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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

RETIREMENT OF THE SPEAKER.

It has been announced that the Speaker of the
House of Commons intends to retire at the reopening
of Parliament. Though for many years Mr. Denison
has not been an active politician, he occupied no in-
mignificant place in parliamentary life more than a
generation ago. Having left Christ Church, Oxford,
where he wait the contemporary of many who were
afterwards distinguished in the assembly in which he
himself was ,lilitilled to 110111 the highest social
position, he was returned to Parliament for the
borough id Newcastle-on-Tyne in P 23 - his age con.
responding with the years of the century. A protracted
tourin the United States and Canada afforded him
ample opportunity for observing the action of those
liberal agencies by which the great institutions of
America have bVI,II so rapidly promoted. Probably to
this visit to America may lie attributed the important
part Mr. Denison took in the fierce agitation
then raging about the relief of the disabilities of Roman
Catholics, whose cause he supported with all the
authority of his position. At the time of which
we are speaking he had joined the short-lived
Ministry of Canning, in which he was appointed one
of the 'Lords of the Admiralty. On the accession
of Viscount I :oderich to power, Mr. Denison,
who seems to have entered the Government of
Cannin„” rather on account of the character of
his leader than for the sake of political power, re-
linquished the duties of the Admiralty, and never
again held office as a Minister, although several ad-
ministrations sought his active co-operation. He repre-
sented Hastings from 1830 until the general election of
11431, when he wins chosen 114 intecessor to Mr. Hue-
kisson in the representation of Liverpool, and was at
the same time elected for the county I d Nottingham,
for whish he took his seat in the House of Commons.
During two Parliaments he represented Mahon, and
in 1857 was retunied for the northern division of Notts.
The same year, ii the retirement of Mr. Shaw
Lefevre, who was elevated to the peerage according
to custom, is' vacating the preftideng of the Lower
Chamber of the Legislature, Mr. Denison, whose inti-
mate knowledge of the private business of that House
and of the forms of Parliamentary proceedings was
generally acknowledged, was unammoualy elected
Speaker. He has been three times re-elected to the
position which he has filled with graceful dignity and
unimpeachable impartiality. Always remarkable,
during his long political career, for integrity of purpose
and honourable independence, he will retire from the
arduous duties of his.office with the respect and esteem
not only of those who were brought into close contact
with him through their political position, but also of
the general public, who have learnt,' to admire the
calm firmness and general forbearance which charae-
tedsed his action in the difficult podtions he occupied
as the arbiter of questions of the utmost delicacy be-
tween two great political parties.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

KIN VER.

VA. Co, E.—At the Wordsl -y Poll •e Court,
douday, before Messrs. B. St. John Ala t,iews and il.
4inith, Coley woo summ•ned by Cimr.es
bULH111:111, for non-pdiment of 10. wages due to him.
'ill.. Addison defended. Lest seek tins Cillso was ad-
journed for a week for defendant to appear. He did nut
do so, and utter hearing the evidence, the Hooch ma le
:in order for defendaut to pay 13a and costs.
AdSAULT At THE 9(I:STONEY HOTEL. —F....IHBR' Nash,
landlord of the Foley Arms Hotel, Stewponey, was
charged with assaulting Andrew McDonald, a carpenter,
at the Stewponey, to the 10th. Complainant said in his
evidence he was a carpenter, and resided at Enville.
On the above date lie waa at the Stewponey Hotel, in the
smoke room. He ordered a chit of ale, and it was
brought to him. He then asked for some bread aioi
elmese, and there was no answer given Min for 801.1,.
time, and then some one mid they had not got any bread
and cheese, but had got some meat. He asked them to
iflake him six pennyworth. Defendant then came iv,
and witness asked him if the meat was coming, and lie
:end if he went int the kitchen he could hive the bre:,
.ind cheese, and told him to go out of the house. Tv ••
defendant then called him a drunken sot, mid pushed
him altd.g the passage, and when he was outaide the
porch defendant struck him on the nose. Joseph Hill.
Angel-street, Stourbridge, corroborated the complainant
Mr. Nash, in defence, ssid he struck defendant; but he
received great provocation. Complainant was drunk, and
went into the private room where his family wore at tea,
and asked for something to eat. lie tried to pat the
complainant out, and the !utter said he would trip him.
and caught hold of him by the whiakers nail the nose,
and he did strike complainant. Joseph Weston, f urmice-
man at The Hyde, and Thomas Hellen corroborated Mr
Nash, and the beech dismissed the case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

HALESOWEN.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH A HORSE AT ISLINGTON.—
On Saturday evening lent, a serious areidrnt occurred at
Islington, by which a man named William Parsons was
very dangerously injured. A horse belonging to the in.
jured man, was brought home from its work on Saturday
evening, and was token into the stable by is boy, the son
of William Parsons. The horse appears to be of a very
vicious nature, sad the boy received a kick from it. Par-
sons was so exasperated that he went into the stable and
began to bees the horse, which felled him to the ground.
The boy raised an alarm, and the man was found to be
so seriously wounded, especially about the head, that
medical aid was immediately obtained, and he was con-
sidered to be in such a dangerous condition, that he wa.,
at once removed to all Hospital at Birmingham, where
still lies in a very precarious sMte.
LECTURS.—On Monday evening last. Mr. Arthur
O'Neill, of Birmingham, delivered a lecture at Hasbury :
subject—" Arbitration, and the Washington Treaty."
There ware on the platform in addition to the lecturer.
Mr. J. Ralston (who presided), Mr. W. B. Rose, Mr.
Brine, and other gentlemen. The Chairman, in a very
brief, but suitable address, introduced the lecturer, who
rose amid great applause, and introduced his subject by
remarking that the lest time he occupied the platform in
Halesowen hi. o •)j-et woo war, but his theme on the
°resent oreasida • He then briefly sketched
n,•• eirentnotarre ••'t 1 I', the war between France
•n 1 1,-i '• 'Action of 500,000 precious
.1, •hi • t•• • I if arbitration had he-n
tad 1, n • • I ;” hew the quarrel be-
• , , t.tti t iu reference to

• , . •i. t'. I the claims, the
the great men of
which gave rise
4,ii. f Her Majesty, the
Queen in enclose n i it a peaceful tenni-
nstion of the disiet, . • had at length been
cr.,wned with ,ree.- , 'ern had been given
to the world to o tile t peaceful manner,
instend of res ' od the destruction of

, and rs .1 a complete aystern
of arbit—, 01, '0 •1, • I •': dirpntea may be
settle.l, and 1-.14 r f -ot • f pt•ti Lion to Parliament
to use its end, urours to bring over other nationa to join
a treaty of Arbitration. The petition wan adopted, and
numerous copies left for signature. The lecturer sat
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

CAB, CAB, AND POSTING ESTABLISHMEN I.
IVRS. A. BROWN, in returning thanks to
1 the Public for the support she has received in
th. above Business, begs to announce that she has trans-
ferred the Business to her son Thomas Brown, on a h,se
behalf she would solicit a continuance of past favours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

Cbc ,itourOtibge Olperber.

BATURDAY, DECEMBER .13, 1871.

CHRISTMAS.

As the world grows older customs and observ-
ances are materially modified or altogether die
out, but Father Christmas holds his own despite
changing fashions anti neglected and well nigh
forgotten custaint. True', he too has suffered a
change, and it may be ho has boeont wiser in
his old age, but he still possessea limey of the
eharacteristicts with which we have Away.; asso-
ciated his name, .iud happily he has preserved
most of his good features, and has merely given
up what was bad. Especially in relation to such
a festival as Christmas we are apt to look back
upon "the good old times --aided as best we
may be by songs, quasi historical records. and
works of admitted fiction— as much better than
the present ; but, frankly, we have no fond re-
grets for these good old times, so far as Christ-
inas is concerned. Whether we go back a cen-
tury, or a couple of centuries or more, little mat-
ters. We believe that if we could aseertain the
exact truth about the manner in which Christ-
mas was observed in Pritain, and compare it with
the facts of the Christmas tide of modern times
we should have nothing nitwit to regret. Sup-
yosing there were more jollity, jolilty is ra her a
suspicious thing, and of this in its worst forms
we believe there was much more then than there
is at the present day. We ventnre to affirm that
either "when George the Third was king,- in ,
the days of the merry Monarch, or in the time
of Queen Elizabeth, there was more jollity, re-
velry, and drunkenness than there is now; and
that at any of these periods there was less of
genuine benevolence and kindly charity than in
our own days is manifested at Christinas-title.
Wr are more sober than were our forefathers,
anti we are more systematically charitable, let
Canon Gregory say what he may. At this
period of the year our benevolent agencies are
in full work. The poor in our workhouses, the
struggling poor outside, who are too often hover-
ing on the verge of pauperism, are alike treated
with seasonable charity, and benevolence in a
hundred ways makes itself seen and felt, and
more felt than seen. And Christmas time could
never have been more generally devoted to family
gatherings than it has been in our own day ; in-
deed, the railway makes travelling so easy and
so cheap, the saving of time considered, that
Christmas family meetings must now be more
common than ever. It is a time when parents
and children, seperated by the exigencies of eni-
ployment, meet together, when kindly feelings
are developed, and reconcilliations are effected
under the genial influences of the festive season,
using the phrase in its best sense, the greatest
festival of the Christmas year.
In that curious old book, Fussard's " Five
Hundred Points of Good Husbandry," the au-
thor says:—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

AMERICAN SYMPATHY WITH THE
PRINCE OF WALES.

The dangerous illnew of the Prince of Wake has
created a most profound sensation in America ; speak-
ing of the effect of the news on the New York public,
the Herald says :

" Great anxiety haa been nianifested by the people njthis
city in regard to the illness of the Prinve if Wales Bulletin
after bulletin has been watched with an eagerness that chows
how keenly In the portent ,if the death of the heir to the
Throne of treat Britain appreciated. The sone of Ireland
were as usual bothered considerably in the subject. It was
strange to hear how compassionately they combined all
the Prince's errors. In the future of F.nidand, without a
Sovereign, and blessed with a Republican form of Govern-
ment, Irishmen of ell classes asserted that they saw a chalice
for the realisation of that dream of centuriea which centres
upon the freedom of the Emerald Isle. Englishmen wept
with genuine aorrow, and even smug the few Republican
emigrants ,of that country there was an expresaion of sin-
cere regret that the Prince was in such a critical condition
of health. At the British Consulate the callers were nume-
rous, all eager to hear what wax the latest intelligence from
England. Gold which went off to 1091 early yesterday
morning, suddenly jumped to 1101 when it was reported In
the Gold room that the Prince of Wales was ' in extremis.'"
-

In a leading article, the Herald says that the death
of the Prince of \Vales would most unquestionably be
an immediate national loss.
•• That the loss will be irreparable, however, we cannot
(It adds) admit. The queen, though uo longer what she

once was, if not yet old. It Is not unreasonable to presume
that this fresh alfilellon will rally round her all ranks and
chases of the people, and secure for her their entire sym-
pathy and support. Fresh sympathy may give her fresh life,
the Court may yet resume atilt. former splendour and attrac-
tiveness, and the latter days of Queen Victoria may be more
brilliant than her first. Should the life of the Prince of
Wales be spared, few, we think, will he sorry and many will
rejoice Out of the furnace he may come purified and bene-
fited by the lemurs received in the school of affliction. Ile
may yet prove himself to be a good moan ami a wise prince.
Whit the Prince needs is more active employment. Why
should nut the Queen delegate So him some of those dirties
which weigh so heavily upon herself? Permitted to take
an active pert in the management of public affairs, the
Prince udela reveal qualiUte nobler than any vv th which he
has yet been credited."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

OLD HILL.

FRAVOCLENTLY RSMOVING GOODS. —At the Police
Court, on Wednesday, before Messrs. E. Moore and N.
illogley, John Powell, Rowley, was summoned by Job
Bird for illegally removing his goods on the diet of Oc-
tober. Job Bird said he was secretory to the Benevolent
Friendly Society, and collected the rent for the Society.
Defendant was tenant in one of the houses. The last
rent was paid on the Pith of October, and he left on the
following night. There was L.l 16a 41 due to the society.
There were no goods left in the house. The house rent
was do Bsl per week. He had received the key from the
defendant, and had been for the rent several times. The
Bench said it was a case for the County Court, and dm-
oilseed it.

A.BACLT Cass.—Joseph Tromans, William Taylor,
and (horse Payne, were charged with assaulting Jamee
Walker on the 16th mat, at Howley. Mr. Shakespeare
appeared for complainant. It appears that complains=
is manager at the Howley Hall Colliery. On the above
date the defendants, with two others, set about him with
a dog hook and hie eye was blackened. It was because
they came up the pit the night previous to get their
drink, and he told them they must not work a.zain.
Defendants said the complainant eat about them first.
Fined 25131 and costa each, or 21 days.
bistmlars.—An inquest was held at the Swan Inn, Old
Hill, on Monday, before Mr. E. Hooper, Coroner, on the
body of Jane Matilda Baker, three-and.whalf years old,
who died from injuries received by being burnt on Friday
last. A verdict of " Accidental death " Was returned.—
An inquest was held at the Beehive Inn, Corngreaves.
ou Monday, before Mr. E. Hooper, on the body of John
Mansell, 143, who came by bia death through beipg
crushed between two trucks at the Corngresves troll
Works, on Thursday. Dr. Melon I atmuded tieces-ed.
A verdict of " Accidental death was returned."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

lANOFORTES 11A1:11:0NIUMS nunL
DI.. had on be NEW SYSIEIII 0: MINI:. for 'two or
. . .

1111. e Yeare ; uftrr %Lich, tiwi x111,1.1.x11) fu.rtl;i r-1:11-;

went, to lo.rOme I 1.p1.1..f.fiy of :Lc I:if ,;.

Allll.:ttit

111ellt; bad this. h;fitelll. cr ,U,,iasise, cacti be

Exchanged .11Iy tin,e witbin six mouths for any other. if
Lot antrov..l it, and
.returned carriage free. And fur-
. .

.•
Vier, 'ail, a trial if thr., vt.are. any Pi:A...forte or Bar-
ould taken buck. at its original vmit, and

the money returned. deducting the usual chargefor hire
C OPIES of which are jointed for ree
thus offering greater ads'autages than the 4olitloll or Sir-
Circulation. Sy HENRY SMITH, M.D. of ihe
mingliam U. F. GREEN, Pianoforte u„,"r"
Teacher mid Tuner, Music Warehouse,26o,Castle-strett, ".3. Je."•
Dudley. THE 1% ARNIM,/ 'I OICE TO YOMNU MEN fICO
a Special Medical Wolk for Private Instiut: '
oyes Plik.SCifirl 11INS and INST.IitCII4,Nt. by
000 PIANOFORTES & DAR3IONI. which twiny Uiti,usanda Mae Lett irstosed to health
3 z•id
t 9 UMS have been TINPY vigour tsl,o tie s..trering Irons Xerrous lA toddy, Pa,
si
Professional loner. 260, CANTlli•sTlilit.T. LUDLEy. lb"f!d."'"lrlY,'"/
Pianofortes Re-silked, Re-strung, the Ilan:nicks Re.cov. t" '"art` t" head and j* re,
Impaired t:tiglit and Memory, Indlyest ion, Loss oj Loc,oy I red with latent FOE as ust dl. th# n ci emint Cl fi Ina
ted App./oe, ['Max in the Back and Limbs, 'finto y,
- Sc/,/ Lure of Solitude, Grotto,
Pears, I,eal 11.tolarse,1111.,colnr Relaxation, 4,0%1 ell
Li Er,d, eted, rod in Consumpti,-n sod Premature De..tii.
Illustrated a ith Cases and fo.tialuniuls from grail fat
patients, with means of cure used in each case.
‘YARNING VOICE will be sent in an envelope fee, by
post to env address, In receipt of two penny slam! -
Address, 15r. Smith, 8. Burton Cresceot, London, I% .

SELF-CURE FOR INVALIDS.

(llzmeirE SCPEESLDIID).
NATURE'S CURATIVE.
(ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM).
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

THE MARKETS.

MARK-I,A NA oNDA T.
A mockrate supply of English wheat has been on
offer, and there have been good receipts from abroad.
With a thin attendance of millers the toade has Leen
heavy for all qualities, and prices have fallen Is per
qr, where sales have bee-ti pressed. There have been
moderate supplies of barley on the stands. Fine
malting produce lois been tolerably steady in value,
but grinding and distilling sorts have been rather
o wer. Nall has been dull, at about late rates. Fair sup-
plies of oats have been on offer. The demand has been
heavy, and Inferior wimples have been rd. per qr. lower.
For beans, the show of which has been moderate, the
Inquiry has been limited, at drooping prices lean have
commanded little attention, and prices hove ruled lii favour
oj buyers. Maize has been dull and einier. In flour very
little has been ii 'jag, at late rates.

MA RIC-LA SE.—WEDNIFDAL
Mach quietness was apparent in the grain trade here to-
day. The 8110 m 4,1 English wheat was small, and the condi-
tion indifferent, but from abroad the arrivals woe extensive.
The demand tor all qualities was inactive, lOW where sales
were pressed, lower rates had to be accepted. Barley changed
hands slowly, at drooping prices. Malt was doll. and occa-
sionally reduced. There was a good supply of oats, which
sold to a limited extent, at lardy previous quotations.
Maize was quiet, and slightly easier to purchase. Beans and
Peas were purchased slowly, at declining prices. The nOttr
trade was dull, and prices generally were lower.

IIETKOMLITAN CATTLK MARK ET..—NfonnAT.
The cattle trade to-day has been in a wry quiet state.
Butchers generally having anticipated tt,eir wants, the busi-
ness doing has been oft very modert.te character, and, not-
withstanding the slackness of the supplies the prices have
given way. Beasts have come sparingly to hand, but ammo
choice breeda have been exhibited. Sales have progressed
heavily, at a reduction 4 l ee Slb. The boat Scots and
Cro.lsea have liven dispoiied of at is. Cl to 50 Nil. per slb.
With sheep the market baa been scantily supplied. The
demand hr all breeds has inactive, awl prices have been
Yd. per Sit,. easier, at C. Cl to Cs. 111. per Nib for the best
towns and half-breda Calves have been in limited request
nil former terms. In pleo the dew:awl has been inactive, at
late istta. _ . . _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

MANUFACTURER,

IMPORTER OF FRENCH CLOCKS, Swiss WATCHES,
GOLDSMITH, JEWELLER, AND SILVER-
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ESTABLISHED UPWARDS OF A CENTURY.

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PRESENTATION CLOCKS.

HOLD LEVER WATCHES, thoroughly rated esti
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LADIES SWISS WATCHES, in strong gold cases,
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A Writttn Guarantee given with every Watch.

12,15, and 18.earat hall marked GOLD CHAINS.

A Large Assortment of BRACELETS, BROOCHES,
EAR.RINUS, RINGS, &e., ite., set with Diamond cad
other Rare Gems.

WEDDING RINGS.

SILVER ARTICLES, in Morocco Cases. in Great
Variety, suitable for Wedding and Christmas Presents.

ELECTRO-PLATED TEA & COFFEE SERVICLS,
CRUETS, BISCUIT BOXES, Itc.,

ELECTRO 8100201, YORKS, &c.; nun Make
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PRESENTATION PLATE.

SILVER and PLATED DESSERT KNIVES ..cd
FORKS, FISH EATERS, FISH CARVERS, S:c., Ac.
ENGRAVING .IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.

DIAMONDS, PLATE, JEWELLERY, & WATCHES
BOUGHT or TAKEN IN EXCHANGE.

REPAIRS EXECUTED ON THE PREMISES, by
Superior Workmen.

ARCHER CLARKE'S
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71, HIGH•STREET, STOUBRIDOE.

Cartes.deNisites, Two Positions .. 51. per Jon.

Ditto ditto,lSoperior.. 7.. 641. „

RESIDENCES, BUILDINGS, FAMILY AND

WEDDING GROUPS,

ANIMALS, MACHINERY, kc.,

PHOTOGRAPHED.

CURE FOR ALL.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.

All sufferers from coughs. colds, bronchitis, asthma,
and irregular action of the heart are earns:4ly recom-
mended to rub Holloway's searching Ointment well over
the throat, breast, and back as the case may requite,
twice a day. Invalids may confidently rely upon the be-
neficial effects resulting from this treatment; thi. Oint-
ment is the most trustworthy remedy for all internal and
external ailments of the C .rout.

Bad Ley, Bad Breasts, Ulcers, Abscess, s,

Wounds, and Syres of all kinds.

May be thoroughly healed by the application of this
Ointment to the parts affected, after they have been duly
fomented with warm water. Under the action of this
powerful Ointment, aided by the Pills, the depraved
humouru of the body will be quickly removed; even
crofulous ulcers and foul sores, however old or invete-
rate, can thui be cured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

THOMAS BROWN,

In succeeding to the above BUSIIICISII, begs to inform
the ti entry and ruble: generally, ti at he can supply them
with
WEDDING CARS, WAGONETTES, CABS, CARS
PMETONS, GIGS, AND OTHER VEHICLES.
For Business or Pleasure Parties, on the Shortest
Notice.

POSTING ES T ABLI SHN EN T,

COVENRY-STREET, STOURBRIDOE.

F. .A.. BLJOOME
pRACTICAL TAILOR

JUSTICE HOUSE,
67 , HOLLOWAY HEAI,,
BIRILtING-1-IA.MIII

Gentlemen attended at their Residences,
9O BE SEEN, at the Little Pig Inn-Coveii-
i_ try-street, Stourbndge, the
LARGEST PIG IN THE MIDLAND
COUNTIES,
Weighing upwards MI CO scores.

II " YAT A THER,
111

MYT_TIT-1DE8.4,
CARPENTER, JOINER, AND COFFIN
MAKER,

4, BROWN-STREET, AA7L"S HILL, DUDLEY.

Estimates Given. Repairs, Ice— promptly attended to.
PHCENIX FIRE OFFICE.

-3 IR. GEORGE PERRY, SOLICITOR,
Agent for Stourbridge, begs to remind the Pub-
lic that the PEPENIX was for many yews the only Fire
Office that kept a FIRE ENOINE in the town, and to
inform them that it still keeps one there.
For the keys of the Engine klonsc, apply at the Talbot
Hotel, or to Wm. Jones, Blacksmith, hnvillmstreet, the
engineer; and for Terms of Insurance, apply to the
Agent.

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+
kaaai R.

WORCESTERSHIRE MILITARY BAND,
FIELD, Bandmaster, respectfully
• returns thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and
Committees generally, in the Midland Counties, tor their
liberal patronage, especially daring the past season,
which has been a most successful one, including, among
Oilier engagements, Promenade Concerts before [heir
ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE
AND PRINCESS CHRISTIAN,

The Marquis and Marchioness of Qucensbury, the Hight
Hon. the Earl of Dudley. the Lady Ward, Sir Edmund
and Lady Lechmere, Sir Thomas and Lady Winnington,
Lord and Lady Lytlelton, and Lord and Lady Northwiek,
eliciting marked encomiums ; Mii-ocal and Floral Fetes,
/Mrs's., ke., itc•
The above Band is composed of Reed and Brass In-
struments, from first-class Manufacturers; Professional
Soloists ; Uniforms, Scarlet and Gold.
Future favours will be mash esteemed. Terms res.
sonable.

Programmes forwarded for publication, con,ibting of
the choicest and classical Music.
rrar.slreel, hudlry.

MT. EDWARDS,

CHRONOMETER, WATCH, & CLOCK
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

TILE STOCIIPIUTGE OISEPVFM

Thos. Wood: Ale, port wine. whiskey. Messrs.
C•,!lis it Co. : Gin. Mr. 0. K. Perkins: Shoes.

Mrs. Joscelyne sent a quantity of oranges,
apples, nuts, &c., for the children, which were
accepted with thanks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

A ROMANCE OF REAL LIFE.

Newly twenty years back (says the Mw York Timer )
there lived in Rio Janeiro an English merchant, whose
life seemed entirely devoted to the pursuit of fortune.
Ile had come to Brazil poor, and, by resolute work
and some lurk, acquired a competency. This done,
after many vicissitudes, he went home for a visit.
While at home he met a beautiful orphan girl, the
pair were married, and returned together to BraziL
fwo children were born to them. Worldly prosperity
still attended the merchant, who from time to time re-
peated his visit to England. On one 0.1 these OeCWllims
strange rumours came to his ears prejudicial to his wife.
They Were little heeded at first ; but, by degrees, sus-
picion became jealous fury, awl the wife win, accused
by her lord of infidelity. The lady being proud and
sensitive to a fault, indignantly denied the charge. A
separation was agreed upon, and an annuity was
settled on the wife.

Heartsick and weary of old associstions, the mer-
chant wound up his affairs in Brazil, and came to
North America. Wandering vaguely about the
West, he fell in with a party of Berl River traders, and
subsequently did a good deal of business in and alsiut
St. Paul. In that town he made many friends, while
avoiding close intimacies, and was notable for his grave
taciturnity and the strict honour of all his dealings. He
refined invariably to mingle in any social pleasures
whatever, and impressed all who came in niatact xith
him as a man who laboured under ineradicable suffer-
ing.
Thus years rolled on, and the wife had married again
—the terms of separation under Brazilian law allowing
that step. She, however, forfeited her annuity by it,
which proved in the end a serb iris misfortune. Her
second husband fell into bad health, and died a year or
two after the marriage. This left the wife and her two
children in destitute circumstances, and she then, likelier
first husband, became an unea.sy wanderer up and down
the earth. Led by some mysterniussinfluence, she came
to the United States, and in the fall of 1869 she, too,
was in St. Paul. It is a surprising statement to make,
but there is no doubt of the fact, that the couple met
once more, that the old feeling revived, that the lady
conclusively established her innocence in the mind of
her husband, that they were married again, and have
lived in the utmost felicity together ever since. The
twice-wedded pair have once more sailed across the
sea to settle down fiir the remainder of life in their old
home.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

CRADLEY.

UNJUST Wszoirrs.—At the Stourbridge Pollee Court,
yesterday, Allen Beasley, ehainmaker, Crielle), was
eliarged with having unjait weights in hi, posse slim on
the Dith inst. Mr. Homer defended. Inspector Freeman
proved the ease. Defendant was lined El and costs.

A.AULT.—Wllliarn Edmunds, a youth, W. charged
with &mantling Caroline Harper, on the 17th. Idr.
Homer defended. After hearing the evidence defendant
Wa9 fined 2s hid I nd coats.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—The usual Chlistwas Sale Bill Show of
Beef took place on Mond v. It being Worcester fair
Ity the sale cannot rtry lor.e amounting only to about
E 1,600. The prize br the best beast was awarded to W.
:I. Brown, Esquire, of Stepple hull. Cleobnry Mortimer.
,ho is every regular supporter of these sylpe. Parties
vlio had attended Woreestet earll,r in the diy expressed
he opinion that prices at tliviley were leAter than at
Worcester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

AN APPEAL FOR A VETERAN.

The Rev. Robert Jones, All Hants Vicarage, Rotherhithe,
London, writes to The'finfetfr:—

However deep my sympathy for those who
have fought old England's battles, I should have felt
some reluctance in asking for even a small spare of
The Teir.i in the interest 14 a mere Waterloo veteran.
But the following case from, I might almost say, its
uniqueness, will plead for use.

Revisiting my native place, Llanfyllin, a few days
ago, after an absence of many years, I found myself
almost a stranger among strangers. The tide 14 time
since I had kft it had ruthlessly swept away esquire,
parson, and people. There was, however, one face
that was familiar to ins. It was that id an old soldier,
Robert Jones, who had fought with Sir John More at
(ruins, samistesl at his funeral, and having left his
chief " sitme in his glory," was present at several en-
gagements in the Peninsula, at the siege and burning
of Flushing, and lastly at Waterloo.
_

Addressing the old- man, now in his 85th year,
found that he and his wife subsisted on the splendid
liarochial allowance of 24. per week and what his
missus " made by selling cakes in the street. This
was all that for his sere old age he had been able to
extract out of " thecannon's mouth."

May I ask you to befriend this old veteran? A word
In your columns will bring him all that he wants for
his simple life. The bailiffs of the town, ita presiding
magistrates, in conjunction with Mr. Maurice Lewis
Jones, whose address is " Llanfyllin, Montgomery-
shire," and who will kindly receive and acknowledge
any subscriptions, will see to the proper disbursement
of any monies intrusted to them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

- -
A FEMALE COMMUNIST.

The Dail!, News Paris correspondent gives an
account of the trial by court-martial of one of the
heroines of the Commune, Louise Michel, a woman
of high attainments and good position, who was for-
merly a schoolmistress. She is thirty-five years old
and very handsome, has been tried by a Versailles
court-martial as an accomplice in the acts of the Com-
mune, as having personally fought in uniform, and
as having written articles in the Cri du People
inciting to the assassination of the two Generals.
Her manner was simple, calm, modest, and un-
assuming; but she defied her judges, saying that she
respected the social revolutiom—she respected the Court
more than the Committee of Pardons, which judged_in
secret. She stood face to face, she said, with avowed
enemies, who she knew must condemn her. She
admitted that she attended and took part in
almost every council of the Commune, and de-
clared that the Commune was honest and inno-
cent, and had no thought .4 murder or arson.
She would have shot the two Generals, Clement
Thomas and Lecomte, with her own hand, had he seen
them on the scene of action, but she repudiated as a
dastardly deed their execution when they were pri-
soners. She had proposed tire as a strategical means
of opposing the advance of the Vergaillists. She had
exhorted Fori, to invade the Assembly, and regretted
that he had not done so. She meant two lives to be
sacrificed at Versailles, these of M. Thiers and her
own. M. Marchand, the counsel assigned to her,
declined to speak for the defence, by express order of
the prisoner. She said, "All I ask of you is to send
me to Satory. Shoot me there, and let sue sleep by
the side of my beloved Fern,. The Public Prosecutor
is right; I have no place in this world, at a time when
an ounce of lead is the portion of the lovers of liberty
and right." The President, colonel Delaporte stopped
her harangue, and the court sentence,' her to trans-
portation for life in a fortress.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-23

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