The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

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ghe tone of the grain trade has distinctly; plte'red "with
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request, an was 25. per qr. lower than on Monday last.
For foreign wheat the demand was inactive. at 2s. per qr.
reduction froth last Monday's prices. Flour also ,was dull
and weak. In barley transactions were limited. • Malting
maibtained late rates, but grinding. was 6d to Is per. .qr •
easier. Maize was dull and not quite so good For oats.
the inquiry was limited, at 6d to is per qr. less money.
Beans and peas were quiet without change. Cakes were
firm at full prices.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. '.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
amounted to 16,934 held. In the corresponding period last
year we received 16,312: in 1883, 15,2.10 • in 1842, 37 373 ;
in 1831,12,543 ;in 1880. 27,815 ; and in 1679', 14,612 head: At.
Liverpool were received 489 beasts from Baltimore 1133
beasts and 504 sheep from Boston, and 531 beasts' frola
Portland ; and at Southampton 27 beasts from Jersey au/
Guernsey. The cattle trade has been wanting in. aetivity.
Suppli3s were fully equal to the demavd, and with heavi-
ness prevailing in the dead meat market the tone bete 11.5
ruled flat. Beasts have been decidedly difflenit to move.
Even the best English breeds have moved off beavilYi and.
may be quote -1 2cl per 81b lower. The digit-est Scots and.
crosses realised 48 104 to 5s per Sibs. ' ,-- Foreign beastb
were not plentiful, said they sold slowly at weak prices.
There was a tolerably good sbew of sheep. The trade was
dull. The be: Downs and half-breds in the wool made
5s 4d to 5s 6,1, awl ditto clipped 4s 10d to 55 per Sib..
Lambs were quoted 7s to 70 8.1 per 81b. Calves and piits
quiet at about late roes.
_,..-ciarse and inferior beasts, 48 to
45 6.1 ; second quality ditto, 4s 64 to 4s Sd ; 'wipe
large oxen. 4s 8d to 4s 10d; ditto, Scots, kc., 4s 104 10 58 ;
coarse and inferior sheep, 4s 4d; second quality
.ditto-. .
5s Od to 5s 2cl ; prime coarse-woolledilifto, 61 is '
is th 's
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_ prime Bouthdown ditt,), 5s 4d to bs 64; lamb to
s, _ 58d
There exists in America a society which goes by the
large coarse calves 5s 24 to 5,5 64; prime smallditto.:
5s 6d to 5s 10,1 ; large hogs, 3s 6d to 45 ; seat small
name of the Adventist Society, whose mission in this porkers, 4s to 4s 6d per 81b. to slaninkb._tchenosffs96l:
eL?,ten/..
world would appear to be to announce periodically 2r.15' :.1. Beasts, 314"0.; teerelignan: Beasts, '6BO ; eai%fes, so
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From end of the world and the coming of Christ. The Fro'nintechbigilwans'a __. and Home Counties we received coo
latest prediction of this kind ought to have been beasts; from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 1700 ; from Ir -
made
about a fortnight ago, and a due amount of 13:
METROPOLITAN BLEAT MARKETnd, 50; and ccotland, 120 beasts. from .... . ••f
preparation was by the sect of Adventists'in
a large supply on sate. The -trade
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various town and villages. One leading family belong- Therueozir
ions nominal, there Icing no buyers.wrf .""
lug to the society, consisting of persons of all ages, • beef,nado .
middling ditto, 38 to :is 64; prithelargendittoor,
from a prudent wish to be in readiness for the great 2s 6d to is 10d; Prir9e small. ditto, 3s 8(1 to 4s ; veal, 45 to -
event, began to • prepare their robes and to repent of 48d
; ditto, 3's n 4
ttt o mutton,
iddling ditto, 35 to 3s 6.:1 ;
their sins; -and the male members of the family primesmall ditto, 3s to 35 ad ; lambar6ge pork, 2s 44 to 2s• 84;
, a to 6s 8d per 81b. by•thes
actually relinquished the situations they 'held m case. duty to
a dry goods -warehouse, believing it. their y 1. ,
. Plsn. ' . - • •
renounce all worldly pursuits.' The head 'of the Large supply of ~. yr
t Is 541 Per lb • mid d]o ..l.•
h. ...rade dull. Quotations' Salmonv
household went eveo further than this, and-has. go
lb'ed'i. I die ditto, 2-s per lie; soles. is ,-01: lii pPr-
into trouble with the authorities of the town in con-
cod,
: slips, o Oel, • salmon shad, 6d ; tnrlt,Scle; ri ,q;
d ; fresh haddocks.
3d to 4(1 ; Plaice, 4
sequence. He considered that twenty-four hours 3d ; halibut. 9,1 ; 5t,44 ;,eelsiir.cli,Valtse.24d ,t le 6d iier Ili ;
before the world came to an end clothes were super- mackerel,.3d to 8d ; loliset'A, 9(1 to 35 sd 4 ti
-6el to 35 ;
fluous things, and might very well be dispensed with. dried haddocks, 2d to is each; smelts, ,`i.! (14111: 'll Per
He therefore astonished people by leaving his house basset; wbiteiait, Is 6d per quart; Inlisaf yr•iti :- . b 3.),r
gallon; Dlghy chicks 4d to 6el rer bundle; w i ~c, ,5 .0. ,
in a nude condition, and personating Adam's orisinal 4s per dozen . Oysters: Anglo-Portneues.e.i.,Bd .tei 'lod z.
appearance in the Garden of Eden 'in the public Dutch, 2s • natives,t 2s 6d per dozen ; Shrimps, is o
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streets. For this he was naturally arrested. He went. to 343.; 'winkles,, 24; whelks, id Per pia:
i, _ - _, .
to gaol, however, like a martyr, telling the constables 1 . v.
rtMerilitt 4141# .
that Paul and others were similarly persecuted, and ' A Moderate supply of pm-nthes was on offer. There,
that, thereore, he must resign laimself to !M. was a quiet demand. at the annexed rates ;--Scotch
:: regents, bOs to 90s; Len o, r s
tl ditto, ''ll to 90s; Victorias 70s
treatment. . , to 90s ; magnum bouums, 50s to 80s ; champions, 4,0 s to
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SATURDAY% APRIL 25t1, , -

OUR AUSTRALASIAN OFF S.100T:-:.

WARS and rumours of wars have for so long
past hung heavily in the politieal atmcs-
plaere that domestic legislation 11]..s suffered
neglect. Even home affairs of innais lent
.
importance have had to be slick-cif awhile
until matters connected with the
of .friendly states in which Britain is vital];
interested have been settled., Savage tribes
hare assumed a rebellions attitude and
threatened the destruction of order and
peace wihin the confines of countries by
the side of the road to our vast Itelian Em-
pire, and England has had to act the police-
man's part in desert wilds. Again, a great
Power, the giant of the North. has looked
with such threatening and apparently covet-
one eyes eastward that the sons of the
Ocean Isle have bean provoked almost to
draw the sword and drive back her legions
frcsu the borders of a debateable land. Even
SS we write the latter affair is engaging all
111111ei minds and creating a painful political
*titan ; while climatic considerations alone
have temporarily lulled the active operations
of war in the Soudan. These elements of
strife hare forced themselves upon a peace-
ful people to the exclusion of considerations
*f
.administrative moment. By pressure
only and legislative overwork a great
measure of home Governmental reform has
been advanced, while eetny matL:rs of grave
importance wait discussion and amendment
until a more opportune and less - turbulent
tine. Amid all this excitement of public
opinion a subject affecting the vast British
colonial settlements .in Australasia ham at
length forced itself to the front. Great
Britaib's title to greatness lies mach more
te.day in the mighty off-shoots of the
Motherland over the seas than in the terri-
torially insignificant insular home dominions
at Queen Victoria. Shorn of the strength
and reeonrces of her Empire abroad, her
Majesty would be reduced to a mach lowlier
position among the sovereigns of the earth.
It. is for Englishmen to exert themselves,
therefore, at all times to tighten the bonds
sf love and union which join them to the
millions of themselves who have sought a
boas beyond the ocean, and run up the flag
far away. Happily, the stalwart sous of en-
terprise who have emigrated to newer and
"rider worlds have yet strong within them
all the old spirit of reverence for the land of
their origination. They have manifested no
spirit of desire to disown allegiance to Old
England, no wish to link their lot with that
of other nations. Applying themselves with
high purpose and strong determination to
develop the vast resources of the fertile re-
gions to which they have migrated, the
dwellers in each settlement have toiled on
• until now there has been built up those
magnificent colonial groups which together
make the Greater Britain which is at once
the admiration and the envy of all rival
Powers. The capital which they have uti-
lised in rearing these grand and powerful
buttresses, which now strengthen and stay
the old British edifice, has been the God-
given wealth of the soil, and the strength
of their own willing arms. They are proud
of what they have tione, and proud of what
wadi done by their forefathers before them.
Now when their own foundations are as-
sund they cling closely to the parent stru.c.
tura. There is no struggling for independ-
.'-aney and separate estate, no colony striving
'Alci stead alone, apart from its peers or the
--tountry which gave its founders birth. And
When storms threaten the old land, the
aolonists hasten to range themselves on the

tine of defence extended to guard the in-
--isesitta of the Empire. And there is no
-- • Arie to weigh-whether a menace to the Queen,
. tome it from • whatever quarter, is likely to
affect them in their chosen habitation across
the world. Though there is no obligation
apon them to join issue with the forces of
Lir Majesty in matters not affecting their
own respective colonial affairs, they do not
stay to be asked to render assistance on emer-
gency, but promptly volunteer substantial
service. The truly national spirit of loyalty
end patriotism thus displayed on every
hand Whenever occasion calls is cheering in-
deed to every subject of our beloved Queen,
whether he dwell under the southern cross,
in the wintry Canadian domain, beneath the
burning Indian sky, on the African coast, in
countless scattered island settlements
which owe allegiance to the Sovereign on
*Use Empire the sun never seta, or here
at home in the parent-land in which
the ancestors of the British colonists and in.
labitants of our time together lived. Of the
eolonies which are so important an integral
portion of our state, those of Australasia,
taken collectively, stand first, containing up-
wards of three millions of inhabitants—men,
women, and children of the old stook, with-
out any admixture of disturbing native ele-
ment. Their productions are immense, and
the
,commercial relations between the Old
and young Englancls are also of vast nuigni-
tude. In the main the present individual
sAf-government of each colony is sound and
wise, and such as to call for no interference
Of Imperial power. But while they each
have separate responsible Parliaments of
their own, an executive practically independ-
put of the English Colonial Office (though
the represuitations of her Majesty's Minis-
ters would have weighty consideration and
respectful deference), there is an absence of
provision•for c3ncerted action, no enactment
seeuring the general united welfare under
conditions of pbesible danger or difficulty.
This if a defect which ought to be remedied,
'far the good of each factor in the Australa-
sian group, just as, much as for the benefit
of the whole, and.egnally necessary for safe-
guarding Imperial interests. All questions
of defeaccagainst foreign aggression which
might ensue, all matters of intercotrimuniOn
and commerce, all measures 4)f the ad minis. ,
*ration Of justice, every isstio of colonial
beandary right, and many other important
affairs could be mach better dealt with by
suited movement than severally by separate
colonial ôtiiL The aim of each colony is
linosthi aitiral, and it is too late in the day
to have to artrue for tho utility and strength
of union. Ti;e Colonial Office, by the enabl-
ing bill introduce I by Lord Derby, gives a
gribeof al suggestion as to how an invaluable
ikustralasian,fetlerationtuty be formed. It
nberbe regarded as a wise basis, we contend,
upon which the coloiLie4 OWL build for thorn-
elves a splendid an 4 impregaable position
it the faurt'•
And the Imperial Govern-
*
tent, in iniiatityg Finch a p„huy, plays
well
the part devolving upon a w 155 and experi-
enced stoth,,:aii I in dealing with sturdy
!wing hraiiche 0f her national farnily. All
the details of the plan way be filled in by
joint consideration ; the broad principle of
fciieration for common action in the corn-
interest being the one thing needful to
eits aimed at. The idea will commend itself
tn.thlr'kin,-..; men. of every shade of political
(Vt./lion here at home and in the Colonies
thereby affeettA.

14•211 AND itroways PU.Las Da. Enrs's DANDIII.2OII
AIM QV'xi" 14'1'1 f tt.t.s.—These famous Pills do
iii lostain even • tract of Mar wry, or any of the many
gssgernas ingredients frequently found in advertised
Ms. This fact continues to keep Dr. King's renowned
discovery iu trout of all Pitts whatsoever, as the safest
but, 'poodles, roosts cvrta.n. and effeettal remedy for
4.1..-4 ere of be Liver aud stomach, whether in Melon&
PitOlaness. Constipation. Indigestion, Flatulence,
'as, Headset's, Shoulder Paine, Feverish meatless.
the 'hole optical, D eEMios9l Itioada
446•14111011.1111111041180.0:

)Ni.q EN 'I'S ON CURRENT THINGS.

illionsst,Tlint,, egnival.ent, roundly
to the entireannualamonntrealised
• en ny ineom;!-tax, is the sant required
:\laj:!sty's Ministers to meet present
bents and necessities in connection
w:tn ; war in the Soudan, and prepara-
t,ons for possible IH,s;ilities with Russia.
Should the Government of the Czar force
war up.pt ihinoit, it is problble that a much
largot Voti! of Credit would la! called for at
Once, Suy fgrkl,;!ate of twenty
In view of %vhat as oeeurred, and
in anticipation of cobtingencies, the. Chance-
llor of tho Exchequer ,has further postponed
the presentation of his financial statement.
It Wns ehrr..mtly rumoured that the Egyp-
tian Expedition eXpullitithre \V“tild be pro-
vided for by a further addition of three-
pence to the income-tax. Now that :AMUR-
MC& on every i!an,l has been necessitated
by new complik' :thins. the poor income-tax-
payers are tivinbling lust a still heavier bur-
den should be laid upon them. But Mr.
Childers, in order to formulate a popular
Budget, will in all probability turn his atten-
tion in other directions for the raising of
the necessary funds.

While watchfully insisting that our rulers
make the most of their resources for pre-
serving peace and defending the high posi-
tion of our empire it is not Nvell, we think,
that we sh3uld place the question of pounds
shillings and pence too much to the fore. This
theory would hold good in any national crisis
but never mere so than when we hare to
deal with a bellicose State of prodigious pro-
portion., bat which financially speaking is
on the verge of bankruptcy. Had Ministers
asked straight off for twenty millions or
more, and Parliament granted them the
Credit without hesitation, the moneyless
Colossus would have appreciated such action
as plainly showing the speedy defeat of any
advances or military brag on her part. The
power of the purse is one which has potent
signification with Russia. The money might
have been voted by England not necessarily
to be spent, but as a guarantee of good readi-
ness. Its moral effect on the Czar's advisers
would havebeen magical. As it is, the eleven
millions vote will probably `giTe them pause'
The display of strength which vigorous ar-
mament and exhaustless money supplies
flourishes in the face of a belligerent rival
State is recognised by Opposition as well as
Government. Hence the two great political
parties of England are again virtually acting
in unison.

But what of the cause of the expenditure
of six and half millions of this war vote ?
Russia's action is unexplained, or at any
rate stands altogether without satisfactory
explanation. Sir Peter Lumsden's despatch
shows us Komaroff is not to be trusted. He
seems, noth withstanding his assumption of
innocence, to have known ibout England's
demand for the maintenance of the integrity
of the debateable borderland, and when he
advanced on the Afghans, he did so in obey.
ance of orders from a military controller of
higher rank than himself. Doubtless, too,
he provocked the Afghan defenders to the
figh t if, indeed, he was not himseq the aggres-
sor. So that viewing tie whole matter, the
conclusion arrived at by the unprejudiced
British onlooker is that Russia Irts played
England false. While speaking from St.
Petersburg smooth and pacific phrases of
peace she has been deliberately moving on
Indiawards, in defiance of all international
right. In consequence, while Englan I ear-
nestly seeks to abstain from war, she yet
requires from Russia diplomatic confession
of wrong and fall restitution. Whe.t the
Czar lets by this submibsion removed the
stain %vhiett rests on Russia, then, and then
.only, can his Empire ieceive nvion.ll abso-
lution.

As the hope is, so is the belief. We are
all desiring peace, and the impression is still
general that England's firm attitude will
yet make serious strife avoidable. The Ger-
man Chancellor seems also to think that
actual hostility will yet be averted. Only
the other day he said "There will be no war.
I guarantee peace." Bismarck is not a man
of many words ; but his astutepess is un-
surpassed among statesmen of Europe, and
high importance is attached to his every
utterance. It is reassuring to hear the "man
of blood and iron" declaring thus for peace
and believing in the likelihood of its main-
tenance. While thus Germany, through her
mighty Minister, depreciates resort to arms,
tkere is hope that the European concord will
not, after all, be seriously disturbed.

The rising in the Canadian North-west
seems to be assuming even moreserious pro-
portions. Not only the half-breeds under
RH are in revolt, but more than one
tri4e of powerful red men have joined issue
wili the rebel leader. The power and activity
of t he insurgents is great, but the fall strenth
of the Dominion militia and police are to be
exerted against them ; and, doubtless after
considerable resistance, Rid l and his follow-
ing will bo subdued. But that at this
moment Finland's hands are full with Eg,yp-
tisn and Russian affairs, it is probable that
a force would have proceeded out to Canada
to assist the Governor-General in restoring;
order with greater rapidity than can be reason-
ably expected from the repressive resources
of the Dominion. It is a regrettable fact that
a number of white settlers have already suc-
cumbed to the attacks of the marauding
, half-breeds and red men, while others have
had to abandon their clearings to avoid
slaughter. The aboriginies and their half-
blooded descendants plead that the emigrants
have wronged them in many ways ; and
following their savage instincts, submit the
difference to the fierce arbitration of deadly
war. This, in time past, the red skins fur-
ther south in the New World did, and were
thereby instrumental in promoting their own
extermination. Et is to be hoped that at this
later day, the white man may not be driven
to look upon his coloured brother as a
dangerous animal, to be killed without a
pang of remorse in order to secure safety.
Canada has engagements with the abori-
ginies and their relatives, which she should,
and we trust will, honourably fulfil. Lord
Lansdowne has indeed a heavy task - before
him in seeking to reconcile such opposing
elements as the reckless frontier settlers and
, the unreasoning red men and their allie
but it is not. a hopeless one,'and friends of
right and justice to ;all wish him every
success in settling this serious and sangain-
ary trouble.

TRW:UT IRRITATION AND Countr.—Seroness 'nil dry-
ness, tiekling and irritation, inducing cough sud affecting
the vele'. For these symptoms use Epps's Glycerine
lujubee. In contact with the glands at the moment
they are excited by the sat of snaking, the Glycerine in
these agreeable eoefections bocomes actively healing.
dolt( dinly in balm Id., tins is. lid., labelled -Luiz,
iPPI Co„ Homoeopathic Chensiste, London. Dr.
Giorgio Moon. in his work on "Nose and Throat
Diseases," says "The Glycerine Jujubes prepared by
James Epps and Co., are of undoubted ee'Yiee as a
curative or palliative agent." While Dr. Gordon
tlohnes. Senior Physician to the Municipal Throat and
Ear Infirmary, writes: "After an extended' trial, I have
found your Glycerine Jujubes of considerable benefit
kaith or without medical treatment) in almost all firms
it throat nisease."—ln otoarbridge Epps's Medicines
sr o sold by Morris, 136, High Btreet.
For • sustaining. comforung, and nourishing beverage
drink tAdbury's rare Coen, sad de set be pecesaded
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