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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE M.ARKEa.'S.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARRET.-MONDLY.

The cattle trade has been dull in tone. The warm weather
and heaviness in the dead meat market have checked opera-
tions and promoted weakness. About the usual supply was
offered. The receipts of home f d beasts were only mode-
rate. Business was very dull, a. a decided declide in prices.
The beat zcots and crosses sold sir riz 6,1 to 5s 8d per 81b. On
the foreign side of the market there was a fair show of beasts.
There were about 200 Canadian, with some Swedish and
Danish. The inquiry was limited, at drooping prices. The
sheeppens were thinly supplied. Sales progresssd very slowly,
at lower prices. The best Downs and half-breds realised
6s 6d to Os 8d per 81b. Lambs were weak, at 7s 4d to 8s 4d
per 81b. Calves and pigs were dull. At Deptford were
about 1,400 beasts, and 9,000 sheep and lambs. The follow-
ing are the quotations :—Coarse and inferior beasts, 4s 4d to
Os Id; second quality ditto, bs to Os ; prime large oxen,
5s 4d to 5s (3d; ditto Scots, &c., bs 6d to os 8d ; coarse and
Inferior sheep, 5s 4d to Os 10d; second quality ditto, Os 10d
to Os 2d ; prime coarse woolled ditto, 6s 2d to Os 4d ; prime
Southdown ditto, 6s 4d to 6s 6d ; lambs, 7s 4d to 83 l4d ;
large coarse calves, 53 10d to 6s 6d ; prime small ditto, Os 4d
to Gs 8d ; large hogs, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; neat small potters, 43 Sd
to Os per Sib. to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MotiDAY.

A much larger supply all round. The weather being
warmer, trade was very bad at prices, in many instances,
id. per lb. lower than last week, and tending to even lover
quotations for beef, the supplies from America being very
large :—lnferior beef, 3s to 3s 8d; middling ditto, 38 10d to
4s 4d; prime large ditto, 4s 6d to ss; prime small ditto, 5s to
53 4d; veal, 5s 4d to 6s; inferior mutton, 38 8d to 46 4d;
middling ditto, 4$ Sd to 5s 4d; prime ditto, 68 441 to 06. 44;
large pork, Ss 4d to Sc 10d ; small ditto, 4s to 4$ 4d ; and
lamb, Os to 6s 8d per 81b. by the carcase.

POTATO.
The moderate supply of potatoes that were on sale be.
day met with it fair demaiid, at the subjoined prices Old: Magnum bonums, 170 s to 2003; champions, 140 s to
160 s; Victories, 160 s to 180 s ; regents, 160 s to 180 per ton,;
blerman rEds, 7s to 7s 6d per bag. New: Malta, 158 to 16$;
Lisbon, 14s to 153 ; Jersey kidneys, 20s to 225; ditto round,
18s per cwt.

GAME AND POULTRY.

Aylesbury ducklings, 2s 9d to 5s ; spring chickens, 25 to as ;
goslings, 6s to az ; plgeons, 9d to led; Bordeaux ditto, Is to
Is id; pullets, 4s to 4s 9d ; ducks, 25 to as ed ; leverets, Si
to is; rabbits, is &Ito 2s; wild ditto, 9d to is; quails, led
to Is 2d each.
FISH.
Bloaters, as to 91 6d per hundred; kipper herrings, 45 to
3s per box; large soles, 3s to is 6d, per pair; slips 9d to 104
per lb. ; turbot, is ad to us each; cod, a Si ad to 426 per
score; crimped ditto. 4s to 6s each ; salmon, trout, and
grilse, M to is per lb.; oysters, is to 25 6cl per dozen;
mackerel, Is 9d to as 3d per score; crabs 105 t 4 '45 per
barrel.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE TRIAL OF LOUISE MICHEL.

In Paris, on Saturday, the Court of Assizes of the
Seine pronounced judgment in the case of Louise
Michel and her fellow-prisoners charged in connection
with the recent demonstration and bread-riot.

Louise Michel was sentenced to six years' seclusion
and ten years' police surveillance for pillage.
Pouget, who, in addition to the principal charge,
was also convicted of keeping explosive materials and
distributing prints inciting soldiers to revolt and
murder, was Eentenced to eight years' seclusion and ten
years' police surveillance.

Moreau, one of the agents who circulated the prints
in the provinces, to twelve months' imprisonment.

In the case of each of thpsA LA.. JULY
found extenuating circumstances.
.10k7.41, rth
ti,ner persons charged with dim-
tributingrouget's seditious writings, two were con-
demned in default to two years' imprisonment, and
the rest acquitted, as was also a master shoemaker,
who walked with Louise and Pouget at the head of
the mob.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE REVENUE.

From April Ist to the 23rd instant the Exchequer
receipts amounted to £19,224,582, as compared with
£18,475,034 in the corresponding period of last year.
The exp.ndituire to the same date had been
£17,358,168.
On Saturday last the balance in the Bank of Eng-
land was £6,711,014, and in the Bank of Ireland,
£1.,2n2 036.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE OUTBREAK OF CHOLERA IN

EGYPT.
c,Ol forty•two deaths that occurred on Monday at
Zfatnietta, twenty- eight were caused by cholera.
"41,:renteen days' strict quarantine is imposed upon all
Zi'vale from that port, and the French consuls in
gYpt have reported to their Government that the
!Leasure" hitherto taken by the Leal authorities to
; eek the spreading of the epidemic are in every way
atiefactory.
Daav News telegram, dated Cairo, Tuesday even-
says :
The cholera has reached Mansurab. Several rein-
have arrived here. A large number of troops
~.ave been despatched to reinforce the sanitary cordon
trtuall Damietta. The Mansurah and 'Tanta authori•
6el! are taking every precaution, and the trains from
iklra are stopped at Mansurah.
it.A. telegram from Alexandria, dated Tuesday even-
4g! BaYe :—The exodus is increasing. The French,
_aetrian, and English steamers left to-day crowded,
;I'l2 d all the places for next week are engaged. The
frox Damietta is not worse, but there is a
rteral fear that what has occurred there may happerk
vernhere. Hence the panic.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE RECENT SEIZURES OF 4
EXPLOSIVES.

In London, on Monday, at the Central Criminal
Court, William Joseph Lynch, alias Norman, 22, who
gave evidence last session against the prisoners
Gallagher and others charged with treason-felony, was
placed at the bar to Plead to an indictment for mis-
demeanow., in havinz conspired with other persons
to debtruy buildings by means of nitro-glycorine.
Mr. Poland said that as the prisoner had given evi-
dence for the Crown against the other prisoners upon
the charge of treason-felony, he was instrusted by the
Attorney General Da to offer any evidenoe against
him upon the charge.

The- jury acc,irdingly returned a verdict of Not
Guilty, and the prisoner, who thanked the court for
the course that had been taken was ordered to be
diecharg ed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS IN RUSSIA.

The inhabitants of various Russian provinces are
aghast at the devastating ravages of the locusts. In-
telligence received from Charkoll states that in that
district the locusts are swarming over and utterly
destroying the crops of a fertile tract of 50,000 acres.
Also in the district of Novokopersch, in the govern-
ment of Voroneschki, and in the neighbourhood of
Taganrog the same frightful destruction of the crops is
proceeding. The most energetic .measures to stamp
out the plague are being taken, and with this object
the diatrict government of Novokoperseh have voted
25,000 roubles, and the governor in person ha i left for
the scene of havoc.

In Taganrog the grain and locusts have been burned
together in order to stamp nut the peat. From
Boriasoulebsk the latest intelligence is still more
lamentable. The locusts in this government are
ravaging a tract of about 70,000 acres, Six thousand
soldiers sent to the assistance of the inhabitants are
powerless to check the appalling destruction.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUCH A PLEASANT WAY OF
PUTTING THINGS.—" Now do let me propose you as ti,
member."—"But suppose they blackball me ?"
" Pooh ! Absurd! Why, my dear fellow, there's not
a man in the club that knows you, even ! "—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

DEATH IN THE CRICKET FIELD.

On Monday an inquest was held at Dulwich, by
Mr. Wyatt, coroner, on the body of George Little•
field, an inspeetor in the service of the Society for the
Preventior of Cruelty to Animals, who met with his
death while playing in a cricket match at Dulwich on
Saturday afternoon.
Frank Littlefield said deceased was his brother, and
lived at 5, Stanner-street, Battersea. He was 35 years
of age. He was playing in a match in the Plough
fields on Saturday afternoon, keeping wicket, and in
the interval between one batsman going out and
another coming in, he was walking about the field, and
suddenly fell on his face. A doctor was immediately
sent for. Deceased had been under treatment for heart
disease for three weeks.
Dr. Lamson said he was called and saw the deceased
in the field where he fell. He found the heart still
fluttering, and used every effort to regtore its action,
but failed. There was no mails upon the body, and
although he had not made a post-mortem examination,
he had no doubt that death had resulted from a sudden
cessation of the heart's action, caused immediately by
over excitement.

The jury found a verdict in aceordance.with the
medical eviderce.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

On Monday night an explosion occurred at the new
Duffryn Colliery, Rhymnw, Cardiff, killing two men,
and severely injuring twelve others. The explosion,
which was caused by a fall of coal, produced great ex-
citement and consternation in the immediate district,
as there were 100 men in the pit at the time of the
occurrence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

EMPLOYMENT FOR PENSIONERS.

An official notice from the Horse Guards states
that it has been decided to employ a certain number
of men of the army reserve and pensioners as parcels
deliverers, or on other duties connected with the new
parcels post. The wages of men so employed will
vary from 16s. to 18s. a week, in addition to their
reserve pay or pension. No men will be employed
whose character, as shown by his parchment descrip-
tive return (if an army reserve man) or discharge cer-
tificate (if a pensioner) is not at least "good."
Men desirous of being employed should apply in
writing to the postmaster of the nearest head post.
office, en,losing their descriptive returns or discharge
certificates, as the case may be, and stating their ages
and pres:nt occupations. They should also give as
references the names and addresses of persons or firms
to whom they are known, or by whom they may have
been employed since leaving the colours. They should
further state whether they are willing to take employ-
ment away from the place they live in.
The name and address of the head postmaster, to
whom these applications should be sent, can be a. cer-
tained by inquiry at any post-office.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFICATION BILL,

Hastings moved the second reading of this Bill. The
'WI embodied, he said, the recommendations of a Select
....e°rlniittoe which had considered the subject, and also the
wrovialons of a number of private Bills which had been
tamed from time to time for upwards of thirty cities and
sillrgha in the United Kingdom. Such a means of notiflca-
wouldenable them to know where a disease had arisen
Whets it had spread from, and if approved of would
aally save hundreds of thousands of lives.
Mx. Hopwood opposed the Bill because of its vexatious
tvers. He expressed his belief that in the cities and
trollghs where the provisions of the Act had been adopted
hulk of the people had no knowledge of what was being
°be when the Bills were passed, and pointed out that
Iveral large towns had repudiated these powers after agita-
*

,44 two minutes past four o'clock there was an unsuccess-
'a attempt to count the House out, and at twenty-five
tulltes past four another attempt was made, which proved
liticcessfuL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE
BOARD SCHOOLS.

On Saturday, Mr. E. N. Buxton, Chairman of the
London School Board, and Mrs. Buxton entertained
the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Princesses
Louise, Victoria, and Maud of Wales, and a distin-
guished oompany, at their residence, Knighton-park,
Buckhurst•hill, to witness the annual drill inspection
of bop: and girls attending the London Board schools.
Their Royal Highnesses, who were accompanied by
the Princesses Louise, Victoria, and Maud, were con-
cincted to a tent, facing which the boys' column, con-
sisting of twelve companies, and the girls' column, of
six companies, were drawn up. The band of the in-
dustrial school ship Shaftesbury played the National
Anthem, end the children gave a Royal salute, the
girli being then put through the Swedish extension
dull by Miss Martina Berginand. After singing a
Danish hymn they zetired. A march past followed,
the boys going first in open column and afterwards in
quarter column and at the double; and then, forming
open column at the rear, they performed extension
and other exerciser, acquitting themselves so well that
they gained a hearty round of applause from the
assembled company. Subsequently they competed
for the banner which is given by the Society
of Arts to the best driged company. All the twelve
companies entered, and the final competition lay
between the boys of the Berwick-street, Soho, school,
and those from Gideon.road, Battersea. The Prince
of Wales, Sir T. Powell Buxton, Viscount Lewisham,
and Colonel Lennox Prenderga.t, who acted as judges,
at length decided that the latter company had won the
trophy. Having sung "God bless the Prince of
Wales" the boys retired, and the whole of the children
were subsequently treated to a dinner.
Their Royal Highneseee and the principal visitors
partook of luncheon with Mr. and Airs. Buxton in a
capacious marquee erected in the grounds. In acknow-
ledging the toast of his health, the Prince described
the inteiest with which he had followed the incidents
of the day's engagements, and congratulated those who
had the care of the education of the children on the
efficiency with which the drill had been carried out.
Their Royal Highnesses, who had been driven down
from Marlborough House in an open carriage, soon
afterwards returned to London by road.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

UN T
,1111 E AND -I- IFF, OFFICES,

ESTAULISHED 1710 AND 1810.

FIFO& DEPARTIIENT.

Imiraoces cff ctei—in—lidia—rie;of t Uiitel King 13rn
a:id in Foreign cunutiies. rot,il sum insured in 1831
£270 9;9 74.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.

Policy boilers participate in fo a-fifths of the Profiti,
Ci.izus paid iLumediately after proof of death and Lille.
Low rates of ?ma:lulus fur young lives.

MIDLAND BRINCII

12, COLMORE-ROW, BIRMINGHAM,
J. E. NEWSAM JAMES,

District Slat:lager.

Agent. at Stourbridge:
MR. H. JAMES, Birmingham Banking Com2any.
MESSRS, BERNARD and KING, Solicitor 4.
MIL G. KICHARDS, Station Master, G.W.R.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE ALBANIAN INSURRECTION.

According to a report from Hafiz Pacha, dated the
19th inst., the majority of the insurgent clans in
Albania have announced that they are ready to submit,
upon an assurance of a general amnesty. The insur-
rection is therefore considered as extinct. • It seems
tlyet Hatiz Pacha, keeping a portion of his force in
front of Tusi, succeeded in turning the Albanian posi-
tion by carrying four battalions in steamers and boats
across the lake, in the diArict of the Hotti, the
northernmost of the insurgent clans. The surprised
Albanians were asked to give up their arm. They
asked for two days .to consider, which delay was
allowed, and led to the submission of the rebels.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

REDUCTION OF RAILWAY RATES.

In a communication to Mr. Thomas Garnett, chair-
man of the Railway Rates Committee of the Bradford
Chamber of Commerce, Mr. W. M. Thompson, chair-
man of the Midland Company, states that the argu-
ments urged by a deputation before the chairmen of
various railway companies on the 2nd of May for a
reduetion in the rates fer wool from London to York-
shire, and shipping goods from Yorkshire to Lon-
don, have been carefully considered, and after discus-
sions extending over several days, it has been decided
from the 2nd of July to reduce the rates. The reduc-
tions, he states, are substantial, amounting in the
case of wool to 63. per ton, and for shipping goods to
London, including carpets, to 2s. 6d. per ton, It was
felt that if the woollen trade required relief, would
be better te afford it on the raw material and export
goods, but the feeling was unanimous that there was
no necessity to alter the ordinary rates to London for
woollen goods and carpets, which favourably compared
with rates for traffic of the like character from other
distriois. The question of the steamship companies'
charge for wool from Dublin to Liverpool being
10s. per ton, if intended for Liverpool only, as against
15s. per ton if forwarded to Yorkshire, had also
been investigated. It appeared that during a local
competition between two steamboat services, the local
rates were some years ago subject to fluctuation, but
when the competition ceased the ordinary rates were
reduced, and the local charge between Dublin and
Liverpool now was, and had been for some time, 30s,
per ton, as compared wlith the through rate of 365. Bd.
per ton from Dublin to Bradford.

The new list of rates comes into operation on July
2, 18E3.

THE PRIME MINISTER AND TYE
AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS BILL.

After the meeting of the Council of the Central and
Associated Chambers of Agriculture on the 19th inst.,
the secrotarr transmitted to Mr. Gladstone and to
the leader of the Opposition copies of the following
resolution :

"That this council deeply regrets the postponement
of the committee on Agricultural Holdings Bill in the
House of Commons, and strongly presses upon the
Government the necessity of making early progress in
committee with this measure, so that ample time may
be afforded to the House of Lords for the consideration
of the Bill during the present session."
Major Craigie has received the following reply :
"My dear Sir,—l am directed by Mr. Gladstone to
acknowledge the recept of our letter of yesterday, for-
warding a copy of a resolution passed by the Council
of the Central Chamber of Agriculture with regard to
the Agricultural Holdings Bill, and to beg that you
will inform the members of the Council that the Go-
vernment will use their best endeavours to reach the
Bid in Committee as soon as possible. In the mean-
while Mr. Gladstone iees no reason to fear that its
prospects have suffered by the precedence which has
been given to the Corrupt Practices Bill.—l am,
dear sir, yours faithfully,
(Signed) " HORACE SEYMOUR."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

'SATURDAY, 3UI\E 30, 1883,
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THE QUEEN'S RETURN TO WINDSOR.

On Saturday morning her Majesty, accompanied by
the Princesses Beatrice and Elizabeth of Hesse,
arrived at Windsor, by special train, on their return
from Balmoral, and immediately drove to the Castle.
The statici), as has bet?.o the custom of late, was kept
private, nobody being allowed either on the platform
or in the yard. The Queen is expected to stay at the
Castle for a month, and then leave for Osborne,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

CLOSE OF THE CHESS TOURNAMENT.

The International Chess Tournament, which has
been in progress at the Victoria Hall of the Criterion
Restaurant, in London, since April 26th, was con.
eluded on Saturday. Inchrling draws, 250 games
were played in the tournament, •
The full score is as follows :—Zukartort, 22 wins,
£300; ; Steinitz, 19 vvins, £175; Bleckburne, 16i wins,
£150; Tchegorin, 16 =wins, £125; Bnglisch, Mason,
and Mackenzie, 15i each, divided the fifth, sixth, and
seventh prizes of £lOO, £75, and £5O respectively.
Rosenthal's 14 wins takes the special prize for best
score against prize winners.
Fifty pounds in consolation prizes is divided amongst
the following :—Winawer, 13 games Bird, 12 ; Noa
; 6i ; Mortimer, 3; and Skipworth (retired),
3.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

RISH MILITIA AT ALDERSHOT.

On Monday the Duke of Connaught, attended by
his staff, made an official inspection of Srd Battalion
Royal Irish Regiment at Aldershot previous to its
return to Ireland,

The battalion formed up on the Queen's Parade,
North Camp, under the command of Colonel H.
Alcock, and after the inspection his Royal Highness
complimented the commanding officer upon the excel-
lent conduct of the men, besides their always appear.
ing clean and soldierlike on parade, in camp, and in
town. His Royal Highness added that he was proud
of having sueh a fine battalion in his brigade, and
concluded with hoping that every member of the
battalion would reach his home safely.

In the course of the afternoon the Duke took
luncheon with Colonel Aloock and the officers in the
mess tent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

At Last! At Last! At Last!

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE THEFT OF LORD CRAWFORD'S

BODY.

Last Saturday Sheriff Guthrie Smith, In accordance
with instructions received from the Home Office, held
a sitting in Aberdeen for the purpose of considering
and adjudicating upon the claims of the reward pro.
mised for information that would lead to the convio-
tion of the persons who stole Lord Crawford's body
from the mausoleum at Dunecht. There were three
claimants: George Machray, gamekeeper ; John
Philip, shoemaker, Aberdeen; and James Collier,
Glasgow. The inquiry was conducted in private,
and at the close the sheriff awarded the sum of
£3OO to Machray, the Government having decided
to give only one half the sum originally promise& the
belief being that the prisoner, who was sentenced to
five years' imprisonment for his share in the crime, is
not the only person implicated in it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE RESOURCES OF MADAGASCAR.

At a meeting of the Balloon Society held in London,
Mr. J. Woodward delivered a lecture upon "The Land
and People of Madagascar."
Mr. Woodward, who was formerly a missionary in
Madagascar, said the resources of Madagascar were
very greAt. Many parts of the coast were fertile and
yielded large returns, and the country would support
many times the present population. Aided by
European energy and capital, almost anything could
be there cultivated. Coffee, sugar, tobacco, and spices
all flourished, and would, he believed, at no distant
period contribute to the supply of the English market.
Cattle could be put on board ship for 445. per head,
which was equal to about ld a pound, and they might
be delivered in this country at 4d. per pound, and that
being so, it was a question whether the grasing grounds
of Madagascar might not soon be used as a means of
supplying cheap food to this country. It was upon
sugar, however, that those who believed in the com-
mercial prosperity of the country pinned their faith.
Madagascar was about to enter upon a new career,
in which the advancement of civilisation promised to
be as great as the progress which had been made in
Christianity during the past thirty years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

POSTAL ORDER SYSTEkt.

Mr. Rankin asked the Postmaster-General whether, in the
interests of emigrants and others who desired to transmit
sailall sums of money either tc or from this country to the
oolonies, he would take into his consideration the desirability
of extending the postal order system to the colonies, or of
lessening the eost of post-office orders.
Mr. Fawcett said: In reply to the hon. member I am glad
to be able to state that a Bill is being prepared, which I hope
Shortly to introduce, to authorize negotiations being entered
into with the 'various colonies for the extension of the postal
order rystem to them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE RECENT FLOODS IN SILESIA.

The &alb Correepondent of the Daily Telegraph,
writing on Sunday, eays

Recent accounts received from Silesia reveal the
ex;ent of the devastations caused by the floods.
Seventy lives are said to be lost, many houses have
given way, and others are threatening to come down.
Wooden bridges have for the most part disappeared,
and sad havoc has been made with the produce of the
fields. The Bober and the Neisse were subsiding yes-
terday, while the Eibe near Dresden was rising con-
sidtrably ; but to-day the news arrives from the
town of Nejsze that it had rained all day long on
Saturday, so that a renewal of the inundations is to
be feared.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

Beecham's Magic Cough Pills.

As a remedy for Coughs in general, Asthma,
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it not on, they are a forgery.
Prepared only, and sold wholesale and retail, by the
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pu.s.t free for 15 or 36 stamps.
old by all Drugvists awl Patent MediciLe Deal rs
iu the U. Ited Kingdom.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

THE FRENCH DEFEAT NEAR HANOI.

The Calcutta correspondent of The Times says that
the following account of the repulse of the French,
troops at Hanoi is abridged from the statements pub-
lished in the InA3endant de Saigon:—

For some days prior to May 19 the garrison bad
been much annoyed by a heavy cannonade from the
Annamite troops surrounding them. The boasting
and menaces of the enemy were constantly increasing,
and the Chief of the Black Flags sent a sort of Homeric
challenge, announcing that he would kill the French
Commandant with his own hand.

On the 19th, Commandant Rivike assembled all the
troops, in order to make a determined sortie. Corn-
mandant Berthe de Vilers led the column, which con-
sisted of 400 men, with some sailors drawing the guns.
They marched into the open without resistance. The
Annamites fled on all sides, and the French soldiers
advanced with confidence, when, at the very place
where Frangois Gamier was killed, they were brought
up short by a stockade, concealed by hushes, and
affording cover to a strong body of Black Flags.

A continuous fusillade was at once opened upon the
French column, and almost immediately, without
being able to fire a shot in their defence, eighty sol•
diers fell dead or wounded. Commandant Rivike's
first step was to endeavour to bring up his artillery;
and he, with Cadet Moulin, helped on thn sailors with
the cannon, both being shot dead while so employed.
Commandant Bertha de Vilers was mortally wounded,
and two other officers, MM. Jacquin and Bresis, were,
also killed. The confusion was such that the soldiers
were unable to recover the bodies of their officers,

When the news of the repulse reached Saigon, the
gunboats Volta and Saigon, were despatched, with 500
regular troops, under Chef de Bataillon Chevalier,
who opened negotiations with the leaders of the Black
Flags for the recovery of the bodies of the French
officers and soldiers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

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THE MILITARY TOURNAMENT IN

LONDON.
The great Military Tournament in aid of the
Cambridge Fund for Old and Decayed Soldiers, which
occupied the whole of last week at ti:e Agricultural
Hall, was brought to a close on Saturday night with
the distribution of prizes by the Princess Mary
Adelaide.

The tournament proved a great success, the galleries
of the hall having been crowded with spectators every
day and evening, and exclusive of the takings of
Saturday night the receipts are stated to have
amounted to £5,600.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

"THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS."

The St. James's Gazette says :—The new daily inter-
national service of through trains betweeß Paris and
Bucharest is meeting with much favour upon the Con-
tinent, and is likely this summer and autumn to psave
a great boon to those English tourists who desire to
breathe the semi-oriental atmosphere of the Roumanian
capital. The trains are models of comfort and luxury,
and travel at a rate which strikes a correspondent of the
Berlin Borsen Courier as rather startling. Every
saloon, says this enthusiastic writer, is carpeted with a
Smyrna rug two inches thick; and the sides of
the compartments are covered partly with embossed
Japanese leather-paper and partly with Gobelins
tapestry. The carriages are capitally lighted by means of
gas burned in lamps of polished brags; and the dining.
room cars, in which triumphs of French cookery are
served, are supplied with handsome clocks, damask
curtains, and Venetian mirrors. Breakfast consists of
five and dinner of eight coutses. The sleeping-cars
are splendidly furnished, and hot as well as cold water
is laid on. The average speed is at the rate of nearly
forty miles an hour. Therefore the service is called
the Lightning Express; a name which is the more
appropriate because the first train sped upon its way
across Europe through a terrific thunderstorm that
lasted during almost the whole of the journey.

THE GROWTH OF MORMONISM.
Several of the hightest dignitaries of the Mormon
Church arrived in Denver on the 7th of June from
Salt Lake City. The party comprises Joseph F.
Smith and one wife and Brigham Young. Woodruff
and Young are members of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles, Morgan is president of the Southern States
Mission, and Taylor is a son of President John
Taylor. They are en route to Conejos county,
Colorado, to inspect the Mormon colony there, and to
arrange for the purchase of more land for the use of
the converts now crowding into Utah. Brigham
Young, in an interview, said :—" Reports from our
labourers in the vineyards of this country and Europe
warrant the expectation of fully 20,000 converts this
year."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

VIEWING BODIES AT CORONER'S

INQUESTS,

In reply to a Birmingham correspondent, who wrote
condemning as barbarous the compulsory viewing of
bodies at coroner's inquests, Mr. Bright writes as
follows :

"House of Commons, June 25, 1883. Dear Sir,—l
am disposed to agree with you on the matter on which
you have written to me. I will mentiou the subject to
the Attorney• General. Perhaps in some bill affecting
the office of coroner he may admit of the change you
suggest.—l am, respectfully, JOHN BRIGHT."
In replying to the same correspondent, Mr. Clam.
berlain, without expressing any Opinion on the custom,
points to "the enormous difficulties under which the
Government labour in endeavouring to carry on the
public business, and as their hands are quite full this
session, and very slow progress has been made with
the important Bills hardly Introduced, he cannot hold
out any hopea that other subjects than those already
undertaken will be de4t with during the present
session."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS,

A Nebraska woman missed her husband for three
weeks before she raised a row about it, and she might
not have said anything then if his boots had not been
drawn up in a well-bucket.

During a heavy thunderstorm in a Western city a
few Sundays since, a church congregation was thrown
into a panic by the vivid flashes of lighting, but order
was quickly restored when a cool-headed deacon went
and stood at a window and waved the collection
basket at the lightning,

, Every schoolgirl in the blue-grass regi ma of Ken-
tucky begins her composition with—" The grass is
green." Then why do they call it blue?

'Yeeu,'; said the Chicago damsel, "my health is
none of he beet ; fact is, as I tell zny friends, 'l've
got one foot in the grave already.'" "So?" replied
her friend ; then casting his eye toward the lady's
pedals, he added., "Well, there's one comfort. You'll
never get the other in—onles4 it's bigger than the
common grave, you. know."

A Troy man had his ear ripped off by a buzz saw.
An excited young doctor, who had bran waiting seven
months for his first case, stuck it on backwards, sewed
it fa3t and it grew. And now that man looks like a
crack trotter waiting to get the word, and he can Lear
half way round the square in both directions.

The rneTorial to the late Canon Hugh Pearson at
St. George's Chapel, Wind9or Caetle—a stained-gla.ss
window—was completed on Moiday, the anniers!sry.
of hl3 birth. Tne upper panels contain the figures of
the Saviour, King David, St; John, St. Barnabas, and
St. 11$:gh, the eubjects beneath being emblematic of
tousle, architecture, almsgiving, sympathy, and acts
of Christian charity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

Iratxparaiva Hain MISTORKR. LOCITER'S SULPHUR
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Sulphur being highly prized for its stimulant, cleansing
healthful action on the hair glands, Lockyer's Restorer
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regniaiie. Large Bottles, Is W. Sold by Chemists
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

A BATHING FATALITY.

A fatal accident occurred at Purton, near Swindon,
on Saturday evening. Mr. Arthur Saunders, scholar of
Oriel College, Oxford, and son of the Rector of Lydiard
Millicent, an adjacent parish, went with a fellow
student, Mr. Fisher, to bathe in the lake attached to
Purton Flouee. The lake contains a great number of
weeds, though at some places it is as deep as 18 feet.
The young men took a " header " from a spring board
which is erected over a part of the lake, and having
enjoyed a swim came out and took another leap. Mr.
Fisher became entangled in the weeds in making for
the bank, but was able to get hold of the post support-
ing the spring-board, and by that means was able to
extricate himself. On looking round, to his horror
Mr. Saunders could not be seen. Mr. Fisher at once
gave the alarm, and assistance came to the spot; but
it was not until two hours afterwards that the body
was recovered. Mr. Saunders, who was in his 21st
year, was a young man of great promise. He had
done well at Marlborough College, and subsequently
at Oxford, and looked forward to taking his degree
next year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

GROUSE PROSPECTS.

From the extensive moors lying to the n6th and
west of Scarborough varied reports have been ie.eeived
as to the quantity and condition of the young bioods
of grouse. On the whole, all broods may be said tp.
be fully three to four weeks backward as compared
with a more favourable season. Some gentlemen in
the district have determined not to shoot until such
time has elapse.l as to render the birds thoroughly
strong and healthy. On the other hand, however.
there are exceptional cases where the coveys are said
to be from six to ten in number, fairly strong on the
wing, and appal ently healthy.

THE FLOODS IN THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY.

Fish Lake levie, on the Illinois bank of the Missis-
sippi River near S. Louis, has given way, and also
Madison dyke, near Alton, and about fifty square
miles of fine farms have consequently been inundated
and much damage caused. The level of the Missis-
sippi is now stationary; and it is believed that it must
soon recede. Friar's Point levie, near Helena, has
also been broken through.
Extensive overflows are expected to occur below
Memphis, but the opinion of those best qualified to
judge is that, while considerable damage will be done
along the Mississippi Valley by this freshet, it will
not reach the extent occasioned by the last overflow.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST OF
ENGLAND.

On Monday a very percept': le shock of earthquake
was felt in the West of Englark. ~.tailed accounts
show that the shocks were earliest felt on the north-
west coast of Devon, and took an oblique course aero,4l
the peninsula of Devon and Cornwall, from the north-
east to the south-west, occupying about twenty
minutes in the transit of over one hundred miles.
Two distinct vibrations occurred, with an interval of
about a quarter of an hour, the first being the most
marked. No important damage was done, but in one
place an old wall was shaken down, and in others
glass and crockery were cracked by concussion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

DAMAGE TO CROPS BY GAME,

An important decision has been given at Wareham
County Court by Mr. Serjeant Atkinson in an action
for damage to crops by rabbits and game, brought by
a farmer named Arnold against Colonel Hambro, late
High Sheriff of Dorset.
The defendant had right of shooting over the manor
of Bere Reigh, including the plaintiff's land, and owing
to their being no fence or other means of preventing
their escape, rabbits and game came from the defend-
ant's preserve to the plaintiff's land, and did damage
to crops to the amount of £lO, for which the plaintiff
claimed compensation. The question was whether a
lessee of right of shooting over the lands of his lessor
was liable for damage thus committed.
The judge held that this case was governed by the
principle of the decision of Fletcher w. Rylands, and
that the defendant was under obligation to keep the
game bred and preserved by him so confined as to pre-
vent mischief to the plaintiff's land, or to make the
plaintiff reasonable compensation. He, therefore, gave
judgment for the plaintiff; but, as the issue was im-
portant, he gave the defendant leave to appeal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-06-30

SHAM FIGHT AT DOVER.

On Wednesday morning the whole of the troops
quartered at Dover marched out fully equipped as for
active service. They proceeded to the Castle and out-
lying entrenchments, and engaged in a defence against
an imaginary attack from bombardment and an
enemy's land forces. The artillery were supplied with
ten rounds, and the infanty with twenty rounds of
ammunition. A fierce fire was kept up. The event
excited great interest.