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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

KIN VER.

STEALING BRASS.—At the Stafford Sessions, on
Wednesday, Horan] ' Ashton (or bail) was charged
w;th stealing, during the month uf March, at
Kinver, a qu'antiy of engine-brasses, the property
of Henry Onions Firmstone. Mr. Pose prosecuted,
and Mr. Darling defended. The prisoner was sent
to goal for two ntonths, with hard labour.
COURT LEFT.--This ancient annual gathering
took place on Tursday last, at the house of Mr. S.
Stevens White Hart Inn. Mr. E. W. Bernard, law
stewaid, presidedand Mr. John Taylor, agent, occu-
pied the vice char. The usual loyal toasts having
been duly observet the chairman paid due tulogium
to the Host and Rostess for their gathering, Mr,
John Phillips is the ex-mayor, Mr. John Green
being the may elected. Mr. S. Williams Was
elected constabb. Among those present were
Mes6Ts. W. H. Pico, J. C. Morris. S. Stevens, G
Williams Walter Perlis, Thomas England, F. Tial-
mins and E. Ru%ell. A most convivial meeting
was spent, intersrersed with repartee and harmony.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

ROWLEY.

-MIN ER3 AND IKE WAGES QUESTION. —On Tues
day sight a meeting of miners was held at the
Handel Hotel, Rcwiey, to consider the wage qws-
tion. Mr. Peruke presided. It was resolved,
" that in the ophdon of the meeting, it was de-
sirable that the Council of South Staffordshire and
East Worcestershire should be called together, to
take steps to obtaiit an increase of wages for miners."
—A similar resolution was adopted at a meeting
held at Old Hill on Wednesday night.

THE CHAIN TRADE.

A meeting of operatives concerned in the strike
in the chain tra(e took place at the Four Ways, on
Wednesday. M. W. Breakwell presided.
_ _ . _ _ _

Mr. Forrest sLid the reports stated that there was
a fartlit:r improlement ia the iron trale, and he
eonsid red that tlis eircu iistance warranted a eon-
linuance of th.e strike of chaimnakers for the 4s
list.

After a cliscuaion it was resolved to continue
the strike, and Twards of 700 men were relieved,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

HALES OWEN.

STEALING HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.— At the
Worcester Sessions on Wednesday, Thomas Green
Mills, a respectable looking man, on bail, was in-
dicted for havinc, on the 28th June stolen a piano-
forte, and on the 2nd July a walnut table and other
articles of furniture, the property of William Henry
Grove. Mr. Godson prosecuted; prisoner was de-
fended by Mr. Selfe.—Prosecutor is an ironmonger
to whom the prisoner was indebted to the amount
of £26. Ptisoner asked him to forego the debt and
pay off a mortgage of £4O upon his furniture, and
he would make over to him the whole of his furni-
ture. Prosecutor agreed to this, and by an agre--
ment in the presence of two witnesses prisoner
transferred the furniture to prosecutor, who paid
the £4O, and gave up his claim to the debt of £26.
Prosecutor removed the furnitu-e to a cottage, but
pzisoncr subsequently went there and took it away
and sold the greater part in Birmingham without
the prosecutor's consent. Hence the charge against
the prisoner. Evidence was called to show that
prisoner had the furniture fetched away by night,
whilst the cottage was unoccupied; that a portion
was sold by auction for £4O, and the rest disposed
of privately. The defence was that there was no
felonious intent, prisoner not understanding the
effect of the agreement. He was found guilty, and
sentenced to two months' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

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STOURBRIDGE.,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

GANIE AND POrLTRY.

Caw Os, 6t. to Cs. t3d.-; pullets, 2s. 9d. to 4s. ; chickens,
ls. 61 to 2d. 6d ; live liens, is. 9d. to 3s. ; pigeonr, ad. to
91 ; plovers, 4d. to 3d. ; pintail, Ir. to Is. ad. ; partridges,
2s. to 3s. 3d. ; pheasants, 3. to bs.; grouse, 2s. 9d. to 4s. ;
capercailzte, 4s. to 6s. 6d. ; wild ducks, is. tid, to 2s. 3d.;
hares, 3s. to 4s. 3d. each.

- HOP.
but choice
hie is well supported
• Mid Kent, choice
qualities Th e trabdeoi
being
gorr
ehroyp
as
somewhat of a downward
The price of inferior hops have serome
re
ported to be very
tendency. Abroad the markets
The
caisrcer,atthheerirlevess active'
prices were as follow:
firm, especially for g
,
,
-16 s • ditto second qualities, £8 Bs. to £lo'
412 10s. to 416 ..8 to 414 ; Sussex, £9 ss. to £l2; ditto
Weald of Sent, 49 9 • __ _ . _
d disemed, £3 10a. to 47 75. . Bavarian, 49 101. to
Inferior an
Bohemian, £9 155.. to £l2; Toperinge, 45 10s. to £6 65.;
-East Kent, choicer, -4olo4dlhOs°.P:o 418 18s.
412 ;
45 5s to 45 155. ; American, £ll to £l3 10a.
Abet, •
FISH.
Trawl haddock, 12s. 61 to 155. per basket; smoked ditto,
201. to 335. per barrel; fresh eels, Bd. to 91d. per 81b. , black
soles, 28. 61. to 4s. 3d. per pair; turbot, Bs. to 155.. each;
mackerel, 2s. to 33. per dozen. cod, 45 51. to £9 per
crimped ditto, Bs. 6d. to 17s. 6'
d. each; native oysters,p score ;
20s. per hundred; common ditto, 20s. t
o 50s. per bushel :
lobsters, 85. 9d. to 30s. per dozen ; hi in w t g, 81. 6d. to 121. per
basket; bloaters, 31 to ea. per box.

POTATO.
The supply of home grown potatoes is of very bad quality,
hut the foreign arrivals are large, and the demand not very
active. Scotch regents sell at 130 s. to 1508. ; ditto cham-
pion, 130 s to 1505.; Lincolnshire ditto, 13a. Victorian are
tamer, at 19.0 a. to 150 s. per ton; hut aarman redi and Bel.
glum kidney& Bell freely, at sa. to 6s. Sd. per bag.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

RAILWAY DISASTER IN AMERICA.

A telegram from Philadelphia to The Times (under
date October 10) says :—" That near Jackson, Michi.
gan, at one o'clock in the morning, a Pacific express
train on the Michigan Central railroad, going west,
behind time, ran ints. a locomotive standing on the
main line, completely telescoping the baggage wagons
of the express and piling the entire train of eleven
coaches, also completely wrecked, on them. Twenty-
five persons are known to have been killed and thirty
wounded; but the actual loss of life is unknown, all
the bo :ies not having been extricated from the wreck.
A special train with doctors left Detroit before day-
light with aid.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

MR. CROSS ON THE POLICY OF THE
GOVERNMENT.

Mr. Cross was present at a Conservative gathering
at Leigh on Saturday, and made two speeches in de-
fence of the general policy of the Government, and in
answer to the criticisms which had lately been passed
upon it. Passing from the causes of the depression in
trade and the distress amongst the agricultural
interest to the position of affairs of Afghanistan, he
said that so far as that country was concerned the
Cabinet could make no change. They had no wish
to interfere with the internal affairs of Afghanistan,
but what they wanted was to secure India,
and to take such precautions that, whatever
happened, the English Government must rule and
dominate so far as the safety of India is concerned.
It the Administration could see Afghanistan strong
arid friendly and independent, that was all they
wanted; but it must be all these three that they must
have present. It would not simply do to have one of
them and not the other—to have Afghanistan strong
and not friendly, or strong and not independent. The
result of the Zulu War would be hailed with the
greatest pleasure by those who have escaped from the
tyranny to which they had been subjected, and the
iron rule which was held over them during the reign
of the Zulu King.

The Home Secretary attended a Conservative
meeting on Tuesday evening at Clitheroe, and re-
plied for a vete of confidence passed in the Government.
He confined his observations principally to a defence
of the foreign policy of the Government. The action
of the Government was based on the main-
tenance of treaties, and he said that the point
of divergence between Mr. Gladstone and the
Government was that while they were determined
to prevent either Russia or any of the signatory
Powers to the Treaties of 1856 and 1871 violating
the provisions of those treaties unless with the con-
sent of all the other signatory Powers, Mr. Glad-
stone would have allowed Russia to break them.
Such a course would have destroyed the value tf
treaties altsgether. If they had gone to war the
end of all war was a treaty ; but if treaties were
not to be held inviolable, what was their use?

In concluding his address the right hon. gentleman
declared that it was useless for the Liberal party to
seek the support of the nation when, owing to their
divisions, they could not develop any policy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.

IDIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
rhres Years; after which, and without any farther pay
ment, to become the property of the hirer. Alllnstru.
wants had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Ex:hanged any time witbin sir monthE. for 1114 otber, if
no :approved of. and ,7:q-urned carrip.go fret:. And fur-
,. •. s triAl of yerers n'l. !, PiAnoforte or
it. ;.riu)nes cit,,n6
t;nk ti.t.
; thus off,rulg grom•er A Lit•tr. I,olPlut
o :Birmingham Houses.—Apply itßEDEttieli GREEN
Music, Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, ant 61,
Park-street, Walsall.7

TRAD 23MEN'S ADDRESSES.

3. F. GREEN,
OIANOFORTE TUNE li
a_
260, Castle Street, Dudley,
And 67, Park Street, Walsall.
HAS OREAT PLEASURB IN PUBLISHING THR FOLLOWING
TESTIMONIALS,
Byrom Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
nstitution for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London:—
I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano.
min Tuner, He tunes by equal temperament, and &t-
-ains an exact scale. (Signed) C. POTTBR."
From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Church, Huddersfield —' 'I have much pleasure in tea-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec.
tion. (Signed) JAMBS F. PerrsasoN."
From Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianist°, of the London
and Liverpool Concerts:—" Mr. Green is one of the few
who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previous
o giving my Public Recitals. (Signed) E. R. SANDRA.
ON.
From Mr. Butterworth, Organist, Dobeross,
‘l,,:ohest;,r:—" Mr. Green's equal ass Pianoforte Tun
ai rtire)y be I St with. (Signed) Davin Eurinmoni3
s.
Terms for Yearly Tuning ,ineluding minor re -
pairs—
Cottages, per annum •• 1 1 0
Grand. do .
Single Tunings (in Town)
s. d. s. d. a d a.
Cottages.... 3 68e 6 0 Full Grande 6 6 &
Ipiemi-Grands 6 0& 6 0 Concert Iron
Ttichord, Grands.. 7 6
. 4 6 tic 5 6
•.. • • ~‘ Vre7,o• c-Yrit !now zu:;vt,
s al.l,z.td I En4l,nd c ri•quired.
A large steles vf C1...}c).; and .13.0e1,,5n .11naic, a
Half-price.
Please observe the AddreBs-260, CastieStreet,Dtale
and 67, Park Street, Walitall. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

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THE LAND QITE:-TION.

EVENTS over which man has no control have
lately combined to brinc, the land question
to the front in a way which w(add have bcen
thought scarcely possible even twelve months
ago. The late disastrous season has proved
the climax of a series of bad rears for the
farmer, and the general d-7,ression in trade
has, by a. !rocess of sympathy, also had its
effect upon agriculture. For the first time
for many years the value of land has fallen
in the market; and this is worthy of notice
in a country where the quantity of land
available for investment is so restricted.
'rhe successful tradtAsman who, retiring from
business, puts his savings into green turf,
now endeavours to find something which will
yield him a better return. Year by year,
owing to the prevalence of indifferent
weather, the land has yielded less and less.
of time; labour, and expenditure ol
t:ave been rendLred of no avail in the
down-pour, more
.tizn-ruer -which has just
. au). eeorlioP, the
agricultural intorest would llEloVe faorue tiacs

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

CABUL DESCRIBED.

The Evening Standard of Monday gives the following
interestirg particulars respecting Cabal
greCaathiuAla
ii:
ws ihtiueeht el di e
ea
bt
etthwee
ewe e :tit eer nr aer an tpreeramiiEtayn
rangeof the
and the thoontains of the Indian ironti,-r, It lies for
the most part on the southern aide of the Cahill
riser, Lear its junction with the Lear, and is
surruuuded ou three sides by two low ridges of
hills. Toe city, which lies at the base of these hills,
is surrounded by
a wall which, although lofty, is
very is no ditch, and the rampart is
rwroeaukn. dedThbe
m4de 4 mud alone. The hills which partly sur-
round the town, and to which reference has been
made, are crowned with a long line of walls, having
round towers at certain intervals, These fortifications
7ielzioef protecting the
s, but since the
cwietyrea7aninsstrtucttheed
mfoarratuhdeinpgur
of
ri nal effort
of these at the beginning of the century fur
the recovery of their former power, they have been per.
mitted to fall into disuse. To the east of the town
and divided from it by a ditch, stands the citadel, or
Bsla, Eiesa,r, Tnis building is situated on the crest and
sides of a rocky emineuce. In fact the whole of the rock
is Et f •
:rti ithough the citadel, with the fort and
.fi,,,uAtIOD, A
alpace known we tho Koolah 1-Forin 12 g eo —or tho
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

THE MARKETS:

MARK-LANE.-MONDAY.

_
At Mark-lane the wheat trade was again firm. The market
was not excited, but the tendency continued against the
buyer. The receipts of home-grown produce were, as usual,
short. The demand was steady, and the prices realised
were fully as high as on Monday last. Foreign wheat was
In fair supply. The trade was firm, and prices tended
against the bu)er. Barley was in short supply and strong
request, at fully late rater. Malt was disposed of at full
currencies. There was an improved demand for oats, and
prices were tending against the buyer. Maize was in request
at rather more moue). Beans and peas were firm, and about
Is. per qr. dearer. The flour market was steady, with a fair
business doing.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.

With colder weather and less extensive supplies the cattle
trade has rhewn greater firmness. Front our own grazing
districts the receipts of beasts were tolerably good, but
the quality and condition were again indifferent. Rather
more life was apparent in the demand, more espe-
cially as regards choice beasts. Prices showed greater
firmness, still the beat sorts were offered at ss. 24. to
is. 4d. per 81b. As usual, a large number of beasts
would not make more than is. per Sib. From the Midland
and tionae counties we received about 1,850, from other parts
of England about 200, from Scotland 37, and from Ireland
about 800 bead. On the foreign side of the market the
supplies were lase, especially from Spain and Denmark;
trade was quiet but firm. The sheep pens were only moder-
ately svc,ll filled. The demand was flrm, at an advance of
2J. per 81b. The beat Downs and haltbreds sold at 65. Bd.
to 6s. Bd. per B.b. Calves and pigs were quiet but firm.
At Deptford there were about 1,900 beasts and 7,000 sheep.
Coarse and inferior beasts, 41. to 41. 6d.; second quality, Is 6d.
to is.; prime large oxen, is. to ss. 2. ; prime Scots, ctn.,
is. 2d. to is 4d. ; coarse and inferior sheep, 4s. ed. to is. ed.;
second quality ditto, is. 6d. to 6s. ; prime coarse woolled,
Os. 2d. to 6s. 4d. ; 'mime Southdowns, 6s. 41 to 6s. 6d.; large
coarse calves, 48. 6J. to is. ; prime small ditto, is. Od. to
ss. ed. ; large pork, 48. to 4s. 6J. ; small ditto, 41. 61 to
41. 10d, per 81b., sinking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDAY.
With a more moderate supply ef meat on sale, trade to-
day was rather more active, at firmer prices :—lnferior beef,
23. SI to 31. 4d.; middling ditto, 33. 6d. to 4s. ; prime ditto,
4s. 41. to 53. ; inferior mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. ; middling
ditto, 45. 4d. to 4s. bd. ; prime ditto, Bs. to 6s. Sd. ; veal,
is. to 6s 4d. ; prime large ditto, 4s. to 45. 4d. ; small ditto,
4r. 6d. to 55. ; per 81b, by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

(From the second edition of Tuesday's Daily News.)

ALLAHABAD, Oct. 14, 7.51 a.m.
Gereral Roberts and his staff, on visiting the Bala Hisser,
found that the Residency was still standing, but that it had
been completely loottd, even to the hangings At the
northern end of the court-yard stood a high building from
the roof of which the Emb +say fire had been directed Here
the outer walls are sqll standing. Beneath the Mris in
front is a pile of charred togs, where the bodies had been
buried. The bodies of Major Cavagnari and Dr. Kelly are
said lobe beheath the debrts. ExcavAions are to be made.
Major Cavagnarl's aleitit g diary has been found at the
Am ear's palace.

The following proclamation, i,sued by General
Roberte. will be read with interest :

" Proclamation to the People of Cabul.
I' Be it known to all that the British army is advancing on
Cabul to take possession of the city. Jilt be allowed to do so
peacefully, wed and ; if not, the city will be seized hy
force. Therefore, last well-disposed persons who have
taken no part in the dastardly murder of the British Embassy
or in the plunder of the nesidency are warned that
if unable to present resistance being offered to the
entrance of the British army and to the aryhority
of Its Highness the Amecr, they shouid make immediate
atr.,r,gent tits for th ir own a.tlety, either by coming Into the
British camp or by such other rnea•urts as may seem fit to
them ; and, an ti e British Government does not ;nake war on
women and children, warning is given that all women and
children should be rem,ved from the city beyond the reach
of harm. The British Government desires to treat all classes
with justice and to respect their religious feelings and
customs, while it will exact full retribution from the
offenders. Every effort witl, therefore, be made to pre-
vent the innocent aufferlng with the guilty; but it
is necessary that the utmost precantlon should be
be taken against useless opposition. Therefore, after the
receipt of this proclamation, all persons found armed in or
about Cabul will be treated as enemies of the British
Goverzunert. Further it mutt be clearly understood that
if the entry of the British force is reziated, I cannot hold
myself responsible for any accidental mischief which may
be done to persons and property, even of well-disposed
pec ple who may have neglected this wart lug."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

BRIERLEY HILL.

STEALING Irtorr.—At the Stafford Sessions, on
Wednesday, Joseph Cookson t 34), moulder, was
found guilty of stealing a quantity of engine brasses
tools, and scrap-iron, on the 20th September, at
Brierley Hill, the property of Charles Edward
Firinstone and others, and as sentenced to nine
niohths' imprisonincnl, with hard lal)our.
BREACH OF THE PEACE.—At the Police Court on
Monday, before _Mess's. H. 0. Firtnstone and G. K.
Harrison, John Go.rba and Leonard Evans were
charged with committing a breach of the peace by
lighting 914 the 7tli Wet. Defendante pleaded not
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

A FORMIDABLE WAR SHIP.

The Times of Monday said :—" It has for seine time
past been asserted without contradiction that a firm
of shipbuilders on the Clyde has received an order
from the Russian Government for the construction of
a monster ironclad which is to be practically invulne-
rable, and the subject is attracting considerable
interest in official circles. It is said that the vessel is
to have an armoured deck in shape something like the
back of a tortoise, with sharp edges all round on
which an iron ram may expend its force only to its own
injury, or at most cut through a mere fringe into
ono of numberless watertight compartments. The
surfaces above and below the water, being
made on the same slope, would offer no mark
for an opponent's shot, which would glance off with
out doing any serious injury, and only vertical firing,
which is always unreliable, or battering from above at
close quarters, which the monitor's own heavy guns
might repel, could be used against such an antagonist.
The old system of boarding might avail, but as the
ship is to be 5001 t. in length by 1001 t, broad, she would
probably carry a great Dumber of men, and boarding
might not be so easy. The torpedo alone she would
have to fear, and against the torpedo she would have
to take her chance with the rest. Her armament, ac-
cording to conjecture, will consist of four or mure 100.
ton guns, mounted on the disappearing principle,
together with appliances for projecting torpedoes, and
it is intended to make her, for attack as well
as defence, at least the equal of any other ship afloat.
It is calculated that a vessel of such a build, though
provided with 10,000-horse power engines, cannot be
of great speed, but this is regarded as a secondary con-
sequence in a ship which is described as unassailable.
The circular ironclads which the Russians already
possess are regarded as fannies, because their perpen-
dicular sides offer a ready target to the enemy, and
Admiral Popoff, who has designed the new vessel, is
understood to have adopted the idea propounded more
than ten years ago by a member of the firm to whom
the execution of the work is now intrusted. The Poly-
phemus, now building for the British Navy, will be some-
what similar, in having a sloped
.deck of iron armour,
but she will be small in comparison, and fight only
with her ram and torpedoes, being unprovided with
guns. In appearance, except in her breadth of beam,
it is thought that the proposed ship will much resemble
any other, the tortoise-like deck being covered by a
temporary or hurricane deck, containing the officers'
and men's cabins and other apartments, which would
be abandoned when going into action, and might be
all shot away without injury to the vital part of the
vessel."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

THE GREAT SEAL.

Toe porter to the Great Seal, whose death has re.
cently been announced, seems to have been at least as
important a personage as the nurse of the Royal infant.
The big baby which it was his duty to carry about
was large enough to require a perambulator, and more
voracious than any other charge in the kingdom. Its
food at one time consisted of four hundredweight of
wax a month. Since then, we believe, a practice
has been introduced of using waifers instead of
wax, so that the Great Seal has been placed
upon short commons. It would be interest-
ing to know how the Great Seal travels. Wo
suppose that it is swathed in the gild.threaded bag
which forms the long-clothes provided for it every
year. Can it be that the porter carries it along the
street with no more ceremony than a shoemaker uses
towards a pair of boots ? or does the Seal alwals take
a cab? Possibly the bag goes without the seal, and
when everyone thinks he is in the august presence, the
bag is all the time empty. But this is just the infor-
mation which the porter to the Great Seal would be
the last to divulge. Tne Seal is worth its weight in
gold, and it is the porter's duty to protect it. His
death opens a high prospect to all the
,porters
surely in the
kingdem. To he porter to the Great Seal is
the highest ot,jet of ambition to all of his class,
Morning Adartizer.

--
FOR THE BOOESTALLS.—The First Lord of the
Aciajralty's late tour—" On sail or return."—
Punch,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

could speak to us from the grave they could tell us
that the most grateful tribute we can pay to the dead
is by honouring the living—by honouring him whose
daring leadership they HO daringly followed, who cared
for them when alive with the affection of a father for
his children, and who gave them when dead, even amid
the hail of bullets and the din of battle, a Christian
burial. (Loud cheers.) And now, Sir Evelyn Wood,
I have to conclude these my imperfect observations
by performing that duty which, as an Essex man,
and a near neighbour and friend of many years'
standing of yourself and your family, I am
proud indeed to have had entrusted to my charge.
(Cheers.) I have to ask you to accept, in addition to
those honours and decorations which yen have received'
from your Sovereign, this tribute of recognition of
your services from your native county. (Loud cheers.)
We ask you to accept from us this good sword, which
is that of the rank of Major-General, for we have
acted on the principle that coming events cast their
shadows before; and we feel that is the rank in the
Army to which your promotion cannot long be deferred
(Cheers.) We ask you to accept it from us, with our
heartfelt congratulations to yourself and to every mem-
ber of your family, on your brilliant achievements in the
past and our sincerest good wishes for your welfare and
prosperity in the future. (Loud cheers.) We are sure
of this, that as you will never draw the sword with which
we now present you, save at your country's call and
against your country's enemies, so whenever you
are thus called upon to draw it, it will be to win fresh
laurels for its wearer, and to add fresh deeds of gal-
lantry and of daring to the long list of those which we
already identify with your name, And, lastly, we are
sure of this, that as when that sword is drawn its
bearer will be found, as heretofore striking bard and
dealing death in the hour of battle, so in the true
spirit of knightly chivalry he will be the first to sheathe
it when the battle is over and the victory is won (ap-
plause), and that no deed of wanton bloodshed or un-
provoked slaughter will ever dim the brightness of its
blade. (Loud cheers.l

The sword of honour was here, at the request of Sir C. Du
Cane, girded on by Sir Evelyn Wood amid deafening cheers.
The sword has a richly carved ivory handle. Its scabbard is
of silver, decorated with repouste-work placines. The designs
include Apollo destroying the Python HercuL.s and the
Hydra, trophies of African arms crossed a ribbon bearing
the words Kaffirland, Kambnla, and Ulundi, the figure of
Britannia, the arms of Essex, trophies of English
arms traversed by a scroll with the canoes Crimea, India,
and Ashantee, a figure of Minerva, and the arms of Sir E.
Wood. The star of a K.C.B. and the Victoria Cross onna.
ment the sword at the point where the guard is joined to
the hilt, and the guard is ornamented with a device of
laurel leaves. A regulation scabbard was also presented,
so that the sword may be worn on service. In acknow-
ledging the gift,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

OLD HILL.

OBTAINING IRON BY FALSE ParrEtions.—At the
Stafford Sessions, on Wednesday, Job Jeavons and
Thomas Jeavons, both on bail, were indicted for
conspiracy, on the sth September, at Rowley Regis
to obtain by false pretences from the New British.
Iron Company, the sum of £1 lOs 7d with intent
to defraud. Mr. Darling and Mr. Kettle were for
the prosecution, and Mr. Haden Corser for the
defence.—Prisoners, who are father and son, were
lsocaradPo-firc>li scrap
irondealers.t t Ohnet he dayworks
of t namedhe
ptrhoesye
etuotookta.
and weighed it, but only unlosned part of it. Ths e
younger prisoner was then leaving the premises
with the remainder, when he was stopped by the
watchman, to whom he said he was taking it for a
were sentenced
against
sample. Subsequently it was unloaded with the
oter s
bothcrap pirornisonAervse, verdict of otfhgeuyiltwyeiwas
respectively to three months and one month's im-
prisonment.
DRUNIKENNESS.—At the Police Court, on Wed.
nesday, before Messrs. H. Howard and W. Bassano,
Joseph Johnson, chain/poker, was charged with
being drunk in the highway, on the 11th inst.
Police-constable Buckley proved the case, and said
the defendant was stupidly drunk near the Cross
Inn 01 i Hill. Defendant was fined is and costs;
in default 7 days.--Priscilla Little, of PortwaY,
Rowley Regis, was charged with being drunk in the
highway on the Bth inst. Police-constable Styles
proved the case and defendant was fined Ss and
costs; in default 14 days.
DEFRAUDING THE RAILWAY COMP.ANY.—OeOrge
Trornans was charged with travelling on the Great
Western Railway with a ticket out of date.
Joseph Cartwright, porter, in the employ of the
Company, said on the 30;h August, defendant came
to Old Hill by the 2 o'clock train from Birmingham.
On arriving at Old Hill the defendant produced a
ticket out of date. George Hetherington, booking
clerk at Snow Hill, Birmingham, proved that the
ticket had been issued on the Saturday previous,
the 23rd August. Defendant, who pleaded guilty,
was fined 20s and costs in default one month.
STEALING TDIBEE.--Themes Allen was charged
with stealing a quantity of timber, the property of
Henry Dolton and Co., on the Bth inst. Police-
constable Rowlands said that he saw the defendant
in Pump Street, Blackheath, with the pieces of
timber produced. He asked the defendant where
he had got it from. Defendant said he had had it
from Mr. Doulton's works. Witness took the
timber off defendant, and took defendant to the
police station. On enquiry he found the timber
had been stolen. Mr. Hargreaves, manager at the
works, said he could not swear to the timber, and
he had received instructions not to prcsa the case.
The defendant, who pleaded guilty, was et deeecl to
be locked up for 12 hours.
. A,SAUI.T.—ISIRO TrOnlar3 ty,.5 clasp; d
J ha Sani)rook he 11th iest.
; kidisan &feuded. Complainant siat,d that on
the day in question he wa in Showell opublic-house,
at Blackheath. The defendant was there also) who
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

PROPOSED MONUMENT TO CAPTAIN

COOK,

Sir George Elli3tt, M.P. for North Durham, has
signified his intention to dedicate a piece of land on
his estate, West Cliff, Whitby, to the public, and erect
thereon a monument to Captain Cook, the circum-
navigator. Captain Cook spent several years of his
early life at the fishing village of Staithes, a few miles
to the north of the port of Whitby. In later years he
sailed from the harbeur of Whitby, and it is an hi -
torical iact that in undertaking his adventurous voyages
round the world he preferred the vessels which were
built at Whitby by Whitby men. The site chosen by
Sir George Elliot for the erection of a mor.ument to
the illustrious circumnavigator is one of the most
prominent on the hon, baronet's estate. It commands
an uninterrupted view of the German Ocean, of the
coast scenery both north and south, of the romantic
Abbey ruins on the opposite side of the harbour, and
of the vale of the Esk.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

THE METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

"A. South Lincoln Farmer" throws out the following
suggestion in The Times :

Sir,—The farmers are chiefly dependent upon the
weather for the sowing of their crops and gathering
them in good condition. To be prepared for the
changes in our variable climate is therefore most need-
ful. The predictions of the Meteorological Depart-
ment a few hours previously are generally correct, and
greater reliance ought ta be placed on their reports, as
is done by the shipping interest. If they were sent
by telegraph to each offics before the rural postmen
start out, and carried by them, at a small cost, ta any
person in each parish on their route, the greater part
might know them within three hours, instead of 37 as
now. Please use your powerful influence to induce
the Post-office officials to grant this boon to our class,
which would be the greatest they can confer.—l am,
yours faithfully, A SOUTH LINCOLN FARMER,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

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THE POSTAGE OF THE WORLD.

Dr. Fischer, an Oberpostrath of the Imperial German
Post-office (corresponding to the rank of assistant-
secretary with us), has just published an interesting
pamphlet showing the comparative postal and tele-
graphic statistics. But in some cases the information
yet available does not enable him to bring down his
work later than 1873. -

The letter post of the whole world for that year
amounted in round numbers to 3,300,000,000 letters, or
about 9i millions daily; and the numbers have been
increasing daily at an astonishing rate. Thus in Japan
the number of post-offices in 1872 was 1,159, and in
1876 it had risen to 3,649. The number of separate
articles which passed through the Japanese post in
1878 was 47,000,000, of which 25,0G0,000 were letters,
10,000,000 post-cards, 9i millions newspapers.
Post-cards were first brought into use only in 1865,
and now they are employed in almost every country
of the world. The parcels post has, however, not yet
got beyond the first stage of its development.

The number of telegraphic despatches sent in 1877
amounted for the whole globe to nearly 130,000,000, or
an average of 353,000 daily. More than one-third of
the total number of telegraphic despatches are private,
dealing with purely personal concerns. It is unneces-
sary to say that the newspaper press absorbs a large
proportion of the telegrams of the world, while the
world of finance and commerce also appropriates a
giant's share.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

THE CORN TRADE.

The course of the past week (says the Mark Lone
e ra bl ee(
Express) has been marked by somewhat more favour-
asebaßleenwaebalteh,earnd
, ththeetermaiepefairaltuiereeeneid.3ciu
quantity
ya
odf
Notwith-
standing the exertions of farmers, ahaving
large b
cereal produce is still unsecured and exposed to the
vicissitudes of the weather. Agricultural advices are
still couched in most doleful terms. The disastrous season
of 1879 will long be remembered, and it is devoutly to be
hoped that many& year may elapse ere another be found
to equal it in cold rain and sunless gloom. Supplies
at markets in the provinces have somewhat increased,
in response to the requirements of farmers for thresh-
ing purposes, but the inferiority of the bulk of the
offering has not prevented a further rise of 2s. per
quarter in the value of parcels suitable for milling.
The average price was also Bd. per quarter higher last
week, Last Monday's list showed arrivals of foreign
wheat into London of only about 28,000 quarters,
chiefly American, and subsequent imports to Friday
were about 61,000 quarters. Prices again favoured
sellers to the extent of fully 2s. per quarter. Higher
prices may still be expected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

MEDICAL CAUTION.

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with each greqt sl.ici:ss by Dr. nuaterfor the
thliAy years, civil ouly bt obtained at 44, Great
CGariea Street, Biraidugham. 80..4 of Testimonials,
with io how to regain Health and ilanly Vigour,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

AN UNEXPECTED ENEMY.

The Cape papera record the following incident
attending the blowing up of Cetywayo's powder maga-
zine :--`1 At noon on August 12, General Sir Garnet
Wolseley, with Colonel Brackenbury, John Dunn, and
an escort of artillery, with two empty ammunition carts
and a led spare span of mules, started off to a cave some
ten miles away, where large quantities of powder, &c.,
were known to be, and also, as it was said,
an ambulance waggon from Isandula. After going
some .nites they found that the rosd was so bad that
the carts could not go any further, so they were sent
back and the rest went on. They came to the cave,
and nearly 100 barrels of powder were got out and
arranged with a train, so as to blow up the lot. While,
getting out the last two or three, a large black
mamba was seen coiled up, when Dunn went in
and fired at it with his rifle, wounding it in the
b.ck ; the snake then came straight at them,
being over ten feet long, with iti head reared
up, when Dunn, taking a sbot•gun from one of his
boys, let fly both barrels at it and killed it. It was
a splendid specimen of one of the most dangerous and
vicious species. Before leaving, the escort set light to
the train, and blew up all the gunpowder. Coming
back they passed the kraal where Cetywayo, with his
wives and girls, had passed the first night after the
battle. There were no traces of many men being with
him, so that if he had been followed up immediately
alter the battle of Ulundi he must have been caught.''
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-18

INDIAN GRAVES IN AMERICA.

"n An extensive burial-ground of the Lenni Lenape or
Delaware Indians has recently been examined by one
of the scientific eocietfes of Pennsylvania. The
cemetery was located on the north bank of the his-
tolical Brandywine Creek, on a prominence over-
looking the valley. About twenty graves were opened,
with the following results
The skeletons were stretched at full length with the
heads towards the east. The Lepth of the graves was
about three feet. Associated with the bodies were
quantities of Venetian beads of various sizes, shapes,
and colours, and a number of objects of Indian
workmanship, such as arrow-heads and bead
ornaments of stone. In two of the graves were
found several antique clay pipes of considerable
interest, with the initials " R T." stamped in the
bowls, In the beginning and middle of the 17th cen-
tury pipes were made by various makers in the vicinity
of Bath, England. Among these was one Richard
Tyler, and the initials R. T. in all probability were
impressed at his manufactory. An approximate date
can, therefore, be assigned to these objects with some
degree of certainty. The earlier British pipes, some-
times called elfin or fairy pipes, and by some anti-
quaries attributed to the Romans, made, however,
in the reign of Queen Elizabstb, frequently possessed
the initials of the makers' names on the bases of the
flat spurs which characterised them. These were
gradually superseded by pipes with elongated bowls,
in which the spurs or heels were pointed
or entirely absent. The more recent English pipes of
the last century or thereabouts had the names of
their makers stamped on the stems. The examples
referred to are of the elongated pattern, minus the
heel, with the initials stamped on the bowls. The
stems have been broken off about six inches from the
bowls, having been originally longer. They were
taken to America by the early settlers and traded to
the Indians,

Tem graves, while only perhaps a century or so in
age, are particularly valuable to the student of
American ethnology as producinct 1-keletons of the
tribe inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River at
the time of the settlement of the States. Such re•
mains have been exceedingly rare in Pennsylvania,
and no graves have as yet been opened which did not
produce objects of European introduction. _

_
At an early day the society will push their re-
searches further, when other interesting facts will un-
doubtedly be brought to light.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-11

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THE PROGRESS OF WORK.

The present is a- time of the year when
large numbers of the population, having re-
turned
.from their holidays, again settle down ,
to work for the next eleven or twelve months,
with renewed vigour, let us hope, for the
rest from labour and the change of scene.
It is a remarkable fact that in this country
an enormous proportion of the population
! are workers. In the last returns of the
Census, out of the 22,712,266 persons who
made up the total number of the inhabitants
of England and Wales, only 1.68,89'c,i ()turned
themselves as possessing rank and. property
—that is to say, they had no professed oc-
cupation, and lived entirely on their means.
This is worthy of note, as showing what a
hive of industry our island is, and also as
indicating the importance which attaches to
our modes of life, so that health and indus-
try shall go as far as is possible band in hand
When a man who is busily occupied is ab
sorbed in his work he is very apt to subject
himself to causes of disease without being
aware of the action or even of the existence
of such causes. He is ill, or at times feels
ill, and wonders why. lle attributes what
he suffers to the 'work itself, or to something
extra be has done in the way of work, and
not to other influences which really' lie apart
from it. Hence it is - always necessary to
consider the effects of causes which lie out-
side the work altogether, and which may
have no connection with it. For instance,
I.l3nries occur to men of lettels and to ordin-
ary penmen from the mode in which
. tey
sit at the desk or table. The practice of
bitting at a low desk and in a bending •
posi-
tion 60 that the front part of the body rests
the edge of the desk, is very hurt-I:III.
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• :LI - i :',-.. v • .T • -''-.--' -bj-ct of the contai"ed 2a CAI, ..I.ILI a:hbr-,lia, hat, ar.d giubta pry-
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