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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

OLD HILL.

CH&RGE OF DRUNICENESS. At the Police
Court, held on Wednesday last, before Messrs. F.
D. L. Smith and H. Howard, Edward Woodall was
charged with being drunk on the sth inst. Police-
constable Sylvester proved the case. Fined is.
and costs.—John Burgess ind Simeon Heath were
charged with being drunk and disorderly at Cradley
Heath, on the sth inst. Police-constable Sylvester
said the defendants were very drunk and got their
jackets off to fight. They were making a great
noise. Fined ss. each and costs.
CHAIME OF COIL STEALING.—John Chetwynd
and Harriet Oliver was charged with stealing coal
the property of Messrs. Collis and Company,
Clipper Colliery. Old Hill. Mr. F. Turner, man-
agar, said he did not wish to press for a heavy
penalty, but they lad a great deal of damage done
to the colliery, andthey lost a great deal of coal.
The magistrates stid if the case was pressed they
had no alternate Dut to send them to gaol. The
case was withdrawi on payment of costs., and cau-
tioned. _ _

PROTECTION OR)Em—Mr. W. S. Hayes made an
application on belalf of Annie Bailey for a pro-
tection order a,gaiLst her husband, William Bailey.
The applicant prived that her husband left her
some years ago aid she did not know where s
lived Since he lft she had accrued some property
which she now ased to be protected. Protection
order granted.
DRUNK AND DSORDERLY.—CaICb Willetts was
charged with bd.'," drunk and disorderly at Cradley
Heath, on the st: inst. Police constable Sylvester
proved the case .nd said he took defendant home
ouceo but he caw back and created a dietArbanoe

Pleaded guilty. Fined is and costs. David
Hingley was charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly on the night of the sth just. Pleaded
guilty. Police-constable Frost proved the case and
&i.l he ordered him home and he went, but after
returned and wanted to fight. Fined 2s fid and
costs; in derault 14 days.—Samuel Stevens was
charged with being drunk and disorderly at Black-
heath, on the sth inst. Police-constable Frost
proved the case, and said the defendant made use
of bad language. Police-constable Rowlands gave
corroborative evidence. Fined 2s 6d and costs; in
default 14 pays.
CHARGE OF VAGRANCY. John Troman was
charged with sleeping in an out-house on the Bth
inst, having no visible means of subsistence.
Pleaded guilty. Police-constable Buckley proved
the case and Police•sergeant Cooper corroborated.
Sentenced to one month's hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS IN FRENCH

BANKS.

Those fortunate individuals who have so much
money that they do not know what to do with it, or
do not care to claim what rightfully belongs to them,
are commonly supposed to be rare (remarks the Even.
ing Standard). This supposition, however, would
seem to be an erroneous one, to judge by a statement
recently published in the French official journal, which
goes to prove that no less than 7,500 worthy French
citizens who, 30 years ago deposited their savings in
the Paris Savings Bank have, since 1849, failed to come
forward to claim their belongings. The total of this
sum which nobody Owns reaches the respectable figure
of 800,0001, or thereabouts. The majority of
those who placed their money in the savings bank
30 years ago were then resident in the department of
the Seine, the rest being domiciled in contiguous pro-
vinces. The deposits range from a few francs to a few
hundred francs, the depositors being principally re-
cruited from the ranks of domestic servants, working
men and women, or soldiers and their wives. Of the
7,500 persons who in 1849 placed sums of money in the
bank, many have probably ere now departed this life,
since thirty years ago a considerable portion of
them are proved by the Official Journal to have
completed, exceeded, or been within a few years of
completing the threescore years and ten which the
Psalmist allots as the ordinary span of human life.
Some may have made their fortunes or emigrated; in
any case, none have shown any signs of life since 1849,
so that, according to the law of the land, the unre.
claimed money which for thirty years has been accu-
mulating, doubling, and tripling itself, is now to be
withdrawn from the Savings' Bank and placed in Go-
vernment Securitieg, the bonds being handed ever to
the Caisse des Depots et Consignaliens in keeping for
the depositors or their heirs, if at any future time
either the former or the latter should come forward to
establish their right to the deposits of thirty years
ago.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

ROWLEY REG/S.

S. Chatwin, b Edge 3
J. Wheldon, b Griffiths 0
J. Nickolls, b Griffiths
J. T. Dixon, b Edge....
W. Je wkes, hit wicket, b Edge 1
W. Jackson, b Griffiths....
J. Homer, b Edge 0
W. Fisher, c and b Edge 4
S. Smith, b Griffiths 1
E. Haines, b Griffiths 0
E. Cope, not out 0
Extras 5

Total 32
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

ASTON UNITY'.

W. Atkins, c Shilitoe, b Milward 13
-S. Durban, run out l7
H. S. Williams, c and b Chayter,_ 3
W, Hundy, not out.
C. Durben, b Chayter 4
H. Packer, c Chayter, b Milward 3
G. Bates, c S!iilitoe, b Milward 0
J. H. Cofield, c McLean, b Milward 5
J. 13ottrill, b Millward 2
3. Woodward, b Milward 5
G. Jones, b Millward
Extras 9

Total B2

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN MILLS.
A. Shilitoe, b Woodward 0
H. Hill, c Bottrill, b Atkins 0
D. McLean, b Woodward 2
A. Milward, c Williams, b Atkins 8
J. Darkes, b Atkins 8
W. J. Hughes, t o Woodward 7
T. Blunt, b Atkins 3
R. Palmer, not out 8
H. Roflings, run out . 7
J. Greenwood, c Williams, b Atkins 6
J. Chayter, c Hundy, b Woodward 0
Extras 1

Total 6O

STOURBRIDGE v. ROWLEY REGIS.—This match
was played on the Stourbridge !ground, on Monday
i
last, and resulted n au easy win for Stourbridge.
The bowling
of Edge and Gpffiths being so good
that the whole were disposed o 1 for the small score
of 32 runs. Edge took 5 wickets, for 10 runs,
and Griffiths also took 5 wickets, 16 runs only were
made of him. Mr. Paul Foley made the champion
score for Stourbridge, making 24 runs in good form.
J. Lewis was the only other player who made
double figures. In the second innings of Rowley
they scored 116. The following is the score.

STOTTRBRIDGE.
C. Cooper, b Nickolls.... ..... ~ 3
J. Lewis, run out ll
P. H. Foley, b W. Jewkes ...24
24
H. Parrock, c Wheldon
T. Parrish, run out 0
J. Edge, b Chatwin 5
J. W. Parkes, b Jewkes 1
R. Griffiths, b Chatwin 2
C. Rodgers, b Jewkes 0
H. Turney, c Smith, b Jewkes 9
Ingleton, not out 0
Extras 2
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

HARVEST PROSPECTS IN IRELAND.

The Times of Tuesday published the following letter :

Sir,—lt may interest many of your readers to know
that while in England the spring was so wet, in Ire-
land, on the contrary, it was a cold, dry spring and
capital seed-sowing time. We had hardly any rain
till the sth of June, since which date we have had
heavy rains, which have benefitted the grass and corn
crops immensely. If only we get some dry, warm
weather in this month, there is every pr mpect of an
abundant harvest, as far as regards Ireland. Usually
there is a great change in the weather towards the
middle of July, from wet to dry, and nee versa. One
may therefore hope for some favourable change soon,
unless the season maintains its exceptionable character
to the close; a calamity, I trust, we shall be spaired.—
I am, Sir, yours obediently, POR TABUN GTON.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

CIVIL LIST PENSIONS FOR 1878-79.

The following list of all pensions granted during the yeaz
ended the 20th June, 1879, and charged upon the Civil List,
is given in a parliamentary paper which was issued on
Tuesday :
Mrs. Anna Josephine Home, in recognition of the
great services of her husband, the late Colonel Home,
it. E., £3OO.
Mrs. Mary Howitt, in consideration of her literary
services. £lOO.
."

Mr, Frederick Martin, F.S.S., in consideration of
hie labours as the author of the "Statesman's Year

Book," and of his other literary works, £l.OO.
Lady Duffus Hardy, in recognition of the historical,
literary, and public services of her late husband, Sir
Thomas Duffas Hardy, Deputy Keeper of the Public
Records, £lOO.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Melville, in recognition of the
heroic conduct of her late husband, Lieutenant and
Adjutant Melville, in saving the colours of the 24th
Regiment on the fi-ld of Isandlana, £lOO.
Mrs. Henrietta Mary Ada Ward, in recognition of
the services rendered to art by her late husband,
Edward Matthew Ward, R.A., £lOO.
Mrs. Frances Aurelia Brewer, in recognition of the
services rendered to history and literature by her late
husband, the Rev. John Sherwen Brewer, M.A,,
£lOO.
Mr. Henry Smart, in consideration of his services to
mud; 2100.
Mrs. Robins Ogilvie, in recognition of the able pub-
lic services rendered, during a period of forty-eight
years, by her late husband, Robert Annesley Ogilvie,
Esq., C. 8., Surveyor-General in the Department of
Her Majesty's Customs, £lOO.
Mr. Edward Lang, CE., in consideration of his
scientific attainments, and labours towards the perfec-
tion of mechanical appliances, £loo.—Total, £1,200.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

'"

MR. EDISON AND THE ELECTRIC
LIGHT.

The Daily News of Tuesday published the following from
their New York Correspondent :

"Mr. Edison says that since the patents for his
electric light were issued he has improved the standard
meter for measuring the electricity fed to the burners,
and has perfected a method of insulating and conveying
the wires from the generating stations to the houses of
the consume/8. He is satisfied that this generator can-
not be improved. Ninety-four per cent. of horse-power
is set free in the electric current, and eighty-two is
delivered in the wire outside of the machine. With
the same resistance of the wire the generator has
twice the electro motor force of any other machine yet
made. Eight-ninths of the current is used for the
light, and one-ninth is lost in the machine. Other
machines may turn as much horse-power into current,
but only deliver half as much in the wire. Mr.
Edison's latest experiments give seven gas jets per
horse-power, and he expects to increase the number to
ten. He says the platinum burner is a settled thing;
but, so long as he sees his way to getting more light
out of the horse-power, he will continue his experi-
ments. He expects to perfect his experiments within
four weeks."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

The deepest pulse of Engliud's hert is stirred—
A cry coa es forth from Africa burning coast,
Our guest the Prince imperial, is dead
biaugutered by savage hands of England's foes,
Slain in our quarrel, on our service bent.
Ali I noble SODA 1 that in the flush of youth,
In manhood's freshness, with heroic tire,
Drew from the sheath a stainless, maiden sword,
And gladly give it to the kindly land
That erewhile sheltered thine illustrious ones;
Ah kingly heart! born a great nation's hope,
And cradled in the shadow of a throne,
No cr6wn was thine to wear before the lands,
No jewelled round and top of sovereignty,"
Nor soldier's scarce less glorious laurel wreath;
Thy knightly spurs were yet to win, and bear,
Unblazonett and uustoried, was thy shield.
The lips, where lately clang the parting kiss
Of thy great mother, have no word to say
In all the strife of tongues that stuns the world;
Kings may be crowned or crownless, nations rise,
Flourish or fall, it Lathing is to thee ;
No doubtful claim doth vex thy quiet sleep,
No shadow of &crown torments tny rest,
No grief for forfeit splendour of a throne
Mars the great calm of thy new-entered life,
The life that brake for thee beneath the flash
Of blinding steel, on that far foreign shore I

England! that young life was laid down for thee,
Spent in thy quarrel, taken by thy foes,
lhat kingly blood was shed by savage bands.
Impelled by hearts more savage, hearts that deem
Man has no manhood until human blood
Has dyed the murderous weapon in his hand.
Engltud 1 stand forth before the watching world,
And take good vengeance for this Prince's death!
Root from those savage hearts their cruel creed,
Rear thou the standard of a goodly faith
Upon those awful wasts, and let the smag
Of peace and love make mu, ic in the land ;I
Break thou the stronghold of the powers of ill
In all the realm of "the Dark Continent,"
ULtil the baleful flames of war die out
And peace's fair, white roses bloom at will ;
Let England's name become the watchword true
For mercy, love, and Cl
Between all shades of colour and of creed :
So shall the death we mourn be well avenged!
But thou, Illustrious Mother of the Dead,
What tongue or pen can tell thy mighty grief?
Bereaved of ali thy treasurers and alone!
We call to mind in this thine hour of woe,
Thy loveliness, thine high imperial state,
Thy gooduops, and thy frioudship for our laid:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

DUDLEY,

FOUND DEAD.-Mr. R. J. Watts, coroner, held
an inquest on Tuesday, at the Saracen's Head Hotel,
on the body of a male child found under oircnm-
stances given in the following evidences :—Rachel
Smart said she found the body of a full-grown
child in a closet at the rear of the Bell Inn, High
Street. She told Mrs. Watson, the landlady, who
asked her to see the servant girl, Sarah Ann
Williams, respecting it. Witness accused Williams
a being the mother of the child, and she admitted
it.—Police-sergeant Mure said that the girl, on
being charged with concealment of birth, said she
was delivered of the child quite unexpectedly, and
could give no help.—Mr. T. F. Higgs, surgeon,
said he had made a post mortem examination. The
child was fully grown and well nourished. The
lungs floated and the internal organs were all
healthy. 'there was slight congestion of the brain
and a few bruises on the scalp, but these latter were
due to natural causes. There were no marks of
violence on any part of the body. He had con-
versed with the girl on the subject, and he believed
the birth came upon her by surprise, and she was
unable to help herself or the child. The baby had
breathed, but he was not prepared to say it had an
independent existence.-1 he jury returned a verdict
of "Found Dead," and expressed the opinion that
death was caused by natural means.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

GENERAL NEWS.

Sir J. Macdonald, the Canadian Prime Minister,
accompanied by kev end members of his Cabinet, will
arrive in London at the beginning of next week.
REmssioN ot, Rs.iT. Era' DlitiC has returned
12i per ult. to his tenants, and Mr. Severne, M.P.,
has returned 10 per cent. also to his tenants.
THE RICHMOND MunnEn. Mi. Brien, Kate
Webster's solicitor, on Thursday made an application
to the Home Secretary for leave to visit the convict
autl fully ascertain from her the circuaistanee to
• which s::e made allusion at the close of her trial,
ALLEGED LIBEL BY BREWELS. in the Common
Floes Division, on Thursday, befole Lord Cderidge
aid a special jury, the case in vt hieh the Capital anu
CiAinties Bank eltdmed damags against Ai e,srs.
llenty and Sons, brewers, ot Chichester, for an allegea
libel was concluded. The jury, Leing unable to
agree upon a v.rdiet, was discharged.
AITEMYTED MURDER AND 6IIICIDE.-0.11 Thursday
a serg,,ant namcd Byrims,_ stationed at Newprt
monniattnsnire, atteinpteu io kill John Watts, a lel.
low solder. lie fired a revolver at Watts, but with
(Olt iLllieting serious injury. He then went to I.is
lodgings, and Lairicaued himself in against the ap-
pro.:ch of the polle.?. Upon their arrival he blew (lit
ins brains with a revolver. Byrnes was a pensioner,
and the possessor of the Victoria Cross.
AN EXHIBITION OF ‘`
ZuLlTs."—A correspondent
of the Pall H)! Gazette telegraphs: Considerable
I siliseC ion ha 7i been caused at Bridgwater by the ap-
pearaue at a placeot entertainment of six men wno
were advertised as Zulus. and a,unonnced to go
throm2h a war-dance performan.:.e. An enormovn,
crowd a*emb'eA, and the show manger, o mew,
r Amours which had be..n current, invited anyone
to queztion the Zulus in their own language. The
aballenge was taken up by a seaman who, after
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE TEA TRADE IN CHINA.

The Times gives the folloaing extract from a private
letter, dated Hangkow, May 23:

"Eleven large ocean stoamers are at present load-
ing ; freight, £6 a ton. It is stated that this year's
crop is bad, prices still too high, and, in spite of two
steamers being on the mov., a great many people are
holding back. The market was opened on the 19th of
May, and the first steamer left on this day. Last
year was most disastrous for the tea trade. Not a
hong in Hangkow that did not buffer. It is said that
£4,000,000 were lost between this bind Foochow, the
half of which is put down to this place. It has
had the effect of making the merchants and tea-
tasters mote careful, and this year they agreed
to wait ten days before opening thi market. It was
supposed it would have a salutary effict on the ChineEe
dealers, and show them that foreigners were not going
to give the prices they gave last par. There was a
great panic among the native teamer when they heard
the agreement that had been come te, and it increased
when they saw the foreign merchads sticking to it.
All the native teamen are Cautomse, who act as
brokers for foreigners and bring Ile tea from thq
inland on to the market. As the la has to be paid
for at once by the Chinamen, the can ill afford to
wait any time without getting rid of it, and a week or
ten days' delay involves a great loss.'

THE VANITY OF HUMAN WisnEs.—Mary (reading),
" And thus we see that history repeas itself," Tom
(with animation). "Oh, does it? I vish it did, and
geography and tables and the whole tot, and save tu
the troublo."—imn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

BROMSGROVE,

ROBBING THE RA.ILWA.Y COMPANY. - At the
Bromsgrove Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, before
Niessrs. Robert Smallwood and R. H. Millward
(magistrates), two men who gave the names of
John Smith and John Hoare, were brought up
charged with riding on the Midland Railway, be-
tween Birmingham and Bromsgrove, without
tickets on the 3rd inst.—The ticket collector at
Bromsgrove Station examined tickets by the excur-
sion train to Worcester Races and found Smith
concealed under the seat. Hoare also came from
under the seat. Neither of them had paid their
fare but Smith said he came from London and had
previously given up his ticket.—Defendants were
sent to gaol for twenty-one days, in default of pay-
ing a fine of £2 and costs each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

KIDDERMINSTER.

THE SCHOOL BOARD.—A special meeting of the
members of the Board was held on Thursday to
take into consideration 'a recommendation of the
Schools Management Committee to the effect that
notice of dismissal should be given to the master and
assistant masters of the boys' school in Coventry
Street.—A letter was read from Mr. Beeley, the
head master of the school, requesting the Board to
reconsider the matter, and urging that the low per-
centage of passes obtained in the school arose from
the fact that eight months of the school year had
been literally wasted, and that the staff, although
not palpably remiss in the performance of their
duties, had from vat ions causes shown no interest
in the work. The examination was also held
immediately after a week's holiday by a fresh in-
spector, whose standard he had been informed was
higher than that of Mr. Brodie. He believed that
with an adequate staff he could effect a gradual
improvement. —Subjoined was a document from her
Majesty's Inspector, stating that "as Mr. 13eeley
has been here only a few months he can hardly be
held responsible for present deficiencies."—The Rev.
L. F. Torond proposed that Mr. Beeley's services be
retained.—Mr. Talbot seconded the motion, and it
was carried.—lt was, however, decided to dismiss
the two ex-pupil teachet s who had had been acting
as assistant mastkrs, and engage a certificated
assistant-master in their place.—A motion of the
Rev. L. F. Torond with reference to an inquiry into
the general management of the school, with the
salaries paid to the teachers, was referred to the
Schools Management Committee.—lt was decided
that the salaries of the pupil teachers in future
should be £lO the first year, £l2 10s. the fourth,
and £2O the fifth year.—The next meeting of the
Board will be held on the 28th of August.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE LATE PRINCE IMPERIAL.

The Estafette ( Paris paper) had published extracts from
letters addressed by the Prince Imperial's servant,
Uhlmann, to his wife at Chislehurst. Uhlmann, who
was in the Cuirassiers at the battle of Reichshofen, in
1870, has been eight years in the Emprees's service,
and was tho-:oughly devoted to the Prince. In the
first letter he says the Prince could not have had a
better reception. Writing on the sth of May, he
speaks of the Prince's health as his only anxiety, and
adds :

"If his Highness keeps well, it is a fine thing for
him; and if it is God's will he should return safe and
sound, the Prince has certainly shown courage in
coming into these countries to war against Zulus,
where he is exposed to all sorts of disagreeable things.
Nobody in Europe knows what difficulties there are
in fighting these savages. The roads are so bad for
Europeans. These savages pass through the woods
like animals, but the English soldier is loaded like a
mule, and cannot run alter them."
On the 18th of May Uhlmann speaks of the Prince's
good health, of his delight at being with the army,
and of his own regret at not being able to accompany
him everywhere. The two other servants, he says, form
part of the army. On the 26th he writes :-
1 "I am happy to tell you Monsignor is well. Last
week the Prince went several times to make recon-
noiEsances in Zululand. They were away three days
and three nights. They saw several Zulus, who fired
on them, but, thank God, nobody was hurt. These
savages are very courageous, and MM. lea Anglais
will have to do their utmost to cope with them. His
Highness enjoys himself much, and camp life snits
him. He is still well which is all I ask, and that God
may let nothing happen to him is ever my great
anxiety; for, my dear Louise, if anything happened
to him, I should be in despair. Do not say the Prince
has been fired at; that would frighten her Majesty."
Here the correspondence stops.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

POTATO.

There have been moderate arrivals, aud the trade remains
steady. Prices :—New Jersey kidneys, 2705. to 3005.; ditto
round, 2405. to 2605. ; new Guernsey ditto, 2.45 a. to 2855. ;
ditto kidneys. 270 a. to 3101. • now Cherbourg ,ditto 2802. to
2804 ; dit to. MIA 24011., tOlBO4.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

talking to the blacks, denounced them as impostors.
A scene of !great excitement ensued, much rough
language and some blows being exchanged; but ulti-
mately the performance procealed.:
A NAVAL CAPTAIN CHARGED "WITH EMBEZZLING
£7,000. At the Leeds Police Court, on Thursdly,
before Mr. Bruce, the Stipendiary magistrate, Win.
Armitage Earnshaw (55), a retired captain in the
navy, whose places of residence are in London, the
Isle of Wight, and Wath-upon-Dearne, was brought
up charged with committing forgeries and defrauding
Mr. Lomas Joy, oil merchant, Leeds, of £7,000
under a marriage settlement. Mr. Grainger, who
appeared for the prosecution, said the prisoner had
only been apprehended the previous day. The
Treasury had taken up the prosecution, but he could
not say whether they would decide to take the case
in Leeds or in London. He applied for a remand
until Wednesday. The application was granted.

Messrs. H. Billingham, R. B. Guest, Mullett .
Wood, J. Billiughwn, Giles, Mills, Plant, Hale,
Wright, Rhodes, Lavender, Kelly, Eveson,
Brooks, and Rev. C. H. Cole Webb. Admit- '
ted 24 ; discharged 33 ; born 0 ; dead 1 ; re-
maining in the hone 470; corresponding we :k
last year 411. Out-doer relief Kingswinford
district £53 19s. 31,--d ; Stourbridge district £3O
19s 9d; Halesowen district £24 18s 4d ; non-
resident paupers 4s ; total. £llO is 4d; against
, 59 183 31d.—Stafford County Rate precept for
£942 Gs. Bd. was received being an increase of
£l5B. At a meeting of the Sanitary Authority
it was reported tbat the death rate in Stafford-
-1 shire 16 per 1,000, and Worcestershire 19 per
1 1,000. A letter was read from the Local
Government Board asking what steps were pro-
posed to be taken in providing for the sewage

-of Amblecote. The- clerk —was instructed lo
reply, that the matter was under consider-
ation and that there was great difficulty in pro-
viding land for the tanks, for purifying the
sewage. _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE WAGES QUESTION IN THE NAIL

TRADE.

A meeting of nailers' delegates was held on Mon-
day afternoon, at the Royal Exchange, Old Hill, to
consider the wages question, and devise some plan to
obtain an increase upon the present prices. Repre-
sentatives were present from the following districts :
Blackheath, Rowley, Long Lane, Old Hill, Oldswin-
ford, Haysech, Perry's Lake, and Bromsgrove,
Dudley, and surrounding districts. Lye Waste,
Gornal, and Halesowen were unrepresented.
Mr. Josegh Racket presided, and remarked that
the wages of the nailers was so low it was impossible
fur them to support their families, and they were
compelled by poverty to talte. some steps to improve
their condition. In his opinion, there was no alter-
native open to the nailerk but to bring on a general
strike. Unless the undersellers were put down he
believed things would be even worse during the
coming winter. Although some of the districts
were being paid by the list prices, yet that would
not long continue if the others were V., work below
—(hear hear). He should be pleased to accept the
August list if the masters would concede it, and thus
avoid a ruinous strike. He pointed out that if this
could be obtained it would be equal to 20 per cent.
upan the present prices.
Mr John Price stated that the operatives at Rowley
were perfectly willing to turn out on strike. He,
however, argued the necessity of making it a general
strike in order to secure success. There were some
of the most important districts unrepresented at
that meeting. Halesowen, in particular, seemed
very unwilling to join in the movement. Under
these circumstances he considered it perfectly use-
less to decide upon a strike at that meeting—(hear,
hear). The delegates from Old.swinford and Long
Lane said the nailers in their districts were not pre-
pared to come out on strike at present.
Mr. J. Noakes, Bromsgrove, said they did not
appear to be in a position to embark upon any great
struggle ; but yet he could not see how a strike
could be avoided. A long discussion ensued, and
the general opinion of delegates was that some de-
cisive steps should be taken to deal with the under-
sellers.
Ultimately it was agreed to appoint a deputation
to wait on employers, asking them for the January
list, 1879. This list is about 10 per cent below the
list of August, 1878, framed at the close of las '
strike.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE RAINFALL OF JUNE AND OF THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1879.

The Times of Tuesday published the following letter :--

Sir,—ln the month of June just ended the rainfall
at Clifton amounted to 5145 inches, being more than
double the average. Only four days out of the thirty
were entizely without rain. In twenty-seven years
thee e has been but one other example of so wet a June.
In June, 1860, the downfall was 7104 inches.
From the beginning of the present year every month
but March has had an excess of rain, but in neither of
the previous months was the quantity so large as it has
been in June. The total excess in the six months has
been nearly six inches.

This excess, noteworthy in itself, appears far more
remarkable when taken in connexion with the weather
of previous years. In each of the five years preceding
the present—that is, from 1874 to 1878—the rain had
been in excess of the average. In 1873 there was a
small deficiency. In 1872 there was a very large excess.
Speaking broadly, therefore, the rainy period which
we are now experiencing may be said to have lasted
for seven years and a half, during which time the
aggregate excess has been no less than 45106 inches—
a quantity more than equivalent to the rainfall of 16
average months. From this it obviously follows that
if no more rain were to fall until the autumn of 1880,
the balance would be only just restored.

In the fore:zoing calculations the averages adopted
are those of 25 years.—l am, Sir, your obedient ser-
vant, GEORGE F. BIIRDER, M.D.

Clifton, July 4.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

FUBLIC NOTICV:S.

GREAT WESTERN R A ILWAY.

CHEAP DAY EXCURSION TILIOUG VALLEY

OF THE WYE.

ON MONDAY, JULY 14th, au Excursion
Train for HEREFORD, ROSS, BY:JOND'.3
YAT, MONMOUTH, TINTERN, ant C E;PSTOW,
will leave Stourbridge at 6.0 a in.; Kid.leiminster, 6.15;
Wolverhampton, 50; Bilston, 5 8; Prince a End, 5.13;
Tiptcn, 5.18; Dudley, 5 25 ; Brierley Hill, 5 35 ; Hands-
worth, .1O;5 Swethwiek, 5 15; Oldbury, 5.20; Old Hill,
5.28; and Cradle'', 538 a.m. See Special Bills.

EXCURSION TRAINS WILL RUN AS UNDER.
QATURDAY, JULY 19th, to STOCKPORT,
MANCHESTER, Llangollen, CORWI'IN.
Dolgelly, WREXHAM, Chester, BIRKENHEAD, and
LIVERPOOL, leaving Worcester at 2.5; Droitwieu 2.15;
Kidderminster 2 40; Stourbridga 37 ; Stourport 2.45;
Bewdley 30 ; Bridgnortli 3.35 ; Coolport 3.50; and
Ironbridge 4 0 p.m., returning July 21st or 24th
See Special Bills.

J. GRIER3ON. General Manager.

CRICKET.
A Match will be played on the Cricket Ground,
AT AMBLECOTE, STOURBRIDGE
ON SATURDAY, JULY 12th, 1879,

BETWEEN

THE LAW AND ELEVEN OF STOURBRIDGE.

Wickets Pitched at 2 o'clock,
ADMISSION THREEPENCE.
Ladies and Members excepted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

THE "CAT."

On Saturday the members of earliameut who
attended the day sitting of the House of Commons
were engaged for some time in viewing the instruments
used in the infliction of corporal punishment in the
Army and Navy and her Majesty's prisons. The
"cats" exhibited by order of the Home Secretary and
the Secretary of State for War were four in number,
and were exposed to inspection in an alcove adjoining
the "cloak room." The alcove was guarded by two
policemen, who had received strict orders to admit no
person not a member of Parliament.
The most formidable weapon of the four exhibited
was undoubtedly the "Marine cat," which bore a des-
criptive label in the following terms :—" Sealed
pattern of 'cat o'-nine tails' approved by the First
Lord of the Admiralty 7th December, 1877. Signed,
G. W. Rodney, Deputy Adjutant. General." The
handle of the instrument is 19in. in length, and from
the end depends a thick cord, which at 4in. distance
I from the handle is divided into three separate cords,
and these again are divided each into three tails 14in,
in length. Each of these tails, which are of fine, hard
whipcord, is knotted nine times.

The "Navy cat" came next in interest. It was
endorsed, "Navy cat, brought from the Duke of
Wellington 25th of June, 1879, H.M. Dockyard,
Portsmouth." This instrument is formed of a handle,
covered in green baize, 2 tin. in length, from which
depend nine lashes of thick cord, &toil 281 n. in length.
A label at one end of the handle was endorsed "Never
used."
Another "Navy cat," called the "approved cat,'
was also on view, and like the " Marine instrument,
the handle is 19in. in length, with thick lashes nine
in number and each 281 n. long. It bore the inscrip.
tion, "Cat approved for use on board Her Majesty's
ships, for seamen and marines."
The fourth instrument exhibited is that used in Her
Majesty's prisons, and is composed of a black handle
191 n. in length, with nine lashes each 37in. in
length, made of whip cord, and each bearing three
hard knot&
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

MONEY ready for immediate investment inlarge •
small sums not under £5O, on any dascriptien el
eal or personal security no less than one year, at a low
rate, via., 4 per cent. on personal, and 8 per cent on free-
hold or leasehold security. Interest in ',P. cases payable
half-yearly, and not in advance. DistaLcs no object.
A.ll applications will be treated with strictest secrecy and
texpatch. Money obtainable on the shortest notice. No
seraraission.—Apply with full particulars as to nature a
szettrity, amount required, and for what period, to Wm.
Sincont, Esq., Financier, 9, Great Russell-street,
+I eaten. w.c.

If there is any Lady or Gentleman who has not ye
tried BUDDEN'S BALSAM of HOREHOUND and
COLTSFOOT for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, or any
affection of the Chest or Lungs, let them do so at once,
and they will find that one dose will give relief, and on.
bottle, in most cases, effect a most complete cure. Don't
be persuaded to take any other kind. Bottles is, lidt
and 2s. 9d. Agents for Stonrbridge Mr. J. H. Blaitii
75, High Street, and Mr, S. Hughes, 154, High SOW
'Pharmaceutical Chemists.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

LORD LYTTON AND LORD LAWRENCE.

The Times' correspondent at Calcutta sends the fol-
lowing extract from the minute issued by the
Governor-General of India in Council on the death of
Lord Lawrence :

No statesman since Warren Hastings has administered the
government of India with a genius and an experience so ex-
clusively trained and developed in her service as those of the
illustrious man whose life has now closed in fulness of fame,
though not of age. He bequeaths to his country a bright
example of all that is noblest in the high qualities for
which the Civil Service of India has• Justly been re-
nowned, and in which, with such examples before
it, it will never be deficient. The eminent services
rendered to India by Lord Lawrence, both as ruler
of the Punfaub, in the heroic defence of the British power
and, as Viceroy, in the peaceful administration of the
rescued empire, cannot be fitly acknowledged in this sad
record of the grief she suffers by his death, and of the
pride with which she cher:,:les his name.
The Viceroy directed that the flag of Fort William
should be lowered half-mast throughout Tuesday, that
thirty-one minute guns be fired at sunset, and that
similar marks of respect be shown at all seats of the
Government in India. The entire press, both Euro-
pean and native, has (the correspondent says ',borne
lowattlaaavaaji. *ht. rao.o.plto arid high peraoriftl
character of the deceased statesman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

BRIERLEY HILL LOCAL BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the Board was held on
Monday afternoon, Mr. Laiah Roliinson in the
chair.

In the course of the business Mr. Fereday called
attention to the recent prosecutions for tampering
with voting papers, suggastin,g that the Board
should consider the propriety of taking further
steps against the per tons who were charged, as
unless something of that sort was done they would
not be able to have purity of election.
Mr. Waldrcua slid that before discussing the
question he would intimate that if any res,olution
was passed he Ehould object to it as out of order,
inasmuch as a resolution of such importance
ought to be given notice of and put on the agenda
paper.
After some further remarks by other members,
Mr. Fereday gave notice that he should bring up
the subject again at the next meeting of tho Board,
and move a resolution.

Mr. John Skidmore gave notice of a resolution
he intended to bling forward, to the effect that in
consid,ration of the abnormal condition of trade
generally "and the consequent paucity in monetary
trinsactions of a remunerative kind:experieneed
by the ratepayers," the Board resolve itself into a
committee to inquire into, and if deemed necessary,
revise, rediice, or curtail the expenditure in con-
nection with the Board "either in a general or
departmental sense."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

M. DE LESSEPS PANAMA CANAL
SCHEME.

At the last meeting of the Geographical Society
M. de Lesseps made some communications respect-
ing his Panama Canal scheme. As in the case of
the Suez Canal, he himself, he said, would alone
be responsible to the public. He was going to
ask them for 400,000,000 f. The caution money
of 2,000,0001. required by the Government of
Venezuela had already been paid in. The total
expenses of constructing the Canal M. de Lesseps
does not think will exceed 750,000,000 f., and he
believes it will not take more than eight years to
be completed. He endeavoured to show that the dif-
ficulties to be overcome are not so formidable as those
encountered in making the Suez Canal. He dwelt on
the advantage which accrued from the existence of a
railway along its course, and of large towns at each
extremity, and compared this state of things with the
difficulties met with in a desert where there was not a
drop of water to quench the thirst of the workmen. M.
de Lesseps, in conclusion, mentioned that Louis
Napoleon, while shut up at Ham, thought 'a great deal
about a Panama canal, and sent an officer devoted to the
Imperialist cause to explore the Isthmus. The officer's
report being favourable, he wrote to the French
Ministry asking to be set at liberty in order that he
might devote himself to the realization3E his scheme,
and promising never to meddle with politics again.
No reply was given to his petition, and he afterwards
escaped and went to London with a view to setting to
work on his project, which is described at length in
the Revue des Deuce lifondes of 1847. He was just pre-
paring to start for America when the Revolution of
1848 made him alter his intentions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-12

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