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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS

For all Diseases affecting the Sion a(1, I ;7
Kidneys, and Bowels. •
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the stomach, liver, and bowels. They do not distress
the system, or weaken the frame, but thoroughly invigo-
rate the digestive organs, gently excite the stomach and
liver, stimulate:the kidneys to perform their functions
ethoiently, , and act upon the bowels without griping or
say other annoyance.

Diseases peculiar to Women.
There is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for cor
rotting the ailments • peculiar to females. Their very
iid and psinless action highly recommends them to
OF they may be taken with safety for
y iriegula; ,i tie system. Any mother, nurse, or
your persor, kiy the directions which accompany
sash box of iL y Pills, has at once available means
for checiv.ng aisease,Turifying the blood, and expelling
tr,,tu th? system all gross humours._
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

AN EXTRAORDINARY PREDICAMENT.

" L'oecasion fait le /arron," and opportunity makes
the gambler also (remarks the Evening Standard). Oa
Thursday, at the corner f the well-known Boulevar.i
Sebastopol, an upholsterer's van going at full trot got
its wheels entangled with those of a fiacre corning in
the opposite direction. The fiacre was literally turned
upside down, and the first anxiety of the crowd, which
assembles more rapidly in Paris than in any other city
when there is any thing going on, was to ascertain if
there was a " fare " inside, and whether any ose was
hurt. Two terrified heads appearing simultaneously
at either window of the vehicle answered the first ques-
tion in the affirmative, and the second in the negative.
It being impossible to open the doors, it was necessary,
in order to liberate the prisoners, to take out one of
the panels of the fiacre. The male oc.3epsnt, an
elderly provincial, was speedily hauled out; but not so
his portly wife, whose position, half in half out of the
aperture, might have justified her echoing Hamlet's
wish that her " too too solid flesh" would melt.
As, however, the bourgeoise was unacquainted with
Shakespeare she confined herself to uttering a series
of "Mon Dieus" with such a comical distress that
the bystanders, seeing all danger wa3 past, inclidged
freely in the hilarity her ludicrous position inspired.
The husband, naturally anxious to free his spouse
from her awkward situation, began tugging firmly
at the upper and visible portion of the unfortunate
lady. Beta were freely offered and taken as to the re-
sult, and the excitement ran as high in its way as upon
the Chantilly race course. So intent, indeed, were the
spsctators upon the Issue that the poor womsn might
have remained some time longer wedged in had not is
sergent de vine arrived to the aid of the perspiring hus-
band; the aperture was enlarged, much to the disgust
of the betting-ring; the stout lady, carefully hoisted
out, went on her way vowing never to trust herself in
a fiacre again, and the crowd dispersed, indulging in
liberal abuse of the sergent de vine, whose interference
had spoiled the fun.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

We may mention that the number of ships re-
ported is in excess of the number of casualties,
because in cases of collision two or more ships
are involved in one casualty.

From the following list, showing the parts of
the coasts on which the wrecks and casualties on
and near the coasts of the United Kingdom
happened during the year 1874-5 it will be seen
that, as usual, the greatest number occurred on
the East Coast. East Coast, 1(360; South Coast,
549 ; West Coast, 977; N. and W. Coast of Scot-
land, 77; Irish Coast, 292; Isle of Man, 23;
Lundy Island, 8; and Scilly Isles, 4. While,
how-3ver, the greatest number of wrecks happened
on the East Coast, the greatest loss of life during
the past nine years- and a half took place on the
West Coast.

It appears that the total number of shipping
casualties in rivers in the year 1874-5 was 948, of
which 21 were total losses.

The collisions numbered 552, founderings 23,
stramlings 216, and miscellaneous 127.

As regards collisions on and near the coasts
during the year 1874-5-27 of the 659 which took
place off the coasts of the United Kingdom were
between two steam ships, both under way, and 54
of the 582 in harbours and rivers were also between
two or more steamships under way.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

The Sheffield Independent of Monday morning pub.
lishes the following letter from Exl Fitz william

" Wentwortb, Woodhonze, Oct. 21, 1878.

"Dear Sir.—ln the present critical state of affairs in the
East it appears to me to be so clearly the duty of every
31. P. to stand by the Government of the country that I
am induced to write a few lines to you to express a hope
that you may be able to make it clear, as far as it is in
your power, that a vast and influential portion of the
Liberal Party is resolved to lay aside all personal and party
feeling.

" I have spoken to many of the leading members of the
Liberal Party, and I have found no one approving of the
language used by Mr. Gladstone, language calculated to
inflame the minds of the litinformed in this country and
to mutlead the Government of other nations, and that at a
moment when the true interests of hamanity most needed
calmness and judgment.
"None who have means of obtaining correct information
respecting Russian history can doubt the cruel and deceitful
character of the aggressive policy of that nation, syatema-
tically carried out against every country with which it
comes in contact—a policy snitch at the present time
seriously imperils British interests, and which it will require
unanimity in England to hold in check.
Yours, faithfully,
"It. Leader, Eq." "FITZWILLIA3I.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

MR, TOM TAYLOR ON LORD MAYORS.

On Tuesday the Lord Mayor of London entertained
about 250 of the leading members of the dramatic pro-
fession at a banquet at the Mansion. House, the com-
pany including actors, actresses and dramatic authors
and critics. Amongst the speakers were Mr. Phelps,
Mr. Tom Taylor, Mr. W. S. Gilbert, Mr. Salrc Mr.
Buckstone, and Mr. Bancroft. In responding to the
toast "The Dramatic Authors,"
Mr. Tom Taylor said it was indeed time, after.what dramatic
authors had done for the Lord Mayor, that he should do some-
thing for the dramatic authors. (Laughter.) All Lord Mayors
must acknowledge the debt they owed to Shakespoare for
toe immortality given to one of their order in Richard 111.
(Laughter.) In the third act of that tragedy be had in-
troduced a Lord Mayer—not once only but thrice—and not
as a dummy either—(renewed laughter)—a character to ba
sustained by a super at a shilling a night, but with a part to
speak—a part of twelve lines—apart in which one actor at
least once outAhone Garrick himself in Richard 111 (Renewed
laughter.) Aye, and in the opinion of a King (Cheers) It
was George 11, he believed, who once confessed that he did
.. _ _

not thlnk—raucli of Garrick' i Richard. "Nein," said he, " gif
me de blayer dat played de Lord Mayor.' (Laughter.) No
doubt it was the part that lifted np the performer. It
was pleasant to believe that Snakespeare, whose prophetic
pen took in all time by that honour, paid in advance
for this which the Lord Mayor was doing to his
degenerate descendants—the dramatic authors of to-day.
(Laughter and cheers.) It ought to be a matter of
mutual congratulation between the dramatic authors and
his lordship that they had come together thus pleasantly
after a long separation. It would he hardly fair, perhaps,
to go bwk to a quarrel as old as 1575, when all plays and
players—bag and baggage—dramatic authors no doubt
excluded—(laughter)—were expelled from the City by the
Lord Mayor and Aldermen, all the more as it was that
which led to the building of the theatres beyond the City
jurisdiction—among them the Blackfrlars and the Globe,
Shakespeare's earlier and later houses. It was gracefully
done in the Lord Maycr, poet as he was, as well as citfzen
and merchant prince, after due honours paid to letters, the
arts of painting, sculpture, and music, to crown his mayoralty
by this compliment to
The sister art

Which all their magic blends.
(Applause.) Dramatic authors, whose business it was to
lend that art a voice, to find words and give life to its
music, must feel that their own proper place was in being
thus honoured by the Lord Mayor in that place. (Loud
cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

CORN EXCHANG:',, S ,tt..DLIE.

Mr. 11. Platt (Organ
Church, Stouriri-i,

r ..:), rof 7%t John's

A
In the above Hall, on Li Octo 30t4 •
1876.

Tho Programme will include Pianoforte Solos, Songs,
Vocal Duets, Glees, &c.
The Part Music will be by a Gbe Class, under
the conductorship of Mr. S. Corbef!, Mug. Sac., Cantab.
F.C.O.

Prices of Admission—Reserv,.xl Seats, 2s; Unreserved
Seats,lls ; Back Seats, fiL

A. Plan of the Room may be seen, and Reserved
Seats secured at T. Mark's High Street Tickets may
also be had of Mr. H. Platt, Pa-rveter Street, Heath.
Doors open at 7,30. Cercert to commence at 8.

CORN -EXCHANGEz QTOLTRBRIDGE

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd and 4th.

Mons, ECTaDIN
THE

-wiz XED OF

-",tTORLD,

Will aprwar as above, in

EN i .ERTAINMENT
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

HEIGHTS OF VARIOUS CATHEDRAL
SPIRES.

Thr, new cast iron spire of the cathedral at Rouen
has just been completed. The Semaine Beligicuse of
that diocese publithes the following particulars rela-
tive to the comparative heights of the principal monu-
ments of the globe. None of the structures raised by
the hand of man has made so magnificent or so lofty
a pedestal for the Christian CroEs. The dome of St.
Peter's, at Rome the marvel of modern art, thrown
up to the skies 'by the genius of Bramante and
Michael Angelo, has raised the emblem to 138 metres
(3ft. 3 1 3in. each) above the ground. Strasburg,
the highest cathedral in all France' reaches, with
its celebrated clock-tower, 142 m. ; Amiens, 134 ;
Chartres, 122; Notr4 Dame, at Paris' has only 68.
The Phanthbn, considered one of the boldtst edifices,
does not ext.ssed 91m., the cross included. On another
aide, the highest pyramid, that of Cheops, measures
146 m., according to some travellers, 142 according to
others—and this latter calculation is the one generally
adopted—a height which no human construction had
hitherto exceeded. The pyramid of Chephren has
133 w.; that of Ms cerinus, 64. Among more modern
edifices, the dome of S. Paul's, London, has 110 m. ;
that of Milan, 109; the Hotel de Ville of Brussels,
108; the square tower of Adinelli (Italy), 107 ; the
dome of the Invalides Paris, 105. Saint Sophia at
Constantinople only rliesi to Mho; the loaning tower

of Pisa to 57; the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, to 44: the
Pantheon of Agrippa, to 43; the Observatory of Paris
to 27. Thus the spire of Rotten, with its 150 metres,
is the most elevated monument in the world. The old
one, commenced in 1544, on the plans of Robert
Becquet, destroyed by the fire of the 15th Sept., 1822,
and which was justly considered one of the boldest
and most perfect works in existence, had a height of
132 m.; it was therefore 18m. less than the present
spire.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

THE SAFETY OF FAST TRAINS,

Captain Tyler has reported to the Board of Trade
upon the accident to the 'Flying Dutchman at Long
Ashton on July 27. He states that it was the third
accident within a comparatively short period to this
fast train, and all the accidents had been due to defects
in the permanent way. The accident in question was
the result of irregularity in the level of the rails on a
curve. Captain Tyler concludes :
"In order that a reasonable degree of safety may be
obtained for trains running at fifty•five or sixty miles an
hour, the permanent way should be maintained in good line
and level, the matvials of which ills composed should be in
good condition, the fastenings should be secure, the ballast.
tog should be properly attended to, and the gauge should be
carefully preserved. These conditions had not been complied
with between Hele and CAlumpton, or at Long Ashton.
Immunity from accident depends on the preservation of a
large margin beyond what is barely necessary to prevent
actual or obvious risk. Toat margin had not been maintained.
It is of the highest importance on a main line of railway, on
which trains at the highest opted continually run, not to
allow the permanent way, which is the foundation of ati
safety, to become deteriorated, so as to cause accidents of
this description and constant risk to the Passengers using
the railway."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

WITLEY COLLIERY, NEAR CRADLEY.

The new sinkings at this colliery, which were
commenced in March last year, have been much
impeded by an unusual quantity of surface water.
The shafts have had to be forced for a distance of
50 yards through a blue sandstone rock which
yielded water to an extent of 500 gallons per
minute, and a terrible task has been experienced
in keeping it at bay airing the prosecution of the
work. Two 10in, pumps have had to be kept in
constant operation at the rate of twenty strokes
per minute; during fifteen-months of the time the
sinkings have been in operation. We learn, how-
ever, that the water is now securely coffered out
or, as some phrase it, "tubbed back," and that the
sinkings e now ready
to be resumed in the dry,
ar
It has been necessary to put in 40 yards of coffer
ing in each pit, which consists of solid masonry,
21 inches thick, every brick being carefully set in
a- preparation of cement and Leicester lime. Thi7s
is thought to be of sufficient strength and dura-
bility to keep the water back for a century of time.
There is no doubt whatever about the water
having been fed by the Lutley Mill and Drew's
Forge pools. The company, we are informed,
have had the water kept out of the latter for some
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

A RLMARKABLE BEQUEST.

The Royal College of Surgeons has received the
following from a lady as a preeent (says the Court
Journal :—" This is the last will and testament of me.
I appoint the President, at the time of my decease, of
the Itoyal College of Surgeons of England, the executor
of this my will. Believing that it is the duty of every
member of the human family to devote their bodies
alter death to scientific examination until the prin-
ciple? of physiological science are thoroughly established
I direct that in the event of my decease in the
United iSingdom my executor shall give my body
immediately after my cl,ceams to the authorities of the
Royal College of Surgeons of England. I desire
that such body shall be completely dissected in the
most thorough manner known to science. I desire
that all possible facilities shall be given for the in-
spection of such body in its various stages of dissection
by any person desiring to inspedt it, and more particu-
larly by persons of the female sex. I also desire that
any facts that may come to light in consequence of such
dissection that may be new, or in any other way
advantageous to be made public, should be published.
I also desire that after such dissection as aforesaid my
body shall be destroyed in the most economical and ex-
peditious manner pounds, except that I should wish
that some remnant thereof, lilt can be preserved in an
innoxious state, should be preserved in the College and
identified as a portion of my remain?. I should also
wish that if any of my friends should desire to have a
remnant of my said body they should be at hoerty to
do so. Signed ." The document has been
legany drawn up by solicitors, and witnessed by their
clerks,

A child has been choked at Walsall by a piece of
apple Ittatitg in to throat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

A.TION AMONG LOCAL
-- RS.

THE WAGES AG-
COLLIt,...

4.lrte

On Tuesday evening a mass meb.—
colliers was -held in the Methodist New-Con-
nexion School Room, Old Hill. After several
addresses it was unanimously-resolved, that the
time had come when tin masters were justified
in advancing wages 6d per day for thick-coal
men, and 3d per day for thin-coal men. It was
also unanimously agreed that those in the meet-
ing should Pedze themselves to agitate until
theylhad the advance, and they invited other
districts to co-operate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

biIt)LEY AND WALSALL.

._ftiAfiOleolilES and HARMONIUMS may
I be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Tarot YearSt•afterwhieh, and without any further pay.
ment. to :conse the property of the hirer. All Instru.
metatt • nr this system, or otherwise, will be

• . .111,14,1• biz tuouthr tor anyother,if
• • tind returned carriage free. And fur-
Le, a trial 01 I. are years. any Pianoforteor Bar•
▪ ... be talcvn hack, at it original cost, and
charge for
gi wet er atirkritrel,. than the-London
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Music W srehGnFe; 260, asiie-strtet, Dudley, and 259,
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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold," Pleasantly
surprised with the minute information."
Maconochie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft.
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160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, S.E.
"Information most accurate—speedy.—Your Office un-
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Slade, John & Co., Boot and Shoe Manufacturers,
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Briggs, Shona & Co„ Oak Works, Horncastle,
"In no one instance have we been deceived—correct—
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Huntley and Palmers, Biscuit Manufacturers, Reading,
" Specialite—most valuable in removing doubt as to real
position of parties.—Members 11 years,"
Dewkurst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blackrod near Chorley and elsewhere.
" Where relied upon, your information perfectly safe in
crediting. Members 15 years."

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1876.

Bell Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'. " Very
satisfactory—have availed ourselves for 10 years or more.'
John Snowden, Paint Manufacturer and Oil Merchant,
South Shields. Your Telegram received, and very
mudh obliged to you for your prompt reply—They won't
get an ounce of stuff from me. Yours &c.
Swann, J. E. and Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'
and Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Son, Birchill Iron Works, Walsall.
" Great Value."

Darlington Forge Company. "Prompt replies—ap-
prove of the Confirmatory style adopted."
Lackenby Iron Company, Middlesboro'
"Conscientiously recommended. Members 8 years."
Darlington Waggon Company, Darlington.
" Prompt—reliable information—various sources."
Stanbridge, Sydney, Esq., Maltster, Camberwell,
London, S.E. • " Charges are higher than any other
office, but the results justify the additional outlay."
Oldroyd and Sons (Limited),Dewsbury. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Bousfield, Leeds, " Satisfied with
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TRADESMENS ADDRESSES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

PUBLIC NOTICES.

HOSPITAL •SUNDAy.

COLLECTIONS will be Ina
and CHAPELS of STOURBRIDGE awl N.
TO-MORROW, SI7NDLY, OCTOBER
in aid of Le

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

membered that the poverty of the Russian is not like
that of the Turk. The former has to contend against
long-continued ice and snow, an ungenial climate, and
an ungrateful soil. Let a Russian be ever so indus-
trious, he can scarcely help being a poor man.
But the lot of the Turk has fallen upon a land of sunlit
skies and long summer days, a magnificent climate, a
fruitful soil, which gets no cultivation, and immenEe
mineral resources, which lie undeveloped. But what
does the Moslem care for all these advantages, so long
as he can sit cross-legged in the sun, drink his
coffee and smoke his chibouque ? So far as he is
concerned—

"In vain with lavish kindness
The gifts of God are strewn."

And although the time may not yet have arrived
for clearing the Turk out of Europe "bag and bag-
gage," if there is a law of retribution and of ja,tice the
hour will come for the realisation of the New Testa-
ment parable, when the refractory husbandmen shall
be cast out of the vineyard, and it shall be given unto
others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

A SAD CASE.

In London, on Monday, Mr. W. J. Payne, the
coroner, held an inquiry at the board-room of the
workhouse, Mint-street, Borough, into the circum-
stances connected with the death from starvation of
Ann Carney, aged 75.
Mary Ann Holloway stated that although she
frequently had held conversations with the de-
ceased and her husband, she had not learned
their means of subsistence, they being very reticent
and peculiar in their manner, but she considered them
to be 'wretchedly poor. On Friday last she was called
in by the husband and found the deceased deal on an
old mattres4 on the floor, there being but little else in
the room, which presented a most poverty striken ap-
pearance. She at once summoned a doctor, who pro-
nounced life to be extinct, and the body was removed
to the mortuary.
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Henry barney said he was 85 years of age, and, had
been a wholesale leather merchant carrying on busi-
ness in Little Guildford-street, Southwark. Through
misfortunes they had drifted into a dreadful state of
poverty, and his wife being afflicted with paralysis
they c.mld do nothing for a living. Their income was
very uncertain, and the most they could at any time
depend upon was 3s. 6d. a week, which they had from
the parish, and about Ds. once a month from the rela-
tives of his deceased wife. The deceased had gradually
drooped during the last few months, and on Friday
last on his return from the relief office with their weekly
allowance he found her lying dead half upon the floor
and half upon the mattress.
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In reply to questions by the Coroner, the poor old
man, who was broken down with grief, said that out of
the sum described by him as their income they had to
pay 3s. 6d. a week for rent. They lived principally
upon bread and butter and bread and milk, and had
done so for many months. It was so long a time since
they had tasted any meat that he could not call to his
memory when they had any in the house. The total
amount of food which had passed his wife's lips for two
or three days prior to her death was two Abernethy
biscuits. He had represented his destitute condition
to the parish officials, and had been told that what
they were doing was the most they could do for him
unless he came into the workhouse, but neither of them
could bring their minds to such a course.
Mr. Thos. Donahoo, surgeon, said he was called in
and found deceased quite dead. The body was in a
shockingly emaciated condition, the bones almost pro-
truding through the skin. The postmortem examina-
tion showed the intestines, both large and small, to be
perfectly empty, and evidently nothing had passed
into them for two or three days. The bloodless condi-
tion of the body and the total absence of fat in the
tissues showed that she had been literally starved to
death, and there was nothing else to account for the
death.

The jury returned a verdict of " Death from starva•
tion."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

.gocat (tab qbtrict Pius.

SCHOOL BOARD.

An adjourded meeting of this Board was held
on Monday. _ _

Major Walker in the chair.
The ClerK read the minutes of the last meeting,
which were confirmed.

The meeting had been adjourned in the expec-
tation that the managers of St. Thomas's Schools
would have been in a position to make the
transfer to the Board, but as the ratepayers' com-
mittee which collected the money to discharge the
debt on the schools had not secured answers in
all cues to their circular regarding the altered
'conditions of the transfer the matter was not
ripe for dealing with. It was stated that only a
few subscribers asked for the return of their con-
tributions from their objection to the new terms
of transfer, and it was inferred that all who had
not written assented to the transfer being carried
out.

Printed copies of the bye-laws were produced,
and it was ordered that the common seal of the
Board be affixed to the same, in the presence of
Major Walker and Mr. Billingham, and the usual
notice be given tegardinc, them.
The Clerk produced the engrossment of receipt
for the second advance of £1,045 from the Public
Works Loan Commissioners, and which will be
paid to the treasurer of the Board in due course.
The Board adjourned till seven p.m. on October
30, when an alteration in the time of holding the
monthly meetings will be considered.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

A WIFE WITH A GLASS EYE.

Che New York Times has a leading article to show
tt many advantages accrue to the husband of a
ly who wears a glass eye • but at the same time
i forced to admit that there are drawbacks to
ti state of things, a conclusion forced upon the
jrnal by the behaviour of a man in Rochester,
No has just begun a suit for divorce on the ground
tlt his wife has a glass eye which causes him un-
eiurable torments: His wife, this man informs
ti Court, sleeps with her eye wide open, and his
ayes are become gradually shattered by reason of
tlfact that he always feels as if he were being
gled at; and the New York Times admits that
" is not pleasant for a man to return home from
a .litical meeting at two o'clock in the morning,
keying that however softly he may remove his in.
'Affable boots, or however skilfully he may avoid
tuDling over the chairs on which he had deposited
hisats, the sleepless glass eye of his wife will gleam
in e light of the two bed-room candles, and follow
hiaardering movements with a pitiless glare." He
hasuffered as long as he can, and has tried every
mos to shelter himself from the watchful orb which
sifts him. Whether it was positively wrong of him
to ver it stealthily with a coat of black paint the
jonal is unable to decide, while, however, pointing
°what he ought to have known that the slumberer
waalmost certain to wake up and express decided
op ons concerning such a remedy. Similarly it
cwo er also
rc e
nt naturallaid
otnhath,
isafwt rf
wife's
eyelidvin g f
c o na.
tinily slip from its position, he should have
sezhed for some heavier weight ; but it was a
nahlre to suppose that a large lump of coal would
me the exigencies of the case. Having exhausted
hiand of invention he has no resource but to apply
to jury for relief, which the New York Times hopes
he ill not obtain, on the ground that if a glass eye
beljudged a sufficient cause for divorce there would
be) reason for refusing to grant a separation to a wife
whe husband is guilty of false teeth, or an absolute
divce to a husband whose life is habitually addicted
to wooden leg; and this would loosen the marriage
tie such an extent which no thonaitful man cart
conmplate without serious alarm.—Evening Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

BURIAL BOARD.

A. meeting of this body was held in the Com-
missioners Room, Corn Exchange, on Wednesday
morning. ' _

Mr. B. Shepherd in the chair. There were
also present Messrs. F. Evers, C. King, W. Platt'
E. Stringer, and F. llaskew.
The minutes of thelast meeting were read and
confirmed. •

The question of planting trees in the cemetery
was deferred until next year as the boundary wall
will not be sufficiently advanced to protect them.
The iron hurdles ordered by the Architect from
Messrs., Bailey and Co. for the cemetery were re-
ported to have been received.
The Architect applied for permission to erect a
dry brick hut in the cemetery ground for the use
of the workmen, about 20 in number. The Archi-
tect was also instructed to employ a watchman
at the ground on Sundays and he was further
authorised to make temporary arrangements with
the men at the Quarry.
It was moved and seconded that the Clerk's bill
for the purchase of land be considered at the next
meeting, which will be held on the Bth inst. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

the neck, when the other defendant George came up and
struck her on the back and on the face with a hammer.
—Betsy • Taylor Emily Davis, Sarah Wakeman, Mary
Ann Southall, and Police-constable Paynter also gave
evidence.—Mr. Wall, for the defence, said the two defend-
ants and another man named Enoch Pardoe were out
flying pigeons when the complainant came out of the
house and a dispute arose about the right of road.
The grandmother came up at the time and Matilda
Yardley struck her and blackened her eye. The two de-
fendants came up at the time and pulled her off her, but
denied striking complainant and saw Yardley strike
them.—There was a cross-summons, charging Matilda
Yardley with assaulting Susannah Pardoe, on the same
date.—Several witnesses were called to prove the case.
—Susannah Pardee was then charged with -wilfully
breaking a square of glass, on the sime da:e, value Bd,
the property of James Yardley.—Witnesses were called
to prove that defendant broke the window and the
damage done was Bd, and the Bench fined her is and
costs, and ordered to pay the 8d damage.—The two
Pardoes for assaulting Matilda Yardley' were fined 5s
each and costs, and the charge against Matilda Yardley
for assaulting Susannah Pardoe was dismissed.

ASSAULT OASE.—Tranter Homer was charged with
assaulting Alexander Pardoe, on the 12th inst.—Cosa-
plainant said the defendant came to him and struck him
twice. He did not give him any provocation.—The
defence was that comulainant came to Brookes's shop
where he was at work and wanted to fight and refused
to fight. Complainant picked up up a piece of iron and
struck defendant on the arm when Homer slapped him
on the face.—A witness was called for the defence and
the Bench fined defendant Is and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

DEATI FROM HYDROPHOBIA.

Dr. Thomas deputy coroner, has held an inquiry
in London coning the death of Edward Thomas,
aged thirtv-t a single man, and a porter on the,
Midland Rai. at Junction•road, who died in the
Royal Free Etal from hydrophobia. The evidence
of the cloatrter at the Midland Railway, St.
Pancras, fsho that deceased came from Malvern,
and had no As in London. In January last a
strange dog es to the station, which deceased tied
up in a roonill looking through the window some
time after he the dog had gnawed the rope, and on
opening the it flew at him and bit his hand, and
ran away dohe line. He went to a doctor, who
I prescribed fcn and cauterised the wound, and it
healed up. (unday deceased became ill, and went
to the Royal Hospital. Dr. Streat said deceased
3
was sufferfipiti- the peculiar spasms in the throat
' and nock Wog hydrophobia from which he died
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

MORE VULGARIAN ATROCITIES

To ask for that delightful song, " Tis the Arp in
the Hair."
To give bad champagne, -which you can't afford, in-
stead ( f good bitter beer, which you can.
To eat melted butter with a knife.
To talk cf how you "moved in the best society" at
the place you last came from.
To torment horses with bearing reins, for the sake of
making them toss their heads and champ thtir bits.—
Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

LYE.

CRICKET CLUB —This club had their al inual meeting
and diaper to mark the close of the seasoi 1 on Tuesday I
last, at the Bx,nread Eagle Inn, the Lye. A bout 25 were
present at the dinner which was served tp good style.
Mr. S. Mobberley taking the chair, and Mt •: E. Brooks,
sen., the vice-chair. After justice had bet .11 paid to the
good things provided the usual feasts we re given and
responded to, and the Secretary, Mr. J. A.: Fellows, then
read the report, stating the club comaiene( !d practice in
1875 and in that year they had 41 membi 're,.now.they.
had 47 playing and 6 honorary members. During the
searon 15 matches had been played, 8 wei e won, 6 lost,
and 1 drawn, the weather being unfavour Able. About
£3O had been spent in laying out a squar 3 and several
in tools' but they still had a balance in hand of over
.£3: A further sum was required in orde r to improve
the field which was in a bad state. Th e report was
adopted and about £7 promised and giver .in the room
towards the improvement of the field. E leveral songs
were given by the members and altog ther a very
pleasant evening was passed.—Communicate,
CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—At the PAice Coi irt, at Stour-
bridge, yesterday, before Messrs. J. Holor oft and J. B
Cochrane, John Pardee and Alexander Pardoe were
zharged with assaulting Matilda Yardley , on the 11th
inst.—Mr. Perry appeared for complaint Int, and MY.
With defended.—Complainant said about si x o'clock. She
heard a noise outside the door and went to , see what was
the matter and found the two defends ut's mr'ting a
noise. She told riem to make less noise when
Alexander struck her several times tuid l ddher round
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

DEATH OF A VETERAN.

One of those gallant veterans who sustained the
glory of our arms in the terrible contest with the
greatest of modern captains in the early portion of
the century has just died at Bolton at ninety-two years
of age, seventy of which ho.pent in the service of his
country. The deceased, Serjeant Major Adams,
performed his duty as 'principal non-commissioned
officer of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
Cavalry at the annual training of that regiment in
Jane last. He was born in the parish of Wither-
ingsett, Suffolk, and in 1805, when twenty-one
years old, he enlisted at Colchester in the let
Dragoon Guards, in which he took part in the
battle of Waterloo. On that day the regiment lost its
commander, Lieut. Colonel Fuller, and -had altogether
275 killed, wounded, and missing. Serjeant Major
Admns was severely wounded, and his horse was also
injured, but he resolutely declined to quit the field,
and continued with his regiment after victory had
crowned the efforts of Wellington. He was present at
the occupation of Paris by the armies of the allied
Powers, and in the di4ribution of honours
which took place as a result of triumph
over Napoleon's forces, Serjeant Major Adams re-
ceived a "Waterloo medal." He remained in the
regular service 22 years, and almost immediately on
his retirement joined the yeomanry, in which force he
was the first to be given the grade of regimental sex.-
jeant major. In 1863. Serjeant Makir Adams was
granted a medal for long service and good conduct, and
it is gratifying to hear—and should be a lesson to
young soldiers—that the brave old man was no brag-
gart, and that throughout his long career he never
missed a day's duty. Soldiers of his stamp are too rare
nowadays to be let pass to their graves unhonoured and
unrecorded.—Evening Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

at'eal 8 Languor, and
_Debility.

fautue.4 will immediately remov; all symp.
:onis of debilitj .....guor, and weakness, no matter the
canoe, as they quickly eject-all impurities from the
system, give tose and energy to debilitated constitutions,
and brace and strengthen the nervous system in a mos
wonderful manner.

Biliousness, Loss of Appetite,trid Lowness of
Spirits.

The Pills effect a wonderful change in persons subject
fabilions attack, as they create a healthy appetite, cor-
rect indigestion, remove excess of bile, and effectually
sere jaundice, bilious remittents, and all the varietias of
disease generated by an unhealthy condition of the liver
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

SHOCKING MURDEII IN LONDON.

Soon after seven o'clock on Tuesday evening a
milrder was committed in Penton-place, a turning
leading from Newington Butts to the Surrey Gardens.
It appears that a young man named Frederick Barnard,
well known in the locality as an umbrella maker, of
Newington-butte, had just returned from a funeral, and
was going down Penton-place, when, without any
warning, he was fired at by a man named Isaac
Marks, who, taking up a position on the darker side of
the street, took deliberate aim at Barnard with a six
chambered revolver, and discharged it four times in rapid
succession. One of the shots entered Barnard's
breast, another lodged in his neck, and a third was
found embedded in his head, almost close to one of his
temples. The fourth shot passed through the shop
window of a greengrocer named Souch, narrowly
missing Souch's head. Barnard fell, covered with
blood, and an alarm having been raised, Marks threw
down the revolver and ran to the police-station in
Lower Kennington-lane, where he gave himself up.
Barnard was picked up by the crowd, which speedily
assembled, and brandy wa3 attempted to be given him,
but life was extinct in a few seconds. The police then
conveyed the corpse to the Newington mortuary, in
Carter-street, Walworth.
The shocking occurrence caused much excitement in
the neighbourhood.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

higher and more national "Court party," but, partly,
perhaps, through personal reserve, partly through a
keener sense of the situation he never did so. He had
no clique of politicians or arlviscrs around him from
first to last. He kept himself hloof not only from a
party strife, but from all r,prsons.l prejudices. He won
the cordial admiration of Sir Robert Peel, and appre-
ciated his patriotism, though his first experience of
Parliamentary jealousy was the successful proposal of the
head of the Tories to cut down the allowance awarded
to him on his marriage. His dissent from the policy
and still moro the tone of Lord Palmerston's despatches
did not prevent a col dial intimacy between the two
when the old statesmen succeeded to the Premiership.
In 1855, in rejoinder to one who had praised Napoleon
111. as "an extraordinary roan," Lord Palmeraton
sr.id, "We have a far greater and more extraordinary
man at home—the Prince Consort. He would not
consider it right to have obtained a throne as the Em-
peror has done; but, in regard to the possession of the
soundest judgment, the highest intellect, and the most
exalted qualities of mind, he is far superior to the Em-
peror. Till my present position gave me so many
opportunities of seeing him I had no idea of his possess-
ing such eminent qualities and how fortunate t has
been for the country that the Queen has married such
a Prince." Equally fortunate was it that the Queen
was a woman who could give her whole heart and soul
to such a man. It is only the simple truth to say that
many women would have unjustly regarded our
Arthur, as Guinevere did hers—as "cold, high, self-
contained, and passionless "—,who would "half despise
the height to which they would not or they could not
climb," who "could not breathe in that fine air, That
pure severity of perfect light." It is to the glory of
the Queen that she recognized in "the highest, the
most human, too," and that she was fit mate for one
who in trying times and in fierce light—unterrified,
though not unwounded by calumny—fulfilled day by
day the "Idea of a Patriot King.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

WOLVERLEY GRAMMAR SCILOOL.

A numerously-attended meeting was lield in the
Grammar School, Wolverley, on Thursday, to consider
the draft scheme for the future administration at Sir
William Seabright's charity. The ReY. 'O. B. Rowland
presided.
At the request of the meeting, Sir Seabright's
will was read, showing his intentionti ',itt the matter of
the charity, and a resolution was the: a. proposed by Mr.
Hollington, that, with the excapti on of the trustees
acting in pursuance of the wiil, the governing body
should be elected by the parish. Th e new scheme pro-
poses that the old trustees should up point four trustees,
and that the parish should elect four. 1
Mr. R. Perkins seconded the rt .solution, which was
supported by Mr. Smart, and carried .
Mr. ,J. Edmunds then moved a esolution affirming
that the school should remain a free lrammar school for
the parish of Wolverley without the admission of
boarders. He deprecated -the priop osal in the scheme
for charging fees and, admitting boarde rs.
Mr. T. Pitt seconded the resolution.

Explanations were given by Mr, E,. j. Norton as to
the arrangements proposed in the La :heme for the ad-
mission of boys from the public ele aleatory schools.
They were to be entitled, after atts inin. a certain
standard in the elementary schools, to I dtend the gram-
mar school at the same fee as they haa been paying in
the elementary schools.
After a discussion the resolution was ci trried.
Resolutions were, also passed reject ing Clause 45,
under which it was proposed to give the g qvernors power
defined the, limits from which boys shou. Id be received ;
and inseriiug words in Clause 71 to coat tune the repair
of the palish bridges out of the charity.
Mr. Smart complained that the op inions of the
parishioners had not been invited befo re the scheme
was drawn up.
It was resolved to transmit copies of the resolutions t.)
the Charity Commissioners and the pres ant trdstees of
the charity and a vote of thanks to the Cl iairmanelosed
the meeting.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1876.

T HE NATIONAL DUTY AT THE PRESENT

CRISIS.

'The
settled temporaryover clouds
rift in thewhich have
elown the Ea
have reintnded many of theBt
efrn harizon must
Mr. Canning, who, when,
ry,orEnt,ratsTalh,aierniagw:aefst
inevitable, sooner or later,
It be later." The fears which were'
„
were entertained
respecting an imendiate outbreak of the storm
have been soeiewhat allayed, although few
he can
o seng 'lee as to believe that hosliaics er
eiHeeliev- ev,rted.
..S" ill, 4,he inevitable is
not e eeee the 11 :fit. Weelis mes, yet
Lire )1111i11135 active opera
til)113 inst, Turkey, laki i s even possible
Viat winter lee)/ come aed go before that
decisive mnnent arrives, Rassia seems to be
resolved upon war if her demands for the libera-
tion ef l dieaffeeted proviToes from the
Tteee te Le refused. if we :nay trust the
sg; Lod oel hope founded :Ten German
jealousy of itesiia must for the present he
s'eendoned. Tee concert ef the three l4:teperel's
is reported to be still unbroken, and this means
tlat Germany has for the present resceved to
malntain her alliance with Russia, and that
Austria must side with her two confederates or
be crushed. And as we cannot expect to see
Italy arrai,-,d on the side opposed to that of her
great patron in the north. four et the six
Powers are accounted for. We are thus
brought face to face with the fact that Great.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

KIN VE R.

SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONs.—At the Police Court,
on Monday, at Brierley Hill, the following persons were
summoned by George Bunker, for not sending their chil-
dren to school Blunt, James Lowe, James
Green. William Lewis. James Morris, Edward Coley,
John Bland, George Hill, Thomas Lane, and John Pitt.
The cases were proved and they were fined in sums
varying from 2s 61 to 5s each, except in the case of
William Lewis, which was withdrawn.
DRUNKENNEss.—George Smith was charged with
beina drunk and incapable, at Kinver, on the 16th inst.
—Police-constable Farrol said he found the defendant
helplessly drunk in the road.—several previous convic-
tions were proved and defendant was fined lOs and
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

SEED.

LONDON, Monday, Oat. 23.—There was very little Loglish
Cloverseed yet offering. The finest samples of red were held
at very trigh prices. Numerous small parcels of foreign are
arrivinv, which are taken off at enhanced values. Trefoil
was held at the full rates of last week, with a moderate de-
mand. Winter Tares were in limited demand, and offered
at lees money again. White Mustardiseed was held at the
Prices of last week for flue samples, but sales were slow.
Euglish and Dutch brown parcels were now offering, the best
qualities were held too high for the views of the large buyers.
Dutch Rempseed was fully as dear with a steady. sale.
Canariseed was in steady demand at full prices. English
Rapeseed was in fair request at more money.

TALLOW'.
a. d. s. d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 47 3 Rough Stuff, per cwt. 16 3
Rough Fat, per Sibs... 2 1 Greaves 14 0
/9
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 30 6 Good dregs ~ 6 0
Yellow Russian, new.... 465. 9d. per cwt.
Australian Mutton Tallow, Os. Gd.
Ditto Beef Ditto. 435. 01 '„
HAY,

WHITECHAPEL, Saturday, Oat. 21.—There was a short
supply of hay and straw at market to-day. With a moderate
trade prices remain unaltered as follows: Prime clover,
103 s. to 1401. • inferior, 85s. to 955. Prime meadow hay,
to 180 s.; futerior, as, to 74, army, Os, ti We. pat
lOad•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-28

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.

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259, STAFFORD-STREET, WALSALL. Pianofortes Be.k
ed , Re-strung, the Hammel s Re-oovered with Patent
luelt, as used by the most eminent firms.