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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

IMPORTANT NOTICE

TO THE
INHABITANTS OF STOURBRIDGE
AND NEIGHBOURHOOD,

MR. J. F. A"ERSON,

SURGEON-DENTIST,
HAMPSTEAD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM.
HAS very great pleasure in stating to the
inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY:
from Ten till Five, at
DIRS. WKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGh TBEET, STOGRBRIDGE.

A RTIFICIAL TEETH fitted with the
1-1 Celluloid Base, a newly invented arid
patented noitetiel that cannot fail to give
atitisfa,ti.oi awl comfort to the wearer.

N
I.l.lAous
xii)E GAS.
01,j«cliontib1e Teeth or roots extracted
wluh ut,(l,t the ihiluetice of Nitrioue Oxide,.
aud cp:her

Mr. Appersou's Antiseptic Astringent Den-
tifrice, for cleansing, beautifyfng, and
p.reservlng the l'eetli ; iu boxes, Is. and la.

Also his tiewly improved Tooth Brush, for
cleausibg both ..ides of Teeth, Is. 6d. each.

DUDLAY A. 11) WALSAI.L.
G. F. GREEN,
)TANOFORTE TUNER,

260, Castle-street, Dudley,
A i,d 259, Siglroi d-streb, W alsall,
ll.t CatEAT PLEASVEIC IN Pulliam:us° THE YOLLOWINO
TESTIMONIALS :

From Mr. C. Potter, Professor
.of Music, from tha
Institution for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London:—
"j can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano-
forte Tuner. lie tunes by equal temperament, and ob-
tains an exact scale. (Signed) C. POTTER."
From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patriek's
Ch web, Huddersfield :—" I have much pleasure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
funer. He lays the bearings with exactness and pert...
tion. (Signed) .1.4.11 Es F. PATTERSON."
From Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the London
and Liverpool Concerts:—.." Mr. Green is one of the few
who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require privies.
) giving my Public Recitals. (Signed) E. K. &mina.
ON."

From Mr. Butterworth, Organist, Dobcross' non
Manchester :—" Mr. Green's equal ass Pianoforte Tutor
can rarely be rz et witb. (Signed) DAVID BUTTICRWOIIT/Ze..

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Terms for Yearly Tuning, including minor re-
pairs—
_ _

Cottages, per umlaut..
('rand a do

Single Tunings lin Town).
s. d. s. 41. s. d S. d.
Cottages.... 3 6 (St 5 0 'Full Grand .—ti 6& 7
Senii-Grands 5 0& 6 0 Concert iron
Trichord o- rands .. .. 7 6
Oloigue. . 4 6Sz 5 6
Pit.nofer, FR Tuned to the French Pitch (now uaivar.
sally ader.ed throughout Enghtud, if required.
*** A large stock of Classical and Modern Mum, at
Had-price.
our. ob6erre the Address-260, Captle Street, Dudley
dad 25.9, Stafford Street. gralNall.

lIEPIRY 1)AKT4III,

.tIuTIONEE.P. AND VALUER,

HIGH-STREET, KINVER.

SU. ks r! l'ort.iture of cvery descriptions bouuht. acid
Cast, advnnecd upon ail goods sent for alis,,inq.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

REPORTED FAMINE IN ICELAND.

The Pall Mall Gazette Copenhagen correspondent,
writing on the 4th, says :—The last mail from Iceland
brings some very serious news being nothing less than
the report that some 500 people, inhabiting the small
group of islands called the Westman Islands, probably
at the present moment are dying from starvation. On
account of the ill success of the fisheries last year, it
was feared that the supplies of food would run short
during the winter, and a small coaster was sent to the
capital of Iceland, Reikiavik, to ask a gift of five-and-
twenty quarters of corn, and an advance of 1,000
crowns to buy another five-and-twenty quarters. The
loan was granted, but only five quarters was given as
a present, and with these thirty quarters the boat re-
turned to the islands shortly before the winter set in.
About a month ago a bottle was found on the coast, which,
when opened, containel a letter from the resident medical
man on the Westman Islands, stating that there were
only supplies for one week more, after which a famine
was inevitable. The sea is so dangerous in this
neighbourhood durinc, the winter that all direct com-
munication between during
island and the mainland is
nearly impossible. In most other countries the
Government would instantly, at whatever cost, send a
steamer with supplies; and the Danish Government
is undoubtedly also anxious to do its duty, but it would
be useless to demand an extra Grant, as the Left
majority would be sure to refuse it. Most likely a
steamer will be despatched, the expenses being raised
by public subscriptions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL WOMEN.

The Duke of Richmond and Gordon has received,
at the Privy Council Office, a deputation of ladies and
gentlemen interested in the question of the registra-
tion of properly educated women as practitioners of
medicine in terms of the Medical Act of 1858. Mr.
Stansfeld, M.P., introduced the deputation, as repre-
senting the London School of Medicine for Women.
He believed that the time had come for aetion on the
part of the Government; the question now was what
that action should be. In reply to an inquiry ad-
dressed to Lord Sandon, he had been informed last
Session that the Government would consider the
matter during the Recess. Mr. Forsyth, M.P., Dr.
King Chambers, Mrs. Garrett Anderson, and Mims
Jex-Blake then explained how women had been pre-
vented from entering the medical profession, and the
claim they had to be admitted to it. Lord Aberdare
said the exclusion of women was, in fact, due to acci-
dent. He pointed out that by the Act of 1856 the
examining bodies could not refuse to admit men to
their examination, and that an equal share of justice
might be required of them to women. Mr. Forsyth
urged that the Bill to be introduced should be a general
one, including all the examining bodies. Lord Aber-
dare then expressed his opinion that the true way of
meeting the difficulty would be to require all the 19
examining bodies to examine candidates without dis-
tinction of persons, just as the Act of 1858 expressly
bound them to examine all candidates, irrespective of
their holding or not holding certain medical theories.
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon having promised
his best attention to the subject, the deputation with-
drew.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

STOURBRIDGE IMPROVEMENT ACT

1866 _

WANTED A PERSON to perform the
duties of COLLECTOR of the Improverne4t
and Highway Rates, for the Township of Stourbridge
according to the bye laws of the Commissioners, at a
Salary of Seventy Pounds per Annum.
Candidates, are requested to send in applications in
their own handwriting, stating age, qualifications, and
accompanied by testimonials, addressed to the" General
Purposes Committee," and to be delivered at the Clerk's
Office, not later than WEDNESDAY, the 22N0 of llLLacst
NEXT.

ecurity to the amount of £lOO will be required.
Dated this 28th dny of February, 1876.,
56, High Street. John Taylor.
Stourbridge. Clerk.

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

MONEY.

•
APRIVATE GENTLE:MAN with surplus
capital, is desirous of making immediate ADVAN-
t. to gentlemen, manufacturers, farmers, tradesmer,
and others, male or female, requiring the same, in town
or country, it, sums 'row to 1:500 Cu note of hand.
No law costs. Terms from £5 per cent., extending from
three months to livo years. Mortgages negotiated at
iess interest. Ilistaitee no object, as persons can repay
by I? 0. 0 'or cheque, by applying personally front 10
till 4, or if by letter, enclosong a startled directed erive-
lopt4. stating the amount required• by Mr, A BRAbßons,
161, alw, rib-load , Lonn,a,, s. E., rartleulais it ill be
s‘lit by itturn of post.
N. 8.- No connection with loan offices, Residing in the
district ever since 1841. Secrecy with nispatch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

'SALES BY AUCTION.


HAGLEY WEEKLY STOCK SALE.
MONDAI, MARCH, 13th.

300 SHEEP.
55 Head of CATTLE.
The usual entry of CALVES and PIGS.
The Sala at Eleven.
OATES, PERRENS & WOOLDRIDGE.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE &0., &c.

TV YC HBUR Y VILLA, P.EDMOIZE..
MESSRS.
OATES, PERRENS, and WOoLDRIDGE
are favoured with Instractious from Mrs. Edward
Hill, who is changing her residence. to StiLl• by
AUCTION. at WYCIII3III7 VILLA, PELMORE, on WEL-
INEBDAY, MARCEI 15TI1, 1876, a quantity of superior
Carpets, with Rugs, iiasy Chaits, Couch, Kitchen
Utensils, bedroom FUitMTUEE, Splendid Chimney
Glass, Card Tali:e, 10 Iron Wine Bins. Ice Chest, Stable

and Garden Eflecta, &c., etc.
Catalogues of which alai he had of the Auctioneers,
Stout bridge. .•
TLe -. • 4 50; "rwg, U'elne'lf?!Li
the Afteindon.

ARE ANY I.AniEs who kaide yet used the
'''.l4:NsiEt,r) STANCH. they are respectfully solicited to
it a Walt and carefully follow out the directions
14.1""d on every package, and if this is done, they will
like the Queen's Laundress. it
.is the finest Starch
OVer 11861. When you asilt for
.I.ll.yivett<tnAttest,
tinkt you get it, a, inferior kinds ale otten substituted
or tho nalre Of extra profit. Bewmr, -e of ,joilr-
"ng
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

IRISH MARRIAGES.

The Registrar-General of Ireland, in his annual
report just issued, says that in the year 25,730 mar-
riages were registered in Ireland, being in the propor-
tion of 1 marriage to every 207 of the estimated popu-
lation. 631 men and 3,128 women contracted mar-
riage before they had attained their twenty-first year.
The proportion of males married under age was 245;
of females, 12-16 per cent. Of widowers, 2,996, and of
widows, 1,557 were re-married; the proportion to the
total marriages being 11.61 per cent, of widowers, and
605 per cent, of widows. Of 51,460 persons married,
18,103 (8,155 men and. 9,948 women) signed the registers
With marks, being in the proportion of 35-18 per cent.
—3169 per cent. of the males, and 38'66 per cent, of
the females married. The married register was signed
by mark by both parties in 6,396, and by one or other
of the persons married in 5,311 instances—thus in
11,707, or 45.5 per cent, of the total number of mar-
riages registered, one or both of the persons married
signed by mark.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

ENGLISH PRISONERS IN FRANCE.

The death is announced at Verdun of a certain Mr.
Nicholls, one of the few survivors of thon wh2 were
taken prisoners by order of Napoleon in 1803. In tho
month of June in that year the precarious peace
sanctioned by the Treaty of Amiens was broken through,
and immediately upon the outbreak of hostilities all
English travellers, and even commercial agents,
whether in France or in any other country then
occupied by the French troops, were astonished
to find themselves arrested and carrried off to
be interned in one or other of the French fortresses.
This measure of Napoleon's is characterised by the
writer of the year's summary in the "Annual Re-
gister "as a step which had never before been heard
of among civilised nations, and which had been
protested against as an act of barbarity disgraceful
even at Constantinople or Algiers. There was, in-
deed, some reason for these strictures if the measure
had really been "preceded by a perfidious prnmise to
the English that they should enjoy the protection of
the Government as fully after the departure of their
ambassador as before." But in the matter of strict
right the "Annual Register" is mistaken. Grotius
always admitted in principle the right of a belligerent
to seize upon foreigners found in the country at the
outbreak of war, and a variety of subsequent writers
have maintained the same doctrine. The Frenchman,
Emerigon, has been the leading advocate of the
milder doctrine; and maintains that there is not
only discourtesy but absolute illegality in any such act
as that of the first Emperor. On the other hand,
the American jurists have justified not only the right
but the practice of apprehendino and incarcerating
strangers; and, in a leading case, the Supreme Court
refused to order the liberation of a foreigner so macere-
moniously treated. We may thus look back upon the
captivity of the victims of 1803 with rather less acute
indignation than was felt at the moment, especially if
the result which followed in the case of Mr. Nicholls
was common to many of his comrades in misfortune.
This gentleman had made so pleasant a use of his
eleven years of captivity that when, in 1814, he was
offered a free pass to England, he announced his inten-
tion of remaining at the place where he had been
interned in company with the French lady to whom he
was happily united, and who has since made him the
father of several excellent French subjects.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

KIDDERMINSTER.

ANNUAL DINNER OF MESSRS. SMITH AND SONS.—OR
Wednesday evening Messrs. It. Smith and Sons, rug and
carpet manufacturers, gave a dinner to their principal
employes at the Black Horse Flotel. Between fifty and
sixty sat down to an excellent dinner, served up in the
best manner, Mr. W. H. Smith (senior partner) taking
the chair, and Mr. Edrard Smith the vice. There were
also present Messrs. John and George Smith, the two
younger partners.—The Vice-chairman, in proposing
the trade of Kidderminster, gave it as " Weavers, and
the Art and Science of Weaving." In connection with
this toast Mr, Parry drew a forcible picture of the town
as at present and as it was sixteen years back, when it
had decreased 3,000 in population in ten years, and
when 1,000 houses were empty. So greatly had this
changed that if 500 new houses were built they would
readily find tenants,—Mr. John Haycock, one of the
foremen, also detailed the circumstances of the intro-.
duction of the power-loom, the fear of the weavers that
it would ruin the town, and the want of spirit in the
manufacturers in allowing the Bigelow 13om to go to
Halifax after it had been offered to them —rho health.
of "the Firm " was proposed by the chief clerk, Mr.
Viney, and responded to by the junior partner, Mr.
George Smith.—A. most pleasant evening was spent.
OLD MEETING.—The annual congregational tea party
of the Old Meeting was held on Wednesday evening, and
was largely attended. The Rev. G. Hundworth presided
and several addresses were delivered in the course of
the evening. The friends of Alderman Naylor were
pleased to see him present, and toefind his health has
improved during his absence from Kidderminster. He
briefly addressed the company, expressing his interest in
the Old Meeting, and said that it would be necessary
for him to be absent from Kidderminster some time
linger, with the view to complete restoration to health.
TRESPASSERS"IN PURSUIT OF OrA3IE.—At the County
Petty sessions, on Thursday, before Messrs. H. Homfray
W. Hancocks, R. Woodward, .T. Kitely, and J. Brinton,
Charles Draper and James Maund were charged with a
game tresspass at Trimpley, on the 23rd inst. The case
was proved, and Maund, who gave a wrong name, was
feed 20s. and costs., and the other defendant 10s. and
costs.—Alfred. Knight was charged with•a similar offence
at Ffurcott. Defendant was seen with a gun in his hand
which he fired at a pheasant; and he had a tussle with
the keeper when the latter went to him. The Bench
fined him 40s and costs, or a month in default. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

DUDLEY.

A VIOLENT WOMAN.—On Wednesday, at the Police
Court, before Alderman Bagott and Messrs. A. D.
Stringer and J. Bateman, Plicebe Fullwell (22), well
known, was charged with being drunk and disorderly,
and further with assaulting Police-sergeant Sansoru.
Defendant was turned out of a house drunk, and as she
used very bad language the officer apprehended her.
As soon as he did so she lay down, kicked, struggled,
and bit in a most violent manner. Thu officer's coat
was torn, the btttons pulled off, and his hand bitten.
Fined s's and costs for beihg drunk, and sent to goal for a
month, without the option of a fine, for the assault.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND Wourgraxo.—At the same
court, James Silvers (29), Cleveland Street ; Edward
Thomas (18), Greystone Street, miners, and Charles
Thomas (18), anvil-maker, Old Doak, were charged with
assaulting and wounding Thomas Haden, miner, of the
Old Dock.—The prosecutor said his father had been
beaten by a party connected with the priseeers, and
when he went to remonstrate the five prisoners set about
him. After rendering him nearly insensible one cut his
head with a brick.—The examination of the prosecutor
by the men went to show that after his father had been
beaten he went off for some fighting men to thrash
them, but that his party was routed.—Witnesses were
called on each side, and from their evidence it apneared
that there was a free fight hetween the Haden blethers
and the prisoners.—Silvers was discharged, and the
other men were each fined 2s 6d and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

POVERTY IN NEW YORK

From the New York World it appears that the
greatest suffering has been caused to the poor and
destitute of that city by the intensely cold weather
that has prevailed. It is stated that the number
of men out of employment is at present as high
as 50,000, representing an aggregate of 200,000
human beings without means of support beyond
those furnished by the various public and private
charities. Owing to the want •of appropriations
this year, the most that can be done for these by
the authorities is to furnish them with a meal for the
day. The Board of Apportionment now has a resolu-
tion before it authorising the expenditure of 100,000
dole, for outdoor relief, but it is doubtful 'whether it
will be adopted unless public Pressure is brought to
bear in its favour. In the meantime, many are going
without proper clothing, looking for food, and unable
to get even the little fuel neoessary to keep the tem-
perature of their miserable apartments above the
freezing-point.
From inquiries made at the offices of three of the
largest charitable societies—the Association for Im-
proving the Condition of the Poor, the Children's Aid
Society, and the St. John's Guild—it appears that
there are between forty thousand and fifty thousand
persons in New York who are dependent for their
support on the -charity of the public. The question
of most interest in connection with the subject of
poverty in the city Is the ability of the established
associations to cope with it. There are 187 fully
organised societies of charity in New York, exclusive
of a few strictly sectarian assuulations, mostly connected
with churches, and attending only to the wants of the
church members. Leaving out of consideration the
reformatories, these societies may be classed as follows:
General relief, relief for women and girls, relief for
children, dispensaries and hospitals, infirmaries and
homes, national benevolent societies, special institu-
tions, and public institutions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

Diseases peculiar to Women,

There is no medicine equal to Holloway's Pills for cor
recting the ailments peculiar to females. Their very
mild and painless action highly recommends them to
every household, as they may be taken with safety for
any irregularity of the system. Any mother, nurse, or
young person, guided by the directions which accompany
each box of l'iolloway's Pills, has at once available means
for checkiug disease, purifying the blood, and 'expellinp
from the system all gross Luniours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

SHOCKING FATAL ACCIDENT AT
BRETTELL LANE.

A very sad accident occurred on Sunday morning
at Breetell Lane Station, Miss Danby, a middle-
aged woman, was on the platform seeing off some
friends who were going from Brettell Lane Station
by an up train in the morning, and just as the
train was starting Mrs. Danby ram to one of the
carriage windows to kiss her daughter. She
slipped, and in a moment was down between the
carriage and platform. The screams which were
raised caused the immediate stoppage of the train,
which was barely on the move. Mrs. Danby was
then head downwards, and her husband, unaware
for the moment of what had happened, ran from
the end of the platform, and was struck with
consternation t 9 see his -wife the victim of such An

accident. The train had to be backed to extricate
her, and when raised to the platform Mrs. Danby's
face was covered with blood. She was carried
across the road to an inn, and died in about five
minutes. She was insensible when got from the
side of the train, but she recovered consciousness,
and spoke to her husband before she died.
On Tuesday evening, Mr. W. H. Phillips,
deputy coroner, held an inquest at the house
of Mr. Wood, ThelLeys, Brockmoor, on the
body. The evidence given 'showed there was no
one to blame hut the deceased, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Tlie weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were present :—Messrs H. Billingham, Rhodes,
Kelly, Hall, Guest, Wood, Billingham, Brooks,
Fiddian, and Homer. Admitted into the house
during the week 11; discharged 11 ; died 1;
born 0 ; remaining 369 ; corresponding week
last year 814. Out-door relief Kingswinford
district Q2l is 2d ; Stourbridge district £l4
5s 4J,cl ; Halesowen district £l4 ss. 21; non-re-
sident paupers Os 6d ; total £5l is. ; corre-
sponding week last year £55 7s 111 d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

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PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

BRIERLEY HILL AND STOURBRIDGE
B ITILDING SOCIETY.

THE Twenty-fifth —Annual Meeti f the
Members of this Society, for the E •r icri of
Officers, will be held hi the Committee Ro )in, of the
Town Hall, Brierley Hill, on Wednesday Evening,
January 3rd, 1877, at half-past Seven o'clock.
The last Subscription Meetings of this year will be
held at Brierley Hill and Stourbridge, Dia Saturday
Evening 23rd inst.

Members are requested to pay up all their payments,
and to send in their pass books to be audited.
J. M. GE THING,
SEC.

Deccmber, 1876.

STOURBIZIDGE UNION.

PIGS AOR SALE.

UF.O. HOLLOWAY, Clerk.
1 iWorkhouse, Bingswinford, December 29th, 1876.

S

URBE IDG E KEMBLE

'DRAMATIC CLUB,

INSTITUTE, MARKET STREET.

Any Lady or Gentleman wishing to join the abons
Club, should write to the Secretary, at the Institute, or
attend there on Wednesday, at 8 o'clock.

THE GUARDIANS of this Union will, at their
Meeting on FRIDAY, the sth Janary next, receile
TEN.bERS from persons willing to purchase th-r
TWELVE POBEET PI.GS, at per score at the Work-
house, at Kingswiuford.
Tenders to be sent to me by the 4th January next, but
the Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the
lowest or any Tender.
By Order.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

THE COMING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION AT

DtDLE Y.

There is now every probability of a contest for the
eteven seats on the Dudley School Board. On Tuesday
evening no less than twenty persons were nominated for
the vacant places. There are eleven Nonconformists or
friends of unsectarian education, eight Denominational-
ists, and one Roman Catholic. If all these should go
to the poll no reliable date as to the relative strength of
parties can be gained, because—with the exception of
the Roman Catholic—the votes of those in favour of
unsectarian education and those for denominationalism
will be split among the various candidates. There are
six churches in Dudley and twenty-three chapels, and
the accommodation is as seven to sevapen respectively
—that is, there are more than double as many Dissenters
as Churchmen. Those ncminated are :—Mr. T. Reynolds
(R-C.). Rev. Dr. Cosens (C.), Mr. George Jones (C.), Mr.
S. Sheward (N.), Mr. Job Garrett (C.), Mr. F. F. Higgs
(N ), Mr. John Evans (N.), Rev. J. J. Slade (C.), Mr.
George Bagott (C.), Rev. G. Biddley (C), Mr. W. Cooper
(N.), Rev. M. Gibson (N.), Mr. H. Bridgwater (C.), Mr.
J. Millichip (N.), Hr. D. Tanfield (N.), Mr. T. Billing
(N.), Rev. M'Michael (N.), Mr. Edwin Wright (N.), and
Mr. W. P. Greenway (N.). Those marked C. are
Churchmen, and those N are Nonconformists and
Liberals.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN

FRANCE.

A French Correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes :
"The accident gn the line of the Paris and Mediter-
ranean Company was almost precisely similar to that
•which occurred between Norwich and Yarmouth on
the Great Eastern Railway two years ago. The
mail train from Paris to Turin by the Mont Cenis
tunnel was ten hours late on Sunday, having
been dctlined by a block upon the line 40
miles outside Paris. Instead of reaching Aix-les-
Bains (which must not be confounded with Aix in
Provence) at 9 a.m. on Sunday, it elect not arrive till
seven in the evening. There is only a single line of
rails between Aix-les-Bains and Chatillon, so the
station-master of the former place telegraphed to his
colleague to stop an ordinary train which would
be due to pass through that station in about ten
minutes' time, informing him that he proposed
to send on the mail. The station-master at ClA-
tillon, having heard that the train which he was to
stop was also a little late, went to the telegraph office
and informed Aix-les-Bains that they might start
the mail, and that he would stop the ordinary
train to let it pa6s. He ought to have firEt had
the danger signal exhibited, and before he had re-
turned from the telegraph office to the signal-box
the ordinary train, the driver of which saw the
signals all right, and who had made up his lost time,
dashed through the station on its way to Aix. The
station-master, who is now under arrest, at once saw
what a fearful mistake he had committed, and rushed
back to send a second telegram to Aix, but learnt to his
horror that the mail had already left. It was then known
both at Aix and Chatillon that a Aollision was inevitable;
and this could= oct:uired, bolih trains going at about
40 miles an hour, at about a hundred yards from the
tunnel of Gresinier, in a very deep embankment.
There is a sharp curve at this point, and the two
engine drivers could. not have seen each other until
they were within five and twenty yards of the place.
The engine of the ordinary train was embedde 1 four
feet deep. Oi the eight servants of the company, the
two engine drivers and the two stokera were killed, the
bead guards of each train were also killed, and the two
assistant guards severely iejured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

THE IRON TRADE.

As usual in Christmas week, operations are
entirely suspended for the present at the mills
and forges, and will not be resumed at the
earliest before Tuesday next. Makers are con-
scluently less eager for orders than they other-
wise would be, though business is admitted to
be very dull with them, and in many case,
arrears have been entirely worked off. There is
less depression of feeling in the trade, however,
than there was a little time ago, as stocks in the
interval have been reduced, and the enquiries
coming to hand seem to indicate an early
revival of demand, more especially for
sheets. Prices of marked iron are steady, on
the standard of for bars, as fixed in April
last ; but the number of firms adhering to this
standard has considerably diminished in the
interval. In unmarked iron the weakness con-
tinues and increases, some transactions in bars
this week being reported as low as 12s Ccl.
The reduction announced by certain firms a
week ago in tinning sheets appears to have
prompted the expectation in some quarters that
there would be a reduction in the list price at
quarter-day ; but of this there is no likelihood
whi e coal and wages continue unchanged. The
pig-iron market is quiet. Leading brands,
made :,from native ore, still command their
prices, at £4 5s to £4 lOs for hot-blast, and £5
to 5s for cold ; but the commoner descrip-
tions are more difficult of sale, and consequently
weak and irregular in value. Pig of North of
England make is a shade firmer. The coal
market is exceedingly languid, and although the
pits are nearly all at a standstill, the supply is
still abundant. At thel adjourned meeting, on
Thursday, between the masters and men in the
Cannock district, it was found impossible to
come to any agreement as to the new wages
scale, and for the present, therefore, the old one
will continue in force, as in the surrounding
district of South Staffordshire.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

BELBROUGHTON.

PERMITTING DRUNKENNESS.-At the Stourbridge
Police Court, yesteiday, before. Colonel Fletcher
and Mr. J. B. Cochrane, William Timmins, land-
lord of the Horse Shoes Inn, Belbroughton, was
charged with permitting drunkenness in his house,
on the 18th inst.—Police-constable Payne said he
went towards defendant's house when he met a man
named Waight, who was quite drunk. Waight
fell down outside the house. Witness went into
the passage and saw another man named Hill.
They were both drunk and fell down together in the
street. Witness called the attention of the land-
lady to-the state of the men and she said she had
been trying to get Waight out of the house, and
that she had only filled Hill three glasses of rum.—
Mr. Perry, in defence, called Mrs. Timmins who
said Waight came to see her husband and he was
intoxicated. He called for a glass of gin and water
bnt she refused to supply him. Hill was quite
sober. Two other witnesses gave evidence.—The
Bench considered the case proved and fined defend-
ant 40s and costs; in default one month. John
Waight and Samuel Hill were charged with being
drunk on license premise.—Defendants were each
fined 5s and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

THE INQUEST.

On Tncsday atternoon the inque:t 071 those who had met
their death was opened in a small room at the Lamb Inn,
Arley, by Mr. J. P. Piper, Deputy Coroner for Bedfordshire.
Mr. Lumley Smith, barrister, oppeared for the Great
Northern Railway Company; and Mr. Oakley, Mx. Alex-
ander, district superintendent, and other gentlemen con-
nected with tie, company were 111 attendance. Major
Ashton, C. Warner, the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, was
also present; and Mr. Graham, by the Coroner's permission,
represented the Amalgamated Society ot Railway Servants.
The jury havingbeen sworn, the 194,.. R. F. Scott, TICS!
of A=l,llOT, Was Qom foreman,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

CRADLEY.

ANNUAL PARTIES.—On Tuesday last, the junior_pupils
attending Miss Bratt's academy, Windmill Hilr, were
entertained by that lady. After tea Mr. Chas. Dakin ex-
hibited his valuable magic lantern and afforded great
pleasure to the young people, and before they lispersed
they were presented with prizes, which were distributed
by Mr. Alf. Homfray. On the Wednesday the senior
pupils were entertained at tea, after which they gave
several recitations: Dr. Ker and Jeston Homfray, Esq.,
then distributed prizes to the successful pupils. Among
the friends present—Mrs. and Miss Homfray, Miss Hing.
ley, Mr. T. Attwood, Miss Brett, Mrs. J. Hingley, Mrs.
Bayliss, Mr. Brown and others. Before separating, the
pupils presented to 'Miss Brett a choice work table, as a
mark of their love and esteem.
VAGRANCY.—At the Police Court, at fitourbridge,

yesterday, before Colonel Fletcher and Mr. J. 13.
Cochrane, Thomas Wood (13) was charged with being
found in an outhouse belonging to George Partridge, on
the 27th mat, with intent to commit a felony.—Ebor
Partridge said that about twelve o'clock in the day he
found the loft had been unlocked and looking round he
found the defendant there. There were pigeons kept
in the room. Defendant got through the window and
he ran after him and caught him and gave him into
custody.—Police-constable Roe proved that when he
apprehended the defendant he said he was only going
to steal one pigeon but the other boys wanted him to
steal them all and offered him a shilling to do so.—
Superintendent Freeman proved a previous conviction
against him of stealing pigeons. It was also proved
that the defendant was a very bad boy and his parents
refused to have him home.—Defendant was remanded
for a week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

Napoleon, and like him is now an occupant of
the tomb. The errors and vices of his rule are
now bearing fruit, and the statesmen of Europe
are gathered at Constantinople to do for the
Christian subjects of the Porto that which the
Porte ought to have done itself a long time ago.
Turning tq Italy we find her in peaceful pos-
session of Rome, which in 1867 M. Rouherf the
chief Minister of the French Emperor, declared
emphatically should never be the case. At
home, as in the beginning of 1867, the Con-
servative party is in power, bat the ten years
saw half their number with Mr. Gladstone as
Premier ; and the decade has given us sweeping
changes in domestic legislation. Household
suffrage in the boroughs, the ballot, the dis-
establishment of the Irish Church, an extended
scheme of education, and the abolition of pur-
chase in the army, have all been brought about
in one decade. Looking then at our hasty re-
view of its events at home and abroad, and in
attempting to cast the horoscope of the future,
who can say not what ten years, nor even one,
but a mcynth may bring forth. In nature the
bright rays of the morning still chase away the
shadows of the night; but in the political sky
of Eastern Europe the shadows even yet
preponderate, and all we can do is to hope that
the wisdom of our statesmen may dispel them,
so as to avert the scourge of war.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

alistellane otts
HOME, FOREIGN, AND COUNIAL

OF COURSE.—The wine to be taken with
turkey at Christmas is Sublime Porte.—Judy.
SMALL-PDX AND VACCINATION.—ID connection
with the late vaccination riots in Canada t.ll:ite
thefollowing
figures with reference to the cleat Civic
al.Bt74Htoo
Hospital;
1; ,
total
SmaolliPoobxvilfousospiitnatlserfersot.m Nproovt.eli
n
naruem ber received, 163. Died, 34=20 23 per cent
There were 54 unvaccinated, and of these 25 died =4629
per cent. There were 114 vaccinated, of theee 9 died
=7-89 per cent. Catholic Hospital; total number re-
ceived 386 Died, 127=32 07 per cent. There were
165 unvaccinated, of these 89 died =53 93 per cent.
There were 231 vaccinated, of these 38 died= 16 45 per
cent. In both hospitals, 561 received. Died, 161=2854
per cent. Unvaccinated, received 219. Died, 117=53'42
per cent. Vaccinated, received 345.. Died, 47=13'62
per cent. —Sanitary Record.
THE COST OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—The
various railway companies paid as compensation for
injuries to passengers during last year no lees than
£381,038, beimr an increase on the previous year of
£25,162. In 1870 the amount paid was £324510 ; in
1871, £312,334; in 1872, £299,389; in 1873, £364,509;
and in 1874, £355,876. There was paid for damage to
goods, &c.—in 1870, £123,931- in 1871, £141,288- in
1872, £186,619; in 1873, £231,07; in 1874, £251,293;
and in 1875, £278,917. But these amounts do not repre•
sent the total coat of accidents on railways. They do not
include the cost of repairs to the rolling stock or to the
permanent way and works, or the deterrent influence
(which is sometimes considerable) on passenger traffid;
but the damage to goods on account of which compen-
sations are paid are not, on the other hand, all tie
result of accidents. The compensations paid on ac-
count of injury or damage together amounted, in 1875,
for England, to £591,891, for Scotland to £39,595, and
for Ireland to £23,469; making a total for the year of
£659,955. And the totals under the same heads were—
in 1858. £123,071; in 1870, U 46,431; in 1871,
453,622; in 1872, £486,008; in rB7B, £6,216; and
in 1874, £687,168,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-12-30

A CHRISTMAS APPEAL.
(From Judy.)

Judy has received the following communication :

Mrs. JOODY—Mum : Jest you read this hero wich i
an' my pard has red in the times :

'An inventor has found out the means of sending portraits
by telegraph. The modus operands has not yet been dis-
closed, but experiments have been made, and—it we are to
believe the papers—with complete success. The trial was
made by the police authorities of Paris and Lypno,'Etd will
doubtless be adopted in England."

Now, I 'peals to yer if this ere sorter think ain't
comin' it a leetle too nasty ot on hue paleshonals.
S'poso yer kr/1(1E3 a krib, an' you's nabbed. Well
they first of all fotygrafs yer, and as if that was not
enuff of a bustin-up of a 'Englishman's ritcs, now
they's a goin to send a covey's festers all hover the
country kinder sorter instantaneyuely by telegraft to
see what's benown agin' him elsewhere. i calls it orful,
an' in the intrests of a noble callin', I axes yer to
purteet agin' these furrin hinnervashuns.
Yrs. respecful JIM KILLIMAN.
llttle nogo at. Bundy.