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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-13

THE FRENCH TREATY AND TRADES

UNIONS.

From recent discussions on the policy of unrestricted
Free Trade, the aubject is attracting considerable at-
tention both in France and England; and as the
diminution of the silk trade of Coventry and Maccles-
field has been in a great measure attributed to the
want of " reciprocity" in the present tariff, the whole
question of Free Trade, which it was supposed the
lengthened controversies of a quarter of a century ago
had settled, has been again raised, and bd. re the
reader can arrive at a satiafactoy conclusion ant to
the advantages or disadvantage-I of an unrestricted
policy, a careful examination of the results of Free
Trade during the last twenty years, and the arguments
1.14 V brought against that policy, will be neces,nry.
In a letter to The Times, on the particular ca,e of
the French Treaty, Mr. Edmund Ashworth, writing
from Egerton Hall, near Bolton, says
In a former letter which you did me the favour to insert in
your columns I endeavoured to show the benefits derived
from Free Trade, and how the adoption of that policy has
doubled the productive industry of the nation and added
both to the wages and mpl..yment, tie people. There is
still, however, a desire on the part of some sections of the
community to go back to Protection, and the " Reciprocity"
plea lends it in delusive hope. Toe French Treaty, and parti-
cularly its bee nag upon the silk trade, has Leen wade a
ground of attack, as living the strongest on,, that call he a/I-
da:eft by the opponents of Free Trade; but a careful ex.
wination of the facts c innected with that branch of industry
will show that it. depressed Condition must be attributed to
other Callatil.
With a view to ascertain Hie real position of the question,
I have extracted the import. and exports of siik goods be-
tween England and France from the date of the Treaty to
the latest returns. I find the total export of silk goods
from the Unitel Kingdom to France in the year Iono was
£413,702. am! in 1567, £303,860-4109,842 less in loll?. It
is somewhat curious that our exports of silk goods to all our
colonies slid foreign countriev have lieen almost stationary.
In Dal the amount Was £1,353,719 ;itt EON, 2,371,065. We
must not, however, suppose that this represelits the full
value of our silk trade, or that it WM nut made soma pro-
gress dm log eight years.
Ihe extensive increase fun the demand for silks in Ettg•
laud duritig this period has nil retest mottle opportunity lor
role manufacturers to avail throe:wives of some portion of the
trade, from the fact that the Import. /ride France increased
front £3.111,690 in ISM to .E. 10.214 700 i,n 157. 'rho clearly
proves that slackness of trade was not produced by the ate
sence of demand.
Ti'. .15,0Ve facts will, as far as I am able to judge. term the
.if WI investigation into the worklrg of the French
Trmity if the motion is carried in the lions 1 Commons for
p.riiamontary Inquiry lilt, hope, however, that when the
Inquiry is made it will not be limited merely to ascertaining
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-13

DISPUTED WILL CASES.

In London, In the Court of Probate, the following will
caeca have been heard :

_
BECKETT V. HOWE AND OTHERS.
The question is this eae was as to the due exeett-
tion of a will datsd July, 1868, of Henry John Long,
who died in March, 1869 Mr. Long had a situation
in London. and it appeared from the evidence id the
two atts sting witnesses, who were friends of his, that
in July, 1868, he made an appointment with them, at
which the will was attested. lie roduced it from
his cat prr ket, and folded it so that they could nvt
see any writing upon it, and could not tell whether it
was signed or not, and then asked them to subscribe
their names, and they did so. He did not at that time
say that it was his will, but he made some remarks
from which one of the witnesses inferred that it must
be a will. There was an attestation clause, but it was
not perfect. The question was whether this amounted
to a sufficient aeknowlt-dgment, under the 9th section
of the Wills Act, to entitle the docurnert to probate.
'the plaintiff, who propounded the will, submitted
that the acknowledgment was sufficient, and the de-
fendants, who were the next of kin, submitted that it
was not.
His Lordship took time to consider his decision.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-11-13

NAPOLEON AT "HOME."

The Correspondent of the Comet Jmrnal has favoured its
readers web an insizitt into the Royal home or France, the
amusements in uhich very fsvourably contrast with those of
the "olden times
Ever since the departure of the Empress Eugenie the
Prince I niperisl has been admitted to HiA Maje
table and placed to the left of his august fatht r. This
constant mixture with the company invited to the
chateau has greatly developed the young Prince's
tone and manner, and given him that ()plumb the
absence of which was wont to be admired by the
Empress while deplored by the Emperor. When
the repast is over he again mixes with the
guests, who take coffee and cigars, and is no
longer compelled to retire with the ladies to the
drawing.room white the smoking is going on. The
evening is spent in small gmtes and literary exercises,
much to the disgust 41 the military inrtb,s, the ,dd
grognards who know nothing and who grumble at this
infringement ou their right of grumbling and complain-
ing of the want of employment which drives them all
to their country seats and the contemplation of the
worsted work in course of execution by their wives
ar..ldaughters. The Emperor even condescends some.
times to invent these little games for the amusement
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG MAN THROUGH
LOVE DIFFICULTIES.

An inquest has been held in London on the body
of a young man named Bishop, aged twenty-two
who had poisoned himself with strychnine.
The parents of the deceased said he Irel not been
quite right in his mind since he heard the explosion at
the Clerkenwell House of Detention. He was a very
steady young man, a teetotaller, and a member of a
volunteer corps, and was engaged to be married to a
respectable woman. The parents of the girl, however,
objected to the match, On account of the deceased's
mind being affected, and on Otis! Friday, when he
called at their house to take his sweetheart to a concert
at the Britannit. Theatre, they refused to let her go
with him, and told him that the match was broken off.
He went to the theatre alone, and the next morning
was found dead in his hid. There was a paper marked
poison and a glass near the bedside, and a letter in
which he had tak,ii leave of his parents and hth,r
metil,ers of the family.
The jury returned a verdict of 'Suicide while of
unsound mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

A CASE OF CHILD STEALING.

The following extraordinary recovery of a lost child lire-
ported by the Manehert, Guardian
:
A poor woman named Welsh, who kept a stall in a
Liverpool market, lost her little girl two years old
seven years since under circumstances which left no
doubt in her mind that a beggar woman named Mar-
garet Smith, to whom she had just given a piece of
bread, had stolen it. The poor woman gave up her
stall, and adopted the calling of a hawker, in the hope
that by incessantly wandering about the country she
might hear something of her lost child. She often
heard of the woman Smith, who was well known
under the sobriquet of "Liverpool Peg," but never
succeeded in meeting with her till Saturd tylast, when
she enci.unteied I7e.r in a beerhouse, and immediately
gave her into custody.
In the meantime the child, now nine years of age,
had undergone some remarkable experiences. InJune,
1867, she was apprehended in Manchester for stealing
a bottle of scent, and was sent to the Ardwick Re-
formatory. There she was visited by the woman
Smith, who claimed to be her mother, and who was
sometimes allowed to take her out walking. This she
did on Christmas day, 1667, and never brought the
child back. The next that is known of the latter is
that in the following March she was found deserted
in the Liverpool workhouse, and was taken back to
the Ardwick Industrial School, where she remained up
to the present time.
After Margaret Smith had been given into custody
the mother went to the reformatory, and was able to
give such a minute description of a burn on the lower
part of her little girl's back that the authorities there
could have no doubt of the identity. The little gir
herself had of course forgotten her mother.
Margaret Smith was committed by the Manchester
for triaL

maipstrates
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03


Ottrapolitan 605 sip,

simultaneously a neighbourhood which wee not long
ago marvellous for its rural beauty, so near the great
cif, is rapidly being turned into a populous suburb.
Alt we! there is no help for it; but that is a sorry
consolation.
Whatever nay be thought of the political or
personal character if ills late Mr. Ernest Jones, it can
I scarcely be contended by any one who did not take
part in the Good Friday demonstration that that
demonstration will really do honour to his memory, I
I and ci•rtainly it does no honour to those who did take
part in it. Relying upon the opinions of those tshi
carefully noted the composition of the crowd, I think
I am justified in saying that the respectable working-
man element was comparatively scarce. There were
a good many boys, not a few children, and a few
women ; there was iif course here and there a little
street chaff, and an occasional practical joke relieved
the monotony of the demonstration, at the expense of
those who could irareely see the fun of the horse-play.
Altogether it was a very curious way of spending Good
Friday. It was not amusement, it was not political
excitement- it was nothing in fact but a wasted day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

OLD HILL.

Lomix ANNIVERSA 101.-00 Easter Monday. the annualdiaflur I
in connection with the Miner.' Independent Order
the Knights of the Wood Lodge, took place at Mr. Jo-
seph W hitmore's. After the cloth was drawn, Mr. W.
Morgan was voted to the chair, and Mr. lt. Morgan to
the vice•cliair. During the evening a vote of thanks was
passed to the boat and hoisteas, for the able way in which
' they had placed the dinner upon the table. A very con-
vivial evening was spent, and the meeting broke up at
ten o'clock by singing the Doxology.
Hionwtv ith,ki,st:J.—At the Petty Sessioni, on Wed-
nesday last, before E. Moore and E. W. Cr. Barra, Esgrs.,
John Hadley was summoned by Superintendent Mills for
niing a cart without having a name Upoll it. Poliee-con•
stable Tap, proved the offence. Defoudaut pleaded
guity, and was ordered tl pay COitil.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

SAMUEL SALT & SON.

BAGLEY-STREET, BALESOWEN,
AGENTS FOR TM: " OBSERVER "
Messrs. Salt and Son deliver the Observer, to the fol
I,wing Townships :—Halesowen, Brierlcy.hill. Quarry
Bask, Cradley Hcath, Cradley, Old Hill, Blockhvath.
Gorsty Hill, Colly Gate, Rattly Green, Quinton, Hun.
nington, Hasbury, Oldbury, Careless Green, The Lye,
Belbroughton, Fairfield, Toe Lickey, Bromsgrove,
Redditch, and the surrounding district.

DRESSING THE HAIR.
ATS MANNING having had great experi-
ence io getting op Ladies' and Children's Lai,
continues to send hi. ii fallible METHOD and hIATE•
MARS to make the HAIR CURL. rot soon as appiied.
imparting exquisite beauty, and he ping it wavy, soft,
glossy, and in curl, or in any 1.104000, in all weathers,
even though it no,esses no natural inclination to An
ev
at a cost of 1,1 per week. This elegant rep:,
also in universal repute for its tinny-, eidentuti 01(0', Sin
cleansing, strenthenir g, and beautifying the human hair.
Large sheets of testimonials and fi.ll directions are sent
TO MAI.S'I EltS.
with each parcel of n.elerir.ls, post free for 14 'damps.—
i Address, Miss A M., Mr. Seville. Stationer, Durniow, ta EST WELSH 31ALT)NG COAL, at
Every ;or app" 111 m• agent, Miss Yates,Faucy Meposi- I / toilli' I,i, OF. in Try, k in Inc Station.—
tory, B, High- i Kisidei whaler. Apply, G. J. Railway Coal IA hail, Stourbtidge.

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

CORN EXCHANGE, STOURBRIDGE.
Thuraty, April Bth.

The real and original

CHRISTY MINSTRELSI
Sole Proprietor Charles Christy.
Cousistieg of those Celebrated and well.kooso Artistes,
Mr C WELLS, Mr. M. S kYLES, Mr. IL W. POSTER,
Mr. F. BUCKLEY, Mr. D. W. DIAMOND.
Mr. J. H. WILLIs, Mr. PETER WHITE,
Mr. F. BRIGHT, Mr. J. W. WILSON.

MR. CHARLES CHRISTY,
Will also appear himveli. in his original Songs and

/mice. at eaoll Entertainment.

The Farcical Sketehee will include the Negro's Carni-
vAl in the Snob. the Spirit Rapping Sketch, the Opera
I. 4:111111,1 tflecura. under Difficulties. the Sober
Quartette and Bail, Solos. Silent Belt Jie anl Eccentric
Dances. and Plantation W4lk 'townie.
Firat Seats, 24; Secon4 Seats. Is ; Third Seats, bd.
Children Ilatf-pri, to First and Second Seats.
Doors open at 7 30. Concert to corpulence at 8. Car-
riages at 10. Ticket* to be had at the nasal places, cud
at the Doom

LYE INSTITUTION.

Uuder diatinguietied Patronage.

A GRAND AMATEUR CONCERT

Will be given on

TUESDAY, APRIL ISt,
wino(
ME. JAMES MATHEWS.

(The eminent Flautist),
Hee KIODLY CONYIENTED TO rliallol/31.

For further particulars see future announcements.

UPWARDS OF 8,000 HAVING BEEN SOLD, EARLY
APPLICATION FOR TICKETS IS NECESSARY
TO PREVENT DISAPPOINTMENT.
GREAT OXON SPECS.
-

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS DRAW.
Race run April 27, and the Draw will take place at Cbip-
ping Norton, on Friday, April 23, 1169.

10,000 Tickets at Is. Each.
First Prize (first horse)
Second Prize (second horse)
Third Prize (third horse)
56 Prizes, fl 10s each (starters) O4l
60 Prizes £1 each (nonoitarters) GO
200 Prizes 10s. each
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

THOSE DREADFUL TEN YEARS!

Another of the liberated Fenian captives has taken
an tmrly opportunity to testify how gratefully he ap-
preciates the clemency of the Crown! (remarks the
Dublin correspondent of The Times.) In a letter to
the Irishman Mr. C. M. O'Kesfe dwells upon the
horrors of penal servitude, and observes that 'to the
prisoner the suffering consists not so much in the
amount of present misery absolutely endured, as in
the misery anticipated— the dreary years of dull mono-
tony which spread cheerless and interminable before
him." He tnns describes his own feelings •
dow it horrified me to see "ten years" on my cell door—
"tell years" branded on my right arm—" ten years" every-
where. Those dreadful "tell years" were never out of my
sight. I was never, never allowed to forget them; and cold-
blooded cruelty never adopted a more ingenious mode of
rendering agony intolerable than by keeping those ten years
always before a prisoner.
What monsters those guilty judges must b who condemn
innocent men to those dreadful punishments ! No penalty
is sufficiently severe for those emoted criminals. They
should, unquestionably, be banished front Ireland, and not
suffered to pollute a soil which refuses to give birth and
subsistence to vipers. In condemning me they passed sen-
tence on themse, yes, and became as infamous as Seroggs and
; Jefferys, to whom they are inferior in Went, though equal
crime.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

POT A

Full average suppliesot potatoes have been on sale. 11!c
trade has been quiet, at our quotati:ms i.glohr. •.•
0. to o.; mke.C. to 3 cotrtr F.rzt a., 44 •co
19Da.; Rocks. Vs. so 814. Fri lich, 4 7:oa pee to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

HALLOM

HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST '
N 0.
Why FOX WRIGHT has taken to the
CASTLE AND FALCON INN

Ind verhampton.alreet, Dudley,
And RE-OPENED it under the name of
FOX WRIGHT'S HOTEL

Drop in and Fee him, aid you will ilnd every comfort
you deoire.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

THOMER. News Agent. Cradley Heath.
• be to inform the Public that he 111 abh
to SUPPLY thew with the LONDON DAILY NEWS.
PAPERS.

d4r ORDER AT ONCE.

AIR. JOHN STOKES,
AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,

DOUSE AND LAND AGENT,

OFFICES,-UNION-S MEET, 'DUDLEY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

WORDSLEY.

Tlxv COLLIERY INUNDATION.

A public meeting to consider what olefins ahniald hit
taken to raise a fund for a testimonial to the band of
rescuers at the recent colliery inundation, was bald on
Tuesday night last, at the Public Hall, Brierley Hill.
The lie?. Josiah Stone oesupied the chair, and there was
a very poor attendance. After waiting half an hour after
the 1i,04r advertised for the cammeneement,
The Chahmiin et:dallied the objects of the meeting.
He said he should Oder that the men had some testl•
uronitil that did not partake of a meresnary nature. He
did not went to insult the men by making it appear that
the saving of life wee Valued sit so much mosey. The
rescuers hal Meets Vert Mese, and their condtict deserved
recognition. He hoped a lafge sent *mild he howl, we&
after every man had received a good anhatanttal token of
public regard, the surplus would be given to some Mali.
lute for the benefit of the working el —(hear, hear).
A lady at Brighton had sent him £lO to dispose of how
he thought tit, after giving Li to three men whom she
particularly mentioned—(applause). He called on Mr.
Peter Harris for the first resolution.
Mr. Harris said he did not want to me the men have
so much money. for it would lower them in their own
estimation and that ef the public. The men had di.'
played much courage without recklessness, that it bait
been talked of as a thing not seldom occurring. He
should like to see tlio men with a watch each, or some.
thing of that sort. Father could band it to son, and
thus the brave work would be kept in mind, lie had
much pleasure in moving that a committee be formed to
carry out the suggestion.
Mr. Ford seconded the motion heartily, but thought
that a medal should be struck. Each man might thou
wear its. they went to church—(liear hear).
Carried unanimously.
Mr. Clarke proposed several gentleman to act as the
committee; end Mr. Pritchard seconded the motion,
which was carried.
Mr. Wood brietly returned thanks.
Mr. Ford proposed that the subscription should not
exceed ss. With sucharesolution the testimomel would
be wider spread.
Mr. Clarke seconded the resolution, which was carried,
and the meeting ahortly afterwards terminated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

A FIGHT FOR LIFE.

A Liverpool policeman named James, while on duty
the other evening, saw a bundle thrown over a gar-
den wall, and in a minute or two afterwards a man
leaped over into the road. He WAS immediately taken
into custody by the policeman, but after they had
gone a few yards in the direction of the Bridewell, the
burglar took a large iron "jemmy," about 2 ft. in length
and 4 lb. in weight, from his pocket, and struck the
joliceman a tremendous blow over the right eye. The
officer was stunned for a second or two, but retained
his hold of the man and closed with him. The fellow,
however, continued to strike a succession of heavy
blows with his weapon, and James, having drawn his
truncheon, a sharp struggle ensued, the policeman
dealing several heavy blows on his adversary's head,
arms, and body with his truncheon, and the thief
returning the blows with his "jemmy." The noise
aroused several people in the neighbourhood, but they
were afraid to interfere. The officer, who is a North-
country man, " cross-buttocked" his opponent awl
threw him heavily, falling on him. They again re-
gained their feet, and the tight was carried on for some
time at arm's length. The officer again closed with
the thief, and threw him down. At length a police
inspector who was going Hs round came up and found
the thief lying 1m his back, and the policeman on the
top of him holding im down, both being nearly insen-
sible. Assistance was procured, and they were taken
to a surgeon's, who found that the men had lost a great
deal of blood, and that their heads were in a terribly
battered condition, some of the wounds being rather
of a serious nature. The bundle which was thrown
over the wall coniained iix valuable lirahmaputra
fowls.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.

At the Castle of Exeter, on Saturday, Charles Staddim, a
joiner's apprentice, was brought before the coucty magis-
trates on a charge of manQlaughter, the cirgurn-tattees con-
nected with which were somewhat extraordinary
:
John Western, labourer. aged twenty-five, in the
employ of Messrs. Dewdney, at the Paper Mills,
Stoke Canon, who—a steady young man and with
respected by his neighbours—went to the parish
church, but finding on reaching the door that he was
rather late he retraced his steps. On passing the shop
of Mr. Richards, who is a carpenter, and also sells
provisions, he turned into a pa,sage leading to the
carpenter's shop, intending to get a pipe of tobacco
front the son of Mr. :Richards. Just as he approached
the gate, which Waa partially closed, he was shot in the
left ci e and killed instantaneously. The shot came
from the shop, which he was about to enter, and passed
through the higher part of the gate. It was tired from
• gun by Charles Staddon, apprentice to Mr. Richards,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

THE MARKETS.

AltK-LANE.-MSINDAY.

Owing to the holidays the attendance at Mark-lane was
limited, and the biritiess doinr was very moderate, never-
theless the grain trade was firm, and prices had an upward
tendency. From Eiger and Kent the receipts of wheat were
limited. The transactions were restricted, nevertheless the
market was firm, and both red and white parcels were held
for an advance of from Is. to is. per qr. With foreign
wheat the market was fairly supplied. In all descriptions
sales progressed slowly, but prices were well supported, Is.
per. qr. more money being generally demanded. Floating
cargoes of wheat were steady in value, awl more firmness
pervaded the demand for other kinds of produce
afloat. The supply of barley was moderate. The inquiry was
firm, and Mier malting parcels commanded enhanced grada-
tions. Malt was in moderate request, at late prices: Far
oats, of whim a fair supply was an gale, there was an im-
proved demand at sie oly current:i, s. beans were trams,
sought after, end peas were rirmer in value. The flair
market was quiet, at last week's quotations. Maize Wag final
and quite as dear. Linseed, rapeaced, and moat agricultural
seeds sold quietly.

MARK-LARE.—WEDNESDAY.
Only moderate supplies of English wbeat were on sale here
to-day. The business doing 1r as not extensive, but the trade
was firm, at the last advance. Wt Is I deign wheat the mar-
ket was fairly supported. All d. scriptions wore firmly held
at Monday's quotations --Moderate supplies of barley were
on sale Moot qualities experienced a fair inquiry, at full
prices —Malt wis inactive, ton former terms—Oats changed
hands to a fair extent, and good a d cons realised full
rates. ---The transactions in beans were restricted, hu, prices
were supported —Peas were quiet, hut not lower.-- Ile mar-.
ket for flour was firm on the whole, at previous prices—'
Maize was steady.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MA REET.-110NDAT.

With foreign stock the msrket was f drly supplied. Beasts
were in request, at full prices, but sheep were nincive. The
receipt of besets from our own grazing diet, icts Were only
moderate. For all breeds the trite was than, and the gno-
tations advanced fully 21 per SM. Thl Scots reallsed
Sc. Bd., and :II some instances Os. 10d. per 511 i. From Norfolk,
Suffolk, Essex, and Cam 0414e,t.ire we received about
870 Scots and crosses. From other part• of Lug.
land 570 bre,ds from Scotland lfti Scots ,1114 i
crosses, and from Ireland 90 oxen. Tile market was fairly
supplied with sheep. Nine berets moved off freely, at full
currencies; but for hiferior qualities tlie trade aas quiet.
The best Downs and half-heeds in the wool sold at 05. 4.1 to
73 lid.; out of the wool 54. 11. to Os. 41. per Sill. Lambs, of
which a moderate number was II sale, were dull, at from
Os. to 75 24. per 8111. Calves were iteitive, at late rates.
Pigs changed hmuls slowly, on formerterms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

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GLOUCESTER.

Agent tor the Stonrbridge District,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

- . -
Mr. Joseph Smart, M speaking of the " Stour-
bridge District," wished it succeits, and favon,r
ably contrasted its present poeitlon in tegardt? I
:kagett inttlligene,and the social condition of
RS members, with what it was twenty years nem.
It was union that achieved it, and it was union
only that would maintain it. Ile was proud to
be there, and believed if Any man deserviA
testimonial fov rervlce rendered to the society it
was W. H. Paul:wood, and was only sorry that
testimonial was not greater than it was. He
' hoped their future conduct would be to work to-
gether, and try to do their duty and their ut-
most for one another.
Mr. B. Winchurch, Birmingham, in returning
thanks for the kind manner the meeting had
toasted the health of the Ettecutive, was proud
to say on their behalf that they always endea-
voured to exercise the functions of their office
as wisely and impartially as they were able with.
ont courting the favour or fearing the frowns of
any, and should follow out that policy till the
expiration of their term of office. They often
felt their position to be a difficult one, having to
give judgment on many different subjects.
I Nevertheless they had invariably given satisfac-
tion to the trade at large, and hoped to have the
same unity of action and support front the
Stout-bridge district, as they received from every
other part of the trade.
Mr. Cormack, of Rotherham, spoke of the
pleasure Ile felt in coming to Stourbridge to take
part in that evening's proceedings.
During the evening some excellent Songs, to-
citations, and solos, were given by Messrs.
B.
Perks, J. Harrop, A. Packwood, E. Price, S.
Saunders, J. Cartwright, jun., and others.
A vote of thanks to Messrs. Wilkinson, CS.,
and Joseph Leicester, of London, for their ser-
vices before the Royal Commission on Trades'
Unions, and a like vote to the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman closed a most pleasant evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

BENSON'

WATCHES CLOCKS GoknJawnscssik
Of all kinds. Of all kinds. Of the Newest
Designs.
Lever. Drawing room. Bracelets.
Horizontal. Ilining-rooni. Brooches.
I'vroomter. Carriage. Ear-rings.
Keyless. Church. Lockets.
Chronograph. Hall and Shop. Necklaces.
Mr. BENSON, who holds the appointment tail
, the Prince of Wales, has just published two Pamphlets,
enriched and embeLished with Illustrations—one upon
Watch and Clock Making, and the other unon Artistic
Gold Jewellery. These are sent post free for 24 each.
Persons living in the country or abroad can select the
article required, and have it forwarded with perfect
safety.
25. Old PonzLitreet ; and the City Steam Works. rs
and 60, Ludgate Hill, London.

JUST PUBLISHED (COPYRIGHT),

A NEW PORTRAIT

OF TOE

RT. HON. LORD LYTTELTON,
-

CARTE DE VISIT:: SIZE, Is. HACH.

PHOTOGRAPHID HY
is_P-CITER CL_A_RICM,

BTOURBRIDGE.

GENERAL GROCERY AND PROVISION

WAREHOUSE
No. 1, CoM >ll%-STI,I IT.

T 4 .13.BEIrG F

To THE INHAMTA': 'I s or_STOURBRII.6I

AND ;1S %.ICINITY.

T HILL begs to announce that he has taken
el . to the above premises, and ti wits that • ith strict
•s,.ichrity to briefness. together with first•elaer articles at
SlTlfill it 1110.11.. :.,1 tt fit. tr share • prod portion of
pnblic patronage ar.i rul fOli.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

HOP&

Owing to the hollOurs, the 1111,111 M doing bag been very
moderato. Trade has been quite 01 a haul-to month
character, and prices have becu noioin,l, Mid and E.t
gents, 21 lea Co £7 7e; Acal.l ot Kent., vg to £.4 the ;
Susses, £2 to £3 lb. 1.111111:1111-, 1,3 ICA. to £6 I CoantrY,
a the t“ £5 ; ratvarians, IOC; Belgians. £2 to
£3; and yearlings. £2 to £3 pee cat.

Since the close of the nubile sales tLe demand for colonial
wool has leer, very quiet, hut no further change has taken
place in prices. As regards Englhit wool the inaract 1.. s
been heavy. Fine qualities have been in in ..i-rate 1 equest,
but in other sorts next to nothing has been doing. The tel.
hosing are the current prices :—Fleeces.—Southdostti hoggets
ii ad so is. 40.. , nail-ore., ditto Is. 64u O. Is. ; tent
ll..ecer, le. aid. to le. Sid.; nouthdedro ewes and WaVe I
to In. 10. Leicester ditto, Is. So to is. &id per I
Sort. Is Id. to is 741: enr.,Olug, la 14
Is. 64.1 pe• lb
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN,' & DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, AMIL 3, 1869.

"Willa FOUND MAN A NoTE OW "—Captain node,

WILLIAM WILLEY,
WHOLESALE PLAIN AND FANCY STATIONER,
UNION PASS'A OE, (lliiU.striet bid),
BIRMINGHAM.

LeJgers, from is to 100 s, always in Stock.
Shcipkeepers supplied on such terms that must command
a continuance of their favours.

OLDSWINFORD, STOURBRIDGE.

All Orders entrusted to his care promptly executed.

REPAIRS AND PAINTING ON MODERATE TEEMS.
Carriages Let, while Repairs are being done.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-03

Making a Total of nearly 300 Prizes.

6,000 Tickets at 2s. 6d. Each. -
First Prize (first horse)
Second Prize (second horse)
Third Prize (third horse)
20 Prizes, £5 each (starters)
GO Prizes, I:2 each (non-starters)
200 Prizes 10s. each .. 100
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

B. JOHN STOKES,

AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,
ROUSE AND LAND AGENT,
OFFICES,-UNION-STREET, DUDLEY.

Begs to inform the inhabitants of Dudley and surround-
ing neighbourhood that he is prepnrid to advance Money
upon Household Furniture or Stock of any description
for sale, at the bkorteßt notice, and the charges reason-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

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NB.—Medicine and Fees superseded.
_ .

In proof of the efliettcy herein ndeceattd, the Retentee
send the Rein Jilts loin tested.

(Reference to the leading Physicians of the day).
A Test Gratis.—Send for Details.

NOTICE FROM TILE PATENTEE.
THE PATENT SELF-ADJUSTING
CURATIVE AND ELECTRIC CELT.
Is the only acknowledged invention of the kind in Great
Britain, and protected by Royal Letters Patent, is CON-
TRACTILE, CT-RAY:WE, and INVICORATIVE, and can only be
obtained of H. JAMES, Esq..(the Hospital Mechanician),
PERCY HO CSE, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, W.C.,
as none other are genuine.
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Who continues to be consulted daily, personally or by
letter, on all ailments which tend to embitter life,
shorten its duration.

TO MALSTERS.

TIQESIO WELSH MALTING COAL, at
1 colliery piece, in Truck lords, to any SUO ion.—
Apply, 0. J. El eson, hallway Coal Wharf, Stonthridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

A. McCELLOCIT,
PHILOSOPHICAL issIIIUMVNT MAKER,
No. 18. PluiArr-street, ituviinghatv

DRESSING .THE HAIR.

TISS MANNING having had great expeti-
once in getting up lottliet, and Children's hair,
continue* to send her infallible METHOD and SIATE-
ItIALS to make the HAIR CUM.. as soon an applie.l.
imparting exquisite beauty, and keeping it wavy. nolt.
(1046 y and in curl. Or in any notation. in all weathere,
oven though it posnessoa PO natural inclination to do 80,
It a cost of Id per as k. Thin clegant preparation is
also in universal repute for Its unprecedented allege. in
cleansing, strenthening, and beautifying the Lutoun hair.
Large sheeta of testimonials and full directions present
with each parcel of material', peat free for 14 stanipa.—
Address, Klan A M., Mr. Bari Stationer. Datimow,
Eobez ; or apply to 111 Y 1111011 t, Milla Yates, Foley Hopei.
tory, I. 1110-street, Klddetteitseter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

A SIUDENTS' ROW.

In the Court of Common Pleas the cause of Bar-
ton v. Greenway" has been tried, and was an action
for an assault arising out of a disturbance which oc-
curred during a lecture at the London Hospital, de-
livered by a Dr. Morell Mackenzie. It appeared that
on the day in question there had been a football match
between the students of St. Bartholomew's and the
London HospitaL A number of young men who had
been engaged in the match entered the room and be-
came noisy. A row ensued, and the defendant, a student
, at the London Hospital, assaulted the plaintiff, who is a
' chymist, and gave him a black eye. The defendant
was rusticated for 12 months, and this so affected his
mind that he took poison, and his life was for some
time in danger. After this he called on the plaintiff
and asked him to stay all proceedings, as he was the
son of a widow and very poor. This the plaintiff re-
fused to do, and the action in due course now came on
for trial.
Mr. Justice Brett suggested early in the case that
some compromise might be entered into, and at length
Mr. Ribton consented to a verdict for one shilling, the
defendant to make an apology, which through his
counsel he accordingly did. The learned judge said it
was quite fair that the plaintiff should have a verdict
to show that he was right, but that if the defendant
had to pay costs the result would be that after having
been most grievously punished already he would have
to go to prison, and be utterly ruined. It was a very
proper termination of the cane.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

ENTABLisrIED 1109.

--
DI ERROVIA" WORCESTER JOURNAL is
JJ the Largest. Cheat est. ad hest Fatuity Noir iu
Couaty.
Buhl hy
S.
FIELD,
NEWS AGENT, STOURBRIDGE.

Af ONEY to LEND on Real Security and on
Personal Security with Life dominance; and
*titer Some of MONEY WANTED.— Apply to Mr
Rockford, Solicitor, Yiear-street, Kidderminater.

WANTED,* Good GENERAL SERVANT.
Must understand PLAIN CtONlN(l.—Apply
to Mn. Messley, N. 2, Market street, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

OLD DILL.

W ROPELTEG CASE.—At the Petty Sessions, on We I-
Resilay lost. before F. W. Cr. Barro, Esq., William Par-
tridge was charged with ceiling a quart if ale without
being duly licent-ed, on the 17th sit. Mr. Shakespeare
defendt ii. Poliereconstable Slynn said he was stationed
at Blackheath. On the day in question, about 2 o'clock
um. He went to defendant's house and opened the
shutters, and looked into the room, and saw live men and
two women drinking together. Saw amass named Harcia
pay for a quart, and put down live penny pieces on the
table. Know three of the nice, but did not knew the
others. Sow another quart brought in ant pail for.
The shutters did not creak when lie opened them. For
the defence, Mr. Shale speare called several witnesses,
but the Bench did not considering the defence sufficient,
tined defendant 40s and coats ; in default two mouths, it
being his first offence.
THEEATENING.—Mary Ann Darby was charged by
Abraham Darby with threatening to slit his b--- on the
27th ult. Complainant said on the day in question he
left the Court, and went in the kitchen of Cooksey's
Hotel. Defendant was there, and she threatened to slit
his b-- nose. Complainant said he was in buddy fear
of defendant, Defendant was bound over to keep the
peace for one month, in a surety of £5.
STEALING A TABLE .—Alfred Homer was charged with
stealing a bible, value 7s lid, the property of David Ray.
hauls!. Adjourned for • week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

PUBLIC NOTICES.

-7`

JAMES MATHEWS

MR

Has the pleasure to aanannee that he will give
A MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT
IN TIIE CORN IaCIIANGE,

MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY BTH, 1809.

On this occasion, Mr. Matthews will (for th, tint time
in pubite at Sturbridge) play upon the magnificent
GOLD FLUTE lately presented to him.

VOCALISTS :-

i'"Prano • • • • .. MRS. A. J. SUTTON.
Teuor .. MR. CHARLES STANTON.

Flutes

INSTRUMENTALI,aB:--

Mows. JAMES MATHEWS (Solo
and H. KING.

Mes H. HAYWARD (Solo).
D. MATHEWS (Solo), and W.
(i RI FFIN.

Tenors .. Messrs. D. MATHEWS and A.
FISHER.

Violineello Mr. F. W. HUMPHREYS.
Pianoforte Mr. SAMUEL SIMMS (Solo).
Concluder ond Accomponyiat . Mr. SAML. SIMMS.

Re.erved Seat, 3s, l'icket to admit a party of four.
lo.; Second Scat, 24, To•ket to admit a party of three.
rm.— Entrance from Market-street. Back Places, le
each—Entrance from Iligh-etrect.

Han ani Ticketoi at Mr. BroomhalPs. Tickets may
also he had from Mr. Mark, and Messrs. Ford and Sun.
Printers : and at the Institute, Market-street.

Doors open at Ralf-past Seven; Concert wlll begin at
Eight o'clock precisely.

LYE INSTITUTION

THE ANNUAL
TEA MEETING AND SOIREE

Will be held on
MONDAY, FEBRUAI:Y lbth,
FOLEY, ESQ.,

H. W.

IN TIIE CIIAIE, WHEN

The TOW. T. C. DIXON, L.L.W.

The REY, It. ROBERTSON, M.A., T. WOOD, ESQ
RINGLET, ESQ., G. K. HARRISON, ESQ.,
SAMUEL lIINGLEY, ESQ., S. A. BROOKS, ESQ.,
Auil other Gentlemen, are expected to take part
in the Meeting.
For further particulars ace bills.

STOURBLEDGR WATER WORKS COMPANY

(LIMITED)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
Shareholders of the Stourbridgo IVater Works Company

(Limited), will be held at the Company's Office, No. 1,
CHURCH-STREET, in the Township of Stourbridge, in the
Comity of Worcester, on FRIDAY, the ttGth day of
FEnnti.trx INST. at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, to
receive the Directors' Ituport, and to adopt the same or
otherwise, to declare a dividend, and for the purposo
of transacting the general business of the Company.

liy order,

GEO. HOLLOWAY, Secretary

Company's Offices, Stnurbridge,
Fetruary it, 1869.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861.

ORDER OF DISCRARGZ.

In_ the County Court of Woreehtershim, holden at

Stourbridger
IN the Matter of FREDERICK DUNN, of
. the Whittington Inn, Whittington, in the Parish tot
Kildare. in the County of Stafford, innkeeper, previ-
ously of the same place Innkeep rand Farmer, adjudged
bankrupt on the 9th day of November, 1868.
An Order of Discharge will he delivered to the bank-
rupt after the expiration of thirty days from this date,
unless an appeal he duly enter, d against the judgment ef
the Court, and anti., thereof he Mven to thin Comt.
Dated 28th day of January, 1669.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

THOMAS BROWN,

In succeeding to the above Buqineso, begs to nform
the Gentry and Pul,lie generally, that he can supply them
with

WEDDING CARS, WAGONETTES, CABS, CARS,
PHIETONS, GIGS, AND OTHER VEHICLES,
For Business or Plessure Parties, on the Shortest
Notice.

PO STING ESTABLISHMENT,

COVENTRY•STREET, STMIRBRIDGE.

FOR Cheap PRINTING, BOOKBINDING
and PICTURE } RANI I NG, go to
T. HOMER,
FIVE WAYS, CHADLEY HEATH.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

`/

THE STOURBRIDGE 0 I-.SER ;El'

No. 255•

_
AIR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
.01- of Mn, 14i Itr.et. Cra.iley Heath.
N•ft•—ith kal Instruments tuned and
repaired.
Now N..ie I!I

PIANOFORTES FOR SALE OR HIRE'

PUBLIC NOTICE.

HOMF.R, News Agent, Cradley Heath,
-I- • begs to inform the Publie that he i 4 able
to SUPPLY them with the LONDON DAILY NEWS.
PAPERS.

GREAT °NON SPECS.'

LIVERPOOL GRIND NATIONAL
STEEPLECHASE DRAW, 1809

The Draw will take place at Chipping Norton, on
Friday, February 2Gth.

10,000 Tickets at Is. Each.
First Horse (First Prize) £loo
Second (Second)
Third (Third)
25 Prizes, £5 each (Starters) 125
75 „ £1 „ (Nou.starters) 75
100 „ 10s. „

Making a Total of upwards of 200 Prizes.

6,000 Tickets at 2s. CL Each.
First Prize (First Horse) £lso
Second (Second) 75
Third (Third) 5O
25 Prizes, £5 each (Starters)
75 „ £1 10s. (Nonstarters)
100 „ 10s. ~
Making a Total of upwards of 200 Prizes.

C. CANTOS, in issuing the prospectus for the first
"Spec" of the season 1869, embraces the opportunity of
thanking the public for the immense support accorded to
his "Specs" last season ; and desires to assure all who
may become subscribers to " Specs" under his manage-
ment, that they will be conducted on etrietly &Au fide
principles.
-

- -
The DRAW will take place on Friday, Febrisary2Gth,
at Chipping Norton. publicly, and under the manage-
ment of a Committee of 12 gentlemen, chosen by the
Subscribers, and two gentlemen will be invited from the
offices of the Apertsman and iSlir,rting Life.
The winning numbers will be fully. advertised in the
Sporting Life, Sport,inan, and Birmlngliturt arierts, on
the Wednesday following, March 3rd. A Result List
will be posted to all Subscribers who send stamped enve-
lope, on Saturday, February 2,7 th ; the money to be paid
over to the winners immediately after race, on receipt of
vouchers.

A Commission of Five per Cent. (or one Ticket in
every 20) allowed to Agents, and the said Five per Cent.
to be deducted, in addition to a Commission of Ten per
Cent, from the whole amount to defrayexpenies. In all
cases where the Cush for Tickets is not remitted before
Thursday, February 251.11, by the Agents, their names
and numbers will be published and excluded from the
Draw.
• • •

Tbe whole of the above-named amounts to be paid in
fall should all the ticket: lie soh!, if not, in proportion,
without iinv deduction %I.:A.\ i•r. Chi 1/11,,, to he crossed
.• StourbrO, and Ki.i.krinizistor Birthing Company."
floatage Stamps taken as Cash for amounts under to
-

Agents:—Me.,rs. Taylor and Son, 100, Steelhouse-
lane. I;irmiugham ; Mr. Field. 90, 1101 street, Stour.
L., in..; slot Messrs. Parry aml Son, 47, Thousas-struct,
• - -• • •

Ali coutrouniestions an application% for thkets per
post to he addressed C. Caxtus, Editor •• Oxfordshire
Weekly owl," Chippiug Norton, Oxon, and a ataruped
envelope u.eloatil for reply.

PRICE ONE PENNY.

I)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

MISS

A grand wedding at the Tuileries! (writes the corre-
spondent of the Mormag Star). Miss Shaw is going to
marry M. Thierry, ex-captain of the Imperial Guard,
and treasurer of the Emperor's private charities.
Miss Shaw's story is well known. Before the birth
of the Prince Imperial, the Empress requested a cele-
brated Court physician, much consulted on such emer-
gencies, to send over an English head nurse, qualified
to take charge of and direct the nursery of the future
heir apparent. If my memory serves me, Br. L---
despatched not one, but sixteen equally qualified
persons. Theft arrived at the Tuileries, and were
ushered into an apartment where they awaited her ,
Majesty's entrance. The young Empress walked '
round the room addressing a few gracious words to
each, and in a few moments sent for Miss Shaw,
intimating to her fifteen companions that she hoped
they would remain a week in Paris, and assuring them
that during their stay at her expense every attention
would be shown to them and accordingly they were
taken to see the sights, theatres, kc., and most hospi-
tably entertained. Miss Shaw has during the thirteen
years which have elapsed since that morning proved
fully worthy of the trust placed in her by the Imperial
parents. She has had the sole charge of the young
Prince's health, and till lately never left him day or
night. Ile was, at the age of seven, formally taken
out of the hands of his governess, Madame Bruat,
widow of the admiral, and of sub-governesses, and
transferred to the care of a head tutor, M. Monad ;
but Miss Shaw has still been retained about his person.
It is but right to mention that her judicious care and
unwearied devotion have been repaid by the utmost
kindness on the part of both the Emperor and Em-
press. Up to the age of seven Miss Shaw was invari-
ably to be seen in attendance on the Prince in his
drives, and during all out-door exercise. Since that
period one of the Court broughams have been placed
at her disposal, and her life at the Tuilieries made as
easy and agreeable as possible. The Prince Imperial
is warmly attached to his faithful nurse, and during a
severe attack of scarlatina from which she suffered two
years ago manifested the strongest affection for her.
He owed the fluency with which he spoke English
when a very young child mainly to her—a fact which
has greatly facilitated his study of our language. The
future bride is as fair a specimen of the Saxons of
Yorkshire as could be found, and the respect and
goodwill she has won in a foreign palace does credit to
her north country origin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-06

WRECK OF A SCHOONER.

„. .
The schooner Tabitha, Captain Fitzwilliam, of Scarborough
which had sailed with a coal cargo for Scarborough, was
overtaken by the gale and con,pelled to run back for shelter.
About two o'clock on Friday morning .he was attempting to
get into the west harbour at Hartlepool on a strong flood
tide, but, owing to the force of the wind and tide, she drove
in between the inner and outer piers on the north side of the
haven, and was hurled, stern foremost, into violent contact
with a powerful hawser, which stretches between the piers
a few yards frosts the point where, at the land's end, the
two piers unite. Such was the force with which she struck,
that her bulwarks on the port side were swept away, her
mainmast cut down, and her stern stove in nearly half-way
down her hull; it being little less than a miracle that her
crew, who were on deck, were not swept overboard, or
crushed by the falling mast. Fortunately her bows were
close to the river, and her stern to the outer pier, and all
scrambled safely ashore. At daylight it was found that
her back was broken, and the crew set to work to save
their clothing anti the ship's stores, a work they effected
before the tide flowed again sufficiently to put a stop to their
labours.

DESTRUCTION OF THE BIRKENHEAD DRILL-SHED.
On Sunday afternoon a siuld«n gust of wind caught the
centre of the roof of the drill-shed belonging to the let
C.K V., Birkenhead, and by its violence burst a large fissure
in it, which caumd tine whole roof to fall in with a tremen-
dous crash, leaving nothing standing but the went gable.
Fortunately no one was in the budding at the time. A well,
connected with the court of houses which runs parallel with
the shed from church-street to Priory-street, was damaged
to a considerable extent, and the inmates were greatly
alarmed, but beyond the de.druction of tome crockery no
further loss was sustained. The damage will probably reach
some £llOO or .000.