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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

MORE ESTIMATES OP WAR
EXPENDITURE.

Another Supplementary Estimate is issued for
£942,000, being the amount that will be required
during the year ending March 31, "to meat further
deficiencies in the votes specified, caused by addi-
tional expenditure for ordinary services, and for
military operations in the Soudan." Of this sum
£672,000 is due to the operations in the Soudan, the
great bulk (L 265,000 of the remaining sum being
required for ordinary expenditure on warlike and
other stores, armaments for coaling stations, &c.
"Provisions, forage, field allowances, transport, and
other services "require £270, and "work and build-
ings," chiefly for railway, Riots, water supply, and
hut accommodation at Souakim, £230,000. It is
estimated that about £lOO,OOO of this latter sum will
be expended for the railway up to March 31. A Sup-
plementary Estimate of "the number of men of all
ranks required for army service, in addition to the
number already voted," has also been issued. Three
thousand men are required, and it is explained that
"this number represents the probable maximum ex-
cess beyond the establishments fixed for the year
1884-85, consequent upon the issue of the Royal Pro-
clamation affecting the transfer of men to the Re-
serve."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

him in Oxford-street, Southampton, with the witness
Thomas.

By Mr. Quilliam : Witness could identify Burton
by his likeness to a friend, and had not seen a photo-
graph of the prisoner.
I Thomas Nevill, a labourer, of Castor, near Peter-
borough, deposed that in December last he was in
New York and came to England by the Adriatic,
which sailed from New York on the 11th, arriving
at Liverpool on the 20th. Witness was a steerage
passenger, and identified Burton as a fellow-pas-

senger.
, Prisoners were further remanded, Mr. Poland inti-
mating that on the next occasion he proposed to call
Colonel Majendie and offer further evidence with
reference to the Westminster explosions, and possibly
with reference to the portmanteau found at Padding-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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ESTABLISHED 1710 AND 1810.

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loci% effected in all parts of the United Kingdom
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"U 74.
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°lt 14tta.41 immediately after proof of death and title.
" premiums for young lives.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

MR. FORSTER AND THE BRADFORD

LIBERALS.

The following reply has been received in Bradford
from Mr. Forster to the vote of censure passed on
him by the Bradford Liberal Four Hundred "I beg
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter enclosing
the resolution passed at a meeting of the Bradford
Liberal Four Hundred, informing me of their dis-
approval of my vote last Friday night on Sir Stafford
Northcote's motion. I have already explained, not
only in my speech last Friday, but also my speeches
in Parliament last year, and my letter to the Liberal
Four Hundred last May, the view which I take of
the Egyptian policy of the Government, and the
reasons which have compelled me most reluctantly to
differ from it; and therefore I trust that I shall not be
supposed to be wanting in courtesy and respect to
the meeting of which you were chairman if I now
simply express my sincere regret that ray action has
not met with its approval." The following letter has
also been received by the chairman of the meeting:
"Mr. Gladstone has had the honour to receive the
resolution passed at the meeting of the Committee of
the Bradford Liberal Association, at which you took
the chair. In reply, lam directed to assure you of
the satisfaction with which Mr. Gladstone learns of
the continued disposition of the Liberals of Bradford
to place confidence in the intentions and actions of her
Majesty's Government." Sir Matthew Wilson, M.P.
for the Northern Division of West Riding, wrote:
"Thanks for the copy of the resolution you have sent
me. It seems the natural consequence of weak
knees."

"That fish smells old enough to have been left you
in your great-grandfather's will," said the customer.
"Oh, no, it wasn't," replied the grocer; "that is only
the cod-I-sell."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEALAND.

A lecture describing the advantages of Paranaki, in
the north island of New Zealand, as a field for
emigration has been given at Exeter-hall London by
Mr. W. Courtney, a resident in the colony. The
chairman was Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P., who, in
introducing the lecturer, referred to the subject of
emigration. He was not there, he said, to press
that extremely interesting question, but to facilitate in
some-degree the acquisition of information with regard
to emigration. It was important that people should
have access to the best information they could get with
a view to guide them in arriving at a decision as to the
most suitable places to select. (Hear, hear.) The
population of London was being added to every year by
100,000, and it became a serious—he would say even a
solemn—thing to consider how this vast population was
to live. He had never seen a ship laden with emi-
grants leaving the docks without feeling that it was a
bad debt to the country to part with men and women
who seemed to be driven from our shores to seek a
maintenance in other parts of the world. Neverthe-
less he believed that the moral influence of the
cpuntry was extended by wise efforts at various
times to promote emigration. (Cheers.) Mr.
Courtney described Taranaki as "the garden of New
Zealand." Farms of 50 to 500 acres were to be had
there, varying from £4 to £l2 per acre. They were
fenced, grassed, and improved. They were also
"deferred payment" lands from Ll per acre. Suitable
young fellows were wanted as farm hands. With a
grim humour Mr. Courtney added that "if they were
worth nothing they would get nothing." There was
also a demand for domestic servants, who received
from eight to fourteen shillings a week. There was a
fair opening for widows. (Laughter.) Mr. Courtney
concluded his lecture by referring at some length to
the climate and scurry of New Zealand, quoting
among other authorities Mr. Archibald Forbes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

THE PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY.

The annual meeting of the Prudential Assurance
Company is not only one of the principal occur-
rences of the instil ance year, but may, without x-
aggeration, be looked upon as on event of national
importance, seeing that more than one-s:xth part of
the pn.ulation of the United Kingdom contribute
towards the large income and accumulations frcm
which, to the average ',umber of 400 families a
day, they 1, oh for succour and assistance in the
dark and distressful hour when the shadow of
death falls upon the household, The company's
report is of more than usual interest this year,
because the progress and condition of the business
is calculated to throvf, very considerable light on
the alleged "depression," amounting, if we may
crcalit some of the noisest of the Press writers, and
speakers at meetings, to wholesale starvation among
the industrial classes. In this regard the testimony
of the figures of this great oompany are eminently
satisfactory. '1 hat there has been depression—and
in some parts of the country, as the chairman re-
marked, very severe depression—no one will deny ;
but we never knew a winter season in which there
were not bitter complaints, and we see no immedi-
ate prospect of any utopian period of peace, plenty,
and leisure, for all and sundry. The company have
met the needs of their consituents in a helpful
spirit, and, by the exercise of forbearance, saved
many policies from lapsing. It is gratifying to
learn that so large a number of assurances, in the
industrial branch, were of sufficiently long standing
to enable such of the holders as were unable to keep
up their payments to receive free paid-up policies;
and the number of such issued in the year (10,000)
testifi:es at once to the existence of a severe pinch,
and to the wisdom of the regulation which allJws
of these conversions. The most significant fact of
all is tee increase of £140,208 upon a premium in
come, in the inlustrial braecle which many thought
had reache4 its culminiting point, and was in-
capable of further extension, even had no hug in-
terfered with the prosperity of the population. It
is fact which is re assuring as to the general con-
ditien of affairs, atel, at the same time, adds to the
a.ready high reputation of the managers of this
;,:reat organisation.— The Insurance Post.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

QUESTIONS.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. Brand informed Mr.
Coleridge Kennard that there was no truth whatever
in the report that a large contract for the supply of
cartridges had been placed by her Majesty's Govern-
ment in America. _ _

Replying to Sir F. Milner, Lord E. Fitzmaurice stated
that on the 4th of February Sir E. Baring and General
Stephenson advised that the Governor of Kassala
should be informed that no expedition could be sent to
Kassala, and that he must judge for him elf whether
to try to make his way down to the coast, or come to
terms with the rebels. Colonel Chermside on the 7th
of February proposed to inform the Governors of
Kassala and Sanheit to arrange, as they might deem
best for their garrisons, terms with the Aby ssinians or
the rebels, and his proposals were approved on the same
day. The noble lord also informed Mr. Ashmead-
Bartlett that her Majesty's Government had several
times suggested that the Sultan should resume the,
direct administration of the Red Sea littoral, but with-
out success. There was no reason to suppose that his
Majesty had any wish co take measures for the relief of
Kassala.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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FATAL FALL OF A DETECTIVE.

At the London Mansion House Police-court, James
Smith, a sailor, was charged on remand with being
found on the roof of the Great Northern goods station
Royal Mint-street for the purpose of committing a
felony. It will be remembered that a detective named
Barber, while endeavouring to capture the prisoner,
fell through a sky-light and was killed. The prisoner
succeeded in getting on to an adjoining roof, but there
he fell through a skylight on to a bed, in which a
woman was asleep. She screamed, and her son hear-
ing her cries aLacked the prisoner with a broomstick,
and he was captured. Mr. Wontner now said
that since the remand an inquest had been
held on the body of the unfortunate officer,
and the jury had returned a verdict of "Ac-
cidental death:" As there was no sign of any struggle
between the prisoner and the deceased officer he (Mr.
Wontner could only leave the Court to deal with the
case as it then stood. Sir Robert Carden remarked
that the death of the officer in the execution of his
duty was a very sad occurrence. The bravery of his
conduct was augmented by the fact that the scene of
the occurrence was not within the metropolitan
police district, but within the jurisdiction of the City
police. The sadness of the affair was increased,
moreover, by the circumstance that the deceased
was the sole support of his father, and was engaged
to be married. He (Sir R. Carden) was very glad to
find that the metropolitan police had awarded £4O
to the father of the deceased. That was very satis-
factory, and by desire of the Lord Mayor he directed
that .E 5 should also be given to the deceased's father,
in addition to the other subscriptions. A City con
stable named Bryce proved that after the prisoner
was brought to the Seething-lane Police-station he
I.ook him in some breakfast. He then found that
the prisoner had destroyed part of the woodwork of
the cell, doing damage to the extent of 10s. Witness
went again to. the cell,7and saw the prisoner with a
piece of wood behind him. He tried to get it away
from him, but the accused struck him a severe blow
over the head with it. The prisoner, be.ng asked
what he had to say in his defence, asserted that the
constable came into the cell with an open knife in his
hand, but this was denied. In 1879 the prisoner was
convicted at the Middlesex Sessions and sentenced to
seven years' penal servitude, that being after a previous
conviction. The accused was now on ticket-of-leave.
and had still 18 months of his sentence unexpired.
Sir Robert Carden said he should have thought that
what the prisoner had already undergone would have
made him more careful. The Secretary of State
would doubtless take into consideration the fact that
18 months which remained of the prisoner's former
sentence had not yet been served. He (Sir R. Carden)
sentenced the prisoner to thive months' imprisonment
as a rogue and vagabond, 14 days for the wilful
damage, and two months for the assault on the police,
all with hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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THE WOOLWICH MURDER.

In the H0n;7,,0F. ,-Eoßns, March 10, the Earl of
Milltown called attention to the caso of Frederick
Marshall, who, after a true bill had been found against
him for wilful murder, was removed, before trial, to
Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum on a warrant pur-
porting to be signed by the Home Secretary. He
inquired whether there was any precedent for such a
proceeding, and moved for a copy of the warrant.
The Earl of Dalhousie stated that the Home Secre-
tary had acted under the Criminal Lunatics Act of last
year; but Lord Bramwell observed that either the
Home Secretary had misinterpreted the Act, or the
law ought to be repealed; for it was much better that
a man should be tried and acquitted on the ground of
his innocence or insanity than he should be removed
to a criminal lunatic asylum without trial.
Lord Fitzgerald, on the other hand, contended that
the Act had been correctly interpreted; while the Lord
Chancellor argued that there was nothing unreasonable
in detaining a person under such circumstances as
those of the present case in a criminal lunatic asylum.
The motion having been negatived, their lordships rose
at quarter-past five o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

BROMSGROVE.

Lt-CAL BOARD.—At this meeting on Wedlesday
Jefferies in tt,e chair, there were present—
Messrs. Amphlett, Bennett, Bellingham, Fitch,
Tut-e, Newbold, Nicholls, Roper, and Weaver.—
Dr. Cary reported that. 29 births and 17 deaths
were registered during the month, the birth-rate
being 43.7 and the death-rate 23.6 per 1,000. The
h let death-rate was accounied for by the preva-
tence of lung diseases and whooping-cough. There
was a case of typhoid fever at Sidemoor.—The re
prt of te Finance Committee, recommending the
payment of £l4 183. 6d. to Mr. Purchas re Frayne,
and that the sum of X 202 7s id, standing to the
credit of the Mill Pool Account Local Board be trans-
ferred to the Commissioners to pay liabilities due
from the Commissioners and mortgages was adopted
—The Sanitary Committee's report was read by
Mr. Nicholls and adopted.—ln respect to the acti.
by Mr. Frayne against the Local Board, the corn-
apointed stated that £250 had been accepted
in !lid settlement of all claims by Mr. Frayne.--
The financial statement showed £375 178 8d due
to treasurer on Local Board account and .24 13s. 4d
due to ireasurer on Commissioners' account.—The
s.gnature of the Chairman and seal of the Board
were affixed to a petition to the House of Commons
agaiast the Railway Rates and Charges Bill.

DARING ROBBERY OF MONEY AND
JEWELLERY AT BLACKLIEITH.

Sh,rtly before ten o'clock on l'uesday night, it
was discovered that a da,ing robbery had been coin-
inittA in a b3d room at the George and Dragon
Hotel, high Street, Blackheath, Rowley. Regis,
and occupied by John Hackett. Scverat drawers
werd broken open, and jewellery valued at upwards
of £10), and X2D in gold, and 253 in Filver, stolen
I, is thou ;ht that the thiivos gained ad n.i‘tance
Iwo the room through the window, an! m toe their
xit the s Line Way.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

THE OLD LONDON WALL.

A correspondent supplies the following to the
Times :-1‘ In the excavations now being made for
Waterlow and Co.'s new premises in London-wall a
large portion of the ancient wall of the City has been
unearthed. It is not unlikely that it is part of the
original work ordered by Constantine the Great,
being buili, after the Roman manner, of stones, with
layers of Roman bricks. The upper part of the wall
is of later date. I believe very few relics have been
found with the exception of some coarse Roman
pottery, a few bones and a skull, black with age.
This may be accounted for from the ground being
outside the wall. On the site of the new Stock Ex-
change vast quantities of Roman remains were dis-
covered last year, including fine specimens of Samian
ware, but nothing remarkable as regards pavement or
metal. The old wall of London commenced at the Tower,
and, passing Aldgate, it formed a curve to Hounds-
ditch on to Billingsgate, then through Bishopsgate-
churchyard, it continued its course behind Worm-
wood-street and All Hallows Church, which was built
on the wall, till it reached lloorgate, at the end of
Ccleman-street. It passed in a westerly direction by
Cripplegate, and then took a southerly direction past
Monkwell-street to Aldersgate. Keeping along the
back of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, it continued at the
back of the Grey Friars' monastery, now Christ's Hos-
pital, and then formed a curve to the south of New-
gate, passing the back of the present prison, and so on
to Ludgate. From Ludgate it continued to New
Bridge-street, and then along the Fleet ditch to the
Thames, making up a total of two miles and 608 feet
in circuit. Besides numerous bastions along its course,
there were strong fortifications at one end by the
Tower of London, and at the other end a large and
magnificent tower, near the monastery of the Black
Friars."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

ALLEGED EXTENSIVE LONG FIRM
FRAUDS.

At Halesowen Police Court, on Saturday—before
Lea Smi:h, magistrate—John Smith
29), pbanber, of Rich,rd Stet, CAtdiff, Was
brought up on remand cliarg.vi with obtaining large
guantitits of nails, rivets, tips, &e., by falst,
p. e:eace , from several manufacturers in Hales-
owen and Blackheath district. Mr. Waldron, of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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A GRATIFYING WAR INCIDENT.

In a very graphic account of the last momenta of
Colonel Burnaby, the special correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph wrote: "The heroic soldier who
sprang to his rescue was, I fear, also slain in the
nk,'l6e, for though I watched for him I never saw him
'et back to his place in the ranks." In rei:trence to
this Mr. C. K. Laporte has written: "I have just
received a letter from my boy, aged 20, who alludes
to the episode as follows: "I was firing in the rear
face of the square, if I may so term it. Colonel
Burnaby rushed out madly between the line of fire,
and started cutting amongst them with his sword.
Soon after I was by his side, and Ilis life's blood was
flowing from three wounds, some of which I have on
my sleeve, and will, if spared, bring home, for better
blood never flo4ed from a braver man."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

A DISCONSOLATE SEARCHEA FOR
HIS WIFE.

On Saturday, at the Westminster Police-court, a I
poorly-dressed man applied to Mr. D'Eyncourt for
advice concerning his wife, who was living apart from
him. Applicant stated that he had reason to believe
that she was now residing in luxury at a first-class
West-end hotel, while he had been reduced to the
necessity of selling baked potatoes in the streets. He
had applied at the hotel, and she refused to see him.
Mr. D.Eyneourt said he had no power to order a res-
titution of conjugal rights. That could only be done
by the matrimonial court. Applicant observed that
he was not separated from his wife, but she was
living without him. (Laughter.) Mr. D'Eyncourt
failed to see the distinction, and told the
applicant that he could not compel his wife
to live with him, or even to see him.
Applicant said he thought it was very hard. He had
been a seafaring man, and had not long returned from
Australia. His wife had robbed him of his money—
no less than £BOOO, she was now living on it
"like a lady," while he was selling baked potatoes and
sleeping at a common lodging-house in Westminster.
Mr. D'Eyncourt : As I have already told you, all you
can do is to go to the matrimonial court. Applicant:
But could you not even p_ye me "an order " to see
her? Mr. D'Eyncourt: You altogether misappre-
hend the power a magistrate possesses. I cannot
order her to see you nor help you in any way. Ver
likely she has good reasons for not seeing you. Appli-
cant left the court evidently greatly disappointed at
tip result of his interTiew,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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DEATH IN THE TIN.

Some very careful experiments are being conducted
in Paris for the purpose of ascertaining what real
danger there is in the tinned vegetables and fruits of
which so large a use is made in most cuisines, M.
Gallard attended a manufactory of tinned green peas,
where he found that with forty-five quarts of the
vegetable in its undoctored state were mixed, in the
first place, about 120 quarts of boiling water, into
which had previously been dissolved an ounce and a
half sulphate of copper, together with some salt and
other condiments. When the operation was com-
plete samples were taken of the peas in their pre-
pared state, and of the water in which they had been
immersed, and upon an analysis being made it
turned out that much more than 90 per cent. of
the sulphate of copper had been absorbed by the
vegetable, only a very small fraction of it being left
in the liquid. It has, however, been shown by other
experiments that nothing like this proportion of the
chemical is required to produce in preserved peas the
greenness which is supposed to be necessary to make
them fit for the table. When a quantity which is suf-
ficient, and no more, is used, there is no danger to
health; but, as the unfortunate consumer has usually
no means of knowing whether enough or too much
has been used, he is recommended not to buy tins
which have any copper in them at all, but, if he
cannot do without tinned vegetables, to insist upon
having those which derive their greenness from some
other ingredient in which there is no possibility of
mischief.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

SUPPOSED MURDER OF A LITTLE
GIRL AT STOKE NEWINGTON.

Another death about which there is a considerable
amount of mystery has come under the notice of the
police at Stoke Newington. An employ 6 of the New
River Company noticed something floating in the
New River, near Woodberry Downs, on Monday, and
quickly got it to land. He found it was the dead
body of a finely-formed little girl, about four years
of age, and it had apparently been in the water about
24 hours. The spot where the body was found is
rather lonely, and persons would have no great diffla
culty in getting to the banks of the river. It is even
possible for the child to have got over or through the
rails, and have accidentally slipped into the water.
The general supposition is, however, that the child
ias mtrdered, as no parenth in the neighbourhood
have complained of a missing child. The unfortu-
nate child wore a red-and-black plaid dolman, blue
diagonal jacket trimmed with black braid and bone
buttons, three petticoats, white flannel, home-knitted
wopllen garment, old violet frock worn as a petticoat,
marooti satin Mother Hubbard bonnet, dark blue
socks, patent booth, taid red stays,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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THE • RIGHT OF ADMISSION TO THE

LAW COURTS.

On taking his seat in the Probate and Divorce
Court, Sir James Hannen said, I wish to say a word
or two on a matter that has been pressed upon my
attention. There is, of course, very great difficulty
in making arrangements in an important case like
that of the Earl of Durham for those who desire
access to the court. I have never found any
real difficulty during all the years I have sat
on the bench in satisfactorily dealing with such
matters until I came into these buildings. It
is now the constant subject of complaint,
and I will, therefore, state for the informa-
tion of the public the directions I have
given as to the admission of the public to this
court. They are very simple. This is a public court,
admission to which the public are entitled to pro-
vided there is acc,)rimodation. I have stated over and
over again that while there is sitting accommodation,
barristers and others are entitled to admission as a
right. A person of whom I know nothing applied to
me as a student for permission to be in the court. I
informed him of the regulations I have laid down,
I am now told he has been refused
admission. To refuse him admission was an
illegal act. lam informed that this person has mis-
conducted himself. That must be the subject of
inquiry elsewhere, but whoever refused him admission
to this court while there was room, and when he had
my order, is guilty of an illegal act.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

II AGL.EY

EEKLY STOCK SALE, - MesBr3..oates, Perron,
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sock at their sale on Monday list, and a vaiy large
attendance of buyers, Trade was brisk and prices
firmer throughout, Fat heifers made as high .as
£22 17s 61, bullocks £22 12s 6d, sheep 675, lambs
325, calves 105 12s, store pigs 14s to 38s.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

THE MILITIA AND YEOMANRY.

A return has been presented to Parliament showing
the establishment of each regiment of Militia in the
United Kingdom and the effective force at the train-
ing of 1884. The establishment shows a total of all
ranks of 137,991. The total present at last year's
training was 100,092, the total enrolled being 113,787.
There were absent with and without leave 12,992, and
the number wanting to complete the establishment
was 24,204. The number of men enrolled for the
Militia Reserve since the previous training is 6618.
A second Parliamentary paper giving the Yeomanry-
Cavalry training returns for last year fixes tbe estab-
lishment at 14,404. The total number enrolled is
11,488, and of these 9548 were present at, and 1940
were absent from, last year's training.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

THE TERRIBLE COLLIERY DISASTER:

The colliery disaster at Karwin, which is situated in
Austrian Silesia, proves to be the most terrible ever
recorded in Austria. Up to Saturday evening sixty-
six bodies had been recovered, and these were buried
on Sunday afternoon. Only two out of about 130
miners who were in the pits when the explosion
occurred have qome up alive, and they were saved
only by the accident that the miners from the neigh-
bouring shafts, when coming up after the explosion,
noticed the two lying half unconscious near the
entrance. It is believed that the cause of the acci-
dent was either the incautious use of dynamite or
Smoking where it is strictly forbidden.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

TUE ALLEGED INSULT TO THE BRITISH FLAG.

Mr. Gladstone stat ed, in answer to:Sir S. Northcote, that
no confirmation of the alleged affront to the British flag
at Victoria, Ambas Bay, had been received by her
Majesty's Government, and they had likewise ascer-
tained that no confirmation of it had been received at
the German Embassy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-14

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THE BENGAL TENANCY BILL.

Sir H. Maxwell moved the adjournment of the House,
in order to call attention to the procecl tire of the Viceroy
in Council in Calcutta in pressing forward the Bengal
Tenancy Bill without giving time for the due considera•
tion or translation thereof into the vernacular. In the
course of a brief discussion, Mr. J. K. CI oss promised
to telegraph inquiries to India on the subject, and
eventually the motion was negatived without a
division.

THE SEATS BILL.
The House having resumed in Committee the con-
sideration of the Redistribution of Seats Bill, Mr.
Parnell continued the discussion of Mr. Bryce's amend-
ment to disfranchise the Universities as parliamentary
constituencies. The discussion, waich was principally
carried on by the Irish members with particular refer-
ence to the case of the University of Dublin, the dis-
franchisement of which was advocated by the National-
ist members, and opposed by Mr. Gibson and others on
the ground that the real reason for desiring it to be
deprived of direct representation was that its members
did not hold the political views of Mr. Parnell and his
friends, was prolonged for several hours. Eventually
the amendment was negatived on a division by 260 to
79. _ _ .

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Mr. Arnold moved an amendment raising the stan-
dard of population necessary for the retention of
separate representation of boroughs in England and
Wales from 15,000 to 20,000, but this was objected to
by Sir C. Mike as being calculated to disturb the
balance as between counties and boroughs. On a division
the amendment was rejected by 213 to 21.
An amendment by Viscount Crichton to accept Irish
boroughs having a population of 10,000 or over from
the disfranching clause was opposed by Sir 0. Dilke,
and led to a protracted discussion. The amendment was
rejected by 105 to 48.
The House adjourned at half-past one o'clock.
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BURGLARIES IN MANCHESTER.

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house-breaking operations, which have produced a
good deal of alarm; but so skilfully has the nefarious
work been carried on that until recently the offenders
have successfully defied every effort of the police to
effect an arrest. A noted offender has, however, been
caught "red-handed," in the act of breaking out of a
private dwelling-house at Withington, near Manches-
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that while Inspector Alston, of the County Constabu-
lary, was passing along Wellington-road, Withington
about half-past five o'clock on the evening of Dec. 13
he heard a crash of glass, and turning round he saw a
man, who afterwards gave his name as Thomas
Evans, on the top of a bay window of the house of
Mr. Joseph Daniels, timber merchant, and just as the
man jumped down the inspector secured him. A
desperate struggle ensued, lasting fully ten minutes,
the prisoner malting frantic efforts to get away. The
fight was continued up and down the street until the
prisoner was finally overpowered. Mr. Daniels came
to the door and called out "Police," and Inspector
Alston responded that the police were there. The
prisoner was taken into the kitchen and searched, and
a large quantity of stolen property and housebreaking
instruments found in his possession.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

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OUR NATIONAL PROSPECTS.

Archdeacon Farrar preached a New Year's sermon
on Sunday morning at St. Margaret's, Westminster,
to a crowded congregation, which included several
members of Parliament. Taking as his subject the
words "In quietness and in confidence shall be your
strength," the speaker eloquently applied them final
to individuals, secondly to nations, and thirdly to
humanity at large. In the course of his sermon he
spoke as follows of our national position and pros-
pects: "Dark clouds loom now upon the horizon.
What do we see at this moment? Trade depressed,
thousands overburdened, some of our greatest
Colonies dissatisfied, our navy weak, our army weak
and constantly exercised in expeditions barren,_ diffi-
cult, and expensive; France jealous, suspicious, and
hostile; Germany irritating and unfriendly; Russia
persisting in stealthy encroachment or in sullen
menace. Confplications far less vague than these
have in past says often burst out into terrific war.
We may hope that by the wisdom of our rulers,
guided by the providence of God, such calamities will
be averted; and yet who knows whether another 50
years may not see England as utterly humiliated as
France has been utterly humiliated • and if it be so,
I believe that it will not have come from war or catas-
trophe, brit from our own national vices made into a
scourge to punish us for our national faithlessness to
the God of our fathers." The Archdeacon conoluded
by vigorously condemning the violent and Socialistic
remedies which were being proposed for the unrest of
overcrowded nations.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

BISHOP CARPENTER'S REFORMS.

The Bishop of Ripon has introduced a number of
changes in the system of ordination examinations in
his diocese with the view of raising the standard. In
future there will be two examinations for deacon's
orders, the first either at Leeds, Huddersfield, or
Richmond, and on its result will depend the period at
which the candidates may come •up for the second
examination at Ripon, which will include the compo-
sition of sermons and reading. The Saturday in the
Ember week will be observed as a day of devotion.
Henceforth literates will not be ordained, and non-
graduates must have spent at least two years at a
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theological college. Deacons ordained n another
diocese will not, unless a satisfactory reason for
migration be given, be admitted to the priesthood for
a year after entering the Ripon diocese. There will
be two examinations for priests orders. The candi-
dates may choose whether they will be examined,
besides in the usual subjects, in (a) a purely historical
subject, embracing the history of missions and con-
temporary noncomformity; (b) elementary education.
the poor laws, and labour and trade; (e) mental phy-
siology and the limits of religious thoughts; (d) ad-
vanced Hebrew.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

FINED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.

On Monday afternoon, in the City of London
Court, Messrs. Burrell and Glass, provision merchants
of Bartholomew-close, trading as G. Burrell and Co.,
sued Edward Black, who had been in their service, to
recover .E 5 damages by way of penalty for leaving
their employment without notice. The answer to the
claim was that the defendant was only engaged for
piece work, and that at the time he was absent from
duty he was suffering from illness, and had so inti-
mated to the plaintiffs by letter.—Mr. Thomas Glass,
the managing partner of the plaintiffs' firm, was
called to prove that the defendant told him he was
working elsewhere at the time he alleged he was in-
disposed: and as his duties were of such a nature
that few persons in the City were capable of per-
forming them, the loss and inconvenience
occasioned were greater than the damages
claimed.—The learned Commissioner held that
as the agreement was only verbal and for
piece work no notice was required and therefore
found for the defendant. Mr. Glass: I ask your
Honour to hear me tefore you so decide. His
Honour: I won't hear any more of this case. Mr.
Glass: You won't? Well, it won't improve your
position as a judge of the City. (Laughter.) His
Honour: Take care what you say, sir. Mr. Glass: I
tell you what I mean; it won't improve your position
as a judge. (Loud laughter.) His Honour: Unless
you withdraw that remark I shall impose a fine of
£5 upon you. Mr. Glass: Then I shall he very glad
to pay. It will relieve my conscience, and won't
enlarge you. (Laughter.) The Commissioner: I
convict you of having insulted the Court, and fine you
£5. Mr. Glass: I don't object to that; but I do
object to being boxed up in this way. (Renewed
laughter.) In paying it I submit to you with rever-
ence; but you will not object to my cheque, I sup-
nose? (Roars of laughter.) The Commissioner:
You had better go, sir. Mr. Glass then left the
court.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

- BRITISH PROTECTORATE IN
PONDOLAND.

A British Protectorate has been proclaimed over
the whole coast of Pondoland. The declaration now
makes the whole of the coast line between St. Lucia
Bay and the Cape Colony subject to British juris-
diction. The extent of Pondoland itself is about one
hundred miles long by between fiftf and sixty broad.
Its population numbers about two hundred thousand
souls, under the chief, Umquikela, who has for some
time been in communication with the British Govern-
ment respecting its assumption of control over St.
John's River. The act of our Government does not
involve any occupation of the country or deposition
of its native Governor, but simply means the protec-
tion of its coast so as to preclude the possibility of
any foreign State acquiring country and authority
between the Cape and Natal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-01-10

THE WOOLWICH MITRDERI

The coroner's, inquiry into the murder of Laura
Wilson at Woolwich was resumed on Monday. The
father of the deceased girl stated that he had for-
bidden Frederick Marshall, who is under remand
upon the charge of committing the crime, to visit his
house, owing to his having been found concealed in
the coal-cellar of Mrs. Hewett's house, and he read a
letter from Marshall imploring him to forgive that
freak, but declaring that he would swing for her if he
saw her with another young man whose acquaintance
she had made. Mr. Wilson added that he saw Mar-
shall loitering about the place a night or two before
the murder and called him a scoundrel, upon which
he ran off. He believed the engagement between his
daughter and Marshall had not actually been broken
off, although he had two months previously told her
she must not continue her acquaintance with him, as
he was untruthful and lazy.