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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the Horn: or LORDS, April 30, Lord Oranmore moved
an address for the appointment of a Royal Commission to
nquire whether any, and what loss LAI been sustained by
the Irish landlords owing to the Land Act of 1881, and to
report as to giving them compensation. He argued that
rentals in Ireland had been very seiiouEly reduced by
the working of the Act, and that, in accordance with the
established principle of giving compensation when private
property was taken for the public advantage, the Irish land-
lords were entitled to be recouped by the State.

Lord Longford pointed out that there were certain local
charges which pressed heavily on Mali landlords, and that
In respect of these relief might be given to that class by re-
duction and equalization. To such measures, the promotion
of useful public works, and emigration, must Irish landlords
look for that compensation which there was no chance of
their getting in the shape suggested by Lord Oranmore.
Lord Midleton quoted a number of instances to show that
the Land Commi,,..sioners in Ireland reduced the rent too low
In many instances, while, on the other hand, they valued the
tenant's interest at too high a rate. He gave credit to her
Majesty's Government for good intentions in passing the
Land Act, but he held that it had worked an injustice to
Irish landlords which neither Government nor their lord-
ship's House had ever intended.
Lord Carlingford maintained that the facts were greatly
exaggerated, and that the increase of prosperity among the
tenant classes which had lately manifested itself was likely
to be followed by increased prosperity in the case of the
owners of the soil, and a corresponding lightening of local
burdens. As to the Motion for such an inquiry as was pro-
posed, it was wholly unsuited to the circumstances of the
case.

The Duke of Abercorn pointed out that previously to the
legislation of 1881 the rents paid to the Ulster landlords
were not reduced by the tenants' interests.

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After some further conversation, the Motion was negatived
Without a division.

The Conterapts of Court Bill was read a third time and
passed, and several other Bills were advanced.
Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes past six o'clock.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, owing to the continued indis
disposition of the Speaker, the Chair was taken by Sir A.
Otway, Chairman of Ways and Means.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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L-ndon.

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

AND

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1883.

DEAFNESS, NOISES IN THE EARS, &C. DELLAR
ESSENCE FOR DEAFNESS should always be tried. as in
numbers of cases, seemingly incurable, it has done
wonders. Slight Deafness, obstructions in the Ears,
and the incessant humming sounds so frequent with
affected hearing, are removed after two or three nigh:s'
applications. 'Misr a Essence can be spoken of as sure
to give some relief in any case of Deafness without
causing the slightest injury to the delicate organisms cf
the ear ; and, however surprising, persons for years
Deaf have heard sounds after a fair trial of Dellars
Essence. Bottles, hi. lid. and 2s. 9d. Sold by all
Chemists. Post free for 18 Stamps sent to Bedford
Laboratory Bayley Street, London, W,C.
!ns tcz To MoTtiEttsl—Are you broken in your
b- a -ic.k eihi coffering with the pain of cutting
• I Go oi:ce, to a chemist and get a bottle of
*. SCOMING SYRUP. It will relieve
or sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm-
' ar:d pleaz!ant. to • taste, it produces natural,
Sleep, by mlicv-ing the child from pain, and the
t2tk cherub zwakea "as bright as a button." It
::,,othea the child, it ooftens the gums, allays all
•t p {, r—rulateo the bowels, and is the a,..,
jr tor
.dysentery and diaracea,
f;ce..,u teething or other causes. .; Mrs.
•Vo'nz.slo7z.e Soc./thing Syrup is sold by itocligizio dolor.
6,44714044 46 64, Por bottle. - -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

A PIONEER WOMAN.

There died recently, at Moore's-hill, Dearborn
County, one of the pioneer women who deserve apiece
in Indiana history, Mrs. Dorcas Justice, aged eighty-
four (says the Pall Mall Gazette). In 1818 she came
with her family from Virginia. She brought to their
chosen place in the Hoosier wilderness the fruits and
grains of the Old Dominion. With her own hands she
planted the seed and cared for the trees, now gnarled
and venerable in the homestead orchard. She planted
cotton seed, and raised, picked, carded, and spun
enough cotton for her to weave many yards of cloth.
There are now at the old home several fine and
beautiful cotton counterpanes of her manufacture,
all the process from the planting of the seed to the
fine stitches in the hem is the work of her hands.
Eighteen children were born of her, sixteen living to
adult years. For over twenty years she made every
yard of cloth worn by this numerous family, and yet
found time to be neighbourly, hospitable, a visitor to
the poor and sick. In addition to this she brought
up six children not her own. Hers was a quiet, busy,
useful life, one of the type that ensures the stability of
our homes and government. Though unknown to
fame, she will be long remembered and venerated as
one who as wife and mother, neighbour and citizen
did her duty well. She believed in the right, justice,
and wisdom of woman's claim for the ballot, and
signed the petition for a woman's suffrage constitu-
tional amendment sent from her neighbourho3d not
long ago.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

BOILER EXPLOSION AT CHESTER.

The boiler of a 5-horse power engine at Mr. Lyle's
aerated water manufactory in Victoria-road, Chester,
burst on Tuesday morning with a loud explosion.
The men had been engaged during the night. Every-
thing proceeded satisfactorily until six o'clock,
when the boiler burst, completely wrecking the
building, hurling masses of bricks and slates
in all directions. The horizontal boiler, about
10ft, in length and 41t. in diameter, was blown
completely through an 18in. wall into an adjoin-
ing cottage, where it became lodged in an upright
position. A woman and child slept in the next room
to that into which the boiler was hurled, and experi-
enced a miraculous escape. Mr. Lyle, the proprietor,
with a workman, were engaged in the manufactory at
the moment, The man's scalds were dressed at the
Infirmary, and he was enabled to leave, but Mr. Lyle
was shockingly scalded and wounded about the body,
and was taken to the infirmary in a most critical
condition. The origin of the explosion remains un-
explained.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE FALL OF A LARGE .AEROLITE.

Our planet seems to be suffering from a more than
usually long visitation of aerolites this year, but most of
them do not cause much damage (remarks the St.Jarneis
Gazette). This, however, is unfortunately not true of the
monster aerolite which fell in Texas on the 15th of last
month at a place called Williams's Itanch, near Fort
Worth, and destroyed the dwelling-house of Martinez
Garcia, a Mexican labourer; who, with his family,
consisting of a wife and six children, are buried
beneath the ruins. In its descent it is said
to have resembled a massive ball of fire, and
the shock was similar to that of an earth-
qyake. It was still hot and steaming when the latest
accounts left. It is embedded in the earth probably
one hundred feet; it towers about seventy feet above
the surface, and covers nearly an acre of ground. The
concussion was terrific, nearly every window in the
town being shattered. The wildest confusion pre-
vailed, and for a long time no one knew or could con-
The cattle fled in
direction, and the air was tuect with a sulphurous
gas. Thousands have flocked to see the enormous
meteor, and the greatest excitement prevails for miles
around.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

BARLEY WATER.

"A Practical Lady," in accordance with the wish
of several readers, sends to the Morning Post the fol.
lowing recipe for making Barley Water
"Six lemons ilb. of pearl barley, ilb. of loaf sugar.
Peel the rind Off the lemons very thin without any of
the white part, then put the rind on to the fire in a
little stewpan with enough water to cover. When
boiled about five minutes, pour it all in a jug, large
enough to hold three quarts of water, then wash the
barley very clean, and put on the stove till it boils,
then strain off the hot water from the barley, and
wash it well again, strain it off and put it in the jug
with the lemon rind, then get the six lemons and peel
off all the white part, and cut each one in three slices,
and put in the same jug. Get your sugar, and put
on the fire in a little stewpan with some water till it
boils, then pour it in with the other ingredient. Get
three quarts of boiling water ready, pour in the jug,
leave it in a cool place till cold, and strain it before
serving."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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ASH ADVANCED £lO to £5OO ON EASY TERM
mo Respectable Householders,Farmers, Covikeepo
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Union Loan Office, 19, Stuns Street, (late 8, Priori
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

AN AMERICAN VIEW OF MRS.
CARLYLE'S LETTERS.

The New York Tribune says :—" The general effect
of the correspondence, viewed in its broadest lines, is
ennobling in many respects. Mrs. Carlyle is, shown
to have been a woman of superior intelligence, trans-
parency of mind, trenchant humour, and force of
character. She believed in Carlyle's genius with all
her soul and strength, and her life was shaped by a
large purpose—that of becoming and remaining the
companion of his intellectual choice, as well as his
affectionate and devoted helpmate. Her letters to
him throughout the greater part of their married
life disclose an unfailing store of sympathy and
helpfulness in his literary labours, a tender solici-
tude for his comfort and welfare, and an un-
fathomable depth of womanly affection. It is
not strange that when he came to prepare these
letters for publication, after her death, his heart
was touched by these eloquent memorials of the
wealth of love and loyalty with which his life had
been enriched—even in its pinched days of poverty.
His appreciation of her virtues found expression in the
annotations in exclamations of tenderness ineffable
and passionate, lover-like intensity, which leave no
room for doubt that he loved and respected her above
all the men and women he had ever known. These
are the broadest effects produced by this deeply inte-
resting correspondence—that she was pre-eminently
fitted for his companionship, that the energies of a
richly 'endowed mind and affectionate nature were
devoted to his service, and that he loved and honoured
her as he loved and honoured no other human being."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

WIVES FOR AUSTRALIA.

The City Press says :—The Agent-General of one of
our Australian Colonies received lately a communica-
tion from a settler up country, stating that be was a
highly prosperous man, well known in his own neigh-
bourhood, surrounded by every comfort a man could
reasonably desire—but one. He was a single man.
Would the agent do him the great kindness to select
for him in England a suitabli partner? He was him-
self 35 years of age, sound in wind and limb, fairly
well educated, and fairly good-looking. He wanted
health rather than beauty, good temper rather than
accomplishments, and cheerfulness rather than money.
Upon receiving intelligence from the agent that he had
discovered such a treasure he would at once forward
a good round sum for all necessary expenses of
passage and outfit, together with all proper credentials
as to respectability and truthfulness. He then went
on to say that within a few miles of his farm was a
friend of his, in the same unfortunate condition as
himself, but he, not being quite so prosperous, would
like his treasure to bring just sufficient money with
her to, as it were, pay for her own board and lodging;
but in any case he should himself expect to have first
choice. From inquiriei he has made, the agent has
every reason to believe that the application is bona
fide, and he is in a state of doubt what to do—the
amusement it might probably afford him on the one
hand, in case of success, being more than counter-,
balanced by the possible responsibility on the other,
in case of failure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE SALMON FISHING SEASON.

A Scotch correspondent writes :—The net-fishing
on the Tweed has been most productive during the
past month, and last week's catches were the best of
an usually good season the average daily yield of
the largest proprietors being 150 salmon, and one day
181 were caught. The angling on both Tweed and
Teviot has been poor, as the rivers have been too
low; but trout fishers have been very succesdul, and
on Saturday baskets of 171 b. and 18113. were taken from
the Sprouston and Hendersyde waters. The Duke of
Roxburghe and Lord Wimborne have fished a portion
of the Floors Castle waters, but without much
result. There has not been much doing on Loch
Tay, where the season is now drawing to a close.
Sir R. G. Cathcart has killed several fish on the
Killin water, but none of remarkable size; and
another angler had five on Friday, average weight
181 b. On the river a few fish have been landed on
Murthly and Dalguise waters, and there have been
several captures on the Tummel and Lyon. There
has been plenty of sport on the Spey and on the Dee
and Don, but no big fish has been taken. The Annan
fishermen have had some enormous takes of salmon on
Sulway Firth, one boat catching sixty fine clean fish
in a single tide.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

No 975

BALES

HAG LEY
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THE usual Supply

OATES. PERRE

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Catalogues may be bad a
Auctioaeer, Stoucbridge.

N.B.—lhe House to be
St)urbricige,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE MERSEY RAILWAY TUNNEL.

The latest reports from the Mersey Railway Tunnel
works state that the drainage heading is now ad.
vanced to a distance of nearly 770 yards, of which over
400 are under the bed cf the river. It was expected
that there would be an increas.e in the amount of water
as the distance penetrated increased; but this, it
appears, has not, been the case, less water being en.
countered now than previously. So dry, in fact, is the
face of the heading that water has to be laid on there
to keep the cutters of the boring-machine cool and to
allay the dust caused by the operations.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

OLD HILL.

DRUNKENNESS.—At the Police Court on Wednes-
day before B. Bingley and H. Walker. Ergs., John
Collins was charged with being drunk. P.C.
Mountney said he found the defendant very drunk.
I)efendaut was discnarged on his promising att to
repeat the offence.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—James Collins, cab driver, of
Cratiley Heath, was charged %vita mb, zzling 13s 6 1
the property of his exnpinyer, Mr. Cal4.wright, cab
proprietor., of Cractley Ileath.—Mr. T. Homer ptoso-
cuted.—Mr. Smart, of llalesowen was called and
said he pail the money to defendant in April.
Mr. Cartwright was then called and said that on
the 6th ult. he 'sent the bill tb, Mr. Smatt, but did
not receive any money. Mr. Horn r addressed the
13.:mh and said Mr. Cartwtight cid not wish to
press the case. Defendant was fined 20s and costs;
in default 14 days.
REMOVING CATTLE IVITEIOUT A LICENSE.—DanieI
Willetts, Robert Chath.tm, Thomas Parsons, John
Payne, Joseph Attwood, John Cole, Benjamin Cole,
Samuel Holden, and John Homer were ad charged
with removing certain cattle on the 16th and 17th
ults.—Mr. Homer defended all the eases.—After
hearing a number of witn ssat. the Bench fined
WI letts 108 and costs, Chatham, two Coles/Holden,
and Parsons were each fined 5s and costs, Homer
and Payne lOsend costs, and Attwood 40s and
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A young lady applying for a situation as a teacher
in a Kentucky school, in reply to a question, said, "I
ain't much of a arithmeticker, but am an elegant gram-
marest.'
A young Oil 'City lady recently visited New York,
and when she returned home, related to her friends
how she stopped at a " palatable hotel and went up and
down stairs in a cultivator."
It was a smart boy who owned that he liked every.
thing good but a good whipping. The same boy liked
a good rainy day, too rainy to go to school, and just
about rainy enough to go fishing.
When Artemus Ward was exhibiting his show in
Salt Like City, his complimentary tickets to the city
officials read as follows :—" Admit bearer and one
wife."
The bridesmaids at a recent wedding in Georgia are
thus described by a local paper :—" It is no idle com.
pliment to say that they are like three Graces, their
faces mirroring back the purity and softness of the
skies, their eyes floating in a light of dewy tenderness,
or throwing radiant flashes from the inner shrines of
thought, like jewel-tinted sparkles caught from broken
rainbows."
A Kentucky sportsman, who has been in Africa
lion hunting, contributes the following to the local
sporting paper on his return :—" How to catch lions.
The desert is composed of sand and lions. Take a
Fieve and sift the desert; the lions will remain. These
YOU place in a bag you carry for that purpose."
The wealthiest city of its size in the United States
is Portland, Oregon. A witty writer accounts for it
by saying : "It rains for six months there, and the
women folks cannot get out to spend the money, and
wealth necessarily accumulates,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

HAGLE Y.

STOCK SALE.-At this sale on Monday last there
was a la-ge supply of stock of excellent quality,
and a good attendance of buyers. The Sale com.
prisad 40. head of cattle, 266 sheep and lambs., 170
pigs, and 11 calves. Beef and rouiton were h‘th
very well sold at about hut week's rates. Fat bul-
locks made as hlgh as £3l, cows .2"6 15s. Od, tcgs
in the wool 765, do. out of the wool 68s. 6J, fat
lambs Hs, calves £4 16s. Od, awes and lambs 925,
store pigs from 154, to 345. The Whitsuntide sale
will be hel ton Monday next and will include a
large entry of grand fit cattle and prime sheep.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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

THE RIOT AT PORT SAID.

Writing from Alexandria on the 30th ult., the Cot,
respondent of The Times says :

A slight quarrel having arisen at Port Said yester-
day between some Greeks who wished to celebrate
Easter and the constabulary, the native population
assumed a hostile attitude, and a riot ensued. The
Greek community had intended to burn Judas
Iscariot in effigy. The ceremony, however,
was forbidden by the Governor, Arab soldiers
being stationed at the Greek Church in order to
prevent it. The Greeks made a sudden rush to
enter the church, which the soldiers resisted. A
general fight of the Arab soldiers and civilians against
the Greeks ensued. The soldiers, who were without
ammunition, managed their bayonets awkwardly, and
the natives used sticks and stones as weapons. The
Greeks were all armed with revolvers and knives.
Two Greeks and one Syrian were killed, and thirteen
Arab soldiers and many Greeks were wounded. The
Greek church was damaged, and some cafes and houses
in the vicinity were smashed to provide staves.
Ismail Pasha Hamdy, the Governor, was attacked.
He, notwithstanding, wisely prevented the population
ot the Arab town from joining in the fray. Finally,
at his written request, Captain Rice, commanding the
Iris, landed about 200 blue-jackets and Marines from
the Iris and Falcon, the Marines being under the com-
mand of Captain Pringle. The force was received
with acclamation by the populace, and quickly restored
order, without further bloodshed. The Arab police
were unable to stop the riot, which would probably
have , become general, resulting in a wholesale
mssaacre, and the pillage and burning of the town,
but for the prompt arrival of the blue-jackets, and
the energetic action of the commanding officers. A
public vote of thanks has been presented to them.
The streets was patroled, and pickets placed at the
British Consulate during the night. This afternoon
some further excitement was caused by the Arab
population attacking the funeral procession of a Greek
who WAR killed yesterday. Ihe disturbance was, how-
ever, Boon quelled by a party of blue-jackets, under
Lieutenant Heugh, of the Falcon.

All the shops are closed, and a general feeling of um.
easiness prevails.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

INDIA AT THE FISHERIES EXHIBI-

TION.

The Overland Matl says:—The objects illustrating
the fishing industries of India, which will be arranged
under the superintendence of Dr. Day in the annexe
set apart for that dependency in the Great Inter-
national Fisheries Exhibition, arrived by the steam-
ship Ganges, and have been delivered at the buildings
at South Kensington. They consist of thirty-seven
packages, comprising specimens of models from Poona, a
like series from Kurrachee, while Bombay, is represented
not only by preserved and stuffed specimens of fish, but
by a goodly array of vets and a valuable series of
books and reports on the subject of fishing in Indian
waters. Tr ere are also tinned specimens of dried fish;
and altogether the annexe of our Indian Empire will
present a thoroughly illustrative collection, not only
of the industries and their mode of operation, but of
its many and varied products.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

WORTH A GUINEA A BOX,
BEECHAM'S PILLS.
a‘lmitted by thou-
sands t 3 be worth above
Guissa A Box for Bil ious
I Nervous Disorders,
ch as wind and Pain at
A Stomach, hick Head-
Gidaaltness Fu ness
ld Swelling after meals.
izzinws and Drowsiness,
)ld Ch Ils, Flushingi of
Seat, I oss of Appetite,
Aho,tness of Breath, Cos-
tiveness, -curvy, Blotches
on the Skin Die urbetl
.',leep. Frightful Dreams,
and all nervous and Trem-
bliog Sensation.. &c, &c.
The first tat,.. will give relief an twenty minty es
This is no fiction, for they have done it in thousands
of e ties. The Proprietor a f the Pia:s having obtained
a great expense) a Patent for them he cha lenges the
whole world to produce a medicine equal to them or
rem aving the ab 'ye-camel compla nts and r, storiDg
the patient to sormat and lasting health.
Every aufforer is earnestly invite to try one box of
these Pl,ll, and they will bs acknowledged to be.

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

PLURALITIES ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, May 1, the Bishop of Exeter
moved the second reading of this Bill, which he explained
was the same as that which was passed by this Rouse last
year, but which, on going down to the lower House, was
there simply crowded out by the press of business, and
did not reach the second reading. The Pluralities
Acts defined the relations between the endowments which
a beneficed clergyman might hold and the duties which
he had to discharge on holding those endowments.
The Acts, therefore, laid down under what circum-
stances a beneficed person might hold more benefices than
one ; what provision he was to make for the discharge of the
duties of the benefice in which he was non-resident; and
what was to be done if he was accused of not discharging his
duties. In various particulars the Acts, which were only
suitable for the time in which they were passed, were now
found unsuitable, and the Bill proposed to amend the Acts
in those particulars. Nothing had been introduced into the
Bill which had not the support of the clergy
The Bill was read a second time.

Lord Rosebery, replying to a question from Lord Bury,
Stated that the ilsh market in the International Fisheries
Exhibition would be under very strict regulations so as not
to cause any public inconvenience.
A number of Bills were advanced a stage.

Lord Granville, in moving the adjournment of the House
over Ascension Day, mentioned that the Government pro-
posed that the Whitsun holidays should commence on Thurs-
day in next week and last for a fortnight,

Their lordships adjourned at five minutes to five o'clock.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS a proposal to re-commit a
Private Bill, promoted by the London and North-Western
Railway Company, because it authorises them to take a large
portion of a disused burial ground in St. Pancras for the en-
largement of Euston Station, was defeated by 178 to 167. The
Bill was ordered for third reading.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

PREPARATIONS FOR THE CORONATION
OF THE CZAR.

Two thousand men are now at work in the Kremlin
completing the necessary preparations for the coro-
nation (says the Daily News). Tn the Red Square
before the Kremlin the monster stands are now being
erected for the 7,000 school children of Moscow who
are to receive the Czar with the National Hymn. The
trials of the electric illumination for the great court in
the Kremlin, the Cathedral, the Palace, and the tower
of Ivan Veliky have proved a complete success. Last
week the Imperial plate and table-linen arrived from
St. Petersburg in hundreds of chests and boxes. It
is said to represent a value of 13 million roubles, and
weighs 7,000 ponds. The most valuable and artistic
among he numerous table services is the Lon-
don set, which consists of nine pieces in solid silver,
representing the equestrian statues on the Anitchkoff-
bridge. The Orloff set, dating from 1785, comprises
sixteen silver vases of most artistic workmanship.
Then there are the Paris set of 1767, in gilt silver, the
Tunesian, the Kazan, and the Mitan sets. Among
the Sevres plates the finest are those of the Empress
Catherine 11., of which every single plate, bearing the
Czarina's monogram, cost at the time over 100 francs.
The Coronation Committee is hard at work arranging
the numerous questions relating to ceremonial, eti-
quette, and precedence. Prince Voronzoff, the Court
Minister, has engaged a great number of artists and
photographers for the purpose of fixing all the chief
incidents of the coronation by the pencil, brush, and
camera. The programme of the festivities has been
completed in all the principal points. The regulations
are an exact repetition of those observed at the late
Czar's coronation in 1856.

All the Moscow and St. Petersburg tailors and
seamstresses are overwhelmed with orders for gala.
uniforms and gold•embroidered costumes. The Prin-
cess Narishkin is having a mantelet made, thickly
covered with gold embroidery, for 8,000 roubles.
Cheblnikoff, the well-known silversmith, has received
nearly all the orders for plates, cups, salt.cellare,
statuettes, &c., to be presented to the Czar by the
towns and corporaticns, and representing a value of
several millions.

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, accompanied
by Lady Harriet Grimston, General Lord Wolseley,
representing the British Army, Vice-Admiral Lord
Clanwilliam, representing the British Navy, and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Clarke, will leave Charing-cross by
special train on the 15th inst. for Moscow, to be
present at the coronation of the Czar.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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

THE OLDEST ALPINE TUNNEL.

Perhaps the oldest tunnel in the Alps in existence is
the heading driven by the orders of Margrave Louis IL
of Saluzzo through Mont Viso, and constructed in the
years 1472 to 1480. The pas-ses over Mont Genbvre
and Mont Canis, which before that time were the only
means of communication betwen Northern Italy and
Dauphine are very difficult. Moreover, they entailed a
very heavy expense upon the inhabitants of Saluzzo, and
were, besides, frequently entirely closed to them owing
to constantly recurring border feuds. This them,
of
things suggested to the Margrave the scheme of pierc
ing a direct road throught Mont Viso, connecting the
valley of the Po with that of Queyras, opening on to the
Durance. The negotiations entered into with the
Estates of Dauphin d and King Louis XI. of France
led in 1477 to a satisfactory arrangement, and the
tunnel was completed a few years later by Martino
d'Albano and Baltasar d'Alpiasco, at a total cost,
including the paths leading to the respective openings,
of 12,000 florins. The tunnel has a height of 6,f t. and
an average width of lft., and at the present time a
length of only about 250 ft. It is stated, however, that,
in consequence of frequent landslips, the openings of
the tunnel have gradually receded, and that it may
have had when first opened double its present length.
The geological structure of Mont Viso is similar to
that of Mont Genie, and frequent irruptions rendered
repeated repairs necessary. During times of war the
tunnel has been frequently blocked, and even walled
up; but Napoleon I. gave orders for its complete
restoration.

THE COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURE.
The Li;ndon Gazelle of April 27th contains the fol-
lowing, dated the 20th inst. :
"It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council
that the following named members of her Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council be, and they are
hereby appointed, a Committee of Council for the con-
sideration of all matters relating to Agriculture,
namely: The Lord President, Earl of Rosebery, Earl
Spencer, Earl of Kimberley, Lord Carrington, the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Mr. Shaw-
Lefevre.

"And it is further ordered, that all matters relating
to Agriculture be and they are hereby referred to the
said committee to consider the same and report
thereon to her Majesty in Council in like manner as
if each subject had been referred to the said committee
by a special order of her Majesty in Council.
"It is further ordered, that during her Majesty's
pleasure the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
shall preside over the said committee in the absence of
the Lord President."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE AFFIRSIA LION BILL.

The adjourned debate on the second reading of the Parlia-
mentary Oaths Amendment Bill was resumed by Lord R.
Churchill, who said religious freedom had nothing to do with
the question ; it was a matter solely of common sense and
prudence, and the responsibility for the change must rest
with the Government, for the people were entirely guiltless
of any complicity with it. It ought not to be made without
an appeal to the country; and on this point he stated from
the latest return that the number of petitions against the
Bill had now mounted up to 4,854, with 597,353 signatures;
while in favour of it there were only 1,362 petitions and
163,290 signatures.
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Mr. Labouchere said the Opposition had endeavoured to
show that they had a monopoly of religion. Mr. Bradlaugh
stood upon his rights :the Bill was rather a Bill for the
relief of the House itself.

Mr. Hubbard urged that before pressing this Bill on the
House the Government should appeal to the country. If
they took that course he had no doubt what the answer of
the constituencies would be.

The debate was continued by Mr. W. H. Leatham, Mr. L.
Stanley, Mr. E. Leatham, and Mr. Serjeant Simon, who sup-
ported, and by Mr. Whitley, Mr. Al'Coan, and Mr. Harring-
ton, who opposed the second reading.
Sir W. Hart Dyke strongly opposed the Bill, which he said
was evidently distasteful to the country at large, as was
shown by the petitions against the Bill.

Mr. Marriott believed the Government would have found
their task easier if they had faced the question and brought
in their Bill two years ago.

Mr. Stanhope said the country had had three years to
make up its mind, and having decided against the Bill, the
üblic opinion ought to be followed.
Mr. Walter having moved the adjournment of the debate,
a division was challenged, but the Deputy Speaker declared
the motion for adjournment carried and left the chair.

The House then resumed the Committee on
.the Customs

and Inland Revenue Bill, and Mr. A. O'Connor at once moved
that the Chairman should leave the chair, contending that a
division ought to have been taken before the Deputy
Speaker vacated the chair. This, however, was negatived
by 194 to 77.
On the motion of Mr. Gladstone progress Was reported.
The House adjourned at ten minutes past two.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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

MR. BRADLAUGH AND THE AFFIRMA

TION BILL.

Mr.. Bradlaugh, in the course of a speech which
he delivered to a crowded and enthusiastic audi-
ence on Sunday at the Hall of Science, City
road, London, in alluding to Mr. Gladstone's
speech, said that as he listened to it he felt how
much their thoughts were utterly and irreconcil-
ably at variance; and how the Premier was strain-
ing himself to be just and true. The Bill did not help
him (Mr. Bradlaugh) ; on the contrary it would place
him in a worse position, because he certainly should
apply for the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds
the moment it received the Royal Assent. Would the
Bill, however, pass its second reading? He thought it
would, but was not sure, though the marvellous speech
of the Prime Minister would do something f.Dr the pill.
It was said, however, the Lords would throw it out.
If they meant to do SO they could. He did not care.
The seat was his, and if they rejected the Bill he
would take his seat. If the House of Commons ex-
pelled him his constituents would re-elect him, and if
the Bill was not passed before he entered the House,
he would pass it after he did enter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

ROWLEY REGIS.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT A'T: HADEN HILL.
'Mr. Edwin Hooper (South Scaffordshire Corowr)
held an inquest on Monday, at the Neptune Inn,
kowk Lane, respecting, the death .of Edward P. ke
(46), who wai killed on the 25th ult. at the Bad n
lli.l Colliery. Mr. Waltyr Bassano, the propre or
of the colliery, was ;present, and also Mr. W B.
Scott, the Government Inspector of Coal Mines and
Kr. W, A. liakeriug, tQ usi•tant
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE LONDON CORN MARKET.

The Mark Lane Express of Monday says :—There is
a slow and dragOng trade for wheat at this morning's
market, and sales are effected with difficulty. Prices
for both English and foreign descriptions are all round
in favour of buyers. Flour is in limited demand and
large supply; prices weaker. Maize at Wednesday's
rates is about 3d. dearer for mixed American, for
which 275. :id ex quay has been accepted. Barleys
are steaiy and demand moderate. Malt unchanged.
Oats meet a moderate demand at 3d. to 6d. above ladt
Mor.day's rates. Beans and peas firm. Linseed quiet
and unchanged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

DRAINAGE OF THE ICINGSWINFORD
MINES.

In many districts throughout the Black Country
the coalmines have been for a long time drocvnel
out, and in some instances the difficulty has bee .
overcome by the South S. affordshire Mines Drainage: •
Pr.nte i a!-d P.:Visited by the i•ole Prop,ietor, litr•
Commissioners. One of the most distutrous cases- &Inv
SIM '.',ON FIE.L I), at nil Office, 92 Iligh•street,
to be coped with is that Oi lik, Kingewinford bridge, in the e:pinty of Worcester, and to which place
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

A PAINTER'S DILEMMA.

In an article on "The Etiquette of Courts," Cham-
beres Journal says :—The etiquette as to the prece-
dency of ambassadors at Court was happily settled
once and for all by the Congress of Vienna in Ibls,
which decided that ambassadors and ministers were to
take rank by seniority according to the dates of their
appointments. By courtesy, however, the representa-
tive of the Pope is always allowed to hold the first place
in the diplomatic body and to act as its spokesman.
Before 1815, the wrangles between envoys about pre-
cedency were incessant, and the servants of rival lega-
tions very of ten came to blows and blood•shedding to de-
termine whose coach should go first in a state pageant.
In 1818 the French artist lsabey having been commis-
sioned to paint a picture of the Congress of Aix-la-
Chapelle, was sorely exercised in grouping his pleni-
potentiaries so as to offend none of them. He was
particularly perplexed in settling who was to be the
central figure of the picture. Prince Tallyrand, the
representative of France, insisted on having the place
of honcur ; and Isabey, as a Frenchman, desired to
give it him. On the other hand, the arbiter of the
Congress was the Duke of Wellington; and Isabey,
being a conscientious worker, wanted his picture to be
historically as well as artistically correct. At last he
hit upon the really happy thought of putting Talley.
rand in the centre of the group, while making him
and all the other plenipotentiaries face towards the
door to greet the Duke of Wellington, who was walk-
ing in.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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

A NATURAL BALLROOM.

About a mile from the market-town of Adelsberg in
Austria, and three miles [rem Triest, is to be seen the
most wonderful caveLn in Europe, and possibly in the
world, called the Adelsberg Cave, and which has been
explored for a length of nearly three thousand yards,
as far as a subterranean lake. This cavern consists of
several grottos from sixty to eighty feet high. The
interior resounds with the noise of water, as a little
river runs completely through it, forming many
cascades on its way, and being finally lost to view in
the distance. This river continues its subterranean
course for a number of miles ; and after a time it
disappears into the caverns of Laase, whence it
emerges as a navigable river called the Laibach.
The entrance to the cave of Adelsberg is
illuminated by hundreds, of candles, and a
transparent curtain, composed of largo sheets of
crystallised limestone, is seen hanging from the roof.
The vast hall or ballroom is about one hundred and
eighty yards from the entrance. It is three hundred
feet long, and one hundred feet high, and is adorned

with transparent stalactites of every kind of fantastic
shape and form. Until the year 1819, this ballroom
was the oLly part known ; -but at this date the wall of
stalagmite was broken through, and a series of
ch4mbers exposed to view possessing a cathedral-like
appearance, from the stalactites in many instances
forming vast columns, by meeting the stalagmites
below. In the Adelsberg Cavern, numerous speci-
mens are found of the proteus, a kind of lizard that
dwells in the bottom of cavern-lakes.—Chambers's
Journal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE LABOUR MARKET.

In Lancashire the iron trade continues dull. In pig
and manufactured iron there is little doing.
During the past week transactions in all the coal
districts have been limited. The general demand,
however, is still sufficient to keep the pits going. For
the better quality of coal there is a fair inquiry.

There is no change to report in the cotton market,
and the most discouraging feature of the cloth business
is the great difficulty of selling leading staples. In
some of the linen branches there is a good business
being done, and the jute trade is brisk in all its
branches. Lace manufacturers are looking with con.
fidence to an early improvement, but there is no
alteration for improvement in the silk branch. The
various industries in the Midlands are active, and
workmen are well employed. The boot and ehoe
trade is very quiet, and the disputes at Northampton,
Leicester, and Bristol continue.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-10-13

ALLEGED MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.

On Monday a young man named Charles Henry
Dutton, a driller, employed in a boiler works, was
brought before the Liverpool Stipendiary (Mr. T. S.
Raffl.4s), on a charge of baying wilfully murdered an
cld woman, named Hannah Hamphaw, aged sixty-
three years. The prisoner married a granddaughter
of the deceased's last Whit.untide, and all three
had since lived together. They do not appear to
have lived happily together, as quarrels repeatedly
occurred. On Saturday the prisoner was the worse
for drink, and went home about ten o'clock at night.
Immediately after he had entered the house screams
of "Murder I" were heard proceeding from it by the
neighbours. A crowd speedily collected at the front
door, which was locked, and it is stated that one
'person looking through the keyhole saw the pri-
soner kicking some one who was lying on the floor.
Two policemen arriving at this juncture the door
was forced open, and several of the neighbours
at the same time effected an entrance at the
back. The only occupant of the house was found
to be the woman Hampshaw, who was lying insensible
on the scullery floor in a pool of blood which had
flowed from several wounds on the head and face.
Medical assistance was procured, but the unfortunate
woman never recovered consciousness, and died in
about twenty minutes afterwards. Meanwhile, a dill.
gent search wai madef or the prisoner, and he was found
shortly afterwars hiding under the stairs of a house
In a street a few score yards away. When taken
into custody he at first denied all knowledge of the
affair, arid then admitted having shoved the deceased
and said he would do the same thing again if she made
a bother between his wife and himself. A remand
- asked for pending the iuquest, and the prisoner
was accordingly remanded. He made a statement in
court to the effect that he went home, and not fining
his wife there, asked her grandmother where she was.
She told him to go and ask "Carey the informer,"
which, he explained to the Court, he considered an
allusion to his own father. They had a few words,
and he pushed her. She fell on the scullery floor, and
must have caught her head on a pan.

WfAB

At the inquest on Tuesday the jury returned a ver-
dict of wilful murder against Dutton.