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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

HALE SOWEN.

LEGACIES BY TIIE LATE Mn. GRANGER—Tne late Mr
George Granger, for many years chairman of the Stour
-
bridge Board of Guardians, and whose death was
recorded in our issue last week, has left by his will two
legacies of £4OO each for objects connected with his
native town—one to the trustees of the Congregational
Church for the suppoit of the ministry, and another
to be appropriated for the relief of the poor. The sum
of £4OO is to be placed in the hands of the trustees, and
the interest is to be expended annually in warm clothing
for distribution amongst the needy of Halesowen on
New Year's Day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

MR. SAMUELSON ON BENEFIT
SOCIETIES.

Mr. B. Samuelson, M.P., at a meeting of the Man-
chester Unity of Odd Fellows at Banbury on Tuesday
said it could not be for the advantage of the working
classes, or of their benefit societies, to claim any
privileges of which the equivalent was not enjoyed
by other classes of the community; but it was simple
justice to working men that they should be able, if
overtaken by misfortune, to obtain, in the only way
in which that was possible, namely, through the
benefit societies, a provision for their families corre-
sponding to that which the more wealthy secured by
means of settlements. For this reason he should
support Mr. Mellor's Bill for the amendment of the
23rd clause of the Poor Law Act of 1876, and he had
no doubt that the House of Lords would, seeing that
all classes and all parties were united in its support,
yield to the unanimous wish of the country. He
believed that, however arduous might be the com-
petition which our manufacturers had now to sustain
on the markets of the world, it would be surmounted
by the hearty co-operation of all classes. Notwith-
standing some misunderstanding and mistakes, the
industrial crisis through which we were passing was
on the whole being dealt with sensibly and courageously
both by the employers and the employed, and he
should look for a speedy revival of trade if the anxiety
felt with regard to our foreign relations could be re-
moved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR
SHREWSBURY.

A railway accident occurred close to
Shrewsbury Station on Wednesday night.
A heavy special North Western train, filled
with passengers, was ran into by a Great
Western express, due at 8.29 p.m. • For-
tunately both trains were proceeding slowly
on the same rails. The express engines
" telescoped " a horsebox and guard's van,
and these, with the carriage nearest the
North-Western engine, were thrown off the
rails. The guard, Oliver, and one passenger
-were seriously injured. All others escaped
with a shaking. A horse was also hurt.
The signals were wrong, and the line was
blocked for over an hour. Both trains were
only a few yards from the Severn Railway
Bridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

No 741

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

LATEST NEWS.

ENGLAND AND CABUL.

AGITATION FOR THE OONVENTION

OF PARLIAMENT,

The Press Association says :—" In conse-
quence of the grave aspect of affairs in Af-
ghanistan, and the imminent probability of
war, a very influential committee is now
being organised for the purpose of obtaining
an expression of public opinion in favour of
the immediate summoning of Parliament.
Lord Lawrence has accepted the chairman-
ship of the committee, and Mr. Fawcett, M.
I'., wi-li act as vice-chairman. A memorial
will be at once circulated throughout the
country, and it is 'proposed to ask the
Premier to receive a deputation on an early
day, when the memorial would be presented.

MALTA.
MALTA, Wednesday.

Her Majesty's ship, Himalaya, having on
board the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, Colonel
Stanley, and the Lords of the Admiralty,
proceeded for Marseilles this afternoon. The
Salamis sailed for Artaki Bay today; the
Temeraire proceeds thither on Saturday next,
and the Thunderer on the 22nd inst. The
Minotaur arrived yesterday. She will be
docked and refitted for Itediterrahean ser-
vice. The 42nd Regiment has been ordered
to Gibraltar from Cyprus.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

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PUBLIC NOTICES.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

The following statement is made by the Now Pork
Commercial Chronicle, a newspaper not given to sensational
announcements :

"The exhibition made by Mr. Salisbury on the 19th
of October inst. at the Brooklyn Navy Yard promises
to completely revolutionize the iron, steel and glivs
trades. By using petroleum for fuel, not only is coal
superseded, but at a comparatively trifling cost there is
acquired a heating power which surpasses anything
hitherto known. In the experiments the heat registered
5,000, melted pig iron in ten minutes instead of two hours,
and made liquid glass in two hours instead of sixteen.
The invention consists of the liquid fuel and the means
of using it. The fuel is made of the residuum of petro-
leum and coal tar—a mixture about the consistency of
molasses. It is conducted from the barrel tc the fur-
nace by means of a small pipe. At the end of this
pipe, as it extends into the door of the furnace, is a
funnel-shaped apparatus. When the fuel enters this
funnel it cornea into contact with a current of
highly superheated steam, which atomizes the
and thus admits a sufficient amount of oxygen at
the point of ignition. The atomized fuel then
shoots in a fierce but delicate spray into the
blazing furnace, the brick arches of which are
kept a white heat. Mr. Salisbury hopes by his inven-
tion to revolutionize the ocean steamship trade; and
he is about to proceed to Pittsburg to reconstruct her
300 blast furnaces, and make that city the greatest
manufacturing centre of the world. If the apparatus
proves to be as safe as it is undoubtedly effective, Mr.
Salisbury's discovery will lead to great and radical
changes in many branches of industry."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

SIR THOMAS BATESON, M.P., ON
RUSSIA.

Sir Thomas Bateson, M.P.' speaking at Devizes on
Saturday, said that although at the Berlin Congress
the great Powers made important concessions to Russia
in the interests of peace, Russia had failed to carry out
her engagements under the treaty. Shere Ali was a
fanatic, backed up by Russia, which had sent him
guns, Russian soldiers, and military supplies. Russia
fomented and encouraged tiv Indian mutiny, and was
endeavouring to carry out the policy of Peter the
Great, and drive England out of India. The present
was an anxious time, and a great emergency might
arise at any moment. The Emperor of Russia was in
feeble health, and fears were entertained that be would
not long survive his present illness. If he died his
successor was committed to the extreme war party,
and with 200,000 men south of the Danube he should
not be surprised if he came to the throne he made a
rush for Constantinople. It, therefore behoved the
English Government to be prepared, and the people to
be united in maintaining the honour, the dignity, the
prestige, and the vast interests of their great empire.

THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT.—The Habeas Corpus
Act (the subjects' Writ of Right) was passed in 1679,
"for the better securing the liberty of the subject,"
and is next in importance to Magna Charta, and con-
tained'the following important provisions.-1. That
no person shall be tried twice for the same offence.
2. That the body of every prisoner must be produced
on his trial. 3. That no person shall be sent to prison
beyond the seas. 4. That. the prisoner undergo his
trial the first term after he is taken into custody.—The
Habeas Corpus Act can only be suspended by the
authority of Parliament, and then for a short time
only, when the emergency is extreme. "In this case,"
as Blackstone observes, " the nation parts with a por-
tion of its liberty to secure its own permanent wel-
fare, and suspected persons may then be arrested
assigned."—The Act
has
sithboueet cansususepoer rpndpeud:esveerbaelintgimes
in
England .but
more frequently in Ireland—and recently in conse-
quence, of the Fenian disturbances,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

WHERE PERIQUE TOBACCO GROWS.

The settlement of Grand Point, fambus for perique
(says the New Orleans Times) is situated on the left
bank of the Mississippi, 'fifty-five miles above New
Orleans, and three miles from the river bank. The
first settler who had the hardihood to enter these
solitudes and open a little farm was Maxmilian
Roussel, who purchased a small tract of Go-
vernment land, and in the year 1824 shouldered his
axe and camping utensils, built him a hut, and
commenced the laborious work of clearing tip his
land .located in the midst of a dense cypress swamp,
with alligators and wild animals as his only com-
panions. At the end of one year Roussell had com-
pleted a house, into which he moved his family, con-
sisting of a wife and four children, and where he
continued to reside until the day of his death. Two
of his sons, Octave and Louis, both grandfathers now,
still reside on the old place, and are highly respected
citizens. A few years ago five of the old pioneer's
sons and their families were living on the old home-
stead, but death has taken away two, and one has
removed. The settlement at the present time con-
sists of nineteen families, all of whom are engaged in
the production of perique tobacco, which Is the only
crop they send to market. An average Grant Point
farm is eight acres, and the average yield is 400 pound
of manufactured tobacco to the acre. The people are
happy and contented. They have no stores or rum
skops, but in their place a very neat Catholic church
and a good schoolhouse. The inhabitants are all,
Catholics, and speak the French language, or sonà,.
thing like it, in all their intercourse with each other.
The whole oi the land cultivated by these people would
make but an average northern farm, while it would
hardly be perceptible compared with the sugar planta-
tions adjoining it. They are all excellent hunters, and
very fond of chase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.— The business
done to day was of only little significance. There
were firms who reported themselves to have
done a fair amount of work in the past fortnight
more indeed than for some time past in a corres-
ponding period. Others there were who spoke
of the business it is possible to do as of trifling
extent, less than they were doing a year ago, and
equalling hardly 60 per cent. of their capability. ,
All complained of the continued unprofitable
ness of prices, and of the retail character of the
orders which are being received. Competition
was very brisk this afternoon in all branches.
Nothing usually offered on Change in this town
was in under supply: scarcely anything was
upon other than abundant offer; and their was
very little which could not be secured on terms
a shade more in favour of consumers than was
possible last week. Cannock Chase coal was an
exception. The product of the pits of the Can-
nock Chase Company proper was not to be
obtained by the.merchants who are middlemen
between the company and the consumers. This
was due to the strike of the colliers, who have
been:out since Friday. At certain other col-
lieries in the same district, where also the notice
to the men for a drop in wages has expired, the
men are, it was explained, allowed to keep going
on at their own request, subject to arrangements
to be come to a fortnight hence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

PROSPECTS OF FARMING IN CANADA.

In reply to an inquiry as to farming prospects in Canada,
the Toronto Globe says :
English farmers with capital should not settle down
until they have seen the modes of agriculture practised
here. Anyone wedded to the expensive methods of
English farming would be almost certain to lose money
if he attempted to run a Canadian farm. Occasionally
there are men to be hired who are competent to take
complete charge of a farm. But such a man is a trea-
sure, and of course is worth higher wages than the prices
at present going will pay. It would be far better for the
Englishman to invest his money and take service for a
couple of years, or longer, with some good Canadian
farmer. As for the prospects of Canadian farming,
they are about the same as the prospects of farmers
elsewhere. There is a certainty that an industrious
man will make a comfortable living, and some will
acquire a competence. As for acquiring wealth, it is
generally thought that the proportion of farmers who
became rich is smaller than the proportion of those
engaged in business, but we are inclined to doubt this,
Not one in a hundred of city merchants acquire com-
petence, or keep it if they acquire it. When a farmer
gets money he usually keeps it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-11-16

"Though fraught with all learning was still straining

his throat,
To persuade Tommy Townsend to lend him a vote."

(Laughter.) But what we now see is that great learning
exercised in order to persuade Tommy Townsend that he
has lent the vote, when, in point of fact, as far as we can
see, he has done nothing of the sort. (Renewed laughter.)
But whether that is so or not, what I do remark is this,
that whether we are in a minority or in a majority at the
elections, the result always is this, that the majority of the
House of Commons who support the Government of the
day in any patriotic proceeding or in any patriotic policy is
continually increasing.

[The Times, in a leader, remarks :—" The Prime Minister's
speech at the Guildhall was the Aaron's rod that swallowed
up the rods of the rival magicians. Other public men might
have successfully attempted to conjure up a show of public
Interest if it had not been for the presence of their chief.
But whatever was to be disclosed or suggested of any high
importance with respect to national policy fell inevitably on
Saturday night to the share of Lord Beaconsfield himself.
Although several other members of the Cabinet spoke at the
Lord Mayor's banquet, there was little that was noteworthy
In their speeches."]

A Reuter's telegram from St. Petersburg say s that the
Gobs of Monday makes the following comments on the
Premier's speech at the Guildhall:—" Lord Beaconsfield has
successfully attained the double object of delivering a speech
of a pacific character, and at the same time showing that the
basis of his foreign policy continues to be enmity to Russia."
The Provos Vranya says :—" Lord Beaconsfield in his speech
at the Lord Mayor's banquet affected a serious tone. The
result is only empty words."

The Cologne Gazette winds up a leading article on the
Premier's speech at the Guildhall as follows:—" Lord
Beaconsfield can look back on the past years of his policy
with satisfaction. Re may not have brought about all he
wanted, but he has undoubtedly succeeded in preserving
England's power undiminished—nay, even in increasing it.
His speech at the Guildhall is not only the utterance of a
calm and prudent politician who indulges in no extremse
fancies as to the attainment of all his ends, but it is the
serious declaration of a firm resolution, which in time of
action will be upheld by one of the most powerful nations in
the world. Let the St. Petersburg Cabinet lay this well to
heart. To bring it home to Russian statesmen was, per-
haps, one of the chief aims of the Earl of Beaconsfield's
speech."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

RAILWAY DAMAGES.

At the Liverpool Assizes, the cause of " Fazakerley v. the
London and North-Western Railway Company" has been
tried before Mr. Justice Denman and a special jury.

The plaintiff, a commercial traveller, 36 years of
age, sought to recover damages for personal injuries
received by him in an accident, which occurred on the
defendants' line, near Crewe, on the 3rd of July last.
On the day in question, the plaintiff left Liverpool
by the 3.45 a.m, train for London, travelling in a
third-class carriage. The carriage was occupied by a
Mr. and Mrs. Croft and the plaintiff, the latter sit-
ting on the right-band side. When near the Betley-
road station a luggage train passed on the down line
of rails. Some iron bars projecting from a waggon
of the goods train entered the carriage in which the
plaintiff and the Crofts were travelling, completely
ripping up the side, and tearing away the door. Mrs.
Croft was asleep with her head against the side of the
carriage, and the bar completely decapitated her, the
blocd and brains bespattering the plaintiff. He was
obliged to hold the headless body to prevent it falling
out of the carriage. The plaintiff was knocked from
side to side of the carriage, and struck by the glass
and framework. His hair since the accident has be-
came gray, and he has lost considerably in weight,
wasting away in body and limbs. Medical evidence
showed that he was suffering from a severe shock to
the nervous system, which probably would wholly in-
capacitate him from following his business for a con-
siderable time. - - -

•
The defendants admitted theit liability, the only
question in the case being one of amount.
The jury returned a verdict for £650.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
At Derby a club has been started with the object of
enabling Derby mechanics to visit the Paris Exhibition.
It is stated in a Calcutta telegram that a rumour is
current on the Peshawur frontier that the Ameer of Cabul
is massing troops in the direction of Candahar. No intelli-
gence confirming the report has reached the Government.
The Rev. Robert H. Newton, of Philadelphia, has
lately invented a false pocket to deceive pickpockets. ,
The amount of 13,er and ale exported last year was
£1894,817, against £1,922,972 in the preceding year.
Mr. Paul Boy ton, the inventor of the patent swim-
ming dress, is about to swim from 'roledo to Lisbon, on the
Tagus, a distance of 700 miles. If he succeeds in this attempt
it is said he intends swimming across the Straits of Gibraltar.
The number of Mormons in Scandinavia is stated to
be 2,249 in Denmark, 1,606 in Sweden, 892 in Norway, and 15
in Iceland During the courPe of last year 583 persons emi-
grated from Scandinavia to Utah.
" Denmark is mobilising, because Germany has
placed a light ship over a submerged sandbank, over which
Denmark claims sovereignty. Excuse a smile."—Truth.
The Derby Mercury says that Mr. Ernest Hobson,
of that town, the Senior Wrangler of the year, is the youngest
student who has ever won the distinction.
Dr. Lamson, chief surgeon at Bucharest of the Sick
and wounded Russian Soldiers Relief Final, has received
the decoration of the Star of Roumania, in recognition of
his services to the sick and wounded.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges in
The Times (as "conscience money "), the receipt of the
second half of a note for from "A. D."
Owing to the disorderly crowding of the people in-
the Milan Cathedral on the day of the King's funeral, five
lives were lost and eleven persons seriously hurt.
The permanent way men of the Great Western
Railway have received notice of a reduction of Is. per
week
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.

A Correspondent of the Daily News, writing from Vourlah

Bay on the 18th, says :

"Vice-Admiral Hornby, the Commander-in-Chief
of the Mediterranean Fleet, returned from Malta in
Her Majesty's ship Sultan yesterday, having been
ordered by special telegram to rejoin the Fleet
immediately. His flag-ship, the Alexandra, will
leave Malta as soon as a few necessary defects
are made good. All the ships of the Mediter-
ranean squadron are ordered to join the Admiral
at Vourlah immediately. The ships at present
anchored in Vourlah Bay are the Salamis (tem-
porary flagship) ; Agincourt, with flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir Edmund Commerell, V. 0.; Temeraire,
Swiftsure, Sultan, with his Royal Highness the Duke
of Edinburgh, Research, Hotspur, Rupert, and Ruby.
The Devastation, Achilles, and Raleigh are expected
at the end of next week. The Queen's Speech
reached the Fleet to-day, and has created a deal
of excitement amongst the officers and men."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

THE LAW OF LIBEL.

Mr. Hutchinson has brought in a Bill in the House
of Commons to amend the law of libel, which proposes
to enact that in dny action against a newspaper for an
alleged libel contained in a report of a public meeting
of a representative character, " held in compliance
with any Act of Parliament, or convened by the lord-
lieutenant, deputy-lieutenant, or sheriff of any county,
or by the mayor or other chief magistrate for the
time being of any city, town, or borough, "proof
that such report was published in a public news-
paper boat fide, without actual malice, and in the
ordinary course of business, shall be a good defence,
unless the defendant had declined to publish an ex-
planation or contradiction of the alleged libel, not
being- of unreasonable length and not containing
libellous matter. A person defamed at a public meet-
ing of which a report is published is to have his
remedy by action "the same as if such matter had
been written and published by the person who shall
have spoken the same." The Bill also provides, among
other things, that no proprietor of is newspaper is to
be liable to a criminal prosecution for the publication
in his newspaper of an alleged libel unless he is him-
self the author, joint author, or writer of the libel, or
unless he saw or had an opportunity of seeing it pre-
vious to its publication, or unless he refuses to give
the name of the author, or unless he refuses to pub-
lish in a mode as conspicuous as that in which the
alleged libel was published an explanation or contra-
diction, not being of unreasonable length.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

HAUL E Y.

STOCK SALE.—On Monday there was an average
supply of fat beasts, but a lirnit( d b uppi yof sheep. The
quality of both was all that could be Oesired and all
were well sold. Calves and pigs were better sold than
recently. The attendance of buyers from all surround-
ing dist; hits as well as from 13irsaiugh sin and the Black
Country was excellent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

KIDDERMINSTER.

DANGEROUS AssAtlLT.—John Tyler, a horse driver, at
Messrs. W. and T. S. Bucknall's, is in custody on a
charge of wounding John Bishop, a man holding a
similar position under the same firm. The men wen
attending to their horses on Friday night, the 25th nit,
when a quarrel arose between them. Prisoner is said to
have threatened to run a fork into Bishop if he repeated
some remark he had made, and soon afterwards be did
throw the stable fork at his head. One tine of the
fork caught him on the side of the head above the right
ear. but took a slanting direction instead of penetrating
the skull as it might have done. Bishop was badly
wounded, and
.Mr. Cowen, surgeon, dressed his head,
and ordered bun to be lent home to Bewdley in a eon-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

The official roll of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in the present session of Parliament contains exactly
500 names. At the head of the list are the Prince of
Wales, the Royal dukes (including the Duke of Cum-
berland, ex-King of Hanover), the Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of
York, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon (as Lord
President of the 0 Juncil), and the Earl of Beaconsfield
(as Lord Privy Seal.)
Then comes a list of Dukes' in which the Duke of
Norfolk ranks first, and the Duke of Westminster
la t.
Among marquises, the Marquis of Hertford comes
first, as Lord Chamberlain, the Marquis of Win-
chester follows, and the Marquis of Abergavenny
comes last.
As Lord Steward Earl Beau -lamp heads the list of
earls, the next being the Earl of Shrewsbury, and the
last the Earl of Redesdale.
Amnng the viscounts Lord Hereford is first and
Lord Cardwell last.

The Bishop of London heads the list of bishops, and
the Bishop of Ely comes last. Lord de Ros is first
among the barons, and the last name in the roll is
that of Lord Airey.

The Cologne Gazette says the German name borne
by the present King of Italy is an old one in the family of
Savoy, being that of Humbert, surnamed Whitehand, who
Is held to be the founder of their house. He lived at the
Burgundian Court in the year 100,9, and reCeived from Abe
Emperor Conrad the Zistriets oi Savoy and Aoste.. Humbert
11. had the Duchy, which he considerably increased between
1091 and 1103, and Humbert 111. reigned at the time of
Barbarosst.'s campaigns against the Lombard cities, died a
monk, and was placed by the predecessor of Pins IX. among
the Saints. After him no scion of the House of Savoy bore
the name till Victor Emmanuel gave it to his son, thus con.
necting the lofty position his Rouse now holds with its
modest origin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

A THRILLING MOMENT.

That must have been a thrilling moment on board
the Mediterranean Fleet when the order was signalled
from the flog-ship to her consorts to make the best of
their way eastwards. To every one there it must
have carried buc one meaning—that the season of in-
action was over, that something decisive was to be
done. The pulses of our sailor sons, we may be
sure, beat high; and we may be equally sure that,
if opportunity had offered, they would have
done their duty. The wooden walls are out of
date, but the "hearts of oak" that manned them
are needful as ever, and will prove as trustworthy,
when the pinch comes, behind the huge bulwarks of
iron, as they did in the beautiful frigates of old—the
saucy Arethusas and the fighting Temeraires. The
sight must have been magnificent as the score of great
ships, with the black plumestra.iling from their smoke-
stacks steamed towards the mouth of the Dardanelles.
There they formed up, if not picturesque with sym-
metrical beauty, at least stately in their massive
strength, the most formidable armada on which the
sun has ever shone. Nigh eight-scere pieces of
ordnance, the most powerfnl and terrible that
science can conceive or skill can forge, and
served by the best gunners in the world, are
ready to belch prompt return to any chal-
lenge. Nearer and nearer they approach to
the barred channel, and then a white puff is seen and
a thunderous report is heard. What does it signify?
The tocsin of battle? No, but that humdrum usage
so very familiar in the Solent—the firing of a regula-
tion salute! A little later, and the message is passed
that the ironclads are not to force a passage or dis-
embark marines, but quietly hie back to the unsafe
and monotonous anchorage of Besika Bay. After all,
it is but an English aquatic repetition of the pageant
in the Pigges Corantoe—
"The King of France, with forty thousand men,
Went up a hill and so came down agen."
—Evening Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

The BISHOP of EXETER on COOKERY.

A largely attended meeting was held in the
Athenwum, Exeter' last week, for the purpose of
establishing a local school of cookery in connection
with South Kensington. The Bishop, who presided,
said he had attended the meeting to give what sup•
port he could to the proposed school, because he be-
lieved nothing was so much needed in the education
of the children and the working classes as a know-
ledge of the nature and uses of food, and the best
methods of cooking it so as to make it palatable
and capable of yielding its full amount of nourish-
ment. The poor often suffered more from want
of knowledge than want of money. He thought it
would be a good thing if all classes were better ac-
quainted with the art of cookery; it would often lead
to a better understanding between servants and mis-
tresses. He had observed that badly cooked food
sometimes gave a siman a considerable amount of ill-
temper, so that what was sometimes laid to the fault
of his temper was really due to his stomach. He
hoped the school would become a permanent educa-
tional institution in the city, and he felt that Mr.
Buck-master, who was to deliver the opening lecture,
had rendered a great service in awakening public atten-
tion and interest to the subject. (Applause.)
Mr. Buckmaster, who was warmly received, then
delivered his lecture. He sketched the rise and objects
of the South Kensington School, and said, whatever
its future, the work which it had inaugurated would
still go on. He urged the importance of beginning
early with girls. All attempts to tech girls after they
had left school or the wives of working men had been
a failpre, and he was more and more impressed with
the necessity of making instruction in food and cookery
part of the education of all girls. After the usual
tasting and votes of thanks' the meeting separated,
much pleased with what had taken place.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

READING Room.

Ihe Reading. Ro3m is well supplied with papers and
per.o icale. CLa ,gas and aduitions are made from
time to time by the committee who are ever desirous of
,neeting the „wishes of the members and are always
plc:abed to receive. suggestions from them as to what
papers, dm, are desired.
The attendance of readers ia very satisfactory.
The committea tender their best thanks to those
friends who so kindly present papers to the Institute.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

SELLING OFF.

ONE Box of CLARKE'S B 41 Pills in
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinar
9rgans, in either sex, acquired og constitutional, Grave
And Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J. Ciraiee
Consulting Chemist, Righ-street, Lincoln.-I,l'holesit
Agents, gARCLAY sk SONS, London,and all the Wholeaal
Houses.

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
pIANOFOR'rES and IiARMUNIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIEING, for Two or
Three Years; arter which, and without any further pay.
went, to become the property of the hirer, All instru-
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
not approved of, and returned carriage free. And fur.
her, at WI a trial of three years. any Pianoforte or liar.
moni..m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
the money rezar:.eu tisuuctss., the tthual sof
hire; thus offering gream:r al-b..autallu.L tbt-bordob
or Birmingham
Nlusic \Varehotise, 200, L'u,:tiey, and 67
Park-street, WalsAil.

)IL!OrU S arta Liver Complaints. ixo±lion
I_3 Peeadache, Loss -of Appetite, Drowsiness, Gid-
liaess, Spasms, and all Disorders of the Stomach and
3.3we15 are quickly removed by that well-known remedy
teRAMPTON'S FILL OF li EALTIL They unite the
recommendation of a mild oper..tion with the most suc-
cessful effect; and where an aperient is requixed nothing
can be better.
Sold by all CLEn,,IEtt:, I. I+ol

THROAT AFTECTIORS AND HOARSZNILSB.—AII suf.
faring from irritation of the throat and hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brawn's Bronchial
Troches." These famous "lozenges " are now sold
by most respectable chemists in this country at
is 1W per box. People troubled with a " laa,cEng
cough," a "slight cold," or bronchial affections, can-
not try them too eocn, Ai troub!es, if I:flowed to
•,irn,sress, reslilt in setlnu:!-PulLunnary A 62,1batia
AffeetioUS. See thAt th 3 words
the " Brownß'uswisirtonscohnials,
Troches" are on e Government Stamp around
each box.—lfanufactured by Jour; I z
.
Boston, uuisod Isom _
DeP% 111F0 Vg90.110:144
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

THE ODESSA BLOCKADE.

It having been represented to the Russian Govern-
ment that the distress caused by the enormous price of
fuel might lead to popular disturbances unless effective
measures were taken to relieve the sufforings of the
inhabitants, permission has at last been given to the
Odessa Railway to employ a portion of its train ser-
vice, until n w exclusively used by the military autho-
rities, in transporting fuel from the interior of Russia.
The blockade of Odessa is sufficiently effective to pre-
vent coasting vessels from endeavouring to run into the
port with cargoes of fuel.

THE STATE OP CONSTANTINOPLE.
PERA, JAN. 29.

The Pera Correspondent of The T;n2es sus :—" Appre-
hensions are aroused among Nlll3:ulitians and non-Mussul-
mans alike by the presence at Stamboul of armed Cir-
cassiars, who are too numerous and mutinous to be easily
kept in order. The Government is taking what measures it
can to disarm them, but the task is no light one. They are
hlmost as ready to pillage a Turk as a Christian, anti if
they combined for a raid on any quarter of Stamboul. or
Pent the safety of the entire town might at such a moment
as the present be menaced.— Refugees from the Provinces
are still flocking in crowds to Constantinople, but great
efforts are being made to embark them for Asia, as small-
pox and typhus fever have been raging among them. Six
hundred have died at Constantinople, besides deaths on the
journey. This unlooked for accession of starving people
makes a grave risk of scarcity of provisions at Constanti-
nople, unilas proper measures are taken to bring supplies by
sea."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

G. F. GREEN,
PIANOFORTE TUNER NER
260, Castle Street, Dudley,
And 67, Park Street, Walsall.
611 EAT PLEASURE IN PUBLISHING THE FOLLOWING
, IPSO TESTIMONIALS.
4netit„-1 •.r. C. Potter, Professor of Music, from the
Wood, for the Blind, St. John's London:—
for:"
t! confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano
p:•Luner, Re tunes by equal temperament, and ob-
%o exact scale. (Signed) C. POTTER."
ep "5111, Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
fo:nuddersfield :—"I have much pleasure in tes-
-1142 to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
.11e lays the bearings with exactnees and perfec-
kr kolßued) JAKIS F. PATTERSON."
%NI lira- Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the London
vti
pool Concerts :—" Mr. Green is one of the few
to :iVto TUne my Piano to the nicety I require previoue
110 i toy Public Recitels. (Signed) E. S. SANDER.
4,`
,prob,
mut 17: far. Butterworth . , Organist, Dobeross, near
14k 'Mr. Green's equal as a Pianoforte Tuner
r -•••Y a East with. (Signed) DAVID BUTTERWORTH."
I'grit
tor Yearly Tuning, including s. d.
minor re-
,
%et ctl,Pecirrnum ....
..
Single Tunings (in Town)
a. d. s. d.• $ d s. d.
iktui gne— •• • 3 6& 5 0 'Full Grands 6 6Sr 7 0
Trio:—rande 5 odc 6 0 iConcert Iron
°Lli7te°r..4' IGrands..
pii,-;• • 4 6 e'z 3 6 1
telly :1210r. es Tuned o the French Pitch (now univer-
•,.;"'oPted throughout England, u required.
large stock of Classical and Modern Music, at
Pie Price.
aie observe the Address-260, Castle Street, Dudle,'
and 67, Park Street, Walsa/1.

.. 7 6
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

STARCH.

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold," Pleasantly
surprised with the minnte information."
Maconschie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft.
'lncrease our subscription to 04e Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (X 150
Wallace, Bailey and Wilkins, Tanners and Curriers,
160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, S.F.
"MEM most acourate—speedy.—Your Office un-
questionaoiy stands first. Increase our subscription to
Fifty Pound (5,50). Members 6 years.
Blade, John St Co., Boot and Shoe Manufacturers,
Worcester. " Increase our subscription to Twenty
Pounds
Briggs, Sher& & Co„ Oak Works, Horncastle,
"In no one instance have we been deceived—correct—
reliable,"
Huntley and Palmers, Biscuit Manufacturers, Reading,
" Bpecialite—most valuable in removing doubt as to real
position of parties.—Members 11 years."
Dewhurst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blackrod near Chorley and elsewhere.
Where relied upon, your information perfectly safe in
crediting. Members 15 years."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

RHEUMATISM.

RHEUMATIS:III, Gout, LnnO)ago, Pair s
in the Head, Side, Back. Joint, aud Litui s
cured by DAY'S RH&UISIATIC PILLS. Price le. lid,
per box. Sold by Mr. Pagh, Patent Medicine Vendor:
61, Coventry Street, Stoarbridge ; and all Chemists
Wholesale br all the London Houses.

PEOPLE'S FREE EDITION,
IMPORTANT MEDICAL WORKS,

BY D'R. HICNRY SMITH.

Twenty-first Thousand. By Post, one stamp (to pre-pay
postage) in envelope.

HEALTH LOST AND REGAINED; or,
DEBILITATING DISEASES, THEIR CAUSE
AND CURE.

By HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the Royal University of
Jena, Author of "The Volunteer's Manual,"" The Warning
Voice," &c.
This work gives Dr. Smith's Treatment (the result of
Twenty-Six years special practice) for the Cure of all
Diseases of the Nervous System, Nervous Debility, Mental
and Physical Depression, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises
in the Head and i are, Indecision, Impaired Sight and
Memory. Indiges,ion, Loss of 'Energy, Pains in the Back,
Constipation, Blushing, Hysteria, Timidity, elf-distrust,
Dizziness, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Muscular
Relaxation. &c., resulting from Exhaustion of Nerve Power,
the effect of Overt,.xed Energies, Enervating Habits and
other abrizes of-the stem whica, if neglected, endin proms,
nre decline and death.

INSTFUCTIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONi.
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This Boos is SENT FEED TO ALL PASTS OF TUB WORLA
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Lamps.

,
rola, D. ILENRY SITIT LI, 8, Barton Cescent, London
, W.C.

ANSULT A LONDON PHYSICIAN BY ETTER
WITHOUT FEB.

4 \R. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist fo
the cure of nlPdcliclitatiug and coutagisns disesees
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h. w pereonitily, on receiving description oi there ea6o, seud
hsi opinion, v. 1.1.11 advice end directions for the most OUIPCOBS
restoration to health and vigour.

*Urea; Dr H. SMITH 8, Burton Crescent, Louden. WA
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday, Mr. Grainger in the chair. There
were also present Messrs. H. Billingham,
Paybould, Parkes, Thompson, Wood, Hale,
Mills, Lavender, KAley, Guest, Smith,
Fiddian, Hall, and Haskew. Admitted
into the house during week I'i ; discharged 10 ;
burn 0 ; dead 1; remaining 463; against 375 last
year. Out-door relief, Kingswinford district,
£24 lls. 61 ; Stourbridge district, £l7 18s,
Halesowen district £l6 us. ld ; non-resi-
dent 9s 4d., total £59 9s 11d, against £5O
7s 101,--(1. last -year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

HALE S OWEN.

ASSAULT CASE.—At the Police Court, on Tuesday,
before Mr. Phillips, Isaac Hadly was charged with
assaulting Frank Ker.—The case was not pressed and it
was withdrEmn upon payment of costs.

DRUNK AND litoTo-u;.—John Rose was charged with
bein4 drunk and riotous, on the 26;11 ult.—Police con-
stable Barley proved the case.—Defendant pleaded
guilty and being an old offender was fined 20s and costs ;
in default one month.

CHARGE OF DESERTING THE ARMY.—Samuel Williams
was charged with deserting from the 3rd Battalion of
the Ride Brigade.—Police.constable Smith said he met
the prisoner on the night of the 24th tilt, and charged
hina with committing a felony by stealing a bundle of
iron from the Manor House. He told prisoner he would
hve toigo with him and on the road he said " It was
all right" and said be would tell witness something
she. Prisoner then said "lam a deserter and it is the
second tam; I have deserted and I have tramped it all
the way to Oldbury. I have a pair of trousers on be-
longing to the army.—Prisoner, who said nothing in
defence was remanded to Worcester Gaol, waiting an
escort.

HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—WiIIiam White was charged by
Superintendent Kemp with allowing his pony tz) stray
on the highway, on the 27th ult.—Police-constable
Perks proved the case.—Defendant pleaded guilty and
said he had sold the pony for 53.—Superintendent Kemp
said the defendant had been repeatedly cautioned.
Ordered to pay costs, 78 6d.
CHARGE OF STEALING IRON.—Samuel Williams was
charged with stealing on the 31st August a bar of iron,
the property of Messrs Dunn, of the Manor Colliery.—
Joseph Taylor, watchinsn, proved that he saw the de-
fendant take the bar of iron and throw it into the canal.
If e kn,-w the prit.,,ouer well and told hive if he did not
lug it hack he would hear of it again. Prisoner took
t .e iron away and threw it into the canal and ran away.
ihe iron was afterwards got out of the canal and haU
b3en cur, it:nd worked up —R,nr loaded for .the attend.
of a witness.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

STAFFORD

AMATE_

commencing at 7-45 p.m.
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PRUGRAMIEF,
Admission, One Shiiling. Skates as UsuaL
Subscribers' Tickets available, but not Coupon Tickets

SKATING RINK,

STOIJRBRIDGE

OPEN DAILY.

MORNING : 11 a.m., till 1 p.m.
AFTERNOON: 2-30, p.m., till 5 p.m.
EVENING: 7 „ ~ 10 „

IHE ST 013118 itth GE BRA S
Will be in attendance Every Evening, and on
Saturday Afternoons.

ADMISSION, SIXPENCE.
PLIMPTON'S SKATES, SIXPENCE.

Select day, Wednesday, when the charge for
Admission is One Shilling.

SEASON TeICKETS, admitting at all times, when
the Rink is open for Skating,.are now ready, and
.may be had on application at the Newspaper Offices,
of Mr. Broomhall, Stationer, High Street; or of
the Manager, at the Rink.

Skating Rink

TICKETS.

YEARLY, HALF-YEARLY,
QUARTE,LI, OR MONTHLY
TICKETS,

to be had at Elie

"Observer" Offices,
90 & 92, HIGH STREET,

STOURBRIDGE.

01.'1Uh., is hereby (Aveu that the Partner-
.l.ll ship heretofore sub.isinal between us, the
uddersigned 'Thomas .Lees and Joseph nudge, as Aue-
tioheers and Applaieetv, cdrriea on by as at Dudley
add _Kidderminster. this Lay .1).160LVk.,1) by mutual
Consent Ali debts clue to and owing from the said
partnership will be received and pald by the said
iboulas hees,
Dated this 30th day of January. 1878.

THOMAS BEES,
JOSEPH ILLIDGE.
Witness to the signatures of lhonias Rees and Joseph
Illidge,

JOLPU STOKES,

Solicitor, Duthey.

QUEEN6LA.NI)

SAILINGS FRO-U liAl attl I AIN.
The next Ship " 'l:he Ironsicies," for Brisbane, saiis
rom Loudou un January SisL.
Female Domestac Servante and Farm Lahourers fres
Apply to the .Lioe.al Agent:
F. CLAILKE, 23, Enville Street, Stourbriage;
Or to the Ageut-ueueful fur Queensla.nu,32, Cnarnag-
Cross, .Loudon,

TOWNSHEND HOUSE SCHOOL,

61.1.)DhlthIliN6I'ER

VAt.,ANCIES FOR BOAJIDERS.

Terms Moderate.—Apply W. MATTHEWS, Principal
Late Head Master ox studley Grammar School. dm,
eec.
Papils admitted at any time.

,j • E • COIZ,NIORD,

(Late li. 17-10MSON,)
21 A- I I_l 0 I=2,
LINEN AND NV uULL.E. DitAPER

CLOTELING

Maae to Order, ou tue bhortest Notice.
STYLE AND FIT,GUAItANTEED.

LADIE6I JACKWES, .iiiAWLS, DRESSES, do.

14 and 15, HACiliEl STREET, STOpIinRIDGE.

SALE OF SWIsS OOD GUOVSAA
ARCHER CLARIih'S, SI OURBRID GE

BARNBY and Co., 5, Arcade, Birmingham, notify that
their Lionds wit 1 bu on bale, at their Ageni,'s,
Atelier Clarke, 71, H:gti orbreet, bteurbridge,
Baraby and Co. especially call attention that the
pricestharged will be tne same as at Birmingham.
Archer Clarke respectfully calls the attention of the
public that on all his Gooas in the shop a considerable
reduction is made for cash,

Framing orders quickly executed on Pictures,
Oleographs, Chromos, Scrap and Cut-out Reliefs. 2d
in the Is allowed off for cash.
CARTES-DE-VISITE TAKEN DAILY from 9
o'clock. ss. and 78. ed. per dozen. Fifteen copies being
given to the dczen for cash.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-02-02

FISH.

Native oysters, ISs. 6d. to 215.; pearl ditto, 12s. to 13s. 6d.;
Dutch ditto, 10s. to 12s. 6d. ; American ditto, 53. 6d. to
Ss. ed ; Spanish ditto, 4s. to 5i.; eoinmon ditto, ss. to 10s. ;
Ostend ditto, Ss. Gd. to 12s. 6d.; fresh herrings, 3s. 6d. to
5s ; pickled ditto, 6s. ed. to 7s. ; roused ditto, 38. 6d. to 55.;
red ditto, 3s. to 4s. 9d. ; kipper ditto, es. to 83. ed. ; bloater
ditto, 53. 9d. to Os. per hundred; trawl 1 addock, les. 6d.
to 18s. 6d. ; ditto plaice, 17s. to 225.; ditto whiting. 18s. Gd.
to 255. ; smelts, 4s. to Gs per basket; soles, Os. Gcl. per pair
eels, Is per lb.
TALLOW.
S. d. B.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 40 C Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 9
Rough Fat, per Sibs. 1 Ei Greaves ~12 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. '29 0 Good Dregs „ 6 0
Yellow Russian, new 395. Od. per cwt.
Australian Mutton Tallow 405. Gd.
Ditto Beef Ditto 39a. Od.
• SEED.

Lo.NnoN, Monday, January 21. —Very little English Clover.
seed comes forward and there are few buyers yet of this
sort, whilst fine French samples are in good request at
higher prices. Little American offering, either on the spot
or for shipment. Trefoil had more buyers, ancifinest quali-
ties were 2.5. per cwt. dearer from scarcity. Canaryseed
sold slowly at rather less money. Hempseed was in fair re-
quest at former values. White and brown Mustardseeds were
in limited supply, but not much asked for, and there was no
change in the value of either sz,rt. Cool English Rapeseed
remains scarce and brings high prices. Foreign Spring Tares
were saleable to some eXtent at fully former rates, the
quality being good.

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