases, and is sent post
Lee on receipt of 2 penny stamps. by Dr. THOMSON,
Bartholomew Read, Kentish Town, London "There
1,?0 quackery or learned mystery in this book, buL a
Piaui exposition of the causes, symptom', and rational
t.reatment of this pernicious class of diseases, all set
,orth with the clearness of a medical man, who wish..
t° be useful."—Dublin Hospital Gasette, This work is
ioPular' in every sense of tho word, and its worth is
n,ntold to those who cannot 2onault the family physician.
NoTxcla rn Pannarrs.—All who need confidential medical
Advice should at once send a fall statement of the case,
!Thiptans dm, enclosing a stamped envelope, this will
"erre an immediate answer, with instructions, which,
if followed, will render personal interviews and
"Pensive consultation foes ansoossary.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

BEER ADULTERATION.

. A Bill for better securing the purity of beer was
issued last Saturday. It enacts that every person who
sells or exposes for sale by wholesale or retail any beer
brewed from or containing any ingredients other than
hops and malt from barley, shall keep conspicuously
posted at the bar or other place where such beer is sold
or exposed for sale a legible notice stating what other
ingredients are contained in such beer.

Any person who sells or exposes for sale any such
beer as aforesaid, without complying with the above
enactment, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding n
the case of the first offence twenty pounds, and in the
case of the second or any subsequent offence fifty
pounds.
Any fine incurred under this section may be reco-
vered summarily by any informer, and one-half of the
fine shall in every case be paid to the informer. The
term "beer "Includes beer (other than black or spruce
beer), ale, and porter.
It is not proposed that the Act shall extend to Scot
land or Ireland.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.

At the meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Farmers' Alliance on Monday the following resolution
was carried unanimously
"The Executive Committee of the Farmers'
Alliance baying had under its consideration the
prevalence of cattle disease throuzhout the country,
and the necessity for more energetic action to pre-
vent its I...introduction and spread, are of opinion
that investigation by a Select Committee of the House
of Commons, as proposed by Mr. James Howard,
M.P., is a more practical way
.of determining what
amendments of the law and existing local regulations
experience has shown to be necessary, and of seeuring
early legislation upon the subject, than the mere
passing of an abstract resolution such as that to be
proposed by Mr. Chaplin, M.P."
It was further agreed that a copy of the foregoing
resolution be forwarded to the Prime Minister.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGE S
An ever increasing sale of 60 years.

-WANTED A CETATNMAKER, to make Treble
licst Chains. For particulars, write to
Shadtach Davies Bro. 46, Strand, Swansea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

The eremationiets maintain that tl'e human race
should end in a dead heat.

A Minnesota young man is reported to have thrown
up a live frog. He probably threw it up on the roof
of the barn.

The good die young, but
_a° old dye for various
reasons.

Brown doesn't like his new coloured domestic so well
as he had anticipated. She is never at home in the
evening; always going somewhere. She is, in fact, a
regular Dinah
_out.

It is claimed that the seventh son of a seventh son
possesses marvellous gifts of healing; but a race of
scoffers are prone to believe that all he can heel is an
old stocking.

A Kentuckian:who went to the funeral of a friend
asked the privilege of saying a few words which was
granted. He talked eloquently for a few minutes,
when, laying his trembling hand on the coffin, he
observed that he was sorry to see that the deceased
was baldheaded, which could easily have been avoided
by the use of some of his hair restorer, and wound up
by exhortiug the mourners to try
A New York child threw a can of powder into the
open fire to see what would happen. Its curiosity was
gratified, Its mother took a slipper, and holding the
child so it could look at the floor, proceeded to w-rk
up a perfectly sultry temperature on a portion-of the
youngster's body, The powder was the kind used in
baking.

A MilwaukPe boy has swallowed half a dozen steel
buttons, and his mother doesn'thave to scream for him
when he is out on the street playing with Cluekerson's
119 ye. She just brings a magnet to ,the door, and he
flies to it like a needle to the pole.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE COUNTY FRANCHISE.

Sir Herbert Maxwell has moved for an important
return bearing on the extension of the county fran-
chise. He desired that there should be furnished—
first, the number of electors in each county in Scot-
land ; secondly, the number which would be enfran-
chised under the proposed extension of household
suffrage to the counties; and, thirdly, the number
which would be excluded from the exercise of the
franchise by the non-payment of rates. The Govern-
ment were at first willing to give the return ; but
they now decline, on the ground of the difficulties in
the way of collecting the information required. Sir
Herbert Maxwell intends, consequently, at the first
opportunity, to call further attention to the subject,
In the greater part of England the agricultural
labourers are ratepayers, but this is not the case in
Scotland.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

SURVIVORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH

CENTURY.

The Echo remarks :—Prince Gortchakoff's death
would offer another reminder—if any were needed—
that the few who can claim to be of the eighteenth
century are fast disappearing from amongst us. Among
the few survivors of that illustrious cycle of years,
which no serious person any longer ventures to
disparage, are the German Emperor, born in 1797,
and the venerable Duchess of Cambridge, born
in the same year. The old Navy of England is
still represented by Sir George Rose Sartorius, now an
Admiral of the Fleet, who was born in 1790, and pre-
sent at Tra.algar. The unreformed House of Com-
mons is also represented by Lord Eversley, born in
1794, who sat for the now extinct borough of Downton
in 1830,1, and himself represented the majesty of the
new House of Oommons, as Speaker from 1839 to
1857.

Sir James Bacon is the only one of our Judges
born in the century of Johnson, Goldsmith, and
Gray. His birth-year is 1798. Next to the last
of the Vice-Chancellors in point of age (of those
sitting in the Supreme Court of Judicature), is
Mr. Justice Manisty, just ten years his junior.
Three other names ef eighteenth century men
may be worth recording— viz , these of General
Sir Edward Sahine, formerly President of the Royal
Society (1788) ; General Sir William Knollys, Black
Rod (1795); and Sir Lawrence Peel, sometime Chief
Justice of India (1799). Lord Halifax, better known
as Sir Charles Wood, was born in 1800, a year which
properly belongs to the eighteenth century, but which
has been claimed for the nineteenth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

CRADLEY HEATH, lIALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT.
For the Year ending 31st December, 1882.

Li 1

SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1883.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

LORD BRABOURNE ON THE PAYMENT
OF WAGES BILL.

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Lord Brabourne writing on the Payment of Wages
Bill to the Parliamentary Committee of the Licensed
Victuallers' Defence League, says :
I think the Bill is a mistake—one of those into
which well-intentioned people often fall—and that it
will eause great inconvenience without remedying the
evil complained of. For if it be true that masters
cause wages to be paid in public-houses because they
have interest in the pecuniary well.doing of such
houses, that interest will still continue after the Bill ;
and unless they make the workman travel to some
distant and inconvenient spot to receive their wages
(which would benefit nobody) they will probably
arrange that the payment shall be made in the imme-
(liate vicinity of the same public house, though not in
it; so that the temptation will remain in almost as
strong a form as ever. The truth is. that human
nature was made liable to temptation by the Creator ;
and thi.i true policy of good men is not to attempt the
impossible task of doing away with temptation, but to
endeavour to elevate the understanding and raise the
moral condition of men, so that they may be better
able to avoid it, and may learn to use without abusing
the gifts which Providence has bestowed upon them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

3TEROAT AFFECTIONS AND HOIRSENESS.—AII suf-
fering from irritation of the throat and . hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial
Troches." These famous "lozenges " are now sold by
saost respectable chemists is this country at is. lie.
per box. People troubled with a " hackkg cough,'"
0 slight cold," or bronchial affections, cannot try
atm too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to pro-
Fess, result in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic strees
Sims. See that, the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches"
sgo on tho Government Stomp around each box.—
Propored bris;ioo:lN I. BROWN & EONS, Bostonß.l.
at
falaroPer removed to 88, Farringdon
Unclog'. 6 P.Qaa°
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
FACILITIES.

On Monday, Mr. Monk, M.P., as president of the
Associated Chambers of Commerce of the United
Kingdom, forwarded memorials to the Postmaster-
General urging that a reduction should be made
In the charges for the use of telephones ; that,
in consequence of the frequent interruption of tele-
graphic communications by storms, the Government
should take steps to have the principal lines of wire
conveyed underground; that the time has come for
the concession by the Poet Office Department of a
lower rate for short inland telegram.; and also that
the Government should be requested to enter into
negotiations with foreign countries for the purpose
of cheapening and facilitating telegraphic communi-
cation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

OLD HILL

DEFRAUDING THE RAILWAY COMPANY.—At the
polkw Court, on Wednesday, before Messrs, W.
Bagistno, J. if, Felikr4o72 and il, A. Wiggan, Noah
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES
EXHIBITION.

It is announced that the Queen has been pleased to
signify her intention of opening the Great Inter-
national Fisheries Exhibition at South Kensington on
Saturday, May 12. Noticing this announcement in a
leader, the Standard remarks :

The announcement that the Queen has definitely
consented to perform the ceremony of opening the
International Fisheries Exhibition on the 12th of May
next will be received with general satisfaction. Ever
since the preliminary meeting, held nearly two years
ago in Fishmongers' Hall, the various members of the
Royal Family, especially the Prince of Wales and the
Dr.lre nF.a;nhnreh, hove ssQisted in every Possible way
to ensure the success of an undertaking WMlull
to be memorable in the history of such displays, and
the graceful act of her Majesty will now supply any-
thing that might have been wanting to complete its
brilliancy and widen the circles of its usefulness. It is
true that Fishery Exhibitions on a limited scale have
been held before now in various places, both in Great
Britain and on the Continent; and strangely enough
it seems that it was in Germany, a oDuntry with a
very limited seaboard, and with no large inland sheets
of water, that the idea first assumed practical
shape; but the Exhibition of which we are speaking
will none the less be unique both in its international
character and its scientific completeness. From
China in the East to California in the West there is
scarcely a country but will contribute to fill the build-
ings in South Kensington, and it will not be the fault
of the Directors if there is a single known species of
fish or specimen of the instruments used in their
capture, preservation, or culture missing from the
show.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

WORTH A GUINEA. A BOX.

For females of all ages these Pills are invaluable, as
a few doses of them carry off all gross humours, open
all obstructions, and bring about all that is required.
No female should be without them. There is no remedy
to be feund to equsl BEECHAM'S PILLS for removing
any obstruction or irregularity of the system. If taken
according to the directions given with each box, th-y
will soon reetote females of all ages to sound and ro-
bust health.

For a weak Stomach, impaired digestion, and all dis-
orders of the liTer, they act like "Macao," and a few
doses will be found to work wonders upon the most
important organs in the human machine. They
strengthen the whole muscular system, restore the
long-lost comptexion, bring back till keen edge of
appetite. and arouse into action, with the Itoszaun of
health, the whole physical et orgy of the human frams.
These are "FACTS" admitted by thousands embracing
all classes of Society, and one of the beet guarantees to
the Nervous and Debilitated is, Bzacalm's PILLS
hats the largest sale of any Patent Medicine in the
world.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

IN VIM

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE LABOUR MARKET.

Trade continues fairly good. According to the
Board of Trade returns for February, it appears that
business in all our industries is steadily and surely
increasing. The imports for January and February of
this year amounted in value to g 72,626,942, as against
£65,022,359 in 1882. For the first two months of this
year the value of the exports has increased £132,792
over those of 1882.

Einployment in indoor industries throughout the
country is on the whole fairly good. The severe
weather, on the other hand, has stopped nearly all out
door occupation, mud thrown a large number of me-
chanics and labourers out of work, especially in the
building trades.
The cotton market in some departments is still
depressed in tone, and there is not much change to
report.
Business is rather flat in every branch of the woollen
industry. The return of winter weather has checked
the demand for spring and summer goods. In the
lace and hosiery branches a fair business is being
done.

Although the business done in the iron trade is
limited there is generally a better feeling noticeable in
all the districts. The manufactured iron trade con•
tinues quiet, but there is no further giving way in
prices. The coal trade i brisk.
The operatives in the Staffordshire nail trade are
making great efforts to improve their condition. At
Sedgeley a good trade in spike nails is done. The
hardware branches, both at Birmingham and Sheffield,
are fairly active. Most of the large engineering firms
in these districts continue well employed. The file
makers at Sheffield are still opposing a reduction in
their wages. The brass trades are busy, so are the
nut and bolt makers, the gunmakers, and the edge
tool makers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE WEATHER.-HIGH TIDES.

The Gernaan schooner ihnma.nuel went ashore at
at Scarborough early en Monday morning in a heavy
snowstorm. The crew were landed and a heavy gale
continues to rage along the coast.
At Ipswioh on Monday morning the tide reached
the extraordinary height of 26ft. Sin. The dock quay
was submerged also the lowlying districts adjoining
the river, but precautions having been taken no serious
damage was done. Two inches of snow fell in the
district during the night.
The tide which flowed on Sunday evening along the
east coast of Lincolnshire rose to an almost unpreee-
dented height. In the town of Boston many of the
principal streets were flooded, and for some time all
communication between Skirbeck Quarter, a suburb
of Ole town, was cut off, the depth of the water being
sufficient to float a boat, which was eventually made
use of.

At King's Lynn on Sunday night the tide reached a
height unknown during the present century. Water
rushed in at the west entrance of St. Margaret's
Church like a cataract, flooding the floor ef the
etlancel steps. Service was going on at the time, and
the congregation were much alarmed. They mounted
on chairs and benches, however, and thus made their
way out. The wAlls of Messrs. Eyre& malting esta-
blishments, together with those of an adjoining house,
gave way, and a woman walking downstairs was
hurled into the water and seriously injured.

The high tide whieh was expected in London on
Sunday, fortunately, so far as the metropolitan
wharfingers were interested, passed away vithout
doing much damage. The afternoon's tide in the
Thames was unusually high, and a large crowd assem-
bled on the Emhankroent in order to watch it. Pre-
cautionary measures prevented a good deal of damage
that might otherwise have occurred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC
COAST.

The Panama Star and Herald reports numerous
earthquake shocks on different parts of the Pacific
coast. One was felt at San Salvador, on the 21st of
January, and another in Liu., on the 26th. On the
Ist of February a strong shock was felt at Iquique,
Pisagua, Dolores, Poza Almonte, La Noria, and
Huardllos. In Iquique the motion lasted about 30
seconds. A slighter one followed a few minutes after-
wards.

Two BIWA shocks were felt in Panama on the night
of the Ist ult.--the first about nine o'clock, and the
other it midnight. Both were of short duration, and
caused no alarm.

On the sth a sharp shock was felt in Panama,
Colon, and all the villages aud stations of the railroad
and canal companies between Panama and the
Atlantic. The shock broke the northern section of the
Central and South American Cable Company's cable,
some distance beyond Pedro Gonzalez Island, and
communication with San Juan del Sur was conse-
quently interrupted. The earthquake on the sth
was also felt at the town of Los Santos very
severely.
On the same date a religious ceremony was being
conducted in the church, which was numerously
attended ; a slight shock took place, and instantly
produced a panic, a large number suffering more or less
severe contusions.

Letters from the Darien coast report that the shocks
were also experienced there.

ACCIDENT TO THE MEN OF THE
NORE LIGHT VESSEL.

Lloyd's Agent at Sheerness states that Captain
Hodson of the Ethel steamship, of Stockton, from
Faversham to Lynn, reports that when off Sheerness
Middle observed a boat at anchor with four men be-
longing to the Nora Light-ship, and offered to take
them in tow, they being unable to regain the light
vesee), and had proceeded some distance when the
boat's rudder unshipped and c-luzerl the hot to e-,r).
size. Immediately he put out the steamer's boat and
succeeded in rmning three of the men, the fourth
being unfortunately drowned. The three men were
put on board the light-ship, and the steamer ran back
to Sheernees to report the circumstances to the Trinity
Master.

It appears that the men had been to relight the
middle gars buoy, and were unable to regain the light
vessel owing to the stormy wind at the time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

A PARLIAMENTARY FEAT.

The Times, in a leader, says ;—The House of
Commons acoomplished at the close of last week a
feat without parallel, we believe, in Parliarnenrary
annals. It was necessary, unless the gravest public
inconvenience was to be incurred, that the Supple.
entary Estimates should be passed, so that the
House might be able to devote the Government nights
in the present week to the first votes of the Army and
the Navy Eetimates. Friday night's sitting was pro-
longed till a few minutes before four o'clock on Saturday
morning; the House met again shortly after noon on
the same day, and eat till twenty minutes past ten at
night. By these efforts, unprelvdented at so early a
period in the session, the Supplementary Estimates
were voted on Saturday night, and a resolution passed
in Committee of Ways and Means authorising the
grant of the necessary sums out of the Consolidation
Fund for the year ending on the 31st inst. The imme-
diate cause of urgency is that the Easter holidays fall
just before the close of the financial year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

DEATH OF Will. ASHTON DILKE.

We regret to announce the death on Monday
morning, at Algiers, through what in its later states
was rapid consumption, of Mr. Ashton Wentworth
Dilke, late M, P. for Newcastle-on• Tyne, and younger
brother of Sir Charles Dilke. For some time past
this melancholy event has born anticipated by
Mr. Duke's numerous friends, who were attached
to him by his many admirable personal qualities.
Failing health compelled him to be absent during
a considerable part of the lest session, but he con-
sidered that his duty to his constituents rendered his
presence at Westminster nece-isary during the
,
autumnal sitting of the House. His return to work
hastened the critis of his malady, and when a few
days befuve
cluse of the session he again left for
Algeria he was akeady hopelessly id. Seveial weeks
ago he fully realised the gravity of his condition, and
awaited the fatal issue with fortitude and resignation.
In a letter to a friend in England, written on the very
day. of the meeting of Parliament for a i,esion in
which he had hoped to take an active part, he said :
" I have been meaning to write to you a long time
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

HIRBOIR ACCOMMODATION.

Mr. Majoribanks called attention te the want e harbonr
accommodation on the east coast ef reat Britain, and more
parttenlarly to the lamentable need of low-water harbours
suitable for fishing and coasting vessels, and moved for the
appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the har-
bour accommodation on the coasts of the United Kingdom,
having regard to the laws and arrangements under which
the construction and improvement of harbours may now be
effected.
- - - - -- • --

TM; having been seconded by Sir J Hardley-Wilmot, Mr.
Chamberlain, on behalf of the Government, readily assented ts
the motion, and expressed satisfaction that it had tsksn the
form of a plea far inquiry rather than a claim for any grant
of public money, as in several instances in which grants
had hitherto been made for great harbour works the
money might as well have been thrown into the sea ; and
the estimates had been vastly exceeded. As regarded har-
bours constructed by convict labour, which stood upon an
entirely different footing, it was intended to make such har-
bours at Dover and Filey.
'

Mr Bourke was glad that there was a prospect of some-
thing being done ter the protootion of our ilaternien, and
that a harnour was to be constructed at Filey.
Sir. J. W. Pease, Mr A. Berton, Mr. Dodds, and several
other hon. members, however, concurred in condemning
illey as a site for a harbour of refuge; and after souse
further discussion, in the course of which Sir .R. Cross
pressed upon the Government the importance of giving at
least as much attention to the question of Irish harbours
the motion was agreed to.
as to any other part of the subject,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

; LIVER AND EITOMACEI PILL.. DR. KING'S DANDELION
' AND QUININE LIVER FlLLR.—These famous Pills do
not contain even a trace of Met ury, or any of the many
dangerous ingredients frequently found in adveriised
ills. This fact continues to keep Dr. King's rsnowned
discovery in front of all Pius whatsoeyer, as the safest
Lest, speediest naostt certain, and effectual reniNly for
disorders of the Liver and Stomach, whether in the form
of 'Biliousness, Constipation, Indigestion, Flstuleuce ,
Acidity, Headache, Shoulder Pains, Feverish Restless-
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/Dyspeptic symptons generally
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

"MISCELLANEOUS" CIVIL SERVICE
EXPENSES.

A Parliamentary return, moved for by Mr. H, H.
Fowler, was issued on Monday, showing the details of
expenditure in the supplementary estimate for mis-
cellaneous expenses Class VII., vote 2, and in the
first three items of the estimate for miscellaneous
repayments to the Civil Contingencies Fund.

Under the first head is the sum of £B7O of arrears
by creation and other ancient fees, due to the "Duke
of Norfolk," with regard to which it is explained that
this grant (which was made to the Duke of Norfolk
by Henry VIII.) has not been claimed 14i years, and
the amount has become a saving at the end of each
financial year. The annuity is now to be commuted,
and provision has been made for this purpose in the
Estimate for Commutation of Annuities."

The second sum is £B7B 6s. Bd., fees paid on the in-
stallation of the Kings of Saxony and the Netherlands
as Knights of the Garter," and It is explained that
the fees payable on the installation of a King
amount in the aggregate to £439 3s. 4d., of which
£4O 13s, 4d. is paid to the Registrar of the Order, £47
to the Dean and Chapter, Church and Choir of
Windsor, £2O to the Military Knights, £2l to the
Secretary of the Chancellor of the Order, £2O to the
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, £lO to two Kings-
at•Arms, £l5 to six Heralds, and £5 to four Pursui-
vants, £l3B to Garter King-at-Arms for banner,
helmet, &c„ and expenses; £22 10s. to Garter King
for emblazoning patent, £9O customary fees, installs-
&c., and £lO other expe.nses.

With regard to the sum of £1 6. 6d. "expenses
connected with the patents of creation of Sir R. J.
Dacres and Sir W. 1. Williams as Constables of the
Tower," it is explained that "these are small pay-
ments to law stationers on the successive appoint-
ments."

The last ham ig R 740, 1. special packets for the con-
veyance of distinguished persons." The details show
that between November, 1881, and September, 1882,
Prince Leopold crossed the Channel four times, the
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh twice in company
and once each by themselves, the Duke and Duchess
of Mecklenburgh once in company and the latter once
by herself; The Prince and Princess ot Waldeck
twice, and the King and Queen of Greece once, each
time at a cost of £4O, whether the journey was between
Calais, and Dover or Folkestone and Boulogne; the
cost of the journey of Earl Cowper, however, on May
4, 1882, from Kingstown to Holyhead, is set down at
2100.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS TO SCHOOLS.

A return issued on Wednesday shows that the ex-
Twnditure for educational grants was divided as
follows :

On schools connected with Church of England,
£1,317,803; on British, undenominational, and other
schools, £221,933 ; on Wesleyan schools, £111,956;
on Roman Catholic schools, £137,244; on Board
schools, £813,408; on parochial union schools, £120;
administration, £196,929; organisation of districts,
483 ; grants to school boards, £2,325 : total,
22,802,005.

,
The increase on Church of England schools amounted
to £65,786; Wepleyan schools, £932; Roman Catholic
lacilook, £11,642; and Board schools, 210%978 ; while
there was a decrease of £2,813 to British and linden°.
minational schools,

On Monday morr.ing, at Dover a seaman named
Carl Cheline fell from the tnast•head of the steamer
Behera, of Shields, and was killed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

SPLENDID ASSORTMENT

OF NEW
MEERSCHAUM

BRIAR-ROOT PIPES,

PLAIN AND FANCY

01048 AND OIGARII2TiI HOLDERS

Aid Voy Desoriptlen of

TOBACCONIBT'S GOODS

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY AMENDMENT

BILL.

The Birmingham Trades Council lately passed a
resolution approving of the Employers' Liability Act
Amendment Bill, about to be introduced by Messrs.
Burt and Broadhurst in the House of Commons, the
ehief of IR to rrnert ‘-771-yers
ing of their employs that they should contract them.
selves out of the provisions of the Emaloyers' Liability
Act. Copies of the resolution were forwarded to several
members of Parliament. Replies have been received
from Mr. Bright, Mr, Burt, mad Mr. P. H. Muntz.
Mr. Bright wrote :

"I shall be glad if I am able to support the Bill to
which the resolution refers, but I have nut yet made
myself acquainted with its provisions,"

Mr. Burt expressed his thanks for the promised
support of his Bill by the Council; and Mr. Muntz
wrote as follows :

" If the present Bill is the same as the last, I see one
serious fault in it. It appears to enact that if an adult
labo.irer enters into a contract to forego certain claims
in case of injury by accident, he should be able to
plead that his contract although neither opposed to
morality or honesty, was no contract. I could not
countenance a Bill which, in my opinion, would be
contrary to common rights, and would tyrannically
interfere with men making agreements for their wel-
fare."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

A MEMORABLE MAYORALTY.

The late Alderman Sir Thomas White, of Portsokon
Ward, London, had a memorable Mayoralty in
1876-7. He collected during it the largest fund ever
raised at the Mansion House—the Indian Famine
fund—for which 5515,000 was raised. He entertained
the Arctic crew and officers at dinner on their return
home; he was the official host of General Grant on
hij visit to the City; and he gave a banquet to the
Municipal Council of Paris, with their then president,
M. Bonnet-Duverdier. He also received the Con-
ference of Librarians. He opened the new Margate
jetty, and he started the working of the ferry over the
Thames. An interesting incident in his term of office
was the marriage of the Lady Mayoress, his daughter,
in St. Paul's Cathedral, the ceremony being solemnized
by the late Archbishop of Canterbury. It was the
only ceremony of the kind that had been held in St.
Paul's for a great number of years. Sir Thomas White
also went in State to Wales to distribute prizes and
gratuities to the miners, whose rescue from death
caused so much sensation at the time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

ROWLEY,

SCHOOL 137ARD.—Ibia board held a special
meeting on Thursday afternoon for the purpse of
electing a member in the place of Mr. Walter
Ba.ssatio, who was chairman, but resigned. Mr.
G. Green presided, and the other members present
were Messrs Samuel C ive, J. Hadley, J. Whitley,
G. Barklam, W. P. Strawson, S Edwards, and
Pewtries.—Mr. Hadley proposed that Mr. Daniel
Willets:• chain manufacturer, be elected to fill the
vacant position.—Mr. Cave seconded.—Nfr.
Pewtriss proposed, and Mr. Strawerm seconded, as
an amendment, that Dr. Slandish be elected.—Mr.
Whitley proposed the election of Mr. Charles
Willets, pulley block manufacturer, Cradley
Heath.—This was not secon led, and on the
amendment being put to the vote, Dr. Standish
was elected by a inajori:y of tw..).—During the
discussion, Mr. Cave accused Mr. Barklarn of
coming before the ratepayers at the election with a
couple of falsehoods in his mouth. He addressed
the people as "fellow-ratepayers" and described
himself as coming from Ttinstall, while all the
while he belonged to Tipton. Had he (Mr. Cave)
known that Mr. Barklam was to run for the
Tipton School Board he should have, opposed
him.

LOCAL BOARD Eucc-now.—Nominations may be
sent in up to the 25th inst. Voting papers will be
distributed on the 2nd of April. collected on the
6:h, and counted on the 7th.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE COLD ON THE MEDITERRANEAN

COAST.

The Marseilles Correspondent of the Daisy News,
writing on Tuesday night says :
Since 1840 we have never had such a temperature in
March as we have now. At several points on the
4,lediterranean coast between Mentone and Marseilles
there have been heavy falls of snow, and to crown all,
a glacial mistral. The thermometer has been 10 de-
grees centrigrade below zero. In Marseilles three
people have died of cold. However, it has been less
intense here—only 4 degrees. In the Alpes Mari-
times much damage has been done to the fruit•trees.
Telegrams from Algiers, Constantine, and Tunis state
that the same cold prevails, with snowfalls.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOK

Her Majesty the Queen held a Drawing Room at
Buckingham Palace on Tuesday afternoon.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales, her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and his Royal High-
ness Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein were
present.
A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards was
mounted in the Quadrangle of the Palace.

The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Princess
of Wales, Princess Beatrice, and the other members of
the Royal Family, entered the Throne Room at a
quarter•past three o'clock.
The Qiieen wore a dress and train of black satin,
embroidered in black silk and trimmed with chenille
fringe, and a white tulle veil, surmounted by a diadem
of emeralds and diamonds. Her Majesty also wore
a necklace brooch, and e,rrineß ef emeralds and dia-
monds, the riband sena 6tarUl 4..3 Ch.dcr LI the
Garter, the Orders of Victoria and Albert, the Crown
of India, Louise of Prussia, St. Catherine of Russia,
the Spanish and Portuguese Orders, and the Saxe
Coburg and Gotha Family Order.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a
dress of turquoise blue satin trimmed in volants of
the finest Brussels lace, fastened with large bouquets
of mixed roses, and a train of Pompadour brocade,
lined in turquoise satin, and trimmed with the same
lace and roses. Corsage to correspond. Head-dress—
a tiara of diamonds, feathers and yei!. Ornaments—
pearls, diamonds, and sapphires. Orders—Victoria
and Albert, the Crown of India, St. Catherine of
Russia, the Danish Family Order, and the Order of
St. John of Jerusalem.

Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice wore a
bodice and train of pale blue Ottoman silk, over a
petticoat of blue and white brochette, trimmed with
clusters and esprits of blue ostrich feathers. Head-
dress—feathers, veil, and diamond bees, Her Royal
Highness also weirs pearl and diamond ornaments, and
the Orders of Victoria and Albert, the Crown of
India, the Portuguese, and the Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha Family Order.
The Ministers of the Crown and foreign represents.
tives attended, as well as many other important per-
onages, and presentations to the number of about 120
ook place.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-17

WORTH A GUINEA A BOX,
BEECHAM'S PILLS,

admitted by thou-
nds t lie worth sluv
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Nervous Di4.orders,
as wind and r, in at
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Giddiness, Fut ness
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, the Skin as urbe
,rep, Frightful Dreams,
.id all nervous and Trent-
fling Sensations, &c, Ltc„
relief in twenty minutes
no for they have done it in thousands
. cases. The Proprietor of the Pills having obtained
a great expense) a Patent for them. he challenges the
whole world to produce a medicine equal to them for
removing tt e above named complaints. and restoring
the patient to sound and lasting health.
Every sufferer is earnestly invite I to try one box of
these Pile, and they will b 3 acknowledged to be.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-10

BOTANIC BEER AND THE EXCISE
AUTHORITIES,

In the Queen's Bench Division, on Monday, before
Mr. Baron Pollock and Mr. Baron Iluddleston, an
appeal (Leah v. Minns) was heard. It was an appeal
from a decision of the justices of Nottingham, and the
ease set out the following facts
At the petty sessions held on October 13, 1882, the
respondent was summcned for having on the 22nd of
July sold Summer's Botanic Beer, to be consumed off
the premises, without being licensed for the sale of
beer. The justices dismissed the charge, and it
was this decision that was appealed against. Upon
analysis it was shown that the botanic beer
contained 580 per cent of proof spirit. In
Bass's pale ale the proof spirit varied from
10 to 12 per cent.; in ordinary tablebeer from 2i to 8
per cent.; and in Lager beer from 10 to 12. The
botanic beer was made from water, dried herbs (four
sorts), and lump sugar, but without malt or hops. An
analysis of other bottlei of beer purchased in the
ordinary way showed less than 5 per cent, of proof
spirit. An analysis of gingerbeer sold at a halfpenny
a bottle showed that it contained exactly the same
strength of proof spirit.
Baron Pollock, in giving judgment in favour of the
respondent, said it was admitted that beer at one
time meant malt or hops, and before the Court c uld
say that something else which had been substituted
for these ingredients was " beer " it was necessary to
see what the Legislature had said; and though it
would have been easy enough to da so, it did not
appear that in any of the Acts they had passed they had
fiamed a definition which would include such an article
as had been sold by the respondent. The Inland Revenue
Act of 1880 provided that sugar might be used
an equivalent for malt; but this did not mean when
sugar was used for fermentation that it must mean
beer. Seeing that the question was one of a penal
nature, the words of a statute ought not to be strained,
and be was of opinion that the justices were right, and
the appeal must be dismissed.
Mr. Baron Huddleston concurred.
I The appeal was therefore dismissed with costs,

Foot- and-mouth dipease continues to spread in
Shropshire, and several fresh eases have 'been re-
ported. The local authorities have prohibited the
importation of cattle into the country. The disease
also continues to increase in Lancashire. There are
now 214 farms affected, comprising a large number of
cattle.

--------
A railway accident occurred at Fernhill siding, near
•Bury, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on
Tuesday night. While some wagons were being
shunted, three of, them, loaded with machinery got off
the rails, and blocked the passepger traac for four
hours, Trains accumulated on both lines, and the
passengers were at last transferred from train to train
to overcome the difficulty. The damage caused by
the accident was but alight.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-10

. undeniable as uu _
or selfish inter ,the.ptrt est rn
wont tot...troth
--..Ted from the general - •

Lord Cairns said he disliked as much as anyone le
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-03-10

MR. RUSKIN'S MUSEUM AT
SHEFFIELD.

Mr. John Ruskin writes to The Times to state that
the resumption of former duties at Oxford does not in
the least mean his abandonment of any plane relating
to Sheffield ; and the ,placing of objects recently
bought for the Walkley Museum or of gifts
made to it (as the beautiful collection of shells
especially referred to by the Misses Brereton)
temporarily at Nottingham or at Whiteland's
College, is only to make these possessions in the
meantime as useful as they can be, while they also
remain under the charge of members of the St.
George's Guild, to which body the Walkley Museum
and its contents belong. Mr. Ruskin continues
have always stated that the use of the museum at
Sheffield may be permanently increased by the con-
sistent distribution ef itz duplicate and redundant
treasures to other centres of education. The mountain
home of the museum at Walkley was originally
chosen, not to keep the collection out of smoke, but
expressly to beguile the artizan out of it. Pictures and
books may be guarded in Sheffield as in London, but
I wished that the sight of them might be a tempta-
tion to a country walk. When I was last at Sheffield,
however, I expressed my entire willingness to comply
with the wishes and defer to the judgment of the
masters, whose regard for the instruction and ad-
vancement of the operative is now entirely kind
a
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The legal
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to
master the arrangement ecouirgtthey'astinGuild and its
ent and in subsequent purchase,
selection of objects which nevertheless are secured as
the permvent property of the town. This right of
Sheffield of every object once placed in the museum.
Far the rest, all delays and dubitations in the busi-
nessarrangementselectionquiteessential,inviolableareready have been chiefly the results of my own illnesses
or ignorances ; and I hope that with my now clearer
knowledge of what is required, and health, to appear.
ance, reestablished, and the help of many kind and
prudent friends, whatever was right in the design ina7
be soon accomlpished,