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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

NETHERTON.

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—AU inquest Wai held On
Tuesday last, before Mr. W. U. Phillips, Deputy Coro-
ner, on the body of John Bird (21). miner, at the Loving
Lamb Inn, Netberton.—William Potts said that he was
employed loading a skip it the time the accident hap.
pencil. A fall of coal took place, and he had a narrow
escape of his life.—Elijah Hate said that at the time of
the accident he was holding a light during the time that
the last witness W 29 loading the skip. The deceased was
standing near to them. A lump of coal rolled down and
knocked a tree out, and then there was a fall of cad all
along the gateroad, and deceased was crushed. Ile con-
sidered that there Was no one to blame for the accident,
and that it was a fit place for a man to be engaged at
work.—No further evidence was given, and the jury at
once returned a verdict of accidental death.—The De.
puty Coroner inquired if provision was made for the
widow, and Mr. 0. Dunn replied' She will have fia a
week from the field and Gs from the men."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

NOTICE.

INNKEEPERS', GROCERS', AND OTHER
BUSINESSES,
ARE SPEEDILY & EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERRED
BY S. INSULL,
AUCTIONEER AND VALUER,
HIGH-WIREET, BRIERLET HILL.

No Clgarge made unless a Sale is effected.
No Charge to Purchasers.

RICHARD HTCKLING,
AUCTIONEER, VALUER, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
HOUSE, ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENT.

1.1-ANHOOD SECURED by the occasional
use of Dr. HAMMOND'S Newly Invented
SELF-ACTING CURATIVES and PREVENTIVE AP-
PARATUS, which permanently cures the following ail-
ments, when every other mean,: fail :
Nervous Debility, Painful Breams, Mental and Physi-
cal Depression, Palpitation of the Heart. Noises in the ' N.B.—Agent to the United Kingdom Temperance and
Head and Ears, Indecision, Impaired Sight and Memory, I Provident Institute.
Indigestion, Prostration, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits '
Loss of Energy and Appetite, PAID in the Back and
Limbs, Timidity, Self Distrust, Dizziness, Love Of Soli-
kc., &c. TO LANDLORDS AND OTHERS.
Instructions sent post free on receipt cf two stomps by
Dr. HAMMOND, slrtolirr of tie Coll. re of Iha •icints jA. E., Auctioneer and Appraiser
and Burgeons, (Lx-Gote k irr rTv l„ No. 11, 4, beg, to .0.01 i.e to the Inhabstu,,t 01 I.lnUey iota
CSABLOITTE,sTATET, BET F, 1:a 1..011/011. the surrotindo.; neighbourhood, Ho is yrepated to
&Wilt eaves cored in a week; Chronic ones from 3 to , I.cvN Distratuts for Rent, Frecet we-. Bilis et Sok, coil
6 weeks. I oil tunas of Processes at La ; and parties favourind
C.l so 111 ti, eiti'y firm 9 till 2 ere Lill S. Letters him with such hnsinese t.uarsatt 1 againtl ail Actions
melte prcront attention. and Suits at Law. At Moderate Charges.

VALUATIONS FOR ALL I'URPOSER.

Cleat, weir Siourbridy e ; (pulley !lota', Inn? No,
1, Mario I Place, Illaekheall I, Rowley Regis.

NoTTC
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

CRICKET.

CLIENT (2ND ELKVLN) V. BROMAGROVE CoLLEGIAIF.
Serroot.—Thii inatelt was played on the Belbrolighton
ground, on Saturday last, and resulted in favour of the
(-Atilt...with nine wickets to go down :
CLENT.

2ND. INNINOS.

IST. INNINGS.
F. Swindell, b Beech 20 not out
0. W. Roberts, b Jefferics 15
C. Bo:10ton, b Beech.... 17
Heydon, c SAywell,

,
•
Jefferies
D. Loins, b Beech
C. Pountney, b Jefferies 0 not out
W. Thatcher, c Beech, b
Jefferies 0
A. Jervis, b Beech
.1. Waldron, b Jefleries
G. Potter, b Beech
not out 0 b Jefferieq 1
Byes, Szc.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN: Sir DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, JUNE 5. 1869.

HEALTH AND STRENGTH RESTORED,

PRICE ONE PENNY.

CORN EXCHANGE,

STOURBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE LIFE PEERAGES BILL.

A most unusual master of Peers assembled
on Thursday night, in consequence of a rumour
that Earl Russell's Life Peerages Bill was likely
to be mutilated. They cams down in great
numbers, and not far short of 3110 Peer., includ-
ing the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam-
bridge, were present.
After mush discussion a compromise was come
to between Earl Russell :uid Earl Stanhope.

As the bill now stanil, there cannot be.more
than two life peers summoned to the Upper
House every year, and nut niece than 28 life
peers altogether.
The bill will appear to the Lower House ridi-
oulonsly ineffective so a MeallS of bringing the
Lords into harmony with the nation,
lir. Bright was attra.ted to tho House of
Lords by the discussion, and some merriment
was excited by an allusion as to the possibility
that the right lion. gentleman might one day be
offered a life peerage.
Earl Granville, who followed, good-humouredly
said, amid renewed laughter, that ho had not
had time to go down to the bar to discover
whether the eminent individual referred to was
likely to accept a life peerage if it were offered
to him,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

STOURBRID(IE RAILWAY COMPANY.

A special, or extraordinary meeting of the
proprietors of the Stourbridge Railway Com-
ptuy, was held yesterday, at Messrs. Harward,
Shepherd, and H irward's o.lices. C. E. Swin-
dell, Esq., occupied the chan.
The object of the meeting was to consider a
bill now before Parliament for conferring further
pawers on the Great Woatern Railway Compaly
ii relation to their own undertaliog, and tii.
naaertakings of other companies; and other

intrips,a.
A resolution was passed that the bill bo ap•

roved.
Mr. C. E. Swindon, the retiring director, was
re-ciected.

A vote of thanks to the Chairman, closed the

proceeding.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE INCOME TAX EXPLAINED.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has sent the follow-
ing letter for publication :
I find that some remarks of mtue in the debate on the
Customs and Inland Revenue 11111 have, doubtless from my
own fault, been very generally misunderstood. I have been
accused of denying that live quarters of Income-tax will be
paid in the current financial year, and using sophistry to
conceal a palpable fact. I shall, therefore, feel much obliged
to you if you will allow me to state what I meant to my, as
the subject is of very great importance.
Mr. Hunt accused me of proposing to collect the Income-
tax "iii a manner excessively burdensome to the taxpayer."
In support of this he said that those who come under Sche-
dules A, 11, D of the Income-tax would pay five quarters in
the year. This is true, but I argued that it could not be
' considered "excessively burdensome" to pie taxpayer, be-
cause wherever four quarterly payments are made, you may,
by adding a single day to the year, which is no practical in-
crease of burden, make out that five quarters are paid with-
in the year. Indeed, if a man paid the last quarter of his
Income-tax on the 20th of April, 1865, and on the 19th of
April, 1569, which may very well happen, he would underthe
present system pay literally, and not merely substantially,
five quarters in a year. If it is a hardship, that hardship
saints under the present pines; if it is no hardship, it Is no
charge against me.
The proper way to look at the case Is to leave out of the
question the payinent iii April, 1860, which is for a past year, .
and must be made under either system, the old or the new,
mid compare them from that date. Suppose a man has £2O
Income tax to pay. On the old system lie will pay £lO in
October, 1861; A'..5 January, 1810; £5 in April, 1870—total,
£2O. On the new system be will pay £2O in January, 1570.
Compare the two,
by the new plan he gains the use of £lO from October to
January, and loses the use of gx from January to April; and
so he gains the use of or interest on £s—that is, one quarter's
Income-tax—for three mouths
How, then, can It be truly sald that the new plan is more
burdensome to the taxpayer than the old I On the contrary,
it is evidently a relief, in spite of the payment of five quarters
of Income-tax in the year; and there is no way of reconciling
this apparent contradiction, except the one above suggested.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

POTATOES.

The supplies of potatoes are good, but aomewhlt less et- •
tensive, The demand has been moderately active, at Our nil"
tatione. The following are the current prices :—Lagoah
Itegente, 601. to 1105. ; Flukes, hes. to 1300. ;Seotib Regents,
80e. to 1201.; Rocks, 451. to OIL; and French, Kik to 555. per
ton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE BREEDING OF HORSES.

The following letter, addressed by the Spesk..r
the House of Commons to Lord 2etland, hi, been

pu lished :
" Speaker's House, Weatminster, Ma L 20, 4060. .
"Dear Lord Zetland,—The narrow escape we have had trout
the imposition of a tax on brood mares invites public atten-
tion to the present condition of horse-breeding throngh the
country. Ido not refer to racehorses, but to half-bred stock
for the road and the huntingteld.
'lt Is to be feared that the business of breeding such
horses will be found to be In a depressed and deeliniug
state. So far from its being able to bear the imposition of a
new tax, it needs all possible support and encouragement.
" Before the invention of railways, every farmer kept
horse to carry him to markets and fairs. Now, thous.,no
farmers have lahl aside their riding horses, and trust ma, ..ly
to railways for means of locomotion.
Can anything be done to revive and stimulate this des+
leg interest? The means, to be suceeasful, must hi roe'-!-'
I should have no faith in joint-stock companies, or arts -
pensive operations. We must operate through the facto,-,
The effort should be a combined eif,,rt of prolrietors
occupiers. If gentlemen interested in the sellers
meet
-
meet together and would form an association, and w,
agree each of them to place two or three good msios, ill ‘-n
hands ol tenants on their estates, In a few vu.ii s
change would be effected, and the foundation could It'
I.
of a supply of useful and valuable horses.
"Believe me yours very sincerely,
J. EVELYN DEtileoN.
"The Earl of Zetland, 19, Arlington-street."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

NOTICE.

VOUND ftt Cleat, a Gray-faced EWE and
LAMB. Unless owned aud Expense& paid within
fourteen days from this date, will be SOLD to defray
such Expensea.—Apply to William Sherif, Constable,
Clent.
Cleat, 26th May, 1869.

"POUND, at Stourbridge, a small RETRIE-
-11 VER. DOG.—Apply at once to No. 15, Kidder-
minster Street, Stourinidge.

13 ENSON'S

1 WATCTItES CI. OCKS GOLD JEWELLERY
Of all I tads. Of all hinds. Of the Newebt
-- IN signs.
Drawing-room Bracelets.
IDining-room. Brooches.
Csrrisge. Esurings.
Church. Lockets.
Hall and Shop. Necklaces.

Lever.
Horizontal.
Chronometer.
Key less.
Chronograph.

Mr. BENSON, who holds the appointment to RAH.
the Prim, of Wales, has juet published two Pamphlets,
enriched and embellished with Illustrations—one upon
Watch and Clock Making, and the other upon Artistic
Gold Jewellery.- These are sent post free for 2.1 each.
Persons living in the country or 21brad can e, et the
sande required, and have it low 11,:ed r r 1.. I
safety.
, 25. Old Bole; Nter., e,,,i 71/.1 City steam W.
and 60. Ludg.ete i

I .4•I

THOMAS ITOMER,

AUCTIONEER AND GENERAL VALUE

FIVr. WAYS, CRAtLEY ITEATII,

tol.eltsll I.atmnpf.h. and Sthport of LA
uuratrou, Mende, mon4l the Pahlie geteralty.
Charyes strictly Moderate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

TO Pr' L i:F AND OTHERS.

to of Ltd BUILDING BRICKS
C. for SALK, at greatly reduced rates. at ersdley
Perk Brick Works, within 100 yards of the Stourbridge
my, and close to Turnpike Iliad. To any p. rson
al,- aid Furrows., the Lot. a conviderable advantage will

GIG MILL, STOURBRIDGE.

wyett.—Apply to l'ottoon, 14311.111 Ilou,r,
btourbridge.

VALUABLE CORNER PROPERTY.

QARJENT WITTON is favonted with In.
Li structions to OFFER for SALE by PUBLIC
AUCTION, at the RED LIDS Ivw, New-STREET. STOUR•
BRIDGE, on FRIDAY, the 25th day of JUNE, ISM at Six
o'clock in the Evening, in one Lot. :mil eubjeet to the
conditions to be then and there produced,
All those Four FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSES
with large and productive Gardens, Brewhouses, and
other Outbuildings thereto; now in the respective occu-
pations of Eliza Price, and others.. There is a Well of
good Water on the Premises, and the annual rentals of
the whole property are £26 Sr 8,1, and has two frontages
—one to the Lilebe-lane of 66 yards or thereabouts, and
the other to the road leading from the Hen!li to Rinser,
and contains in the whole 1738 square )arda, or there-
abouts.
The Property commards fine picturesque v;ers end Li
in a liistLiass p iihee fi r I mkt ; : ,i the
Propulty oltoget Ler, if. roe gioil IRA tt.Liq Int fit-
able inve.tment.

For forth. r pnruculara, apply to Iterf to. Fr, it and
Fairy, Solicitor.; or the Auctiontar,

. _
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Are the sources of the deadliest maladies. No•.v..w!iat is the operation of the Pills?
They cleanse the bowels, regulate the liver, bring tho r lax:4l or irrlt.a..h.l stuntach
into a natural and healthful condition. Changing sickness into health.

.A.II,34MI•TTS OF FEILC.A.T-.MS.
At the two epochs in life in which the system undergoes the most important
and critical changes, the Pills are priceless in their effect in disorders to which the
sez is liable; and at the turn of life are a safeguard against evil consequences.
WE.A.ICNESS .A.N3D
These Pills remove all symptoms of debility, languor and weakness, as they
act upon the mainsprings of life and give strength and vigour to Ike system.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE MARKETS.

ItARK-LANE..-110NTLY.
Fresh up to Mark-lahe this moreing the receipts of wheel,
from Essex and Kent were limited. The demand was to
active, nevertheless, owing to the unsettled weather, Mil
trade was firm, arid an advance of from is. to Is.' fa, nr
took place in prices. The show of foreign wheat was good
1511billiMS was not extensive, hut the trausadions elf eiged were
at an improvement of from Is to 25. per qr. F.oati, tairgees
of grain commanded more attention, at enhanced quotatl . us.
The supply of barley was moderate. 'I he demand was stemly,at
full rates. Malt sold slowly, but the ciaotatkins were unaltered..
Oats were In short supply and good request, and prizes wore
well maintained. Beans were more sought after, and the
prices realised were slightly in advance of those current on
Monday last. Peas were quiet, lint, steady in value. The
flour market wen firm, and most deicrlptions were held tor
more money. Maize was steady in value and demand. Lin-
seed and rapeseed were iinlet. Most agricultural seeds sold
slowly. Cakes met a fair sale.

51A111:-1.1NF..—Wr6:sESI..11%
Short supplies of English wheat weie on sale LA..; to-day.
The demand was less active, but the trade wao firm 01l the
whole, and the late advance was maintained. In I orei,m
wheat the transactions were restrictel, but full careen toe
were realised. Barley was quiet, but firm on teenier tarsus
Malt was neglected, at late rates. Oats were inuctivc. at
previous prices. Beans were dull, but not lower. For toBll3
the inquiry was limited, at late quotations. Flour was flam
1,, value and demand; not* ithstanding that, Um quantity
disposed of was limited. On the whole the seed inaz feet tom
quiet, at Monday's quotations.
SIETROPOLITAN CATTLE SARKET.-110111MV.
Rather more firmness characterised the cattle trade this
morning, and the movements In prices indicated in.reased
steadiness, notwithstanding that the demand was not to say
active. There was a falling oil in the simply of Beasts
exhibited, but the quality was about equal to last sveek.
Foreign beasts were more numerous. The busineas•deia;
; was not extensive; nevertheless the trade Wad 0,111,
and prices were supported, the best Scots and crosses eviliath
1 at in. et& to 50. 101 per blb. With sheep the market NV.an
fairly supplied ; the inquiry was healthy, but not brisk, and
prices had an upward tendency. The best Downs and half-
breds sold at se. 6d. to ss. Bd., and, in some instifneee 6s. 10d.
per Mb. There was a good show of lambs, for waffle tat de-
mand was very heavy the extreme quotation was ii. oil. per
; Mb. Calves were firm, on former terms; the supply %AS
moderate. Figs sold slowly, at previous quotations.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

A SAD END!

On Friday evening in last week, Mr. Bedford, the
coroner, proceeded with a very long and painful in.
gully, in the Board-room of St. George's Workhouse,
Mount -streetr Grosvenor-square, London, respecting
the death of Miss Clara Morton, aged 19, who was
found drowned in the Serpentine, Hyde Park.
Miss S. Morton, of 3, liornsey-road, Islington, said
the deceased was her sister. She had lately been in very
low spirits. She left home on the 14th of May, and
witness never saw her alive again. Three days after
she left home the following letter addressed to witness
was found in her bed-room :-
1 "My dear Sister,—l am very sorry to leave you. By the
time you get this note I chall be in another world. My heart
Is broken. Mr. Fenton has very much ill-used Inc. This, no
doubt, will be a death blow to you, but it can't be helped. I
have been very unhappy of late, and have hail no rest for
months, lie is the cause of all this. I cannot say any more ;
so farewell for ever."
The letter was signed "Clara Morton." In the en-
velope was a lock of her hair.
The witness, in answer to the coroner, mid she knew
the deceased had been keeping company with a young
man named Fenton, a private in the lot Life Guards.
George Newbon said on the previous Wednesday
evening he found the body of the deceased floating on
the water of the Serpentine, in Hyde Park.
Mr. William Bloxam, surgeon, said that he ex-
amined the body of the deceased on Wednesday last.
She had been pregnant within the last six months.
The cause of death was suffocation by drowning.
The deceased, no doubt, had been in the water since

IGth inst..
Benjamin Fenton, a private in the let Life Guards,
deposed that he had been keeping company with the
deceased for three years. He last saw her alive on
the 12th of the present month. She used to come to
the barracks of an evening and ask to see him. He of
late had heard she had a bad temper, and he had often
told her he did not want to see her. When he told
her he did not want to see her she used to begin
to cry. On the 14th of this month he received a
letter from her to the effect that she intended to
destroy her life. In the letter she said, "When you
hear of me I shall be dead. You have quite broken
my heart. I hope you will be a most miserable man as
long as you live, for you are the cause of my death."
The witness said whenever he met her she would be
outside the barracks. He told her evening after even-
ing for the past few months thathe did not want to see

her.
The sister of the deceased said she could show nearly
100 letters which Fenton had written to her sister,
making appointments to meet her.
The coroner, in summing up, said there could not be
the slightest doubt that this soldier had won the affec-
tions of this unfortunate young lady, and, having
ruined her, left her to her fate. It was quite clear
that the deceased had been seduced, but by whom there
was not sufficient evidence to prove.
The jury then returned a verdict of "Suicide while
in a state of unsound mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

ONE SHILLING PER SHARE.

1.C37.677 Tielet4 have bePn nll in thP eighteen pre-
vious drawings, and 19,852 PRIZIS distribnted. inetud:

ing 1.604 Piiintings, in amount.; varying f nice 200 guineas
downward,, being ONE PRIZE in eneli S.! Tickets.
The DRAWIlsai for PRIZES will the place

ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1869.

And will cobsist of upwfirag nt
ONE THOUSAND PRIZES.

"A Noble Wife' (Ist Prize) W. H. FISK flr.o
" The Morning Express " (2nd Prize) .1. P. FETTITT E 1.21
"A Tight Fit" (rd Prize) J. KENNEL'? £ti3
And about 15(1 other Paintings. from 4:60 down
[Particulars in Prize Lists.]

Tickets ONE SHILLING each, entitling the holder
to one chance in the drawing, may be bed from the un-
dermentioned agents; or will be forwarded direct by the
Secretary on receipt of envelope (atom; el and directed)
together with postage stamps or pmt-office order for the
number of Tickets required.
JAMES G. LAW, Secretary,
39, Oxford-street, Blanchester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

KIN VEIL

TRREITI vrm TO ANSAMT —At the Petty Seegion4,
on Monday 144. behre F. blyera, FlAq Jamel Tomer
was ehareed by Thomae Beardmore with threatening to
'tallith him on the 23r1 ult. Ordered to pay cots.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

LOCAL AGENTS:

S. Flu" Obserrer Office. 99, high-street,'
It. Muumuu., Bookseller. 144. High-st. 4 Stourbridge.
EDWARD LEVI, Bookseller, High-street,
W. H. LAXTON. Bookseller, 49, High. street, Dudley.
E. HUTCHINGS, Bookseller, High-street,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

DEATH OF SIR R. J. CLIFTON, M.P.
--------

-FOR NOTTINGHAM.

Sir Robert Clifton died on Sunday morning, at three
o'clock. The hon. baronet had been suffering for the
past fortnight from typhoid fever, but it was not anti-
cipated that it would terminate fatally. The hon.
baronet's pedigree dates from near the Conquest, and
his ancestors have played not an unimportant part in
history. The deceased baronet was the only son of the
late Sir Juckee Granville Clifton, and during his
minority was connected with the turf, on which he suf-
fered considerable losses, from which he never extri-
cated himself, his estates being heavily mortgaged.
Sir Robert successfully contested Nottingham in
1861, against the Whig party, who brought forward
the present Duke of Newcastle (then Lord Lincoln) to
oppose him. The hon. baronet was again returned in
1865, but was unseated on petition along with Mr.
Samuel Morley. He was, however, once more suc-
cessful in 1868, being returned at the bead of the poll.
The deceased baronet was extremely popular with the
working classes of Nottingham, by whom he will be
much regretted.
Sir Robert was in his 43rd year, and leaves a widow,
but no children.
Nothing, of course, will be done with regard to the
vacant seat until after the funeral; but it is quite ex-
pected that Mr. Bernal Osborne will be a candidate,
though he may abstain from presenting himself at
present out of regard to the memory of the deceased
baronet.
Mr. George Potter is also announced as the working
man's candidate for the seat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF
A FATHER.

On Monday, llenry Cooper, a young man about
twenty years of age, was brought before the Sussex
County Magistrates, sitting at Steyning, charged with '
attempting to murder his father, Mr. William Cooper,
agricultural implement manufacturer, at Enfield, by
discharging a loaded rifle at him.
Although the offence was committel so long since as
the 24th of Feb., such was the severity of the wounds
inflicted that it was not until the present time that the
injured man was enabled to attend to give evidence,
and being a gentleman widely known and greatly res.
pected in the neighbourhood, the court was crowded.
No less than twelve witnesses were called to prove the
case, the facts of which will be in the recollection of
our readers. The father, who still appeared to be in a
very weak state, wearing his arm in a sling, stated that
an be was about to leave his shop about nine o'clock on
the night in question, and had just got his arm outside
the door, when he heard a report, and felt himself
struck violently in the arm. He could not see who
fired, the flash from the gun preventing him.
At the conclusion of his evidence prosecutor shook
hands with prisoner and said, "Good bye, God bless
you !" and both broke forth in a paroxysm of grief.
, The scene was a very affecting one.
' Thomas Meads, a prisoner in Petworth gaol, and
who was confined in the same cell as prisoner, said that
on the 20th inst. prisoner told him he was charged with
shooting a man. Ile said he went three times to do
it, and had inifsed one good chance. Ile said he
wished he had killed him, and added that he had
wounded him so that "it would take him all his time
to get over it." Witness said, "It most be a very
bad case for you to do so." Prisoner answered 'Yes ;
and everybody knaws it."

Prisoner, who had nothing to say in answer to the
charge, was committed for trial at the next Lewes
assizes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

CRADLEY.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. -- On
Monday last a battalion drill took place, and the Hales-
Owen cornpsny of Volunteers was present. Some mem-
bers of the corps remained in the town until about eleven
o'clock, when they were conveyed homewards by a horse
and spring cart bolonging to Mr. Woolridge, the horse
being driven by William Drew, of Netherend. They
were g•ling at a violent rate, and when near to the Crown
Inn, Darby Hand, the horse made a sudden turn towards
the bowling green. The cart was thrown over, and some
of the Volunteers were dashed against a cinder
Timothy Shaw, of Cradle, Heath, was dangerousl; hut
Joseph Hingley, Aaron Hingley, and Eii Forre-• • 0!
Cradley, sustained severe injuries. They were all car
ried into the Crown Inn, where they promptly rec, Vol
attention from Mr. Meredith, surgeon. Their wo iida
were dressed, and they were afterwards conveyed tot. air
homes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

BENJAMIN CHANCE, Deceased.

13UBSUANT to the Act of Parliament of the
22041 and 23rd Viet. cap 31, intituled ' An Act to
further Amend the Law of Property And to Relieve
Trustees," NOTICK IS HERM! Gls RN that ell Creditors and
other persons 1444ving goy CLAIMS or Demands against
the Estate of Benjamin Chance, late of the Lye. in the
Counts of Worcester. butcher. deceased (who died on
the 10th dav of February. 1S(19. end whose Will was
proved in the Worcester District Registry of Her Ma.
jestx's Court 44 Probate. on the Ist day of March. 18119)
are 'hereby required to send particulars of their Claims
on or behve the 17th day of Me next, to the under-
signed Pearmen and Gould. Solicitors. Stourbridge, as
the Solicitors to the Executors Appointed by the said
Will. And NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN
that at the expiration of the lest-mentioned day the
Executors will proceed to distribute the Assets of the
said Teetator among the parties entitled thereto, haviv g
regard mils to the Claims end deinanda of which they
shall then have had notice, and the said Executors will
not be liaide for the A444ets4 so distrittited to any pemon
of who, Clsim they Ann not then have bad lultiee.
And all Debtors to the said Estate are required to pay
the amount of their Debts forthwith to the tlntlerAtluvd,
on behalf of the said Executor's.

Datiel alb Ith dey of Jolt!. 180.
I'ithM&N k GOULD,
Stourbridge.
Solicitors to the said Execittote.

MONDAY. JUNE Mgt.'s the LAST D AY for TICKETS.
1869 —NINETEFSITII SEASON.-1869.
ART UNION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

BELBROUGIITON.

ANNIVEIOATA" SElnf,,X4.—Sermooo were preached in
the Wt eleven Chapel, Broonthill, on Sunday, by the Rev.
J. HoTurk, circuit moister, towards the expenses of cou•
ducting the service of the chapel
caggeg tur I.:NOLAND Hoots li.issionv.—Sermons in
furtherance of the ab.tve MiSNitlll4 were preached in the
parish chili ch. on Sunday, by the Rev. W. H. Baldwin,
travelling secretary to the Additional Curates' Society.
There were large congregations, and liberal collections
were made. . .

HIGHWAY OFFLNCE.—At the Slourbridge Petty Ses-
sion:, yesterday, before R. L. Freer 111 Id H. 0. Firm.
'done, Esgs., John Want was charged with allowing two
donkeys to stray on the highway. P.C. Lane proved the
case, and the defendant was lined Is and costs, 12s ed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

HOPS.

Business has been confined within very moderete limits;
and no symptom/ of improvement have manifeetcd them-
selves. l'rade has been quiet for all deser;ptions,ut
rates. Mid and East Kent,, E. 2 105. to El' ;;;-. ; Wehli of
Kent', £2 to £4 105.; Muster, £2. to £3 155.
Eh 105. to Efl ; Country, £3 105. to ; Bavari.Vr,.Z2 tn
£3105.: Belgians, £2 to £.3; Yearlings, £7 to £3 10a..; au.;
American; £2SL to £3 10s. per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE ISLINGTON HORSE SHOW.

On Tuesday the Nawab of Bengal was one of the
visitors to the Horse Show, in company with his two
sons, and after inspecting the four-year-old hunter class
(the only age which suited his views), he purchased the
second prize colt Handcuff, a brown by Wild Dayrell,
and the property of Mr. Leonard Lywood, the Master
of the Last Sussex. The price affixed to it in the
catalogue was 180 guineas.
The Prince and Princess of Wales also paid the show
a visit. The boxes were very full, and the crowd stood
five or six thick round the ring. For nearly an hour
before the Prince arrived, the audience watched the
driving of the prize takers in double and single harness.
There was nothing very particular in the turmouts, or
at all to come up to her Grace the Duchess of Beau-
fort's carriage horses, driven by the family coachman
five or six years ago. The prettiest of them was
that of the twelve-hand piebald ponies, Poppet and
Alice, sad the most unaccountable was a man loZe/
in an inferior sort of gig, and driving a hack
. .

_
" ikoeurabs." --
Yetlmiai sussed to have asp', :marvellous power of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

A FLEA ENTERTAINMENT.

lit the corner of Maddox-street and Regent-street, In Lon-
don, a young Englishman is conducting an exhibition of a
very curious character, and which a writer in the Daily News
has been to see, and thus describes—
He is the proprietor of a stud of performing fleas ;
or, to use the words of his own announcements, of
"trained Apterous insects, the only specimens of the
Articulata in the world ever taught to perform." We
went to the sight, fearing that our sense of refinement
would be slmeked, but found upon entering the room a
tastefully decorated apartment, and several ladies with
their children admiring the household foes which a
wholesome sense of duty teaches them generally to
crush. Mr. Kitchingman, the exhibitor, has toiled
hard and long to bring his exhibition to its present suc-
cessful condition. Like the everlasting cookery-book
hare, the fleas have had first to be caught, then shipped
hither from Russia, Belgium, and France, or elsewhere,
and afterwards subjected to a training in which severity
and tenderness are pretty equally proportioned. With-
out going so far as the exhibitor, who believes the little
wretches he protects have intellects, and says he has seen
their brains, we must confess our astonishment at the
novel figure they are made to cut, although in an age like
this one ought not to be amazed at such a trifle as the
spread of education among fleas. The insects in Regent-
street draw carriages, act as tug to a man-of-war, fire
off 14 gun, perform on the tight-rope, draw a bucket
out of an imaginary well, leap, and awing, and execute
other evolutions upon a white smooth table. These
things, however, are not done by the fleas as by other I
beings. The voluntary system is quite ignored, and
the wonder of the exhibition is rather the marvellous
delicacy of the machinery than the genius of the per-
formers. Mr. Kitchingman, after years of patience,
• has perfected a get of Lilliputian articles, designed and
made by his own hands, that are of themselves of the
' rarest kind, and the visitor will soon perceive that they
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

HAGLEY.

HAGLET STOCK Su.ss.—The Second Great May Sale
by Messrs. Gate's, Perrens, and 'Wooldridge was held ol
Monday last, at Ilag:ey. It was the largest sale and
the largest company ever collected there. About
210 persons sat down to lune!t. Tho sale comprised 900
sheep and lambs, 50 head 14 cattle, a few pig,: and calves.
Amount of tile, over £3000; amount of cash received,
over £2.000. Full prices were realised. Fat cattle im
high is £O7 15s; togs out of the wool, as high on 6tis ;
fat ewm out of the wool as high us 1018; lambs, 21a lid.
Several lota of sheep and lambs were sent hark for want
of room, no pens having been providA in consopence
of the auctioneers having no notice of the intention of
the owners to send them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

ON TUF.S.PAY I.TFNING, JUNE 816.1669.

Reserved Seats, :la ; Second. 2s ; Back, I.
Finn of Reserved Resta may be seen, and Tickets hal,
at R. Brosmhall'a Stembridee.
Concert to commence at Eight o'clock; toemacinde at
10.15.

NTH USIASTIC AND DELIMITED AUDIENCES.

Corn E.n.ket nye, Stourbridge.

NOW EXHIBITING
MuNDAY NEXT, JUNE 7114,

PROFFSPOR PRPPER.II
PRO TEUS,
And Yonne and Poole'a
PHAN TOSCOPE

The Entertainment commences with the Operatic
hi yetery of
FACST,
Concluding with
THE RIVAL LOVERS.

Open at a quarter to Eight ; to commence at a quarter
past.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE INDUSTRIAL

EINE ARTSIEXHIBITION, 1869.

MOLINEUX ;:1101.75E,
NORTH STREET WOLVERHAMPTON.

THE :EXHIBITION IS NOW OPEN

DAILY, FROM 10 TILL 8.

PICTURES,
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTIONS,
THE ABYSSINIAN TROPHIE 8,

BEAUTIFUL GARDENS,

DAILY MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.

ADMISSION-ONE SIIIL7ISCf.

Refreshments miLiberal Seale.
Flowers and Hants may be Purchased from R. Lowe
and Co., Wolvelbanitton.

F. TALBOT, Secretaay.

STOURBRIDGE: IMPROVEMENT ACT,

CHANNELLING AND LEVELLING HILL AND
MIDDLE STREETS.

Ir HE Stourbridge Improvement Commie-
.l shiners having ordered the above Street. to be
freed from otedrnetion, Channelled, and Levelled, ac-
cording to the lth section of the Special Act, peraons
willing to do the work may send in TENDERS for the
same, addressed to the undersigned, on or before the
26th June Instils t.

Particulars of the work required may be obtained at
my Office, slkr Tuesday, the 22nd Instant.
MR TAYLOR,
Clerk to the Commissioners.
56, Iligh•atreet, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

DUDLEY.

AtN Es-SVPLKINTENOLNT OF POLION IN AN INOLORI-
-0118 Post it in —At the Police Court. on Wednesday last,
before Messrs. G. Bagott and E. Grainger, a geed look-
ing young in irried INOAI3II, named Riehel Smart, resid-
ing in the High-street, wan charged with assaulting Mr.
Jewkes, the late Superintendent. of Police. This gentle-
man said lie went ti serve a notice upon the husband of
the defendant. When he had done no she seized him by
the shoulders and pushod tiles toward the door. Upon
arrival at the top of the steps she kicked him in the
loins— (131141110r1. lie nearly broke his leg from the
force with which lie went down the steps. The gallant
gent! -inns said be felt the blow at that moment almost
as heavi/y as when he picked himself up.—Defendant:
Gentlemen, do I look like a WOMAII win) could kick him
in the tome? (Laughter).—Complainaut : You lutei
your leg high enough, whether you look like it or not.
(Laughter).—The complainant is a man about 5 feet 10
inches. and the defendant ab,,ut 4 feet 10 inches. Seve•
rd witnes,.es were eslied.—The Bench, addressing Mr.
JeWkeS. lOti:1 it was a most trivial case, and it would be
diernissed—(laughtsr). _ _

STEALINO HARNEaS.—At the Police Court. on We I-
nesday last. Edward Gough, an old man, described as a
dealer, but well-known as a keeper of a house of ill•hone
in GWIS-lane. was charged with stealing a. bet of harness,
the property of Mr. .J. Smart, of Wolverhampton-street.
The ease Was clear against the prisoner, bat be persisted
in declaring his innocence, and cross•wiamined the wit-
ness with some degree of shrewdness to show that he had
not cann,aled the property after it had come into his
passession. Ultimately, when fornially charged by the
Bench, the prisoner admitted his guilt. On account of
his age GA!. the Magistrates said they should inflict a
light sentence. Four mouths' imprisonment, with hard
labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

THE LYE.

CONFIRMATION SERvirßo.—On Sunday, the Right !VV.
Or. Phiipot preached in the forenoon at the church, and
in the afternoon held a Confirmation Service. The con•
gregation was unusually large in the morning, and the
number present in the afternoon was equally large. The
candidates for confirmation numbered nearly 200, male
and feinale. They were addressed by the Bishop prior
to the formal carrying out of the rite. The aldress was
brief, pointed, and simple, reminding the candidates of
their ailinission into the Church by baptism, of the pro-
Inice• then made Cu their behalf, and of the obligation
under which they lay, after coming to that rite, to live
godly and riehteoun lives. The Bishop then laid his
hand on the candidates in the usual form. In the even-
tho Rev. Lea, vicar of St. Peter's, Droitwieh,
preached, when the attendance was again large.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

_ _-
THE WORRY OF THE LAW.

The Sydney Morning Herald Is the authority for the fol-
lowing speech of one Mr. Dignam in " the house" on the
subject of the Land Titles office in Sydney
All the examiners have got to do, is to take ob-
jections—and precious clever they are at that too. I
never see such out-and-outers at it. Talk of Torrenif
Act making things easy, why them examiners make
'em harder than they was before. I never knew any-
thing more difficult in my life than to get titles through
their claws. Why, they are always wanting to know
why some son wasn't alive, or why some daughter
wasn't married, or why somebody, who nobody had
ever heard of, had done something or other, or why he
hadn't done it. Why, that very office kills off ten or
a dozen lawyers a year—breaks their hearts—finding
objections they can't answer. There's my friend here,
the member for East Macquarie -he ain't the same
man since he had some business of mine to do with
these coves. These precious examiners nearly drove I
him to despair, and he was getting quite thin on it, '
thinking of the precious lot of foolscap it took up
answering their objection& He regular begun to jib
on it, and he comes to me one day, and says he, "Dig-
flan', I must give up this job; its wearing me to a
shadow." Well, what did I do. I tells him, says I,
just do as I tell you, 'Take no notice of one half, and
answer the other." lie took my advice, and only the
other day he meets me and he says, " Dignam, I did
as you said, and I've settled that precious business at
1. of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-06-05

WOOL.

At the public sales of colonial wool lidding! hays
progressed with more activity, but uo motion of th
decline has been recovered, prices being fully 1.1 or 21
pound lower than last sales. English uooi has been igik
on former terms. Current prices of Ene" ‘`. wo(4-7—irk"'"
Southdown boasts, Is. 2d. to la ad.;
to Lint ; Kent looms, In 34. to 15. 44.
and linens, Is. ld. SO 11. 24.: Woes'
Is. Sel. Sorts : Clothing Is. lel. to ii.'
In GIL Pll phi

English

.red ditto, Is. IG
; South-dowo es
or ditto, Is,
; combing lici. t

h*ll-br.d

1-.iiC7llllt

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Only in ttb., I.lb. Paekets—tin-linsd and labelled.
Boo+ t'Y THE TAMAN IN ALL PARTS.
hewed by ha. EPri J. Co., llonLaovathica Chemists,
London.

NE II . JOHN STOKES,

AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,

A N APPRENTICE WANTED to the
PAINTING and MICORATINO.—App!y to
Charles Clare Oldswinford. St ,nrbridge.

WANTED, TWO Active BOYS, to circulate
Ow Moor/wit/ye Ohm ,vrry Saturday Moro.
last —Apply to S. Salt and Son, Itaglay.strtet,llples•
011011.

11011111 a AND LAND ADENT. I i Mannfitetnrer of a MAN URN, ettablished
OkFICES,—UNION STREET, DUDLEY. : 4-1.. sixteen your.. wiahea hi anwiltit a few respectable
Agents. flood 011,1111.ie11. Ailitresa by re 3-4. with oc-
lins to Worn, tho ioli abitanta of Dudley and surround. aupation. &,... " IHRnurre Ageney." at No. 15el. bishops.
lug nenglatonarbood that ho ii prUpArAlil to advai co Kate street Without. London,
broary ,ipoir Houtahald Vitriiituro or Which of say des.
virtual for axle, at the altoituat Dotioe, *oil tlia ohargeli i rPO be LET, at 'Midsummer, a STABLE and
reeeeuetir. 1 1 COACH titilJ A 1,. in to niteley road, Stourhittge.
—Apidy at lbe Clf.3,.'ece Office, 92. High-street, Stour-
Image.

rpo be LET, a HOUSE, pleasantly situated at
tho Lonaland*. containing tbc..a ionnoa up*taira
and three down. Cl.nnl *apply of Soft Water.—For per •
tioulnr* apply to Ir. I. Porter, Hatter, Ilnenstreeti
Stourbridge.