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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

CRADLEY.

PRIMITIVE MISTGOONT Ten MRETING. On Monday
evening the friends of the above place held a public tea
meting, which was numerously attended. After tea a
public meeting was held, Mr. R. Barnaley, of Haden
Hill, occupying the chair. The Revs. M. Morgan, A.
Palmer; and Messrs. J. Lewis, T. Crowther, and other
gentlemen delivered suitable addresses, and a very plea.
sent evening was spent.
STIRLING CMINR.—At the Stourbridge Police Court,
yesterday, John Cordon, a painter, was charged with
stealing a quantity of china the property of the Rev. W.
Cochrane, at Netherend. After hearing the evidemie,
pris iner was sentenced to two months imprisonment.
There were two other charges against prisoner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

CRADLEY HEATH.

NEW PKINITIVI COAPEL.—On Sunday last the new
Chapel which has been erected at Reddall Hill, wag
opened for public worship. Sermons were preached by
the Revs. J. Tristram, of Maccle4field, and J. J. Parker.
and large congregations were present at each service.
lb collections during the day amounted to £3O. The
Cli,ipel is at present only partially finished, and when it
is entirely finished other special sermons will be held.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

QUARRY BANK.

SMILING A PACK OF CARDS—At the Wordsley Police
Court, on Monday, before Messrs. B. St. John Matthews
and H. Hall, James Doody 17j. was brought up on re-
mand, charged with stealilig one pack of cards, the pro-
perty of Mary Bangham, at Quarry Bank, on the 27th
Prosecutrix said she lived at Quarry Bank, and
kept a shop in which she sold toys and cards. On the
above date prisoner went into her shop and asked for a
pack of cards. She put the pack down, and lie picked it
up end ran sway. They were worth 10d. Police-coasts.
ble Lavin, stationed at Quarry Bank, proved apprehend-
ing prisoner, and charging him with stealing e pack of
cards belonging to Mary Bacghem. Prisoner said it was
no use searching him, as he had sold them for 3d. The
prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 14 days'
herd labour.
ASSAULTING A WOMAN.—At the Petty Sessions held on
Thursday, before L. Freer and H. Smith, Esqrs., Wildiam
Cowell was charged by Anna Maria Colder with assault
ins her on the 19th ult. Mr. Homer defended. From
the evidence of :omplainant it appears that eke lodged
at the defendant's house, and paid her pert of tha rest.
She had recently been confined, and was by the fire.
when the defendant came in and wanted to go to the fire.
Defeedfint then threatened to turn her nurse out of the
house. She told him not to do that, when the defend-
ant struck her on the chest and knocked her down. Ra-
chel Maria Alford gave corroborative evidence, and asid
that Mary Pearson threatened to throw her on the fire,
and see had charged her with using threatening lacguage
to her. Mr. Homer addressed the Bench for the defence,
and said that Mrs Alford came to defendant's house in-
toxicated. and the defendant ordered her out of his
house. She refused to go. and he gave her five minutes.
She still iefueed, and he pat her out. Edward Pearson
and Mary Pearson said that Mrs. Alford was drunk, and
they did not see the defendant strike the complainant.
A police-officer was called in to prove that Mrs Alford
was quite sober. For the assault Cowed was fined 5s
and costs. The charge of threat. was dismissed, and the
summonses egsinet Edward Pearson and George Homer
withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

ENVILLE.

A CATITION.—At the Wordsley Police Court, on Mon-
day, before M . B. St. John Matthews and H. Hall,
Thomas Smith was charged with allowing a threshing
machine within 25 yards of the high road at Euville, on
the 28th alt. Police-constabl. Ledbury said he saw the
defendant s engine on the ab,,ve date in a field at Mr.
Dines', the Blundell Farin, Erivtiln. It ass 17 yards
from tue road. He told defendsut to remove it, and he
did so. Ordered :0 pay eo..ts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

HERCULES AND THE EtYDRA.

Mr. Frank Ituekianii, writing In Land and Water, sags :
In September, 1663, there was a large living
Octopus at the Zoolowical-gardens, Regent's-park.
While making an experiment to see if this animal
possessed any ottani.: powers, an idea suddenly struck
me that the hydra which Hercules.killed was simply a
huge Octopus, or, as they call him at Folkestone, a
man-sucker.' An author who wrote in l&xs, thus de-
scribed the hydra A monstrous dragon with whom
Hercules strove, arias he struck off one head,or tenta-
tion, no two or three others rose continuously in the room
thereof.' This is just what would happen if a man
fonvht with an Octopus, for when the conquerer cut
off one arm or tentation—mark the word—the Octtpus
would put out another, in its turn to be severed. My
idea of Hercules' hydra being an Octopus was subse-
quently strengthen.' by the following letter which I
received front the 'Ate Mr. Pentland :—' I have seen a
letter from von in which you put forward the theory
that the dread hydra which Hercules killed was
a great "mats-sucker." I can fully confirm your
view from an examination of several Roman terra-
cottas in the Campagna and Vatican Museums,
where the demigod is represented slaying an im-
mense Octopua, which is very correctly represented,
although sometimes with more or fewer anus than in
the great cephalopod. I think you might see repre-
sentations of these ornamental tiles in Carnpaont's
work on the terra cottas of his collection, which will
be found in the library of the British Museum. The
nearest representation if the living Wtopus is in the
Gregoran Museum at the Vatican, where it forms one
of a series of the labours of Hurcules, and is probably
of the time of the Antonines. You will see these terra-
cottas noticed in Murray's Hand book of Rome: "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

Socal aubpdistrict

SHOCKING DEATII FROM BURNING.

THE ADJOURNED lIVQOEST ON THE BODY.

The adjourned inquest on the body of Eliza-
bath Morton, an old woman, 80 years of age,
which occurred through burning on the 12th
ultimo, was resumed on Tuesday morning last,
before Mr. R. Docker, Coroner, at the Star and
Anchor Inn, Coventry-street, in this town. The
evidence of the case has previously been fully
detailed in our columns.

In re-opening the enquiry on Tuesday, the
Coroner remarked that the last adjournment bad
taken place in cuusequence of the conflicting
statements of the witnesses with regard to the
time at which the deceased net her death. It
was supposed that the time for the origin and
progress of the tire nntil she WAS discovered was
longer than stated by cone of the witneases.
He did net know whether there was any more
evidence forthcoming.
Police-sergeant Jones said that he had no
more evidence to produce.
The Coroner then summed up, and said he
would leave it to the jury to determine, if pos-
sible, precisely how the deceased met with her
death, but Segosled that it would be best to
return an open verdict-
A Juror stated that there Was something kept
back, which to be made known reqaired a split
amongst the relatives of the deceased.
The Coroner said that was one reason why he
suggested an open verdict ; after the lapse of
some time something might occur.
Mr. Emery, the forenian, said that the evi-
dence wee very unsatisfactory, both as regards
the origin and the extent of the fire. The evi-
dence seemed to exhibit an unaccountable ignor-
ance on the part of the deceased's relatives, be
cause he thought they could have heard or smelt
something before the fall. As regarded the
treatment, it seemed shameful... .

Mr. J. Webb, a juror: It is diabolical.
The Foreman said it deserved great reproba•
tion.

Several jurymen similarly expressed them-
selves.

The Coroner said the unsatisfactory evidence
as to her death justified their suspicion.
The jury then consulted together, and after-
wards returned a verdict to the effect that the

deceased met with her death by burning ; but
how the are originated which caused her death
the evidence did not show.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

. S. SIMMS, of Stour-
nt a TESTI'•ON:I..O

Tr following Gentlemen have C.. V V e:1
Committee, to raise Funds for that paryose :
Rev. H Sbenard Rev. J. 'l.
Rev I) Ras:lnnis it L Ca
0. Firmstone, Esq. Captain -
Benj..°tin WilHaw:, I:sq. W. 11. Groda,d,
Mr. it. itringer Mr R. Broomhall
T. D. 1 home.,, Esq.. 'on. Treasurer.
Mr. 11 King, Hon. Sect etery.

net Ma •

Sub.er.ptiorm way be paid to aor of
arm..., or to the tioourbridlte sod kat', ~.o.ter 14 k,
at Stourbridge or Kiddereatuater.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

SIR CHARLES DILICE AT DERBY.

Sir C. Mike was annoureed to address a meeting in
the Temperance-hall, Deny, on Monday night, in sup-
port of the Land Tenure Reform Ismmiation. At eight
o'clock the • hall, •which holds 1,500 people, WWI
crowded, and it was e, i'lent that a strong opposition
was prepared. Mr. Cox, a young county magistrate
of advanced Liberal views, presided, and he and Sir
Charles and their supporters were received with cheers
gIO3IIA. He failed to gain a hearing, and on a work-
ing man attempting to move a resolution approving the
principle of the association a perfect storm arose. The
working men on the platform called on the sympathizers
in the hall to "'I urn out." A serious disturbance
follewefl. Forms were pustaxl aside, flown were dealt,
jackets and even ishirts weretorn of!, and several bloody
facts showed how fierce had been the fray. All attempts
to gain a hearing failed. The Mayor (Mr. Leech), re-
fused to send for the police, and said he had no power
within the building. Acry of "Cheers for the Queen,"
was net by the Rev. W. Griffith NVheylan, a Reformer
calling for 30 cheers for a Republic. The meeting was
clisnolved at nine, the promoters giving cheers for a Re.
public, for Sir Charles I 'ilk°, and Mr. fidget, who wam
to have been present. The opponents replied by sing-
ing "Rule Britannia" and " God save the Queen,"
and as the premoterm retired the others scrambled on
o the platform.

The fishing lugger, N,Arfoth 11,ro, of Yarmouth, was
lost on asturby, oft the Norfolk coma, with • crew of eleven
hand.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

BRIERLEY HILL.

OLIiThUCTING THE HIGHWAY —At the Petty Sessions
held on l'huraday, before L. Freer and H. Smith. Esq..,
William Fenox, of Peewit, was charged with obstruct-
ion the road at •PensneT, on the 23rd ultimo. Gideon
Knowles, a grocer, proved that he saw the defendant put
down a quantity of night soil on the highway. Defend-
ant pleaded guilty, and was fined Is and costs.
Women's QUARRELS.—Mary Ann Capewell was charged
with assaulting Susannah Small, on the 2nd inst. The
complainant said she sent defendant's child OD an errand.
She did not bring it right Sae complained to the dc•
feudaat, when the latter struck her several times. The
defence was that complainant first struck her with a
basket. As there was another ease :wising out of this,
and the witnesses were not present, the case was re-
manded to W0Y.1.19,
ASSAULT CASE —Joseph Shaw was charged by David
Willetts with assaulting him on the 25th ultimo. Mr.
Holberton defended. From the evidence of complainant
it appear- that the defendant is doggy for Mr. J. Hall,
and complainant worked for him. On the above date he
came up out of the pit. when the defendant charged him
with not having done his •• stint," and struck him several
times. He told defendant he should make him pay for
it, when defendant struck Lim again, near the mouth of
the pit, and nfterwards ordered him off the ground. On
cross-examination, witness admitted he Was a "bit of a
fighter,- and struck the defendant in self-defence. A
witness was called to corroborate, and admitted that the
complainant first called the defendant's liar," when the
defendant struck a backhand blow. Complainaut did not
strike again. Mr. Holb oloa a laressed the Bench for
the defence, and point,d out the discrepancies in the
evidence, and admitted that defendant gave a backhanded
blow, but not until ccmplainmit had called him • liar,
and contended that defendant was justified. Andrew
Harris was called, and proved that complainant struck
the defendant, and made use of bad language. Defend-
ant was fined end and costs.

CHARM, Or PERMITTING DRUNIIMNNSBS. Abraham
Crew, landlord of the Five Way* Inn, High-street,
Brierley Hill, was summoned by Superintendent Mills
for permitting drunkenness in his hinds on the night of
the 2nd inst. Mr. Stokes defended. Police•constable
Breet_in said that about ten o'clock he saw a man who
was drunk, go into deft odant's houee. Ata quarter past
ten he went into the di tendant's house. Saw the man
with a pint cup of ale in his hand. Saw several other
men drunk, and one was asleep. Pointed them out to
the landlord. Police...listable Doobar corroborated.
Mr. St,iies, for the defence, called four witnesses to
prove there wss no one in the boast drunk when the uffi•
cars came in. The Bench retired for a short time. On
returning they said they quite believed what the officers
had stated ; there was • great amount of crime going on,
and should fine the defendant 204 and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS

TRAIN.

On Tuesday afternoon, av accident occurred
at Braaten Lane Station, in which many persons
narrowly escaped from injuries. The express
passenger train leaving Dudley at 8.25 p.m., and
and due at Stourbridge at 3.39 p.m., had been
standing in Brettell Lane station about ten min•
utes, in consequence of the line being blocked
it Stourbridge. The line having been cleared,
the driver, receiving the signal to start, pro. '
ceeded at once. When it had gone a ltttle more
than 100 yards, near the end of the goods sta-
tion, the engine came into collision with • horse
belonging to Mr. George Carder, Lays Pottery,
Brierley Hill. It appears that the horse had
been taken to the station with another one, and
wagon load of pottery ware. Previous to the
pods being unloaded one of the horses was un-
hooked, and allowed to stand without any at.
tendant near to the level crossing. Just before
the express train arrived on the spot, William
iiayliss, the crossing•keeper, saw the horse at.
tempting to cross the line in front ef the train,
when he endeavoured to prevent it. The animal
then turned on one side, and was crossing the
tine, a few yards farther, by the end of the via.
duct, when it was struck by the engine of the
express, and knocked down. Its feet became
entangled and its head between the guide and
dne of the wheels, and in that position the
was carried in front of the train at least 150
yards. The engine was stopped, and the horse
vith very great difficulty, was released, but nof
iutil the body was very much lacerated, and its
;hoes being wrenched off before its feet could
be released by the driver. The animal was
dragged on one side, when it was found neces-
sary to kill it. The train was crowded with pas-
sengers, amongst whom the greatest consterna.
tion prevailed, many of them jumping out of
the train in fright to ascertain the cause of the
: sudden stoppage. Mr. Penson, the station teas.
I ter, requested them to take their seats again,
which was done, and the triin proceeded on its
journey.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

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AGENTS FOR THE "OBSERVER."

Messrs. Salt and !Sou deliver the Observer to the tot
lowing Townships :—Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Quarry
Bank, Cradley Heath. Cradle;, Old Hill, Blackheath,
Gorily Hill, Colley Gate, Bartley Green, Qt1111&011, Hun-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

GAR, CAB i POSTING ESTABLISHMENT

THE CROSS INN. OLD HILL.

J.
Begs to inform the Public that he can supply
I..II:WAGES WITH GREY HORSES FOR
WEDDING PARTIES.
PAIR AND FOUR-HORSE BREAKS,
For Picnic and Pleasure Parties,
ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
Also,

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—ll,,rses to Let ms/lire by the Day. Week,

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Orders per Post will ready. prompt attentioa.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

3 000 e 9 PIANOFORTES & HARMONI-
um S bare been TUNED by G.F. GREEN
Professional Tuner, 260, PASTIE•ETREET, DUDLEY.
Pianofortes Re-gilked, Re-strung, the Hammel, Re-coy.
reed with Pat. nt Fd It. ar tied by lb. n elm,. nt fi .11:16

CURE FOR ALL.
1 I OLLOWAY'S () I N TALENT.

All sufferers from coughs. colds, bronchitis, uthma,
and irregular action (4 the heart are earnestly recom-
mended to rub Holloway's searching Ointment well over
the throat. breast, and back as the ease may requite,
twice a day. Invalids may confidently rely tmon the be-
neficial effveta resulting from this treatment; thi, Oint-
ment is the most trustworthy remedy for ah internal and
internal ailments of the throat.

AO Legs, Bad Breasts, Ulcers, Abscesses,

Wounds, and Sores of all kinds.

Mae he therooahly healed by the application of this
Ointment to the parts affected, alter Limy once been duly
fomeLted with warm water. Under the alien of this
powerful Ointment, aided by the bile. tne depraved
humours of the body will be quickly removed; even
scrofulous ulcers and foul sores, however mu or turtle.
rate, can thus be cured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

'WIDE AWAKE.

BRADLAUGH IN STOURBRIDGE.
7%, the Editor of " Ohserrer.'•

great scandal was enacted in the Corn Ex.
change of this town last Monday. Lord 14T ctAton calls
it dialoyalty I. that all? The law takes cognisance of
disloyalty; the law takes no cognisance of Mr. Brads
laugh's lecture, therefore Mr. Bradlatigh's lecture is not
dieloyal. If my logic is good, Lord Lyttelton is wrong.
But granting that it is disloyal, should we stop at giving
it this name? I think not. It was enough to make
one's blood boil to hear the family, the ancestors of our
belnviid Queen so spoken of. They any it's true, but I
don't believe it. Why, according to this man, our kings
from George I. and since, have been a set of corrupt,
lying. bigamous, adulterous Mr. Is it tolerable? This
language, mind you, was used of near relations of oar
present Royal Family, and whose blood runs in its veins.
He g eve quotations in proof of what he telt ; but his
quotations must be forgeries. He referred to Theekerey,
but •Ihsckeray was as bad as himself, I understand.
Should a loyal man read Thackeray's book? I think
not. We are now reaping the fruit of Thackeray's di..
loyaity. Let it be stepped at once We have had enough
of it By stopped, I mean answered. I hope my Lord
Latt dton will not shut himself up in his town residence,
and rest contented with crying "It's disloyal ." It him
cry out, "It is false.- It mast be false. It coon 4 be
true, and most be refuted. Why, air, would any man in
his senses belisve that such things could take place in oar
court, and so recently too? A refutation is certainly
called for, for the sake of our present Roval Family for
the sake of our constitution, and for the sake of oar
Church. I say the Church is implicated, sod has a duty
to perform. The Church has always been represented at
Court. Would our Bishops allow such thinga to take
place without any protest? It is against reason. Why,
accoiding to the Church (see the Prayer Books of differ.
eat reigns) these monarchs so infamously traduced have
been " moat religious" kings, •• Defender of the Faith,'
" chosen servants," and " minietcra of God. If Lord
Lytt•lton will do;:nothing, where Is the Hon. and Rev.
Lyttelton, his brother? Bradlaugh, with charecteristie
impudence, appealed to his Lordship's library, as furnish-
, ing proof of what he said. The Rev. Mr. Lyttelton
ii
' he values our:monarchy, it he loves our Queen, or his
Church, is bound to accept the challenge. Or, if it be
too much to expect that a man like the Hon. snit Rev.
Lytt.ltion should answer Bradlaugh's slanderous fele*.
hoods, could not the Rev. Hugh Sherrard be induced to
undertake the task?
I feel strongly upon this subject, air, and shall write
you with your permission.
Yours truly,
A DISQUIETED ONE.
Wollaston, Dec. 6th, 1871.

P.mted and Ponligbed by the Solt, Proprietor. SIMEON
,lELD, at hi4lkea. 92, fligbratreat, Stourbridari,
LI
lho County of Worceatar to irblah place ell letters est.
Mier oommnsucatlons mama bs addressed.
*studs). DOefisbar 9, ISM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

wool.

The wool market to-.by has been characterised by mneh
firmness. A large Imainess has been doing, and prices hare
been well maintained. At the public iale, if colonial wool
there has been a good attendance of both home and foreign
buyers, and Wangs have been animated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the clutir. There
were also present:—Messrs. Brooks, Rollinson,
Baker, Billingham, Fiddian, Faraday, Griffin,
Guest, Homer, Hall, Pateshall, Rhodes, and
Jeffries. The minutes of the last meeting
were read and confirmed. Admitted into the
house during the week, 18; dead, 4; discharged,
4; remaining, 417. Corresponding week last
year, 443. Outdoor relief Kiugswinford district,
.£2B Is 6d; Stourbridge district, £2O 19s 25d;
Halesowen district, £2l lie 5d ; total, £7O 12s
lld, against £9l 7s Otd, last year.
The Clerk reported that the Collectors had
paid the following sums into the bank during the
past week, for their respective parishes : King-
swinfurd—Mr. Gittings, £B2B 19s 6d; Mr.
Homer, £874 .10s lid. Upper Swinford—Mr.
Dallow, .£77 18s 2d; Arublecote, £125 Os 6.1;
Wollaston, £24 Os 104.1 ; Wollescote, £34 14s
104.1 ; Lye £47 8 91. Mr. Yates, for Crailley,
.3182 17s 4d ; Stourbridge, nil. Mr. Smith,
Halesowen, £B6 4s lid. -

The Clerk thou read an application for an
increase of salary from Mr. Noah Jones, hair
cutter to the inmates of the Union, which was
not entertained.

The Clerk read a letter from the Local Go-
vernment Board, approving of £2O given to Mrs.
Hill, the matron, for extra services rendered.

It was next resolved to defer advertisements
for tenders for the erection of epidemic wards
until after Christmas.

The Clerk read • letter from Mr. J. Taylor,
Clerk to the Commissioners, stating that at •
meeting of the General Purposes Committee of
the Commissioners, it was resolved that a depu•
tation, consisting of Messrs. H. Billingham and
H. Hughes, be appointed to wait upon the Board
of Guardians, with the view of ascertaining
what arrangements could he made for the recep-
tion of sufferers from small-pox, and other in-
fectious eases, for the township of Stourbridge.
flie Committee considered that joint action be-
tween the Board of Guardians and the Commis-
sioners would be preferable to each body acting
by
_itself. . .

After some discussion, it was resolved, on the
motion of Mr. Brooks, " That a deputation from
the Town Commissioners acting under the Im-
provement Act of 1866, attended the Board this
day. respecting the outbreak of small-cok in
Stourbridge, and wished the Board to co-operate
with them in erecting a temporary place for the
reception of sick persona suffering therefrom,
and it was apparent to the Board that they had
no authority under Sanitary Act of 1866, to
join such undertaking." It was also resolved to
request the Local Government Board to give
their opinion thereon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FRIDAY.

Market quiet. thick fog having intarfered with
businisse. English and foreign wheat dull at late
rates. Flour: Town, unchanged; Country and
American marks steady. Barley dull. Oats
firm. Maize in better demand. Barley and
peas dull.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

A SUUCIESTION.
To the islitor of the "Observer."

But,—l would suggest that the Stourbridge Commis.
stoners should order immediately • large quantity of
Chloride f Lune (or 110130 other powerlui diainfectrint)
to cleanse the tows alter the late emit of Mr. Bradlaugh,
• portion to be delivered at the Corn Eachange, to fe-
LOUVIII the itiect. of last Monday and Tuesday's meetings,
application to he made to the &publican Glassmaker,
Stour bridge.

Yours truly,
ANTI•CONTAGION.

Dee. 8, 1871.

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THE LAND QUESTION IN WALES.

On Wednesday, Mr. B. T. Williams, barrister-at-
law, read a paper to the I 'hamber of Agriculture for
the counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan, and Pembroke,
upon the land question. lie condemned the echeme
of the Laud Tenure Reform Association, but advocated
the compulsory enclosure of all commons and waste
lands. The law of primogeniture, he said, ought to
be abolished ; and landed promrty, in eases of intestacy,
distributed among the next of kin, under the regular
statutes f distribution used in personalty. The tying
up of laud and the creation of tenancies in tail,
for life, and in fee simple barred the work of
improving the land, and rendered cheap conveyance
impossible. The over-preservation of game, besides
being unjurt to the farmer and to society, reduced the
assessment of certain properties, thus rendering the in.
cidenee of local taxation most unequal and unjust.
He condemned yearly tenancies with the landlord's
honour at the back, and advocated hfe leases, not over-
burdened with minute covenants, but containing an
arrangement for raising the rent according to the pro-
bable increase in thevalue of the farm. The right of
private property was subordinate to the public good ;
and if the typical Welsh landlord stuck to his annual
lettings and over-preserving of game, he would, with
the certainty of fate, be swept away, together with
his Insane prejudices and the monuments of his in-
justice.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

MR. BRADLAUGH'S LECTURES.

i M n ..y •veniug lasi, Mr. Bradlaugh, the
we . kn Awn lie) Willem', gave a lecture in the
Corn P:xchange, tothject,—" The Impeachment
of the HOll4ll of Bruns%ick." Mr. C. Catt.,ll,
CuArrnau ,if the Republican Club at Birming-
ham, occupied the chair. There was a large at-
tendance.

\ Ir. Bradlaegh, in introducing the subject,
sail, if it were true, as was suggested by the
Lord Lieuteiinnt of the county, that his lecture
would be disloy +I, the authorities could deal with
it, and no sort of interruption could make their
right more clear, or their ability to do so more
complete. He was told the very title of the
lecture was treasonable, bat the people who told
him so could not have consulted the law officers
of the crown, as the Attorney-General had had
at least six reports of his lecture, taken by the
Government reporters, and if there had been
anything disloyal in it, it would have been his
duty to have dealt with it months ago. At all
event,, he was quite prepared to take the con-
sequences, and he was only too glad to see their
local authorities properly represented there, and
to know there were two gentlemen in their room
properly authorised to deal with Lim, if they
dared. Mr. Bradlanigh went on to sketch the
change in the succession in 1688, and the sub-
sequent advent to the throne of the Brunswick
family, contending that the only right the House
of Brunswick hid npon the throne was a statu-
tory right, and giving hi reasons for advocating
a repeal of the Act of 6ettlement. He sketched
the prominent members of the Brunswick family,
and in concluding his lecture, while avowing
himself a republican, said if he could make a
republic that night by holding up his baud, he
would keep it down. They were not fit for a
republic yet. The majority of the citizens must
be able to think for themselves first, and if they
wanted to make a republic they must do it grad-
ually and slowly, by teaching those around them
their true interests.

There was some anticipation of a disturbance
at the lecture, but it passed off quietly. An ex-
tra body of police were drafted into the town,
during the evening, and the Chief Constable,
Colonel Carmiohael, was also present in the
Corn Exchange during the proceedings.
On Tuesday evening Mr. Bradlaugh gave his
second lecture, his subject being—" The Land,
the People, and the Coining Struggle." As on
the previous night, Superintendent Freeman
stationed police officers at short distances apart
ii LOW sir,, to near the Corn Exchange, to gusrd
against any possible attempt at a breach of Coe
peace, but everything passed off with quiet.
There was a large audience in the C,a,i
change lard Mr. W. 11. Packwood occupied the
chair.

itrAlmigh, after introducing his subject,
said the prmeiple he ,v,s going to contenn for
tmis, that every holding of lainl was allow-
ul wliati that holding was obnoxious to the in-
tercet of the general wane of the people. The
nort point is we' gotog to put to thin wee WI
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

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the 3tonthricie elperber.

4ATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 18711

THE PRINCE OF WALES.

Our readers will have observed with pleasure
that the latest news from Sandringham is on the
whole of a favourable character. Although there
Is still some ground for anxiety, that anxiety is
not so deep and foreboding as it has been, and
we may now reasonably hope that the dark and
tronblons time of danger has passed away, and
that the illustrious patient is entering on the
period of convalescence, to be followed in due
time by complete recovery.
The illness of the Heir Apparent has weighed
heavily on the public mind. It has happened
at a tiuie when the nation hiss had its attention
forced, in anything but an agreeable way, upon
the question of monarchial and republican insti-
Sntious. A moot unwise and injudicious speech
from a inivo.let who owes his title to the Crown
bee Len the immediate Cause of this. Sir
Chan... link« has taken upon himself to criticise !
the disposition of the Civil List in a way that
Milli have been painful to her M.ijesty and her
family, end whiels has vexed anii annoyed most
of the loyal subjects of the Queen. Speeches
of this kind are very taking with a certain class
of pe.iple, and the remarks or the baronet have
produced their natural effect, lii many places
he has been flattered and praised, but how hol-
low and worthless is such laudation, may be seen
by merely quoting some remarks which were
made the other day in London, at a meeting of
which is grandiloquently called the " British
Federal Council of the International Aasocia.
lion." Somebody came as a delegate from
somebody also—it really is not worth while to
inquire too curiously into the matter—to invite
this Federal Council to take part in the demou-
nt:sties in support of Sir Charles Dilke and his
sentiments; and upon this somebody else got up,
and said that one of the objects of the Inter-
national Association was to abolish all titles sod
distinctions, and that in speaking of "the great
Republican," he must not be called by any other
title but that of " Citizen Dilke." This is rich;
it is a fitting punishment for a man who, allow.
lug his zeal to outrun his discretion, attacked
that very "fountain of honour" from which his
own title sprung. Sir Charles avows himself a
Republican, and the Republic which he decider.
otos takes away his title! True, be has a very
dubious honour in reversion; he is to be the
bet President of the new Republic—when it
acmes! But meanwhile his own party, hie
cherished Republicans, deny him the title which
his Queen gave to his father for services ren•
dared to the State. There is a poetical justice
about this which we commend to Sir Charles,
who, when thinking on thelkinduess of his pecu-
liar friends, may possibly call to mind the image
of that " struck eagle" of which Byron so beau-
tifully speakes, who "viewed his own feather
an the fatal dart "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

FROM the DIARY of the CONDEMNED

ROSSEL.

The ConstitaGon continues to publish the diary of Roue!
—tha der,,irca jemrs dem condom., We extract the
lowing passage, dated Nov. 20—two days before his dsath,
and the extract will show to what effect prolonged suspense
must protium on a mind naturally limn and courageous :
" About eleven this evening I finished my writing
anil drawing. Pacing up and down my cell, I recol-
lected what my poor mother bad told me : Do you
think they would let you escape if we gave them
money? If we gave 20,000 f. ?—we have them ready.'
Pisa. dear mother—you have turned all your little
resources into money, and want to know if it be
enough for the ransom of your son? No mother,
it is not enough. If I had sold my country' if I
had given up her army to captivity, then we should
have millions, and that would be enough. Nobody
would dare to try, sentence, or execute us. But 20,000 f. !
—you are joking. When I thought on this idea of my
poor soother to -collect 20,000 f. and offer them as a ran.
Som for my life, I felt as if I could have cried ,• but
then the gaoler out-tile looks in through the hole in
the door, and I would not like to cry before him. He
is a good fellow, and might try to comfort me, I put
out my candle; and, in the corner, where I could not
be seen, I leant my head against the wall, and wept
bitterly. . . . After I had got to bed, my ideas took
another turn. Do not hundreds of mothers lose a be-
loved 8011 ; and what better death could I wish for?
And yet I shrink from the idea of death. It is no use
my saying to myself that I ought not to be pitied. I
feel that I have a right to compassion. I feel the
springs of life—the desire of work, thought, action,
love, all on strong within me. No, it is hard to have
to die thus."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-12-09

THE FUTURE OF FRANCE AND
ENGLAND.

o France, in future, wise as we
By sore experience grown,
Strive but to keep your own self free,
Your neighbours leave alone.
Mankind example let on give,
And Woman also, France
We 'll teach the Notions how to live :
You teach them how to dance.—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

CRADLEY.

LC/MIL—An inquest was held on the body of James
Walter Palmer (16i, at the Maypole Inn, Cradley, on
Saturday evening last, before R, Docker, Elm , Coroner.
From the evidence it appears that deceased was ordered
to remain in the office at Cradley Station, where he was
employed as clerk, until eight o'clock; but after he had
finished his work he went away, leaving a youth in charge
of the office, and walked down the line with a view of
posting some letters at Stourbridge. He had got about
a few hundred yards when lie was overtaken by a mineral
train, and at the same time a passenger train was coming
up on the opposite line. It was thought that he tried to
get out of the way of the passenger train, and went near
the goods train with the intention of getting on it, when
he was knocked down by the goods train. Soon after-
wards a man named John Beecham, signalman, employed
at the Corngreaves Box, found deceased, who was lying
with his face on the ground. His neck, thigh, and both
jaws were broken. The body was removed to the May.
pole Inn, and Mr. Hodgson, surgeon, Cradley Heath, was
sent for; but life was extinct. After bearing the evi-
dence, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

POOR FELLOW I

"Another Frenchman of old family, Vitcount Duquesne, a
lieutenant in the navy, has proved with his life his attach-
meet to the national defence. 11. Duquesne, who was
laded at the attack on Le ILurget, where he was dinng duty
with a division of sailors, was the son of Admiral DlNUelll.e,
anti was one of the most charming young nom I ever remem-
ber to have met. Ile ap he Englhh so svell th,t you could
hardly detect he was a foreigner, having been brought up
chiefly at one of the Catholic colleges to England—Stoney-
hare:, I b .love. Although he had inherited from his father a
very large fortone, he c,n, haled to serve in tha navy, and wben
I saw him in Paris last July on his way to join StaeMahon's
co pt at Strasburg he regretted that the war would not he one
in which the Imperial Navy would have anything to do Poor
fellow', he little Drught that he would have to light OR
tail, and would meet his death not very for from where we
sat taking our after -linnet. ct Hee together. Many a pleasant
hour have I boor have I spent yeaM ago at his fathei's
chatesu near Istotidun in the Department of indre, and
many a brace of partritiges anti wild I,wl have I killed over
his large estates. Ills family was one which *I y i retained
this political creed of tegisima y, and &claret that in serving
France they did not reeve any pstolcular dynasky. Ills lisle
and immense property are now, I believe, without au heir."
—Correspondent of the Daily Telegra.A.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, /1-ednesday.
The Quarterly Meeting of the iron trade was
held in the Exchange here to-day. There was
a numerous attendance, representing the leading
producers and purchasers in this and other dis-
tricts. Much inconvenience, it was clear, had
arisen, alike at furnaces and at forges, by reason
of the frost having frozen over the canals away
from the immediate neighbourhood of the fires,
and so causing the ironmasters to run short of
fuel and stone. Some blast furnace proprietors
are unable to keep their furnaces more than par-
tially on, and certain mid and forge proprietors
cannot do more than half the work they would.
The difficulty is not so great as it would be if
orders were brisker. Nevertheless, all the fin-
ished iron waken have arders in hand, and look
confidently for more in a few days. Pig-iron
firms sold well to-day ; and in cases in which
sales were not closed, negotiation were opened
that will be closed to-morrow. Prices of pigs
are very firm, and there are few firms who have
not sold much of their make to the cud of the
quarter. The tone of the trade was decidedly
cheerful. There was no evidence of despon-
dency, and every one expressed great satisfac-
tion at the prospects of a comparatively early
return of peace.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

THII BRITISH VESSELS SUNK IN
THE SEINE.

Th. following message from Count Bismarck to the
North Grnah Atolnissedor in Lond,m, respecting the
Briti.h vessels sunk in tf e Seine, was comninideatid to
Lord Granville on Monday afternoon : -

V.er.salnes, Jsn. 8,187 L

'The report id the Commander of that part of our Army
by whlch the Eiiglirb cullier-rhlps were sink in the Stine bas
not le% arrived; but, as for as our Intelligence goes, the
geheral outline of the facts Is known.
" You are authorized, In consequence, to gay to Lord
Granville, that we sincerely regret that our troop., In odor
to avert Immediate iiancer, wire obliged to Stir.) {hLy• wh.ch
belrugod to British subjects.

„
n We admit their claim to Indemnification, and shall pay
to the owners the value of the ships according to equitable
estimation without kt eying them waiting for toe derlalon of
the question who is finally to if,dennify them Should It be
proved th,t excessos have been conmiittoi which were not
Juet.flud by the oecessity of defence, we shnu d regret it still
more, and cab the polity pers.,os to account
n The °Mast answer to Lord Augustus Loftus' N ,te will
follow after the report from the Artily has been received.”

Referring to the fe regoing, the Drsi, y News of Tues-
day remake:—
We print to-day the merman of Count Bismarck to the
North German Ambassador fir I. ndou, with resp.et to the
sink*, girt With. vessels In the Seine It presents In a very
satiaLctory light, the frankness and din:owes& of the North
German C arc for, sod his pewee of dealing with the
essence of a question in disregard of tedious awl mama:alms
forum 'I he Circumlocution Oill •e, which Is at a ay, uutortn-
narely, "having the toner to be," with its tronlem, ever
solved and ever presenting itself again, of 'how not to do
it," Is nit a Prussian Bet:talon. Count Bismarck's direct-
ness does not indeed always present Itself in so agreeable
• light no that In which it is thown In his message
to the North German Ambasador in London. lint with
that we have nothb.g to no now. ire re_rets theta matt:try
necessity ehould have o mpelled the seizure of the ships,
and promises to Indemnify the owners without keeping them
waiting for the decision of the question who is finally to ins
den:fitly them. Should it be proved that mosses were com-
mitted Lot adulating of juttificatien by the necessity of
defence, Count Bismarck promote that the guilty persons
shall be brought to account. This authentic message en.
Mito an emusing contrast with the fictitious despatches
purporting to have passed between Mr 010 Russell and
Count Bismcrck, which certain lortnch Journalists had
evoked from their sense of the situation, and which imposed
on tie credulrly and excited the wrath of sof:mot the more
gullible and excitable of our own countrymen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-01-14

'The Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Ca:ette. re-
ferring to the sinking of British vessels at Rouen,
tar :
- - - - • •

It must be borne In mind, In considering the question,
that this measure against neutral property occurred in time
of war, end in waters which, after the expulsion of the
French, were subject to the German military autherities.
Trading vcearals Ole mot, like meinof.war, clothed a Ith the
exceptlmal property of being extraterritorial, and there
is, therefore, a great difference between the contact
tion of an English man-of-war and that of an Englisn
collier In this case the measure was not a politi-
cal hut a military one. French men of-war hail fre-
rmently steamed up the river, landed troops, fired on the
German force., and thee inflicted loss on them. There
was a vrobability that the French authorities woull use the
English ships as transports, and would avail themselves of
ths needn't flag as a cloak for their proceedings. The
Germans had therefore to prevent the enn.loyinent of these
vessels In the intere,ts of the enemy, and by sinking them
to block up the navigation. The expression 'emeargo 'is
the technical term for this seizure of ships. The right of
embargo ig conceded by positive internatiooal law to every
State, and has not unfrequenly been exercised. There ta
no doubt that for this destruction of neutral property the
fullest compensation must be made, and it will he given In
the preieut case. Is, 1718 and 1782 the Spaniards lid bits
to the fullest degree, whereas Yvonne, on [Wittig foreign
.hi :a as tsionsp iris for the Knights of Bt. George, refused
compensator. To the complatitts of the anOrossa..ors con-
. corned Lords XIV replied that lie had clay exercised the
right posseised by all Sovereigns in pore dependent on
them, and was not bound to give c-mpens Mon however
long the detention of the ships ni;gl4 ire. Many :bates have
s ught to protect their subjects by special treaties, or at any
rate to Meuse then, corny. matfon. In a treaty concluded
by France in 1858 a lth the Republic of San ealvador, it wee
pnovided that in °nee of embargo there should he the i ullest
compensation forts j try to private Interests Embargo le
riot conliscailon, min the above case materially dirt an from
the embargo which E ielaud aed Face In November, 183 2,
laid en Belch trade, with a view of settling the Belgian and
Dutch thifieolty. The exigencies of war were the Mee Of
the present destruction of neutral private property."