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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

MORE SUSPICIOUS BURIALS.

A few nights ago a gentleman was passing'along the
side of a waste piece of land which borders upon
one of the long, bleak avenues on the outskirts of
Paris. The aspect of these open spaces is at no time
very reassuring to the solitary passenger, and of late
there have been sinister tales told as to the boldness
of nocturnal robbers in all the lonely streets of the
city. However, the traveller by whom the following
tragic story is told was evidently not of a timorous
disposition. He observed two individua's standing
still near the roadside, and engaged in some dark
and mysterious occupation. By the fitful light of a
bull's eye lantern, held by one of them, the looker
on could see that they were armed, one with a
pick axe and the other with a spade or shovel,
and that they had just finished digging a deep
trench of which any sexton might be proud. By
their side was to be seen a large, rough
and ugly-looking box, the contents of which were
apparently to be transferred to the receptacle prepared
for them. The curiosity of the stranger was aroused ;
perhaps some secret impulse resembling that to which
Mr. Stokes yielded urged him nearer to the fatal spot.
At any rate' he approached close enough to the two
conspirators to overhear a scrap of the conversation.
"Are they all quite dead?" said murderer No. 1, and
was answered with a sullen affirmative by the other
man of guilt. This was enough for the witnesil:, He
set off as fast as his legs would carry him to the nel rest
police station. Back came a whole phalanx of he
guardians of the peace prepared for battle and capture.
But the work of sepulture was done, the malefactors
had fled, and it remained only to dig up the mutilated
remains of the victims. This was done, and there came
to light the mangled limbs, not of men, women, or
children, but of some dogs and cats which had been
scientifically operated upon in the schools of anatomy.
—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

HALESOWEN.

Pranox STEALING —At the Worcestershire Sessions,
on Tuesday, before Sir. G. W. Hastings, Henry Siviter
(21), collier, was indicted for having, on the 7th April,
stolen 16 live tame pigeons, the property of William
Fletcher.—John Knight (32), collier, and William.
Jennings (26), ehainmaker, pleaded guilty to the same
indictment. Mr. Godson appeared for the prosecution;
prisoner was undefended. The birds were prize ones,
and ware worth .£2 each. They were stolen from prose-
cutor's premises by a window, 'wing removed, The
missing birds were found in the possession of several
persons to whom the three prisoners had sold them.
Siviter was found guilty, and was sentenced to twelve
months' hard labour and three years' police supervision,
and Knight was sentenced to nine months' hard labour
and three years' police supervision, both having been
previously convicted. Jennings was sentenced to four
months' hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

Mr. Mechi writes to The Times from Tiptree Hall,
Kelvedon, Essex :

"Steady warm soaking rains and a generally higher
temperature have greatly improved harvest prospects.
The wheat plant now coming into ear, although shorter
and lees leafy than last year, is healthy and large eared,
giving promise of perfectly developed kernels. Its straw
is stiff, vertical, and not likely to be laid and blighted as
it was last year, especially if we are favoured with a
hot, seasonable July, in addition to a tranquil time for
blooming, now at hand. Harvest is expected to com-
mence in this county on or before the second week in
August. All other crops have greatly improved, in.
permanent pasture and clovers, the latter being
especially good and now harvesting. The painful re-
sults of last year's unprofitable harvest are shown by
the dismissal of large numbers of workmen from our
agricultural implement and machine factories. Many
of these workmen having been originally farm
labourers, will compete for harvest employment. e
may judge of the importance of a favourable harvest
when we consider that the difference of a mere shilling
per acre, more or less, on our 47,000,000 of acres repre-
sents a sum of £2,350,001
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

CRICKET.

S TOU RB RIDGE v. KIDDItRINTELt TOWN MILLS.—
match was played on Saturday last between the above
clubs on lhe Stourbridge ground, and resulted in an
easy victory for the home team. Stourbridge won the
toss and elected to go into bat, and sent in Messrs.
Oakes and Ingold, the first named was caught by Coates,
the wicket keeper without scoring, Ingold batted care-
fully. Price was out for 2. Mr. Moore then joined
Ingold and a long stand was made, when Moore was
caught after scoring 17 runs, being good steady play.
Parkes was bowled for 3, and Ingold was joined by A.
Otter, the latter making 13, in good cricketing form.
Ingold was ultimately stumped after scoring 27, the top
score, the wicket keeplr taking the ball in front of the
wicket, the Stourbridge umpire objected to this, but
Millard the Kidderminster umpire gave him out. The
other who made a stand was Dean who scored 8 runs
and not out, the whole being disposed of for 88 runs.
The Kidderminster Club then went into bat, but the
bowling of lngold and J. W. Parkes was so goad that
the whole were out for 51 runs. Rollings was the only
one who made double figures, 24. The following is the
score :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

ROWLEY.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday. at half-past twelve,
a very serious accident occurred at Messrs. Doulton and
Co.'s pottery works, Rowley. As a number of men were
laying down the pipes in the kiln the roof fell ii., and
buried five of them in the ruins. When they were ex-
tricated four of them were found to be seriously injuted
and were at once sent to the Guest Hospital, Dudley,
where they had their wounds dressed. The other man
refused to be taken to the hospital, and was removed
home. It was then seen that he had one eye gouged
out, and serious injuries to the head. The damage done
to the works is estimated at between £lOO. £2OO. The
injured men taken t ) th,3 hospital are namod James Bray
Springfield; William Priest, Dog Lane; William Sida-
way, Cock Green; Henry Mellson, Springfield.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

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COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this body was held on
Monday last.
Mr. Hughes in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Kelley, Turney,
Mills, Perkins, Woolley, Griffin, Allsop, Penny,
Blunsont, and Stringer.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting,
also tho minutes of the annual meeting.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

DUDLEY AND .WALSALL.. • '
. • .• • • -
DIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS -may=
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRINO; ter Two•of"
Three Years; after which,.and without any further TIT
ment, to become the property of the hirer. - I,
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
lixchanged any time within sir months for any other ,if
not approved of, and returned carriage free. - And far.
ther,i ter a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Hap-
moni..m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usual charge for
hire; thus offering greater advantages than the London
or Biimingham Rouses.—Apply FREDEttICK GREEN
•hinge Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, and 259,
iitailord-street, Walsall.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

AMERICAN KNIGHTS TEMPLARS AT

PHILADELPHIA.

The Philadelphia Correspondent of The Times gives
an account of the recent gathering of the Knights
Templars in that city. It is calculated that no less
than 6,000 Knights have come to Philadelphia, and as
they go about everywhere in their uniforms, sword and
all, giving a martial aspect to hitherto peaceful tables
de h6te, pastry-cooks' shops, and street cars, the town
has looked much as if it had just been relieved
and revictualled by a victorious force, and the
rescued citizens were showing their gratitude in
the usual human way by asking each of the de-
liverers "what he will drink." For not the least
striking part of the story is that all these 6,000 war-
riors, the majority of whom are fine men who ought to
have fine appetites, are Philadelphia's guests. They
biing with them, too, about 3,000 ladies, not exactly
members of the Order, into the deeper mysteries of
which nothing female can be initiated, butassociates or
lay sisters, as it were, freely petmitted such simpler
exoteric rites as eating and drinking. They are, fur-
ther, allowed to dance with the Kirghts, and even to
wear some of the less unintelligible badges, a privilege,
seemingly, extended to others than the actual com-
panions-ie-arais of the knights, for half the
la lies one now meets in the streets have
some sort of Templar decoration. Philadelphia
has thus an unexampled opportunity of showing
her hospitality to some tea thousand mouths. Why
the Templais are made so much more of in America it
is not altogether easy to see. They have long ceased
to claim any special interest in the Holy Sepulchre,
and the primary objects ler which they now exist, are)
I am told, the "protection of innocent maidens, help-
less orphans, and the Christian religion." But the
maidens and orphans are, to say the least, quite as ab!e
to take care of themselves as those of Eugiaud, and the
same may, perhaps, be said of tee Christian religion.

At the meeting of the Geographical Society on
Monday night, a letter was received from Lord Derby, stating
that all the territories surrounding the Victoria and Albert
Lakes, Central Africa, had been annexed to Egypt by Colonel
Gordon, who believed that in a short time the route he bad
travelled to the Lakes would be perfectly secure for ma.
chants and travellers
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

SATTIIIDAT; art's' 1, um

British Iron Company, at Old Hill. They both picked
up some coal but put it down again when they saw him
and they ran away. The coal was worth 4d.—The Bench
dismissed the case.
CARD PLAYING.--ThOMag WillettSi James Priest,
Henry Stringer, Jabcz Pr:e;t, J s ph Hackett, Josiah
Round, John Jackson, and Isaiah Shaw were charged
with playing at cards on the highway, on the 26th ult.—
Mr. Waldron defended.—Police-constables Kettle and
Sylvester proved the case and defendants were fined
2s 6d and costs, except in the case of WilLetts who
having been previously convicted was fined 5s and
costs.
DRUNKENNESS.—Benjamin Smith was charged with
being drunk and was fined 2s 6d and costs.—Police-con-
stable Kettle proved the case.
CRUELTY TO ANDIALS.—Charles Godfrey was charged
with cruelly illtreating a mare, on the 28th ult.—l wit-
ness named Woodhouse said he saw the defendant at
Gorsty Hill on the above date. He had a cart and two
horses and he beat the one animal with the whip until
the blood came.—Mr. Hingley said defendant ought to
be this led himself for making the mare bleed like
that. Defendant was fined 10a and costs; in default 14
days.
WILFUL DAMAGE.—Joseph Wright was charged with
wilfully damaging a fence, on the 19th ult.—Police-con-
stable Kettle proved the case, and defendant vas fined
2s 6d, 28 damage, and costs.
CIIAROE OF WILFUL DAMAGE..--BefOro Major Smith
and Mr. N. Hingley, George Jones, William Fellows,
and Alonzo Connop were charged with will ally damaging
a quantity of grass, the property of Mr Joseph Purser,
at Cradley Heath, on the 12th ult.—George Clarke
said he saw the three defendants walking through Mr.
Parser's fields at Cradlsy Heath. They went from
Cradley station in the direction of the Gas Works at
Cradley.—Mr. Hingley said he had walked the same way
that morning and he did not think he was on trespass
It had been a road for 20 years.—Mr. Purser said he
should put up more fences as it was no road.—The case
was dismissed as no damage was proved.

Printed and Published by the Sole Proprietou, SIMEON
FIELD, at his Oflces, 92, High-street, Stot'srbridge, in
the County oi Worcester: to which place tel letters Bud
othEr communications must be addressed.

iiaturday, July 1, 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

THE ALBERT MEDAL;
(From the London Gazette.)

The Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the Albert
Medal of the Second Class on Lieutenant Alfred Carpenter,
R.N., of Her MAJosty's ship Challenger. The following is an
account of the services in respect of which the decoration
has been conferred :
At 10.30 p.m. on the 31st of January, 1876, while
the Challower was at an anchor in Stanley Harbour,
Falkland Islands, in five fathoms of water, distant a
quarter of a mile from the shore, Thomas Bush, an
able seaman, fell overboard from the steam pinnace,
which•was coming alongside, and sank without utter-
ing a cry. The night was dark, the weather very bois-
terous and raining, there was a short chopping sea
(which rendered swimming extremely difficult), and an
outsetting current.
Lieutenant Carpenter, without a moment's hesi-
tation, jumped from the gangway, and swam towards
the spot where the man disappeared, which was some
201 t. from the ship, and touched him with his feet
under water. He then dived, seized hold of Bush, and
brought him to the surface, and supported him from
three to five minutes, but Bush being a very heavy
man, and encumbered with thick waterproof clothing,
and, moreover, being quite insensible, Lieutenant
' Carpenter as he got exhausted with his exertions, was
obliged to let him slip down. He supported him with
his legs for a few moments, and then they were both
hauled into the pinnace, and taken on board the Chal-
lenger.
When picked up they were between 40 and 50 yards
from the ship's stern, which distance they were
drifted by the current and wind. Every effort was at
once made by the medical officers to restore Bash, but
without success.
There were several patches of floating kelp around
the ship, among which the strongest swimmer would
be helpless, which materially increased the risk
incurred.
From the unusual and strange fact that the man
was not seen from the time of his falling overboard
until brought to the surface by Lieutenant Carpenter,
no boat, but for his prompt action, could have at-
tempted to save the man with any chance of success.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

STOITRBRIDGE.

Ist Innings. 2nd Innings.
E. Oakes, st Coates, b Blunt 0 b Broomfield 16
W. J. Ingold, st Coates, b Blunt 27 not out 8
G. Price, bH. Perkins.. 2 c Hollings b
Broomfield 4
W. H. Moore. c Rollings, b Blunt 17 b J. Hughes 5
J. W. Parkes, b H. Hill
A.. J. Otter, c W. Hughes, b Blunt 13
K. Clifton, Ibw, b Pelkins 6
W. S. Davis, cW. Hughes, b Blunt 2
H. Dean, not out
W. Green, c Palmer, b Blunt 0
C. C. Hicks, b Blunt 2 c J. Hughes,
bW. Hughes 2
Extras.... 2

Extras .. ..

KIDDERMINSTER TOWN MILLS.
Ist Innings.

J. W. Hughes, c Moore, b Ingold 0
H. Rolling, b Ingold .. 24
W. Broomfield, b Ingold 1
T. Blunt, c Davis, b Ingold
J. Parkes, b J. W. Parkes
J. Coates. b J. W. Parkes
W. J. Hughes, b Ingold 4
H. Hill, bJ. W. Parkes ..
R. Palmer, hw, b Ingold
H. Perkins, run out. .........
F. Beresford, not out
Extras

TIVIDALE 11. STOURBRIDGE SECOND ELEVEN.--A
match was played on the Stourbridge ground between
the above clubs on Monday last. lividale we believe
have been very unfortunate tbis year in not winning a
single match, and the Stourbridge Club were requested
to get a weak team to meet them, believing at the time
that a weak team would be brought agaihst them. This
howei er was not the case as it would be seen by the
names below, and they brought a strong team deter-
mined if possible to win the match. E. Oakes was ob-
jected to by Tividale and did not play as he was con-
sidered a powerful opponent. The result was that
rividsle won by 26 runs. A. Fereday made the top
score, 30 ; J. Hodgetts (Netherton) 18 ; J. Cole
(Netherton) 17. For Stourbridge T. Lowe made the-
highest score, 24 ; W. S. Davis 17 and ff. Dean 12
Ile following is the Ecore

TIVIDALE.

A. Fereday, run out ........
J. Hodgkiss, b Davis ...
C. ISradley, b Moore
T. Daudo, c Dean, b Davis..
J. Cole, c 13arusley, b Yates.. l7
W. J eksou, b Davis
F. Jones, c Barnsley, b Moore 2
J. Freaks, b Yates
C. Davies, e Lowe, b Davis 0
S. Griffiths, not out . 5
S. Blewett, b Yates .
Extras
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

AN AMERICAN DUEL.

A despatch from Denver, in the Anaercanhiper
werass,
says there is great excitement over
a duel
ii were Albert
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Jessup, son of a prominent New York andbaininkeepr,ast belNein.
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some time
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tending the encounter are of the
ter. No ill will is known to have existed between
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peculiar
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two men, and no cause whatever can
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themselves in an apparently amicable manner
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after meeting and couversirg quietlytogethderffoterrafe
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moment4,strolled togetht ron the prairie, , a
find-
ing a suitable spit counted off fifty paces. Davis was
armed with a Winchester rifle and Jessup with a
revolver. Jessup succeeded in discharging three shots,
none of which took ell:ct. David' first shot was also
wide, but as the smoke curled from the mouth of his
repeater for the second time, hie antagonist was seen
to reel, the pistol was jerked from his hand, and he
fell on his face dead with a bullet through his heart.
Davis, aided by those who had been spectators of the
dm], carried the body back to the railroad station,
which is on the Kansas Pacific road, seventy.eight
miles east of Denver. The corpse arrived at Denver
in the evening, and was placed in the hands of an
undertaker to be prepared for shipment to friends in
New York. After seeing the body placed on the train
at River Bend station Davis took advantage of thecon-
fusion which prevailed, mounted his horse and rode off,
since which time he has not been seen.—Liverpool
Weekly Albion.

The South S'bffordshire miners, numbering severs
thousand, held their annual demonstration at Tipton on
Monday. It- sAtiiions were passed rujoicing at the prerent
peace between ma.ters awl men in South Staffordshire,
advocating arbitraion, and congratulating working men
up in their legislative successes during recent years. Parlia-
ment was petidoned in favour of Mr. MAcdonald's Compensa-
tion Bill, and the assimilation of the county and borough
franchise. Mr. Halliday, the Secretary of the National
Association, said the Union numbered about 130,000 members,
14,000 of whom were in South Staffordshire; it was high time
Mr. joiseph Chamberlain went to Parliament.;

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

KIDDERMINSTER.

FORMATION OF A LIBERAL AsSCCIATION.—A. meeting of
Liberals was held in the Black Horse Assembly Room,
on Wednesday evening, for the purpose of taking steps
for the organisation of the Liberal party in the borough
There was a very large attendance. Mr. H. V. Squires
wae voted to the chair. He stated that aliberal Associa-
tion had been formed in the borough some months ago,
and the object of the meeting was to assist in adding to ,
its strength and furth,ring the objects it had in view.
Liberal associations were being formed throughout the
country, and in no borough was there greater necessity
for one.—The Chairman proceeded to point out some of
the fundament differences between Liberalisna and Con-
servatism. and reminded the meeting ot a remark of
Feargus O'Connor, that things which were wrong wculd
not be long wrong. They must have confidence that in
the future questions which were in the background would
come to the front, and that ultimately the cause they
believed to be right would triumph —Mr. A, W. Beale
moved the first resolution, affirming the desirability of
forming an association for the organisation of the
Liberal party in the borough. This was seconded by
Counciller Greaves, and carrietl.-11r. Christe moved a
resolution. " That the objects of the association be to
further the Liberal interests in the borough, by selecting
candidates for borough and municipal honours, who will
aim at combining economy with efficiency, and who
will be prepared to advocate progressive principles, and
to use all legitimate means to secure their return ; and
also to furnish free lectures on political subjects."
Alderman Willis seconded the motion, which was sup
ported by Mr. B. Arnold and carried.—A third resolution
was passed, on the motion of Mr. Savage, seconded by
Mr. G Holdsworth, relating to the issue of cards of
membership. Mr. Christian North moved that the exe-
cutive already formed remain in office, with power to add
to their number. This was seconded and carried, and a
vote of thanks was passed to the secretary, Mr. Freeman
and to the chairman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

•.• •
,

The weeklr meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. Thera
were present :—Messrs. H. Billingham Rhodes,
Kelly, J. Billingham, Brooks, Guest, Haskew,
Thompson, Wood, Fiddian, Hall, Baker and
Giles. Admitted into the house 12; discharged
91; born 0 ; dead 0; remaining 321; correspond-
ing week last year 291. Out-door relief, King-
awmford district £22 98 8d; Stourbridge district
£l4 93 7(1 ; Halesewen district, £l6 2s ad ;
non-resident £1 Os 2d ; total X 54 is 11 ; against
£54 las aid last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

MONEY TO LEND, in large or small sums,
on personal or other security, interest from 4
13P cent. Also upon Freehold or Leasehold Security at
Per Cent, per annum. The utmost. secrecy may be re.
•44 11Pou, and no commission or charges made. Apply
the first instance by letter, containing full particulars,
1° lave unnecessary trouble, to FREDI. RAWLINS, Esq.,
rest Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

SAYINGS FOR THE MARINES.

Once a Lieutenant, always (at least for fifteen years)
a Lieutenant.
Patronage is the Mother of Merit.
Take care of the Subalterns, and the Field Officers
will take care of themselves.
Promotion has no laws.
, 'Tis a long Military career (generally over twenty
!years' service) which has no majority at the end of it.
A step in time often saves nine (husband, wife, and
seven children).
A friend at Whitehall is worth two in Somerset
Minn.—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

THE L.

T. Parrish, b Sheward .. 0
J. Carpiaail, run out ..
W. Maybury, ran out
W. Hancox, b Hodgkinson ...... 0
J. Woodhall, c Hill, b Hodgkinson 10
J. A. Brooks, b Sheward
Rev. A. Wright, b Sheward
W. Wood, b Hodgkinson
J. Fletcher, not out
J. Fiddian, b Sheward .. 0
R. Rhodes, b Sheward
Extras .. 3

DIED.

Voom.—On the 27th inst., at Red Hill, Stourbridge, aged
69 years, Mary Anne Griffin Voce, relict of John
Thomas Voce, of Dudley.

MARRIED.

Ber.Tow—Swisnmx.—On the 27th ult. at St. Leonord's
Church, Clent, (by the Rev. Geo. Halls), Everard
William, eldest son of John Everard Barton, Esq.,
Prescott House, Stourbridge, to Agnes Elizabeth,
younger daughter of James Evers Swindell, Esq., Old-
swinford, Stourbridge.
GUEBT—MooRE.—On the 27th ult., at theilloly Trinity
Church, Wordsley (by Rev. C. J. Orel 8.A.), Thorns.
Guest of Brettell Lane, to Sarah Jane, second
daughter of the Into Joseph Moore, of Wordsley.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

THE RAILWAY PASSENGER DUTY.

The Morning Post (in a leader) observes with regard
to the report of the select committee on the railway
passenger duty, that it substantially concurs with the
opinion of those who have contended that the duty un-
fairly prejudices the interests of the railway companies
and is inimical in many important respects to those of
the travelling public. The only apology for the duty
is that it makes a contribution to the public purse which
in the present state of the revenue cannot be dispensed
with. It is not to be defended on any other ground.
After a full examination of the question, the committee
report that it is undesirable to maintain the passenger
duty any longer than is necessary from a fiscal point of
view, and they recommend its total repeal whenever the
state of the public revenue will permit. In the mean-
time they propoi e certain modifications of the duty.
There can, the Post thinks, b no doubt now that the
passenger duty has been condemned after the fullest
inquiry, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will take
into his earnest consideration the propriety of abolish-
ing it at the earliest opportunity. It is not neces-
sary for that purpose that the railway companies
should be altogether absolved from making a contribu-
tion to the revenue. A tax upon their profits, from
whatever description of traffic they are derived,
would be fair, inasmuch as it would place them all
upon a footing of equality. It is the glaring defect
of the passenger duty that it mulcts only one class of
railways which are often the least able to bear taxa-
tion. This is an injustice which cannot be perma-
nently maintained, and it is to be hoped that when the
Chancellor of the Exchequer brings forward his next
budget he will put an end to it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

MR. SPURGEON ON SERVANTS.

At the annual meeting of the Female Servants'
Home Society, Mr. Spurgeon, in addressing thesociety
recommended them to get up a society of mistresses,
and award them Bibles and silver medals for keeping
their servants. Good mistresses made worthy ser-
vants as a general rule, and where they were bad
servants but indifferent mistresses were generally
found. A. rule formerly adopted was that when one
met a boy his ears were to be boxed, not because he
deserved it at that particular time, but that he would
certainly deserve it before long. Upon the same
principle some people thought that they should
always find fault with bad servants, for if they
did not deserve blame at that moment they ulti-
mately would. He was glad to find that this state of
things was now altered, and that servants were
now praised whenever deserving for a word of
encouragement now and then would do them a great
deal of good. It had often done him good, and if,
instead of receiving a snarl or some other mark of dis-
approbation, he had received praise, he had felt nerved
to work harder in the cause which he had at heart. He
could not help referring to the report, which so con-
stantly stated in the letters from mistresses that "we
should not have parted with her (the servant) but for
her marriage." He felt sure that the mistresses
wrote such words with considerable sorrow. He thought
the best thing a man could do was to get married
properly and rightly, but some of the girls staggered
him when he thought of how by imprudent marriages
they thre w themselves into poverty and became subjects
of unkind treatment. They were carried away, doubt-
less, with a kind of " all- overishness "—(laughter)—a
feeling which came over all of them at times, making
them injudicious and careless. He would recommend
them to be cautious, and use their judgment in that
peculiar season. (Laughter.) If a man drank too much
—no matter what sweet things he might say to them—
he would advise them to have nothing to do with such
a person. One of the griefs they suffered at the Ta-
bernacle wns that very excellent Christian young
women gradually ceased to attend because they had
married an ungodly man. There were many things
that affected the character of servants and the happi-
ness of households. Some were too quick-tempered—
and so were many people besides servants; others
were negligent; some too gossipy; and many were too
fond of reading stupid novels—and so were many of
their mistresses. Some of these novels he would not
like to carry with a pair of tongs to the fire, and yet,
from the reviews which he saw in the newspapers, he
supposed they had a large circulation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

BURIAL BOARD.

A meeting of this body was held on Saturday
Last.

Mr. Shepherd in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Platt, Perkins,
Billingham, King, and Evers.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.

At the last meeting authority was given to a
sub-committee to arrange for a loan, and the
Chairman reported that as the terms of the
Imperial Insurance Society, were a few shillings
above the Metropolitan Society and the costs were
little more than double. The terms of the
Metropolitan Office had been accepted.
The Clerk road the result of the vestry meeting,
which was to the effect that the vestry had decided
to build two chapels, one to be consecrated accord-
ing to the rites of the Church of Engl(and and
Ireland, and the other not consecrated.
The Chairman remarked that what the Board
had to do was to carry out the wishes of the rate-
payers by building two chapels.
After a very long discussion as to the forms of
the resolution, on the motion of the Chairman,
seconded by Mr. King, it was proposed to build
two chapels. -
The Chairman said the next business was to
decide as to the building and proceeded to view
the various plans sent in. After examing them
Mr. T. Smith's design appeared to give the
greatest satisfaction.
There was no other business.

An adjourned meeting of the Burial Board was
held on Wednesday afternoon, with reference to
the adoption. of plans for the cemetery. Mr. Shep-
herd presided. The Board have fixed upon the
plans of Mr. Thomas Smith, but subject to some
alterations in minor points.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

BROMSGROVE.

THE NAIL TRADE.—There is some agitation in thii
trade at the present time, in consequtince of one of the
masters paying less than the full list price for nails.
The matter was referred to the committee of the Nail-
forgers' Protection Association, and they sent a deputa-
tion to the master in question to ascertain, if possible,
what his intentions were ; but the answer they received
was very unsatisfactory. and they therefore called a
public meeting of the trade, which was held in the
Cattle Market on Monday, to consider what should be
done. Owing to imperfect notice of the meeting having
been given, there was not a large attendance. Mr. J
W. Nokes, president of the association, took the chair' •
and the meeting was addressed by him, and by Messrs
Cranford, Rennett, Waldron. and Perrygrove. It was
suggested that legal steps should be taken to prosecute
the master for breach of contract, in lowering the
price without giving notice, but the opinion of a
solicitor having been taken, it was found this could not
be done; and it was also suggested that, if the men
struck, the funds of the association should be employed
in buying their nails, but this was thought to be im-
practicable, as, in case of a strike, it would affect non-
union as well as union men. It was resolved that four.
teen days notice be given to the master that he must pay
the full list price or his men would have to strike, and
that the other masters be asked to take the men on, and
if they were not taken on they should be supported, a
general levy being made to provide the funds.—This
concluded the business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

ARCHER C LARKE,

TUB OXFORD FRAMING DEPOT,
lit, HIGH STREET, BTOURBRIDGE.

Cht cstottrinitige bstrint.

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SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1876.

THE PROGRESS OF SOCIAL REFORMS.

As her Majesty's judges will once more
sliaactily be on the wing from the metropolis,
$Q t assize courts in all our county towns
win again in their turn witness the opening of
al tit( Royal Commission of Oyer and Terminer.
MN social reformer may be disposed to lament
ths backward nature of the progress which his
work is making. To his mind the picture pre-
ended mil at times be of diecoaragtMaut.
He sees a4sars held now just as they have been
for centuries, and yet there never was a time
when he mod his fellow workers strove Fo
earnestly after that which they believed to ho
light. Circuits egtablished long long ago for
the better administration of justice are still in
existence, and although they are sometimes re-
thol has
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

BALES BY AUCTION. ,


..

HAGLEY WEEKLY STOOK SALK
MONDAY INEXT, JULY 3id; at Eleven.
600 SHEEP and LAMBS.
35 Head of CATTLE. -
The usual entry of CALVES and PIGS.
A Samuelson's Patent Reaper, complete and perfect,
quite new.
10 Acres of Webb? selected prize-taker Peas, a heavy
crop, to be picked green, belonging to Messrs. H. and N.
Smith, Treherns, Pedmore.
41 Acres same kind of Peas, belonging to Mr. J. T.
Birch, on land near Hagley Station.
3 Acres same kind of Peas, belonging to Mrs. Daven-
port, on land at Walton Hill.
OATES, PERRENS & WOOLDRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

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impossible to forecast with certainty so long in
advance; indeed, up to within a day or two of the
appointed time, very few appear to be able to tell
exactly when the hour of liberation is to be. Much
always deperds upon the state of the estimates, which
must be voted in order that the Queen's Government
may be carried on when Parliament is not sitting.
These are in a forward state this season, hence the
early date which has been assumed as that of the close
of the legislative year. It will be that, however,
within a day or two. Farewell then to those busy
scenes in Westminster Hall, that are so fanailiar
to those who have occasion to enter its historic pre-
cincts while Parliament and the Law Courts are sit-
ting. For daring three months out of the six in which
there is no Parliament, thcre are no law courts either,
and the statues lock down upon a vast stone floor
representing a wilderness and a solitary place
indeed. The eighteen judges who sit in what
is technically termed banco, will soon disperse
to their respective circuits, and will be admi-
nistering justice in the various counties of the kingdom;
and they have now the satisfaction of knowing that
every succeeding term perceptibly diminishes the time
when they will have to put up with the scanty accom-
modation which Westminster Hall affords. The new
law courts, standing on the north of Temple Bar, are
making substantial progress, and already begin to cast
a very considerable shadow over crowded Fleet street.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

BRIERLEY RILL.

:

CHARGE OE ASSAULT—At the Police Court, 021 Mon.
day, before Messrs. H. 0. Firmstone and H. Mill,
Walter Holdnall, James Corfield, and William Burford
were charged with assaulting Reuben Craddock at
Binver, on the 19th ult.—Complainant said he was
walking along the road on the above date when he met
the three defendants. They all called him names and
Holdnall threw a stone at him which struck him. In
cress-examination complainant said he did not throw a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

ADDRESS TO THE READER.

Ere the pages now given to the public had left the press, I
the hand that had written them was cold, the heart—of which '
few could know the loving depth—had ceased to beat, the
far-ranging mind was for ever still, the fervent spirit was at
rest.
Let this be remembered by those who read, and add solem-
nity to the solemn purpose of the book.
May those who find in it their most cherished beliefs, ques-
tioned or contemned, their surest consolations set at naught,
remember that he had not shrank from pain and anguish to
himself, as one by one he parted with portions of that faith
which in boyhood and early youth had been the mainspring
of his life.
Let them remember that, however many the years granted
to him on earth might have been, his search after truth
would have ended only with his existence; that he would
have been the first to call for unsparing examination of his
own opinions, arguments, and conclusions, the first to wel-
come any new lights thrown by other workers in the same
field on the mysteries of our being and a the universe.
Let them remember that while he assails much which theY
reckon unassailable, he does so in what to him is the cause
of goodness, nobleness, love, truth, and of the mental pro-
gress of mankind.
Let them remember that the utterance of that which, alter
Jarnest and laborious thought he deemed to be the truth,
was to him a sacred duty; and may they feel, as he would
have felt, the jusiness of these words ef a good man and
unswerving Christian lately passed away: "A man's charity
to those who differ from him upon great and difficult ques-
tions will be in the ratio of his own knowledge of them: the
more knowledge, the more charity.". F. R.
The book is inscribed as follows
With all reverence and all affectiQ, to the memory of the
ever-lamented wife whose hearty interest in this bock was,
during many years of preparatory toil, my best support;
whose judgment as to its merits or its faults would have been
my most trusted guide; whose sympathy my truest en-
couragement; whose joyous welcome of the completed work
I had long looked forward to as my one great reward ; whose
nature combining in rare union scientific clearness with
spiritual depth, may in some alight degree have have left its
impress on the page, though far too faintly to convey an
adequate conception of one whose religious zeal in the cause
of truth was rivalled only by the erdour of her humanity and
the abundance of her love.

I earnest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

STOURBRIDGZ.

T. Lowe, b C. Davis
W. Newman, c and b Davis
H. Dean, b C Davis
J. W. Parkes cC. Davis, b Junes 7
W. Yates, b C. Davis
W. Davis, b C Davis l7
W. Timinis, b Jones
H. A. Moore, c Jackson, bC. Davis 0
W. Barnsley, c Jackbon, b C. Davis 1
F. Pearson, b C. Davis..
Hingley, not out ..
Extras... .

WOLLASTON v. THE LYE.—This match was played at
Wollaston on Saturday last, aad resulted in an easy
victory for the home team. The following is the
score :

WOLLASTON.

2nd Innings.

lit Innings.
W. Sheward, b Woodhall 2l
T. Hodgkinson, run out
J. Edge, e Fiddian, b Woodhall 14 c Wright b
Carpinail 11
A. E. Berner, run out . 3 b Woodhall 0
G. Sewell, b Brooks
C. E. Firmstone, b Woodhall 1 not out .. 10
F. Hill, b Woodhall
F. G. Hedges, b Woodhall.. 1 1 b w, b
Woodhall 7

D. Skidmore, c Parrish, b Wood-
-12 all ....
C. Davis, c Fletcher, b Brooks 6 b Woodhall 1
W. Mined, not out
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Carpinail 7
Extras
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

REPOR r OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

modelled.

no iught ever entered into the I Nuisance Inspei
zaind of mail that they eon be ithogether dill. from last report

Highway Account: Balance due to treasurer to
May 28th, .231 2s Id. Improvement Account:
Balance due from treasurer, £294. Os 10d. Urban
Sanitary Authority: Balance due to treasurer,
.281 2.2 Gd.

Your committee have examined a number of
accounts received and ordered them to be paid as
follows :---Highway Account, £6B 2s 9d; Improve-
ment Account, £421 9s 10d; Urban Sanitary
Authority Account, ..e52 Os.
Mr. Penny moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Mr. Stringer and carried.
REPORT OF THE GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTIE.
• Your committee report that two applications
have been made for the appointment of medical
officer, Mr. Horace Swete, of Leamington, and Mr.
Robert Eagar, M.D., of this town. Your com-
mittee recommended Mr. Robert Eagar, who
re,zides in the town.
The number of deaths registered from the 10th
M aytoT
thete d
it hJe
death-rate e
.weete d b
Ihoa,v iz. e n
16 170. T
males andh 4
females.e
number of births were 30, males 16, females 14.
.
The birth-rate 38

.39 in the 1,000.
etor's report brought forward
10, duringlthe month 68, total 08

_
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

THE HARVEYAN ORATION.

On Monday afternoon the annual oration in memory
of Harvey, the dis overor of the circulation of the
blood, was read by - William Jenner before Dr.
Riedon Bennett, the resident, and a numerous audi-
ence, in the library of the Royal College of Physicians,
London. As might be expected, the auditory con-
sisted chiefly of members of the medical profession,
but there was a considerable influx of lovers of
science on general grounds. Toe lecturer com-
menced by explaining that the Harveyan oration
which he was about to read was an unfinished work
by the late Dr. Parkes, of University College, and
his only regret was that the oration would lose
so much of its grace and force in having descended
to his hands. He then commenced what he termed
the "verbatim oration" of the late Dr. Parkes
on Harvey, ana the account which he gave of Harvey's
successful efforts'to establish the true circulation of the
blood, and of his no less profound, though not success-
ful inquiries "on generation," was heard with ap-
plause. Harvey was only 24 years of age when he re-
turned from Padua, and before he was 37 he made all
his observations connected with the circulation of the
blood. He was a thorough vivisectionist, and if he
had lived in their own days would have declined to
take any part in a Royal Commission on vivisection.
He got sight of the mystery of generation, but he felt
that he was before an inscrutable mystery, which re-
mained as dark a problem to uses it did to Dr. Harvey.
Having finished his Harveyan oration in the midst
of much applause, Sir W. Jenner gave a sketch of the
life of Dr. Parkes, with whom he was a pupil at
college, and with whom he was associated in friendship
to the end of Dr. rarkes's life. The career of Dr.
Parkes was described in the most flattering terms.
"He was," said the lecturer, "the puree; minded man
I ever knew, and yet he defended the Contagious
Diseases Actg."
The learned lecturer retired amidst loud applause.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-01

lIAGLEY.

EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Worcestershire Sessions on
Wednesday before Mr.R. Harrington, Alfred Taylor (22),
fitter, was charged with embezzling Bs. Mr. John
A.mphlett prosecuted; prisoner was undefended.—Pris-
oner worked at the Blakedown Ironworks, and on the
Saturday night, as he was going to see his friends at
Birmingham, the manager, Mr. George Underhill, gave
him 103. to procure some peculiar metal. Prisoner, who
worked on piece, returned on the Tuesday bringing the
metal, which he said coat 2s. and he also said he had
spent the remaining 83. He did half-an-hour's work that
day, and in the evening left the work and the village,
and did not again return. He was apprehended in Bir-
mingham, when he said that he had worked out the
amount before leaving.—He was found guilty, and was
sentenced to one month's hard labour.
WEEKLY STOCK SALE—At the sale on Monday, there
was a large supply of Sheep and Lambs, which made
good market rates, and a moderate supply of Beef, which
made extreme rates. Calves and Pigs were well sold.
Fat Beasts ranged as high as 53. Oa. Sheep, 675.
Lambs, 525. There was a large attendance of Butchers
and Dealers, from all the surrounding districts.