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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

[From Punch]

ENGLAND AROUSED.
WELL do we to be wroth! Turks still are seen
To be the Turks they were in former times:
We wake, and find we unawares have been

Their sleeping partners in their hideous crimes.
But let impetuous wrath not bear away
Indignant Britons. Keep resolved and cool,
Lest into craft} foreign hands we play,
And suffer tricksters Britain to belool.

The nations well may cease to taunt us, now,
With sordid policy and selfish aim.
Take care, with boo impulsive clamour how
You do but further their insidious game.
"Perfidious Albion "La a bygone phrase.
That once familiar cant we hear no more.
Are neighbours who forbear that cry to raise,
More conscious or leas spiteful than of yore
Serene they see how Turkish outrage works
In generous British minds unbounded rage.
Lst not o'ermastering ire against the Turks
Ourselves, unwise, in alien toils engage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

OR MADE TO ORDER

DUDLIS AND WALSALL.
bo,
) PIANOFORTES & HARDIONT-
-9 000 ums have been TUNED by G.F."OftEEN
?rofesaional 'tuner, qt;o, CAST' E-t!TRE),T, Tali LICY, and
29, :.,TAFFoLD SI h M-E1 , WALSALL. l'iv.a!oto:teti
silked , Re-strung, the Ilammeis Re-covered with Patent
Felt, ea need by the most eminent firms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

PIANOFORTE

TUNER,
260, Castle-street, Dudley,
And 259, Stafford-street, Walsall,

• SAG PLIASUBB IN PUBLISHING TEN FOLLOWING
TESTIMONIALS :-

Ilheas Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Muds, from the
Meditation for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London:—
" I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as • Piano
forte Tuner He tunes by equal temperament, and ob-
tans an exact scale. (Signed) C. Portia."
Iron Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Marsh, Huddersfield :—" I have mach pleasure in tes-
titling to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfee-
ion. (Signed) JAmEs F. PerrEssos."
from Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianist°, of the London
Ida Liverpool Concerts:—" Mr. Green is one of the few
Who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previous
to giving my Public Recitals. (Signed) E. K. SANDIE.
OIL
iirom Mr. Butterworth, Organist, Dobaross, near
Manchester :—" Mr. Green's equal as a Pianoforte Tuner
ma rarely be met with. (Signed) DAVID BUTTaIIWORTIII."
A a. d.
.forms for Yearly Tuning, including minor re-

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pans—
Collages, per annum .... 1 1 0
Grads do ••

Single Tunings (in Town).
s. d. s. d., a d a. d.
Cottages.— 3 6& 5 0 !Full Grande 6 6dr 7 0
liemai-Grands 5 0& 6 0 Concert Iron
Ifsiehoed Grande.. .. 7 6
.• 4 6& 5 6
Pianefori.es Tuned o the French Pitch (now univer-
sally &Jolted throughout England, it required.
_so* A large stock of Classical and Modern
.Music, at

litilvaise. -
Pious observe the Address-260, Castle Street, Dudley,
and 259, Stafford Street, Walsall.

AS A MEMENTO there is nothing so
valuable as a GOOD PORTRAIT. It is the
ilguraph of Art over Time, Distance, and the Grave
lia4 what Portrait so exact as the PHOTOGRAPH?

T HE
STUDIO

Is Open from 9 a.m., for the productions of
CARTES•DE-VISITE,

,
IND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF
PHOTOGRAPH
Produce 11 from the Miniature or Locket Sizes to the
Life Size.

ANT PORTRAIT ENLARGED AND PAINTED
IN OILS, Framed, Complete,

LIFE SIZE, £5 ss.

The Negatives of Mr. Szarkoweski and theist. Mr. H.
Birders retained, as every Negative Mr. Clarke has pro.
diced, and Copies can always be had.

ARCHER CLARKE,

71, HIGH STREET,

STOURBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

DUDLEY.

PETITION FOR LIQIIIDATION BY AREANGEMENT.-011
Saturday a petition was filed by John Carlyle, travelling
draper, of Oxford Street, The liabilities are .£600;
assets not yet known. Mr. Shakespeare is the solicitor
for the debtor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

Bell Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'. " Very
satisfactory—have availed ourselves for 10 years or more."
John Snowden, Paint Manufacturer and Oil Merchant,
South Shields, Your Telegram received, and very
much obliged to you for your prompt reply—They won't
get an ounce of stuff from me. Yours lee.
Swann, J. E. and Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'
sad Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Son, Birchill Iron Works, Walsall.
"Great Value."
Darlington Forge Company. " Prozapi replies—ap-
prove of the Confirmatory style adopted."
Lackenby Iron Company, Middlesboro'
"Conscientiously recommended. Members 8 years."
Darlington Waggon Company, Darlington.
" Prompt—reliable information—various sources."
Stanbridge, Sydney, Esq., Maltater, Camberwell,
London, S.E. " Charges are higher than any other
office, but the results justify the additional outlay."
Oldroyd and Sons (Linaited),Dewsbury. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Bousfield, Leeds, Satisfied with
the thoroughness of the manner you answer Continental
inquiries."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekls meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. Thole
were present :—Messrs. H. Billinghsun, Rhodes,
Guilt, Furigest. Wood, leUy, Thonapuou,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

AN ARTIFICIAL HARE.

An interesting exueri.nent was made on Saturday
last in a field not far from the "Welsh Harp,"
Hendon, with a mechanical hare, the invention of Mr.
Geary, a gentleman of consideraMe experience in
sporting matters (says the Daily Ncw invention
has The
has been patented, and its object is to make aa arti-
ficial hare travel along the ground at any required
pace, and so closely to resemble the running of the
living animal as to be eagerly pursued by greyhounds.
Judging from the result of Saturday's experiments it
may be said that the inventor has completely suc-
ceeded in his object. The hare having been started
at one end of the field went at a great pace to the
other, followed in full chase by a brace of greyhounds,
which were completely deceived by its appearance and
action, and by doing this not once but in several suc-
cessive runs made it quite certain that for greyhound
racing the artificial hare would serve quite as well as
the real one. The hare itself is nothing but the skin
of a real one carefully stuffed, and it stands on a car-
riage somewhat resembling that which gives motion to
the rocking-horse. Its motion is affected by means of
an open tube, over which it runs, and in which is laid
a rope or wire of the length required for the distance
to be run. At the far end is a winch of special con-
strution and great power, worked by hand, and, by
turning this, two men give the hare any speed required.
In the front of this machine is a screen of furze, into
which the hunted hare runs, and disappears, much to
the surprise and discomfiture of the hounds, who
evidently are much puzzled as to what has become of
their expected prey. The object of the invention is
to provide artificial means for greyhound racing (not
coursing), and it is likely to do towards that object
what the "rink "bas done for skating, or the "GyratoryPigeon " for the amateur of Htolingham.

A. New Milford (ConnecticUt) lady died the other
day from a mataly
caused by a cherry stone which had been
obstructed in its page, and had lodged In one of the
gmallec lutagno.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

MURDER AT MARSEILLES-.

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph,
writes :—A frightful murder has been committed at
Marseilles. One of the victims, M. Boutigny, chief
engineer of the Var steamship belonging to the Preis-
sinet Company, dwelt with his wife and a child of 12
years in a villa on the Boulevard de in Mdcliterrands. '
The house is isolated, but stands within 50 yards of the
high road to Aix. On Thursday and Friday a char-
woman, who was in the habit of calling daily, rang
the bell as usual, and getting no answer, she at
length became alarmed. On Friday night she
gave information on the subject to the police
who proceeded to the villa and forced an
entrance. They were horrified to find M.
Boutigny, his wife, and child lifeless, and sur-
rounded by a sea of blood. The corpse of Madame
Boutigny was discovered in the kitchen, that of the
child in the drawing-room, and that of M. Boutigny
in the corridor. All the three bore the marks of
poignard thrusts and the cuts of a hatchet. On the
table in the drawing-room there were, when the police
entered, six glasses and a bottle of Chartreuse, as if
the murderers had remained to refresh themselves after
their horrible work. There seems to be. little doubt
that robbery was the motive of the crime, as the family
was known to have in their possession about £4,000 in
money. A .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold," Pleasantly
surprised with the minute information."
Msconochie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft.
"Increase our subscription to 0116 Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (A 150
Wallace, Bailey and Wilkins, Tanners and Currier',
160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, S.M.
" Information nest aseurate—speedy.--Your °lnce un-
questionably stands first. Increase our subscription to
Fifty Pound (f. 50 Members 6 years.
Slade, John k Co.. Boot and Shoe Manufacturers,
Werseeter. "Increase our subscription to Twenty
Pounds
Briggs, Shera & Co„ Oak Works, Horncaitle,
"In no one butanes have we been deceived—correct—
reliable,"
Huntley and Palmer., Biscuit Manufacturers, Beading,
" SpeeialitO--suost valuable in removing doubt as to real
position of partiea.—Members 11 years."
Dewhurst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blackrod near Chorley and elsewhere.
1" Where relied upon, your information perfectly safe in
crediting. Members 15 years."

—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, 220 141 2d,
anitdc'abriengeornc'eeßedinpgtolyn,oabnlidgeßdofboirnsyoonu,rLcaorngte
and attention.
aStieelnvetiso,nv..
Out dome TIIOIIIIANDS tlie following are selected.
to
_Belfast Ropeworks Co., Belfast, Selves. v.—Beg to
Gilson, HOU= and Co., Bradford. Selves v.—Begs to
acknowledge receipt of cheque £390 165 ld.
acknowledge receipt of cheque, 275 175 id.
a ei
tl'ohoowmt
el idngseo ni tane 0
tdpt Bolu
oc kh,,,,C0
ear/ Carlisle.
I Selves3d. v. Beg
Friedman and Sons, South Benwell, near Newcastle-
acrnb°gelson, M. and Co., Bradford. Selves, v.—Beg to
sar receipt of cheque, .221 7s id.
on-Tyne. Selves, v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of
Leoewd:dge receipt of cheque, .227 lie Od.
cheque, £35 71 6d.
B.C.
Selves
11. Three Cranes Lane, Upper Thames Street,
acknowledge am, Binns and Co., Bradford, Selves, v.—Beg to
s Western
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oCokoo.,owßleeldvgeederreeoeWtphtarlt,
cheque, 2118 bs bd
LaPmobewitsh,.4.lllSeelvse. elves v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque,
234 6s 2d.
Stenhouse M. and ~ Co Newcastle-on-Tyne, Selves, v.
—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque £lO4 145 Od. J. and
Sel W. Taylor, Tanners, &c., Bermondsey, S.E.
Cohn. M. and Co., Sunderland, Selves, v.—Beg to ves, v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, £5O
0.1
Od.
receipt of cheque £37 18s 6d, Osod.
111ingworth, G. B. Neville Street, Leeds, Selves v.— . Wilkie, J. and A. Musselburgg, Selves, v.—Beg to so.
Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, £6B 13s Od knowledge receipt of cheque, £BO 45 6d.
J
Pow an Ismad
Fawcus, North Shields, Selves v.—Beg to Y, ,an Co.. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Selves, v.—
acknowledge receipt of cheque, £2l 7s id. Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque £67 10s 6d.
Maeonochie Brothers, Fish Fasters, Lowestoft - . . - - Increase our Subscription to 2150,
Wiliam Bailey and Milking Tanners, dtc., Long Lane, Bermondsey, London ,S,E. ditto ditto £5O.
&ha- Sleds sad Co., Boot sad film lisoulaeturers, Worcutor . . . ditto ditto ' aBo.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

•

The PRIVATION Or THR USE 01P ONES'S LIMBS while the
otherfunctions of Naure are intact is a serious mortifica-
tion to the fictively dispose& Such, however, is the con-
dition of the victims of rheumatism or gout. To walk
i
without enduring agony s impossible, to use the arms,
free from excruciating pain, is equally impracticable. A
feeling of gratitude therefore pervadtes the frame when
the means are afforded of using all he members,without
udicious and frequent application of PowELL's: Rnan-
MATIC EMBROCATION. IS 41 past all doubt the grandest
specific for the evils we hue weed, end others of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

TrAr7:l.!.l-2.27:3 A DRESSES.

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1-111• 0 . A TES,

ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR,

HIGH STREET,
STOTTRBIR,IIDO-M,
(Nearly opposite Stoat ridge (f KiikArminster Bank)

Attendance e‘er) Fridby, frcin 11 a rn., to 4

HENRY BA ERR,

•17C TI °NEER AND VALUER,

HIGH-STREET, KINVER.

Masks and Furniture of every descriptions bougkt and
Case advanced upon all go6ds sent for absolute sal*.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

TO TEE

INHABITANTS OF STOURBRIDGE
AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,

MR. J. F. AN
PERSON,

SUBGEON-DENTIST,
HAMPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM.
HAS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, be will in future alten4
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY:
from Ten till Five, at
MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

ARTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
Celluloid Base, a newly invented and
patented materiel that cannot fail to give
satisfaction and comfort to the wearer.

NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.

Objectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influence of Nitrious Oxide,
and other antesthetics.

Mr. Apperson's Antiseptic Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifying, and
preserving the Teeth; in boxes, is. and Is.
ed.

Also his newly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleansing both sides of Teeth, is. 6d. each.

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
G. F. GREEN,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

THE LATE DR. SIBSON..t,

The following is from The Times of Tuesday :
Dr. Francis Sibson, F.R.S., of 59, Brook-street,
Grosvenor square, London, died suddenly at Geneva
on the 7th inst. In the afternoon of that day a tele-
gram, despatched by himself, was received at his ouse
stating that he should be at home on the Bth inst. ;
and in the evening of the same day it WAS followed by
another from his widow announcing his sudden decease.
Dr. Sibson was widely known and respected in the
medical world, to whom this sad intelligence 7111
cause much sorrow. He had not only attained a high
position in the practice of his profession, but had ?on-
tributed to its advancement by original and laborious
work commenced about forty years ago, and continued
with untiring energy to the close of his life. He was
the author of numerous papers on physiological as well
as pathological subjects, published in the " Transac-
tions " of the Royal Society and other serials, and of
several volumes of high authority, especially on cardiac
and pulmonary diseases. But notwithstanding his
devotion to his profession, he found time for the calti-
vation of his taste for literature and art, and from the
exercise of his faculties in these directions he derived
great pleasure. He had formed one of the finest col-
lections in existence of a particular class of objects
manufactured by Wedgwood, especially the medallions
and plaques designed by Flaxman. He was a man
of warm affections and generous impulse; an agree-
able companion; one of the truest of friends; and in
conduct uprightness itself. His loss will be deplored
by a large circle of friends.

"BRING UP A CHII.D."—A child ought to be
i
properly balanced if he s to be placed in the *weigh he
should go. No half measures.—Fun.
Cemous.—We are born into the world, and
borne out of it. 'Tie a bourne, however, with a dif-
feregoornruni
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

FISH CULTURE IN AMERICA;

An important feature in the Philadelphia Exhibi-
tion is the display of objects relating to "fish and
fisheries "—a subject in which the Americans are be-
ginning to take an especial interest. The care which
has been bestowed on the collection of specimens and
plaster casts of fish, of nets, fish-ladders, boats, and
other appliances for the development of the important
fishing industries of the State, is only an echo of the
attention which is being paid to the subject by the
Government, and its indefatigable Chief Commissioner
of Fisheries, Professor S. F. Baird. The mag-
nitude of the operations carried out by the
United States fishery offieials may be gathered
from the following details of a single experi-
ment which was made in 1875—the results of which
have only lately been fully realised. The salmon pro-
duced in California are found to thrive in waters of a
higher temperature than that in which our own scam
salar will exist, and it has been determined to endea-
vour to stock many of the southern rivers with this
species of salmon. An establishment has therefore
been erected on the St. Cloud river, about 300 miles
north of San Francisco, where, in the first year's
operations, no less than six and a quarter million eggs
were collected, and whence they were despatched to
various States of the Union, and as far south as
Virginia. These eggs exceeded 80 bushels in bulk;
it took 150 babe's of moss from Mount Shavta to
pack them, and they weighed when packed
about nine tons, and filled 156 boxes, each two feet
square by six inches deep, thus occupying a space of
312 cubic feet. The great majority of these eggs
many of which had to travel 4,000 miles overland,
reached their destination in excellent condition, and
it is confidently expected that these hitherto
salmonless rivers will be stocked with a valaable
variety of this fish. But even greater wonders than
this have been achieved; and, perhaps, Connecticut
offers the best example of the good results of con-
tinuous artificial propagation. A few years ago the
Connecticut River was so entirely exhausted of shad
that enough fish could not be caught in it for re-
stocking it. Eggs have been collected in other rivers,
and artificial hatching has been energetically carried
out, so that now, after six years of these operations,
shad, which formerly cost 20 dollars per 100, may be
bought for three dollars. It is well worth the consider-
ation of the authorities in this country whether the
means which have been already adopted for the increase
of the salmon harvest should not be supplemented by
judicious artificial propagation. In foul rivere,
blocked by weire,and ruined by over-netting, the rear-
ing of any number of fry would be utterly useless ;
but where the means of destruction are kept within
reasonable limits, and pollutions and weirs are abolished
a great impetus might be given to the productive powers
of a stream in this way.—Glebe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

20 /tire LAMBS
The property of Messrs. E. Webb& Sons, W. F. Firm-
atone, Ssq„ John.Harward, Esq., W. Yaks, Esq., W.
H. Brown, Esq., P. A. Williams, Esq., Mr. John Birch,
and others
• Ilaglej Hallway Station is 10 minutes walk from the
• nal Yard
4 .istr:i
The Sale to commence at one o'clock.
trAt
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

HAGLEY.

STOCK SAUL-At this sale on Monday last, there was
a large supply of sheep and cattle, a few calves and a
larger number of pigs than at recent sales. Tere was
a large attendance and brisk trade. 80 lambs belonging
to Mr. Wm. Lett, Rnshock made an average of 384 ticl a
head 76 of them being purchased by Mr. T. Parry of
Chaddesly Corbett. Some yearling wethere of Mr. IL
Harris made large figures the best pen reaching 795. a
head. Cattle were fairly sold. Some nice heifers made
high rates.

A PUBLIC MEETING AT BRIERLEY
HILL ON THE TURKISEI ATROCITIES.
On Monday night a public meeting was held in the
Town Hall; Mr. Isaiah Rollinson, chairman of the
Local Board of Health, presiding. The large room was
crowded. On the platform, supporting the chairman,
were the Rev. J. Stone, Mr. C. Ford, Mr. J. Addison,
Mr. Carden, Mr. Archer, &c.
The Rev. Josiah Stone moved the first resolution,
which was as follows :—" That this meeting, having
heard of the atrocities committed by the Turkish troops
in Bulgaria. expresses its horror and detestation of their
outrages, iil its sympathy with the sufferers ; and this
meeting further expresses its opinion that by these acts
the sublime Porte has shown itself to be without the
pale of civilised governments, and undeserving of the
countenance and support of any civilised nation." The
reverend gentleman said that he appeared on the plat-
form without political bias, but as • a champion of
humanity. (Loud applause.)
Mr. Henry Carden seconded the resolution in a
spirit( d speeih, wherein he qui t3l from the Koran,
showing that the followers of Mahornet were fierce
against christians, who were classed amongst the infidels.
lie trusted that liuuland would leave the Turks to them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA.

The Times (of Monday) published the following letter :
Sir,—There is yet another of the 'guard over
Napoleon at St. Helena alive—James Silver, of
Exeter, aged 83.
Silver enlisted in 1809, at Reading, as a bandsman
in the 66th Regiment, served with the regiment at
Ceylon, Calcutta, Cawnpore, and other places in
India, until ordered to St. Helena to form portion of
the garrison in charge of Napoleon, where, though a
bandsman, he had to take his turn in mounting guard,
and, as one of the band of his regiment, took part at that
great General's funeral. Immediately after Napoleon's
death the regiment was ordered home, and disembarked
at Gravesend, when he applied for and received his
discharge, after 12 years and two months' service, and
was granted a pension of 63. per diem.
Silver is in good health, much respected by the many
inhabitants who know him, and is a regular attendant
at the Sunday services of the Cathedral in this city. It
would be conferring a great boon on this respectable
old veteran if you could find-space in your world-spread
columns to insert this short letter, as the old man
naturally feels proud of having been "one of old
Boney's guard."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
SlNium BARNES.
Bellair, Exeter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

PH(L'NIX FIRE OFFICE.

1/TR. GEORGE PERRY, Solicitor, Agent
.11.1_ for Stourbzidge, begs to remind the public that
the I'IIAENIX was for many years the only Fire Office
that kept a FIRE ENGINE in the town, and to inform
them that it still keeps one there.

For the keys of the Engine House, apply at the Talbot
Hotel; or to Thos. Robinson, Letter uutter, Enville•
street, the engineer; and fur TerniE of Inzurance, apply
to the Agent.

4 OWE it GRO.UNDS,_ ASTON p A ItK

•
:MESE BEAUTIFUL GROUNDS OPEN DAILY.

The Grandest DISPLAY of SUMMER 'REDDING
and SUB-TROPICAL PLAN rs in the district.

BOATING on the Lake, which has been very much
enlarged and filled with spring water tit for Bathing as
well as Boating.

SYNYER and GILMER'S splendid BAND every
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, rind SATURDAY, from 3
till 8.

The NEW SKATING RINK Open Daily, for Three
Exercises—,viz , 11 till 1; 2.30 till 5; 7 till 9.30. ,
POUNTNEY'S BAND will Play on the Willi EVERY
EVENING and on FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.
Admission to Rink, 6&l.; hire of Skates, 6d.
. •
Admission to Grotindi, 3d. each.
. H. G. QUILTER, Pacam=l6E...

FREE EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.

_ . •
_ .
Free i3a are granted by the Government of
Queensland as under--
'
To General S"egrevsants, Cooks, Housemaids, Nurses, Dairy
Maids, &c.
Wages £25 to £sou-year all found.
To Married and Single Farm, Labourers.
Wages £3O to £5O a-year with board and lodging.
Assisted Passages on payment of £4 to
Artizans (all kinds) Saddlers •
Blacksmiths
Plasterers ,
Carpenters and Joiners Plumbers ant! Painters
Butchers
Quarrymen
Bookbinders Rope Makers
Bakers
, , Shoemakers
Bricklayers Shipwrights z • •
Cabinet Makers . Shepherds
G ard n ers - Tailors and others',
Grooms •

At Wages about double Englisb

Each Ship carries an experien;ed Surgt:
Families have sepur,t,.,.sieepiugc,J,napartaicet,
Work can be carried on in the openair 4111 ; be year round
Beef and Mutton 3d a-li).; Tea 28 6cl u-lb ; Flour lbs
a-cwt. ; Sugar 3d. a-lb.

N

Apply personally or by letter to Agent-General for
Queensland, 32, Chafing Cross, London, S.W.; or to
A. W. BEALE, Commercial Sale ROOMS,
Kidderminster.

23, IRONMONGER LANE, LONDON.
(IMF, 01..13
J 11N S'l 'ON 'S
CORN FLOUE
Is THE B_Fil
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"QUITE FREE FROM ADULTRATION."—LanCet.
" IS DECIDEDLY surxmort."—Lancet.
"I have examined Johnston' Corn Flour and
.find it
perfectly pure and twit excellent in quality. When
boiled With milk rfforda Complete and pi,rfi.et n^rirish-
anent tor per.ovs f

hAta.hs :..-D., •1.,
Professor of Chemistry, Royul College of
Surgeoue, Dublin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

I
Amount and description of Situation.
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THE TURKISH ATROCITIES.

A public meeting was held in the Corn
Exchange on Monday night, called in compliance
with a requisition signed by gentlemen of all
shades of opinion, to express horror at the
atrocities in the East, to urge immediate action on
the part of the Government, and to open a relief
fund. There was a large an representative
attendance.

Mr. R. L. Freer, J.P., was voted to the chair,
and a number of influential gentlemen supported
him on the platform.
The Chairman, in opening the meeting, said
they must be grateful to those gentlemen who
had so graphically and rapidly placed the facts of
the Turkish atrocities before the public. (Hear,
hear.) As men of many shades of opinion in
religion and politics were present, he hoped they
should keep free from any party expressions, and
confine themselves to the one grand question of
the evening. (Cheers.)
The Rev. D. Maginnis read letters of apology
from Major Walker, Mr. A. Freer, and Mr. C.
Cochrane, expressing strong sympathy with the
object of the meeting. Mr. Cochrane enclosed a
cheque for £5O towards a relief fund.
'1 he Rev. H. Sherrard moved a resolution ex-
pressing the horror and detestation of the meeting
at the atrocious conduct of the Turks in Bulgaria,
and denouncing it a crime against humanity.
They were met to add their tribute to the tide of
indignation rising the last week or two against
the atrocities in Bulgaria, and it was desirable
thst not only the tom, thoughout Ow length
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

SOLDIERS CHARGING.

Ytb

It has just been stated, on the authority of a London
papers that the old custom of cheering at the time of
charging with the bayonet ordered to be reintro•
duced into the British army. There can be little doubt
that such an order, if it has been given, will be hailed
with very great satisfaction. It is only a few years—
not certainly above fifteen—since this practice, which
had existed probably from time immemorial in our
army, was formally abolished, and officers of no very
long standing can well remember the reluctance of the
.rank and file to abandon it, and how long after the
order was given it was still often impossible,, when
the word was given to charge, to prevent the well
known shout from rising to the soldier's lips.
In the mind of niany a veteran the mere
action of advancing at the double was inse-
parably connected with that of shouting the sort of
indescribable war cry which was known by the ruime
of cheering ; and a mechanical impulse that had
become deeply ingrained in his nature made it im-
possible for a time that he should obey the order to
charge without indulging in the luxury that used to
accompany it. Those who imagine that the importance
;Of such a luxury is insignificant commit a very great
mistake. It has played a more curious and influen-
tial part in history than any one would at first sight
suppose. Readers of the Gaulish campaigns of
Julius Ca3sar know that at a very critical moment
the legiehe wet° dieeehaected and galoot throws;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

THREATENED FAMINE IN CHINA.

A correspondent of The Times, writing from
Shanghai, says that "the North of China is
threatened with a famine, of which it is difficult as
yet to foresee the intensity. The greater part of Chihli
and a large portion of Shantung are actually suffering
from dearth, and the Autumn crops seem hopelessly
lost. Missionaries give a harrowing description of the
distress which is prevailing in some districts of the
latter province, the people have exhausted all their
little store of grain and pawned their very implements.
The pawnshops, are, in fact, choked and their funds
exhausted. Nothing remains for the majority of the
inhabitants but to starve or plunder, and it cannot be
doubted that the latter alternative will be first tried.
The Mandarins are quite incapable of dealing with the
emergency; they expend some little money in import-
ing grain, but there are no adequate means of trens-
porting it to the interior, and people are starving 200
mtlee inland while wheat is cheap in the port of
Cheefoo. They have no capacity for organization, and,
disliking the very name of free communication, do not
dream of employing the people to make roads and
thus furnish them with remunerative employment at
the same time that they create means of carriage to the
suffering districts.
"Large quantities of grain are being also imported
at Tientsin, but the same difficulties of transport exist,
and disturbances are feared in the interior of the pro-
vince. The Emperor and the chief Mandarins have
been praying constantly for rain, and, at last, on the
Bth bast, heavy rain fell at the capital, but too late, it
is feared, to save the Autumn crops, unless in the neigh-
bourhood of rivers where a little moisture has preserved
these from complete degruction. It will, however, help
to fertilize the ground again for future sowings. The
frequent droughts to which the North of China is sub-
ject offer an interesting field of inquiry. Is the
desiccation of Central Asia, which is alleged to have
been going on within historic times, trending southward
and beginning to affect the plains of Chihli."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

THE RED CROSS SOCIETY ON THE
DANUBE.

The Times publishes the following extract from a
letter from Colonel Loyd Lindsay

" I must say bow much pleasure it gives me to tell you how
admirably the surgeons have comported themselves, and how
well they have served the society; and, what is far more of
consequence, how much they have done for the wounded in
these unfortunate battles.
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"Such aid as has beau given by those educated men no
money could have bought- The Servlan peasants have been
tended with as much r klll as the richest men of London or
Paris could have received.
"Whatever objections may be advanced against giving
help to hospitals, whereby Governments may be relieved of
their proper burdens, no objection can be made to surgical
aid to the unfortunate victims who would otherwise perish
on the field uncared for and unrelieved.

"During ten hours we had some of the most capable sur-
geons that our schools can produce uninterruptedly engaged
In their task.
"Mr. McKellar has done admirably; and by coming into
Alexinatz saved me and AlacCormac from great embarrass-
ment.
"Mr. MacCormac was engaged all last night in the hos-
pitals along the road. During three days and nights he has
not had his clothes off, and his assistance and superior skill
as a surgeon have been beyond praise."
Mr. White, the British Consul at Belgrade, also
writes :
"The humane mission on which Colonel Loyd Lindsay and
the surgeons have come over is progressing most favourably.
They are doing wonders, having had ten surgeons on the battle.
field saving human life."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

POLISH ADVICE TO THE StRVIANS.

On Monday, at a meeting of the London branch of
the Polish Historical Society, an address was signed
by several Poles warning the Servians against the Rus-
sian Government. "We have a right," says the
address, "to speak, because we know by sad expe-
rience at what a price the arch-enemy of political
liberty and national Independence sells his aid to such
as imagine they can obtain these invaluable possessions
through his agency. You have been induced by the
Russian Government, or by Russians acting with its
permission—which, under an absolute despotism, im-
plies the sanction of that Government—to enter into a
war with a Power the superior resources of which
could not be unknown to Russia. You have been
freely supplied with Russian money and with Russian
officers; and what is the consequence? Your country is
devastated, your children are slain, and your army is
converted into a Russian army, for it is commanded
and officered by Russians; and for this end you
have sacrificed a condition, if not of nominal, yet
of real independence, secured by the guarantee of the
great European Powers. You will do well and wisely
if you now direct all your efforts to recover what you
have lost. Poland fell under the power of Russia by
the same subtle policy of which you are only now
beginning to appreciate the dangers. Under pretence
of protecting the interests of dissenters from the esta-
blished religion in Poland, Russia interfered in our
internal affairs; she formed a Russian party, and even-
tually, by an overwhelming military force, took pos.
session of the country. We were then at the head of
the Slavonic race in freedom, in civilization, and in
military glory. We lived in peace with our neighbours,
entering on no aggressive war. We had defended
Europe against the then formidable power of the
Mahommedans. We fell, through no crime, but
through the folly of listening to the perfidious counsels
of Russia. We expiate in exile the error of our
ancestors; be warned by our example before it is too
late."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

TEE STOURBRIDG-E OBSERVEK

into an utter panic by the piercing and unaccus-
tomed yells of the Belgian hordes advancing to the
attack, and this although the Roman soldiers them-
selves ,were perfectly accustomed to shout on the
charge. The very same commander who had then so
striking an example of the effect of the practice
witnessed another and a still more remarkable instance
at the Battle of Pharsalia. It is well known that at
that battle Pompey ordered his soldiers to stand still
and receive in silence the attack of Cm3ar's legions.
His idea was that the waste of breath involved in the
sharp run and the loud shout might simply be econo-
mised and reserved for solid muscular action. But the
event belied his theory, and it was always said that
Cesar attributed the speedy defeat of his adversary to
the mistake he made in deptivln2; his soldiers of this ac-
customed moral incentive.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-16

BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUSECUNNESS.—kt the Police Court, on Monday,
before Messrs. F. Evers and H. Smith, George Harper
and Richard Moore were charged with being drunk, on
Oa 4th must, at Mount Pleasant. —Police-sergeant Lavin
proved the case and defendants were fined Cos.—Thomas
Hill was charged with being drunk mid disorderly, on
the 2nd mat, at Quarry Bank.—Police-sergeant Lavin
proved the caaa and defendant was fined 2s 6d and costa;
in default seven days.—William Wkstorood was charged
With being drunk and riotous, on the 9th bast, at Brierlay
Hill.—Police-sergeant Kavanagh proved the case. De-
fendant was further charged with assaulting Robert
Bradley.—Complainant said he was at Mr Preston's on
the night of the 9th just. Defendant was there and
struck witness on the mouth and made it bleJd.—De-
fondant was fined 5s and costs in each case.
%MACS OF in NAM—Walter Jones was chargal
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

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three months to five years. Mortgages negotiated at
less interest. Distance no object, as persons can repay
by P. 0. 0 or cheque, by applying persoriall from 10
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the second, Sexagesima; and the third, Septuagesima.
These appellations aro just over 300 years old, having
originated in 1572.

The Arctic Expedition will soon have left our shores
twelve months, and, according to the calculations
which were made prior to its departure two years more
may elapse before its return. For anything we know
of the movements of those intrepid man, they might
almost as well be in the moon, or in one of the planets, as
upon the surface of the earth. The question has lately
been raised whether it will be necessary this eummer
to send out a relief ship, but the opinion of Captain
Nares before he started was that it would not be re-
quired, and this conviction is shared by the First
Lord of the Admiralty. So thoroughly had the ships
been provisioned that no relief, at all events for two
years, would be wanted, It ,was arranged, howevev,
tladespatches. describing the progresS made should.
be left during this summer at a given point on the
coast of Greenland, and theme will be fetched by Cap-
tain Allen Young, whose adventurous voyage to the
frigid vine in July last will be well remembered. The
aim of Captain Nares will of course be to bring the
record of the expedition down to as late a date as pos-
sible, and we may rely, upon it that the aesi3atches
will not be long in their solitary resting•place in the
icy north before they wi I be found and brought home
to be read with interest by mihieutt. They will
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

KIN GSWINFORD.

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FOWL STHALING —At the Staffordshire Adjourned
Sessions on Monday, before T. F. Twemlow, Esq.,
Williern P-arson and nom' Knight, both on bail, were
charged with stealing, on the 7th January, 1876, four
f..wls, the property of Edward Causer Otles.—Mr. Cecil
Fulford prosecuted —Mr. Yon! g defended the prisoners.
—They were found guilty, and .eateuced each to throe
months' imprisonment.
WouNnizoo.—Thomas Williams (25), labourer, was
charged with unlawfully wounding and inflicting grievous
bodily harm upon George Rowley, on the Sth February
last, at Kingswinford. The prisoner and the prosecutor
had a quarrel, and in the encounter the prisoner stabbed
prosecutor behind the ear with a knife. He was found
guilty and sentenced to four months' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

THE DURATION OF LIFE.

The Daily News (in a leader) observes that, from the
ReglArar-General's returns, it appears that the ten-
dency of scientific study of the social organism has been
to lengthen the chances of life to all the individuals
who compose it. Dr. Farr ,points out that two cen-
turies ago eight people out of cyely hundred died in
London in each year. At the beginning of the present
century this mortality had-been reduced to five in a
hundred annually; it is now 2.4, or less than haf
what it was when the century came in. Ttl
average duration of life has risen all over the
country. Our grandfathers used to talk of there
being, three. generations in a century ; but the present
average duration of life in England is 41 years. Di.
Parr Ventures, however, to push the duration of manes
span another 30 years beyond the historic three score
years and ten, and speaks df a century as the natural
duration of a human life, if all conditions were favour-
able. As a present fact only about 22 people in
hundred thousand reach that limit; but then o e
quarter of these born die under five years ol
Here is the greatest scope for sanitary reform.
The average length of life in adult persons is
reality much larger than the figures iindicate,
cause it is so immensely reduced by this treme -
dolls "massacre of the innocents." Is this enor-
mous waste to go on for ever? Is one child in every
four to be sacrificed in the process of breaking in to the
conditions of civilisation? There must be something
very false in the treatment of children by mothers and
nurses, or something peculiarly intractible in infantile
diseases if such a sacrifice cannot be greatly limited.
Perhaps the spread of some rudiments of sanitary
knowledge among women will do much in this direc-
tion. There can be no doubt that children are
foolishly coddled at one time and recklessly exposed
at others, and that it is to these alternations that
much of the mortality is due. Uncovered necks and
arms and legs are said by many medical men to be the
cause of much of that infant mortality which is a dis-
credit to our civilisation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

HALES OWEN.

case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.—John Rawlinson was
charged with being drunk at Hagley-street, on the 2nd
inst.—Police-constable Smith proved the case. Fined
2: 6d and costs.
DRUNK AND REFUSING TO QUlT.—Charles White,
Thomas Ingraham ar.d Charles White were charged with
being drunk and refusing to quit the licensed premises
if William Rollinson. The evidence went to prove that
the defendants were drunk and went into Rollinson's
house. He sent for Police-constable Drew to turn them
out. Fined 2s Gd each and costs.
DRUNKENNESS.—John Dudley was charged with being
drunk, on the Bth inst.—Police-constable Drew proved
the case, and defendant was fined 2s 6d and costs.—
Edward Willetts was charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly. The case was proved by Bblice-constable Drew,
and defendant was fined 5s and costs.
ASSAULT CASE.—Charles Holloway was charged with
assaulting Mary Ann Harris, on the 4th inst. From the
evidence of complainant it appeared that the defendant
came into her house and said he had lost one of his
fowls, and said it was in her house. Complainant told
him that it was not, and after some altercation defend-
ant struck complainant several times in a violent manner
and complainant had to pick up a pair of tongs to defend
herself. Several witnesses gave corroborative evidence
The Bench considered it a violent assault and fined
defendant lOs and costs, in default 28 days' imprison-
ment.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

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GATHERING OF BUTCHERS AT THE
METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE.

In London, on Tuesday evening, there was a gathei
ing of a somewhat singular character in the Metropoli-
tan Tabernacle. About 1,500 journeymen butchers,
principally employed in the Metropolitan Market, took
tea together in the lecture-hall and other rooms in the
basement of the building, and afterwards assembled
in the Tabernacle, where a public meeting was held
under the presidency of Mr. Alderman M'Arthur,
M. P. The proceedings in the Tabernacle commenced
with prayer, offered up by Mr. Varley, who was
himself formerly a butcher, but is now minister of the
Tabernacle at Notting-hill. He gave out a hymn,
which he said was composed by his eldest son,
and which was sung to the tune of "Auld Lang
Syne." He then stated that it might be interesting
to them that he should give a brief sketch of the way
in which they had been led in these meetings. He
was tot sure whether it was nine or ten years since
that, after conferring with some two or three friends,
he invited 100 journeyman butchers from the Newgate
Market to take tea with him at Notting-hill. A great
many did not quite understand this, and only 37
accepted the invitation. These were like the spies who
went out to search the land, and they brought back a
good report. A hundred and eighty come to their
sirond meeting, 390 to the third, 500 to the fourth,
630 to the fiftli, and then, as they could not accommo-
date more at Notting-hill, he applied to Mr. Spurgeon,
who, with that catholicity of spirit which made him
the property of the nation, said, 'Came here, and we
will welcome you." So the next meeting was held
there, and a thousand assembled to take tea. The year
following there were 1,350, and he should/fay that that
evening they had at least 1,600. He did not know
whether it would be interesting to them to hear how
much they had consumed. If it did not weigh too
heavily upon them, he might tell them that the quan-
tities were—about 381 b. of tea, 1701 b. of sugar, I,loolb.
of wheaten bread, about I,loolb. of meat, I,loolb. of
cake, and—but he would give the mustard and salt in.
(Laughter.) Well, he was glad to see them. He had
a great notion that Christians had much to learn about
the social aspect of their life and character.
They could not too much remember how Jesus Christ
assembled, not 1,600 but 5,000 men, besides women and
children, and fed them. They had not His resources,
bit they did well to imitate Him. He believed that
one result of these meetings was that there was now a
far better understanding between the employers and
men in the market than at any former period. He
wanted the young men to know that there were those
who cared for them in this great city, and that know-
ledge, he believed, would be one of their greatest safe-
guards.
Religious discourses were then delivered by Mr.
John Short, Mr. C. Russell Hurditch, Mr. Day, a
working man from Yorkshite, and again by Mr.
Varley, and the proceedings came to a close with the
singing of the hymn," 0! think of the home over
there."—Daily News.