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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

THE EVIDENCE OF A PRISONER'S
WIFE:

The abortive trial for bigamy at the Old Bailey
last week—one of the most sensational cases in the
annals of disputed identity—served among other
things to recall one of the numerous delin-
quencies of the new moribund Parliament. There is
no person whose appearance in the witness-box would
have excited more curiosity than that of Mrs. Mal-
colm, the lawful wife of the prisoner. What might
have been the value of her evidence it is, of
course, impossible to say; but if the prisoner was
guilty, it is quite possible that her cross-examination
might have materially helped the prosecution,
especially if she cherished any latent resentment
against her inconstant spouse: while supposing him
innocent, it is equally possible that her evidence,
even when discounted, as a jury would be directed to
discount it, would have greatly strengthened the
alibi. We take it that by this time there is a pretty
general concensus of opinion, lay and professional,
against the further perpetuation of the rule by
which the evidence of a prisoner's wife is excluded.
But for the embarrassments of the last two sessions,
we should probably have had an instructive oppor-
tunity last week of seeing the effect of a more rational
procedure. It is to be hoped that this very small and
very useful reform will not be lost sight of amid the
mass or magnificent projects sketched out for the new
Parliamcnt.—Law

DR. VAUGHAN'i ADVICE TO LIBERAL

CHURCHMEN.
The following letter has been addressed by Dr.
Vaughan to a clerical friend who consulted him as to
the right course to be taken at the approaching
election by Liberal Churchmen who were opposed to
Disestablishment

"My dear ----, Like you, I have been per-
plexed about my vote at the corning election. But I
have been led to the conclusion that nothing would
be more disastrous in the result than making Dis-
establishment a unanimous Liberal measure by with-
drawing from the Liberal ranks all who are against
it. If Liberal Churchmen go over to Conservatism
on this sole ground, they lose all their influence in
preventing Liberationism from becoming synonymous
with Liberalism. And when this is done—if it over
is donc—tben the only check upon the terrible
calamity of Disestablishment will be withdrawn, and
the party of progress will at once take it for their
cry. While there remains so large a body of Liberal
Churchmen sternly set against Disestablishment, so
long we may hope that the Liberal party (as such)
will hesitate to pronounce in its favour. The party
of progress is sure to be the party of the long future.
Lei us try to make it plain thA Disestablishment
means not progress but retrogression. Such is
the shape that the matter has ultimately taken for
"Ever faithfully yours.
"C. J. VAUGHAN."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

THE NATIONAL UNION OF CONSERVA-

TIVE ASSOCIATIONSI

In the repert of the above, presented to the con-
ference this-week, the following occurs: "The council
are gratified to be able to announce, in the first place,
that the associations and clubs which have affiliated
themselves to it amount this year to more than double
the number which have joined in any preTious year of
its existence. Since the last annual gathering at
Sheffield in 1884 many organisations have applied
to be admitted members of the union, and have been
duly added to the roll. The passing into law of
the Redistribution Bill and the consequent aboli-
tion of many of the old constituencies and the
creation of new ones have naturally caused consider-
able changes to be made in the organisation of the
party throughout the country. Many of the old associa-
tions have either been dissolved or merged into the
new bodies *hich have been formed, but new associa-
tions have already joined the National Union. Many
of these have framed their rules and based their
organisations upon the model recommended by the
National Union, their advice and assistance having
been freely sought and rendered. With reference to
the work of lecturing, the council report that, in view
of the coming general election, the applications for
lectures which have been complied with since the last
ineie.ting of the conference have reached the extra-
ordinety total of 1550, being three times as many as
the highest number in anypreyious year. The lecture
cOMmittee of the council, by whom such applications
are dealt with, have, in kpite of this enormous de-
mand for lecturers, been able to render the required
assigince."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

TrIARRIAGE OF SIR CHARLES
DILKE,

The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth Dilice,
M.P. for Chelsea, late President of the Local Govern-
ment Board, was on Saturday married to Mrs. Mark
Pattison at St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, which is the
parish church of the whole of the new Parliamentary
borough of Chelsea as constituted under the Redis-
tribution Act. The ceremony was arranged to take
place by special license at half-past twelve; Precisely
at noon Sir Charles Dilke arrived, accompanied by
his son, Master Wentworth Dilke, the Right Hon. J.
Chamberlain, M.P., who acted as best man, and Mr.
J. E. C. Bodley. Both Sir Charles Dilke and Mr.
Chamberlain received a hearty welcome from
the crowd assembled at the west door of
the church. The bride arrived shortly before the
appointed hour, accompanied by her brother, Colonel
Strong, who gave her away; her bl other-in-law, Mr.
Frank Winn Pattison, and Mrs. Pattison; her sisters,
Mrs. Neale and Mrs. Tuckwell, and her nieces, Miss
Tuckwell and Miss Stirke. The service was imme-
diately proceeded with by the Rev. Gerald Blunt,
M.A., Rect.or of Chelsea. The invitations to the wed-
ding were confined exclusively to a few near relations,
but the large body of the church was filled with a
crowd of constituents of both parties, and of personal
and political friends, among whom were Mr. West-
lake, Q C., and Mrs. Westlake, Mr. Firth, ALP.,
(junior member for Chelsea), and Mrs. Firth, M.
Gennadius, the Greek Charga d'Affaires, M. Catalani,
of the Italian Embassy, Mr. Whitby Stokes, Mr. At-
kinson, Mr. APColl, editor of the Atheneum, Mrs.
Hullah, Miss Eleanor Smith, General Kent, and several
members of the Foreign and other public offices. The
old and present Borough of Chelsea Liberal Asso-
ciations were largely represented, including Mr. G.
W. Osborn, the president, Mr. W. Pennack, the hon.
secretary, Mr. F. 11. A. Hardcast le, Mr. John Loader,
Mr. ./Eneas Smith, and Mr. J. D. Nieass. The
prominent local Conservatives were also present, in-
cluding Mr. Churchwarden Wheeler. The register
was signed by Mrs. Tuckwell, Mrs. Neale, Mr. Cham-
berlain, Mr. Pattison, Colon2l Strong, and Mr.
Bodley. On the conclusion of the ceremony the bride
and bridegroom, who were cheered with great enthu-
siam as they left the church, drove to Mr. F. W. Pat-
tison's house in Binwood-piace, and later in the day
went to Oatlands-park. During the day congratula-
tory telegrams were received from Major Dilke, of
Afaxstoke, from diplomatic representatives abroad,
members of the House of Commons, and many other
friends.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

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'LLE LAW IRAD

lr.trtaropton, Wednesday.
The quarterly meeting of the iron trade was held
Imo to-day, and was fairly well attended by local
maraufscturers and m.rchants from different parts
of the country. The tone was rather strenger then
leas Wen recorded of late, and Inquiries tippea- to
be or an encouraging c bate ter. liegotiuti.)ns were
for some large parcels both for shippibg and
hou.• requilements, and they are likely to result
bwineve ht.ote the end of the week. Vations mar_
aLtiabis ilefetrrd closing their barga,t,n, until the
meeting at Birmingham to-morrow (Thursday), but
sellers, being assured that there wou.ld be no pro-
spat of assuring better twins, concluded the sales,
whieh in most cases, will cover customers' wants to
tie end of the year. The mills and forges are on
the whole fairly well engaged, and in pOMe Cases
bett,.r tli!sn was the case a month or so ago. The
narked bar people, who st.ll adhere to their £7
los basis, have received some additional (raters,
awl geseially the home consumptien seems to be a
little brisker. Common b.,rs ale pretty well dealt
ia at abo:it 4.6, and these were come offera nits& to
vs:44*u anus:atm (biagles) largely 47.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

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I EtiitlN(3r I!ILES-SYMPfO3IB AND CU tiE.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

MR. BRIGHT AND THE FACTORY ACTS.

In consequence of certain attacks having been
made on Mr. Bright for his opposition to the Factory.
Acts, Mr. G. W. Medley, one of the Liberal candi-
dates for 'Devonport, has called the right hon. gen-
tleman's attention to them. On Saturday he received
the following letter from Mr. Bright: "I cannot go
into the whole question of the Factory Acts. My
opposition was based entirely on the ground that they
interfered with the labour of adults. I was at work
endeavouring to give the labourer two loaves of bread
in place of one, and about three pounds of sugar in
place of one, and in so increasing trade and the de-
mand for labour that wages have generally risen more
than one-half, and in thousands of cases to double
the former rate. All this great
_reformation was
violently opposed by the Tory party, and but for the
changes we asked for and carried the Factory Acts
would long since have broken down, along with other
things of even greater importance."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

MYSTERIOUS DEATH IN SOHO.

On Monday Mr. A. Braxton Hicks, the deputy
coroner for Westminster, held an inquiry at the St.
Anne's Vestry Hall, Dean-street, Soho, regarding the
death of Richard Thomas Price, aged 51 years, a
tailor, lately residing at 2, Little Chapel-street, Soho,
who died on the previous Friday under very peculiar
circumstances. Frances Price, the widow, deposed
that the deceased had not enjoyed very good health
lately, but he seemed all right when he got up on
Friday morning. He then went downstairs, and as
he was a long time gone witness tent her son to ascer-
tain the cause of his absence, and he found him sit-
ting on a chair in the yard, Vomiting very much.
Witness assisted her husband rp to his bedroom, and
he complained of pains in his stomach. He was seen
by a doctor, who prescribed for him, but he died
the same evening. By the Coroner: He did not eat
any supper on Thursday night, and only had half a
cup of tea the next morning. Witness had searched
his pockets and their rooms for a bottle, but could not
find one. He did not use acid in his business. On.
the Thursday he was absent from home all the after-
noon, and when be returned he said he had been to
visit his sister's grave in Victoria Cemetery. Dr.
Charles Hinds, of Beak-street, Regent's-street, said
the suddenness of the deceased illness, and the state
of the lungs and internal organs, together with the
condition of the stomach, caused him to think that
the death was not natural. He was of opinion that
it was due to some irritant or corrosive poison. Ile
had preserved some of the vomit, the tongue, gullet,
and intestines for analysis, all of which the coroner
ordered to be sealed up and forwarded to the Govern-
ment analyst, at the Horne Office. The inquiry was
adjourned fcr three weeks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

THE BISHOP OF LONDON AND THE
CHURCH AND STAGE GUILD.

The Bishop of London having written a let-ter to
the hon. secretary of the Church and Stage Guild
criticising its operations, answer was framed by the
Council. The bishop, in his letter, said the guild
appeared to lay very much stress upon procuring from
the Christian Church a recognition of wirat is good
upon the stage, but little on the removal from the
stage of what is evil, and, in consequence of the neg-
lect of the due proportion between the two, there was
a strong tendency to deny the existence of the evil.
He (the bishop) believed the evil to be very great—
that there is "much on the stage, and in particular
in the ballet, which does grave mischief to many
young men, possibly to many young women." "The
ballet," he added, "does suggest what had better not
be suggested," and he doubted if those who denied
this were quite as decisive as they should be in con-
demning not merely impure acts, but impure emotions
and thoughts. His own personal experience of
young men was considerable, and he had no doubt
whatever that a very large number of spectators
of the ballet, even if they were "quite able to
prevent impurity from going into the act," were,
nevertheless, "led into most disastrous sins of
imagination." Nor had he any doubt that the
result was to "encourage in young men the general
opinion that a low standard of purity is natural and
permissible in the male sex." His lordship acquitted
the dancers of all share of the evil which affects the
spectators; they began young, and were, as it were,
protected by long usage. They grew up thinking no
harm, and they knew no harm, though of course there
were evil-minded among them; but he had no reason
to believe that the evil-minded were numerous. The
innocence of the dancers did not, however, preveht the
mischief to the spectators, and that was a very grave
point, whatever the guild might say. The reply framed
and unanimously agreed to by the Council, defined the
objects of the guild, and traversed the arguments of
the lord bishop, urging that the intention was "to help
to remove from the stage that which is evil," while it
was believed " that the generous and intelligent sym-
pathy of the Church would have enormous influence in
lessening the evil, just as her colanApis and opposition
has had much to do in causing it?' AS t'v i,a
.ballet,
thA Council admitted that the art of stage dancing ,
nUlr as they should wish to see
it, but to the ballet, as such, they felt it would be
wrong " to refuse the use and enjoyment of a beautiful
art to the many who get no harm from it because the
few may misuse it," in fact, it should be the aim to
"cut off," not the art, but the "abuses of it."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

KIDDERMINSTER.

CHARGE OF STEALING A PUR3E.— At the Police• I
Court on Wednesday, James Rouse, a huckster,
was charged with stealing a purse and 19s 5d Vie
property of Gorge Lamb, engineer. Mr. J. J.
Corbet defended. Prosecutor's wife se It hr lit tl
girl on an errand on Monday; ad on her way home,
wards !lie stopped to brush some dirt from her
clothes, and put a purse containing the above
money on some railings. She said prisoner
came and took the purse and went away with it.
Mrs. Lamb went and taxed the pi isoner with having
the purs. and he denied havin a t but, after she
reported the matter to the police, he gave hr a
sovereign for the money and the I a' ue of the purse.
Pr.sener, however, was subsequently arrested. The
Bench fined him £4, or a month's imprisonment.
DRUNKENNESS AFTER A FUNERAL-At the Police
Court on Wedues lay, Thomas Hughes, a man-from
the neighbourhood of Cleobury, was charged with
being drunk while in charge of a horse and trap.
P.C.NMason said he found a horse lying dead in
' Bewdley Street on Twsday afternoon, and prisoner
was near the spot in a very drunken state. He
had a horse and trap with him. From enquiries
he made he found that owing to his drunken state
pris.ater had caused the death of the horse, which
lay dead in the road, and which was the property
of Mr. Lloyd, of the Lion Hotel. Mr. A. Davies
also gave evidence. Prisoner said he had been at •
tending his mother's funeral, and he had two or
three glisses of ale after. He alleged that when
the accident occurred he was on his right side of
the road. Defendant was fined 103 ald costs (.21
us 2d, in all), or fourteen days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

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KILLED BY RAILWAY RATES.

This is the epitaph which, at an important confer-
ence upon the railway rates question held in Birming-
ham last week, Mr. J. Brinton, M.P., said might be
very well inscribed over the tombstone of any of our
English railway companies that might come to grief
by their suicidal policy in the matter of railway freight
and charges. Mr. Bririton did not speak without
being able to give good proof that there was need for
the companies to be careful concerning the manner
in which they are treating the manufacturers. He
contended that, if the companies could afford to
carry sea-borne articles from the coast to the centre
of the country at a certain rate, they could afford to
snake a proportionately low charge in respect of the
carriage of inland products to the coast. The Mid-
land and Staffordshire iron, steel, and allied trades
assembled at the Birmingham Conference did nothing
more than their bare duty to their invested business
capital and to the workpeople for whom they are
finding employment when they heartily responded to
Lord Henniker's appeal for their co-operation with
his lordship's London committee to appeal against the
recent extraordinary decision of the Court of Queen's
Bench in the case of "Rail v. The Brighton Railway
Company." This decision reverses all previous de-
cisions of the Railway Commissioners upon the ques-
tion of railway charges. The Birmingham conferemla
resolve to at once open a guarantee fund in aid of the
parent fund of Lord Henniker's committee. If, Mae
appeal should be unsuccessful, and the carriers, ertV.
boldened, should continue their present galley. IF:e
may not improbably by-and-bye see the epitaph NTI*OI
howls this note inscribed over seine director" Bottext.'
room.—lron.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

THE FIRST DAY OF SIXPENNY

TELEGRAMS.

Complete figures for the first day of sixpenny tele-
grams were not, of course, to be had on October Ist.
The busiest part of the working day at the Central
Telegraph 01 lice is, however, from about 11 in the
morning till about three in the afternoon, and a
pretty safe judgment could be formed at three o'clock
as to which of two conflicting opinions would be sup-
ported by the first day's experience. There were
many who maintained that if addresses were to be
charged for the message that could be squeezed into
the fag-end of the 12 words would necessarily be so
small as to be practically useless. On the other
hand, it was contended that by a very little care on
the part of the public addresses could .be so curtailed
as to leave within the sixpenny rate quite enough
words to serve for a very large proportion of the
telegrams ordinarily sent. The c•oundness of this
latter opinion seems to be abundantly established, or
at any rate very greatly supported, by the fact that
whereas with a shilling minimum and free addresses
hardly any messages came within the twelve word
limit, on October Ist at three o'clock more than 40 per
cent. had done so. That, we (the Daily Yews) venture
to think is a very remarkable result, more especially
when it is remembered that the experience of con-
tinental countries has shown that it takes some little
time for the public to become well trained in the art
of condensation, and in the use of cheap messages for
purposes apart from business. There can be little
doubt that before very long people will begin to employ
the telegraph for many domestic and social emer-
gencies for which the minimum charge hitherto has
been to a very great extent prohibitory. It may be
thought perhaps that the first day's experience of
the new tariff may be somewhat exceptional, inas-
much as a good many may send short telegrams just
by way of taking advantage of a novelty. To some
very slight extent this may be the case perhaps.
There are always a few who will make a semi-jocular
trial of any new thing, and they may perhaps
send a sixpenny telegram that is not really necessary,
just as they would rush over a bridge from which a
toll-gate had been removed, merely for the sake of
saying that they were among the first to do so. But
the telegraph is not exactly a novelty, and if any of
its Ist of October patrons were of this class they were
probably more than counterbalanced by people who
do not very readily appropriate new ideas, or who had
not yet learned what the Postmaster-General had
done fcr their convenience. We may add that the
experience of the London Central Office was pretty
much the same as that of all the chief centres of
activity throughout the country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

THE NEW FLOWER MARKET AT
COVENT GARDEN:

The rebuilding and extension of the wholesale
flower market at Covent-garden, which has been in
course of erection for some time past, has just been
conpleted, and is intended to be fully thrown open
for business in the course of a week or two, when the
approaches in Tavistock-street and the west piazza
now in progress are finished. The new block, both
architecturally and otherwise, is a great improvement
on that part of the market which it replaces, and is
a fitting complement to the enlarged building front-
ing Wellington-street, which was erected a few years
since. For the purposes of the market, as now en-
larged, several well-known publishing establishments
and other premises in Tavistock-strcet were cleared
away. The Tavistock frontage of the new market is
about 120 ft. in length from east to west, tho west
frontage being 160 ft. long, and extending northwards
to the old Ilummum's Hotel. There are three en-
trances to the market in the TaTistock-street front-
age, and two in the west front. Internally the
market is divided into six bays, and covered in by an
elegant light roof of iron and glass, supported on a
series of iron columns and girders.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

STOURBRIDGE STOCK SALE.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1885,

H. KING Auctioneer.

CORNBOW, TIALESOWEN.

UNDER A BILL OF SALE.

1 --
IE. H KING is instructed to SELL by AUCTION,
1.
*lokl. on H.
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. and THURSDAY,
00BgR 19, 21, and 22, 18S5, the Excellent HOUSE-
' iuLD FURNTURE and Effects comprising ROSE-
-0 D and WALNUT DR \ WING SUITES: uph.?l:
4 e,ted in Drab Damask and Green Rep ; MA.HOGANY
OAK DINING ROOM SUITES, upholstered in
lOktocco Leather, Scc , ; Rosewood Card and Gipsy
tarlur,lea, Ditto CENTRE TABLES, Two PIANO-
Handsome PIER GLASSES, Rosewood
vl/18ic Stools, Mahogany and Ebonized WI:UT-NO r,
4lnut Occasional Tables, BRUSSELS CARPETS
til HEARTH RUGS, Mahogany DINING TABLES
11140gany BOOK CASES, glazed folding doors; OIL
toilinNGrS, ENGRAVINGS, and WATER-
pi 'OURS; 87 OUNCES OF SILVER PLATE
gp4ted Articles China, Tea, and Dessert Servicesl
.itc',ll7,e, and Stee‘Feruers, Ottomans, needlework tops;
Ci‘''VED OAK WARDROBES and CHESTS, large
ti'f,?gany Winged Wardrobes. about 500 Volumes of
IhuKS, the APPOIN EMENTS of 7 CHAMBERS,
: }\•"l2 and Brass.mounted BEDSTEADS, Mahogany
Lp'drobes, I‘: arble-top Washstands, Feather B EDS ,
( hest-of drawere, Sze., Sze ; Kiteien and
ti 'llarY A rticles ; CSTNU HO LtS E, DOG CART,
c:P H.K T
, titettlar.fronted BROUGH krAl", blue cloth lined, by
"ingliarn, Leamington; and numerous other Effects.
Ille Sale to Commence each Morning at 11 o'clock,
Catalog-nes may be had of the Auctioneer, Stourbridge
____
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

FOOTBALL.

STUD itBRIDGE "FORWARD" V. MOSELEY WOOD.
STOCK ND TEAMS A in3.!ch between these
Ruby Union Clubs was played on Saturday last,
at the Heath, Stourb:idg.!, on the ground of the
former, which after having been stubbornly con-
tested throughout terminated in a victory for the
visitors by two tries to one. The names of the
playcrs are as follows : Stott/bridge ; Freer, back ;
Harris (captain) aud Varkes, three-quarter backs ;
Hunstoa tin,' Wood, halfback ; Williams, Liar-
rison, Harrison, Phiaips, Garr, Wilcox
and Collis, forwar s. Moseley Aday, back,
Mason (cauta,in), Willis a,; ,d s-trong, three-qualt•ir
backs ; li:aiNgtr and Heaney, halt backs ; lullett,
It 'gets, Taylor, Hemming, Bach, Pia,n,te:ir and
Hose, torwards.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

H ALE OWEN.

STOCK SALE.—MT. Cotton held his second monthly
stock sale at llale4owen, on Wednesday, when he
disposed of a large quantity of beef and mutton,
which met a good sae. The auctiou comprised 89
head of cattle, 9 calves, 263 sheep and lambs, 5
horses, Sze. Fat cows made from £ll to £lB 53,
heifers £l3 17s 6d, to £l7 23 6d, bullocks Xl3 12s 6d
to XlB 7s 6d, sheep 353 to 435. lambs 21s to 35i 6d,
calves 38s to 535. Next sale, Wednesday, November
4, 1883.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10

BRIERLEY HILL

AN INSOLENT Trt.amP.-:—At the Po'.ce Court on
before H. Smith and F. Evers, Esq.E.a.,
John Baker, a tramp, avls charged with refusing to
wo;k whilst an innate of the Stourbridge Work-
house. 'lsaac Perry, labour superintendent, said
the ptisoner absolutely refused to break the u:z.ual
quantity of et,nes for his food and lodgings, Pri-
soner : Thirteen hundred weight of Et :ne, and only
a bit f bread. Its too much for any white man,
I won't do it. Perry sail some men di I their work
by den n. time Priticner • All, they're profe -
sionals a thn job. I'm blind in one eye, and I've
got too much respect for the other to break thir-
teen hundredweight of stones. Prisoner was
sentenel to. fourteen days' imprisonment. He
went Ipolv remarking that that was better than
stonebre
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

GIFT OF A BABY TO QUEEN
MARGARET.

The Naples correspondent of the Standard says:
Among the crowd awaiting a day or two ago before
the Royal palace the Queen's return from her usual
drive, a man was seen with a baby in his arms. On
the approach of the Royal carriage he pressed a peti-
tion into the infant's hands, and threw both petition
and child into the carriage. Her Majesty, though
startled, caressed the crying infant, and took it with
her into the palace. It was then consigned to a
policeman, who soon found the father, and took him
to the police-station. He turned out to be ex-
corporal of the " bersaglieri," who, after twelve years'
service, had been unsuccessfully waiting for some
civil employment, and was now in the greatest dis.
tress with a numerous family. Several petitions of
his having been without result, he contrived to ob-
tain through the original way headopted of tendering
this last one, and through the graciousness of Queen
Margaret pecuniary assistance and the promise that
he should be provided for.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

AN AMUSING MATRIMONIAL
BLUNDER.

An amusing mi,hap in connection with three pro-
posed weddings took place at Luton on Whit
Monday. One wedding party had assembled at the
Park-street Baptist Chapel, and the minister was pre-
paring to begin the ceremony when it was discovered
that the bridegroom had failed to provide himself
with the necessary certificate. While the company
waited he made haste to the registrar's office, but
only to find that that gentleman, having received no
intimation of the affair, had gone out to spend the
holiday. There the disappointed bridegroom learnt that
two other couples who were to have been married by
the registrar, and had come accompanied by their
friend 3 for that purpose, were in the same fix. .A
hope was indulged in that the Registrar might return,
and eager journeys were made to the railway station,
but without success, and all three parties, after wait-
ing a considerable time in anxious expectation, had to
return to their respective homes. The Registrar was
in no way to blame, the omission being wholly the
fault of the several hridegrcoms. On Tuesday morn-
ing, however, the parties, with their friends, again
assembled, and the ceremonies were duly performed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

THE "CRAMMING" SYSTEM:

In some respects the University local examinations
are, no doubt, advantageous', more especially by
accustoming clever lads and lasses to the ordeal of
being first " crammed " and then subjected to a dis-
gorging process. This trains them for what they
will have to go through when facing some com-
petitive examination later on. On the other
band, it is unquestionable that, in many cases,
the severity of the preparatory work for
the University tourneys strains the nervous
system greatly. In a Glasgow paper there ap-
pears a complaint that many of the girls now
going up are quite unfitted for examination,
by being "subjected to the scrutiny of stuients loafing
around the buttresses with which the college is so
well supplied." Of course it is very rude of these
youths to peep at the erudite maidens as they march
along, laden with the 'ologies. But an admiring
glance or two ought not to upset the mental equili-
brium of British girls, and, if that happens, their
nervous system must be out of order. No wonder,

either, if it be true that at some of the educational
establishments which generally achievp the greatest
success at University examinations, the "cramming
goes on until late in the night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

THE IRISH BISHOPS IN ROME.

On Tuesday morning the Pope received the Irish
bishops collectively in his private library. No one
else was present. The address having been read by
Archbishop Croke, the Pope may be said to have
performed the ceremony of closing the bishops'
mouths. Ile commenced his discourse by telling
them that this must be considered as a strictly
private, familiar meeting, and that nothing that
passed was to be made public. That is all which
is known or can be known for the present; but,
inasmuch as the audience lasted close upon two
hours, and the Pope spoke with explicitness during;
the greater part of that time, it may well be in-
ferred, with sufficient certainty, that he did not expend
so much time and labour on mere compliments.
The fact that both the address and the Pope's reply,
are to remain secret is very significant as to the con-
tents of both, and sufficiently indicative of the Pope
having carried out the intention which he expressed
to a distinguished Roman prelate last week of
speaking plainly and strongly to the bishops and
especially regarding their animosity towards England.
At the end of his discourse the Pope blessed the
bishops, their dioceses, parishes, and congregations.
After the audience the bishops waited, according to
custom, upon the Cardinal-Secretary of State, and,
later, dined together at the Irish College, where
speeches were made and toasts proposed which were
loudly cheered by the Irish students gathered at the
end of the room. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

A COMMENDABLE "MISSION:'

They cerrtainly have a practical way of teaching
children in some of the American schools. A large
educational establishment in New York is called the
Olivet Mission, and at the examination of scholars
here a number of visitors were lately invited.
Domestic economy is one of the subjects taught, and
to this the most practical application is given. The
girls were examined in doing chambermaid's work in
a bed-room fitted up for the purpose, and then they
had to set a dinner table. Moreover, they had to cook
a dinner to put on the table when it was set, and music
is here combined with cookery. Songs accompany the
domestic exercises, and these songs are not vague
addreses to the "Sweet By and Bye," or "Sweet
Draining Faces,' but ditties of a highly instructive
character. "If potatoes 'jou would boil, And potatoes
would not spoil. You must open wide your eyes, Get
potatoes of one size. Then you pare them very thin,
For the meal is next the skin. Cover them with
water cold. Pray, remember, what you're told." So
one of the ballads runs, and the moral, it must be
admitted, is excellent. The little girls turned their
lesions to good account when they were examined,
and cooked a capital dinner, which a reporter des-
cribes as a "delicious success." The repast was
equally well served, and another song instructs the
nitpils to "Pass the tray like that, And try to hold it,
Always hold it, Very, very flat." Still more, song
set forth the impropriety of making a noise or break-
ing a dish. The Olivet Mission is evidently a very
admirable institution.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

SAD DEATH OF A CLERGYMAN.

The Rev. Nathaniel Small, Rector of Market Bos-
worth, has met with a shocking death from burning.
The reverend gentleman, who was 89 years of age,
on the 15th inst. whilst attending to the fire in his
study, feli forward. His clothes caught fire, and
when he was found by his page he was lying on the
hearthrug enveloped in flames. Medical assistance
was at once procured, but the injuries resulted in
death. Mr. Small was presented to the living, which
is worth £9OO a-year, in 1847, but had for some
time ceased to engage in active duty.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

BREWERS' PETITION.

A petition on the subject of the beer duty from the
brewers of Burton-on-Trent, unanimously adopted at
a meeting of the Burton brewers, has been presented
by Mr. Charles Allsopp to the House of Commons.
The petition shows that in introducing the Customs
and Revenue Bill of 1880, which commuted the malt-
tax elnd brewers' license into a beer duty, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer said he only wanted an eqiva-
lent revenue with a slight turn in favour of the
Government of £300,000 or £lOO,OOO, equal to 10d.
or Is. per quarter, whereas the effect of the alteration
has been an increase of 2s. per quarter; that the
trade were promised the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would nccousider the matter at the end of the past
year, but no relief had yet been afforded; that the in-
creased duty will make the beer duty equal to 28s.
per quarter, against the old duty which averaged
about 225., the increased duty amounting to nearly the
original cost of the raw material. As the retail price
of beer cannot be raised to correspond, the increased
duty will prejudicially affect both the grower of barley
and the consumer, by deterioration in the quality of
beer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

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THE REBELLION IN CANADA:

The Philadelphia Correspondent of the Times,
telegraphing on Tuesday, says,;
General Middleton, with 400 men, arrived at
Battleford on Sunday night, joiniug Colonel Otter.
The troops which came up yesterday increased the
force there to 1000.

Father Cochin came in from Pounclmaker yester-
day, saying that the chief wished to surrender uncon-
ditionally. Many Indians have already arrived,
giving up their arms. They are greatly afraid of
punishment. Several hostile chiefs, commanding
other bands to the north of Swift Current, have
sent word to the General that they desire to Bur-
..
render.

The entire body of the hostile Indians in the
North-West is now quieted, excepting Big Bear's
tribe. Ile continues defiant, and has 800 warriors,
fairly armed, collected near Fort Pitt. Many irre-
concilables from other tribes have joined him, and ho
has a large amount of captured prov/sions and other
plunder. General Middleton will prepare a strong
expedition to subdue him, thus ending all hostility in
the North-West.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

FATAL BOATING ACCIDENTS.

A distressing accident occurred at Mablethorpe,
near Louth, on Monday afternoon through the cap-
sizing of a pleasure boat crowded with passengers.
Twenty persons were rescued, all in a mote or less
exhausted condition; but at least five or six others
were drowned. Those saved were taken to the
various inns and hotels in the town, and all are doing
well. The fatalities would have been much more
numerous but for the strenuous exertions of Captain
Pritchard, RN., the local police, and a few other
men. One of the persons drowned, it subsequently
transpired, was Mr. Wilson, Great Northern goods
agent at Burton.

'lon Monday, whilst following some lifeboats which
had been entered for a local regatta, a coble belong-
ing to Mr. Johnson Pounder was run down in Hartle-
pool Bay by a steamer named the Clarence, belonging
to the North-Eastern Railway Company, her sides
being stove in and the occupants, six in number, pre-
cipitated into the water. Two were drowned, and the
other four were rescued by a Sunderland steam-
trawler, laden with passengers,

A Mormon elder has taken an annual bridal
trip for the past five years, each time with a separate
bride.-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-05-30

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