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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

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EDDING AND ...FUNERAL CARRIAGE STABLISHMENT

TRIII AIIDLA.ND COUNTIES

GEORGE MORRIS, PROPRLETOIi,

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MEERSCHAUM PIPES

CIGAR HOLDERS

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

STOURBRIDGE AND UPPER SWINFORD
BURIAL BOARD.

A meeting was held in the Commissioners' Room,
Corn Exchange, on Monday last, fir the purpo,e cf
filling up the vacancies in the Burial Board for the
Parishes and Towndlips of Stourbridge and TJpdf r
Swiuford. occasioned by thre, mernb9rs thereof,
Messrs. Godfrey Rowley Perkin, Henry Hughes,
and William Platt having gone out of office Li ac-
cordance with the statutory provision f,-,r such
purpose; secondly for the purpose of receivirg the
•.ounts of the Burial Board up to the 25th day of
March, 1882, as audited and passed by the Audit, re,
and thirdly, for the pin.; ose of ,ppointing tv o per-
sons, not h•ing members of the Enid Burial floard,
to ba auditors of the accounts of the said Burial
Bol,rd for the year ending the 25th day of May. 18 3
The Rev. D. Magiuni. presided.
There was a very small attendance.
Mr. King stated that he had reuei:ed a le'tcr
from Mr. U. Huszli,s st .ting that 10 uld not
present hitust if for re-elect'on.
Mr. Edwards proposed that Mr. Plat; be le-
elected, which wee seconded by M. Burgess, an 4
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

BALES BY AUCTION

°,NEY LENT WITHOUT DELAY
cb°3' the :CHARING CROSS DEPOSIT BANK
28, Bedford Street, Strand, London.
.AdPltB £150,C00. Reserve fund £50,000,
.'6e55 immediately made upin promissory notes as
d'ivs, without decb,ctions,
vat'ee J.:25; 12 monthly repayments of £2 5 10
V 11 411 8
100 91
9 3 4
/1
Acii-Aarger amounts the same in peop,rtion.
tletijaPe's of £2O to £2,000 granted at a few hours"
Of 6 to town o- country, male or female, on mortgage
tvit,ll:4.eitirre, trade and him stock, p:ant, crops, &c ,
Al it removal, and to assist persons into business.
tbr "
,„ deeds, pol cies, and reversions, at 5 per cent.,
rkp,:c`e tuerith to 14 years. Distance no object. Easy
S!rictly private. Call or write.
tPecial Notice to intending borrowers or depositors
tolie°iWttl or tountry.—B:f.re applying elsewhere ask any
sftd!. iltuctioneer, &c., knowing this establishment,
e,tactrill at on find out you are treating
N\ .e use curwituhaneld
"steb, el (1870), fair-dealing Bank.
411, eta iierBWell; d
they always come back and reco
)1144 ,HaviDg a large capital nod cunnection, we o
ev'aPp than others Responsible borrowers
11Pon no publicity whatever. Liberal advances
PuaitdePosit of p ate j‘wellery, and merchandise.
4451,5-4 of LlO and upw'aus received at the followi:.g
bJ.Cttte oLe mouths' notice of withdrawal, 6 per cent
to two months' notice of withdrawal, 7 per cent
et to thi ee mooths'not.ce of withdrawal, 8 per cent
‘gb
4l ;a:Posits of .4.;100 and upwards for a fixed period of
1-011e"11 ene yt ar, the interest can be adeted, RI d
atnourit repaid quarterly.
A. WILLIAMS, Manager.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

FLOGGING GARROTERS.

At the Middlesex House of Correction, CoMath-
fields, in the presence of the governor of the prison,
the medical officer, and two or three ward,-rs, the
punishment of the lash has been inflicted upon
three prisoners. The first of these was Edward Rose
JeHyman, labourer, twenty-seven. With the other
two he had been convicted at the last Old Bailey
Sessions at the Central Criminal Court, before Mr.
Jnetice Day, of robbery with violence. Mr. Justice
Day, who described the assault as cowardly, brutal,
and wicked, said that as his companions, who were eon.
vioted five years ago, had been sentenced by the judge
who presided at their trial to seven years' penal servi-
tude and to receive twenty-five strokes with the oat-o%
nine-tails, he must suffer the same puniebment. He
was brought out of his cell and ordered to strip. He
was then fastened up, and the punishment was in-
flicted by Warder Buck, a tall, stout man, who did his
duty, whilst the prisoner screamed out loudly, "Oh,
oh I" " Don't I" "Mercy " "Pray don't I "
The second sufferer was Samuel Mahoney, twenty-
three, sonvicted of robbery with violence on a respect-
able carpenter named George Mimi], and stealing
from him a watch. Mr. Justin Day sentenced him
to penal servitude and to receive twenty-five strokes
with the " cat " This young gentleman bore the in-
fiction very badly.
The third prisoner was a man named Alfred Rolfe,
twenty-three, who was tried at the Central Criminal
Court on the 15th ult., before the Common Serjeant,
and senteneed to be kept in penal servitude for five
years and to receive twenty strokes with the "cat."
Like his two predecessors be seemed to suffer under the
strokes of the stalwart warder, and bore the infliction
of the " cat " sadly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

LORD COLERIDGE'S VISIT TO
AMERICA.

Writing from New York on the 25th Oct., the corre•
apondent of the Daily News says :

The final reception of Lord Coleridge was given Ey
the Union League Club, at their handsome new club-
house in the Fifth Avenue, last evening. The
rooms were profusely adorned with palms, ferns,
flowers, and vales, and there was a special exhibition
of paintings arranged for the occasion in the art
gallery. Many distinguished persons were present,
including the members of the club and the invited
guests. A brief address was delivered by Mr. E slats.
ID respcnding*Lord Coleridge said it was high time
he showd go away, since If the kindness of his
American haste were to cease after all that had been
extended to him he should miss it, and if it did not
cease it wonld spoil him. Continuing, he said :—" Of
two other Englishmen now here, one is a great actor
and great artiste, and I hope will receive at your hands
that treed of praise which I think is his due; but you
have also Matthew Arnold. Now Arnold is not only
about the truest and dearest friend I have in
the world, but seems to me distinctly at this
moment to be the most distinguished English.
man living. As poet, writer, thinker, he has scarcely
any equal. Taken altogether, he has in my judgment
Lo equal. He is now in New York, and you will
have tc listen to him when I am on the sea. And
LOU have got coming also—so I have been told—John
Bright, All I can say is, I hope it is true, because if
John Bright comes here you will know what English
speaking is. You will know what English oratory
is. You will know what a great, high.minded,
straightforward, noble Englishman is • and therefore
In the presence on the horizon of these far greater
luminaries it is high time, I think, that the Chief
Inatice should take his passage and get him gone."
This allusion to the possibility of Mr. Bright's visit
was received with tumultuous applause.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

HE PLAINEST FACE is redeemed by
_L a lovely skin end c( lour ; the most beautiful is
not perfect without it. Feints, powders, and washes are
absuid to the eyes a beholders, and deceive none but
the silly wearers of these ruinous applications. HALOS
is the only known remedy for pimples, tan, freckles,
black spots, small-pox marks, redness, roughness, and
ah disfigurements, and is the only cosmetic that can be
relied upon for productin,,4 a pure, brilliant and radiant
complexion. and natural loveliness to the skin, which is
the,very bloom of health. Sent free on receipt of 18
penny stamps, by Dr. THOMSON, 55, Bartholomew
Road, Kentish Town, London. "My free was covered
with tan and freckles ; your Halos removed them." Miss
Grey. "In scores of cases of eruptions of the face I
have used Halos with success." Dr. Kernel.

DEAFNESS, NOISES IN THE EARS, &C. DELLA ES
ssENCE FOR DEAFNESs should always be tried, as in
numbers of rases, seemingly- iucurable, it has done
wonders. Slight Deafness, olstructions in the Ears,
and the incessant ehumraing sounds 50 frequent with
affected hearing, are removed after two or three nights'
applications. Dellar s Essence can be spoken of as sure
to give some relief in any case of Deafness without
causing the slightest injury to the delicate organisms of
the ear ; and, however surprising, persons for years
Deaf have heard sounds after a fair trial of Deilars
Essence. Bottle 2, 3s. lid. end 2s. 9d. Sold by all
Chemists. Post fzco for 18 1-itattaps sent to Bedford
Laboratory Bay.e4 Ltreet, London, W,C.
Auvien.TO yoTlTEns!—Are you broken in yoar
. . .

re: ,by a Eick child duffering with-the paia of ciitixg
te•Ah?
__Go at once to a chetnißt vri jet a bottle of

/IRS. WINSLOW'S HOOTHING EirUP. If will relieve
etc.: poor suffcrer immediately. It is perfectly harm.
-less and pleasant to taste, it prothices natural,
quiet eleep, by relieving the child from pain, and tie
'tittle cherub alsaltes "as bright as a button." It
soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all
min, relieves win.; regulates the bowele, and is the
test' know:: • remedy for dysentery and diarrhcea,
ohether arising frog teething or other causes. • Mrs.
Wuzslow's Soothing. Syrup is sold by Medicine deg=
orearibeee el led. per bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

THE TRADES UNION CONFERENCE
IN PARIS.

The English Trades Union delegates arrived in
Paris by the tidal train at the Northern Station on
Saturday afternoon. There are twelve English dole•
gates, including two representatives of the Workmen's
Union. In the afternoon the delegates met unoffi
daily in a private room at the Taverne Gruber. where
M. Man proposed the health of the English,
Spanish, and Italian workmen, and paid special
homage to the ski)] displayed by Mr. Burnett in organ-
ing the nine hours' movement in Newcastle. In this
the English trades unions had given a valuable ex-
ample. Mr. Burnett replied by comparing the in-
terests of labour to the cause of science, which could
not recognise a frontier line. Spanish and Italian dele-
gates also spoke. This exchange of friendly sentiments
gave the members of the Conference an opportunity of
I becoming acquainted with each other.

The International Trades Conference opened its
sittings on Monday, at one of the assembly•room3 of
the Palai.. Royal. Businer.s began with the election
of a President. Mr. Broadhurst, M P., was, on the
motion of M. Labusquiere, the secretary for foreign
relatiJna, elected by acclamation. But that gentle-
man at first demurred to the honour, pleading his
absolute ignorance of the French language and of the
order of business usual in French assemblies. Toe
French delegates, however, insisting upon an English
President, the matter was compromised by Mr.
Broadhurst accepting the honorary Presidency, and a
Frenchman, M. Anemone, being elected to act as
working President.
Mr, Broadhurst, M.P., then took the chair amid
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

A STRUGGLE WITH A MADMAN.

A Paris telegram says that a rightful scene
occurred the other day st Olichy. The police were
sent by the authorities to take a raving madman to
the parish asylum at the instance of the man's wife.
The maniac, a man of great muscular power, got
hold of a da.ger and shut himself in a email room
approached by a narrow passage. Eight policemen
were directed to enter a‘xl secure him. On their
breaking open the door they were met by the mad-
man, ftho striking out r gut and left, soon inflicted
injuries upon six of tent that the party had to
re treat. On more men b,ing obtained a second entry
w.,s made, but it was not until after a desperate)
struggle that the madman could be secured and con-
veyed away. The prozeedings were witnessed by a
large and excited crowd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

WORK AND WAGES.

THE WAGES AGITATION IN THE COAL
TRADE.

A mass meeting of miners was held on Monday,
at the Barracks Pit ground, near Dudley. M. H.
Southall, who presided, said there was a strong
division between the men who believed in the Wages
Board and those who did not. This waicleirly
indicated at every meeting held in Dudley, Bir-
ining,ham, and 4Wolverhamp,on; and those who
were not in favour of the movement seemed to have
the best of the bargain. Mr. Henry Barnes, the
secretary of the men who preferred the system,
said he had a statement which would prove that
the men were entitled to 3s. Bd. per day and a 10
per cent. advance, and after all the trouble of
meeting and calling in an arbitrator the gentleman
had decided that the men had not made out their
claim and they could not have their money—
(laughter).
Mr. Winwood, miners' agent for Old ?JIM and
Netherton, said the masters could well afford to pay
the wages of the other districts, and as men from
North Staffordshire had been sent to Yorkshire
with a guarantee of ss. 61. per day, there was
something wrong when the masters in South
Staffordshire said they could not afford to pay their
men 4s. per day. The time had come when the
men ought to lay down their tools until they had
more money, for the very day Mr. Cochrane told
them the masters could not afford more money in
consequence of bad trade there came good rep3rts
from Yorkshire of better trade than ever. He did
not mean to advocate that the men should throw
down their tools that morning, nor did he mean
that they should inaugurate a strike that morning.
On the contrary, he advised that they should wait
until the result of the Manchester Conference,
beginning the next day (Tuesday). should be known.
They might then have to startle the masters for a
15 per cent. rise, the same as other colleries in the
Nor t h—(cheers).
It was then resolved that the meeting should
reject the Wages Board and its decision, that
the result of the Manchester Conference be waited
for, and that Messrs. Winwood and Southall be
appinted delegwes to attend.

IRONWORKERS' MEETING.—At a meeting of iron-
workers of Brierley Hill district, held on Mo :day,
two representatives were appointed to attend the
conference to be held in Birmingham on sth
November for the purpose of considering the best
means of reorganising ironworkers in the Midland
counties. Mr. J. Robinson presided.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1883.

slaughter, and recommended him to mercy.
The Judge dwelt upon the extenuating circum-
stances of the case, and sentenced prisoner to
twelve months' hard labour. The trial lasted only
a short time.

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.

The tone of the iron market to-day was scarcely
59 cheerful as a week ago, and the reports showed
that there was diminished vitality in some depart.
mants of the iron trade. An unsettled feeling pre-
vailed as a result oi the continuous agitations of
ti-e eol'i,rz for nn advanee in wages, and their
tl,ret,ts to ~i 3 1,4 the .rehitrator's award. Any
artific:al at; vat cc in the r,tesfor coal would seriously
affect the iron trade aud would result in a speedy
downfall in the prices, both of coal and iron. At
the pres,lat time manufacturers have great difficulty
in holding their own against Northern competition
and the growing demand for steel for many pur-
poses for which Staffordshire iron was formerly
used. This, together with the heavy pressure of
the railway rates, is adversely influencing the trade,
and th:lngh some of unmarked iron firms are still
fairly well supplied nith orders they are unable to
obtain any better prices. On the contrary there is
declining tendency, the firms who are less fortuna-
tely situated than their neighbours accepting the
offers ;I merchants at the minimum rates. In the
pig-iron department there was but little business
done to-day merchants and consumers of pigs who
have contracted for their immediate wants holding
aloof and combining to force down quotations. Buy-
ers consequently were in possession of the market
and the sales that were affected were mainly at
prices which leave no margin of profit for producers
Forge pig(cinder) sold at 40s. a ton, and in some
cases 6d. below that figure though current quota-
tions were nominally 425. 6d. Part mine of good
quality maintai'ned its value, but the sale was lim-
ited and the Derbyshire and Northampton makers
could only do business at the minimum rates pre-
vailing at the quarterly meeting. Finished iron was
in slow request for all classes except sheets, strips,
and engineering specialities. Sheets realised £7
10s. for singles, ..t8 10s. for doubles, and £9 10s.
for lattens at the works. It may be mentioned that
during the strike singles went up to £B, and in some
instances even to £8 10s., but prices have since
subsided. Marked iron was in limited sale at the
usual list quotations.

21UNEY
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

WORTH A GUINEA A BOX,
BEECHAM'S PILLS
Alin admitted by thou
sands to be worth above
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)d Nervous Di,order,,
;11 as wind and Pain at
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ho:tness of Breath. Cos-
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the Skin Dlcurbed
ileep. Frightful Dreams
and all nervous and Trem-
bling tzensatione, dtc

first dose will give relief in twenty minroes
'I hi+ is no fiction, for they have done it in thousands
of csses. ne Proprietor (.1' the PL's having obtained
a great expense) a Patent for them. he chadenges the
whole world to produce a medicine equal to them for
removing t a shive named cornpla nts. and r.storing
the patient to sounq and lasting health.
Every suMrer is earnestly invite I to try one box of
these Pills, and they will ba acknowledged to be. •

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

THE MARQUIS OF LORNE_AND THE

PRINCESS LOUISE.

On Saturday the Martinis of Lorne and the
Princess Loui-e took their departure from Canada
amid sympathetic demonstrations from the populace,
large crowds having arti.embied in spite of heavy
rain to witness their emharkation on hoard the Allan
steamship Sardinian. Both the Marquis of Lorne
and the Prit oesa Louise were vi-Ny affected by the
manifestations of affection from the people. The
Sardinian sailed amid the booming of cannon and the
cheers of the crowd.
_ _

- - -
The University of Quebec has confprred upon the
Marquis ot Lorne the degree of LL D., in recogni-
tion of his services in the cause of Canadian educa-
tion.

Noticing the return of the Marquis of Lorne, the
Morning Post in a leader says :
It is perh,tps right at the present moment, when the
Marquis of Lorne has passed over the Governorship of
Canada to his successor, to point out that the appre-
hensions which some affected to entertain that incon-
venience would arise from the appointment of a
member of the Royal Family proved to be absolutely
baseless. The mere fact that the late Governor-
General was so closely allied to the Sovereign at no
time hampered the action of the Home Govern-
ment, and those who fancied that it would do
so must have taken very little account both
of the letter and the spirit of our Constitution.
Lord Lorne discharged the duties of his great
office with such wisdom and discretion that during
Its tenure notionly has the Government of the Dominion
been conducted so as to promote and develop the
prosperity of our North American dependencies, and
to secure universal contentment amongst the popnia•
tion, but to furnish no occasion for embarrassment at
home. The late Governor-General has commanded
apprlyal both at the scene of his late Moors and in
England, not because he was the husband of Princess
Louise, but because he was in every particular a
perfectly competent man. Had he been otherwise
his connection with the Sovereign, close as it is,
would not have protected him from being reproved,
or, if necessary, superseded. We have not had
"complications" in Canada, as we have had of
late years in India, South Africa, and elsewhere ;
and this fact, though in part due to the desire
of all classes in the Dominion to act harmoniously,
is in itself a tolerably conclusive proof of the judgment
with which Lord Lorne directed an Executive Govern-
ment. Nor can we in justice omit t, notice the im-
portant part played by Princess L,nise. From the
time of her arrival in Canada she made herself as
popular as she has always been at home, and though
compelled at times by the exigencies of health to
absent herself from the Domir ion, she hastened to
return at the earliest opportunity. She gained the
affection and respect of all classes in her temporary
home, and when she finally quitted it on Saturday her
departure evoked universal expressions of genuine
regret.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

FALL OF A TELEPHONE WIRE.

On Saturday morning a eerions accident occurred
in London through the felling of a telephone wire. It
appears that several workmen in the service of a tele.
phone company were err.aged in removing wires ex
tending from OA Jewry, across Orsshavn•rtreet, to
Basinghell;street, when one wire slipped through the
hands of the man who had hold of it before it was
proterly secured by a guiding rope, and came down
with a crash amongst the people passing to and fro in
this crowded locality. The hate of a number of
gentlemen were knocked off, and sfveral very narrow
.-,capes were rnmoie as the wire twisted and turned hi
• erpent•like fashion in the air. The mo.t serious injury
was sustained by au e drrly lady, whose name wa.
ascertained to he Mrs. Emma Strset, of Engle"eld
road, Islington, mid who was badly cut across the head
Sh 9 was at once rrmoved to a iis4hhouring
office by the police. and was subs,goently driven :mine
in a ciao by a friend, L. a fairing c,nriitior,. The
ocurreaca caused a great sensation at the time.

All the Dundee tie, t employed at the Nmwfound-
land and Gretruand real and the Davis Straits whale
El,hines have now returned. This reason nearly
011 seals wer killed, hut only seventeen whales
were captured. The seal oil and skins produce about
£72,0Q; the whale oil and bone, nearly £35,000; total
value of this year's catch, p 107,585, against X 110,200
last year, or a decrease of nearly 23,000.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.

The first mention we have of the interesting corn-
poeite flower known to gardeners as Chrysanthemum
sinense is in Kompfer's account of his travels in
Japan, published in the year 1712. It was described
by Lint ens in his "Species Plantasum," in 1753, under
the name of Chryesnthemual indicum, In 1784 it was
foiled by Thunburg growing wild near Nagasaki.
Meanwhile a smell single yellow flower had in 1764
been brought to Europe from China, and planted in
the Botanic Gareens at Chelsea, where, however, it
attracted little notice, and soon afterwards died out.
In 1789 'a French merchant named Blanchard im-
ported some plants from China to France, and the
next yeer they found their way to England, whets
they were sold at a high price, and grown in v.
greenhouse.
In 1791 there Ives a chrysanthemum seen in blos,
siren in Mr. Celville's nursery in the Kiug's Road,
Chelsea. The flowers were small and of a dark pure
is only half double; the petals were ragged and un-
even,
From 1793 and 1822 sixteen varieties were Intro-
duced from Chios. After that we got on faster, and
in one year alone (1824) twenty duff, vet suite were
imported. It wee nut, however, till 1830 that reed
wee first paved in the Soieth of France; much flier
1-deeeems were Wee prodaced. In a few years' time
e'ss yeanthenoime became so numerous that the old
n,menciature—white cluetexed, aster flowered, marl-
goid flowered, quilled yellow, tasselled pi, k, Sec.—
heei tei he .uper-eded as inadeqoate, and, eseb was
tiignilitd with a distinct title.—lhe (larclerurs' Maya.
sine.

Lord Coleridge having mentioned in New York tbat
he had heard that Mr. Bright was about to visit the
United States the following telegram:l Vas, it is stated,
been received from the latter right hon. gentleman
" There is no truth in the report. I have no intention
of going to the United States."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

ROWLEY REGIS.

PARren CHURCH—On Sunday evening the Rev,
C. Jordan preached the concluding harvest
festival in Rowley Regis Parish Church.
SUDDEN DEATH AT ROWLEY.—On Monday morn-
ing,: Mr. Samuel Darby, maltster and grocer, Water-
fall-lane, 011 Hill was found dead in bed. On
Sunday the deceased attained his seventieth birth-
day, and retired to b2d at night in apparently good
health. The next morning, on one of his bei•vanti
going into deceased's bedruorn, she found him dead.
Death is supposed to have been due to heart
disease.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

THE RECENT DUEL IN HUNGARY.

The father of the late Count Batthyani, believing
that Rosenberg was wounded by his son's second shot,
in which case the duel ought not to have been con-
ti tied, has cauied Rosenberg to be exeaduel. He
was found to he nniujurecl, except that he had a wound
which he received in a duel a twelvemonth ago. Had
a fre,h wound been found the old Count Batthyani
would have accused Rosenberg of wilful murder, the
seconds having htipuis.ted that the duel should he con-
tinued until blood was drawn. On Saturday, Rosen-
berg, when asked by the Judge if he was married,
answered—" Yes ; but not according to our law."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

THE BATTLE OF HANOI.

The Marseilles Correspondent of the Daily News
states that a ktter has been received from tlarsoi,
written by an eye-witness of the battle on September
let, a little before the embarkment of General Bouet
for France. It gives, after relating particulars
already known, the following interesting informa
tion

"We did not pursue the enemy, that being difficult,
because we Imd no cavalry, acd the ground was ccm-
pletely inundated. We lost twenty-two dead, two
of them officers, and thi-ty-seven wounded, besides
three officers and fifteen Tiraillenrs or Red Flags. The
enemy fought with tenacity, hut the sight of the
bayonets frightened them. Our forces were 1,300 men,of
whom 700 were Europeans. The enemy numbered about
5,000 men, partly Black Flags and partly Coinese
regular troc+ps ; for it should be known that China
inundates Tonquin with her troops. There are at
present from 10,000 to 12 000 Chinese among the Black
Flags at Sontay and Bac Ninti. We fight, then,
against China. Almost all these troops are armed with
Remingtons or Spencers. On the 3rd September we
entered Falun. Part of the troops returned the same
night to Hanoi, leaving there an important detachment
of artillery and Tirailleurs in the great pagoda pre-
' pared for defence. We wait reinforcements, hut it is
urgent that France should know that 10,000 or 15,000
men are wanted to conquer the Chinese forces in
Tonquin."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL.

On Monday morning a serious collision occurreditwe
mike 'south-west of the Verne lightship and about 11
miles from Folkestone. The vessels oonceroed were
the steamship Vespasian, of Liverpool, from New
York to Grimsby, and the German full-rigged railing
vessel Adorna, 700 tons, master's oawe BaHester. The
latter was laden with cement, clay, and empty petro-
leum casks, and wail bound from Hamburg to New
York. Toe result of the collision was to stave in the
bows of the Adorna on the port side, letting in the
sea to null en extent that it was soon washing over
her deck. Nothing but the empty barrels kept her
afloat. A steem-T was soon by her iilB, en,i took her
in tow until, when within one-and-e-ha,f miles off
Folkestone, the hawser parted. Another hawser was
obtained, and the vessel was taken on to Dover, where
she was beached.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

FRANCE AND CHINA.

The special correspondent of the Daily News writes
from Hong-Kong, on Monday
The preparations for the defence of Canton are
being actively tingled forward. Large quantities of
arms and ammunition were conveyed thither yester-
day by Chinese gunboats which came here for the
purpose.

An immediate attack on any of the Chinese ports is
not, however, generally expected, it being thought
more probable that for some time to come hostilities
will be limited to Tonquin. At the same time the
ultimate spread of the operations to China seems ine-
vitable, and another French reverse in ronquin would
be fraught with serious results to all foreigners in
China.

News from the interior shows that political excite•
merit is already spreading and that the authority of
the Imperial Government is much weakened in many
districts. Reports of coming trouble with foreigners
are We, and a wave of Chinese national feeling against
both Manchus and foreigners is passing over the
country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

RELICS OF LA PEROUSE.

The PAie Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph
sass that a successful search has been made by the
Bructr, commanded by Lieutenant Benier, for the re-
m.,ins of the wrecks Bows°le and Astrolabe, which went
down near Vanikoro about a century ago. They were
two ships with which the id,fated La Perouse went on
his last voyage. Anchors, cannon, and numerous
other relics were found and conveyed to Nuurnea in
New Caledonia. They were received by the French
authorities with impressive ceremony. the garrison
and biue-jackets being ordered to give military honour
and a salute of twenty•one guns being fired by the
guns of tne forts. Among the trophies of the search
is a bronze cannon, dated 1621, and the anchors are
covered over with coral in the etrandest manner. The
relics will be sent to the Louvre, and placed in the La
Perouee room.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

KIDDERMINSTER.

WORCESTER AND ADJNNING DISTRICT CHANGE
RINTGING ASSOCIATION.—On
,Saturday last, the mew-
I) rs of the above association met at the fine old
eliu•ch of St. Mary's Kidderminster, for a united
pr when members frcm Malvern, Bromsgrove
Vetherton, Kidderminst r, Wolvarley, Chaddesley
Bridgnorth, Wollaston, and Belbroughten,
inclu3ing the master, Mr. Perks, Mr. Duffill
treasurer, Mr. Smith, secretary, also Mr. F. Strange
(College Youths) who became a pPrforming mem-
bor of this association. Mr. King (Bath) and Mr
Morris (Birmingham ) Ringing commenced with
mixed company's about 3 o'clock p.m., when touches
of Gra,ndsird trebles, Plain Bob, and Grandsire
Minot were gme through. This is the second visit
that has been paid to this place in this year, and we
are pleased to say that since the last visit at Riker
the objects of the association have made some pro.
gre.s. The walls and ceiling have been whitened
and coloured, and fair progress made in the art and
science of change rifle big. The local company are
be congratulated on the improvements they have
made, still there is ample room for belfry reform
before it corresponds with the church to which it
forms a part About 7.30 o'clock p.m. the lingers
adj )urned to the'•Tailorsßeturn Inn" where touches
in various methods where gone through on the
hand bells. Vote-s of thanks were passed to the
vicar and churclm ardens for the use of the bells.
The meeting then terminated and the members dis-
persal highly pleased with their evening's enjoy-
ment.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.--4 his election took place
on Thursday, and being the first under the new Act
considerable interest was manifested in it. The
most noticeable feature was the entire absence of
cabs, cars, and othe vehicles with placards upon
them, from the streeets. The proceeding were very
quiet. The fact that there were only two Conserva
tires in the field rendered persons more than usu-
ally apathetic as regarded the result. The follow-
ing are the returns for the North Ward :—Messrs.
eiaarlwick (L), 72; Grosvenor (C), 623; Talbot
(L), 490; and Rogers (I), 313. For the South
Ward:—Messrs. Bytheway (0), 1,138; Holloway
(L), 962; Potter (L), 878; Dixon (L), 799. It will
be seen that both of the Conservative candidates
are returned. For Mr. Bytheway there have been
polled the largest number of votes ever given for a
candidate in that ward. The positions of the re-
spect've parties in the Council is now 13 Conserva-
tives to 11 Liberal. The former will be in the posi-
tion to elect the Mayor, but as the three retiring
aldermen are Conservatives, the Liberals will have
a majority of one when they leave the Council.
The result has pleased the Conservatives, as it was
almost beyond their anticipations that their candi-
date should head the poll in the South Ward,
which has hitherto been regarded as the stronghold
of the Liberals. Mr: Dixon, the defeated candi-
date, is a large employer of labour,' mud has been ia
the Council for many years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

RETURN OF LORD COLERIDGE FROM
AMERICA.

Lord Coleridge sailed from New York by the
Britannic on Saturday. Many friends accomßanied
tvia to the steamer to bid him farewell. His visit to
Yale College on the previous day wial most pleasant.
The students, numbering a thousand, assembled in the
college chapel, And when he arrived, accompanied by
the President of the college, they rose and sang "God
Save the Queen." He delivered a brief address, de-
voted mainly to a defence of clamical studies as the
basis of a college training.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-03

MARRIED.

BREALLEY—NEwmAN.—On tl:e 27th u't, at St.'
Edmund's Church, Dudley, Benjamin, fourli son of
Frederick Wearley, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest
dauvhter of William Frederick Newman, both of
Words.ey.

A CARD.—To ALL WHO ARE BUFFERING PROM THE
errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood. &c., I will send a receipt
thal will care you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary in South
America. Send a self addressel envelope to the Rev.
JOMPH T. INMAN, ?Station D., New York City, Ulla
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

THE PARCELS POST.

In consequence of the magnitude of the arrange-
ments for bringing the parcels-post scheme into
operation over the kingdom simultaneously, Mr.
Fawcett has been compelled to postpone its inaugura-
tion until the end of July, and the new system may
not be in working order until some time in August.
It is not expected that the sixpenny-telegram scheme
will be in operation before Christmas.

THE PARCELS rosr AND NEWSPAPERS.
The Postmaster• General has complied with the
request of the proprietor 3 of provincial newspapers to
place the conveyance of newspapers outside the
parcels-post regulations. Mail-cart contractors will
therefore be permitted to carry newspaper parcels of
any weight, so long as it does not interfere with the
delivery of the parcel and letter mails.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

CANADIAN ITEMS.

The construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
which was suspended on January 2‘for the winter, has
now been resumed. The line, it is expected, will be
completed to, or near, the summit of the Rocky
Mountains during the year, a distance of 960 miles
from Winnipeg, leaving only 263 miles to connect
the line with the work now in progress in British
Columbia.

Twenty•one carloads of flour have been sent from
Winnipeg to Montreal. Hitherto exports of produce
from Manitoba have not been large owing to the
quantity required for home consumption, but it is
expected that the trade now started will rapidly
develop.

- The rapidity with which Manitoba is progressing as
an agricultural country will be seen from the value
(350,000 dols.) of the implements that were sold at the
town of Portage•la-Prairie alone, during the last year.
They included 193 self•binders, 44 reapers, 275 mowers,
22) horse•rakes, 318 wagons, and 30 threshers.

It is estimated that buildings to the value of nearly
4,000,000 dollars have been contracted for in Winnipeg
to be constructed during the present year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

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ONEY.—WITERE AND HOW TO flirT IT:—
been established for eight years In Liverpool, has new
taken exteneive Premises in London, where horropees
1 a THE IMPERIAL ADTANCE BANK having
will have the opportunity of obtaining advanses
:be same equitable terms which have tassel%
Einuerial Advenee Bank in Liverpool te beware familiar
es Lousehold words.
Householders, Professional Gentlemen, Fairness,
Shopkeepers, Licensed Vistualless, Lolging-hease
Keepers, Tradesmen, Dairymen, Cab Proprietors,
Gardeners, Clerks, persons catering into business, and
other responsible persons, in any part of Itsigiand and
Wales can obtain advances almost immediately, in sums
varying from £lO to £2,000, NO STIEJLTIXS E.
QUIRED, either upon their furniture, stink, *me
'le, crops, implements (they retaining tk• fres use cx
or upon note of hand alone. Rea iiistraiats
Ad other executions paid out. Advances extended
from one to five years. Easy repayments. No eons-
on
-dudes is paid to agents, borrowers therefore reap the
_atilt. Liberal advances made upon deposit if riser-
phandise. surplus stocks, jewellery, furriture, deeds.
kite policies, acrip. and up every
kind of valuable pro
'arty with the strictest privacy.
Farther information by calling upon er wrising
rstating amend t required) LEWIB EIMM•NS,PriaIIiPa
Imperial Advasee Bask,
945, Totteshane Court Rind, Leaders. W. et.

ONE BOX of CLARKE S B 41 Bill is
warrranted Went. apdischarges from the Urinary
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Omni
and Pains in the Blick.--hold in boxes, 4a 6d each, by
all Chemists ad Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
so), prioress tor 60 Stpu_ps lyt!.e bkicr,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN PARIS.

The Paris correspondent of the New Y ork Herald says
that the observance of Sunday is increasing in Paris. He
says a few years ago, if you walked down the leading
streets and avenues, you would see the shop windows
all glittering and bright, as usual, while buying and
selling seemed to go on not only on fully as large a
scale as during the week, but even on a larger one
Now all this has altered. Three•fourths of the whole-
sale stores and respectable tradespeople in the centre
of the city close their shutters for twenty•four hours
on the Sabbath. After dark on Saturday night till
Monday morning you might go from end to end of the
Rue de la Pais without being able to buy a bottle of
scent or a watch chain. The Rue du 4 Septembre
also becomes a howling desert, and in the Avenue de
l'Op6ra, or between the Madeleine and the Rue
Vivienne—the most moving of all the corners of Paris
—barely half of the shops are open, and these are
neglected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

ES BY AUCTION

Sli,irrlirS, PURIFYING PILLS.--A
PO5l-
- FOR ALL DISEASES of the
`444:1Y Organ's, Recent or Old Standing; Weakness,
‘tqw" Backache, 'Sze., all Discharges and Ailments
1/4,4 Ired or constitutional, and every Disease for which
Copaiba are used to the injury of the Fetient's
the ttittition. Sold in Boxes (containing suil4ivut for
!lad rit.lte) .
Price 45. 6d Stamps may be sent. May be
ilt*Lreet from the Proprietors on receipt of the amount
4,-'I3B. Bent by Post to any address.
4•ASIIITH dc Co.'s Positive Remedy Laota
at Southampton Bow; London, W.C.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

MR. BENJAMIN WHITWORTH, M.P„

ON TEMPERANCE.

- In London on Monday evening Mr. Benjamin Whit-
worth, MX., delivered an address on the temperance
question, at a Gospel Temperance meeting held
in the Hawkstone Hall, Westminster Bridge.
road. The hon. gentleman, who had left the
House of Commons to attend the meeting,
after referring to the progress which had been
made by the temperance Movement, observed
that one important fact connected with it was that
the ministers of all religious denominations had to such
a great extent identified themselves with it. In this
respect' t was also a hopeful sign of the times to see
the students in the various theological colleges joining
the movement at such a rate that in the course of
another generation it would be difficult to get a
minister of the gospel who was not an advocate of total
abstinence. Local option had made wonderful progress
in the House of Commons, while, with regard to
Sunday Closing, the Home Secretary had stated
that if the whole country became as enthusiastic over
the question as the inhabitants of Cornwall, they would
have on their side the support of the Government. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer had told them of the falling
off in the revenue from the consumption of strong drink;
and, had this consumption kept pace with the increase
of the population, some £5,000,000 'more would have
been to the credit of the national exchequer. As a large
employer of labour, he knew of nothing that so bene-
fited the working classes as total abstinence and the
diminution of the drink traffic. If, instead of wasting
so many millions of pounds sterling every year in
drink, a portion of the sum annually expended were
dis erted into channels of industry, the wages of
the working classes of the country would become 20
per cent. higher than at present, while at the same
time the interests of the employers would be ad-
vanced. Profits would be increased, and increased
wages followed increased profits. The Blue Ribbon
Army, be considered, had been productive of
vast benefit, and when he saw that it was,
about to become the means of benefit, he at once
put on the blue ribbon. He believed he was the
first member in the House of Commons who adopted
the badge. He had been told by a fellow member who
bad taken the trouble to make a computation that
there were now some thirty:six total abstainers in the
House, though he (Mr. Whitworth) remembered when
there were only two—another and himself—in that
august assembly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

LOCAL OPTION.

The adjourned National Conference on Local Option
reassembled at the Westminster Palace Hotel, London,
on Saturday, to consider the position of the question
as affected by the previous night's division in the
House of Commons. The chair was occupied by Sir
Wilfred Lawson, Bart., M.P., and the following reso-
lutions unanimously adopted :

"That this conference presents its hearty thanks
and congratulations to Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart.,
M. P., the mover, and to Mr. W. S. Caine the seconder,
and to the whole of the right hon. and hon. members
who voted in support of the local option resolution,
being a third occasion on which, during the present
Parliament, by substantial and increasing majorities
the House of Commons has declared its will to remove
the great and glaring injustice of permitting the liquor
traffic to be forced upon or mlintained within locali-
ties against the wishes of the inhabitants thereof."
"That this conference rejoices that the Government
have accepted the decision of the House of Commons,
in favour of local ()Won, and have promised to embody
it in a measure to be introduced by them ; this con-
ference desires, however, to express its sense of the vast
importance of such measure being passed at the earliest
moment, as the best interests of the nation urgently
require' immediate legislation dealing with the liquor
traffic."

"That, having regard to the momentous character
of the interest involved, this conference expresses its
earnest conviction that the provisions of any measure
giving effect to the local option resolution should
inc,ude means by which the inhabitants of any parish
or district should be able to veto the sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors within their localities when they so de-
termine."

" That this conference rejoices to recognise the
mighty growth of public opinion in regard to the
question of the nation's intemperance, and trusts that
the electors of the 'United Kingdom will as early as
possible complete their electoral organisations, and
that every elector will so use his vote as to secure to
the people the fruits of their labour in the removal of
temptations to intemperance, which, according to her
Majesty's Ministers, entails mischiefs upon the
country greater than the combined evils of war, pesti-
lence, and famine."

The conference, which lasted upwards of three
hours, concluded with a vote of thanks to Sir Wilfrid
Lawson.

The majority (228) who voted on Saturday morning
in favour of Sir Wilfrid Lawson's annual local option
motion was made up of 167 English, 42 Scotch, and 19
Irish members, and the minority (141) of 129 English,
10 Irish, and two Scotch members. Of the 60 Scotch
members 44 were in the House when the division was
taken, and of the 102 Irish (allowing for the absence
of Mr. Healy, the member for Wexford) hut 29, show-
ing 16 Scotch absentees and 73 Irish. Twenty-three
official members voted for the resolution.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

Whil3t the deceased and a number of other men
were ( ngag,d in erewing trees in a working on
Thursday af•erhoon a "bump" occnred, an imme.
ilia' sly aftetw ads a great mass of cual fell and
bure 1 deceasad. Upon a portion of the coal be-
ing removed deceased was found shockingly crushed
and quite dead. Two loaders would have met the
same fate had they not been sheltered by some
trees.—ln reply to the Coroner, Mr. Scott stated
tht he had examined the workings and was of
opini n that everything possible had been done for
the safety of the men engaged in the pit.--The
jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-05

BRIERLEY HILL

FRAUDULENT BAILEE Cs.—At the Police Court)
on Monday, before H. 0. Firmstone and G. King
Escp, a coal hauler named John Bullock,
livining at Commonside, Was charged that he, being
bailee of a set of cart gearing belonging to Richard
&riven, coal haulier, William street, Brierley Hill,
did convert the same to his use, and thereby felon-
iothly steal the same. -A man, named Samuel
.Baker, was also charged along with Bullock, but
the Bench, after hearing the evidence, discharged
Baker. They fined Bullock .£3, or in default of
payment ordered him to go to gaol for one modh,
with hard labour.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE POLI C 3 COURT.—Mr.
Firrnstone, at the close of the busines3 before the
Court, stated that the Police Court Buildings were
about undergoing renovation, and that while the
neceissary work was being done all cases would be
taken at the Town Hall, High Street.

KINGSWINFORD SCHOOL BOARD.—An ordinary
ineetinA of this Board was held on Tuesday after-
noon, at Brieiley Hill; Mr. • Gilbert Claughton
presiding. A letter having been read from the
Eitication Department asking them to fill up the
vacancy caused by the resig.iation of Mrs. Alice
Bodington, it was decided to do so at tho next
monthly meeting. Mr. H. V. Breton, one of the
school attendance officers, wrote giving one month's
notice of his intention to terminate his engage-
ment. The resignation was accepted. The seal
of the Board was ordered to be affixed to a mort-
gage deed for £507 on account of the completion of
the Pensnett Board schools.