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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-02-14

PUBLIC NOTICES

Consumers of Tea do well to exercise judgment, by
selecting those descriptions of Tea, that have been care-
fully plucked in the early Spring , when the leaf is small
and imbued with the richness of the shrub juices. For
50 years Horniman's Tea has been preferred, because it
is the strongest, cheapest, and best :—Sod in Packets.
List of Agents in this locality:—Stourbridge, Clarke,
Chemist. High Street ; Baker, Chemist. High, Street ;
Morris, 136, High Street.—Brierley Hill, Rawlings,
chemist.—Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring.—Hales-
°wen Adams, chemist. —Lye. Greenwood, chemist.—
' Wordsley. White cheruist.—lKingswinford, Pearson.—
Brettle Lane. Collina, chemist.—Birmingham, Banks
as Co. Bu 1 liing.—ctuam Bank Watts, pheist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

ROWLEY.

LOCAL BOARD.—A CASE OF ENGLISH CHOLERA.—
A monthly meeting of this Board was held on Mon-
day evening, at the Public Offices, Old Hill; Mr.
W. Bassano presiding.—The S rveyor presented
tw , letters from Mr. R. (Iriffiths, of Netherton.
C) raini g that he had me: with an accident by
driving his carriage into a Loh in Wright's Lane
The hole in quesion was an excavation in connee-
ti-n wili t.e., d ainage works The clerk was in-
s: ineted to write to Mr. Gail:Hills statin that the
Board wore of opiniol that the accident might have
been avehld by thc exerclse r.f proper care.—The
surveyor was directed to write to the county stir
veyor inforning him th .t the Rowley Road was
subsi :ing end to a. k him it he , ished the road
raised -T. e Public Werks Committee reported
that they had instructed the coalman to engage
Mr, II ..dian, of Stourbridge, to make a survey (if
. the drainnge works in Wright's Lane, an opinion
• having been expressed that the pip ‘s had not been
laid acciardin4 to the plan.— he Clerk presented a
I statement of wage i spent on the highways during
. the three years endinl4 March 25, which was as
•ollows:—PFB3. £1,436 9s; 1883, £1,497 Os 11d;
11885, £1,734 15s 111—The Medical Officer (Dr.
I Beasley) reported that thirty-nine deaths had oc-
curred ,niring the past four w ' eek. showing ad, ath-
rate of 17.4 per 1,003. Six deaths bad been cansel
1
by zymotic diseases. Twelve cases of infectious
d'seases Lad oeen reported to hitn—viz , 9 measles:
2 erysipelas, and 1 scarlet fever. All the tneasks
and scarlet fever eases ocrurred at 'fividate. He
had seen one very suspicious case of niarrl:cea, or
he might say, Englise cholera, the patient being a
young man who had be, n with an excursion party
to Weymouth. For two days this patient was in
a very precarious con ition but eas nou ie a fair
way of recovery. Dien:eciente fad been freely
used, and other necessary ,teps had been taken to
oreveut a spread of tie diseatte. No similar cases
cad occurred in the neighbourhood.—The Assistaw
iledical Officer (Mr de Denne) reported 18 deaths
in the lower distric!, and a death rate of 15.6 per
1.000. The di,trict wds fr e from z)motic disease.
—The Chairman brought before the Board th-
condition ef the approdcnes t ) the canal bridges in
,he parish. After some discussion, the clerk was
itistaLted to obtain the opinion of counsel as to
whether the canal company are respon-ible for
i.eeping the approaches to bridges in proper
order.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

lIALE .)0 WE S.

CHARGE Or AssAULT AGAINST A PoLICEMAN—
the Public 01liee on luesday, before Messrs.
okkhr 1 Gem and 11. 1 Hickman (magistrates)
Dennis Williams, a member of the Worce,,tershir.-
. onstabulary, stationed at Toe Quinton, was
,narged with assaulting John Wo,d, farmer and
..arpenrer, on the 18th ult —Mr. Jackson. of West
,iiolnwiCh, who represente,l the complainant, said
is instructions we e that the defendant had cona-
nitted an unjustifiable ass !ult. On the 18th tut
the compkinant went to toe Beech Trees Inn, Toe
Aint in, awl upon leaving the house he got on t‘•
wagoa, afendant came to the wagon and said
oinpiaiitant s ould not ride, and immediately seized
!omplainaut by on of his legs, and pulled him to
:nen an extent as to di-lc:elide his ankle. IL sub-
nitted that defendant unnecessarily interfered with
oomp'aindnt, and committed au assault witbou
he slightest provocation.—Complainant and a
vitne,s having given evidence in support of M.
fack,on's statement, defendant denied that he con-
rutted any as:iont, and statod that be took every
;arc of the complainant, who was drunk. He did
tot deny but what complainant's leg was injured,
Int be sustain .d the injuries thrbugh falling abou!
he roads. tie obtained a wheAbarrow ad put the
omplainant in it, and, with the assistance of too
)her men, took him to his In reply to Mt.
ekman, complainant stated that in consequenc
if the injuries he had sustained he had bo• n unabl,
to follow his employment—Defendant ,fterwaro
•;4iled witne.,ses who denied tnat he ouljecl th.
.tomplainant c.ut of the wagon, and at ,te I -hat tl e
tee ,dant (lid hi; best to get the complainant lime.
—Tee lieneli dismissed the case.—A chatge ot
ininkenn s preferred agtinst the complainant was,
n the appli..tation of 6uperintendent Hardman,
vithdrawn.

WAlrr asr MISCHIEF.—It the same Court. Georg,
Da key (20), lab ,uret, C .oksheds, was fined 5s and
osts for Hssaulting William BAstertield, at Gorsty
on the 10.11 inst.—On the night in question
ic was alleged that the prisoner and others threw
4toneB through several windows in the neighbour-
o d f the Cocksheds, doing considerable damag,
0 the property, and Aso alarming the inmates ot
e houses, ihe offenders were chased by Baster—
Acid, and upon prisoner b lug overtaken be struck
.13Everfieli with a fence stake.

CHIRGE OF INDIEC,,NT Assmnr.—Henry Good-
"rewer, Blackheath, as chatged with as auk-
.l? ama ried ‘iomau narn,d Sarah rialor,—The
that up.ni going into a puolie
ouse at Blackhtath on the 7th just, the d fendant
tino kei her dowo and ()therm e assaulted her.—
ef-ndant s tid tl.e charge was unfounded, and afte
as;n2; a witness tor the defence, the magistrate,
Ii n 2 • ed the case,
ASSAULT. —Joseph Brookes, labourer, was fluel
and costs for assaulting John Taylor, of Summer.
by stiiking him in the face in the Hagley
ctuad.—Defelidant alle6ed th tt complainaw had
400 t ha pigecn,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22


DOCK LABOURERS AND THE DEARTH

OF EMPLOYMENT.

With the arrival of the Glen and other lines of
tea-carrying boats there is always a largo influx of
extra work at the West and South-West India Docks,
and this year is no exception to the rule. Owing to
the low rates at which the wharves nearer town deal
with the cargoes, preference is shown by the mer-
chants for the cheaper media of dealing with their
consignments, to the manifest loss of wages to the
men in question. On Monday morning some 2000
men were in waiting at Limehouse and Poplar for a
"call," but the major portion of the packages being
" oversides "—that is, lifted from the boat into a
lighter, and thence, in charge of a Customs official,
sent up the river—very few of the men were taken on.
This was a sore disappointment to many, especially
old hands, and they determined to make a represen-
taLion to headquarters on the matter. Mr. J. Darby
complained that what used to be the best part of the
year was now the slackest, and that to make matters
worse a lot of new hands, " recommeneed " men,
were called to learr what to him and others was
a b c. What with that and the falling off in the
quantities and the improved machinery employed, a
man was lucky to get an average of three days a
week. (Voices: "Less than that.") He had heard
that a representation to headquarters might be
effectual, though he much doubted whether " head-
quarters " had not all their work to do in looking
after their own bill without troubling about the
men. Still that no stone remained unturned, he
would move that the chairman and directors of
the company be addressed, pointing out to them
how and why the men suffered, and praying them to
take any steps they could to ameliorate the condition
of the men. Mr. Rose seconded the proposition, and
referring to the under-cutting of the wharfingers, sug-
gested that it would be better for the men to take a
little less for wages than get nothing at all. (No, no.)
He thought six days for 18s. would be better than only
three for 10s.. and would accept it if he could get no
more. (Cries of "Rat," "What did we strike for,"
&c.) They might call him "rat," but he would rather
hear that cry all day from theni than one moan from
his children that they were wanting food. (Oh, oh.)
The speaker was endeavouring to proceed, but the
men declined to hear him. The suggestion that a
representation be made to the board was then agreed
to; and the assemblage, which had taken place on a
site adjacent to the docks and by the river, then dis-
persed, the proposer (Mr. Darby) agreeing to acquaint
his mates with the result as soon as he got a reply.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

TUESDAY

f•RIDAY,
From 11 tili 5

At 120, 111GH STREfiI
BTOURBKIDGE.

BIRMINGHAM
ADDRESS -IAAMSTEAD ROAD
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

ANOTHER LUNACY CASE.

The action brought by Mr. Hillman, of Lewes,
against Dr.Crosskey, who certified him to be a lunatic,
has ended in a verdict for the defendant. The jury
have thus exonerated the doctor from all imputations
of negligence or misconduct. But their finding does
not necessarily imply a belief that Mr. Hillman was
insane. For Mr. Baron Huddleston told them
that before the plaintiff could recover he must
prove a want of due care and caution on the
part of Dr. Crosskey. The facts of the case
have already given rise to much litigation.
Mr. Hillman desired to sue the magistrates
for signing the order under which he was sent to
Hayward's Heath Asylum, and as a requisite preli-
minary, applied to the Queen's Bench Division to
quash the order. This the Queen's Bench did, but
the decision has been reversed by a majority of the
Court of Appeal, and now awaits the final judgment
of the House of Lords. The question there is whether
the magistrates made a proper examination of the
alleged lunatic under the statute, and this of course
does not affect the conduct of Dr. Crosskey. If Mr.
Hillman were ever out of his mind at all, the attack
certainly cannot have lasted long. For a few days
after his admission to Hayward's Heath he was
removed to St. Luke's, where the medical oil-leers,
including so eminent an expert as Dr. Savage, found
him to be perfectly sane, and discharged him. It was
a serious hardship for Mr. Hillman, who is in a per-
fectly independent position, but it seems to be in ac-
cordance with the law that being put under constraint
at the instance of the relieving officer, and not of his
own friends, he was treated as a pauper lunatic.
Moreover, the Act under which Mr. Hillman was ap-
prehended provides that the patient must be not only
insane, but dangerous to himself or others. It is plain
that the safeguards which the law contains a,!ainst the
hasty consignment of sane people to asylums are insuM-
cent. Dr. Crosskey has been completely exculpated.
But three judges out of five have held, though the
opposite contention prevailed, that the examination
of Mr. Hillman by the magistrates, which was held in
the manner customary at Lewis, was so perfunctory
and imperfect as to be legally invalid. In this state
of uncertainty the need for a more formal and public
inquiry into cases of supposed lunacy, such as Lord
Selborne's bill of last sessicn prescribed, is clearly
proved, and the bill (a contemporary says) should be
re-introduced at the earliest possible moment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

BRIERLEY HILL.

PoLICE COURT.—At this Court on Thursday, he-
ore Mr. Feville (Deputy-Stipendiary), two boys,
named Robert Lane and Charles Lane were charged
with s.ealing, and Robert Clarke, miner, was
barged with aiding and abetting the boys to corn
mit the felony. The childrAt were discharged, awl
the Deputy-Stipendiary said he sh.,uld mark his
-ense of the conduct of Clarke by s, ntencing him to
fou:teen days' imprisonment.—George Mantle (18)
sas char.-,ed witti assaulting his mother, Esther
Mantl,r, a wilow. D, fi-ndatit went home .rnd asked
ht mother to give him 2d. She said she c.iuld no
spare the money, and defendant then struck he.
and threatened to kid her. Ile was sent to gaol for
seven days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

SCENE IN A CORONER'S COURT.

On Monday Mr. William Carter held an inquest at
the Crown Tavern,. Church-street, Lambeth, on the

body of George Henry Jones, aged nine years, the son
of a r.ublisher's traveller, residing at 2, Norfolk-row,
Lambeth-road, who was drowned in the Thames on
Friday last under distressing circumstances. It
anpeared from the evidence of a number of witnesses
that on Friday afternoon last the deceased and a
companion named Clapp were playing on a barge
moored off Doulton's Dock, Albert Embankment,
when Clapp, noticing a Thames police boat approach-
ing, exclaimed, "Look out, George, here's the
Thames Police." Clapp thereupon ascended the iron
fixed ladder, and got upon the emtankment, and
the deceased followed him, but in scrambling
up the ladder missed his hold and fell into the
water, and was sucked beneath the barge. Every
effort was made to rescue him, but it was not until
10 o'clock the same night that his body was found
by Mr. Thomas Benjamin Lewis, watermal% and boat
proprietor, at Lambeth-stairs. The father of the de-
ceased inquired of the coroner whether he could say
a few words and, being answered in the affirmative,
said that he wished to express his thanks to Mr.
Lewis for his efforts in recovering the body of his
child. He also wished to ask the coroner whether
some means could not be devised to prevent boys
from going on to the barges, as it was a very
dangerous practice. The Coroner observed that he
was afraid not, as boys would be boys, and go on
craft and other places where they had no right. The
father (continuing) said that he had also to complain
that his child had been in the mortuary 36 hours before
he was stripped or washed, and then it was done by
an undertaker employed by him (the father). The
Coroner said that it had nothing to do with him, but
his officer, whereupon Mr. Isaac Sheppard, the
officer, stepped forward, and, in reply to questions
said that he was first informed of the death of the
deceased on Saturday morning, and he immediately
sent to his regular attendant to attend to the body in
the ordinary course, and he (the officer) was given to
understand that his instructions had been carried out.
Subsequently, however, he ascertained that on his
attendant going to the mortuary he found that the
body had been washed and laid out by the undertaker
referred to by the father of the deceased. He (the
officer) had forbidden the undertaker in question to
interfere with his (the officer's) duties, and if he con-
tinued to do so he should certainly take him before
,the magistrate, as it was only done for business pur-
poses. In conclusion Mr. Sheppard said that he (the
officer) was answerable for all articles left in the
mortuary, and a great number had been missed, and
he (Mr. Sheppard) had in consequence had to remove
clothing. &c. to another place for safety. The under-
taker referred to attempted to address the Court, but
his remarks were inaudible. Eventually the jury re-
turned a verdict of accidental death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

A LONDON SUNDAY in the HOLIDAYS.

If anybody would realise bow desolate London can
be, at least so far as its western half is concerned, he
should stay in town on the third Sunday in August.
If the day happens to be fine, as was the case on
Sunday, the impression is only the more vivid and
complete. For of those who, for one reason or
another, are detained in London during the week, an
even greater proportion than usual are tempted to
run away for the hours of the Sunday rest. If you
stay at home nobody calls upon you; if you go to the
club there is nobody to speak to—the servants look at
you as if you had no business there: if you take a
walk in the park nobody recognises you, and you re.
cognise nobody. Of course only one sublimely indif-
ferent to the proprieties would walk in the park on a Sun-
day in mid-holidays. Or suppose one goes to church.
There, perhaps, even more than anywhere else, is the
emptiness of London forced upon your notice. No
waiting for seats, even where the most popular
preachers are wont to bold forth. The often super-
cilious vergers are painfully polite, and only too glad
to welcome the stranger, even though he be clad "in
vile raiment." They are evidently conscious that
they have not much to offer in the way of attraction.
The organist is away, the best voices in the choir are
absent; and the pulpit—well, most of us know what
to expect in the way of sermons in August. A
London Sunday in the holidays is rather dull, it must
be owned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

The LOADING :of HEAVY ORDNANCB

The muzzle of a 9-in, gun was blown off at gbuea„
buryness during some experiments with a liadflexi
steel shell a few weeks since, and the fragments have
been received at Woolwich for examination in the
Royal Gun Factories. So little damage has the gua
suffered that it could still be fired effectively, and the
extra weight of the projectile, coupled with the
strength of the powder charge, amply account, in the -
opinion of the authorities, for the accident having
occurred. The event has, however, brought int°
prominence the fears which have been felt for aera°
time past that the advocates of extreme charges are
tailing dangerously close to the wind. The arttlleriste
by whom these charges are fixed are satisfied by re•
peated experiments of the enduring qualities of thence' -
guns which are now manufactured, but it is wortlif
of remark that the cartridge of the 10.4 in. gun is to be
1901 b. of powder, whereas the much larger gtvn
of
15.5 in. (the 38-ton gun) has a charge of 160 only: "
shDuld be borne in mind, however, that the rolent
and refractory qualities of gunpowder have been or
late subdued beyond all expectation. When the
"rifle large grain was the only powder used for
great guns, pressures of 60 tons were by no roes°
uncommon, but as soon as the pressures been t° be
measured, they began to diminish until the introduc-
tion of the pebble powders, scientifically compounded,
sized and shaped, brought about the rule of 25 Wee
as the maximum pressure. Since that, however, th°
cocoa and prismatic powders have been invented, and .
the present "brown" powder, which is adopted for
all the large guns in the service, is found to give the
full velocities with pressures seldom exceeding ld
tons. In theory, therefore, the gunners might Edell
fire charges of the new gunpowders three, if not four
times the weight of those which were fired when the
subject of explosives was less understood.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

ESTIMATES OF THE HARVEST.

The Agricultural Gazette gives an estimate of the
harvest of 1885, based on the replies of several hun-
dred correspondents in all parts of the United King-
dom. Our contemporary comes to the conclusion
that the wheat crop—not so good as was at one time
expected—is, nevertheless, the best crap of the year.
Neither barley nor oats are average crops; and beans
and peas are a general failure. The tables from the
Board of Trade just issued show that the wheat area
is this year again smaller than it was. On this
shortened area more than half the correspondents
state the crop to be good and "over average," about
one-third put it as " average," and over only one-
eighth of the whole are the reports discouraging. All
the spring-sown crops, on the other hand, are below
par. The bean and pea crops, which promised so
well, are nearly everywhere destroyed by blight. Of
the oat crop one-half the returns say the crop is
below an average; and the returns, not quite so bad,
of the barley are still far from satisfactory. A long
summer's drought, while it has enabled the in.gather-
ing of one of the best crops of hay ever known, has
been fatal to the subsequent growth of grass, and of
all other succulent crops. Turnips which, when
sown early enough, come away in general without
difficulty, have had no chance of growing. Grass is
almost everywhere burned up. Even the mangold
crop, which likes hot weather, is suffering from want
of rain.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

OLD HILL.

STEALING MONEY.-013 Wednesday, at the Polies,
Court, Joseph Round, of Nether on, was chargeu
tearing 4s. the nion,y of James Cnaprnan, a
enartermaster, of o.d Hill. It was alleged that on
Friday night the prisoner received notice to leave
pr,secu'or's empliyaient, and on the Saturday he
applied for his wages There being some dispute
as to the amount, prisoner picked up 4- f,om th.
office table —Priso-er ured that he put down agai.,
3s of the money.—A floe of 4s and costs, or in de-
fault 28 days' impri-onment was imposed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

HAG LEY.

~STOCK SALE.—Messrs. Oates, Perrens. and Wo&-
dri4e had a veLy large su ply of firstelass nevi a d
good entry of ,heep and lamb.. at their s le ii
Slonday last, Tne entries c-mprised 95 head o.
rattle, 412 sheep and latubs,;And 20 calves. ExcPpt
for best quality demand was very quiet and prices
were lower. Fat heifers wade as high. s ‘221 22 6d,
sneep 555, lambs 365, calves £3 10s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

BONAPAR E and MASTER SAM

lEh )uld t ave got at thi winner. Reg4,-,lrding the
D ,ncaster St. Leer, Aiat, n, with sto 4 Ltd on
him, is served up a hot fivourite, and Matt Dawson
tells all his friend,. that it is an utter imposslt ility
for the Cit to lose. F.rewell and Lou-lv come u
tor som 4 good place inves meuts. but X int,. i
and Child of the Mist are releg tted to lung odds.
However, so long as the favourite keepswtfl, I
shall not look e:sewhere for the winner.
For my finales at York meeting send 12 stamps
for my over-night selections, nddressed to" Travel-
ling ourrerputtent, care of .sporting Tissue Office,

DUDLEY.

THE ACCIDENT AT THE CORNGREAVF,S WORES.—
On Tuesday Mr. E. P. rcy Jobson, coroner, resumed
the inquest, at the Dudley Arms Hotel, Market
Place, on the body of Henry Seuthwiek (33), bolter-
down, of the Four Ways, Cradley Heath, who was
scalded by the bursting of a steam-p.pe at the Corn-
grea,ves Works. The prop- ietors were reeresented
by Messrs. Fox am! Whiteley. Mr. Pear°, tee in—
,•pector of facturies, was also pr sea'.—
!o and, engiaeer, stated that the pipe bust just
befere the engine started. The pipe had been
ported by three supports, as it had been for thirty
years. He could not tell if it would have burst had
it had four supports By a Juror : The joint %yes a
Pew one and newly packed. By the Government
lu-p otor : Knew rtehing of the taps outside tee
Wail, for he was n t on duty- wen the explosion
took ;dace. By Mr. Weit,ey :It woul I take great
force to remove the socket. The jeint had nev -r
given way in thirty years.—Henry Round, engine-
enter, gav evidence to shAv th,t he saw water
running irorn he pipe, He did not think it was
sut plus water because "the come" was too great
Edward John Chambers, civil and mechi al en-
gineer, teported for the Crown that he bad examined
the place He found a steam Pipe running from the
boil rto he en inc-house. The pipe was between
he wail block, and eighleen inches inside was a
socket. tted in eonneeti .n with this was a spigot.
p p an : th soeket had parted—not broken -
and t e ,ngine -onus won 0 be at once filled with
steam. c tusing the fa' al injuries. There was an ar-
rang, ment in the wall block to prevent such an ac-
cident, but witness thought this must have I.llen
in some way. Extra supports would not have pre-
vented the act ident. '1 he block might have been
altered by constant eoncussion.—The jury returned
a verdict of "Accidental death." •
SINGULAR CHARGE ARISING OUT or A JUDICIAL
EPARATION —At the Police Court on Tuesday,
Joseph Cart r (45). labourer, Eve Hill, was charged
with stealing a nightshirt, the property of his wife.
Jane Carter, from whom he was separated by a
judicial order. The parties, although living. ureter
~ois order, resided in thes tine small his', but had
separate rooms, It was alleged that Outer, being
-hort of money, took the article mentioned from his
,ife's box and pawned it,—The case was adjourned
for t o months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

THE NEW BISHOP OF SALISBURY.

The Rev. John Wordsworth, who has accepted the
offer of the Bishopric of Salisbury, vacant by the
death of the late Dr. Moberly, is the eldest son of the
late Right Rev. Christoper, Bishop of Lincoln, and
consequently grand-nephew of the poet Wordsworth.
He was born in 1843, and will thus be the youngest
bishop on the English bench. He was a scholar of
New College, Oxford, obtained a first class in Modera-
tions in 1863, and took his B.A. degree in 1865, after
being placed in the second-class in the school of
litercv humaniores. He obtained the Latin Essay in
1866, and was elected Craven scholar in the following
year. He took his M.A. degree in 1868 from Brase-
nose College, having been elected a fellow of that
society. He was ordained deacon in 1867, and
priest in 1808 by the Bishop of Oxford, was
prebendary of Langford ecclesia in Lincoln
Cathedral from 1870 to 1883, selectpreacher at Oxford
from 1875 to 1877, Grinfield lecturer on the
Septuagint from 1876 to 1878, and university
preacher at Whitehall in 1869. -Until the death of
his father he was examining chaplain for the diocese
of Lincoln. Mr. Wordsworth was Bampton Lecturer
in 1881, the subject of his lectures being "The One
Religion, Truth, Holiness, and Peace desired by the
Nations and revealed by Jesus Christ.' In 1883,
when, upon the death of the late Dr. Hawkins, Pro-
vost of Oriel College and Canon of -Rochester, the
Provostship of Oriel was conferred by the college on
Mr. Munro, a layman, the canonry at Rochester,
which bad hitherto been annexed to the provostship.
was, by a special Act of Parliament, joined to a new
professorship at Oxfordr to which Mr. Wordsworth
was unanimously electvd. The bishop designate
holds, in addition to his canonry, a fellowship at and
the chaplaincy of Brasenose College. He is at present
engaged in the collection of the various MSS. of the
Vulgate. Mr. Wordsworth married in 1870 Susan,
daughter of the late Rev. H. Octavius Come, Bodley
Librarian, but has no children.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

BOYCOTTING A RATIONAL SCHOOL.

A curious case of boycotting is reported from the
district where Lord Cloncurry evicted a large number
of tenants some four years ago. The majority of
the evicted tenants are st;11 living in the huts erected
for them by the Land League, from which they re-
ceive regular grants to support themselves and their
families. A few of the tenants hava adopted the
landlord's terms and been admitted to their holdings,
while the vacant portion of the estate is managed by
the Land Corporation. Among the tenants evicted
were the father and relatives of the Rev. Mr. Hum-
phreys, a Roman Catholic curate, who has taken an
active part on the tenants' side all through the land
agitation. Some time ago the Land Corporation
succeeded in getting a tenant for Humphrey 's farm,
and the new occupier commenced to send his children
into the local national school near Cappamore. The
result was that all the other children were withdrawn
from the school, which continues boycotted. The
Leaguers threaten to start a rival school unless the
children objected to are removed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

DISASTROUS FLOODS IN CHINA AND

JAPAN.

Letters just received contain particulars of some
extraordinary floods which have visited parts of China
and Japan, resulting in the loss of many hundreds of
lives and enormous destruction of property. The
floods are the most disastrous that have been witnessed
for thirty years. For eighty miles round Canton the
country is under water, and many of the streets in
Canton itself have been under water a whole week.
On some of the rivers the water rose to nearly 50 feet
above the normal level, and the strength of the current
was so great that it was impossible for boats to get
• alongside steamers that were lying off Canton to load
or Sischargo cargoes. Large numbers of sampans
and cargo boats were overturned and swamped, and
the bodies of men, women, and children, carcases
of pigs, furniture, and rafts were seen float-
ing in all directions. The greatest damage
done was between Canton and Fatsham. A large
portion of the embankment of the river was carried
away and three Tillages were entirely submerged,
most of the inhabitants being drowned. At Sylli the
water broke through the city wall, and it is stated
that several thousands of people were drowned. The
distress was s ery great. Many families lost all they
possessed, and, to make matters worse, the crops were
destroyed. The second and third silk crops were
seriously injured, and the rice crops were damaged
to such an extent as to raise the price of grain by 25
cents per picul, or about 18 per cent. It was sug-
gested that in the face of the distress the war tax
should be remitted at any rate for a year or two; but
to this appeal the Chine's° Government did not listen,
although the people are very heavily taxed. The Oy
Yuk Sin Tong Hospital and the Tung Wah Hos-
pital at Hong Kong took all the measures they
could for the relief of the sufferers. The latter
_sent a credit by telegram for two thousand, and a
steam launch with provisions. The authorities also
sent two gunboats laden with rice for those who had
become destitute and were obliged to camp on the hill
side. With regard to the flood; in Japan the infor-
mation states that there has not been such a calamity
there for many years. The scene of the disaster was
between Osaka and Kioto. The damage done to the
crops is estimated at one million yen. The entire
rape seed crop in the district was destroyed. Most of
it was cut and stacked when tho river banks burst,
and the ruined inhabitants went about in boats

gathering the sodden remnants out of the water.
The disaster was all the more severely felt because
the last few years have been very trying for farmers.
Drought has caused poor crops, and the result was
low prices. The flood, it is stated, completed the
ruin of the most prosperous portion of the rich and
fertile vale of Osaka. The tanks of the Mandagori
and Hirikatagori bunt in several places. The farms
submerged in Mandagori alone extended over 2500
cho, and the crops destroyed amounted to upwards
of 80,000 kohl.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

A REMARKABLE DISCOVER.

A discovery of a most remarkable character is re-
ported to have been made on Moel y-Gest Mountain,
Portmadoc, early on Saturday morning. Whilst
chasing a fox up the woods by Coed-y-Cefn the
Ymsfor hounds were seen to turn to a hole that
appeared to have been made in a mound, and then to
resume the chase. The party came up and examined
the hole and the "mound." To their horror they
saw a human hand in the hole. An examination dis-
closed a recently-erected hut, made of tree branches
and leaves, moss, earth, and grass. After enlarging
the hole—which was not larger than an ordinary
rabbit hole—one of the party looked in, and saw a
man lying as though in the last agonies of starvation.
He was immediately drawn out, and was recognised
as Captain Robert Jones, of the Amanda, of Port-
madoc. Food and stimulants were at once given
him, and the man began to rally and to speak a few
crds. He said he had been in the hut since June
12, and that it was his "feet" that had brought him
there. Medical aid was procured, and he was re-
moved to Penrhyn Danclraeth workhouse. Captain
Jones had been for a long time suffering from reli-
gious mania, which is no doubt the cause of his
strange conduct. In the hut were found two shawls,
a coat, an umbrella, a gold watch, two match boxes, a
Bible, and some newspapers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-08-22

REMARK/OLE CURE OF A SNAKE

BITE.

A correspondent wrote a short time since to the
Pioneer from Pachmarhi : If I am not mistaken, it is
3 pretty general belief that no one who is fairly bitten
by a cobra in full poison can possibly recover. But
we have had a case here lately, proving the contrary,
a brief account of which I venture to send you. Three
or four days ago, a post-office " barkara " went into a
dark room, where his bed was, to get a short rest
before starting off into the district with the mail bag.
No sooner did he throw himself on the charpoy than
be heard a hiss, and felt himself being bitten on the
little finger of his left hand. He instinctively shook
the thing off, and rushed out of the room, crying that
he had been bitten by a snake. Some of the other
post-office bands, hearing the noise, hurried up with
lanterns, sticks, &c., and on looking round the room,
discovered a rather large cobra, who, with head
erect and hood expanded, was ready to dispute
the possession of the apartment with them.
While they were baying a battle royal with
him the man who had been bitten was hurried
off to the military hospital for treatment. From all
I hear, 10 to 15 minutes must have elapsed before
any medical assistance was rendered him. Anyhow,
not very long after he was taken in hand he was in a
state of collapse. The lower half of his body was
gradually paralysed, and by degrees he lost both
speech and sight. The doctor at this stage thought
nothing could save him, especially, as he had in the
meantime sent for the dead snake, and satisfied him-
self that it was a genuine cobra. However, they
went on treating him with hypodermic injections,
&c., and in about 10 hours had the satisfaction of
observing some little improvement in the patient.
Since then the man has quite recovered. There is not
the slightest doubt about his having been fairly
bitten, for, irrespective of the subsequent symptoms,
his little finger was torn open a good way in shaking
the snake off. A post-mortem on the cobra (which,
by the way, measurtd 4/ft.) also disclosed the fact
that be was in full poison when he bit the man.
Would it not be as well if treatment which has been
so successful in this inst.ance were made known pro
bono public°, and further tested?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

INVASION OF BULGARIAN TERRITORY.

Reports from the frontier state that Bulgarian
regular troops fired upon the Servian Customs Guards
at Negotin and Radujevac, who at first withdrew, but
subsequently, after obtaining instructions by tele.
graph, reoccupied the guard-houses. They were,
however, directed to remain passive. The Powers in
their latest communication to the Servian Govern-
uaent promised that the status quo should be re-
stored, but demanded the demobilisation of the
Servian army.
The Bulgarian diplomatic agent has informed the
Porte that the Servians invaded Bulgarian territory
on Saturday in the direction of Tim, but were re-
ported to have withdrawn on Sunday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

NOTE THE ADDRESS-

VOLTA 'HOUSE,

175, Wardour-st., Oxford-st.,

LONDON, w.

This Applisnes is POSITIVELY WHAT IT PRO.
NICSSIRS TO B2—an "ELECTRIC BELL" which
teal' b• proved b. tore purchasing by the Ga:vanunseter.
tie. It was sip eined and fully tested before Mr
J tics litawkinp and a Jury in the Court of Queen's
iSen,h, January 24th. 1884. Moreover, it EN /IL/
D. vim R 8 Venn anything of the kin.! I.6verli‘ed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

A BOTANICAL CURIOSITY.

A singularly beautiful plant, described as a "quaint
botanical curiosity," and quite unknown, I believe
(writes "Miranda," in the Lady's Pictorial), in
England, is at present being exhibited at the horti-
cultural building in the public park of Philadelphia.
The plant, which conies from Panama and blooms
once a year, has white flowers which, when fully
opened, bear a striking resemblance to a white dove
with outstretched wings, poised above an altar. This
resemblance has gained for it the name of the "Fleur
du Saint Esprit." It is said that the plant is regarded
with great reverence by the superstitious in some
countries, and that supernatural powers for good or
evil have even been attributed to it. To have one
growing in the house is looked upon by such people as
an omen of good luck, and when it is in bloom its
possessor is held to be under the direct protection of
heaven, while to destroy one, or to have it wither and
die, bodes misfortune and trouble to the owner. I
hope it will not be long before we have this beautiful
flower in our midst; to those interested in the work of
church decoration it would be simply invaluable.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

SALVATIONIST OFFERINGS,

A series of meetings in celebration of the anniversary
of the Training Barracks in Clapton was commenced
at that institution on Saturday night. There was a
large muster of "officers." The weather was very
wet, and the general attendance along with these
"officers," male and female, barely sufficed to fill half
the hell. Tne feature of the proceedings was a
"thanksgiving exhibition,' consisting of several tons
of potatoes and cabbages, horses, a waggonnette,
fowls, bacon, big loaves exceeding the dreams of freo
trade demonstrators, and ranging downwards to small
cases apparently containing cocoa, and cages with
pet animals. Mr. Herbert H. Booth led the meet-
ing and announced that Mr. Breinwell Booth "not
being in quod as the reward of benevolence" would
conduct a " Holiness Breakfast "in the morning.
The female officers wore the customary dark dress
with white sashes, and as they rose simultaneously at
some of the more exciting passages in the experiences
of a " brother or sister, who had once, to use a very
favourite description, been a "faithful servant of the
devil," their almost ifunereal aspect was in curious
contrast with the festive exhilitions which depended
from the ceiling and the walls And loaded the tables
on the floor. A speaker who placed some five-
shilling pieces on a pile of offerings on the platform,
to symbolise the crowns which they were all to wear,
was long and loudly applauded by the brass band and
the audience generally. Mr. Booth called upon
"-Uncle Ben" to sing a hymn, which he did ton very
lively street tune and with considerable freedom of
gesture. The audience did not increase as the night
wore on, and there was nothing outside, either
sympathetic or the reverse, to indicate that the Salva-
tionists had entered upon what they themselves regard
as a" new departure." The unfulfilled part of the
programme, which is to extend over E 01330 days,
includes among other matters, a "Stupendous Pro-
cession," and the announcement, "Mrs. Booth will
prophesy."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

ARTISTIC ADDITION TO SHAKES-
PERIAN LITERATURE.

Of all the things in what is generally considei eel
the most literary and artistic age, the most remark-
ably probably is the continued versatility evident,
among litterateurs, poets, and artists in the treat-
ment of the works of the Poet of All Time. The
Shakesperian Library at Birmingham—that metro-
polis so near to the birth and death-place of the
Immortal Bard—is perhaps the finest ripert icre of
Shakesperiana ever collected, and among its latest
additions we learn that an elaborate work, "Scenes
from Shakespeare for the Young," is included. The
youthful student has had in many phases the works of
Shakespeare modelled and dressed to his understand-
ing and elocutionary training of the century almost
in every successive year; but few have attempted so
elaborate and unique an undertaking as that to which
reference has been made, and to which, among nearly
one thousand personages of note and distinc-
tion have given their approval are those
of Viscountess Crichton, Lady Caroline Neviil,
Lord Cadogan, Prince Soltykoff, Patti, Nill-
son, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, J. B. Bancroft,
Wilson Barrett, 'Edwin Booth, Mr. and Mrs. Kendal,
J. L. Toole, Lord Brabourne, Lord Alfred Paget,
Sarah Bernhardt. E. L. Blanchard has written the
preface to the book, from which it appears that the
increasing popularity of dramatic tableaux and their
acceptance among all classes of society, suggested an
artistic publication of selected scenes from Shakes-
peare, especially designed to give a definite value to
the efforts of those who seek in that direction the
readiest means of providing an agreeable and interest-
ing amusement. flow acceptable this idea must
prove to those who delight in this form of entertain-
ment, hut live in the country at inconveniently long
distances from theatres where scenic taste and suit-
able grouping of tableaux might be studied! To the
facile pencil of Mr. Herbert Sidney is due the beauti-
ful tableaux comprised in "Scenes from Shakespeare
for the Young," and which include Hamlet, King
John, Twelfth Night, King Lear, Richard the Third,
The Tempest, Othello, As You Like It, Comedy of
Errors, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry
the Sixth, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and
Juliet, Winter's Tale, and Midsummer Night's
Dream. They are superbly done in colours under
the direction of Mr. Henry Las.salle, the editor of
those-well-known and popular annuals, "The Royal
Academy Illustrated," "Crowded Out, or Not Hung,"
&c. The letterpress is by Mr. Charles Alias, who
edits the whole, while the publisher is Mr. Alfred
Hays, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, E.C., and 26,
Old Bond-street, W. It may be added that with an
eye to the use of the book for tableaux by young
people the personages represented have purposely
been given a youthful air. In a country house, where
private theatricals and tableaux vivants are essential
to the enjoyment of the festive season, the "Scenes"
are a desideratum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-11-07

ENGLAND AND EGYPT.
THE GARRISON OF SENNAAR.

S!andard correspondent, telegraphing on Monday
ilrotu Cairo, said:
It is prabable that the 1013th Regiment will shortly
relieve the 79th on the Nile. One of the questions
Already occupying Sir H. Drummond Wolff's atten-
tion is that of the pensioners, who number some eight
thousand five hundred. Those in receipt of small
tuns ann lolly will shortly undergo a medical exami-
:,ation, with a view to fixing a fair basis for commu-
tation of their pensions. Mr. Gibson's appointment
.id interim, to the administration of the Domains in
the place of the late Mr. Rowsell is now settled, and
lie will probably continue to act there as long as that
department exists. It is noteworthy that although
the Domains administration is hardly likely to last
more than a few years, it has just removed its offices
to the finest premises in Cairo, far larger than those
occupied by the Bank of England in London. .
A Renter's despatch of Monday from Cairo says:
The Egyptian Government has received information
that the garrison of Sennaar has succeeded in escaping
northwards, and has been joined by three Arab tribes.
The 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry has re-
ceived orders to proceed up the Nile.