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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

HAGLE Y.

STOCK SALE.—On Monday last there was a
moderate supply of sock, which met with a ready
sale at last week's quotations
_Sheep made as high
as 78s, fat heifers £2l 12s 6d, heifers and calves
.220 12s 64,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

CANADIAN ITEMS. ,

The new telegraph service of-the' Canadian Pacific
Railway
,from Port Arthur, on Lake Superior, to
Calgary, at die 'foot of the Rocky Mountains, has
just been opened: The wires extend on the Main
line ;between the point mentioned, a distance of
Old also on the dderant branch
lines of the railway, 'Making a tiotaLdistance of wire 'of.
about 3,000 miles; • ' t
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Recent--:exploratiOns, ;..the neighbourhood of the
Lesser Slave L4lte, in 'the north •of the Canadian •
Novth4Nti territorielh Show:that the ,Slave river,
which empties Slrvsiake into. the Athabasca river, is
navigable Iforatiainpoats; in high water, to the junction
with the Athabaiei.rister, a distance of 40 miles, and-,
that it 'night be 'EkatoProved.as to admit of navigation
in ill stases OLAVO water. ' From the mouth of the
Slave river : the, Athabasca continues a wide and
navigable stream roe a miles to the Athabasca land-
ing, with no rapids and few islands. The hank aof
both Slave and Athabasca rivers' are thickly timbered
with poplar and spruce, and *large timber trade is
'pected shortly to be opened up, since the Athabasca
landing is the terminus of the projected branches of
the Canadian Pacific Railway tq Calgary and Moose
Jaw both on the main line to Winnipeg.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

REVISING BARRISTER'S COURTS,

ROW LEY.

On Thursday morning Mr. Thomas Herbert
Maddy sat at the Ward Arms Inn, Rowley, for the
purpose of revising the voters' lists for the Rowley
Regis and Reddad Hill polling districts, in the
\Vestal' Division of tr.e county of Stafford.—Mr.
Fernie, of Stafford, was present on bhalf of the
Conservatives, but the Liberals were not re,ire-
sented.—Mr. Joseph Williams, assistant overseer,
objected en behalf of the overseers to 11 persons
being fttained en tbe original lists in the Reddall
dill district, and all toe übjections were sustained.
In the s tme district 12 names of deceased persons
were struck off the lists. From the Rowley Regis
district the names of nine deceased persons were
struck out, and six were objected to by the over-
seers. There were 13 new claims in the Rowley
Regis district, 11 being made by Conservatives and
two by Liberals. In the Reddad Hill district there
were 11 new claims, 10 being Conservative and one
Liberal. There were no objections, 'and all the
claims were allowed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

[A2I. RIGHTS' RIBBRVED.I

EVE AT THE WHEEL,

G. MANVILLE FENN.
Author of "Ship Ahoy," "Dutch, the Diver," "2,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ROWLEY REGIS.

SCHOOL BOARD.—Mr. George Green presid, a at
the monthly meeting of this Board, held on Monday
at the Offices, Old Hill.—The Finance Committee
reported that they had received a cheque for £5OO
on account of the precept from the Overseers —A
letter was received from the Educational Depart-
ment respecting the dame schools in the parish,
which stated that where a School Board was of
opinion with reference to any private school that it
did not provide efficient elementary instruction for
the children attending it, it was the duty of such
Board to take proceedings under Section 11 of the
Elementary Education Act, 1876, against the
parents.—lt was agreed,on the motion of the
man, that the Thard should further communicate
with the Educational Department, asking them to
order an inspecdon of the schools.—The School At-
tcndauce Officer (Mr_ T. Elibbley) reported that the
number of children on the books was 3,691 ; average
attendance, 2,969; percentage, 82.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ACCIDENT AT A REHEARSAL.

During the rehearsal of Othello at the Fourteenth-
street Theatre, New York, on the 10th inst., an acci-
dent occurred which caused great alarm, but fortunately
did not result fatally. A part of the stage, known
technically as the practical bridge, gave way and pre-
cipitated 14 persons into the cellar 16 feet below. The
stage was set for the second act, where the populace
welcome Othello upon his return. The bridge was
raised four feet, surmounted by battlements, and the
procession was crossing it coming down the stage. Miss
Edith Lynne stood in the first entrance looking at Miss
Ellie Wilton—Desdemona—who had just descended
the steps with her two attendants. Mr. Fred. Price
came next, drilling the supernumeraries, and while he
was on the bridge it began to sink, and then followed
a crash. For a few moments no one seemed to know
what had happened, Four ladies and nine men were
precipitated into the cellar; two of the former were
only scratched, while Mrs. Le Forrest and Kate
Burns were more seriously injured. Mrs. Le Forrest,
who had a minor part, was severely Injured; some
one fell upon her chest, and Dr. Keane, of St. Vin-
cent's Hospital, reported a fracture of the eleventh
rib, shock to the spine, and severe bruises. She was
taken to her home. It is a curious circumstance that
her husband, who was a stage carpenter before he be-
came blind, assisted in constructing this very bridge
when the theatre was reconstructed under Fletcher's
regime in 1876. He said it was amply strong, and had
even borne an elephant in one spectacular play. Mr.
Fred Price, a young actor, received the brunt of the
fall of several people, and was taken to St. Vincent's
Hospital. He sustained a compound dislocation of a
large bone in the foot, accompanied by hemorrhage
and severe pain. Mr. J. W. Brawley, aged 38, was
another of the injured. At the New York Hospital
It was found that he had received injury to the bones
in one foot, and he was detained in the hospital. Mr.
Daniel Colville, the manager and lessee of the theatre,
could assign no cause for the fall of the bridge. He
said it had often borne much heavier weight, and that
the same people passed over the spot several times
before it fell.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ENVILLE.

. , HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES, Harvest
thanksgiving services took place in this church last
Sunday, when there were excellent con4regations at
all the services; in th ) evening numbers were
turned away from the doors of the church for want
of room. The Rev. Arthur Phillimore, curate—in-
charge, preached at the morning service, and de-
livered an address to the children during the after—
non at a flower service, and at night the sermon
was delivered by the Rev. George A, Pugh, vicar of
Swindon. The church was most beautifuliy decor-
ated, and the s:nging was heirty and gcod. The
offertories, which woe divided betwe-ai the Queen's
Hospital, Birmingham, anti the Guest Hospital,
Dudley, amounted to over .416.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

DUDLEY.

SUICIDE OF A TRADESBIA.N.—GeneraI regret was
felt at Kate s Hill on Thursday on learning that
Mr. Edwin Price had committed suicide. He was
found in the flour stores hinging from a hook by a
silk neckerchief. On being cut down he was found
quite dead. He had been suffering for some months
from melancholia.

CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—At the Police Court
on Wednesday, before the Mayor (Mr. J. Garratt),
Alderman Finch, and Mr. E. Wright (magistrates)
Benjamin Stevenson (40), nailer, Oak Street, Darby
.End, was .tharged with cutting a miner named
ueorge .1.-wwley, of Darby End. Defendant took
up an axe and struck prosecutor —Sentenced to one
muntti's imptisonment with hard labour.

ASSAULT—At the same Police Court, James
Tennant was charged with assaulting Emily Harvey
landlady of the Noah's Ark inn, and Polly Edwards
her sister. There was a general quarrel between the
parties and the Bench said under the circumstances
they would impose a lice of 2s. 6d. and costs. They
hoped on Friday that the licensing magistrates
would have something to say about the license of
the Noah's Ark.
CIIARGE AGAINST PoLTOE OFFICERS.—At the
same Court, Josi di Caddick, hawker of Cosoly, was
charged with being:thunk and illtreating a donkey.
Defendant had brought is counter-cbargo of assault
against Police-cciiiiables Allard and Staines, who
it was alleged struck Caddick on the hands with
their stuff,—The Bench dismissed the cases against
the officers ad fined Caddick 28.6 d and cos,s.—
Mr, E. P. Jobsnn appeared for tin police, and Mr.
Ward for Caddick.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

GEORGE MORRIS, PIZOPRIETOR,

NAG'S HEAD INN,

KING STREET (Late of Stone Street), AND BAIT AND LIVERY STABLES, DUDLEY ABMS,

DUDLEY.

-{ DAM:a. St. Thomas-atree t,Netherton.
GOULD, Undertaker, Crs ',ley Heath.
MOORE and FERRER, Undertakers,Kingswinford
ACIENTS:..-. G. WOODALL. hlarket-street, do.
WHITFIELDJ do. Brierley Hil
DORREL, do. do
EMERY do, do

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

FIGHTING IN ASHANTI. '

A Reuter's telegram, dated Cape Coast Castle,
Aug. 31, says :
A new candidate for the Throne of Ashanti has
appeared in the person of Qrtacoe Dumb, grand-nephew
of the late King Qttaooe Duah, and cousin of Mensah
and Koffee Kalean'.

His party 13 headed by Owosoo Korkor, one of the
hostages given to Sir Garnet Wolseley in the year
1874, who, as previously announced, has completely
defeated Kalcalli, and put him to flight. Kaloalli is
now reported to be lurking in a small village near the
Gaman territory.

Owosoo Korior is now destroying Kalcalli's prin-
cipal supporters in detail. Having surrounded the
town of the King of Agoonah on the 11th inst., that
chief collected all his treasures into one house, and
filling the lower storey with powder, blew himself and
everything up.
Addoo Boff, who captured the German missionaries
before the late war, has been shut up in his town, and
news of his suicide in the same manner is daily ex-
pected, as it is a point of honour not to fall alive
into the enemy's hands.
Communication ukh the interior continues very
uncertain, and all the trading paths are stopped.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

DISASTROUS STORM IN ITALY.

Letters from Taranto, Italy, give lamentable descrip-
tions of the effects of the storm on the night of the
14th inst. Thus far the bodies of seven of those
drowned have been recovered, but the exact number
of the victims is not yet known. Another por•
Lion of the bridge of seven arches, called the
Ponte Napoli, having fallen, the city can now only
be reached by boats. The bridge towards Lecce has
been so much damaged that its fall Is also expected.
The authorities have prohibited anyone from crossing
it. Several buildings were also seriously injured by
the storm. The cornice of the Persini Palace gave
way, and crushed a man and a boy to death, and a
house in course of construction fell, causing the death
of one man and serious injuries to three others. Great
damage has been done throughout all the suroundine
country. Near Cosenza two corn mills were washed
away and twenty persons perished with them; a
bridge fell and two others are in a falling condition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.

The number of visitors on Saturday was 37,764,
making a total for last week of 116,394. The total
number from the opening of the Exhibition has
been 1,893,548. On Saturday the Exhibition was
visited by several thousands of Government dockyard
emplo Ids. The visit was owing to an arrangement
made by the dockyard authorities to allow the men to
take Saturday as a substitute for the holiday usually
granted upon the occasion of the annual visit of the
Lords of the Admiralty. By the liberality of the
directors of the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway, seven or eight trains were placed at the dis•
posal of the employes at the Portsmouth Dockyard
and their wive, &c., and a large reduction was made
in the fares. The South-Western Railway Company
had, with similar liberality, arranged for the convey-
ance of some 2,000 visitors from Devonpott. The
managers of the Fisheries Exhibition had issued tickets
at a considerable reduction on the usual price of
admission.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

KIDDERMINSTER.

Mr. Abel John Ram, Revising Barrister, held his
courts tor the revision of the Borough and Foreign
Parliamentary and Municipal lists of voters at the
town Hall on Thursday. Mr. W. A. Crowther and
Mr. Friend appeared for the Conservatives, and Mr.
Everill, of Worcester, for the Liberals. No points
of special interest were raised, and the party claims
and objections were taw.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ARRIVAL OF MRS. CAREY IN

ENGLAND.

The 67. arth Oastle, baying on board the widow Carey
and her seven Ithildren, together with the witnesses to
the murder of her humbar,d, arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Monday from Cape Town. A correspondent
states that on arriving at the island of Maderia
the ship was placed in a species of quarantine—
as was the ca-e with the Union Company's
steamer Athenian, which brought Carey's mur-
derer—by order of the Portngness authorities, acting
through Lord Granville and the British Consul. All
strangers or offiia's of the company Were excluded,
and the shots at Furv:hal wag patrolled by soldiery,
who scrutinised all Europeans narrowly, and warned
the native boatmen rgainst carrying anyone within
hailing dietaries of-the ship; which was protected by a
cordon of custom house craft, with armed officers on
board.

The Correspondent of the Daily News says :—The
voyage was accomplishect safely and without incident;
though it blew so heavily and the weather was so dark
and thick on Sunday night as to render the passage very
unpleasant, and eves some* hat danger-atm -We sighted
no land or light from the time of leaving Maderia,
UT til Alonday .rnorninß the. fog lifted,
Looe Island, within 'a few Mires of Plymouth sound.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

BREAKING UP OF THE "MARCO POLO.°

From information which has just come to hand at
Liverpool, it appears that the great gales which pre-
vailed off the Canadian coast about the commence-
ment of this month caused the complete break up of
the famous old Liverpool clipper Marco Polo as she
lay stranded. The wreck was sold some time ago,
along with her cargo, to a Canadian firm, and at the
beginning of the present month boats were in con-
stant attendance recovering the cargo and carrying it
to a place of safety.
When the gale began there were eight men on
board the Marco Polo, and on the morning of the 6th
Inst. the vessel was so violently knocked about by the
storm that the mizenmast fell over the side and the
lower beams of the vessel commenced to break up.
Four of the men were at one portion of the vessel
and the remaining four at another. One of the four in
the after part went to look if the small boats were
right, and his comrades, thinking he intended to go on
shore and leave them, followed him and jumped into
the boat, which immediately sank, the four men being
left in the water struggling for their lives. After
desperate efforts three reached the Marco Polo, but
the other man was drowned.

The Marco Polo eventually broke up, and the men
had only the windlass brakes to shelter them, and it
was hourly expected that even this would be torn
away from them, and that they would be carried into
the sea and drowned. The men clung to the place of
refuge with great desperation, and when morning
dawned their perilous positium was seen by those
on shore. A boat was launched, but it was soon
filled with water, and a second boat, which was
brought from some miles distant for the pur-
pose of rescuing the men, made two unsuccessful
attempts to reach the helpless men. The seas could
be seen dashing over them from time to time, and the
excitement on shore was intense. At last some fish
barrels were lashed together round the boat, and by
this means succour was afforded to the seven men.
Linea were thrown from the improvised life-boat, and
the men, one by one, were drown through the seething
surf.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when the
rescuers put off, and it was seven o'clock the same
evening before all the helpless men were landed. They
had been in their position of peril from three o'clock
in the morning, having nothing to eat or drink, and
grasping the part of the vessel which afforded them
shelter. The Maroc. Polo broke completely up, and
according to latest accounts herself and cargo were
strewn in pieces along the shore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE NIAIIKETS.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MA.RIEET.-MONDIT.

The cattle trade has shown more steadiness, owing to
shorter supplies. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing
districts have fallen off. There was a moderate show front
Ireland. A rather stronger inquiry prevailed, and prices
tended against the buyer. The best Scots and crosses reached
6s to is 2d per 81b. The show of foreign stock was not so
large as usual. There were about 250 Canadian, with some
Danish and Swedish. The trade was steady, and prices were
maintained. The sheep pens were not well supplittl.
Business was slow, but at steady prices. The best
Downs and balf-breds sold at 7s to 75 2d per 81b. Calves
and pigs were quiet on the former terms. At Deptford
were about 2,000 beasts and 5,000 sheep. Quotations :
Coarse and inferior beasts, 45 to 4s ed ; second quality ditto
4s 6d to is ; prime large oxen, 55 ed to is ; ditto Soots, arc.,
is to es 2d; coarse and inferior sheep, 5s 44 to
second quality ditto, es to is ed ; prime coarse woolled
ditto, is to es 10d; prime Southdown ditto, 71 to 7s 2d•.
large coarse calves, is to is 64 ; prime small ditto, 55 84, )
is 4d; large hogs, 43 4d to 48 8d; neat small porkers, 45 8d
to is per 81b. to sink the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDAY.
A moderate supply, and very slow trade, especially for
middling and inferior qualities. Inferior beet, 38 to 3$ 4d•
middling ditto, Is 8d to 4s 4d; prime large ditto, 413 6d to ss;
prime small ditto, Is 24 to Is 6d; veal, Is 4d to 6s; inferior
mutton, 31 Si to 48 84 ; middling ditto, 4a 10d to 541 4d : prime
ditto, Is Sd to Is 6d ; large pork, 4s to 4s 6d ; and small di.SO
43 8d to 58 per 81b. by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE STRIKE OF THE LONDON
STEAMBOAT MEN.

On Tuesday morning a Court of the master,
wardens, and assistants of the Watermen's Company
was held at the Watermen's Hall, Lower Thames.
street, London' to hear summonses taken out by the
London Steamboat Company againdt certain men of
the Watermen's Company employed by the former
company. The men, six in number, were charged
with absconding from employment.
The proceedings arose out of the recent strike of the
employee of the Steamboat Company. Mr. Edgar
Shand, the manager of the Company, explained the
circumstances under which the strike arose. He said
that during August three extra boats were put on the
first thing in the morning to run from 7.25 to five
minutes to eight. The men employed on these boats
were paid is. per day extra during August. The other
men employed came forward and claimed the le,
extra also, and that being refused they struck. After
some time the Company gave in, and gave the men
the extra money; but on Sept. 15, it being decided to
reduce the wages, the men again struck.
One of the thfendants said that he was one of a
deputation of men who waited on Mr. Shand with
regard to the wages, and the agreement come to was
that the men should have 355. per week for the rest of
the seeon. On the 15th of September, instead of 355.
he was tendered 285., and that was the cause cf the
strike.

Other evidence having been heard, the Court, after
deliberating in private, decided that the full penalty
should be inflicted in each case-23. Notice of appeal
was given.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A HORSE.

Sir John Humphreys, coroner for East Middlesex,
has hold an inquest at Whitechapel on the body of
Johnson, a labourer.—Ellen Southern, 30,
Dorset-street, Spitalfialds, stated she was the deputy
of a lodging-house, and the deceased had lodged there
during the last eighteen months. When be returned
home on Thursday in the previous week the witness
noticed that his face was bound up, and on inquiring
the cause the deceased told her that he had been bitten
in the face by a pony; but he did not say where it
occurred. On the Friday he became very ill, and an
order was obtained for his admission into the White-
chapel Infirmary.—Emily E. Walker, paid nurse at
the Whitechapel Infirmary, stated that the deceased
was admitted on Friday suffering from an inflamed
jaw, and also a wound on the right eye and temple.
After his admission he became delirious, and remained
Bo up to the time of his death.—Mr. Perkins Case,
assistant medical officer at the Whitechapel Infirmary,
stated that when he saw the deceastra he found him
suffering from two contused and lacerated wounds
over the right eye, which brought on erysipelas, and
this was the cause of death.—The jury returned a
verdict in accordance with the medical evidence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE WAGES QUESTION IN THE IRON

TRADE.
At a meetirg of ironworkers at Stockton on Mon.
day to consider whether notice khould be given to
terminate the sliding scale at the end of the present
year, a resolution was unanimously adopted declaring
that the scale was not worthy of reconeideration, the
baqs being too low to ensure a fair rate of wages for
labour done.

At a conference of Yorkshire miners, held at
Rotherham on Monday, it was unanimously deter-
mined to demand an advance of 15 per cent, on their
wages. There were present at the conference 149
delegates, representing 38,745 men.

The Fife and Clackmannan miners, at a meeting
held on Monday at Dunfermline, resolved that should
employers not grant an advance of 61. per day they
would restrict the output by working only four days a
week;

The Leicestershire colliery owners met the miners
at Miletone to consider the miners' demand for in-
creased payment. The owners submitted that the
demand was premature, and not justified by the state
of trade. They suggested the sliding scale as the best
means of meeting the difficulty, and proposed that
the matter should be adjourned until the course taken
In other districts could be ascertained. After a long
discussion this was agreed to.

A representative meeting of colliery enginemen and
bollermen of South Wales and Monmouth WM held
at Merthyr on Monday. It was decided to form a
protective organisation for the district, in which
about 5000 cbliiers are employed, with lodges and a
central fund.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

GENERAL NEWS.

A HARDENED CRIMINAL.
WOLVERHAMPTON, Th ursda,y.
At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Frederick Park
man, 30, was sentenced to seven years' penal s rvi-
tilde for stealing a pony, trap, and harness, irom
Harry Millet, of liar borne, near Birmingham.
Prisoner aired a pony, and afterwards tried to sell
it in Wolverhampton market to a man who had
previously sold it to Millet!, Prisoner had been
previously convicted—at Lincoln Assizes for horse
stealing, at Nottingham Sessions for false pretences,
at Derby Assizas for horse stealing, at Leeds Issizes
for bigamy, and at Wakefield for stealing clothing.

THE ASIITON WEIVERT STRIKE.
LONDON, Thursday.
The Ashton weavers on strike did not retura in
a 'holy to work to-day as expected.

A MEMBER OF THE SALVATION ARMY
HEAVILY FINED.
A member of the Salvation Army was fined £5
at the Thames Police Court yesterday, for disorderly
conduct in the public streets and assaultiug the
police,
THE MANCHESTER ELECTION,

At a meeting yesterday of the Loyal Irish Execu-
tive, ic was resolved to ask Mr, Parnell t 3 b pre-
Nut at a 11100iing oa SuclaY, :1 . 1-,.,;440a4h0rs

M.P., has written strongly supporting Mr. Pank.
hu st.

Writing on the Manchester election, the Pall
Mall Gazette of yesterday declares that Dr. Pank-
hurst' s return would be the severest blow dealt to the
Liberal party since the general election, except,
perhaps, the loss of the Irish vote. The question,
it says, is not whether Dr. Pankhurst would or
would not be a useful member of Parliament, but
whether the whole principle of the representative
organisation of the party is to go by the board. Dr.
Pankhurst can be dispensed with ; discipline can-
not.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1883.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

BROMSGROVE LICENSING SESSIONS.

The adjourned Licensing Sessions was held on
Tuesday, before Messrs. R. Bourne and C. P. Lane,
The license of the Royal Oak, AVildmoor, was
temporaiily granted to Mr. W. Docker, the owner.
—The license of the Hundred House was renewed,
and also the license of the Golden Crosi Hotel.—
John Croxall applied for the renewal of the license
of the Cattle Market Tavern. Mr. Bourne said
that atei the last Session Mr. Blilward and him.
self inspected the premises, and they had decided
to renew the license only to that portion of the
premises under the roof of the house, and all the
outbuildings to the left of the house would be
excluded.

JURY LISTS.-At the same Sessions the jury lists
for the following parishes were presented and al-
lowed, no objections being made :--Bromsgrove,
Grafton Manor, Stoke Prior, Tutusll, and Cobley.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing
from Buckarest, Tuesday, says :

The well-known "lightning express," a train which
runs through from Paris to Constantinople, left
the rails yesterday, whilst running at about thirty
miles an hour, near the town or Verciorova. Several
of the carriages were smashed, but as there
were not many passengers in the train the lost
of life was comparatively small. As far as is
at present known here one railway official was
killed on the spot, and two persons, presumably pas-
sengers, so terribly injured that they are not expected
to recover, A considerable proportion of the pas-
sengers were cut by broken glass, and otherwise more
or less seriously injured, whilst scarcely one escaped
without bruises and a severe shaking.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE SKIN.—The Glory of Woman, the Pride of
Man.--It contains the delicate lines of beauty, and con-
stitutes all that we term "Loveliness," yet how many
have their skins blemished by itritant soaps, Carbolic
Coal Tar, Glycerine, made of putrid fats. "THE
ALBION MILK AND SULPHUR SOAP" is the purest
the whitest, and most purifying of all soaps It re-
moves all pimples, blotches, and roughne:s. By all
mheists, in tablets, (id. and Is.

ATIROAT AFFECTIONS AND IrOIESENESS.-All suf-
fering from irritation of the throat and . hoarseness
will be agreeably surprised at the almost immediate
relief afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial
Troches." These famons " lozenges " are now sold by
most respectable chemists in this country at Is. Id.
per box. People troubled with a " hackii.g cough,'
B "slight cold," or bronchial affections, cannot try
tiiem too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to pro-
Fess, result io,-k terious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affee•
tlaus. See thaf\ the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches"
era .on thc. anvernment Stamp around each box.—
Prepared IgenN I. BROWN SONS, Boston, U.S.
a2ropcan removed to 38, Farringdon Road,
Lando&

A CARD.—To ALL Imo ARE SUFFERING FROM THE
errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood, &c., I will send a receip.
thal will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE, This great
remedy was discovered by a missionary in South
America. Send a self addressed envelope to the Rev.
JOSEPH T. Index, Station D., New Yoe; City, VS.4
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

TRAGIC OCCURRENCE.

In London on Tuesdarevening Mr. S. F. Longhorn,
the deputy coroner for Westminster, held an inquiry
at St. George's Hospital touching the death of Robert
Tenyson Knowles, aged 26 years, lately residing at 7,
Devonshire-terrace, Notting-hill-gate, who committed
suicide by shooting himself in the bead with a
revolver.

Mrs. Knowles, the widow, said her husband had
been very strange in his manner, and she did not think
he was in his right mind. She knew he procured a
small five chambered revolver, He had never threat-
ened to commit suicide,

Walter Whiting, a cabdriver, deposed that at half-
past eleven on Saturday night he was driving a hansom
cab down Windmill•street, Haymarket, when he was
hailed by the deceased, who was in the company of a
female, and who told him to drive them to Notting-
hill Station. In Regent-street witness was ordered to
stop at the first public-house be came to. Witness
drove into Brook-street and stopped at a public-house,
and the deceased asked him to get down and have some-
thirg to drink. At this time he was intoxicated. When
he came out he bade his friend "Good night," and
directed witness to drive her to Burton-crescent. He
then put his hand in his pocket to pay him his fare, as
witness thought, but he produced a pistol from his
pocket and shot himself. Witness's horse took fright,
and the woman fainted. The latter remarked that
"she thought he would do it."
Police-constable Oddy baying deposed to taking the
injured man to the hospital, and finding a quantity of
valuable property, including £55 in money, in his pos-
session, Dr. Pollock was called to prove that death
was the result of the wour d inflicted by the bullet.
A verdict of " temporary insanity was returned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

FUNERAL OF AN HISTORICAL
CHARACTER.

On Friday in last week were interred, at the
Greenwich Cemetery, Shooter's•hill, the remains of
Mr. James Crow, formerly a captain in the service of
the General Steam Navigation Company, who was
upon a memorable occasion closely associated with
the fortunes of the late Emperor of the French. It
was whilst in command of the Edinburgh Castle
steamer, on Aug. 6, 1840, that Mr. Crow left Mar-
gate with a party numbering about sixty, the vessel
having been hired ostensibly for a pleasure trip off the
coast. While out at sea, one of the party announced
to Mr. Crow that he was Prince Charles Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, and that he intended, with
his followers, to land at France. The Prince had
with him a trained eagle, which be intended should
hover round him whilst he harangued the French
troops whom he hoped might muster in his cause, and
whom he might assemble around the Napoleon Column
on the east cliff of the town of Boulogne. Mr. Crow
had no alternative but to comply with the demand, and
landed the party at Boulogne, where Napoleon presented
himself to the officers, displayed a carved and gilded
effigy of an eagle, and set free the living bird, but the
soldiers would noc listen to the representative of Napol-
eonism. Thus baffled, the party next attempted to re-
gain the steamer, hut were prevented, Lquis himself
being captured, after shooting a French soldier who
had tried to oppose his retreat. A cutter belonging to
the authorities put off to the steamer, and Mr. Crow
was arrested, but after being imprisoned ten days was
released, and returned to England. Louis Napoleon
was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment for high
treason, but in 1846 escaped from the castle of Ham,
in the disguise of a workman with a plank on his
shoulder. When he became President of the French
Republic he sent Mr. Crow a substantial recognition
of his services on the occasion referred to, accompanied
by a letter which is in the possession of his family. After
leaving the Steam Navigation Company'a service, Mr.
Crow for many years carried on business as a fish.
monger, in Turpin•lane, Greenwich Market, and used
to point out to his customers, with pardonable pride,
an oil painting representing the attsmpted invasion.
Upon one occasion Mr. Crow saved the life of a man
who, during a gale, was blown into the sea from off
Calais pier.head, for which he received a medallion
-from the Ir-retch authorities. Mr. Crow died at
Geerge•street, Greenwich, on Monday in last week,
aged eighty-one, and leaves a daughter and two sons.

The traffic receipts of the Suse Canal on Friday
amounted to 120,000 francs, against the same sum on
the corresponding day of last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

IRE CONVICT GOULDSTONE.

The Home Secretary has addressed a letter to the
Sheriff of Essex, Mr. J. Oxley Parker, signifying the
Queen's command that the sentence of death passed
upon William Gouldstone for the murder of his five
children at Walthamstow be respited until Monday,
the Bth day of October, in order that inquiry may be
made as to the prisoner's sanity. The execution was
fixed for Monday next.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE STOTTRBRIDGE OE.

were wreathed round him, and a broken voice whis.
vered—

"It is madness! Oh, for my sake, stay! Look !"
He looked, as the heat grew almost unbearable,
and it was to see lielston reach the sands; and
Grace Monroe, her slight form plainly seen in the
lurid light, leap over a line of tire, just as, with a
roar, the two floods joined again, after embracing
the hill, and began to spread.
Laurent groaned, for he was a prisoner like the
rest; and then the smoke from the burning trees
shut out what followed.
(To be continued,)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ARMED IN TRELAND.

Yesterday, at the Dublin Police Court. a
wretchedly-dressed, delicate-looking yotng man
nanv3cl William Reid, of Arbroath, Forfar, Scotland
wa, remanded on a charge of having in his possession
without a license a six-chamber revolver, 30
rounds of ammunition, and a flask of powder. The
accused was arrested for stealing £22 in Scotland,
and th.: articles mentioned were found on him.

A RAILWAY CARRIAGE ON FIRE.
While the up mail train was proceeding to Dub—
lin flora Sli.go on Thursday night a first-class
carriage containiag two gentlemen was discovered
to be on fire. The flames broke out from the
window slides of the door, which was quickly one
mass of fire. Fortunately before the flames spread
to the interior of the compartment the train. pulled
up at Edgewerths 'lown Station, and the fire was
extinguished, thus preventing what might have
been a simiiar castastrophe to the recent one in
England.
THE OUTRAGE IN TIPPERARY.

The life of the young man Fitzpatrick, injured in
an affray at Clonmora, county Tipperary, last week,
is not yet out of danger. His alleged assailants,
William Fitzpatrick, his wife, two sons, and
daughter, were further remanded on Thursday for
a week, bail being refused except to the women.

THE IRISH LEADERS AND JAMES CAREY'S

MURDER.

The Dublin Nation of yesterday accuses the
Government of foul play towards the assassin
O'Donnell, in the hope that he might be induced
to involve Mr. Parnell and the other Irish leaders
in a conspiracy to murder James Carey. It alleges
that there is a conspiracy to accomplish the ruin of
Messrs. Parnell, Davitt, Dillon,,andEgan by getting
themdrawn into the revelations of the Invincible
ivformers, and
,that the American Embassy in
London has assisted in; the designs: against
O'Donnell. It mentions the exclusion of O'Donnell
from his solicitor, and the publication of false
letters to that gentleman as proof. When Parlia-
ment meets, the Government, it says, will have to
render an account of this atrocious business. The
part played by the American Embassy may, it adds,
be susceptible of satisfactory explanation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

HURRICANE IN THE GULF OF
FINLAND.

A Renter's telegram from Reval dated Sept. 21,
says :—A violent storm has been raging here since hhh.t
night. Hundreds of trees have been torn up by the
roots by the force of the gale, and a large number of
hnusee in the town, and euburb3 have suffered
damage.

The Italian brig Carolina, which left the harbour in
tow waa'driven ashore, and the tug had the greatest
difficulty-in making its way back to port.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

ARRIVAL OF THE REV. MR. SHAW
FROM MADAGASCAR.

The Rev. Mr. Shaw, thd missionary who was im-
prisoned at Tamatave by Admiral Pierre, arrived at
Plymouth on Monday morning by the Garth Castle.
Mr. Shaw, who is accompanied by his wife, has now
almost recovered from the effects of his two months'
imprisonment. He comes to England partly in o-n-
-nection with the affairs of his mission, which has been
disorganised by the French invasion of Madagascar,
and partly to claim compensation from the French
Government for his ill-usage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

CAPTURE OF WHALES IN SHETLAND.

An exciting whale hunt took place at West Voe,
Dnnrossness, one day last week, resulting in the cap-
ture of a shoal of twenty-eight whales. Early in the
morning a number of six-oared boats were proceeding
to the fishing, when they observed the shoal disporting
themselves close to Sumburgh Head, They imme-
diately gave chase, and succeeded in driving them all
ashore. An eye-witness describes the scene of slaughter
as wild in the extreme. Along the head of the Voe
were spread the whales, lashing the water into foam in
their death struggles, while in the midst of the blood
and foam the men, wading waist deep in water, were
seen going from fish to fish and plunging lances into
the monsters' sides. One big fellow managed to get
his head to seaward, and away he went at a great
rate, sometimes below and sometimes on the surface;
but he had been wounded mortally, and he was easily
brought ashore again, The boats which arrived in the
evening from the fishing-ground reportEd that they
had Been several shoals of whales playing about to the
eastward of Sumburgh Head.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

HURRICANE IN THE ANTILLES.

According to intelligence received in Paris fromthe
Antilles the French witr vessel .Rigault de Genouilly,
belonging to the squadron on that station, has en-
countered two cyclones, without, however, sustaining
much damage. The losses caused by the hurricane
on land were estimated at more than 2,000,000 francs.
The French merchant ships, Lemnos, Mioti, Tapa-
geur, Bayadire, and Mysore, and the English brig Clio,
which were lying at the time in the roads of St.
Pierre, Martinique, were driven ashore, and, with the
exception of the Mioti, became total wrecks. Twelve
coasting vessels and several small boats were lost at
other points of the coast. The English lsrig Ruby
and ten coasting vessels were also wrecked, but all
their crews, with the exception of three men, were
saved, owing to the strenuous efforts made by the
inhabitants.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

THE AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION.

VISIT OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY.

The King of the Netherlatds and the Duke of
Albany visited the Amsterdam Exhibition on Satur-
day morning. The King and Duke, who were re-
ceived at the station by the Burgomaster about half.
past ten, drove at once to the Exhibition, and inwected
in particular the sections of Victoria, South Aux-
tralia, New South Wales, British India, Francs,
Holland, and the Dutch Indian village where all
the Javanese were at work; also the collections of
the Prince of Wales and Lord Lytton. After
the arrival of the Queen and Duchess, who were
welcomed by the Lady Mayoress, their Majesties
vLitld several sections for a second time. The Royal
party took luncheon in the Royal Pavilion, the band
performing the Dutch and English hymns. In the
building the King introduced to the Duke a fisherman
in his professional dress, as worn in the Isle of Marken.
After visiting the Exhibition the party drove to the
Royal Palace, and after seeing the most interesting
parts of the city and harbour, started at half-past five
o'clock for the Hague. There in the evening the King
and Queen entertained their British Royal guests at a
State dinner.

The Fancy Fair which was held at night in the
building and grounds of the International Colonial
Exhibition for the benefit of the sufferers by the recent
volcanic convulsions in Java, was a great success. In
addition to all the money taken at the doors the fund
was benefited by the proceeds of the sale of a large
variety of articles specially contributed for the
purpose. The Palace was crowded, the visitors
numbering upwards of twenty thousand.
The total number of medals, prizes, and other
distinctions awarded at the Exhibition was 5,223.
Of these, 414 are diplomas of honour, 1,083 gold
medals, 1,537 silver and 1,842 bronze medals, while
the number of honourable mentions is 847. The
Dutch Exhibitors obtained altogether 842 distinctions,
the Belgians 906, the Germans 964, the English 195,
the French 1,203, the Austrians 177, the Russians 184,
the Spaniards 163, the Algerians 191, China 98, Italy
70, japan 99, the United States 27, Sweden and
Norway 52, and Switzerland 38. The Exhibition will
remain open till the Ist of October.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-29

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