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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

"MISCELLANEOUS 11E115,

Magneticla, Cetywayo's brother, who with twenty fol-
lowers surrendered a few days ate says that he was present
at the battle of Isandula, and that the Zulus were defeated
by the British and about to flee, when the ammunition gave
out; it was then the Zulus plucked up courage for a rash
and overwhelmed our men. The Zulu force numbered
25,00 n, of whom 11,000 were held in reserve. They had left
tue King's Kraal with instructions to enter and waste Natal;
and it was wily the defeat of the reserves at Rorke'. Drift
that prevented them carrying out their plans. Maquenda
will be sent to Fort Pearson, where he will be carefully
guarded.

Captain Prior, of the 80th, with a patrol of six moutited
meu, fell in with some Zulus who were driving off cattle and
horsea from a valley near the Upper Pongola. The Zulus
filed, and the cattle and horses were recaptured. Captain
Prior and Private Bowen went in pursuit, and at about 400
yards exchanged shots with two men, one of whom was
killed, and the other wounded. The dead man turned out
to be a son of Stray°, hose surrender wan dethanded bef.)re
the commencement of hostilities, and the wounded ono, who
unfortunately escaped, was declared by prisoners to have bven
Umbelini himself, He is stated to have since died of his
wounds in a cam

One of Weatherly's horse troopers, iaamed Orandiev, f 3 yi •
gaged at Zlobani, says that he was captured by some Zulus
and conveyed to the King's Kraal, where he was inter-
viewed by .Cetywavo, who wanted him to repair the two
guns taken at iss.ndula. He says he saw the guns spiked.
When the K‘ng found he could or would not assist him, he
sent him to Umbelini's kraal., to be sacrificed to the manes
of the chief, but on his way there he succeeded in killing
one of the guard and escaped into camp.

Colonels Glynn and Degacher and several officers went
down the Buffalo a few days back and erect' d a stone to the
memory of Lieutenants Melville and Coghill. The bodies
were exhumed and placed in ckftins, and reburied under a
huge boulder. While moving toe remains of Lieutenant
Melville, Colonel Glynn found in his pocket his watch and
chain.

The following deaths have occurred since the last mail :
The Hon. Rudolph Gough, from continued diarrhaNt ;
Lieutenant Alderton, di owned while crossing a river;
Assistant Commissioner S F. Philimore, Captain Sandham,
of the 90th Regiment, of fever; Privates Ocmilty and
Mooney, a the 13th Regiment, of wounds. Captain Leth-
bridge, of the 90th, is down with fever: but Major Hackett
Is better. The Rev. Mr. Corbett, military chaplain, has had
his leg broken by a kick from his horse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

REVIVAL OF TRADE IN AMERICA.

The Correspondent of The Times, writing from Phila-
delphia, says;—

For several months past there have been growing
evidences of the revival of trade in the United States,
and I have occasionally sent you intelligence to this
effect. As the spring has progressed the revival hbs
become more and more pronounced. Almost every
one is cheerful and confident of the future. The de-
pressioa and forebodings of a year ago have passed
away. There i an enormous movement of goods in
manufacturing, transporting, and selling, but dealings
are very close. Prices are low and profits small, but
the volume of trade is heavier than has been known
for many years. The public, who seemed to have
been waiting for prices to fall to the lowest point,
appear to have become convinced that during the pre-
sent spring that point has been reached, and they are
Bow buying all they want, but bargaining for it as
closely AS possible. It takes less money to buy the
goods than formerly, so that the heavy trade move-
ment does not produce a correspondingly heavy
money movement. There is also observable a
strong tendency to concentrate our trade in large
establishments, so that the smaller shope are
crushed out, and the producer and consumer
brought closer together without the intervention
of so many middlemen who have to get a
profit There is much more employment for
the working classes than was the case a year ago, and,
though wages are low, the really industrious class can
readily find work on full time, This has produced
a feeling of almost universal content, while there
never has been known a period when there was less
clashing between employers and employed. We are
almost without a "strike" or "lock-out" any-
where, and the few which have occurred recently
have been speedily settled by compromise. The
employers seem, for the. present at least, to have
convinced the employed that wages, though low,
are as high as can be paid. The railroads are as a
general rule doing better than they have for
several years, carrying more goods though at low
freights, but with such reduued expenses that there is
still a margin for profit. . . . The great evidence we
have of a genuine revival of business is the constant

testim:)ny given that there is more money than here-
tofore in the hands of the midule and lower classes.
They are buying not only necessaries, but also
luxuries, and the proof of . this is the fact that the
theatrical and amusement business in the United
States is now thout closing the most profitable
season it has ever known. . . .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

LECTURE ON TELEGRAPHY,

In London, on Monday evening, at the Society of
Arts, M. W. H, Preece gave the concluding lecture
of the course of "Cantor lectures" on telegraphy. It
was devoted to an explanation of the automatic syatam
of fast-speed telegraphy, which is so I,argely adopted
by the Postal Telegraph Department. There are 250
Wheatstone trnsmitters and 370 receivers in use.
The baaudful mechanical construction of the ap.
paratus is due to Mr. Stroh. The averago rate of
working in 1876 was 70 words per minute, but owing
to the improvements made by the officers of the
department in the eleztrical parts of the apparatus,
the average rate has been increased to 130 word:: per
minute. There is no town in the United Kingdom
publishing a daily paper that is not in direct communi-
cation with London and that has not its news sent
principally by this system. Mr. Preece dwelt especi-
ally on the fact that England is not behind any other
country in telegraphic development, and is not depend-
ent on other countries for inventions and improve-
ments.

A vote of thanks to the lecturer was proposed by"
Mr, F. Bramwell, F.R.S., a member of the council,
and carried with applause.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

SATURPAY, MAY 24, 1879

Alveley. There was a good attendance of buye 11
not only from the immediate neighbourhood, but
from Birmingham, Dudley, and other places at a
distance. Previous to the sale about 200 persons sat
down to an excellent and substantial luncheon,
, which was provided by the auctioneer. There were
upwards of 60 head of first-class cattle, which
I realised from 21 12s 6cl to 27 5s each; barrens,
£l5 7s 6d. There were 220 sheep, and a large
number of pigs. Sheep, out of the wool, realised 618
6d ; ewes and lambs, 75s per couple; sows and pigs,
10 guineas; and stores, from 188 to 39s each. The
fat beasts were of prime quality, and were chiefly
I supplied by H. Wakeman Newport, Esq., Coton Hall
I T. Leicester, Esq., The Low; A. H. Best, Esq.,
Compton ; Mr. W. Cattel, of Mose ; Mr. M. Fellows,
Captain Hobbs, Mr. T. Waldron, Messrs E. and J,
Davies. of Castle Hill; Mr. W. Kirkham, and Messrs.
J. T. Creswell. A week's keep was given to the fat
cattle.

ti,Tlie Watch Committee reported th+t XII. 8s ht d
ceo received from Mr J. Co:bat, of Chaddesley
tiorbett, in connection with expeoses incurred at the
re ()II their premises.
The report was adopted, as was also that of the
Sanitary Committee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

They are, it appears, as little contented with spring
in America as we are. This is the latest outflow of thouoat
on that subject: "Come, gentle spring," sang the poet.
An''a she came gentle; oh, es, awful gentle; thundering
gen'le, so to speak. She came as gentle as a brindle mule
with a jimson bar under its crupper. Oh, yes, she "come
gentle: If she COMeh just as gentle for one or twO seasons
more, there won't be enough of this country left to raise a
half repa of dog fennel in.

Parties sending summer poetry to [this office will
please enclose their full Dames and addresses, not fr publi-
cation, but as an evidence of their insanity in case they are
Dever arrested for murder.

The generous young fellow was somewhat surprised
when he asked his heart's idol if she would have something
In gold to put her jewellery on. She said, yes, give me a
gold five barred gate, life size.
"Oh, yes," said a feminine lecturer, "you may talk
as you please about the gallantry of men in the street cars,
but how common it is to see a seemingly respectable man
dodge behind his newspaper when he sees a lady enter a
crowded car I I tell you, my hearers, that the man who does
that, is the man who piously hates a hireling ministry, and
ref uses to pay his pew rent 'on principle!'"
A cashier of a rural bank, transmitting a lot of
bonds to be exchanged for registered bonds, wrote thus :
"I may not have expressed myself properly, not knowing
much about the business of swapping bonds; but my inten-
tions are pure and innocent. I wish to have these bonds in
su,th a coi.dition that when a burglar comes to my room at
midnight, pus a pistol to my bead, twists my nose, and
takes me by each ear and leads me to my bank and compels
me to unlock my safe, I can contemplate the removal of my
bonds with a smile that is child-like and bland."

Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived in London on Wednee.
day morning from Cj prim
Acpording- to the North German Gazette 24,217 Ger-
mans (or 2 253 more than in 1877)emtgrsted during 1878.
Of this imiilar 20,373 settled in the Un.itcd SttOsi 4048 1,4
e 34 I,94ilia,AnBtrana. - It is balttliirekr that at pre-
sent there are at least 44,600 Germans In Brazil.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

HALES OWEN.

CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS.-At the Police Court,
held on Tuesday last, before Messrs. E. B. Phillips
and J. S. Gibbons, Charles Hair, baker, was
charged with being drunk on the 14th inst.
Superintendent Kemp proved the case, and said the
defendant was very drunk. He did not make a
noise, but persons were following him. Fined lOs
and costs.

DRUNK AND INCAPA2LE.—John Andrew, labourer,
was charged with being drunk and incapable on
the 17th inst. Police-constable Barley proved that
he found the defendant lying down in the street
asleep. He woke him up, and found that ho was
quite drunk. Pleaded guilty. Fined 2s 6d and
costs.

CHARGE OF DAMAGING A CLOTHES LlNE.—Rague
Taylor was charged with damaging a clothes line
on the 7th just, the property of Maria Di.niells.
Defendant was further charged with using threats
towards her on the same date. Mr. W. S. Hayes
defended. From the evidence of complainant it
appears that the parties are neighbours, and on the
above date she hung out a line and put the clothes
on. The defendant cut the line down. The
defence was that complainant hung the line over
the defendant's garden and trampled down his
onion beds. He asked complainant to take the
line down, and as she refused he cut it down. Mr.
Hayes contended that the defendant was perfectly
justified in cutting the line down. The Bench
considered damage had been done on both sides,
and ordered the parties to pay the costs between
them. For the threats defendant was bound over
in £lO to keep the peace, complainant to pay costs.
CHARGE OF STEALING MONET,—George Parrish,
(13), was charged with stealing 3s 4d on the 14th
just, the property of John Langford. Mr. W. S.
Hayes defended. Ann Langford, wife of prosecu-
tor, said she had often missed money from the till,
and on the above date she marked several coins,
including a half-crown. She had not put the
marked money long in the till before she missed a
half-crown, a sixpence and a threepenny piece. She
at once told prisoner's mother what her boy had
done, and the mother took the money from him,
and gave it to witness. The money produced was
the same. Cross-examined: When I complained
to the boy's mother she at once sent for the boy,
took the money of him, and gave it to me. Ido
not wish to press the case. Eliza Gould proved
that she saw the boy behind the counter at prosecu-
tors. She asked him if he belonged to the shop,
and he said "No." Police-constable Parkes
proved apprehending the prisoner, who admitted he
had taken the money. Mr. Hayes addressed the
Bench in mitigatiol of punishment. The father
was a very respectable working man and would do
all he could to keep him out of temptation. Pris-
oner was sentenced to receive six strokes with the
birch rod.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

A NEW SCIENCE.

An Austrian professor has come forward as the dis-
coverer of a n w science. He has apisroached humanity
with a measuring tape, and now publishes the results
of his laborious investigations. All science is built up
more or less on statistics, and Professor Weisbach has
laid the foundation of what he himself calls " Anterro.
pnmetry." He has divided the human race into 19
different peoples, and, collecting his inferences from a
sufficient number of individuals,- has published
his knowledge in a tabulated form. The points
which he has selected for illustrating his theories
seem curiously chosen. The length of the body,
the circumference of the head, the proportions
of the nose, the relation of the arm as compared with
other limbs, and'the rapidity of pulsation are the chief
centres of his system For example in the matter of
rapidity of pulse he thus aatalogues humanity.
The dullest circulation seems to belong to the
negroes of Congo, who have 62 pulsations in a
minu' e. After them come the Hottentots with 64,
the Kaffira 70, the Northern Slave 72, the Siamese 74,
the Jews 77, the Sandwich Islanders 78, and the
Nicobaus 84. • In matters ol height the shortest
people in the world—not being actually dwarfs—are
the Hottentots, the average keight, in millimetres,
being 1.287. Then follow the Japanese at 1.569, the
Jews 1599, the Australians r 617,1 the Slays 1.671,
the Northern Chinese 1 675, thE Kaffirs P 753, and the
Maoris 1 757. The figures may be instructively
compared with recognised Eutopean altitudes, which
the professor exhibits in a parallel column. The
results are curious, and establish incontestably the
superiority of northern races. The Norwegians are
the tallest, but they are not as tall as the Maoris,
the average heights being relatively 1128 and 1/57.
The Scotch come next at 1708, then the Swedes,
1100, then the English at 1690, and next follow the
Danes 1685, the Germans 1-680, the French 1667,
the Italians and the Portuguese. It is found that
largeness of head is generally in inverse proportion
to length of body; not that tall men have little
heads so much as that tall races have small heads,
the only 'exceptions being the Patagonians, whose
great height is not deformed by insignificant brain.
The variations of nose are more remarkable than
those of any other organ which the professor has
measured, The Jews and the Patagonians head
the list, the average in millimetres being 71; the
nearest are the Maoris at f. 2, and the, farthest the
Australians at 30, while in boadth of nostril the list
must be read upsi le down ; i; commences with the
Auetrali .ns at 52, and ends wita the Jews at 34. For
torso and breadth of chest the 2..nnerican Indians sur-
pass all other people, while it is recorded of the
Africans, and esplcially of the 9engo negroes, thet.the
"ieititivelirbplaicinnielvieE-Miergth of arm and length
of leg is in their case completel:, inverted.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

OLD HILL.

CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS.—At the Pollee Court,
held on Wednesday, before Messrs. W. Bassano, H.
Howard, and B. Hingley, William Mun.day was
charged with being drunk. The case was proved,
and defendant fined 5s and costs.

HIGHWAY OFFENCE.—Joseph Hadley was charged
with allowing two donkeys to stray on the highway.
Police-constable Stiles proved the offence, and de-
fendant wal fined is and costs.:
CEARGE AGAINST AN APPRENTICE.— WllliaM
Pearson, an apprentice to Edward Lowe, was
charged with neglecting to work. Mr. Warmington
of Dudley, appeared for the complainant, and Mr.
Homer defended. From the evidence adduced, it
appears that the defendant refused to do certain
work that his master had set him to do, "boring
holes." Mr. Homer, for the defence, said that if
the magistrates considered the work set him to do
by his master was proper, of course the defendant
must do it, but he thought it was hardly the m ork
for an apprentice to do, in learning the trade of a
wheelwright. The Magistrates considered that
the work set him to do by his master was right,
and the defendant was ordered to return to hls
work. Mr. Warmington did not ask for costs.
DRUNK AND REFUSING TO QUlT.—Eland Carr
was charged with being drunk and refusing to quit
the Reindeer Inn, Cradley Heath, when requested
by the landlord. Samuel Jones said the defendant
came into his house drunk on the 12th inst. He
ordered him out and he refused to go, and he had
to put him out. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
CHARGE OF STEALING LINEN.—Harriet Oliver
was charged with stealing twenty yards of linen,
the property of Elizabeth Aubin. Mr: Stokes
appeared for the defence, and asked who the prose-
cutor was, as no person had signed the charge
sheet preferring the charge.--The charge was not
preferred by the police, and as the complainant re-
fused to prosecute, the defendant wee discharged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

Sir J. M`Garel-Hogg, M.P., chairman of the Me.
tropolitan Board of Works, in giving evidence on
Tuesday before the Select Committee on Electric
Lighting, expressed his opinion that corporations
should have the power of making earperiments with
the electric light in the interest of the public. If this
lighting were established in London he thought the
Metropolitan Board would appoint a special officer for
the sole purpose of looking after it.
Mr. Farrar, Permanent Secretary of the Board of
Trade, also gave evidence, stating that the Trinity
House now seltcted high points for the use of the
electric light. The evidence collected with regsrd to
the electric light at•Sotor Point was overwhelmingly
in its favour, the fishermen on that crowded coast
being quite delighted with it. With regard to the use
of the electric light for domestic and other purposes in
towns, he thought the local authorities should be
encouraged to supply it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

KIDDERMINSTER.

STEAL/NG A PLUM CAILL—At the POEM 0011tt on
Thursday, Henry Hardm In and Annie Daniels, alias
Mason. were charged with stealing a plum cake, of
the value of Is. 2d., the property of Mr. Daniel
Yates, confectioner, of Mill Street.—The evidence
showed that the male prisoner took the cake out of
a truck whilst the boy in charge of it was deliver-
ing bread at a geptleman's house. From what he
was told the boy followed the prisoners, taxed the
male prisoner with the theft, and ultimately received
the.cake from the female, who was carrying it On
the latter being searched at the police station it
was found that she was already under police sur-
veillance for three years.—Both prisoners were com-
mitted for trial at the next Quarter Sessions on the
charge.,

ALVELEY.

STOCK SALE.—Mr. Creswell, auctioneer, held his
*ll 01 Whilluntido boot nucl mutton, on Moncluyt st
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

THE AMERICAN FOOD SUPPLY.

INT4withstanding the restrictions to which live cattio
and pigs arriving at Liverpool from the United States
and Canada are subject, they have been coming to
hand recently in increased numbers, and last week tt,e
supply of live cattle, sheep, and pigs was far in ex-
can of aay week for Boma time past. The conveying
steamers were tho Mississippi, with 245 cattle and 211.
sheep; the Linhope, with 240 sheep and 1,266 pigs ;
the Glamorgan, with 154 cattle and 497 ;jigs 3 the
Minnesota, with 334 cattle, 200 sheep, and 477 pigs-;
the Bavarian, with 200 cattle and 1,589 sheep; the
Lake Champlain, with 155 cattle; the Naples, with
16 ; cattle; and the Athens, with 152 cattle and 105
sheep—the totals for the week being 1,403 cattle,
2,353 sheep, and 2,240 pigs.
The steamers which arrived with fresh meat on
board were the City of Richmond, with 500 quarters
of be,ef, 400 carcases of mutton, and 451 dead pigs; the
Adriatic, with 600 quarters of beef and 200 carcases of
rut-Mon ; the Wyoming, with 1,080 quarters of beef,
and 300 carcases of mutton ; the Ohio, with 1,192
quarters of beef, and 130 carcases of 'mutton ; the
Naples, with 1,087 quarters cf beef and 176 carcases of
mutton; and the Athans with 934 quarters of beef,
being 5,393 quarters of beef, 1,206 carcases of mutton
and 451 dead pigs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

- PAIN AND THE WEATHER.

It is a familiar experience that certain bodily pains
vary in their phases according to the weather, but
probably few have made exact scientific observations
of this to any considerable extent (says The Times). A
series of such observations, made with much ability
and perseverance, has lately been reported to
the American Academy of Science by Professor
Mitchell. They Gra by Captain Catlin, of the
Unicd States Army, who lost a leg during the
war, and tio.:o thar time has criffeved a good deal
from traumatic neuralgia. He carefully noted, during
five years, the effects produced on him by changes of
the weather. For the first quarters of these five years
there were 9,471 hours of pain; for the second
quarters, 2,102 hours; for the third quarters, 2,056
hours; and for the last quarters, 2,221 hours. The
best "yield of pain" is in January, February, and.
March, and the poorest in the third quarter—July,
August, and September. During these five years, while
the sun was south of the Equator, there were 4 692
hours of pain, against 4,158 hours while it was north
of the Equator. The average duration of the attacks
for the first quarters was 22 hours, and for the
third quarters only 17 9 hours. Now, taking the four
years ending January 1, 1879, it is found that of the
537 storms chartered by the Signal Bureau, 298 belong
to the two winter quarters, against 239 for the suuis
mer quarters. Hence we have the ratio of the Lum-
ber of storms of the winter and the summer quarters
corresponding to the ratio of the amounts of
neuralgia for these respective periods ^, and the
ratio of average duration of each attack for the
same time corresponds closely with the ratio of the ra-
spective total amounts of neuralgialor the same periods.
The average distance of the storm centre at the begin-
ning of the neuralgic attacks was 680 miles. Storms
from the Pacific coa.st are felt furthest oft very soon
after, or as they are crossing the Rocky Mountains,
while storms along the Atlantic coast are associated
with milder forms of neuralgia which are not felt
till the storm centre is nearer. Rain is not essential
in the production of neuralgia. The severest neuralgia
attacks of the year were those accompanying the first
snows of November and Docember. One other in-
teresting observation is as follows ; —Every storm
sweeping across the continent consists of a vast rain area
at the centre of which is a moving space of greatest
boroznetrio depression. The rain usually precedes this
storm centre by 550 to 600 miles, but before and around
the rain lies a belt, which may be called the neuralgic
margin of the storm, and which precedes the rain
about 150 miles. Thin fact is very deceptive, because
this suiferer may be on the far edge of the storm basin
of barometric depression, and seeing nothing of the
rain, yet have pain due to the storm.—The
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

THE ZULU WAR.

The Morning Post of Monday Faye : Placing out
account the prowess and bravery of the Zulus, it

ould be unwise to shu7:—Jut7e-yes -to the many Ob.
btacles which we shall have to surmount, and which we
Y;ave no doubt we shall succeed in surmounting, in the
u.ppr?aching campai,n. One of the climatic pecu-
;Unties of Natal and Zululand is the frequent °cur-
rime of heavy rains, which for a time render, the
operation of dragging heavily loaded waggons
through the grass land and the bush well nigh
impossible. It will consequently be necessary to
provide a very consi .era.hle reserve of oxen to
take the places of those when die. This, under
ordinary circumstances, would be a mere ques-
tion of expenditure, but for the reason stated above it
considerably enhances the difficulties with which the
authorities will have to cope. It is impossible to read
the official reports transmitted from South Africa with-
out being struck by the unexpected mortality amongst
all ranks.- Disease is proving itself an enemy, more
terrible than the Zulus. At Ekowe there Were, when
itlwas relieved, 9 officers and 100 men on the sick
list; 4 of these have slave died, independently of 4
officers and 21 men buried at the fort before it was
relieved. This large percentage of deaths is attributed
by Colonel Pearson 'probably to the want of
proper medicines and, medical comforts.' But on
the Lower Tugela, where presumably these wants
do not exist, the death rate is also very heavy. There
can be no question that the climate is very
unhealthy, and that those troops obliged to camp out
suffer severely from fever and dysentery. We doubt
if sufficient provision has been made to meet this state
of things. More medical officers must be sent out,
and there must be no want of medical stores. Steps
have already been taken to replace all that was lost
through the shipwreck of the Clyde. But the
Government cannot stop here. Whether Lord
Chelmsford has asked for reinforcements or not, it
will be indispensable to send out drafts to supply de-
ficiencies. We must at all cost maintain our expedi-
tionary force at its present strength, and as unfor-
tunately the effective will be subject to almost daily
diminution, care must be taken to fill the vacancies as
they occur."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

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THE LONDON ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

Last Saturday relief pay was given to 415 society
and 285 non society engineers in the metropolis,
and is. each for 370 children of society and 570
children of non-society men, the total number
relieved being 700 men and 940 children. The
total amount disbursed in relief pay last Saturday
was £620, which shows a reduction of some
as compared with the amount disbursed on this
account in the previous week. The London strike en-
tered its fifteenth week on Monday, and there does not
appear to he zny hope of a speedy adjustment of the
dispute in question.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

CRADLEY.

THE LATE SUICIDB.—Ori Tuesday, Mr. Docker
held the adjourned inquest touching the death of
Emily Bridgewater, at Cradley. The medical
evidence showed that the girl died from the effects
of some poisonous substance she had taken to pro-
cure abortion. The jury returned a verdict that she
was insane when she took the poison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

THE LYE AND WOLLESCOTE CEMETERY.

The Church of England portion of the new
burial ground, provided by the Burial Board for
tie Lye and Wollescote, was consecrated on Mon-
day afternoon by the Bishop of Worcester. In
consequence of the unfortunate hitch which pre-
vented the ceremony some time ago, and the
disappointment caused to the people assembled on
that occasion, considerable ill-feeling was rife in
the neighbourhood, and there had even been heard
threats against the bishop himself. The fact that
the consecration would take place on Monday was
therefore kept as secret as possible in order to
avoid a disturbance; and though several police-
men were stationed on the ground to make sure,
their services were not required, only a compara-
tively small number of persons gathering. The
Bishop expressed himself pleased with the ar-
rangement of the cemetery and the handsome
design of the chapels. The ceremony was of the
usual character, and the members of the Burial
Board were amongst those present. The architect
engaged by the Board was Mr. Thomas Robinson,
of Stourbridge, who has succeeded in adding a
pretty feature to the landscape of the vicinity.
the ground, which is divided into portions for the
separate use of Churchpeople and Nonconformists,
is nicely situated on the Clent side of the Lye, and
at a distance not too great for the convenience of
funerals. No doubt it would have been nearer but
for the difficulty of obtaining a position not im-
perilled by mines.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

CHOLERA IN INDIA.

The Calcutta Correspondent of The Times writes :
Cholera has been making fearful havoc among the
pilgrims returning from the Hurdwar fair sad is
being spread by them through Northern India. It
is asserted that betweeli 20,000 and 30,000 hill-
men from tho Himalayan districts near Nynee T.l
died on their homeward journey. Several cases,
most of them fatal, appeared among tha 15th
Hussars almost immediately after their arrival at
Meerut from Candahar, and it is supposed that the
outbreak is due to some men having travelled from
Mooltan in railway carriages which had been used by
infected pilgrims. The disease has appeared in most
cities of the Punjab, and the fear of the spread of the
epidemic to Peshawur has induced the authorities to
remove the greater portion of the garrison there. The
Government might well consider whether it is not
time to put an entire stop to those great religious
fairs, seeing that they almost invariably form centres
whence pestilence spreads throughout the country, and
that the effective sanitary control of the masses of
pilgrims assembled is almost impossible.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

RAISING A SUNKEN MAN-OF-WAR.

An interesting operation is in course of completion
by the authorities of the Port of Toulon, in the attempt
to raise the French war ship l'Arrogante. which
foundered off 115 res on thel9th of March. The total
weight of the vessel is estimated at 5,000,0001 b, (over
2,000 tons). Divers having been sent down to close up
and calk all ports; hawseholes, and other openings,
two circular holes were cut in the deck of the vessel,
into which two long tubes were inserted, the ends of
which projected above the level of high water. Several
pontoons with steam pumps were lashed alongside the
wreck, and the water was pumped out through one of
these tubes while the air was allowed to enter by the
other. The first attempt to float the wreck resulted
in failure, in consequence of the deck showing signs of
giving way under the pressure of the superincombent
water as the water in the hold was gradually removed.
The deck of the ship lies about 13ft, below ths level of
the sea at low water. Divers and workmen are now
engaged in supporting the deck by placing props
beneath its weakest parts right down to the keel of
the vessel, and when this work is completed advantage
will be taken of the first conjunction of low spring
tides and fine weather to commence pumpinOgain. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

BRIERLEY HILL.

HIGHWAY OFIFENCES.--At the Police Court, on
Monday, before Colonel Fletcher, Messrs. H. Hall
and G. K. Harrison, William Malpass, cowkeeper,
Kingswinford, was summoned for allowing a cow to
stray on the highway, at Xingswinford, on the 9th
inst —Police. constable White proved the offence,
and Police-constable Bunton proved four previous
convictions against defendant, whowas fined 5s and
(oats; in default IM dap.—Thomas Wall was
charged with allowing an ass to stray on the high-
wry at Kingswinford, on the 13th inst. Police-
constable White proved the offence, and said
defendant was sitting on a wheelbarrow while the
ass was standing on the footpath, grazing off a
bank. Defendant said he wondered the officer did
not drop down dead in the witness box for telling
such lies. Defendant was fined Is and costs.—
John Stringer, an old man, belonging to ICingswin-
ford was charged with alloving a horse to stray on
the highway on the 11th inst. Police-constable
Mee proved the case. Mr. Feeney, relieving
officer, said the defendant was in very poor circum-
stances, and that the horse did not belong to him.
On account of his poverty the case was withdrawn
against defendant.
FIRING OFR A GUN ON THE HIGHWAY.—Joseph
Roind was charged with firing off a gun within 50
feet of the highway. Defendant pleaded guilty.
and was ordered to paf9s 6d costs.
DnuziftErmEss.—.Daniel Grinnan was charged
with being drunk and' disorderly at High Street,
Brierley Hill, on the 11th inst. Police-constable
Eden proved the offence, and defendant was fined
5s and costs ; in default 14 days imprisonment.
REP:JUNG TO QUIT.— Samuel Hillman WAS
charged with refusing to quit the Cherry Tree Inn,
Wordsley, when requested, on the 18th inst.
Thomas Hand, the landlord, said defendant was in
his house on the 18th inst. and witness ordered
some people out because ;hey were disorderly.
Defendant then began of him for ordering the
pooplo out, and hothon faked dofondont out but '
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

AN INTERESTING MEMENTO,

A Newcastle corresflondent writes to the Daily
News :—" The modest dwelling, No. 17, Eldon•place,
built by the late Mr. Burnup, of the Barras-br dge,
Newcastle-upon Tyne, about the year 1815, and still
in the possession of his family, has, by association,.be.
come a place of historical interest as the joint residence
of two of our most illustrious townsmen viz., George
and Robert Stephenson (father and Bon), at the time
when they were comm-ncing those labours which have
conferred such a boon, not only upon this town and
nation, but upon the world. A few gentlemen, careful
to preserve the connection of these welbknown names
with their native town, have instructed Mr. Cragge,
sculptor, to prepare and fix in the front of the above-
named house a tablet of red serpentine, bearing the in-
scription in raised letters :--` The residence of George
and Robert Stephenson, 1824 5.' The former year in-
dicates the date of the commencement of the works in
South•street, the latter that of the opening of the first
of our locAl railways, the 'Stockton and Darlington.'"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

DEAN STANLEY ON WORKMEN'S
LIBRARIES.

At the ninth annual meetlng in connection with the Work
men's Library, at Metsrs. F. Brady and Company's Iron
works, Deptford, on Saturday, presided over by Mr.
Brady,

Dean Stanley remarked that it was impossible to
imagine any institution which did so much good with
the chance of doing so little harm as a good
library. 'When he thought of Deptford he always
thought of Peter the Oreat, the Great Ern.
peror of Russia, who had worked as a
common workman in the docks at Deptford.
On one occasion he was taken to the Palace
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and on seeing the
library there he remarked with surprise that he
did not know there were so many books in the whole
world; but there were over a thousand volumes, or
quite as many, in the Deptford Library. Peter the
Great wished to be progressive in his own character.
He had a great horror and terror of going into the
water, but he so overcame it that he afterwards
almost lived on the water. The drunkenness of the
Russian people at that time was great, and he also
overcame that, showing how each one could improve
if they only cared to put their shoulders to the wheel,
and leave the world better than they found it.
After tea the company were shown over the ex.
tensive works, the committee presenting a magnificent
illuminated address to Mrs. and the Bli,ses Brady.
A special feature of the institution, it may be re-
marked, is the organising of Saturday afternoon visits
to the museums and picture galleries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-05-24

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

THE attainment by her Majesty of the
sixtieth year of her age is to be made the
occasion of unusual demonstrations of loyalty
in various parts of the kingdom, and more
especially in the capital. The completion of
the sixth decade of the Sovereign's life has
been seized upon by the people as resembling
the turning over of a page, or the finishing
of a chapter, and it is celebrated accordingly.
Quetn Victoria was eighteen years old. when
she began to reign.; and forty-and-two years
has she ruled over the United Kingdom,
together with all its dependencies. That the
sixtieth birthday of a monarch who has
reigned over us so long should be heartily
commemorated, is just what might have
been expected in the nature of things.
Mighty changes have come over the continent
of Europe since the celebration of her fiftieth
birthday ten years ago; but the foundations
of her own throne have remained unshaken.
There is no reavn why the Queen should
not rejoice with her people ten years hence;
meanwhile, let us cast a brief retrospective
glance over some of t!.( p. :ucipal recollections
which naturally suggest themselves at such
a time.

Between 1819 and 1879 there is a great
gulf fixed a elmem which is totally
immeasurable by time. When the Queen
was born sixty years ago, the long reiga of
her grandfather was drawing to a close at
last. It had been drawn out over a period
corresponding precisely with the number of
years in which Her'Majesty has lived in this
world ; so that if we assume that a sovereign
ascended the throne in the year of the
Petorloo Mustier'," in 1819, and nearly
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