The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

Efl STOMIBRIDGE OBSERVEM

CLess 43 —Fat Roes of the Lincol—firireeti over 3 years
old: The prize of .210 was Aven to No. 461, exhibited by
Francis Sardemn, of Cranwell. S eat-vd, Vocoloshire; bred
by ex'111,1:or : No 262, by John rears,.ol Dials lifantjon,
LinColn, was highly cororneuded.
CLASS 40 —For FA Wethir Sheep of the Smith Down
Breed, under M month.; First Aft, of £2O, to Lord Wal-
d:lAm, df Merton flail, Thetford, Norfolk. 20 months 2
week, ; bred by exhibitor. Second priz, ol 210 to F. 3.0.
Fdljambe, SIT., of Osiocrion 11.11, Worksop, Nottingham,
20 month,: heed by the late 0 S FolJsmbe. Third priza
OILS, to the Duke of Richmond, of Goodwood, Chichester,
Su". ; bred by exhibitor.

Francis and Lady Boileau, Sir Robert and Lady
Buxton, Mr., Mn., and the Missee Thornhill, Mr.
Anthony Hamond, M. F.H., Mr. and Mrs. Villehois,
Sir Henry and Lady Stracey. and the Misses
Stracey Sir Frederick and Miss Des Vsolx,
the Ladies Constance and Emily Finch Hatton,
Lord Berkely Paget, the Earl of Bectisie and
the Ladits Taylour, Sir William Barge. M. I'., and
the Miasma Haggis, Sir Thomas and Lady Hare, Sir
Henry and Lady Bedingfield, the Hon Alec Fitz.
maurice, the Mayor of King's Lynn and Mrs. and Mies
Durrant, Hon. Mrs. and Miss Fellows', Viscount
Coke, itc.

(LASS 4,3 —Fat Wether Sheep of the South Down Breed, 13
pram old : First pore, the Duke of Ithhmond, of Goodwood ;
fe,cmd prize, John overman. of Burnham Sutton, Burnham
nrket, Norfolk ; commended, Wm, Taylor, of Glynley,
Westham, Sower 82 months old.
(LAsS 49.—Fxt Ewes of the Sutth Down Breed above 8
eow old that mint have fort • lamb: Prize of £lO,
awarded to Lord Walrh,aham, of Merton 11 ,11. Thetford.
Norfolk, for fthep one 7 year. old. Those exhibited by Lord
D tore, .1 t..e Duo, It imptun Welwyn, Hot., were highly
commended.

that he was there, burst in the door with a large
haermsr, and, with the assistance of his wife, destroyed
a_qu entity of the furniture, broke 22 panes of glass,
en,l did ether damage. The Court sentenced the pri-
soners to eight tm nths' imprisonment, with hard
labour, and five years' banishment from the island.

SUFFERINGS OF A SHIPWRECKED CREW.— On
Sunray morning the captWn and crew of the Welah
schooner Garilaldet landed at Dover in a state of great
distress, several of them being frost bitten. From the
cutting east wind their clothes were literally frozen to
their backs. Immediately upon tht iv arrival at the
Dover National Sailors' Home stimulants and rester*.
times were wlministered with effect. In the heavy gale
that was blowing the rchooner ran foul of a vessel at
anchor in the Downs, and in about four minutes after
she went down. The men saved tht twelves in their
awn boat. and in the evening attended Divine serylce
in the Mariners' Church to return thanks for their
preservation, and for the kind attention paid to them
at the 'liver II me.

OBJECTION TO TAKE AN OATH.—Whilst the
jury were being sworn at the S ,uth Lancashire Annie-n,
Sdirord Hundred, on Saturday, before Mr. Justice
Brett, one of there (Mr. Amos said he wished to make
an affirmation. The officer of the court began to put
to him the affirmation provided for "the people called
Quakers," but Mr. Amos raid he was not a Quaker.
Mr. Justice Brett: Under what plea do you claim
exemption ?—Mr. Amos: I have hitherto been pllowed
to make an affirmation. Mr. Justice Brett : But you
must bring yourself under some Wa'ute. What is
your denomination or ot jection? —Mr. Amos : It
is a sincere conscientious oljection, my lord.
Mr. Justice Brett Da you belong to the Church
of England ?—Mr. Amos: No; I belong to an In-
dependent Church. Mr. Justice Brett: Ido not know
of any grounds upon which you can claim exemp-
tion.—Mr. Amos: Upon a previous occasion I have
been allowed to affirm. Mr. Justice Brett: No doubt;
but I must see whether it is right upon this occasion.
I understand you to say that on the ground of your
reliiioue views you consider it unlawful to take an
oath! -Mr. Amos :Yes, my lord. Mr. Justice Brett :
Where do you live ?—Mr. Amos: At Stretford. He
a'so stated in reply to the learned judge that he was
a cotton manufacturer, and that he belonged to a
Union Chapel of Independent Baptists. He was then
allowed to make the following affirmation :--" I,
Francis Amos, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm
and declare that the taking of an oath is, according to
my religious belief, unlawful ; and I do alto sdemnly,
s:ncerely, and truly effirm and declare that I will well
and truly try, and true deliverance make, between
our Sovereign Lady the Queen and the prisoners at the
bar whom I shall have in charge, and true verdicts
give according to the evidence.'
Tue MEEHAN Df SPATCH TO TUEKEP.— In his
despatch to Turkey, Prince Gortschekoll writes to the
Russian Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople :

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"ho not low any opportunity of making the Grand Vizier
understand that this determination, imposed upon hts Im-
perial Slajoaty by considerations of the dignity and security
of his Empire, is absolutely devoid of any hostile or male-
volent intuition toward. the Porte. The anomalous position
created between Rtusta and Turkey by the Treaty of Pst Is
not only a stumbling block in the way of their relAtions; it
forms a permanent incitement to those who base their calcu-
lations or their hopes upon • rupture between the two
countries."

AN A FPROPRIATE BiNniso. —One of The Times
Correspondents notices the publication, at a little
town in Baden, of the "Nearside Byte Kaloutur—the
Limping Messenger Almanack" ; but omits to mention
that it is issued bound in cloth limp. •- Punch.
A 130WIE KNIFE TOURNAMENT.—A terrible
affair in reported to have taken place (says the Nor
York H raid) near Lowell, Kansan. A party of four
herdsmen, named Joe and Charley Bigger (brothers),
Norton and Jackson, were camping on a small stream
on the Indian tenitory on their way home, each being
possessed of a considerable amount of money, the pro-
ceeds of the sale of their cattle. They were joined by
three notorious New Orleans gamblers named %%Tenons,
Allison, and Bradford, who were on a "professional
tour." A game of poker W 149 proposed by the "legs,"
and accepted by the travellers, and soon after the
beginning of the game Joe Biggi r detected Watrons
Cheating, A row ensued. and it was arreed that Bigger
and \Venous should fi_itit it out on horseback with
bowie knives. The two men stripped to the waist,
and their knives were bound to their right hands. Both
were well mounted, and both were fine horsemen. They
were placed sixty yards apart, with orders to ride at
each other at full speed. Several "jousts" were
ridden, in the course of which both horses were horribly
wounded. At last Bigger struck Watrons with his
left band in the face, at the issue time inflicting a
fearful gash in his thigh, \Venous at the same time
driving his knife into Bigger's shoulder. After the
fight had lasted half-an-hour, both horses were ex-
hausted from loss of blood, and fell. Bigser then
threw himself upon Watroua and stabbed him to the
heart. Bretton], seeing the fate of his friend, fired
and killed the other combatant, and a free fight then
ensued, Bradford being killed in the melee, whale each
of the othtrs received feat ful wounds. The authenticity
of this astounding narrative is vouched for by Dr. V.
C. Lawrence, recently of Philadelphia, who arrived on
the spot in time to witness the catastrophe, and dress
the wounds of the survivors,
Mau. Itastsnontem is delighted to observe annourcsd
" Antiseptics." She says they are much wanted in
these free-thinking day s.—Patch.

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TiE II LEVITZ ORNAMENT ! Daring the heariug
of a else on Saturday at Led s (kasiz s, before Mr.
Justice Bytes, a witneas could with diffiulty make
limssa audible. The judge, looking at the witne-s,
evidently (*served that he had a profusion of beard
and moustache. Ha lordship then said, "An OM.
trent ia now generally worn by gentlemen which cer-
tainly much impedes the voice. (Ilia lordship here
glanced round the barrister'a table where several
flowing beards were conspicuous). lint I ao,uld rather
restrain what I was going to say. I was not aware—
titter among those whom his lordship intended to
'rut ')—l was not aware; but I hope no gentleman will
take my observations as intended for him. I ckl not
mean it. I assure you. (laughter.) But what I said
as to the hir-mte ornament is the result of long °beer.
cation.'

MOYTTS CJINED.—Tse annual return from the
Royal Mint shows the following moneys of the realm
were comed M this kingdom in 1869 :-6 441 322 sorer.
eigns, 1,861.764 half-sovereigns, 297,000 fl wine, 736 560
shillings, 388 000 sixpences, 4,158 fourpenny and 4,488
threepenny pieces, 4,752 giver twonercea, 7,920 silver
pence, 2,580,480 copper pennies, 3,225,600 halfpence, and
3,225,600 farthings. There was an unusually small
quantity of silver coinage. N) crowns or halfcriwns
have been coined for several years. The v One of the
pieces coined in 1869 wan a.. follows :—Gold, £7,372 205;
silver, £76 421 ; copper. £20,832. The amount paid
for silvrr buliion sons £135,083. Worn silver coin of
the weight of 325,977 ounces, and the nuninal value of
£105,090 woe purchased for remoinage ; the Mint value,
at 61. per ounce, was £89,641; and the loss by re.
coinage, £15,3:76. The amount pail for copper bullion
and old copper coin WWI £8,356. The amount of seig•
norage paid iato the Exchequer in the year was £12,345.
In the ten Tears 1860 69 there were coined at the 11 ,yal
Mint 46,187,360 smereians, 12,140,516 half.sovereigna,
8,981,280 fl zins, 26 227.089 shillinvs, 17,623,003 six.
peon« s, 41580 fourp-nces, 15,995 769 threepences,
151 420 416 pence, 157,696,000 halfpence, 51,085,1011
farthings.

MR& RANSBOTHAX says she likes g iing to a play on
the first night of its performance, because she sees so
many imminent noes rresent,aud a lot of crickets from
the newspapers. Punch.
VISIT OF THE EYPRISS ECMINIE To THE QUEEN.
—On Monday afternoon the Empress Eugenie, ac-
companied by the Prince Imperial and attended by the
'mite, left Chiselhurat shout one o'clock ou • vieit to
r Majesty Queen Victotia at Windsor Castle. The
E nieces and her party drove to the llikley eta' ion of
the London, Chatham and Dover R ailway, where a
special train asaaited them. At the Windsor terminus
of the South-Western Railway ezcellint arrangements
bed been made for the reception of the Empress.
Her Majesty the Queen was represented by Lord
Charles Fe zroy awl the Hon. Miss Phipps, who drove
down to the terminus about ten minutes beore the
time fined for the arrival i.f the train, and by whom
the Express Eugenie and the Prince Imperial,
upon quitting the saloon, were received. As the
Empeess eroseed the platform a cheer rose from
the crowd, which she gracefully acknowledged.
After remaining a few minutes in the Royal ante.
room the Empress and Prince Imperial were escorted
to the Qiieen's carriages, whioh, followed by
those containingthe respective suitem, were then driven
through the lodge gates opposite the statien and up
the slopes opposite the Castle. The Imperial cortete
arrived within the grand qindrangle about half-pant
two o'clock, and op in the Empress and Prince reach.
ing the Palace they were mimecot tially welcomed by
Her Mak-sey the QUVCI3 and the Royal family. The
Imperial visit lasted upwards of an hour, and at its
rise the Empress took leave of the Queen and Royal
family, leach g the Castle at 3 Id, accompanied by
Prince Arthur, and attended by Lord Chocks Fitzroy
and the Him. Miss Phipps. The special train was
timed to leave the Windsor station st 3 45, but before
that hour, notwithstanding the rain, a large concourse
of people had assembled outside the Royal private
entrance, and when the saloon with the Empress and
Prince left the station, the crowd loudly cheered the
Imperial party.
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DEATH 711011EITCROPFOBIA.-011 Slltday morn-
ing a man named William Promilow, Lane Ends
Heat. n, tear Bolton, dted from hydrophobia. The
deceased, who was 38 years of age, was, in May I .t,
proceeding to his work at Hormel(' Fold, when he was
bi,Xen on the &gem of his left hand by a dog. The
wound was long in getting well, awl he had no medical
aid. Last week he began to feel a peculiar pain in the
left arm, and on Friday a medical man was call.od in.
On Saturday, after having spent the previous night
restlessly, he exhibited all the symptoms of hydro.
phobia, and became worse until Sunday morning, at
half-past twave when he died.

NoT FORBIDDEN By THE ROBRIC.—One more
Imo for Mr. Mackonochie. He is required to bow to
the derision of the Ptivy Council .—Punch .
A PLEASANT ELMEDY FOR SEA-SICHNEES.—
There have been many suggestions made as to the
prevention of sea-sickness, none of which have, to say
the least, been fund in practice to be completely
successful (remarks the BMW'. Mcdical Jovreal). The
introduction into practico of hydrate of chloral, which
produces with certainty sleep for a defiiiite number of
hours, has suggested a means of escaping the horrors
of a short sea-passage at least, and possibly of mitiga-
ting the most prolonged horrors of sea-sickness. To
go asleep at I) to er, and to wake to find onese'f at
Calais, is a plan which, failing other expedients, has
in it much promise. An ordinary dose of hydrate of
chloral produces sleep usually in a quarter of an hour,
and with almost uuf ailing certainty. Some cases, just
published by Dr. Dewing, of Vienna, stem to show
that the value of hydrate of chloral to obviate sea-
sickness is very great. It produces quiet and prolonged
sleep. In all the instances Tee 'idea it seems to have
been ef great ts!tae, eves, timing prolonged ass-voyages,
giving a good Light's n of, arresting violent sickness
when it had set in, and stopping the tendency to its
recurrence.

Tait MARRIED WONAI.7B PROPKRTY BILL.— At
the monthly meeting of the Victoria Discussion Society
held in London on Monday evening, Sir Erskine Perry,
the chairman of the evening, said the laws afficting

PUZZLING HER TR.:DESNIEN.—The other day
Mrs. Malaprop rather astonished the Chemist with
whom she deals by a-king him for some mitigated
spirit., of wine (for her ecg boiler). It was some time
before it dawned upon him that ehe meant "methy-
lated."—Punei.

A PRINCIEWS LATTER INTERCIPTED.—A Toars
corwspondent gives us the following bit of gcstip :
A few days ago, In the Department of Youne,the peasantry
captured a post-cart of the Prussian army in which were
acme thousands of lettere for the men and e flicers of the
different corps bofore Perla These have been all sent to
Tours, where, number of clerks and others acquainted with
German have been busy interpreting them for some days.
Amoligie other letters in the bags was one from Princess
Alice of Eagland to Prince Louis of Hesse, her husband, Why
to serving with the 9.11 C aim of the Giirman Army, In which,
if lam not mistaken, he commands a division. The letter Is
each as any gentlewoman might address to her husband, and
encloses a nets from Princess Alice's little daughter,
thanking her pops for a doll he had sent her from France,
and asking him to return home as quickly as he can. In
other wars and other times such a letter would, as it ought
now, have been emit to Lord Lyons for tranemission to the
Prince to win m it w.B addressed; but the present campaign
Is, I fear, far too savage aims for any civilised act of courtesy
to Mil favour with those who are In authority. There!,
something very revolting In the Idea of private lettme of In-
dividuals being handeil about to be read and c iimmeuted no
by elnyloydd, and still mere in the petty savings trim the
wives or relatives of soldiers, remitted to their husband.,
being confiscated by the enemy. In the Prussian post-cart
taken the other day there were German bank votes In small
amounts ranking up no less than 20 000 fr (EBOO sterling),
leach have become the property if the French uloverument.

the property of married woman were a question of the During the month of November twelve tons and a
greatest importance to every householder in the half of dizeased ash were Neixed in the London markst•
kingdom, since it applied to the children as well as to The post-office authorities ate employing female
the heads of a family. Our laws regulating the pro- clerks in the London district offices.
pony of married women were wrong ia principle, and The Grand Lodge of Freemasons haw expressed its
it was high time they should be changed. This had die spprotal of the use of the new postal cards tor Masonic
been abundantly proved during the discussions which Pun.le,
had taken place of late years upon the subject. The The challpion memory man o lowa is 10-1 years old,
objectionable law had not, however, been abolished in and remembers his third birthdaii
its entirety, but as the opponents to reform had given There is a civil war in F.j i, awl in August act the
way, there was much encouragement to those who inha'iltants of • village were massacred, there being 261 slain
wished to have a thorough change. Still it must be in all.
admitted there were many difficulties in the way of A runaway match is reported from Hat.over measly,
those who woul I deal with the question, and to the Virginia, between Mr. William Chisholm, aged be. sad gloss
removal of threw difficulties all ardent re forraere must , Alice Jonas, aged IC
apply themselves. A distusaion followed in which ! It is said that within • few days the Vicero.7 of
Miss Euily Faithfull and others tcok part. Amomet IS,n pt could place under arms 100,000 nien, many or witsuss
the audience was Mrs. Bulland, of New York, editor are armel with the best breech loadixg rifles.
of the Reralueion, who has come to this country to In the United States just now there are `..7 young
;
inquire into the progress of yariousmovemelite affecting women du lyti g theology, with a view to becondog
OR position of women. The general feeling of the preachers 19 are study irg law, and 67 are studying medicine
meeting was in favour of Mr. Russell Gurney's Gill in A young woman in Sacramento, Cal-, is threatening
preference to the measure passed last senion. to get a divorce on the novel ground of ' i protracted festivl
ties." She says her husband caebrated hie marriage by
" DOWBIGCHNO'S' Gaavr..—News of a great getting drunk, and has kept up the festival ever since.
man's nephew lying in a lonely church, ard in New An Arkanset paper says :—"We had two great
Zealand comes from Tekoniairiro. The Bruce Herald shocks in Arkadelphia last week, one if which was the em.
says : pan, Bog, for the [Wit time, of a negro jury, and the other an
"It may perhaps be within the recollection of some of our earthquake. The earthquake won."
readers that during ties Crimean war • remarkable despatch A site has been granted by the Corporation of
was sent from Lord Panmore, the Minister of War at that Dublin for a monument to Smith O'Brien, and Mr G avail
time, to Lord Raglan, the then General Commanding in the Duffy Is so pleased With the idea that he has sent £2OO to
Crimea. It contained the mysterious—at least they were so the committee.
to the British public—words 'Take care ut hoist—.' The
Comic periodicals and the other papers of the day got hold
01st, criticised it, ridiculed it, cut It to pieces ;to short. for Cu' gkow theauthor of thpopular novel, "Dutch .Nacht
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along period of time it became one of the boa mote of Rug-
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and Sithlact "
lish society Even the Haymarket Theatre presented to a
London audience %farce beating the title of Tak, Care of The statement that her 'loyal Mullins% Princess
Deteb—, satirising the Ministerial despatch. Few, per. Louise's marriage is to take place en the 10th of PebritiirY is
haps, in the world, either hero or beyond the soak know that incorrect, lie time for the ceremony has teen definitively
within the precincts of rot...biro Ci metery, far away from settled.
.h7viinngs
the world that was once so busy with his name and his
oats.; solfeentfi.ingtollr Ds C. ft,
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allo t
stl,l :hit
r%rple,d
aantedwv It has been stated at the Metropolitan Asylum
friends at home, re:, all that is mortal of the nephew of ill:garil that small-pox prevails in London to such an alarm.
are at present 308 known cases.
Lord Pennants." extant that amongst the pauper population alone there
Mr. Frank Buckland, who has received a sample of
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gr. Fran.
thh recently caught in large quantities on the DevOnshlre
coasts, pronounces them to be anchovies. de adds that
they are probably wanderers from the Boy of Biscay.
At the Leeds ass;z-e Mr. Justice Bytes announced
his intention to apply the lash in cues of robbery wills
violence. Two garrotters, named IrOinnis and power, were
- lashes each.

sentenced to 25 in.
At Scarborough, the wife of a bricklayer accidentally
broke a breeMplui she was carrying against a doorpost, when
fmament pierced her body to the depth of three inches,
caudng Immediate death.
Her Mojesty, accompanied by their Royal Highs
Tames Plemmons Louise and Beatrice and Prin. Leopold,
and atteniied by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, will
probably leave Windsor Castle about the 16th instant for
Osborne, where, It Is understood, the Queen will spend
Christmas with the royal family.
At a meeting on the abolition of university
held at Cambridge, it was Mated on authority that the
Government intend to make the University Testa Abolition
Bid the first measure of the forthcoming leaden, exactly in
the form of last year's measure, and 11 that is thrown out
they will bring in a larger measure.
Messrs. Longmane promise "A Telegraphic Die.
tionsry of the English Meguage, forming a complete code ter
the transmission of teleerapMc and postal card menages on
every mil ice" by Maj or Frank Bolton This code is so
arranged true all the ....side and many teuteuces in the En-
tail Laigui7e can be ..____ by a angle word or by a
baited number of letters or
One of the working men's candidates for Lambeth,
coneideriag that he aspired to a seat at the Educational
Birarl, nueus a rather awning mistake the other day. In
adixeseng a meeting he said he gloried in the title of work-
ing man. Ile bad gauged the feeling of the constituency,
laid herring done so he had no hesitation to saying that be
felt highly eanyrifnery (sic of success.)
Mdme. Pareps was a few days ego surprised and
naturally gratified by the receipt of the followieg note,
subscribed by. firm ef shipteiokers ire New York:—' Dear
Madam, we have been called upon LO give a name to a vessel,
and not having time to obtain your consent, have Dairen the
liberty of calling her the Parsee—trusting that the name
so honoured and beloved in America may be to the Parrpa
a token of the success which it ripreseuts."
"A fashionable but ignorant lady wanted a costly
hair shawl, not her husband bought her a cheap imitation
article. On examining it she found the name of the manu-
facturer on one corner, and wanted to kcow what that was.
'That?' eat) the husband 'oh, that's the name of the camel
of whose hair the shawl was made!' Th 3 wife takes great
pride in her shawl, and has no doubt of its genuineness.
"
Court Journal.
The New York Erinyas says that the fashionable
churches are beginning to be active with wedding ceremoi y
rehearsals. It is now au established rule for wedding princi-
pals to rehearse the entire Ceremony, positions, procession,
posture, bow, and c =lege, until all are perfect in every es-
sential point Last Lesson the rehearsals were numerous,
hut di 1 sot include A.l weddinee. This season everybody
about to be married who is anybody will go through the
rehearsal badness.
Lad week the aggregate mortality in London and
19 other large towns of the Uuited Kingdom was in ti.e ratio
of 26 deaths annually to every 1,000 of the present estimated
Imputation The rate varied from 13 io Portsmouth to 41,0
Liverpool. In the metropolis, 2,173 births end 1,422 deaths
were reelstei el, the former haying been 8 above and the
latter le9 below the average. Zr Music diseases ceased 402
deaths, Mcludilee 63 from emalbeox, 33 le UI meas'es id)
from scarlet fever, 11 from diphtheria, 11 from croup, 25 front
whooping cough, 12 from typhus. 21 from enteric (or typhoid)
fever, 15 from simple continued fever, 25 from erysipelas, and
12 from diand uis.

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figures.

The Spanish deputation conveying the offer of the
Crown to the Doke of Aorta Wien in all comprised 100
! persons) arr;ved at Ylorence on Seturday at one o'clock.
! They were received at the railway station by repreientatives
Of the Court, the civil and military authorities, and the
Spanish E nbassy. The deputation was rib itily received the
following day at the PAti Palace at eleven o'clock. Pre Went
mills asked p-rmlainon of the King to tender the Timone
to Prince Amadeus. Oa his Majesty signifying his assent,
the deed if acceptance was drawn up sod signed. The Prince
made" an elf dive speech" on the 0,0.131011.
During lAA week a subscription list was closed at
Crattle, with the handsome sum of £2:-.9 101 , h leg the
am).unt collided from the tenantry on the It gal estates of
Bilmoral aid Abergeldle, the householl servants of her
Slaj.sty the (preen, the gamekeepers. foresters, gardeners,
and others in err Majesty's service. The proceeds are to be
applied in the purchase of a marriage gift for the Princeall
Louise. lier Royal Highness, we understand, bas graciously
Intimated her aeceptaace of the same in the ehapeof a neck-
lace. The loyalty of the subscribers will be best known
when it is mentioned that the amount was collecteii in sums
varying from £2 up to in
Colonel Warde, commander of the London Rifle
Brigade, made.' me general r. marks on volunteering after
the 1, .dy Slay oreas had distributed prises to the successful
o embers of his corps at tlia Crystal Palace on Saturday.
While maintaining that his own regiment had shown IVY
signs of wee kness &min: the year, but had, on the contrary,
Increased its numerical strength from 676 tor 9S, he admitted
that an experience of nine years convinced him that the
spirit of patriotism which at first fed the movement had
died out because of the slight encouragement given by the
Government. lie, in common with other olli,ers, believed,
In short, that unless something was dm• next session to
give an impetus to the movement, it would be impossible
any bogy rto keep the force in an t fficlent state. The Lord
Mayor. later in the evening expressed a hope that the War
Oftioe and the Goverament would are the importance of
enconerging young mea to become Volunteers.