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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of 1,0-rd B. Grosvenor a new writ was
ordered for the election of a member for Lincoln, in the
room of Mr. Hinde Palmer, deceased.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

BIIIERLEY HILL LOCAL BOARD.

Mr. Mark ItoHinson presided on Monday at the
ordinary monthly meeting of this Board.
''he Sanitary Committee reported a death-rate of
18.24 per 1,000, three of which were from zytrotic
diseases.

It was resolv,d, on the motion of Mt.. Fereday,
seconded by Mr. Grove, that unless the nightsoit
contractor reduced the number of unemptied ashpits
bAore the next Board meeting the Board would do
the work itself and charge the contractor with costs.
It was decided to allow the Dudley and Stour-
bridAe Tramways Conipny to erect a hydra,at for
engines with water, and alsD Con-
w tuncul in thc, town.
It ws ticei,jeit. fhe rccommendA'( n of he
Finance Comniittcc, t dtititise for a loan of .t3,r00
at 3i per cent.
A letter was red from Mr. E. Fish( r Swift
respect:ng the proposed purchase t.y the Boar.' nue
other househodets of certain mines ior the purpose
of protecting their property. After some discussion,
it was resolved, en the motion of Mr. Mantle,
seconded by Mr. Insult, that the seal of the Board
be affixed to the agreement.
A. letter was read from the Lecal Governm sit
. Beard respecting the conversion of main roads into
high‘‘ays, and stating before any Provisional:Older
F was issued all parties interested in the subject would
have a chance of being heard upon it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

KINGSWINFOR D.

SCHOOL BOAUD —The Rev. J. Stone presided at
the rnoutlily meetixtg of this Board, held at Moor-

-tr,et Schools, Brierley Hill, on Tuesday,.and
moved a resolution in favour of extending the time
devoLd.toreligious instruction in the Board Schools
by ten minutes every morning.—Mr. W. Barlow
spolie against the motion, arguing that under the
Mundera code, which was very much more severe
than the old one, teachers needed all the time they
could possibly have in order to enable them to
meet the requirements of ttle code.—On the other
the Chairman urged that religious instruction
made the children more conscicntiou., attentive,
and inteft;ent, and ; repared . their minds by im-
parting a pleasant variet9 and freshness to them to
receive and retain wh,t they were after ward 6 taught
in the way of secular instrue- ion. 11, however,
did not wish to press unduly or.. the teachers with
the matter, and would modify his motion to that
the time for religious instruction should be extended
five minutes only.—This was seconded by the Rev,
It. H. Sire ten, and Parried.—Mr. T...,111den, school
attendance officer, reported several fresh cases of
measles and scarlet lever, and one fresh case of
small-p x.—Mr. Colley, school attendance offict r,
reported three casls of salad-pox. Scarlet fever
was on the decrease.

DEATH By LIGEITNING AT HA.LESOWEN.
MARVELLOUS ESCAPE OF TWO PERSONS

On Manday evening, Mr. Rdph Doef or (East
Worces!ershire coroner) held an inque: t at the
Travellers' Hest Inn, Long-lan-, total 14 the
death of Maria Harris (54), the wife of Samuel
Harris, 'miler, of the Cocksheds, wl OWL 3 killed
by lightning on Friday afternoan.-1 he husband
of the deceased stated that on Friday af ernoon a
violent thunderstorm passed over the district. The
lightning was very vivid. During the storm the
deceased took a grandebild;hree months old, into
her arms, and when in the act of giving it cow's
n.ilk from a bottle she was struck by lightning, and
hurled a yard from the place where she was sitting.
After she fell she did not appear to breathe, and he
concluded that death must have been instantaneous.
The child was not in any way injured by the
lightning, but was by the fall. He (witness) had
a miraculons escape, for, at the time deceased was
struck with the electric fluid, he lay on a bench at
the side of her. The front of t..e house was gleatly
damaged; the window frames were - broken, and
many bricks were la moved. The roof was also
darna,4el.—Mr. Beasley, surgrou, s,id he eaw the
deceased immediately after the occurrence, and
found life to be extinct. He was of opinion that
death must have been instantaneous. The deceased
was a flue, healthy looking woman.—The jury re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

ATTEMPTED POISONING BY A GIRL,

At the Wandsworth Police-court, on Tuesday, Ada
Steel, 12 years of age, was placed in the dock on a
charge of attempting to poison Emily Steel, with
Battle's vermin destroyer. The prisoner stood in the
dock with her arms folded. Sergeant George in-
formed the magistrate that the complainant was not
present, but she had promised to appear. He stated
that the prisoner put some Battles vermin powder
in a cup of tea which she took up to her adopted
mother and told her to drink it up quickly as it
would make her warm. Mr. W. H. Kempster,
the divisional surgeon, said on Monday evening
he was sent for to Battersea Police-station,
where he saw the prisoner and her adopted mother.
The prisoner was really her niece, as she was the
child of her husband's sister. A bottle containing
a fluid was produced, and the prisoner said "I do not
know what made me do it; something came over me.
I put it in the tea; only a little bit." She further
said that the fluid in the bottle was the tea with the
powder in it. Some papers labelled "Battle's Vermin
Powder " were produced, and she stated, "I took the
poison from there." The adopted mother said that
when she took it she felt sick and had pains all day.
She took a very small quantity in the tea. Tie had
some further conversation with the prisoner, and was
Of opinion that she was not mentally responsible.
Mr. Sheil remanded the prisoner, at the same time
observing that in all probability the charge would be
withdrawn on the next occasion, and the girl placed
under proper retraint.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

JUNE 14th, 1884

1 Henour, witness said the horse • was not frightened
until it had pulled over the road to the gutter. He
did nct get out to hold his horse, because he was
afraid whil•t doing so the animal might bolt. He
did hold the horse's head afteiwards, and it was
quiet,—llis Honour con,idered there was consider
able centributot y negligence.—Witnesses were called
who stated that Gough shoutd, but the car did n')t
stop, and when the collision occurred they were
hr,wn out. A verdict was given for the deft nil-
ants, with costs.

FORTUNE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE RUSSIANS IN ASIA.

Lord E. Fitzmaurice stated, in reply to Mr.
Stanhope, that Sarakhs, on the western bank of
the Hen i Run, had not been occupied by Russia,
and that the Foreign Office was not aware of the exis-
tence of any treaty with Persia by which Russia was
authorised to occupy it. In answer to a further quesl
tion, the noble lord admitted that in the new Russian
General Staff map, a copy of which he promised to
place in the library of the House, the Affghan boundary
line was placed about fifty miles distant from Herat;
but a large extent of territory beyond that line was not
included within the Russian boundary. Communica-
tions were proceeding with the Russian Government
with regard to the delimitation of the Affghan frontier.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THi FRANCHISE BILL.

The House having resumed, in committee, the con-
sideration of the Representation of the People Bill, Mr.
Ecroyd moved a new clause conferring the franchise on
every man who is the owner of a copyhold estate or a
leasehold estate originally created for a term of not
less than forty years, and of a clear value of £4 or
more. _

Mr. Gladstone opposed it, chiefly on the ground that
it was too minute a matter to be dealt with in this
bill. . _

Sir R. Cross, Mr. Balfour, and others supported it,
and, on a division, it was negatived by 168 to 76.
Mr. Ecroy d next moved a clause providing that the
voter entitled in respect of the ownership of any free-
hold, copyhold, or leasehold estate in a county or
borough shall vote for the county or borough wherein
such estate is situate; but that no man shall vote for a
county for an estate situate within a borough.
Mr. Gladstone strongly opposed the clause, as an
attempt to extend the property qualification and to
create a double vote. The clause was debated at some
length, and ultimately negatived by 236 to 122.
Mr. Brett's new clause, providing that no man shall
be entitled to vote in respect of a university degree,
was ruled out of order by the chairman on the ground
that it would disfranchise the universities, and other
clauses, by Mr. Anderson providing that a new writ
may be issued when a member is absent for three
months or more without leave, by Mr. Cropper for
preventing assistance being given to the illiterate voter,
and by Mr. Coleridge Kennard to remove the disquali-
fication of constables, were also ruled out, the last on
the ground that it was a matter of public policy, not to
be dealt with in a Franchise Bill.

A new clause by Mr. Bryce reducing the term of resi-
dence from twelve to six months was negatived.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

, agreed.
of *r. Gladstone I.
adjourned. i kind of callers ha,

the committee _
The Burgh Police and Health (Scotland) Bill was
read a second time and ordered to be referred to a
Select Committee.

Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the
House adjourned at twenty minutes past one o'clock.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 10, at a morning
sitting, Lord E. Fitzmaurice stated, in reply to Mr.
Anderson, that representations had been made to the
United States Government on the subject of dynamite
conspiracies, but the reply to the last communication
made had not yet been received.
Mr. Gladstone informed Lord R. Churchill that there
was no foundation for the rumour that her Majesty's
Government had made proposals to the Porte for send-
ing Turkish troops to Egypt or into the Soudan.
Lord E. Fitzmaurice stated, in answer to a question
by Mr. W. H. Smith, that a message was received at
Massowah on the 3rd inst. from Admiral Hewett,
stating that he had had a very satisfactory interview
with the King of Abyssinia on the 27th ult.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

ADMIRAL lIEWETT.

Mr. W. H. Smith asked the Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs whether he was in a position to give the
House any further information with regard to Sir W.
Hewett, and whether he was still in the capital of
Abyssinia or on his way back to the coast, and whether
the negotiations had any result.
Lord E. Fitzmaurice, in reply, said—l made ave
full statement on this question on Friday, and no new
subsequent intelligence has been received at the Foreign
Office. The noble lord subsequently said: I have been in-
formed by my hon. friend the Secretary to the Admiralty
that he has just received further intelligence at the
Admiralty of a favourable kind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

CRIME IN FRANCE.

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
states that a shocking murder, followed by the suicide
of the assassin, has been committed at a house in the
Rue de Poteau, inhabited by an artisan named Jean
Devallois and his family. It appears that last month
Madame Devallois went to the hospital, leaving
her four children (the eldest of whom is a girl
of fifteen), with her husband. Devallois lost no
time in installing a former mistress, one Julie
Bardou, separated from her husband, in his abode.
Quarrels soon arose between the guilty pair,
Devallois being of a very jealous disposition,
while the woman Bardou constantly threatened
to return to her home. The other morning
sounds of a violent altercation, followed by cries
for assistance, were heard by a neighbour, Madame
Dissard. Knocking at the door, which was at once
opened by Devallois, she saw Julie Bardou lying dead
on the floor. The man told her that she might go for
the police, as all was over; and after she had left he
committed suicide in the most deliberate manner.
First he shot himself with a revolver, then stabbed
himself with a knife, and when the police made their
appearance they found him hanging lifeless from a
rope attached to the ring to which the bed curtains
were fastened. The youngest child, an infant of six
months, was lying in the room at the time.

A Scotch parson said recently, somewhat sar-
castically, of a toper, that he put an enemy into his
mouth to steal away his brains, but that the enemy,
after a thorough and protracted search, returned
without anything.
Carlyle says that "great men "taken up in any way
are profitable company. We cannot look, however
imperfectly, upon a great man, without gaining some-
thing by him.
DxxrEaorrs Fisu.—Some fish procure their food
in a peculiar manner. The Chotodon rostratzts,
common in Indian rivers, feeds prinicipally on those
insects that hover over the surface. When it descries
a fly on the plants growing in shallow water, approach-
ing warily, and fixing its eyes on its unconscious prey,
it ejects a single drop of water from its tubular
snout, but without alarming it, by raising its head
above the surface, whence the drop seems to rise.
This feat is done so dexterously, that even at a dis-
tance of six feet it .tarely fails to bring down its game
Tato the water.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

DUDLEY.

ACTION AGAINST THE SOUTH S TAFFORDSHIRE
AND B I RAI ISO HAM TRAMWAYS COMPANY. At the
County Court, on Monday, More Sir Rupert Kettle
(Judge), an action was tried in which Isaac Dace,
file cutter, Princes End, scught to recover ..t4 as
damages from the above coin puny. Mr. W. H.
Tinsley was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Joseph Smith
for the defeudauts.—Jos..ph Gough, grocer, said on
the 14th of April he was driving a cart belonging to
the plaintiff in the Bloomfield Road. As a tramcar
approached the horse became restive. He rut up
his hand, but the driver did not stop, and the horse
in alarm bAcked into the gutter. As the road was
nazrow tie engine struck the cart and did damage
to the amcnut of ..£2 10s. Two persons were throwa
out of the cart, and witness hired another convey-
ance at, a cost which made up the claim of £4.—By
Mr. Smith: He was on the wrong side of the road
hn the engine etruck the °ea, In reply to hie
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE MANCHESTER MURDER.

On Tuesday John James Donnelly was charged on
remand, before the Manchester magistrates; with the
wilful murder of his sister Elizabeth Donnelly, the
attempted murder of his mother, Theresa Donnelly,
and also with attempting to commit suicide.
Mr. Coventry, instructed by the City Prosecutor,
appeared on behalf of the police to prosecute. He
said that it was as hideous a case and as foul a mur-
der as had ever been committed. There could, how-
ever, be no doubt that the prisoner was subject to
epileptic fits. He had had several during the last
three years, and had been for some time an inmate
in hospitals in London and elsewhere. Un-
doubtedly epileptic fits had an effect in
impairing tbe mental faculties. On Sunday,
the 25th of May, the prisoner had a quarrel with his
father about some beer, and afterwards went out with
his mother. They came back about twelve o'clock,
when the door was found to be locked. Prisoner
kicked it open, and ran upstairs. A young brother
and sister, who were there in separate rooms, came
down undressed, but the sister went back in a short
time. The prisoner came down again and asked his
father for a drink. His request was refused, and he
went upstairs again. He then asked his sister to go
down for some water, but she refused to do so because
she was undressed. The prisoner immediately
fetched his razor and inflicted a number of
wounds on his sister and mother. The young
woman screamed out to her father, "Oh, father! he
is cutting us to pieces." The prisoner then ran out
and hid himself on the scullery slates, and his sister
and his mother crawled downstairs bleeding. They
were taken to the infirmary, where the sister died on
the following day. Mr. Coventry said there could be
no doubt about the murder. The only question was
whether a jury would believe that he had been in a
sufficiently sane state of mind to know what he was
doing at the time.
The father of the prisoner, Thomas Donnelly, his
brother, Aloysius Donnelly, and Police-constable
Burton having repeated the evidence given by them
before the City coroner at the inquest on the body of
the murdered girl, the prisoner was committed for
trial.

The prisoner's mother still lies at the infirmary,
and has not yet sufficiently recovered to be Ole to
give her evidence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

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THE RECENT OUTRAGE REAR
DONOITGHMORE.

At Cork, on Tuesday, twenty-three persons were
brought up before Captain Stokes, R.M., charged
with being concerned in the recent lawless pro-
ceedings near Donoughmore, in this county, when a
man named John Creed was fired at and wounded in
the arm. Among the prisoners were two women,
named Regan and M'Swiney, whose claim to the pro-
perty of their deceased brother in opposition to his
widow, the sister of Creed, led to the disturbance of
the 2nd inst. It appears from the evidence
of Creed that his sister's husband, Jeremiah
Sullivan, died in April, aid before his death
he assigned his goods to Creed in trust for his wife,
who was in the lunatic asylum. Creed, acting
upon counsel's advice, removed the cattle, consisting
of 23 milch cows and a number of young stock, to his
farm at Derry. A day or two afterwards a mob of
about 60 persons, armed with pitchforks and revol-
vers, made an organised attack on his farm, and seized
his cattle. Creed was pelted with stones, and a man
named Cookley fired at him and shot him in the arm.
A labourer in the service of Creed was also severely
Mused. Twelve of the prisoners, including Regan
and M'Swiney, were identified as having taken piirt in
the riot, and were committed for trial. It was stated
that the two women charged were the most violent of
the mob. The other prisoners were discharged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

L Y E.

, -
FRIENDLY SousTrEs.—The fiftieth anniversary
of the "Loyal Briton" Independent Order of
Friendly Societies was celebrated at the Windmill
Inn, Dudley Road, on Tuesdly, June 3rd. After
the cuAernary duties of the Order had been per.
formed the members sat down to capital spread,
which reflected great credit upon the host and
hostess. After sumptuously regaling themselves
with vatious courses the cloth was drawn, and the
!calcining plrtion of the day was most humorously
id pleasantly spent. Several good songs and toasts
.% ere given, among the latter being the 'Queen and
Royal Family" the "Host and Hostess." Mr. W.
Harvey occupied the chair, and Mr. J, lia:.vey the
vice- chair,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

KIDDERMINSTER.

THE LATE DUKE OF ALBANY. The following
replies have been received to the votes of
sympathy forwarded by the Kidderminster
Auxiliary of the Church Association to the Queen
and to the Duchess of Albany :—"General Sir
Henry F Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen
to thank Mr. E. A. Bonet for his letter of condc.
lence. —Buckingham Palace, 14 April, 1884."
"Claremont, Esher. Mr. R. H. Collins has received
the commands of Her Royal Highness the DucheFs
of Albany to thank the Kidderminster Auxilary f
the Church Association for their kind address ef
sympathy. April 12th, 1884."
REMINISCENCES OF THE WEAVERS' &MUM-At
the Police Court on Wednesday, John Kench, car
proprietor, was fined is. and costs for refusing to
drive Mr. Henry Dixon to his residence on the
Bth inst.—Charles Banfield, for assaulting Rufus
Davies, a weaver in the employ of Messrs. Dixon,
on the sth inst., was fined 2s. 6d. and costs.—Two
charges of assaulting George Roden, another em-
ploye of the Messrs. Dixon, which were 0 have
been precerred against Banfield were withdrawn.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

AN IMPOSTOR DETECTED.

A most impudent attempt at robbery, under the
menace of assassination, has justi
occurred n Madrid.
The Marquis of Villanajor received afew days ago a
i
letter demanding 2500 dols. under pan of being mur-
dered if he refused, or informed the police. Disre-
garding the threat, the marquis sent the letter,
which pretended to come from the chief of
a gang of bandits, to the Civil Governor.
The police measures were cleverly taken; the
i
innocent messenger, who n due course prestited him-
self to receive the money, was followed and captured
in the act of handing over an envelope containing
some banknotes, supposed to represent the 2,500
dollars, to an individual who, in turn, said that he was
sent by one Carretero, servant to a colonel in the
army. Carretero, on being arrested, confessed that
he was the sole author of this felonious attempt, and
that he had invented the story concerning a band of
robbers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

IdILITARY TRAGEDY AT NAPLES.

the Naples correspondent of
theW Daily News says: The picturesquely-situated
barracks of Pizzofalcone here were last night the scene
aiing on Monday,
of a frightful tragedy.named Misdeia, arrived at his quarters after the
A young Calabrian soldier,
tattoo somewhat excited by drink. He immediately
took up
a gun and ran madly along the corridors,
firing right and left into the rooms were most of his
comrades were in bed. Before Misdei could be
secured, amid scenes of the wildest excitement and
confusion, be had killed three soldiers and wounded
eight very seriously.
Another account says : A Calabrian infantry
soldier, who had been chaffed by his comrades,
waited until they had gone to bed, and then seizing a
rifle and cartridge pouch, and extinguishing the
lights, began firing on. them. The panic in the
dormitory was indescribable. All who could fled.
One wounded man, unable to pin the door, jumped
out of the window, breaking his legs. The assassin
made next for the non-commissioned officers'-room
and shot a sergeant, whose pouch served to replenish
his own. At last, after having fired fifty-seven shots,
with the result of killing
five men, wounding three,
and causing two more to throw themselves out of
the window, this human tiger was grappled with and
disarmed by three of his comrades.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

GREAT LIBRARIES.

The National Library may indeed be called the
great brain bottle of the American people (says an
American writer). But the bottle is already too full.
The library was made to accommodate 300,000
volumes, and there are already 513,441 books piled in
it one above another, and over 170,000 pamphlets are
stored away in the crypt. After the work on the new
building is commenced, says Architect Smithmyer, it
will require five years to complete it, and in that time,
at the present rate of increase, our National Library
will have approximated a million of volumes. Aided
as it is by the copyright tax it will always be the
largest and best library in the United States, and it
will soon compete with those of Europe. There are
now five bigger libraries in the world—viz., the
National Library of France, with 2,300,000 volumes;
the library of the British Museum at London,
1,500,000; the Royal Public Library at St. Peters-
burg, 1,000,000; the Royal Library at Munich,
900,000, and the Royal Library at Berlin, 750,000.
The first library in the United States was the Har-
vard College library started in 1638, while that of
Yale College was started in A. D. 1700. Thirty-one
years later Ben Franklin, having walked from New
York to Philadelphia and started a printing office
there, originated the first subscription library of
America, and in 1800, when our Capitol was removed
to Washington, the Library of Congress or our
National Library was founded. When the British
came here in 1814, they burned it and Congress
bought Jefferson's library of 7000 volumes as a second
beginning. By 1851 the library had increased to
55,000 volumes, when it was again destroyed by fire,
only 20,000 volumes being saved. Since that time the
library has steadily grown, having nearly doubled in
size within the past ten years.
In 1870 there were estimated to be 50,000,000
books in the libraries of the United States and
20,000,01)0 of these were in public libraries. This
gives an average of over one book per person, as there
were 38,000,000 people in the Pnited States by the
same census.

The German nations have the most books in their
libraries, and there are over a thousand public
libraries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland,
twenty of which contain over 100,000 volumes.
Great Britain has only nine libraries containing over
100,000 volumes, but the British Museum pays out
80,000 dols. annually to improve its collection. France
has six libraries of over 100,000 books outside of the
National Library, which is the largest in the world,
and Spain has, all told, thirty public libraries, contain-
ing in all 700,000 volumes, of which 220,000 are in the
library at Madrid.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

TriE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

"I can understand you do not progress very
rapidly if you are often obliged to interrupt the
sitting in the same way as to-day."
"It is the first time such a thing has oe,eurre 1,
mademoiselle. As a rule, the:child sits marvellously
well; but just before you arrived she had heard
such painful news that she swooned. I was obliged
to lift her on to the sofa." _

"Of course. How is it you do not interest your-
self in her? You see her for several hours every
day, and she appears to be attached to you. he
lad tears in her eyes when she announced her inten-
tion of departing."
"She was weeping for her sister."
"Ah ! She has lost a sister?"

"Yes, mademoiselle."
"What are you saying? Is Bianca Astrodi the
sister of this little model ? " cried Monsieur Paulet.
"Yes. Did I not tell you so ? ' answere4
Freneuse.

(To be continued.)
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

DEATH OP MR. CHARLES READE.

We regret to announce the death, after several
months of intense suffering, of Mr. Charles Reade,
which took place on Friday in last week at his resi-
dence at Shepherd's-bush, London. Early in Nov.
last Mr. Reade went to Cannes for the benefit of his
health, but instead of the change being beneficial, it
proved to be the reverse. About a month ago the state
of his health caused the gravest anxiety to his relatives,
so much so that it was deemed advisable that he should
return home. For some time Dr. Chapman, in con-
junction with Sir Joseph Fayer and Dr. Willis, had
been in attendance upon him, but the maladies from
which be suffered—emphysema and enlargement of
the liver—gave from the outset but little hopes of his
recovery. For several days he had been lying in a
semi-comatose state, and was quite unconscious at the
time of his death. Mr. Reade was in his seventieth
year.
Mr. Reade did not publish his first study of life until
he was already approaching middle age. lie was 38
when, in 1852, "Peg Woffington " appeared, and 39
when he made his first deep impression with" Christie
Johnstone "—the most charming book, and, in the
best sense of the word, the most original that he ever
wrote. Mr. Reade had obtained at an early age a
Demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford; and be
seems to have not been more than 21 when he,
graduated. A few years later he was elected a Fellow
of his College, and for many years he did most of his
literary work in residence at Oxford. Ile at one time
entertained thoughts of practising at the bar, and he
went through the form of getting called at Lincoln's-
inn. For law, however, he cared very little, though
he had in a certain way studied it, and was thus
enabled in more than one highly dramatic narrative
to point out some of its anomalies. In connection,
too, with the legal bent of his mind, it may be ob-
served that he had a genuine love of litigation;
though, in justice to him, it must be remembered that
the battles he fought in the Law Courts on questions
of copyright were not selfish fights, but contests
waged on behalf of the whole literary class.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

THE LABOUR MARKET.

The labour market this week has been much
affected by the Easter holidays, and a great many of
the large firms in the most important and also minor
industries have been closed three or four days. In
colliery districts, disputes as to the rate of wages are
cropping up, which tends to unsettle this important
branch of industry, Shipbuilding generally con-
tinues very slack, and many hundreds, even thou-
sands, of men are out of
.employment. Marine
engineering in some localities is fairly brisk. Manu-
factured and also unmanufacturad iron works are
fairly active, but the low prices obtained have a pre-
judicial influence on labour. Railway building and
public works construction are fairly active, and
navvies, as usual, are in brisk demand. The
building trade in London and the provinces con-
tinues active. In the textile trades there is
a general improvement apparent, especially
at Huddersfield, Manchester, Leeds, and Halifax.
At Kidderminster the worsted and wool trades are
improving, and the carpet mills are busy, although
the disturbances there this week have to a slight
extent disturbed the operations of those who are
willing to work. The boot and shoe industries
throughout the country are getting more brisk, but in
Lcsodon, although there is a plentiful supply of work,
the dispute between the masters and men as to the
wages statement has not been settled, and many
hundreds are idle. The tailoring trade is now brisk,
and good workmen are in numerous demand. The
bleaching industry throughout the country just now
is very dull, and many large works are closed tempo-
rarily to counteract previous excessive production.
Emigration is very active.—Labour News.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

KIDDERAIINSTER.

THE BOARD OF GUARDIAN'.-At the meeting of
this Board on Tue 3 lay, being the last of the old
Board, votes of thanks were accorded to the Chair-
tan (Mr. J. Britton, M P.), the Vice-chairmen
( Afessra. J. Giles and A. E. Boucher), to the Clerk
and other officials for the services ri ndeied by them
during the past year.—On the aloft n of the Chair-
man We thanks of the Board were given to Mr. S.
Strettoa (Medical Officer) and to Mr. Walis (Re-
lieving Officer) for their services during the recelit
small- pox epidemic.
ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR ILLIMAL DIS-
TRAINT.— An action "Brinsford v. Pardoe and
Gardner," which was adjourned from last Court
was tried on Tuesday, at the County Court, before'
Sir Rup rt Kettle, Judge—Mr. Stubbi.is (instructed
by Mr. Co)per, of Birmingham) was for plaintiff,
and Mr. M. Corbet for defendant. —Plaintiff's rase
bras that at the end of January last Mr. Gardner,
solicitor, of Bewdley, acting on behalf of the other
d• fe.ndant, Mrs. Pardoe, put a bailiff in possession
of the Peacock Inn, of which plaintiff was the
tenant, .ot acc,:mnt of ,28 being owing for rent by
the latter. Plain. iff paid te bailiff, a Birmingham
nun named Elmer, XS fur the rent that was du-,
together with 5s 61 costs. Notwithstanding this,
the defendant Gardner put another bailiff in pos.
session, and eventually said the goods in he house,
aud the action was brought to recover damages for
ilo alleged illegal distress. On the last Occasion
1,0 bailiff, William Elmer, was called, and he ad-
mitted that he received the ..t8 ös 6d from plaintiff,
and said that he paid the money over to a man
named Horton, who was in possession upon plain-
tiff's premises at the time.—The proceedings were
adjourned for the production of Horton.—On Toes.
day Eimer repeated his statement, and two men
named respectively Horton and Cordwell ware called
into Court, but Elmer said neither of them was the
p rson to whom he gave the ny,ney. The indi-
vidual to whom he gave it said his name was Hor-
ton, and witness knew no more about him. He
was quite positive be did not keep the money him-
self —lt transpired that a man named Carter had a
bill of sale upon the goods at the time of the alleged
ille.:al seizure, and his Honour said if any one was
aggrevecl it was ill, bill of s le creditor, and gave a
ver!iiet for the dekniants.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

THE FOREIGN IRON TRADE.

The intervention of the Easter holidays has not
tended to improve matters in the iron markets of
Vie Contirent, which, on the whol-, preserve their
previons tendency. With the exception of a few
slight fiactuations in prices, th le has been no es-
senti'tl cna.nge in th. Austrian iron market since we
repor ed upon it. L'ig iron pr-serves its former
firmness, and the inquiry for merchant and struc
tural iron is a little t)etter, but quctations do not
get strong r. An improvement can only be ex-
pected if a sop is put to cnnip tition from Germany
by a rise f vain -s in that q tarter. The slight im.
provemeat iii tae B •Igian iron market which was
repo t dby us three weeks ago has nut extended
but ttte tone of bit-iness is beitur. All the large
works hAve now plenty of orde a, secured, however,
at unremunerative ; but smaller establish-
ments are just as hAly off as hefOre. The Belgian
stati,3ties for tie fi it two montns of the year fin° N
ti at the crisis has not been so intense as was
thought. The i.. ports of iron aed steel duriug tie
first two monCis were 20.473 tons, against 15,424
tons in 1883 and 17,009 tons in 1882; the exports,
42,800 tons in 18St, 39 55:5 tons in 1883 and 49,163
"Ths in 1882. The i _iiiports of iron ore in January
and F.,bruar v 1884 arnoun ted to 243,999 tons, against
240,612 toin 1883. The F ench iron market
c'ntinuea
heavy. That of Germaly has underAone
no change during the
activity, but past week, there is fair
prices are low. We learn that the
lin,sian government int.n4 to raise the import
t.:utx on pig-iron from 6to 10 c"p ecks per pod,
and that en coil from 1 to 21 cn,eeks per pood.
Toe higher rate prop ised is equivalent to e3os- per
_
ton on pig-iren, and 5s per ton on coal. Tiie total
quantities of iron ore shipped fr im Bilbao to
forrigu countries during the first three months of
1881 amoun-ed to 6)3,634 tons (of whie7hB,6
Great
Brii sin al,e,e took 570,942 tons), :against 7
tons in the corresp-ndiug period of 1883, an in
crease for this year of 16,52 S tons. Toe American
irn market ia unchan.ed. cth pi -iron presegits
no new features, a quite ti.ne ,t
flO altetatio!. in Pric'es' Aim!. ian i,i is els° with
out change, 'fliere are 19 fuinaces 1,14 i in blabt
tna,n at the beginning ~f the year, and 106 less than
a year ago. Pri es oi b ii on are deptessed, owiug
to the compettti,:n for the few orders in the mar-
ket. Thrre is a better teedeecy ifl structural iron.
Of rails, which are unchanged in tone, 8,000 tois
were aold last week at 35 dollar&
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-19

JUDGES' MARSHALS.

The Law Journal says: There seems danger of the
ancient office of judge's marshal going the way of the
keeper of the hanaper, the deputy chaff-wax, the
hereditary chief proclamator, the clerk of the pettj
bag, and the other dignitaries who once amply sur-
rounded the majesty of the law. The Lord Chan-
cellor appears to be of opinion that if the judges are
to reap a substantial gain by the allowance of their
expenses on circuit, they ought to submit to lose in
point of form and ornament. The duties of judge's
marshal in the law correspond very much to those
of junior lord of the Treasury in politics. He is
supposed to read and summarise the pleadings
for the judge's use, for which duty he at one time
obtained a fee of 6s. Bd. a cause, and for the rest
he is mainly occupied in keeping the judge company,
and preventing his being worried. It may be that
the smooth administration of justice on circuit largely
depends on the success of the judge's marshal in these
ministrations; but that is not enough in utilitarian
age. The judges' marshals cost some £2450 a year,
about half what it would cost to pay the whole expenses
of the judges on circuit. The very junior bar and
students at law with relatives on the Bench will miss
a pleasant introduction to the business of the law; but
they are better off than others similarly situated, in
that they have an appeal to Parliament to protect
their interests. Their rights were expressly reserved
by the Judicature Act, 1873, when the bulk of legal
offices were made liable to summary abolition by the
Lord Chancellor and the Treasury. It is doubtful,
however, whether a prosaic House of Commons will
consider that they earn their salary.