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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

OLD

ASSAULT CASE.-At the P:•lice Court on Wednes-
day, before M,ssrs. W. Bassano and B. HinJey,
John P,:rks was charged with assaulting Jame
Cox and Ann Cca on tha 10th inst. Mr. W. S.
Hayes prosoeutcd. From the evidence given it ap.
pcares that Ann Cox was remonstrating with some
children about getting up s.mine leeks, when defend •
ant cause and s.ruck her with a broom stick. Her
husi::and came up and defendant struck him with th,
bi ()um stick and knocked him down insensible. For
the assault upon the woman dcfendant was fined 5s
and costs, and for the assault on her husband; fined
lOs and costs.

_ _
THE Nsw PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—The BEINV public
buiPings which are being erected at this place are
very nearly completed, alai will be of great advan-
tage to that (Istria. They are being constructel
led facing bricks and stone dressings and have a
frontage of 26 yards 2 feet to the lludey-road, Old
11111, and 41 y..rds 2 feet to an intended street on the
south side of the buildings. They consist of a
spacious magistrates' court room, with consulting
rooms, the former being well fitted up. On the
right of the pubic entranczt is a large waiting room,
There are three cells for prisoners, each of which
measures 13 f -et by 7 feet. There is also accom-
modation foe a superintendent, two married officers,
and two single men. There is a separate charge
"win, and a prisoners' yard measuring 25 feet by 15
feet. In designing the building, pal ticular at-
tention has been paid to the provision of buildings t )
meet the requirements of the district rather than to
aey architectural style, although they present a
;leasing app arance. The work is being carried out
from designs and under the superintendence of Mr.
R. Griffiths, county surveyor, Stafford, by Messrs. G.
and F. Higham, 'Wolverhampton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

HIGH STREET,

STOURBRIDGE,

HORNIMAN'S TlLL—This celebrated Tea is to be
obtained in packets oily, bearing the Importer's
signature, dc the price printed on each; the consumer
can thus depend upon having the same article at al
seasons of the year, as Messrs. Horniman's Standard
quality of excellence is "always good alike." List of
agents in this locality supplying Hornimans Tea.
Clarke, lil, High-st.; Baker, 124, High-st. ; Hewitt,
Market place ; Morris, 136, High-st, Brierley Hill—
Rawlings, chemist ; Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring
IHalcsowen, Adam, chemist; Lye, Jones, chemist;
Worasley. Whewell, chemist; Kingswinford, Pearson
Brettell Lane. Collins, chemist; Birmingham, Banks
Ball Big; Qttarry Bank Watts, chemist

ONE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 Bill is
warrranted to sure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either ix, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pairie in theßssic.-Bold in boxes, 4s 6.1 each, be
all Clieutistt and Patent liedieioa Yandors; or sent tn
any address for GO Stamp by tho Maker, if. J.
Consulting Chinni:4, Apothecaries' Bull, Lincoln.—
Wholesale Agents, BARCLAY de Son, London, and all tho
Vfloloosle liogsel.

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

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Headache. Loss of Appetite, Drowsiness, Gid•
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°an be better.
Bold by allCheraists, at 10. ii, 9daperillo
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

WILLIAM GREEN,

54, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE.

DEALER IN PAPER HANGINGS,

"PERIENCED PAPER-H&NGERS EMPLOYED.

PAINTS CAREFULLY MIXED FOR USE,

VARNISHES FOR ALL PURPOSES.

WHITING, SIZE, AND DRY COLOURS.

OILS, TURPENTINE, AND

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WRITE LEAD, and DRYERS.

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PUMPS, CLOSETS, BASINS,

AND TRAYS.

SEfEET GLASS, GAS MOONS, AND
SHADES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

PROFESSOR MAX MULLER AT
BIRMINGHAM.

On Monday night Professor Max Muller delivered,
in the Birmingham Town-hall, the prfpident's inaugural
address on the op3ning of the winter session of the
Birmingham and Midland Institute. He began
by comparing the measure of social and political
freedom which we now enjoyed with that which
obtained twenty years ago, and observed that even in
the brightest days of Republicanism and freedom in
Athens and Rome there was never a time when the
liberty accorded to the individual was larger than at
the present day—at all events, in England. His Ger-
man and Italian friends, however, while recognizing
that full political liberty reigned here, thought there
was little intellectual freedom, and that, however it
might be in London and a few other large cities, the
Universities—the nurseries of thought and learning—
were fettered by the medizeval spirit of monastic
institutions and the principles of scholastic philo-
sophy, which contrasted ill with the freshness
and freedom of Continental Universities. He
insisted on the necessity of making education compul-
sory and congratulated Birmingham on having been a
tyrant in this respect. Yet compulsory education was
not without its dangers. It was like a powerful engine
that required careful watching lest it should produce
monotonous uniformity. He characterized English
spelling as a national misfortune. It handicapped the
English child to an extent that would be thought in-
credible if it were not demonstrated by statistics. He
knew the difficulties of spelling reform, but they were
not insuperable.
Academical education, the Professor urged, should
be as free as possible. He dwelt at some length on
the evils which resulted from examinations conducted
in a wrong manner. He was a believer in examina-
tions, but condemned their being made the end instead
of the means. Students should rather be taught to
take delight in the acquisition of knowledge for its own
sake.
In reference to scholarship prizes, the Professor re-
marked that the plea usually advanced for them was
that they enabled the children of poor parents to
obtain the highest University education, but in practice
he generally found that those who secured those prizes
were the children of parents who were well able to pay
for their education. The end, he thought, would be
more effectually obtained by cheapening education so
as to bring it within the reach of the poorest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

IN SEARCH OF SUNKEN TREASURE.

For the last thirty years, on and off (says the Daily
Telegraph), efforts have been made by the seafaring
inhabitants of Port Morris, In the State of New
Jersey, to recover from the ocean depths a sunken
treasure, valued at a million of dollars, which went
down in the British transport ship Hussar during the
War of Independence. Outside Port Morris, in
fourteen fathoms, she has lain ever since, until
her timbers have rotted and her copper has been
eaten away by rust. That part of her hulk in
which rich store of golden guineas is believed to lie
hidden is covered up with sand and slime; but the
divers to whom renewal of the hitherto fruitless
search has recently been committed report that
they are approaching the supposed resting-place of the
treasure, and expect ere long to bring it to light.
Only the other day they came upon and removed
fourteen male skeletons in the afterpart of the hold—
bleached relies of humanity still arrayed in ragged
remnants of the blue uniforms donned by the " rebel "
militia that overthrew the rule of " Farmer George"
in our Transatlantic Colonies. For more than a cen-
tury these grisly sentinels have mutely guarded the
sunken treasure for their countrymen. Perhaps, now
that they are at length relieved from duty, the missing
money chests marked with the broad arrow may be re-
covered from the "fastnesses of the deep."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

MR. SPURGEON'S SERMONS.

On Sunday morning the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon,
preaching to his church at the Metropolitan Taber.
nacle, Newington, stated that the discourse he was
about to preach, when printed, would complete a
series of 1,500 which he bad delivered in regular con-
secutive order from the pulpit, and which had been
published week by week. He did not make this state-
ment by way of glorifying himself, but rather in order
to express his thankfulness. He knew of no instance in
Church history in which 1,500 sermons, together with
a great number of others preached on divers occasions,
had been printed and scattered abroad. He desired
to express his thankfulness that so much Divine help
had been granted him in the preparation and delivery
of sermons which had not merely been printed but
read—sermons which had been translated into many
foreign tongues, and which were being read that very
moment on that Sabbath morning in many hundreds
of places where a minister could not be found.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

CLARK,

143,

Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Autumn is prover
Melly the season of sickness: then the blood requires
purification, the digestion demands thorough and at-
tentive regulation, and all the secretions call for correc-
tion. _Holloway's remedies supply all the necessaries for
securing health ; the one overcomes cutaneous diseases,
sores, ulcerations, abscesses, carbuncles, and all visible
mpsrfections ; the other acts most potently in cleansing
the circulation, strengthening the stomach, governing
the liver, regulating the bowels, and reducing the entire
system to order. Thus these twin medicaments furnisl
the most efficient medicine chest available for family rim
It is easier, through Holloway s discovery, to point out
the remedy than to describe the disease : into the formeri
no fallacy can intrude; into the latter prejudice ma:
tuzyriWnly crisp,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF FISH.

The United States Fishery Commissioners are "going
in" for artificial fish-breeding on a very large scale.
In this country, operations of the kind have been re-
stricted to the propagation of the salmonifice, whose
eggs, being of considerable size, are easily manipu.
lated, and, with Mr. Frank Buckland as the leader of
the movement, some hundreds of thousands of young
salmon and trout are annually hatched from the egg,
in special incubating apparatus, at the different
breeding establishments in England and Scotland.
In America, however—in Canada as well as the
United States—the eggs so treated and the fry so
hatched and turned into the rivers and lakes are
reckoned by scores of millions; and, not content with
stocking various waters with salmon and trout by
this means, the authorities are turning their attention
with equal success to other fish, both sea and fresh
water. In the last three or four years many million
shad and " whitefish " have been reared in the hatch-
ing ponds of the Dominion and States' Governments.
By this means the Sacramento, the Mississipi, and
other rivers of the Western States, where the shad
was formerly unknown, are being stocked with it, and
the range of the whitefish has been extended and its
numbers increased.
Professor Baird, of the United States' Commission
of Fisheries is now taking a still larger step in advance
of all other countries. He is having constructed a
steam vessel, specially fitted for hatching the eggs of
sea-fish, which will be stationed on the New England
coasts, and which will serve at the same time as a
fishing vessel, a laboratory, an observatory, and a
breeding-house. By means of this vessel the eggs
of the fish can be transferred direct' from the fish
themselves, immediately after capture, to the hatch-
ing troughs, where they will be supplied with water
from the natural spawning place of the fish, and
whence the fry can be transferred directly to the
sea when they have reached the proper age and size.
Already between ten and twelve million young cod,
hatched in breeding houses on the shore, have been
turned into the sea, and the reproduction of herrings
from the egg has also been accomplished successfully
on shore, to a limited extent. But the breeding ship is
constructed to produce from five hundred million to a
thousand million fry every season; the eggs, not only
of cod, but of mackerel, herrings, and turbot are to
be treated artificially, and it is even hoped that
oysters may be reared in the same way on board the
ship. There, at any rate, the means will exist of
keeping the water artificially at the proper tern-
perature.—Geobe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

THE MASSACRE AT CABUL.

The correspondent of the Bombay Gazette with the
advance guard of the British army on the Shuturgur-
dan gives some additional information respecting the ,
massacre at Cabnl. He met and personally interro-
gated Emam Bnx, the sole survivor of the men who
remained inside the Residency until the last.
"Eagerly," he says, "did I question the man. It
appeared that he was a chuppraesie of Major Cavag-
nari, and that he had been fortunate enough to get
mixed with the assailants at the final rush, without
being discovered. To my question, asking how Oavag-
nari met his death, he replied that he was killed about
one o'clock in the day by a clean cut between the eyes
from one of those heavy triangular shaped Kambuli
knives which every man carries in Afghanistan. The
knife must have penetrated the brain, and the man
declared that after receiving the blow 'the Major
Sahib never spoke another word.' Hamilton, of the
Guides was shot through the right aide of the body an
hour later. Dr. Kelly perishing in the burning house.
The house he described as being a two-storied house
with an upper verandah, and a ditch outside all round
it. He related to us in a horribly graphic manner how
1 he saw a wounded Goorkha, the last survivor, dragged
out, mutilated, having his throat cut. On hearing this
story our Sikhs were furious. The universal remark
was, 'We will go to Cahill, slay these Pathan dogs,
and burn the city to the ground,' whilst some saga.
ciously remarked. 'the Sirkar ought never to have
sent an Elchi to Cabnl unless an army had gone there
lust."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

BRIERLEY HELL.

BREACH OF THE PEACE.—At the Police Cour',
held on Monday, before Colonel Fletcher, Messrs.
El. 0. Firmstone, and F. Evers, John Garbett and
Leonard Evans were brought up on remand,
ci,arged wiii cornt.iitting a breach of tile peace by
fighting on the 7th insi. Pol:co•cons'able llicUin
proved that he found both the defendants fighting
in Church Street, on the above date. Defendants
denied that they were fighting, and a witness named
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent)

BRIGHTON AND LINCOLN NOTES

The past Cambridgeshire resulted in a complote
"floorer" to the sporting prophet, as three outsiders
occupied the first three places, although in these
columns I drew attention to Pock's and A. Taylor a
stable as likely to prove formidable at the eleventh
hour, and at Newmarket when Lord Rosebery w;ls
giving hi i support to La Merveille. I saw Mr. IT.
n of Hull, wircin,rtho ho ,everal eountry
dim s ald i. v ishe that i had tit- ,;-Lirt-t fl.;ilitie3 to
ttl,prt: e your attch2l S.
't he L verpuol Cup weights 11..viag appeared a good
batting race will result, whipi in my next nuts I
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

FOOTBALL.

MOSELEY V. STOURBRIDGE.—...PIayed at Moseley' nu
Saturday, in the presence of about 300 speetators.
and ended in favour of Moseley by one try and four
touches to nil. A. Smith obtained the try after
making a good run, but was to far off for Fowler to
obtain a goal. The men on both sides played up well
and it was a fast and nard-fought game from begin-
ning to end. Players :—.Voseley :F. Fowler, back;
A. Smith (captain), D Gibson, three-quarter-backs ;
A. Tyler, H. Howe, half-bao.ks ; W. Mitchell, J. C.
Lee, B. Everill, W. Westwood. A. H. Westwood, 3.
F. llond, W. Lister, H. Alabaster, J. J. B. Arter. J.
Barber, forwards,—,Stourbridge : F. Webb. back ; G.
F. Simms, T. Clulee, half-backs; W. R. Penn, three
quarter-back ; J. B. Davies, G. Best. quart .r-backs ;
H. Clulee' G. Trotter, A. J. Otter, A. W. Plant, L.
Hunt, T. H. Williams, T. G-ething, S Fiddian, J.
Wall, forwards.
WORDS LET V. HEATEL—This match was played
on the ground of the former, on Saturday last, and
suited in a win for the home team, by one goal to 1
nil. The Wordsley were considerably the heavier
,!
team, but through the excellent play of their
ponents were unable to score but one goal. The
visitors made t.evPrat attempts to pass the ball .1
through their opponents goil but failed to do 0. 1
The f Mowing ,:re the teams :—Wordsley: Goal, S. I
Lowe, (captain) ; three-quarter backs, F. Davies,
and U. Pownall ; half-backs, H. Compson, anl S.
Newnana ; forwards, G. Steele, J. Aston, J.
H. Grainger, H. Corbett, J. Compson, and .11*
Williams. heath: Goal, W. Lewis; three-quarter
backs, I. Courtnay and C. Clark; half-backs, B.
Austins ani F. Walton; forwards, J. Diaggl,ll
(captaio), W. B. Lowe, T. Perkins, A. TuineY, I)*
Dakia, A. Biddle, and E. Biddle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

A RELIC OF OLD LONDON.

Within the last week or two there has passed away
another relic of the Landon of the days of Elizabeth,
the residence on the western side of Aldersgate-street,
commonly known as "Shakespeare's house." The
local tradition goes that William Shakespeare lived in
it when he was proprietor of the theatre in Golden.
lane, toward 3 the close of the 15th century. In Shakes-
peare's time the house bore the sign of the "Half
Moon," to which sundry inscriptions and hieroglyphics
in the old wood-work referred. A writer in the City
Press in 1866 describes the house as well able to "vie
with any other house in the City for its elaborate carvings
in wood and primitive panelling, well worthy of the
attention of those curious in such matters." As a
proof of its age he mentions that during some recent
repairs there was found under the wood-work a coin of
the date of 1596. It is recorded in Ben Jonson's Life
that on one occasion the " rare " old poet, feeling an
inward craving for "sack," went to the "Half Moon,"
in Aldersgate-street, but, finding it closed, took him-
self off to the "Sun," in Long-acre. where he im-
mediately sat down and wrote the following epigram:—

"Since the Hall Moon is so unkind
To make me go about,
The Sun my money now shall have,
The Moon shall go without."

Half a century or more later, the aristocratic and
literary wits of the "Merry Monarch's" Court were
accustomed we are told, to assemble at the "Half
Moon" tavern, opposite to Lauderdale.house, which,
as is well known, stood on the east side of the street.
"Shakespeare's house," however, with its heavy pro.
jecting gables and quaint oriels and bow windows, is
now a thing of the past, and a large pile of modern
buildings is about to be erected on its site. —Thc Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

THE EARTHQUAKE IN HUNGARY.

The latest news to hand shows that the earthquake
which occurred last week extended over a far wider
area than had at first been reported. Shocks of greater
or less violence were felt not only all over Eastern
Hungary, but throughout Transylvania, Beryls,
Roumania, and even Bessarabia. The phenomenon
manifested itself in Belgrade at half-past four in the
afternoon of the 10th and lasted eight seconds, the
direction of the motion being N.N.E. and &S.W. In
Weisskirchen there were two violent shocks felt on
Friday afternoon about a quarter before five o'clock.
Further shocks were experienced at half-past seven,
and again on Saturday morning at a quarter to five, and
all through the night slighter quakings and oscillations
of the earth were constantly being repeated. A. large
number of chimneys were thrown down, and a number
of houses were cracked and otherwise damaged at this
~ace, the inmates in some instances being compelled
io leave their dwellings on account of their having
become unsafe, From Temesvar it is reported
that a number of shocks, one rapidly succeed-
ing the other, were felt, the ground oscillating
under foot. Crockery ware began clattering and being
thrown down, pianos commenced jangling and windows
rattling, while people seated in chairs and on stools
were rocked to and fro in an alarming manner. The
shocks in Karansebes were so violent as to dash plates
and dishes from their shelves to the ground, while to
people in the street the ground appeared to rock with
an unsteady motion like that of a vessel on a rough
sea.

place,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

STOTJRBRIDG-E OBSERMR_

ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF

TRAFALGAR.

Tuesday (21st) was the 74th anniversary of the Battle
of Trafalgar. The surviving officPrs are Admiral of the
Fleet Sir George Rose Sartorius, C. 8., who is now in
his 90th year, and fought as a midshipman on board the
Tonnant ; Admiral Robert Patton, now in his 89th year,
who was a midshipman in the Bellerophon; Admiral
William Ward Percival Johnson, who entered the
navy July 2, 1803, and was on board the Victory at
the time of the battle; Commander Francis Harris, a
recipient of the naval pension, who was midshipman
in the T4m6raire ; Commander William Vicary, now
in his 87th year, who was midshipman in the Achilles,
and is in receiptof a Greenwich Hospital pension; and
Lieutenant-Colonel James Tynmore, also a recipient
of a Greenwich Hospital pension, who was a midship-
man of the Africa.
On Tuesday evening the members of the Royal
Naval Club of 1765 celebrated, as customary, the
anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, at Willis's
Rooms, London. Admiral of the Fleet Sir George
Sartorius, who was expected to preside, was unable to
attend, and the chair was filled by Admiral the Hon.
A. Duncombe, supported by Admiral Sir W. Mends,
KO .8., Admiral Sir E. Ommaney, K.C.8., Rear-
Admiral M. Nolloth, C. 8., Rear-Admiral G. C.
Mends, Rear-Admiral Soady, Rear-Admiral W.
Graham, Rear-Admiral Robertson Macdonald, Cap-
tain Horatio Nelson, and many others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

THE LATE CONSUL HOPKINS.

The Daily News says that with the death of Mr.
Consul Hopkins, news of which arrived from the
West Coast of Africa by the last mail steamer, we
cease to have a most worthy and efficient represents.-
tive at Fernando Po. Mr. Hopkins was Consul
for the Bight of Biafra, and for a dozen years or
more lived on the coast, bearing almost a charmed
life in the midst of jungle fevers and the
other terrible ailments to which the white
man is subject. By his unaided exertions he fre-
quently restored and maintained peace among the dis-
puting chiefs of the coast. His last duty was a journey
to New Calabar, where his presence, we are told,
'caused the conflict between the native chiefs and
their followers to cease, and a palaver to take
place to settle the existing differences.' Mr.
Hopkins's influence with the natives was pro-
verbial, and the name of 'King-maker' was not
inaptly given him by traders in the district, for
in the election of chiefs his voice was all-powerful.
At the time of the Ashastee difficulty, Mr. Hopkins
offered to assist Sir Garnet Wolseley with a drilled body
of 500 men from Bonny, while both Commander
Cameron and Mr. Stanley have to thank him for valu-
able assistanse during their travels. Mr. Consul
Hopkins owed his position, such as it was, entirely to
himself, and his heart was so much in his work that
he chose to brave the deadly climate year after year
rather than relinquish his post. The death of Mr.
Consul Hopkins will be a sad loss both to the traders
and the natives of the West Coast."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-25

PRESENTATION TO A SOLDIER.

On Monday evening there was a demonstration at
Crediton in honour of two natives of the town who
have seen actual service in the Zulu war—viz,
Private Lethbridge. of the 13th Light Infantry, and
Corporal Barry, of the Ist Battalion 24th Regiment.
Lethbridge WAR present at Kambula, and fought in
the square at Ulundi, but came out of both engage-
ments without injury. A committee of working men
raised a sum sufficient to purchase two handsome
watches for presentation. Berry is till in Natal.
having bought his discharge at the close of the cam-
paign, and Colonel Buller has consented to transmit
his townsmen's gift.
Lethbridge arrived from Plymouth on Monday
afternoon, having with difficulty obtained a short
leave of absence in order to be present. He was met
at the railway station by the members of the Testi-
monial Committee and other townsfolk, who greeted
him with loud cheers, and he was then escorted to the
Royal Public Rooms, the band of the Volunteer
Engineers and the subscription hand accompanying
the procession. At the Public Rooms, Private
Lethbridge was entertained at a luncheon, at which
over 200 persons were present. Sir John Shelley and
Colonel Buller, C. 8.. V.C., took part in the demon-
stration, and the gallant Colonel undertook the task
of presenting the testimonial.
Colonel Buller, in a brief speech, welcomed Private
Lethbridge to his native town, and again took the op-
portunity of acknowledging the services of the rank
and file during the late campaign. In the course of
his remarks he referred to the sneering paragraphs
which had appeared in the public Press, and said he
regarded these presentations as a healthy sign of the
working of the short-service system, which was bring-
ing the people more in contact with the Army than
used to be the case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

THE QUEEN'S DEPARTURE FROM

_
BAVENO.
The Italie gives the following details relative to the Queen's
departure from Baveno :

At half-past ten in the morning, 110 children from
the asylum and communal school were arranged along
the avenne from the Villa Clara and were presented to
her Majesty and the Princess Beatric,e. A little girl,
Cristina. Albano' recited a poem, and another, Maria.
Galli, presented to the Q ;een the piece of verse trans.
lated Auto English by the schoolmistress. tier
Majesty; very graciously accepted this present
and a bouquet offered her by the daughter of
the Mayor of Baveno, Maria Borsi, eight years of
age. the Queen presented an engraved portrait of
bevel bearing her own signature, to the sub-Prefect
of pat anza and to the asylum of Baveno. To the
mayor, the inspector of public safety, and the
lieetehlant of carhineers she gave a beautiful gold ring
in the
['he p
form of a serpent with a brilliant in the head.
tsent was accompanied by a gracious letter. In
addit.l, n to the.2,ooof. for the poor of Baveno and the
I,ooof. for the asylum, her Majesty left 500 f. for the
poor of Pallanzl, as much for those of Stress, and
sent ',a gift of 40f. to each carbineer and detective
policeman on duty during her stay. The Queen in
expressing her eatlsfaction to the Mayor of Baveno,
who bad done the honours of his commune so well,
told him that she hoped to revisit that beautiful
spot."

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

GIANTS, DWARFS AND UNITED
TWINS.

The " Morman Giant Girl," who formerly travelled
with Barnum, and has of late been on exhibition at
a Bowery museum, New York, has lately died. Al-
though only 18 years ot age she weighed 516 pounds,
and her coffin was six feet six inches in length, and
two feet in width.
An unfiaual number of extraordinary specimens of
the human race have recently been on exhibition in
New York, including the "North Carolina Twins,"
or "Double-headed Nightingale • the "St. Benoit
Twins," which were described fast summer in the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal; and the re-
markable dwarfs known as the "Midgets." A num-
ber of well-known physicians were invited a short
time since to make a physical examination of the
latter. They are about 22 inches in height, and the
weight of the boy, who is iaid to be fourteen years of
age, is nine pounds; while the girl, who is fifteen,
with the long train and all the other appurten-
ances of a lady of fashion, or rather of a mo-
dern French doll, actually weighs only four pounds
and three-quarters. The di meter of the boy's
head, as ascertained by Dr. H. T. flanks, professor of
obstetrics in the Dartmouth Medical School, are
scarcely larger than those of the average new-born
infant, and those of the girl ate even smaller. One
was born in Central New York and the other in
Mexico. The boy was found to be suffering from a
little bronchitis; and after some of the phyrictans had.
made an examination of his chest, it was very amusing
to watch his little companion practising percussion and
auscultation upon him in imitation of th eir proceedings.
The girl's parents state that when she was born she
weighed only three-quarters of a pound, and %vas but
nine inches in height. —British Medical Journal.

A farm servant named Pink, of Upper Rasildon,
near Reading, was exercising a young unshod colt, when it
broke loose. Whilst endeavouring to catch it the animal
kicked him on the forehead, causicg a compound fracture of
the_pkull. He was removed to the hospital, but his recovery
Is Cusidered hopeless.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

THE MARITIME POWER OF ENGLAND.

The Daily Telegraph of Monday (in a leader) says :
"One effect of the Zulu war has been to furnish a
fresh illustration of an old truth—that England as a
maritime Power can bring her strength to bear at
remote distances with astonishing rapidity. The
First Lord of the Admiralty, in returning thanks for
the Navy on Saturday, appropriately drew attention
to the share contributed by his department to the
relief of Ekowe. It was on the 11th of February that
the Government knew the extent of the peril, and so
swiftly were the needful measures adopted that two
battalions sent from England were in the combat at
Ginghilavo on the 2nd of April, and on the fifty-
first day from the 11th of February Ekowe was re-
lieved. Before the 31st of March another battalion, a
battery fully horsed, and three companies of the Army
Service Corps were also in Natal, which is about seven
thousand miles from our shore. But it was not only
the centre of power which had shot forth its reserved
strength. England is at anchor in her island pos-
sessions or afloat in her ships of war all over the
world. The electric wire had set in moti m the 5 ith
Regiment quartered in Ceylon, and a transport carried
that gallant corps to South Africa, in good time for the
march upon Ekowe. A few troops, we believe, likewise
hastened from the Mauritius. Wherever there is danger
her Mak•sty's ships appear promptly on the scene of
action. As a matter of fact, we have long possessed the
remarkable power recently exemplified. Steam and
electricity, which are the servants of all peoples, have
enabled us to retain the superiority won by our fore-
fathers when absolutely dependent on wind and tide.
The navy was the real base of operation for the Penin-
sula campaigns, as it had been, in great part, the foun-
dation of our Eastern Empire. When war broke out,
whatever point was selected for attack, it was certain
that our war ships could convoy the transports laden
with troops and secure them a landing. When Welling-
ton marched from the frontier of Portugal to the Pyre-
nees the fleet still preserved his communications by the
B,scayan ports, and supplied them with stores and
men. At an earlier period in the great contest with
Napoleon India sent an army to Egypt, just as in the
middle of last century she captured the Philipines.
The energy recently exhibited by the Admiralty in
planting eight thouzand men and hundreds of horses
on a coast seven thousand miles away is evidence of
what might be done on a larger scale with existing
naval appliances were it, unhappily, necessary to per-
form the operation."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

SA.TURDAT, MAY 3, 1879

CRADLEY.

SINGULAR DEATH.—On Wednesday night a girl
named Emily Bridgewater, whose parents live at
Cradley, died while on a visit at Quarry Bank,
under circumstances which point to her having
unintentionally poisonetl herself. Mr. Hodgson,
the surgeon, who was called in, states that she was
pregnant, and that he believes her death was
caused by something she had taken to obtain
abortion. The police have communicated with
the Coroner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

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THE ZULU WAR.

THE RELIEF OF EKOWE.

DESPATCH FROM COLONEL WOOD.

DESPERATE FIGHTING.

MARCH OF THE RELIEF COLUMN.

CAPE Toww, April 7 (via Plymouth).
Details have been received here respecting
the relief of Ekowe. Lord Chelmsford and
Colonel Pearson met at five p.m. on April 3,
and marched into Eitowe at nine the same
night, after immense difficulties owing to the
terrible state of the road and swollen rivers.

Lord Chelmsford's force formed a strong
laager on the night of the Ist at Ginglelova,
about twelve miles from Ekowe.

The Zulus were hovering around all day,
and about six the following morning a large
force, whose advance had been concealed by
the long grass, attacked all sides of the
laager simultaneously in a most courageous
manner, but owing to the withering fire they
were never able to get within twenty yards
of the sheltered trench. Again and again
for an hour and a half the Zulus advanced
to the attack, but were compelled to retire,
and were pursued for some miles.
The Zulu loss must have been a thousand
men. Some prisoner state that.the Zulu force
consisted of 199 companies, or 11,000 men
Colonel Wood's engageme;lts on March
28 were of a most serious character. Col.
Weatherltiy, his sou, and forty-eight of his
troops were killed in a hand-to-hand fight
with the Zulus, and a large number of their
men were killed and wounded.

The death of Pict Uys, the leader of the
Dutch Burghers raised by Colonel Wood, is
greatly deplored,
On the 29th Colonel Wood received in-
formation that the Zulus intended to attack
his camp. The attack lasted four hours, the
Zulus fighting with great deterinin a-
flan and courage. The continual tire was,
however, too much for them, and they were
compelled to retreat. The Zulu losses must
have been very heavy, 2,500 bodies have
been buried.

Total British Loess, 162.
Colonel Wood had a very narrow escape.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

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, 1879-05-03

VICTORIA

THE RINK IS NOW OPEN DAILY
MORNING EXERCISE 11 to 1
AFTERNOON „ 2.80 „ 6
EVENING 1 t 7 ~ 9.10.

A MILITARY BAND IN ATTENDANCE

ON
MONDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS.

ADMISSION 6d. USE OF SKATES, 6.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE.

The Globe remarks :—John Bull's inveterate habit of
grumbling has been so freely and largely exercised
over the South African business that he has had
little time, and hardly more inclination, to look for
the bright side. The heroic defence of Rorke's
Drift startled him for a moment out of his
gloomy condition; and now the relief of Ekowe
has 'shaded off' the denser colours of a picture
which was fast becoming 'dark as Erebus.' It is
well to find the silver fining of the cloud so soon as
the practical value of discontent has ceased to exist;
and it is with a sense of relief that the country will
be able to read the cheery congratulations which the
First Lord of the Admiralty embodied in his speech
at the dinner of the Metropolitan Board of Works on
Saturday night. Mr. Smith was not without reason
in assuming that some of the credit for the prompt
reinforcement of our army on the Zulu frontier belongs
to his own department; and he did well to call atten-
tion to the ready services of Captain Bradshaw in turn-
ing back from St. Helena and carrying the little garrison
and his own crew to the scene of operations, as well as
to the small body of ` actives ' under Commander
Campbell, who contributed so much to the stubborn
defence of the beleaguered fort of Ekowe itself. The
rapidity with which the relief of the South African
colonies were carried out has not till now been so
effectively stated as in the memorandum drawn up
by the Director of Transports, which Mr. Smith read
to the company he was addressing. The news
of the Isandula disaster reached us on the 41th
of February; and within fifty-on, dap] the battle
of Gingihlovo was fought and won by a force of
which two regiments had been despatched from this
country and one from Ceylon. By the end of March,
too, another battalion of infantry, a battery of artil-
lery (fully horsed), and to reecompanies of Army Ser-
vice Coins (horsed) had reached Natal. These facts
traversed m b
emphasised
the reliefsisetdb
by the
as abut 7,00
rweflectioonthatto miles,
naance
cl
that we had no direct telegraph. The speedy and
effective transport is largely due to the mercantile
marine; but the roadiness of the troops far service
speaks highly for our army organisation, and the rapid
combination of those advantages refitcts most credit.
ably on the organisation of the Transport Department
of the Admiralty. The country may be proud of the
result, and its eatiAfaction should find no alloy in
political or party views."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

MANIFESTO BY GARIBALDI.

General Garibaldi has left Rome for. a villa at Albano,
where he intends to stay for some time. He has addressed
a Aaniiesto to the Italian people, bearing date April 27, in
which he says :

"The fasces of the Democracy are formed. I rejoice
over this fact, so important and Bo long desired.
Illustrious patriots and a generous youth are now
fighting in the Democratic camp. The Democracy
will succeed in spreading its influence by
the agitation it is about to raise for reclaiming
and effectively exercising the national sovereignty,
for promoting the interests of the disinherited
of fortune and for the furtherance of social
justice and the inviolable rights of freedom. A
multitude of citizens assisting without trusting the
Governments of minorities which have been succeeding
each ether for the last twenty years will certainly join
the files of the democracy, and the latter becomes
henceforth a power with which minorities will have to
make up their accounts. Its different schools have
united and established a Democratic League.

General Garibaldi then:gives the names of the committee
appointed, and continues :

"The congress of the 21st of April has not only
celebrated a political league, but has dissipated
misunderstandings and has renewed or confirmed
friendships. Each school of democracy preserves
its own individuality in the development and the
propaganda of its respective doctrines, and to each
belongs the direction of its inherent initiative, for
which each is also resnonsible. Nevertheless, I am
sure that all, animated by an elevated sentiment of
patriotism and guided by that civic wisdom whic
even other peoples recognise in the Italians, will
desire to co-ordinate their particular and specific
work and adjust it to that general work of the com-
mittee of the League. Inasmuch as the League of
the Democracy has undertaken to circumscribe its
proper work within the limits of the law and with
pacific means, it warns those who govern Italy that,
in the case of such right being disputed or impeded, or
in whatsoever way interfered with, the responsibility
in face of the nation and history will rest with them
if, in guarding or regaining such right, the League of
the Ddinocracy, in the conscience of its legitimate
defence, betakes itself to other means than those here
expressed. "G. GARIBALDI."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

new-mine coal are :—Coal and lumps, 78. 6d ;
engine slack, 45.; and fine slack, 3s. 6d,
These reductions will necessitate a propor-
tionate drop in the wages of thick and thin
coal miners respectively. Thick coal workers
will be dropped 4d and thin coal 14,1 per
day, as stipulated in the agreement of
November. 1877. Petitions promoted by the
Mining Association of Great Britain were
being signed by local colliery-owners in op-
position to the employers' Liability Bills.
The petitioners desired that the burdens al-
ready; imposed upon them by special legisla-
tion should not be increased: that nothing
should be done till the Select Committee on
Mines have reported: and they suggested
that if anything should be done that it ought
to take the form of "the system in use in
Germany for providing a common fund for
accidents, to be raised by the joint contribu-
tions of the employers and the men in their
service, having regard to the practice of the
great friendly societies established for the
purpose."

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday
There was more than usual animation at

the weekly meeting of the iron trade to-day,
owing to the presence of numerous merchants
and buyers desirious of testing for them-
selves the influence upon the market of the
newly declared reduction in coal. Nominal
quotations remained unchanged, at £3 5s
for hot-blast all-mine pig, and £7 10s for
bars; but where good specifications were in
question, makers showed a yielding disposi-
tion, more particularly for prompt delivery.
The concessions offered, however, were ex-
ceedingly limited, as makers assert that the
fall in coal has been discounted for some
time past, and that Lord Dudley is only
following the lead taken months ago by
other colliery owners. The commoner quali-
ties of pig have somewhat recovered from
their extreme depression since the abatement
of the Northern competition due to the
Durham miners' strike, but no improvement
can be reported in business; and stocks
being heavy, as many furnaces are being
blown out as are being relighted. North-
country pig, which is in request chiefly for
foundry purposes, is firmer than at quarter-
day, and hematites also are strong. In
finished iron there is very little doing, and
comparatively few of the mills are running
more than half time. Common sheets,
however, are mote firmly held, and nail rods
are in somewhat better request for Eastern
markets. The tin-plate trade is compara-
tively brisk. The galvanising branch is still
as a whole, very quiet. The reduction in
coal has caused a. slight increase of activity
at the collieries, orders for some few days
past having been held back in anticipation
of the fall.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

Vistellantaus Intelliptce.
HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL.

A POSITIVE YOUNG LADY.—This is the way in
which a Louisville girl disposes of a young man,
according to the Courier Journal :—" You have asked
me pointedly if I can marry you, and I have answered
you pointedly that I can. I can marry a man who
makes love to a different girl every month, I can
marry a man whose main occupation seems to be to
join in gauntlet in front of churches and theatres and
comment audibly on the people who are compelled
to pass throught it. I can marry a man whose only
means of support is an aged father. I can marry a
man who boasts that any girl can be won with the
help of a good tailor and an expert tongue. I can
marry such a man, but I w—o-n-t !"

- -
THE CIRCULATION or THE BILE.—The Printing
Times says that the present century has witnessed the
circulation of no fewer than 150,000,000 copies of the
Bible. Of thee the British and Foreign Society
(founded in 1804) have honied 82,000,000, the Hiherniin
society 418,000, the National Society of Scotland
(1861) 4,768,000, the British Translation Society (1841)
,
3,200,000, the Trinitarisin Society 1,250,00, the
American Society (1817) 35000,000, the German
Societies 8,500,000, the Swiss 2,010,000, the Fre ch
1,600,000, the Dutch 1,287,0 W, the Danish 37,0110,
the Swedish 1,000 ( 00, and the Norwegian 2.50,000,
whilst the remainder have been issued by
a few other organisations whose names are not
given, The ab ,ve estimate does not include those
volumes issued by such ins tittitions as arenotprimarily
publishing societies, such at 4 the Religious Tr-ct
Society, which last year issued 74,000 English Bibles
and Testaments, and the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, which circulates 250,000 copies
annually. These and large numbers of private firms
are allowed, however, as a set off against the separate
issues of the Bibles and Testaments in the other
societies, and it is assumed that the grand total thus
arrived at is approximately correct.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

BROMSGROVE.

ROBBING THE RAILWAY COMPANY.-At the Petty
Sessions, on Wednesday, before Captain Bourrhe,
and Mr. R. Smallwood, Henry Brooke, a shun:cer,
in the employ of the Midland Railway Compa,Ay at
Bromsgrove Station, was charged with sterling a
truss of coarse canvas, the property of the railway
company, on the 25th inst. The truss Witi con-
signed by Messrs. Sedley and Jackson, of Man-
chester, to Mr. Debenham Hewitt, of Cheltenham,
and was valued at £2 13s 6d.—The prisoner
pleaded guilty by the advice of Mr. Cheston, his
solicitor, and was committed for six months' hard
labour.—Mr. Colmore, from the office of Messrs.
Beale, Marigold, and Beale, prosecuted on behalf
of the company.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-03

THE TELEPHONE.

In London, on Tuesday morning, Edison's loud-
speaking telephone was exhibited at Burlington House
to Mr. Spottiswoode, President-of the Royal Society,
and the following gentlemen, many of them being
members of the Committee on Reporting :—The
Speaker of the House of Commons, the First Lord of
the Admiralty, the R;ght Hon. W. E. Forster, Sir
John Lubbock, Sir Henry Holland, Mr. Mitchell
Henry, Mr: Walter, Dr. Lyon Playfair, Mr. A.
Mills, Mr. Barclay, Mr. Lewis Fry, and Sir Thomas
Erskine May. By the kindness of Professor
Tyndall one end of the wire was placed in the
laboratory of the Royal Institution, and a passage
from Mr. Gladstone's speech on Monday night read
by a gentleman in Albemarle-street was clearly heard
by the right honourable and honourable gentlemen at
Burlington House. The Speaker expressed his grati-
fication at the result of the trial as regards the pro-
bability of the invention modifying the present system
of reporting in the House of Commons.
The instruments were exhibited by Mr. C. P.
Edison, the inventor's nephew, and Mr. Arnold White
rerresented the inventor in the absence of Colonel
Gouraud.