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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

A WHALER CRII SHED IN BY ICE.

SAD LOSS OF LIFE.

Particulars heve been received of the loss of the
whaling barque Napoleon, in the Behring Straits, and
the drowning of many of the crew. The disaster oc-
curred on May I, but the details have only just come
to hand. From these it seems that the Napoleon
wis working the lead in the Behring Straits, when
about seven p.m on the date in question she was struck
by an immensely large piece of ice. In a few minutes
afterwards it was found that her lower hold was full
of water. The boats were launched with the utmost
speed, but they had hardly got clear when the vessel
rolled over. Two of the boats were afterwards picked
up by the schooner Jas. A. Garfield. These con-
tained the captain, second and fourth mates, and
several other members of the crew. Three of the
crew had died from exposure in the open boats before
I hey were fallen in with by the rescuing schooner.
Two of the boats were missing, and it was said that
there was no chance of their ever being heard from.
The dispatch did not mention how many persons
were in the two missing boats. The Napoleon was on
her usual whaling cruise when the disaster happened.
She was one of the A—erican fleet of whalers, and was
306 tons register, but would have on board a large
number of bands for her size.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

AL

A CHOLERA-STRICKEN TOWN.

The following is an extract from a letter from
Aquilas, Spain: "It is impossible to paint the terror
which reigns among the people in Murcia and in the
different towns. A hen costs 4s. to 55., and every-
thing in proportion, and there are hundreds of people
almost starving. The following is a translation from
a Valencia paper: In the province of Valencia the
place which has comparatively suffered most is
Torres, situate about 10 kilometres from Sagunto, and
containing about 80e, inhabitants. In the place itself
there are neither doctors nor dispensary, but medical
assistance and medicines were supplied from Agimi,
where the cholera was also raging. 'Very soon the
former failed them, for of the two doctors one died
of the disease, and the other. after losing his wife,
was also attacked by the terrible epidemic. As these
towns and that of Alfara de Algimia were thus de-
prived of medical aid, the mayor went to Valencia to
lay the state of the case before the governor and pray
for help. On his return he also fell a victim
to the scourge. The panic was increasing. The
butcher and his family died, and the town was with-
out a supply of meat; but this was not all, the baker
and his family suffered the same fate as the butcher's,
ti.;nini .fill sta f.mili...*;ll in
existence were with few exceptions unable to make
bread. There was still more to come. The grave-
digger was struck down, and there were 18 dead
bodies with nobody to bury them. The force of the
civil guard in barracks consisted of four men and a
sergeant; one man and the wives of three of the
guards had died, and the remaining guards were all
ill. When assistance arrived, which infused a little
animation into the people, the greater part of the
houses weie found shut up, either in consequence of
the death or flight of the owners, only about 40 were
inhabited, and these all occupied by stricken
patients."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

LYE.

SAD ACCIDENT,—Mr. M. Corbet, deputy coroner,
held an inquest on Wednesday evening, at the
Spread Eagle lun, Lye, on the body of Benjamin
Joseph. Chance (19), labourer, son of Jo,.eph Cuance
of Church Street, Lye. The deceased was working
at Messrs. Stevens bucket works, Quarry Bank, on
Tuesday, doing some painting and was in the act of
shifting some scaffolding, when he overbalanced
himself and slipped over and fell a distance of 16
feet dislocating his neck, and sustaining a severe
scalp wound, killing him instantly. The jury re-
urned a verdict of "Accidental death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

1111 LES BY AUCTION

HAGLEY STOCK SALE.
EVERY MONDAY.
THE usual Supply of CATTLE, SHEEP,
PIGS, &c.

OATS, PEURENS, & WOOLDRIDGE

STO(JRBRIDGE STOCK SALE.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth, 1885,
350 FAT SHEEP ANT) LAMBS
45 HEAD FAT AND STORE CATTLE
H. KING Auctioneer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

DUDLEY.

THE CHARGE AGAINST A TRAVELLEIL—At the
Police Court on Monday, Henry Swinchett, com-
mercial traveller, of King S.rcet, surrendered to
his bail on a charge of embezzling money belonging
to his employer, John ltaybould, proprietor of the
Town Flour Mills. Mr. Warmington prosecuted,
and Mr. Waldron defended.—A further remand was
asked for by Mr, Waldron, who said it had taken
the accountants engaged by the prosecution a fort-
night to scrutinise the defendant's books. As they
had only been handed to Mr. Scriven, defendant's
accountant, a few days, he ad not yet had time to
draw up his report —Defendant was remanded till
Monday next. The same bail was allowed.
JUSTICE FOR A WIFE-BEATER—George Ha.neocks,
painter, of the Green Man Yard, was charged with
assaulting. his wife and daughter.—Defendant had
been previously convicted of an assault on his wife
and had been put on his good behaviour. During
the time he was under the supervision of the police
he avoided repeating the offence, but he afterwards
commenced another course of ill-usage towards his
wife. On Saturday last he went home drunk, and
began to abuse the family generally. He struck his
wife and daughter, drove his little boy out of the
house, gave his mother-in-law a black eye, smashed
the furniture, and threw the clock out of the win-
dow. He now said he only wanted justice, and the
Bench sent him to gaol for a month.
ALLEGED THEFT OF A JACKET.—Williarn Shaw
(24), labourer, of Cross Street, was committed for
trial on a charge of stealing a jacket belonging to
George Bonner, groom—When arrested prisoner
said he had committed the theft because he had no
,vat of hit t)rf
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

BRIERLEY HILL

A VIOLENT FELLOW. •-•• At the Police Court on
Monday, before Messrs. H. 0. Firmstone, H. Hall,
and G. K. Ilarri,on, William Stevens, alias
" Galloper," Dceley Street, Quarry Bank, was fined
203 and costs, or one month, for being drunk and
disorderly at Quarry Bank. on the 29th ult, De-
fendant kicked and fought violently with P.C.
Inman for about hali• an-hour.
'PHEFT OF Arms. Charles Siddaway, chain-
maker, Sheffield Street, Quarry Bank, was charged
with stealing a quantity of growing apples, the
property f Samuel hompson, on the 22nd ult.—
Mr. Addi on defended,—Prosecutor and Ws son saw
three men taking the api les early on the morning;
named. Two of the men got away free, but do-
I n'ant' in trying to jump a hedge, caught his foot
in a wile and was thrown down.—He was fined lOs
fill costs, or one month.
CLATiw BY THE IZITBAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.—
Mr. T. Wall, clerk to the Stourbridge Board of
Guardians, appeared in support of a summons in
which Job Willetts, of Bill street, Wollescote, was
sued for .Is, expenses incurred by the Rural
Sanitary Authority in providing house drains and
connections at Ambleeote. He mentioned that there
had been some little agilaion about the payment
of the expenses, but £370 had been paid out of a
total of £420. That (Monday) moi ilium defendant
had sent a cheque for the amount sued For, and Mr.
Wall now asked the Bench to make an order for the
payment of the Court fees.—The case was adjourned
for seven days to give the defendant an opportunity
of pa3ing the costs of the proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

AN AMAZON FIGHT IN THE
HEBRIDES.

Accorling to a report from the Hebrides, nearly
the whole male population of Lewis being absent
from home at the herring fishing on the east coast,
the tacksmen arranged to take repossession of the
disputed Uig islands, which the crofters maintain to
be theirs. Accordingly there was a general gathering
of tacksmen, ground officers, gillies, and shepherds
trom the surrounding district last week for this pure
pose. The crofters' wives and daughters having been
made aware of the invasion held a council of war, and
determined to resist the invaders at all hazards, both
on sea and land. A large fleet of sailing boats was
accordingly got ready, and when the tacksmen hove
• in sight the women were ready for action each being
armed with a stout stick and a lapful of stones. A.
fight commenced about a mile from land, which lasted
for fully four hours, and after a hot and well-con-
tested battle the women came off victorious. They
• drove the tacksmen off, prevented them from landing
their sheep, and only five bead of cattle were disem-
barked out of several score. The women then held a
council of war, and determined to keep sentry on the
islands until the return of the men from the fishings.
Several of the women were injured, though not
seriously. Great excitement prevails in the district
of Uig.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

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STU URBRIDE
TUESDAY, SEJ
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

THE PATRIOTIC FUNJS,

The Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund
have presented to her Majesty the Queen their 23rd
report, showing the position of the fund up to the end
of last year. The original fund is at the present time
increased by the growth of several branches. The
report treats not only of the Patriotic Fund itself.
but also of the Atalanta Fund, the Cambridge
Asylum, the Captain Fund, the Eurydice Fund, the
Girls' School of the Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum,
Roman Catholic orphans, the Rodriguez Fund, the
Royal Naval Relief Fund, the Soldiers' Effects Fund,
and the Zulu War Fund, Each of these funds is
dealt with in detail in the report. Thus, to take the
Royal Victoria Patriotic Asylum as an example, we
are informed that the 15 gentlemen who, with Earl
Nelson as their chairman, are the members of the
Executive and Finance Committee of the Commission,
have associated to themselves in the management of
the asylum four ladies, all living near the asylum—
Lady Alison, Lady Pollock, Mrs. Poulden, and Mrs.
Westlake; and these ladies have rendered valuable
assistance. The average number of girls in the asylum
in 1884 was 249, the cost of each child was
£24 13s. 10d., and the grant earned from the Educa-
tion Department was 18s. 10d. a head. Under the
Patriotic Fund itself we find that 2116 widows and
147 children were in receipt of allewances, apart from
the cases that come under the head of special funds.
Mr. Finlaison, the actuary, whose report is given in an
appendix, estimates the surplus balance of assets
over liabilities, taking the fund as a whole, at
£84,000. The stock account amounts, exclusive of
a liability of £35,000 for Roman Catholic Orphans,
to a total of £438,173. Of this £307,720 provides
pensions for widows, £7845 allowances for children,
£32,550 represents the cost of management, £6OOO
is reserved for contingencies, and these items
with the £84,000 surplus already mentioned, will
account, within a trifle, for the liabilities, £438,173.
The corresponding assets are, besides an annuity of
£16,900 just expired, invested in New Three per
Cents., Canada, Cape, Queesland, and South Aus-
tralian stocks, and in railway debentures of the best
description. The income account shows a total of
£94,724 2s. 10d. From each side a sum of over
£53,000 has to be written off on account of the
transfer of securities. The main portion of the rest
of the receipts is made up of the £16,900 annuity
already mentioned as having expired, and the pro-
' ceeds of the investments in the aforenarned stocks,
' which produce nearly £19,000. The expenditure,
after allowance made for the £53,000 already men-
tioned, and £2191 transferred to capital account, is
accounted for under two heads, £28,837 for widows
and orphans, and £2450 expenses of management
(including retiring allowances and administration of
special funds). Thus a balance is left in hand of
some £7OOO. A separate account will be found
of the moneys expended under each fund, general or
special.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

CRICKET.

ITANBURY HILL BAPTIST V. QUARRY BANK—This
match was played at the Racecourse on the 29th
and ended in an easy win for the Baptist by 51 runs,
F. Kniusham played remarkably. His score inclu-
ded one 3 and nine 2's, and singles, thus reaching
the highest score made for the Baptists this year.
lie was sharply stumped out by 'l'. Moore. Jackson
(captain), was in his old form, only remaining a few
minutes at the wicket for his 18. He was out to
the first chance he gave, being caught and bowled
by Hadley. Score
BAPTIST.
F. Klinsham, st. F. Moore, b. Holiday 31
W. Commander c Mason, b Ingly 1
W. Brown b Ingley
J. Moody c Evans, b lngley .. 1
G. Hooper b Mason
J. Jackson c b Hadley
E, Fitchew st F. Moore. b Hadley . ..... 7
E. Pargeter c J. Moore b Holiday 3
E. Morris b Hadley
B. Asbury not out
W. S. Taylor c Barker, b Holiday 2
Extras

QUARRY BANK.
B. Mason c Pargeter b Brown 2
J. Hadley b Jackson ..... 3
W. Ingley b Brown
N. Holiday thrown out
J. Moore c Taylor, b Jacksan
T, Moore b Brown
G. Haywood b Brown
G. Barker c Ktainsham, b Jackson 0
G.Evansb Jackson 4
J. Bridgwater not out
W. Williams b Brown 0
Extras • .. 7

LYE 11 v. KIDDEEMNSTER.—PIayad at Kiddermin-
ster.

KIDDERMINSTER.

H. Adams b Heywood
J. W. Grove thrown out Harris
E. A. Mountford b Thomas 1
J. liarnid tle c Mobberley, c Heywood 8
F. Elwards b Heywood
J. F . Tidruan c H. Brooks b Heywood 3
A. Boywer c Taylor, b Hambrey 3
W. Evans b llambrey
11. Willis not out 13
Pomroy c Taylor b Hambrey 0
H. Steward at H. Brooks b Brooks 3
Exti as 6
51
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

THE SOUDAN REWARDS.

If matters have not gone too far for the Govern.
ment to reconsider their proposed method of reward-
ing the troops lately engaged in the Soudan, it would
be well, argues the Globe, for them to do so. What
ought to have been done, as we suggested before the
change of Government, was to issue a; Soudan medal,
with clasps for the principal engagements. This plan
would have given universal satisfaction, as being
equally fair to all, whereas the present one will
operate most unfairly in many instances. Thus, the
troops who went through the Tel-el-Kebir campaign
and the previous Souakim enterprise are already
in possession of the Egyptian medal, and they
will consequently only obtain clasps for • what
they did this year against the enemy. But men
belonging to regiments not previously engaged in
Egypt will obtain both medal and clasps. The argu-
ment that a fresh medal should not be issued because
the Nile and Souakim expeditions ended in more or
less failure, is sheer nonsense. According to that
showing, neither ought clasps to have been given, nor
should the London Gazette have published a long list
of officers decorated for their services in the Soudan.
How is it possible to argue that although Lord Wol-
seley had been made a viscount for his share in the
business, Tommy Atkins does not even deserve a
medal? Never' throughout its illustrious history
has the British army displayed higher quali-
ties than in the Soudan. Pluck, discipline.
endurance, fortitude, self - denial, cheerfulnes,
and the most splendid heroism in battle distinguished
the troops both under Lord Wolseley and Sir Gerald
Graham. The rank and file were not, responsible for
the delay which originally took place, or for the choice
of the Nile line of advance, or for the erroneous
calculations of the time required to get to Khartoum,
or for the surprise of General M'Neilrs force. These
matters fell out through causes beyond the soldiers'
control. They and their officers who immediately
commanded them did their work in a way to elicit
the admiration of all Europe, and now that the higher
ranks have received ample reward—perhaps too ample
in some instances—public opinion demands that the
coveted medal should be issued.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

QUARRY BANK.

FUNERAL OF 'THE LATE MRS. DIXON". - The
remains of this beloved and estimable lady (the
wife of the Rev. Dr. Dixon), were interred in the
parish churchyard on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
Dixon died at Boulonge a few days ago, after a
short illness, from suffusion of the brain, and the
remains were brought home on Monday evening.
A large number of the cmgregation assembl3d to
meet the body at Cradley Station, and the mournful
procession proceded to the church, where a service
was held, the officiating clergyman being the Rev.
C. Jordan. At the funeral service an imruf-nse
number of people were pre-ent, On all hands signs
of mourning were manifested, the places of busi •
ness being partially closed, and the blinds were
drawn at private residences. The service was con-
ducted by the Revs. C. Jordan and Hugh Sherrard.
For thirty years Mrs. Dixon hid lived in the parish,
and by her genial disposition and benevolent acts to
the poor she had nobly anci deservedly gained the
esteem of all who knew her. The deceased lady
was in her 66th year. Much sympathy is expressed
for Dr. Dixon in his sudden bereavement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

SERIOUS RIOTS IN IRELAND.

At a late hour on Monday night a serious affray
occurred at Armagh between some soldiers and
civilians. A man named Robert Young was stabbed,
and is now in a precarious condition. His depositions
were taken on Tuesday morning. Two soldiers and
an army reserve man have been arrested. A serious
fracas took place on the same night at Galway
between soldiers and civilians. A torchlight proces-
sion was passing through the streets in honour of Mr.
T. P. O'Connor, M.P., who was giving a lecture to the
local branch of the Young Irelaild Society. At the
same time a detachment of soldiers was marching in
the apposite direction, and the processionists groaned
and shouted at the men as they passed, the lighted
flax from the torches falling on the heads of the,
soldiers. The latter on entering the barracks in-
formed their comrades of the treatment they had re-
ceived, when a number of the men turned out. A
disturbance followed, the windows of every shop that
was found open being smashed, and a large amount
of damage done. Several persons were injured. Some
men of the Connaught Rangers were about to take
the part of the civilians, but a large police force and
several military pickets by a great effort Quelled the
riot, which lasted for three or four hours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

HAI.EiOWEN.

STOCK SALE —Mr. Citton held his first monthly
sale of fat and store stock at Halesoweu on Wed-
nesday. There was a very large attendance of
butchers, dealers, farmers, and others. Trade,
especially in fat stock, was good, and all the stock
penned changed hands at satisfactory prices There
were penned and sold 73 head of cattle, 180 sheep
and lambs, 9 calves, and several horses. Fat cows
made from £l2 to £lB lOs ; bullocks £l4 15s to £25
7s 6d ; heifers 4212 lOs to £l6 15s; fat sheep 33s to
56s 6d; lambs 23s to 375; store ewes made from
36s w 475; calves 25s to 1078 6d. Altogether, the
sale was an unqualified success, and a g,neral opin-
ion was exiressecl that whtn ;the restrictions were
removed and the sale of pigs allowed, few better
markets for the d sposal of stock would be found
than that at Halesowen. The nest sale will be held
on Wednesday, October 7th.
CHARGE UNDER THE POACHING PREVENTION.
ACT.—At the Police Court on Tue ay, before
Messrs. F. D. L. Smith, E. Gem, and H. Howard,
Jesse Rollason, rivet maker, was summoned for
committing an offence under the Poaching Preven-
tion Act.—At half-past three o'clock on the mornine-
of the 24th ult. the defendant was met by PC.
Etheridge on land belonging to Mr. Edward Cooper,
with a loaded gun in his possession.—On the appli-
cation of Mr. Wright, who defended, the case was
adjourned.
FELONY AGAINST A WIFE. Thomas Siviter,
miner, Hackett Street, Blackheath, was charged on
remand with feloniously receiving a quantity of
furniture, the property of Joseph Willetts, of the
Cocksheds. The prisoner is the prosecutor's father-
in-law, and 4,-hort time ago the prosecutor's wife
left her home and took to her father's house a large
quantity of furniture which it was alleged was re-
ceived by the prisoner. The Magistrates' Clerk
stated that le f re the charge :could be proceeded
with it would be necessary for the wife to be charged
with stealing the gecds. Prosecutor said he had
no desire to hurt the prisoner. The magistrates
adjourned the case, and directed proceedings to be
taken against t e wife,
WELL-aIERITED PllNlSHMENT.—BeDjalllitlPrcedy,
labour r, of the Quinton, was fined 103 and costs,
or in lefault t wenty-ono days.' imprisonment, for
I using obscene and profane language ia tire public
I areas. _

THE RECENT AS,AtiLT CASE.—Mrs. Hannah Wil-
letts applied for an order for a judicial separation
from:litr husband, William Willett, who was com-
mitted to ptison last week for assaulting her.—The
Bench mate the older, and directed the prisoner to
contril'ute 106 a week towards his wife's- mainten-
ance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

THE CROPS.

Our agricultgral contemporary, the Mark Lane
Express, published on Monday a further estimate of
the yield of the crops in the harvest now being
gathered. The final conclusion is, in one respect,
somewhat more favourable than the earlier reckon-
ings. Wheat is shown to be over average in every
division of Great Britain; but barley seems to be
under average in England, though over average in
Wales and 'Scotland ; oats and pulse crops under
average in each case. The estimated yield of wheat
is 30 bushels to the acre,which is exactly that.of last year;
but our contemporary expects that on full information
it will not prove to be more than 29 bushels. On this
reckoning the yield for 2,478,318 acres, which was
the area sown with wheat in Great Britain this year,
gives a total crop of 8,947.050 quarters. Adding the
70,874 acres in Ireland, where the wheat crop is a
very good one, and the 5660 acres in the Isle of Man
and the Channel Islands, the total crop of wheat
comes out as 9,223,710 quarters, of which a million
quarters will be needed for seed, leaving 8,224,000 for
sale. Now the top value of white wheat in Mark-lane
on Monday was 355., and of red wheat 325. Taking a
mean between these two, and reckoning 335. as the ave-
rage value of the crop, we get £13,569,600 as the sum
added by the wheat harvest to the wealth of the
nation. This is only one crop among many, and its
value is worth noting as indicating the immense im-
portance of agriculture as an element in the national
welfare. There has been a considerable falling off in
the number of acres sown with wheat, but pasture has
usually been laid down in its str-ad. The decrease of
the production of wheat has consequently been simul-
taneous with a great increase of the number of cattle.
The land not devoted to corn-growing has produced
cattle to nearly four times the value of the discon-
tinued crops.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-05

WORKHOUSE HARDSHIPS.

An elderly man, very poorly clad, attended before
Mr. Chance, at the Southwark Police-court on Tues-
day, to complain of the conduct of the Bermondsey
Workhouse officials. Mr. Chance: What have they
done to you? Applicant: I got a day's leave on
Sunday, and brought back a pennyworth of bread and
a few slices of ham, which they took away from me.
Mr. Chance: Is there any rule against the inmates
bringing in food to the workhouse? Applicant: Noo
sir, there is nothing prohibited in the rules but spirits.
When I got back on Sunday night the yardsman
seized me like a bulldog, and robbed me of my bread
and meat. Mr. Chann : Well, what do you want me
to do? Applicant: I want your decision on the case.
We have to work very hard, and we don't get enough to
eat. We only get a very small loaf in the morning and
a very small one at night, and we want a little eitra
after ten hours' wood chopping. Mr. Chance: It
certainly appears rather hard. According to my
recollection the Act of Parliament only prohibits
fermented liquors. Applicant: It is hard to have a
piece of bread taken away from one when they don't
give him enough to pacify his stomach. If I go to
bed with a hungry belly, it growls, and I get no sleep,
your worship. I always thought that workhouses
were intended as places of comfort for old people
who paid rates and taxes all their lives. Instead of
that I find them places of hard work and insufficient
food. Mr. Chance: I will send an officer to inquire
into the case. Are you still in the workhouse?
Applicant: No, sir. I discharged myself after the
way they treated me. Applicant thanked his worship
and retired.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

n ALE.

A Large and Well-selected Stock or

MEERSCHAUM PIPES

CIGAR HOLDERS_
AND OTHER
ELEGANT CIGAR CASES,
Wills's, Cope's Hignett's,
AND OTHER
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

EiAGLEY.

STOCK S tts.—liesArs. Oates. Perreu4, and Wool-
dridge I.al u good supply ot stock at them sale on
Xonday, comprising 77 head of cattle 949 sheep
-Ind ',nibs, 15 calvcs, and 110 pigs. There
-vas a full attendance of buyers, and good prices
were realitied, the previous week's rates being main-
aiued. The sale is now open for store pigs wilh-
,ut any restrictions. Bit heifers made as high as
.22.0 10s ; wether sheep 65s 6d. Good cows and
calves were in demand. The Christmas sale will
le held on Monday next, and will iuolude • large
number of grandfat beasts, fed specially for this
3ale, and the usual prizes thill be given.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

SUICIDE IN A LONDON MUSIC HALL.

Late on Friday night a shocking occurrence hap-
pened at the Metropolitan Music Hall, Edgware-road.
It seems that on Thursday night a young man, about
21 years of age, was taken to the llolyneux-street
Police-station by a man well known, who stated that
he thought it best to bring the young man there for
the police to look after, as he seemed to be incapable
of taking care of himself, and, owing to the company
he had been seen with, was in danger of losing his
property. It was ascertained that the young man
had a purse in his possession, and it contained several
sovereigns. Suddenly he disappeared out of the
station, and as he was drunk the inspector sent after
him, had him brought back, and charged him with
being drunk. He gave the name of Thomas Stokes.
About seven o'clock on Friday morning he was
liberated on his own recognisances to appear and
answer the charge at the Marylebone Police-court at
ten o'clock the same morning. He did not, however,
surrender to his recognisances, and nothing more
was heard of him until late on Friday night. Shortly
after ten o'clock on that night great alarm was
created in the pit of the Metropolitan Music Hall by
the discharge of firearms near the orchestra. Soule
one near the spot saw a young man draw a revolver
. from his coat pocket, and placing it to his left breast,
discharged it, and he fell down immediately. Con-
stable Smith, 88, happened to be in the hall at the
time, and, seeing what had occurred, immediately had
the man convey el to the St. Mary's Hospital in a cab.
On being examined by the house surgeon it was found
that life was extinct, the bullet having, it is believed,
passed through the heart. Near where to the de-
ceased fell was found a six-chambered revolver, five.
• claambers of which were loaded. Detective-ser-
geant Record afterwards saw the body at the hos-
pital, and recognised it as the man who had been
charged with drunkenness. Inquiries have been made,.
and tt.tups out that the deceased's name, is Thomas
' Erring:and Lhat he was a gentleman's footman in a
family resrdink at Cavendish-square and at St.
Leonardo.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE DEVIL.

The Archdeacon of Taunton, in reply to a gentle-
man at Nottingham, who asked him whether it was
true that he said, "If you are content to cheer a
man who prefers political And party ends to his duty
to his country and his God, you may as well cheer
the devil," replies "The words tire undeniably the
truth, and were applied by me to Mr. Gladstone.
Afterwards I considered that this manner of express-
ing the truth publicly had better not have been em-
ployed, and I stated this from a written paper as my
apology at a great Church and State defence meeting
at Taunton. . . . It is beyond all reasonable and
religious question that Mr. Gladstone is not doing
the work of God. I have known this very many
years. I am commonly said to. know more about
Mr. Gladstone than any other man, both publicly and
privately, and I say that beyond all dispute he is not
and has not for many years been doing God's work in
' and for his country. Whose work is he then doing?
Mr. Gladstone is four years younger than I am.
have known him 53 years, and had much to do with
him in public matters. I have not been able to place
any manner of confidence in him from 1851 to 1885,
34 years. In 1853 I did. all I could to turn him out
of his Beat for Oxford University. If the clergy had
trusted me then as they trust me now, I should have
turned him out then; he had only a small majority.
In 1866 I did turn him out. Everybody who knows
anything about the matter knows that it was my
action in London, 1865, which ended in turning him
out. I think, if possible, worse of him every year.
He settles all questions with himself, however sacred,
by political and party considerations. He has written,
and ltaeps writing, publilyiiis. own ,wituees .against
inutelfP
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

STRANGE CONDUCT IN A CHURCH.

At Christ Church, South Ashford, on Sunday
morning, two well-dressed men during the Liturgy
called out that the worship of the Ch.urch of England
was as superstitious as that of the Church of Rome,
and that the worshippers were all. hypocrites. ,The
officiating clergyman took no notice, but on one of
the men beginning to enunciate Secularist -doctrines
and saying that the days of the Establishment were
coming to an end, much excitement arose. One of
the choir went for a policeman, but
.on a medical
gentleman and the verger going up, to them the
strangers suffered themselves to be pushed Jrom the
church, one of them saying, ," Good morning, good
mor.ning, I. wiph .y...0u joy of your supeptitions.

TEE BIIRMAH QAMPAIGN:
King Theebaw arrived at Rangoon on Saturday
evening. A Reuter's telegram from Mandalay on
Sunday states that on the evening of the King's
departure there was omedacoiting in thecapital, some
of the inhabitants being killed. Six of the robbers were
caught and formally sentenced to death. General
Erenilergast * issued a proclamation regulating the
futnreâdminlBtratiofl of .the country.

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The Daily Chronicle's Rangoon correspondent said
on Monday: A good working Government has been
formed at Mandalay, and the Burmese Ministers are
co-operating.loyally in effecting the restoration and
maintenance' -order. There have been some
attempts id, looti:ng in the suburbs of -‘the capital, but
they were promptly suppressed. Matters genera'lly
are settling down, and the Burmese are adapting
themselves to the altered condition of affairs. There
was but little excitement in Rangoon on Theebaw's
arrival there, and the natives of British Burmah are
naid to be gratified at the turn affairs have taken in
Upper Burmah. The telegraph lines between Man-
dalay and Rangoon are being repaired.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

I3RIERLEY HILL.

AItdAULTB AT A POLITICAL MEETING. At the
Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Neville
Stipendiary;, John Cartwright, glass•maker, New
Street, Worusley, and Willimu C. rbett, moulder.
6timEner Street, Kingswinford, were charged with
iasaalting icseph Hand, maltster, of Wordsley. Mr.
Holberton appeared for complainant, and Yr. Clu•
'ow defended. It was stated that on the 110th of
November there as a meeting of Mr. King
tiarrisons'a supporters at the Drill Hail, Wordeley.
The complainant MLA present, and 01s chair-
man said the candidate bad been well receivek:
6vetywhere, complainant shouted, "How about
l'ettenhall 1" A cry was then raised of "Turn him
oat." and Cartwright rushed at him and kicked
Lim. There was a general rush at Hand, who was
pliihed out of the room. When outside Corbett
put aabogidel.• ead. IMP

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Comilenant was subjected to further abuse, and
was 1.1 imat-ly escorted h(.me by the police.—For
the dA•nce, witnesses were call-d who denied that
C .;t vright committed any assault; and it was ar-
gn dt hat it was only a t.-chnical ass .alt on the
Fat of Corbett.—The Stipendiary regarded both
eases fts very trumpery, and he thought it would
Iliftve been very much Letter if they had not been
b • ight into Cott, but he must now deal with
them. The ovidence did not prove that ei-ler of
the defendants kicked complainant, but both ot
them htd comini.ted technical as4aults. At the
same time he considered they were trumpery as-
saults, and should fine each of the defendants Is
d Co Is.
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hi and scientific determination of constitn-
-ency areas, the abandonment of the single
member anomaly, and the adoption of the
system of the single transferable vote, as in
use in Denmark, and as advecat,:d in Eng
land by Sir John Labboels and other ' Even
the. Danish system—the nserest approach to
righteous and absolutely fair representation
in operation in any country—is not perfect;
and English statesmen should address them-
selves to its application here in an amended
form. The single transferable vote is pro-
bably the best possible safeguard against the
1 political extinction of useful minorities of
numerical importance, but it is not potent
enough to effect in many areaTs the salvation
of distinct bodies of voters not in alliance
witluany stroll°. party Some plan ought
to be devised ;hereby all the voters wh it-
ever their thinking, may have proportionate
representation in the Parliament of the na-
tion. Possib!y this cannot be attailed
wih-
out the transfer of minority votes—not from
candidate to candidate only in a given con-
stituency at the elector's option, as circum-
stances may require—bat from district to
district, so securing in the end fair repre-
sentation of people of every political per-
suasion. Had Sir Wilfrid Lawson been re-
lurned for the Cockermonth division of
Cumberland he would have sat in Parliament
more as the mouthpiece of men ofa certain
welldefined thinking throughout the count ri
than as member for a slice of the. northern
hill-country. Because a majority of ten
local voters were adverse to the witty basonet
the country is deprived of the services of a
distinctly representative man. The same
reasoning applies to every leader of thought
excluded solely by a local vote. If a poll of
the whole country were possible for the se-
lection of a complete Parliament, one may
be full sure that such men as Mr. Janice
Lowther, Mr. Shaw-Lefevre and many
others of the hundred and a half experienced
M.Ps. who have failed to secure re-election
would not have been left "ant in the cold."
And yet the voter at a Parliamentary elec-
tion is supposed to be engaged in a ballot
aimed at securing fair representation of the
whole people in its legislative assembly.
We commend the study of this subject to
all earnest politicians, for its consideration
lays bare a system which succeeds only in
bringing within the walls of the Commons
House of Parliament a deceitful semblance
of the sound of the voice of the vote's of all
the land.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

AN ARISTOCRATIC ASSAULT CASE.

Mr. Welles Charlton, residing at Rawlings Hotel,
Jermyn-street, Mr. Thomas W. Charlton, and Mr.
Nicholas J. Charlton, of Chilwell Hall, Nottingham,
were summoned at Marlborough-street Police-court
on Saturday for assaulting Mr. Lewis Lovat Ayshford
Wise, at Duke-street, St. James's, on the 27th ult.
Mr. J. E. Bankes, barrister, appeared for the cone-
plainant,.and Mr. George Lewis, eolicitor, for the de-
fendants. Mr. Lewis, on the case coming on for
hearing, applied for an adjournment for a week, on the
ground that an important document in the matter was
on its way from Russia. It was requisite for the de-
fence that he should have it, and in these circum-
stances he would ask that the hearing of the sum-
monses should be adjourned. The document in
question had been telegraphed for. Mr. Mansfield
inquired how he knew that the document would be
in London in a week's time? Mr. Lewis replied that
he felt certain it would then be in his possession.
Mr. Bankes said he must oppose the application of
Mr. Lewis. He would accept Mr. Lewis's statement
that the document might be material, but the case was
one of assault, and he (Mr. Bankes) therefore submitted
that a matter which might have occurred a long time
previous could not be material in the present instance.
Mr. Lewis remarked that the parties in the case
were brothers-in-law, and in such circumstances there
could be no harm in adjourning the summonses. Mr.
Bankes suggested that the evidence should be taken
that day, and then, if necessary, the learned magis-
trate, after hearing it, could adjourn the case for a
week. There were a number of witnesses present,
and, after hearing their evidence, it could be seen
whether the document was necessary for their cross-
examination, and if so, the case eoukl be adjourned.
At present he failed to see that proper grounds had
been made out for adjourning the matter. Mr. Lewis
contended that a formal adjournment could make no
possible difference, remarking that his clients were
gentlemen of position, and that it was certain they
would not have assaulted the complainant unless he
had thoroughly deserved it. Mr. Bankes replied that
such a remarl clearly showed the line that the cross-
examination would take, and he must, therefore,
strongly oppose the adjournment. Mr. Mansfield
said he did not know the nature of the prosecution,
but an application was first made to him to grant a
warrant. He refused to grant one, as it was his in-
variable practice not to do so in such cases. Taking
everything into consideration, he thought the best
course to take would be to adjourn the suinmonses for
a week. This was accordingly done, and the parties
left the court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-12-12

A CURIOUS POINT OF LAW.

In the Court for the Consideration of Crown Cases
Reserved on Saturday, before the Lord Chief Justice
of England and Justices Denman, Field, Hawkins,
Day, Mainsty, Matthew, Stephen, and A. L. Smith,
judgment was given in the case of the Queen v. Ash-
well. The case was originally argued before five,
.ju3ges, and was re-argued before fourteen judges 'in-
. the last sittings. The case which was stated for the
decision of their lordships set, out these facts. A
man named Thomas Ashwell was tried before Mr.
„lust ice Denman at • the; Leic'egtet Assiies en • Jane 23
last for the theft of ,a sovereign, the money of
FAl;lird-Keogli. On the night of tile 9th of January,
Keogh and Ashwell having met in a public-house,
Ashwell asked Keogh to step into the inn yard, and
there requested Keogh to lend him, a shilling until
next day. Keogh complied, and drew out of his
pocket what he believea was a shilling, but which in
fact was a sovereign, and handed it to Ashwell. The
same evening Ashwell changed a sovereign at another
public-house. Keogh having discovered his mistake,
next morning went to Ashwell and informed him of
it. Ashwell at first denied having received a sove-
reign, but subsequently admitted that he had,. but
refused to give it back, as he had spent most of it,
and had only asked for the loan of a shilling. It was
Submitted at the trial, on the prisoner's behalf, that
there was no larceny or taking or obtaining by trick
or false pretences, and no evidence that the prisoner
when he received the sovereign knew it was not a
shilling. But on the part of the prosecution was
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converting it to his own use after he knew of the
mistake, and denying it, was sufficient to constitute
the offence. The jury found that the prisoner did not
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sovereign, but on discovering the mistake had fraudu-
lently appropriated it to his own use, and denied the
receipt of it. On these findings the judge entered a
verdict of guilty, but admitted the prisoner to bail to
come up for judgment if this Court were of opinion
that the conviction could stand. There being a dif-
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elaborate judgments seriatim on the part of themselves
and the other judges before whom the case was
argued, the result being that seven of their lordships
were for affirming a conviction, and seven• against
it, so that by the rule of this Court the conviction
, staads. , .
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BROMSOROVE.

LOCAL BOARD.— At the meeting of this Board on
Thursday there were peseta Mr. Jefferies (chair-
mon), Messrs. Atnplile( t, Bennett, Brazier, Fi•ch,
Hall, Nict,.o.ls, end Roper.—Tne Finance Commit-
tet:'s rep rt showed a balance in hand of £5 —The
us . of the Town Hall was granted to the Salvation
• ins for Sundays at 10a a day, and it was con-
eut..red advisable that the use of the drum by the
A my should be discontimied.--Dr. C irey's monthly
re or stated that 24 births and 11 deaths were
registered during tae mom h, against 22 births and
16 deaths in Notember last year. No deaths were
duo to zymotic disease, and 7 wore of persons whose
ages ranged from 74 to 85 years. Ii a supple-
mentary report leir„ Carey stated that a case of
small-pox at the Pleck, Sidemore. had that day been
brought under his notice, an I he had ordered dis-
in ectante to be supplied and ne_d, and hall taken
other precautions to prevent the chum) spreading,
—A. diecu-sion took place as to the advisability of
removing tne patient, and it was stated that there
as a care in .he lete ital at the Workhouse.—lt
was decided ti at the Sanitary Committee should at
ones adopt eery necessary measure to isolate the
;patient eald the famly, and, if porsible, prevent
eentagioo.—T tenthr of Mes r. Read and Sons,
to remove the we,ghing machine house and erect
he new one was acc:pted.—Mr. Hall read the re-
;tett of the cinicutttee on the question of appointing
tdditional resident magistrates for the division,
dating oat Earl Be tu hamp, the-lord-lieutenant of
-.he county, in reply to the Board's memorial, had
promised to give the matter his best consideration,
u t he did not think it was proper for the Board t
suggest the names for appointment. This was so
tar satisfacto:y, aBit rtlieved the Board of responai-
oility in the matter. The teport was adopted.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE ON E RAILWAY. - About
hill-past seven o'clock on Wednesday evening, as
Joseph Eades, brakestaa.n, was going along the
Ilidland Railway from Blackwell to Bromsgrove,
he foung Otorge Parry, formerly a coachman, but
Lately workin; as a labourer, lying dead between
the metal- on the down side of the line, a little
Lbovehe bridge, near Fiaetall Chapel. The body,
.vhich was removed to the Dragoon Inn, was op -
paren.ly uninjured, except on the head ; and from
tae fact that it lay in the contrary direction to what
it would have done had deceased been kr ocked
down by the engine of a passing train, it is sup.
posed that deceased sought his own death,