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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

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was being led away, he mutt red certain withee
reepect to which adght have ILIO4O that convict
uncomfortahle if he had heard them.

THE SENSIBILITY OF SAVAGES.
Mom Pima
In these days of steam, electro-telegraphy, photos
graphy, and progress in general, old times are mtm-
mendably recoiled by a newspaper paragraph which,
but that it cou'ains modern rAl.remisions, and the name
of a living Judge, might he taken ft r an extract from
some Loudon GaztVe or Daily (7.mm! ,if other days,
when journalists used to monolise naturally and brolly
on current events. Read it :
•• GAROTTER. DREADING SEE LASE.—Ifr. Justice Lush, at
the Lteds A,oZ,S on Wsdoes.h.y, 5,-1,1 owed a listen of gm ot-
ten to various terms of imprisonment, in addition to be
tagged with a cat-o'-nine-tails Thou,h they luau been very
cruel to their victims, they cried Gat far mercy for them-
selves."
It is, indeed, remarkable that the capability
of inflicting any ammuct of pain upon other people,
which, one would thick, could exist only by reason id
incapacity to amehend, subjectively, the painfuluoss
of pain, is nevertheless very commonly found to coexist
with the cleareat and most lively apprehension if that
discomfort. Accordingly, though it is true that the
garotters sentenced ty Me. Jaet.ce Lush to be flogged,
"had been very cruel to their victims," it is by no
meats wonderful that, on hearing tke sentence which
appointed them the pain of whipping, "they cried out
tor mercy far themselves ever co feelingly. But As
the foretaste if chastisement is, in point
if tinl.leasaiiO
ntsi, much milder than the actual experience, so will
the cries evoked from those cviaiinahs by the cat-o'•
nine tails, doubtless be considerably more demonstra-
tive of sensibility than those occalsioned lay the mere
anticipation of its stripes
The fact that gorot,ers ere beginning to cry out at
the mere prospect of a flogging, should encourage
Judges to persevere it. time' detormination to render that
prospect, ii, eveiy ease they can, a ce.taiuty. Thereby
they will ultimately make ref-lithe understand that they
really hod better not commit robbery accompauied
with violence. In the meantime :
All its garotters crush,
All savage rascals thrash,
A health to Juatice Lush,
Who deems them to the Lash.
In that exemplary enforcement of the law if that
judicious Judge will only continue, gsrotters, perhaps,
will by-and-by leave off garotting, and then he, and
the other Judges will be spared the necessity of order-
ing a severe and shameful punishment to be inflicted
on their fellow men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

A BIAS IN FAVOUR OF GOOD
WM ['NG.

•
At the Middle-clve Schools, Finsbury, the Lord
Mayor of Loudon it quired with special jute rest after
the bandivritiog of the pupils. lie put it na "an old
mercantile man" that he had a bias in favuur of cali-
grapliy, awl that he lopk,d upon good writing as a teat
iu On this the Doily lihws remarke
it le to be feared that as an accomplishment, or even an
acquirement, what used to be known as good hand writing is
on the decline. As soon sac by begins to understand the
rudiments of the art he straightway drops the rounilhand
at
It used to be called, and the guiding lines as undiguined, aid
dashes a: once into an attempt at a turmoil hand. limier
the forced, premature. unintelligible look of so much 1q
tie
writing which we See. The waits of time and tempt:
caused by bad writing is incalculable. Litsrary nil
have a gm"! deal to answer for in We respect Ind
lain-tars are, perhaps, even more incorrigible It
Is almost a tatter of etiquette with counsel to deaf an
opinion that shall be as badly written as a doctor' 'pre-
scription When there is an improvement, how over ,sve
ought tali° grateful for it. Ladies have improved and are
iniprovii,g and the roof a is general, 11.1.01011 e it his hail
effected by a fashion It was considered feminine to make
the letters exceedingly am:Mar, as nearly chosen. clot at
p instate, and without the &Mauch+ of tots and crosses which
might help to elucidate the mysterious ch iracters. Now
the angles have hicome more o.ltlne, in fact mane ladies
write ill tell round letters, which are mat distinguishable
trots those of gentlemen by being inure carefully Mimed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

£1,250 DAMAGES AGAINST THE
METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.

An action against the Metropolitan Railway Com.
pany for compensation for injuries received in a col-
lision on their line came before the Sheriff's Court
in London, on Monday, for the assessment of damages.
Mn. Trowbridge, a widow carrying on business as a
cheesemouger, London, was in a third-cla-s carriage
on the 20th of January last when the train in which
she was seated was run into at the Portland-road
station by another train, and she was much hurt, her
head striking by. the collision against the opposite
compartment. it Was stated that she hail already in-
curred expenses to the amount of £l5O for medical
attendance, and pevvral medical men were called who
said that the plaintiff had received concussion of the
brain and spine, and that there was incipient cataract
in both eyes. She hail suffered nearly a year, and
would probably suffer for eighteen mouths or two peons
longer. The fee for an operation on both eyes for
cataract would be 100 guineas.
Mr. Hudak-11ton, who appeared for the plaintiff,
asked for exemplary damages for the purchase of an
annuity to some amount for the rest of Mrs. Trow-
bridge's life as the only compensation to be afforded
for the frightful injuries she had sustained. The
learned counsel added that an eminent person had ;
stated that damages from railway companies were the
only way to protect the puhlic from negligence.
Mr. Powell, on the part of the company, contended
that such a proposition was both contrary to law and
every principle of justice. Railway companies em-
ployed competent person., and it was impossible for
the companies to protect themselves from negligence
on the part of their servants. in this case the com-
pany deplored the accident, and fir a sixpenny return
ticket they were liable to damages. Let the jury give
• fair and reasonable sum by all means, Int tie depre-
cated the plea that the plaintiff, who was only f sty.
two, Was to have such an annuity as the one claimed
by his friend for the rest of her life.
Use jury awarded her £1,250.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

PIRENIX FIRE OFFICE.

71. TR. GEORGE PERRY, SOLICITOR,
.11 Agent fir Stourbridge, begs to remind the Pub-
lic that the pivENT X. was for many year s the only Fire
Office th it kept a FIRE ENGINE in the town, and to
inform them that it still keeps one there.
For the keys of the Ea,gine H 005... apply at the Talbot
Hotel, or to Win. Jones, Blacksmith, Enyille-street, the
engines,:; and for Terms of Inaurante, apply to the
Agent.

MONDAY. Tsc 2hh. i Tit% LIST DAY e
1869.—TWENTIET11 SEASON.-1869.

ART UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN.

ONE SHILLING PER SHARE.

1,695.892 Tickets beie Mem .ml 4 M th, nineteen pre-
lim:l,i drawings, and 20,K,2 IRIZIS distrtuted, includ-
ing 4 734 Paintings, in amounts varying tr, m2OO guineas
downwerds, being ONE PRIZE in sada 81 Tickets.
The ORkWING tor P141Z1.8 will take place
ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2'.111., 1869,
. . , .

And 'will consint of
ONE THOUSAND PRIZES.
. . .

"Gods Acre" (t Prier) Mode ert'throp
Shrimpers on the Beach'. (2nd Prize) F. UtitlerFt7l !lie
and about 'MI °lima Paintings, frond £75 down.
tiviolnr, l'cz

Ticket., IT., I' •I '1 !. • , • -.• ! euti ilInC the
to one 1.1.1.1.1 • ee :•.• • ‘• • • ,•v be had Irmo lb: coo
d e, ,I. : , forwarded dip • t I•I,,,
tory on Ille:t •• .• 10 keitamped and A.". •,
togctio r with kb or rust (Alice otd, I I. i the
i.umber of Tmrk.t. required.
JAMES G. T•AW, Secrets. y,
39 Oxford-stat et, Mataiester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

A SCENE AT A LONDON POLICE-
COURT.

At the Lambeth police-court, Jane Law, nearly
seventy years of age, was charged with attempting to
commit suieble.
Sergeant White said about four o'clock he was calk'
to No. 48, Aldred-road, and found the primmer quite
insensible, with the cord produc..d around her neck.
She had just been cut down by her niece.
The Magistrate (to prisoner): What have you toms,
to this shocking thing ?—Prie ner (hiding her face and
weeping bitteilv): Oh, pray don't send me to prison,
for I shall the there before night.
_ . . . .

The prisoner's sister and niece joined in begging
that she should not be locked up. Prisoner (pleading I
hard): Pray don't stud me to prison. Let me go to
the workhouse.
Mr. Writ- (Sinter of Newingt in Workhouse), who
happened be present in court, said he would do I
everything he powsibly could, but he was sorry to say
the house was quite full, as well as the infirmary. I
There were over 800 inniat, a, and 30 more had to be
mit away to St. Saviour's, as there was no row.
There is not one vacant bed in the infirmary, but he
would see the medical officer, and perhaps some ar-
rangement could be made for her reception.
The magistrate said he was sorry to hear such mat-
ters, as it showed the ldrge amount of distress exist.
lag. If some arrangemint could be made he would
not send the poi r old woman to prison.
Mr. White said he woMit see her conveyed to the
workhouse at once and placnl under proper care.
The pi iiioner was then Micharged, and had almost to
be carried from the dock out of court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

A MAGISTRATE ON
_IGNORANCE: AND

_
EDUCATION.
Mr. Kynneraley, the Birmingham stipendiary magi,.
trate. was one if the principal speakers at a great
meeting held in B'rmingliain last week, to oppose the
Einem ion L-ague in particular, and compulsory edu-
c.iti,.o as a principle.
'• You will tell me," said Mr. Kynnerdey, " that Ignorance
a a ,oral.. evil— that it leads to v:cl.s habits ant viclous
habit, to rolthery and murder, to ills( curtly of life alit pro-
perty. But I answer thst Intorancs is not access.. ily All evil
to tiny rite but the per... himself. Ignorance ii list by any
means hicompvtible with honesty and truthfulness and in
dust; y, the kindest nature and the warmest affections, nor hls
leallang income/vat to with idleness and pr, ti gacy and bru-
tality and habitual fraud and dishonesty. Look at the revela-
tions c four bankrup•cy courts there every one is More or tee.
educated. Look AS Ole nine who are at 6Very liSSiAegi and
lussrons cdtivicted of forgery and embezzlement—l tandulent
benker4, frsueulent trustees. NiDeteett out of twenty of
theve 111011 had receive I a superior education." In another
p.n-tion 01 his address Mr. yneersley said— "I do not deny
the moral obligation on every parent to do the best he can
for the education of his child, and I have not a word to tay
against any sort of pressure being put ou the drunken, idle,
profligate brute, who not only systematically neglects all the
duties of a parent to his childi en, but who, by his example,
does everything he can to make them as bad as himielf— ,
peals fil,tl nuisances to the whole community, leaving them
to go where they please and du what they please, lodge where
they can and live how they can, utterly Indifferent whether
they work, or beg, or steal. F.•r the education of children
If this deicrlplion, however, we want no fresh legislation
It is already provided fur by the Industrial Schools Act, of
which we have already no hugely, but so osteutatioualy
availed ourselves in Birmingham.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

are neaten,. modern Maumees of alleged fasting.
Sir Richard Phillips, in his" Million of Facts," to
voids that Il ilbert Jackson, a Scotehuian, lived three
years without sustenance of any kind, at the beginning
of the eighteenth century; and that, in 17n9, a
religious fanatic, who determined on fasting
forty days, died on the sixteenth. And then there
was Anne Moore, the feinting woman of Tutbury,
who is said to have lived 20 months without food.
Many of us, too, can remember the case of Bernard
Kavanagh, who was said to have lived two years with-
out fdid ; but then he was found out and imprisoned as
a r gee and vagab.sid. The c inelipion that most
people will come to is that all such ert..es of alleged
existence, contrary to nature, will not bear Examina-
tion, if indeed they are worthy of it. This last case,
however, is an exception, and it is well to know the
truth before it is too late to seek it.
Consolidation of economy are evidently the policy
of the present Government, and they si eal determined
to save the nation's money. Tee last instance of this
is the ileterruination not to fill up the vacancy in the
Mastership of the Mint; to axisign the duties to
Mr. Freemantle, the present Deputy Mager ; and to
incorporate the establi-hment with the Treasury.
The salary of one official will thus be saved ; but the
probability is that mini r changes in the Mint will also
be made. A much greater consolidation and amalga-
mation are talked of—the Horse Guards and the War
Wine ; but this is too serious a matter to be effected
widnint the conceit of Parliament, and we shall meet
likely hear something of it next Session.
Is not The Timcs rather squeamish in ol t %Ming an
injunn Con to compel the Clerken well Noes and London
Times to drop the latter word? This at least seems
the general opinion. Of course it con be in this one
word only that the leading journal can have any copy-
right. but the action would never have been brought
but for the word "London."
Ladies, if you have any pretentions to gentrity, if
you wish to be regarded as coma il feat, you will
have to wear Egyptian slippers in doors—so they say.
The Empress of the French, it seems, has brought
home from her Egyptian tour a large number of such
slippers, of which she intends to make presents to her
friends. Of course these friends will be cliatinguees,
and of course they will wear the imperial gifts ; sad
aci other ladiee—possibly to make people believe the
Empress gave them slippers will wear shells'. articles ;
and so Egyptian slippers will become the fashion for
French ladies; and so Eugliah ladies will take to
hem; and so perhaps, my fair readers, you will have
to wear Egyptian slippers if you would he in the
fashion, and you know that some of you say that you
might as well be out of the world as out of the fashLin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

OLD HILL.

TRA At the Petty rattans. on Wednevday.
XSVER4
before F. W. G Barra end N. IFfianley. ?Agra., the fol.
lowing transfers took place ;—The Barley Mow, Tividale.
John lloilaton
@
from Arthur Willa to .TOn Plavdon ; the Briekmakere
Acme Tun, from 3,01,4 flhtneef;leeessedl. to William
(dereasedl. to Rachel Relleton 01011114
Henry Gilbert the Hovel Bachanec. :.".'th • f"m
way Tavern, Cradle,
Heath, from Benjamin Hill to Eli

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Dninniwo in PCHLTC•I7,r9P.OI Drlnna PitolfilirrnD
ReVas.—H bed Moore. Alfred Boraston, Thomas Yard,
fey. Samuel Yardley, Thomas Troman, and Thomas
Erreon, wire ,urnmoned by Superintendent Mill, for on.
lawfully drinking in a certain beerhouse at Blackheath,
kept by Wi!hem Williams. at a time when such hou,e
ee•bt by law to have been closed, on Sunday. the t:Sth of
N"ember Isst Defendant, all pleaded ;milt, Mr.
Berra eilid this was the 0,4 case of the kind that had
„"mr before them in that Conrt They were liable to a
"e of 40s, bat as this was the first offence, if they would
PeY the costa they would be discharged. He hoped it
would be a warning to them and to otheis.
BEERHOUSE LICENSE.—M, Stokea. solicitor. Dudley,
applied on behalf of Mr. William Dawes, brewer. Pod-
ley. for • license to open a beerhouse at Elbow.etreet,
Old lull. The license was granted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

LETTER OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.

We append the letter from Dr. Livingstone, dated
30t loy let, and received at Zanzibar by Dr. Kak,
her NI sjesty's consul, on the 2nd October, which has
Aires/1y been referral to by the pres.
From John Kirk, Req., the Political Agent and her Ma,
jest y'e Con,Ot, Z In.lonr. to C. Gonne Kq , Secretary to Go-
vernment, Bombay.
. . .

. •
Dated Zanzibar, Oct. 2, ISO.
Sir,—l have the honour to enclose herewith, for the Infor-
mation of the Right Honourable the Governor In Council, the
copy of. letter from Dr. Livingstone, dated the 30th May,
lON, and received at Zansibar this day. The requests made
by Dr. Livingstone, in a previous communication that reached
on the Yth ult, having beet, alieady complied with, I shall
losa no time in supplying the things herein demanded.
[here will, however, be some difficulty in getting faithful
men, as the Arab. of Unvanyembe, being of the El Rana,'
tribe, are by no means loyal subjects of Seyd hbnjil, and,
as Dr. Livibgatooe tells no, still engaged in the slave trade
I have, &c., JOHN KIRK.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

PARIS GOSSIP.

All people passing through Paris are rabid about
the expense at hotels ; but. alas! the mievance is not
confined to hotds, but 'days here when the birds of
inn-sago have than South (...rites the correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph). And, after all, is any place
cheap in these de)a of rapid communication ? Perhaps
Teheran, where one could live for half-a-crown a week,
may Aid be moderate ; but I can call to mind no other
' city where the table d hilt.e is not A including wine
which it would he foily to drink. At iiresent
I think the Hotel Bristol gets all the English
custom ; and cFrtainly its (lief would be made a
commander of aome order if he went to Italy,
Spain, or Portugal. The Americana, whose
nawe here is legion. are creating a curious
Engfish trade in Paris. Smalpage, the London tailor,
has sent his agent right away through the United
States of Canada and has done so much to decorate
the natives there that he is obliged t' set up a shop in
this city. It was very droll to see the face of a Paris
man of business when he heard that a Londoner very
often had an agency in everygreat city. "And he gets
money ! Well it is droll." I feel sure that the French
are the least sellimproving people in the world. Up to
a certain point they are industrious ; once they get
. a email sum of money, they retire into the back shop
, until they can Fell the business to somebody else. As
! a warning to English travellers, let me give you
the following story. A friend of mine came over
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

THE FESTIVE SEASON.

Dear PunelL—Look here, what the law Times is so
good as to re mind us of, concerning this next January:
"The whole of the year's taxes must he paid In advance,
instead of be.ng collected half-yearly as hitherto. The ill-
come-tax Is to be e illacted In like manner, the whole year's
tax is to be paid at onee to the same month of January,
already severely burdened by the compulsory pay ruent in ad-
vance of the assessed taxes "
A festive prospect this is for the festive season !
The Egyptians used to show askeleton at their feasts,
so as to i revent an exiiherance of jollity. So we easily
may nub our in< violent this Christmas by hanging
with the mistletoe a little sheaf of taxpapers.
"Harlequin Exchequer, or the Demon Tax.Calledi.r !"
would certainly this year be a fit title for a pantomime.
Well, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy
New Year • and by way of a Happy Thought, you
to,!better begin to think about the coming New Year's
visit < f the tax-gatherer. 11,lieve me, dear old boy,
yours in sympathy, A SUFFERHR.
—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

BRIERLEY HILL.

ASSAULT Ci E.— it the P.•tly Sessions, on Monday
last, before F. livers and If. Hall, Esqrs., Thomas Gar-
dener was charge I by Christopher Wassail with ae,milt-
ing him on the 4th inst. Mr. Walfroa appeared for the
compleitaut. From the evidence it appeared that the
complainant had been to Simpkisa's publee-house to have
some ale. On going horn he mat the defendant and *Ma
to him," Heenan, how are you?" Defendant said, "Who
do you call Heenan ?" air( struck him, and afterwards
I hit him with a stone on the head. Defendant alleged.
on the contrary, that complainant first stench him, and
that it was his sister who struelc him on the bead with a
stone. Ordered to pay costs, 100.
REFUSING TO ADMIT THE POLICE.—Ann Law, landlady
of the Rose and Crown, Brettell Lane, was charged by
Superintendent Mills:with rafssing to admit Police-con.
stable Freeman into the home on the 7th inst. Police-
constable Freeman proved that he visited the house at
half-past eleven o'clock at night. He heard voices, and
ilaW 11 mail named Fro Lt: ••‘. t.:e 01111 S sail
" Muth. it is Frt. ~ •I, .. -05. l N
know it wet. the t•lii,r Ire,lll 111. El .t d talli cu ;
in &fault it days.
CH MOE OF STICALING 8219/1111. 301111 Filffier and
Felix Smith were charged with feloniously atealicg a
quantity of brawl belonging to the Great Western
Railway Company, Mr. Addison defended. George ,
G.II, I....monies foreman, of Dudley, said the bra-s pr 4.
dec. f .iiiied a top clack voter of an engine, No. 251, at
The eagles was couplet, on the oseraieg of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

04IDER OF DISCHARGE,

In_ the . County Court of Worcestershire, holden it

Stourbridge.
-
IN the Matter of GEORGE GREGORY, of
Nomher 28, liow•street, Stonrinitlgo. in tin, County
cf Woi ceAor, Newnpat er S Iler, adjudged bank tupt ou
the 29 h cky of Oztoto r, 18G9. . . .

An .rder of discharge will be delivered to the bank-
rupt utter the expiratien of thirty deys from this date,
appeal be duly entered against the judgment Of
the Court. and noti.m thereof be given to tine Court.
Dated 16th day of Dtectub.rr, 1869.
C. EVERS,
High Bailiff.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861.

ORDER OF DISCHARGE.

fit the County Court of Worcebtersbire, holden it
Stuurbridge.

IN the Matter of WILLIAM MILLS, now,
and for eight weeks psst. residing in lientli•streth
Stourbridge. in the County of Worcchter, Spsdemaker.
and previously tin reto of Beauty Bank, Stourbridga
aforesaid, Grocer and Spadetnaker, adjudged bankrupt
or. the 15th day of October,
An order of discharge sill he delivered to the bank-
rupt after the expiration of thirty days from this dato.
sinless an appeal he duly entered against the judgment of
the Court. aid notice thereof be given to this Court.
Dated Ibth day of December, 18t5).
C. EVERS,
High Bailiff.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

THE LYE.

ACCIDENT.—AD accident of a srrions nature occurred
at Messrs. Attwoort's works at the Hayes, on Monday
last. It appears that the men were engaged altering
their tools and preparing to work, when a 0n,,,, named
Herbert Iltpkiss was at the hammer. The scotch "
being raised too soon, the hammer fell upon Hipkiss's
right hand, and injured it no much that Mr. H. L Freer
was called in, and had to amputate three of the lingers.
INQUE,T.—AD inquest was held on Saturday last on
the body of Elizabeth Cartwright, who was injured by
being burnt at Messrs. King and Co'd gleed mound, on
the Wedneaday prologs, tho particulars of which ap-
peared last week. The jury returned • verdict of " Ac-
cidental death."
THE DRINK AGAIN.—On Saturday night a man named
Matthew Ptitchard, who lived in a house by himself, was
eery seriously burnt. It appars that Pritchard was a very irregular liver, and in ths house he inhabned there
is scarcely a stick of furniture. He liar ben in the
hal,: of sleeping on an old 'Lear in front of the tire. Os
Saturday evecing lie went hinue, considerably under the
Whence of drink, ae4 hid himself down on his door;
but being too fit, soice .t Oarless fell upon
his clothes, %Lien acre bum' inn flounce, Un, drunken
condition, of course, prevented ids discovering what hint
°own.: P!he wan seriou.•y horot. Some amighbom iftttt to 4:,1 assistance, and the names having been en.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

THE WirCH-MAKING TRADE.

A Correspondent of a London contemporary, re-
hiking to the statements made at the meetings held in E
Loudon last week, writes :
No one regrets more than I do the depressed condition of
the London watch manufacturers, but tie remedy proposed I
by Mr. Jenes at the Clerken well meeting would be utterly
futile. Mr. Jones seems to think a duty of 10 or 15 per cent. ,
on foreign watches would revive the trade. Well, Ids wish
will be more than gratified in an indirect manner, for It Is
weltknown to all importers that in consequence of the late
strike to Switzerland all Swiss watches will be fully 25 per
cent dearer. Yet I venture to predict that the watch manu-
facture. in London will find their trade improve. little, if
any. There is an old adage, "that what 18 0110 man's food is
another man's poison " It is to in this case, for while the
Engl ah noomfocturers have U mid their trade languishing,
the retail dealers and watch Jobbtra throughout the kingdom
have been immensely belonged. I speak prastically when
I amert that where one watch was sold before cheap tieneva
watches were imported, more thou a dosed have been
sold since, which has given empbyment to a large number
of workmen who would otherwise have been idle. Sores
of " thrillers" have found employment as yisbers. The
same may be aftimied of the clock trade; thousands of
clocks are sold annually where no English eliieks would boi
suitatitmed. If I were asked to point out a remedy for the
depression in the watch trade, I fear it would only be a
partial one. 111 herto we have been sadly deficient in the
subdivbion of labour. This part of the question would
occupy ti o much of your space to discuss it; but permit me
to give you one illustration, and there are very marry like it.
know a finisher who works at home in a garret lOW alone ;
he gets front Ms. to 403. for finishing a watch, but much of
his time is wasted in doing that which a lad at ha. or 10s. per
week could do as well and as quickly. Tine is a great waste
, of valuable labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

A RUSTIC ON "RECIPROCITY !"

(From Ph.)

•
All you nopmfacCrers an finds Trade too free
And "0 es Iteciproety !" hollei'n who be,
I wish up to town you'd been able to go,
hod zes the the fat heists at the Wanton Snow.
ows'ever you all noel the papers peruse,
And study the prints in tie, quetert. a a ell's,
To are will a, uti ILWtoi y our nili Orr.
The pr,tress e've m Ltle in pork, mutton, mei bed.
Above two-mill-twenty year now hove IN lied by
S noe we oii 01. r own Bele, s was ,i,reed to rely,
it had, afore ante o' 300 you, lours wash ro,
To supple NV/. Free Trade in ratio nod col
'Twos said turn to we that was stuck in a rut,
You chaps to ties cartwheel your shouldrrs must put,
It won't do no good for Protection to whine,
You clodpoles and clowns in the Muumuu lire.
We took that advice; we directly turned to,
And soon showed the f •reignem what we could do.
Moor capital throw'd on the soil to be sure,
Improved cultivation, machines, and maitre.
We turned from low (annuli and took unto high,
And soon competiiion cc bola to defy.
Take pattern from we that bas throve luf
All you that's begioune to growl id Free Trade.

•
You copy high format], shun all idle waste.
And try to improve .n de&go, skull, and taste,
Gin gorier attention to ziouer wet art,
And bate every rival bang out o' the ioar!.
Nor don't you Trades' tubas, however you tries
For fair and just wages, wherein p.O ie wise,
Bitch bye-lows for able and quick woiknieu pass
As levels 'em down to the slow-gwiun US.
We did roar like bull-cals es at fun!, It is true,
lint theo grasped our stingnettle ; no, mates. di ycli.
blusher, hut hand and brain put Into it e,
W bat Wa.S.T. for gander no or that'a ilit6o fur goose.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

DR. LIVINGSTONE'S LETTER.

tilt, 30th May, 1360.
My dear Doctor Kirk,—This note
_anus by Musa Kemsals,
Who Wlll einp lase/ h Koarp to drive the buffaloes Ithher,
but, h) overortvir g them uousaleffully I thz sun mot Oitut
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THE WELSH FASTING GIRL.

LORD JOHN MANNERS, M.P., ON
POLITICAL TOPICS.

On Monday evening a cmwded meeting of Conserve- I
dials WWI held in the Temperance Holl, Leicester, I
under the hospices of the Leiceiter Working Men's I
Conservative Association. Mr. C. Brooke, of Enderby
Hall, presided, and the four county menthere and the
leaders of the party in the town and neighbourhood
were i res int. Several resolutions, proposed and
seconded by working men, embodying the principles
and intentions of the Conservative party in the
future, were carried amidst loud cheers. In the
course of the evening the county members addressed
the meeting.
li ird John Manners spoke at sonaelength on the
duty of Conservativem in the present crisie. After
passing a high eologium on the character of the lite
Lord Derby as a statesman and an English gentleman,
and contrasting his conduct for consistency with that
of the present Premier, the noble lord went on to I efer
to the principal topiea occupying public attention at
the present time. He eenoteiceil the Gaverruneut for
disestablishing the claire& in Ireland, contending that
it had tended to produce anarchy instead of good order
in that coniitiy, and congratulated the nieetmg upon
the good results which had followed the paesing o the
110 form Ac; in 1867, which he laid claim 111 a chore in.
The change that hail talcen Voce he Its kot upon
as full of hope and encouragement for the future
working wen would find the conntry party to be
their best friends ut the present miahi, 11,1 they
were in the slays when tidy Ten-hour Factory Bill •as
pawed. Rodical policy had had jut the opposite
effect to that which the Liberal party lied professed it
would base. The trade and commerce of the country
' had been injnred. foreigners were beating us out of the 1
market, and even in the town of Leicester there were
at least two establishments where German filmy-
hosiery goods were sold. Being interrupted by a cry
of "Free trade," the noble lord went on to argue that
up to the present time we had not hod anything of the
sort ; what we had had was the system of free imports.
(Hear, hear.) Years ago Lord George Benthick pro.
phesiel that such a system would fail to satisfy the 1
public mind, and that the reaction would come, not I
from the agricultural classes, but from the manufac-
turing operatives. Although that en ire nt stateeinatt
was in his grave, the prophecy was now fulfilled, for it
NMI from Manchester itseif teat the cry had now con c
1 for a change. Referring to colonial questions, Lord
[ John denounced the conduct of the Radical Goverfl-
:. meat for the apathy which they had shown toward.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

HALESOWEN.

RERIOO4 ACCIDaNT.—On Wednesday last, an ambient
occurred to Mr. Joseph Cooper, mal-ter, of this town.
It appears that Mr. Cooper and a party of gentlemen
had been to a rimming match at Bellirnughton. On re-
turning home, and just after naming Hanley, the horse
shied and the trap was drawn over some attines and
turned over, ejecting all the occupants; and Mr. Coop.
er a thigh broken, and some others alight', injured.
Mr. Sinaham was in immediate attendance aid set the
Icy. and the patient is as well as can be expected.
Tae.spsau,wo IN PURSCIT OF GAVE. At the Petty
Seasions, on Tuesday last, before F. G. Smith and H.
Moore, Rsqra.. Herbert Green and Thomas Hughes were
rimmed with treapafteing on land on the 9th Instant. the
propetty of A. H. Barre, of Haden Hill. &lamed Coley
proved that he maw the two defendants on land at Room-
ier Hill. They had two dogs with them. beating —The
Intendants were further charged with having ferrets and
using dogs for the purpose of catching game. C'oley also
proved the second charge. Defendants were fined 20u
in each ease; in default one month's imprisonment in
each ease.

-
DRUM( Awn Mirrors —Philip LoAhtord was charred
by Saperintendent Overend with being drunk and riot-
nna nn the 11th inst. at Anletnwen. Police ennttable
Itnnwlea proved the ease. Fined le and costs ;in default
14 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-18

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•
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-06

CRADLEY.

ACCIDENT.—On Monday evenicg an accident happened
to au old man named John Hodgetts, residing at Wind-
mill fill, which caused his death. It appears that the
deceased lodgad with his sou, and on the day in ques-
tion the daughter-inelaw hail occasion to leave home on
business, wished -the old gentleman to have his supper
and gs to lied. Tills he declined to do, and a neigh.
hour's child WAS cal'e I in to look after him tdi
daughter-in-hew retaro Very soon aft -r her depar-
ture, he suddenly took it into Ilia he-el to g d, and
had reached the top of the stair,, when lie tech backwards,
and WA head coming in contact with the grate, he was
killed on the spot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-06

"THE TIMES" ON THE IRISH CHURCH
QUESTION.
•

_
Summarising the leading features in the Government
scheme for the Disestablahment and Disendowment of the
Irish Church, which has so long been a bone of contention,
The 7'iwass says:—
We have entered upon a great work. The Minis-
terial plans for putting an end to the Irish Establish-
ment were on Monday night unfolded to an overflowing
House, and, we may almost add, to an overflowing
public. For just three hours did Mr. Gladstone fix the
attention of his hearers while he described the mode of
dealing with the Irish Church proposed by the Govern-
ment. The task was enormous, but it was accomplished
with a skill which could not but excite the admiration
of all who watched the process. Whatever may be
said of the details of the measure, or even of the
principles which have guided the Administration with
reference to some of its cardinal divisions,—and it is
inevitable that much difference of opinion should exist
with respect to such topics,—no one could have
listened t. M (.; adsePne's without admiring the
art of arrangement he displayed. The order oi pro-
cedure was so marshalled that the scheme of the
Ministry was made intelligible to all. . . . The
Disendr;wment of the Irish Church will be immediate
upon the passing of the Ministerial measure. The
moment the Bill becomes law, all the property of the
Establishments—churches, parsonages, glebes, lands,
tithe-rent charges—will vest in a Commission fla heap-
pointed by the Bill, subject to the life interests of ex-
isting incumbents. It is hoped that between the pass-
ing of the Bill and a second date, which may be assumed
to be the Ist of January, 1871, the clergy and laity of the
Irish Church will have constructed an organisation for
themselves—that is to say, will have devised a body
representative both of clergy and laity to administer
the Episcopal Church of the future. The Queen in
Council will be authorised by the Bill to recognise
such a body, provided it fulfils the condition of
being truly representative. Mr. Gladstone lett
entirely undefined the questions who are the laity
to be represented, in what proportions they are to
be represented, and whether their representatives
are to vote apart as in the American Church, or
conjointly with the clerical representatives as in one
or two of our colonies. When the "Governing Beily"
has been formed, the Ministers of the Crown ire to
inquire as a jury whether it is representative, a iply-
ing apparently their own discretion to the niter-
pretation of the phrase. It is thought that or. the
lot of January, 1871., when this Goa erning :Sealy
shall have been formed, it will have completed an
organisasi. 41 for the future providing for the nomina.
tion of Bishops and the appointment of other hum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-06

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SENTENCED TO DEATH!

A PANIC IN LONDON!

There is a positive panic in the Government offices
westward (says a writer in " Echoes "). Several gentle-
men have actually been called upon to show what they
do and why they are receiving salaries! A more be-
wildering inquiry it is impossible to conceive. Of
course it is easy to answer such a question at the Post-
office ; but at the 'War-office and the Admiralty it is a
very different thing. There is a snug little berth at the
Registrar's-office, where you go to a gentleman, and
peeping at him through a small balustrade, tender
him a shilling, the amount of fee stated for perusing
certain documents in connexion with public companies.
He shakes his head at you, and refers you out of
doors, next door, to some shop where they sell stamps
which represent that amount of cash, in which only
payment can be received at the Registrar's Office.
They could not sell these stamps in the office itself.
No! that would be much too straightforward, too
direct and business-like. They do everything "round
the corner" in public offices; so out of doors
and round the corner you must go for your still-
ling stamp. Now for shaking his head at you and
sending you round the corner th‘t young gentleman
has £'2oo per annum, and "rises at the rate of 1210 per
annum." Fancy his having to enter that upon paper
in reply to the inquiries being handed round, followed
up by his examination by a roving commissioner ap-
pointed for the purpose. But let us go on with our
study of the I iegistrar's-office. When you have been
"round the corner" to the widow's, and bought your
stamp, you walk up to another gentleman, who puts
it on a bit of paper and initials it. That is to show he
has received it. For so doing be receives £2OO per
annum, and rises at the rate of RIO a year. Won't he
be puzzled when he comes to till up the commissioner's
barn ? There are a great number of this class of hard-
working gentlemen in the Civil Service. They have
generally got plenty to do, but all the while they are
doing it, and when they have done it all day, and all
the week, and for one-and-twenty years, what does it
amount to? Responsibility! Fudge! Imagine the
responsibility of " initialling " postage-stamps and
giving change for sixpence all day lung at I:250 ts
year!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-03-06

ROWLEY REGIS.

DEATH FROM BURNS.—GROSS NEGLECT OF PARENTS.
—Oll Monday evening, an inquest was held at the Four
Ways Inn, Portway, before Mr. E. Hooper, Coroner, up.
OR the body of a child, one year and nine months old,
named Benjamin Hill. the son of a labourer, also resid-
ing at Poriway. It appear,l that on Saturday morning.
the 20th nit, the child'a mother poured out a cup of tea,
which she placed upon the table for the deceased to
drink. Whilst she turned round, he pulled it over him,
thereby scalding his chest and side. She did not apply
any oils—simply "soap plasters." On the Wednesday
he was much worse, and on the following day, he died.
She (the mother) had intended to take him to a doctor.
Mr. Cooper came on the Thursday, but the child had ex-
pired. The deceased was insured in a club. The Coro-
ner remarked there appeared to have been great neglect
on the part of the child's parents, in not procuring medis
cal assistance, as it was very probable, if they had done,
the child's life might have been prolonged, and perhaps
its health re Am./. The Jury retooled a verdict of" Ac•
eidental death, accelerated by want of proper medical
assistance." Mr. Hooper cialed the snottier into the
room, and gave her a severe reprimanding.
PRESENTATIONS.—The teachers and friends connected
with the Church of England Sunday School held their
quarterly tea meetier on Monday, when they presented
Mr. George Roberts, of Moore Lane, with a handsome
family Bible. and Miss Lousia Roberts with a ladies'
companion, forming a writing desk and work box, in re.
cognition of their realeus and valuable services to the
school during the seven years since it was established.
The presentation was made by Mr. E. Smith, and Mr.
Rubeits responded, on behalf of his sister and himself,
in feeling and apropriate terms. After tea the company
were entevained by Mr. Murray. giving several readings.
Mr. Shore gave two swigs, and the glee party, rendered
good service. Mr. D. W. Phillips presided at the piano,
ard a most enj ayeble evening was spent.