The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-10-21 00:00:00

SALES BY AUCTION.
BAGLEY STOCK SALE.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1876. at Eleven,
450 SHEEP and LAMBS,
45 Head of CATTLE,
Soto. good COWS and CALVES,:a beautiful Alderney
HEIFER, in milk, and a quantity of BARRENS and
STORES.
The usual entry of CALVES and PIGS.
NEXT SALE, MONDAY OCTOBER 30th.
OATES, PERRENS dz WOOLDRIDGE.

BALE OF CONSOLIDATED STOCK AND SHARES'
IN THE
STOURBRIDGE GAS LIGHT AND COKE
COMPANY.
TO CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS.
MR. EDWARDS begs to announce that he
has received instructions from the Executor of
MR. BENJAMIN BROOKS. (deceased) to SZLL by AUCTION,
in the ASSEMBLY Room, at the TALBOT HOTEL STOUR-
BRIDGE, on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd, 1876. at 5 for 6 o'cic.ck
in the Evening, subject to Conditions then to be pro;
duced, £2,800 Consolidated STOCK and THIRTY-
SEVEN £2O SHARES in the above Company, in the
following or such other Lot or Lots as shall be determined
on at the time of Sale, viz ,
Lot 1, £4OO Consolidated Stock. Lot 2, ditto ditto
Lot 3, ditto ditto. Lot 4, ditto ditto. Lot 5, ditto ditto
Lot 6, ditto ditto. Lot 7, ditto ditto.
Lot 8, Five £2O Shares. Lot 9, Five ditto ditto.
Lot 10, Five ditto ditto. Lot 11, Five ditto ditto,. Lot
12, Five ditto ditto. Lot 13, Five ditto ditto. Lot 14.
Seven ditto ditto.
The Consolidated Stock pays £lO and the Shares £7
10s. per cent, per annum, free of Income-tax.
For further particulars, apply to Messieurs. Wright
and Hassell, Solicitors, 3, Dormer Place Leamington ;
or to Mr. Edwards, the Auctioneer, No. 30, Market
Street, Stourbridge.
At the same time and place will be Sold TWENTY.
FIVE £lO SHARES in the TALBOT HOTEL COMPANY,
LIMTZD. £7 10s. paid up, in Lots of 5 each.
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STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE.
NEXT SALE, TUESDAY OCTOBER 31st, 1876.
Entries Solicited
H . KING, Auctioneer.

AUCTION SALE ROOMS,
102, HIGH AS MEET, ST OURBRIDGE,
MESSRS.
OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
have the pleasure to announce that they hold
Sales periodically at the above Rooms, for the disposal
of Estates, Houses, Building Land, Pastures, Wines,
Works of Art, ttc., &c., at a moderate fixed scale of
of charges, to be had on application.

ASSEMBLY ROOM, TALBOT HOTEL,
• STOURBBIDGE.
TO PARTIES ABOUT to FURNISH, and OTHERR.
--
MR. GEO. E. JOSCELINE will shortly
offer for Seim. by AUCTION, at the above-named
place, about 3,000 Yards of Best BRUSSELS and other
&hPETS, in lots, suitable for Dining, Drawing, and
ed Rooms, Landings, and Staircases, of various shades
Ind patterns direct from one of the principal Kidder-
Llinster. Mantufacturers.
Particulars in future advertisements.
Auctioneer's Offices, Mill Street, Kidderminster.

tri BE SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT,
an Excellent Plot of LAND, containing in ad-
Wieasurement 633 square yards, or thereabouts, stocked
rrith the Choicest and Finest Kinds of Fruit Trees, with
44arbour and w&1-built Walls round the Land.
tor furthif particulars, apply to
REES .and RAYBOTJLD,
;
2• 'AUCTIONEERS AND VALtrIIRS,
.
dem/miter Street, Sfoqrbridge and Kidderminster..
. . . ,
FOR, SALE; Three FREELIOED -HOUSE&
and L& ai YARD in -Aiviel Street, Stottrbridge
i
Qning intended Railway.—Apply Mr. Chkrles Roberts,'
rdsloy.

EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT CONSIGN !ENT
OF:
VALUABLE BELGIAN DRAUGHT HORSES
(Direct from Belgium).
Selected with great care and discrimination from. the
well-known Stock, and the Property of Monsieur.
Richard Gryspeerdt, a Rouler, Belgium. .
ESSRS. P.I4TER MOIR & SON, of HER
ALUM'S . ARPOSITORY., (established nearly. a
Century), 4p,oBITEGit,. hate the honour to, announce.
that jiwyy se instructed to SzY.A. .Auonow (entirely
'without reserve). . • -
ON THURSDAY, the 26th OCTOBER .AT 1 O'CLOCK
.. • WITHIN
. THE •CATTLE MARKET, BIRMINGHAM,
UPWARDS OF
THIRTY VALUABLE BELGIAN DRAUGHT AND
LORRY HORSES.
of the Choicest Colours, in Bays, Browns, Chestnuts, ,
Greys, Blacks and Roans, ranging in height from 15-3
to 17 hands .high; and in ages 4,5, 6, and 7 years old.
These Horses combine fine shapes, substance, and
action with great power. They are remarkable for their
docility of temper. surefootedness, and power of endur-
ance and are guaranteed good workers in all gear.
N.B.—They have all been regularly worked up to day
of Shipment; and may be Viewed on the day prior to
Sale.

MORTGAGES.
_-
ADVANCES to any amount made upon
FREEHOLD OR LEASEHOLD SEOURI-
IIBI re-Payable by Instalments, extending over 5, 10
or 15 years.
INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 5 PER
CENT. PER ANNUM.
;FULL AMOUNT ADVANCED.
LOANS GRANTED ON PERSONAL
" "her Legal Security re-payable by Instalments
---
TRADE BILLS DISCOUNfED.
LIFE POLICIES, REVERSIONARY
INTERESTS, &c., &c., PURCHASED.
?WILLIAM HARRISON.
Ovvicks—VlCAß ST 11'1E2', DULLAI.
Omcz HOURS FROM TEN TO Six.
BRANCH OFFICE—
FOSTER STREET, STO URBRIDGE.

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES.
GEORGE E. JOSCELYNE
f
AUCTIONEER,
LAND 'SURVEYOR, VALUER,
AND
ESTATE AGENT.
For several years Articled Pupil to Mr. Henry
Ring, Auctioneer, Surveyor, &c., Stourbridge.
Offices :
No. 18, MILL STREET,
KIDDERMINSTER.

NO FEES CHARGED UNLESS CASH IS
ADVANCED.
GEORGE PAYNE, Accountant, negotiateb
PRIVATE ADVANC KS of £2O and upwards on
household Furniture, Farm Stoek. &e.; without
removal, no sureties required.
47, ANN-STREET, BIRMINGHAM.

MONEY.
PRIVATE GENTLEMAN with surplus
. capital, is desirous of Making immediate ADVAN-
CUB to gentlemen, manufacturers, farmers, tradesmen,
and:othere, wale or female, requiring the lame, in town
or country, in sums from. £lO to £5OO on note of hand.
No law costa. Terms from £s.per cent., extenaingfrom
"three rnOnths. -4o five years,. Mortgages negotiated at
21,firt 'Molest: ,Distance no object, as persons can repay
. 14 applying personally from 10
1111041',Indrior4etter, enclosing a stamped directed mote-
Itopet.letaldwirthe amount:required by air. A. BRADBURY,
.;161, Wiltrottivioad, Loridony S. E., pirticulars will be
t'4ient by :return otpost. • .•,, . .
'N.B.—No connection with loan offices, Residing lathe
district ever since 1841. Secrecy with dispatch.

•
MONEY ready for immediate investment in large or
small sums not under £5O, on any description of
real or personal security no less than one year, at a low
rate, viz., 4 per cent. on personal, and 3 per cent on free-
hold or leasehold security. Interest in all cases payable
half-yearly, and not in advance. Distance no object.
All applications will be treated with strictest secrecy and
despatch. Money obtainable on the shortest notice. No
ecounission.—Apply with full particulars as to nature o,
'entity, amount required, and for what period, to Wu.
Lima kiUIfMOISR, Esq., Financier, 9, Great Russell-street
London. W.O.

AIONEY TO LEND, in large or small sums,
on personal or other security, interest from 4
Per cent. Also upon Freehold or Leasehold Security at
per cent, per annum, The utmost secrecy may be re-
lad upon, and no commission or charges made. Apply
la the first instance by letter, containing fullparticulars,
nc) gave unnecessary trouble, to FREDK. HAWKINS, Esq.,
Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, W.C.

SIR JAMES SIMPSON'S SANITARIAN
RESTORATIVE is a soverign remedy in all cases
of BLOOD POISONING and the numerous Diseases
arising from a vitiated state of the circulation, as
Rheumatism, Glandular Swellings, Eruptions and Skin
129es.ses, Ulcerations of the Throat, Mouth, &c., &C.
Being alterative, tonic, and restorative, it will rapidly
- act as a corrective, and without the use of any other
medicine, restore the patient to the perfection of bodly
bealth.—Sold in bottles 2s. 9d. each, by Mr. Whitwell;
Market Hall House, Stourbridge, Mr. Hewitt, Medical
Hall Kidderminster, and all Patent Medicine Vendors

ONE Box of CLARKE'S . B 41 Pills ill
, warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinar
wßans, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Grave
Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each. by
'ma %enlists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
011 Y Mires' for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J. CLABlea
&°411111.. ting Chemist, High-street, Lincoln.—Wholesale
844411BAIIOLAY & Sows, London , and all the Wholesale

puLLAfts- DYE WORKS— pERTH.
THE
TOURBEIDGE AGENCY.
. .
- • gas new. been placed under the care of •
• MESDAMES. LASKEY, -AND • RUNSTON,
-gdhiton..
.":z iqaçAnkrits.
•:.Y Pular an 4 S6fi's, piTprit,d the'4W4qii,intitaite
frequent despatch of goods ip. an trom- the
Works, Perth. •
North British Dyeworks, Perth.

SAMUEL COX,
SEED SMAN AND FLORIST,
55, FIAGLEY ROAD, STOURBBIDGE,
Has to offer a Large Quantity of
SEAKALE, ASPARAGUS, pIkISES,
FRUIT TREES, &c.,
Large and Small.
Estimates for:Laying-Out Gardens and Plantations of all
Descriptions.
PRICES ON APPLICATION.

'DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
IDIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Three Years; after which, and without any further pay.
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All Instru-
ments had on this system, er otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
not approved of , and returned carriage free. And fur.
hero ter a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Her.
monion 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 Birminghi'm II nuses.--Apply FREDEttICK GREEN
Music Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley; and 259,
Stafford-street, Walsall.

. 11,1 •
LESTABLISHED NOV
FAMILY AND W BREWERY
HOLESALE STORES.
ENVILLE STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
W & T. S. BUCKNALL 9
OF THE BREWERY, KIDDERMINSTER,
BEGslo an
RA nounce that t.kat have OPENED COMMODIOUS CELLARS, as above, for the
r well.known
A.ITI) STOTTITS
IN CASKS OF NINE GALLONS AND UPWARDS,
And that they have appointed
MR. JOSHUA BRIDGES,
liorrmi.,7
THE RESIDENT AGENT FOR STOURBRIDGE AND DISTRICT,
From whom Prices and other Particulars may be obtained.
The fact of these CELEBRATED ALES having now been before the Public for three quarters of a century
a 3 a guarantee o their excellence.
Ibir AU Orders addressed-
1-10T'ML
.HIGII STREET, STOURBRIDGE,
Will receive prompt attention.

MANTLES JACKETS AND SHAWLS •
ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES,
- IN. THE MOST VASHIONABLE MATERIALS AT MODERATE PRICES.
• ,
"A. El) AL. 9 L -
69 , HIGH STREET, AND 1, UNION STREET,
A. STEDALL'a OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS :-
21, Oldham Street, Manchester.
11, 13, and 15, Brompton Road, London.
162 and 182, Edgware Road, London.
123 and 124, Tottenham Court Road, London.
21 and 23, Newington Causeway, London.
And 93, High Street, Shoreditch, London.

PRINTING I PRINTING I I PRINTING II I
S. FIELD,
GENERAL PRINTER,
92 , HIGH-STREET, BTOURBRIDGE.
PRINTING DEPARTMENT. STATIONERY.
Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
other Posters. PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Progradmes, Bill Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Heads. Designs and Patterns.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards, BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &C.
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Coloured Inks, , Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, ezc.
GENERAL .DVERTISING AGE NT
. . .

MSTA.M3I_,ISI-IMD 1860.
•
FLINT AND COMPANY
BRITISH AND .FOREIGN COMMERCIAL INQUIRY OFFICES,
58, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON, E.C.
STATUS INFORMATION, •
The information supplied by these Offices is of such a character so searching—positive—and decisive, as ha
never bet re been attained,—while.the attention to minuthe and detail has been as nervously apprehensive and
sympathetically prehensile, as if the stake and risk were ours instead of the subscriber's.
The manner in which our information has been received will be best understood when we state that the turnover
for our subscribers from January to December, 1875, was £6,461,003.
Or Subscription, £4 88 40 inquiries on Great Britain. Cheque books free. £3 3s. Subscription for Foreign
Inquiries, and Fee in addition, as per tarriff—to be had on application.
REFERENCES.

DEBT COLLECTING AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
It is Suprising (something grevious) every year to see the amount of money—good money, or ought to be—that
is lost to cre4tors.thfough their inability to follow up a Debtor (in consequence of being unable or unwilling to
afordjhg tto4avg Their bueiness, or having tried (and most prdbably ineffectually). to recover it, have become
thorowOuly.4,4 of the gall. 1 0 ' Tha'.DOTtot,- h 1 most cos* 'hod' and rdies'upon thi3 and Olciagt.ei that he will
. . _ • • ..
.eventaldh. tire.his,erfdit'Or'out;. • - . • • . . • . •
DEBT COLLECTING.—The system adopted by these Offices is the most, peremptory and successful.. ever
.submitted,to the-Publie. Immediate application to Debtor; prompt remittance to Creditor. Reports.on unpaid
debts every mouth. Statement with every, remittance, so that Creditor can pos& direct to his Ledger.
TERXS-5 per Cent, up to £5O 24 beyond. Double this rate for Irish, Scotch and Foreign Debts.
Debt Collecting only, £1 is per annum, and Terms as abOve. Non-Subscribere.WDebts Collected for Non.
bsoribirs, at Ten per Cont.
REFERENCE IS KINDLY ALLOWED TO

IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO THE
INHABITANTS OF STOURBRIDGE
AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,
MR. J. F. APPERSON,
SURGEON-DENTIST,
HAMPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM.
HAS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY:
from Ten till Five, at
MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGH STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
Celluloid Base a newly invented and.
patented materiel that cannot fail to give
satisfaction and comfort to the wearer.
NITROUS
OXIDE GAS.
Objectionable Teeth or roots extracted
while under the influence of Nitrious Oxide,
and other antesthetics.
Mr. Apperson's Antiseptic Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifying, and
preserving the Teeth; in boxes, is. and is.
6d.
Also his newly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleansing both sides of Teeth, is. 6d. each.

R. THOMSON,
DRAPER AND CLOTHIER
14 & 15, HAGLEY-STREET,
STOURB.BIDOE.
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
ENTLEMEN'iS CLOTHING
MADE TO ORDER,
ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
& PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED.
Terms on application.

3. 0. pURCHASE,
73, MOH STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
PURCHASE'S
DISPLAY OF
GENTLEMEN'S
AND YOUTHS'
WINTER CLOTHING
SPECIALLY MADE
FOR THE PRESENT SEASON

GOODNESS, BEAUTY. STYLE,
AND BECOMING APPEARANCE;
EITHER KEPT READY MADE,
R MADE TO ORDER

HENRY BAEXR,
L_UCTIONEER AND VALUER,
HIGH-STREET, SINVER.
-
Stocks and Furniture of every descriptions bougbt and
Clash advanced upon all goads ient for absolute sale.

Tobacco.
' Black Jack"
Brand.
PERSONS WHO CANNOT OBTAIN IT IN
Ounce Packets at 3d
ARE REQUESTED TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE MANUFACTURERS,
W. D. & H. 0. Wills,
Bristol, and Holborn Viaduct, E.C.

Note the Address:—
OPPOSITE STURBRIDGE ct KIDDERMINSTER
BANK.

AS A MEMENTO there is nothing so
valuable as a GOOD PORTRAIT. It is the
triumph of Art over Time, Distance, and the Grave
And what Portrait so exact as the PHOTOGRAPH?
T" STUDIO
Is Open from 9 a.m., for the productions of
CARTES-DE-VISITE,
AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF
PHOTOGRAPH
Produced from the Miniature or Locket Sizes to the
Life Size.
ANY PORTRAIT ENLARGED AND PAINTED
IN OILS, Framed, Complete,
LIFE SIZE, £;5 5sZ
111 The Negatives of Mr. Szarkoweski and the late Mr. H.
Bird are retained, as every Negative Mr. Clarke has pro.
duced, and Copies can always be had.
--
ARCHER CLARKE,
71, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRIDGE.

THE ECLIPSE
SAUCE
IT ECLIPSES ALL THE CHEAP SAUCES.
TRY IT.
In bottles at 6d., la. and 2s.each.
MANUFACTURED BY
CHARLES MORRIS, READING
and sold retail by all Grocers and Oilmen.

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.
G. F. GREEN,
pIANOFORTE TUNER,
260, Castle-street, Dudley,
And 259, Stafford-street,, Walsall
•
HAS GREAT PLEASURE IN PUBLISHING THE FOLLOWING
TESTIMONIALS:—
From Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Music from the
Institution for the Blind, St. John's Wood:London:—
"I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano
forte Tuner. He tunes by equal temperament, and ob-
tains an exact scale. (Signed) C. POTTER."
From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Church, Huddersfield :—"I have much pleasure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec-
tion. (Signed) JAMES F. PATTERSON."
From Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the London
and Liverpool Concerts:—" Mr. Green is one of the few
who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previous
to giving my Public Recitals . (Signed) E. K. SANDER-
From Mr. Butterworth, Organist, Dobcross' near
Manchester:—" Mr. Green's equal as a Pianoforte Tuner
tan rarely be mat with. (Signed) DAVID BUTTERWORTH."
X s. d.
Terms for Yearly Tuning, including minor re-
pairs—
Cottages, per annum ....
Grands do . .
Single Tunings (in Town).
s. d. s. d. s d s. d.
Cottages.... 3 6& 5 0 Full Grande 6 6& 7 0
Semi-Grands 5 0& 6 0 Concert Iron
Trichord . • Grands.. .. 7 6
Obligue. 4 6St 5 6
Pianofortes Tuned o The French Pitch (now univer-
sally adoyf,ed throughout England, it required.
•OP A large stock of Classical and Modern Music, at
Half-price.
Please observe the Address-260, Castle Street, Dudley
and 259, Stafford Street. Walsall.

DUDL Mr AND WALSALL.
...; Ann PIANOFORTES & HARMONI.
j,kikiky MIS have been TUNED by G. F. GREEN
Professional Tuner, 260, CASTLE-STREET, DUDLEY, and
ie
2-9, STAFFORD-STREET, WALSALL. Pianofortes Ra-
ked, Re-strung, the Hammets Re-covered with Patent
lt, as used by the most ernment firma.

• LLECTRICITY IS ilir
ZJLVERMACHER'S PATENTI
GALVANIC CHAIN-BANDS, BELTS, BATTERIES,
REC.ENTLY IMPROVED.
• Approved b, the Academy of Medicine of Paris
and other Medical 'Authorities in England and abroad.
Electricity, the prime actor in the process of life,
pervades all living organism, and its identity with
nerve force is no:conjuncture, but a positive scien-
tific fact, known to all versed in tho Washings o
Electro-phyisology.
Consequently in nervous exhaustion, local debility
and various functional disorders it is Nature's sole
and most congenit 1 remedy. ;The self-application of
this wonderful physical agent has become easy and
agreeable to the patient, and accessible to all by the
recent improvements.
In ceutradistinction to those unprincipled adver-
tisers who publish statements solely on their own
authority, MR. PVINERMACHER refrains from putting
forward any statements of his own in favour of his
Medico-Galvanic Appliances, but confines himself to
quotations from the opinions of competent medical
and scientific authorities, including Sul C. Locock,
Bart., M.D., V.R.C.S. ; SIR HENRY Hou.s.rw, Bart.,
M.D, F.R.C.S., and F.R.S.•, Sir J. R. MIRTIN, Bart.,
C. 8..
' '
F.R.C.S. F.S.A. and F.R.S. ' • Sir W. Famine-
Boa , 'Bart., M.D.,F.R.5., F.R.C.S., &42.
THE 130 NA-FIDE EVIDENCE of the efficacy of these
appliances is supplemented by the following para-
graph recently found in the standard work (p. 76,
18671 of JOUST KING, M.D., Clinical Professor of Ob-
stetrics at Cincinnati :
"In those cases where it is desirable to produce
a continuous current of galvanism and without the
intervention of conductors or electrodes there is
no instrurr
fat superior to Pulvermaeher's Improved
Galvanic Chains. . . These chains are very use-
ful in many nervous disorders,
Binocular Debility Aphonia Rheumatism
Hemiplegia lElipepsy Dyspepsia
Paralysis 'Torpid Fever Paralysis, Bladder
Central Paralysis 'Asthma Chorea
Spinal Paralysis Amenorrhoea Impotency
Neuralgia DYbinenorrnoes Writers Cramp
Sciatica Spinal Irratition Hysterical Cramps
Stiff Jointsj Nervous Debility and Contractions
Hysteria IConstipation Loss of Smell
Hysteric Paralysis, Deafness Nervous Loss of Taste, &C.
Mn. RIILVERMIOURE challenges the strictest in-
vestigation of the numerous documents and testi-
monials medidal and private, which are published
in his testi-
monials,
" GiLvsfasm, Nsruax's CHIN,
RESTORER OF IstpUBTD VITAL ENERGY." sent post
free for 3 stamps, by applying to J. H. PULVER-
MACIIER'S GALVANIC ESTABLISHMENT,
194, REGENT STREET LONDON W.

veyed to the people of tfdi country the news of the
charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, on the 2516
October, 1854. Your readers will remember that
last year the twenty-first anniversary of this
extraordinary engagement was celebrated at thl
Alexadra Palace by a banquet to the survival,
which created cmsiderable iaterest throughout the
kinalom. Mrs. Stirling recited with great dramatic
pas‘.7, and In a manner which raised the enthusiasra
of the vast assemblage to the highest pitch, Tenny-
son's ecul-stirring composition—
" Stormed at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of death;.
Into the month of hell, -
Rode the Six Hundred."
, is understood that there is to ben banquet again
this year, and the railway companies hare offered free
panes to those survivors of the Light Brigade who have
irom the country to London for the
purpose of attending tlie enteiTan—menciv-ifiZhvvi
not, ho lt iiter,".bi) on quite mydemonstotiveA scslc as
last-year.
,THE ARMISTICE.
A. Renter's telegram dated Paris; Oct: 14, rlys Vat
Russia has rejected the Armistice for six nepp,kisa, and
again demands that an Ariaistlcaof six wl-orkedura:`
tion shall be imposed upon the belligerents. Sie thus
reverts to the proposals made by England to Turkey,
which were supported by the other Great Powers.

Ipent nothing to be done during the six months; but if I 1 on one of the most .extraordinary economic facts of modern
assent to an Armistice for that time the Bervian Militia will • times—namely, the revival of France from the misfortunes
have returned to theta 'tomes, and their army will have 1 and losses entailed upon hiliby hr war with Germany.
muet re yo
melted away ;levitate ainertrte the English proposal, (Cheers) Never did coo &peetter to be moreahope-
Er
and inand tee oterea,Christren Powers that, i Lady crushed hy the ght e. s iotas and by the large
to assenting ft, I distinctly statecitit,was the utmost con- ' indeteettv imposed, by the victors. Yet she has berne
citation I could make." 1 i her
61tr- n wine' roispe, d Jure emerged from her
~., •
For retterns which I stetel at length hen treeking to I .. , e ieh IV e ci apkllas surptised Europe.
conttitturate, I thiuk Rastia has much te vy ter herself • aesia.) -he cuLtr , bet en latauce and Geraestuy art
e .
retneieg to accept any promise, however eletusible or to putt e. .is mom: e, A molt r , rk .a. The detected, hamillated,e
f, . treaty prepota except the concession of this right of . ..d . int.; d count, ifs, *Serenely, richer thAp. ever.
to .. a coon e the ePs3a de; Mill de te he re-
- itc:'.. 't, ' 41- i ' 1- I ntii ji,. a OAT
,pli 1 e the!
Sth iile of th atetere Paris especially secure. , ' #.o' • a p sto
Tu . try against this intetierence. rite ' b a. t °lately the tepobrer Nei e the a to'
•
Russia prated for it in urging the acceptance of the Berlin (Cue a a feverish excitement caused by the influx or
must `•rsi ~. has now given place to a reaction in which
Memorandum, all commercial transactions are involved ; general gloom
, elaltelng, 0, r f aletair ell roPteritgalleeirnitnral, , ~., eseipervadeler pnyrev Tie* receut tconeic pap
erbwhas, I "tacit, totopletely ellen. piney ;bu bn . d eff ernes, I. 14a gesiledtate a tetnetly for th
er
aliThink he aan.•. tto ite Capper:ea_ in eh e ;Inge by thos gm n : Oft s in. r as eco,mpared,- with Francea
of us who, while we desiretprorecteon for the Chriitians in that Germany should aga n °dearer witr against France; that
Turkey, would also, if possible, attain this protection with- it should again march its armies to Paris, again defeat those
.t. . o • . •.e or eeteon Ot Lae. nate of Fisance,_but, in making peace, in lieu of trupossing an in-
_ _ __he_
We cannot be surprised that Turkey wishes, iipossbileeto -clentiiiita oftlarrdllllolll oneleraircerib-should agree topay
:evade this request ; but I cannot but believe that her propet elmt amount to the con :red. (cheers and laughter.) By
acceptance of it is her best hope of safety, arweg as thi_ t 1110 kileanil Coil% it ds laumotu'ousfy suggested, would
- - ,-,
chance of European peace. laeeinalen sealed teeits the proseerity svhich „France veils
_ _ ..
abahe condition. of the_twest
a. .•-, I think we ought not tole surprise/Amt. enjoying. (ii laugh) What, then is the economic explit-
Russia adheres to this proposal. natter' of this great -dtfferetteit
countries? Why is it that the loos of two milliards has
• . I am,' Sir, your Obedient berm% it
et, lee 0
. int made the one country poorer or the gain not
SO, Ezclestoretqaare. Oct. 16. W. E F 01187814 made the other country richer? Is not the explanation to
.
be found in this, that the true and only source of wealth
is production and saving? (e'hcers.) Tho French people
i - most industrious and saving that the world con-
The PTiagiff(-and PRINCESt.or. ‘TirpgiE s gtm e the
Innoother country is wealth so widely dketributede In i
at GLASGOW. none are habits of industry, economy, and thrift more utile.
• verpitily : exereieed After Op war these.people, Iran the
! The Prince and Princess of Wales, with their two highest to the loweete met their 'hate* 'by even greatve
aims, and 'accOtnisishied by Prince JohmdfiGhtsksburg, ittouetry and greater economies titan ever. Noivfogiben they
. +rived at Glasgow, on Tuesday mornfpgand were nave retrieved their loses;
ne eaiteevercante taehecapeulities,
received by the Lord Provost arid the ci e y °Mtals. A tbis habit is still contin d. Oa the tether nand, thtekintinx
of money to Germany led to a general expansion, no onlyiet
~ Volunteer review was held on the Green, and later in
trade, but of the habit Ifni Lnenry 4 *IL head r
the day Ile first stone so the new Post- office; in Georee-
iquarepewas laid by the-Pricee. -Therreception of th7.ir creased. Foolhardy ppe nee n multeplietteelfnlotlit
eniploymens was stain Aa. 4116 subietien ,
Royal Highnefises.lay the people wasof the most cordial the people as a whole have ilost ippre than they geined
character.' 'Amply .to au. address from the City of by the lede.mnity, wieilli flla no ithsy, tektite divpirt so
Glasgow, thePrinee of Wales said :--
much, eteproducelye laboter . intp its old ehatnials of
foul.: 1.,,• .:, ~ ..-. ~ prodiictrole , ttesieddest4C ,The ghat :recuperative . ppyvere
," My Terra Krovoittenet Gateittemeno-ThePrinceas lane with shown by France Las rain turned the attention of scone-
she in thrialifugamti 'cordittlly for your addrese, raid ter the mists to her social co' ion. What is it that constitutes
t Welcome itta hate raaeived friem the ancient ittity ot Gissgow. •lit r strength? Whet ers' net ae4ret.‘Wittpterellieti /table of -1
I sircereiy appreceate the teraa, in which you allude to the thrift and industry? e i yea I %itik,elae.flonlate4-that thetl
Queen, and as her sou Tam greatly touched' by the'expres- answer is to tie ;Quad in the . wiae distriaution of property '
dons which you make use qt wriell ppeaking of the virtues which is snreffialegnieskingta feature to theeFreitelatsaetallie
for which her eisj.aty is so conspiaueus in her-public (Cheers.) Upwards of seven millions of persons own pro-
and rivet* capatety, Oa a • fernier .olecatten, 'ttegether eierty in land or louses, end of these live anti, waited! r
with the Priscese, I visaed, , your town—the most ins- Dttintons are owners of agricultural land. Upwards of four
portant and populous in Scotland—for the purpose of tiailllons of persons OWW Petween them the public debt of
le.yiug the foundatiou-stene of your .new .thaversitee and we France. The passidn foreland hat hot ohly tweeted fire.
now come to perform a similar duty 'for your Post-office. I millions of peasant proprietors, the most indeaseiert and-
.,
m always glaa when I find that circumstances permit me thrifty people In the world, pat.it bas .spreast hhW e tile—
manifest the littered witich I experience in everything re- whole population, from tbeehlghest to the lowest% thei. te leg
tire; to the material prosperity, of our great manufacturing of individual ownersitip, thadefite to become andepend nt,
and commercial centres, and I have had much amnia, 'sod the habit of thrift and saving which enables them to
therefore. in accapting your invitation that I ;should take became so. . .
a prinotpal part in the proceeding of the ceremony of to- Mr. Lefevre then referred to the recent return of landed
day. My expedition to the East was undertaken with proprietors, and concluded as follews :—I am able to con-
feelings of the greatest interest: but, high as were my gratulate the Department :on he completion, since its hat
expectations as to what I should witness in that won- meeting, of the Return of Landed Proprietors for the three
derfui country, they fell far short of the reality. I trust counties of England, Ireland, and Scotland. lhie return
that the result of my visit may prove to have been of leaves much to be desired. It is admitted that in many of
eervice to the many millions of my fellowereattures in its details there is great Inaccuracy. The return by no
~
that distant quarter of the globa,' and to haete- united yet means exhausts the whole pubjeet. Is accounts] fer—Be
More firmly the ties which bind, our Eastern pestemions millions only out of 37 millieffigeof acres in England. - The-
tvith Great Britain. I venture -to expreeis the belief that difttrence is due to ;he ennisision of wood e and forests,
1
this hope I have not been entirely 'disappointed. One Of manoriel wastes, 'and of the Metropolitan district.
I the most intelligent of the native princes has stated, With all its defects, however, the return to of great
n a letter recently received from him, that one of the valise in enabling a fair estimate to be made of the owner--
estate of my visit . has been to interest India and ship of land. With the exception I have named I believe
ngiand in each other, and to makt them understand the aggregate results may be relied upon. The return
ach other, and to daily increase England's confidence shows a total of 1,173,000 owners of land and houses
n India and India's hopes in Eagland. You refer, in in the United Kingdom. A vast proportion, however, of this
onnectien with the presence here this afternoon of the number are owners of houses only; 650,0:0 are 'entered as
rincess of Wales and my eons, to the domestic happiness
latch exists among the members of the Royal. family. the owners of less than one acre, with an average of one. fifth
of an acre, and an averisee value of £4O per annum. Of the
his alltrion comes especially home te me at present, when owners above one acre, a very consietrable number are also
set a year ago I was separated from all those I hold most
owners of house property in towns. In the case of Ireland
dear to commence a beg Journey to a distant land; and I we have a separate return, showing the number of land-
can assure you, gentlemen, I shall not easily forget the owners as distinguistied from the owners of property in
ice deal through which I passed on that cressien. Ii wishing towns- and, whereas, the new Domesday Book gives a total
!all success to e Our undertaking, let ale not forget to neentien of 32,800 owners of abcre one acre, the other return gives a,
the name of the distinguished founder of the penny postage Vaal of -Only 19,000 e frame which 'again m reductien has to be
system, SI lowland Hill, tie whom we are all, rich and made 'for dupliatd eese--that is, fdirtpersonaowning pro-t
poor, so much indebted: (LoudlCheers.) panty in more than one county. The return also includes
.7,n the evening the city of Glasgow was brilliantly a vast number of entries under the head of cerpora—
iirdminated in honour of the occasion. .., '3. i. ;i. , -
thong, charities, public bodies, glebe', &a. Making . a
g 1- reduction, then, for these, fer, house, property, and for'
- ' duplicate entries, it may be safely estimated that there .
e • , . e are not more than 200,000 owners of land, as distin- .
"ECONOMY AND TRADE!". - •guished from 'owners of mere house property, in the
et e
. I
. .e_ ti ii.
~i e. 7,0 I e. .United Kingdom. 0/ these abut 5,000 owners of 2,000
•
'acres and upwards divide between them two-thirds ett the'
On Tuesday morning arraddress was delivered at whole area of the country, averaging 'nearly 10,000anacres
the Social Science L
Congrewiriverpool,efevre, M.P., on "Economy etch: 65,60 owners of bstweeu f 4 and 2,000 acres
and Trade," by;grf .J. its.,t
ratiaer more than one-fourthe of elite coantey ; ateld3o:oo4l._
• 13-• f
•- •
president of the depar ment.- e give this following own one thirty-fifth of the country, with an average of
about
estimatel 5
wectrecte from- pis, smecht, which , are welli Taillyi of
attention at this partrcular peiiod : -'-- • ' ' perfectly accurate stalement on account of the difficulty
thacersetsateea:fh,d;t7l3ll:ll. 'eslttimillattme'presiiibl"ei Itehinarkriviif 411'01:
"The questions which at this moment affect the trade and caused by dupliceigeeptries. Las an illusirittime.of this, ra
'the economical conditions and relations 'of this and other may mention the:gent:man reeeritly vanished a list of net
countries Breed no ordinary dLfficulty—the causes or the pre- separate properties entered in the Return under the names
sent depression iii trade, tobsenvable tbrobighertit the whole of Peers; it-brought out this resulepthat thefii4 Plitear, RV),
commercial world, equally iii the Far West as in the Lae, 'on the average, properties, each in three diff4riarit'counties,
and concurrent with almost a plethora of capitol and money with an aggregate of 16,40a000 acres, or one-fifth of the
in this country; the caul° and effect 4 the •depta*tton of whole area of the United Kellum, and a )early value of
silver, which hangs like a nightniare over 'tidied fihatice and £12,700,000, giving an average of about 30,600 acres and
Indian trade; the questions of the Indian tariff and the £25,000 a year for each Peer, erreseective of woods, manors,
duties levied in that part of the Empire on the pro- Lendon property, and land let on long, leases—a somewhat'
ductions of Lancashire; the present condition of the startling fact as bearing upon the extenketbewhichzpreperiy
Free Trade movement, the negotiations for the re- has been aggregated in a few hands habil countrye
newel of the Commercial Treaties with. rrance and At the conclusion of the addiek the Mg Tea' itt 1
other European Powers; the slow progress which
Free Trade doctrines _appear to make_ in the practice Huntly said he bai:loeatt Pleasure' in' asking.lke;
of Lationt, notwithetarding that they hav—e received the ,meeting to give a cordial vote of thanks to Mr.
stmost universal assent of economists. alma-thinker! ; lastly, , Shaw Lefevre for his very interesing and impor-
thu questionstiedied by tbe completionhatiad return known : tent address, He had no doubt that part of it
as the new Domesday 'Batik, which for the fleet time throws , which related to the progress of Free Trade would
sflne,real ligtatem the state of ownership ot land in the ,be specially interesting to all who were connected
Melted Klagdom—these are questions which kfai only, ba with Lancashire. For himself, he must say he regarded
, dealt, with and, toleed.by keeping steadily in view the prin.
clples which the Science of 'Political Economy teaches us , with—peculiar interest what Mr. Lefevre had said
govern the production alai distribution of wealth Each .on the Land Qiestion. He thought he need hardly
alone might, if fully treated., serve as a subjtct for a lout; . remind him and them of something which might an-
addreea . With reference to the present state of trade, I may e count for the -difference between England and
ba permitted to point out that it is not more than seven years ,
since this country was passing throuith a period et even France. In France the country was richer, the
ore easily worked.
more-severe symptoms. The years 1868 '69, and '7O were climate finer, and the soil
years or -grave- commercial--distress, Great numbers of That was the i reason- :Thy -laude an England,
• s : wail r
working men were unemployed. Pauperism had increased was held in uch' lika a hoiclitks.= This
in an ominous manner. We were under rtfuchnlaem about , also the reason why the farther north they went
the future of our manufactures. Itawas said that we were the holdings became larger until they got —tie
gn in danger of losing our foreiemarketa anti that even our , John 0 Groats, where a 'friend of his owned
home markets were being Weeded by. foreign manufactures a million of acres
irithonevery trades in which we believed ourselves to be - . . • A h
unapproachable. I recollect well that, He only wished that some weal
in the year 1870, my was afraid, did not fad
(itslapurgcfi.
right hon. friend Mr. Geschen, then at the head of the Poor laugh.)
v°erwyrtearrsgf::aft lvarrele' tit.)ll
thypmerchantl An large
Law Board, was compelled to we sp. his-eloquence ,in the towns would come to' theit assisUnce.l (Allan")
House of Commons and all the weight of the Government to He was happy to think that in Cambridge and Nor-
oppose a project a a giving State assistance to the emigration
of our artizens, which was supported by two rnainbt-ee of the folk a system was .gaining ground of men of capital
buying farms and farming themselves, and he himself
present Ministry. In 'the same eyeaa it fed to mye lOte as
ne
representing the Board of Trade during the illness of Mr. . kw recent instanoes of this.
Bright to defend the principle on which tire French
Treaty had been based from an attach led by
.one
of the members for Manchester, end supported by the
than member for Coventry and other members from
manufacturing constituencies ; an attack based on the
ground that the Treaty was detrimental to the Industry'of
thiaoountry, inasmuch as it had not secured tusitcomplete
reeteirocity or: eqUivalerik advantages -In' a ts
which-we conceded to French geed' hi This esim I . e
arguments then used showed how imperfectly undeinteed
are the principles oi Free Trade by large sections of our
fellow-countrymen, and how easy it is, when trade is bad, for
even intelligent persons to abandon sound doctrines, and to
relapse into errors of a most rations. character. The years
I epeak Of were followed almbst immediately by a rebound
of prosperity. In the three following year-, our trade
expanded by giant strides. The conclusion of the Franco-
German war, the immediate necessity for renovating
the wasted stocks and supplying the deferred wants of
Germany and France, and the expansion of railway enter-
prise in the United States, led to an extraordlnery demand
upon our industrial resources, especially in the' iron trade.
Our export trade increased by 30 per cent. Trade profits
were enormous • wpges rose almost universally. After a
time coal, which is the main constituent' in the cost of
manufacturing iron rose to a famine price. There was this
peculiarity about it, that we had famine prices in coal with-
out a had harvest of coal.. The production of coal was
greater in the years 1872 and 1871 than in any previous years,
yet its price rose to three or four times the average 'of
previous years. For a time the cealowners had complete)
command of the market. As they raised the price the Motu,-
ers in the mines not unnaturally claimed higher wages, and
this in its turn became the excuse to the coalowners for a t
farther rile in price,. But soon this extraordinary rise in the
price of coal was fraught with great ii airy to the trading
interests of the country. It told with serious effect upon a
great number of industries; it speedily crushed the iron
manufacture; it brought heavy losses to the steam carrying,
-trade. It led to vast ;speculate° enterprises in coal mining.
New mines were opened in all directions. Toe production of
coal, or the means of producing it, were greatly increased,
at the canoe time that the demand for it was reduced by.
the great falling off in the manufacture of iron The re-f
suit's, that coal has now fallen almost to the price of 1871, and;
that the wages of miners have been reduced in almost
corresponding ratio. We are now suffering in great
part, 1 believe, from the reaction after the prosperity of those
years, from the results of the speculative mania induced by
It, from concurrent action of the same kind in the Milted
States, and in part also, I doubt not, from the repudiation of
their debts by so many foreign States, who, while borrowers,
were also cocsumers of our productions, and who, now that
they have ceased to borrow, have ceased to import our manu-
factures in return for worthless obligations. (Cheers.) With
cheap coal, with abundant capital, with reduced wages, I
see no reason to feanfor the future, and no grave apprehen-
sion from foreign competition. (Cheers.) Low prices Of the
necessaries of life—corn, sugar, cotton, and coal—are a great
boon to the manes of consumers, though they may mean small
profits to the importing trade. It is, perhaps, on this accoutre
that notwithstanding the general complaints of bad trade, the
working climes do not appear to have suffered equally. The
import cf articles they most consume cbntinues on an ever
ircreasing scale. The returns of pauperitm show no lien
of reaction from the great decrease which has taken place
since 1870. The railway returns show that the third class
traffic has greatly increased during the past halt-year,
while that of the other classes has diminished. Except
in the iron trade there is no large number of
men unemployed : and, even in this trade, it would
seem that the workmen, during the great prosperity
of previous years, must have laid by far more than
they were credited with, and are now living upon
this accumulated fend. (Cheera) One thing. is, clear, that
the great variety of cur trade, due to the full adoption of
Free Trade, enables us to tide over difficulties and depres-
sion infinitely better and with less suffering then is the
case with those countries which still cling to protection.
(Cheers) In the United States, notwithstanding its bound- i
less wealth in raw material and food, the present state of
trade has been productive of far greater loss and suffering
to the workleg clauses than in this country. We have heard
- from New Yore of large assemblages of men out of work
demanding employment' from the civic authorities, and
setting up a claim for national workshops. This year has,
for the first time, shown a greater nnmber of return immi-
grants from the United States than of emigrants to it, and
ccminercial distress there is in every respect worse and more
widely spread than with us. The reason is that under a
system of Protection, such as the Americans still enforce,
native industry is necessarily limited to its home market,
and a depression of tvade in this one market causes vestlr
greater suffering theia where trede is cosmopolitan and
commerce free and open. (Cheers) I
Mr. Letevre next alluded at considerable length to the
working of our vatious commercial treaties, arguing that he
every ease their working proved that they were most benee
!keel to all concerned in countries where a more or les&
liberal commercial policy prevailed. These facts were
gradualky impressing several nations as to th
advantages of a Free-trade policy, and in vartoub
countries, such as Germany, Austria, and Italy,
the Protectionists were losing ground, and titer.
'Was little fear of their reversing the Treaty of 1800.
The remote which applied to protective duties for the pur-
pose of forcing the extension of native industry were
applicable to the cage of the import duties on cotton '
manufactures in India which, in his opinion, were impolitic
and unnecessary. Although the financial condition of India
might make it difficult to repeal the cotton duties at present
every effort should be mad- to mske them as little protective
as possible. Al to the gtneral question of 'free trade, its
universal adoption in Europe was the only panacea for the
burden of the enormous' armanents of each . state. Free
trade would so interlace all interests that war would be a,n
;Impossibility. The dynestic and territorieleplastions which'
`how agitat, d Europe, would be subordinated to the real ties
lot commerce, and whether A particular provielte should
belong to one or another country might eventually be c nee as
little important as whether a particular parish should
belong totone er another county.
Mr. Lefevre continued :—it is to perfect free trade, end to
a great increase of commercial relattons between the Euro-
pean States, that alone we can look for any antidote to the
,Eirope There is but little here for any scheme of mutual
strong military fecelng which now infects the whole of
ellearmexneut or general rectuction of standing armies tNever,
was the, :se ef these greeter than now. Never was there
'an )ptir from them. - tat, -with abititite and entire
.1 feat pertuaded.the intera.sts..ollEgrope would
become ytAriv more connected end interlaced, so that it
would be difficult to cut them even with the sword.
(Cheers) While on this point, I cannot avoid remarking

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