The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-02 00:00:00

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MT release through a writ of habeas corpus. In any
nr e ase gem. CarrtspArnt shape the putting the machinery of the law into
motion is a costly process, and in a case of breach
We ierii it right to state that we do not at all times of privilege the fees of the Serjeant-at•Arms for
,iirselves with our Correspondent's opinions.] taking a person into custody vary from £3 6s. Bd. to Imynt
It will have been noticed that the intelligence of £5; for each day while in custody £1 6s. 8d; and for i from
the defeat of the Zulu army before Ulundi, like bringing a criminal to the bar of the House, 6e. Bd. J "T
that of the disaster at Isandula and the relief in 1707, a standing order was passed to the effect strik
that if any person ordered to be taken into custody menof Ekowe, came through St. Vincent. This Portugese
settlement, 5,000 miles from the Cape, is the first by the serjeant-at-arms absconded or refused to an
station possessing a telegraphic cable to England—a pay the fees, the order for commitment was to be a
re-served at the beginning of the next Sulam of BE
defect which will, however, soon be remedied by
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laying a cable all the way to our South African Parliament. According to the modern practice, b
offenders committed to the custody of the serjeant are
colonies. The steamers take about fourteen days to
make the run from the Cape to St. Vincent, where detained until they have expressed contrition for their
the captains would prefer not to call, as it lengthens offences, and present a petition praying to be released.
the passage to England by a whole day, and we all They are then brought to the bar, and after receiving r
know how a commander prides himself upon a swift a reprimand from the Speaker, are discharged on pay.
run. St. Vincent is rather out of the track, and the ment of the fees. But the breaches of privilege
captains like best the straight run to Madeira, which new are very few compared with those of past ages
is two days nearer England. An extraordinary place when journalists were frequently brought to the be
is St. Vincent, of which very few people had ever for publishing reports of the debates, and dealt wi
heard before the outbreak of the Zulu war. Distant by fine and imprisonment.
five thousand miles from the Cape, and 2,500 from
England, it raises its head in mid-Atlantic, the burnt. DISTRIBUTING THE PRIZES AT
out crater of an extinct volcano, with basaltic rocks
meeting the eye at every turn. There is scarcely any WIMBLEDON.
vegetation in the place; no giant trees to shelter the The competition of the Wimbledon meetir
people from the rays of a tropical gun, which from brought to a conclusion on Saturday by the pr
twelve to four in the day render out-door exercise well-
tion of the principal prizes won during the fe
of its continuance by her Royal Highness the
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nigh impracticable. It possesses a splendid bay, which Connaught.
has the reputation of containing sharks; but these Private Gentles, of the Ist Stirling, WE
voracious monsters seldom touch a negro even when cheered as he came up to receive the St
they have the chance, preferring the flesh of whites. Vase, Dragon Cup, gold jewel, and £3O in
The trade-winds, blowing over the islands for months prize which takes second place in the hon
together from the north-east, are delightfully cooling year. The vase and cup were examined b,
to the temperature, Indeed, a voyage to St. Vincent ui Ishen maesd ema e ap,xareenctolympwuinathenmtaurichotnaetervreze
and a residence of a few weeks upon the island, con. winner of them on their being presented t
stitute an excellent receipt for the restoration of
The representatives of the Army, cone
health to a debilitated frame. The steamers, on ap- cfficers and two noncommissioned off
proaching the island at night, display an elaborate to receive the " Donegall Cup," which
system of rocket-signals, which can be seen twenty on the tie in their contest with the Vo
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miles away. The Government despatches are always tai Lang of the Bristol Engineers
sent through the wire first; they take precedence of ww
h theis cDo nonme icnt ieedn weifthCta hneedprai zeCch
any newspaper message whatsoever. It sometimes the grand aggregate. Captain Ea,
happens that a Government despatch is 20,000 words the London Rifle Brigade, receive
in length, and the transmission of this delays the news. Cup on behalf of the Lords, who
paper telegrams several hours. the Lords and Commons =del
Twenty," headed by their capt
Sir Bartle Frere, in announcing the news of the carried away the National Cht
Zulu defeat at Ulundi, stated that he was indebted loud applause.
for the intelligence to Mr. Archibald Forbes, the The Elcho Challenge Shield is
special correspondent of the Daily News, who rode dons, and is remarkable as asp
from Ulundi to Landsman's drift, a distance of eighty art of repousse ironwork. It is
miles, having been in the saddle fifteen hours. It is is ornamented ailltegeorigifl
just two years since Mr. Forbes rode from the Balkans and of theeancieenrTceontesta be
to the Danube with the first intelligence of the battle land. It is the work of Mee
of Plevna, which he was enabled to give the Czar in name implies, it was present
person long before the arrival of the Russian couriers. year it was won by Scotian(
But this ride through Zululand was a far more remark- iEiliasoltersonoef,ttieunasuaaiolyritcar
able piece of work, for it had to be accomplished Saturday Lieutenant
through a hostile country, whose barbarous inhabitants Scottish, on receiving it
would have shown scant mercy to the fearless eques- although it almost come'
trian if a chance had.turned up for taking a pot shot bore it away unassister
at him as he sped on his wild career. This extraordi-
loud cheers of the spect
nary ride recalls the famous one of Lieutenant The silver medal and
in
Maxse, when, after the battle of the Alma, he the first stage of
Quartermaster Mac&
conveyed the instructions of Lord Raglan to the
British Admiral to bring the British fleet round from 41st
tahnerohoifreth:here
Enpatoria to Balaklava, the allied commanders having £250 and of the gole
determined to march upon Sebastopol from the south tion, was presented
side instead of from the north : nese amid a gener
"Farmers raise in Crim-Tartaric shouts which cone-
gratulated on his
the band playing
spend unto,
It is usual for th
Don't go riding 'mongst them turnips—this field don't sented, on behal
belong to you rifle with which
Hullos there, frightening them there cattle I by there I some accident
tearing up them grapes!' have been om
Mane neither heeds nor hears their clamour—like the
An interest
crow his flight he shapes."
very aged sol
Such was the language in which Punch, five-and- medals on hi
twenty years ago, described this venturesome exploit, cess MarY, •
which procured for the daring rider a promotion from to dine wit/
the rank of lieutenant to that of captain. It may be RoyaBl3Hig'
added that Mr. Forbes was once a cavalry soldier, a vm
battle oyf e'
fact which goes far to explain his skill and success as of the GY
a horseman in more than one recent campaign. her frith(
The Goodwood races are like the last rose of summer, swuictk hgion
They are the expiring flicker of the London season.
Her
Aristocratic Ascot finds the capital in the height of bridge
the run of business and activity; glorious Goodwood ment
sees its decline. When we reach the beginning of prize
August, many families have left town for the autumn, Con
and only those remain whose heads are absolutely re- ()the
quired in the various departments of the state, or in toy
one of the two Houses of the Legislature. Supposing
the prorogation of Parliament to take place about the c
usual time, the middle of August will witness the close t
of one of the dullest seasons of recent years. Some time
ago, when our trade was good, and our prosperity un-
questioned, both received a still further encourage- '
mentlby the occasional visit of a foreign Sovereign,
such as the Shah of Persia or the Emperor of
Russia. But now that a little fillip of this sort I
most wanted, it never comes. And yet the stat
ment made by Mr. Henry Irving at the close of t
season at the Lyceum Theatre is a singular comment'
upon the badneEs of the times. Mr. Irving stated /
in seven months the receipts had been £36,000, or r
than £l,OOO a week. If these things are done i
green tree, what will be done in the dry? I
theatre takes over £l,OOO a week, what must th
spent throughout the whole of London in the
entertainments?
The Chairman of the Metropolitan Railw
siding at its half-yearly meeting, referred to
that in the first six months of 1879, out of t
Sundays, only four were free from rain or
diminished receipts of many of the railway
are attributable in a great measure to the
ary inclemency of the weather, which hi
people from taking holiday excussions,
ened the traffic. There cannot be mu,
a rainy season reduces the number o'
yellers; and it is only natural
seekers should be deterred by a co•
pour of rain from expeditions
amusement, for a pic-nic in da
umbrellas overhead, is an entertai
De enjoyed only by those blessed w
alone and the highest possible spirit
propitious weather has thus lute:
parties, it has also had its effec
important branch of railway tr
Eastern Railway, which traverse
Surrey, Kent, and Sussex—
carriage of fruit alone have late
tent of £5OO a week. This as
but it was stated by the ch
half-yearly meeting of the C,
The celebration of the
Duchess of Cambridge, t'
mender •in - Chief, which
ago, was interesting as
of the longevity which
bers of the reigning I
flection that there is no,
the daughter-in.law of
Throne 120 years ago.
twenty-two, the age o'
bridge when the old le
as her Royal Highne
Hanoverian line, an
been long-lived; tb
Edward Duke of I
at an early age, a
the present occup
to note that alth
sons—the Princ
Kent, Gloucest
one grandson
mender-in-Cis"
ting some of
that while ti
to the Thro'
of Wales,
reign in
greater r
since th
for leng'
years,
The
Duke
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