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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

A CLERGYMAN CONVICTED OF A
SCANDALOUS ACT.

At the Derbyshire and Leicestershire Assizes, held
at Derby on Tuesday, the Rev. Samuel Ingle, vicar of
Bleedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire, was indicted for
inciting a youth named Needham to commit an un-
natural offence It appeared that Needham worked
at Burton-on-Trent, and that the prisoner wrote a
letter to him, but being misdirected it fell into the
hands of the authorities. The letter disclosed a
disgraceful incitement to commit a felony. The
accused was found guilty, and Mr. Justice Stephen,
in sententing Ingle to eighteen months' imprison-
ment, told him Ins conduct was a scandal on his
sacred profession.

One day, as a little urchin was running along the
street. he saw a quarter lying in the roadway, which
he had no sooner picked up than it was claimed by a
carman, who thought to frighten the boy out of his
latter, assuming a terrified air, blubbered
ft " Oh,,
eittbAckinalletted Aka
'on aren't he," coolly ieVivbertne and off he
walked in triumph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS.

Mr. Mundella has just sent out from the Educa-
tion Department a return which is a marvel of
promptitude. It is a list, completed up to the begin-
ning of the present month, of the School Boards and
the School Attendance Committees of England and
Wales. The whole population of the country has
now been brought under one or other of these forms
of educational organisation. There is in every
borough, union, or urban sanitary district a public
body whose duty it is to see that the children are all
at school. In some rural unions this duty is pro-
bably discharged in a lax or perfunctory spirit;
but, on the whole, there is a steady increase in
the number of scholars, and a solid growth among
the parents of the habit of sending their children to
scLool. The chief difference between School Boards
and School Attendance Committees is that the former
are bound, if needful, to provide schools, while the
latter aird. mere agencies for filling schools which are
supported by voluntary effort and the Parliamentary
grant. The population under School Boards is
16,153,855; that which is provided only with Attend-
ance Committees is 9,820,584. All the large towns
have Boards, of which there are, including London,
1188, comprising besides London 144 boroughs and
2394 parishes. There are 109 boroughs without
School Boards, but the largest of them are Birken-
head with 84,006 inhabitants, and Preston with
96,537. The towns above 40,000 which are also under
School Attendance Committees are York, Warrington,
Stockport, St. Helen's, Bury in Lancashire, and
Cheltenham. Thirty-three new School Boards have
been formed in the year which ended on the Ist of
April, and none have been dissolved. There is thus a
slight and gradual gain by the School Board system
over that of the School Attendance Committees
which are little more than temporary substitutes
for it.

" Are you, going to Miss Fussandfeather's party ?"
asked:, tyoupg lady aa friend.as they met in the
streeti..; ," No," was the response. . "Anal Why -ntit,4
rpt4l4), ittis tcPbe ye;;y "swellY • " ales, I no c*:•-111#
Phh,Vetti4 piny th*ntt_ter direse"` ,Oti;olyon- bittifie*d
441Viilitivnuetiont#1/~M "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

ROWLEY.

TES LOCAL BOARD AND THE LATE ELECTION:
The annual meeting of this Board was held on
Monday, at the Public Offices, Old Hill.—Mr. W.
Bassano, as returning officer at the recent election,
certified the result of the poll. and declared the
del-ion to have been carried out in accordance
with the rt quirements of the Act. He suggested
that the new members should make their declara—
tions. Mr. B. Priest asked if they would be safe
in doing so. Mr. Bassano assured them that they
would be perfectly safe. He contended that the
notices of the election were undoubtedly legal and
good, and as to the irregularities which it was al-
leged had taken place, he could only say most
strongly that he never knew any election which
had been conducted so regula-ly and in such a
satisfactory manner as that one. He had done his
utmost in the matter, and was not aware that any
, irregularities had taken place. They had never
had such a small number of voting papers returned
unfilled, and the reason they were returned was
owing to persons having removed from their resi-
dences. The reports that had been circulated were
p.:rfectly untrue. Mr. Lowe believed that a report
was in the papers a short time ago which stated
that three gentlemen had been fined for voting in a
vestry meeting without being qualified, tho-eby
rendering themselves liable to a penalty of £5O
each. Mr. Bassano thought it must have been
under a Metropolitan Act.—On the motion of Mr.
Connop, seconded by Mr. Green. Mr. W. Bassano
was unanimously re-elected chairman for the en-
suing year. Mr. Bassano, in returning thanks,
again referred to the recent election, and stated
that the persons who had sent the memorial to Sir
Charles Dilke, asking that an enquiry should be
made, had conducted that business as they con-
ducted their other business, which was in a very
stupid manner. What was stated in the memorial
was utterly devoid of truth: It was a tissue of
falsity and misrepresentation from beginning to
end. He should be only too glad if the Local
Government Board would o-dor an investigation,
so that the untruth of the statement might be made
public.—On the motion of Mr. Connop, seconded
by Mr. Green, it was decided to make a new dis-
trict rate of is 8d in the pound.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

THE MILLENARY OF SAINTS CYRIL

AND METHODIUS.

At &Ca, on Tuesday, the millenary celebration of
the death of Slav apostles, Saints Cyril and Metho-
dius, who first converted the Bulgarians to Chris-
tianity, and organised the Bulgarian alphabet, was
brought to a conclusion. The proceedings, which
lasted three days, were inaugurated by special
religious services and speeches by Prince Alexander
and the Metropolitan. There were also concerts and
banquets, and a review of the troops of the garrison,
besides a literary soiree, illuminations of the town,
and other amusements specially arranged for the
occasion. The various diplomatic agencies were also
illuminated during the fetes. The principality and
Eastern Roumelia were represented by numerous
special delegates. At the conclusion of the festivities
the Eastern Roumehan representatives took leave of
Prince Alexander, t.nd left on their return to
2hilippopolis.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

COUNSEL AND THEIR -CLIENTS.

In the London Lord Mayor's Court on Tuesday,
there was a list of seven cases set down for trial
before the Assistant Midge and a jury. In no fewer
than six of these the counsel engaged failed to appear
at the appointed time, though the suitors and the
witnesses on both sides were in attendance. The
`cases were accordingly struck out, much to the dis-
satisfaction of the parties, upon whom were thus
entailed great delay and useless expense. The judge
said he was sorry for them, but he had no alternative.
Counsel were too much in the habit of consulting
their own convenience as regarded that court at the
expense of their unfortunate clients, while discourtesy
was also shown to the judges and the juries. He was
determined to insist that more regularity should be
observed in future. Later on one of the counsel
attended and explained thatthere was a custom in the
Temple to post up each day a list of the eases; but
on this occasion a wrong list had been posted up by
mistake. His lordship said that with that he had
nothing to do. The solicitors should keep them
informed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

SHOCKING FAMILY TRAGEDY.

A despatch from Batavia, New York State, says:
Darius Scott Spring is a rich farmer in the town of
Alexander. His first wife died six years ago, and he
married his second wife in Kansas in 1880. Spring's
family consisted of his wife, her two children—Ernest,
aged three years, and Newton, two years old—and
three daughters by his first wife, aged respectively 15,
10, and seven years. Estella was the eldest, and was
away attending school. Two years ago Mrs. Spring
began to manifest an intense hatred for the children
of her husband's first wife,!and very frequently became
violent on the subject. At other times she treated
them kindly. One morning she was in an unusual rage,
and when she struck one of the little girls fierce blows
on the head the father remonstrated with her. She
threatened to kill him if he interfered. The little
girls were taken to a neighbour's for safe-keeping,
and the father went to his work in his sugar-bush.
When he returned to the house, just before noon,
accompanied by his two hired men, he found the door
locked. He looked into the windows and
saw smoke. He burst the kitchen door open,
and found the smoke so dense that he
could scarcely see. He rushed in and rescued
some valuable papers from his sleeping-room and
called his men. The interior of the house was found
to be on fire. The men entered the house through
the front ball, where there was less smoke, and began
to extinguish the flames. As Mr. Spring passed
through a door into the dining-room he discovered
the body of his wife on the floor. Near her lay her
infant Newton, and near the outside door of
the kitchen was found the body of Ernest. Mrs.
Spring's limbs were almost nude, her clothing having
been burned off, and the clothing on the upper part
of her body was burning. The fire was extinguished
with water. The right side of her body was burned
to a crisp. The children were not so badly burned.
Although their clothing had been on fire, their death
is supposed to have resulted from suffocation. Neigh-
bours who were called to the house detected the odour
of kerosene, and an investigation disclosed that the
clothing of the three victims had been saturated in
the oil. Two oil cans stood on the dining-room floor,
and the stove door was. open. In Mrs. Spring's
sleeping apartment almost all her clothing was found
piled on the bed saturated with kerosene and burning.
Mrs. Spring is supposed to have been insane.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

FAIR WHITE HANDS.
BR/GHT CLEAR COMPLEXION
SOFT HEALTHFUL SKLN

PEARS' SOAP, for Toilet and N rsery, specially prepare
for tie delicate sk.n of ladies and children and oters
sensitive to the weather, winter or summer. Prevents
redness, roughness, and chapping. Sold everywhere, in
Tablets, is each. Larger sizes, is 6,1 and 2s 6d.
The medical profession are now ordering CLDBURY'S
COCOA EMINOS in thousands of cases, because it contains
more nutritious and flesh-forming elements than any other
beverage, and it is preferable to the thick starchy Cocoa
ordinarily sold. When you ask for Cadbury's Cocoa
Essence be sure that you get it, as shopkeepers often push
imitations for the sake of extra profits. Makers to the
Queen. Paris Depot, 90, Fauborougit St. Honore.
Kamp Toms Tsars ! Bet•er pay half-a-crown to a
Druggist for 21, bottle of Tricnuar, and keep your teetk than
balf-a-orown to a dentist and lose them. Tikheel cares the
Tic, Faceache, Neuralgia, and nearly every case of Tooth
ache, safely and speedily. Ruud is wind in
tiftsen minutes. Sold by ail Chemists and Patent Medicine
Vendors at 2s 61. Parcels Post, free 2s 9d, iu tit3/I.IIIS or
P. 0.0., from the Manufacturers, Clarke, Bleasdale, Bell and
Co, York,
REMARKABLE DISAPPEARANCE

Very remarkable Disappearance of all Dirt from every
thing by using HUDSON'S EXTRACT OF SOAI-•.
war..—Purety, Health, Perfect Satisfaction, by its regular
daily us.. N.ll.—lt is a p ,re Dry Soap in fino powder
nd lathers freely in Hot o Cold Water.-
LAWYERS i nose Proteasional labours necessitate
on I,tervals betw,en meals—nothing wiil be found so
• "OW! it rig and capable of suet:doing ax•
.'" t:a t.. 0 Cocoa, guaranteed nes ,••
o ,y /at •
tx013.), s• • ;•; 0 r .1. 'ONZ PAINT, for
11.; ri, r ,r( vac.R. Of all diem'
Jr 1, , , frau .1$ RICHALB,DSOM C
11.114hUVIIN
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

CRICKET.

LYE FIRST LW/ V WORDSLBY FIRST TRAM.—
This match was played at Wordaley on Saturday
last and resulted in an easy victory for the Lye by
48 runs. The bitting of P.irdoe and the bowling
of Beddoes snd Pope for the visitors, and the
bowling of H. Qagrry, and batting of Cooper for
the home team were vary good. Tne followin;
are the scores.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

CRADLEY HEATH.

LICENSIVG PROSECUTIONS.-11,1 the Old Hill
Police Court, Wednesday, before Messrs. Bassani',
C. Elolcrott, and H. A. Wrggin, Ezra Homer, land-
lord of the Bull's H ad Inn, Blackheath; Harry
Ed. ilickton and Aquilla Parks, publicans, Cradley
Beath, were suminoned for permitting
drunkenness in th, ir houses on Easter Mon-
day, and on the application of Superintendent
Woollaston the whole of the cases were adjourned
until next week.—George Westwood, John Pillow,
and Elisha ILA, ironworkers, were etch fined 10s
6d for having been foun I drunk on the licensed
premises of the Queen's Head Inn, High street, on
Easter Monday,
RoBBE:tY OF FOWLS —A.t the same Court, David
Heath (54,) shacklemaker ; Joseph Willett, (25),
ehaeklem tker, and Thomas Weston chaiornaker,
were charged with stewing threi fowls, the pr porty
of Benjamin Parkes Providence Street, and Thomas
Sidaway with feloniously receiving the same. Mr.
Cooksey appeared for Sidaway, Willetts, and Wes-
ton.—The Bench discharged Sidaway, as they did
not think he had a guilty knowledge. Heath woo
had been previously convicted, was cointhitied for
trial. Weston and Will.:tts were each tined 40s and
costs, or in default six weeks' imprisonment.
SEVERE PUNIsTIMENT FOR OOAL STEALING.--kt
the same Court, Eliza Cole (13), who had been
previously convicted of felony was s latenced to
twenty-one days' imprisonment, and to be after-
detained in a reformatory fo: three years, for steal-
ing coal belonging to the Earl of Dudley, at the
the Sa.twelis Colliery.—A married woman, named
Clara Burroughs. was fined 20s. and :costs, or in
default fourteen days' imprisoment, for feloniously
receiving the coal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

• MUTINY ON A GERMAN SHIP.

An extraordinary case of mutiny is reported from
ITlymouth, which has resulted in the arrest, by the
ik44reFtion of the German Government, of the boat-
swain, mate, and cook of the barque Frederich Wil-
• laelm, and their being taken on Saturday to Hamburg.
• :She vessel left Grangemouth for Wilmington in
••• •Japnary.with a crew .of eleven; but on two distinct
-toccasions the captain was compelled to put back to
,Plymouth. The men complained that the ship was
unseaworthy, but on arriving in port she was
• .4horoughly overhauled, and pronounced to be per-
• • lectly fit to proceed on her voyage. A fortnight's
• "dray occurred on each occasion, but the men were
.."-' rdoned, and promised to behave better for the future.
- :Sea. days ago the ship once more left Plymouth,
Int it had not reached the Eddystone before the crew
again declared that they would not continue the
• jonrney. The captain was obliged to take the de-
•serted helm, and then the boatswain and mate in-
saw
-.. misted upon his relinquishing the poet. He that
it was useless to resist the prisoners, and thereupon
'brought the ship back to Plymouth for the third
tilne. The German Consul was communicated with,
crew were taken into custody by the local police;
• ibey, were locked up pending orders and without
i.exarnination, for more than a week, and on Saturday
• the ringleaders were shipped on board the Hammonia.
„ Th.,l F;edericla Wilhelm then resumed her journey,
_ng °n Pew officers, the seamen undertaking to
give no more trouble.

"You have considerable floating population in this
. village, haven't you?" asked a stranger of one of the
,citizens of a village on the Mississipi. "Well, yes,
zather," was the reply. "About half the year the
- -water is up to the second-storey window."
"Please help the blind," pleaded a beggar, who had
is little dog wit' him attached to a string. "You are
77.ziot blind; you can see as well as I can." "I know
47altog4blitt he dog is. It sw44l( bpt to gh -work
' ' ",4 ',4ll4eettl) it kuth og us were blind.'" W- 0
i
":-"t' i:•;4:,-.,!. '!Oth.esiirga I. How superlatively still, eai `
is.the..night 1" she whispered, leaning
t• 74,11, ''',l;4ll4,9l7,,telbedi.tetuple against his coat collar; '
e"" aroottnalgi!; hew -restful." "Yes," he replied, to
'-'; "•4itkaler'cilestarl, 4ir
auerole 44, i" what a
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

THE STRENGTH OF THE ARMY.

A blue-book has been issued containing statistics
respecting the strength and condition of the Britinli
army during 1884. The effective strength of the
regular army was 181,227 on January 1 last year, and
118,216 on December 1, making the average strength
for the year 183,014. The Army Reserve numbered
39,286 in Class I. and 7731 in Class 11. ori January 1
of the present year. The strength of the Militia
and Yeomanry on the dates of inspection in
1884 was 113,787 and 11,488 respectively;
while the volunteer force on November 1,
1884, stood at 215,015. Of the regular army,
the average strength of the force at home during
1884 was 89,994, the number abroad being 93,010. The
proportion of the several branches of the service was
as follows: Cavalry, 16,908; Royal Artillery, 31,727:
Royal Engineers, 5573; infantry, &c., 128,796. The
army in Egypt on January 1, 1885, was 15,269
strong; in the colonies (including drafts on passage
out), 26,013; and in India (including drafts on pas-
sage out), 57,928; the general total at home Ind
abroad on that date being 188,657. The total effec-
tive strength on January 1, 1875, was 186,432, and
on January 1, 1865, 213,968. A similar comparison
of the strength of the volunteers gives the following
result: 1884, 208,365 efficient, out of a total enrol-
ment of 215,015; 1874, 161,100, out of 175,387; aid
1864, 123,707, out of 170,544.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

AN OFFICER CHARGED WITH
BIGAMY.

Considerable interest has been manifested in the

hearing of a charge of bigamy before Mr. Justice
Hawkins, at the Devon Assizes, at Exeter. Mr.
Richard Dumes, the accused, is a gentleman, holding
a commission in the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia,
and at present residing at Caitletown-road, West
Kensington. He formerly resided at Dawlish, where
he married Miss Mabel Osmond, a clergyman's
daughter, by whom he had one child, and it is
alleged that he had been previously married to a
woman who had been his mother's housemaid. Mr.
Pitt-Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and Sir
Hardinge Giffard, Q.C., led the defence. According
to the statement of counsel for the prosecution, in
1875 Elizabeth Gregory entered the service of Mrs.
Dumes, at that time Gregory being 21, and the ac-
cused 15 years of age. In June, 1879, Mr. Dimes
and the housemaid were married by special license at
St. Thomas's Church, tipper Clapton, and a copy of
certificate from the office of Faculties set forth that
the license was granted personally to Richard Dames,
of Hampton, and that the marriage was between him
and Elizabe'll Gregory, of Upper Clapton, both
being of age. As a fact, the accused was
then residing at Richmond, and Gregory was living
with Mrs. Dumes at Woodbury-vale, Stoke Newing-
ton, and continued to live there until July, 1881. On
the Bth November, 1882, the accused was married at
Dawlish to Miss Mabella Fortescue Osmond. About
this time a letter signed "D." was received by
Gregory, telling her that she must know that slae
was not legally married, offering her an allowance of
.E 1 a week, and appealing to her good feelings not to
cause trouble. In 1884 a letter addressed to the de-
fendant was opened by his mother, and soon after a
suit was instituted for the annulment of the marriage.
His lordship said it would have been a thousand
times better if the civil case had been allowed to be
settled. His impressions at first were in favour of
the validity of the marriage, but had he known the
facts he should have postponed the trial, and under
the circumstances he would discharge the jury from
finding a verdict, and discharge the accused on his
own recognisances of £5O to come up for trial when
called upon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF
ENGINEERS.

The effects of the existing depression in trade are
clearly shown in the 34th annual report of the Amal-
gamated Society of Engineers, just issued. The
monthly returns of members out of work increased
from 1893 in January, 1884, to 4090 in December last.
This was chiefly attributable to the collapse in the
ship-building trade, which made a difference to the
labour market of £7,500,000. Other countries, how-
ever, are in a worse condition than our own, the
depression having been universal. The report states
that the total number of branches is now 430
as compared with 424 in 1883. The total member-
ship at the close of 1884 was 50,681, being an
increase of only 263 on the previous year. The
income for last year was the largest in the history of
the society, and reached the large total of £157,484,
showing an increase over the previous year of
£22,835. This was due to a special levy during the
year, and it is pointed out that, even with its in-
creased income, the society has been unable to keep
up with its expenditure, which amounted to £172,841,
or £48,117 more than was spent in the previous year.
A considerable proportion of this outlay had been
expended in out-of-work support, which had absorbed
£59,056. Sick benefit absorbed £27,977, and
superannuation £30,519, while special strike ex-
penditure had been very heavy. The total ex-
penditure during the year b. 41 ount e d to £15,537
more than was obtained, but deducting this from the
previous balance of £178,125, the society had still
left an accumulated fund of £1.02,768.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

HAGLEY.

WEEKLY STOCK SALE.—Messrs. Oates, Perrens,
and Wooldridge had a very good supply of all
classes of stock at their sale on Monday est,
comp, ising 456 sheep and lambs, 32 fat lambs, 60
head of cattle, 14 calves, and 175 pigs. There was
a full attendance of buyers, and beef sold well at
last week's rates, but sheep were slightly lower.
In consequence of the shortness of keep the demand
for store stock was quiet. Fat bullocks made as
high as £23 7s 6d, heifers £2O 2s 6d, sheep 70s,
lambs 459, ewes and lambs 100 s per couple.

Holloway's Pills.—Nervousness and want of Energy.
—When first the nerves feel unstrung, and listlessness
supplants energy, the time has come to take some such
alternative as Holloway's Pills to retain a disorder from
developing itself into a disease. These excellent Pills
correct all irregularities and weaknesses. They act so
kindly, yet so energetically on the functions of diges-
tion and assimilation, that the whole body is revived,
the blood rendered richer and purer, while tilt; muscles
become firmer and stronger, and the nervous ab4orbant
systems are invigorated. Thetis Pills are suitable for
all classes and all ages. They have a most marvellous
effect on persons who ire oat of condition ; they soon
rectify whatever is in fault, restore strength to the body
and confidence to the mind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

THE "BLACK HOLES" OF MAN-
CHESTER.

A. shocking state of things has been discovered by
the judge in the Criminal Court at Manchester
Assizes, Justice Wills. He said he found it is the
practice at Manchester to confine sometimes over 100
prisoners awaiting their trials in Len cells, 16ft. 6in.
by 81t. Gin. They were only lighted by gas in one
corner. There was a closet, and there was no ventila-
tion whatever. How can a man whose life and
liberty were at stake defend himself after being con-
fined in such a place for hours? There were some-
times innocent people amongst them, and to decent
people such a degradation must be torture of the
most horrible kind. He had complained to the
prison authorities, and was sorry to say he had mot
no encouragement, and had therefore laid the matter
before the Some Secretary.

Man: "How many fish have you caught?' "Oh,
I couldn't count 'em." "Why, you haven't any,
you little wretch I" "That's why I can't count
em."
Edith: "What blunders the papers do make. They
say there are no marriageable young men at the water-
ing-places. Why, this resort is full of young men."
Ma: "The papers are right, my dear." Edith:
" Right ! How can they be? But, by-the-way, what
is a marriageable young man ?" Ma: "An only son
with a rich lA."


Mr. Erastus ViTiman, the Canadian financier, has
given to Toronto two handsome public bath-houses,
which are situated on either side of the bay, and in-
scribE,d in bold letters, " Wiman's Baths." Sometime
ago, as the British Association was sailing into that
city, one of the scientists discovered the signs.
" Ah," said he, turning to a friend, "I told you the,
Americans were an uneducated lot !" "Why so,'
returned tl4l64ltheie;‘,in amazement. - "-Pwi't you see
those signs th591413011-Whatiail atioadt it'Wegar way to
spell ' women's'!"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

AMBULANCE WORK FOR WOMEN.

On Tuesday, at the Polytechnic Institute, London,
the Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein pre-
sented medals and certificates to the successful candi-
dates of the class for ladies, which is connected with
the St. John Ambulance Association, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Andrew Clark. Sir• James M.Garel
Hogg, K.C.8., Bart., M.P., occupied the chair.
After the distribution of awards, the presentation of
the medal of the Order of St. John to Inspector
Joseph Double, of the Metropolitan Railway, for
gallantry in saving life took place. A vote of thanks
to her Royal Highness was proposed by Mr. John
Furley, seconded by the Rev. Henry White,
chaplain of St. John's Ambulance Association,
and carried unanimously. Prince Christian, in
responding, said that the Princess took the keenest
interest in the society, and was exceedingly proud of
the two certificates which she held as a student. For
himself he would say that he felt the cause of
ambulance-instructiohl to be one of untold import.
This concluded the proceedings, and the company
then dispersed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

TWO GERMAN CREWS KILLED AND
EATEN.

The Cologne Gazelle publishes extracts from a
letter dated Cooktown, Australia, January 30, and
written by an officer of the German gunboat Hymna,
giving the following particulars of the fate of two
German merchant vessels, whose contents were plun-
derad and whose crews were killed and eaten by South
Sea Islanders. "Our Christmas holidays," says tho
writer, "we spent near the Anachoretes Islands,
situated to the north of New Guinea. Some of the
natives of those islands we proceeded to examine,
as it was reported that the natives of the (neigh-
bourint) Hermit Islands, a warlike race who had
been severely punished by us two years ago, had again
attacked two vessels (8 two-masted and a three-masted
schooner), and then plundered and burnt them, after-
wards killing their crews and feasting on them at a
cannibal banquet. The news was brought by a native
of the Anachorites Islands, who as a youth had been
carried off as a prisoner of war to the Hermit Islands,
and who had recently escaped and returned
home. A native of Manilla living at the
station Matupi, to whom the intelligence was
communicated, reported the facts to the German
Consul, Herr Hernsheim. Our investigations have,
unfortunately, confirmed these statements in every
particular. Among the articles—relics of the two burnt
vessels was a woman's chemise, marked with the
initials "A. P.," and we succeeded in ascertaining
that among those on board the three-masted schooner
was a white woman named Annie Page's." From
the fact that the writer mentions no further details
in connection with this affair, it is inferred that the
expedition to punish the Hermit Islanders had to be
postponed. This appears the more probable, as the
gunboat Hytena was called away on another errand.
While she was waiting off Matupi for the German
corvette M?..rie, a boat belonging to the latter arrived,
reporting that she had met with a serious accident at
Meoko, and required the immediate assistance of the
Hymna. The sailors in the boat were completely ex-
hausted, having been rowing without cessation for
60 hours. The Hymna reached Meoko the same
, evening, and, after rendering the necessary help to the
I Marie, was called to Blange Bay, New Britain, to
punish some natives who had robbed and threatened
to murder a German trader. This she effected with-
out bloodshed by the infliction on the two chiefs of a
fine of 200 strings of Duwara, or shells, which form
the money of the natives.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.

The following letter from Mr. Gladstone has been
received by Mr. Martin Wood:
"Downing-street, April 18.
"Dear Sir,—l am desired by Mr. Gladstone to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th,
communicating the resolutions passed at the con-
ference of the International Arbitration Association
on the 16th, and I am to state that her Majesty's
Government will take due note of the society's repre-
sentation, but see no reason why an honourable
settlement should not be arrived at between the
Governments of this country and Russia by means of
the ordinary diplomatic methods.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, H. W. PRIMROSE."
Mr. Lewis Appleton has received the following
letter:
"Downing-street, April 17.
"Sir,—Mr. Gladstone has received the communica-
tion with which you have favoured him on behalf of
the Committee of the International Arbitration and
Peace Association, and he desires me to inform you
that he has taken due note of their representation on
the subject of the Afghan boundary. As yet there
seems no reason why an honourable settlement should
not be arrived at by ordinary diplomatic methods
between this country and Russia.—l am, Sir, your
obedient servant,

"Bob Brown, did you say that my father had not
as much sense as Billy Smith's yellow dog ? " "No,
I never said any such thing. I never said that your
father had not as much sense as Billy Smith's little
yellow dog; all I said was that Billy's little yellow
dog had more sense than your father—that's all I ever
said."
"Sir," said the astonished landlady to a traveller,
who had sent his cup forward for the seventh time,
"you must be very fond of coffee." "Yes, madam, I
am," he replied, "or I should never have drank so
much water to get a little." " •
An Irishman entered a hatter's, and, approaching
the counter, said he wished to purchase a hat. "What
size, sir ? " asked the assistant. " Begorra, I don't
know," said the Hibernian, scratching his head; "but
I take noines in boots.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

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tther my 00,41

ENGLAND, RUSSIA, AND
AFGHANISTAN.

The news with which last week closed appeared to
favour the hope that an amicable settlement may be
arrived at between England and Russia in regard to
boundary question in Afghanistan. A well-informed
correspondent, writing on Sunday from St. Peters-
burgh, says that the report gains ground that the
British Government has made fresh proposals con-
cerning Penjdeh, and that Russia considers them not
unacceptable. The correspondent, however, believes
that only unofficial proposals have been made, and
that the exchange of ideas between the two Govern-
ments has taken the shape of private conversations
in London and St. Petersburgh, but that the result
has been favourable to the preservation of peace.
The Russian papers, he adds, welcome what they
plainly call the British retreat, and regard the danger
of war as already past.

The news from various correspondents on Tuesday
was more in reference to public opinion abroad than
to any immediate prospect of a settlement of the
differences. A Vienna correspondent wrote :
Although tb,s most pacific reports continue to be
spread, nothing is known at either the British or the
Russian Embassies to justify the optimist views which
appear to prevail. It is affirmed in diplomatic circles
that the pressure brought to bear on the Porte has
an eminently pacific character. The avowed
neutrality of the Porte is considered the most
efficacious means of averting a conflict, for it is not
considered possible that England will provoke war
without allies. Meanwhile Russia's preparations for
war continue on a vast scale.

From Rome, a correspondent telegraphed :
Signor Mancini had another interview with Sir
Savile Lumley yesterday. It is affirmed in diplo-
matic circles that the Cabinets of Berlin, Vienna, and
Rome are in constant communication with regard to
the Anglo-Russian Question, and that a peaceful
molution may be expected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

THE CHARGE og LIBEL AGAINST A

CLERGYMAR .

At the Central Criminal Court, London, on Tuesday,
the Rev. Edward Jonathan Hudson surrendered to
take his trial for writing and publishing a false and ma-
licious libel concerning the committee of management
of the Merchant Seaman's Orphan Asylum at Snares.
brook, under circumstances already reported. Mr.
Poland and Mr. Harmsworth appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Montagu Williams, who defended,
said he felt that it was impossible to resist a convic-
tion• and consequently the defendant would plead
guilty. He- withdi ew all imputations upon the com-
mittee, and promised not to repeat the annoyance in
future. Mr. Poland said the prosecutors had no de-
sire to press the charge harshly against the defendant,
And after the course he had taken they would be satis-
fied by his entering into a recognisance to appear and
receive judgment if called upon to do so. The de-
fendant was accordingly discharged upon his personal
recognisance in £lOO to appear and receive judgment
if called upon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

REMARKABLE CAREER OF A SPORTING

NAN.

A remarkable sporting career has just been closed
by the death of Mr. James Barber at Sheffield. Mr.
Barber was the son of a cutlery manufacturer, for
which business he had little taste. Going to Man-
chester in early life he was exceedingly successful at
cards and billiards, by which he amassed a large sum
of money. He then decided to try what he could do
on the Continent. Crossing the Channel he won
largely, his gains enabling him to purchase from the
owner the famous horse, Chanticleer, which won the
race for which he was entered at the Paris meeting
and greatly increased Mr. Barber's fame. He pur-
chased other horses, and, joining the late Mr. Joseph
Saxon, acquired between 20 and 30 horses, many of
which afterwards won important races. Chanticleer,
in addition to his French success, won in 1848 three
great events—the Northumberland Plate, the Good-
wood Stakes, and the Doncaster Cup. Disturb-
ance, one of the best steeplechasers of his day,
became the property of Captain Machell in a
curious manner. The captain asked Mr. Barber if he
could find a horse that would win the Grand National.
Mr. Barber quietly replied, pointing to Disturbance,
"That horse will win next year's Grand National if
you buy him." Captain Machell accordingly bought
Disturbance at Mr. Barber's price-7500 sovereigns;
and he justified the purchase by winning the Liver-
pool Grand National of 1873, when Rushworth ran
second. Mr. Barber was also the owner of Ben
Webster, who, in 1860, won the Great Northern
Handicap at York, and the Manchester Tradesmen's
Cup and the Chester Cup in 1861. His Brown
Duchess won the Oaks the same year; Black Doctpr
the Manchester Tradesmen's Cup, in 1852; Pretty
Boy the Manchester Tradesmen's Cup, 1856; and in
the same year the Liverpool Summer Cup, the Good-
wood Stakes, and the Lewes Handicap. He was the owner
also of Fan, a well-known steeplechaser, after whom
Fan's Fence at Liverpool is named. Mr. Barber,
who was reputed to be at one time one of the richest
men on the turf, has died in poverty in a Sheffield
public-house in the 69th year of his age.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

BALES BY AUCTION

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WORDSLEY.

P. Quarry b Thddees . ..
W. ..vlorgan b Greenway .. 2
W. Newnan]. b Beddoes 6
W. White b Beddow.; .
H. Quirry b Beddo,-s
F. Cooper 1 b w. b Beddoes lB
J. Astou b Pope
S Lowe c 11obber1ey, b Pp e •• _ 1

J Bridge b Bro As. -•
1
T. WhiLworth not out 1
C. Poulton b Brooks 3
45

LYE SECOND TICAM V WORDSLEY SECOND TEAM
This !natal w s played on the ground of the former
on Suturday last, and ended in a victory for the
home team oy 21 runs J. Hambrey bowled and
butte in good form for the Lye.
LYE 2ND TEAM,
13. Pop b S _Newnan'
J. Thomas b S. Newnana
0. Haywood c Rider, b Boitrue 5
H. Higgs c Whitworth, b Newnana
J. Brettell b Newnam 3
H. Brooks c Hinton, b Bourne
J. Harnbrey b Newnam
R.Jv. G. R iwlanfls b Worrall
Forrebt c Rider b Newnum ......... ...... 0
B. Ila.ywo b Worrali
r. Hatton not out
Extrui 4

Total 50
WORDSLEY 2ND TEAM.

I3uu.mo run out
Parrish b Hatubray • . 2
Perks run out
S. Nawnam 1 b w. b Haywood... ..... 0
W. Worrallb Hambrey
Hall b Hambrey
Whitworth b ilitubrey
Rider b Hambrey
Worrall b nay wool 4
Yoxall nut out ..
Hinton b Haywood
Extras.— 2

Total 29

SPORTING NOTES.
1,13 y our Sporting Correspondent.)

Next week this all important spring handicap
the City and Suburban is set for decision, when the
long vexed question, can the Duke of Richmon I
give two stone and a beating to a fair—classed
animal of the same year like Perditta 11, will corn,
to an issue. The Kingclere candidate was installed
favourite on the first appearance of the weight, and
has continued so now over two months. He cer-
tainly is a colt of sterling qualities and from the
amount of work dune is bound to go very close.
Last year's winner, Quicklime, has again a good
chance given him, and receives the support of his
stable, but age does Rot improve horses as it does
wine, Bird of Freedom on his form with Bendigo
will be bad to beat, and McMahon has cleaned Mr.
Peck's lot out. This horse was greatly interfered
with in the late Lincolnshire Handicap, and then
manapd to get third, therefore with no mishap
must oecome dangerous. The two heavy weights
Tnebais and Prisiii find a lot of support, and as the
11,?avy brigade invairably run well over this course,
the party b,ihind them consider their respoc ive
caituees highly. Of the middle weights Queen
Alehtid comes in for the most supperi , and of the
iezht weiBhters, 4 year: o de, Perdittall., and in
making a selection for this important event, run at
u!xt week, I: shall declare iii favor of
. l'Eft,OllTA 11. AND DUKE or RICHMOND
i'ie gr -at Metro.) li,ae Stakes, run f r• n
the
Tuesday, I shall k to the

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

POLYGAMY IN THE WORLD.

Recent, investigations in Utah in connection with
the anti-Mormon legislation, have established the
contention that even among the Mormons the number
of cases of polygamy are comparatively few. It
could not well be otherwise. Most Mormons are
content to have their second wife in theory; in prac-
tice they find one sufficient. Even in the East, where
polygamy has been established for thousands of years,
few men have more than one wife. We often hear
of Turkish harems, but the harem is only possible
among the ruling class, while the mass of the people
are monogamous, like ourselves. In the town of
Algiers, shortly before 1879, the number of married
men registered was 18,282. Of these no fewer than
17,319 had but one wife; 888 had two wives, and only
75 had more than two wives. There are still a few
theoretical "cranks," who justify polygamy on the
ground that more women are born into the world
than men. That themy has been exploded. August
Bebel, in his remarkable work, which has just been
translated into English, shows that in ten States, with
a population of 250,000,000, the excess of females
over males is only 2,500,000; and when the extent to
which men outnumber women in the. Colonies is re-
membered, and the fact that in India there are
6,000,000 more men than women, the natural inference
is that if the inhabitants of the earth were distri.
buted according to their sex, men and women would
be found to exist in about equal proportions.
Natural laws must prevail in the lives and customs of
the race; and thus, in spite of their polygamic
theories, it is not surprising to hear of the small
extent to which polygamy prevails among the Mor-
mons.

At Jedburgh Circuit Court on Tuesday, before Lord
Muir, Thomas Henderson, recently teller in the Bank
of Scotland, at Coldstream, pleaded guilty to a charge
of embezzling £950, and Was sentenced to fifteen
months' imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

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These factious •'lozenges" are now sold by most respect-
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troubled with a tcking cough." a "sli.4ht cold," or
bronchical affections, cannot try them too soon, as
simtlsr trouules, if allowed to progress, consult in
serious Pulmonary and Itsthm ttis ailecti ins. See that
the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are on the
Government Stamp around each box.—Prepared by
JouN I. BROWN & SONS, Boston, US. European depot,
33, Farringdon £load, London.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

KR. GOSCHEN ON HIGHER EDUCATION.

Mr. Goschen delivered an address to working men
en Saturday evening at Owens College, Manchester,
in connection with a series of lectures which it is pro-
posed to give next winter under the auspices of the
Working Men's Clubs Association. He said that if
the promoters of the present movement were success-
ful, Owens College would gain in numbers and in use-
fulness. They would, he thought, be unanimous in
the feeling that in proportion as power was wielded
by the masses they should become educated to a
knowledge of the vast responsibilities which were laid
upon them. Among the important subjects they
should bear in mind was that of comparative politics
—the politics of other countries than our own. it
was necessary to study those lessons in the calm of
the lecture-room before they had to discuss them
in the heated arena of practical politics. He was
there to plead that the working classes—and,
indeed, every class in the country—added to its
usefulness, its goodness, and its happiness by the
pursuit of knowledge. In that respect all classes of
society were in the same boat. We were distinctly—
as a people—fond of intellectual pursuits and ready
to read with interest all good works written and
published on the subjects of science, art, and
literature. It was true we had not the splendidly
learned men of Germany—men who devoted them-
selves with life-long zeal to special subjects and pro-
duced marvellously able works on those subjects—
but there was a more generally diffused interest in
intellectual questions in England than even in
Germany. He was there to plead the cause of
general culture, of general reading, of increased
intellectual employment, and he knew to what it was
that he invited their attention. He was iuviting
them to help themselves to a supply of which there
was no limit whatever. In the realms of knowledge
the mines were inexhaustible. The ore was there
and it would never be worked out. The workers
were there in numbers, the furnaces were there melt-
ing down the ore, and he was present that evening to
ask them to increase the demand.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

PHIL 25, 1885.

TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-04-25

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE AFGHANISTAN BUSIIsHISS.

Tia the Homo OF Loans on April 20 Lord Granville
informed Lord earnarvon that a short statement would
bo made on the Vote of Credit to be moved in the
Commons. A despatch from Sir Peter Lumsden,
received on Friday, confirmed his own statement of the
recent conflict on the Afghan frontier, and contradicted
that of General Komaroff.