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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

MORE AMERICAN MURDERS.

At North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, on the Ifith
ult., an Englishman named James Armstrong fired at
his father-in-law, and afterwards shot his wife dead
with a revolver. The family had been unhappy for
some time, and on the night in question they were en-
gaged in a hot dispute. Both parties became much
excited, when Armstrong, without any intimation or
warning whatever, drew a revolver and aimed it at his
father-in-law, discharging its contents before any re-
sistance could be made. The ball missed the person
whom it was intended for, and struck a man named
James Welsh, sligLtly wounding him in the cheek.
Armstrong turned partially round, his wife standing
near the &e l'. outside of the house, and deliberately
fired at her. The ball lodged in her neck, completely
severing the ju.ular vein, causing her death in less
than five minty es. Tee mst (letter escaped.
At Union Hid, New Jersey, Joseph Baussert, a
tailor, aged 50, living with his wife and sons in a neat
cettage, quarrelled and fought with his two sons. He
had been bound over the same day to keep the peace
towards his wife, and returned home vowing yens
g,eance. About eight o'clock in the evering be became
as boisterous that she ordered him la t 1 4 the house.
His expulsion, it appears. was attended with vi tience,
for as soon as he got outride he fired a volley of
stones at the house, and sent a few of those missiles
whistling through the window. The eldest son, John,
who is twenty-eight years of age, then went out and ex-
instulated with his father, but to no purpose. He
then laid hold of hint, arid the enraged father be-
came desperate. He drew a knife and plunged it into the
abdomen of his son, whelk the latter dropped up in the
ground. Before he fell, however, another son named
Frederick, twenty-fur years of age, had come up, with
the view of making peace, and he, too received three
thrusts—one in the breast, a second in the ablomeh,
and a third in the leg. The father then retreated
from the scene, hut had not proceeded far when he
returned and cast a long, deep glance at the sons, who
lay moaning and gasping. The sight filled him with
remorse, and he departed to a distance of ab ,ut one
hundred yards. when he drew the blade across his
throat. He fell prostrate and threw out his arms.
lie was soon aroused, however, by constables, who
took him into custody, and it was then ascertained
that the wound on his throat was not fatal. Not so
those 1 4 the two cone. The eldest was sinking fast,
the other groaned piteously for assistance. Restoratives
were applied, but John was unable to speak. The
'tysician pronounced both cases fataL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

HINTS AbUUT HUT FEVER.

An "I 11.1 Writes to The Times—
Some years ago you did me the favour to insert a letter
recommending the use of belladonna in scarlet fever. As I
have not seen or read anything in the Interval to lessen my
confidence in the value of this remedy, and as scarlet fever
Is now very prevalent and fatal. I venture to request another
notice.
The effects of belladonna when administered in small
doses chtrutg tip attack in not to arrest its course, but by
Its infiueth.e on tin: Lrt.in kid nervous system it fortifies the
system against the wriest azgion of the poi;to;t The symp-
toms become sulkier, less prone to assume a nnoignant form,
and even when this has set in so nottlitles the influence of
the poison that the patient passes through the disease
safely.
in these days of prevailing scepticism respecting the power
of remedies, except when their effects are immediate and
palpable, I fear the employment of belladonna has not been
adopted so generally as it would have been in former times.
(was led to use it in scarlet /ever frotn the fact that it was
formerly given, and with great success, as alleged, in erysi-
polAs. to prevent this disease taking on a malignant, and
therefore fatal, form. Au a means of preventing scarlet
fever I oonsider it nsehns. The extreme fitfulness of the
poison, indeed, renders it inipossiblo to obtain any evidence
on the subject
After the appearance of my former letter in The Times I
met persons who told me they believed their children's lives
were saved by the remedy. Having seen the letter in your
columns, they at once adopted It, and expressed warm grati-
tude to you for the information.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

romAs T''''

AUCTIONEER AM) GENII::‘ VAI UEP,

FIVE WAYS, CRAY Lill HIATIL,
RePretinlly peUPit. thP rpt,oe: bn.i Arlirrt of Lie
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(I‘. sla ;Hi!) Aloderitle.

SA_TURDAY, OCTOI3ER 2;3. 18'69.

PRICE ONE PENNY.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE

REGISTRATION, ISO.

The following is an analysis of the recision in the
qtnnrbridge polling district. which comprises Stour.
bride,. Upper Swinford, and Wollaston, by the Congen.
vatic., and Liberals

CONNERVATIVES.

Conservative objections made 1135
failed 5O

snistsined lO3
Radical objections made SO
o laded

Sustained 2l
Conservative gain on objections 63
Conservative alaiins wade

failed

Allowed
_

Radical claims rnado
„ failed
„

Allowed
Radieal P9llls on elainia
Total Conservative gains on revision ......
To tlio shove, whpre thr polities of new voters ars not
known, ill, are reckoned as Liberals.

L:HERAI.S.

RTorßllßrnov POLLING DISTRICT.

horals exiinn Ned 46
Conservative litto
'Liberal now olainna sustained 57
Conservativos
Liberal gain on olaima B7
Liberal Wu on otjections

Net Liberal gain
TIATI.S POLLIWG DISTRIGT.

Liberals cspringel on Overseen and
party objections 62
Conservatives ditto ditto 31

Liberals 011.1.1 to reviler

Cow.ervittives

ditto

ditto

82

Liberal rain on Oldl111,l
Liberal loss on objections

Net Liberal gains
Neutral and duplicates expunged .... 57

BLAKEDOWN.

Rt 410EDOWN CHORAL UNIAN.—We Itre Trimmed to hear
that a soaietv for the praetice of Choral Music has been
formed in this place, and is likely to be very successful,
over 40 members having already Joined. Mr. F. J. Mew.
thwaite, of this town, boa been appointed conductor,

WANTED, a Good Strong Active SER-
VANT GIRL. One used to a Publie-houne.—
Apply to Mrs. Counop, Lyttellon Ammo, Halebowen.

TO CORN MERCHANTS, SEEDSMEN,
wANTED, in the rincipal Agricultural
Districts of Worcest. rshire, RESPECTABLE
PARTIES to Sell a First-clar, thotranteed MANURE.
A pushing energetic person %ill find this a favourable
opportunity.—Apply to the Editor of this paper.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

THE WHITTON TRAGEDY.

It is a singular fact (Rays a writes in the Windsor
Express), that the man known as Thomas Hayden
Green, aged eighty-two years, who has so barbarously
murdered an inoffensive old gentleman, Mr. Kyezor,
at Whitton, near Hounslow, was in his earlier years
an inhabitant of Eton, where he lived in the small
shop, now untenanted, adjoining the Crown and
Cushion gateway, in the High-street, and belongingto
Messrs. Nevile Reid and Co. His real name, and
which he was known by at that time, was Edwards,
, and it would appear that previously to coming to Eton
I he, while following his vocation as a milkman in
London, in 1820, became acquainted with the move-
'Lents of the Cato-street conspirators, and betrayed
their intentions to Lord Harrowby, at whose house the
different members of the ministry were to have dined
upon the evening of their intended assassination by
'rhistlewood and the other desperadoes joined with him.
As a reward for his services the Government of the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

CRADLEY HEATH.

ANNUAL CUPPLIR —A month or two ago Mr. Timothy
Parkes, nt Reddall Hill, was kind enough to present to
the congregation worshipping at the Baptist Chapel.
Four Wove. a begutif .11 harmonium, which has since been
efficiently played by his con, Mr Alfred Parkes. At its
introduction, a suitable choir woe formed, who have an.
quitted themselves no well that it wag deemed advisable
to acknowledge their services. Accordingly the were as
is the general custom at the present time, entertained to
clipper on Monday evening at the Hovel Oak, Highiatreet.
Cradley Reath. A capital spread was prepared, to which
ample juatice wan done, and the evening wet spent in
harmless jollification as befitted a chapel choir. Toasts
' of course went round, awl the originators of the capper.
I we well as the host and hostess, came in for their due
share.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

A Q'

lUESTION ABOUT EMIGRATION.

A Correspondent ("(3, L, s.") writes to TO Thrie4—
lt often happens to me to be interrogated on the subject
of emigration by poor men who are too respoctabla to b,ag
alms, and whose misfortune, rather than fault, it is that they
neither have nor can obtain employment.
They ask how can they get to the colonies; to whom
should they apply; what colonies will receive them?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer then questions. I know
that formerly there used to be in England agencies from
the different Australian colonies for promoting immigration
to them; but I imagine these no longer exist Perhaps some
colonist resident in England will, through your columns, en-
lighten the hundreds of honest and Industrious men who are
seeking information on this vital subject The question is,
I not what private speculators are traii.lhr in the introduction
of labour, but what official arid recognised agencies superin-
tend inw,4icration to the colonies.

To the above Mr. tseorge Verdon, Agent-General
for Victoria, 8, Victoria-charabers, Victoria-street,
Westminster, London, writes :

As the agent-general for that country In England, it Is a
part of my duty to administer the Immigration Act and the
regulations made under it for the conduct of emigration from
Europe to Victoria. The regulations at present in force
provide for the aseistanee of persons nominated by their
friends in the c-lony, who, upon payment of a small sum
there, may obtain passage warrants in fax,,ur of their nomi-
nees here, and they enable me to grant free passages to single
women lit for domestic service. In this way nearly 400
people are sent out to Melbourne every month.
I hope to receive very shortly further regulations, under
which the assistance given ti emigration by the fi overmuent
will too largely extended. The terms and conditions of this
assistance will be published in all parts of the United King-
dom, so that no one need be ignorant of them. In the mean.
time I am always pretared to give the fullest information
concerning the condition and resources of Victoria to any-
one who may inquire of me either personally or by letter,
and more than 100 local agents are furnished with the means
of answering the inquiries put to them in their several dis-
tricts.

A WIZARD NO CONJOROR.—Dear old Zadkiel is
hard put to it for a puff, but he has found one. "lie
prophesied No Tidal Waves, and none came." Quite
right, dear clever boy. And you did not prophesy the
death of one of the Elephants in the Zoo. And none
has died. Why not advertise that? The Society
won't mind.—Pustch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

A NOTICE FROM "RED RORY."

The following notice, which has been extensively
pcsted throughout the county of Westmeath, is a
specimen of some of the stimulants used to excite the
peasantry :

'.l3rßLic NOTICE

TENANTRY OF TIM S-11711-R-0-E;i4-N-G DITTRICT—SLAYEd

TILE SOIL.
'IL is time you should spring to your feet to grapple with
that two-headed monster landlord tyranny alla rackrents,
that has ground your forefathers to the dust of oppression
arid consigned yourselves to lives of poverty, wretchedness,
and woe. In few words, which must be complied with as
well as attended to, you are requested to withhold rents
until ample justice is done you by giving your lands eta
fair valuation. Nothing more is required nothing less
shall be accepted. Justice, justice to Ireland ' faith and
fatherland ! together, together! Store landlord tyranny in
the face. Remember, the wolves that once iti,ecrated ire.
land by having a price set on their heads amply rewarded
, the hand that prostrated them. So the Scully landlord who
' refuses just and honoured concessions to his tel.nutry shall
be dealt with aa the council may hereafter determine.
'Committee orders to be strictly observed by the secre-
tary. " ILSE RORY, the Mountain War Captain."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

AAftlitAY, octonEft 21, MO.

Rowley, and witnem then not him into It carriage.• men "-
named Adamq having nreyinualv &yen him twn eixnencea
for two ticket*. Witness received the twn ticket.. and
went down the ataira to en on to the platform, bet 11 ma.
lireman end nnrter who were stationed there wnntd mot
al." him to re... He waked them what he mm to In
with the ten tieksta. PP the persona were in ths train.
They 'O'I him that the train wan gone. althonvh it wee
not 15 minute. rad Realm then by the!slew-street elation
c'nek. Witrems gaid the two men would get into trouble.
They then told witneis to en and take the tiekete bank.
ao.l feet the money. PR they mnst pay at the other end
Wltnette did sn. and got the %billing back.— dam Jn.•
aa then charged with a similar effete.. Tie eahlenee
wee the acme as in the other pace. Mr. Locke. To.mPe.
tor. teid that these ease.; were of frennent Ocrnrret‘,.:7.
he ,Itathdhaect
n,htmaenewrehrn:tvtitornlia:o.,noelr..htt
Them
hahe:trtbi tia
!la
h,,OrteßhnOrtcioresTipLi ersmd thatnerg
in the habit of vetting away without giving op their
I ticket.. and they wanted to put a stnptn it. Defendants
were the,, fined 2s 6d each and costs, 19. ; in default 21
do,' imprisonment. .

THE LATE INDF.CEVT AMIATI.T —At the Worcester.
shire Sessions. on Wednesday loot. Josiah Sock.
collier, Henry York (on hail), and Samuel Cooper (18),
collier, were indicted for unlawfully and indecently no.
muffing Elizabeth Grosvenor, at Halesowen, on the ldth
September last. The two former pleaded guilty to the
charge. aad the latter'• not guilty." Mr. Griffiths on tile
part of the prosecution. tendered no evidence against
Cooper and he was dkeherged ; the other two prizonot
wi V. sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with
hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

LOST AND YOUND I

Since three o'clock on Friday, the Bth of October, a
girl 17 months old, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel
Hickie, Kidwell's park, Maidenhead, and her nurse,
Elizabeth Barry, a woman about 38 years of age, have
been missing. No explanation could be given of
their disappearance, except that Barry was under
notine of diamizsal. The police were communicated
with, and bills containing a desciiption .1 the
nurse and child, and offering a reward of £lOO for
their discovery, were widely circulated. For some
time nothing was heard of them, but on Sunday Mr.
Horne, inspector of the detective plaice of Liverpool,
proceeded to a house at St. Jude's-place and there found
the nurse and the child.
From the woman's statement it appears that she had
received a month's notize to lea, e
ploy, that she suddenly left a fortnight before her time,
and that, being very fond of the child, she determined
upon taking it with her. She went to Liverpool with
the infant Though the cause given by the woman for
can ying off the child may seem improbable, her asser-
tion that she was fond of the child is to a certain ex-
tent substantiated by the fact that, when found, the
child afforded ample s vidence that it had been treated
with kindness since its removal from home.
telegram, announcing the apprehension of the
nurse and the vecovery of the chilli, wars forthwith des-
patched to ljeutenant-Ckdonel Hickie, and late on
Sunday night an answer WaU received, by telegram, in
which it was stated that he would proceed to Liverpool
by the earliest available train,
Colancl Ilickie, accompanied by Mrs. 'Heide.
arrived in Liverpool On Monday, and, having obtained
possession of their child, returned home to Maiden-
head. The nurse remained in custody.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

The following letter has been addressed by Edwawl Baines,
M.P., to the Secretary of the National EMeation Union
" Headingley Lodge, Leeds, Oct. 14, 1569.
"Sir—The plan of the • National Education Union,'
which yon have been so good as to send me, seems to
me the best considered and most unexceptionable that
has been published.
"So far as I can see, it would (as it professes) cover
the whole field of the education of the working rimiest'
It aims at the ' instruction of all children without
exception.'
"It utilizes the existing schools, which it would be
equally unwise and impracticable to attempt to set
, aside.
"It supplements them where defective, by provid-
ing for the children of ',supers and vagrants, a:ud by
nee-' liberal grants to infant, mixed, and evening
schools.
•'lcoecureothat the education shall be effective, by
prolonging the half•time system till .the children are
able to pass a satisfactory examination in reacting,
writing, and arithmetic.
"It provides for moral and religious training, not
by requiring it aa a conditkin of State aid, but by
aiding denominational (as well as secular) schools.
"It guards the rights of conscience, by requiring a
conscience clause in all aided schools, and giving to
parents a free choice of the schools.
"It acknowledges parental responsibility, and does
not burden the rates with the coot of educating children
whose parents are able to bear that cost themselves.
"It facilitates the completing if our eilucational
system, not by overthrowini: institutions to which the
public faith is pledged, and towards which millions of
money have been voluntarily coral ibuted in reliance
on that pledge, but by extending and improving the
laws relative to primary and industrial education.
" Without binding myself to the prospectus in every
word, or pledging myself to every detail by which the
plan maybe sought to be carried out, and reserving my
perfect freedom to judge of the plan which may be
proposed by the government in the coining session of
Parliscient, I repeat my General and hearty concur-
rence in the paper which bears your uarr.e.
"I insist add that I see no objection to slow per.
' mitting, or even requiring, towns and districts where
a want of schools is ascertained to exist, and where,
after notice, the want is not supplied by voluntary
, agency, to provide schools out of the public rates.— I
am, Sir, your obedient servant, "EDWD. BAINES.
"The Rev. Wm. Stanyer, M.A., HOD. Secretary."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

OLD HILL.

Assrrur CANEA.—At the Petty Sessions. on Wednes-
day lsot. liefore Messrs. F. W. Cl. Burrs. E. Moore. and
N. Flingley. Edmund Mason was charged with agssulting
Mary Brettlo on the Ifith inst. at Old Hill. Mr. Addison
defended. Complainant. a married woman, grid on the
shove date show in passing by the defendant's house in
Elhow•street. Ohl Hill. Defendant's wife came out, and
on being asked by complainant what she had been saying
about her. shoated '• Murder," and defendant came out
and struck her on the head several times Cross-exam-
ined : I struck Mrs. Mason after she struck me. Pluelre
Davis said she was present at the row. SAW complainant
go to Mrs. Mason about five men. Mrs. Mason shouted
`• Murder." and struck com:itainant, and they had (in the
word, of witries a regular `. set-to." Witness stood
looking at them, and defendant came out and struck com-
plainant several times. Mary Ann Smitten ccrroborated
last witness. In defence, Mr. Addison said Mrs. Mason

'SA in the privy, and on coming oat complainant began
hitting her, and complainant's hnsband came lip and did
the some, but on defendant coming to rescue ltia wife.
he was ferret to liv; and all that complainant and her
witnesses hod said was a tissue of lies from beginning to
ernl.—C.vms.senionoes. William Mettle was charged
Wit)) assaulting Pioche Ma'am at the same time and
idace. Complainant said she was the wife of Edmund
Mason. On the above dale she 100 l been at work in her
shop, and went to the privy, and whilst there heard some
one say, "You stand there, and we shall catch her as she
COM. out." She went out, and Mary Brettle caught hold
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

SUICIDE AT CARDIFF CASTLE.

00 Monday, an inquest was held at the Town Hall, Cardiff
on the holy of William Nash, aged thirty-two, one of the
under butters in the ernpky of the Marquis of Bute, who
destroyed himself at Cardiff Castle on Sunday night,
Mr. Churchman, head steward to Lord Bute, deposed
that the deceased had formerly been in the employ of the
Duke of Newcastle, and entered Lord Rube's service
about four months ago. Deceased had the reputation of
being a sober honest servant. He had recently been
subject to a delusion that all the ornamental plate had
been stolen, and that the detectives were after him
in consequence. Witness did all he could to relieve
his mind from this idea, causing the plate to be shown
to him ; but he remained in a very dejected condition,
and witness thought it necessary to engage a young
man named John David to look after him. There was
not the slightest foundation for the trouble the de-
ceased appeared to be in, the plate being in just the
same order as when first entrusted to him. He was a
sober honest man, and a general favourite with the
other servants. On Saturday deceased became im-
pressed with the notion that a silversmith who had
come from London to the Castle on buiness was
a detective in search of him, and he became very
much excited in consequence. On Sunday night the
unfortunate man vas found in a kneeling attitude near
his bed, by witness and the man David. The latter
called out, "He has hung himself !" and a piece of
sash-cord was found round his neck, attached to a ring
in the ceiling. Medical assistance was at once pro.
cured, but life was quite extinct.
David having corroborated this witness, the coroner
said further evidence was unneecessary, as the jury had
heard enough to convince them that the deceased was
labouring under temporary insanity; and a verdict to
that effect was anaordinuly ',turned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

A LETTER FROM MR. THOMAS
CARLYLE.
The American Scotsman, a new weekly, published in
New York, prints the following letter from Mr.
l'homaa Carlyle :

Chelsea, London, January 19, 1869.
Dear Sir,—At laat I receive your pamphlet and have read
Lib what attention and appreciation I could bestow.
siderahle faculties of mind ate manifested to ;
Lleu Of intellect, of imagination ; a serious earr.est
,:ndnoter ; here and there a tone of sombre eloquence, and
ve't izei of real literary
nut my constant regret was, and is, to see such powers
mai:ming in a field palpably chaotic, and lying beyond the
hoots of mall's intelligence. These are not thought., which
they are huge gaunt vacant dreams, for ever in-
by maitre, f being either affirmed or denied.
yin clear novice, therefore, would be, Give up all that;
earn, to employ your intellect on things where no intellect
can trail; to sow good reeds on realms of mere cloud and
The highest intellect witch issue. In no certainty
Pun. completely failed. The world tif practice and fact lathe
1::,t arena for its inhabitants ; wide enough for any or for all
ittellects of men; and never lay more incumbered with
oodid carkness and pernicious delusions than even now.
Real intellect might write with advantage on such things ;
inner still, perhaps, it might remain silent, and bond its
e force On illilLninating one's own poor path in such a
wi.!,neas; on more and more clearly ascertaining, for at
1...5t one earnest man, What to do, awi Row to do it.
Probably you will not adopt this advice, almost certainly
it it once ; nor shall that disaffect me at all. Your tract
:and thro :about to be rather pleasant reading, and to
ice a certain Interest ; nothing in it except one small sec-
t o tre:itiug of a thing I never mention, unless when corn-
il—the thing which calls itself 't Spirltlioliairl" (which
intubt more fitly be called "Ultra-Brutaliarn," and "Liturgy
~f Dead-Sea Apes ",—was diaagreeable to me.—Yours, with
many good wishes. T. caliLVldl.
• The Temple of Isla" By William Donovan.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 186 f.

LE PANTIN MURDERS,

The following letter has been received by Edmond
Vormoorm, engineer in the Imperial navy at Cher-
from his brother, now in the prison of Mazes :--
-hip dear Brother—Do not reject these few lines, AN I have
not the courage to write to our poor parents. Endeavour
ii• console there as well as Is In your power. Tell them
ow they ought not to consider me so culpable as !he
jOtirll:aa wart. You can assure them that lam not a
liiiirtierer, as they perhaps believe me at this moment,
id:hough I am accused as such, I wish that you were
hot a soldier, no that you might at least aid in
tasting the distress with which our family is over.
whelmed, or that you could invent something which would
prod LIM a little money to enable them to go to America ;
fir
to Fiance they will never again lie at rest. In the United
• et least they would not be the mark of scorn Du
whstyou on to courf,rt them; for myself. I can it,, nothing
but weep for them. If anything happens in one family, you
.011* kind enough to write to me. Ido not ask for news,
Irr I know well in wl at position they are. if lam
it is is only ou their account ; mhiortune has fallen
n.. 0. me, and l submit. &towage my parents for me, ad-
buret they perhAps believe me unworthy of that favour.—
Yotir utihaepy brother, J. B. Troppmann. '
roi.letter was forwarded to his sister Francoise, with
the aidition of the following few lines from E Imond,
oho bus olwa)s borne an excellent character in his
sevice
at once replied, adjuring him to denounce his acconh
glees I will setol you his iali.wer When I receive it re I
or parents that I stiil remain their devoted son, E. Tropic'
o P.S. EtzdoaiOiW prim ',Ally to Console our poor
Dueller."
The Indualrid Alsari,n states that, " The elder
Vormnann has sent to the police another letter he hais
rtmived from Paris threatening hint and all his family
tot death if his son makes any disclosures."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

HOPS.

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A fair quantity of new hops have come to hand. Fine
samples base been in healthy request, and for such full
prices have been paid. Other descriptions, although com-
manding but little attention, have been steady in value.
Mid and East Keats, £5 its. to £7 10e. ; Weald of Ken%
£4 10s. to £6 151 i. : Sussex, £4 51. to £5 ss. Fern-
hams, £.5 125. to £7 10$.; Country, £6 to El 75; Year-
lings, £2 to £3 10s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

IHE TORMENTS OF TIGHT-LACING.

Dear Mr. PUNCH,—Being a young lady, of course,
you know, I must dress in the fashion, and now that
small waists hays come in I am obliged to lace myself
as tightly as I can, so as not to look ridimilous. My
stays hurt terribly at first, they are so stiff and bony.
Even now it is as much as I can do to sit through
dinner without fainting. But I mean to persevere,
and hope in a few days to measure an inch less, though
sadly fear I nrver shot/ be able to wear a waist of
sixteen inches and a half, which my modiste says in
now considered fashionable. And lam terribly afraid
that what the doctors say is true, for sirce my dresses
were made tight I have felt wretchedly unwell and
sadly out of spirits. My head aches so, you can't
think, and my cheeks are, 0 so pale, and getting ac-
tually yellow. Indeed, my sister tells me that I look
a perfect friobi, but then, you know, she's envious of
my having a fine figure.
But the worst is that I feel so cramped and stiffened
that I can hardly stir, and am really quite f etigued
with the least possible exertion. I used to love a dance
and was immensely fond of croquet. But I find with
,r pinched waist its quite impossible to waltz, you get
so out of breath and feel so sick and giiidy. And as
for playing croquet, why, you can't hit a hard knock,
or stoop to pick a ball up, and your dress is made so
tight you feel afraid of something cracking.
Another of my miseries is that my maid has the mm-
to follow the new fashion, and is getting
quite unfit for work through her tight-lacing. When
I tell her to run upstairs to fetch a pocket-handkerchief
she moves as slow and stiffly as I do thyself, and comes
down panting so that she can hardly rasp an answer to
my questions. Then she constantly is getting nasty
stitches in her side, and while she stands to do my hair
she often feels no faint that I have w give her sal vola-
tile. The chance is too that when I come home from
party, I find that she has gone to bed with a sick
headache, leaving poor me to retire to re-t without the
least assistance. Of course, you know, I'm bound to
give lire my old dres-ses, and she says they'd be of no
it, if she hadn't got a waist as email as mine, and BO
this is her excuse for her inittative impodenee.
Of course it's vi-ry nice to be admired for one's good
figure, and of course I'd rather die than dress out of
the fashion. Bat stays are a great torture, and
deprive one of a number of small comforts and enjoy-
ments, not to mention one so vulgar as enjoying a nice
dinner, which one has no room to swallow when one's
squeezed to sixteen inches. I know our great grand-
mothers were tortured like ourselves, but croquet
wasn't known then, any more than waltzing. And as
I dearly love all feminine athletic sports like these,
I certainly do hope the fashion will soon change, and
that one may wear one's waist as wide as nature
made it. Until then, believe me, yours, in misery,
—Punch. A VICTIM.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

SUPERSTITION IN CHINA.

A Catholic paper gives the following account of an
incident which it states recently occurred at Canton.
A native Christian woman, much respected by the
Christians, and even by the pagans who were ac-
quainted with her, haa devoted herself for twenty
years to rescuing and baptieing infants abandoned by
their parents. At the beginning of July alt.] V::;$ ar-
rested on the charge of practising sorcery upon young
children, and of taking out their eyes, the marrow of
their bones, and even their souls, with a view to the
priparation of magical remedies. She was several
times put to the question, and savagely beaten on the
face with leathern straps, to induce her to confess her
guilt. In the midat of her tortures, however, she
maintained the greatest courage and gonetaney in
confessing the faith. She was condemned to death,
and it was feared that the sentence would be I
immediately executed. Upon tbi H. Grardin,
the resident missionary, succeeded in obtaining en-
trance to the prison, heard her confession and adminis-
tered to her the Holy Viaticum : while the bishop,
Mgr. Omil:emin, left no means untried to obtain a re-
spite. This was granted, and the Viceroy spread a
report that the cause woeld be carried ty appeal to
Prkill. But in the meantime tic, popillace were ex-
cite I to Leah violence, and the mandarins subjected
the lice od to fresh examinations, forcing her to re-
main fr many hours kneeling upon iron chains. All
of as switien, however, the victim of persecution was
set at liberty and received with jitibllc demonstrations
of j 33, by the Christian part of the population.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

WORDSLEY.

TGE LATE CILAROE 07 STEALING BEARE. At the
Staffordahire ()dater Sessions. on Tueßday last, before
Mr. Rupert Kettle. Deputy-Chairmsn..Tohn Young
labourer, wan convicted of stealing 21itt,g of pins and two
pieces of brass, from the premises of Richard Mills. of
Kingiwinford. On his Reprehension the prisoner met
the eharge by Raying that he went into the place to have
a sleep. He bad been previously convicted. Sentence
was deferred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

THE VACCINATION LAWS.

In London, on Tuesday night, a public meeting
was held in the Marylebone Vestry-hall to take into
coneideration the question of the Vaccination laws as
they affect the public health. There was a tolerably
good attendance. The chai:: was taken by Mr. T.
Chambers, M.P.
The chairman said that it was a ineettagto-sepi.ilate
the subject—to inquire, not prim:slily whether vac&
nation be desirable or not, but to inquire whether the
state of the law which imposes cumulative penalties on
parents with respect to non-vaccination was a law
which ought to be maintained. This was entirely dif-
ferent frogc the medical question. If a remedy were
to be applied to children, and if there be a reasonable
doubt of the efficiency Of that remedy—if there
was any apprehensien that what was thought
to be a remedy was perchance nsizehierous
if that were so, the first thing to be done was to have
the fullest investigation into the question, and the last
thing to be done—supposing there be any reasonable
ground of apprehension—was peremptorily to impose
penalties upon parents who had a conscien dons objection
to vaccination. It did not involve the chemical or medi-
cal question for that meeting to pass a resolution that
in the present state of the law on this question it was
not gesirable—nay it was unjust and wrong—that
heavy and cuniulative penaltiec should be imposed
on those who on the toast conscientiouz grounds objected
to submit to this process. Mr. tihaw moved the first
resolution as follows :

" That this meeting is of opinion that the objections of
those who are the opponents of vaccination should be re-
Prold, and that no one in this matter should be compelled
to sct i.outrary to his conscience."
lie ernoaffi ed that although there might be merit in
vaccination, there ins no reason why it should be
made compulsory.
Mr. Richard Gibbs secondad tuo sego!ution, and
quoted largely from statistics to pravo how ws's=i,fis-
tion was not only inefficacious as a remedy, but at,
ceeilingly pernicious in its effects.
Dr. Pierce supported the resolution, and attributed
the insreass of erysipelas chiefly to vaccination, and as-
serted that tha latter multiplied filthy and horrible
diseases. He pretested against the further appoint-
ment of state medical oftiaers, because children, he
asserted, died indirectly throush the hands of the vac-
cinator. Small-pox, lie contended, was a blessing, not
a curse, and made life longer.
The resolution was carried, as were also others en-
dorsing the objects of the Anti-Compulsory Vaccina-
tion League, and a vote of thanks to the chairman
closed the proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

BELBROUGHTON.

CLOSH OF THE CRICKET SitallON Monday last was
the day appointed he finish the cricket season, and to
make it more of a holiday, subscriptions were raised to
provide some aniusements. Unfortunately, the day was
wet and cold, which tended to mar the enjoyment; but,
notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, a num-
ber of ladies KIRI gentlemen, including the vicar, were
present, and at four o'clock the sports commenced. The
first race was a quarter mile: H. Moire, lot; E. Smith,
2nd. Hurdle race, '220 yards: B. Roberts, tat; J. Wat-
kins, Sad. Handicap ter youths under 17 ; A. Bayliss,
let: J. Jones, 2nd. Sack race, 55 yards: J. Taylor, let;
C. Lea, 2nd. Half-mile flat race: B. Roberts, Ist; H
Moore, 2nd, E. Smith, 3rd; but as no man was allowsd
to take more than one first prize, Ulla fell to E. Smith.
third man. 220 yards flat race for youths under 13 : J.
Bayliss. Ist; 11. (.koodyer, 2nd. The prize for throwing
I the cricket ball was won by Mr. Whatinore. High jump:
I C. Lilly, lat ;H. Moore, 2nd. Quarter•mile hurdle race,
J. Watkins, Ist; C. Lilly, 2nd. The competitors were
confined to the parish. and the prizes consisted of spades,
forks, hatchets, knives, hats, cricket bats, caps, and belts,
for which great credit is due to Mr. Nicholls, the secre-
tary, in getting in the sub,criptions. The members and
friends then adjourned to Mr. W. Farmer's, the Queen's
Head Inn, where an excellent dinner was provided.
Among those who sat down was Mr. G. Bate (chairman),
Mr. Perkins (vice chairman), Messrs. G. Hartle, T. Page,
Itaybould, W. Smith, I. Yarnold, E. Price, F. Blun-
dell, I. Brett, I. Moore, T. Huhand, B. Coley, J. Coley,
&c., &e. After dinner, the Chairman read a latter he
had received from C. P. Noel, Esq., regretting his inabi•
lily to attend the dinner, in consequence of important
business he had to attend to. He wished the club every
success, and if spared till next season should feels lively
interest in the game ; end concluded by hoping the club
would attain a higher standard— (cheers). The following
toasts were proposed—" The Queen," " The Prince and
Princess of Wales," " Bishop and Clergy," "Army,
Navy, and Volunteers." " The Patron, C. Noel, Esq.,"
was given from the chair in enlogistic terms, at some
len zth, Mr. lln e sayiw.! the-it Ce Solt,re v•As oon of the
del Englein I.; Alden...Ll; nen t/o, ti
11111Sielll bnuourg. followed by the gong Tile Fine Old
English Gentleman," by Mr. E. Price. The other toasts
were "C. P. Noel, Esq.. and Mrs. Noel." 'r The Ladies,"
" The Lady Patroness," " The Chairmen," " Vice-Chair-
man." and " Success to the Cricket Club." The latter
was ably responded to by the Secretary. At intervals, •
nii oilier of songs were sung by gentlemen present, and a
hlre.it evening was spent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

FIVE PERSONS POISONED.

tn inquest has been held at Meath on the bodies of James
Ledwithe, and Nicholas and Andrew Ledwithe, his sons, all
of a horn, after taking breaktaA some days previously, were
seized with symptoms of pohoning, and died suddenly. The
facts are as follows :
On Thursday, the 7th inst., Nicholas, the younger of
the sons, proceeded with an ass and cart (for the purpose
of bringing home goods to a neighbouring small shop-
keeper, Margaret M'Cormack) to the market of Cars
rickmacross. He was accompanied by Mrs. M `Cormack.
On their arrival at the market they procured the goods
required as soon WS possible, and about three o'clock
set out for home. When within three miles from the
market town Nicholas, the young lad, perceived a
paper parcel on the road, and got off the car to pick it
up. lie handed it to the woman, who remarked "if
it is tea and sugar, Nicholas, you'll have a supply fir
month." She then unloosed it, and to i
took out n
succession a small parcel of currants, a email parcel of
biscuits, and a small parcel of flour about 3.4.1 b. weight.
To use her own expression, she lapped it up again,
gave it back to him, and he took it home. He handed
it to his sister Mary, who put it safely aside under
lock and key. Next morning the latter got op
early, and made what she called a "potato cake" with
the flour, sufficiently large to afford the entire
family a good breakfast. She placed it on a pan to
bake, and when nearly baked a young girl, a neighly.ur
and acquaintance walked in, whom Mary at ones asked
to join them at breakfast. She refused, but at the
same time accepted a bit of the cake which Mary broke
off and handed to her, and walked out of the house,
sat. In a few minutes the three male inmates sat
down to breakfast, and took a very hearty meal. When
they had done, Mary commenced to eat, but, it
app.ars, took only a small portion of the cake.
Half an hour later the three men became ill, and were
attacked by a most violent retching and partial purg-
ing. Mary Ledwithe was also seized, slightly at first.
but became gradually worse during the day. The old
man and Nicholas grew rapidly woise, and in the
course of four or five hours both expired, before medi-
cal aid or the attendance of a clergyman could be pro-
cured. Andrew's life was prolonged sufficiently to
obtain both, but he too, in about tight or nine hours
from the time he was attacked, expired. The two
females also suffered a great deal, but through the ex-
ertions of Dr. Taal! e, of Nobber, they are rapidly re-
covering.
Dr. Taaffe and Dr. Jonea, of Dronaconrath, made a
post-mortem examination of the bodies, and gave it as
their opinion that death was caused by a mineral poison
which must have been mixed with the flour.
The jury at once concurred in this view, and returned
a verdict accordingly. They also expressed a suspicion
that the r- "Boned parcel was designedly left on the road
to be up by the parties.

.r poisoned
picked .-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

SOMETHING NEW ABOUT LONDON.

_
People who do not take in our contempory, the
L.ternotione/, a French Journal published daily in Lon.
don, can hardly be said to be well informed upon all
that goes on in this metropolis (remarks the Dad y News)
We ourselves are willing to confess that us never heard
of "The Anti-Pickpocket' Society," which it appears
Is pretty well established amongst us, until we read of
it last week in an article in our contemporary's columns
from the pen of a contributor, described as "Le Chron-
iqueur." This writer tells how, on the day before, he
was descending the charming road leading from
Highbury Barn to the station of the North London,
situated at the extremity of Uper-street," when his
attention was directed to a gentleman walking before
him followed by a well-dressed young man, whose
movements appeared suspicions. Shortly afterwards
the well-dressed young man, watching his opportunity,
slipped his hand into the pocket of the gentleman and
drew forth a handkerchief.
was (continued the chronizler) on the point of crying.
"Stop thief r when I observed that the young man stopped
rgist erelemaipatanb,;toproellatty retTedAttlehims.the tlme the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-23

WOOL

A fair amount of animation has prevailed In the woof
market. Both colonial and English produce has been in
request, and the value of such has been well supported. Car.
rent prices of English wool :—Fleeces : Southdown hoggets
it. ld. to lA 2d.•, ball-bred ditto, ls. 444. to la. 6d
Kent fleeces, it. 3d.. to la. 3}d. • Southdown ewat and
wethers, ii ld to ls. 144. ; Let:inter ditto, la. 2}d, to
44a. Sorts: Clothing, la, to la. 444.; combing, 11d. be
I is. 54 per lb.
POTATOES.

- -
These markete are moderately supplied with potatoes
The business doing is limited, at our quotations. English
Shawl, 655. to 75.; Ditto Regents, 791. to 955.; 574 French,
IS., 60 601. per Son

I
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

An excellent STRING BAND sill be in attendance.

AMATEUR MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT

In connection with the Itscaar, will he given on

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16th. 1869.

Doors open at 7.30 p.m.; to commence 8.0 p.m.

Tickets, both for the flarzier and Concert, may be hitil
st, Mr. Mark's (where a Plsn of the Reserved Seats may
be seen), at Mr. Aro°intiall's, Mr. Archer Clarke's, Mr.
Dunn's. and other places
Admission to Baas,: lc each day until 6 p.m., attar
which on brat Day. 61, and on Wednesday, 3.1.
Tickets for Concert: 2r 61, le 64, and 64.

MONDAY, Pee. 20th, IS THY. LAST DAY Volt TIMM
MO.—TWENTIETH SEASON.-1869.
ART UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
ONE SHILLING PER SHARE.

1.695.592 Tickets have been cold in the nineteen prIl•
TiOU4 drawings, and 20.89 PRIZES distributed, includ-
ing 1 73.1 Paintings. in amounts varying from 200 Rainey
downwards, being ONE PRIZE in each 81 Tickets.
The DRAWING for PRIZES will take place
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2901, 1869,
And will consist of
ONE THOUSAND PRIZES.
Hed's Acre" (lot Prize) olatuk Ou'thror......£200
"Shrimpers on the Beach" (2nd Prize) F. UndrrAill £l2O
and about 150 other Paintings, from £75 down.
}Particulars in Prize Lisle.]
Tickets, ONE SHILLING each, entitling the holds!'
to one chance in the drawing, may be had from the um.
dermentioned agents; or will be forwarded direct by the
secretary on receipt of envelope ,stamped and direated),
together with poatage stamps or postPottiae order fir th•
number of Tickets required.
JAMES G. LAW, Secretary,
99 Oztordestaget, Manchester,

LOCAL AGENTS:
H. BUOOMIALL, Bookseller, 11S. High-4.,
Stourbridge.
EDWARD LUVI, Bookseller, Thsh.streer.,
I.V. H. Livros. Bookseller. 19. igh.streeLl Dudley,
E. Ili:wan:as, Bookseller, High-street,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

CRADLEY.

Crum Thcrorr.—On Wednesday a girl aged 14, daugh•
ti rof Jeremiah Cartwright, was sevarly burnt. It ap-
pears that she went to Messrs. King and Co's colliery, to
pick gleeds. After doing so she eat down on the mound,
and her clothes caught fire. She was very badly burnt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

OLD HILL.

Beenworse OFFENCE —At the Police Court. on Wed- .
nesday, before Messrs. Burrs and Hingiey, William Wil '
son, beerhouse-keeper. Blackheath, was charged by Su.
perintendent Mills with selling ale dtving prohibited
hours on Sunday, the 28th ultimo. Defendant pleaded
guilty, and the Bench, without hearing any evidence, lined
him 2s 64 and costs.
COAL STEALING.—Mary Ann Basterfield, a young girl,
ifili charged with st,oling a quanta,' of coal on the 7th
inat, the property of Thomas and Edward Lowe. Mr.
Addison defended. Edward Lowe mild he was iu partner-
ship with his brother. On the above date, about ten
minutes to seven o'clock in the evening, he saw the de-
fendant and another girl on the side of a limekiln picking
coal. He followed them and caught defendant, and found
she had got 2811,s of coal, value 14, in her possession.
He brought her to the station, awl sent a in is to fetch
the coal in a wheelbarrow. Mr. Addison contended Otis
it was a paltry ease to bring before the Magistrates, but
the Bench thought otherwise, and lined the defendant
is; in default seven days.
Assaina Case —Charles Oadd was chervil with as-
saulting Job Gadd, his cousin, on the Itia Mat, at Black-
heath. Complainant said he lived at Blackheath, and on
the above date he met a friend from America, and to-
gether they went into the Handel Hotel. They had uot
been there long before defendant came in, and without
saying anything, rushed at complainant, struck him twice,
and blackened his eye. Defendant pleaded guilty, and
was tined 61 and costs; in default 11 days,
MA,VERS AND SERVANTS —Joseph Moreton was SEM-
I moved by John Hodgkin for £3 Sc alleged to be due to
him. After hearing the evidence, the Bench ordered the
defendant to pay £1 2s and costa; being the money due
or one week's work,