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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

HALESONVEN.

APPOINTMENT OF OVERSEERS.—At the Public
Office on Tuesday the magistrates (Messrs F. D. L.
Smith and Edsi ard Gem) appointed the following
as overseers for the ensuing year :—Halesowen,
Messrs, John Coley and Henry Hampton; Hasburys
Messrs. John 'nekton and John Langford; Hawne,
Messrs. Arthur James Grove and Francis Hodgkins;
Hill, Messrs. J. L. Nichols and D. Downing; Hun-
nington, Mess's. J. H. Higley and John Withers
Romsley, Messrs. J. Westwood and ,T. Grainger;
Illey, Messrs. W. Bayliss and T, Withers; Laps),
Messrs. W. Green and G. Wood; Ridgaere, Messrs.
H. Foley Macdonald and T. Dugless ; (Jakemoret
Messrs. T. H. RobtArcson and E. Richards; Frankley,
Messrs. Joseph Nock and Thomas Raybould ; The s
following were appointed surveyors for the respec-
tive parishes :—Messrs. H. Grainger, W. Heath,
W. Walker, C. Withers, J. Grove, N. Taylor, J.
Smart. J. H. Hingley, T. Green, S. Cooper, W.
Green, G. Wood. H. Foley Macdonald, J. Dugless,
J. Hodgetts, and W. Smart.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

To SEFFERERS FEOM ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, SHORT
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1 Bd, by all Chemists.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

THE FRENCH IN TONQUIN.

The Special Correspondent of the Daily .Yezes, in a
telegram dated Thai-Ngouyene, March 20, via
Haiphong, March 29, says:
The column under General Briere do L'lsle arrived
here yesterday, finding the citadel occupied by 5000
Chinese troops, who fled towards Cao-bong after
offering but a slight resistance. On the route to
Thai-ngouyene the French made a detour to the
north-east, capturing a strong position at Yene-the.
At the latter place the Sargouese tirailleurg acted
gallantly, the citadel being taken by one company
without artillery. There were no casualties in either
action. There are no Chinese anywhere within fifty
miles of Songcan. The natives are profuse in expres-
sions of loyalty . and obedience. The health and
spirits of the troops are excellent.

Tram TO THE LETTER.—A printing press has been
set up at a Stockholm lunatic asylum, with a beneficial
result on the patients, who have improved greatly,
according to Dr. Bjornstrom, the head physician.
"under the influence of the quiet occupation." Quite
so. The effect gust he extremely "composing."_
Faas.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

E STOURBRID(IE OI3SEiTVEIL

THE FRANCHISE BILL.

The adjourned debate on the Franchise Bill was re-
sumed by Sir M. Hicks-Beach, who remarked on the
absence of enthusiasm for the bill among those who
were to be enfranchised. He had no objection to give
the franchise to those classes, but it might be done by
extending the boundaries of boroughs without destroy-
ing the present constituencies. As the bill stood no
provision was made that the voice of the classes who
paid the largest amount of taxes and owned most of the
property of the country should be heard in Parliament.
As to the inclusion of Ireland, he pointed out the
anomaly of conferring the widest franchise on a people
who could not be governed without a suspension of the
Constitution; and unless the bill were accompanied by
some provision for proportionate representation the
loyal classes in Ireland would be swamped, and the pre-
ponderating power would be handed over to those who
desired separation.
Mr. Grey, after some comments on the objections to
the bill, argued in favour of proportional representation
as indispensable for securing variety in the House of
Commons and the fair representation of all classes.
Mr. Dawnay energetically condemned this truncated
measure as dangerous and uncalled for, and called on
the county members to make a stand against thi, pre-
posterous and patchwork legislation.
Mr. Woodall maintained that the measure would not
be complete unless women voters were admitted to the
suffrage on the same conditions as men, and intimated
that in committee he would move a clause to this effect.
_

Mr. Beresford-Hope regarded the bill as rash and
ill considered, and maintained that to pass a Franchise
Bill without redistribution would be to swamp the real
rural voters.

Mr. Stansfeld thought that the arguments against
the mode of procedure adopted by the Government,
however satisfactory they might be to the Opposition,
could have no force for the supporters of the bill, who
desired to see it passed; and as to Ireland it was impos-
sible for any Government to leave it out.
Mr. Marriott, after an ineffectual motion to adjourn
the debate shortly before eleven o'clock, made an ani-
mated speech against the bill, and declared the Govern-
ment utterly unworthy of confidence.
The debate was then adjourned on the motion of Mr
Broadhurst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

On the 24th of May, 1881, the Prince was raised to
the Peerage, under the style of Baron Arklow, Earl of
Clarence, and Duke of Albany, and took his seat in
the House of Lords on the 20th of April. Toward.)
the close of the same year the consent of the Queen
was given to the duke's marriage with the Princess
Helen Frederica Augusta of Waldeck-Pyrmont, and
the marriage took place at George's Chapel, Windsor,
on the 27th of April, 1882. Previous to the marriage
a proposal was made to Parliament that the duke's
allowance should be increased to £25,000 a year, and
that in the event of her being left a widow an allowance
of £6OOO be made to the Princess Helen. The proposal
led to a prolonged discussion, but the vote was carried by
a majority of 387 to 42. After marriage the Duke and
Duchess of Albany resided at Claremont, Esher. Last
year the duke was dangerously ill, but he for-
tunately recovered, and was able to take part
as usual in various educational and philanthropic
institutions. He spoke at the laying of the founda-
tion stone of the Birkbeck Institute, he took a keen in-
terest in the Royal College of Music, and was busily
engaged before he left this country in promoting the
National Institution for the Developement of Tapes-
try. Down to the time he left England a few weeks
ago, the Prince had shown unusual energy in meeting
the public demands upon his attention in various parts
of the country. He was always ready to help not
only away from home, but also in the immediate
neighbourhood of his residence at Claremont. Just
before he left England he sung (on 15th of February)
"The Sands of Dee," in an amateur concert at Eshex
in aid of the funds of the National School there.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

HIGH CLASS WORK.

MODERATE CHARGES.
MR. J -.-
. 0. C. PHILLIPS

SURGEON DENTIST,

77, HIGH-ST., SIOURBPIDGE,

EVERY FRIDAY,

AND
COLMORE HOUSE,

COLMORE ROW,

BIRMINGHAM,

DAILY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

'Our Fonban goutspdunt.

'rye 'deein ft right tr) stpte that do not •It all times
Ith:ntify outselves our torresi,enzdent's opit.ious.]

Seldom has 'a more profoula sensation been created
.either in the metropolis or in the country than by the
news of the sudden deathof the Duke of Albany. In
the two cases within our own time in which naembers
of the Royal family have been gathered to their
'fathers, the public nind has to a certain extent been
'prepared for the intelligence. Both on the 14th
December, 1861, and on the same date in 1868, the
Prince Consort and Princess Alice respectively had
been ill several days, and although in each instance
the tidings of the end was a shock, in neither case
could the announcement be said to have been un-
expected. But here was a young man not yet
31 years of age, less than two years married with
according to our finite vision every accessory in this
world tending to make up the sum total of human
happiness, and all at once the rumour spreads
through the capital on a bleak March afternoon that
he is no more. No doubt it takes something start
hag to move to one feeling the mighty mass of the
London population; but there was only one common
expression then of sympathy with the Queen and the
widowed duchess.

Perhaps the most solemn concomitant associated
with the death of a member of the Royal family is
the tolling of the great bell of St. Paul's Cathedral.
It has been the custom for centuries to do this
on such occasions; and such is the import-
ance attached to it that the Secretary of
State for the Home Department makes the formal
request in an official letter addressed to the Lord
Mayor. When the Prince Consort died the bell was
tolled at midnight; on the death of Princess Alice on
a Saturday afternoon; and now, on the decease of the
Duke of Albany, between eight and nine in the even_
ing. The tolling was continued at regular intervals
of a minute for an hour, and very weird and im-
pressive was the sound at a time when the great
streams of traffic flowing through the main arteries of
the city had ceased, and the deep-toned notes of the
mammoth bell was carried by the evening wind far
and wide over the metropolis, mingling with the
subdued hum of voices in the streets, and finally
dying away amid the silence of the broad tideway of
the Thames.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

An individual, who wanted a person to take care of
his children, advertised in an American paper "for
one whose patience is inexhaustible, whose temper is
tireless, whose vigilance is unwinking, whose power of
pleasing is boundless, whose industry is matchless,
and whose neatness is unparalleled."
The young ladies in Vermont, it is said, still con-
tinue to kiss the lips of young temperance men
to see whether they have been tampering with
toddy.
The two-headed lady on exhibition at Cincinnati
says that two heads are better than one, or else she
would not be receiving—$25 a week salary.

A little girl joyfully assured her mother the other
day that she had found out where they made horses
—she had seen a man finishing one. " He was nailing
on his last foot," she said.
In a dime museum in Chicago a. lady is exhibited
who said "Thank you" when given a seat in a street
car. St. Louis has not found a girl who ever yet had
a chance to say it.
"I know we are somewhat poor, my dear," argued
the husband. "But then you must hear in mind that
it isn't wealth that always brings happiness." "But
it brings sealskin sacques, and diamonds, and silk
dresses," responded the wife.
It is related of an assistant to a quack doctor in
Colorado that he was once sent into the woods to
get some of the inner bark of a certain tree. "Torn,
said the doctor, as he departed, "I want you to scrape
this bark downward. It is for a cathartic. Don't
scrape it upward, or it will be an emetic. And what-
ever von do, Thomas, don't scrape it both ways. If
you do, nobody on earth can tell how it will act."
An Eastern paper alleges that a 'youth in Connec-
ticut, engaged to a girl, laconically deserted her with
the following note: "Money is scarce and girls are
plenty. Guess I will give up the contract."

EXPLOSION AT A NITRO ..GLYCERINE FACTORY.—At
Dayton the nitro-glycerine factory of the Repanno
Chemical Company., on the Delaware river, sixteen
miles below Philadelphia, exploded on Sunday:
Seven persons were killed, including M. Lamott
Dupont, one of the owners. This is the manufactory
of the famous Atlas powder used in recent outrages
in London. It contains seventy-five per cent. of
nitro-glycerine. The Repanno Works are among th(
Most extensive in America. The explosion caused t
hock for many miles around.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

ROWLEY REGIS.

SHOCKING COLLIERY ACCIDENT. -- MT. Hooper
(South Staffordshire Coroner) held an inquest on
Monday afte:noon at the Royal Oak Inn, Market •
place, Blackheath, Rowley Regis, respecting the
death of Richard Parkes (27), who had been killed
at the Granville Colliery, belonging to Messrs
Swindell 4nd Collis. The colliery proprietors were
represented by Mr. Collis, the certificated manager,
and Mr. Meecham, the assistant certificated man-
ager ; Mr. Pickering, the assistant inspector of coal
mines, watched tho proceedings on behalf of the
Home Secretary. The decease I was employed on z
the 28th ult. to got the "top coal," and whilst at j
work on a scaffold erected Sit. from the ground, the 3
roofing suddenly came down and fell upon the de- :
ceased and killed him instantaneously, his head be- '
ing reduced to a pulp. In reply to the Coroner, a
witness stated that four ar five tons of coal fall on
to the scaffold. Mr. Pickering said he had ex-
amined the place, and was of opinion that every pre-
caution for the safety of the men had been taken.
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."
THE LOCAL BARD AND STREET IMPROVhNIENT3'
—At a meeting of the Local Board held on Tues-
day 2 fternoon, Ur. Connop presiding, it was de-
cided to accept the tender of Messrs. Jones and
Fitznaaurice fcr the supply of Rowl-y rag stone for
the ensuing twelve months, It was also decided to
accept the tender of Messrs. Partridge and Guest
for the supply of blue bricks, and that of Messrs.
Jones and Co for the other kinds of bricks, The
Board received a large number of tenders for the
i
making of streets in the parish, and it was decided
to accept that of Mr. Herbert Hughes, of Lower
Gornal, for 1.80 for the making of Park Street,
Spinners' End ; Messrs Froyne and Co., of Broms-
grove, for £195 5s 3d for making a street across
Mr. Meredith's land at Spinners' End; and that of
Mr. William Willetts, of Old Hill, for £ll3 7s. for ,
the making of Copeland Street, Cradley Heath. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

EECKELIER'S Ross SOAP.—The best for the Toilet.
"BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND LIVER COMPLAINT.—The
'IIOtMAN PAD' has a national reputation through its wonder-
ful efficacy in all ailments that have their origin in a torpid
liver or diseased kidneys, and is endorsed by thousands
of earnest, intelligent witnesses, who will tell you that the
'HOLMAN Pen' is a cure for these diseases. Read the pam-
phlet entitled 'Nature's Laws,' sent free to any address.
Holman Pad Co., 92,Great Russell Street, London. Price
of Holman Pad, 10s.
"GET A BOTTLE TO-DAY OF PERRY DAVIS' PAIN
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horns, sprains, bruises, toothache, headache, pains in the
side, joints, and limbs, all rheumatic and neuralgic puns.
Taken internally cures at once coughs, sudden colds, ernmp
in stomach, colic, diarrhoea, and cholera infatitutn. PAIN
KILLER is the household medicine, and has stood the lest
of 50 years. Any chemist can supply it at is. ltd and
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"COCOA. DEINEERS SHOULD TRY DELACRE'S Cooo.l.—Pure,
soluble, digestible, economical. Its perfect purity certified
by Savory (Si Moore (chemists to the Queen)—and Profs.
Stoddart, timber, Dr. Bo agar, alai many other emincnt
Analytical Chemists and Medical Practitioners. One
pound will produce 100 cups of Cocoa. Sold in tins of 11b.,
A1b.,1b., at 3s 9d, 2s, and is. Sample tins of Delacre's
Cocoa by Parcels Post, from Wholesale Depot, 92, Gt.
Russell Street, London, on receipt of price.

'ADVICE TO DYSEPTICS."—Symptoms of Dyspepsia
and Indigestion, with special advice as to diet.—This little
pamphlet appeals forcibly to those who have allowed the
palate to decide everything for them, and have paid the in-
evitable penalty of their folly."— Globe. heut for o e stamp.
J. M. RICHARDS, Publisher, 92, Ureat Russell Street
London.

'FOR ASTHMA, HAY FEVER, AND CATARRH.-11fm
ROD'S Cuaz was employed under the highest medical sane
ton in the case of the late Earl Beaconsfield. The medicine
from which his lordsbip found most comfort and relief was
Ilimrod's Powder. The fumes are inhaled by the paticn
and at once afford relief."—Per Tin 4s. Sample Free.
H. RICHARDS, 92 and 93, Great Russell Stro London.
ONE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS is warranted to cure
all discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either t x
acquired or constituti -nal. Gravel and Pains in the back.
—Sold in boxes, 45. Gd.:each, by all Chemists and Paten:.
Medicine Vendors ; or sent to an address for CO Stamps
by the Makers" TIER LINCOLN & MIDLAND COUNTIES' DILUO.
ComPsicir, Lincoln, Wholesale Agents asacnnx & Bon, Lon-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

CHILDREN'S TEETH REGULATED

Mr. PHILLIPS uses all the
most approved Modern Ap-
pliances of Dental Surgery?
for Stopping, Scaling, Ex-
tracting, &c., and trusts that
the well•known Excellence of
his Artificial Teeth, Combin-
ing Comfort and Elegance
of Appearance, with Ease and
Freedom in Speech and Mas-
tication, will ensure the sup•
port of the General Public,
and a continumce of the
fay( ui s of h's numerous
Patients.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.

At Mark-lane English wheat barely supported the previous
Monday's prices, and where sales of foreign were effected
they show., Is decline. Flour also was saleable only on
easier terms for buyers. Malting barley was inactive and
unchanged in value. Grinding eescriptions barely so welt
supported as recently. Beans steady in value, with mode-
rate demand. Peas rather scarce and Is dearer. Oatsl
with moderate receipts, are rather firmer Maize very
slack and fully 6,1 lower. The floating cargo trade has been
nearly at a standstill; bids are obtainable, and those only
at lower rates for wheat and maize, whilst barley is hardly
as Ern as it has been lately.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. -
In the beast market very little change is observable.,
Sales have progressed slowly, at about previous rates to under. The assortment comprised. 25 Scotch. 1600:
Norfolk, &c, 385 Midland and home counties, 40 Irish.
The foreign consisted of 400 Danish, which realised 4s 6cl,
to 5s 4d; and 180 Swedish quoted 4s to 48 6d. Sheep so d
rather unevenly, but mostly rather worse than on Thurs lay.
Lambs, Is to 8s Bd. There were but 10 English calves on
sale, and they brought about late rates. 7d Danish and.
Swedish showed prices in favour of buyers. Figs met litt'o-
or no demand Best Scots and Norfolks, Is 8d ; best
shorthorns, 5s 4d to Is eel; second qualities beasts, 4s 10d to
Is 2d; inferior, 4s to 4s 6d; best Downs and hal breds.
6s 4d to 6s 8c1; best long wools, 6s to 6s 4d ; second
qualities and ewes, 58 to 5s 6d ; calves, Is to 6s 10d ; pigs, 43
to 48 6d., per 8.b., sinking the offal. Total supplies-
-2630 beasts, 9870 sheep, 10 calves.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
American killed in moderate supply and good condition,
prices firm. Deptford killed American also a readier sa'e,
and firm, with moderate supply. Scotch rather slow. and.
good arrivals, 5s quite the extreme rate for primest Eng-
lish and Scotch mutton slow, unchanged. German also.
Australian all cleared off. New Zealand short at 4s 4d to.
48 6d; and lamb, 4s 8d to 5s per 81b. Beef, prime, 48 8d to.
5s ; midd'ing, 4s to 48 4d; inferior, 3s 4d to Is Bd. Mutton,
prime, is 4d to 5s 8d; middling, 4s to 4s 4d ; inferior,
3s 4d to 4s. Veal, prime, 5s 81 to 6s ; middling, 14a 8d to-
-5s ; inferior, [as 4d to 4a. Pork, prime 4s 8d to 58 ;
middling, 48 to 4s 4d; inferior, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per 81b.

POULTRY.
Pigeons, 81 to 9d • Bordeaux ditto, Is 21 to is 4(1; Guinea
fowls, Ps to 4s 4(1.'; pea fowls, 8s 6d to 12s 6d; chicken,
2s to 2s 9d ; ducklings, 3s 641 to 4s 6(1; live quails, is to,
Is 3d; hazel grouse, Is 6d to 2s; ptirmaigan, 10d to is id ;
fat ortolans, 5s to Is Ed; leverets, 3s to 4s ; and rabbits,
Is 3d to Is 9d each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

MEMOIR OF THE PRINCE.

Leopold George Duncan Albert, Duke of Albany,
Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow, was born at
Buckingham Palace on April 7, 1853. He was the
Queen's eighth child, and was named after her
Majesty's uncle, Leopold 1., the late King of the
Belgians. His christening took place at Buckingham
Palace on the 28th of June, 1853, and his sponsors
were the late King of Hanover, the Princess of
Prussia (now German Empress), the Princess Mary
of Cambridge, and the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langen-
burg. The Prince was from the first a delicate child.
His constitution was too weak to permit him to join
in the robust pursuits of youth, and whenever a refer-
ence is made to him in the Queen's published journals
the words betray the sympathy of a mother watching
an ailing, weakly child. As he advanced to manhood
his health improved a little, and in 1872 he was
sent to Oxford. He matriculated at Christ Church,
but lived with his private tutor at Wykeham House,
on the confines of the town. As a student
he was painstaking and laborious, but in-
disposed by his delicate health from violent
exercise. In 1874 he was sworn a member of the
Privy Council, and in July of that year an annuity of
£15,000 was voted to him by Parliament. Ho became
a Knight of the Garter, a Knight of the Thistle, a
Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India, and
a Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George.
He became an Hon. D.C.L. of Oxford University in
1876. In 1875 he was elected a Younger Brother of
Trinity House, and an Elder Brother in 1878. Like
his brother, he was a Mason, and in February, 1876,
he was installed as Provincial Grand Master of the
Freemasons of Oxford. He became a bencher of
Lincoln's Inn in 1877, and his last honorary distinc-
tion was that of colonel of the army, a rank which he
attained in 1882. During these eight years he was
diligent in making speeches, in cultivating his science
and art, and in emulating the good example of his
father. He was in a fashion a second edition in '
miniaturn nffhc Prlnre
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

OVER-PRESSURE IN SCHOOLS.

Mr. Leighton called attention to the new Education
Code, and moved an address to the Crown, praying,
with a view to prevent over-pressure, that scliolars
under seven years shall be presented for examination
by classes; that greater liberty shall be given to
managers to classify children; and that a larger share
of the grant shall depend upon attendance, and a
smaller upon individual examination.
Sir L. Playfair opposed the motion, especially in its
third proposal, which, he said, would completely dis-
locate the Code.
Mr. Mundella also strongly deprecated the proposed
interference with the Code, although he expressed an
opinion adverse to the individual examination of
children under seven years.
Mr. Talbot, Mr. Stanley, Mr. T. Collins, and Lord
Emlyn also 'spoke, after which the motion was nega-
tived by 184 to 135.
The House adjourned at half-past one o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, March 31, there was a
lsrge attendance of peers, and a considerable number
of peeresses and the daughters of peers all clad in
deep mourning occupied places in the side galleries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

FA TAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
STOURBRIDGE JUNCTION.

A sad accident too': Ale on Tuesday iiiht on
the Great Wtstt rn It-Agway at St mud ridge J un:tt ion
A. marrit-d woman, natnea Coakson (40), who lived
near stourbridge, ha I beea to Bilston, and re-
turned by an tveTing trin. In,tea'l of leavin4 the
comp ttlys prentis,s ty the vroper way, she walked
lw thu I;ne tow;!rde her ome, Wnile crossing
the down hie an 0n.4-ine that was Icing uhurated
knorked her dowA and ran t ver Ler, almost severing
her right am from her hotly, and otherwise injuring
,er. he was at once owiveled t ) the utst
dospital, wre e rhi e ,fled on Wednesday morning
from tho t ffects of her 'Juju- its.

ANNUAL I N SP:I.UTION OF POLIO E.—Tha annual
;nsp•ction of police took place on Vie6risdey before
Col. Cobbe, wovernment inspector and Co'oncl Car-
:.:irnhael, chief corotable for Worcestershire. A
number of interei.ting evolutions were gone through.
[he strength of the f roe is 1 sub9rintendent, 5
•erzenn!s, and 28 (o1:4,11)1es. 'Cue cells were
isiled an 1 books exar.ined and wc.o feund satis-
-o tory.
Tli D MATH or THE DUK E OF A LBA NlC.—Befom
h • ,-t siress of the Court commenced peter.lay.
C loud Fletcher said he wiihe.(l to express the
r :.!rn of the Court an the sufbien death of the
Duke of Al any. Ile &so cxpreFvd sincere regrct
ith her Majesty the Queen, on the loss of her a )n.
Next Friday being Good Friday, the business will
be taken on Thursday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

VIE LATE DIME OF ALBANY.

Lord Granville, in moving addresses to Her Majesty
and the Duchess of Albany, spoke in graceful terms of
the high mental qualities of the deceased Royal Duke.
He mentioned that his Royal Highness took a great
interest in politics—in home, in foreign, and especially
in colonial questions—and frequently aided the Queen
in her daily political work. His wish was to be em-
ployed in the service of the State. The noble lord
spoke of his motion as one asking for the expression
of their lordships' sympathy with the widowed raother,
and with the young widow who was soon to become a
mother for the second time.

Lord Salisbury, in some eloquent observations,
seconded the motion. He regarded the death of the
Prince as a loss to every class of society in this country,
and was convinced that regret and sympathy in connec-
tion with the sad event would find a voice wherever the
English tongue was spr.ken.
The motions for the addresses were put and carried
nemine contradicente,' and it was resolved that the
address to her Majesty should be presented "by the
lords with white staves," and that to the Duchess of
Albany by the Duke of Bedford and the Duke of
Richmond.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

FISH.

Good supplies, and very bad trade at lower -prices in
many Cases, and particularly for salmon. Turbot, 4s to
12s; brill, 2s to ss; skate, is to 6s; cod, 3s to 5s ; dory,
is to 2$ each ; mackerel, 14s to 16s per 60 ; smelts, 138 per
100 ; whitebait; is per quart; salmon, Scotch and
is d; Dutch, is 3d; trout, Is 6d; soles, Is per lb ;
Sounders, 2s per quartern ; eels, 20s per draft; plaice. 20s;
haddocks, 125; whiting, 5s per box; herrings, 5s to 12s per
120; lobsters, Is to 3s; crabs, 2s to 3s each.

POTATOES.
Ti ere was a large supply of potatoes on offer, for which
the trade was dull, at the annexed rate: Magnum bonums,
60s to SO4; reg,nts, 60s to 80; champions, 50s to 6s;
tori,ts, 70s to 80s per ton.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

LETTER FROM MR. BRADLATIGIL

A letter having been read from Mr. Bradlaugh,
requesting that, pending the hearing of the suit brought
against him by the Attorney-General, he might have
access to the library, and thus be enabled to refer to the
records of the House, Sir S. Northcote observed that the
request was a reasonable one, and moved that Mr.
Bradlaugh should be permitted to use the library of the
House, being otherwise subject to the resolution of the
21st February last. This was agreed to.

THE SOUDAN.
The Marquis of Hartington stated, in reply to Sir S.
Northcote, that the Government would endeavour to
communicate to the House such information as might
be possible with regard to the Soudan and the defence
of Souakim before the Easter recess. As regarded the
state of affairs at Khartoum, he was not able in tLe
present state of the communications between Khar-
toum and Cairo to say how far it would be pos-
sible for him to make any statement. A message had
been received from General Gordon confirming the
reports published in the morning papers, and contaiu-
ing statements of a reassuring character as to his own
security and the safety of Khartoum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

A DAFFODIL CONFERENCE.

On Tuesday, Professor Michael Foster presided
at a conference held in the conservatory of the Royal
Horticultural Society, South Kensington, to discuss
the nature and culture of species and varieties of the
narcissus. Mr. W. F. Burbridge, illustrating his
remarks by reference to enlarged diagrams and draw-
ings of the flowers, &c., lent by Mr. J. G. Baker, gave
a highly interesting account of the habits of the tribe,
describing the stages by which with artificial and
natural hybridization the several types and great num-
ber of varieties now known had been obtained. The
following resolution was adopted: "That in the
opinion of this conference uniformity and simplicity
of nomenclature is most important, and that garden
varieties of the narcissus, whether garden varieties or
natural seedlings, should be named or numbered in
the manner adopted by florists and not in the manner
adopted by botanists.'
In closinst the conference Professor Michael Foster
said they had spent a very profitable afternoon, and
had arrived at one practical result in agreeing that
henceforth garden daffodils were not to be called by
Latin names. He feared, however, that next autumn
they would find daffodil catalogues by no means con-
fined entirely to trivial names, and he would suggest
that the matter should be considered by a small com-
mittee of those most learned in the subject, who
should form a jury for the naming of new plants Its
they came up. The chairman, in concluding, moved
a vote of thanks to Mr. Walker, Mr. Barr, Mr. 'Witch,
and other growers who, without any offer of awards or
prizes, had sent large collections of beautiful flowers
to assist the purpose of this conference. The flowers
were exhibited in the conservatory. The examples of
daffodils, jonquils, and other kinds of narcissuses
contributed by Mr. Walker from his gardens at Whit-
ton, Middlesex, set but with novel and admirable
effect in bunches filling over 200 glasses and number-
ing upwards of ninety garden varieties, were remark-
able for symmetry of form and delicacy of texture and
colour, and Mr. Barr, of Covent-garden, sent a collec-
ion including more than 130 varieties of tse frag-
rant swing flowers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

DUDLEY TOWN COUNCIL.

A quarterly meeting of the Council was held on
Tuesday eveuing, the Mayor (Alderman Howat)
presiding
-It was reolved that the Council memorialise the
Gorrmn gains t the amendments of the House
cf Lc ds for te..t.h iestrietions upon the importa—
tion o! ezv

The Mayor Fta;ed that the Town Clerk was still
holding communication lvith the secretary of t, e
South Staffordshire Water Works Company as to
water rates; .and he would impart to the Council
every information when he thought it de.irable,
Alrertnan Bagott called attention to the "extrav-
agant, extrao! dinary, and exorbitant price" of gas
in Dudley. He gave an outline of the system of
public lighting in Bilston, and showed that .•ilst
the lamps were lighted two months longer in Bit- t on
than in Dudley tte cost was considerably less He
moved that notice be given to the Gas Company to
discontinue lighting the summer lamps from May
Ist to September Ist.
Mr. Chiliingsworth seconded the motion.
Mr. Gorton thought it was monstrous to think of
leaving a town like Dudley in total darkness during
the summer months,

Mr. Williscroft suggested an appeal to the Con-
pany.
On the motion of Alderman Smith it was ulti-
mately resolved that a conference take place be-
tween members of the Council and the Gas Com-
pany wiTh a view to the general reduction of the
charges for the supply of gas.
Mr. Gorton repeated nig complaint against ths
Salvation Armies which so constantly paraded the
street, and he again u,ged that steps should be
taken to at p the nui,anee occasioned.
Mr. W. Smith considered it unsafe to walk the
streets when the armies were out, and the police
appeared to protect them and not the people passing
along.

Cfiief-Superintendent Burton said the police
could only be instructed to prevent breaches of the
peace, and the Home Secretary had stated that the
armies could not be interferred with.

The Officer of Health reported a death-rate of
21-36 per I,o'o.
Alderman Wainwright, in reply to an inquiry,
stated that every exertion was being made to open
the tramways to the town at Whitsuntide,
The ordinary reports were approved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

TILE SOIJDAN.

Replying to Lord Colchester, Earl Granville said her
Majesty's Government had no information leading them
to believe that the Mandi was disposed to accept the
offers made to him in respect of Kordofan. He doubted
the possibility of marching our troops at present in
order to open the road to Khartoum.
The Marquis of Salisbury remarked that after 6000
blacks and 200 whites had been killed in the Soudan
the original situation remained unaltered.
The Medical Act Amendment Bill was read a third
time and passed, and their lordships rose at twenty
minutes past five o'clock.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the Clerk, Sir T. Erskine
May, announced that the Speaker was unable to take
the chair in consequence of severe indisposition. Sir
Arthur Otway, Chairman of Committees, accordingly
took the chair as Deputy-Speaker.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-04-05

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