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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

FOREIGN NEWS.

AN ITALIAN GENERAL SHOT

ROME, July 17.—A telegram received here
this morning from Alessandria, announces
that Captain Dehoda, quartered at that
place, yesterday evening shot at General
Franzini with a revolver, killing him on the
spot,

THE RUSSIAN ADVANCE ON MERV.
The van of the Russian force which is
advancing towards Mery has had several en-
counters with the Tekka Turcomans, who
have offered a stout resistance, being armed
with breech-loa.ding rifles.

CCIDENT to an ATLANTIC STEAMER.
LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES.

• NEW YORK, July 17th.—The Steamship
State oi Virginia, from New York to Glas-
gow, went ashore at Sable Island on Satur-
day evening during a fog. Three ladies and
five children were lost while the passengers
who were 74 in number, were being landed.
The passengers saved are well, and assist-
ance will be sent to them from Halifax.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

THE FRENCH IN OCEANIA.

Intelligence from Noumea, New Caledonia, confirms
the report of the intention of the French authorities
to take possession of the group of islands known as the
New Hebrides. These islands are situate to the north-
east of New Caledonia, between 15deg. and 20deg.
south lat. and 167 deg. and 17041eg. east long., and
comprise 10 large islands and numerous islets. The
French war ship Victorieuse, under the command of
Vice-Admiral Bergasse-Dupetit. Thouars, has gone to
the islands ostensibly to survey them and ascertain
their value and the inclination of the natives on the
question of annexation,
The French Press is urging the immediate assump-
tion of authority over the islands, BO as to anticipate
any attempt on the part of either England or Germany
to annex them. Notwithstanding the recent serious
disturbances in New Caledonia, the popular desire to
extend the colonial possessions of France in this direc-
tion is very strong. New Caledonia is regarded
simply as a penal settlement, but, besides a large
area of the island reserved to the natives, there
are considerable tracts on which no attempt to
settle has been made on the part either of
French emigrants or of the penal authorities. In
Tahiti, again, which is now regarded by the French as Et
1 colony pure and simple, the whole European popula-
tion only amounts to 1,343, out of a total of 9,551, of
whom 7,802 are natives and 406 are Chinese. Of the
Europeans, 830 are of French origin, 263 are English,
and 40 German. Papeete, the capital, has a popula-
tion of only 2,352, including the garrison. These
figures do not seem to support the demand in France
for "mote room" for the emigrant population of the
country.
The trade returns of Tahiti show that last year the
imports were valued at 3,000,000 f. (£120,000), while
the exports only amounted to 2,500,0001. (£100,000),
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

BROMSGROVE.

BEAUCHAMP CHALLENGE CUP.—The contest for
this cup by members of the Bromsgrove Rifle
Volunteers was concluded at the butts, Whitford,
on Wednesday evening; 7 shots each at 200, 500,
and 600 yards. Private E. S. Mitten won the cup
with a score of 83, Private Giles 13ing second with
82. Private Stone, who last year won the cup with
a score of 76, this year made 77, and lost it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

ST. SWITHIN'S DAY.

"J. E. 0." (Llaadao) writes to The Times :
Sir,—The rainfall proposes apparently to continue
as vigorously in July as in June.
If it happen that the flood-gates of heaven are still
open on or during St. Swithin's day, there will be
many superstitious people who, in addition to their
present discomfort, will have the melancholy satisfac-
tion of considering a downfall for 40 days longer an
absolute necessity. Therefore, in the hope of dis-
pelling somewhat the clouds, I purpose, with per-
missioia, to say a few words as to the true state of the
case. We all know the popular lines—

"St. Swithin's day, if thou do'st rain,
For forty days it %ill remain;
St. Swithin's day, if thou be fair,
For forty days 'twill rain no mair,"—

but we do not all know the reasons why we should not
lay much stress upon them.
First. By whose authority is it: may we ask, that St.
Swithin is allowed of all saints in the calendar to be
supreme in matters of weather? Other nations have
their gloomy days, and, I may add, their gloomy saints
with conflicting claims. The French, for instance, have
two or three :
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

OLD HILL.

ALLEGED ASSAULT.—At the Police Court, on-
Wednesday, before Messrs. B. Hingley and H.
Howard, Mary Ann Haines was charged with
assaulting Phoebe Nock, on the 12th inst. After
hearing the evidence, the case was dismissed.
DnuNEENNEss.—llenry Westwood, was charged
with being drunk and disorderly on the 6th inst, at
High Street, Black Heath. Police-constable Frost
proved the offence, and defendant was fined 5s and
costs; in default 14 days.—Thomas Saunders was
charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 7th
inst. Police-constable Salters proved the case.
Fined is and costs; in default 7! days.—Selinus
Harris was charged with being drunk and dis
orderly on the 7th inst., in Garratts Lane, Old Hill.
Police-constable Salters proved the case, and de-
fendant was fined 5s and costs.—Richard Beadle
was charged with being drunk and disorderly on
the Bth inst. Poliee-constable Winfield proved the
case. Fined is and costs; in default 7 days.—
George Wilding was charged with being drunk
and disorderly, in Chapel Street, lividale, on the
Bth inst. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
BREACH OF THE PEACE.— William Rook WM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

STOURBRIDGE.

Edge, not out 2O
Lewis, b Shaw 2l
Hicks, not out 2
Extras 8

OLDSWINFORD V. PEDMORE VICTORIA.— Thi
match was played on the ground of the former and
ended in an easy victory for the visitors Score :
OLDSWINFORD,
Nordon, b Bingham 4 run out 0
Lambert, c Hatton, b Bingham 0 run out 5
Eveson, c Hatton, b Warrall.... 0 b Bingham 1
Chance, run out 0 run 0ut........ 9
Howell, hw, b Bingham 3 b Warrall.... 1
Parkes, run out 3 b Hatton..... 0
Palmer, b lArarrall 0 b Bingham.. 1
Haywood, not out 1 run out 5
Barratt. run out 0 not out 3
Extras 7 Extra ... 11
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occupied a more powerful position than Napoleon 111. when
he returned victorious from his Austrian campaign. At home
and abroad he was honoured. He was looked upon as the
liberator of Italy. He had proclaimed himself the friend of
oppressed nationalities. He had overcome two great mili-
tary Powers, and no State in Europe seemed able to cope with
his army flushed with victory. He appeared to be the
sincere sympathiser with the cause of freedom in every
country, and people were disposed to forget the origin of his
own rule in beholding the generous use which he made of his
unequalled influence. His subjects were prosperous and con-
tented. France was floating on a full tide of prosperity.
The debt had apparently reached no exorbitant height, and
the people were flattered by the position which their Govern-
ment had obtained in the cnuncils of Europe. In these
circumstances—in a splendid Court, with every prospect of a
high estate—the Prince Imperial passed his early days. He
was toe young to mark the many errors which indicated an
unsteady hand at the helm, and which culminated in the
war with Germany. lie was hurled from greatness without
warning, and his fall had a pathos about it to which there is
no parallel in the life of the Duc de Reichstadt. Hereafter
moralists, when they would point a moral about the vanity
of all that is human, will refer to the splendour of the
Tuileries, to the high hopes reposed in the infant Prince,
and the sad end of it all, in the mortuary chapel of St.
Mary's."

The Morning Post is "proud of the exhibition of warm-
heartedness which the English people, in the person of their
Sovereign, their Princes, and their multitudes, have displayed
towards the incarnation of French chivalry. A link of sympathy
has thus been established between the two peoples, which,
whatever the Government of France, should be preserved as
a bond of union between the two great western Powers. It
has never been forgotten in this country how Ballot perished
In the Northern Seas, and the page will never be blotted
out which tells of the death of the Fourth Napoleon in the
faroff land of South Africa. A simple lieutenant tied a knot
of brotherhood. How much more will the martyrdom of the
Prince draw tighter the ties that unite us to France? We
have much need one of the other in the rising turmoil which
threatens the political horizon. Jealousies and misunder-
standings have often threatened the cordial agree-
ment which is so necessary. But, while we have
common Interests in so many quarters of the world„
It will not a little promote their true interpreta-
tion to find that we have common sympathies, and the
French people will certainly respect us the more from the
knowledge which they may derive from the record of the
solemnities of last Saturday that we were in no way engaged
in the claims of any dynasty, but were paying the homage
of a whole nation, the countrymen of Nelson and Wellington,
to a hero of whom any people might be proud, and who is in
heart, as character, the thorough impersonation of a French
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

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STOURPORT REGATTA & FLOWER SHOW.

ON MONDAY, JULY 21st, a Cheap Day
Excursion Train for Stourport, liewdley, and
Bridgnorth, will leave Birmingham at 8 40. a.m. ;
Hockley, 8.45; Handsworth, 8.50; Smethwick. 8.57;
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ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY, JULY 24th
and 25th, Passengers will be booked to SHREWS-
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Kiddera inster at 8.35 ; Churchill, 8.42 ; Hagley, 848 ;
Stourbridge, 8 57 ; Brettelt Line, 9.1; Round Oak, 9.8;
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

A CRUISE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

The Emerald, 12, Captain W. H. Maxwell, left Port
Lyttelton, New Zealand. for a cruise to the Auckland
and other islands in the South Pacific, on April 26.
She arrived at Port Ross, also known as "Sarah's
Bosom," on the Ist of May, having experi-
enced tol,erably fine weather, but bitterly cold, when-
ever the ivind blew from the southward. A small
schooner, owned in Invercargill, was found at Port
Ross with only one man in charge, the re-
mainder of the crew, six in number, being
away sealing. The depot for provisions on shore
was examined, and all the decayed stores re-
placed by fresh, prd some additions were made. The
rifles were cleaned and new ammunition supplied. No
Beals were seen and hardly any ducks. The ship pro-
ceeded thence to Carney Harbour, in the south of the
island, where a shipwrecked crew of five persons lived
for twenty months a few years ago, subsisting entirely
on the flesh of the sea lions till they built a boat and
effected their escape to New Zealand. Here, too, a
small deposit of useful articles was made by the
Emerald, and its position indicated by a post and
board with inscription. No sea-lions were seen here,
but two ordinary hair seals were shot by the officers.
The ship arrived at Perseverance Harbour, Camp.
bell Island, May 5. This is one of the spots selected by
the French Government for the observation of the
Transit of Venus in 1874, and a small hut erected on
the shore by the members of the expedition is still
stanaing and in good condition. This was utilised as
a cache for provisions, and boards notifying their
whereabouts for the benefit of castaways were stuck
up in two or three prominent positions. The harbour
abounded in shag and gulls, but nothing else was met
with.
The Chatham Islands, which were reached on the
12th, are inhabited by some 150 European settlers and
about the same number of Maories, and Mariories, as
the aborigines are called. There is a resident magis.
trate, Mr, Dighton, appointed by the New Zealand
Government. The islands are visited about four
times a year by vessels that carry away the produce of
the land, which is very fertile, to Port Lyttelton.
The potatoes are especially fine, equal to any in
the world, and are sold at 4s. per cwt. The chaplain of
the Emerald baptized several children, but it was stated
that only three births had occurred among the natives
during the last two years. A white wedding was fixed
for the day after the Emerald left, the parties being
Presbyterians, preferring to be simply registered by
the magistrate. The corvette arrived at Auckland
May 18, and will remain there till the opening of Par-
liament at Wellington, early in July.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

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WANTED.
RESPECTABLE YOUNG MEN to join a
ew Cricket Club about to be formed at the
Cooksey'a Hotel, Old Hill. Persons willing to On
kindly call at the Hotel, on Monday, July 14th, at 8 p.m
•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

GENERAL NEWS.

ANOTHER STORM PREDICTED.

A New York Herald telegram says :—A
depression is now croAsing the Atlantic
which will develop energy, and arrive on the
British and Norwegian coasts between the
21st and 23rd inst. There will be heavy
rains extending to France and south, veering
to north-west ; strong winds or gales, lightn-
ing, and high temperature.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION OF

THE RICHMOND TRAGEDY.

At the Manchester City Police Court, on
Thursday, William Lemon was charged, on
his own confession with the murder of Mrs.
Thomas, at Richmond. He gave himself up
to the police on Thursday morning, and said
he had murdered Mrs. Thomas, and, on being
cautioned, he said "I don't care ; I did it,
and. I was paid for it, and you will find her
head at the bottom of Richmond bench,"
The prisoner appeared to be suffering from
the effects of drink. He said he had drunk
two quarts of rum that morning. He was
questioned by the presiding magistrates, and
gave some rambling answers. The prisoner
was remanded for a week.

ANOTHER COMMITTAL FOR MURDER
AT BIRMINGHAM.
At the Birmingham Police Court cn
Thursday afternoon, Thomas Russell (61),
warehouseman, was committed for trial for
the wilful murder of Caroline Brooks, a
young woman who died from a stab in the
breast alleged to have been inflicted by the
prisoner. Birmingham has already sent no
fewer than four capital charges to the ensu-
ing Warwick Assizes.

THE EUSTON-SQUARE TRAGEDY.
A reward of one-hundred pounds was, on
Thursday, offered by the Treasury for such
information as will lead to the discovery of
the murderer or murderess of the lady w.iose
mutilated body was recently found in Euston
Square, London. A free pardon is offered
to any accomplice, not being the actual
murderer. Hannah Dobbs is now serving
the remainder of her term of impri'sonment.

SUDDEN DEATH AT WALSALL.
On Wednesday evening John Steeley (57)
key filer, Green Lane, -went out for a walk,
but had only got as far as Adam Street, a
few hundred yards from his house, when he
fell and expired.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

THE LATE SUNDAY-CLOSING
DEBATE.

The Executive of the Central Association for Stopping the
Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday have adopted the
following resolution
"That this executive record their 'devout thankful-
ness to God for the favourable issue of Wednesday's
debate on Mr. Stevenson's Bill, and that they recognise
in it the resalt of earnest labours and the answer to
many prayers; that they now present their grateful
acknowledgments to Mr. Stevenson, M.P., Mr. Birley,
M.P., and the other hon, members who supported the
Sunday Closing Bill, while at the same time they
desire to state that this association is no party to any
compromise which would permit intoxicating liquor to
be sold during any portion of Sunday; that, being con-
vinced of the readiness of the country for the measure,
this executive, in dependence on Divine help,
determine more earnestly to prosecute their object to
obtain the stopping of the sale of intoxicating liquor
on Sunday except in the case of lodgers and bonil, fide
travellers. They, therefore, appeal to all their friends
throughout the country so to pray and work during the
coming autumn and winter as to ensure the passing of
the Bill in its entirety next session of Parliament."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

THE GORTON MURDER.

A STRANGE SCENE IN AN ASSIZE

COURT.

At Manchester Assizes on. Thursday,
Robert Thornley (52), was indicted for the
wilful murder of his wife at Gorton, Man-
chester. The prisoner, on a t•nnday after-
noon when his children were at Sunday
school, went to his wife in. her bedrooom,
and nearly severed her head from her body
with a knife. He appeared to have been
jealous of her, as it has been since proved
without foundation. Prisoner since he hat,
been in custody has lost the use of one side
and was unable to stand in the dock. His
appearance was most pitiable. When -
asked to plead he said "Guilty." By the
advice of the Judge, the gaoler told him to
say "not guilty," but he declined. The
surgeon of the gaol next spoke to him, and
recommended him to say "not guilty,' so
that the case might be fairly tried ; but he
again declined. It was eventually decided
to hear the evidence n;,alu6t him.
The medical testimony showed that the
prisoner was incapable of knowing what he
was doing at the time of the murder. The
SudgP interposed after the medical evidence
had been given, and directed the jury to
bring in a verdict of not guilty on the grour
of insanity, This was d one accordingly,
and the prisoner was ordered to be detained
during her Majesty's pleasure.

REDUCTION OF MENER'S WAGES.
The miners in the employ of the Barrow
Hematite Steel Company have received

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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1879

charged with committing a breach of the peace, by
fighting at Dudley Road, on the 10th inst. Police-
constable Styles proved the offence, and defenflant
was ordered to pay costs.
DAMAGING TREES.— George Armstrong was
charged with damagino. trees, the property ot
Messrs. Swindell and Collis, Granville Co
Haden Hill. Mr. Turner, in the employ of com-
plainants, appeared to prosecute. Defendant
pleaded guilty, and was fined 2s 6d and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

BRAVERY IN THE FIELD.

The distinguished services of Surgeon-Major James
Henry Reynolds, MX., V.C., at Rorke's Drift, Zulu-
land, last January, in his constant attention to the
wounded under fire, were considered at the last council
meeting of the British Medical Association, Dr.
Alfred Carpenter presiding.
On the motion of Dr. Sieveking, seconded by
Surgeon-General Maclean, it was carried that, in con-
sideration of the extraordinary professional services of
Surgeon-Maj lr Reynolds in regard to his care of the
wounded, ot his eminent bravery in voluntarily con-
veying ammunition across an open space under is heavy
cross fire, and also of the remarkable intelligence,
coolness' and tact evinced by him.under circumstances
of great danger, the gold medal of the British Medical
Association for "distinguished merit" should be
awarded to him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

A PLAGUE OF RATS.

One o the provinces of Brazil is said to be suffering
considerable distress just now in consequence of the
entire corn crop having last year been devoured by
rats. It appears that 01l parts of Brazil are liable to
this kind of visitation, which, in different localities,
occurs at intervals of alout thirty years. It has properly
beeh attributed to the dying-off of the bamboo forests,
and the consequent development of a grub which lies
concealed within every cane until it falls, when the
grub becomes a rat, Recent careful observation has
afforded a somewhat more rational explanation of this
very troublesome pbenomenon. These are various
kinds of bamboos is Brazil, but the commonest of
them is one which ccmes to maturity and dies down in
about thirty years. The last stages in the growth and
decay of this kind extend over about five yearn, a
small number of plaints going to seed in the first of
these five years, a larger number in the second year,
and so on increasiog each season until the main crop
ripens, and the plantation is practically exhausted for
five-and-twenty years or so, when other five years of
increasing plenty will occur. Every bamboo produces
about a peck of seed, so that when the main crop
comes to maturity the total produce is something
enormous, the ground being sometimes covered to a
depth of several inches. It appears, moreover, that
just as in England, according to the testimony of
the Registrar-General, a period of prosperity is sure
to bring about an increase in population, so it is in
the Brazilian bamboo forests. The rats findthemselves in
clover for five years, and multiply. enormously. At
lesigth, however, the last of the seed falls, a rainy day
comes and saturates it, and then it rapidly decays,
and the improvident rodents find themselves with large
families and hard times, and they are compelled to set
off on the tramp. They pour down in swarms upon
the cultivated lands and gardens, and devour every-
thing before them. The ides of grubs developing into
rats seems to have arisen from the fact that the fall of
the bamboo cane is hasten3d by the operations of
the larvae, which happen to be abundant at seeding
time, and the transmutation of which seemed to the
natives to afford the only pessibla explanation of a
phenomenon which it is pretty clear is really due to
the marvellous fecundity of rats under favourable con.
ditious of life,—Globe.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

MR. EDISON'S ELECTRIC LIGHT.

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wheat by the quarter we shall have another turn of
eta arithmetical tables next, and hear of houses being
let by the peck or bushel,--run.

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The New York correspondent of the Daily News writes :
Mr. Edison has partially overcome the obstacle to
his electric light offered by the high price of platinum.
His lamps, instead of costing several dollars a piece,
as at first, can now be made of an alloy of platinum
with inferior metals, so as to cost only tifty•six cents.
He announces that he can now produce the spiral coil
for incandescence at a price which all who use gas can
easily afford, and that his efforts to find platinum are
only induced by the desire to reduce the cost of burners
still further.

The Archbishop of Canterbury in presiding at the
annual distribution of prizes at the Lambeth Schools, gave an
address in which he spoke of the interest DOW taken by all
classes in education, and of the great advantages which
the rising generation enjoy in that respect—advantages
very much greater than could be obtained in schools fifty
years ago. In fact, the state of things in reference to educa-
tion was so entirely changed that we could scarcely believe
It was the same country and the same towns in which we
lived. But all this placed them in a position of greater re-
sponsibility, and it would be a dreadful thing if, with all
these advanthges, the rising generation did not turn out one
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LORD GRANVILLE ON RELIGIOUS

EDUCATION.

On Saturday Lord Granville presided at the Crystal Palace
at the distribution of Bibles and Testaments to selected
children of the London School Board schools—selected by
reason of passing the best examinations in scriptural sub-
jects. The ceremony was held in the centre transept of the
palace, and the large space around was tilled with spectators.
There were over 30,000 scholars from the various Board
schools present. The Handel orchestra held a choir of 6,200
children, of whom 4,000 were prize-winners. Lord Granville,
who was received with great cheering, in the course of his
speech, said—
The London School Board was the first School
Board which gave an example of deciding upon a
system of religious instruction for the cildren without
sectarian or denominational teaching. There are many
who thought at the time it was proposed—and I was
among the number—that the middle course between
secular and denominational teaching would be very
difficult; but the success which has attended the
work is to be seen from these facts that four
years ago, 38,000 children entered into the com-
petitive examination for the prizes which Mr. Peek
then offered, while for this year's prizes there were no
fewer than 112,000, and even this great number would
have been greater but it was found necessary to
restrict the prizes to those who had passed above the
first standard of the secular instruction—and in the
first standard is the largest number of children. All
these examinations in religious instruction and this
attention to the subject are due to the fact that Mr.
Francis Peek, in the most munificent manner, sup-
ported by the Religious Tract Society, thinking he
saw some want of life in the religious teaching,
instituted these examinations, with the results I
have mentioned, and some of which you have seen.
(Cheers.) Now, if I were able to reach with my voice
those 5,000 best samples of that very much larger
number now taught in the London Board Schools, I
should wish to offer them my hearty congratulations
on their success as marked by their rewards of to-day.
They have received a worthy prize for their labour.
They have received the Book of all books—one which
in its religious aspect charms the child, is censola.
tory to the adult, and is the comfort of old age—a
Book which, apart from its sacred origin and
sacred character, contains some of the noblest
lesson of history, of eloquence, of poetry, of
reasoning, and, above all, of moral teaching; and in
ou. beautiful translation, too, it offers one of the best
means of learning our own mother tongue. If I could
offer some advice as well as congratulations to the
children, I should urge them not to desert the path upon
which they have AO well entered, but to adhere to the
precepts of that Book, and by so doing regulate their
actions towards God and man, If they do so, they
will surely gain their reward. (Loud cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

BRIERLEY HILL.

SCHOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONI3.—At the Police
Court, held on Thursday, before Haden Corser,
Esq , Deputy Stipendiary, Francis Pritchard was
summoned for neglecting to send his son to school.
Verney Breton, School Board Officer, proved the
case, and defendant fined 2s 6d.—Ernma. Beddelston
was charged with neglecting to send her daughter
to school. The defence was that the child had the
measles. Adjourned for a month.— Thomas
Grainger was summoned for a similar offence. The
defence was that the chill had a had head. Fined
2s Gd.—Charles Terry was summoned for not send-
ing his son to school. Defendant did not appear'
and a warrant was issued.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—Mark Wassail (19),
was charged with being drunk and disorderly, on
the 13th inst. Police-constable Eaves proved that
he found the defendant in Cowen Street, Pensnett.
He had his coat off, and wanted to fight. He made
use of bad language, and created a disturbance
lined Ws and costs; in default 14 days.
AS3AULT CASE.—John Billingham, an old man,
was charged with assaulting Harriet Homer, on
the 9th inst. complainant said the defendant
formerly lodged will her and he accused her of
stealing some mill puff from his bed. She denied
it, when the defendant struck her several times
with a stick while in the Salt Wells Coppice.
William Dunn and Sarah Cox gave corroborative
evidence. Defendant being an old man was fined
2s 6tl and costs.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—WiIIiam Martin was
charged with being drunk and disorderly on the
10th inst. 'Police-constable Wetton proved the
case. Fined lOs and costs; in default 14 days.—
Thomas Homer was charged with a similar offence,
at Kingswinford, on the 6th inst. Police-constable
Farnell proved the case. Fined 5s and costs.—
Enoch Homer was charged with a similar offence
on the same date. Police-constable Farnell proved
the case. Fined 103 and costs ;in default 14 days.
—William Pearson was charged with being drunk
and disorderly on the 6th inst. Police-constables
Farnell and Mee proved the case. Being the first
offence defendant was fined 5s and costs; in default
7 days.— WilliLtfl Leeson was charged with a similar
offence on the 6th inst. Police-constable Parnell
proved the case. Eined 5s and costs; in default 7
days —William Lowe was charged with a similar
offence on the 6th inst. Police-constables Farnell
and Mee proved the case. Fined 58 and costs; in
default 7 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

THE NAPOLEON MEMORIAL.

A meeting of the above committee was held on Monday
under the presidency of the Prince of Wales. It was
unanimously agreed, upon the suggestion of his Royal High-
ness :—(I) That a marble statue shall, with the permission
of the Dean, be erected in Westminster Abbey. (2) That an
ample sum having been now contributed, the subscriptions
for this object shall be closed. (3) That any surplus from
this fund Beall be made ever to a committee, which shall
invite subscriptions to found a National Memorial of a bene-
ficent character connected with the name of the late Prince.
His Royal Highness volunteered to head the new fund with
a donation of £.105.

The Times of Wednesday said :—" Though not a matter of
any real importance, it may yet be worth mentioning that all
the accounts hitherto published of the uniform worn by the
Prince of Wales and his brothers at the funeral of the
lamented Prince Imperial have been incorrect. The obsequies
being conducted in the form of what, in military phrase, is
termed 'an artillery funeral,' the uniform of the three elder
Princes (to be in keeping with the occasion) was that of
artillery officers—thus, the Prince of Wales wore the uniform
of Colonel of the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Regiment of
Artillery Militia; the Duke of Edinburgh the uniform of
Colonel of the Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh Regi-
ment of Artillery Militia; and the Duke of Connaught the
uniform of Colonel of the Isle of Wight Regiment of Artil-
lery Militia. Prince Leopold wore the uniform of an Elder
Brother of the Trinity-house."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

A NAPOLEONIC RELIC.

An interesting story of a Napoleonic relic is worth
reproducing. It affects the much talked of old watch
which Napoleon I. bought at Marseilles when be was
a simple lieutenant of artillery (says the Court Journal,
which gives the following particulars) : _ _

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This watch was a very ordinary one, nevertheless its
owner would never exchange it for one of more pre-
tentious appearance; and throughout the rest of his life,
whether as first consul or emperor, whether at Elba, Si.
Helena, at Paris, or in the field, he always carried it
in his pocket. The Tageblat recounts that on one occa-
sion, when the emperor was looking at the favourite
watch in the presence of Marsnal Berthler, the
latter observed that it had stopped some hours
before, and made a remark thereupon to Napoleon.
The answer was a smile, and a rather characteristic
query, "What can you expect from a watch? Why,
we shall ourselves come to a stop one day' " The
watch is not traced by the German paper through the
intermediate steps by which it passed eventually into the
hands of Napoleon IlL; but it affirms that he wore it in
the expeditions of Boulogne and Strasburg, and that it was
quite as iuseparanle a companion of the nephew as it had been
of the uncle. An anecdote of a more sombre and mysterious
kind is related of the watch while it was in the hands of the
former. According to this tale the watch stopped on the very
day when the emperor started to take command of the troops
in 1870, and the incident cast a profound gloom over his
mind for some time afterwards. On the death at Chisel-
burst of Napoleon 111., who had constantly worn it till his
death, it passed to the prince, his son, who also is supposed
to have carried it with him at the time of his death. The
Zulv who has secured the trophy is, perhaps, not so ignorant
of its value as the German paper supposes; and it is very
possible that at no distant date the relic will find its way
back to these shores.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

HALESOWEN AND HAGLEY

FLORAL

AND

Horticultural Exhibition,

TO BE HELD IN

HAGLEY PARK,

By permission of The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton,
On TUESDAY, JULY 29th, 1879.

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

MESSRS. SYNYER & GILMER'S
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

SERIOUS ENCOUNTER WITH STEAM

TRA.WLERS.

A dozen steam vessels are now engaged
trawling at the entrance of the Firth of Forth.
One of them was on Wednesday attacked
by fishermen, who destroyed the trawling
machinery, and three large stones on board
the trawler, which made for Leith. The
fishermen allege that the fishing is destroyed
by the trawlers and bait beds engine, and
hold that it is the duty of Government to
interfere.

JEWEL ROBBERY IN DUNDEE.
The shop of Robertson and Wat,
jewellers, Dundee, was found to have been
broken into and robbed by thieves this
morning, and property of the value of nearly
£2OO taken away. The burglars had
entered a vacant office above the shop, then
cut a hole in the floor, and thus obtained
access. They did not touch the safe, but
stole three cases of earrings and a number
of chains.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

PED3TORE.

Bingham, b Nordon 2 not out 10
Titley, b Parkes 2 b Eveson... 6
Brooks, Ibw, b Chance 2 not out 4
Hatton. c and b Nordon Ol.
Warrall, b Nordon 7
Hambrey, b Parkes 0 to bat
VVooldridge, run out 2
Rolinsou, not out lO
Smith, c Howell, b Nordon 6
Extras 9 Extras... 6

MARRIED.

LING --WESTWOOD.—On the 15th lad. at London, the
Rev. C. P. Ling, to Emily, the eldest daughter of
Edward Westwood, Esq., The Laurels, Olctswinford.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

FATAL ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE.

A shocking affair occurred on the Great Western
Railway on Tuesday. Two convicts were being con-
veyed by the 7.15 Bristol express, and while the train
was running between Maidenhead and Taplow stations
one of them complained of feeling sick, and was
allowed by the two warders in charge to place his head
outside the carriage window. While in this position
he contrived to turn the handle of the door, which
flew open, and he fell out. He was chained to the
other convict, who would have been pulled out by the
weight of his companion but for the exertions of the
warders. The occurrence was observed by the offi-
cials at the Taplow station, who telegraphed to
Slough Junction, and, a telegram being sent to the
signal-box between Slough and Taplow, the train
was stopped there and the mutilated remains of the
convict were placed in the carriage, taken to Slough
and conveyed from there, in the charge of a medical
man, to Paddington. Thence the body was removed to
the mortuary of St. Mary's Hospital to await an inquest.
_ _ _

As the train passed through Taplow Station the
convict's body struck against the stonework of the
platform, and was frightfully knocked about. Nearly
every particle of clothing was torn from it, and the
fragments were subsequently picked up on the line
and sent to London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

DUDLEY,

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST COLLIERS.—At the
Police Court on Wednesciay, (before Alderman
Bagott and Mr. John Bateman),Wm. Priest and
Richard Scriven, miners, of Old Hill„ were charged
with not complying with one of the special rules in
force at the No. 25 StAltwells Colliery pits.—Mr.
John Skidmore appeared on behalf of the Earl of
Dudley, and said the men went into a fenced part
of the workings after a drill, and caused an explo-
sion. The part had been inspected, and being con-
sidered unsafe a danger board was put up, and the
men cautioned against going in. Notwithstanding
this the men entered the place with lights, and the
explosion followed. The men were seriously burnt
and underthe circumstances, he asked that no fine
should be inflicted. His Lordship's managers only
desired that the men should know that they were
not allowed to break the rules. The men had
suffered for nearly three months from the burns,
and had earned no money for that space of time.—
One of the defendants said he thought he might go
anywhere with a lamp.—The Bench said the offence
was too serious to be settled, and fined each of the
defendants 10s. and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

IIAY-kIAKING IN BAD SEASONS.

Standa,

rd publishes the following letter
truly lamentable, the state of the
weather this summer • and though not an alarmist, I
do feel anxious about7the hay crop, the greater part of
which should now be in rick, instead of rotting on the
around. Having on several occasions in my travels
i.nAustrianoticed the mode of hay•making under similar
conditions of weather to those as we are now suffering
from here, heavy showers alternating with
glimpses of the sun and strong wind, allow arie
to suggest to the farmers of England the plan in we
there. Each farmer has ready, before putting the
scythe to the grass, a large number of slight poles,
about eight feet high, with about four cross bars, at
right angles. These, as the cutting advancer, he puts
down in a row, and at once piles the grass upon them;
this hangs very lightly on the bars, until the grass
comes to the top; then he proceeds to Dile, in like
manner, until the whole field is studded over.
Perhaps a hundred or more of these may be re-
sinired. I may add that these poles are care.
tallY placed in shelter, under the eaves of the
.farm buildings, when not in use, Bo as to be
ready for the following year. A strange traveller
Passing by on the road might think in the dusk that
there was a large regiment drawn up in order of
battle, and it has indeed a very curious effect. The
farmers there find that in that damp climate the hay
can be saved in no other way, and the plan has this
advantage, that the grass never gets sodden, for the
slightest curl of wind dries it.; the rain falls off as if
from a hog's back, and in this way may remain out for
a month without the smallest harm.--I am, Sir, your
obedient servant, IL C. BROWNE CLAYTON, Athen=n,
Club, London.

A CRY PROM THE CGIINTRY.—They tell us we
ought durnn a run o' good times to ha' put by zummut
fur a raainy day, Yaa! What we 'd a got to put by
fur we finds to be a raainy year.—Make bay while
the sun shines, should us? Azy work when the sun 's
out long enough. This here zummer when 'a wun't
show his yeses for five minutes at a time 'tood be what
re med call a rapid act o' hayrinktn,—,Punch.l
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-07-19

THE BANK FRAUDS.

Ambrose Fortescue, the elder of the two
prisoners remanded on Wednesday at the
Mansion House, on a charge of forging and
uttering a cheqqe for £905 upon the Bank
of England, has been identified as the man
who a few weeks since, under the name of
Andrews, took preMises in Soho Hill, Bir-
mingham, and, under the name of Sims,
engag(d rooms in Hurter's-lane, Birmin_:-
ham, and engaged two clerks respectively
named Toogodand Phillips. Mr. Tooffood
identifies Fortescue as the person from whom
he received the forged £9OO cheque which
he cashed at the Birmingham Joint-stock
Bank. Mr. Phillips also identified the
prisoner as the man for whom he cashed a
forged cheque for £6OO at the same bank.