The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
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THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.
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DR. McOA.VE AT BILSTON .
• Ebe g.:',tottrlni4ge Obervtr* ameicnountdesa, 8J
. a eWe ?kite' a nil, .3
Collins,min uts , 2C.1:11 iChappell,nutes47B I
i their families, and changed happy homes into dens
of tears and woes, and want and despair. They
£lOO for
baleen° of De'
C., minutes, and F. Hainge, 2 minutes 44 seconds. , The forty-first annual tea party connected with might tell their children that, although we were the
lion an,
- - - - ------ - Greenwood won by 4:seconds and was awarded the Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Bilston, was mighteat and probably the wealthiest nation which
SaTI.TIMA.Y, NOVEMBER 28, 1878, medal. The juvenile fast skating produced three held in the Schoolroom, Oxford Street, on Tuesday time had seen, nevertheless we had annually a return stated'
at the
competitors, E. Collins (scratch) 2 minutes 45 night, on which occasion there was as usual a very of a million and a quarter paupers of the Bi itish by b.
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OFroe,
seconds, S. Hainge (30 yards) 2 minutes ils large attendance of members of the congregation population, and probably the real number of those
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CANADA. seconds, F, Collins 2 minutes 41f seconds, who won and friends. The Rev. Dr. McOaye, of Stourbridge, who obtained parochial relief in 1871 was not
this
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_-_—. by 3f seconds. The judges were Messrs. Dixon • formerly pastor of the church, was in the chair, than one-seventh of the whole population: h w
The farewell demonstration, characterised by and Lcsveridge, of the Aston Rink, Birmingham. the other clergy who attended being the Rays, A. M. hour there were working men f disappointed
town,
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a remarkable display of enthusiasm, which Starter, Mr. H. 3 Hainge. Timekeepers, Messrs. Pover,ilston; J. Sherlock, Birmingham;l l'lr3.
adnodwnhhroeuarthetd,tomatkhienf,etrbeeirofwsatyarvraotmionto.wbn t
but never-
Princess accotapanied the Marquis of Lorne and the Mapp and Pearson. After the racingthe prizes Hall 2 Wolverhampton; J
Donwe ort.h,
Princess Louise on their departure for Cauade, were awarded by Mr. Hainge, the proprietor, who Holden, Walsali • Newcastle;
-; S. theless it was positively true that the income of the
has been much talked of at home since they said he had much pleasure in handing over the McGuire,dEH Birmingham;T -Whelan, Birmingham, am, working classes alone was £370,000,000 sterlire
Wolyerham.pton. and yet the nation had to expend in five ye
left, at a time of the year when topics of public prizes to the successful competitors. He was ' an E.
id to say that out of the four prizes, three Hanley,
Dr. McCave, wno was very warmly received, re. £95,000,000 on poor rates and police rates; and
interest are so few, and when it is a relief to pleased
awarded to the Stourbridge competitors. marked that one of the old saws of old sages in- year by year, they sacrificed to the demon d
turn from the long abiding Eastern Question formed them that " absence maketh the heart grow eighteen and twenty millions sterling. These
(Cheers.) He should have been very glad to have
and the quarrel with the Aincer of Afghanistan. fonder,''and those were days of divisions and divorces the terrible cancers which were eating their
• given the fourth to a Stourbridge man but the
The warneh of the greeting accorded to the and breaches of promise, though churls and cynics the very heart of Great Britain. They v
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prize was won by Mr. Greenwood, of Birmingham,
new Governor General and his Royal consort pan' dhe had pleasure in presenting it to him who had contemptuously cried out " off with old love storm which the country was sowing to.
was unmistakeable, and the full reports of it will had fairly won it. Each of the prizes were then and on with the new," he believed that years of which, but for some extraordinary pro-
be read with an appreciative sympathy through fastened on the successful competitor. The absence from a Bilston tea party had not been able God, must become a fearful hurricane
out the great Dominion over which Lord Lorne whole affair was a success, between four emit:lye to destroy his prospects of a welcome on this his Was it, then, wise at such a moment to
has gone to rule. There is every reason to hundred persons being present. We may say that old battle ground—(applause). Huge gaps had the nation such a programme as secul
been made amongst old Bilston friends by death It was not wisdom in the midst of a
believe that the selection of the new Viceroy is this is the third prize that has been won by Mr.
during those years, and eyes and ears which once compass and pilot into the waves,
as popular on the other side of the Atlantic as Greenwood for fast skating.
saw and gave a friendly hearizie° to him had become prudence, nor patriotism to muzz
on this. The Canadians have undoubtedly been FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE BRANCH LINE.— shut for ever to Black Country history. On his Divine truth and to strike dow
touched by an appointment which tends to draw On Thursday morning last two men were severely present'visit he missed the rumble and grumble of christian hand. Religion was v
closer the ties that bind them to the British injured whilst at work on the new branch line the neighbouring coal pit chains ;he looked in vain was worth everything. Either
into the town, making six who have been hurt by
Crown, and to give them a new and more for that local celebrity, that favoured genius of the will-of-the-wisp which had crc
intimate sense of their unity of allegiance with accidents since the line was started. The two
in blasting
from
the
bridge sandstone
und in . district, the old gin horse—(laughter) ; and neither on his road to the tomb, or it
the home-dwelling subjects of the Queen. The men wtet.reo.the cloud of smoke nor the pillar of fire told him divine
whether
rtyi urptohn
ewohlichetch
presence of Ft sstalty in the great western world engaged
20thatthbreeiradbsrveiandneasboinadthanetneighbourhood o were t win- iiriigainonv
thee Station aßoad. They inserted one charge of would prove the sal
is a rare one, and is valued accordingly ; and about half a pint of gunpowder in the rock, ram
the welcome which the Can ilians give to the ' ltuoog true that Bilston and its black 'diamyonds were as of individuals, and they
med in two parts, but for some cause or other the doomed to suffer sad reverses and changes since truth of God they cod
(laughter of the Sovereign they gladly extend fuse did not burn properly, and the charged did last he occupied the chair at their festal gathering— tempests that might bur
to her husband. At the age of 33 the Marquis not explode. They then poured some water over (hear, hear). But he was bound to add that, not- truth, as upon a rock.
has his reputation to make, but all that is it and determined to withdraw the charge and withstanding the langour end depression of trade, were able once more
known of his character and disposition is fall of make another. They had removed a portion of the spirits of the Bilstonians seemed quite as buoy- when captivity had r
promise ; while of the Princess it is only neces- the ramming, and were "galloping" the hole with ant and their hearts quite as warm, and that the 41st A vote of thanks
sary to say that she enjoys her full share of that ; a " jumper " in order to extract the remainder, annual tea party seemed quite as successful as any. for his address, at
affectionate regard which attaches in the I when the powder suddenly exploded. As the men thing which he had witnessed in that building in Messrs. Smith,
minds of the English people to the family of I were close over the hole, one on each side, they the palmy days of yore --(applause). The import- Turton, Miller.
her Majesty. Lord Dufferin has returned from received the effects of the discharge in their sacs of those annual gatherings of a congregation Melvia, Mrs. S'
his six years' rule in Canada, leaving behind faces. One of them, James Smith, a married man must not be measured by the more figures of the part. Mr. Ca
him a reputation for tact, statesmanship, and of Netherton, was very badly injured about the balance sheet, nor estimated by the number of .the
sagacity which any Governor General of a die- face and anus, one eye being quite destroyed, crowd who attended them. On that occasion they THE FAII
while the other eye was so much injured that he bad met to pull down the unfortunate idols of the
tent province might envy. The choice of his
could scarcely see. His right arm was also country, bigotry and prejudice, and to build up the
successor was naturally one of some anxiety; „ blown " by the powder, though not burned beautiful edifice of religion and kindly charity—
and it mast be said that at home the general On Tf
mush. George Wilkes, residing in Coventry (hear, hear) —to extend the right hand of fellowship
disposition has been to augur nothing but good to those who differed from them, and to prevent the of Mr.
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Street, Stourbridge, had one of hie arms hurt
possibility of difference, coolness, or misandestan l-
of the selection which was made. Even had coal r
severely, but he came off with much lighter in. between Catholic and Catholic. They met in- Hllll'
this not been so the cordial ratification of the juries than his fellow workman. Dr. Bayley, of
choice by the people of Canada would have been Stourbridge, was called in to attend the luau's in-
deed, if it were possible, for a higher and grander Arn
sufficient to commend it to the British public, juries, and Smith was removed to the Guest Hoe- pupae than those he had mentioned. They met to ocr
The popularity of an appointment among the pital at Dudley. His injuries, though dangerous, evidence that the old creed of old England was not .
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people whom it most directly concerns is the are not expected to prove fatal. dead, nor dying, nor doting, but had had "its youth
best possible proof of its fitness. In the late HIGHWAY OFFENCEL—At the Police Ciurt hold renewed like the youth of the eagle." 'They met to
Governor General (who is to be entertained at yesterday. before Colonel Fletcher, 11.f0C.Firesstons °oaten themselves followers of old Mother Rome,
and that though they staked their eternity upon that
Belfast without distinction of party or creed on and C. Cochrane,
.Thomasa II xkeeY'to straleat,9whaes religion which had been caluminated, vilified, perse
the 26th inst.), the qualities of high ability and .
.chargedh wa with don
y the 15th inst. Police-constable euted, and cast out as evil, they, as Catholics, b
great popularity were combined; but:no country highway brows as broad, and brains as clear, and heart'
proved the case and defendant was fined is and costs.
can expect to provide its dependencies with a warm, and hands as willing, and conscience
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DRUNK AND DISORDEBLY.—Edward Lloyd was
succession of rulers like Lord Dufferin. There- charged with being drunk and disorderly on the sensitive. and they were as loyal and patrioti
fore it is satisfactory to know that he has been 16th inst, at the Lye. Police-constable Widdows zens as any that were to be found within the'
replaced by one who, if he cannot rival his pre- proved the case, and defendant was fined Se and taPciftl—ze.(iss who
Pialanse)
. There were some of t
evisternly shut shut their eyes to a
decessor in administrative experience, may cer- cogts.
. tainly ensure for himself an equal rank in the DRUNK AND INCAPABLE. —'Ed book, and who felt it their duty to close t'Ed ward Baker was to any argument that was advanced b
good will of the people over whom he is placed. charged with being drunk and incapable on the 17th
priest ; but frozen indeed must the hear '
The Marquis of Lorne has set sail with the inst, at Cradley. Police-constable Oakey proved thawed not to the warmth of charity, f
advantages of high rank and social distinction, the case. Fined ss; in default 14 days.
cruel must be the bosom which was in,
and with the acclamations of those who have A DRUNKEN WOMAN—At the Police Court, ontouch of friendship; and as charity I
been left behind still ringing in his ears. Not JSoathuordoanywlaasste,
charged
Mr. It. L. Freer Elizabeth spring of these their annual gatherir
ged with being drunk and die-
only so, but the part which he has to play will such occasions they showed the
orderly in High Street, on the 15th inst. The case
be played before a highly favourable audience, friendly, sympathetic, and fraternf
was proved by Police-sergeant Jones, and defendant
who have every prepossession on the side of the was fined 5s and costs; in default 14 days. he believed that those annual ga•
chief actor. DRUNK AND INCIPABLE.—WiIIiam Jones, a cab- ductive of much benefit to thos
them as well as to themselves
The experiment which is about to be tried in man, was charged with being drunk and incapable were there because their hea•
Canada is a novel one, and all well wishers to at th. Lye, on the 15th inst. Police-constable which had stirred the heart
the Crown and to the Empire will rejoice at its Paynter proved that he was on duty at the Lye. Ireland, viz., how to discip
success. In the first place the influence for saw a horse and cab standing, went to see about it crate as far as possible the r
geed which a Governor General of Canada can and found defendant asleep in the cab, and drunk. that supreme work of ed
exercise is measured far leas by his political Fined 5s and costs. believed that it was not v
capacity than by his social gifts and opportani- MESSRS. WEBB'S ROOT SHOW. tions and memories of t'
m Messrs. Webb's annual
ties, by his tact and skill in the manageeat of exhibition of roots it was neither decent r
men, and by his thorough knowledge of the is this year being held at Curson Hall, Birmingham,which
teomt
mpt thle expeiriieindce
n e'
world. In all these qualifications Lord Dufferin was oponed to the public on Wednesday. The show a crimeere Jo a bthinuk of
certainly excelled, and the echo of his praises was patronised—as it was expected it would be—by a should go outsid,
still lingers round the viceregal residence at much.largar number of visitors than have been attract- of Christendom.
Ottawa. The direct political power of the ruler od in previous years, and it was the generally expressed alone doth man
of Canada is not at all commensurate with the opinion of those accustomed to exhibitions of this kind_ ceedeth from
dignity of the position, for he must of necessity that a more magnificent collection of roots has seldom "straight strr
mainly follow the instrustions of the Cabinet at if ever, been brought together. The several varieties irregular ve
home. But he can do a great deal to guide the of Imangulds were highly commended, Webbs' improved was a awls
mammothese
ellasons fa red mll faongolads
particular
coarse of affairs in his dominion by exercising ColmieliNordthiranciland practif
his private and personal influence over the lead- From
fi the,
.msienetionYnoat monlye on account of the enormous number the at. ,
ing politicians with whom he comes into of exhibits but because of their remarkably fine quality
association in discharging the functions of Notwithstanding that the past season has been one aned re'
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government. Such an influence may be ex• unfavourable to the growth of roots. those shown by was „,
erted by a ruler possessing sound sense, good Messrs. 'Webb on the present occasion are much sur- thre'
temper, and a conciliatary manner, and it may nor to the ordinary produce. Messrs Webb's New the
be combined with intellectual force and political Kinver Globe Mangold form a specialite of the show
aptitude. The concurrence of these qualities in This specimen was introduced by Messrs. Webb in Arb
one who also exerts the weight derived from the year 1876 and there is little doubt that its charac- ,
high social position, ahould make the task of terisitics require to be better known to cause it to be
ruling the Canadian Dominion a com.paratively bfirnoeugnhatint to
ageinieeraavl favour.
r. Itlifesoufsextraetrb assertdinaril)
easy one ; and in the respect last mentioned the
in respect )of it, that no no PmPeangold hitherto introduce
Marquis of Lorne enjoys an unexampled advan-
can compare with it in productiveness, its yield p
tage. It is inevitable' that he must wield an acre being enormous, whilst its excellent qua'
immense social influence by right of his mar- renders it easy to store without waste. Since its ir
iage to one of the Queen's daughters. The duction it has takes a large number of prizes, inc)•
viceregal court will for the first time be presided first prises at London, Birmingham, and Lee?
over by a Royal Princess, and if the Marquis of has yielded 84 tons per acre, and single sp
Lorne make only a fair use of his opportunities, weighing 461bs. each. The collection of 1
the experiment of his selection will be amply also includes Webb's Yellov-ileshed Tanks'
justified by its results. new selection of their yellow intermed:
It is given to comparatively few to start in former variety is of exceptionally fine quali'
official life with the chances possessed by Lord led for its nutritious feeding properties,
lrgely by the leading dairy farmers.
Lorne, In his parliamentary career of ten .ft •
intermediate mangold is particular',
years he was not a prominent figure in the poli- shallow and light soils. The disphe
tical arena ; and although, some years ago he elicited on Wednesday the highest r
was private secretary to his father when at the visitors. In this department of
India Office, he never before held a post under business Messrs. Webb have made
the government of the day. As the only noble- late years' and the superior qualin
man in the three kingdoms who has the distils°. exhibited bears ample testimony
tion of being son-in-law to the Queen, he has has attended their efforts in thir
stood forth conspicuously in the chronicles of
the Court during the past seven years. It is c R NE.r
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now highly gratifying to note the loyalty an
enthusiasm of the Canadians, as shown by the for 'le:Meng e"erGvicseciataSt. A
were ran 2 720 changes,
• preparations they are making to welcome the tribute of respect to Mr
Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise, and chemist, and churchwar
which make it sufficiently clear how much they wade to the deceased in
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muffled
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appreciate the selection of an English nobleman bn i
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and a Royal Princess—the husband coming
dw eee
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th. The ringers ,
from a line of ancestors whose names have been kiss, 2nd; J. WoW7
associated with the history of liberty and pro- Prestidee, sth; cor
gross, and his wife directly and personally re thirty minutes
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presenting the Throne of England, which has L/
remained unshaken by political convulsions, and
unaffected by the changes wrought in the cease-
less and irresistible march of Time. THE
The.'
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Majest
... Raiff,
BOATID OF GUARDIANB.—The weekly meeting Meat
of this board was held yesterday, Mr. H. Billing- a h
ham in the chair. There were also present
Messrs. Riybould Haskew, Thompson, Rollineon
Wood, J. Billinghara, Giles, Mills, Plant, Fid-
dian Lavender, Kelley, Eveson, and Brooks.
Admitted into the house daring the week 17;
discharged '10; dead 2; remaining 425 ; cor-
responding week last year 434. Out-door re
lief, Kingswinford district, .227 Os 7d; Stor
bridge district, £l9 7s 8d; Halesowen distr
£l6 133 6d ; non-resident paupers, 9s 41
£63 17s 14 ; against £57 43 114 d last year
AN [NTERESTIN.I ADVERTIBEMENT.—The
tiaement of fortune of Samuel Heckscb
iu Hamburg in the number of our gazet'
day is very interesting. This house has
so good a reputation by the prompt a
payment Of the amounts gained her,
environs, that we bee all oura•eaders t
of his insertion this day,
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A DRUNKEN COUPLE PrIXISHED.
Court, on Monday, before Messrs
F. Evers, William Brown, ana
the new line, and Mary Brow,
charged with being drunk a;
former being also charged
polo. On Saturday night F
found them stumbling abf
he took the woman into r
man attacked and near]
after vards got the offie
most violently. The u,
Inonths' hard labour a'
and costs.
SKATING RINK Es
place of eutertaii
Monday eveninLr I
was a grand skat
pr. salted by tf
for tae host fi,
the roost graC
for the fasstes'
and the fo
round the
there were
man and
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1878,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF

CANADA.

The farewell demonstration, characterised by
a remarkable display of enthusiasm, which
accotepanied the Marquis of Larne and the
Princess Louise on their departure for Canada,
has been much talked of at home since they
left, at a time of the year when topics of public
interest are so few, and when it is a relief to
turn from the long abiding Eastern Question
and the qaarrel with the Aineer of Afghanistan.
The warm, h of the greeting accorded to the
new Governor General and his Royal consort
was unmistakeable, and the full reports of it will
be read with an appreciative sympathy through
out the great Dominion over which Lord Lorne
has gone to rule. There is every reason to
believe that the selection of the new Viceroy is
as popular on the other side of the Atlantic as
on this. The Canadians have undoubtedly been
touched by an appointment which tends to draw
closer the ties that bind them to the British
Crown, and to give them a new and more
intimate sense of their unity of allegiance with
the home-dwelling subjects of the Queen. The
presence of Ft)yalty in the great western world
is a rare one, and is valued accordingly ; and
the welcome which the Can ilians give to the
(laughter of the Sovereign they gladly extend
to her husband. At the age of 33 the Marquis
has his reputation to make, but all that is
known of his character and disposition is fall of
promise ; while of the Princess it is only neces-
sary to say that she enjoys her full share of that
affectionate regard which attaches in the
minds of the English people to the family of
her Majesty. Lord Dufferin has returned from
his six years' rule in Canada, leaving behind
him a reputation for tact, statesmanship, and
sagacity which any Governor General of a dis-
tant province might envy. The choice of his
successor was naturally one of some anxiety;
and it mast be said that at home the general
disposition has been to augur nothing but good
of the selection which was made. Even had
this not been so the cordial ratification of the
choice by the people of Canada would have been
sufficient to commend it to the British public.
The popularity of an appointment among the
people whom it most directly concerns is the
best possible proof of its fitness. In the late
Governor General (who is to be entertained at
Belfast without distinction of party or creed on
the 26th inst.), the qualities of high ability and
great popularity were combined; but:no country
can expect to provide its dependencies with a
succession of rulers like Lord Dufferin. There-
fore it is satisfactory to know that he has been
replaced by one who,if he cannot rival his pre-
decessor in administrative experience, may cer-
tainly ensure for himself an equal rank in the
good will of the people over whom he is placed.
The Marquis of Lorne has set sail with the
advantages of high rank and social distinction,
and with the acclamations of those who have
been left behind still ringing in his ears. Not
only so, but the part which he has to play will
be played before a highly favourable audience,
who have every prepossession on the side of the
chief actor.

The experiment which is about to be tried in
Canada is a novel one, and all well wishers to
the Crown and to the Empire will rejoice at its
success. In the first place the influence for
good which a Governor General of Canada can
exercise is measured far leas by his political
capacity than by his social gifts and opportuni-
ties, by his tact and skill in the managemeat of
men, and by his thorough knowledge of the
world. In all these qualifications Lord Dufferin
certainly excelled, and the echo of his praises
still lingers round the viceregal residence at
Ottawa. The direct political power of the ruler
of Canada is not at all commensurate with the
dignity of the position, for he must of necessity
mainly follow the instruetions of the Cabinet at
home. But he can do a great deal to guide the
coarse of affairs in his dominion by exercising
his private and personal influence over the lead-
ing politicians with whom he comes into
association in discharging the functions of
government. Such an influence may be ex-
erted by a ruler possessing sound sense, good
temper, and a conciliatary manner, and it may
be combined with intellectual force and political
aptitude. The concurrence of these qualities in
one who also exerts the weight derived from
high social position, should make the task of
ruling the Canadian Dominion a comparatively
easy one ; and in the respect last mentioned the
Marquis of Lorne enjoys an unexampled advan-
tage. It is inevitable that he must wield an
immense social influence by right of his mar-
iage to one of the Queen's daughters. The
viceregal court will for the first time be presict34
over by a Royal Princess, and if the Marquis of
Lorne make only a fair use of his opportunities,
the experiment of his selection will be amply
justified by its results.

It is given to comparatively few to start in
official life with the chances possessed by Lord
Lorne, In his parliamentary career of ten
years he was not a prominent figure in the poli-
tical arena ; and although, some years ago he
was private secretary to his father when at the
India Office, he never before held a post under
the government of the day. As the only noble-
man in the three kingdoms who has the distinc•
tion of being son-in-law to the Queen, he has
stood forth conspicuously in the chronicles of
the Court during the past seven years. It is
now highly gratifying to note the loyalty and
enthusiasm of the Canadians, as shown by tile
preparations they are making to welcome the
Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise, and
which make it sufficiently clear how much they
appreciate the selection of an English nobleman
and a Royal Princess—the husband coming
from a line of ancestors whose names have been
associated with the history of liberty and pro-
gress, and his wife directly and personally re
presenting the Throne of England, which has
remained unshaken by political convulsions, and
unaffected by the changes wrought in the cease-
less and irresistible march of Time.