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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

HALESOWEN.

APPLICATION.—At the Police Court on Tuesday,
before Major Smith and H. T. Hickman, Esqr.,
Mr. Neal made an application, to allow stalls
to stand in the street, and that an ox may be roasted
in the Bull Ring llalesowen, on Monday next, be-
ing the Statute Fair. The application was granted.
AssAtafr.—Lucy Shilvock was charged with as-
smiting Sarah Coley on the 22nd ult. Complain-
ant said she went to a friend named Basterfield
when she met the defendant who said, "I have
longed to pull your heart out, and tear your eyes
our," and defendant then struck her. Case was dis
mis.ed.

BRUfAL ASSAULT. —James Newey was charged
with bru ally assaulting Mary Whitehouse on the
11th ult. Complainant said she met the defend-
ant, on the day in question, and he was very drunk,
She did not say anything to him but he came and
struck her on the bosom and in other places, and
she had been unable to work since the assault.
Doctor Thompson was called and said he attended
the complainant, who was. suffering from extensive
bruising. She had been severely bruised on the
chest, stomach and on the hip. The bruises on the
chest and stomachhe should think were caused by
blows, and the bruise on the hip would be caused
by falling on some bard substance. The Bench
said it was a very bad case, and tbey were de-
termined to try and pat a stop to the female as-
, seults, and sentenced the defendant to three months'
impr!sonment, with hard labour.—Martha Tilsey
was also charged with assaulting Lucy White, on
the 27th ult. Complainant stated that defendant
owed her father 103. On the day in question the
defendant sent a little girl up to their house with
a basket of apples. She told the girl that if her
mother did business in that manner, she didn't.
The girl went away and directly after the defend.
ant came and began to curse her and she eventually
struck her in the eye. The case was adjourned
for a fortnight in order to procure witnesses.
Fusions Drerviero.—Wm Grainger was charged
with furiously driving on the 25th ult. P.S. Zay-
bould proved the case and seid his attention was
called to the defendant by several persons and he
was driving very furiously. Fined 2s 6d and costs;'
in default 7 days.
VACCINATION ACT.—Several cases were adjourned
for a fortnight to allow :the parents time to bring
their children. The Bench told them that they
were liable to a fine of 20s. which would be im-
posed if they did not bring their children,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

ATTACK ON A PRISON WARDER.

In London on Saturday, Alfred Simmons, aged
thirty-three, a convict detained at her Majesty's prison
at Coldbath-fields, described as a porter, was brought
up at Clerkenwell Police court charged on a warrant
with wounding one of the prison warders, named
Walter Miles, on the 10th ult. The prisoner as he
was being placed in the dock asked for some water,
which was given him. He looked very pale and
haggard. He is at present undergoing a sentence of
eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour for
being concerned in an attempted burglary and for
stabbing the police-constable who arrested him.
Mr. Sims, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the
Treasuty.
Walter Miles said he was an assistant warder at the
House of Correction, Coldbath•fields. On Sept. 10 he
was on duty in a room where the accused was work-
ing. He saw Simmons pass a note to anothet pri-
soner behind him, and witness cautioned him that he
would report him to the tiovernor. Nothing further
happened that day, but on the following morning
they were again In the same room. Some of the pri-
Boners were supplied with knives for cutting paper.
At a quarter to nine Simmons obtained permission to
leave the room. On returning instead of going to his
seat he went towards witness andasked him, " Are you
going to report me to the governor ? " Witness noticed
hat the accused had his right arm behind his back. On
his replying "Yes," the prisoner aimed a blow at his
breast with the knife that he had been using, and it
went through witness's blouse. He threw himself on
the prisoner, arid the latter stabbed at him again, cut-
ting through his tunic. Two prisoners who were sit.
Ling near interposed on behalf of witness, and struggled
with Simmons, who said, "Let me go; I'll murder
him." They took the knife from him, but not until
one of them had sustained a severe cut in the face.

Simmons, interposing, said "It's a got•up case. If
I had wanted to stab you I could have done it. That's
an old cut in his tunic."

A prisoner in the gaol, named Picton, said he saw
Simmons enter the room and aim two blows at the
warder. He immediately went up and caught Simmons
round the waist, and the prisoner attempted a third
time to stab Miles, but failed. Another man, named
Sturke, interfered, and as he caught hold of the pri-
soner the latter made a cut at witness with his knife,
wounding him on the forehead near the eye. He at
last succeeded in getting the knife away, and cut his
thumb in doing so.

Charles Sturke, the other prisoner in the gaol alluded
to, gave corroborative evidence as to the assaults on
the warder and on Picton,

The accused was remanded, it being stated that other
evidence would be taken.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

SAD DISASTER AT SEA.

Further particulars have been received by the last
mail from New York with regard to the loss of the
British barque Brittania, Captain Garston, off the
Nova Scotian coast. The barque, which was from
Morant Bay, Jamaica, for Montreal, struck on the
north-east bar off Sable Island at one o'clock on the
morning of Monday the 3rd ult. The weather at the
time was thick, and the vessel was going at the rate of
six and a half knots. The crew remained on the vessel
until Tuesday night, when she began to break up and
all got on a raft. Besides the crew, numbering twelve
persons, the captain's wife and four children were on
board. During the night eight of the men, together
with the captain's wife and children, were lost; two
of the latter being washed away, and two others
dying in their father's arms. The steward of the
ship had been lashed to the planks of the raft, but
the tremendous seas continually washing over him, he
soon perished. Captain Garston was twice washed
off, but his strong swimming powers enabled him to
regain the raft each time. Lewis Smith, able seaman,
had, during the hurricane some days before, fallen
from the foremast and broken his arm. While the crew
were preparing to leave the vessel he was carried off
by a huge wave and his companions were powerless to
assist him. The four survivors reached Sable Island
on Wednesday morning, The following are the names
of those who perished :—George Foy, first officer ;
Arthur Holmes, eec ,nd officer; John Johnson, Lewis
Smith, Fred, Henderson, Arthur Porehouse, Ernest
Molton, Mrs. Emily aarston and four children. The
Britannia was a barque of 444 tons register,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

A CAPTAIN KILLED IN THE SOUTH
SEAS.

The last advices from Australia report the murder
by the natives of the New Hebrides of Captain Bellin,
master of the vessel Borough Belle, and it was only
after a sharp fight with the mur erera that the crew
obtained possession of the unfortunate man's body. It
seems, according to the inforn3ation, that the Borough
Belle called at Ambrym, one of the New Hebrides, for
the purpose of reorditing labourers, There were other
vessels there at the time, and the natives of the
island complained that one of the boys had been
taken on board the vessel called the Lizzie against
his will. Captain Bonin 'went on shore to in•
vestiote the—matter. He was accotnpanied- to -the
shore by several of his own crew in their boat,
but IT himself we.nt
,op -shore. On proceeding to
interview the natives the unfortunate captain was
fired at by eel armed party who were lying in ambush,
one of the shbts piercing his body. The crew went to
his assistance aepo.o as they saw bow matters were,
and ,they wee r, joln.ed .17 crews of the other vessels;
After a sliOrt butt alarp encolinter--the'thitives were
beaten off, arid ,tbe,dring,akltairt was:taken hit board
his own ve4sel. The injuries he received were so
eericus that he succumbed to them in a short time
i
afterwards. It was not mentioned n the despatch
what were the casualties on the side of the natives, but
It appears that there were none further on the side of
the combined OrAWN.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

HARVEST THANKSGIVING AT ST.
PAUL'S CATHEDRAL

In London, on Monday evening, a crowded congre
gation, composed largely of members of the Church of
England Working Men's Society and their friends,
attended the annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service at
St. Paul's Cathedral. The sermon was preached by the
Rev. Canon Lloyd, vicar of Newcastle, from the text—
" The field is the world "-13th chap. St. Matthew,
38th veree. The daily spheres of men and women, he
urged, were their harvest field—parent and child, master
and servant, and, in a larger sense, employer and ern.
ployed, all had their harvest field. It was said that
the old relatimship between master and servant had
been broken down, and that it was not what it had
been. It was disheartening to train servants and to
lose them when they became valuable simply from
their love of change. It caused them to give up all
thoughts of caring for their servants, and simply to
treat them as marketable goods to come and go. The
conclusion would be a natural one if they merely cared
for them for their own profit. But surely there was a
higher purpose in their being thrown together. A
girl left her home, to which, when away from it, she
clung with loving memory. It was when in a new
borne and among strange faces that they should
speak to her the right word. Many servants, he
knew, cared much for the kind word. Many
masters, he equally knew, neglected to give it. So,
though perhaps in a lees degree, with employer and
employed in larger works. Something more than
money was wanted. That was often given freely and
largely by employers of labour for the social benefit of
those they employed. But money, for the most part,
cost the donor nothing; nor by a subscription or a
donation could they possibly rid themselves of their
responsibility. Personal contact and sympathy of
men with men in their sorrows and joys met with ap•
predation, and did more than anything else to bridge
over the widening gulf of separation between class and
class which involved the element of such terrible mis-
chief. Personal communication would mean self-
denial—a giving up of comfort and luxury—but the
reward would far outweigh that of any subscription,

for it would be the reward of knowing that duty had
belt] clone, and that He who was our Master had been
pleased.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

The prisoner was remanded pending the inquest.

ANOTHER CONSPIRACY IN RUSSIA.
From St. Petersburg it is reported that a number
of politically•implicated officers have been arrested at
St. Petersburg, and in consegnence thereof a large depot
has been discovered near Cbarkoff, which contained
arms of every kind, large quantities of gunpowder, dyna•
mite bombs, and new printing apparatus. Itevolu•
tionarypublications and cyphered correspondence were
also discovered, showing that there is a widespread
conspiracy, possessing ample means and numbering
especially officers among its members. It was dis•
covered that dynamite was being manufactured in
Kolpino, close by St. Petersburg, where the scientific
and technical branches of the army stationed in the
Russian capital perform their daily exercises. Here
more than 138 naval and 17 artillery officers were
arrested and conveyed to the St. Peter Paul fortress,
In Sinibirsk an artillery colonel was arrested, who had
gained an enormous influence with the peasants, and
incited them to revolutionary deeds. The Russian
Government is especially alarmed that so many officers
of ripe years should have joined the revolutionary
party.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

GEORGE MORRIS, PROPRIETOR,

NAG'S HEAD INN,

KING STREET (Late of Stone Street), AND BAIT AND LIVERY STABLES, DUDLEY AIMS,

DUDLEY.

DANKS. St. Thomas-street Netherton.
GOULD, Undertaker, Crad:ey Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undettakera,Kingswintord
AOINTII:•••• G. WOODALL. Market-street. do.
WHITFIELD,' do. Brierley Hi!
DORREL, do. do
EMERY do. do*

A Large and Well-selected Stock oi

MEERSCHAUM PIPES
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

KINGSWINFORD SCHOOL BOARD.

The monthly meeting of this Board was held at
the Moor-street Board Schools, Brierley Hill, on
Tuesday, the Rev. J. Stone in the chair,
Mr. Allden and Mr. Colley, school attendance
officers, both reported that cases of scarlet fever
had occurred in their districts.

The General Purposes Committee reported that
the Education Department had approved of the
site for new schools at Wordsley.

- It was decided to ask the architect to prepare
plans and specifications of the proposed schools,
the Borvd to consider the plans at a special meet-
Regarding the question of school accomodatior.
at Oak Farm, the Rev. R. H. Streoten undertook
to see the managers of Kingswinford National
Schools, ascertain their views on the matter, aid
report to the Board. The accomodation required
at Oak Farm, he sail, was chiefly for infants, and
there were not many of these.
The Cleric replied that the auditor had stated
that he should surcharge the members who signed
the cheque in payment of £lO 10s, to Mr. Day for
, conducting an examination in religious instruc-
tion.

In regard to the religious teaching question, the
Chairmaa nou moved that an examiner or ex-
aminers be appointed to conduct an examination.
He agreed to a system of religious teaching. The
Board, he thought, were bound to see that the
teaching was carried out thoroughly, and he did
not see how it was possible to be sure of that unless
there was an examination by some competent per.
son or persons.
The Rev,. 11. Streeten seconded the motion,
which was carried.

Mr. G. H. Claughton the moved—" That a dio-
cesan inspector be one of those requested, to con-
duct the examination." He pointed out that as
the Boald had no remuneration to offer an inspector
the diocesan inspector would examine the - children
in religious knowledge without any cost to the
Board. The diocesan inspector had been inspect-
ing in Wolverhampton and other Board schools,
and it was acknow:edged that he had done his work
without any sectarian bias. If desirable, another
inspector could be appointed to act in conjunction
with him.

Mr. Bryce seconded the motion, which was
carried.

The last religious examination Mr. Streeten be-
lieved was conducted out of school hours. He now
proposed that a whole day in each schocl, or half a
day, as the case might require. be set apart for the
religious examination in each school." •
The Chairman seconded the resolution. The
registers, he pointed out, would not be marked, and
the children were not compelled to attend the ex-
amination if parents did not wish them to attend.
The motion was carried.

The Chairman suggested the desirability of in-
vestigating the amount spent for school requisites
also for gas and water; and the Clerk was instructed
to write to neighbouring Boards for information
on the subjects.
This ended the business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS,

Autumn cultivation continues to proceed favour.
ably, and good work is being made (says the Mark
Lane Express). The broktn weather keeps the spring
beans still in the fields, and in the higher latitudes
there are portions of the barley and oat crops yet to
secure. Root crops have made excellent progress
during the mild, damp, early autumn, and the late.
sown turnips are very promising. Grass keep has
become plentiful, and there is now keep enough in
sight to meet the requirements of a winter season of
ordinary duration. The weather has not been very
favourable for harvest work in Scotland, and at the
commencement of October there is a larger proportion
of the cereal crops unsecured than is usual at t bis period.
The damp weather is affecting the condition of all the
grain crops now being marketed, and dry samples are
rather scarce. The wheat crop is said to be diger).
pointing as to yield and quality. Root crops have in-
creased in bulk considerably, and winter prospects in
the feeding districts are improving. The potato crop
is becoming extensively affected with disease. Foot.
and.mouth disease is getting within very narrow
limits. A severe storm of wind and rain occurred
in Ireland on Wednesday which occasioned consider.
able damage to farm_ crops outstanding and also to
stacks of grain. The uncut corn has been twisted
and laid by the violence of the storm, and general
delay to harvest operations has resulted. There is still
a considerable amount of barva:t work t.i be done.
Pastures are improving and foot-and-mouth disease on
the decline.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

ATTACK ON A TRAIN IN AMERICA.

Writing from Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday,
the travelling correspondent of the Daily News says :
Last night, some hours late, there arrived here a
Western train with a 'strange story. It came by the
Santa F route, one of the competing lines to the Far
West. It left Denver, Colcrado, a little before two
yesterday afternoon, and an hour after midnight
reached Coolidge, a station nearly five hundred miles
from here, where there was a halt of five minutes to
take in water.

The passengers in the sleeping car had all turned in,
and the other passengers were more or less comfort.
ably sleeping. Suddenly a shot was fired, followed by
another, and then came what appeared to be a regular
fusillade. Some of the passengers who were armed
turned out, but the rattle of pistol shots ceased as
suddenly as it had commenced, and they found only
the engine driver lying dead at his post riddled with
shots and the fireman close by apparently fatally
wounded,
They learned from the fireman that as soon as the
engine pulled up a gang of men jumped on and ordered
the driver to leave the engine. He refused, and they
shot him dead. Two meu who remained blazed away
at the fireman, whilst the rest went off in search of
the treasure, which they believed was in charge of
of the express messenger. The firing had put this
man on his guard. He barricaded the doors of his
car, and through the window fired on the highway-
m 'on who vigorously returned the shots, but without
effect. The appearance of the passengers on the scene
suggested the wisdom of flight, and the robbers rode
off without any other result of their raid than the
murder of the hapless engine-driver.

Coolidge is a little roadside station near the confines
of Kansas, with nothing at hand but a water tank and
a telegraphic apparatus. This last was called into
requisition, and a message NM sent off to Dodge City.
Thence a special train was promptly despatched with
the sheriff and a band of armed citizens, but the high-
waymen had already got a four hours' start, and it is
presumable that they had well conmidered their plan
of ev-iape. It is believed that they have crossed into
Colorado and made for the mountains. 'Unless they
can be headed off before they reach cover, their
capture is improbable, but the whole couutry isaroueed,
and armed volunteers on foot and hori,ebacl:
coming forward by thousands.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-06

lIIGLEY.

STocK SALE.—At their sale on Monday last,
Messrs. Oates Perrens, an d Wooldridge had a large
supply of all classes of stock. The sale comprised
51 head of c Atte, 500 sheep and lambs, 190 pigs,
and 10 calves. There was a fair company of buyers
and prices remained about the same as at the
previous salc, except.,; for pigs, which were sold
dearer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE IN LONDON.

At the last weekly meeting of the School Board for
London the half-yearly returns of school attendance
up to last Christmas were presented by the chairman
of the Bye. Laws Committee.
The average attendance, as compared with that of
the half-year which preceded, showed an increase of
only 3,687, but if the comparison be made with the
half-yesr ended Christmas, 1881, there had been on
the whole an increase of 15,419. This increase was the
balance between an increase of 17,E89 in the Board
Schools and a decrease of 2,470 in the voluntary
schools.
In all efficient schools the number of school places
since 1871 had increased by 281,633, that was by 107.3
per cent. ; the number on the roll had increased by
296,612, that was by 1332 per cent ; and the average
attendance had increased by 238,627, that was by
136.9 per cent.
The average attendance in voluntary schools was
BUIL somewhat in excess of what it was eleven years
ago.

The Brazilian Government reeerves by law the ex•
cluaive privilege of working or putting up telegraph
and telephone whee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

GREAT FIRE IN AMERICA.

The New York Correspondent of the Standard,
writing on the 10th inst., ?,3ye

- -
During a storm to-day the lightning struck and set
fire to a wood factory in the midst of a dense tenement-
house population adjoining the Belle Vue Hospital.
For a shor time the excitement was intense, but the
amount oi &image was s mall
Another flash did more damage. It struck the
Standard Oil Company's works in Jersey City, and a
huge iron tank exploded with a violence which shook
the earth for a long distance. The flame which imme-
diately rose was seen twenty-four miles off. Ponderous
fragments of the tank were thrown a distance of half
a mile, and the crowds who assembled on the top of
a neighbouring hill a mile away were scorched.
The blazing fluid poured in a great stream towards
the river, and on its way ignited other tanks. The
workmen and firemen ordered to retreat before this
sudden foe started upon a fearful race ; their hair
and clothing were singed, and the six who were most
in the rear were overwhelmed. It is feared that
other fatalities have occurred.

The destruction has involved eighteen tanks of
crude oil and two of naphtha, each averaging perhaps
ten thousand barrels.
The works, which covered twenty acres also con.
tamed many thousand barrels of refined oil. The loss
is variously estimated at sums all of which approach
one million dollars.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

DEAFNESS, NOIEES IN TUE EARS, Sze. DELLA ft
ESSENCE FOR DEAFNESS should always be tried, as in
numbers of cases, seemingly incurable, it has done
wonders. Slight Deafness, Obstructions in the Ears,
and the incessant humming sounds so frequent with
affected hearing, are removed after two or three nigh Is'
applications. Dellar's Essence can be spoken of as sure
to give some relief in any case of Deafness without
causing the slightest injury to the delicate organisms t.f
the ear ; and, however surprising, pers.ous for years
Deaf have heard sounds after a fair trial of Dollars
Essence. Bottles, le. 10. and 2s, 9d. Sold by all
Chemists, Post free for 18 Stamps sent to Beuford
Laboratory Bayley street, London, W,C.

ADVI Cr; 1.• Min a ERB i—Are you broken in your
rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting
teeth / Go at once to a chemist and get a bettle of
t:A. 'vVINSLOW'S SOOTUING fYfiP. It will relieve
rltc: poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly bar:fl-
ies:4 and ples.sant to taste, it produces natural,
quiet sleep, by relievintr the cbild from pain, and the
dale cherub arrakert 'l`tr..s brht as a button." It
aeothes the child, it softens, the gums, allays aL
pain, relievez wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
at Enow-... • rane•Ay for dysentery and diarrbcea,
Watti,cr arr,..tur Lcrzt teething or other causes.
Viiralow's Soothing Syrup is sold by Medicine dolga,'
eversirlym • 14. bOatt -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

A VEGETARIAN SUPPER.

In London, on Friday evening in Vast week, Dr.
and Mrs. Norman-Kerr gave a vegetarian supper to
one hundred persons, consisting of employ is of the
Vestry of Marylebone and their wives and relatives,
at the Walmer Castle Coffee Tavern, Marylebone,
the objest, as stated on the invitation card, being
."to
illustrate cheap and good living,"
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_
The supper consisted of three courses, namely,
hotchpotch or soup, savoury pie, and sweet, the
materials and cost, as given in the bill of fare, being
as follows :-Hotch potch-two bunches turnips, Bd.;
one bunch carrots, 4d.; two bunches leeks, 6d, ; two
heads celery, sd. ; 61b. potatoes, 6d.; one pint green
peas, ld, ; parsley, 3d.; ilia. butter, 7d. ; total,
3s. sd.
Following six loaves of brown bread at 9d. per
quartern loaf, 45. 6d., came savoury pie-2i gallons
haricot beans at 2d. per quart, is, Bd, ; 151 b, flour at
7d. per quartern, 2s. 6d. ; 61b. onions at Id. per lb.,
6d.; lilb. butter at is. 2d„ is. 9d. ; total, 6s. sd.
Next came, under the head "Sweet," 171 b. rice at
2d. per lb., 2s. 10d. ; seven bunches of rhubarb at 20.
per bunch, is. I.olb. sugar at 2id. per lb.,
2s. id.; total, 6s. 40.
There were also under the head "Beverage," 100
cups of coffee at i. per cup, 4s. 2d., making a grand
total for the supper for 100 persons £1 4s, 100., or
3d. each person.
The hotch-potch, or soup, resembling Scotch broth,
gave special satisfaction, and the " sweet " also ap-
peared in great favour. Everyone appeared to do
full justice to a very ample entertainment, prepared,
it was stated, under the express directions of Dr.
Norman Kerr himself.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

AMERICAN CROP RETURNS.

The May returns of the Washington Department of
Agriculture show the i
average condition of winter
wheat to be 83i. against 80 n April. The loss in
area resulting from replanting with other crops may
be assumed to reduce the prospect to that of April:l..
The spring wheat area will not be completed until
the 15th inst. The increase in the spring wheat area
will probably not be more than enough to make good
the loss in the winter acreage.

The present prospects represent a loss of about
77,000,030 bushels in winter wheat compared with last
year.

The returns ra'ative to the progress made in cotton
planting 6ho that it was later than usual in every
State on May 1. Only 74 per cent. of tne proposed
area is planted, when the per-centage at the date given
is ueually 84.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

FLOWER SERMON IN LONDON.

The yearly flower sermon at St. Katherine• Cree,
Leadenhall•street, London, was preached on Tuesday
evening for the thirty-irst time by the Rector Lev.
Dr. 'Whittemore). There was a crowded congregation,
and a pleasing effect was produced by the flowers
carried by most of the persons present. No fewer
than four hymns were sung, two of them having been
specially written for flower sermons in Capetown.
The second lesson was that containing the appropriate
passage, "Consider the lilies in the field."
Choosing his text from Ezekiel iv. 9, "Take thou
unto thee millet," Dr. Whittemore made use of the
natural history of the millet plant to enforce and illus-
trate seven lessons—namely, that there can be no ripe-
ness without sunshine, no Christian ripeness without
the sunshine of Christ's love; that only practical
people can be really ornamental; that self-conquest
in early life gives easy self•control in after days, just
as the millet, if freed from weeds when young, grows
to a height of sixteen or twenty feet, and defies them;
that, though people cannot all be clever, they may all
be sweet ; that the Christian life is made of little
things, as a hcad of millet bears sometimes 3,000
grains; that if one resembled the millet he would be
useful when old ; and that faith may be true though
unseen by the world.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

MR. GLADSTONE AT HAWARDEN.

On Tuesday the village of Hawarden presented an
animated scene, being crowded by excursionists from
a wide district. Among the visitors were about 800
from Bilston, members of the Bilston Wesleyan
Mutual Improvement Society and others, and also
many from Birmingham, Walsall, Dudley, and neigh-
bouring towns.
The grounds around Hawarden Castle were thrown
open to the visitors, and the day being beautifully
fine, great enjoyment was derived from the inspection
of the old Castle, and the walks around the well-
wooded and extensive park.
Mr. Gladstone, who with Mrs. Gladstone attended
Divine service at the parish church at eight o'clock,
proceeded from the Rectory, where he was staying,
to the Castle at eleven o'clock, and being recognized
by the excursionists was loudly cheered. A deputa-
tion, representing the Bilston Wesleyan Mutual Im-
provement Society, waited on Mr. Gladstone at the
Castle, and presented him with a beautifully illu-
minated address.

Mr. Gladstone, in the course of a brief response,
cordially thanked the deputation for the mark of
esteem which had been tendered to him, and said
such terms of confidence in him were especially grate-
ful now that he could see his political career very
nearly approaching its termination. He welcomed
them to Hawarden, and hoped they would spend a
pleasant day.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Gladstone and Mrs,. Glad-
stone left the Castle for the Rectory. Immediately
on being recognized they were surrounded by a crowd,
numbering some 200, and greeted with demonstra-
tions of unbounded enthusiasm. Hats were thrown
up, handkerchiefs waved, and repeated cheers given
for " The greatest statesmen of the age," At one point
so marked were the attentions of the crowd that the
scene became positively embarrassing, and the Premier
was forced, after repeated hand•shakings, to decline
further courtesies. A lane through the excursionists
was then formed with the aid of the police, and Mr.
and Mrs. Gladstone returned to Ha warden Rectory.
During the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, and
Mr. W. H. Gladstone took advantage of the charming
weather by driving through the park in an open
carriage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

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LOSS OF A STEAMER AND FOUR
LIVES.

The British and African Company's Royal mail
steamer Sherbro, W. L. Keene, commander, which has
arrived in the Mersey from the West Coast of Africa,
brings particulars of the disaster to the steamer Lagos,
which was lost with four of her crew, including the
captain.

It seems that the Lagos, which was acting as a
branch steamer, conveying cargo over the bar, had
crossed the bar with a cargo of palm kernels,
which she delivered to a vessel outside. When,
however, she was recrossing the bar, she was struck
successively by three seas, which threw her completely
on her beam ends. There were forty•seven persona on
board at the time of the disaster, and boats were im-
mediately sent from the African Company's mail
steamer Winnctah, which was lying near at anchor,
and from the steamer Geiser. The assistance was
effective in preventing a sad loss of life, but as it was
the captain and three others perished.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

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A LINK WITH THE PAST.

The death is announced of Sir Thomas Tyringham
Bernard, the sixth baronet, of Winchedon Priory,
Buckinghamshire, at the age of nearly 92.—The Times,
in an Obituary notice, says :—The deceased was the
third son of Sir Scrope Bernard (afterwards Morland),
sometime M. P. for St. Mawes, and for Aylesbury, by
marriage with Harriet, only child and heiress of Mr.
William Morland, of Lee, Kent, and grandson of Sir
Francis Bernard, Governor of Massachusetts im-
mediately before the outbreak of .the American
War of Independence. He was born in Sep-
tember, 1791, and enjoyed the unusual advantage
of being educated at three public schools, West-
minster, Harrow, and Eton. At Harrow he for
several months shared Byron 's bedroom in Dr. Drtu7's
house: at Eton he knew Shelley. From Eton Sir
Thomas went to Christ Church, Oxford, which his
grandfather had entered in 1729, and of which his
grandson has become a member in the present year.
Owing to his father's connexion with the Government
he was early brought into personal contact with many
celebrities of the last generation, about whom he was
especially rich in anecdote. From the window of his
father's house in Abingdon-street he saw Mr.
Perceval walk past to the House of Commons on the
day of his assassination, and he dined with the Guards
at Brussels on the eve of their departure for
Waterloo. It may be remarked that his features
strongly resembled those of the Great Duke, though
he had the advantage of the latter in figure. Although
he had passed his 90th year, Sir Thomas enjoyed re-
markable health and vigour; he delighted in walking
about London unattended ; and, up to the short
illness which preceded his death, retained clear busi-
ness faculties, and always kept up an interest in the
affairs of the London and County Bank, of which he
was a director up to his 89th year. He was a good
scholar, and used not only to quote freely from the
classics as well as from the literature of his youth, but
until within two years of his death amused himself in
writing verses. He was a director of the Royal
Academy of Music, and was for many years Lieu:
tenant-Colonel of the Royal Buckinghamshire
Yeomanry; he was also probably the oldest deputy.
lieutenant in the three kingdoms, his appointment to
that office having been signed three years before the
death of King George 111. He sarved as High Sheriff
of Buckinghamshire in 1816, and he also represented
Aylesbury in the Conservative interest during nine
Sessions, namely from 1857 down to 1865, when he
retired from political life. He succeeded to the
baronetcy on the death of his elder brother in 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

A HIGH-PRICED ETCHING.

An extraordinary sensation was caused during the
sale of Dr. Griffith's collection of old prints at Messrs.
Sotheby's Rooms in London, by the appearance of
the almost unique "first state" of Itembrandt's
portrait of Dr. Arnoldus Tholincx, otherwise called
The Advocate Toiling," or " Petrus Van Tol." This
copy is one of four or five known impresaions, of which
three are in public museums; and it has a history
which is well-known to all Rembrandt collectors. The
previous lot bad sold for 03, but when the Tholincs
came on, the auctioneer at once offered to begin the
bidding at £5OO. The challenge was accepted by
Messrs. Colnaghi, and between them and M. Clement,
of Paris the contest was continued up to about £BOO.
Then the former competitors retired, and their place
was taken by Mr. Noseda, who fought the Frenchman
step by step till £l,lOO was reached, the excitement in
the room being shown by repeated cheers. At last
Mr. Noseda withdrew ; and to the gratification
of all present the battle was taken tip by Mr. Adding-
ton the veteran collector, who amid applause bid
2000, and so on up to 21,100. At this point even be
was beaten, and the French dealer carried off the
treasure at the price of £1,510, which is 030 more
than has ever been paid for a print before. It Is
understood that M. Clement, was buying for M.
Datuit, the celebrated Rouen amateur, and the author
of the beat existing book on old prints and etchings;
who is, moreover, the owner of the print that had
previously been the highest priced in existence, the
first state of the "Hundred Guilder piece," for which
he psid £l,lBO some years ago.—The Times.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

BALLOON ACCIDENT AT VIENNA.

Among the Whitsuntide amusements at Vienna on
Monday was a balloon ascent from the Prater. As
the balloon rose in a south-easterly direction, to the
dismay of the spectators it struck a tall tree with
tremendous violence, and the falling branches caused
a general panic. The public, expecting to see the
aeronaut and both his attendants dashed to the
ground, were, however, greatly rejoiced to observe them
clinging to the tree, among the branches of which the
torn balloon still hung, and whence the unfortunate
gentlemen were speedily rescued with ropes and
ladders.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

KIDDERMISTER.

FATAL CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—A shocking ac-
eiclimt befell some Kidderminster ladies and gewle-
men on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Roden were being
driven home from Belbroughton in a carriage be-
longing to Mr. Hepworth, drysalter, when the
horse bolted. The vehicle was upset, and the
whole of the occupants thrown out. Mrs. Roden
was killed on the spot, and Mr. Hepworth had his
1?g broken Mr-. Hepworth and Mr. Roden esceped
with slight injuries. The husband of the de c eased
is managizg clot k and cashier at Messrs. Morton
and Sons' carpet works. Mrs. lioden has left four
small children.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT A SCHOOL TREAT.—
On Monday afternoon those present at some
grounds near The Copse, where a number of children
from the Bapti-t Schools were enjoying themselves,
were shocked by a man cutting his throat. n 0
individual's name is James Turner. He had just
asked a man named Churchett to lend him a knife
saying that he wished to cut the end of a cigar. As
soon as he had possession of the knife he com-
menced to gash his throat with it, and inflicted
consith rable injuries upon himself before the knife
could be taken from him. Mr. Inspector Ebury
took him to the Workhouse. He was exceedingly
violent on the way. 'turner has on a previous °c-
ession tried :o drown himself, and was forsome time
an inmate of a lunatic asylum.
THE TRIENNIAL ELECTION OF GuemotAxs.-I-At
the fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians,
held on Tuesday, Mr. .f. Brinton, M.P., in the
chair,—Mr. Milne s, a borough Guardian, moved
the followinc, resolution :—" That this Board is of
opinion that ° the election of Guardians for the
various parish e 3 constituting the Kidderminster
Poor-law Union should be triennial instead of
annual, and that the Local Government Board be
requested to issue an order to that effect."—Mr.
Davies seconded the motion.—The Chairman gave
a hearty support to the motion, and mentioned that
the Government proposed very shortly to introduce
a short general hill dealing wit o the present mode
of electing Guardiaus.—The motion was un-
nimous!y agreed to,
GIFT AT KIDDERMISTER.—CORHeiner W. H.
Anderson, representative in the Town Council of
Kidderminster for the North Ward has cau•!ed a
large number of ornamental shrubs to be planted
round a triangular piece of Lland, known as the
Horse-fair, at Kidderminster. It is stated that if
the Corporation would cause the land to be further
improved by the removal of some dtlapPated build-
ings, Mr. Anderson would complete his acceptable
gift by the erection of a handsorne drinking
fountain on the site.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

THE NATIONAL HEALTH SOCIETY.

A meeting called in support of the National Health
Society, has been held at Grosvenor•house, London,
under the presidency of the Duke of Westminster.

In opening the proceedings the President remarked
that all lcgislation and all government ought to seek
the attainment of the happiness of the greatest num-
bers, and it might fairly be taken that the happiness
of the people depended very greatly upon the condi-
tion of their health. The questions touched by the
Society included smoke abatement, fo9d, and drink,
ventilation, open spaces, seats in public places' seats
for shop women, and other matters. The proceedings,
however, of such a society were most interesting and
iroportant to the public generally.
Dr. Ernest Hart proceeded to describe the work
which had been done by the society, remarking that,
notwithstanding the amount of work which had ben
done and the number of kindred associations which
had been inaugurated, the amount of the annual sub.
scriptions was less than £250.

Sir Rutherford Alcock moved the cordial recogni-
tion of the valuable services which the society had
rendered in the diffusion among the people of a know-
ledge of the laws of health and the means of prevent-
ing disease.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-19

ACCIDENT TO ARTILLERY
VOLUNTEERS.

While the 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers were
baying gun practice at the Garrison Point Fort,
Sheerness, on Monday, the metal quoin of a 40.
pounder Armstrong gun was forced out by the dis.
charge of the weapon. The quoin was shattered, and
fragments of it struck Corporal Bale and Bombardier
Miller, who were working the gun. Both the men
were conveyed to the hospital on stretchers, but fortu-
nately their injuries were not of a very serious cha-
acter.

A TORNADO IN THE UNITED STATES.

A tornado swept across Kansas_ city, Missouri, on
Sunday afternoon, its path being nearly three miles
long, and 300 yards wide. It caused damage to pro-
party to the amount of 300,000 dols. ; and six lives
were lost. Fifty buildings were destroyed, and 200
more were much injured. Outside of tne city, the
path of the tempest extended for fifteen miles, causing
serious losses in several villages.
Another tornado later in the evening almost de-
stroyed Webb city, and Ornogo in South-West
Missouri. Several persons were killed.
Both of these tornadoes are described as having the
appearance of dark, funnel-shaped, whirling clouds.

A later telegram says that four persons were killed
at Sturgis, Michigan, and three at Macon, Missouri.
At Oronogo, Missouri, six persons were killed and 33
Injured.