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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

EXECUTION OF THE BALHAM
MURDERER.

On Tuesday morning Henry Powell, 24, bricklayer,
was executed at Wandsworth Gaol for the murder of
John Dimery Bruton, at Balha tn. The prisoner and
the deceased had a dispute as to wages, and meeting
the de -eased on the morning of the 27th of September,
the prisoner beat him about the head with a chisel,
killing him on the spot. The prisoner was tried at the
Central Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Denman,
and sentenced to death. Since his condemnation he has
been visited by his wife and other friends, and has in no
way attempted to excuse himself for the crime he corn-
mitted. He appeared to have made up his mind that
the sentence would he carried into effect, and never
expressed the slightest hope that 115 would be par-
doned. The prisoner rose between six and seven on
Tuesday morning, and partook of breakfast. Shortly
before nine, the Governor and the under-sheriff went
to his cell to announce that the hour for the exe elation
had arrived. The procession was then formed, and the
culprit walked with a firm step along the corridor to
the doorway, through which the open air was reached
down a flight of steps. On reaching the yard the pri-
soner passed into the square where the gallows was
erected, and here the executioner at once proceeded to
pinion his arms. Binns, a tall wiry-looking man, was
not long in completing the process of pinioning, and
displayed considerable calmness whilst performing his
work; the prisoner showing no signs of emotion, or
making any remark. The procession then moved on
to the gallows, the rain falling heavily. The prisoner
stepped on to the drop, when Binns immediately
strapped his ankles together, and drew a white cap
over his face, the prisoner standing firm and motion-
less, In an instant, Binns took the rope and placed
the noose around the culprit's neck—the eye of the
running noose being tightened by a leather washer on
the right side of the neck. The chaplain continued
reading the sentences of the burial service, and Binns
drew the lever and the culprit fell 7 feet 6 inches.
There were a few muscular twitchings about the
shoulders, but death was Almost instantaneous, and it
must have been quite pAnless. After hanging the '
usual time, the body was taken down, and the formal
inquest held before the County Coroner.

The method of execution adopted by Binns was in
most respect exactly the same as that practised by
Marwood. The way of pinioning was precisely the
same, namely, by a broad 4rap round tbe body, to
which the elbows were buckled by smaller straps. The
two departures from Marwood's method were the posi•
tion of the rope round the neck, and the length of the
drop. Binns placed the eye or knot of the rope on tbe
right aide of the neck, Marwood always placing it on
the left.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY
AT DUDLEY.

Asout one o'clock on Tuesday morning, a serious
stabbing affray occurred in Dudley, which, follow-
ing so close upon the recent fatal stabbing case in
Chapel-s'reet, caused a considerable amount of
excitement, especielly when it became known that
the injured man had been wounded it several
places, and that his removal to the Guest Hospital
was deemed necessary. It appears that during
Monday evening 'Thomas Downing, miner, a
married man, le:siding at Shaver's Erd, had b.en
drinking with an Iri,hman named William
MeGlenanon, a shoemaker, living at 55, Salop.
street, this street leading from the town to Shaver's
End. The carousal seems to have been ca,rrild on at
one or more public houses up to closing time, and
continued at a private house, whither the parties
adjourned, taking a quantity of drink with them,
It is stated that theie were present Downing and
his wife, McGlenanon and his wife, and a number
of their friends, when shortly before one o'clock a
dispute arose over the females, and the two men
named went out of doors to fight. It is alleged
that after blows had been exchanged, Downieg
followed McGlenanon into the latter's house, where
the quarrel was renewed. Whilst the men were
toeether in the house, McGlenanon picked up a
knife used by him in his trade as a shoemaker, and
with it he is alleged to have stabbed Downing in
no less than four different places, one wound being
at the back of the head, one in the nem, one in the
forehead, and another in the chest, the last named
being considered to be the most serious. Police.
constable William Reeves who was on duty in the
neighbourhood, was called to the house and he sum-
monsed Mr. F. S. Goulder, surgeon, who attended
to the injured man. In the meanwhile McGlenanon
was taken to the police station by the Officer, P.S
RuJge remaining in charge of the house. Reeve.
afterwards returned there and acting upon. the ad-
vice of Mr. Goulder he removed Downing to the
Hospital where he now lies. Upon inquiries being
made there that morning as to his condition, it was
wired that he was not in immediate danger, but
should any unfavourable symptoms arise his depo-
sitions will be taken. The quarrel between the men
is said to have had its origin.in a remark made by
the prisoner about one of the females present in the
house and to which Downing retorted; and it might
be mentioned that the latter seems to have been con-
siderably bruised during the fight in the street. as
evidenced by scratches and cuts visible upon him
puticularly upon his arm.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

DEATH OF A PRISONER.

At the Exeter Assizes, on Monday, before Mr.
Baron Huddlestone, the Grand Jury returned a true
bill against George Geen, 69, labourer, for the murder
of Walter Creech, a policeman, at Georgehara, near
Barnstaple. Mr. Murch, and the Hon. B. Coleridge
were for the prosecution ; and Mr. Pitt Lewis for the
defence. Early in the day it was stated that the pri-
soner was very ill and would probably be unable to take
his trial, and the judge ordered the case to stand over
until Wednesday. About five, however, information
was received that the unfortunate prisoner had died in
the gaol about 4.20. Death seems to have resulted
from a general break up of the system, accelerated by
the dread of his impending- trial. The facts were,
that on a day in July the prisoner was in a public.
house, there was a disturbance, and the policeman
wishing to get him out of the house said some one
wanted to see him about buying some bees. The pri-
soner came out, and finding it was not s.) became very
angry and acme hours later seeing the policeman in
the street went up to him and stabbed him.

TORPEDO F %FERMENTS —Torpedo boat experiment
have just taken pla:.;s at Ga,•ta, The results of th
marceuvrea, which took place during the day, not-
withatandit g a very rough sea, proved satisfactory. A
sham attack aksingt the fleet took place at night, all
the iron-dads being illuminated by electric light. It
bad been established that whenever a torpedo boat
should be seen by the electric light for a space of 30
seconds it should be considered hors de combat, the
pre-timption being that the enemy's fire would have
.
had time to destroy ; but, notwithstanding the
electric lights, the boats manceuvred so well that they
never remained in sight more than a few eeoonds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

A QUESTION OF LIABILITY.

In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
of Justice, the cause "Miller v. Gardner" has been
heard, and was a case under the Employers' Liability
Act, tried in the Westminster County Court under
these circumstances :—The plaintiff was in the employ
of a firm of builders in St. Martin's-lane, bondon,
who had a " job " at Whitechapel, the Ha being to put
up an ornamental fabric of iron trellis-work over the
door of a public-house to support a sign. The plain-
tiff, by the direction of the foreman, went to do the
work there, and was met there by the foreman. No
scaffolding or ladder had been taken from the premises
of the firm (probably on account of the distance),
and the foreman told the workmen to go and borrow
a ladder, which they did, and the ladder so borrowed
was used by the plaintiff under the foreman's direc.
tion, and used in safety. On the next day the
ladder was again borrowed and used by the plaintiff,
he being only told by the foreman, "to do his best"
about it somehow or other. While the plaintiff
was on the ladder the two top rungs or steps of
the ladder broke or " started," on which the two
sides of the ladder came apart, the ladder gave way
and the plaintiff was thrown down, and sustained
serious injuries, for which he sued. The Judge
thought there was no case under the Employers'
Liability Act, there being, in his view, no evidence of
any "defect 'in "works or plant" of the firm by the
negligence of the firm or their foreman, and so he
directed a non-snit.

Mr. Crispe now moved, on behalf of the plaintiff,
for a new trial on the ground that there was a case for
the plaintiff, as the ladder borrowed by the foreman's
direction in the place of the ladder of the firm was to
be considered as their " plant " for the purpose, and
that their foreman was bound to see that it was safe
beifore he allowed it to be used, and that there must
have been a " defect " in it or it would not have given
way as it had done.
The Court, however, thought otherwise, and held the
County Court Judge right in holding that the plaintiff
had no case.
Mr. Justice Grove thought the ladder borrowed
could not be considered as "plant," and at all events
there was no evidence that there was a defect in it by
reason of the negligence of the firm or their foreman.
Mr. Justice A. L. Smith was not clear on the first
point, but quite concurred as to the second; and so
the non-suit was upheld.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

THE PROGRAMME OF NEXT SESSION.

The Pall Mall Gazette has reason to believe that,
although the Government cannot he said to have ar-
rived at any definite decision as to the programme of
next Session. yet it is probable that it will introduce
at the beginning of the Session a in,asur, of elt ctwal
reform which will apply to all parts of Great Britain
and Irelam], making household suffrage the uniform
rule both in town and county. If so this will entail a
reduction of the Irish borough franchise, which at
present is a £4 rating franchise, but which in
future will be the same as in England. This
Household Suffrage bill will have precedence of
all other measures. Although temporarily dis-
sociated from the franchise bill, the question of
redistribution of seats will probably be declared by
the Government to be an integral part of the scheme
of electoral reform, which must be dealt with before
an appeal is made to the country. The details of the
scheme of redistribution are as yet unsettled, but it
may be taken for granted that it will not embody the
principle of minority representation, and that it will
go on the same lines as those which have preceded it.
An attempt will probably be made to make the
settlement on a self-readjusting basis after each
awns, so as to dispense with the necessity for any
further Reform Bills, but neither on that point nor
any of the others on which definite statements have
been set forth in some quarters have Ministers
arrived at any final decision.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

THE PROGRESS OF AMERICAN
AGRICULTURE,

Senator Miller, in the course of an address de-
livered before the Orleans County Agricultural Society
upon the progress of agriculture in the United States,
observed that one-half of the total population is now
engaged in agriculture, while the other half is engaged
in manufactures, commerce, trade, and the professions.
The value of the farming lands is equal to the value
of all money invested in all other pursuits. A great
impetus was given to the development of agriculture
by the building up of those arable lands of the United
States which are profitable for cultivating. Another
reason for the progress is found in the growth and de-
velopment of other industries, which have created a
large consumption for the products of the farmer. The
total number of separate farms in the United States
is 4,000,000, the value of which is 10,000,000,000 dole.
The value of the annual products of these farms is
3,000,000,000 dole., and the value of farming imple-
ments in use upon the farms is 400,000,000 dole. The
peat improvement in the means of transportation has
greatly facilit%ted the growth of agriculture. Before
the days of canals and railroads farm products could
not be transported serviceably to a greater distance than
100 miles. Morecver, the work of agricultural schools
and colleges plays an important part in elevating the
work of the farmer and making his duties easier and
of a higher order. All the literature, too, new existing
noon agriculture has been established during the past
100 years' and it has recently received new life and
vigour. Senator Miller maintained that agriculture
should have a Department in all civilised Govern-
ments. In America, certainly, it had always been the
most important industry of the country. Progress bad
been murh more rapid there than in any other part of
the world, and progress in agriculture was of greater
importance than all of the other industries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-11-10

SERIOUS RIOTING IN IRELAND.

Intelligence from Limerick states that a very serious
riot occurred at Rathkeale Fair on Monday between
two factions from the neighbourhood of Askeaton, in
the course of which forty persons were wounded. The
town was in tbe hands of the rioters for several hours.
A small body of police which first came on the scene
were kept at bay by the rioters until the arrival of
reinforcements, when the streets were cleared and a
large number of persons arrested. Some of the pri-
soners were rescued from custody, but the police re-
tained twenty•three, who will be charged at the next
petty sessions.

According to the annual report of the Director of
the United States Mint, the coinage during the last
fiscal year amounted to 66,000,000 dole.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

MR. GLADSTONE ON PRESBYTERIAN

RITUAL.

The following letter, reeeived by the Rev. Mr.
Duncan, of the United Presbyterian Manse, Mid-
calder, is published with the eonsent of the Premier :
Dear Sir,—l thank you very much for your book on
the Scottish Sanctuary, which I found full of interest,
By no means a Presbyterian myself, I can sympathise
with the motives which I believe led to that move.
ment in Scotland. Yet I hope this tendency will not
be indulged without reserve, for there was a solemn
and stern simplicity in the old form of Presbyterian
worship which was entitled to great respect, and
which was a thing totally different from the mean
nakedness and the cold worldliness and indifference so
widely dominant in English services fifty years ago.—l
remain, dear Sir, your very faithful and obedient
servant, W. E. GLADSTONE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE PARCELS POST.

At the annual meeting of the National Chamber of
Trade, held in London on Tuesday, the secretary (Mr.
D. D. Grigsby) reported that the following resolution,
passed by the council, had been forwarded to the
Postmaster-General and to the various Chambers of
Commerce :

"That in the opinion of tlfs chamber it is highly
desirable that the Post.office should, in addition to
undertaking the delivery of parcels, make arrange-
ments to receive payment for the value of the same,
being remunerated for the additional labour by a
charge calculated on the basis of a small per-centage of
the sum received, as already in operation in other
countries, an that this scheme should be arl‘oted to
and incorporated with the parcels delivery system."
The reply from the Postmaster-General said—
" The subject has not escaped the attention of the
department, but that the first object to which its
endeavours are being directed is to establish the inland
parcels post in its simplest form, whatever not abso-
lutely essential to this end, however important, being
reserved for subsequent consideration."
The secretary was instructed to obtain information
respecting the German system, called " Postnach-
nahme " (pay on delivery), and the American system
of " P.P.P." (post parcel paid), with a view to further
action by the chamber.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

HAGLE V.

STOCK SALE.—At this s4lO 0n Monday last, there
as a goo i supply of stock. All was disposed of
at previous market races. 115 fresh Shropshire
tega,;belongiug to Mr. Cooke, ot 13e!lingtou, made an
average of 595. 6d. a head. Only fat stock can be
aurnittel to toe sale on Mond..ty next, the Privy
Council hiving made an order, that only animals
widen must be slaughter,d within six days can be
admitted to any puelic sale in the CI unty of
Worcester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE IRON TRADE.

BLRmINQBAX Thursday.

TI. marlict this afternoon, though fairly wit
&andel, was exceptionally depress, d, consequent
oa de reduction in list iron. It was anueun.2ed
early in the afternoon that the c.arl of Du, ley and
folkwed :he example of Messia. W. Barrows had
Sons by dropping his Round Oak brands 10a. a ton.
Messrs. N. H.tugley and S')II eave also lowered their
prices, fil) that the list now stands at ..£7 108. a ion,
with the usual extras for Earl Dudley's iron. It
was not understood that Messrs. J. Bradley hud Co.,
of Stourbridge, had altered the value of their iron.
Tile !eduction of the list did not affect uemarked
iron to any a.pprecidble extent, inasmnch as the on,
market bar houses had already fully anticipated
the reduction. Ceinmon and m,dium bars w,re
quoted at from .26 to £6 12s. 6d„ but lower prices
were accepted where business was done. Oidinary
shtatm, singles, were sold d. livered in the clis!rict
ti .47 15s. to £B, with ss. extra for galvanising
qualities. At the works the same class of sheets
are sold at from .£7 12s. 6d. to £7 155.6 Thts•-; prices
are from 15s. to 20s. a ton less than six months ago.
Pig iron was wesk, and mks were exceediegly
limited, the general feeling being that a drop in
pig iron and coal must to:low the redu, tion in
marked iron. Consequently, consumers oh pig iron
and coal held aloof.

THE REDUCTION IN THE FRICE OF IRON.

The following circular wig issued on Thursday :
—"The Priory Offices, Dudley, Ist February, 1883.
--Dear Sir—l beg to inform you that the Emil of
Dudlera prices for all descriptions of finithed iron
have this day been reduced 103. per ton.—l am,
dear Sir, your obedient servant, E. FISHER SMITH."

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THZ IMIN.—The Glory of Woman, the Pride of
eentains the delicate lines of beau:y. and col-
stitatas all that we term "Loveliness," yiit how niany
kayo their skins blemished by irritant soaps, Carbalio
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Gladstone bas issued the following circular to
the supporters of the Ministry in the House of Com-
MOUS :-

Cannes, January 23, 1833.

Sir,—Parliament is to open on the 15th February,
and I have to express respectfully the hope that you
will be able to give your attendance at that time.
The House of Commons will, at the earliest moment,
be invited to address itself to business of importance,
much of which has suffered delay through the special
circumstances of recent sessions.—l have the honour
to be, Sir, your most faithful servant, W. E.
GLLDSTONL

The following circular has been issued by Lord
Granville to those peers who usually support the
Ministry in the House of Lords :-
18, Carlton House-terrace, 'January 28, Lin

My Lord,—Parliament will assemble on the 15th of
February. Important business will be proceeded with,
and I hope it may suit your convenience to be in your
place at the date I have named.—l have the honour
to be, my Lord, your obedient servant, GRANVILLE.

The following circular hiu; been issued by Sir
Stafford Northcote :

" Dear Sir,—Parliament is summoned to meet for
business on the 15th of February (Thursday). It is
probable that there will be matters requiring attention
at the very opening of the session, and I therefore
hope you may be able to be in your place on that
day.—l remain, faithfully yours,

-
" STAYTORD H. NORTHCOTE.
"1t.T.8. Pandora, Messina, Jan. 15, 1883."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

A SCHOOL GIRL'S FLOUNCE.

At the Guildford County Bench, on Saturday, John
Balchin, a labourer, residing in the village of Wan
borough, was charged with neglecting to send his
daughter, aged six years, to school. The fact of the
non•attendanoe of the child was admitted, but for the
defence it was shown that the child was not allowed to
attend the school because she had a flounce to her
frock. -

The Rev. G. Chilton the vicar of Wanborougb, and
one of the managers of school, said that one of the
rules was that children must come neat, clean, and
plain in their dress. The flounce was deemed an in-
fringement of the plainness, and the child was conse-
quently refused admission, the mother declining to
remove the flounce. The little girl was brought into
court wearing the dress objected to, which had a small
fl since or fringe at the bottom, the ornamentation
objected to. The neat and cleanly appearance of the
child evoked great admiration from a crowded court.

- -
In cross-exan-tination the rev. gentleman said he
knew that the Education Department had been ap-
pealed to, and in reply it stated that it could not
interfere with the regulations made by the managers
of the school.

The Chairman said the rule as to neatness was a very
proper one. The dregs of the child did not appear out
of the way, but it did not snit the taste of the
managers. The Bench would not inflict a fine, but
the defendant must either take off the flounce or send
the child to another school.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

A CASE OF SUSPENDED ANIMATION.

A case of suspended animation closely resembling
death has aroused much interest in Washington. The
ether Sunday morning a Mrs. Reagan, livimg near the
Government printing-office, was on her way to attend
early mass at St. A.loysius's Church when she suddenly
became too faint to proceed. She turned back, and
just succeeded in reaching her home, where she fell
insensible on the floor. Her family thought that she
was dead, and so did a priest who was instantly sum-
moned, but the doctor supposed it to be a case of sue.
pended animation and sent out for restoratives. The
priest went to the church, where, after mass, he spoke
of the woman's sudden death and offered prayers for
the repose of her soul. Meantime she had revived
and described her sensations. She said that she was
cvneoiouo of I, oiows ai her bedside, and knew that the
priest bad pronounced her dead. In an agony of ap-
prehension she strove to move or speak, but her
muscles would not obey her will. When the restora-
tives had been forced down her throat she made what
seemed to her a gigantic effort, turned over on her
aide, and came slowly back to life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The Registrar• General's return show that the annual
rate of mortality in the week ending January 27 in 28
great towns of England and Wales averaged 224
per 1,000 of their aggregate population, which IR esti-
mated at 8,620,975 persons in the middle of this year.
The places in which the rate of mortality was the
lowest were Brighton, Leicester, Bristol, Portsmouth,
Huddersfield, and Birkenhead.

In London 2,670 births, and 1,548 deaths were re-
gistered. Allowing for increase of population, the
births were 149, and the deaths so many as 347, below
the average numbers in the corresponding weeks of
the last ten years. The annual rate of mortality from
all causes, which had been equal to 205, 207, and
219 per 1,000 In the three preceding weeks, declined
to 20.4 last week. During the first four weeks of the
current quarter the death-rate averaged 20.9 per 1,000,
against 247 and 244 in the corresponding periods
of 1881 and 1882. The 1,548 deaths included 8 from
smallpox, 33 from measles, 40 from scarlet fever, 24
from diphtheria, 37 from whooping•cough, 2 from
typhus, 17 from enteric fever, 1 from an undefined
form of continued fever, 13 from diarrhoos and
dysentery, and not one from simple cholera; thus 175
bei.r; 7g balow
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

HALESOW EN.

HALESOWEN CFAs BILL. On Monday, in the
House of Commons, the Bill came before Mr. Frare,
one of the Examint,rs of 6ta.nding Order Proofs.
It provides inc reincorporation of the existing
company, which is rendered necessary by the in-
creased demaurs of the uistrict, and further capita:
to the amount of £lO,OOO is to be raised, with
borrowing powers on the original capital amouuting
to £2,250, and on the new capital of £2,500. 'the
b'xau.iner declared that the Standing Orders of Par-
liament had been duly complied with, and the Bill
passed the rliminary stage...

Noes's dcoNCERT rl-ALL.IThis popular and well
patronised hall i.enjoying a reputation equal to
larger towns. This week there is engaged the clever
and versatile negro delineator, known Yankee
Henri Conner " ; and other talent of good ability.
Iu the manner it is conducted it is worthy to be
ranked with halls of considerably longer years ot
establishment. Mr. _Neck is so well-known and
rospeAed that large audiences nightly patronise
the •' Old Cress.' under thc able manugeup-nt of
his worthy henchin mu, Mr. Percy Della. We have
nea dod good autho,,ty th,tt " Percy 'is actively
engaged w riling a grand spectacle on Egypt... for
wnicn he has engaged the clever "West" family.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS IN
AUSTRALIA.

A Reuter's telegram from Sydney on Tuesday
says:--

The match between the English cricketers under
the captaincy of the Honourable Ivo Bligh and the
Australian team at Sydney was concluded to-day, and
resulted in a victory for the English eleven by sixty-
nine runs. The weather was unfavourable.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

DEATH FROM MISADVENT URE.

Mr. Oarttar, West Kent coroner, has held an in-
quest at Greenwich on the body of George William
Garlick, aged two years and seven months, son of an
umbrella-maker. The evidence showed that on Satur-
day afternoon the mother of the deceased, while
upstairs, heard the child scream, and the eldest girl
said he was choking with some bread. The
mother asked that he should be brought up to
her, and shortly afterwards he vomited, and it was
observed that his tongue had turned white, and then
the mother came to the • mclusion that he had gained
access to a bottle of nitrate of mercury, which was
used for polishing the metal parts of umbrellas. She
-at once ran with the child to the surgery of Dr.
Purvis, and that gentleman administered an anti-
dote, which was immediately brought up again,
and effervesced. He died shortly afterwards in his
mother's arms. To reach the bottle, which was on a
sideboard, ths deceased had climbed on to a sofa, but
although two other children were in the room, the act
was not observed, but the cork of the bottle was after-
wards found by the father in front of the ashpit of the
fire. The elder children knew the dangerous properties
of the acid, which was diluted with two-thirds of
water. The father said he had ascertained that a
harness-paste would answer the purpose of the acid,
which he did not intend to use in future. Dr. Purvis
said the mixture was a most dangerous poison. The
jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased died from
swallowing nitrate of mercury by misadventure."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

AN UNREHEARSED INCIDENT.

The Carl Rosa Opera commenced a brief season at
Rochdale last Monday, with Madame Marie Roze as
Fidelio (says the Liverpool Courier). There was a large
audience, who, judging from the applause, fully ap-
preciated the rendering of B3ethoven's opera. A
most amusing incident occurred while Madame Marie
Roze was singing her great aria in the first act.
A dog belonging to the manager of the
theatre, walked on to the stage, seated itself near
the prima donna, and watched her movements with
evident interest. The singer, however, did not lose
her presence of mind, but finished her aria amidst
enthusiastic plaudits, and left the stage followed by
the dog. To the infinite amusement of the audience,
the dog returned and took the " recall " with the
prima donna. The exhibition of canine sagacity, or
audacity, was enough to convulse the audience, who
continued to applaud, evidently in the hope of
haying the dog appear again, but it was promptly
secured by the stage manager.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE MARKETS.

METROiOLITAN CATTLE MAREBT.—MoNDAY.

The cattle trade generally has been quiet in tone. Sup-
plies have about equalled the demand, which has lacked
animation. The stormy weather has delayed some
arrivals. The total number of English beasts, offered
was not large; still, the demand ruled inactive, the
dulness in the dead meat market having some
effect. Prices were about the same. The best , Scots
and crosses made 68 to 68 2d per Sib. From Norfolk, Suffolk,
and Essex we received about 1,200; from Scotland 113, and
from Ireland, SO head. The foreign side of the market was
thinly supplied with beasts, chiefly Danish. There wet a quiet
trade, at late rates. The sheep pens were sparingly
suppUed. The trade was quiet, but prices were
steady. The best Downs and half.breda made 7s 10d
to 85 per Sib. Calves and pigs were disposed of at
fall prices. At Deptford there were about 1,300 beasts.
Coarse and inferior beasts, 45 4d to ss; second quality ditto,
5s to 58 6d; prime large oxen, be 8d to 5+ 10d; ditto Scots,
Bto 6s 2d ; coarse and inferior sheep, ha 6d to 6d ;
second quality ditto, 6s to Cs 6d ; prime coarse-woolled,
is 4d to 78 Ed ; prime Southdown, 7s 10d to Ss ; large coarse
calves. 6s to Gs 6il; prime small ditto, 6s 6d to tis 10d ; large
hogs, Is Ed to 45 ; neat small porkers, 48 to 41 4d per Elb, to
sink the offaL

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—moarsAy.

A moderate supply, bat fully equal to demand, and trade
very slow. Prices ;sere as follows :—lnferior beet, 3e to
4s 8d ; middling ditto, 4s to ts 8(1; prime large ditto, be to
51 4d ; prime small ditto, 5s to is 4d: veal, 5s 8d to 65 4(1;
Inferior mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; middling ditto, fas to bs 8c1;
prime ditto, 6s to ffs 8d ; large pork, Ss 6d to as 10cl ; small
ditto, bs 10d to 4a 6d per 81k. by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

Mona Fun.]
GUSTAVE DORi.

Barn January 6th, 1832. Died January 23rd, 1883.
The great French artist, whose pictorial skill
Compelled men's admiration far and wide,
Whose works abroad and here were viewed with
pride,
Has passed away; his magic brush is still.
That brilliant draughtsman, who charmed thousands,

will
No longer charm; for thus doth Death decide.
He in Life's studio played a busy part,
With wondrous humour and with fancy keen
And from the Sacred Book full many a scene
Did he delineate with reverent art.
How quaintly, too, did he depict the Don!

And Milton's epic of Satanic strife
Was limned with power by him who now has gone,
Too early ending his laborious life!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AT
WASHINGTON.

The Marquis of Lorne had a very cordial reception
at Washington. On Friday in last week he exchanged
calls with the Psesident. In the evening the British
Legation gave in his honour a small dinner, which was
followed by a hall at which there were four hundred
guests. The Queen's portrait surmounted the head of
the table. The grand staircase was brilliantly
illuminated. The Marquis of Lorne wore plain even-
ing dress and the Order of the Thistle.
On Saturday Colonel Tourtelotte, who has been
detailed to escort the distinguished party through the
United States, gave a breakfast to the Marquis of
Lorne. In the afternoon, with Mr. West, his Excel-
lency attended a reception held by Mrs. M'Elroy,
the President's sister, and afterwards visited Congress
at the time when the debate on the Tariff was proceed-
ing, the speakers dwelling on the degradation of the
labourers of England because of Free Trade.
The Marquis of Lorne in the evening attended a
dinner given in the State dining-room at the White
House. The President sat between the wives of the
Secretary of State and the Chief Justice, the Marquis
sitting opposite, between Mrs. M'Elroy and Mies
West. The decorations were suggestive of Canada.
In the centre there was an immense floral canoe.
Covers were laid for thirty-six guests, who were selected
as representatives of distinct phases of American official
and national life and character.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

BANQUET TO SIR E. M. AROMBALD

IN NEW YORE

A dinner was given at New York on Monday night
in honour of Sir E. M. Archibald, the British Consul.
General on the occasion of his retirement from his
post, after occupying it for twenty-five years. More
than two hundred persons were present, and Mr.
E warts presided.
Sir Edward Archibald, in responding to the toast
of his health, said that the lowering of the stars and
stripes at Yorktown and the salutes to the British flag
was an international courtesy more touching, he
thought, under the circumstances, than any recorded
in history. With the dying echoes of that salute there
passed away every vestige of unfriendly feeling
previously subsisting between these two great friendly
nations. Sir Edward Archibald announced that he
intended to spend the remainder of his days in
America.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

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VIOLENT STORM IN HUNGARY.

On Friday, in last week, hi various parts of
Hungary, there was a storm of such violence that
between Oravitza and Janina, in the southern por-
tion of the kingdom, the wind blew seven carriages
of a train completely off the rails. There was for-
tunately no loss of life, but the guards were seriously
Injured.
In the district of Oravitza the tempest caused enor-
mous damage. Most of the houses in Oravitza were
red,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

morning."

Prince Frederick William, eldest son of the Crown
Prince of Germany and the Princess Royal of Eng-
land, was born on January- 27th,,1859, -and thus atu
tamed his 24th birthday on Saturday. He is the
eldest grandson of her Majesty the Queen, and was
married to Princess Augusta of Victoria of SchleswignoWein on February 27th, 1881
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

A REWARD FOR A PERFECT SAFETY

LAMP.

Mr. Ellis Lever, of Bowdon, Cheshire, has under-
taken to hand over to the Central Board of the Miners'
National Union the sum of £5OO to be paid as a reward
to any person, either in or out of the United Kingdom,
who shall invent an electric or other safety lamp estis•
fying certain conditions. The lamp must be perfectly
portable and incapable under any circumstances of
causing an explosion of gas.
It is provided that the offer shall remain open through.
out the current year, and that the adjudicators shall be
composed of "three scientists, one to be selected by
Mr. Lever, one by the Council of the Royal Society,
and one by the Council of the Society of Arts, one
person representing the mining engineers, chosen by
themselves, and one person representing the workmen,
chosen by the Central Board of the Miners' National
Union,"
The abovementioned reward is to be meanwhile
invested in the names of three trustees, one of whom
shall be Mr. Thomas Burt, M.P., the other two to be
chosen by the Miners' National Union.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

AN ORIGINAL LETTER OF ROBERT
BURNS.

Mr. G. W. Campbell, a Scotchman resident in
Sheffield, produced at the annual celebration in that
town of Burns's Anniversary an original letter of the
Scottish poet, which has been in Mr. Campbell's
family for 50 years, and was then made public for the
first time, The following is a copy of the letter
"Sir,—The language of refusal is to me the most
difficult language on earth, and you are the man of the
world, excepting one of right honourable designation,
to whom it gives me the greatest pain to hold such
language. My brother has already got money, and
shall want nothing in my power to enable him to
fulfil his engagement with you; but to be security on
so large a scale, even for a brother, is what I dare not
do, except I were in such circumstances of life as that
the worst that might happen could not greatly injure
me. I never wrote a letter which gave me so much
pain in my life, as I know the unhappy consequences.
I shall incur the displeasure of a gentleman for whom
I have the highest respect, and to whom I am deeply
obliged.—l am ever, Sir, your obliged and very
humble servant,—BOßEST BrinNs.—Moagree, Friday
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

THE PARIS CATTLE SHOW.

• One of the Paris currespuLabls
Gazette writing on Monday night, says :
The annual show of fat stock and agricultural pro.
duce in the Palate de l'lndustrie has been made more
than usually interesting this year by the addition to
the show of separate classes for breeding-stock. The
entries in most of the sections are more numerous
than they were last year. The implements, number-
ing close upon 3,500, have been on view the whole
week, but the live stock were only brought to Paris
on Friday, and the prizes for them awarded yesterday.
The only awards of which the public at large knew
anything were those styled "Prix d'Honneur," the
stock which have been successful in these competitions
being placed in reserved enclosures in the centre of
the hall. Here will be visible for the next three days
some really fine specimens of what the French breeaer
can do in the way of fattening stock, though some of
the credit devolves upon England, as nearly all the
champion winners are in whole or in part of English
descent. This is notably the Case with the horned
stock, as the three champion prizes for the best steer,
the best heifer, and the beat lot ef four ballocks, are
all won by animals having three-fourths of shorthorn
blo cd.
Of the two champion prizes for sheep, one goes to a
pen of crosses between the Oxfordshire down and the
Cauchois breed, and the other to the native Merinos
breed. The champion prizes for pigs are both won by
animals of English descent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

MANSION HOUSE RELIEF APPEAL.

The Lord Mayor of London. has issued an appeal
to the public to aid in alleviating the distress in the
Island of Lewis, in Scotland. The population is close
upon 26,000, and is mostly composed of peasantry, occu-
pying small farms at a rent of £2 10s. to £4 each, eking
out a slender subsistence by engaging in the fisheries
of the East Coast during the season. Last year the
potato, crop, which for a time looked , very promising,
proved a complete failure over the whole island, not
enough having been secured even for seed ; while
a half to three-fourths of the corn crop was destroyed
during a gale in the early part of October. As a result,
great distress is prevalent among the islanders, and
many families are already destitute of the means of
subsistence.
A local relief committee has been formed, to which
the trustees of the late Sir J. Macpherson has sent a
contribution of £l,OOO, and Lady Macpherson £5OO.
It is estimated that during the next three months at
least £6,000 will be required for the supply of meal,
besides about £2,000 for seed potatoes.
The Lord Mayor will be glad to receive donations
for the relief fund at the Mansion House.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

KINGS WINFORD.

DEATH OF A MISERLY WOMAN.-00 Thursday
afternoon, Mr. W. H. Phillips, coroner, held an in-
quest at the King's Head Inn, Bromley, near Yeas-
t e-t, on the body of Mary Powell (68), a widow,
who was found dead in bed on Tuesday night Ti e
woman had not been seen since Saturday last, and
on the police entering the house they found her
dead in the edroom —Mrs. Hill, daughter of the
de ;eased, rtated that her mother came out of gaol
aoout a w,ek ago; and called at her house at West
Bromwich. She stayed at witness's house until
Friday last. The deceased was subject to spasms.
When the housi was searched a bank-book was
fo •nd with deposits amounting to £5O. Her
m ,ther had also food in the house, and there were
t'1.1%:.e or four ton -of coal in the cellar. The de-
ceasAl sometimes tok lodgers, and she bad parish
' relief.—Maria Bayley said she occasionally carried
the parish relief to the deceased, who had a card
from Mr. Finney, the relieving officer, giving her
medical relief any time she chose to apply for it.—
liieklin said the woman was committed f.,r 7
days for coal stealing coal, in default of paying a
tine of 10s. That was on the 15th ult. and the
woman went to \Vinson Green. The neighbours
called him to the house, and there he found the
woman dead. A female searched her by his direc-
tion, and found 52s in her purse. Toe bank-book
(Birmingt.am Banking Company) was in a coat in a
chest. It contained entries of £5O and interest up
to December 31st, 1880. 'lll,re was no appear-
ance of violence having been used to deceased, and
Mrs. Hill expressed a desire to know the cause of
her mother's death.—The coroner adjourned the
inquest for a week for a post morient examination.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

LIFE AMONG THE TURCOMAN
NOMADS.

Mr. Edmond O'Donovan, who was lately the special
correspondent of the Daily News at Merv, on Tuesday
evening delivered an aidress at the Society of Arts, in
London, upon the subject of "Life among the Tux,
email Nomads."

The chair was taken by Lieutenant-Colonel J. U.
Bateman-Champain, R.E., who mentioned that at the
close of 1880 he was with Getieral Scobeleff at
Tchikislar, and that general laughed heartily as he
described the independent attitude of Mr. O'Donovan,
who had with great hardihood quitted the Russian
camp and gone over bag and baggage to the Tur-
eomans.

Mr. O'Donovan said his relations with General
Beebeleff were not half so agreeable as those of the
chairman had been. At Teheran he telegraphed to
Scobeleff, asking to be allowed to accompany the
column, and Scobeleff replied that he had the strictest
isrders not to allow any correspondent to do so. He
(Mr. O'Donovan) then telegraphed back his regret for
the necessities of the occasion, and wound up, "An
rovoir, general, at Mery ; we will see who gets there
first."

Describing his adventures on the way to Merv, Mr.
O'Donovan said that he travelled part of the way
from Teheran to the frontier with a corpse caravan.
He rode away from the caravan at night, hoping to
strike tha Turcoman lines, but the chiefs had received
their orders, and he was captured and brought back.
Once he blackened his face and disguised himself as a
Turcoman, but before had gone two miles he was pur-
sued; he fought, but was knocked down and taken
back. At M.ihammedabad he saw what he might
call the " mystery play" of the "Death of Hussein
—it was enacted for seven days In the presence of
many thousands of spectators, and was a most singular
example of realistis acting.
Mr. O'Donovan related at length the story of his
captivity at Merv, and concluded by some remarks on
the position of Russia in Central Asia. The Russian
frontier, he said, now struck the head waters of the
Tajend, and a railway following the course of the
river could be continued to Herat and on to "the
gates of India." By her communications to the
Caspian, and by railways beyotri, Russia would be
able to concentrate her might on Herat.

At the close of the lecture Mr. O'Donovan exhibited
some Turcoman articles, and caused much amusement
by arraying himself in Turcoman attire, one of his
garments being his State robe as a triumvir of Merv.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-02-03

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