The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-08-18 00:00:00

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POLICIES,
Reversionary Interests, ite., Purchased.

OFFICES :_B, MAR STREET, DUDLEY:

PRIVATE RIPIIDENOZ:--:

11, VICTORIA

TERRACE. DUDLEY.

NoTR.—NO SURETIES ARE REQUIRED

MONKY LENT WITHOUT DEL&Y
by the .CHARING CROSS DEPO3IT BANK
(Regd 28, B-Aturd Street; Strand, Loudon.
Capital £150,000. Reserve fund £50,000.
Advances itum,diately made upon promissory notes as
follows, without delictions,
Advance £25, 12 ruouthly repayments of £2 5 10
50 i, 11 411 g
~ 100 •• ft 9 3 4

Larger amounts the SAME in proportion.
Advances of £2O to £2,000 granted at a few hours"
notice its town o•• country, male or female, on mortgage
of furniture, trade and faun stock, plant, crops, itc.,
without removal, aud to assist persons into busintss.
Also on deeds, policies, and reversions, at 5 per cent.,
for one m.inth to 14 years. Distance no object. Easy
repayments. Str.ctly private. Cal or writ.
Special Notice to intending borrowers or depositors
town or country.—B tire applying elsewhere ask any
solicitor. anctione.Jr, itc., knowing this establishment,
and you will at once find out you are treating with an old
established (1870), fair-dealing Bank. We use our
customers well ; they tlwsys come hack and recom-
mend us. Having a large capital and cnnection, we do
business cbeaper than others Responsible borrowers
may rely upon no pub:icity whatever. Liberal advances
made n deposit of pate, Jewel.cry, and merchandise.
Deposits of £lO and upwards received at the following
interest :
Subject to one months' notice of withdrawal, 6 per cent
Subjeo, to two months' notice of withdrawal, 7 per cent.
Subj-ct to three months' not.ce of withdrawal. 8 per cent
On deposits of £lOO and upwards for a tired period of
not lees than one 7-er, the interest can be added, and
the whole amount repaid quarterly.
A. WILLIAMS, Manager.

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Describes fully and prescribes for a hundred diseases
London—James F.pps & Co.. 48, Threadneedle-st., anp
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weak enervat e I suffer severely tom nervous affec-
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taus proved of the htThcet vany: ag 3 1,,0d •in con-
bimption omd ail vap,ting diseases, in varial;ly pro.
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will sourish and produce increase of weight in those
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lexpeeeible to digest. All tendency to emaciation and
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Leadia. Traithlet boa

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impurities, hardens the gums. pnrcuts tartar, stops
decay, gives to di teeth a peculiar pearl) -wliiteileirs,
aiifil a deli?btful frar,Talce to the virt.,th. It retuor.-s
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gala Itnwronna will darken grey hair, in •f -w days
bringing back the colour. Tie effect is superior to
that produced by • direct dye, and does not injure the
skin. Lockyar's is equal to the most expensive. is
the lest for restoring prey hair to its tirmar colour.
Produces a perfectly natural shade. Valuable for des-
troying send and encouraging growth of new hair.
Sulphur being highly prised for ite stimnlaut. cleansing
healthful action on the hair glands. Lockyer's Restorer
Is strongly iecornmended. It is most agreeable in use,
sad never fail. in its action. No other bair dressing is
requisite. Large 11-)tties, /a t3d. Sold Ly Chemiste
nairdreasers, and Perforner peerywhere.

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MI Well $s promoting the growth of the hair on bald
vote, where
.the glands are not decayed. Ask your
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by CLunauas and Perfumers everywhere at 35. 6d. per
gettie. Wholeaale depot tizotoved to a; Forriustioa
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The intelligence from Spain has once more
directed attention to the affairs of one of the
most remarkable countries in the economy of
the European system—a land seldom free from
intrigue, developing frequently into insurrection
and occasionally into revolution. There was a
time, however, when the intricacies of Spanish
politics occupied much more of the attention of
the statesmen and the people of England than
is now the case. Within the memory of many
of mature years the Spanish marriages formed
the question of the day. It nearly ended in a
war between England and France, the two nations
being represented respectively by statesmen of
the calibre of Lord Palmerston and M. Tneirs.
Looking back over that diplomatic arrangement,
from this distance of time, it might well be
asked what nas gained. Louis Phillippe, who
was so interested in the matter, was driven from
his throne—a fate which subsequently befel
Queen Isabella of Spain herself. King Alfonso,
her son, still retains the sovereignity of which
his mother was deprived, it is true; but the
security of the Spanish Throne is an unknown
quantity, the uncertainty of which varies with
the strength of the contending faction in the
State.

It is curious to note that it is not only the
nationalities of the East that have risen,
flourished, and decayed. Assyria and Judrea,
Babylon and Nineveh, Egypt and Phcenicia,
Tyre and Sidon, Rome and Carthage, all at
various times in the world's history have ex-
ercised authority and influence over vast pro.
port ions of the earth's population. Most of these
have passed away,. as a shadow flees from the
plain. Assyria is as extinct as Chaldma ; the
Jews have not yet been gathered back to the
famous city of Scripture story; Babylon, with
its hundred gates of brass, is merely a name ;
the site of Nineveh has been determined only by
the resolute research of modern explorers ;
Egypt is but the shadow of a great name; the
Phcenicians long since ceased to cross the
Mediterranean in their primeval barques, and to
search for the mineral wealth of Cornwall ; no
more is known now of Tyre and Sidon than of
Joppa or the ships of Tarshish ; Rome is not the
synonym for the universal empire in the present
day ; and Carthage has never risen from her
ashes. In some of the ancient empires the
decay was gradual ; in others the destruction
was sadden and complete. But to some extent
people in these days regard almost as a natural
consequence the gradual passing away of Oriental
powers. They do not, however, expect to see
European countries succumb to the indolence or
the want of enterprise which is too often the
characteristic of Eastern lands.

Two countries in Europe, the most active and
the most pushing continent of the old world,
have gone from a first-class position to a very
inferior one, slowly but gradually and surely.
Thne was when the Dutch competed with us for
the supremacy of the sea, and for the place
which we fill in the commercial supeziority of
the world. Admiral Van Tromp once sailed up
the Thames with a broom at the mast head of
his battle-ship to signify his intention of sweep-
ing from the sea any vessels of the British navy
that might be opposed to him. Where is the
Dutch navy of to-day? The people of the
Netherlands are known to us now as peaceful
and generally prosperous, attending to their own
affdra, and not minding those of others. When
any complication arises in European politics, no
one thinks of asking the opinions of the inhabit-
ants of Holland. They seem to have totally
effaced themselves. Then as to Spain. No
doubt the politics of that country are still a
potent factor in determining momentous "vents
in Europe. Only thirteen years ago the pro-
posal to place a Hohenzollern prince upon the
Spanish Throne, led to the mightiest struggle
aver witnessed upon the European continent,: in
which one empire was extinguished and another
was called into existence. Of course the
occupancy of the Spanish Throne was merely
the pretext for the outbreak of hlstilities for
vrhic`i both France and Germany had been long
preparing ; still the historical fact remains that
the gigantic conflict began in connection with a
.Ikpnte over the sovereignty of Spain. But as h
Po wur, Spain has practically ceased to exist in
Europe. The Spanish army and navy are not
po ential influences in Continental affairs. The
zpirit which animated the people in the days of
Columbus and of the Armada is extinct. The
ipaiaard of modern times does not possess "the
..iiergy and enterprise of those who conquered
Nlexit:o and Pcru more than three hundred years
ago.

THE IRON TRA.DE
WoLVERFEA3IPTON, Wednesday.
The market Lhis afte: nom was very quiet, and
:.ew transactions were r2corded. Most of the
manufacturers reported that inquiries were beinp;
steadily made, but the complaint was general as to
the unrernunerative offers that are made to tern,
the prices being scarcely in any instance any dearer
than before the late strike of ironworkers. Some
of the common bar makers are well supplied with
orders, while sheets in some parts of toe district
are in but moderate request. The heavy plate
makers are chiefly engaged on girder sections, but
they have a few good orders in hand for large
angles required by railway carriage and wagon
builders. Best s• amping sheets are in little request.
For raw materials th:re is but a meagre demand,
the heavy iroufounders being the principal pur-
chasirs of best metal, while the forge proprietors
are not buying anything for which more than 50s
per ton is asked. In a few cases common cinder
pigs have changed hands this week at as low as
40s per ton, Iron from other districts is but in
slow inquiry, and prices seen almost at a standstill.
In the coal trade some of the producers have sold a
great deal of manufacturing fuel, which cannot all
of it be delivered for the next two or three months,
though the profits realised will be of little value.
House coal is in more inquiry, and tie Cannock
Chase agents report that there is no difficulty in
securing the advanced rate, On the other hand the
Essington coal masters have just reduced their
quotations

BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.

Although the market was fairly animated this
afternoon,there was a certain amount of apathy ou
the part of buyers to enter into transactions. Speci-
cations were freely distributed, but new contrac's
were not very numerous, and represented only a
sma'l aggregate. It was apparent that the market
had not recovered from the depressing influences of
the strike. Manufacturers are moderately well
supplied with orders, espßcially for sheets, but they
are mainly the accumulations during the period
the works were istanding, and do represent the or.
dinary demand tor current consumption. The iirm-
nest of prices for slice classes of iron are to some
extent a bar to bu-iness, but next to the prejedicial
effects of the late strike the iron trade cf the Mid-
lands is suffering mainly from the general contiae-
tion of foreign denial-id, though this district is
affected to a lesser degree than the North of
England. There were rumours on 'Change to day
of the fail ire of a large firm'of ironmasters in the
•Westbrom which district with liabilities estimated to
range from £20,000 to £40.000. If the rumour.!
should be ,correct there is no doubt that ;
this is one of the direct results of this disas-
trous strike. The report tended to increase the 1
feeling of discouragement which prevailed on the
marktt. Business was fairly well sustained fa*
sheets a. £7 17s 6d to £8 for singles, £8 15s fur ,
double, and £9 15s for lattens at works. Under-
selling, however, has been carried on for some time ,
in the sheet department to an extent that is little
ant.cipat el, one or two concerns of questionable ,
stability having been selling lattens at prices from
lOs to 204 a ton below the ordinary current quota-
tions. Marked bars wt.re stationery in price, and