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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-03

FISH.

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Turbot, 10s. to 17s. 61 esch ; salmon, is. Sl. to 2s 21 per
lb. ; soles, is. 31 to ss. per pair ; plaice, 163. to 13s. per
basket; bloaters, 53 61. to 7s. per hundred kippers, 4s. to
4s. 61 per box; grilse, la. 91 to 2s per lb. ; mackerel, 2s. to
2s. ed. per dozen ; brill, Is. to 2s. 3d. each; lobsters, 153. to
403. per score; crabs, 373. 61 to 503. per kit : native oysters,
£l2 to £l2 12s. per bushel ; trout, Is. 61 to ls. 91 per lb. ;
smoked haddock, 2es. to 403. per barrel ; trawl ditto, 103. to
12s. ed. per basket.

PROVISION.
market
LoNDON, Monday, May 29.—The arrivals last week from
Ireland were 74 firkins Butter, and 3,335 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 34,905 packages 'Butter, .3478 bales, and
391 boxes Bacon. There was an improved demanad_dv.ieoantcrhidetoeheededr
italLeudt Normandy
interiorßu t terlast
qualities week,
me t aandieprericßselleendwmt
ed 2s , and other
ruled firm, best Waterfard sizeablenad
Hvaaumebro' .no
descriptions of Irish about Is
change in prices, but a firmirerAtyor.elin the market.
WrirrECilerEL, Saturday, May 27.—There was a fair sup-
prices were rather
t ria,ww9:2.
at hspertiommi
Leaorwmii
Beeldporw‘i
niVtahyc,laoevodes.ru,tl loilliorssasdst.eo:
1455. ; interior, ios. to s.
ff!
rMayi ng , 2495,
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quality.
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little
nehi 29.—There
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Inlwn
inferior, 555. to Ns. Straws,
SEED.
LONDON, 455. per load.
EnllNtsunucNiovMerosueeddayo,
lowerlperiod
at tetordfmmtsi:oessrlsiy, :o raill'ne' is e rl:'ffho aeodaansysitte: err delorwwetagni at l scarcely
ffthh offered
es ,
vilaeanort any
Dutch Ilempseed realised farmer prices steadily. Canary.
seed,e ed a was
were dullrie ladn
with
il
tohw er to se
firmness,ll
English Rapeseed continues scarce and Very dear. Very
little Trefoil is left; prices unaltered. -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

THE ROYAL TITLES BILL. ,

"An admirer of the late Prince Consort" has I
sent the following letter to 7he 7inzes tcr publica-
tion :
England has long deeply felt the loss of the late Prince'
Consort. His eminent practical wisdom, discretion, pru-
dence, and good judgment were of gr.-at value to this coun-
try. His discernment enabled him to perceive the real bear-
ing of modes of action and the great results to which they
would in all probability lead. We are unable of course to
tell in how many or which special instances we derived bene-
fit from such a mind. But in no question could this penetrat-
ing mind have been of more value to the country than in that
now pending, In which we are awaiting our beloved Queen's
final decision respecting the title which Parliament has
allowed her to assume. He would have plainly seen that the
title of Empress is distasteful to the British mind, would sadly
weaken the strength of loyalty now existing towards. lier
Majesty, and diminish the warmth of affection which at
present pervades the country towards her. His expansive
mind would also have contemplated the numberless in-
stances in which on many occasions, such as receptions of
the (peen, toasts at great banquets, mentions cf her inpublic
meetings, the title of Empress would damp the feeling of
loyalty, if not excite a disloyal spirit towards her. His moat
judicious mind could not but also have imparted to him a
lively apprehension of the vast burst of admiration, esteem,
and loyal yffection which would lame from a proclamation
from Her Majesty expressing her thanks to her Parliament
for passing the Act empowering her to assume a new title,
even that of Smpress of India, but in deference to the ex-
pression of the feeling of so great a proportion of her beloved
subjects ho plsinly manifesting their preference of a title
lin,re htaeoraance with that to which the country had been
so long and so warmly attached, she preferred assuming that
of "Sovereign Lady" of India.
"Had we been still favoured with the continuing life of
our late beloved and greatly admired Prince Consort we
cannot doubt that such would have !been the bearing Of ,his
advice to Her Majesty. We certainly know that the admi-
rable affection and esteem in which she regarded her Royal
husband would have insured her acting in accordance with
his views, to the great relief and joy of her country."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

FIRST WORCESTERSHIRE RIFLE

VOLUNTEERS.

The first battalion of Worcestershire volunteers
had a find day on Monday last, on Pedmore Com-
mon, on Monday last, and, being holiday time, a
large number of spectators assembled to watch
the movements. Most of the men came in by
rail, and fell in upon.some ground near the rail-
way station, whence they marched through the
town to the common. The field officers present
were Colonel Knight, M.P., Major Walker, and
Major Talbot; and the staff consisted of Adjutant
Wolcidge, Surgeon Cowen, and Assistant-Quarter-
Master King. The strength of the different com-
panies on the ground was as follows :-Ist corps,
4(; 2nd, 57; 3rd, 33; 4th, 38; sth, 35; 6th, 39;
7th, 68; Bth, 47; 9th, 95; 16th, 43; 20th, 52—
total, 553. The companies having been equalised,
the men were put through a long drill, most of the
movements being in double column. The march
past was very creditably executed, considering the
tufty nature of the ground traversed, and then
came various evolutions calculated to test the
efficiency of the battalion after the late hiberna-
tion. Having been drilled ca masse, the battalion
was exercised.as two regiments in brigade, each
major conunanding one half the battalion. Thc
half battalions advanced to the deploying interval,
wheeled to 'their right, and deployed from the left
into line. Then came a change of front on their
centres to the left, and the rear half battalion
relieved the front half. They again changed front
on their centres to the left, which brought the
whole regiment back into line, and after the salute
the manceuvres terminated. There was company,
volley, and independent firing in all the forma-
tions of line and square. After the drill the com-
panies had some refreshment at their canteens,
and xuarched to the railway station to catch their
trains homewards,

Tkus RECTOR OF OLDSWTNYORD.—The Rev. H.
Downing, the recently-appointed rector; of Old-
swinford, took formal posression of the living on
Monday afternoon. Only a few persons were
aware of the ceremony, and it passed oft without
attracting much outward notice. Mr. Downing,
according to custom, locked himself in the church,
and tolled the bell; and after other prescribed
matters the proceedings ended. The Roctor will
not come into the residence for some few weeks
yet. .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

MURDER AND ROBBERY.

The Levant Herald of April 5 says that a brutal
murder had been committed between Hassekeni
and Kassim Pasha. The assistant cf a well-
known German baker, who supplies numerous
Engßah families in town and also among the English
colony at Hasskeui, went out to the latter suburb
• with his horse and bread on Saturday, and remained
there during the afternoon tl collect his accounts.
Evening having set in, he expressed an opinion that it
would be imprudent for him to return with the money
•in his possession at that hour, and remained all
night in a public khan, or common lodging-house
at Hasskeni. As day was breaking on Sunday
morning, he started (with his horse) on his way
home,, hiving at that time about six or seven liras in
gob* m a secret pocket at the back of his waist-
coat, known only to his brother and his master,
and with some three or four hundred piastres in
silver and copper money in a small bag slung at his
side. In the emirs°, of the morning he was found
lying murdered at a spot not far from the high road,
with his horse standing quietly beside him. The bag
with the) silver and copper money was gone, but the '
gold 'in .the secret pocket remained. The poor man
had evidently made a stout resistance; ho was fear-
fully gashed on the forehead, throat, and elsewhere,
and one of his hands was almost severed, hanging on
by a ligature from the arm. The medical men who
exatnined the body are said to have given it as their
opinion that the wounds had been inflicted with a
sword or some similar weapon. The victim of this
shocking murder was a well-conducted, trustworthy
man, about twenty-eight years of age, an Armenian
Protestant. '
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

COUNTY COURT.

Westwood v. Taylor.—At the County Court held
on ,Thursday, before It. Kettle, Esq., judge. This
was an action brought by plaintiff who resides at
the Lye, against the defendant to recover the sum
of .250, for injuries sustained by plaintiff's
daughter caused by the alleged negligence of.
defendant. Mr. Underhill (instructed by Mr.
Waldron) appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Young
(instructed by Messrs. Freer 'and Perry) defended.
From the opening remarks of counsel it appeared
that plaintiff's daughter was going to school when
defendant's horse took fright, knocked her down
and injured her right leg and head. She was
attended by Mr. Thompson, surgeon and is now a
patient at the Birmingham Hospital. The injuries
sustained to the leg are serious and it will be some
time before she?gets well. He had a number of
persons to call to prove the case and should ask
his Honor to give him a ivtrdict.—Mr. Young said
if he shortly stated what the defence was it might
shorten the case. The defendant's son was left
in charge of the pony and trap and the pony had
a nose bag over his head to feed, and something
at arted the pony which knocked the child down.
The defendant was not near the horse at the time.
If his Honor held that defendant was liable he
should merely address as to the amount.—His
Honor held that the defendant was liable.—Mr.
Underhill then put Mr. Thompson in the box to
prove the nature of the injury. On cross-examina-
tion he admitted that the injuries were not per-
manent and the child would probably be cured in
twelve months. After further evidence was given
his Honor gave a verdict for £2O ss, £l5 to be put
into the Savings Bank for the girl, and the .25 5s
for tie trouble and expense the parents had been
put_to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

sort of artistic pleasure a picture of the physiologists of
this world subjected by the angels to a process of
vivisection in the next. The Royal Commissioners,
who have declared that they have satisfied themselves
that experiments on living animals lie at the basis of
our knowledge of disease and of the means of diagnosing
or curing it, and may not be prevented, are, however,
apparently exempted from future torture, although qui
faeit per alium, facit per se. It is, however, amiably
predicted for the long line of illustrious aiid noble.
minded men by whom experimental physiology has
been cultivated, and many of whose names are -rate
fully enshrined among those of the most godlike6bene-
factors of suffering humanity.
ri, lEES FOR NEW ZEALAND.
iund Gatti Water pnbliehee the following letter from Mr.
C. Farr, of New Zealand, to Mr. F. Buckland
"The ship Orari, arrivti in Lyttelton on the 13th
Inst. from which, through the kindness of the Hon.
J. Hall, I have received your very kind consignment
of bumble bees, but am exceedingly sorry to inform you
that not a single insect survived. I have not yet seen
Mr. Hali, hut heard, through Captain Fox and the second
steward, that every care had been taken of them by Mr.
Hakwhoiri..the-cold -weather took them into his own
cabin, in which he burnt a lamp, whereby the tempera-
riture was rdnintaineciat 51 deg., and I was also informed
Alit they were never aribjected to miything• below .50
_deg. daring-theewhole- voyage. -This being the case,
the loss, I think, cannot be attributable to cold, hot
most orobably to the long confinement, for on the 84th
day out, and when the box was tapped by the hand,
an instant buzzing was heard, thus proving that, though
this attempt has failed, it is not impossible to obtain
them by the more expeditious route, vi st Southampton.
Only the other day we heard that one of the Melbotrne
stemners made the passagenut in 45 days. From there
to Lyttelton would take nine or ten days, say 60 days
from England. This, I think, would prove successful,
and I am quite sure our society would be very glad
to bear any reasonable expense in the experi-
ment. Those packed in dry gram partook of the
food up to the last flay they were heard, while those
on the other side of the box had not taken any for a
long time, and upon eiamination I found those in the
latter place quite dried up to a mere shell, while in
the other some were quite moist; in fact, the finding
of one near the top of the grass quite soft raised
hopes that I might find some nearer the bottom in -
torpid state only. This was not realized; all we.
dead. Still I have no doubt that,' were another
batch packed in the grass as before, and sent by the
route suggested, all uncertainty of euocess would be re-
moved.'

/ere I
le--
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

FISHERMEN DROWNED:

The Scotsman status that during the gale which
passed over the Moray Firth in the beginning of last
week, nine fishermen, belonging to Lossiemouth,
Branderburgh, and Stotfield' were drowned. On
Monday forenoon the whole, fishing fleet, comprising
aheut 30 boats, with an average of about eight men on
each, set out for the deep sea fishing ground, and shot
their nets about fikeen miles off • Cullen. .In the
passage thither they encountered a great nfanyr.
Ord calms, ,so that. it was late at night '-b6foie•
they reached the fishing ground. Pefween and;
twelve o'clock a gale from the N. N.E.. sprang. upi rin'cf
the Wind blew so fiercely that most of: 'the' —Nitta-
broke from their re ts. Seeing that. nethiilg: _
done,. 'thy a 11,.. with the exception'. bf' font., 'riff-
CeemEte.ty,
.an4..l.nvergore'ori ,harbonrK. • Driliik '
.eforpi a yodil,man, Lalneci Joh.ie'Scott,4 'Was. ivtata
L.!:nogrd.hy a heavy sea. and drowuech"-•'Of'rib'f44
Whi.lh. stayed to weather out the gale;*thi6e ;eta:tided
teissiemouth in the morninz, but of those. Who- took',
:slater at Cromarty all d Invergeidon nil' hiArci
siuo-
dropped in The miseing boat—the David dliainLvir'as;
Angerly looked for during several days, and houi‘e•C
.were
fora time ente‘tained that she might mtskshbrappeor '
ulna, bit on Saiut day all hopes were abandoned
Bight women have been made widows' and thirty-eight
'children left fatherless. Such' a calamity Ilia never
occurred to the Lossiemouth fishermen since the memo-
r , . .
sable onein.lBo67 •• , , I .
Nothing is so fatal to the reinan. miff alibis as to
have your girl sneeze at the very climax of mutation.

1304tt.
cypAil

JJ

d.' isallantous ittelligtn.ct.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

A FINE OPENING FOR CATS AND
DOGS.

The Pall Mall Gazette remarks :—" There appears to
be a fine opening for terrier dogs and active cats in
British Burn ah, which, according to the annual re-
port of the chief commissioners on the administration of
that country for 1874-75, lately issued, is in some parts
overrun by rats. These animals make periodical vilita-
tions to certain districts, where they are not only a
serious nuisance but, owing to their voracity, reduce
the inhabitants to a state bordering on starvation. The
Karen district, east of the Sittang river, was, it is
etated, "agaiia" afflicted with a visitation in the shape
of a rat plague, whica caused alarming ravages and
such a detiateLcy of the food supply that the nnfortu '
nate inhabitants ,were redtiCed to a precarious auhsis-
ti-nce -on green han:il;4so sheets and jungle roots. . Their
affection foir their rat-infestSd hivne. wpm, however, •so
*greAt that they could not . induced for, some
time tc; „ioinitgrate. to the district of Twinge°,
*here hadyeen made for their sus:
tenanCeatitt iitlier died, on their bamboo-
'
shoots and junkie roots; for, owing perhaps to the in.
digestible nature of this diet, the mortality among them
is; reported to have been t.xcee4ive. ' It is satisfactory"
to learn that the rats have during the the current sea.
eon te,ulit fresh pastures, and the Karen district is now
free from these unwelcome visitor& Should they re-
tun', it might he advisable to try the effect of eating 3
them. The Parisians during. the Beige acquired the,
habit of rat-eating, ind rather liked it than not. If
the rats ince discover that their presence as esteemed a
blessinf.t Tattier than: a curse, they will, there can be
little doubt, soon make themselves conspicuous by their
absence."

"Throw a look or a sou on one that cannot return
either," is the device of a•blind beggar on one of the bridges
of Paris.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

THE BURSTING OF A iiE'idERVOIR IN

AMERICA.

The Lynde Brook Reservoir, which supplied the
City of Wnrcester, Mass., with water, burst its dam
about six o'clock on the 30th ult. (as was briefly an-
nounced by telegram) and sent 6,000,000 gallons of
water in a torrent through a valley thickly studded
with dwellings and manufactories, and left nothing
standing mite track. Fortunately the inhabitants of the
valley had ample warning, as the dam gave unmistakable
indications of the coming catastrophe more than twenty-
four hours before it finally gave way, so that a great
deal of moveable property was saved. The loss of pro-
perty is estimated at over 1,000,000 dole. Every effort
was made by partially stopping the leak and opening
a new outlet to obviate the threatened danger, but
without avail, and the dam broke about six o'clock.
The torrent struck Smith's mill, and it went like a
pipe stem. Nothing of it was left at twenty minutes
past six o'clock but the front wall. The water at
Smith's dam seemed to be 20 feet above the dam, and
about the same at the dam below. Both dams were
holding them, but must go. The trees below were
swept away like rushes. The scene was terrible, Women
were running about and screaming, and all was con-
fusion on the banks. At Now Worcester the belle
were ringing to call everybody out. For nine miles
the trail of disaster and ruins extended. Everything
that the flood could reach suffered. Factories, dwell-
ings, brid2 es, highways, and railroads were all involved
in greater or less destruction. Homes were desolated,
and a large number of persons were thrown out of
employment, but fortunately not a single life wars lost.
)- -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

RINKOMANIACS;
(From Punch.)

The following cases, of this very painful malady are
repotted from Brighton,. London, and elsewhere :
The Persevering Curate.—Skates in blue spectacles
and a suit of clerical black. Progresses_ slowly •
meekly. Will carry in his right hand (if permitted so
to do) a silk umbrella. Tendency to indulge in mild
flirtations with "not pretty but nice" girls of a certain
or rather uncertain age.
The Defiant Marnina.—A matron of sixty, who tries
vainly to look forty. Progresses slowly, but with *inch
showof stein determination. Tendency to embonpoint,
and extreme caution.
The 'Would be Siren. A playful but anxious
coquette, painfully attempting to stand tlllOl2 wheels.-
Unaccustomed as she is to public (or any) skating, she
moves with great difficulty. She is very anxious to
avail herself of male assistance. Arch, but nervous.
Tendency to fall ungracefully.
The Accomplished Ced.—Can manage the outside
edge. Knows how to skate "a la teapot." Is accus-
tomed to progressing at the rate of sixteen miles an
hour. Thinks it "fun" to upset children and defence-
less females. Tendency to receive chastisement from
fathers, brothers, and husbands without asking for re-
dress.
The Daring Boarding-School Miss.—Skate4 well,
but bashfully. Thinks Rinking "Oh so nice 1" and
seeki assistance from her cousins and ttseir friends.
Tendency to get engseed "well—not wisely."
The Youth lid-Minded Matron.—Skates slowly, but
with much finish. Fond of smiling amiably. Likes
to go round with her youngest daughter (aged sixteen
—dressed ten), in the hope that beholds may believe
'that her hair is .real,- her complexion is 'genuine, and
that she has never purchased her teeth from the
dentist. Tendency to look absurd.
The Awkward Adonis.—Skates with ease, but with-
out grace. Seems to bave very prominent arms and
legs. Tendency to conjure up visions of the comic
singers at the music halls in their less successful
"creations."
Mr. Punch.—No, that at least is a calumny; for,
spite of the fashion, this clever gentleman is not a
Rinkomaniac—yet
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

VIOLENT SCENE AT A FLOGGING.

A prisoner named Scully underwent the punishment
of twenty stripes from a cat-o'-nine-tails the other
morning in Newgate. He had been convicted of a '
robbery with violence. A foreign seaman named John
Conrad was attacked by he prisoner and two other
men in the neighbourhood of Wellclose-square, and
beaten in a brutal manner with a life preserver. The ,
prisoner was the oily one of the three who was ,
arrested, and it appeared that during a period of twelve '
years he had been constantly convicted of different
offenses and sentenced not only to long periods of im-
prisonment, but upon the last conviction he was sen-
tenced to seven years' penal servitude, and he had
only been at large about three weeks under a ticket-
of-leave when he committed the offence. The Common
Serjeant ordered the prisoner to be kept in penal
servitude for fifteen years, and to receive twenty
lashes. After the sentence had been pronounced. and
when the prisoner was about to be removed, he
made a desperate attack upon the two warders
who were on duty, and attempted lo throw one of
w
them down the steps leading from the dock. He
ldt
ap-
peared almost frantic with rage and recklessof wohua might be the result of his violence, saying he
rather be hanged than have to undergo the sentence.
It was expected that the culprit, from his previous
conO.uct, would have exhibited some violence, and pre-
cautions were taken. When he was brought into the
room where the flogging took place, he exclaimed,
"I'll shoot you !" and made use of other threats. He
was speedily divested of his jacket, and after sonic
little resistance, he was placed in the flogging block
and secured. When the first stripe was given the pri-
soner screamed out to the warder by whom the
punishment was being administered, " Ob, that's your
work, is it. you black ; that's your work, is it.
During the whole time the Hogging was going on the
prisoner continued to repeat the same exclamations,
looking fire,:ly at the warder. After the twenty
stripes had been administered, the prisoner was taken
back to his cell, uttering threats against all who were
near him.

ver, and his party then oame up, and entered the
stockade, which was of a most formidable nature, sur-
rounded by a bamboo palisade; about seven yards
within was a log-house, loopholed with two narrow
entrances, and trees latitudinally, to the thickness of
two feet. The officer commanding reports that if
Major Channer, by his foresight, coolness, and intre-
pidity, bad not taken this stockade, a great loss of life
must have occurred, as from the fact of his being un-
able to bring guns to bear on it, from the steepness of
the hill, and the d,•nsity of the junle, it must have been
taken at the point of the bayonet."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

'Sod stub gbtrict gam

ST. THOMAS'S VESTRY MEETING.

The annual vestry meeting was held in the
vestry of St. Thomas's Church, on Tuesday morn-
ing last, the Rev. H. Sherrard, vicar, in tho chair.
There were also present Major Walker, and Messrs.
Stringer, Broomhall, Blunsont, Shearman,
Jackson, Millinchip, Ick, Richards, Archer Clarke,
Wood, Priddey, and Pyne.
. The Chairman read the notice calling the meet-
ing. and the accounts were then produced by the
churchwardens which showed a deficiency of .04.
Mr. Stringer moved that the accounts be passed.
This was seconded by Mr. Bluntom.
Mr. Jackson proposed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Turney, for his handsome present of pavement of
caustic tiles to the chancel of the church.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF
PHOTOGRAPH
treductei from the Miniature or Locket Sizes to the
Life Size.

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

LIFE SIZE, £5 58.:

The Negatives of Mr. Szarkoweski and the late Mr. B.
Bird are retained, as every Negative Mr. Clarke has pro.
duced, and Copies can always be had.

ARCHER CLARKE,

71, HIGH STREET,

STOURBRIDGE.

WANTED a Good GENERAL SERVANT,
who is a good PLAIN COOK; alse a HOUSE-
MAID. Ohe in family. Apply at the Office of this
Paper.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

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pes, elot, 'aper, and ALL KINDS
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &c.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

THE LATE BISHOP MILMAN:

The Correrpondent of The Times, writlag from Calcutta on
March 24, says :

, -
I have already informed you by telegraph of the
lamented death of Bishop Milman. The sad news
was received throughout the Bengal Presidency with
feeling& of general regret, for the Bishop's genial
manner and the kindliness of his heart had made him
a favourite with all who cams in contact with him,
while his devotion to his duties—to the conscientious
discharge of which he fell a victim—had won the
respect of men of every creed. The Government of
India, in the following resolution, has recorded its
sense of the loss the oountry has sustained:—

" The Governor General in Council has received with the
deepest regret the intelligence of the death, at Rewul
Pindee, in the Punjeb, on the morning of the 16th inst., of
the Bight Rev. Robert human, D D, Lord Bishop of Cal-
cutta. The Governor-Chneral in Council desires to place on
record the sense which he enterteins of the late Bishop
Milman's indefatigable energy in the discharge of the high
fenctions of his office, of his charity and munificence, of
his zeal in promoting all good works, especially the educe-
lion of the poorer classes ot Europeans in India, and of his
broad and benevolent sympathy with all classes of the oom-
munity. The bishop has devoted his health and strength to
the conscientious fulfilment of his arduous duties in minis-
tering to the spiritual and temporal welfare of his diocese,
and he has now died in the midst of his labours, doubtless
In consequence of them. "The Governor-General in Council
is sure that Bishop Milman's untimely death will be felt as
a personal loss, and that his memory will be affectionately
cherished by her Majesty's subjects in India."

The Hindoo Patriot, too, bears witness to the late
Bishop's worth, and its testimony is all the more valu-
able as coming from a paper which, whether orthodcx
or the revern in its Hindooism, is 'certainly no advo-
cate for Christianity, and is strongly Opposed to the
retention of a State Church in India. It says :
"A truly good man has passed away. Bishop Milman is
dead. In the pursuit of his sacred work he had riptched the
frontier station of Rawul Plndee, where he caught fever and
dysentery, and breathed his last on Wednesday, at 10 a.m.
As he was the head of the C^ristian Church in India, so he
was its ornament. A man of profound learning, devoted
piety, overflowing goodne s, most generous and wide sym-
pathies, and a most genial temper and humour, he was the
model of a Christian gentleman. Although from his position
he was a power militant against the established religions of
the country, his personal qualities made him an object of
veneration with the Hindoos and Mahomedans as he was
with the Christians. His lamented death leaves a void which
It will be difficult to frl up We subscribe to every word of
the resolution of the Government of India in memoriam."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

DREADFUL FALL OVER A CLIFF.

On Monday evening, between five and six o'clock, a
shocking accident occurred at St. Vincent's Rocks,
close to the Suspension Bridge at Clifton, Bristol.
Whilst the holiday people were enjoying them-elves
on the Downs above the cliffs, a boy named
Frederick Smith, nine years of age, was playing with
some companions, when by some means he fell over
the cliff at a point where the rocks are 250 feet high.
From the fact of his cap and hoop being found near the
edge of the rock, it is believed that he was endeavouring
to prevent his hoop falling over. At the point in
question a shelving piece of rock leads down to a pro-
jecting boulder, where the boy fortunately lodged in
the course of his descent. Had he gone a few feet
further he must have been dashed to pieces. Where
he lay he was in a most perilous position and the
large crowd of holiday keepers watched with anxiety
the efforts of two police constables,
.who gallantly de-
scended the Cliffs and at mach risk succeeded in
resquing the lad. lie was 'found to be conscious, but
he was suffering from two wounds in the head, where
he had come into contact with the rocks. He was
taken ti the infirmary.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

• EaCDOVTEIr CHARITIES.

A return has been obtained by Parlian3ent'from the
Charity Commissioners of the "general charities"
mentioned in the fourteenth report of the Commis-
sioners. From a summary given atthe end of the
return it appears that the total gross income of these
charities is £616,556 ss. sd. The "objects of founda-
tion or purposes to which the Income is applioable "
are as follows :-Education, £147,839 lie. Bd.; ap•
prenticing and advancement, £24 334 9s. 9d.; en-
dowments of clergy, lecturers, and for sermons,
£35,215 14s. 6d.; Church purposes, £1,551 17s. ;
maintenance of Dislienting places of worship and their
mini.ters, £23,913 2s. 11d.; education of Dissenters,
£.9,281 Os. 6d.; public uses, £2,901 16s. 3d.; sup-
port of almshouses, their inmates, and pensioners,
£14.1,345 14s. 9d •• distribution of articles in kind,
£.04 4s. 7d. ; distributi,m of money, £16,566 ss. 31.1. ;
gener,l noes of the poor. £26 945 14s. ld. ; medical,
£180,055 64. 93.; loans, £BB6 10s.
The same leturn gives the total gross incomes of the
London endowed hospital!. and other institutions as
follows Bartholomew's Hospital, £46,653 3e. 41.,
And. the Samaritan Fund, £397 14e, 6d. ; the
Charter-house, £30,656 Os. 11d. ; Christ's Hospital,
£53,110 19s. 3d. (excliasive of several charities under
the management of the governors).; King Edward's
School, formerly the Brideviell Hospital, £8,634 55. ;
Bethlem Hospital, £16.818 7s. 4d. ;and foundation for
incurable patients, £7,314 ss. 4d.i St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, £39,832 2s. 6d. ; the Foundling
£11,465 9s. 11d. (exclusive of the Benevolent Fund,
£l4B 4s. Bd., and the Whatley Fund, £22 176.) ; Guy's
Hospital, £50,662 ss. 101, ; St. Katherine's Hospital,
£6,331 10s. 4d. ; St. Paul's Schools, £11,264 16s. 10d. ;
St. Luke's Hospital, £4,476 4s. 7d. There is also in
the return a HA of about forty charities under the
Corporation of London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

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Surgeons, Dublin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

THE POTATO DISEASE.

We (Daily Telegraph) notice with satisfaction a cor-
respondence which has taken place between Mr. James
Torbitt, of Belfast, a gentleman who has devoted
conaiderable time and large stuns of money to the study
of the question, and Mr. Charles Darwin, the wall-
known author of "The Origin of Species." Without
entering in detail into the arguments by which Mr.
Torbitt supports his opinion, it is sufficient to say that
he thinks the potato disease entirely the result of the
present mode of propagating the plant by cuttings of
the tuber instead of by fresh seed. His theory is that
nature fixes a: certain limit to the life of every indivi-
dual, beyond which, whether it be animal or plant, its
existence catin.)t be maintained, Is is certainly
singular that the two plants moat liable to disease are
the vine and the potato, and that in the case of
them, from time immemorial, the cultivator has
omitted to revert to the seed, and co produce new
individuals. Toe potato disease has occurred under
every variety of conditiens ; but in all cases, to use
Mr. Torbitt's words, "cultivation from the bud, and
never from the seed, has been its constant concomitant.
Everything else—soil, temperature, moisture, manure,
method of cultivation—is varied. The one and
only condition universally present has been the
mode of propagating by the ' set.' " "I suspect,"
Mr. Torbilt goes on to remark, "that even now
old age —or, is other words, too prolonged pro-
pagation from cuttings—is at the bottom of the
vine grower's troubles, and several of them to
whom I have explained the matter fully agree
with me, while one at least is preparing
in feure to grow the vine from the seed."
Also the sugar-planters who it seems always propagate
from cuttings will, of necessity, have their own pesti-
lence in due dale." There is undoubtedly considerable
forces in these arguments. As an ordinary and common
sewn view of the ()sae, it must be obvious to every one
that, if the potato plant has seeds like other plants,
nature must have intended those seeds for the propaga-
tion of new individuals. We may say that the propa-
gation of a seed-bearing plant by cuttings is not a
natural method, and we cannot do better than remem-
ber the old aphorism of Bacon, which is the key of
his "No-rum Organon," that if man wants to be sue-
ceesful, he must "follow Nature," or, in other words,
watch how she works, and imitate her processes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

CARRYING DYNAMITE BY RAILWAY.

"As bearing on the suljeot of the ocrriage of dynamite by
railway, the following story is told in an American paper :

"On a train lately on a Western railroad, some pai-
sengers were discussing the carriage of explosives.
One man contended that it was impossible to prevent
or detect this—if people were not allowed to ship nitro-
glycerine or dynamite legitimately, they'd smuggle it
through in their bi.agage. This assertion was con-
tradicted emphatically, and the passenger was laughed
at, flouted, and ignominiously put to scorn. Rising
up in his wrath he drew a capacious leather valise
from under the seat, and slapping it emphatically on
the cover, said :—'O, you think they don't, eh? Don't
carry explosives in care? What's this?' and he gave
the valise a resounding thump. 'That 's two hundred
good dynamite cartridges in that at valise; sixty
pounds of deadly material; enough to blow this yore
train and the whole township from Cook county to
Chimboraso. That's dynamite enouFh —, he con-
tinued, but he was without an auditor, for the pas-
sengers had fled incontinently, and he could have sat
down on twenty-two seats if he had want>,:l to. And
the respectful way in which the baggagemen on the
out-going trains in the evening handled the trunks and
valises was pleasant and unusual to see."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

HONGUR TO THE BRAVE.

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The Queen ha, -gnititd her iiitenion to confer the
decorati, el of th,- V u,,ria Cross on Capta;n (now brevet
maj,r) Geor4t, Nii la. Charmer, ot the BengL:l Staff
Corps, for his gallant condnei, during the recent opera-
tionsagainat the Malay. in Perak. The following is the
uffioial reco, d of the ,:.ct for which the decoration
WEIK recommended : —" For having, with the greatest
gallantry, been the first to jump into the
enemy's stockade, to which he had been des-
patched with a small party of the Lit Ghoorkha
Light Infartrv, on the afternoon of the 20th of
December, 1875,135-th!) officer commanding the Malacca
column, to procure intelligence so, to us strength,
position, &c. Major Channer got completely in rear
of the enemy's position, and finding himself so close
that be eould hearth. voices of the !men inside, who were
tooking at the time, and keepiag no look out, he
beckoned to his men, and the whole party stole quietly
forward to within a few paces of the stockade. On
jumping in he shot the first man dead with his revol.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

DR. INGRAM, THE CENTENARIAN.

The hundredth birthday of the Rev. Dr. Ingram,
senior minister of the Free Cnurch, Unit, Shet-
land—to which we referred on the day (remarks
The Times)—was celebrated by a soirée in that
-island on the evening of Monday, April 3rd. There
was a crowded attendance, and the Rev. William
So,ith, parish minister of Unit, occupied the chair.
'rue proceedings having opened, Dr. Ingram was
led to the platform by his son, the Rev. John
Ingram, and rt mained at the meeting fur tnree hours.
The choir sang appropriate pieces of music, and
the audience stood as he entered the church and
retired from it. Before tea a blessing suitable to
the circumstances was a,ked by the venerable
doctor, who evidently enjoyed the meeting, and
during the evening spoke frequently to his son and
grandson, the Rev. J. J. Dishington-Smith, Fetlar.
Addresses from the inhabitants of Mist, from the
Free Church Commission of Assembly, and from the
two Free Church congregations in the island were read
and presented. In reply to these addresses, Dr.
Ingram, who had not been expected to speak, said
with emotion, "I feel highly gratified at the kind-
ness of my fellow-workerz in the ministry, and the
goodness of my gracious God, Who has allowed
them to bring forward these documents, and to read
them aloud in the presence of this congregation.
Although I have not heard them, I trust they are
all meant highly in my favour, and that I may
Place more and more confidence in Him who is the
author of all mercies, and love my kind friends more
and more who have expressed their sympathy with
me, and in the warmth of their hearts have got the
addresses prepared. May God bless you all; may
your life here be continued as long as it shall please
God to make you useful; and, oh! that all of you met
together this day by the favour of the Lerd God, and
to commemorate His goodness may all meet around
the Throne of God and the Lamb to• celebrate His
praises through all eternity." The Rev. John Ingram
also spoke in acknowledgment of the addresses, and
other congratulatoty speeches Were delivered by clergy-
metrand gentlemen belooging to Shetland. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

An EXAMPLE WORTHY of IMITATION.

Mr. Redgrave, Inspector of Factories, in his report
for the half-year ending the 31st of October last,
mentions that he was lately made aware of an excel-
lent arrangement which has for some time existed
between a mercantile firm of high standing in Dundee
and a class of their workpeople who, besides being
paid the usual rate of wages, are allowed a small
share of the profits of the department in which they
are employed, thus entitling them to a bonus of a
pound or two, or several pounds, dependent on
results, at the end of the year. he arrangement is
very popular with the workpeople. who are thus
induced to bestow the greatest care and dili-
gence in the performance of their work, looking
upon it as in a measure belonging to themselves;
and without any suggestion of their employers,
but entirely of their own accord, these work-
people have ceased to be members of any trade
union, lest thereby they should be subjected to
interference as regards hours of work; rate of wages,
&c. Andther consequence of this artangement is that
each man watches his fellow, lest he 'fihould make a
'pdstake and so diminish the annual 'dividend. Mr. '
Itedgrave adds that he ie induced to mention the above
circumstance not as being of itself of much consequence,
but as showing the advantages which result from the
cultivatin of a good understanding between the
employers and the employed, and also in the hope that
other employers may follow the good example of the
firm referred to. Perhaps the ,Chancellor of the
Exchequer will begin by promising a bonus to the
Treasury clerks if there is a surplus on next year's
budget.—Pail Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

ANOTHER TRANSATLANTIC WONDER

The wonderful shower of flesh which fell in
Kentucky a short time ago has, according to a des-
patch from Ottawa, had its equal in an immense
shower of flee which fell on the 27th ult at Rivi6re
du Loup. Professor Herbert Laure, M.D., of Laval
University, Quebec, has received specimens of the
insects which had been rained down upon the surface
of the snow. These strange visitors were forwarded
to the doctor in a bottle by Judge W. E. Taschereau,
of Riviere du Loup, with a letter stating :

A very singultm phmomenon occurred here daring the
north-east tempest of Monday A shower of flies fell with
the snow over a Folic of several acres. They are by the
million walking Jver the snow, without appearing to be
able to fly."

The specimens appear to be of the mosquito species,
though apparently about three times the size of those
lively insects. The prevailing impression among
scientific men seems to be that the insects were carried
into the air by a whirlwind in some tropical country,
possibly in the neighbourhood of the West Indies,
during one of the storms of wind which during some
weeks past have prevailed over the continent, and were
at last rained down with the snow. The professors of
L'ival University are now enßaged in trying to solve
this most recent scientific riddle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

CONSUMPTION OF FOOD IN PARIS.

The Paris correspoudent of The Times writes :—The
Fran Fais, which lately gave some statistios as to the
amount of poultry and Fame consumed in Paris during
1875, furnishes some further particulars of last year's
consumption :

"Ix the capital, 129,601,424 kilogrammes of butchers'
seat were consumed, representing a cost of 177,652,8518. :
but on going a little further into detail, it appears that
185,009 kilogrammes confisted of ivirsellash, and, that this
generic term again covered the flesh of from 11,000 to
12,000 horses, asses, and mules. A horse and a mule, it
may be interesting to learn, afford a matter of 190 kilo-
vammes of ssleai,le butchers' meat apiece, while only 50
kilogrammes can be derived from a donkey."

From other statistics of last year's consumption I
extract the following :

"2411 mililon e7gs,- worth something over 23.200,000 f ;
4,000,000 li,logri,--oes of cheeps, from eight to nine million
kliok,rammes iilr.r.ipes. Paris drank in the same period
4 019,216 hectobties of wine, 103,8'0 of pure epirits, and
206,466 beer, each hectolitre representing 22 gallons. She
°holed her beverages with `glace 4 rafraichir' to the weight
of 8,174,99$ kilogrammes; of oysters, 2,711,29 i kilogrammes
were consumed In 11176, a considerable failing cif from the
6,121,(00 of 180, but a rise again from the suppllts of 18724
which extended only to 1,675,00 kilogrammes."

The kilogramme, I should mention, represents about
2.20485 avoirdupois, 2.679153 troy, or 15,434 grains.
Each individual Parisian may be presumed to have
disposed daily in grammes of .224 butcher's meat, -031
poultry, and some '035 fish, 'O2l butter, 021 eggs 'Ol9
salt, .012 ice, and of wine in litres, '599. It is notable
that the consumption of meat per head has increased
considerably, from which fact the Francais concludes,
in the absence of exact statistics, that the consumption
of bread has diminished. However, each inhabitant of
Paris is supposed to consume of the staff of life some-
thing over 400 grammes per diem.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

CRADLEY HEATH, HA

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other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-04-22

No. 607

SALES BY AUCTION.

MODERN LND SUBSTANTILL FREEHOLD
RESIDENCE, " OAKFIELD,"
BRETTELL LLNE, NEAR STOURBRIDGE.
Within Five Minutia Walk of Brottell Lane Railway
Station.
MSBBIIS.
04TES' PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE,
are favoured with instructions from the Executor
of the late William Walker, Esq., to WELL by AUC-
TION, at the TALBOT How, STOW/BULGY, on YRIDAT,
the 28th day of pm, IT6, at Tire for six o'clock i.e
the Afternoon subject to -conditions that newlv-erected
zid highly 'desirable YEEEIIO6 Raaitoinica,
o.xviatz, together with the risk Pastime Land, well-
laid out Garden stocked with choice Trait Trees,
Greenhouse, Hothonse, Vinery, Plesoure Grounds,
Stabling, Coaehhonse, dre eontatning an area of 2a. 2r.
Pp., situate at Bretton Lane aforesaid.
The whole of the Building has been recently erected
in a very substantial manner, regardless of cost. The
House compriues Dining Room, 228. by 158., Drawing
Room same size, with extra Bay,l4ft by 10ft. • Breakfast
Loom, Spacious Hall, Library, suitable Bed Booms, and
bownstairs' Offices, two Water Closets, Jim, &a. There
four-stall Stable, and two Loose Boxes, large Car-
riage House, with Billiard Room over, Cowshed, Store
and Work Rooms, Piggeries, Tool-house &c.
To view, apply on the Premises, aud for farther infor-
mation, to Messrs. Harwards, Shepherd, and Mills,
Solicitors; or to Messrs. Oates, Ferrous, and Wooldridge,
Laud Agents, all of Stourbridge.


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