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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Parliament re-assembled on Monday after the Easter
recess.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS Lord Abingdon took his seat
on his succession to the peerage.
Lord Belmore, speaking on the subject of the pro-
posed Parks Railway, recommended that the motive
power should be electricity and not steam, because of
the difficulty, if not impossibility, of properly ventilat-
ing underground railways without shafts into the open
air; and he asked whether the Government would con-
sider the propriety of making the assent of Parliament
to the proposed line contingent on the adoption by the
company of that recommendation.
Lord Sudele7, in reply, stated that the Board of
Trade had received an assurance based on high profes-
sional opinion that the new line, worked by steam
power, could be ventilated without such openings as
had been referred to by Lord Belmore, and the sanction
of the department had been given to the scheme only
on an undertaking by the company that no ventilating
shafts were to be carried up to the surface.
Their lordships adjourned at ten minutes to five
o'clock.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1884

ROWLEY,

LOCAL BOARD.—The first meeting of this Board
after the election was held on Monday.—Mr. W.
Bassano was unanimously re-elected cbairnuin On
the motion of Mr Lowe, seconded by Mr. Green.
—.Mr, Bassano. in thanking the Board for th.- .r.m-
phment paid him, referred to many of the iini:rove-
meats which had been effected during the year.—
Mr. J. G. Beasley (medical officer for No. 1 District)
reported that 56 deaths had been registered during
the past five weeks, giving an annual average of
20'71 per 1,000. This was was an increase of 2.61
on that of last month, and an increase of 12'71 oit
that for the correspoding period of last year. Seven
deaths had occurred from zymotia diseases, vix :-
4 from scarlet fever, 2 from diarrhea, and 1 from
small-pox. Nine cases of scarlet fever had been
reported. He had lately seen a number of cases of
chicken-pox, some in so sevtre a form as to he
hirely discernible from small. pox, Six cases of
small-pox had been reported, but he was glad to say
that there was clear evidence of both cases having
been imported into the parish, and consequently
the liability of it spreading was not so great as if
they had gtolf.:T ttett there. He called attention to
the fact that this disease had now appeared in each
division of the parish, and should it spread to
any extent the Board had not sufficient hospital
accommodation.—Mr. T. V. de Deane (medicai
officer for No. 2 district) reported 32 deaths having
taken place during the past five weeks in his
division of the parish, giving an average of 6.4 per
week, and a mean annual rate of 27.7 per 1,000. •
This percenta.:,e was higher than last month, when
it was 17.3, bat lower than the corresponding
period of last year, when it was as high as 338.
With the exception of 4 deaths from scniet fever
the mortality return was made up of ordinary
diseases. A case of sinal.l-pox broke out at Cradley
Heath about a fortnight ago, but no fresh atse had
occurred since. An epidemic of measles had
broken out, and in his own practice mo' e than 26
cases had occurfed, but no deaths had been reported
from tliis dices e. Seven cases of scarlet fever were
reported, and one of wh,oping eoug —Mr. Beasley
(medical ofiLer) also submitted his annual repot,
which showed that 1,266 births had been regi•tered
during the year, anti 654 deaths, showing a, birth-
rate of 447, and an annual death-rate of 23.1 per
I,ooo.—The report of the Finance Conunitt-e
showed that the amount spent during the year was
.£165 13s, and the amount required to meet ea: rent
expenses was £B4O.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

reminiscen,

THE QUEEN AT DARMSTADT.

Writing from Darmstadt on Sunday, the corre-
spondent of the Times says:
Since the arrival of the Queen, an active corre-
spondence by telegraph has been carried on between
Darmstadt and other Courts, especially .Berlin, rein-
the to the coming wedding.
Yesterday morning the Queen received severat
members of her suite, and then inspected the wedding
presents of Princess Victoria, among them being maay
from I;:nglish friends. In the afternoon her Majesty
drove )ut round the environs with the Gran.-Duke,
and th s time in a closed carriage, as the weather was
told an 1 snow had fallen.

This norning her Majesty, with Princess Beatrice
and her suite, and the Grand-Ducal family, attended
Divine worship in an apartment of the New Palace,
the service being read by Mr. Cummin, the English
Chaplain here.
Her Majesty continues to live in the greatest
seclusion, taking open-air exercise with her pony
carriage in the palace gardens of a morning, and
driving out with the Grand-Duke in the afternoon.
Her drive to day was to the romantically situated village
of Nieder-Ramstadt, about five miles from here.

A telegram dated Darmstadt, April 22, says:
Yesterday evening Princess Charles and Princes
William and Henry of Hesse, and the Grand Duke
Sergius of Russia (who has since left for Berlin,
probably on his way to St. Petersburg), had the
honour of dining with the Queen. Her Majesty had
previously received the visit of Prince Alexander of
Hesse and his wife, a Princess of Battenberg.
Her Majesty continues well and drives out twice
a day in an open carriage, in spite of the sharp
north-east wind which has for some time past pre-
vailed here.

This morning her Majesty received the Count and
Countess Erbach-SchiMberg—the latter the sister of
Prince Louis of Battenberg, the betrothed of Princess
Victoria—and their son.

Her Majesty brought with her from England a
number of costly wedding presents for the Princess
Victoria.

ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE DUCHESS
OF EDINBURGH.
EASTWELL PARK, April 20.
Her Imperial and Royal Highness the Duchess of
Edinburgh was safely confined of a daughter this
morning, at ten minutes past eleven o'clock. Her
Royal Highness and the infant Princess are both
doing well.
W. S. PLAYFAIR,
GEORGE Wthics, NEB.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

THE IRON TRADE..

Wolverhampton Wednesday,
Tue attend4nce this afternoon wati rather bete'
than usual, but business was very quiet. The un-
settled state of the wages question, in both the iron
and coal trades, acts very injuriously in rrstzictang
business, consumers only buying in small quantities
for immediate requirements. Mark,kti bars were in
quiet demand at £7 103 A few lots of numbrrcd
bars changed hands at rates varying fram £6 to
Xi; 15s- 6nee:s were moderately active, at .47 lu6
tor singles. This price, it i believed, makers will
be able to maintain. A little improvemeat was
per•e?tible in pig-iron, the quoted rates sho zing an
almost imp2reeptibto stiffening. All-min-2s realised
(rem 6..)3 to 63s ; part-mines. 50. a to 523 Gd ; common
ein.ler pigs, from :i7a 6,1 to 42s 61. Co! Wm in
slightly better demand, particularly for household
purposes.

IiticIIINGUAK, Tburscl iv.

- Though the market was a little more livaly and
conti tent in tome, there was no material incr,ase in
the number or extent cot transactions. :Ain the
downward tendency of prices s -ems to have been
arrested, and mote favourable opi iions are enter-
tained of the future. The r:tli:etiou of 2-1 per cent.
to Northern itaitworkers' wages his been filly dis-
counted by the iaanufacturers, who are cffering
hirs, plates, and angles in t:tis district at very low
prices. lii the face of this competititn local manu-
facturers upheld prices, and the great majority ot
thins declined to quote below -CU a ton Co. common
int s, while some :Arms insisted on 5s afiove tat
figure. A few neer'y firms, however, acc,p•ed rea ly
money orders at as low as ..t5 lis 6J ad £5 15s.
U.ders for finished iron were tolixably steady for
load consumpt.on, but shipping Isusiness was very
,teatc,.. Sheets Wo:'e in inOdee4tu rt quest at the low
rates whiida have lulled for two or thri_e 'ninths
past, but wirc r,als were neglected owing to the
,trike in the wire trade. tin plates met with a
tolerably brisk inquiry, and the full quirterly rates
were realised. Incre.ised cittiailcuce was if.nparted
to the market by tlai ihinnalicn of the cAti..rs' de-
legates on•the \v":4; s Board that they will accept
the docis.on of hr new arbitrate.: , w tioeter may be
to the wagt.s questam. It was
aunout,ced on Chan!, zhlt the I...tvei has
driven by the Miu Draina,g,l Cominissioneis Iron
the waterfall eagi les to Skidinove and kt'elp..;:cr's
' and the New Brilih en,4ines at Old Hill h o
been completed, after two :,•n:lrs' wo:-k. It his cost
aliegether about .C 7,000 anil will evable Cue Coln.
wi-siouera tmi ckse ono of the subordinate engin:.s
and save thew s.,ialhing like .L1,0,J0 a year. 1 his
is only one out of a steps di it are being taken
to collect the water at suitable spots a;id rvis9 it t.)
the surface in a cinch mire ecouoini..6 mat net than
ha hithertn been adopted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

FRAUDS UPON UNDERTAKERS.

•
In London on Monday, at the Central Criminal
Court, James Morris, 34, traveller, pleaded guilty to
uttering two forged cheques for £2O each, knowing
them to be forged.
Mr. Poland and Mr. Montagu Williams appeared
for the prosecution on the part of the public prose-
cutor.
The case, Mr. Poland said, was a peculiar one. The
prisoner and another man had been in the habit of
going to various undertakers and obtaining money on
fictitious cheques. On the 7th of November the
prisoner mod his confederate went to the shop of
Mr. Johnson, an undertaker at Woolwich, and told
him thatw ith theirh n brotheran a it waswas arrangedded.
es bar-
gaint
e fthe funeral should be £l5. They gave the deceased's
name as Alfred Godson, aged 26, and the prisoner
said his uncle was going to pay for the funeral. Ile
produced a cheque upon Messrs. Hill and Son, of
Smithfield, for .E2O, and said that perhaps Mr. Johnson
would be kind enough to take his £l5 out of it and
give them the .£.5 change, at the same time asking him
for a receipt. The undertaker, not suspecting a fraud
cashed the cheque and gave them the .£5 change.
however, the cheque was paid into the prose-
cut(Ne'.7 bank it was returned marked "no account."
The _.mdertaker in the meantime had sent someone
to the place indicated to measure the alleged deceased,
but discovered that no one was dead there. The pri-
soner on the same day went with his companion to
another undertaker and passed a similar cheque,
obtaining the change by a similar trick. As they
were leaving the house it came on to rain, and the
prisoner asked the undertaker to lend him his
umbrella, saying that he could have it again when he
came to measure the deceased. The undertaker lent
him his umbrella, but subsequently found that there
was no corpse to measure. The police had made
enquiries, and had found that from London to Chester
similar cheques had been passed in the same manner
at undertakers' shops the tradesmen being completely
deceived. It had also boon ascertained that the pri-
soner had been previously convicted for uttering
counterfeit coin.
The prisoner handed in a written statement in
mitigation of sentence, urging thatlhe had been made
a dupe of.
The Recorder sentenced him to eighteen months'
hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS Mr. Harris took the oath
and his seat for Poole, in the room of Mr. Sehreibner,
deceased.

THE LONDON GOVERNMENT BILL.

The Lord Mayor of London (Mr. R. N. Fowler) gave
notice that on the second reading of the London
Government Bill he would move that it be read a second
time that day six months, and Mr. Ritchie gave
notice of a resolution declaring that the House, while
admitting the necessity of reform, declines to sanction
a measure which vests the whole control of the metro-
polis in a single central body, thus destroying all local
self-government.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

FEMALES AND BOYS IN MINES.

The official reports of the Inspectors of Mines for
the past year show that there was a slight fall in the
number of boys employed in the mines, and of females
employed at the mines registered under the Coal
Mines Act. Of boys from 10 to 12 there are 340 now
employed underground at the mines, chiefly in the
East and West Ridings of Yorkshire. Of boys from
12 to 13 there are not fewer than 3427 employed. Of
males from 13 to 16 there are 37,353 employed. Of
females about the mines there are employed one below
13 years of age, 288 from 13 to 16 years of age, and
4190 above 16 years of age. Of boys between 10 and
13 there are 410 employed above ground at the mines,
and 8484 from 13 to 16. The chief increase in the
number of miners employed is in males above 16 years
old, below ground. The largest number of females at
work at the mines seems to be in Lancashire, East
Scotland, and part of Glamorganshire.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

MINISTERIAL CHANGES IN CHINA.

A telegram received from Shanghai reports that the
principal members of the Tsung ii Yamen have been
changed, and that the newly-appointed Councillors
belong to the anti-foreign party. Prince Yoang, who
has been appointed President of the Tsung liYarnen,
is a devoted partisan of Prince Chun. It is expected
that the greater part of the Viceroys of the Provinces,
being creatures of Prince Kung, will be dismissed or
superseded. The telegram, at the same time, points
out that the high functionaries recently dismissed in-
clude several belonging to the anti-foreign party, and
that, although Prince Chun's accession to power may
be regarded as a triumph for the latter, it is ne,cessarf
to await the acts of the Government in order to judge
of the political direction which it will follow.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

CAPABILITIES OF REVOLVER
SHOOTING.

At Nunhead, the other day, Mr. Ira Paine, the
skilful American pistol shot, gave a demonstration of
what may be done by the best modern military re-
volvers. The United States cavalry are armed with a
revolver 74. inches in the barrel, of '450 gauge, firing
a charge of 40 grains of powder and 200 of lead, and
effective for aiming at a single man at 100 yards, while
at a body of men it would pour in a destructive fire at
from 200 to 400 yards. This is the heaviest charge
of powder used in a revolver, but none of the makers
of the Continent use less than 35 grains, v,ith
bullets varying from 200 to 250 grains. Our
own service revolvers use some 13 grains and
some 18 grains, with a bullet 265 grains in weight,
propelled with so low a velocity that the minimum
of shock is produced on the person shot. The object
of the demonstration was to show the power and
aczuracy of the American revolver at long range.
M. Ira Paine began by practice at 12 yards with the
Colt 450 army pistols firing Boxer cartridges, 18
grains of powder, 265 lead. Fifty shots were fired at
a 4iti bull, and Mrs. Paine showed her confidence in
her husband's skill by steadying the corner of the
target, which swayed about so by the wind as to dimi-
nish the area of the bull's-eve, the whole passing
through the 4in. circle, two only of the bullets tutting
paridy through the circumference. With the United
States frontier or cavalry pistol, with 40 grains
of powder and 210 of lead, 25 rounds were fired
at the same range, all being bull's-eyes but three,
of which one was barely in. clear of the circum-
ference and the other two lin. each. Trying next at
25 yards range, with the Colt siin. barrel, 450 army
pistol, and the Boxer, 18 grains and 265 grains charge,
25 rounds were fired, of which 18 were through the
4in. bull, those outside forming a parallelogram of
Sin, by 4in. With the frontier pistol and the heavy
charge, at 100 yards, the first or trial shot was llin.
to the left of a bull's-eye 2ft. high by Nil. wide, the
next shot was close to the bull, and the other four were
well within the bull, so that every shot would have
struck the body of a man of ordinary size. Six shots
were next fired at 100 yards on an iron target, more
to show the force with which this heavy charge pro-
pels the bullet than for accuracy' but every shot
i
would again have struck a man fairly n the body,
while the force of compact shattered the bullets into
fragments.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

THE SOUDAN GARRISONS.

The Cairo correspondent of the Daily News, writing
on Tuesday, says:
Nubar Pasha says that Hussein Pasha, at Halifa,
telegraphs, "Are troops coming to my assistance? I
can hold out a little longer. The Mandi's lieutenant
is now between Shendy and Berber. He has sent
Emirs and emissaries to the Memas at Berber and all
the villages in its districts, and also the districts
between Shendy and Khartoum, demanding imme-
diate submission to 'Our Lord, the long-expected one.'
There are seven hundred fighting men only in the
garrison."
Nubar inquired of me if troops could be sent via
Korosko. I replied that it was impossible, unless an
enormous number of camels were taken to carry
water. Nubar excleimed soliloquising, "Too late!
fear there is no'hope of relieving the garrisons." He
was much affected. He said that an expedition of
Egyptian troops would be sent shortly, but agreed
with my remark that these were utterly useless, as
they have alretiily proved. British troops must be
sent if anything, is to be done; but the situation is
truly desperate.
It is currently reported that Berber has succumbed,
but it is not officially confirmed. Another despatch
arrived to-tCy saying that both sides of the river are
held by the rebels, Berber is in imminent danger,
and assistance is implored. Dongola is also menaced.
The Shendy massacre is still unauthenticated. A
private report states the men massacred were Copts,
Egyptians, Assyrians, and Greeks, who were told by
General Gordon, "You are safe here: but go if you
like," Some were killed outside Shendy, and the re-
mainder half way on the road to Berber. The number
is stated to be four hundred and fifty.

,
At the sale of the Earl of Gosford's library on' Tuelo4)
day the principal feature of interest was the competi-
tion for the first volume of the celebrated Mazarine
Bible, which was put up at £2O and knocked down at
X5OO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-26

lIAGLEY.

. STOCK SALE.—In consequ,nce of its having been
more generally known that this sale is now free
from restrictions, Messrs. Oatera, Perrens, and
Wooldridge had a very large supply of all classes
of fat, and store E.tock at their sale on Monday last.
The sale comprised 66 head of cattle. 371 sheep and
lambs, 12 calves, aid 139 pigs. There was a good
company of buyers, and trade was brisk, full
market prices being realised. Fat bullocks made
as high a: £27 cows £27 ; sheep 745.; shorn dit
675. ; lambs 465. ; calves .24 16s. Od. ; ewes ana
la!l,bs 91s. pr couple; store pigs, fr...‘m 17s. to
455. each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

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THE FRANCHISE MIA.

The consideration of the Franchise Bill was resumed
in committee at Clause 4—restriction of fagot votes—
which was discussed in much detail. Mr. C. Bentinck,
in the first place, moved to omit sub-section 4, which
deprives of the franchise all owners of rent-charges
except the owners of the tithe-rent charge of a rectory
or a vicarage. Mr. Gladstone opposed the amendment,
and vindicated the conservative character of the clause,
and ultimately the amendment was negatived by 162
to 77.

On clause 5 (assimilation of occupation franchise),
Mr. S. Leighton proposed to reduce the clear yearly
value of the occupied land or tenement which is to give
a vote from £lO to £5, but, after some conversation,
withdrew his amendment, and Mr. Gregory in like
manner withdrew an amendment on clause 7 (definition
of franchise), giving a more precise definition of house-
hold qualification.

On the same clause, and on that part of it which
refers to Scotland, Mr. Mackintosh moved an amend-
ment providing that payment of rates shall not be a
necessary ingredient of the household qualification, but
it was negatived, on a division, by 194 to 9.
On Clause 11, Construction of the Aet, Sir M. Hicks-
Beach moved to insert a provision that in England
"clear yearly value" shall mean "rateable value." The
Attorney-General objected, and after some discussion
the amendment was negatived by 176 to 81.
Clause 12, the last Clause of the Bill, was to
amid loud cheers, and on the motion of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE, At their sale on Monday last
Messrs. Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge again had
a very large supply of all 'classes of stock and of
first class quality. Their sale comprised 1.07 bead
of cattle, 640 seep and lambs, 13 calves, and 229
pigs. There was a very full company of buyers and
very satisfactory prices were realised, prime beef
making especially good prices. In consequence of
the increase of keep young store stock sold at ad-
vanced rates. Fat bullocks made as high as £27,
cows £25 7s 6d, heifers £23 10s Od, tegs 68s 6d,
lamb 3 46s 6d, calves .R 6 15s Od.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

REPORTED CAPTURE OP BERBER.

In a telegram dated Tuesday the Cairo corre-
spondent of the Datly News says:
Major Kitchener reports from Korosko that Berber
has been taken, and the whole of the garrison put to
the sword.

This news was brought by the Arabs to Major
Kitchener from the sons of Hussein Pasha Khalifa,
who were allowed to pass by the Mandi's emissaries.
The officials here hope that this news is not true,
as yesterday's intelligence was six days later.
A Reuter's telegram, dated Cairo, June 10, says:
A report has reached here to-day stating that Hussein
Rhalifa Pasha, the Governor, and his whole family,
together with the men of the garrison faithful to the
Khedive, and all the European traders remaining at
Berber, were massacred by the rebels nine days ago.
A further telegram of the awe date states that
the report of the massacre at Barber is based upon
a telegram from Major Kitchener at Korosko, accord-
ing to which a person calling himself the Atneer of
the False Prophet has written a letter to Hussein
Khalifa Pasha's son containing the intelligence in
question.
Sir Evelyn Wood gives no credence to the news,
and has consequently sent no instructions to Major
Kitchener on the subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

CORRESPONDENCE.

SUNDAY GAMBLING.

To Me Editor of the Stourbridge Observer.

Sut,—Allow me through the medium of your
paper to call the attention of the police to the
dreadful nuisances arising from Sunday gambling
which is extensively carried on in the fields leading
from Cradley Station to Quarry Bank. You can-
not walk this way without seeing gangs of men and
boys playing with cards or pitching and tossing :and
their language is something terrible to have to
listen to. If you are walking quietly along these
roughs insult you and it is certainly of no use re-
monstrating with them, for what good could one
do against so many should they feel disposed to
,ittack him. Sureiy, sir, it wouL ean easy matter
for one or two police officeis to visit this locality in
plain clothes, and I do think if some of the gamblers
could be caught and summoned it would have the
effect of putting a stop to this infamous practice of
Sunday gambling.
By insertiog this in your columns you will
greatly oblige
Yours faithfully
MORALITY.
Cradley Heath,
June 11th, 1881.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

REM. VINO PrGs.—Thornai Peron wm .cliarged
with moving from the county of S;aErdshire to
Worces'ershire !en pigs, without having fist
tin dri Un nse. Withdrawn on payment of
,osts G. Gd.

"0 13oYS.—Fo1ey Hughes (9), was
d ti,h h3ving: in his posnssion four sparrow,
ii LeS h inst t Wode.Fcote. P.C. Jotes said It,
s,w the d:f. nt with a nest of four sparrows,
Pwo %vele deat to .1 the others w.:re nearly dead.
Fiaed Is including Costs.
BREACH or THE PEACE.—Fatnek Cc: r ;aa
,:hlrged with co:omitting a breAch of tj c p ace by
aghting on the 2fith April. P.C. Eyles proved the
easa. Superintendent iVbe hr p:.ovcd seven previous
conviction,. Bound over to keep the rea,ce and to
p ,y costs ; in default 14 days.
;SC iIOOL BOARD PROSECUTIONS.— r3ii lg.'t WcLh
w::s summoned for not sending her chili ron to
school. Fined ss.

CAUTION TO Doo OWNERS.—Henry Col-ty, Bel-
brcught(m vf,:s summoned for not having a l'e
for his dog on the 16th ult. Henry Woodpr I, a
revenue officer, Iroved the ease. Fined 10z,. irclud-
ing c( sts.

-BOARD OF GUARDIANS.-111r. Rayb,uld/proided
at the usual wt ekly meeting of this Boa,d yest-r-
-day. Admitted 20, discharged 8. dead 2, retrain-
ing 517, agnin,t 427. Relief, Kir Et.i widorcl £l4
4s Od, Stourblidge ..t3l 3s 7d, lialesowen £23 4s
10d, Non-Resident 12s 2d, total X.1(10 Gs 7d,
against £9B 44 sd. Am applicatirm fr,qu the inhabi
tants of Wollaston to n.ainttin end light 14 n ore
lamps was granted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

EXPLORATION OF THE HIMALAYAS.

In London, on Monday evening, at a meeting of
the Royal Geographical Society—Lord Aberdare in
the chair—an interesting paper was read by Mr. W.
W. Graham, giving an account of his recent ascents
and explorations of the Himalayas. Before intro-
ducing the lecturer to the audience, which was a very
numerous one, the president said he could not let the
opportunity pass without expressing his deep sense of
the loss the society had sustained by the death of its
former president, Sir Bartle Frere, who had always
evinced the deepest interest in the work of.the society
and the progress of geographical science.
Mr. Graham then read his paper, and, having
pointed out how little was really known about the ex-
tent of the Himalayan mountain chain, he observed
that some idea might be formed of the limited
portion explored by comparison with the European
Alps. The latter include two peaks above 15,000 ft.,
six or seven above 14,000, and in all about thirty that
might be described as first-class peaks. In the Hima-
layas 1100 had been measured exceeding 20,000 ft.,
and 2000 exceeded that height. Mr. Graham having
described the principal physical features of the chain,
went on to say that in the course of his travels he
reached the highest point recorded. He traversed a
great portion of the route of Sir Joseph Hooker, who,
in 1848-9 ascended the Donkia Pass, 18,400 feet, and
finally reached a point from 19,000 to 20,000 feet.
The actual travel he had to describe, however, divided
itself into three journeys, i.e., spring in Sikkim,
summer in Kumaon, and autumn again in Sikkim.
In attempting the Gurhwal range the traveller was
much troubled by the Indian hill-leach. It is about an
inch long, and its bloodthirstiness was described as
"just horrible?' It was a common thing to take
twenty off at one time. In one range he reached
the great height of 22,700 feet, the summit,
500 feet above him, being in full sight. But he could
not proceed on account of the stinging hail and wind.
He had with him his guide, Emil Boss. Neither in
this nor in any other ascent did they feel any incon-
venience in breathing. Nausea, bleeding at the
nose, temporary loss of sight and hearing
were conspicuous by their absence. The only
organ affected was the heart, the beatings of which
became quite audible, whilst the pace was increased.
Unquestionably, said Mr. Graham, man's range is in-
creasing. In describing the highest point reached, he
said the last slope was pure ice, at an angle of from
45 deg. to 60 deg. Having surmounted this perilous
mountain, he reached the lower summit of Kabru, at
least 23,700 feet above the sea. This is the highest
recorded ascent by 1700 feet. In conclusion the
lecturer paid a tribute to his Swiss companions, Boss
and Kauffmann, both of whom, he said, were admir-
able in the qualities that Make the first-rate Alpine
guide. -;;;;77,t3- tiv.pirt -
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

HALES° WEN.

DISTURBANCE AT ATHLETIC SPORTS. —At the
Police Court, on Tuesday, before W. BassAno and
E. B. Phillips, Esqs„ James sock, fruiterer, at the
howling Green, was summoned for assaulting
Joseph Joues.—The complainant stated that on the
3rd instant he went to the athletic sports inGibbet's
lane. After witnessing the sports he patronised
the defendaat, who had a coo a nut alley, and upon
going to pick up two nuts which he had knocked
off the sticks the defendant struck him several vio-
lent blows in the mouth.—Defendant said he struck
the complainant in cons?quence of his persisting in
taking tbe wrong nuts.—Fined lOs 6d including
costs, in default 14 days' imprisonment.
FURIOUS RarviNG.—Henry Sturman, greengrocer
Blackheath, Rowley Regis, was summoned for be—
ing drunk whilst in charge of a horse and cart.—
constable Flinde stated that on Sunday night,
the Ist instant, the defendant drove down Pecking-
ham-street at a rate of 14 miles an hour. Had
there been other conveyances in the way there must
have been a serious accident, as the defendant had
no control over his horse in consequence of his be-
ing incapably drunk.—Defendant pleaded guilty,
and was tined 5s and costs, or in default 14 days'
imprisonment with hard labour.
HIGHWAY OFFENCES.—Six persons were each fined
.2s 6d and c, sts for obstructing the highways by al-
lowing hcrses and conveyances to stand in the
street an unreasonable time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE SCIENCE OF COOKING.

At the International Health Exhibition on Mon-
day, Mr, Matthew NV: Williams, F.C.S., delivered a
lectim• on " The Science of Cooking." After some
preliminary observations, he referred to vegetable
food, and said the possibility of a vegetable diet de-
pended on the cooking. He believed that the food of
the future would be vegetable food, and that that
future would come just in proportion as the science
and art of cookery advanced. Dealing next with meat
and the changes which took place in cooking it, he said
one half of the body of a sheep consisted of gelatine,
which, as it existed in the animal, was not soluble in cold
water, but it became soluble bybeingboiled or heated in
water for a considerable time,and in cooking the gelatine
underwent a change. Another change was the solidi-
fication of the juices. Between the fibres there was a
quantity of liquid called albumen. By overcooking this
albumen, instead of getting a digestible, they got an
indigestible substance. If they took another piece of
the same meat, and instead of putting in into boiling
water or simmering water they put it into water the
heat of which was not above 160 degrees, and was
never allowed to boil at all or simmer, the meat would
be tender and digestible, but more time would be
required for the cooking. Another great point
was the retention of the juices. If they took a
leg of mutton and put it in boiling water for
five minutes the albumen would be coagulated
on the surface, and if they then took care
that the water did not boil or simmer any
more, and was kept at a heat of not more than 180,
they would find very good results. The same principle
applied to the frying of a steak. Referring next to
cheese, he said it was commonly eaten raw, or if
cooked it was browned, but it should be cooked with a
little liquid, It was a nutritious food, but it lacked
the salts, and he had been making some experiments
I to make it soluble, and by adding a little bicarbonate
of potash he got something like unsweetened condensed
milk, mid he believed that in that manner it migilt
ued with vegetables of all Min*
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE IRON TRADE.

Wolverhampton, Wedees6ay.
The market this afternoon was quiet, and very
lit Ile business was transai,ted. Some of the makers
of the cGmmonet quotations of tiniehed iron were
reported to have pretty well of workin hand, and it
was stated that orders bad been accumu'ating
during the past fortnight. Small orders have come
in at such a satisfactory rate that the machinery
will be kept g ing for the remainder of the quarter.
Among those who ere best employed are the bar,
hoop, and sheet makrrs. Merchants are offering
good specideations for Lars and common sheets,
such as are required in the working up trades. For
palvanis-re
.guages there is a limited demand,
buyers u
.t betug disposed to purchase for remote
.
deli %-• rv, althoug'i they admit that there is no hope
of obtaining iro.l at less than existing rates. In
the heavier bra oche- the girder plate manufacturers
a mo,jerately fair trade. Bundled angles
and ,tvips are also being bought in numerous lots.
Pre,es gen rally are veak, and there does not ap-
pear to be af;y prospect of :heir becoming firm just
Y. t Two or three of the principal list houses have
some good shipping oree to execute, consequently
they idly
dis adhere to their ..t7 lOs quotation.
poaat of pig ;nal proceeds at an exceedingly slow
rate, and if anything prices have a drooping
tendency. Beat qualiti,s are neglected, very
little of either cold blast or hot-air metals being
wanted for delivery in this or other districts. The
other qualities chiefly inquired for are medium
sorts, ruling at about 45s to 50s per n. r.nd against
these he rnp.lrtatians from Derbyshire and North.
ampt Ashire and other localities compete ver:
keenly. Puddling rair.erala sod manufacturing tuel
find a regular market throughout the Black
Country, though the colliery-owners crantlain of
the low prices which they are compell, d to accept
to s.s.cure contracts The demand for slack is a
lit:le better, and price:, in this branch seem to be
slightly firmer. 'lhe wagts question is much cote-
mented upon, and if the miners refuse to accEpt
the award of Mr. Rowlands in all probability some
of the principal firms will dictate their own terms
to the men.

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF Lonns, June 9, Lord Raglan took
his seat on his succession to the peerage, and Lord
Langford on his election as a representative peer of
Ireland.

Earl Granville, in answer to Earl Stanhope, said he
hoped to be in a position next week to make a statement
as to the communications of her Majesty's Government
with the other Powers in relation to Egypt, which would
afford Parliament an opportunity of expressing its
opinion upon the Government proposals before they
became binding upon the country.
The Marquis of Salisbury refrained from criticising
the Government policy, but observed that if the
assurance now given had been vouchsafed earlier it
would have prevented much reedless anxiety.
Their lordships adjourned at half•past five o'clock
until Friday.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, private business occupied
some time, and on the Cardiff Corporation Bill there
was a long discuoion arising out of an instruction to
the committee moved by Sir E. Reed, to insert a clause
enabling the Corporation to advance £lO,OOO to the
University College of South Wales and Monmouth-
shire. This was supported by Mr. Mundella, Mr.
Richards, and others, and opposed by Mr. J. G. Talbot,
Mr. West, and Mr. Sclater-Booth, and carried on a divi-
sion by 185 to 141.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

GENERAL GORDON.

In answer to Mr. Gibson, Lord E. Fitzmaurice stated
that the despatch of May 2/ to General Gordon gave
him permission to adopt at the proper moment measurc.
for his own removal and that of the Egyptians who
have served him by whatever route he may prefer. At
this there was much laughter and sarcastic cheering
from the Opposition, and the noble lord went on to say
that the Government could not know whether the
General had received this message until they received
his answer.:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE STATE OF TRADE,

The Standard In a leader says: A study of the
daily Trade Reports is not just now a cheering occu-
pation. There is scarcely a leading branch of manu-
facturing industry, or an important seat of export and
import trade, about which the accounts speak en-
couragingly of the present, or hopefully of the future.
At all the great centres of the coal and iron trades
business is, to say the least, languid, and at most of
them there is serious depression. The Cleveland
district and the West of Scotland suffer very severely,
because they areso intimately connected with the rail-
way construction and shipbuilding trades; but the
complaints from Staffordshire are equally loud,and there
is an absence of progressive activity at Sheffield and in
the hematite works of Barrow-in-Furness, which the
increase of Colonial orders is not sufficient to dispel.
The same statement holds good of most of the textile
industries, except woollen fabrics, in which business
has been singularly good. And in what are called the
produce markets of Mincing-lane, although the trade
done is as large as ever it was, prices have so long
dwindled that complaints of losses are universal. The
-remark that "things are very bad in Mincing-lane,"
has, i fact, become so trite that few people stop to
consider what it means. West India sugar, for
example, which sold at 20s. per cwt. a year ago, is
now about 145., and has been lower than that. Coffee
has fallen 15s. per cwt. in the same period. Tea,
tobacco, wool, jute, and a few less important articles
have held their ground; but these were
for the most part so low before June last
year that importers have gained little by the
stability. The markets, as a whole, therefore,
present the appearance of being oppressed by an over-
supply of goods. Business is active enough, measured
by volume; but it is unprofitable, and traders are
consequently disposed to be gloomy, to deal from day
to day, and risk as little as possible until they see
some prospect of improvement. This explains, to a
great extent, the feeling of dissatisfaction which is so
widely prevalent in business circles. The merchant
has suffered so much that he has begun to doubt his
own skill and enterprise. Instead of launching out
with boldness in fresh adventures, the trader is dis-
posed to brood over the causes which have led to the
present glut and deadlock in so many branches of
commerce. This is not a mood of mind to be quarelled
vaith. It may lead to many good remits, if the lessons
of adversity are laid to heart.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

AFFRAY ON THE RAILWAY.

An affray took place in a railway carriage on tilt,
London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway on Monday
night. Two seafaring men entered a third-class
carriage of the last train that leaves Tilbury for
London at a quarter to ten o'clock, and, shortly
after the train was in motion, commenced quarrel-
ling with each other. Words led to blows, and
one of them, producing P. knife, severely stabbed
the other man in the face and other parts of
the body. A severe tussle ensued, for on the train
arriving at, Rainham it was noticed by some of
the passengers standing on the platform that the
man who had been stabbed was in a helpless
condition, and that the other was endeavouring
to throw him out of the carriage window. Seeing
the state of affairs, one of the passengers rushed into
the carriage and pulled the man away from his victim
and threw him out on to the platform. It was then
found that the carriage was covered with blood,
several large pools lying on the seats and floor.
There were also blood-stains on the roof and other
parts of the carriage. Both men were divested of
their clothing with the exception of their shirts and
trousers. When on the platform the man with the
knife threatened to murder the passenger who had pulled
him out of the carriage. The other• man when taken
out was found to be in a senseless condition. Both
men were removed in custody.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

THE DSIPUTE IN THE SOUTH STAFFORD-

.-i-liitE COAL TRADE:

On Thursday night a meeting of miners was held
at the Pit&lds, Dudley. Mr. Hartill presided, and
he condemned the recent award as unjust, as the
facts and figures presented at the Wages Board had
not been fairly considered. Mr. Whitehouse, ad-
dressing the meeting, denied that the miners'
agents were misleading the men. They were on
the contrary trying to inform them. He contended
that they had a right to know how the arbitrator
arrived at his decision. The ironworkers and
miners must, he thought, amalgamate in one grand i
body to resist encroahnruts n wages. Mr. Barnes
also addressed themeeting, and said Mr. Rowlands
had written refusing to meet for the purpose of rs-
opening the question of the award. He appealed
to the sympathy of the public on the ground that
if the 10 per cent. reduction took place there would
be £1.600 less per week for spending at shops, and
places of business. A resolution was then passed
that "all stand out " unless a meeting of masters
and men be convened to re-consider the award, and
the old rate of wages be contined.—A meeting was
also held at Netherton, where a resolution was
adopted protesting against the atNard. There
were about 5,000 miners present, who declared
themselves in favour of "all coming out on strike"
if the award is to be enforced.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

Iti THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-14

'ME PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

At question time, Mr. Bourke having asked for infor
rnation as to the state of the negotiations with France,
Mr. Gladstone replied that they had made considerable
progress, and in a few days he hoped the result would be
laid before the Powers. In the course of next weak be
expected to be able to make his promised statement to
Parliament before the meeting of the Clonferencerand
in the meantime he advised the House not to be carried
away by erroneous and misleading statements as to the
arrangements in contemplation, especially as he was
now able to undertake that Parliament would have an
opportuniiy of pronouncing on the arrangement before-
anything was finally concluded so as to bind the country
Sir S. Northcote asked whether the communication.
with the rowers must be concluded before the state-
ment was made, and Mr. Gladstone was understood- to
say that the date he had fixed assumed that these com.
munications would not be prolonged.