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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

PUBLIC NOTICES

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drops of the liquid "Floroline" sprinkled on a wet tooth
brush produces a pleasant lather, which thoroughly
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hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives
the teeth a peculiar pearly-whitness, and a delightfu
fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odoul
arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. "The
Fragrant Floroline," being composed in part of Honey
and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the
greatest toilet discovery of the age. Price 2s fid of all
Chemists and Perfumers, Wholesale depot moved to
Farringdon Road, London
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i
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

CRADLEY.

INQUEST.-Mr. Miller Corbet, deputy coroner,
held an iniue3t at the White Lion, Cradley, on
Thursday night, on the body of Benjamin Samuel
Burks, aged 4 years, the son of a bricklayer, who
had died from injuries received on the 21st ult.
The child was left on a sofa by his mother whilst
she went to fetch another child downstairs, and on
her return she found the child's dress on fire. The
boy had exidently been playing with fire in her
absence and set himself on fire. Deceased had b:en
attended by Dr. de Denne since the accident an d
survived till a few days ago. A verdict of "Ace- -
dental death" was returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

DEATH OF CARDINAL M'CLOSKEY:

Cardinal M`Closkey, who has died in New York,
was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 10, 1810.
He received his early classical training in New York,
ci/hQapicintly onforarl llinnnf St_ -Mlll,,try's College.
Emmetsburg, Maryland, and after graduating pur-
sued his theological studies in the seminary connected
with that college. He was ordained priest in St.
Patrick's Cathedral, New York, in January, 1834, and
soon after went to Rome, where for two years he at-
tended tEe lectures in the Roman College. On his
return to New York he was appointed assistant
pastor, and shortly afterwards pastor of St. Joseph,
New York. He held this office for the six following
years, excepting during 1841, when he was first presi
dent of St. John's College, near Fordham, New York.
In 1844 he was consecrated coadjutor of the then
Bishop of New York, and in September, 1847, on the
creation of the new diocese of Albany, was installed
as its bishop. For seventeen years he remained in
charge of this diocese, establishing during that period
many new congregations, erecting a magnificent
cathedral at Albany, as well as many new churches,
hospitals, asylums, and schools. On the death of
Archbishop Hughes, Bishop M'Closkey was trans-
ferred to the vacant see by a Pontifical brief dated
May 6, 1864, and was inaugrated on the 20th of
August in the same year. He was raised to the
dignity of a Cardinal Priest by Pope Pius IX.,
March 15, 1875. One of his first acts after his in-
stallation was the opening of the new Provincial
Seminary of St. Joseph, and he also contributed
munificently towards the building of the Cathedral
in the Fifth Avenue, commenced by his predecessor.
The cardinal was very active in promoting the in-
terests of the Church and in philanthropic work,
having established asylums for destitute children, for
the deaf and dumb, for aged women, &c. He was
also the means of introducing several new religious
orders into the diocese.

When village schoolmaster entered his temple of
learning one morning, he read on the blackboard the,
touching legend: "Our teacher is a donkey.' The,
pupils expected there would be a combined cyclone
and earthquake; but the philosophic pedagogue con.
tented himself with adding the word " driver " to the
legend, and opened the school as usual.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

APPLICATION FOR, AN EJECTMENT ORDER
.... .....

AT .LtALESOWEN

At the Halesowen Police Court on Tuesday, before
Messrs, W. Bassano and H. T. Hickman (magi-
strates), Mr, Shakesveare, of Oldbury, made an
application on behalf of Mary Deeley, farmer, of
The Quinton, for an ejectment order, under the
Tenements Act, against her son, David Deeley,
who was a weekly tenant. Tne defendant is the
brother of Charles Deeley, who, it will be rem em-
beret, went to the farm whers the defendant re-
sided and created a disturbance respecting the
tenement, which culminated in Charles Deeley
shooting the defendant and his wife, and aftei wards
himself, from the effects of which he died. The
defendant was not sufficiently recovered to appear
before the magistrates, and the applicant, in reply
to Mr. Shakespeare, said she possessed two farms at
The Quinton. She resided at one, and defendant
had been empl,yed at the ot„her, and was permitted
to have the exclusive use of two rooms, She gave
defendant a week's node° to leave the farm, but he
refused to leave. Since the summonses had been
taken out he had removed his goods and also some
of witness's goods, but ho refused to give up the
key. Mr. Shakespeare : And all you now ask is for
an order to enable you to haye possession of the
farm ? Applicant : Just so. The Bench granteJ
the application,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

HALESOIVEN,

VIOLATION or THE FACTORY ACT.—At the Public
)(Hoe on Tuesday, before Messrs. Walter Barman°
and Henry T. Hickman (magistrates), Samuel
Idam, spike manufacturer, Spring Hill, was sum-
moned for employing a girl after seven o'clock on
the night of the 18th ult.-Mr. Hoare (the Inspector
under the Acts) stated that the defendant had been
previously convicted, and the Bench fined him 305,,
or in default twenty-one days' imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

A. STORY OF POVERTY.

At Greenwich Police-court David Nickbam, fire-
man, of Dennett's-road, Hatcham, appeared to an
adjourned summons for failing to send his daughter
to school. The defendant, on a previous occasion,
said he could not send the girl because she had no
boots, and he told a shocking tale of poverty, stating
that he had only Bs. Gcl. a week to keep himself, wife,
and Eve children, and of this amount he had to pay
4s. for rent. He himself earned nothing, all his
efforts to obtain work failing. Ho was formerly in
the employ of the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway as fireman, but was discharged because
he had been fined for drunkenness while off duty. He
alleged that since that time the railway company had
prevented his keeping any work by reporting his con-
viction. Police-constable Burgess, an officer of the
court, who had been commissioned to make inquiries,
said he found defendant's home poor but clean,
and his landlord said ho paid his rent well. De-
fendant's statement as to his wife's earnings was
correct. Mr. Fox, locomotive superinten dent of the
railway company, informed him, however, that
defendant was discharged for general misconduct and
drunkenness, having been sent off on three distinct
occasions. The cause of his dismissal was reported
in the usual way to the metropolitan railway com-
panies on application being made about his character.
Mr. Laughton, agent at the court on behalf of the
Church Missionary Society, said the defendant was a
very steady man now. He had tried to get him
work, but had been unsuccessful. Defendant said he
was nine years on the Brighton Railway. Mr.
Marsham told him the rativvay companies had to be
very particular. Constabto Burgess said since the
last hearing the child had had boots given her,
and was now going to school. Mr. Marsham said in
tint case he would adjourn the case for four weeks to
see if she went regularly. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

WORK AND WAGES.

TICE SMALL CHAINMAICERS AND THE WAGES QUES-
rioN.—A mass meeting of small chainmakers was
held at the Methodist New Connexion Schools,
Cradley Heath, nu Monday mcroing.—Mr. Cooper,
he President of the Cbainmakers' Association, said
several o the employers had conceded the required
Ldvance, viz., the 4s list, and if the men would only
continue to be be true to each other they were cer.•
rain to be victorious—(hear, hear).—A. lengthy
liscussion took place respecting the advisability of
ceducing the number of working hours and curtail-
..ng female labour, and several speakers contended
that steps should be taken to prevent young females
from working in the chain shops, and also for pre-
venting persons from working in the shops after six
o'clock in the evening.—lt was resolved to continue
he strike at the factories where the employers re-
fuse to;concede the advance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

THE STGURBRIDGE MONTER.

goal nub istrid 'Pas.

lIANBL'ItY HILL BAPTIST CRICKET •CLUB.

The second annual meeting in connection with
the Hanbury Hill Baptist Cricket Club was held in
he Baptist Schoolroom, Hanbury Hill, on Tuesday
evening. Before the business of the club was corn-
ninced the party, numbering about 70 persons,
at down to tea. After tea, Mr. S. Walker was
voted to till chair, and he called upon the secretary,
Mr. W. S. Taylor, to read the followin3 report :-
41'he members of the Hanbury Hill Baptist Club
h ye this season played-11 matches. of which 10
were won and 4 lost. The belt offered by the club
for the lest batting average was gained by Mr. B.
lab r with the following average :—Number of
matches 8, meat runs in innings 17, times out 1,
v rage 7. The b:lt offered by the club for the
best IJowlinglavvrage was gained by Mr. W. Blown,
with the following average :—Nurnber of cve-s
34.2, maidens 11, runs 58, wickets 22, average 2 and
Bev, n-elevenths. The members of the club also re-
p rt hivi. g held an entertainment in the Hanbury
liii Schoolroom by the kind permission of the
Deacons of the above place and that the proceeds
enabled the secretary to pay off a debt of 14s ad left
from last year's account and to hand over to the
treasurer a balance of 2s 31d. The balance sheet
showed that the total amount received was £1 9id
and the:amount expended £1 2s 7d, thus leav-
ing a balance of 63 5d."
The chairman said he was very pleased to see
such a sati-faetory state of affairs.
Mr. Stormont proposed and Mr. Asbury seconded
that that the report be adopted.
The company was afterwards entertained with
songs, duets, readings', recitations, and different
games, and a most enjoyable evening was spent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

HAGLEY.

WEEKLY STOCK SALF,—Messrs. Oates, Perrens
and Wooldridge had a good supply of cattle and
sheep and a few fat pigs at their sale on Monday,
The sale comprised about 360 sheep and lambs, 62
head of cattle, and a few calves and pigs. There
was a good attendance:of buyers, and prices were
firmer for beef and mutton. Fat cows made as
high as £24 2s 6d; sheep, 55s 6d ; lambs, 35s Gd ;
cows and calves, £lB 12s 6d.

SETTING A RICK ON FIRE AT CRADLEY

HEATH.

At the Rowley Regis Police Court on Wednesday,
before Messrs. B. Hingley and 11. T. Hickman
(magistrates), William Gill (11), schoolboy, Cradley
Road, Cradley, was charged with wilfully setting
fire to a hayrick, belonging to William Bennet,
F Cradley Heath.
On Tuesday morning the prisoner and a number
of other boys went into a field near to Corngreaves
Junction and sat under a hayrick, estimated to
weigh five tons. The prisoner procured some
matches and after striking several of them on a
stone put them in the rick. Shortly afterwards the
rick was in flames, and before they could be exting-
uished more than half of the rick was destroyed.
In reply to the Bench, the wife of the prosecutor
stated that the damage sustained was £ll 108.
One okthe prisoner's companions said:prisoner

Eet fire to the rick for a "lark."
The Bench regarded it as being a serious offence,
and fined the lad 40s and costs, or in default six
weeks' imprisonment, and also ordered him to re-
eve six strokes with a birch rod.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

THE POPULATION OF BOSNIA AND

THE HERZEGOVINA.

The second census of the population of the Turkish
provinces occupied by Austria has just been com-
pleted, and it shows that the number of inhabitants
has increased from 1,138,440 to 1,336,091, the increase
being mainly among the Mussulman, Catholic, and
Jewish element. The number of beys and'aghas who
do not cultivate the land is 8162, that of free peasants
8162, and that of kmetes, or peasants owning land,
197,833. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

COSTLY CARPETS

The silk coverina for the Kaaba, which the Sultan
sent this year to Mecca, has been valued at 385,000 f.
(about 115,400), and that sent by the Khedive for
the same purpose at 290,000 f. (about .E 11,600 B)th
are black, most richly embroidered in gold, and so
large that each of them covers entirely the whole
Kaaba. On the first day of the Kourban-Bairam
festival the new covers were laid on the holy stone in
the place of the old covers, one of which was sent to
the Sultan, and the other to the Khedive, as presents
from the clergy of the Mosque.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

A STORM ON BEN NEVIS.

Many interesting observations, nays Fngi
were made at the Ben Nevis Observatory during we.
violent storm which prevailed at the end of last'
month, and which was felt over many parts of the
kingdom. The first indications of the storm were
observed on Ben Nevis about fonr o'clock on the
afternoon of Tuesday, the 20th of September, whelk
the barometer began to fall—slowly at first, after-
wards more rapidly; and the wind, which bad btrn.
westerly, began to back, at the same time increasing
in force. After midnight the barometer fell at the;
rate of over I.loin. per hour, and between four and
five o'clock on Wednesday morning a fall of nearly,
2.10 in. was recorded. At three o'clock a.m. the wind,.
was south-easterly, blowing half a gale. Fortunately;,
the thaw which took place on Tuesday had harden,
the surface of the snow, so that there was very little
drift, the soft snow being cleared at once. By four
o'clock the wind was blowing a full gale—force, nin,e
on the Beaufort scale—and it continued to increase
in strength to force 10 at five o'clock, the maximum.
being reached about six o'clock, when for a short tirae
observations became almost impossible, the force at
that hour being 11, which represents a velocity of oyer,
100 miles an hour. A thaw then set in, the vni?cl
veering to southerly, and diminishing greatly in
force.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

BROIVISGROVE.

SCHOOL BOARD.—The meeting of this Board was
held on Tuesday. There were present : Mr.
Green (chairman), Rev. J. W. Comfort, Rev. J.
Kidd, and Messrs. A. Jefferies and W. Parry. The
accounts of the Board for the year ending 29th
September last were presented, and showed as fol-
lows :—Receipts : Balance at commencement of
year, £975 3s 2d; from Government grants. -..e931
us 9d,; from rates, at 71-d, in the pound, £1,250 ;
from school fees, £432 191 8d; from sales to child-
ren of books, &T. £ll Os 3d; Oatshill Sunday
School, share of fuel £1 Os 2d ; total, £3,602 4s Otd.
Expenditure : Salaries to officers not teachers, £l9B
8s 6d ; legal and other expenses, £3B lie 10d;
salaries of teachers, £1,479 44s ; books, apparatus,
&c., £175 103 Bil, ; fud, lighting, &e.,4252 8s 6}d
rates, taxes, kc, £l4 2s IFI, ; purchase of land
erection of buildings, £l4l
.4s 10d, repaymPnt of
loans, £2OB 6s 6d ; ditto, interest, £328 Os 8d;
balance, 16, id; total, £3,602 4s 03. The chair-
man said the cost of educating children in the
echo As was nearly is perlhead per week, out of
which the parents contributed 2d or 1 -6th. Mr,
Parry said it was as he had calculated it—the
ratepayers paid 7id, the :Government grant 2id,
and the parent 2d. Mr. Jefferies remarked that the
Government grant, as well as the rates, came out of
the ratepayers' pockets, though it was too much
the custom to argue as though it did not. On the
proposition of Mr. Parry, seconed by the Rev, J.
W. Comfort, the statement was received and
adop'ed. Tha.r-port of§the School Attendance Com-
mittee stated there was a slight increase in the
average attendance at schools and in the fees, The
Rev. J. Kidd was elected vice-chairman of the
Board for the remainder of the term. Mr. Parry
brought forward the motion of which he had given
notice respecting the state of the Stourhridge Road
Board Schools. He suggested that instructions
should be given to the Master not to admit pupils
whose parents reside north•of the Union Workhouse
or Bewell Head, or that the chairman or vice-
chairman of the Board should wait upon te managers
of the National Schools and try if an arrangement
could be made to a itnit to that school the children
of poor parents at 2d per week. After considera-
tion it was decide I to refer the matter to the
General Purpozes Committee to take such steps as
they considered necessary. On the proposition of
of the Chairman, seconded by Mr.
P, r,7, and supported by the Rev. J. Kidd, the Rev,
A. E. Seymour, vicar, was unanimously elected a
member of the Board in place of the Rev. Canon
Paget resigned.

SEQUEL TO THE QUINTON TRAGEDY,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

ROWLEY.

THREE HORSES SUFFOCATED IN A COLLIERY.-11l
consequence of a fire breaking out in the Haden
Hill Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Walter:Baseauo
and Company, on Aloudly night, three valuable
tiorses were suffocated. 'The fire was caused through
the escape of noxious gases.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN IRONWORKER.—At
the Police Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. B.
flingley and Henry T. Hickman (magistrates),
Joseph Adams (36), ironworker, Mott Street, Black-
heath, was charged on a warrant with feloniously
assaulting Ellen Adame,:aged nine years, on the Bth
inst.—The complainant, who is an intelligent little
girl, stated that when carrying a baby through one
of the streets at Blackheath she was overtaken by
the prisoner, who picked her up and carried her into
an entry. He then assaulted her in a shocking
manner, and it was necessary to obtain medical aid
for her.—Mr. Cooksey, who defended, said the pri—
soner denied the charge in toto.—The Bench com-
mitted the prisoner for trial at the next Stafford
Quarter Sessions.

How THIEVES ARE MADE.—Benjamin Baffin (10),
Springfield, was charged with stealing coal from
the Warren's Hall Colliery, belonging to the execu-
tors of the late Earl of Dudley. When the prisoner
was detected in the act of committing the felony he
said, "My mother told me to Lgo and take the coal
instead of going to school." Ho was fined 10s in-
cluding costs.—Samuel Milliard (60), engineer,
who was desciibed as being the "doggy of the coal
stealers," was fined lOs and casts for stealing coal
from the same colliery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

DIR. GLADSTONE ON DISESTABLISH-
KENT.

In consequence of the observations made by Mr.
G3schen on Wednesday night in Edinburgh as to the
attitude of Mr. Gladstone on the question of disestab-
lishment, Principall Rainy and several other gentle-
men have addressed a communication to Mr. Glad-
stone, in which they said: "We need not say that we
do not complain of the attitude of impartiality which
you have maintained on this question during all the
years since your referred it to Scotland. But what
is stated in your name seems to be that you have now
at last departed from this attitude of impartiality.
Such a change of attitudewould at the present moment
be so serious in Scotland that we must respectfully
ask you whether you have distinctly said that Scotch
disestablishment is a question which ought not to be
included in the programme of the future; whetlltr
you have said that it is not a r. a`tei to be dealt
with at the present moment by way of motion in
Parliament; and whether to vote for Scottish dis-
establishment upon a resolution in the new Parlia-
ment would be to vote against what you, as the
leader of the Liberal party, have indicated."
. .

The following is Mr. Gladstone's answer:
"Hawarden Castle, Chester, Oct. 9.—Rev. and Dear
Sir,—l am at present rather pressed by applications
from various quarters and in different senses for
further declarations on the subject of Established
Churches, and I am fearful lest if I answer them I
should bring about confusion and ambiguity, which
have thus far been avoided. At the same time I fully
admit the title of my constituents to put to me their
own questions at their own time. But I would ask
them to reserve details until I come among them, if
they think, as I do, that I can sufficiently reply to
the letter of yourself and your co-signatories without
them. Besides the reason I have already given, lam
reluctant to appear as a critic upon anything that
has been said by my old friend and colleague, Mr.
Goschen. Leaving, however, to every reader of my
address his liberty of interpretation, I may observe
that since I came to Midlothian in 1879 I have endea-
voured constantly to leave the question of disestab-
lishment in Scotland to be dealt with as a Scottish
question by the Scottish public, and it is not for me,
without presumption, either to force it forward or
to hold it back. It will have been observed that the
particular observations in my address relate to the
Church of England. I have, in fact, simply adhered
to the mode of action indicated by Lord Hartington
some years ago, and offering advice to the party at
large as to what may be called disestablishment. I
have not anywhere attempted either to fix a time or
to recommend a course for the action of bodies or
persons.
"I remain, most faithfully yours,
"W. E. GLADSTONE.
"The Rev. R. Rainy,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-17

THE ARMY.

The general annual return of the British Army for
the year 1884, with abstracts for the years 1865 to
1884 inclusive, prepared by order of his Royal High-
ness the Commander-in-Chief for the information of
the Secretary of State for War, has just been pre-
sented to both Houses of Parliament. The return
shows that the average effective strength of the
Regular Army during 1884 was 183,004 of all ranks,
comprising 1301 Household Cavalry, 15,607 Cavalry
of the Line, 4276 Horse Artillery, 27,451 Royal
Artillery, 5573 Royal Engineers, 5852 Foot Guards,
115,245 Infantry of the Line, 2348 Colonial Corps,
2611 Commissariat and Transport Corps, 594
Ordnance Store Corps, 24 Corps of Ordnance Arti-
ficers, and 2122 Medical Staff Corps. The numbers
show a net increase in the force during the year of
7479. The tables relating to recruiting show that
during the year 33,924 recruits joined the force for
short service and 1729 for long service, making
a total of 35,653. The deaths during the year
numbered 1521, there were discharged 12,939, while
4478 men deserted. During the 12 months 11,199
joined the Army Reserve. The tables relating to
courts-martial, crimes, and punishments show that
during the year there was not in all arms a single
case of offence in relation to the enemy or of mutiny.
The number of courts-martial was 7132, and the
number of offences was 10,044. There: were 1404
desertions, the largest number, 218, being from the
Royal Artillery, and the next, 117, being from the
Cavalry of the Line. Of violence and disobedience
to superiors there were 747 cases, the Ordnance
Store Corps and the Medical Staff Corps showing a
clean record under this head. There were 335 cases
of disgraceful conduct and 575 cases of drunkenness,
the Household Cavalry being distinguished by not
having a single offence under the latter head recorded
against them. The number of men in all arms
possessing good conduct medals and annuities was
seven, and who received good conduct medals
and gratuities was 2012, while there were distributed
among the whole force 67,732 good conduct badges.

LlThe debt of the United States is equal to 30 dole.
for each of the inhabitants. In France the ratio is
100 dole,, and in Great Britain 109 do's.
"Mr. Murphy, shall I sing Oft in the Stilly
Night ?" "Sing Oft in the Stilly Night ?' " replied
Murphy, who hates music; "I don't think you can do
it. As soon as you sing once in the stilly 'night, it
busts up the stillness of the night, flr the time being?'

SATURDAY, OCT. 17, 1885.'D
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BROMSGROVE.

CHARGES OF BURGLARY.—At the Petty Sessions
on Wednesday, before Messrs. R. Smallwood and
R. 11. Milvvard (magistrates), James Caird, James
Allington, and Annie Hunt, who had been remanded
from the previous Sessions, were charged, the male
prisoners with breaking into and entering the
dwelling house of Joseph Hope, at Stoke Prior, on
the night of the 2nd just, and stealing therefrom
nine :pairs of boots, four shirt, three pairs of
trouserss. braces, handkerchiefs, and other articles;
and the female prisoner with being an accessory
thereto.—Two charges were heard, and the caseb
were not concluded till late in the day.—At the
conclusion Caird and Allington were committed for

trial, and Hunt was committed to Worcester, in
which city the ntisonere were apprehended, to
be dealt with by the city jutgiees as they thought
fit.

LOCAL BOARD, •-• A meeting of this Board was
held on Wednesday evening; Mr. Jefferies in the
chair. A motion by Mr. Hall that the Board
memorialise the Lord-Lieutenant to appoint one or
more resident magistrates for l3romegrove was re-
ferred to a committee. A general district rate at
Is 6d in the :pound was signed. Mr. Sanders
(c!erk) reported that the
,trustees of the late Mrs.
Carter, owner of theßroomhouse Farm, were willing
to sell to the Board, for extending their sewage
beds, the land between the present beds and the
Charford road, at the same price as paid for the
other portion—namely, £250 per acre; the land to
be measured by a surveyor to be mutually agreed
upon. Mr. A. D. Russon was appointed on behalf
of the Board.