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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

A BALLOON ACCIDENT AT ROUEN.

An alarming balloon accident occurred at Rouen on
Monday. M. Duruof, whose res. . • drowning,
with Mg wire, in the North S: • be remem-
bered, was to tnake an ascent m the line,. accom-
panied by M. Wilfrid de Fon-vielle, ' -' saloon had
scarcely left the ground when it was blown into a tree
and torn in several places ; it then drifted away over
the Seine and began slowly to descend, at last dropping
just in the centre of the iiver. A number of boats
had, however, set off and rescued the travellers, but
the violence of the wind prevented the collapsed
balloon from being saved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

BROMSGROVE.

. .
WDISONTIDE AMUSEMENTS.—Whit-Slonday was a real
holiday in this district. .Neatly.. all the shops in the
town were closed, and work was, pretty. generally
,sos-
pended. A large !Amber Of Ors Ons left the tO\Vri early'
in the morning on;an excursion to Malvern, arranged by
the Mutual Improvement Class in connection with the.
New 'Road Baptist Chapel.; and the' eicursion —and
ordinary trains on the Midland Railway q!iota ,
of passengers. the totvn th 4 tiantsemenfsl;rovided.
by Mr. ' Ccinnard; Crab Mill Inn, and at oilpir gublic
places, afforded amtisement to wany; and anniversary'
dinners at several clahs attracted the inerntorA In' lull
force. At 'Catshill there'll ' alartizs 'a kbod g4thering.,ot.
members of. friendly 'societies'. and .
this year there was no exception, panc4 of n'in;ae Jsod'.
club memberin Peocesiton• were seen in all 'dire.:.tignit,.,
some Of the clubs attending chnreli to 'hear . 'aPrmoni.
-by the vicar, 'and 'other nieniberi a 541044, at
elub: houses .for enjoyment. 'At the LickeY "there 'wei
large gathering notwithstanding the drizzling, rain in the
morning,. the• Weather being 'finer afternoon,. a.tt!l
large -numbers .of persons arriving by t.fie excursion
trains . to Bartit Green from Biimingharn
places. The Old Rose aid Crown Friendly Society, he,l4-
their anniversary; walked VI 'Procession to church,
headed by .the Victoria Limas baud; Rirnain4ham,lind,
after.the service, dined at theirclub house. Old English
sports were provided for the visitors, 'who' nninbered
more than ten thousand. There were races. climbing
the greasy pole, balloon ascents, .117 c. and dancing on.
the green to the music of a quadrille band, which was
highly enjoyed. Altogether the holiday seemed to be
well enjoyed by some thousands of the working and
other classes in this district.
Leem. BOARD MRFAING.—The monthly meeting of
this Board was held on Wednesday, sit the Town Hall.
Mr. Jelfories in the chain—Seine very heavy chequ:s
were signed, including £l,OOO, for purchase of laud, and
£5OO for Messrs. Brazier and Weaver, contract,rs, in
connection with the _sewerage purification works.—The
meting was aftervitirds made special, and Mr.. Sanders,
clerk, read a bitter from the Bev. G. W. Murray. as sec-
retary and treasurer to filo Bronas,„nrove Grammar School,
stating that by the death of Lord Lyttelton a vacancy
had been created in the number of trustees of the school
appointed by the Board. It appeared that the Board had
power to app AEA three trustees, and two had been ap-
pointed.—Mr. Prosser proposed that Baron Amphlett,
from his po ition in the county and neighbourhood, was
a lit person to be appointed. Mr. Green thought th.
Lord Hampton had more time at his disposal than
karou Amphlett, and on that ground proposed that he
should be appointed, but the proposition not being
seconded, it was withdrawn, and Mr. Prosser's proposi-
tion being put, it was carried unanimously.—Mr. Sanders
then called the attention of the:Board to a letter received
during the Board's sitting, troro Messrs, ficott and
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

BURNING OF THE SHIP "KASHGAR."

The British India Steam Navigation Company's
steamer Africa, which arrived in Bombay harbour
lately, brought from Goa the crew of the Kashgar.
From the statement of Mr. Miller' the first officer,
it appears that the Kashgar left Newcastle, New
South Wales, on 23rd January, under the command of
Captain Russell. She was bound for Bombay with
a cargo of coals, and had a crew of 17 men, all
told. At half-past nine o'clock in the evening of the
61 May flames were seen issuing from themf ter part
of the ship. The craw did all in their power to
extinguish the fire, but they could not get at it. Seeing
this, the captain gave orders to make for land. At
this time they were about eighteen miles from Goa, and
were just able to see the lights of the town. The fire
increased so rapidly that
.the captain ordered the boats
to be got ready, and when they were about fifteen
miles from Goa the crew had to abandon the
vessel. At this time the whale of the after part of the
ship was in a blaze. It was fortunate for the crew
that they were so near land, as the fire took place
in the after part of the vessel where all the water
and provisions were stored, and the crew had only
time to save their personal luggage. They landed at
Goa early on Sunday morning, and were brought on
by the Africa. The vessel was consigned to Messrs.
Pella* and Co. The last accounts received about the
Kashgar are that on Monday she was seen by a fishing
boat. Her after part was then burnt down to the
water's edge, but part of her foremast was standing.
So rapidly did the fire spread that the captain had
not even time to unscrew the outer case of his
chronometer, but had to be satisfied with taking the
chronometer itself away.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

PICTURES FRAMED

From the Cheapest and Beat Mouldings.

A NEW SELECTION OF PATTERNS,
Rest English Gold Work.
OX.FOI:D FRAMES, IN OAK
Plain, Stained, or Polished, from 4d. each.
OLEOGRAPHS, CHROMOS,
Colored and Plain Pictures.
SCRAPS AND CUT-OUT RELIEFS.

ARCHER C LARKE,

THE OXFORD FRAMING DEPOT,

71, HIGH STREL7', S7'OUIIBLIDGE.

R. THomsoN,

DRAPER AND CLOTHIER

14 & 15, HAGLEY-STREET,
STOURBEIDG.E.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

AMERICAN EMIGRATION.

The Boston (Massachusetts) Post says :—" During the
last two years the number of outward-boned steerage
passengers by the steamship lines running between this
port and Liverpool has largely exceeded the number
arriving. It was hoped that with the return of Spring
business would have so far improved as to arrest this
!movement, which is evidently draining the country of
its wealth-producince forces. But this hope has not thus
far been realizd. he week before last the outgoing
Canard steamer took 160 steerage passengers, and last
week 205. These returning emigrants consist of two
classe a —those who are suffering from want of remunera-
tive employment and hope to bettor their condition in
the old country, and those who have established them-
selves in business here and have accumulated sufficient
means to enable them to revisit their native land for
the pleasure of the trip, or from motives of social grati-
fication. About 75 per cent, probably belong to the
former class and 25 to the latter. These outward-
bound passengers are, generally speaking, a much
more respectable looking and intelligent set of men
and women than those coming this way, the former
bearing the impress of that culture and refinement
which American society has given them. Melly of
them are as well to do, probably, as some Earopeans
and native Americans who would consider it beneath
their dignity to take passage in the steerage of an
emigrant ship. But some of these people prefer to
travel in this humble way from motives and habits of
economy. A few indigent and worthy persons are
allowed by the company to work their passage on
almost every outward trip. The only in4tance,s of ex-
treme poverty noticed on Saturday (May 13) were two
families from the State almshouse at Monsoo, whose
passage was paid by the authorites. A large portion
of the returning emigrants are women of respectable
appearance, who manifested much attachment to
Yankee land."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

COMING WEATHER.-A WARNING.

The Standard of Tuesday published the following letter :
Sir,—l beg your permisEi )n to sax that a very great
atmospheric distue:lance will occur oh or about the 20tn
to 24th instant, which period may prove inconvenient
to those having hay crops; and, indeA, yachtsmen
will do well to keep a safe port under their lee at the
time mentioned, when we shall surely have rough
weather. The warning applies to the whole of the
northern hemi4phere especial' y, but will be felt more
or less throughout the world. I have so often explained
(in these ewes) the 'why and wherefore" that I will
not now seek to occupy your valuable, space unneces-
sarily. lam the more anxious about seamen, because
in these luni-solar gales the barometer is not to be
always relied on. How long after the 24th the dis-
turbance may last no man can safely predict. We may
look for a high flow of the Thames on the 24th ; this,
however, will be much influenced by the direction of
the wind, but precautions would be prudent.—l have,
S. M. SAXBY, R N.
June 5.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

LIOIJOR SELLING IN NEW YORK.

The enforcement of some laws in the United States
is very unevenly managed (writes the Philadelphia
correspondent of The Tames). Statutes are permitted
to slumber for years, and are then unexpectedly re-
vived with startling effect. In New York there is a
law against liquor selling on Sunday which no one has
thought of for a long while, but the attention of the
Police Commissioners being called to it, they suddenly
determined last Sunday to enforce. Liquor selling,
which had been a free and unfettered American insti-
tution, was, to the astonishment of all, suddenly
prohibited, and the police force scoured New York
to capture violators of the long-forgotten statute.
In some cases warning was given, so that the
saloon keepers closed their bars, but there never-
theltss were over 500 arrests made of liquor
sellers, with whose cases the police magistrates had to
deal next day. The commotion this procedure has
caused may be imagined, for New York is a com-
munity that is more stirred by this kind of interference
with its settled habits than by the greater events that
move the nation. The legal enforcement, if persisted
in, may stop the flow of Sunday liquor in New York,
but the thirsty population of that town merely cross
to New Jersey for relief. The left bank of the Hudson
has different rulers from the right bank, and whilst
New Jersey has the same prohibitory Sunday liquor
selling statute, it does not secure the same enforce-
ment. Hence the saloon keepers of the New Jersey
towns on the Hudson are anticipating a harvest on
Sundays hereafter, the thought of which almost makes
the New York publicans grieve with envy.
In Philadelphia there is a similar law against Sunday
liquor, which is enforced by closing the front door of
the saloon and opening the back door. In the new por-
tion of the town, near the Exhibition enclosure, the
violations ( f the law ara much more flagrant. A
myriad of bars are in full and open operation all day
Sunday without any attempt at concealment. The
people who want the Exhibition open on Sundays go
out there in thousands to peep through the fence,
and then assuage their grief at the saloons on the
opposite side of the street. Last Sunday great crowds
engaged in this business, and the liquor shops had a
thriving trade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

BROMEKIROVE SCHOOL.

J. P. S. Higgs, c Green, bIE. Clifton 3
W. Loveridge, b C. Oates
F. W, Ward, 1 b, b C. Oateo 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-10

GERMAN COAL AND IRON.

--
Germany is becoming a formidable rival to this
country in the production of two of the most important
articles of commerce, viz., coal and iron. Where ten or
fifteen years ago, the principal seaports of Germany
drew their chief supplies of coal from England, the
proportion of British and German fuel so consumed is
now less than half; while in the interior, and especially.
in the Westphalian and Rhenish coal-producing dis-
tricts, German coal is alinosteschisively used. Reports
from British consuls in German towns unanimously
assert that this falling off in the consumption of British
coal in Germany is owing in a very great measure to
the high price which has lately been maintained. Ger-
man coal is much inferior to our own produce, being
softer, and more liable to rapid deterioration; but its
price is so low as to more than compensate for the
want of economy in its use. The German rail-
ways have recently reduced their rate for the carriage
of native coal, and thus given a great impetus to the
colliery interest. It seems' therefore, to be a question
of price, whether England is to retain Germany as a
customer for her "black diamonds," or whether be is
to lose the benefit of her orders. The English article
will always have the preference on account of its
superior quality; but, in the days of competition espe-
cially, low prices will always rule the market. As with
' 1877, the duty on
such a remission is
coal, so it is with iron. The manufacture of iron in
Germany has lately progressed with such great strides
that the imports from abroad have been seriously de-
fporrees
isgend
iron
nd
willthough a on
iJe
ha:du:
ar yn
d 1
generally followed by a large increase in the import
of any article, it is hardly anticipated that the trade
will revive. Within the last two or three years the
imports of British iron, manufactured and unmanu-
textured, into the principal German ports, have fallen

some 50 and 75 per cent. On the contrary, the ex-
ports have increased in some cases 100 per cent. The
number of iron mines in Germany in 1871 was 1,228,
producing 4,000,000 tens of iron. In 1873 the number
had risen to over 1,500, and the produce to 6,000,000.
The year 1874 saw a relapse in the trade which had
thus suddenly grown to such dimensions. This col-
lapse was mainly owing to the fact that the markets
became overstocked, and natural stagnation ensued.
But tho manu'acture of iron ware has gone on steadily
increasing, and, instead of importing, Germany is
able to take her place as a considerable exporter of iron
ware.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

THE IRON TRADE.
WOLYERIIAMTON, WEDNESDAY.

Hardly so encouraging a view of trade was
expressed this afternoon as was noticeable a
week ago. Upon the whole, however, the mills
and forges have more work in hand than for
some weeks past, and the arrivals of pigs are
considerable. This afternoon, likewise, there
was a considerable enquiry for foundry pigs.
rha quotations for such products were from £2.
15s. to £3., and for special qualities £3. 10s.
Forge samples were unaltered, and best finished
iron was strong, but inferior very weak.
Coal is cheap for the miscellaneous qualities,
and the competition is bringing quotations down
to zero. Owing to the competition, and the con-
sequent very low prices, pits which were opened
when the prices went up so conspicuously are
being closed every week. Still there are no
indications of quotations stiffening for such kinds
The money which has to be paid for the good
household samples obtained from Cannock
Chase and thereabouts is still very high, and the
colliery owners demand their own terms, not-
withstanding that scarcely half work can be
found for the men. High as this coal now is, it
will be higher a few months hence. It is plainly
intimated to customers that probably with
August prices will be put up. The consumers
of the Dudley thick coal likewise complain that
prices are higher by comparison with the quota-
tions for thin coal, and express their satisfaction
at the prospects of competition from the West
Bromwich side. The output from the Sandwell
Park pits will by-and.bye be enormous ; and if to
success at Sandwell should be added success on
the diampstead Zstate, the pre-eminence of
Dudley in this class of minerarwill be challenged
—whether successfully or not, the further
development of both localities will determine.
The future of the coal trade about the Bilsten
district is not improved by the appearances this
afternoon, when the promoters of the petition
adverse to the operation of the Mines Drainage
expressed their conviction that before the time
when it will be necessary to send it in the docu-
ment will have possessed the legal force requisite
to the cutting off that district from the rest of
the drainage area. Such a result the market
would greatly deplore, for it would be
irrecoverably disastrous to the Bilston and
Wolverhampton neighbourhood. Apart, however,
from that petition, the state of things brought
out in the notice of Messrs. Sparrow, to stop the
Stow Heath pumps, was declared to forebode
grave results to the sane portion of South Staf-
fordshire; unless an amount of voluntary aid
should be forthcoming to supplement the rates
of the Commissioners, which is not at present
promised.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

LOWER GROUNDS, ASTON PARK

THESE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS OPEN DAILY.

GRAND DISPLAY of SPRING FLOWERS.

BOATING on the Lake, which has been very much
enlarged and filled with spring water fit for Bathing as
well as Boating.

SYNYER and GILMER'i splendid BAND ovary
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATURDAY, from 3
till 8.

The NEW SKATING RINK Open Daily, for Thee
Exercises—viz., 11 till 1 ; 2.30 till ; 7 till 11.30.
POUNTNEY'S BAND will Play on the Rink EVERY
EVENING and on FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.
Admission to Rink, 6d.; hire of Skates, 6d.
Admission to Grounds, 3d. each.
H. G. QUILTER, PROPRIELOR.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

OLD HILL.

DurimmEss.—At the Police Court, on, Wednesdiiy,
before Messrs. R. L. Freer and N. Bingley, James -May-
field was charged with using profane language on the.
4th just, at o,d Hill. Police-constable, Sylvester proved
the case, and defendant was fined la And. costs,,_ De.
fendant was further charged with being.drunk and.dis-.
orderle.) on the sth just, at Old Hill. Police;constable
Kettle proved the case and defendant Was fined 5s end
costs. Mr. Waldron defended.
ASSAULT CASlS.—Thomas Siddaway, wits.,Cdiarged with
assaulting Caroline Siddaway,his wife. on the 30th ult.
Complainant said her husband struck her several times
on the body on the above date, and threatened to throw
her out of the window. Defendant was fined 28 6d and
eosts.—Sarah Siddaway was charged with assaulting
Caroline Siddaway on the Ist inst. After. hearing • the
evidence the Bench dismissed the case. •

Wo-mtitsse Quannzu.s.—Mary Ann Bridgewater was
charged with assaulting Elizabeth Payne on the Bth inst
Mr. Hayes, innr. appeared for complainant. and Mr.
catddison defended. Defendant was fined 2s and 6d and
oats. _ .

BRUTAL Assamr.—William Boxer, Henry Boxer,
Charles Siviter, George Molbowin, Joseph Taylor, Mary
Boxer, and Martha Rushton were charged with assault-
ing Sarah Wright on the 3rd inst. Mr. W. Hayes, jun.
appeared for complainant, and Mr. Addison defended.
prom the evidence of complainant, her husband, and son.
it appears that on the night in question about half-past
eleven, the son and father were at supper and the mother
had just gone upstairs. The door was suddenly burst
open by the defendants who all rushed into the house.
The tables, chairs. and pictures were smashed t ) pieces,
and complainant and her husband and son were
.severely
Assaulted by defendants. The father and son were Atrulk
and kicked until they became insensible, and complainant
was very severely beaten. Police-constable Wickitead
said he saw complainant's house on the ,above date, ad
the tables and chairs were smashed. He saw complain-
ant who appeared agitated and her hair was pulled about.
The husband and son were both bleeding. The door was
burst off the hinges, and the place was nearly wrecked.
For the defence, a number of witnesses were called, who
said they saw James Wright, the husband, on his door-
stspoyith a poker in hie bands and he was -challenging
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

PHCE NIX FIRE OFFICE.

ATR. GEORGE PERRY, Solicitor, Agent
I.IA. for Stourbridge, begs to remind the public that
the PIICENIX was for many years the only Fire Otlice
that kept a FIRE ENGINE in the town, and to inform
them that it still keeps one there.
For the keys of the Engine House, apply at the Talbot
Hotel; or to Thos. Robinson, Letter Cutter, Enville
street, the engineer; and for Terms of Insurance, apply
to the Agent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

NOTICE.

ALL Persons baring any CLAD.' against the
Committee of St. Thomas's Schools, Scourbridge,
to June 30 next, are requested to send same to me on or
before 3rd prox. No Claim will be entertained unless
sent in by that date.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

LOGICAL DEMONSTRATION.

The Temperance Demonstration on Whit Monday
in Hyde Park was a very numerous one. This is grati-
fying. Its nuenbers have multiplied since, no doubt.
Cardinal Manning is reported to have said that every
one who turns a Temperance-man makes three other
Temperance-men. Turning Temperance-man is your
way to promote Temperance. Such demonstrations as
, the Hyde Park Temperance Demonstration demonstrate
that Temperance, and not drunkenness as fabulists
assert, is on the increase. It is reasonable to hope that
Temperance will go increasing amongst the masses, as
it has increased among the higher orders, until it pre-
vails. Temperance far& da se. Monster Temperance
Demonstrations prove in the meanwhile that, inas-
much as the people are fast taking to temperance of
their own accord, there is not the slightest reason
whatever for trying to make them sober by Act of
Parliament. Success to Monster Temperance Demon-
strations !—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

STO URI:1141.0G H.
IMPORTANT AND EXTF,NSIVE SALE OF
VALUABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTIES,
IN THE CENTRE OF THE BUSINESS PART OF
THE TOWN ; ALSO TWO COTTAGES AT EIMER.

Masai's.
(TES. PERRENS. :and WOOLDRIDGE
v-1 have the pleasure .to announce that they are
favoured with instructions from the Trustees of the late
William Shutt, Esquire, to submit to competition, atithe
AUCTIOX MART, No. 102, Mau STREET, STOIIRDRIDGM,
OR FRIDAY, the 7th day of July, 1876, at Five for Six
o'clock in the Afternoon, subject to Conditions then to
he read, the following Valuable and Extensive Freehold
PROPERTIES, viz:—
At Stourbridge, that Capital BUTCHER'S SHOP,
with the Stabling, Slaughter House, the Posting Estab-
lemma, and Premises, situate in and Wg large
outage to New Street. a House, adjoining, fronting
ZtNew Street, Two Other HOUSES adjoining, with
-mopping, having a large frontage to New ssreet, •
Capital Warehouse and Stable at the back of the fore-
With the Yard, Outbuildings, and Garden, occupied
-1 Mr. W. H. Penney, a COTTAGE GARDEN, ;scut-
Ve.cis,l3, Mr. W. Pugh, and a Quantity of BUILDING
now occupied as Gardens, extending to the
b`teruplands. This Property is set out upon a Printed
'lap, and is divided into 6 lots. Those Commuiding
&ad Extensive Business Premises in High Street adjoin-
jug the Market Hall, and having a Large Side Frontage
t• New Street, comprising a FRONT SHOP, Roomy
Store and ether Cellars, Hall and Staircase, Three Living
11°°Ins, Nine Bed Rooms and suitable Domestic °flees,
Occupied by Mr. William Henry Penney as a Grocer's
bbnl) and Wine Merchant's Stores; Your Capital
ROUSES and Premises, in Market Street, with good
frontage thereto, and adj•ining the Bell Hotel, occupied
b
Sergeant Walker and others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

ADDRESS TO ANIMALS' FRIENDS.
(From Punch.)

The work of Legislation asks the guidance of reflection.
Consider what you mean to interdict as "Vivisection,"
1 A cruelty to animals revolting to morality;
The cutting of a thing endowed with sentient vitality 2
Firstly, what is a living thing, defined in sense contracted,
Within the meaning of the Bill proposed to be enacted ?
Me fishes living things, trout, eels, cod, salmon, skate, John
Dory?
Lie reptiles, frogs, toads, tadpalas too, in live thing
category?

Do molluscs, and Annelidce, with all Articulate
Or is your measure only to tuclude the Vertebrate I
Must beetles and cockchafers still continue unprotected,
E'en without a pain-assuaging &prosthetic vivisected?
Neit, what call you Vivisection? Simply cutting things with

life in 'em?
Don't you reckon lacerating full as bad as putting knife in

'em?
not shooting them for pastime Vivisection, and, in fact, is
Not hunting them to death an as objectionable practice?
Are crimping cod and skinning eels alive not on a parity
With any Vivisection for the matter of barbarity?
Live lobsters what or boiling, too, with purpose, for apology,
No better than experiments of use in physiology?
In a movement of pure sympathy withbrute3 against brutality
Not for a moment fancy we the slightest unreality I
But, hear we net an outcry of a special indignation
'Gainst that mode of Vivisection which subserves investiga.

ton?
' Twould seem there's an impluslve and emotional alit=
Amongst the men of sentiment against the men of science.
You talk of the atrocittes committed by Professors.
Are Gun Club "Swelis " less heinous, more excusable trans.
gressors
What of live bait impaled on hooks—old Isaak Walton's

habit?
Is it crueller to cut up a live guinea-pig or rabbit?
And do we owe a duty to our lobworm and our gentle,
Which we can only violate by torts exper;m3ntal ?
'Gainst Vivisection legislate—but not without improvement
On the limited intention of a too specific movement.
Give all animals from cruelty all possible protection ;
Don't merely try to hamper scientific Vivisection.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

FREE EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.

Free Passages are granted by the Government of
Queensland as under—
To General Servants, Cooks, Housemaids, Nurses, Dairy
Maids, Sle.
Wages £25 to £5O a-year all found.
To Married and Single Farm Labourers.
Wages £3O to £5O a-year with board and lodging.
Assisted Passages on payment of .E 4 to

Artizans (all kinds)
Blacksmiths
Carpenters and Joiners
Butchers
Bookbinders
Bakers
Bricklayers
Cabinet Makers
Gardners
Grooms

Saddlers
Plasterers,
Plumbers and Painters:
Quarrymen
Rope Makers
Shoemakers
Shipwrights I
Shepherds
Tailors and others

At Wages about double English Rates.

Each Ship carries an experienced Surgeon & Matron.
Families have separate sleeping compartinent.
Work can be carried on in the openair all the year round
Beef and Mutton 3d a-lb.; Tea 2s 6d a-lb ; Flour
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

At i
GOOD ADVICE.

Writing to the miners' agent for North Staffordshire in re-
ference to the impending reduction of wages, on which his
advice had been asked, Mr. A. Macdonald, M.P., counsels
the men to accept the masters' terms, and adds :
"I fondly hope there will not be one man found so
extravagant, so unreasoning, as to propose that you
should go on strike at the present moment. What is
the spectacle all around? On every hand, not in
mining alone, but in every department of labour,
there is a cry ,pf depression, and almost a universal
complaint of the want of trade. On the conti-
n, nt of Europe everything is dark ; the coal
and iron trades are in a most pitiable condi-
tion. In America all branches of industry suffer;
the wages in most of the mining districts are lower
than they were before the war. There is no work in
that state of things. At home what do we see? Last
week the manufacturers of woollen stuffs in Lseds
agreed to run their factories on short time. The em-
ployers of Lancashire in the cotton trads, in some of
the large districts, have also been obliged to place their
hands on short time, prices being ruinous. If, there-
fore, you were to strike in such circumstances, you
would be perpetrating an act of folly for which
there could be no palliation, and for which, in my
mind, there could be no atonement. With the
first two coursea open (accepting the reduction or
going 0 arbitration), any one who would for a
moment ask the men to submit to the terrible ordeal
of a strike ought to be execrated and shunned by.
every honest man, If any one is so unwise, so ignor-
ant of the true state of things in this country, as to
appeal to the popular passion, he would no doubt have
the loud hezzhh and the popular cheer, but his
triumph, or their triumph, would he gained only for a
moment; he or they would live to be shunned and de-
tested for advice which could only end in misery and
wretchedness to all concerned. Hundreds of ships are
lying idle at the present moment for the want of trade;
ships that were built at £2O per ton can he bought to-
day for £6. Tnis applies to several other forms of
trading.'
At the recent conference of the National Miners'
Union, at Manchester, Mr. MacclOnard said he had
never seen such a state of things existing for the last
30 years as the present condition of the coal and iron
trade' and, bad as things were in England, they were
much worse abroad. The clothing of the workmen's
children in many parts of America was nearly all gone,
and they had to be kept from school in consequence.
Every mining district should avoid strikes; no strike
could possibly do any good. He advised workmen to
make the beat of their small earnings. No doubt a
silver lining was within the dark cloud, but he was
afraid the time was not near at hand when the dark
cloud would burst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

MORE PANICS.

The Milliners and Modistes are in a state of panic.
because while this cold, weather last, they cannot sell
their summer costume 3.

A panic prevails among a number of match making
mammas, who fear they will be left with their
daughters on their hands, through the dulness of the
season.
Mr. William Sikes and several of his pals are ex-
periencing a panic through a rumour which hais
rlached them that policemen on night duty, instead of
their noisy, heard.afar-off boots, will in future wear
goloshes.

A panic is beginning to Bet in among our Cooks,
who fear the badness of trade generally will reduce the
price of Kitc'aenstuff.

There are symptsms of a panic among Foreign
Elotel-keep3rs, lest Messieurs Brown, Jonee, and
Robinson, and many hundreds of their countrymen,
who have been hard hit by "Turks," should find they
really can't aff.)rd their usual tour next autumn.
Mr. John Thomas is in a dreadful state of panic,
through a report that some two thousand carriages
have been given up el= season, and a doubt whether
ere long he may be reduced to walk.—Ptoich.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

a-cwt. ; Sugar 3d. a-lb.

Apply personally or by letter to Agent-General for
Queensland, 32, Charing Cross, London, S.W.; or to
A. W. BEALE, Commercial Sale Rooms,
Kidderminster.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

ERRANT BABIES.

Foreigners who may happen to be wandering about
Paris just now without any particular object, bad
better beware how they give way to their feelings of
generous humanity. They will very likely find
their attention attracted, as they take their walks
abroad, to some of the prettily attired babies which
are to be seen in every public place in Paris.
They will, no doubt, commend, and may justly envy,
the superior taste with which these little people are
dressed, and they may even go so far as to admire
thp quiet carelessness with which the nurses abandon
the care of their charges in favour of some Adonis
of the Palais Royal or the Champs Dye6ts. But let
them not go the length of assisting these domestic
Arguses in looking after their precious protégés. , If
they do, they may find themselves encumbered with a
family of which it is not at all easy to rid themselves.
It appears by the French papers that the practice is
still in full vogue of requesting strangers to hold the
baby for a few moments while the mamma starts on a
voyage of amusement. From this journey she is ex-
ceedingly fond of forgetting to return, in which case
the temporary substitute finds himself or herself
saddled with an incumbrance for which he or she little
bargained. This desire of the French mother, to dis-
pose of her offspring shows at all events that the
country is not discouraged by the falling off in its
population. But it is none the less troublesome to
those who are expected to provide for the surplus
offspring of these unpatriotic parents. English people
are not unlikely to be made victims. They are all
supposed to be good.natured and rich, so that a baby
more or less will not be thought to add much to their
trouble. They are probably, however, of a different
opinion, and had better not be too eager to take charge
even of the most promising infants.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

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addition thereto, and in no manner in contravention of
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20. In these Byelaws the words "Gunpowder,"
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

SEED.

LONDON Monday, June 12.—A, few s%raggling order i for
Cloverseed drop in from the country, which are secured with
difficnity far want of supply, little English or foreign remain-
ing over, and of Trefoil only inferior qualities remain unsold
Tares were ofVred freely, but few buyers, and prices still
tend downwards. Dutch Hempseed was in pod request, at
very full rates. Capiusyseed could be bought for less money,
the demand being limited and prices still point lower. White
Mustardseed was saleable on former terms. Brown was
scarce, and for want of fine qualitieshardly any sales effected.
Elf;bah Rapeseed enquired for, and a little offering; prices
are high for line qualities. East-India samples are very des:r
also.

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of Normandy last week, and prices declined about 45. per .4 / •,'1••1*
cwt. The supplies of Jerafy being short there was little. ~r....r.;,...4.40•L
change in value. Best Dutch advanced about 85..--say to „Li
112 t to 114 s. In Irlsh but few transactions in Corks. The
Bacot) market ruled firm ; more business done io the ben
dtsoriptions, both of Irish a.nd Hamburg. American singed' .
sides offering at 525. to 545. • •
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Butter, per cwt. : s. s. Cheese, per dwt. : a a
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Ditso Beef Ditta 403. 61. ~
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GAME AND POULTRY. • .
71, to lls. 61; fowls, 21 to 5s ; chickens, 2. M.
to 48, 61.. ducks, '
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n .7eons, th to is. ; rabbits, is. 61. to 21. Si.; wild ditto, 91,
i,'•-j.,.. 2.,t.; bares, 23.9 d. to 4s. 62.; haunches of venison, Ms.
to Ns. each; tirequarters of ditto, Ild. to 18.21. peril,.

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FISH.
Salmon, ls. 21. to Is. GI. per lb. ; soles, 1.5..61. to 4s. pr
pair: mac2er€l, 2s. to 2s. 31 per dozen; p:alce, 18e to 203,
pr basket, turbot, 65 t ) 13s. each: boaters 55. to 75 64,
per hundred ; grilse, is. id. to is. 41 per lb ; lobsters, 101.
to 235. per dozen; crabs, 365. to 441. per MV; native oysters,
115 6d. to 205. per hundred; brill, is. 61. to 2s 31. each ;
3.3. to a. per score; whiting, Es. to 12s. rer basket.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE,

Impulsive friends of the British labourer are fond
of suggesting a voyage to the Antipodes as a sovereign
specific for all the ills to which his flesh is heir. If
farmers do not feel disposed to raise wages in the, face
of a falling market for the products of their fielo.s, or
squires decline to divide their broad acres into minute
allotments, Hodge is recommended to seek the plea-
sant land of the wombat. There he will have un-
limited " damper " at all hours; there juicy kangaroo
steaks and platypus pies ara viands within the reach of
all horny-handed ones. As for beef and mutton, such
food is beneath the notice of the Australian
labourer, and is therefore exported in tins to
poor old England. A pretty picture ; un-
happily, it seems to have a reverse ei Is. Some-
times labour is as scant in Australia as among us, so
that if a man desires to satiefy his appetite on opossum,
he must catch the animal for himself. A paragraph in
the Queensland Times mentions that a deputation of
labouring men recently waited on the mayor of Ips-
wich with a representation of their utterly forlorn con-
dition. Between last Christmas and the middle of
March they had only managed to obtain work during
a single week. It may per'aaps be imagined that this
failure resulted from their demanding exceptionally
high wages. The Australian labourer, like his cam-
peer at home, sometimes complains of a want of em-
ployment because masters refuse to pay an exorbitant
price for his services. In the instance in question this
was not the case, the men offering to accept 12s. a
week i( the mayor would find them some work. On
that meagre pittance they might perhaps have existed
until the cloud turned its silver lining, although a
shilling does not go so far at the Antipodes as in Eng-
land. It is true that a man could live very cheaply,
If he would be &intent with pine-apples and tobacco.
A Brisbane journal quotes the former at is. to is. 63.
per dozen, and the latter at about the same rates per
pound in bond. But bacon commands from is. 2d. to
is. 83. a pound, and is very sca-ce even at those prices,
Taking it altogether, the position of a labourer in
Queensland does not appear so remarkably affluent as
to be worth seeking at such a distance. Nor can the
society of gins and the nocturnal serenades of miscel-
laneous dingoes be considered improvements on the
state of things in the old country. Such novelties may
have their charms for a time, but like an incessant
dietary of pine-apples and pig-tail, they are apt to
prove cloying in the long run.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

TORPEDO EXPERIMENTS.

A series of fresh experiments, to test the effect of
torpedoes on the bull of the Oberon, was made on Mon-
day at Farebam Creek, the noith-western arm of
Portsmouth Harbour. The ship was moored at about
400 yards from the shore in 11. feet of water, and throe
charges were fired against her. No 1 was a Harvey
torpedo, containing 66 pounds of gunpowder', primed
with the laboratory bolt and case, fined with gun
powder, and to be ignited by means of a powder fuse
to be fired ele.trically, and placed on the starboard
bow. The centre of the torpedo was placed 9i feet
below the surf ace and 3 feet from the nearest point of
the vessel's side. No. 2 was a rectangular iron case,
containing 33 pounds of slab gun-cotton, 25 per cent.
of water being added, and was placed on the port side,
the centre of the charge being 4 feet distant, and 9i
feet below the surface. No. 3 was similar to the last,
the charge being, however, 331 b. granulated gun-
cotton, 25 per cent, of water added, and was placed on
the starboard side.

All three charges were fired simultaneously by means
of A dynamic machine, under the superintendence of
Captain Htneage, R.E., assisted by Lieutenant
Rhodes, R.E , and a small party of Royal Engineers.
The result was a loud explosion, followed by a great
upheaval of water. The Oberon swayed slightly to
and fro, and then began to settle down aetein. She
VMS at once grounded, and was then found to have
shipped a large body of water. It was not expected
that the Harvey torpedo would do any material
damage but it was found that the rivets in the
plates in its immediate vicinity had been started.
Further aft, however, as was anticipated, much mis-
chief had been done. Water was rushing through the
sides of the ship, and a rent was discovered on either
side, opposite Nos. 2 and 3 charges. The roof of a
wooden house had bien lifted, heavy iron bodies were
scattered about, and the deck started in several places.
It was believed that the greatest amount of damage
hal been caused by the explosion of gun-cotton, but
this will be ascertained upon a minute examination.
A large number of naval cfficers were present, in-
cluding representatives of France, Germany, Austria,
and several other countries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

_ACE, RIBBONS, VELVETS, FEATHERS,

FLOWERS, BONNET SHAPES, &c., C.

Mrs. NV. C. hopes by strict personal attention to
business to meri a share of public patronage.

sruNw BONNETS CLEANED, DYED. AND

ALTERED TO LNY SHAPE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

MILLINERY, HOSIERY, DRAPERY
I AND

HABERDASHERY ESTABLISHMENT,

' 126, HIG ii-STREE I', STOUEBRIDGE.

MRS.

W. CLIFF

liege to iaferni the Ladies of Stourbridge and District
that sha has taken to the above premises, and has
re.opeg,:d them after extt:nsive alterations, with a Choice
S Lock of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE DEATH
OF ABDUL AZIZ.
The following is a translation of the official report of the
ph3sicians who were summoned to examine the body of the
late Suttee :

"In a lower room of the guard house adjoining the
Imperial Palace) of Tcheragan we found a body lying.
on a mattress placed upon the floor, and covered by a
new linen cloth. Upon removing the covering we
recognised the body as that Of the ex-Sultan Abdul-
Az.z. Every part of the body was colel and bloodleei,
pele,aud covered with coagulated blood. Thera was
no rigidity, the eyelids were partly open, the cornea
slightly opaque, and the mouth half closed. Upon re-
moving the linen bandages from the arms we found a
little below the bend of the left arm an opening five
centimetres in extent and three in depth. The
edges of the wound were jagged and irregular; the
direction of the wound downwards and from without.
The veins in this regi in were cut, and the cubical
artery was open for three parts of its internal diameter.
In the bend of the right arm we found a wound in a
slightly oblique direction, also jagged, of two centi-
metres in extent and one and a half in depth. In this
place only the smaller veins had been touched, the
arteries being intact. A pair of scissors was produced
to us ten centime :res long, very sharp, and having
upon one of the blades a small lateral knob towards the
point. The scissors were stained with blood, and we
were told that it was by means of that instrument that
the ex Sultan had inflicted upon himself the wounds
described above. We then proceeded to the residence
of the deceased ex Sultan, where we were shown a
vast chamber looking upon the sea. We found
there, upon the corner of a sofa, placed near a window,
a pool of blood, and upon the matting on the
the floor was a large quantity of coagulated
blood in one mass, with several smaller pitches
in other places near it. From the above facts, we are
unanimously of opinion-1, that the death of the ex-
Sultan Abdul Aziz was caused by hemorrhage pro-
duced by injuries to the vessels in the bends of the
arms; 2, that the instrument produced to Us was per-
fectly adapted to effect such wounds; 3, that the direc-
tion aLd nature of the wounds as well as the instru-
ment wilich might have effected them lead us to the
conclusion of suicide. Signed by Drs. Marco, Nonni,
A. Sotto (Me lecin Attaché h bile et Royale
Arobassade d'Autriche- Hongrie!, S'parY,nolo, Marc
Markel, Jatropoulo, Abdinour, S rvet, J. de Cvtro,
A. Marroin, Jules Millingen' C. Caratbcoiory, G. Ti.
Dickson (Me iecin do l'Ambassade d'Augleterre), O.
Vitalis (Medecin de l'Administration Sinitaire),
E iouard Spadarn, J. Nour:djian, Miltiade Bey,
Moustapha, Mehemet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

THE HISTORY OF A SENSATION.

Monday.—A whisper at the Clubs.
Tuesday.—A murmur in the Park.
Wednesday.—A paragraph in the Papers.
Thurs lay.—A Question in the House.
Friday.—A leader in The Times.
Saturday.—A Government inquiry.—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-17

A FRENCH MANUFACTURING TOWN..

The town of Mulhausen has been in fete for some
days, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the great
cotton-3plnning establishment of MM. Dollfus, Mieg,
and Co., at DJrnach, founded in 1826. At the begin-
ning of the century the town had hardly 5,000 inhabit-
ants, while, according to the last census, the popula-
tion is 65,000. It has no less than 83 factories, worked
by 286 steam engines, of a total power of 7,000 horses.
Among them are eleven cotton mills, three wool-spin-
ning, twelve cotton weaving, eleven calico printing, ten
machine factories, four breweries, five steam saw mills,
three cylinder factories, three starch factories. &c. The
most important of those is that of MM. DJllfus, a
visit to which was an item in the programme. On -
that day was inaugurated a railway in the intetior of •
the factory of more than a kilometre in length, by it
breakfast given to 350 guests. M. Jean DoWile; the
chief of the firm, was the object of an enthusiastic
ovation, which was addressed, not only to the eminent
manufacturer, but to the former Mayor of Mulhausen,
who knew how to preserve the dignity of the town
during the terrible trial of 1870. A fitting close to the I
day was a visit to the Cit 6 Oavriere, of which he was
the creator, and the remarkable organisation of which
Is so well known.

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