The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-07 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Prince Bismarck has displayed much irritation about
the publication of certain documents in the recent
English Blue-books respecting West Africa and the
Pacific Islands, and on Monday in the sitting of the
Reichstag he complained of the hostility of the English
Government to his colonial policy, while the "North
German Gazette" describes the printing of the papers
referred to as a breach of faith.
The Prince of Wales held a levee on Monday after-
noon at St. James's Palace on behalf of the Queen.
The Marquis of Ripon was entertained at a banquet
in Hull on Monday night. Alluding to his tenure of
office in India, he said he had endeavoured to rule the
natives in a gentle and sympathetic spirit. He pointed
out our vast interests in that country, and maintained
that she had int.le great educational progress, and was
never more loyal to England than at the present time.
The Lord Mayor of Dublin, at a meeting of the
Corporation, has declared it to be premature to take
any steps for the presentation of an address to the
Prince of Wales on his visit, and although challenged
in reference to his remark as to hauling down the
Mansion House flag he did not reply.
The Licensing Justicea of Southampton on Monday
showed cause against a rule for a mandamus ca:ling
upon them to decide upon an application for a wine and
spirit license. The Lord Chief Justice said it now
appeared that the Justices had offered a license to the
applicant and he refused to take it. The Court had,
he said, on the first application been most improperly
misled in the case, and the rule must be discharged.
A great Conservative mceting was held at Salisbury
on Monday night. Earl Nelson, who presided, said
the Conserratives did not want a permanent occupa
tion at B Lartoum ; but they wanted that England's
prestige should be secured; that the friendly tribes
should be secured against massacre and spoliation; that
a settled Government should be established, and that
the slave trade should be suppressed. The Earl of
Pembroke said he could not but feel some contempt for
the majority who supported the Government in the
House of Commons on Friday. He, however, denied
that the constituencies were behind them. A majority
whitewashed the Govornment, which was hopelessly
divided.
At Wick on Monday the local fishermen attacked the
steam trawlers as they came into harbour to dispose of
their fish. The Royal Duke, of South Shields, had the
whole of the catch, valued at £25, thrown into the har-
bour, and the auctioneers and buyers were assaulted
and put to flight. Other vessels were attacked with
volleys of stones, and the mooring ropes of one were
cut. The trawlers hoisted signals of distress, and ulti-
mately the rioters were dispersed by the police and
coastguard. The local fishermen complain that the
trawlers destroyed the nets which the stormy weather
on Saturday had compelled them to leave at sea.
At the monthly meeting of the Cashel Town Com-
missioners on Monday, Dr. Laffan presiding, a notice
of motion of the chairman was on the minutes for dis-
cussion relative to the water supply of the town. The
Chairman intimated that he would postpone the matter
until May, and left the chair. Dr. Wood proposed, and
Mr. Gilbert seconded, that Mr. George Caparn take the
chair. On Mr. Caparn taking the chair he was seized
by the neck by one of the members, who in turn was
seized by another. Mr. Shehan and John Corcoran, a
night watchman, interfered, and the scene was brought
to an end.

At the Birmingham Assizes Larry Mack has been
found guilty of libel in the Aston disturbance affidavit.
Mr. Mathews, QC., for the prosecution, recommended
the prisoner to mercy, and read to the Court the corre-
spondence between Mr. N. Dixon and Mr. Hopkins.
The jury concurred in the recommendation, and the
prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment
without hard labour. The judge consented not to
eatreat the recognisances of Mr. Jarvis in Reed' el case,_

SATURDA 7, MARCH 7, 1385
Miners'

A /araelfalteisded ConciloftheYoshule
Association was held on Monday at Barnsley. After
discussing the threatened reduction of wages, it ara!
unanimously resolved to resist, by all and every legal
means, the 10 per cent. reduction.
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imprisonment
p entheft, succeeded in effecting his escape on SaturdaY
night. He first made a hole in the ceiling of his cells
and passed through into a vacant cell above. He than
cut a hole in the roof of the building, and afterw
succeeded in scaling e boundary wall and getting-
away without being observed. ouantseynGteaanclefoorf
The Luton Board of Guardians have decided, IF/ *
majority of two, to grant the application of Professor
Mac Alister that unclaimed bodies of paupers should be
sent to Cambridge University Medical School for
anatomical examination before burial. a tro ba
A body of about two hundred men engage. ted
Nottingham Corporation at the relief works, iissatisfi
with the conduct of the holders of the allotmella
the araa
gardens near the works, proceeded in a body and Nit
pletely demolished the fences and other propert9_;
over 100 gardens. The men were armed with
and shovels and were led by a local Socialist agitator
The police were present, but powerless to interfere-. ,
" General " Booth visited Northampton on Mondle
when there were "special massing of troops
Salvation Army headquarters. At the afternoon sena
about 200 hostile individuals gained admission. The/
overturned the money-box, assaulted the bandmaster
and shouted" Hurrah for Bradlaugh I"
The Portsmouth coroner held an inquest on .-"ter.._
1: day on the bcdy of James Donaldson, 25, a auntie!
the Welsh Division Royal Artillery. He was ilehe
barrack-room at Gun Wharf Barracks, reading,
asked a comrade if he was going out. Tho latter
plied that that he was, and shortly afterwards Donaldsoa
was left alone. Oa another soldier going into the roalotT
r°
he found Donaldson lying on his back. He said that
had shot himself with his carbine. Witness added tk
Doraldson had no right to have cartridges, which w:re
served out when the men mounted guard, and on
mounting guard were taken away. A packet of roafe't
ridges were missing. The man had received a ifaw_
wound in the chest, from which he died the follovrai
morning, Shortly before death he stated that he 1134
committed the act because of illness from -which ta
was suffering. He had complained of pains in their':
and limbs, and had been very reserved of late. Tie
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found "that the deceased committed suicide whilst
a state of temporary insanity."
There was launched on Saturday from the „sit
building works of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, 13.„,eu'ia
the steamship Gaelic, which is the sixteenth alb°
Star Line steamer launched by the same firm _ay
Gaelic is sister to the Belgic, which was launched
in January, and is now almost ready for sea.
dimensions are—length, 420 feet; breadth, 42
depth, 29 feet 6 inches; gross registered tonnage,
She will have two double-cylinder engines of 400.
power. The Belgic and Gaelic will be illuminate"
electricity.
An agrarian outrage was perpetrated near Donoligl;
more on Saturday night. The house of a caretaker ea°
an evicted farm on the property of Mr. Hairehouse sr.,„
broken into by three men with blackened faces
ing firearms. The caretaker was badly beaten red
suffers from severe cuts in his head. A shot was 'raft
at his son, who offered some resistance; but the
passed between between his legs and killed a dog.
A fire occurred on Sunday evening in the tobacco asat.a
snuff manufactory of Messrs. S. Mitchell and Sontlif,
Andrew's-square, Glasgow. The flames spread ralauti'o
and, despite all the efforts of the Fire Brigadera its
entire building was soon in one fierce blaze, afLoy
total destruction was inevitable. There was a ay"
stock of tobacco and snuff on the premises.
At a speoial meeting on Saturday the Wrarwia—
Agricultural Society decided to abandon the lb°
dinner in connection with the annual show. ea
reasons assigned for the change were that such diallae
occupy much valuable time, and that the speeches "-
formal and political.
At the South Wales sliding scale committee =nee ,at
on Saturday a reduction in colliers' wages of Si
cent. was declared. in tbe
The Rev. Philippe Ahier appeared in person ibe
Divorce Court on Tuesday to ask for a rehearing?; for
suit in which his wife had obtained a decree his' ar
a divorce from him. Mr. Justice Butt refused the
plication, with costs.
At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Tired
Henry Hervey pleaded guilty to a number of info
ments for obtaining money by false pretences' for
went to places where servants had been advertised
offering his daughter's services, and then obtain. ,ed 21;00
or 3s. to pay his fare back to the country. Ile
already twice convicted of similar frauds, and WaS
tenced to 18 months' hard labour. - Qal uS•
The revenue received from April 1 to the
amounts to £78,884,101, or £1,075,632 less thse_A plata'
279.979,733 received in the corresponding perieu,,,-alt.
ing March 1, 1884. The expenditure up to the 2,,.3'" o-
wns £76,550,155, being £365,227 greater than_,,,the es
penditure for the similar period of 1883-4. The bairah
on the 28th ult, amounted to £8,404,451, and on s'
1, 1884, were £10,136,462. ;a the
The Marquis of Ripon on Tuesday took pal, • la
turning of the first sod of a new park and recreatle
ground, about eighty acres in extent, at Hull. al
Between one and two o'clock on Tuesday morninf
attempt was made to blow up with dynamite Won, ty
testant church at Kiltevogue, near Cloghan, cc°
.Donegal. This is the church where the father ei
late Mr. Isaac Butt, M.P., used to officiate. Dot
At a meeting of the men thrown out of emploYrca'
owing to the lock-out of the rivetters in the ening;
meat of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders/ Pta
fast, a committee of thirty men was appointed y
collect funds in aid of the wives and families ef
unemployed.
At a largely-attended meeting of crofters an a
estate of Major Fraser, of Kilmuir, in the open airrios
the base of the famous Quiriang Hill, in Skye, it
been again resolved to pay no rent until the Prer
factor is dismissed and Parliament passes a satisfaa'
measure dealing with the whole Crofter question. 00
At the meeting of the National League in Difblin-aa
Tuesday, Mr. Harrington announced that the organ2aa
tion was extending throughout the countrY Ter
greater rapidity than had been anticipated. The
age subscriptions which had been received frora
Branches had amounted to £2OO a week for sotae 0
1,-a Dee
past, and during the past few weeks they a.— ,
considerably over that sum.
The anmial show of the Clydesdale stallions WO aa7
this week in Glasgow Cattle Market, there bClotl
stallions exhibited, against 165 last year. The
value of the animals shown is estimated at 13`.;
£60,000. Torre
After a vigorous debate the Stratford-on-Avon ea
Council have reversed their decision of last week; ale
agreed to contribute two hundred guineas out 04011,
borough funds towards the cost of restoring th_ c'
of Holy Trinity in which Shakespeare was baptise°
buried. aaiot*
The thirty-eighth festival of the Asylum for "..,ste,
Earlswood, was held at the Albion Tavern, Aiderwoe
on Tuesday evening, Sir Ferrer Herschell,
Solicitor-General, in the chair. Donations and
scriptions were announced to the amount of 21-51;.;dia
There were 2709 births and 1569 deaths registe'i
London last week, the former having been 110 an,' ad:
latter 219 below the average numbers in the coffer°, of
kg weeks of the past ten years. The annual 11"5,10
mortality per thousand from all causes was 20.1,4,16
deaths included 18 from small-pox, 29 from ineris,loo,
from scarlet fever, 16 from diphtheria, .a°
whooping cough, but none from either tynkes
cholera. taesS
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the TV
reading of the barometer last week was 29•74ia• owe
mean temperature was 45.8 deg. and 5 deg. gir., TV,
the average in the corresponding week of 20 Year, 511:
mean showed an excess throughout the weel's'Al 0„"
general direction of the wind was S.S.W. il ilia'
six days to the aggregate amount of 4.55 of a:, 9v.
The duration of registered bright sunshine
hours, against 7.8 at Glynde-place, Lewee.
BO Pet
Returns have been issued showing that in over
cent. of the number of parcels damaged during It oi
mission through the post, the injury was the resu
careless or insufficient packing. t
The barque Braemar, of Glasgow, has beel/4.-if ari;
Into Stornoway, having been picked up eff
Head dismasted. oroef
The Duke of Westminster on Saturday laid thei.rwest'
stone of a new medical school in connection with stet,'
minster Hospital, situate in Claxton-street,Westraf3tor
whith is to be removed there from the hospital ill
Saectuary.
On Satuaday afternoon a meeting was held at,,op 0,
both Palace, under the !residency of the Archhloi4o;
Canterbury, to inaugurate a school mission ll'lresea"
worth, in connection with the past and P
Wellingtonians.
On Saturday Mr. A. Braxton Hicks held an '13430'
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at St. Martin's Vestry Hall relative to the
Charles Heary Tapster, aged 49, who died in
lodging-house at 22, Castle street, LeicesteWa..,
The deceased's death was due to chronic alcabem o tOY:,
On Saturday a shocking accident occurred tPd
named Pat Harvey, engaged at the Armyia
Stores, Westminster, who was found entanir4
machinery used for engendering the electric .ffu ti"
skull was fractured, one of his arms and sever ,
broken and one of his ears cut off. 'pea
Most of the journals published in the Pro of
capitals of Europe contained articles on Satil.thases °
the debates in the English Parliament on the .„
Censure. feltell"
Two more shocks of earthquake have beerl for.
Spain, causing much damage to buildings, but,
nately, no life is known to have been lost. it,e6,o"t,
A large number of Anarchists have been el,re-ir
various towns in the canton of Berne.
which was revealed by one of the conspirster" 13er,:el
set fire to the Lorraine quarter of the citY °fyecle'
and then to carry out their designs against the
Palace. cil3;
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Lord Ripon enlarged on the importance of
education in India at a meeting of the Nationt".B,lex
Association on Saturday. Government, he stl ocavie
now mainly endeavouring to extend eleraeetl? iø t
tion, and he urged priv te individuals to ass's" t
a 1"r
work of female education. oe eet
About three o'clock on Friday mornieg'„a
Patrick, a steamer ran into the 11 kIOW, Ak*. IP-ol
such injuries to the latter that she sank in threberAr
The crew and passengers—forty-one in Win/ otesl/100
into the boats, and were picked up by the
Bear, which landed them at Liverpool t"
V( O
evening. Se's •tt•D
At a meeting of the Metropolitan Asylurs 001,d
Saturday, a report was presented from a sue•ed
..1,11s4,1)0
appointed to inquire into the vandals
extravagances at the Eastern Hospital, Ileeee`j -Mr,
report showed that there had been lavish 2tfacisi°oo
rentable expenditure, and that some of thee. taat,er
the hospital had resigned. It was resolv,boar'
0
Local Government Board be requested to tolge oe
sary steps for an inquiry on oath. a a
_let
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What the Lord Chief Justice &soe
n re
terror in connection with dinner parties ,fsuntskroaf,
on Saturday in an application to reverse a ,i'‘'eepet,A
decision awarding Mrs. bouse,,gee 'fit
pounds for injuries sustained by Watson,VipPing fa." riciegeol/;
placed across the pavement for the guests lee.
party given by Colonel Ellis, in Portland-P,rt 'Pp(
tributory negligence was pleaded on tIT,4 eerbeill
defendant, but his lordship remarked u.lioat
pedestrian could look up at the stars 1%1100-
guilty of negligence. The verdict WO
stand.

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