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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

MONEY TO LEND, WITHOUT SURE-I
TIES, BY THE IMPERIAL ADVANCED
BANK.—DISTAN OE NO OBJECT.—AII respectable
Householders, whether they are private Gentlemen or
Ladies, Shopkeepers. Farmers, Car Poprietors, Cow
Keepers, Tradesmen, or Clerks, that they can be ac-
commodated by this Bank with Sums of Money from
£lO to £lOOO, repayable by easy instalments, extending
over one year and upwards, to enable them to increase'
their stocks and afford them every kind of temporary
accommodation, without friends as sureties and without
any unnecessary delay Applicants would do well before
applying to any office to consider its respectability. This
office was established in 1873, and since that time its,
business in advances has been rapidly increasing, and it
now makes more advances than any other single private
advance office in the provinces. Every information
willingly afforded. Apply, either personally, or if by
letter state amount required, to
LEWIS SIMMONS, Proprietor,
27, South John-street, Liverpool
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

BLAIR'S GOUT PILLS.

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
'FOR-GOUT AND RHEUMATISM.
MHE excruciating pain is quickly relieved and cured
in a few days by this celebrated Medi.Ane.
These Pills require no restraint of diet euring their
use, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any
vital part.—Sold by all Chemists, at Is lid and 2s 9d
erAbox.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

THE CONVICT PEACE.

It is stated that Mr. Gray, the Under-Sheriff of
Yorkshire, has sent out letters in answer to numerous
applications for admission of reporters to witness the
execution of the convict Peace. He states that only
four reporters will be admitted, on the understanding
that they furnish to other papers reports, as may be
desired.

Writing on Tuesday a correspondent says that Peace
continues to be very quiet, and gives the prison autho-
rities very little trouble. Ho is perfectly resigned to
his fate. He reads and writes a great ceal and spends
much of his time in devotional exercise. He is visited
daily by the chaplain, and there is every reason for
believing that the convict is thoroughly repentant. A.
notable change has come over the tone of his conversa-
tion with the warders. He no longer delights in boast-
ing of his past misdeeds. On the contrary he looks
back upon his career of crime with sincere regret, and
often and bitterly laments his wasted life. •

Two warders are continually in the cell with Peace,
one of whom sits on a chair directly in front of the
convict, and keeps his eyes continually fixed upon
him while the other paces up and down the cell.
When in bed he is not allowed to have his hands
under the bedclothes, nor are the clothes per-
mitted to be drawn up further than to half cover
his chest. When he is engaged in writing a warder
sits on each side of him; one of them holding
a leaden inkpot, while the other watches that the quill
pen with which the convict writes is not put to any
improper use, When Peace requires his spectacles
they are handed to him by one of the warders, and the
moment he has finished with them they are again
handed back to that official.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

THE HISTORY OF THE IRONCLAD.

At the London Institution, on Monday night, Mr.
F. J. Palmer, C.E., lately in command of the
Magdala, read a paper on "The History of the Iron-
clad." Having, with the aid of numerous diagrams,
traced the history of our ironbound vessels up to the
present time, Mr. Palmer dwelt at some length upon
the turret ship, the first seagoing one in our service
being the Monarch, built in 1865. He considered that
broadside vessels had a great advantage over the turret
ships, especially as instructions had been given since the
recent disaster, not to load a gun twice, and as it was
atsolutely impossible to make them seaworthy, they
should be condemned for seagoing purposes. A broad-
side vessel could command a complete circular fire,
while the turret vessel did so very inefficiently, except
in the case of the Inflexible, which cost half•a-million
sterling. Every war ship should be built with a few
large and many smaller guns, as it was often impos-
sible to bring the large guns into action. Speaking of
the ironclads of the future, he said he placed implicit
belief in the power of the ram, but would prefer to see
it made detaching, so that it might be put aside in
time of peace. He would also recommend it being
fitted with a torpedo to insure effecting the greatest
damage to the enemy with the smallest injury to the
vessel using it, All Governments were recognising
its value, whilst the Admiralty were just now fitting
it to several of our most powerful war ships. It
was thought by some that being so firmly connected
with the ship it might result in a twisted stem,
practically placing the ram ship, as far as further
manceuvring was concerned, at the mercy of a second
enemy. The day would doubtless some when every
wooden ship weighing over 1,000 tons would carry a
removable iron beak, with which she could, if called
upon, inflict a fatal blow on any ironclad with com-
parative safety to herself. Referring to the difficulties
which existed for removing sunken vessels, a question
of great importance to the underwriters and shipping
interests of this country, Mr. Palmer said the diffi
culty had not been that of lifting, but of effectively
taking hold of them, so that in the act of raising
they were not injured by the cut of the chain-sags
or attachments by which the vessels were floated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

HALES OWEN.

SALE OF PROPERTIES BELONGING TO THE TRUSTEE
OF THE LATE G. GRANGER.—At the Shenstone
Hotel, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Taylor, of Stour-
bridge, put up for auction the following property:
—Lot 1, the "Yew Tree Farm," in the townships
of Romsley and Hunnington, containing 20a Or
37p in the occupation of Mr. James H. Hingley,
sold to Mr. W. H. Southwell for £lBoo.—Lot 2,
field of arable land, known as "Beech Lane Leasow '
near scontainingPnelm's Rectory, containing la 2r lbp, .
the occupation of Mr. James H. Hingley, sold to
Mr. W. 11. Southwell for .2155.—L0t 3, a field of
arable land in Newfield Lane,
iHawn, near H ales-
owen, containing 2a Or 32p, n the occupation of
Mr. Henry Granger, sold to Mr. Weston for Mrs.
Darby for £3so.—Lot 4, a field of arable land ad-
joining lot 3, containing Oa 3r lop, in the occupa-
tion of Mr. Henry Granger, sold to Mr. Geo.
Moseley for £llo.—The mines and minerals under
lots 3 and 4 were sold by the late Mr. Geo. Granger
some few years ago.—L. qs 5,6, 7,
.and 8, four plots
of building land, containing from 170 to 255 square
yards each, situate in Queen Street, Halesowen,
averaged is 3d per yard.—Mr. William Barber, 23,
Cohnore Row, Birmingham, was the solicitor.
HA.LESOWEN RAILWAY. At the half yearly
general meeting of the Halesowen Railway Com-
pany, Mr. G. Cavendish Taylor presiding, the capi-
tal account showed that to the 31st of December
last the total receipts hltd. been £160,167, of which
£21,623 was received in the half-year. and the
expenditure had been £141,180, including £27,475
expended in the half-year, leaving a balance to the
credit of the account of £18,987. The further
estimated expenditiFe was £79,691, to meet which
there were full capital and other powers. On the
motion of the Chairman the report was adopted;
and, at a special general meeting then held, the
company's bill before Parliament—confirming fin
agreement between the company and the Midland
and Great Western Companies—was approved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

MILITARY BALLOONS.

In London recently, at the Itrtyal United Service
Institution, Qaptain J. Templer delivered a lecture on
"Military Balloons," in presence of a crowded
audience. The whole lecture tended to show how in
our present emergency, in contending with the
savage hordes of Zululand, the system of balloon
observation might be used with immense advantage
in detecting the man muvring and plans of our
enemies. After quoting what had been written
by Sir Garnet Wolseley regarding the impor-
tance of having balloons at hand in the camp, not
only for surveying an enemy's country, but
also for ascents by night to detect their move-
ments by indications from their wa.tchfires, the lec-
turer then alluded to the successful attempts he had
made himself, and from these showed the utility of
establishing a system of balloons for warlike purposes.
He graphically described his ascent from the Crystal
Palace, with the determination of descending at
Barnet on the parade-ground of the barracks, where
his brother officers awaited his arrival at a certain
hour. With the use of "fire balloons" to indicate
tne current of air above him (which were attached to
the large car of his own), he successfully made his de.
scent at the spot where he was expected. Another
similar voyage was made to Aldershot, The speaker
alluded next to the faculty of making gas from a
"portable field service machine," and then proceeded
to show that with an accurate knowledge of the cur-
rents of wind above him, which he could always be
asstirt'd of by his smaller balloons floating above, be
could "meet with no difficulty in securing his descent
at any given spot. A discussion followed, which
tended to show the necessity of having a trained com-
pany of engineers to work balloons with efficiency, so
that by day or night in an enemy's country the duties
of reconnoitring, surveying, and signalling might be of
the greatest advantage.

It is Rtateil that excellent likenesses of Cetevayo,
the King of Zululand, are being sold by the missionary
society in Berlin.

At the weekly meeting of the Birmingham relief
committee, it was stated that the distress in the borough
was decreasing, but the total number of persons relieved
during the past week was over 42,000. The amount con-
tributed to the relief fund up to the present time is £10,147,
and the balance In hand was £1,705. It was resolved to con-
sider the advisability of winding up the relief fund next
week.
The annual match between the North and South of
England, under Rugby Union rules, was played on Monday
at Kennington Oval. When "no side " was called the South
were pronounced victora by two goals and a try to one
The game throaghout was one of the fastest that has
played thii season.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

ALVELEY.

STOCI SALE.—tit this sale on Tuesday last, held by
Mr. Cresswell. There was a fair supply of fat beast cf
good quslity, including some grand oxen supplied by
Messrs. John Read and Thomas Waldron. Sheep were
scarce. The following were the quotations, beef from
6d to 7id per lb.; mutton 7d to 91d per lb • veal 7d to
Sid per lb. Cows and calves from £l5 to ss. Fat
calves £6 ; and pigs met with a ready trade. The
sale was well attended witb buyers, and considering the
dell state of the market stock sold as well as raay be
"spoofed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

REPORTED MURDER OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY OF BURMAH.

EIGHTY-SIX PERSONS MASSACRED.
CALCUTTA, Thursday.

A report received here from Mandalay
asserts that the King of Burmah has mur-
dered all the the Royal Princes and their
families. His Majesty is also stated to have
removed the new Ministers and replaced
them by the Ministers formerly in office.

CALCUTTA, Thursday (later).

Further intelligence received here from
Mandalay states that great consternation
prevails in that city in consequence of the
murder of the Royal Princess by the King
of Burmah.

RANGOON, Thursday.

The King, under the guidance of the new
Ministers has caused to be executed the
Thouse Mekere Princes and their relations,
numbering eighty-six persons. The details
of the affair are horrible. The Government
should act sharply to prevent farther blood-
shed. The former Ministers and people are
anxious for British interference.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

somewhat steadier. Forge pigs gained very little
attention, and prices seemed to be a shade we.
aker. The trade in Derbyshires, Lincolnshires
and Northamptonshires is being well maintained
and prices show no tendency to droop. Cokes
were a little finner, but the coal trade exhibited,
no signs of improvement, manufacturing fuel
being plentiful at from 7s. 6d. to 9s. per ton,
and household sorts from lls. upwards.

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.

This afternoon the sales effected on 'Change
were principally for small lots of finished iron,
and were pretty equally distributed between the
best and second-class houses. The specifications
coming in to the works continue to show an im-
provement as to bulk but not as to value. Prices
of marked iron were firm on the basis of £7 10s
for bars, but unmarked qualities were weak.
Galvanised sheets were in fair demand for New
Zealand and South Australia, where railway
extensions are being carried out on a large scale.
For the Continent, however, the demand was
rather contracted. On the whole, business at
the finished ironworks is not much improved,
and at present managers are carrying on chiefly
with the view of retaining their connections, re-
munerative manufacture being almost impossible
at existing rates. Staffordshire pig-iron was in
dull request, and only the makers of commoner
descriptions could hold their own against Mid-
dlesbrough and West Coast makers. Pig metal
is inactive, and coal is only in demand for
household purposed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

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BENSON'S
GOLD AND SILVER
JEWELLERY.

Of every Description, in the Richest
and Newest Designs, at the Lowest
Prices compatible with good work-
manship. Brooches, Bracelets, Neck-
lets, Lockets, Rings, Earrings, &c. :
and also in Diamonds and Precious
Stones.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

MR. JOHN BRIGHT ON PROTECTION.

The following note from Mr. John Bright, M. P., has just
been received by Mr. Cyrus W. Field:—
" One Ash, Rochdale, Jan. 21, 1879.

"My dear Mr. Field,—l never write for reviews or
other periodicals. It is so long since I have written
that my hand has lost its cunning, if it ever had it.
I do not think anything an Englishman could say
would have any effect upon an American protectionist.
The man who possesses a monopoly by which he
thinks he gains is not open to argument. It was so
in this country forty years ago, and it is so with you
now. It is strange that a people who put down
slavery at an immense sacrifice are not able to
suppress monopoly, which is but a milder form
of the same evil. Under slavery the man was
seized and his labour was stolen from him, and the
profit of it enjoyed by his master and owner. Under
protection the man is apparantly free, but he is denied
the right to exchange the produce of his labour except
with his countrymen, who offer him much less for it
than the foreigner would give. Some portion of his
labour is thus confiscated. In our protection days our
weavers and artisans could not exchange with
American flour. They exchanged with an English
farmer, who gave him sometimes only half the
quantity the American would have given him. Now
your farmer is forbidden to trade with the Eng-
lishman and must give to an American double the
quantity of grain and flour for many articles he is
constantly requiring that he would give if your
laws did not forbid his trade with England. A
country may have democratic institutions, its govern.
merit may be Republican and based on a wide
suffrage, and yet there may be no freedom to men for
that which is the source of life and comfort. If a
man's labour is not free, if its exchange is not free,
the man is not free. And whether the law which
enacts this restriction be the offspring of Republican
or autocratic government and power it is equally evil
and to be condemned and withstood by all who love
freedom and understand what it is. Nations learn
slowly—but they do learn—and therefore I do not
doubt that the time will come when trade will be RR
free as the winds, and when freedom of industry will
do much to put down great armies and the peril and
suffering of war. But I am writing you almost an
article instead of a short note—as if I would teach you,
which would be an impertinence. If you could teach
your farmers, and ask the " solid-South " to help them
and you, you might soon succeed.—Believe me always
sincerely your friend, "JOHN BRIGHT,
" C)rus W. Field, Esq , New York."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN LOCUST.

The extensive injury done by this insect led to the ap-
pointment, a short timeaao, of a Government Commission
to investigate the subject. Their report, now published,
contains much interesting information, of which tue follow-
ing is part
The locust area is of immense extent; it lies be-
tween the 94th and the 120th meridians, embracing
/wanly 2,000.000 square miles. During the years
1874 77, the slirect and indirect losses caused by the
insect in States and Territories lying west of the Mis-
sissipdi and east of the great plains are estimated at
not less than 200,C00.000 dole. The Commission have
succeeded in mapping the breeding grounds and dis-
tricts subject to invasion, and indicating the direc-
tions taken by invading and returning armies. As a
rule, flight is undertaken only during a part of the
day, and in fair, clear weather. The desire for food,
cloudy or rainy weather, and adverse winds may keep
the locusts from taking wing. In all flights they rely
much on the wind to carry them, usually filming
their heads towards it and drifting backwards. With
slight winds, however, they use their wings and tarn
their heads forward. They sometimes tiavel several
days continuously, and several hundred miles.
Tneir velocity varies from three to 15 or 20 miles an
hour, according to that of the wind. It appears they
can fly 4 miles above the general surface of KabSaa
and Nebraska, and far beyond the keenest vision.
This explains their sudden and mysterious appear-
ance in some areas. Two swarms have sometimes
been seen moving in opposite directions, one in an
upper, one in a lower current. There is a tendency in
broods hatched in a visited area to return to the native
habitats. where their progenitors came. The laying
season is six to eight weeks, the average interval or
laying two weeks, and the average number of
egg masses three. About seven weeks are re-
quired from hatching to attain full growth, the
insect passing through six stages in that time. The
locusts are not led by kings or queens. Their pre-
forred food is the various cereals, but they will eat
almost anything at a push—even dry leaves, paper,
cotton and woollen fabrics, and dead animals. They often
strip fruit trees of their leaves. Blackbirds, prairie.
hens, and quail are found to be good locust destroyers.
In discussing the uses to which locusts can be put, it
is urged that they form an abundant and nutritious
article of food. Good broth is made by boiling the
unfledged insects for two hours in a proper quantity of
water, and seasoned with nothing but pepper and salt.
It is said to be hardly distinguishable from beef broth.
Boiled fried, or roasted, the full-grown make pleasant
food, and ground and compressed they will keep along
time. Other uses suggested are as fish bait, as manure,
and as a source of formic acid.—The Tunes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

KIN VER.

MEETING OF CREDITORS.—A meeting of the
creditors of Mr. Robert May, sadler, was held at
the offices of the debtor's solicitors, Messrs. Rogers
and Jordan, Stourbridge, on Wednesday last.—Mr.
Chappell, from Mr. Collis's office, was elected
chairman.—The Statement of affairs shewed liabili-
ties £99 13s 4d; assets £3l 16s 3d. Mr. Jordan on
bebalf of the debtor, offered a composition of one
shilling in the pound, which was accepted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

GALLANT RESCUE AT SEA.

At the Liverpool Sailors' Home, on Friday in last
week, the framed testimonial of the Shipwrecked
Mariners' Society was presented to Captain R. S.
Wilson, of the steamer City of London, and a silver
medal to Mr. James Cannell, second officer of that
vessel, for saving life at sea. The society also voted
£2 each to five of the steamer's crew. It seemed that
on Christmas Day the City of London-hove in sight of
the Nova Scotian ship County of Pictou, which had
been exposed to the fury of a gale on the previous
night, and was dismantled and sinking. The chief
officer was drowned, and three men were injured. The
City of London steamed round the disabled ship,
awaiting a favourable chance to rescue those on board,
Ultimately a boat with six men was lowered, and,
under circumstances of great difficulty, in two trips,
14 men on board the County of Pictou were rescued.
The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society also
presented Captain Wilson with a silver medal, and
Mr. Cannel' with their framed certificate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

FEARS OF FAMINE IN INDIA.

A. telegram from Calcutta to The Times says:—
" Rain still holds off the greater part of the Punjab
and North-West Provinces, the only exception being
the district of Benares, where slight showers fell early
last week. The harvest prospects in the Punjab are
very unfavourable, except in irrigated lauds, and un-
less a plentiful rain falls within the next few days the
prospects will be equally bad in the north-west and
Oude. Bengal reports are generally good, although
some districts begin to complain of want of rain.
Cloudy skies for the last two days give hope, long
deferred, that a fall is not far distant. Great distress,
almost assuming the proportions of an actual famine,
is reported from Cashmere."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

.THE FAMINES OF THE WORLD.

At a meeting of the Statistical Society, held in London on
Tuesday evening, at King's College, Strand, Mr. Stephen
Bourne in the chair, a paper'. o,k the Famines of the World,
Past and Present," was read by Mr. Cornelius Watford,
ERRS. :

The lecturer having on a former occasion treated of
the five natural causes of famine, viz., rain, frosts,
drought, other meteorological phenomena, and plagues
of insects and vermin, now dealt with the artificial
causes, seven in number, viz., war, defective agricul-
ture, deficient transport, legislative interference,
currency restrictions, speculation, and misapplication
of grain.
After speaking on the first three heads, Mr. Bourne
remarked that famines could not be averted by
legislative action. Neither could this effectively
re,tra.in the operation of prices, which alone must
be regulated by supply and demand. And yet, because
legislation had so signally failed in the past, that
was no argument against all legislative measures
in the future. The function of legislation was to
supply the people with facilities for protecting them-
selves, and only to protect pending the realisa-
tion of this process. In India people required the
means of inland communication, and they required a
currency adapted to the circumstances of their daily
life. In future the course of the Government of India
was plain, to give timely warning of approaching
scarcity, and leave the rest to mercantile enterprise.
Help mu.st be given in the conveyance of grain in-
land pending completion of the modes of transport.
He disclaimed any idea of imputing censure on the
Governmhnt on account of the succession of the great
famines that had fallen on the Indian Empire. The
Government had, with its officials, struggled nobly
with the difficulties presented, and but for those efforts
the suffering and mortality would probably have leen
tenfold.

A table of the price of wheat in England from the
year 1,000, and a review of the literature of famine,
closed the lecture. A discussion ensued, in which
several gentlemen took part.

John Fox, a scythe smith, formerly a soldier, has
died at Dore, near Sheffield, aged 107. lila relatives have
examined the church records, and found that he was born at
Greenhill, May 6, 1772. He fought in the Irish Rebellion of
1795;

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

GENERAL NEWS.

The Sutherland and Caithness Railway is
still blocked.

Lord Justice Bramwell is suffering from
acute bronchitis.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh ar-
rived at Windsor last evening.
Mr. John Bright was in his place in Par-
liament last night looking very well.
The imported labourers from Wolver-
hampton working at the Liverpool Docks
struck on Thursday.
Mr. Benjamin Temple Cotton was on
Thursday *gen to contest the Isle of Wight
in the conservative interest.

After the payment of 6s 8d in the pound
this month to the creditors of the City of
Glasgow Bank, the liquidators will prepare
a balance sheet, which is expected to be very
favourable.

At a meeting in London on Thursday of
the Railway Carriers' Defence Association,
it was resolved to oppose in every legitimate
way the application to Parliament made by
the Midland and North-Western Railway
Companies.
At the meeting of the London Tramways
Company on Thursday, the directors were
served by a shareholder with an injunction
against declaring a dividend, on the ground
that the roads required £BO,OOO spent on
thorn to put them in order, whereas the re-
serve fund was only £13,000. It was
stated that the injunction would be heard by
the Master of the Rolls to-day.
The Army Estimates for the coming year
show a total of £15,645,700, being a net
decrease of £2,145,600. Last year's esti-
mates exceeded by £2,195,500, voted upon
supplementary estimates. As compared with
the actual army expenditure of 1877-8, there
is an estimated decrease of half a million.
The total numbers of men, by the latest re-
turns, and including effectives of all ranks,
are as follows :—Regular forces, home and
colonial, 127,493; first-class Army Reserve,
15,085; second-class Army Reserve, 22,294;
Aiilitia, 86,458; Yeomanry, 10,508; Volun-
teers, 203,213; regular forces, Indian estab-
lishment, 64,450.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

WORDSLEY.

MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING.—The body
of Miss Guest, an elderly lady who has for some
time occupied a house on the side of the canal be-
tween Audnam Foundry and the Wordsley Junction,
was found on Sunday in the canal close to her house.
At about eleven o'clock on Saturday night Miss
Guest went into the house of a neighbour foz a
bottle of vinegar which had been brought for her
from Stourbridge. In leaving she put up her apron
to her face to keep off the rain, and it is supposed
that in the darkness she stepped into the water.
There are several houses near, and most of the
inhabitants were up, so that if the unfortunate
woman had cried out her screams must have been
heard. As the neighbours heard nothing it

thought probable that she swooned away im-
mediately on falling from the shock of the cold.
The body was found by the postman when he was
passing the place between seven and eight o'clock
on the following morning. The deceased had some
property in the neighbourhood. She was illerred
in the New Cemetary, at Stourbridge, on Thursday
afternoon. The Rev. D. Maginnis, officiated as
minister.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

LETTER FROM MISS FLORENCE
NIGHTINGALE.

The following letter he been received by the Mayor of
Sheffield. from Florence Nlghtingale, who has sent a further
sum of £2Z, towards distressed poor in Sheffield :

"Sir,—l have never thanked you for your kind
letter, though I cannot help ceaselessly thinking of the
Sheffield distress, still far, I fear, from the end which
we all of us hope for, and of your efforts made in Sheffield
to meet it. Permit me to send another £25 (enclosed),
and to express a wish that it might be employed under
Mrs. Ward's (the mayoress) Ladies' Committee in
buying materials for poor women to make up, and in
paying them for their work. I cannot say how deeply
we feel toe good help of the Ladies' Committee so
wisely given to these poor suffering wives and the
others. I fear to be impertinent, but it is not at least
from want of sympathy with the Sheffield sufferers,
but rather from overflowing sympathy, that I
venture to say this—may this distress open the
eyes and the minds of the Sheffield men to
understand what are their true interests. Clever-
ness they had enough, but little sense and
foresight, of thrift and economy little or none;
while our poor natives of India, undoes especially,
with none of our education and few of our advantages,
are remarkable for their thrift and economy in the
midst of the deepest poverty. God speed your good
fight against this distress, and fight against all future
causes of distress, is the warmest wish of your ever
faithful servant, FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

MEETING OF MINERS AT OLD HILL.

On Thursday night a meeting of miners was held
at Old Hill relative to the difficulty between the
men and the New British Iron Company.
A miner presided, and gave it as his opinion that
it was no longer the hours question which was at
the issue with company, as the company had set men
to work recently on the eight-hours system—(near,
hear).
Mr. Breakwell (miners' agent) said that forty pud.
cluing furnace s were starting at Corngreares that
night. Some of the men were discouraged because
at two places some of the officials had gone in to
work in conjuction with others. There was no need
for discouragement, for those who were at work
were working on the same terms as when they went
out. The majority need not expect that there would
be any extension of work, and they must make up
their minds to stay in the cold till the masters were
absolutely
.forced to give may. If the company
themselves seemed disposed to look on the matter
lightly, they must not think that it was not being
watched by others. Other masters were looking on,
and the question involved had been put before the
men under the Earl of Dudley. The butties had
authority—from whom he did not say—to ask the
men if they would adopt the extra hour voluntarily.
The speaker referred to a suggestion made at the
Dudley Board of Guardians that those colliers ho
apptied for relief should be told that a large coal-
proprietor, whose name was not mentioned, was
willing to give them work at nine hours a day. The
majority of the Guardians said they thought the
miners should not have relief when they could have
work, no matter what the hours were. He thought
it should be known amongst the men that Mr. T.
Jones was the only Guardian who protested against
the introduction of trade qnestions at the Board—
(hear, hear). As to his statement regarding the
Relief Committee that influence was being brought
to bear on applicants to bring them to work at the
extra hour, he was quite prepared to repeat it, and
could give a name if required. He urged those out
of work to keep firm, and assured theta of outside
support.
A resolution was made to support the men who
were out, and a second one that those out should
"play on."
Both were unanimously carried.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

CURE FOR ALL!
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.

The Universal Remedy for Bad Legs
Bad Breasts, Old Wounds, and
Ulcerations of all kinds.

There is no medicinal preparation which may be so
thoroughly relied upon in the treatment of the above ail-
ments as Holloway's Ointment. Rubbed upon the surface
of the body, over, or near the affected parts, it disappears
under the friction of the hand, penetrating at once to the
source of tho evil, and thus performs its healing errand,
rapidly, safely, and without pain. In all long standing
cases, Holloway's Pills should also be taken as they purify
the Blood and expel all depraved humours from the system
Coughs, Colds, Sore Throats, and
Bronchitis.

This Ointment is irresistible in the cure of these throat and
pectoral complaints, which when neglected often end in
settled Asthma or Consumption. The Ointment \veal
rubbed upon the Chest and back, night and morning,
penetrates the skin, and thus absorbed, is carried directly
to the Lungs, where, in immediate contact with the whole
mass of circulating Blood, it neutralizes or expels all im-
purities. By these means all pulmonary complaints may
be cured with rapidity and ease.

Disorders of the Kidneys, Stone and

Gravel.
In any of the above complaints more benefit may be
derived in twenty-hours, by adopting the following simple
means, than could be brought about in six months by any
other treatment. In bad cases, if the ointment be diligently
rubbed into the small of the back, over the region of the
Kidneys, it will quickly penetrate and give immediate
relief. Six or eight of the Pills should be taken nightly
according to circumstances.
Gout, Rheumatism, and Stiff Joints.N
This invaluable Ointment excercises a more obvious control
over Gout and Rheumatism, than any other Medicine. No
one need remain uncured, who will in good earnest make
a vigorous application of this infallible remedy—according
to the Printed Instructions affixed to each Pot. All settled
aches and pains will likewise be banished by the same treat-
ment.

Skin Diseases, Scrofula, and Scurvy.'"
The beneficial effects of this roofless tiutitcitttitir
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King's Evil, and its powers are viletiunte to the rernovni
the most inveterate Skin Disen se to which the human frara
is subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

NOTICE TO

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THE AFGHAN WAR

CALCUTTA, Thursday.

General Robert's head-quarters had been
transferred to -Thull. Yakoob Khan has
summoned the Khugram tribe to Cabul, the
greater portion of the Kohistan soldiers hav-
ing left the city. Shere Ali is still at
Mazari Shereef. Some Ghilzal chiefs have
arrived at Jellalabad to confer with Wall
Mohammed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

EPPS'S COCOA.—GRATEFUL AND CO3IFORTING.—"By a
thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern
the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by care-
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cocoa. Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with
a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many
heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such
articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built
up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease.
Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us
ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may
escape many a fatal shaft by keepinc, ourselves well for-
tified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame
"Civil Service Gazette.—Sold only in Packets labelled
—JAMES EPPS & CO., Hommonathis Chemists, London
" Wholesomeness and real cheapness are the only
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without powdered colour on the leaf, which is delicious in
flavour and uniform in quality, it may be had in every
town, of HORNUTAN & CO.'S AGENTS, who supply these
importations—the best and the cheapest teas known
—in Packets only, list of Agents in THIS LOCALITY
Stourbridge—Clarke, 151, High-st ; Baker, 124, High-
st.; Hewit, Market Place; Morris, 136, High-st. ,
Brierley Hill—Rawlings chemist ; Kidderminster-
Hewitt, Bull Ring; Halesowen, Adam, chemist; Lye,
Jones, chemist; Wordsley, Whewell. chemist; King-
swinford ; Pearson, Brettell Lane ; Collins, chemist;
Birmingham, Banks, Bull Ring; Quarry Bank, Watts
chemist.

PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS have for
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Of all Chemists, is lid and 2s 9d per box., or of PAGE
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

THE ZULU WAR.

LATER NEWS FROM. MADEIRA.

DESPERATE BATTLE.

BRITISH VICTORY.

DETAILS OF THE RORKE'S DRIFT
FIGHT.

ATTITUDE OF THE BOERS.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

eifference that you shall have been brought to your
Father's home above. am the Lord God of Abraham thy
father.' This is what Jae,ob heard. It speaks of immor-
tality. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Neariy 4,000 yesrs after their earthly pilgrimage Abraham
snd Isaac and Jacob are still the living children of their
Father:in the life of endless immortality. Let me (ince
more, too, set before you the great atonement represented
by the ladder of Jacob's dream, Jacob was guilty, and it
may he,sorne here are knowing that they are guilty. It was
a dark hour to Jacob's soul ; yet the very hour in which it
pleased the gracious Lord to exhibit to him the fulness of his
mercy. lam the Lord God of Abraham thy fathey; and
the Ood of Isaac.' The same mercy, that is, which Abraham
and Isaac knew, should be his. Of that complete and per-
fect blessing which should be from their seed to all the
Jamilies of the earth be might also share, even redemption
, from sin by Jesus Christ. You may have felt sometimes
your sin too great to be forgiven but the sacrifice, the
' atonement, is complete. You shall hear, toe, that gracious
promise Behold, lam with thee ' It is the promise, my
brethren, of the Holy Spirit, even God himself, to dwell
within you, to give you a living faith, to teach you and to
guide you, never to leave you, nor forsake you, until he
bring you to your Father's house in peace."
A goodly number of officers and men of the 60th, together
with others of the garrison, and in some cases with their
nearest relatives, partook of the Holy Communion, On
Monday, its the gifts of Colchester friends, a small portion
of the Holy Scriptures was presented to each man, which
without adding weight, might find a little corner in his kit'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

DUDLEY.

PROPOSED FREE LlBRA.RY.—Communications have
taken place between the Earl of Dudley and the
Mayor (Mr. W. North) in reference to the erection
of a building for the purposes of a Free Library and
School of Art. Such a combination would be very
desirable, and by the carrying out of the proposed
scheme a great public improvement would be effected.
It has received Lord Dudley's approval. The com-
mitt cc who have had the question of the town library
under consideration have now decided upon a site.
The one next to the Mechanics' Institution, and upon
which there are cottages belonging to Mr. Westwood,
has been suggested. if this could be secured an array
of kindred institutions would be brought together, and
the excellent scheme of the committee might be ex-
tended to the provision of a permanent Art Gallery
The plan is regarded as much prefraLle to that of
renting rooms for the Free Library in another insti-
tute, as at first contemplated.
THE LATE DR. HOUGIITON, J.P.—On Tuesday the
funeral of Dr. Houghton took place at the parish
church The officiating clergyman was the Rev.
Gilbert Bradley, vicar of St. Edmund's, and among
the friends and relatives present were the Rev. W.
Brown, the Rev. J. C. Browne, the Rev. -- Savage,
Mr. E. Dudley, Mr. Messiter, and some of the borough
and county magistrates, members of the Town Coun-
cil, and of the medical profession. The mourners
were Mr. W. Houghton, Mr. 31. P. Houghton, Mr. F.
Houghton, and Mr. J. H. M. Houghton. Through-
out the route of the funeral procession the blinds
of most of the private houses were drawn, and the
shops were partially closed in token of respect to the
memory of the deceased. Mr. Morgan, Market
Place, was the undertaker, and Mr. George Morris
provided the coaches. There were several private
carriages. Dr. Houghton will be held in affectionate
remembrance in this town by numerous friends and
patients in every diversity of rank.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

A STRANGE SCENE.

The Statesman has the following about the widows
of Sir Jung Bahadur :—A curious pilgrim party is now
proceeding through the country, visiting its most
sacred shrines. It consists of the relicts of the late
Jung Bahadur, with other ladies of the Nepaul
Court, attended by a numerous retinue, and escorted,
we belie ve, by a brother of the late Prime Minister of
our Goorkha neighbour. This strange party crossed
the holy river on their return from Mosnfferpore, at
Ganges Bank opposite Barth, from the riverside
terminus of the Tirhoot State Railway, by which they
had come down in a special train, and the site of their
crossing presented a strange scene, with its motley
crowd, and their strange observances. A special
steamer was waiting to receive the party, who left
their carriages and walked over the sand under a gor-
geous canopy, completely hiding them from view, and
upheld by six mighty bearers. The ghat was entirely
cleared for their passage, but when the ladies reached
the jetty they emerged from their moving tent, and
walked exposed to the steamer waiting to receive
them. They were all dressed in the most beautiful and
van-coloured Chinese and Japanese silks, and not a
few seemed fairly prepossessing. As they left the
shore, the escort fired a salute, and as a propitia-
tion to the gods, handfuls of rupees were
thrown into the river from both sides of the jetty, as
the party was walking across it. This magnificent
largesse seemed to have the desired effect, for no
casualty attended the stoppage of the steamer in mid-
stream for the bathing of the pilgrims, who were all
safely despatched from the other side in a special
train by the East India Railway Company on their
way to Bombay. A couple of hundred coolies, who
had been interested spectators of the scene from
various vantage points on the bank, made a unani-
mous rush into the water on the disappearance of the
last red-coat, and began busily seeking for the food
thrown to their gods, nothing undeterred by the sacri-
legious nature of their performance. Many ancient
Nepaulese coins were thus recovered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

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SALES BY LUCTION

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24th, A.T ELEVEN.
300 SHEEP,
45 Head of CATTLE,

The usual entry of Calves and Pigs.
OATES, PERRENS. AND WOOLDRIDGE.

VILLA RESIDENCE AND LAND AT CLENT
MESSRS. OATES, PERRENS, and
WOOLDRIDGE are favoured with instructions
to SELL by AUCTION, at the LYTTELTON ARMS HOTEL.
HAGLEY, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 11th, 1879, at Five for
Six o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to conditions then
to be produced, a desirable FEE MIOLD VILLA RESI-
DENCE and a Piece of Rich OLD TURF LAND, also
Freehold, situate at Holy Cross Green, Clent, in two
Lots, as follows :
LOT I.—That Genteel and comfortable VILLA
RESIDENCE, "MK LAURELS," containing Dining and
Drawing Rooms, Two Kitchens, Scullery. and Four Bed
Rooms, situate at Holy Cross Green, Clent, aforesaid ;
together with the Coach-house, Stable, Garden, Lawn.
Out-buildings, and appurtenances, until recently in the
occupation of Mr. Charles Cooper.
Lor 2.—That capital Piece of Rich OLD TURF
LAND called "Pool Meadow," situate near to Lot I, in
the occupation of Mrs. Davenport, containing IA, 3R.
6r., or thereabouts.
Lot 1 lies well above the road, has a South aspect, and
commands a beautiful prospect. Lot 2is a very pro-
ductive piece of Land. Clent is proverbially healthy,
and both lots are within a short distance of the far-
famed Clent Hills.
For farther information apply to Mr. Edward West-
wood, Solicitor, 36, Bennett's Hill, Birmingham. or to
Messrs. Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge, Land Agents,
Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

[From Punch.]
DIRTY WEATHER,

Yes, things look queer, the sky is drear,
The clouds show little signs of breaking.
But what of that? Away with fear!
The good ship's crew 's averse to quaking.
She labours, ay! In such a sea
A bark so laden 's no mere feather.
"But she has threshed through worse," says he,
The Captain stout. "You'll not dash ma
With dirty weather!
" I've had some tastes of such before.
Whilst I've good sea-room, I'll not funk it.
Squalls oft have tried the old ship sore,
But, Lord be praised, have not yet sunk it.
Keep up your hearts! I hold the helm.
Preserve good watch, and pull together;
Nor angry seas shall yet o'erwhelm
The stout old barkey, British Realm,
Nor dirty weather!"
"Aye, aye, Sir ! " Punch replies, "that tone
Than weak eye-piping better fits you.
Hold on that tack, you'll bold your own,
Though o'er the bows a stiff sea hits you.
Qieer steering may have helped storm's work.
No matter. Taut keep duty's tether,
Let none his share of that dare shirk,
And we'll ride safe through mist and mirk
Of dirty weather.
"We 've lost some hvards—God rest each soul!
Swept swift to death, —it sorely grieves us.
Their fate which thins our muster-roll,
A bigger share of duty leaves us.
Blow high, blow low, straight on we go,
No halt, no hoisting the white feather!
Keep no your hearts ! Aloft, a-low,
What Sailor, in devotion's glow,
Funks dirty weather?"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-02-22

The Ointment and Pills are sold at Professor Ho',towel's
Bstablishment, 533, Oxford Street, London; also by nearly
every respectable Vendor of Medicine throughout the
Civilized World, in Boxes and Pots, at is lid, 2s 9d, 4s 6d
us, 225, and 33s each.
gull printed directions are affixed to each Pot and Box
and can be had in any language.
N.B.—Advice can be obtained, free of charge,
by applying at the above address, daily, between
he hours of U. and 4, or by letter.