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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

THE SMOKER'S
BONBON

Immediately and ePfectually removes the tests and
smell of Tobacco from the mouth and breath, and renders
thorn perfectly free &nit clean. If one or two are taken
after sin, iking, every gentlemen cart enjoy the luxury
with impunity and without annoying his most fastidiouS
friends. It is pleasant. WhOil! SOlllO, and almost tasteless.
Prepared front the original recipe of an eminent
Physician, by a patent process, at their Steam Works, by
lIIMUOLING On Wholesale art Export Confectioners.

BETH.NAL UIUEN. LCI'N DON.

VI PRICE Is, PER BOX. POST FREE 14 STOMPS. V 4,
06ervo the Sicno &Trade Mak 0/2 each lion 44N11
SW, it elialuicr!;, :roa.oroxisr, GaoCZMIL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

DUDLEY.

THE MEMBER FOR rns Botioron .ton THE CENTRAL
RAILWAY Saunas SCHEME —On Tu-sdav afternoon. in
accordance with a promise made by Mr. H. B. Sheridau,
M.P., a survey of the district around this town was made,
in order that the best site for a central railway station,
and line of route thereto, might be lived noon. Mr.
Burke engineer, Mr Burke. jun., Mr. %Varmint:oil Mr.
Sheridan's local agentl. Mr IL U. Hadley, and Mr. Owen
accompanied by Mr Cooksey, surveyor, met in Dudley.
on Tuesday, and walked over the whole of the line cho-
sen. Tln suggt•stion Which met with the must favour
sVitl a branch I hinetliwick through Oldbury, skirting
Burnt Tree find the foot of Kste's Hill, with a central
station in Ilan-street—A most desiribb• position. From
here the line would continue to the Stourbridge E,ten•
Mon line. The engineer and surveyor agreed that there
were no engineering difficulties in the way, and there is
no doubt the route indicated will be the only one to re-
ceive any attention At the Minds of the member and the
engineers. We hear tbst an application will be made to
Parliament during nest session, the matter being ,tt for-
ward that advertisements of the prospectus are already
prepared. a large 1/11101111t a capital. it is said, writhe
raised in London, and the remainder in Dudley and din.
(riot. Some time ago the Council promised to take
1'.2.:100 worth of shares; and if the town takes up the
matter in the same spirit. Parliament doubtless will con•
sult their feelings. HMI 0110 W the tine to lie made. The
new station, if uoide. will be a boon to all having basi•
flea, with the railway companies, and. further, will be
clo.e to the proposed cattle market. Thus the town will
benefit iii a double sense.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEATH.

A woman recently died at Grayton.le-Mareh, aged
thirty years, whose case has been of much interest to
her medical attendants on account of the unusual
symptoms it presented.
She had been an invalid for several years. About
two years ago the Rev. F. Pretyman, rector of Great
Carlton, obtained her admission into one of the Lon-
don hospitals, from which she was discharged without
having received any benefit. Luring the past autumn
she was sufficiently well to glean in the harvest fields :
and some exertion she made there appears to have in-
duced an attack of peritonitis, from which he
gradually sank. Permission to examine her body was
obtained, and on the 27th inst. Mr. Palemon Best and
Mr. W. C. Calthrop made a po:it inortent examination,
and discovered the nature of the tumour that had
hitherto puzzled all the medical science that had been
directed to her owe. A solid tumour, composed of
human hair, resem'oling in appearance a black duck
with& very long neck, and weighing nearly two pounds,
was found to occupy and nearly completely to tilt the
stomach and gullet, forming a tolerably accurate mould
of these organs, and extending from the stomach almost
into the mouth. This remarkable concretion had
caused great thickening and ulceration of thy stomach,
and was the remote cause of her death.
On inquiry, a Pieter stated that during the last
twelve years she had known the deceased to be in the
habit of eatinii her own hair. The occurrence of a
case similar to the above is either so rare or so seldom
detected, that several medical men of large experience
never remember ever having heard of one like it,
although it is well kuown that young girls sometimes
indulge in a morbid appetite for earth, pieces of elate
pencil, scraps of paper, the =aping of walls, /cc.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

MASTER POPJOY AND THE
MAGISTRATE!

Frederick Popjoy, denribed as a"quiet•looking boy,"
was charged at one of the London police-courts, the
other morning, with being drunk and incapable, when
the following colkquy ensued betwixt the magistrate
and the prisoner :
Magistrate So you are only fliteen years of age, Master
Popjoy
iris ,ner : That's right, your worship.
Jlagistrate I don't think it Is, Master Pop Joy, or you
would not be here. You seem to be •. popping " into bad
habits very early. What have you got to say to the charge?
Defendant My mutes made me drunk; it wasn't my fault.
Magistrate: How Ling have you been indulging in habits
of this description, Master Poppy
Defendant I was never drunk before this time.
Magistrate• Have you been sick?
Dole, dant No.
Magni, rate Generally at the beginning I have heard It
makes the person nick; do you relish it no much that you
mean to it again
Defendant :ro, I don't.
Magistrate I hope nut. It Is a very early beginning.
You arc tined 2i. 61.
The fine was paid.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

THE FENIAN PRESS.

The Irish "National' papers of Satnnlay still

hour to keep up excitement on the "amnesty quea
tion," but by no means confine their remarks to that
movement. The Irishman, for instance, ennoun, s
that a " series of papers will be commenced in an early
number," by "A Military Engineer," on "Field Fur
tification. its Theory and Practice, with illustrations.'
Another advertisement in the same columns from the
shopkeepers of Kiltinane, county Limerick, intimates
that their places of business would be closed yesterday.
(Sunday,) in order that the town may go into
mourning on account of the incarceration of the
political prisoners." A Fenian sympathy meet-
ing is to be hell at Mitchelatown, county of
Cork, over which the Very ltev. Denis Mahony,
Roman Catholic Dean of Cloyne, is to preside.
The "Gaoler's Apology" is the title of one article in
the Irishman, ending thus : —"Gladstone, the gaoler,
is fond of Italian literature. Does it not strike him
that what Dante's 'Purgatory' was to his 'I erno'
the Neapolitan prison were to the dens of disease and
.leath in which he holds the tnie representative of the
Irish nation." Of the late procession in London the
same journal says
The procession in the metropolis of England was grand
and gloriols in the extreme. A splendid
,array of orderly
Inert and women assembl, fit° promote any good cause would
be imposing at any time, but such an array of the Irish in
the capital of the Eng1:11 is thrilling in Its Pivnifleanre
Such a sight rover elites here was seen hi all the world's
history.
.• The amnesty meetings have done this at least (adds
the Irishman), the people will now see their way more
clearly— they will not be led astray by any phospho-
rescent glimmer from the exhumed carcass of parlia-
mentary agitation."
• •

•
The People is less violent, and en the land question
comments on an article in the Pall Mall Ga:ette, ad-
ding that "At the bottom of the base minds of these
Trenches and these Gazetteers the murderous idea is
linking which the Egyptians express in Genesis—
And the Egyptians hwed the children of Israel, and
afflicted them and mocked them,' and said 'Come, let
is wisely oppress them, lest they multiply.'"
The Dowaver, Marchioness of Qneensberry sends to
the Nation I:10 for the Fenian prisoners, with a letter
of sympathy.
'The Ircetty Ners prints the words "The amnesty is
refused" with a black border.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTRICT CHBOMCLE.

NOTICE.

INNKEEPERS'. 0E0(1.7'7' V'T"
111J:qNESSEs,

ARE SPEEDILY & EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERRED
BY S. INSULT,
Al; CT I (1N E E AND VAI.IIT,
BEIERLEY HILL.

No Cldirge made ualiss a Sale la Eff,elcd.

SATURDAY. NOVEIIBER 6, 1869.

TOBACCO AND CIGAR DIVAN

OLD-EST ABLISIIED

HIGH-STREET, BRIERLEY lIILL,

rrHE attention of Innkeepers, Grocer& and others regniring a First-elaaß Article, la respeetally
i"vite,t to try INSULL'S 01.1).ESTABLISUED TOBACCO and CIGAR STORES, where Tobacco is
eeeived FroTh daily from the Manufactory, and supplied at Manufacturer's Prices.
An Fatalists° Variety of MEERSCHAUM, BRIAR ROOT, 41,1 other PIPES, always in Stock.

THE (ITIVAT REMEDY FOE NERVOUSNESS.

gneenalamt Government Emigration (Aires,
2, Old lirond.street. London, E.C.
EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.

NEW LAND ACT, IS6S.

PRICE ONE PENNY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

CORRESPONDENCE.

We wish it to he distinctly understood that by inserting
letters is this co/nm,,, we do not thereby identify nurseleu
with the orimons of our CorresponricntS.

QUEENSLIND.
To the E.Utor or the " Obseeree."

Sirt.—Will von oblige mP by inprrting 20soir journal
Ow following lOW.lkh I have just received from ono
of the agent. of this office.
I fon kr..
JAMES
_WHEELER.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

know Unit Laminas rentv nre ob ined for the

occupation of a mansion and the i iht of shoot.
ing over a few thousand sores of gobble and gotai anb istrict. liews.
plantation, where the liiror poitsih:y (I.es not in.
..../ ..)
tenil to reside more than a fortnight, or a month !
at the outside, during the year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.

In London, on Friday evening in last week, a
respectably-dressed woman, about thirty years of
age, was found insensible in one of the ladies'
retiriog rooms at the Broad-street Railway stati:n.
By her side was found a bunting-flask, in whioh
was about a tablespoonful of a mixture that was chiefly
composed of ammonia. Dr. Wilkinson, of Old Broad-
street, was at once sent for, but all means of resuscita-
tion failed, and about ten minutes after hi, arrival the
patient expired. In her pocket was fount an addressed
envelope by which she WU idtutitied AN Mrs. Ann
Roth, of Barnes-street, Stepney, and her husband was
at once communicated with. Ile went to see the body
which is now lying st the deadhoume in Bishopsgate
street Caurchyard. and stated that decea,. d waa his
wife, and that she had left hid home on Monday, the
25th of October, with the money to paya quarter'srent,
and never returned. Though it was stated that
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

TRAMWAYS IN LIVERPOOL.

4 •
The Liverpool Tramway Company have opened the
first of the lines of rails which they have authority to I
lay down in the streets of the borough and out-town-
ships. This line runs from Castle-street, opposite the
Town-hall, tothe Dingle, Agburth, a distance ri about
three or munches, the far, s being 3d. inside and 24. out-
side. Ten omnibuses plied thromzhout the day, and the
greatent interest was manifested by the public in
the seen' t of the expetimett, et...owls of peorlle Pnlng
the streets at the places of arrival and departure. The
verdict of the public has been decidedly in its favour,
the tramway omnibuses being well filled, and com-
paratively but few persons availing themselves, at the
starting point, of the opposition omnibuses of the
Old omnibus company. As stated by the local
Mercury, at present the company will run but ten
omnibuses t other line to vs alto u coed., heve been
formed these vehicles, which have ell been con-
ructe lby Messrs. Stephenson & Co., of New York, are
very commodious, and in most respects resembles the
carriages in use nimu the Birkenhead tramways. Each
carriage' formed of American ash, is Ififb long, fift.
I in. broad, 7ft. 2in. high, with a space of If t. 41n.
between the seats, completely avoidinff the difficulty
which oc:lisioned in orcunark eiimibUsal by the
narrow footway between the seated passengers. The
sides, front, and back of the omnibuses are formed of
glass, which in the summer can be lowered and the
space filled with small venetian blinds, soas to diminish
the temperature; while in the winter, by the closing of
windows and doors, the orpnihos eau be made almost
as comfortable as the stuffed seats oh an r;relliamy
Ling room. These vehicles will each accommodate 22
passengers Weida and 24 outside, and simple yet effec-
tive means are taken to secure the ventilation of the
carriages. It is understood that the company intend
immediately proceeding with the construction of the
line to Walton-lane; and an Act will be sought next
year tu eneble the ronetruction of the tramway in
, other parts of th 6 toi/M
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

DR. LIVINGRTONE.

The following is the paragraph in the Bombay Gazette
on which a telegram received a week or two ago wan
based : _ . _

A letter was on October 5 received in Bombay by Govern-
went frr.rn Dr. Kirk, acting polPical agent at Zanzibar,
datad Septemoer 7, 18611. in which he states that he has re-
ceived a letter from Dr. Winiltbmie, dated Bangw eloo,
July 8, isds. In that letter Dr. Livingstone toys
"I may say I have found what I believe to be the source.
of the Nile, between le degrees and 12 degrees south, or
nearly the position assigned 'to them by Ptolemy."
The sources of the river appear from the letter to consist
of a number of taste lakes, and Dr. Kirk, in writing of these
lakes, no they am "probably ten days' march in length,
and like the Nyassa and the , Albert Nyanza,
overhung by high mountain slopes which Z.p',s t-.!it bays
and valleys.' This description of the appearance of the
takes and flammable apnea, to have aven obtained Irani
the Arab trader, wip, imought the doctor's letter to Zanzi bar.
Dr. Livingstone was In good health and spirits when he
wrote tide letter from Baugweloo."

A letter wa. .t.slti.tett on TtieVex,. in London, from a
relative of the Coiled States 5;01...1t tl'inittliar, which
adds a little to what is already known of hr.
Livsfl-
stone The writer sacs that letters had been received
by the British Consul tram Dr. Livingstone, dated
August 8, 1868, stating that he was then in good health; land
that for a year previous he hail been exploring a section
country to the with of the Tanganyaka lake, which con-
tained many small lakes, which he claims to be the true
sources of the Nile Dr. Livingettme stated that lie bad heard
that t sro.sets of sOpplies hal reached from Zziriliar for
his use, but that he hail yet sit beZti ttec fc'e t.Pk m • that
he would ask that a further supply might iss sent there—ara
among the articles he wished were included Nautical Al-
manacs for the years 18C8 and 1870—which looks as though
he purposed remaining in the country a long time. Lie gave
no blot as to his intentions for the future.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

The LATE MARQUIS of WESTMINSTER.

(From The Timeal

The Marquis of Westminster died on Sunday evening a' :
Foothill Gifford, after a few days' illness. The late Mar-
quis was in his 75th year. having been bum in 175. Ile sue
needed to the title in 1845 ile was a Knight id the Garter.
Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, and was patron of twelve
The head of the illustrious house of Grosvenor, however,
holds, and of necessity must hold, too prominent • position ,
hi English society to pass away with no other record than the ,
hare tact, of his birth, succession, marriage, and decease.
The owner or three magnificent estates in three several
counties of England, if not in more, the representative of the
Grostienors is known to he one of the wealthiest and most :
influential personages even in the highest rank of our no-
and a few remarks on the dement and cc the position
Which w. held by the late Marquis of Westminster may not
be at of place at the preset moment.
If we consult Sir Bernard Burke and the Herald.,
we shall find that the Groavenors can confidently trace
ati unbroken male descent from a distinguished house
Which flourished In Normandy for a century and a
half at the least before the Norman Conquest, thus
carrying us in memory more than half way back to the
commencement of the Christian era. They probably,
like the Butlers of the Isiah house of Ormonde, derived thet
name from the offi-e which they held In the principality of
Normandy,—that if Le Gros reliever, or chief huntamaii, to
the successive Dukes. The founder of the English branch of
the house, according to "Ulster," was Gilbert Le Grnaveneur,
or Le Gronvenor, who came to England In the train
nf the Conqueror. lie held high rank in Normandy,
I.BR nephew of Hugh Lupus, the Count of Avranches,
uncle of the victorious monarch, and afterwards crested
OY him Earl of Cheater He owned large estates
in the County palatine of Chesire. which were granted to him
by the Corqueror when he parcelled out the fairest portions
05 his newly-acquired domain of &gland among Hs C•,111-
panions in the field hut It seas a descendent of this Gilbert,
one Salle Le Grosvenor isecond son of Sir Thomas Le Cirri-
senor, lord of the manor of Hahne, near Manchester' ` who
inquired the noble property near Chester on which now
rhimis Eaton.hall, by his marriage with the heiress of the
Katona, or Mums, of that thee. His grandson, one Richard
iirosvenor, who lived in the reigns of Henry VII. and
inarried • Staftirdshire heiress and this Richard's great
grandson, another Richard. served the office of High sheriff
of Cheshire in IR 2. His only sitrviving eon, R•chard, was
Mayor of Cheater and one of the knights of the shire
tie that county, of which he asi ved as high sherd!,
58 well as of Denhighahhe ; he married hi succesmon three
Mves, all well connected aou well endowed, and was raised
tea harimetcy by Janice I. in A.D. 1121-2 His son and suc-
cessor, another Sir Richard, as high sheriff of Cheshire, to
iii, raised a tome in the county palatine, to oppoae the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

THE SULTAN AND HIS GUESTS.

Writing on the 26th ult., the Constantinople corre-
spondent of a London contemporary says :-
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- -
The Empress of the French before leaving conferred a
number of decorations on the van°. Turkish officials
attached to her during her stay, and made presents which
amounted to nearly 0.0,000 ii. value. Among the presents
were a beautiful pair of Sevres vanes to the Sultan. and a
magnificent Srivres tea-service to Ash Pasha. Raoul Pasha,
chief equerry of the Sultan, received a handsome fowling-
piece and her Majesty's photouraph with her autograph
Fiera Bey, the ii.treii neer of amb issadors, a 'mid snuff hos
with the Empreis's initial. set in diamonds ; Sins ver li, y,
second equerry, a pair of diamond shirt stud.; Mdme Mikan
Bey Dot an Armenian lady, who acted as the Empress a
interpreter, was presented with a nng set with diamonds and
pearls; the Armenian Catholic Church got vestments and
Gotielin tapestry of great value. The money gifts, amongst
others, included—lo,Oeo franca to the Ottoman School of Arts
(a very nominal establishment; ; the Mimicipaniy heappyi,
3,000 francs; the French charitable instituti,ms if the
capital, 17,000 franca the French charitable esta),lishm., t.
In tile provinces, 40,00 J franc.; the same in Ertpt, to
francs; the itnalinis of the mosques visited by the
Empress and for the servants of the palace, 00,000
francs, the heal servants each receiving a g 11 watch.
For the genrral poor of the city her Majeety le't 10,000
francs. The Sultan presented the Empress with • magnifi-
cent collection of rich stuffs for furnishing a boudoir, in-
cluding hangings and carpets. ilia Majesty also conferred
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

gbe ,iton*ible 011scrinr.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1569.

THE GAME LAWS.

The Leicestershire Chamber of Agriculture
has had a discussion which has drawn renewed
attention to a subject which is of permanent im-
portance, and which will probably occupy the
minds of our legislators when Parliament meets.
The branch of the subject which the Chamber
especially considered was the over preservation
of ground genie. Lord Berners took the game
preservers' view of the matter. He said that
nothing new could be advanced on the subject,
and that the question ought to be made matter
of agr.2.em int between landlord and tenant.
N iw the first objection strikes us as merely
another way of stating that the mind of society
Is pretty well made up on the subject of the
Game Laws, and that their evils are generally
acknowledged. These evils have been denounced
times out of mind, and it is just because these
evils still exist that they must necessarily be
denounced in much the same way, and with the
Caine arguments and illustrations as of 011. We
do not want anything new upon the Game Laws,
unless it be the novelty of thtir reform, if, in-
deed, it wtuld not be well entirely to abolish
them. As to the question being made matter of
agreement between landlord and tenant, this is
already done to some extent, but it is well-known
that such agreements are far more to the benefit
of the former than the latter. Where the laud-

lord grants the right of shooting kwhich, of
course, is not to be confounded with the ordi-

uary lieengei it k only, 94 a rule, oil higi4 ternia,
II ekill tuo rest of he farm virtually higher
tl an it ought to he, while the landlord. or rather
hutted proprietor, pays notilinz for hiA right of
%booting over own lands; so th it the "agree.
merit' is all WIWI° Bide. Tim ()vol. pri,ierviitiou
1 game, with to aceonip,iniiiiiiiit of lelttue-
i hooting, roar ovr give 3 a va:ue to
some land as es.ui,srA with other laud. We all
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVFIIIIIA3IPTON, Wednesday.

There was rather a large mnster of ironmast•
etc on the 'Change here to-day, hot there was
little business done, general attention being oc-
cupied by the comparative dead-I,ck to which
the trade has been brought on the wages Ties.
tion,

GENERAL ADVANCE IN PRICES AND
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

BELBEtOUGHTON.

AT-OWN() FIRE.—A fire of an alarming character
broke out on That slay last, at the re.ideude of Mr.
Raymond, aurgihn. Endre what we VIM learn, it appears
that a tiro waa kindled in the night wintery mull. which
ignited a brain, and the upper rohat WWI goon etireloped
in Ilimes. An 431111 wan IA 1111110 given. and the inhabit.
ante 11001, 0151110 1,, render all the asaistanee they could.
A number of bucket, wore procured, all I water in alma.
donee was obteined fru the pool hoer at hilnd. Tutor.
tow inn wee alto given at Stourtiridge, anal the Ithalnilt
alld Alliance Eire Engines wee conic eec the ground. hut
happily their service,, were not requirrd. as the lire wes
got under before they arrived. but tot before a good deal
of tillMago hall been done Icy the tire and water. We are
, informed that Mr. ltuytnona was insured in the Phonis
Office.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

DUE STOURBRTDGE OBSERVER.

might have called forth a No. dinsittis from him built not
been In his power to do (as he did do) so much besides for
the glory of God in Cht ist. My reason for epeakine of that
work in terms which at first may sound exaegeratol is that
Its success has afforded no conclusive all answer to those
who tell us that churches are not wanted to the crowded
quarters inhanit,d by our London poor. That church we
were assured twain and again. Was quite uncalled for, the
money would he thrown away, one of the clergy of the pariah
church could easily deal with all the spiritual wants of the
district The wiser numiiicence of him we no trendy and
so deeply lament imitated us speedily to overcome three ob-
jections ; and with what result? The Metro t whose require-
ments we were told were tally met by one of the clergy of this
church now supplies work enough, and even more than
enough, for an incumbent and two curates of Its own. it
has its own schools, its own Scripture reader, its own staff of
visitors—in ehort, a parochial machinerl, as complete, and in
as active operation, as can be found anywhere in the diocese.
Llenceforth we have our reply to the objectors to church
building in London, and that reply has beet, furnirhed
us mainly by the • Parishioner ' for vu he desired he might
be called an the contributor of £4,000, of whom it is no
merely conventional phrase to say that his loss to Us is
irreparable."
•

the tir4 clan of the liladjidie on Pane., Joachim Murat,
General lousy, chief of the Empress's household, an, the
Duke de luescar, her Ilak-sty's nephew. the Prince Imperial
receiving he first-class Oemanie. The iUlcers of the Imperial
yacht Chyle received verifies decorations of the Limonite .
and 11Zdjui6. It is not stated whether any presents were
sent to the Venda Sultana, or for the harem, but in all pro-
bability the Empress has not neglected that important part
.of the Imperial establishment. 111 a word, to .1111 up the
result of :he Empress's visit, irrespective of any political
heating it nay have had, there can be no doubt the visit of
so distinguished a lady and the remaikable attention
bestowed Limn rendering her the highest possible honours,
has produced a very extraordinary, anti it may prove a most
beneficial, Influence on the female part of our population,
and may lent to some ve, y important changes. Intact, the
matter is retry commonly and openly talked of by Turkish
women of all ranks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

[A cop.;
GEORGE WILLIAM PREECE.

LATH MANUFACTURER,

NRLION YARD, SOUTIMATE•S4TREET,
(AOC CESTER,

Agent for the Stourbridge Lietriet

J. W. IFE,

neauty flank, Stourhridae.
Where ell orders will be punetuelly attritcledio

44, LORD STREET. LIVERPOOL.
TUE importation of NEW TEA this
Season is large, and the quality Of 'OllllOOl the
Kaisow Congoaa very fine. We have now made nor
Annual Selection, and secured some oldie CadicEar
TEAS of this year's growth.

The nnparalled success which continues to mark
the progress of this Business is awing to our practical
knowledge;! Tax, and to the exercise of prop, r care
in the selection of Stock. Year by year these business
characteristics have been comtahtly tested by the
increasing intelligence of the Public ; and Ala pleas-
ing to find that the peculiar advantimes we offer and
the system of business we pursue have resulted in
securing the confidence of Consumers, and in the

consequent extraordinary exteniion of oar bnainess

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9è. aud Cotke Subtitle 11.
44, Loito STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

CONTINENTAL FARMING AND
PEASANTRY.

In London, on Monday evening, the Farmers' Club
held its first monthly meeting after the usual autumnal
recess, at the Salisbury Hotel; Mr. Newton in the
chair. The subject fixed for discussion was introduced
by Mr. James Howard, M.P., b-ing "Continental
Farming an I Peasantry," and it attracted a large at-
tendance of members.

Mr. Howard, who it was stated from the chair had
travelled 4,000 miles to investigate the subj-st, corn-
nienced by ref, rring at length to the agriculture of
France. As an illustration of the working of the
larger farms in that country, he referred to the ex-
ample of M. de Crombee, who had purchased one-
half of his farm of 1,200 acres out of the profits
ef the farm itself. (Laughter.) M. de Crombec
found it an advantage to keep his cattle in dark-
Imes, as they were then free from flies and other causes
of annoyance, and had nothing to do but get fat.
Land in France has been knuwu to sell as high as £192
per acre for agricultural purpoises--such was the Pas-
Ilion for the possession of land, in preference to less
stable securities. Throughout the greater part of
France small farms preponderated, there being thou-
sands, consisting of one, two, and three acres farmed
by peasants, who employed their extra time in assist-
ing large farmers. A farm of ten acres would support
a large family, hut those who cultivated it would do
double the work for themselves that they would for
an employer, and live far harder than an English
peasant. These minute subdivisions of land tend, Mr.
Howard believes, t i deteriorate the land. The paper
included an interesting account of the beetroot culti-
vation of France, Germany, and Belgium, for the manu-
facture of sugar, and the writer thousht that what had
contributed so much to national wealth abrosd was well
worth the attention of English agriculturists, espe-
cially as Dr. Voelcker's recent experiments on the
growth of beetroot from London sewage had shown
that it was equal to the best Silesian beet. Farming
generally in Belgium was described as far inferior to
good English agriculture. In connection with irrigation
in Italy it was observed that greater attention to irriga-
tion is England might aid greatly in the solution of the
question how a larger amount of home-prodnced meat
might be obtained, and that for that purpose our rivers
should be made as free a, the air we breathe. In con-
cluding Mr. Howard compared the ptht culture system
of farming on the Continent with the English system,
and described the latter as reetorative, and the former
as exhaustive; while the picture which he drew of the
condition of the continental peasantry, their wages,
1-dgings, and food, was anything but favourable to
the system of small holdings. A discussion ensued, and
• vote of thanks was given to Mr. Howard for his paper.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

HA.LBSOWEN.

CROON OP AS34lll,l'.—At the Petty Sessions, on
Tuesday last, before E. Moore and E. Osru, E,qrs., John
((dies 'glottal') White, was charged by Eliaa Bastertield
with assaulting he: on the Ocit of September. Corm
plainant said she went to stop a fight between the de.
fendant's father and her father, when the defendant
struck her, and pulled her Lair off her head. Ann Shaw
gave corroborative evidence, and said the defen lant
threatened to kill complaillant. Defendant denied the
charge, and called (lantana Percy Chapman, who said
he beard a great disturbance going on, and went to see
what was the matter. He saw about twenty men and
women there. The two fathers were fighting. and several
women. Defendant came up at the time, and went to
his sister, who went elbowing his way the nigh them
rather roughly; bat did not SOO defendant strike corn.
pliduant. Mr. Oldershaw. Deputy-Clerk, said he saw a
regular fight going on between the men and women.
There bad beeu a dispute about Borne night mil. The
Bench dismissed the case.—Defendant was also charged
with assaulting Hannah Bastertield at the same time and
place. The evidence was the same as in the previous
case, and was dismissed.
CHARGE OF ILLynErmr, A Wirt:. Samuel Dethe•
ridge, farmer, residing at Cakemore. was charged by
Mary. his wife, with assaulting her on the 10th ultimo.
Complainant said that her husband struck her on the
face with a bag Co she mune out lif the dairy, kicked her.
wiped his shoes no her, struck her on the hands, and
pushed her out at the b nob door Had illtreated her for
the last twelve years at intervals, and she hail not during
that time sat down with the defendant to have a miters
victuals. A withers was called, whose evidenee went to
prove that she had often received complainant into her
house when her husband had turned her nut. In answer
b) the Bench, complainant said she was afraid defendant
would do her some bodily injury, as lee hml often threat-
eoed to cat her throat. The Bench remarked that it was
a very bad ease, and ordered defendant to tired one merely '
in ClO, and himself is V.?O, to keep the peace towards
his *de for 12 months.
ktessomos.—On Monday evening lust Mr. D. C. Mar.
, ray gave his readings in the Selmol.room to a large au-
hence. The following was the programme :—Pian..forte
solo, Selections from Martha. Mr. 'lranian's ; reading—
' tiodiva." Teme;eteit; "'rise Twiggs at Bonn-gate,"
11,ekeee ; selection from Imerezia Borgia ;
kr.4in. •• Tine Dying Christian," Pep, ; piano anti;—
Mn'. Tromans ; rending,—'' A Pork Undertaking," Hind;
. Alexander's Feast," firg/h•ii ; pia nO solo,
.selections
. . . .

•• ldeder ohne Worte ;" readinas—'Tho Knight HIM the
!may." inso/./sho "Mow we hronglit the ti.aal Neon from
iilient to Aix." Iletereiug:'•Goa Nave the (peen." Tne
reedind+ and solo, were badly applauded. and Mr Tro•
in ails played on One of Collard and Collard's Gratuds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

FATHER HYACINTHE IN AMERICA.

The New York papers are full of the arrival of Father
Hyacinthe on the 18th inst. The rev gentleman was at once
attacked by the reporters, one of whom (the representative
of the Soo York Times, writes:—
The steward kindly pointed out the object of our
search, who was then walking fore and aft, reading, as
all Catholic priests daily do, from his breviary the
" office" set apart for each day. Paining to survey
the man whose name has been borne on the wings of
fame to the remotest bounds of Christendom, we could
not help being amazed at the calm simplicity of his
exterior. He is below the middle height ; stout, stoops
a little, has gray hair, dark eyes, and around face. At
• distance there is nothing striking in his appearance,
but the moment you come in contact will him you feel
an indescribable charm coming over you, and when he
speaks his soft, earnest voice completes the fascination,
and U are completely won, Immediately you realise
that thii is no ordinary man, but one whose mental
powers are marvellously developed. He is gentlemanly
and affable withal—the beau ticUal of refinement.
Approaching him, we took advantage of a pause in his
reading to introduce ourself, and to make known the
object of our visit. He very politely accorded ma
brief interview, during which be told us that he was in
excellent health, and, apart from a little fatigue, felt
not a whit the worse for his journey. He came to
America for the purpose of learning moreof the reople
and studying their institutions. Ile informed no that
he purposed sojourning among us for two months at
least.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

EXTRAORDINARY REAPPEARANCE and
DEATH of an OLD CRICKETER.

On Friday evening a sad accident happened near
Lewes to a gentleman who had been at the hunt that
day and was returning house. The accident was not
witnessed, but the deceased, whose name is Edward
Martin, and an excellent horseman, must have been
thrown, and falling with great force on the hard roa I was
so much injured about the head that when found he was
ire nsible. It is supposed that he was Eding fast and
that his horse stumbled and fell. He was cssnveyed to
the Royal Oak, Barcombe, near Lewes. where he ex-
pired on Sunday, never having regained consciousness.
He had been living at Fletching, near Lewes, for the
last three years, partly on his means and partly as a
veterinary surgeon, in which profession he was evi-
dently well skilled, and hail great success.
The history of Edward Nor!!n is a t emark able one.
In his younger days he Wag a famous cricketer, and
played in most of the first-class matches of his time at
Lord's and elsewhere as one of the All-Eogland
Eleven. He held for Many yearn the Christchurch
cricket ground, Oxford; aud being always sober and
steady in his habits and respectful and modest in his
demeanour, was a great favourite. A wealthy collegian,
who because istuch attached to him, put him into a tarn;
near Leominster, which he held for some years, until
at length finding the inconvenience of attending to his
farm on the borders of Wales and to his cricket ground
at Oxford insurmountable, he determined tri give up the
former. in stock was ac.cordingly sold oti, but a con-
siderable amount of property was reserved and sent
on to Worcester. Martin himself went Li Leominster.
with the proceeds of the sale (several hundred pounds)
in his pocket, and remained there two or three days. ,
At length he left early one morning, mounted on is
favourite horse of great power. This was in the year
18-19, and from that day until the day when they re-
ceived the Dews;,! his death, his relatives have never
had the least tidings of him; His disappearance. he
being known to hate a large slim of money with him,
creatud e.t. the time much excitement, anti it was gene-
rally believed that he had been robbed and murdered.
It was a remarkable ingredient in the mystery that his
horse as well as himself never was traced. It is doubt-
. fol whether any clue to the now almost forgotten
riddle will be ditcovered in his papers, which, how-
; ever, seem to have disclosed his real name and the ad-
dress of his friends. His age was about fifty-sitt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

OLD HILL.

PITCH AND Toss.—At the Petty Smetana, on Wednes•
day, before F. W. Barra, Erg., Levi 'reenter, Thomas
Toylir, Thomas Ball. John Price. and Edward Jones,
tiv.- boys, were charged with playing at pitch and tom,
Oa the 24th alt, at Tividnle. Police.ronstable Satchwell
proved the case, and defendants, who pleaded guilty, were
ordered to pay the costs.
DRUNK AND DISORDERI V.—Joseph Fletcher Was Sum-
moned for being drunk and disorderly. on the 24th nit,
at Blackheath. Police-constable Flame said lie wag en
duty on the above date, when he found defendant lying
in the middle of the road, cursing and swearing De.
fondant pleaded guilty, and was fined is and costa; in
default 14 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

ROWLEY REGIS.

LOC 11. Boone ow HEALTH.— On Monday the usual
monthly meeting of thin hoard woe hell. Mr. A. H.
Barn s was chairman, and there were also present Messrs.
Neville, finest, Darby, Hackett, Bennett, Whitehouse,
Taylor, and Plant.—Tho Clerk reported that there was a
balance in the hands of the treasurer of XVIR lo
A letter was read from Mr. Brooke Robinson, clerk to the
United Trusts of the Dudley, Brettell Lane. Pedmore,
and Rowley tornpike roads. It stated that at the last
pivoting of the trustees a resolution had been passed to
. contribute one half of the expense of lighting up the
Coals during the winter months, if the local authorities
in the various parishes would agree to pay the remaining
half of the cost. More than that the financial position
of the trusts wrintd not admit of being done, unless by
the uombined eft irts of the dideront Meal authorities the
Home Ottiee could be induced to extend the period doring
wh eli the Turnpike Act remains in force.—The Clerk
was instructed hi inform Mr. Robinson that the Board
declined to enter into an arrangement for paying a pro.
portionate amount towards the expense iif lighting the
roads.—There was no other business of importance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

A QUESTION OF LEGITIMACY.

A singular case has just been heard bef,re the Royal
Court of Jersey. It was an action to 1011111 i a deed of transfer
of landed property made nuder the following circumstances,
the parties being 'father and son

In 1854 Aft.. Thomas La Cloche, surgeon, or
"Doctor" LA Cloche, we he wax commonly called, and
who poeeessed considerable landed property in Jersey,
was married at the church of St. George-the.slartyr,
in London, to Margaret Le Breton, a Jersey woman,
who had for many years been his housekeeper, and had
borne him a son—Thomas, who Wat3the plaintiff in this
action. Dr. La Cloche, who was then in his 83rd year,
his son being about 01, effected this marriage, accor-
ding to his own statement, for the sole purpose of
legitimizing his eon in order that he might come into
the possession of his (the father's) property at his
decease, the law of Jer,ey being that all inherited
landed property shall fall to the eldest son or principal
heir. At the time of his marriage he made a declara.
tam, duly attested by witnesses, that he thereby
adopted and acknowledged his son as his lawful heir.
By Jersey laws a marriage under inch circumstances
has the effect of legitimizing a child born out of wed-
lock, and giving it all the rights aud privileges of one
lawfully begotten. Some time after the marriage was
celebrated, from sonic ramie that did not transpire,
Dr. La Cloche disagreed with his son, and altered his
intentions with regard to the property, transferring
the whole, by virtue of adeed, to his grandson, Thomas
Philip La Cliche, eon of his own eon, whom he had
legitimized, and who is now about fifty-three years of
age. It was to annul this deed of transfer, as being
contrary to the laws of the island, that the plaintiff,
the father, brought the action against the defendant,
the sop.

The ground of defence taken by the son was thathis
father was illegitimate, and therefore could not have
any claim as heir to his father. To this it was replied
that the acknowledgment of Dr. La Clothe at the time
of his marriage, together with the law of the island,
was a sufficient answer, and, further, that in his corre
spondence with his eon after his (the father's) marriage
be always termed him "My dear son." The defendant
in his plea also termed Dr. La Cloche his grandfather,"
&degree of relationship wh i ch the Attorney-General, who
appeared for the plaintiff, said the defendant had no
right to claim if his father were not the legitimate son
of the deceased Dr. La Cloche. The Court has not yet
given its decision in the case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

YOURSELF! WHAT YOU ARE! AND

. WHAT FIT FOR.

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the ruble of advice given, and the accuracy id MIAS It,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-06

A PERILOUS RAILWAY RIDE.

Lord Vane, chairman of the Cambrian lines of rail-
way, met with a severe accident, but fortunately had
a much more providential escape, on Monday night. It
appears his Lordship had been attending a masonic
ceremony at Oswestrv„ where the Provincial Grand
Master, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, attended by the
t)swestry Lodge. laid the foundation-stone of a new
hospital. Lord Vane left by the last train at night for
Machynlleth, his Welsh residence, in a saloon attached
to the guard's van. Moat-lane Junction, 36 miles
from Oswestry, was passed in safety, when the train
began to ascend a lon incline and hail arrived within
the signals of Canis Station. six miles from Moat-lane,
when it dashed into a goods train shunted for it to pass,
but which from Pottle unexplained cause had its
engine on the line the passenger train had to traverse.
The collision broke the couplings of the saloon, and
the carriage began running back down the incline. Of
course, in the confusion and darkness this was not
seen, and had it been seen the carriage could not have
been stopped, so on it went the whole six miles to
Moat-lane, fortunately keeping on the metals. The
level ground approaching the junction brought the
carriage to a standstill, and Lord Vane went to the
refreshment-room of the station with his face bleeding
from a deep gash across the forehead received in the
collision. Dr. Parry, of Caersws, was sent for and
attended to his Lordship's wounds. A messenger was
sent to Llanidloes for an engine, hut it was nearly five
o'clock on Tuesday morning before Lord Vane was able
to proceed to Islachynlleth. The fireman of the passenger
train was badly hurt, and some of the passengers were
severely shaken.