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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

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'HE HARVEST PROSPECTS.

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The following review of the recent course of the ..
market, and its present cordlition, by " 11. Hants-Jackson,"
writ Ina under date of the 14th instant, has been sent to The
Tint's for publication, and will interest our agricultural

wheat,

readers:— -
Writing under date the sth of June there did not
then appear to me any re-aeon in the position of the
grain trade to stimulate value beyond its existing level,
45a. 51 per qr. This view was taken at the end of a
"cold wet May," just pawed, which had been con-
sidered very unfavourable to the corn crops, and at a
time when our imports of foreign descriptiona had been
exceedingly small. But now, nearly six weeks later,
after a continuance of splendid weather for three weeks,
and after largely increased foreign supplies, the
Imperial average price of wheat has mounted to
48s. 11d., a rise of 38. 61 per qr. Actual sales in
lark-lane show a greater difference. Early in June
50s. was ailed for beet English white wheat ;this week
58s. has been obtained for the same quality, and 564. is
the ordinary price current in London and the provinces.
Whether this position is a safe one may here be con-
sidered. The low value of wheat in the unsearemable
time of May was further depressed by the few brilliant
days of early June. To that period succeeded an ex.
egedjggly gloo y fortnight, when the whole prospects
of our English harvest seemed imperilled by the cold
nights, harsh east winds, and rainy skies. Fortunat.ly,
the few previous hot days had supplied the earth with
untlergr mod heat that lasted for eight days after the
season above ground had chang.d to wet and cold, and
to this natural cause the present promising harvest
prospects may be ascribed. The effects of the weather
on the markets up to the longest day were very decided,
and 3s. to 45. per qr. advance was made by the con-
currence of opinion of both buyers and sellers. A large
amount of business followed; millers, alarmed for the
next two months, bought all the supplies on offer, and
jo a,certain extent provided thern,elves with & large
proportion of the stock wanted up to harvest. Their
came the calm, dry, sunny days and warmer nights we
are now erdoying ; the wheat eared seven to eight days
later than in common years, and has since bloomed
under very favourable circumstances. and an absolute
change of position as regards future prospects has fol-
lowed. But yet the price of wheat, to the bewilderment
of the public (and very many members of the corn
trade also), has further increased; and this feat
of driving water up hill is accounted for by the
meagreness of English supplies brought to market,
while all the farmers' hands have been securing
an abundant crop of hay in the finest condition.
Ali far, however, as I can judge, this reason is only
a half the truth, the other half being the fact that
rollers as buyer; are now supporting sellers instead of
opposing them, according to the natural law of mita-
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familiar with his name, and, doubtless, the police
know it and its owner pretty well. His last sudden
apparition was in the Central Criminal Court, where
he called on Chief Justice no ill to apologise, and it
turned out that in Mr. Brierly's wig-box were a number
of large stones, which the "learned gentleman" carried
about to protect himself, as "constant attempts were
made to murder him !" There is but one conclusion to
be drawn from all this, and the reader will naturally
arrive at it. The conclusion, at all events, at which I
arrive is that the poor gentleman ought to be taken
care of, which is not wishing him any harm.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

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ITIHE SCHOOL will RE-OPEN on MONDAY,
Avourr 2nd, 1669, after the Midsummer Men-

days.
Art Instruction is given useful to the Artisan and
Decorative Artist.
The General Classes meet on Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday Evenings, front Seven to Malf-past Niue o'clock.
Fee: 6s per quarter.
The Special Classes on Tuesday and Thursday Morn-
ings. from Ten to Twelve o'clock. Pee: 10, 64 por
quarter.

July 21st, 1869.

WILLIAM P. BOWEN,
BeidXaster.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

ON NORDAT, AUGUST 2nd, s Cheap EXCUR-
SION TRAIN will leave Woreestet (Shrub MO, alt
5.40 a.m . Groitwieh 5 SO, Kidderminster 6.10, Stour-
bridge 6.26, and Dudley 6.40 a.m., for WARM.
LLANGOLLEN, CORWEN, BALA, DOLGIILLY„
WBNAITAN, CRESTER, BIRKENHEAD. and LIV-
ERPOOL; returning the same day.
For Fares, and Times of Return, see Rand Dills.
J. GRIERSON, General Nanedrit.
Paddington, July 21.

WEST STAFFORDSHIRE

REO fS T RATION.

VOTERS on the REGISTER of the WEST Din..
SION of the COUNTY of STAFFORD, and CLAIIG
ANTS to VOTE who receive, either from the Overman
or other', NOTICES of ONECTION, are requests(' to
communicate with

Mr. ROWLAND PRICE,
Solicitor,
Stourbridge.

STOURBRIDGE IMPROVEMENT ACT,
isca,
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CAR, CAB, AND POSTING ESTABLISHMENT.

MR I; oA.
bßließfOorAt'bNe,siunpporrettuirnhoins trhe
canke t e i
ved ion
the above Business, begs to announce that she has trans-
ferred the Business to her son Thomas Brown, on whose
behalf she would solicit a continuance of past favours.

THOMAS BROWN.
In weaver/bag to tho slur* burisess, bop to lams
the Gantry sae Public generally, that be eau supply them
with
WEDDING CAEN, WAGOMITTSB, CAM, CARS,
01(i4, AND OTIIER VIFIITCURN.
I For Buimena or Pkg.-ire Perties, on the Simi to,t
Notice. _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

Till IRON TRAM.
WOLVIIIIIIANIPTON. Wednesday.

The iron market in this town to•dav has been
unattended by any very enentiragiug feature. A
quiet trade only we done in any department;
lint price.; remained as firm as they have been
for some weeks past. That, however, is not say-
ing much, for the rates which regulate enrrent
transactions have but a narrow margin of profit
in respect either of pig or of finished iron.

The reports this week in reference to the
state of the Iron Trade are not less encourag.
ing than they have been for the last month. Al.
most every day orders are dropping in at some
of the works, and production has very slightly,
if it has at all, diminished. The demand on ac•
count of home consumers, and for merchant iron
generally, has not in the slightest degree abated.
So long as that keeps up to its present standard
there must be a moderate degree of activity.
The orders in for sheet•iron are rather on the
increase. _ _

...
There wag ceareely anything done at the Ex.
change on Thuraday, but the North Stafford-
ahlre men reported no improvement in the trade
in that quarter.
There iii a fair demand ior pig-iron, but not
an improving one.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

pric..e.ii.iips He cntcred atfl-nise leagth into the history
of the Primitire Methodist Connetioni adverting to its
small beglnniugs, the difficulties the founders had to en-
cuonter, and compared its present position with its hum•
tie origin and elms. Mii§ Palmer, the daughter of Mr
Thomss Palmer, pre then sented a silver ttowel to Mr.
Sheridan in • few appropriate words. !dr. Sheridan
acknowledged the presentation. and in due course de-
clared the 'tone well arid truly laid. In addressing the
assemblage afterwards he congratulated all of them on
the suspicious commencement they had that day made
of the work they had undertaken. lft was very Import. I
ant for him to be in London at that time of political ex-
citement, when each day brought }mimed smite new fea-
ture. and called for some new decision' with reference to
the great question which was now agitating the country.
, Ant tie came dorm there animated with the hellef that
they were sinceeely &MMus to see him take ladel
in the work they were beginning—(cheers)—and that it
, he had pleaded the urgency of political 'Haire would
I have tsty,en, uteappointment. Tn. n6ll. iember
conclaid by expressing &regret that he would be unable
to attend the tea meeting in the evening. A collection
was afterwards made; And, alter a vote of thanks had
been passed to Mr. Sheridan, the Benediction was pro.
nuanced, and the proceedings closed. In the evening, a
tea meeting was held in the Schoolroom. A very large
number attended, mid the proceedings throughout were
of a most enthusiaetic character.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

BETTER STILL!

We are agitating in this country (says tn...
News for a halfpenny postage stamp, to be applied to
printed matter, or at least to newspapers. But we
observe with son e interest that they are agitating in
Germany fir a similar tariff to be applied to written
communications, provided they are open and issued is.
A certain simple form. They are agitating for a Card
Post, by which is meant that a card the sire of an
ordinary envelope should be dropped into the Post-
office and conveyed to it destination for a halfpenny.
One side of the card would bear the address and the pro-
per stamp; the other side would carry the message. No
one thinks a penny too much for the conveyance of a
closed letter ; but there are numerous communications
which we are all content to leave open, and which,
if presented to the Post-office in a convenient form,
they might easily afford to carry for a halfpenny, if for
that sum they can carry a newspaper. At any rate
this German suggestion is worthy of coneidei ation.
But probably if it were deemed worthy of adoption,
the Post-office would find it necessary itself to issue
the cards which it would undertake to carry at the
diminished rate, as otherwise it might be called upon
to convey flimsy bits of paper, which (especially on
a wet or windy day) might give the postman needless
trouble.

_Dairy
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

IMPORTANT CASE of ALLEGED DEATH
THROUGH VACCINATION.

On Monday, Dr. Lankester (the coroner), held an
important inquiry at Highgate New Town, London,
relative to the rbm.th of William, infant son, of Mr.
Emery, who, having been vaccinated in accordance
with the law, was alleged to have died through the in.
troduction of deteriorated or impure matter into the
system in the operation.

The inquiry resulted from one held a few days ago
by Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, in which
the same allegation was made, both children having
,sen vaccinated at Dr. Allen's surgery, 11, Soho•sq•lare.
he verdict of the jury in the case before Mr. Bedford,
vac one of nstural cause,., Dr. Clark stating that the
ea' h was due to erysipelas consequent on vaccination
—not from the vaccluatiou matter, but from the punc•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

DEATH OF THE DEAN OF DURHAM.

The Very Rev. George Waddington, Dean of
Durham, died on Tuesday morning, aged 76. The de-
ceased graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and
numeroue University honours. He was medal-
-a:A. in 1811, University scholar and Chancellor's medal-
list for English verse in 1813; B.A. and Senior
Chancellor's medallist in 1815. He succeeded Dr.
Jenkinson in the Deanery of Durham in 1840, and was
installed on the 20th of September in that year. On
the death of Archdeacon Thorpe, Warden of Durham
University, the Dean succeeded him under an order in
Council of the 4th of June, 1841. Prior to his appoint-
ment to the Deanery, Dr. Waddington had been vicar
of Masham ia Yorkshire, in the gift of Trinity Col-
lege. Recently the deceased gave to the Durham
County Hospital two sums of £2.000 each, and a few
months ago he filled with stained glass one of the large
windows of the Cathedral, at a cost of £1,400. Ile
subscribed largely to London charities, and in the
county of Durham was a supporter of nearly every
benevolent institution. He was the author of A Visit
to Ethiopia, 1822 ; A Visit to Greece, 1825. A Commem-
',oration Sermon, 1828; The present Condition and
Prospects of the Greek or Oriental Church, with some
Letters written from the Convent of the Strophades, 1829;
Thstord of the Church from the Earliest ayes to the Refor-
mation, 3 vols., 1835, two editions; A History of the
Reformation on the Continent, 3 vols., 1841; Lectures on
National Education, 1845.
The Deanery, which is in the gift of the Government
is of the value of £3,000 a year.

gained
list in 1
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"COOL WATER.'

The following recipe to always have "cool water" in hot
weather, has been sent to the Morning Star, by "henry
Grafton, C.E ," of Tolbugtou Park, Loudon
In your very temperate and seasonable article of
Wednesday, July 14th, you tantalize by telling no how
the Americans enjoy 0,01 drink by the addition of ice
in their water. 1 have to inform you that very cold
water for drinking may always be obtained by filling
porous pitchers with ordinary water and placing these
in the sun. lam never without the luxury. The
best description can be purchased under the name
of cooling bottles, but any unglazed porous earthen-
ware answers the purpose nearly as well, pro-
vided the mouths are kept covered with a
piece of moistened cloth. Those who are not ac-
customed to study temperature by means of a ther-
mometer, will be much interested with the fol-
lowing experiment. Place a common glass bottle of
water. and aleo a porous vessel, in the sun for a couple
of hours; then put one hand upon each. The glass
bottle will be disagreeably hot, the porous one delight-
fully cool. In our drinking fountains we studiously
copy the ancients by all eorts of representation of vase
in hard granite and still harder cast iron. My opinion
is, that the vase with them was a porous atone kept
constantly filled by a head of water, while the sun's
rays from tieing to setting were ever upon its top and
sides, so that the stream which came out was a cool
drink. We have many varieties of stone wall suited
for the purpose—such, for instance, as the Yorkshire
inagnesimi limestone, whose porosity and softness
render it particularly suitable.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

WOLVERLEY AND COORLEY
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.

TliE STOMITIRIDGE OIiSERVER.

Mr. W. Knight, M.P., MI Jackson, Mr. Gar-
lener, Mr. Show, and Mr. Brown Westhead.
In Cass B. Messrs. Palmer, Bel,lwin, Piper,
Postings, Harvey. Williams, and Ward. In the
Cottagera' Cloes the &bow was net very great
nor striking, erupting th., potatoes, which wete
very good, and in this department there did tint
ippear to be !melt a spirited competition as in
former yoits. The Ehlierminater Excelsior
Bend wee in attendance, and played at intervals
luring the day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

DANGEROUS IMITATIONS

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President of 1./.e institution. by the lion and Rev W.
H. Lyttelton, and by the Her. G. H. Robinson, of Blake-
town. We need acateely say that they were receiving
every attention from the officers of the Infirmsry. Wil-
liam Harrison, the father of the deceased Dennis 'Uni-
son, is still in a very critical state. The other two men
are doing well.
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Lo lI.L iosiitioned. Corporal Cameron
woo till'Qp,eiie PriZ,, in thtifi. He is not ye
twenty.three years of age, and he ever sine.
leaving ehoi nsgisted it elaer brother in tli
Mal igetneut ol a modest general shop in lb
village of Itingo.iie, mil the prize whieh hi
won in IEOI6 enniiled him to go into partnership
with iils brother. Albty lie erond .E .150 enable
Mot to lengthen his rotas an to strengthen his

Bat It was a volonteer review that the gether
ing of last Selartiey wee a fitting climax to
fortnight's cneampmmt. About 0,000 volnn•
terra mid 4,000 regulars took part in this review,
rota it is generally :igreed that on the whole it
went off splendidly. And it is generally agreed
also that the annual gathering of the National
Rifle Assoei abut has this yeer been altogether
a great success. The volnikteers who have given
up tune and spent money to take part in the
management, have done CO with a zest which
shows that they hare the honour of their body
at heart. 'they have had in one sense splendid
weather for their camping, hot the fortnight has
not been AN Wind its discend .rts. The heat at
times was r xeessive, but our volunteers have
shown that they could brave this as they braved
the pelting of the pltilcAs storm " at Dover at
Easter.tide. Potting the two facts together,
we cannot intt see that the volunteers have their
hearts in the work they have freely undertaken ;
that they like it and feel proud of it; and they
have shown in fact Diet, they are made of the
atuff that true soldiers are made of. We cannot
Idoubt that such men would gallantly defend
" our hearths and homes " should the occesion
lunhappily ever arise when their services in their
niilitary capacity should be required. And mean-
; while volunteering, as an amusement and iii 0C
-
(meatier', hew, we doubt not, been of great hone.
I fit to all engaged in it. Our epleudid army of
; artisan soldiers lilri) or may v.l have had a pose.
I'gel effect in checking any prejeets of foreign
aggrsasiou I but, be this MR it may, the enrol.
meta of our volunteer army, with its drill, Its
marchinee out, its reviews, and its ride compe-
-1 titi anc. has liven an advantage morally an pity.
; sioally to all who have joined it. It has, to use
faYanrite military terms, alike improved the
; Opigne and ererafe of coy volnnteer soldiers ;
anti we will hut aid th*t teen who have now
proved themselves an worthy of their conntry RS
, our volunteers have proved themselves, deserve
! all the omisideration that the Ouveentuent of this
001010 y Nth fairly wive them,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

July 7, 1669.

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HALESOWEN AND HAOLEY FLORAL
AND
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION,
TO 1111, FELD IN
H. 4 (7 LEY PARK,

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By perinisdion of the Right Hon. Lord Lyiteltoa.
ON TUESDAY, JULY TIIE 27TH, 1869.

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The Park to be Opened at Twelve o'clock, and Close at
Seven.

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By the kind perrais%ion of Lieut. Col. [tutelar, sal
Officers of the

FIRST WARWICKSHIRE RIFLE VOLUNTEERS,

THE FINE BAND OF THAT EMMEN;
(Under the Direction of Mr. Sytmat, Band Ifaster),

WITH THE

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BAND OF THE 6m. WORCESTERSHIRE RIFLE
VOLUNTEERS,
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OPENING OF THE SUEZ CANAL.

Mr. Ferd. de Lesseps, of Paris, has sent the following
communication to the Presidents of the Chambers of
Commerce in our principal manufacturing anti sea-port
towns :
Allow me," he says, "to ask you, Mr. President, to im-
press upon the ship owners and merchants the great import-
ance which attaches to the prompt and easy development of
the intercourse between Europe and the extreme East. The
goods which are at present constituting the trade between
the West and the East are compelled to submit either to the
tarffintss of a voyage round the Cape or to the trouble of
transhipment in Egypt, and are thereby extremely limited in
quantity. As soon as the barrier is removed the route from
India, and the extreme East will only be half the former die-
tonne ; the conditions of the navigation will allow all Euro-
pean products to arrive in Asia. and all Asiatic products to
arrive in Europe. It is, therefore, important even now to
prepare for this grand commercial movement sufficient
means of transport. I therefore desire you, Mr. President,
to draw the attention of shipowners and merchants of your
town to the necessity of providing sufficient means of trans-
port for the commercial movement which is going to result
from the opening of the Suez Canal."
The following is a copy of the document accompany-
ing this communication
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez. Ad-
vice to the Trade and Sidpowners.—The Maritime Canal of
Suez will be armed tor tinough navigation on the 17th of
November. ISO'.), in all its nnal dimensions, in its whole
width, sod in its complete depth of eight metres. On the
occasion of the inauguration all merchant vessels and men-
of-war which may arrive at the two extremities of the canal,
at Port Said seat Suez. during the flys of the 17th, 10th, 19th,
and 20th of November, will be free of all dues. From the
21st of November, and in conformity with the 17th article of
the concession, the passage dues on the canal will be levied
at the rate of 10f. (Se ; for every passenger, and for every ton,
according to the legal measurement of every flag. The ad-
ministration will soon publish regulations for the navigation
of the canal, including the small charges for pilotage, anchor-
log, and towage.—The General Secretary of the Company,
MERRUAN.

quantity.
India an,
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HALESOWEN.

Ter CONSERVATIVR AND CoNATITUTIoNAL ASSOCIA•
slos.—A meeting of the committee of this association
took place on Monday evening, at the house of Mr. 13.
Groves, Birtningharnatreet, Ilidesowen. The first Win-
ness brought forward was the question of registration,
and a long discussion ensued thereon. It was shown that
the voters' list had been pretty sharply looked after, and
that all had been done that was thought necessary. The
treasurer was ordered to pay several bills, and to see that
the rules of tne association, which have just been prin-
ted, were well distributed in the various districts. It
was thought desirable that gentlemen should be appoin-
ted to canvas* the various districts for members and re-
ceive the Stibse ri ptions.—A long discussion ensued on the
question of the Irish Chuich and the ultimate fate of the
bill, the genersl opinion of the meeting being that ano-
ther election would shortly take place.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

THE LYE.

Tar LATE CHAIM ep PVPICR4.—At the Mirliummer
Worcester Assizes, on 9aturday last. before Mr. Baron
Pigott. William Edward Hodgkiss (4U, chain maker, was
indicted tar committing perjury. at the Lye, on the 4th
Je.nnary last. Mr. Streetcar proieented, and Mr. Warm.
ington defended.—After the opening statement ef coun-
sel, the ease was argued at some length. Mr. N. A.
Aldrich, clerk in the Judgment Ortiee, Loadon, produced
some documents on which it was alleged the felse state-
ment.was made.—For the defence. Mr. Warmington con-
tended that there was no criminal intent on the part of
prisoner, that he made the affidavit with the belief that
the bill of sale was made I /11 till. Nth December, as an
order for it was given on the I Gilt, rural some money
liaised between the parties.—Having «unlined up at some
length, the It arned .Indge directed the jury to consider
the points involved, and tbe jury found the prisoner
guilty. He was directed by the Judge to enter into his
recognUances to come up far judgment when the ques-
tion of law involved in the case was decided by the Upper
Courts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

MURDER AT ALDERSHOT CAMP.

On Tuesday afternoon, the South Camp at Aldershot
was thrown into a state of intense excitement by a re-
port that a murder had been committed in the lines
occupied by the 7th Royal Fusiliers.
About five o'clock Private Dixon was seen in his
barrack-room to be manipulating his rihe in a some-
what suspicious manner by another private named
Adams, and on the latter asking Dixon what his in-
tentions were, PIM told not to interfere or he would
have the contents of the rifle through his head.
At this moment Corporals Brett and Coen
were coming over the parade-ground towards the hut
door, and before they could be warned of their danger
Dixon raised his rifle and immediately tired. Brett
fell dead instantly, the bullet having entered his right
temple and coming out of the left jaw, literally blow-
ing his head to pieces.
Dixon was immediately secured and disarmed.
An examination of the rifle showed the empty
cartridge case in the breech, and on the prisoner's pouch
being opened, one of the packet was found broken
open and a round missing.
Brett, the murdered man, was about 30 years of age,
and the prisoner, who is about the same age, is a fine
well-built man of 6 feet 2 inches. The only supposed
provocation for this dreadful act was that the corporal
had threatened to report Dixon for an alleged refusal
to perform some trivial camp duty required of him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

ONCE TOO OFTEN!

At the Winchester Assizes, last week, F. if. Richmond,
alias F. H. Wenham, alias F. li. Wenman, was indicted for
uttering a forged check for £7O with intent to defraud, at
Lymington, on the 9th of June.

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From the evidence it appeared that on the 9th of
June the prisoner called on Mr. George Inman, an
eminent yacht builder at Lymington, and told him he
wanted him to execute a large order for him. He
wanted a steam yacht built, to be gotready in the course
of the year. He gave in detail all he should require to
be done, and added that as he was the patentee for the
process of preserving meats his business would be a
great deal abr. ad, and he should therefore want several
launches in addition to the yacht. Having settled all
preliminaries, he said that as he was a stranger to Mr.
Inman he would give him a check, and he took out a check-
book and drew a check upon the Metropolitan Bink for
£l,OOO in the name of 0. and F. Wenman. This he gave
to Mr. Inman, who in return gave him a receipt for the
amount. The prisoner then invited Mr. Inman to lunch
with him at the Nag's Head, where Mr. Inman was well
known. They then proceeded to the hotel, and the
Prisoner ordered lunch. Having partaken of the
lunch the prisoner asked what was to pay. Being told
that it was 105., the prisoner said he had no money
and asked the servant if she would change a check for
him. She said she would if she could. The prisoner
then produced a check book. and drew a check on the
Metropolitan Bank for 4:20, in the name of F. H.
Wenham. Mr. Leman at the time was looking out at
the window, and did not see the prisoner draw the
check, therefore he did not see the difference in the
name as the check the prisoner had been given him
had been signed in the name of Wenman and not
Wenham. The landlord of the hotel, believing the pri-
soner to be a friend of Mr. Inman's gave him £2O as
change for the check. The parties then went away. The
check was presented in due time, and was returned" No
effects ;no such customer known." After this search
was made for the prisoner, and he was .found at five
o'clock one morning walking on the seashore near
Southampton ; he was apprehended. He told the
police officer if he detained him beyond twelve o'clock
he should hold him responsible for £l,OOO, as he should
lose that sum by detention. It appeared that on the
loth of May last the prisoner had ouened an account
at the Metropolitan Bank in the name of F. H.
Richmond, depositing I.:200, but the balance left was
only lfis.
The jury having found the prisoner Guilty,
A certificate was put in, showing that the prisoner
had been convicted of a similar offence at the Bristol
assizes, 1868, and he was sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment.
The prisoner begged to have another chance • he had
been in a large way of business at Birmingham, and
had hest a great deal of money.
, . . . .

The Judge told him mercy had before been extended
to him, and yet he had repeated the offence. The
sentence was eight years' penal servitude,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-24

CRADLEY REATH.

ANNUAL TUE ST —Tire children belonging to the N. w
Connexion Sunday School, had their :tunnel treat lin
Monday loot. They paraded the prltteipal streets, and
the proceeded to a field at Cohn 111 Hill, where they
spent the evening in fan and frolic. some
id aliments wire present who had differences amongst
•imelves, and they thought to settle them by fighting
',mina the eviating four separate fights took place. lie
hope the school authorities will take the inotter up, sod
most cute these beastly fellows, who caused such demo-
r teing seen,, to be exhibited, in the presence of no
m aty young children.
Conxiiaravvs SellooLs —On Tuesday had, the boys
attending the mlhsl whim], tom ther with the first•cleee
trt and girls of the day school, visited the Exhibition
at Wolverhampton. At the annual inspection in May,
t rev c mem:led thems. Ives so rem akahly well, and
evinced so minds industry, that the Hammer, .1. P. Hoot,
Esq , promiied to pay thsir expenses to the aboce-men•
Wined pia,. 'I buy rode from Cradle'', rid Stourbridge
ant Dudley, on the Great Western Line. The vernal'
things exhibited filled them with delight, and the time
seemed ti pass for too rapidly. lit the eveninl they
marehed to the station, and returned home. all seemingly
grateful to Mr. Hunt for his kind liberality.
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A SINGULAR APPLICATION.

At the Mansion-house, in London, on Monday, Professor
Ameuney, of King's College, accompanied by four Nestorian
priests, waited upon the Lord Mayor. at the request of the
Turkish ConsulLieneral in LoLdon, with a view to interest his
Lordship in them.

The four priests produced a certificate of the British
Consul at Erzeroum, dated the 10th of February last,
to the effect that they had been permitted by the
Patliarch of the independent Nestoriaus of Hakkaree,
in the consular district of Kurdistan, to go abroad to
collect subscriptions for the purpose of rebuilding
several of their churches which had been wantonly de-
stroyed, and for the temporary support of numerous
families of their flocks who had been turned out
of house and home and plundered of all their cattle and
effects by the Kurds in the Hakkaree district.
Professor An3euney stated that these men had been
for several days in London, living at the expense of the
Turkish Consul, who was willing to semi them hack to
their own country at the expense of the Turkish
Government, but they refused to leave, declariug that
they had come to this country in the hope of being well
received, and that, finding themselves here, they would
sooner starve than leave England without accomplish-
ing their object. The Consul in London had no autho-
rity to ship them against their will, and was therefore,
in consequence of that determination on their part,
placed in a difficult position.
In the comae of the interview it was stated that
there are about 100,000 people of the ancient Nesto-
rian Church who have no connexion with other
Churches.

After some further conversation the Lord Mayor
said the matter was hardly one in winch he could be
expected to take a lead in his official capacity, but pro-
bably if the facts were made generally known some
public sympathy for the applicants and those whom
they represented might be elicited. -
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At the close of the interview Professor Ameuney and
the priests thanked the Lord Mayor for his courteous
reception of them, and took their leave,