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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

THE STEAM VELOCIPEDE.

One of the latest inventions to facilitate travelling
in the steam velocipede, which we owe to the ingenuity
of a mechanician in Berlin. F r driving a velocipede
only a comparatively small b.,iler is needed, and the
requisite heat can be supplied by petroleum. There
is, therefore, no smoke, and not a corsiderable increase
of weight. The engine is placed on the two back
w,3e,-1., and does not therefore interfere with the
driver. The invention is said to answer admirably;
but there are no particalars given as to pace or price.
If the pace were rapid the machine would be dan-
gerous with only three wheels, of which the Finkle one
was placed in front. But with proper balancing and
due precautions, there is no reason why steam should
not be employed fer driving very small carriages, as it
is already beginning to be used kr very small boats,
and evt n for canoes. The application of petroleum in
place of coal FO much lessons the weight to be carried,
and the size cf the furnace, while the high pressure
now commonly used makes smaller boilers and engines
po ssibl a. —The Standard.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

A USE FOR EVERYTHING.

Of course we all know that there is nothinz in the
world that is not useful, and that our duty is to dim-
cove- the use of everythirg (-aye the Evening
Stamprel). Success in this line set wed hardly likely
in the case of those locusts or grasshoppers who,
. accrding to the acc,unt of an American farmer, de-
voured his crop, and when he came down to see his
field sat on the rails and laughed at him. It is true that
an American professor named Riley proposed to take
the bull by the horns ai d at once use the pea's as
food ; but he cannot persuele his cuuntryni,n to
tike his view. A French physician has now come
to the rescue taith a proposal to use them as bait
fur fishes ; rot singly, for that would be of little
use, but wholesale. His plan is to catch them.
dry them in the sun, press them into barrels, and
smash them into a paste, to be made into sm 411 balls
and thrown into the sea in the vicinity of the nets.
AnAher plan is to boil them before making the paste.
The bait is said to be much rel shed by sardines and pil-
chards, and the French Government sa far favour the
project as to have ordered 100 barrels of locusts from
Algeria, to be used as bait on the coasts of Brittany.
The first results were very satisfactory, and the en-
suing season is likely to see the new bait largely used.
The raw material is plentiful and cheap; and in
future, when the east wind brings the locusts it will
not be that proverbial "ill wind" that blows nobody
any good.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

S A MEMENTO there is nothing so I
L valuable as a GOOD PORTRXIT. It is the
tmph of Art over Time, Distance, and the Grave
d what Portrait so exact as the PHOTOGRAPH?
IHE STUDIO
b.
IS Open from 9 am , for the productions of
CARTES-DE-VISITE,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-07-08

which find the Mersey a more convenient rendezvous.
You may see the smart clipper which has raced all the
way from China withthe first load of tea for the season,
heating her competitor by three hours in the long
voyage between the Celestial empire and the British
capital. There, too, are the splendid steamers
of the Peninsular and Oriental line, all of which have
had experience of West Indian cyclones. Steam
vessels which make the long voyage to Australia, emi-
grant ships for New Z-alaud, natty little packets
preparing to start for Antwerp or Rotterdam, others
about to sail over the blue waves of the Mediterranean,
or to plough the waters of the Spanish main—all are
there. Great, however, as is the accommodation, it is
being extended. The Victoria Docks, at Blackwall,
are being so enlarged that, when the alterations are
completed, the length of quays available for berthage
will not be much short of two miles. Toe area of the ex-
tension will be 95 acres, bringing up the aggregate area
to 190 acres. The quantity of ground to be excavated
is three million cubic yards; the dock will occupy
three or four years in construction, and will cost three
quarters of a million sterling to complete.
There are few offences which deserve stronger repro-
bation than the practice of bird•nesting, -and just
now in the summer time, visitors to the beautiful
grounds of the Crystal Palace are warned not to
indulge in it, under the penalty of prosecution for
trespass. It has not a single redeeming feature
about it, for it destroys the feathered tribe, thereby
depriving us of the pleasantest songs which nature can
afford, and trees are broken down to an extent which
takes years to repair. If those who annihilate the
homes of our singing birds could have the slightest idea
respecting the appreciation in which these little crea-
tures are held in our Australian colonies, they would
never again commit such mischief. Those who have
emigrated to the Antipodes have described the magni-
ficent climate and the luxuriant soil; but there is one
thing which they miss sadly, the notes of the thrush,
the lark, and the nightingale which are so familiar at
home. An Australian grove presents a silence almost
depressing in its intensity because of the absence of
song-birds, and many endeavours have been made to
import these from England, and to acclimatise them.
The contents of a single nest, which a boy crushes with
so little compunction, would be welcome enough in
those far-off homes beyond the sea, and would be prized
by a sturdy stockman as one of the greatest treasures
of his life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

1F THERE ARE ANY LADIES who have n'lt yet used the
GLENFIELD STARCH, they are resFectfully solicited to
give it a Walt and caref;iiiy follow out the direetieils
printed fl evcry package, an,l th 11fl, hey will
say, like the Qauen's Laundress, it is the finest Starch
they ever used. When you ask for GLENYIELD STARCH
see that you get it, as inferior kinds are often substituted
or the sake of extra profit. Beware therefore of cur"
us iraitatiollB.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

No. 627

SIR JAMES SIMPSON'S SANITARIAN
„. RESTORATIVE is a soverign remedy in all cases
BLOOD POISONING and the numerous Diseases
"ilLing hoz° vitiated state f the circulation, as
risLe
0
uroatunn, Glandular Swellings, Eruptions and Skin
brutes, Ulcerations of the Throat, Mouth, Lc., ke.
L3418R alterative, tonic, and restorative, it will rapinly
"rrective, and without the use of any other
hojc.ne, restore the patient to the perfection of badly
1.""li•—Sold in bottles 2s. Od. each, by Mr. Whitwell,
‘7.7#et Hall House Stourbridge Mr. Hewitt, Medical
-"I'll Kidderminster', and all Patent Medicine Vendors'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

DUDLEY TOWN COUNCIL.

On Tuesday an ordinary monthly meeting of the above
Coancii was held at the Town Hall; the Mayor (Mr.
Joseph Stokes) in the chair.
A lelter was received from the Local Government
Board, acknowledging receipt of a letter from the Town
Clerk as to the want of house accommodation at
Netherton, in consequence of the wrecking by mining
operations. The communication from London stated
that the Corporation could not be relieved from the
carrying out the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings
Act. The letter was referred to the committee having
charge of the natter.
The report of the Sanitary Committee showed the
work done by the inspector of nuisances, the inspector
of lodging-houses, and the surveyor.
The report of the Medical Officer showed that during
the past five week,' 77 deaths had occurred, giving a
death-rate of 17.1 per 1,000 per annum. Forty-three
death; were under one year of age, and fourteen deaths
arose from diarrhcea Dr. Timmins in the course of his
report pointed out several nuisances which required
immediate attention.
Mr. Sheppard, in moving the adoption of the report,
called the attention of the Council to the urgent
necessity of some improvement in the &lambic. There
were a number of valueless houses there, and the
owners declined to pull them down without compensa-
tion. Whether the law ordered that the town should
give money for worthless property or not he did not
kno*, but there was great necessity for s3me alteration
in the property in the part of the town he had men-
tioned. (Hear, hear)
Mr. Dunn said he did not understand why so large a
sum hal bean recommended by the aommittee to a cow-
keeper who had lost two animals by pleuro-pneurnonia.
It was well known that town-fed cows wore subject to
lung disease, and the Connell should not give three-
fourths the value of the animals. They were " worked ',
hard, and fed to "throw off milk," and were not worth
nearly so much money as when punhased by the
owner.
Mr. Sheppard, as chairman of the committee, said
the question had been fully considered.
Mr. Crew thought the mode of keeping superinduced
lung disease.
Mr. Fletcher, who knew something of milking cows,
thought no injustice had been done to the woman.
The Mayor : Or to the ratepayers.
Mr. Fletcher: Or to the ratepayers.
Mr. George Dunn thought the price given in coca-
pensation—£36—wBs 50 per cent. too high.
Alderman Hingley thought it was rather too much.
Mr. Thompson thought it was not.
Mr. Challingsworth said the price for the poor old
cows was evidently calculated by the sympathy felt for
the widow woman, and not for the ratepayers' pockcts.
How far the householders would like their money given
away in that fashion was for them to consider.
The Mayor, referring to the filthy property in the
Mamble, said he had carried the question through the
various stages laid down by the provisions of the Artisans'
Dwellings Act, and it was for the Town Clerk and the
Surveyor to carry out the matter to its conclusion. He
had no doubt after that the work would be done. As to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

Hollyway's Pills.—Let the Sick take heed. The
Stomach is the commissariat of the physical system. It
furnishes the material sustenance of every organ. if
disordered, the whole body languishes ; but however
severely it may be affected, its tone and vigour may
always be restored by,a course of these irresistable Pills;
biliousness„ indijestion, liver complaints, and other
disorders of the stomach can easily be cured by the use
of Holloway's Pills. Thousands attest this assertion,
and no sufferer who has ever tried them will ever deny
their supreme efficacy, In every case of stomach
discease, from the mildest case of dyspepsia to the dis-
order of both liver and stomach, from the nausea of the
free liver to the vomiting accompanying ulcerated
stomachs. these Pills immediately relieve, and by perse-
verance effectually cure,
The PRIVATION OF THE USE OF ONES'S LINBS while the
other functions of Nature are intact is a serious mortifica-
tion to the actively disposed. Such, however, is the con-
dition of the victims of rheumatism or gout. To walk
with:Jut enduring agony is impossible. to use the arms,
free from excruciating pain, is equally impracticable. A
feeling of gratitude therefore pervadtes the frame when
the means are afforded of using all he members without
udicious and frequent application of POWELL'S:
mane EMBROCATION. It is past all doubt the grandest
specific for the evils we have named, and others of a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

THE IMPORTATION OF AMERICAN
CATTLE.

The importation of American cattle to Glasgow
appears to be a trade of growing diinensions. It seems
that the experiment was first made in 1873, and on the
11th of August in that year six cattle arrived at
Glasgow from America. During four succeeding weeks
twenty-four cattle were brought, and the number was
gradually increased till it reached fifty per week in
October. The shipments of cattle then ceased until
last year, when In June 100 to 150 cattle were landed
weekly. This rate of importation *as continued
weekly until October. Nothing further was
done in 1875, but arrangements were made for
the more vigorous prosecution of the trade this
year. Accordingly the shipping of cattle was re-
commenced in July, and since then from 150 to 250
head have reached Glasgow every week, exclusive of
deliveries in London and Liverpool. Last week 154
cattle were sold in Glasgow, and brought on an average
£33 each. Never, it is stated, did a lot reach so
much on the average. Dead meat is also imported
in large quantities. The first sale was held on the
sth of June, when 100 carcases of beef and 72 of
mutton were disposed of. Since then about 150
carcases on the average have been sold weekly. Lest
week 210 carcases were sold, and on Wednesday even-
ing there might have been seen passing through the
streets of Glasgow to the cattle market the uncommon
procession of 33 lorries, each laden with three tons of
butchers' meat. The freight paid for carriage to Glas-
gow, Liverpool, and London last week amounted to
£1,900. Altogether, since the importation began, a
million and a quarter pounds of dead meat have been
sold in Glasgow. About 1,000 cattle were last week
exposed in Glasgow market, and of these 365, dead and
alive, were imported from America. Cattle killed on
Thursday in New York are sold that day fortnight In
Glasgow. In the course of a month or so the importa-
tion of live cattle will cease for the winter, but arrange-
ments are being made for the increasing dead meat
supply, and it is expected to be not less all the winter
than 200 carcases a week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

Mold Argood Colliery Company, Mold," Pleasantly
surprised with the minute information."
Maconochie Brothers, Fish Factors, Lowestoft.
"Increase our subscription to One Hundred and Fifty
Pounds (1150)."
Wallace, Bailey and Wilkins, Tanners and Carriers,
160, Long Lane, Bermondsey, London, S.E.
" Information most accurate—speedy.—Your Office un-
questionably stands first. Increase our subscription to
Fifty Pound (5O), Members 6 years.
Slade, John & Co., Boot and Shoe Masufacturers,
Anteater. "Increase our subscription to Twenty
Pounds
Briggs, Bhera to Co., Oak Works, Horncastle,
"La as oae instance have we been deceived—correct—
reliable,"
Huntley and Palmer', Biscuit Manufacturers, Reading,
" valuable in removing doubt as to real
position of parties.—Members 11 years."
Dewhurst, Hoyle and Smethurst, Colliery Owners,
Blaokrod near Morley and elsewhere.
"Where relied upon, your information peifectly safe in
crediting. Members 15 years."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

BRIERLEY HILL.

LOCAL Beano °if HEALTIL—On Monday afternoon
Mr. Isaiah Rollinson presided at an ordinary monthly
meeting of the above Board, and there was a large
attendanee. The General Purposes Committee reported
that Messrs. Freer and Perry had written a letter
referring to the Whimsey Road, and as they threatened
an action on behelf of Messrs. Stevens and Williams,
the committee recommended that the action should be
allowed to go on to test the question of liability;
Colonel Atkinson claiming the road. The committee's
report also c:Oled the attention of the Board to the fact
that a Mr. 'liege had erected pigstyee near the road
. without cens..lting the Board.—Mr. Waldron moved,
and Mr. Wood seconded a proposition, that the styes
should come down.—Mr. Waldron moved that before
the Board go to law the whole of the correspondence on
; the subject of the Whimsey Road should be laid before
the members. The report was adopted.—The Clerk
reported that the Board owed the bank £7oo.—The
report of the medical officer showed that fifteen deaths
had occurred during the mouth, giving a death-rate of
16-2. per 1,000. Three of the deaths were from typhoid
foer, and one from scarlet fever. Bad water was one
of the principal causes of the Lver, and all persons
ought to boil or; filter all water used for cooking or
drinking.—Mr. William Mullett wrote a letter to the
Board, stating that one of their servants had damaged a
new filter belonging to him. (Laughter.) lie would
have the damage valued, and send the Board the bill,
(Loud laughter.)—Mr. Waldron moved, and the Chair-
man seconded, a motion that a Railway Commission
should lie applied for, inasmuch as there seemed to be
no other way of obtaining bett e- railway accommodation
for the town. The mot:ou was carried.
DAMAGING A FENCN.—At the Police Court, 011
MonO
day, before Messrs. F. Evers and L. Freer, Richard Ford
boo n
nit,
thecharged p
property
yh
of
s wilfullyam u
e Parrish,
d aging
a a
fence,tC oa n u
r the
b r
—Joseph Warr, coachman to complainant, proved
2090 tkh.
seeing defendant get over the fence and damaged it to
the amount of 6d. Defendant went over the fence in
order to fish in the canal and there was a great deal of
t:espassing done there.—Defendant pleaded guilty and
said he was very sorry he had committed the offence.—
Ordered to pay 6d damage and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

DUDLEY.

-
A. FATHER AND A MOTHER'S REIV'ARD.-011 Monday,
at the Police Court, six bi others named Gar..att, of Old
Hill ard Netherton, were charged with neglecting to
maintie.n their father who is 78 years of age. As the
defendants were each earning money, the Bench ordered
them t:-) pay 5s 61 per week among them.—At the same
court, four men (brothers) named Potts, were charged
with neglecting to maintain their mother. One brother
had provided a home for his mother, but the others
were ordered to pay 144 d per week each. One of the
men said his mother would have to catch his Hid when
she could, he was not going to " clam " his wife and
children to support her.—Mr. Dainty, the relieving
officer, proved the cases.
KEEPING A BROTHEL.—At the same court, Mary Par-
sons was sent to the Sessions on the charge of keeping a
house of ill-fame in Brandy Row.
Sonoor. 13oann.—Mr. George Thompson presided on
Monday evening, at a fortnightly meeting of the above
Board. In accordance with notice of motion, the Rev.
Dr. Cosens moved that a committee of inspection should
be appointed, and that periodical visits should be paid
the schools, so that the teachers and scholars might
feel that the Board felt an interest in them and their
work. This was carried. Dr. Cosens also asked for a
return of the time devoted by the schoolmaster to
pupil teachers, and the nature of the religions instruc-
tion given to the children, and the time occupied
therein.
FATAL Prr ACCIDENT—Yesterday an accident occnrred
at No. 25, pit, Saltwells Colliery. belonging to Lord
Dudley, by which a miner named John Allport met with
his death. Deceased was engaged in the workings, when
a "bump" took place, and an immense mass of rock fell
upon him, causing instant death. His body was removed
to his late residence at Woodside.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

THE IRON TRADE

WOLVERTIAMPT ON, WEDNESDAY.

There is no alteration manifest in the condi-
tioa of the iron trade of South St tffordshire and
East Worcestershire since the date of our last
report. The industry is perfectly stagnant, and
a certain section of the local colliery and iron-
works proprietors are firmly of opinion that the
end of the lane has been reached, but that buyers
and sellers alike are undetermined which turn-
ing to take. Some surprise was expressed on
'Change this afternoon at the action of the Can.
nock Chase Colliery Company in raising their ,
best household qualities is per ton, at a period '
when winter orders have not begun to come in.
This alt 3ration in price has had the effect, under
the terms of the Birmingham agreement, of
raising the wages of the men 3d per day.
Although Staffordshire marked bars remain
nominally at £9, with an additional 12s Gd per
ton for the brands turned out of Earl Dudley's
works, still there are many instances in which
consiCerably less than the former figure isbeing
given for a native product of really excellent
quality. This has been going on for some time
past, and every week the prices at which Staf-
fordshire bars can be obtained become slightly
lowa. The demand for pig iron is better than
last reported, and stocks, which a few weeks ago
were more than usually large, are being rapidly
clennd out. Prices of native pigs do notpre-
sent any quotable change. A somewhat brisker
11,-inand for sheets was reported this afternoon;
and, as a consequence, the wills have been run-
ning tolerably full time. On 'Change to-day,
buyers held aloof from purchasing, being still
possessed of the idea that prices generally have
not as yet touched bottom, and very few trans-
actions were reported. Under the quoted prices
was accepted for most of the small number of
orders placed. The prices of the Bari o Hema-
tite Company were advanced 2s. Gd.

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.

The announcement of an advance in the prie.)
of house coal in the Cannock Chase district has
evidently ( xcited an interest with respect to the
problhle course of events in relation to furnace
coal. There was a comparatively large attend-
ance of ironmasters, merchants, and coaltnasters
on 'Change this afternoon, and the uncertainty
about coal doubt!eizs had the effects of bringing
out orders with otherwise would probably have
boeu loager withheld,
_There were, iu fact, more

,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

TORPEDOES v. SHIPS.

The Daily News says :—" The battle that has waged
so long between the War Office and the Admiralty
under the guise of Guns versus Armour,' and which
appears to rest with the former, seeing that the
Admiralty do not bring forward a vessel to withstand
the 80-ton gun, bids fair to open again in the matter of
'Torpedoes versus Ships.' That destructive little
weapon, the fish torpedo, which darts rocket-like
through the water to attack its foe, has recently
been very successfully kept at bay by a guard or
crinoline placed around the ship to ward off such
aggressors. A network of spars and wire-rope
put round a vessel at a distance of twenty or
thirty feet proved quite sufficient to arrest the
progress of the fish torpedo, which was cleverly
caught in the toils of the net, and thus harmlessly
exploded. The charge inside the torpedo was found
insufficient to work any danger upon a craft through a
cushion of water more than a score of feet in thickness,
and in order that the explosive effect should be greater,
it would be necessary to have a torpedo of much
larger dimensions, or one running at such a speed that
it would cut through the network stretched across its
path. As the Admiralty had so successfully scotched
the ordinary sized 'fish, which measured some ten or
twelve feet long, the War Office has set itself to con-
struct a machine upon a larger pattern. These tor-
pedoes, as our readers know, are cigar-shaped in form,
with a point at one end and a couple of screws,
worked by atmospheric pressure, at the other.
The screws propel the machine through the
water at a great speed, and the fish torpedo which
has been destined for the purpose of making a second
attempt upon the Admiralty network is able to travel
under water at the rate of twenty-two miles an hour.
It carries its charge in the head, and the snout, on
striking any obstacle, sets fire to a fuze which ignites
the torpedo. An ordinary fish torpedo carries in his
head seventy or eighty pounds of gun-cotton, but the
'shark' of larger dimensions can exert three or four
times this force. It remains to be seen whether a
netting can be constructed firm enough and at a suffi-
cient distance from the vessel to render an attack from
this submarine monster fruitless; but, as in the case
of the guns, we fear that in the end there will be no
difficulty in making a mobile torpedo capable of Oen-
ing any temporary defence that can be put around a
roan-of-war,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

HOSPITAL SATURDAY.

A correspondent sends to the Globe the following ex-
perience of Hospital Saturday in London :—" I little
thought that morning of the 2nd ef September, when I
got out of bed, that I was going to be a tract dis-
tributor' even in a good cause. But when I got to
Victoria an old lady asked me if I would give her a
penny. I said, Yes, what for?' It is Hospital
Saturday, Sir! Will you take some of these papers
and distribute them?' Now, lam a busy man, and
was on my way to my work, but I thought there could
be no harm in obliging the old lady, as I was earlier than
usual, aLd could walk across the park. So I took some
and gave them to suitable people as I went on. Most of
them said, Thank you, Sir.' One stopped ms on the
road, and asked for a paper. He was driving a fine
blaok horse, so I took courage and asked for a penny.
He offered me sixpence, but I told him I could only
take pence. I got one, and one more, which I de-
posited in the boxes. Altogether I put in 3d,, and
gave away 40 papers by the time I got to Paddington.
In the train I collected 7d.; at West Drayton, 5d.;
amongst my boys, is.; on return home, 3d.; on Sun-
day, 3d.; and other donations, 20. Amount col-
lected, as. ; paid into boxes, 24. 6d.; balance to band
over, 61.; and that without neglecting my own work.
How many idle men could have collected treble the
sun/. I promised to acknowledge these various small
sums in The Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

TRIAL FOR FORGING, A WILL.

The Court of Assizes of the Seine-Inf4rieure has
just tried two men and a woman for will-forgery. In
March 1873, an old man, Thiout, aged 72, and who
lodged with a married couple, the Duboscs, small
farmers at Touvais, died, leaving his fortune, amount-
ing to 20,000fr5., to a nephew. The will was
dated tke. 6th day of the same month, tbe testator
having died on the 14th. About six weeks later the
woman Dubose produced a second one baring the
date of the 10th March, cancelling the former, and
instituting herself and husband universal legatees.
Besides tb3 improbability of the old man making two
wills at an interval of four days, certain circumstances
indicated that the new one was a forgery, and that it
had been executed by a surveyor named Brunel. The
three persons were consequently arrested. The evi-
dence was not only clear, but the accused admitted
their guilt, the man Dubose had, however, taken no
active part in the forgery, although he was aware of
what was being done by his wife. He was now
acquitted; the woman was condemned to five years'
imprisonment and Brunel to seven years.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

HOPS.

- - - -
The arrivals of new hope have been increasing, but there
is considerable variety both in the quality and colour of the
prcduce. For the choioest descriptions of produce the trade
has presented a very firm appearance, but in other kinds very
little Is doing.
GAME AND POULTRY.
Grouse, 2s. 6d. to ss. ; black game, B*. to 45.; partridges,
31::...
;9; d.gdeuetcsoke2i, :41.,;6. :It, o.
2;B&e.htaro; hares, to
64elapons, ble. 6d. to 10s. ; fowls,
6;
aw.hoil,S6oodtc;hdduictktz,
225.5.
to
rabbits, I.'s. 31. to 2s. 61. ; conies, 9d. to Aylesbury
is. to 4s. • chickens, ls. Bd. to Ss. 81. ; pigeons, ,
6. d. to 10d. ;
butter, is. 4d. to is. 91. per lb. ,
bt
00
x7O;
ir
evdelimb
kit; plaice,
;tee:,
FISH. A.
Cod, C. 5 10s. to £lO 10s. per score; crimped
bloater*,
e6da ditto, Is.
;7.16.
16. d. to
12s. 61 each; salmon, is. 6d to is 101. per
6d. each; trout, is. 34. to
120
5... 661 ttoo3k 01
pl.
pstpeaer6rrsd_b, dozen;3:p:e6,rei.b. crabs,attsook e51t35.;4
per
per box;
811. a. nptrre l ;
score ;
is. 51 per lb. ; mackerel, is 9d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen;
whiting, 8s 6d. to 12s. 61. per basket ; soles, is. 6d. to 55. per
pair; native oysters, £l2 per bashel ; common ditto, 55. to
8; per hundred.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

Robinson, Repton, and Robinson, Longton, Selves, v.
—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, £2O 14s 2d,
and arc exceedingly obliged for your care and attention.
Belfast Ropeworks Co., Belfast, Selves, v.—Beg to
acknowledge receipt of cheque, £75 17s Id.
Rogerson, M. and Co., Bradford, Selves, v.—Beg to
acknowledge receipt of cheque, £27 lie Od.
Leedham, Binns and Co., Bradford, Selves, v.—Beg to
acknowledge receipt of cheque, £2l 7s Id.
Barnes, H. Three Cranes Lane, Uppes Thames Street,
E.C. Selves v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque,
£34 68 2d.

J. and W. Taylor, Tanners, &c., Bermondsey, S.B.
Selves, v.—Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque, £5O

*Wilkie, J. and A. Illusselburgg, Selves, v.—Beg to se.
knowledge receipt of cheque, £BO 4s 6d.
J, and Co.. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Selves, v.—
Beg to acknowledge receipt of cheque £67 lOs 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

on! an pbtritt

HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

A. meeting of representatives of churches and
chapels was held in St. John's Schools, on Thurs-
day evening, to make arrangements for Hospital
Sunday collections.
The Rev. IL Downing presided.
After a statement from the Rev. H. Sherra,rd as
to what was done last year, be moved "That this
committee recommends that there be Hospital
Sunday collections on October 29th in the churches
and chapels of Stourbridge and the neighbour-
hood."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. J. Pearson
and carried.
The question of the application of the money
having been discussed.
It was resolved on the motion of the Rev. IL
Sherrard, seconded by the Rev. D. Maginnis,
"That in the opinion of this meeting the collec-
tions should be divided between the Stourbridge
Dispensary; the Guest Hospital, Dudley; and the
Eye Hospital, Birmingham • but that it be
optional with each church and chapel to allocate
their contributions to one or two only of the fore-
going charities."
The Rev. T. Williams moved "That the best
thanks of the committee be given to Mr. H. James
for his services as treasurer last year; that he be
re-appointed to the office, and that the committee
recommenis that the collections be paid in to him
at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bank with-
in a week after the same have been made."
This was seconded by Mr. Cookson and carried.
Mr. G. Boden was re-appointed secretary.
After some other arrangements the meeting
terminated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

P ROI' ISION.

_
LONDON Monday. September 4th —The arrivals last week
from Ireland were 736 firktns butter, and 8 892 bales bacon,
and from foreign ports 22,726 packages butter, and 3,090
hales bacon. There was a good inquiry for foreign butter
last week, and prices of finest Normandy advanced 4s. to 6s.
per cwt. say 1545. to 1.56 s ; best Dutch, 148 s. to 150 s. In
Irish a fair business transacted ; some finest Clonmels sold
1425. to 141 s. free on board. Tilt bacon market ruled
steady for best sizeable, but fat and stout weights declined
2s. per cwt.

Butier,- per cwt. : a. a. Cheese, per cwt. a. a.
Dorset ..... ..... 160 to 164 Cheshire 7O to 80
Friesla.nd .... .... 150 154 Dble. Gloucester. 52 70
JerseY ••.. • ..... 104 130 Cneddar .. 7B 82
Fresh, per doz. .. 19 21 American.. 42 62
Bacon, per cwt.: Hams: York ll2
Wiltshire
Irish, green, Lob. 78 86 Irish

- -
TALLOW.
s. d. B.d.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 42 0 I Rough stuff, per cwt.- 14 9
Rough Fat, per Sibs... 19i I Greaves 19 16 0
Melted Stuff, per cwt. 29 0 I Good Dregs „ 6 0
Yellow Russian, new .... 465. Od. per cwt.
Australian AinttonTallow 435. ed.
Ditto Bed Ditto '4la. Od.

SEED.
Lori Doti, Monday, Sept. 4 —No English Cloverseed yet
offering for sale; samples shown promise to be of good
quality on delivery. Trefoil was held for more money, but
sales were not numerous. Trifolium inzaxnatum was in good
request, at very full rates for both English and foreign.
There was a fair quantity of new white Mustardseed from
Etsex—quality and condition generally good The large
buyers are waiting to see the extent of the supply, and bid
cautiously. A few sales were effected to the seedsmen for
immediate planting at fall rates. New black Rapeseed was
fully as dear with a good sale. Dutch Rempseed brought
former rstes. Canaryseed realised last week's currencies.
New winter Tares were in good request at the quotations of
last Monday;
-=',41.4445w-e. 41,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

Bell Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'. " Very
satisfactory—have availed ourselves for 10 years or more.'
John Snowden, Paint Manufacturer and Oil Merchant,
South Shields. Your Telegram received, aad very
much obliged to you for your prompt reply—They won't
get an ounce of stuff from me. Yours &c.
Swann, J. E. and Brothers, Ironmasters, Middlesboro'
and Glasgow, "Satisfactory."
Bissell, James, and Son, Birch!! Iron Works, Walsall.
" Great Value.,':
_ _

Darlington Forge Company. "Prompt replies—ap-
prove of the Confirmatory style adopted."
Lackenby Iron Company, Middlesboro'
" Conseientiously recommended. Members 8 yean."
Darlington Waggon Company, Darlington.
"Prompt—reliable information—various 11011148.."
Stanbridge, Sydney, Esq., Maltster, Camberwell,
London, S.X. " Charges are higher than any other
(Atm, but the results justify the additional outlay."
Oldroyd and Sons (Limited),Dewsbury. "Reliable."
Hudson, Sykes and Smiled, Leeds, " Satisfied with
the thoroughness of the manner you answer Continental
inquiries.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09


0.1,1 it.. ''.4'.‘.lrfilirbri3Olgt 11-J0114.-;itt,tr4,

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

THOMAS SMITH, DECEASED.

PURSUANT to an Act of Parliament of the
22nd and 23rd Victoria, chapter 35 ieti:uled "An
Act to Farther Amend the Law of ProperLy and to
Relieve Trustees." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that all Creditors and other Persons having an,, CLAIMS
against the Estate of THOMAS SMITH, late of Oil.
swiford, in the county of Worcester, Architect and
Surveyor, deceased, are hereby required to send their
names and addresses, and particulars of their respective
Claims, to the uudersiged SAMUEL POUNTNEY Siumr, of
Coleham, Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop, Architect,
the Administrator of the Estate, and effects of the
deceased, or to me, Charles William Collis, of Stour-
bridge, in the said county of Worcester. Solicitor of
such Administrator, on or before the 18th day of
November next, at the expiration of which time the
said Administrator will proceed-to distribute the Assets
of the Deceased amonr, tha parties entitled thereto,
baying regard only to the Debts and Claims of which he
shall then have had notice ; and he sill not be liable
for the Assets so distributA to any Person or Persons
of whose Debt or Claim be shall not thou have had
uotite. • , •
Dated this 23rd day of August, 1876.
S. FOUNTNEY SMITH,
Administrator:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS.

The annual election of commissioners for the
several wards took place on Thursday last, and as
usual was a very tame affair. Few persons ap-
peared to take any interest in the election, so few
indeed that the presiding officer for the East Ward
had to vote himself to elect the three gentlemen,
no other person attending, and the poll Nva, closed
ten minutes past ten o'clock. The following is the
list of gentlemen returned : Messrs. William
Edwards, Henry Billingham, and David Yardley.
The West Ward electors did not take much more
interest in the election than did the electors
in the East Ward. The poll closed at half-
past ten, when it was found that Mr. Charles
Mills had obtained 7 votes; Mr. T. Wall, 7; Mr.
Benjamin Hill, 6; and Mr. Elcock, 4. The first
three were elected. The South Ward was closed
at four o'clock, when the voting was as follows
Charles Scott, 112; Simeon Bateman, 60; John
Edwards, 24; several votes were given to other
persons, ranging from 1 to 12.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

in-gathering of the fund, and had its effect in en-
hancing the total amounts of subscriptions.
Objections have often been raised against the im-
portation of opium into China from India, seeing the
deleterious effects which the narcotic produces upon
its consumer. But the reply has invariably been that
the revenues of India cannot do without the eight
millions sterling annually which the drug brings into
the exchequer. The plea may not be founded upon
considerations of high morality, but it is one
which has its weight with statesmen. The
report of Mr. Grosvenor, who was lately entrusted
by the British Government with a commission of
inquiry in China, shows that the cultivation of the
poppy forms an important industry in the interior of
the Celestial Empire. The ultimate object of this is
the manufacture of opium; and, as there is little doubt
that the interior is not the only part of the empire in
which the poppy is grown, it seems clear that the
Chinese supply of opium would not b 3 stopped even if
the export from India ceas,A. The result would merely
be to flood the market with an inferior article at a lower
price; the cost of manufacturing the-indigenous drug
being very low compared with the rates charged for its
East Indian rival. It was said four years ago that
England drank herself out of the Alabama difficulty—
that is to say, the three millions and a quarter which
we had to hand Over to the United States were made
up by the increased consumption of spirituous liquors.
In like manner a sixth of the whole public revenue of
India is raised by duties on opium, upon which the
foundatiors of some of the most important public
works in that country may be said to rest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

I CLARKE'S I

TO LET, A HOUSE sontaining Threa
Bitting Rooms and Four Bedrooms, with Back
Kitchen, Outbuiltingi, and Garden, situate in Union
Street, titourbridge. Poe salon at once.—Apply W.
Uaderwoo,l, Cabinct Maker, Kidderminster Street,
Stnurbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

R. F.J • _i_ V ATES,
1-

ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR,

HIGH STREET,
ST OT.TIRABRI DG--,
(Nearly opposite Stourbridge &Kidderminster Bank)
P.M.

Attendance. every Friday, from 11 am., to
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were present ;—Messrs. H. Billingham, Rhodes,
Guest, Forrest, Haskew, Kelly, J. Billinghain,
Hall, Parkes, Pearsall, Brooks, Fiddian, Ltaker,
Thompson, Wood, Wright and Pargeter. Ad-
mitted into the house 15; discharged 17; died
0; born 0; remaining 312; corresponding week
275. Out-door relief Kingswinford district 21
19s 61; Stourbridge district .214 11s 3d; HaleE-
owen district £l5 15s. 81 ; non-resident paupers
lie 8d; total £52 18s. id; corresponding week
last year, 54 2s id.
Dr. Eagar was appointed Medical Officer for
No. 1 Oldswinford district, in the place of Dr.
Campton, who has resigned. The Medicvl
Officers report was read which showed the death
rate of Worcestershire 221- per 1,000 ; Stafford-
shire a little over 15 per 1,000.

DRUNBENNESS.—At the Police Court, yesterday,
before Lord Lyi telton, Col. Fletcher, and Mr. K.
L. Freer, William Hamblett, of the Lye, was
charged with being drunk and incapable on the
4th inst.—Police-sergea,nt Rea proved the case aud
defendant was fined 2s 6d and costs.—John Taylor
was charged with being drunk at the Lye, on the
ith inst, and was fined 2s 6d and costs. •
ASSAULT CASE.—John Taylor was charged with
assaulting Maria Taylor, on the 4th iust.—Defend-
ant pleaded guilty and said he was very sorry.—
The case was not pressed and defendant was or-
dered to pay costs.
CHARGE OF WILFUL DAMAGE. George Scott
an-I John Partridg.) were charged with wilfully
damaging a quantity of bricks, the property of
Henry Thomas Hickman. There was no evidence
to prove the damage and the case was dismissed.
Assatr,T CASE.—John Hill, of the Lye, was sum-
moned for assaulting John Whittaker, on the Ist.
—Complainant said on the above date he was at
the Duke of York Inn, and defendant pinched him
and struck him on the eye and mouth.—Defendant
admitted pinching complainant but only for a lark.
Complainant then threatened :him and defendant
struck him once.—Fined 5s and costs.
WILFUL DAMAGE.—Charlotte Howles was
charged with wilfully breaking a square of glass,
on the 24th inst, the property of Eliza Cartwright.
Defendant admitted breaking the glass and said
she had paid for it. Withdrawn on payment of
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

EVFII.

night in question to catch a train at Langley Green and
he was quite sober.—The Bench considered the case
very clearly proved and fined defendant 20s and costs;
In default 21 days' imprisonment.
NEW ORGAN.—Mr. W. T. Best, organist, of St. George's
Hall. Liverpool, gave two recitals oa Tuesday, on a new
organ, at the manufactory of Messrs. Brindly and Foster,
Sheffield. The orgm, which has a very pure tone, and
a number of rare stops, has been built at a cost of £l,OOO.
and will be presented to Old Hill Church by Mr, W.
Bassano, colliery proprietor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-09-09

DEAN STANLEY AT SCARBOROUGH.

The Dean of Westminster, preaching on Sunday at
the parish church of Scarborough for the national
schools, said that all Englishmen, however divided in
politics, still desired to preserve the double element of
order and freedom—the Monarchy and the democracy.
So all English Churchmen, however divided in theo-
logical opinions, wished to retain as far as possible the
double element of antiquity and reformation—the
grandeur and the simplicity which they had inherited
from their double origin. It was like the double glory
of Scarborough—on the one side, they had the energy
and stir of modern life; on the other side, the silent
shore, the deserted castle, and the rough cliffs. Again,
the Church of England was not the expression of some
small body or of a single individual or of a foreign
potentate—it was bound up with and represented the
future of the whole English nation. It was ancient,
because the constitution was ancient; it was Protes-
tant because the English people were Protestant, and
because the Protestant spirit of the English nation
chose to express itself 'in the forms of the English
Church. It VMS this which made it the peculiar mis-
sion of the Church of England to rise if possible above
the strife of political, of ecclesiastical, and local
parties, and to direct the attention of Englishmen to
those mighty interests which were national rather than
sectional. At that very moment it was, or ought to be
their duty to save the noble indignation against the
barbarity of Torilish misrule from being degraded into
the mere battle al of party. It was the mission of
England to repress, punish, and prevent as well as
protest against such horrors. The solution of so
great a problem as that of assigning to various parties
in Europe and Asia their rightful position was too lofty
and serious to become the monopoly of any one party or
section either in Church or State. It was a duty which
belonged to our common Christianity and to statesmen
and citizens of v.aried political opinions.