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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

MR. BRIGHT ON PROTECTION.

Mr. Bright, writing to the editor of the North American
Review, who had asked him for his opinion at to the nature
and extent of the alleged movement in favour ol protection
in England, says:—
"I do not think there is any chance of a return in
this country to the doctrine of protection. We export
everything but agricultural produce. To protect our
manufactures is manifestly impossible. From another
cause the protection of our land produce is not more
possible. Half our population exists on imported
food. To limit this import by Customs duties in
order to raise the price of homegrown food is a pro-
position that cannot he entertained for one moment.
Such a scheme offered to Parliament and the
country would destroy my Government and any party.
We are passing through a time of commercial
depression. Its csnses are apparent to those who
examine and consider the facts cf recent past years.
But in times of trouble ignorant men seize upon un-
likely and impossible propositions and schemes for
relief. There is no special remedy for this malady.
Time, patience, the working of natural laws, the
avoidance and cessation of the excitement and half
madness of the past, and a general economy will
bring about a cure, not without some or much
suffering, but without failure. We adopted free
trade in the year 1846. But our landowners and
famiers and multitudes of our people did not
comprehend the principles we taught, and now
a new generation is on ' the stage, illesequainted
even with the facts of forty years ago. There has
been no great distress since our Corn Law was
abolished; and now, when trouble has come for a
time, some of the sufferers, and some of the quack
doctors who are always ready to prescribe for the
public, cry out for protection, as if we had never tried
it before, and as if it had been found a specific in
other countries. There is no danger of our going bask
to protection; the present trouble will pass away.
It has been aggravated by the evil policy of our
Government, and that also will pass away, and the
simpletons who are looking for relief to an exploded
doctrine and practice will relapse into that silence
and obscurity which beoome them. It is a grief
to me that your people do not yet see their way
to a more moderate tariff. They are doing wonders
unequalled in the world's history in paying off
their National Debt. A moderate tariff, I should
think, would give you abetter revenue, and by degrees
you might approach a more civilised system. What
can be more strange than for your great, free country
to beild barriers against that commerce which is
everywhere the handmaid of freedom and of civilisa-
tion I should despair of the prospects of mankind if
I did not believe that before long the intelligence of
your people would revolt against the barbarism of
yor tariff. The world looks to you for example in
all forts of freedom. As to commerce, the great
civilize; shall it 10.4 in vain?"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

MEERSCHAUM PIPES,

CIGAR

HOLDERS,

SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1879.

BENSON'S
GOLD AND SILVER
JEWELLERY.

Of every Description, in the Richest
and Newest Designs, at the Lowest
Prices compatible with good work-
manship. Brooches, Bracelet 4, Neck-
lets, Lockets, Rings, Earrings, &C.:
and also in Diamonds and Preoious
Stones.

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESStS•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

SIR WILFRID LAWSON AT LIVERPOOL,

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., visited Liverpool on
Saturday, and met with a hearty reception from the
local temperance workers. Replying to a compli-
mentary address from the Liverpool Popular Control
and Licensing Reform Association the hon. baronet
said he believed the members of the association be-
longed to the class who bejieved there was something
above party, and that was country. They had come
to the conclusion that there was nothing in political
action so important as to get rid of those laws which
promoted intemperance, crime, misery, and the dis-
honour of this country. Their association sought to
reform the licensing system, while he sought to
destroy it; but he honoured all who tried to diminish
the harm associated with the system, which, he be-
liaved could not be worse. The cause they had at
heart was one to which he was devoted, and he hoped
they would continue to devote themselves to it until
they achieved a great and signal triumph.
I Subsequently Sir Wilfrid Lawson, with Mr. A. M.
Sullivan, MX., took part in the proceedings at the
opening of a new temperance hotel.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

YAKOOB KHAN AND THE VICEROY.

The Viceroy of India has telegraphed co the India
Office the text of the letter in which the Ameer says
he is exceedingly pleased with and tharkful for the
reception and treatment accorded to him by the
British officers which will doubtleis tand to produce
good results and bear the fruits of feendship, unity,
and concord. He purposes, towards he close of the
next cold season, to have a joyful meeting with his
Excellency, for the purpose of makirg firmer the basis
of friendship, and drawing closer .he bonds of affec-
tion and amity in a most suitabb and appropriate
manner.
Lord Lytton replied that a meeting would have been
most advantageous towards draming closer the bonds
of personal friendship, and confrming the fortunate
alliance which has now been corcluded between the
1 two States. Major Cavagnari wil pay a three weeks'
visit to the Viceroy, during witch time preparations
will be made for his reception iod residence at Cahul.

The St. Petersburg Molva geys the reported suit of
Prince Alexander of Battenbergfor the hand of the young
Princess Youseupoff has alvarY found its way into the
columns of the Press, and it add, the following particulars
Prince Nicholas Borrlsovitch
onssupoff is the representa-
tive of one of the richest arstocratic families of Russia,
When quite a young man he Denied Countess Ribeaupierre,
a consin-germen. Soon aftervards he went to reside tear
Geneva, in the envirors of shich city he bought an estate
and named it, in honour of 113 wife, Tatiana. Ihere he lived
in comparative retirementspending so modest a portion of
his colossal fortune Coat hi s said to b 3 in a uosition to give
to etch of his two danglyers 20,000,000 rounles, or about
£2,000,000 sterling, for a narriage portiot, consisting half of
money and half of jewels.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

DUDLEY TOWN COUNCIL.

The M kYOR (Mr. W. North) presided at a special
meeting of the Council, held on Tuesday evening, at
the Town Hall.
The Sanitary and Baths Committee reported that
on investigation it was found impracticable to erect
baths for the public at £4,500, to which amount the
Council had limited the cost. An alternative plan
would be much cheaper. The committee recom-
mended that the whole subject should come before
a committee of the whole Council, to be convened by
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Science says that it took millions of years to evolve
man from the oyster ; observation shows that it takes
less than a minute to transfer the oyster into a man..

She returned his love, but even then he wasn't
satisfied. She said she did not want it.

A gentleman who rather suspected some one was
peeping through the keyhole of his office-door, in-
vestigated with a syringe full of pepper-sauce and
want home to find his wife had been cutting wood and
a chip had hit her in the eye.
A member of the American House, speaking of a for-
tunate fellow-member, remarked" I'd rather have his
luck than a licence to steal."
"Do you think I shall have justice done me?
said a culprit to his counsel, a shrewd Kentucky lawyer
of the beat class in that eloquent State." lam a
little afraid that you won't, replied the other; "I
see two men on the jury who are opposed to hanging."
A Western newspaper claims to have on its staff a
lady ef extraordinary ability. The editor says he
"never knew of anyone who could write with equal
ease upon so singular a ratige of topics, with informa-
tion so exact in detail." Whereupon an envious
cotemporary asks the editor why he never published
any of her articles.

In an obituary on a strolling cow, a Kansas paper
says : "There is not a farm wagon in the country
that she has not stolen something out of; not a gate
in town she has not opened; and the stones that have
been thrown at her would make five miles of turn-
pike."

The other day a husband was reading that the pre-
monity symptoms of insanity were a wild look, flushed
face, thick speech, &c., and he banded it to his wife,
and remarked, "Mary, if ever I come home looking
that way, you'll know what it means, and you'll know
what to do." "Yes darling," she softly replied, as
she laid the paper sown; "I'll have an emetic and a
thick stick waiting for you."
When a Boston girl "sets" at her husband, she
says, "Base tyrant, I shall leave thee, and f—ly to
my parental home." When a Chicago girl becomes
similarly affected, she simply remarks "Old man,
I'm going to git away, and if you don't like it, just
climb on your eyebrows and see if you can stop me."
It is remarked as a little singular by a student of
Bibilical paintings that all patriarchs are represented
as being bald. It should be remembered, however,
that most of them married young.
A scientific writer says that death by lightning stroke
is the most painless death in the world. We don't
know about that. We never talked with a man who
was struck by lightning, but a man whose wife once
caught him kissing the servant girl told us in confi
deuce that he never would believe that a man could
suffer as much in a 1,000 years as he did in twenty
seconds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

ROWLEY REGIS SCHOOL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held on Monday last, Mr. W. 13assano in the chair
The finance report recommended payment of
accounts amounting to about £1,386, including
£l,OOO due to Messrs. Stockton and Sons on account
of Blackheath schools. Cheques were drawn f
the amount. Messrs. Brown and Walker, an I
Miss Jones, were transferred from other schools
under the Board to the new one at Blackheath ; and
Miss Tildesley was appointed. Other appointments
were deferred.
The Cht.irman read a letter from the Northamp-
ton School Board asking the Board's support to a
petition for the re-enactment of the 25th Section
of the Education Act (1870), which has been re-
pealed. The repeal took away the power of School
Boards to remit fees in other than their own
schools.
Mr Green gave notice of a motion as to the ap -
poinment of a committee to take charge of the
store of school requisites.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

PASTORAL LETTER FROM CARDINAL

MANNING.

A pastoral letter from Cardinal Manning was read
in the churches of the diocese of Westminster on
Sunday, when a collection was made in each to defray
the expenses of erecting new places of worship. "On
the first day of May," his Eminence says, "the new
church of St. Mary's, Chelsea, was opened. The cost
of the building, amounting to £9.000, has all been dis-
charged, except about £5OO. But for the self-sacrifice
of the rector of the mission this coold not have been
done, When this small remaining sum has been de-
frayed the church can be consecrated. The church of
St. Patrick's in the East will be opened, it is hoped, in
the beginning of August. This church, which stands in
the midst of some ,3,000 of our poor, and in one of
the worst parts of London, is the gift of one Catholic.
It will be necessary to build a sacristy and.a priest's
house attached to the church, and for this help is
asked. A new mission has been marked out for the
district of Limehouse, but as yet the clergy possess no
means, either for the size or for the building. There
are other spots fixed for future missions, but of these
we need not speak now. In building our churches the
clergy have endeavoured so to construct them as that
they shall be solid and spacious.- The purpose has
been tocover the largest space with the means at com-
mand. For this reason they have been designed with
extreme simplicity. The first duty of the Church is
to place an altar in the midst of every part of its
flock to make that altar as accessible as possible,
and to diminish the distance of the. church from the
homes of the people. The aged, the infirm, and the
children are unable to go far. To these distance is priva-
tion. We have believed, therefore.".the Cardinal
adds, " that our duty is to multiply the altars among
our people. It will be for those who come after us to
adorn them. In some cases it has been inevit-
able that we should build in part with money borrowed
and secured upon the building and the site. We
would gladly avoid this course, but we had rather
incur this inconvenience than leave thousands of souls
without a church. It is, moreover, just that those
who enme sitar bear A Dart Of the burden. If
those who now live provide two-thirds of the cost of
building a new church, it is most just that the
remaining third should be paid off by those who inherit
so freely the church, with all its blessings, for which in
this day,we have denied ourselves. One purpose,
therefore, of this annual collection is to pay off
gradually the remaining costs of building. Lastly, it
must never be forgotten that as our churches multiply
and as time goes on, the burden of repairs beoomes
heavier. In richer missions this can be easily met,
but in poorer missions help from this fund is urgently
needed."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

SIC
Park Colliery Company's miners are again at
work. Cannock Chase coal is shown to b
getting a faster hold upon the market for
nxinufacturing fuel in the district. •

Owing to a slight accumulation of orders
during the Whitsuntide holidays, which were
rigorously observed throughout the Black
Country last week, there is a little more
activity at the ironworks this week. The
last Australian mail brought somewhat better
orders for galvanised iron, and this has con-
tributed to strengthen the hands, though not
the prices, of sheet makers. Business is still
restricted in the Australian colonies, partly
as a consequence of recent failures, which
have necessitated forced sales, and partly
owing to the curtailment of accommodation
by the banks. Nevertheless the markets are
evidently recovering, and prices in several
instances have advanced. At Adelaide, one
of the most improving markets for galvanised
iron, the following maximum prices were
being realised at the date of the despatch of
the last mail :—G 0 anchor, 24 gauge, £24
s*s ; ditto, 26 gauge, £26.; Owl, 26 gauge
£24. 10.; Lysaght's Orb, 24 gauge, £22.
10s. ; ditto 26 gauge, £24. ss. In hoops and
rods there is little business doing either for
house or export. Tube strip is in somewhat
better demand, and some fair orders for
girder plates have lately been placed. The
local tin-plate works are in full operation,
chiefly on American orders, but this is almost
the only department of the trade in which
there is any real briskness. Constructive
ironwork comes next, but in this branch
prices have been depressed so greatly by
competition that profits are quite proble-
matical. Marked iron now maintains its
value fairly well, at £7. 10s. for bars, and
£9. 10s. for sheets, but unmarked iron is
freely offered at £2. less, and it grows
weaker and more irregular from day to day.
The pig market is dull, as usual towards the
close of the quarter. stocks are heavy,
more particularly of cinder pig, in which
there have been censiderable speculative
transactions of late, and in the absence of
business, prices are only nominal. Much
satisfaction was expressed by the ironmasters
and coalowners on Thursday at the issue of
the Wolverhampton meeting on the mines
drainage question, but the general feeling of
the trade towards the Commissioners appears
to be anything but cordial, and rightly or
wrongly, coalowners maintain.that the drain-
age operations have been mismanaged, and
have been unduly expensive, e.nd that in
fixing and levying the rates the Commis-
sioners have been arbitrary and inconsiderate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.

Photoraphing a woodcock on her nest is certainly
the most tovel application of the photographic camera
that has yit been heard of. It has been successfully
accomplisktd by a gentleman of Skipness, Argyllshire,
under eomeNhat peculiar circumstances. Having been
informed ir his keeper that the bird was sitting on
four ega, h, at onie went with his informant to the
neat, and thy both watched it within a few yards for
about ten tributes. On the following day the gentle.
man went spin with a photographic camera, and
exposed three plates, the lens being within six feet of
the bird, and tie front leg of the stand being within
two feet. On endeavouring to get a fourth view still
nearer the bird lose; the only wonder being that it
had not risen bore. She, however, returned, and
the next day the lest was empty, with unmistakable
signs that that theyoung birds had been satisfactorily
hatched out. Th) prints from the negatives are
said to be excelleit, and probably we shall soon
see some specimeti in the shop windows. The
success of the e:periment may probably lead
to the more extendet use of the camera for illustrating
natural history, andbringing home to our very eyes
certain operations odoature in the life history Of
our birds, beasts, fis*e, and other creatures which
we only know now by oecription. While speaking of
woodcocks nesting in his county, it may interest
some readers to know hat since the legislation for
the protection of certai birds by enacting "close
seasons," woodcocks arebreeding with us much snore
frequently than former!, sassex was always a
favourite county for themand this year reports speak
of more nests than in av previous eeae, n.
Forest of Dean also shows inre nests than is retofore ;
and from various districra Scotland similar tidings
base cothe to baud. The wodoo,!k is one of the most
int,resting and moist beautifuof our bird visitors, and
to fia.h ore in a spring or summer ram* in a wood
noasses the day one to ba tnaked with s7hite
Stcind&rd.

'Fqrfrp
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

FANCY TOBACCOS,

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rEFMNINOWEE

CONSUMPTION IS CUIABLB.—A certain method of car
has been discovered fo• this distressing complaint by
physician, who is desirots that all sufferers may benefit
from this providential dirovery. It is beyond all doubt
the most remarkable reuedy of the age. Thousands
have been cured by it. Ftil particulars of the remedies
will be sent by post to lay person free of charge.—
Address :—Mr. VP:Llama, 10, Oxford Terrace,Hyd•
Park, London,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-06-14

WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE CORN
• TRADE.

Bell's Weekly Messenger says :—" A. week of variable
weather, which has bec n favourable to the grass and
root crops, but which has kept the wheat crop in a
backward state, has failed to produce any activity in
the trade for wheat. In some quarters rather a
firmer tone has been apparent, but it has been by no
means general; and, consequently, the condition of the
trade is still unsatisfactory to the producer. Liberal
shipments are advised from the United States to
this country, but the quantity in view at the various
points of collection has diminished, being reduced to
14,000,000 bushels. This is a large quantity, but it is
natural, as the season is now somewhat advanced, and as
liberal supplies have already been forwarded to market,
that some diminution should take place. At this
period last year, the visible supply was only 900,000
qrs., and in 1877 still less, viz., 600,000 qrs. It is now
1,750,000 qrs. At the same time the supply of
wheat afl fiat is extensive, and English farmers are
marketing supplies considerably in excess of last year.
It would appear, however, that, as long as we receive
no had reports from America or Russia respecting the
growing crops, the trade here will remain in its pre-
sent inactive state. The season is likely to be a pro-
tracted one, and immediately prior to harvest native
supplies in England and France may be reduced to
very small proportions."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

THE ZULU WAR.

DETAILS OF LATEST FIGHTING.
SERIOUS BRITISH LOSS.

CAPE TOWN, April Ist (via Madeira).
The Cololl4l secretary of Natal has tele-
-4ral)hed that Cetewayo has made overtures
to Lord ChAmsford for peace. This step,
however, is considered to be a ruse to obtain
information of the movememts of British
troops. The force for the relief of Ekowe
started on March 28th. It numbered 6,000
men, with two Gatling guns, two other can-
non, and several rocket tubes. Colonel Law
couiluandA the advanced guard and Major
Ponberton the rear guard, with which were
Lord Chelmsford and his Staff. On the
afternoon of March 13th Colonel Pearson
signalled that he saw the head of the column
on the Amatakula River. Only 500 of Col.
Pearson's men would be able to render
assistance.

Colonel Wood attacked Umbeline'9 strong-
hold on .11areli 28th, capturiug cattle. Two
thousand Zulus nut day attackird Celvael

THE STOURBRIDGE 013 SERVER.

Wood's camp. After four hours' fighting
the attack was repulsed, but with great loss
on the British side. Seven officers and
seventy men were killed, including Captains
Campbell, Plet, Ugo, and Lloyd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

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you when. Keep the blood pure, and the
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As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, ant
warranted free from anyshing injurious to the
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

HALESOWEN.

VESMY MEETING.—The usual vestry meeting
was held on Tuesday, in the Infant School Room,
and was largely attended. The Yen. Archdeacon
Hone presided.- —The retiring churchwardens were
Messrs. J. P. Hunt and W. Somers, the former of
whom was Ire-appointed rectors' warden by the
Archdeacon.—Mr. W. R. Colbourn moved and Mr.
C. Franklin seconded Mr. Somers' re-election.—
After this had been put to the meeting for approval
Mr. Burr rose to propose another gentleman, but
the Chairman ruling that the proposal was too late,
Mr. Somers was appointed.—The next business
was to appoint three members of the Burial Board,
vice Messrs. T. Williams, W. R. Colbourn, and G.
P. Dunn, who retired from office. These three
gentlemen were proposed for re-election ; and Mr.
Henry Haycock, a workingman and Nonconformist
and Mr. John Hay, tradesman, a Churchman, were
also severally put in nomination. On the votes
for each being taken. Messrs. Haycock (120 votes),
Colbourn (80), aud Williams (70) were appointed.—
The coconuts for the last year, along with the
report of the auditors, were then presented, and
there was considerable discussion on an item of
£4B for gravel, speakers disapproving of the Board
in delegating such matters to a sub-committee.
Mr. Williams asserted that the gravel had been
indirectly supplied by one of the members of the
Board, who had thereby exposed himself to a
heavy penalty.—Mr. Colbourn said he supposed he
was the in,nnber alluded to, and he denied that he
had anything to do with the gravel. It was sup-
plied by one of the workmen in the employ of the
firm of which he was a member, an he (the work-
man) paid tha firm for the use of their carts in
drawing.—Messrs. E. Ball and W.- Somers were
nominated for re-election as auditors, and Mr. R.
Trewolla, was also proposed. The votes for Messrs.
Ball and Trewolla were equal, and the latter with-
drawing Messrs. Somers and Ball were elected.—
The meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the
Archdeacon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND TILLS have for
twenty-five years held the first place in the world as an
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1879

teresting to Stourbridge people. The question is
one of many that has cropped up during the pre-
paration of an article on GlPsiEs for the new edition
of the Encyolopmdia b'ritannica and in making col-
lecticms for a large work upon the history of the
English branch of this singular race. For the latter
I am always glad to receive any contributions in the
shape of Gipsy epitaphs, extracts relating to Gipsies
from parish registers, or references to Local Histor-
ies, which, countless in number, often contain pas-
sages of high value, such as one on p. 71,0 f Moffatt's
_History of Malmesbury, recording how a Gipsy King
was laid side by side with King .zEthelstan in
Malmesbury Abbey, in 1657.

F. IT. G.ROOME.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

ROWLEY.

VESTRY MEETING. - The Easter vestry meeting
was held on Tuesday, at the parish church, under
the presidency of Rev. T. Ward (vicar). The Chair-
man nominated Mr. John Thomas Dixon as his
warden, and Mr. Henry Robert Harper was elected
people's warden. The following gentlemen were
elected sidestnen—Thomas Danlcs, Joseph White,
R. Fletcher, and E. W. Allen. The accounts for
the year, which were presented and passed, showed
a balance of over £9. due to the retiring church-
wardens
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

CRIDLEY HEATH.

VESTRY MEETING.—The annual vestry meeting
was held on Tuesday, at St. Luke's Church, Reddal
Hill; the Vicar (the Rev. G. J. Taylor) presiding.
Mr. G. Standish was re-elected vicar's, and Mr. W.
C. Barber people's warden. Four sidesmen were
appointed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES,

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(Lute IL THOMSON,)
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°FOR THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."-.
See Deuteronomy, asp. zit., verse 28.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.

The meeting of ironmasters to-day was of
a very quiet character, and the business
transacted was limited. The orders reported
to have been given out since the quarterly
meeting are chiefly for small lots. There was
a moderate demand for best sheets, galvan-
isers' sheets, tin-plates, and jaytnners'
sheets, but for unmarked bars, hoops, and
boiler plates orders were scarce. Girder
plates were freely inquired after. Prices re-
main steady, the basis being £7 108 for
marked bars. Native all-mine pigs were
more inquired after. The leading smelters
have obtained contracts which will keep
them going almost through the quart3r.
Coal was in no better demand, and prices are
still of an unremunerative character. The
proposal of the railway companies to discon-
tinue the payment from the end of this
month of the dock dues and wharfage charges
is likely to become a se.rions matter to manu-
facturers and merchants, inasmuch as the
person consigning the goods to the port for
shipment will have to pay the Customs'
entry. It is believed that the extra charges
will amount to an additional tax of 5s per
ton.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday

As is customary at Eastertide most of the
works and collieries, in South Staffordshire
and East Worcestershire have been closed,
and as is the rule will remain at a standstill
throughout the present week. Only in a
few instances were operations resumed yes-
terday morning, and chiefly for the execu-
tion of pressing orders. Very little additional
business has accrued to manufacturers or
smelters since the quarterly meeting, except
from Birmingham hardware firms, supple-
mented by some better specifications from
Russia for roofing sheets. As the regular
business is interrupted by the holidays, no
considerable accession of orders is likely to
result until the holidays are at an end, and
then before the works can get into full swing
the Whitsuntide holidays will intervene. A
quiet summer is therefore, likely to be ex-
perienced, and manufacturers are not hope.
fnl of any improvement in prices daring the
ensuing three months. A depressing feeling
was produced on Change this afternoon by
the announcement that Messrs. Bagnall and
Sons have realised losses amounting to
£12,600 during last year's working, notwith-
standing the reconstruction of the company.
The New British Iron Company have blown
in a furnace for the production of the best
class of pig iron, bat this circumstance is no
indication of a revival in the pig iron depart-
ment, !inasmuch as the make of the furnace
is intended for the consumption of the com-
pany at their Corugreaves Ironworks. Coal
is in poor demand both for furnace and forge
purposes, but household qaa,lities keep up in
consequence of the continued cold weather.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

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JUDICIOUS ADVERTISING!

A man was standing on the corner of Santa Clara
and First-streets denouncing newspaper advertising to
a crowd of listeners. "Last week,' said he, "I had
an umbrella stole from the vestibule of the— church.
It was a gift, and valuing it very highly, I spent double
its worth in advertising, but have not recovered it."
"How did you word your advevtisement ? " asked a
merchant. Here it it," said the man, producing a
slip cut from from a newspaper. The merchant took it
and read :
" Lost—From the vestibule of the church last Sabbath
evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who took it
will be handsomely rewarded by leaving it at No.— San
Fernando-street."

"Now," said the merchant, "I am a liberal adver-
tiser, and have always found that it paid me well. A
great deal depends upon the manner in which an ad-
vertisement is put. Let us try for your umbrella,
again, and if you do not acknowledge then that ad-
vertising pays I will purchase you a new one." The
merchant then took a slip of paper from his pocket
and wrote :

"If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the
vestibule of the -- church hat Si‘bbath evening does not
wish to get into trouble and have a stain cast upon the
Christian character which he values so hlvhly, he will re-
turn it to No. San Fernzndo-street. Ile is well known."
This duly appeare4 in the paper, and the following
morning the man was astonished when he opened the
front door of his residence. On the porch lay at least
a dozen umbrellas of all shades and sizes, that had
been thrown in from the side-walk, while the front
yard was literally paved with umbrellas Many of
them had notes attached to them saying they had been
taken by mistake, and begging the loser to keep the
little affair quiet. —Court Journal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

THE TELEPHONE AND THE PULPIT.

The Manchester Guardian of Monday says :—A
number of gentlemen—electricians and others—met
yesterday morning at the office of Mr. E. C. War-
burton, superintendent engineer, Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company's telegraph department,
Hunt's Bank, for the purpose of witnessing an in-
teresting experiment with the telephone. Their object
was, in fact, by means of this instrument to form part
of the auditory of the Rev. Dr. Mellor, who VP as con-
ducting his usual service at the Square Congregational
Church, Halifax. One of the ordinary conducting
wilps of the railway telegraph was brought into use.
It was fitted at this and with four of Bell's tele-
phones, while at Halifax the wire was extended to
Dr. Mellor's chapel and connected with one of Mr,
Louis John Crossley's patent telephone transmittors,
which is a modification of the microphone of Professor
Hughes. The arrangements at Halifax had been
carried out by Mr. Enomott (Messrs. Blakey Brothers
and Emmott), The distance between Manchester and
Halifax as the wire goes is about thirty-six miles.
Precisely at half-past ten o'clock the service com-
menced with the singing of a hymn, which was re-
produced through the telephone almost as perfectly,
the sonorous voice of Dr. Mellor being heard above
that of the congregation. Afterwards there was
prayer and the usual lessons; but we pass at once to
the sermon, which was regarded as the crucial test of
the iestrument. The result was, on the whole, very
encouraging, though it was made evident that much
remains to be done before this mode of communication
is perfected. The chief drawback to the success of the
experiment was the induction caused by the trans-
mission of messages along tile telegraph wires, the
wire in connection with the telephone gathering lathe
sound and drowning the voice of the speaker. This
difficulty, however, will be overcome. When the wires
were at rest Dr. Mellor's powerful tones were heard
quite distinctly, but the articulation was not F o clear,
and it was rarely that whale sentences could be heard.
A dozen or twenty consecutive words might be caught,
and the rest were lost, owing, doubtless, to a way which
the preacher seemed to have of lowering his voice at
the end of a sentence.
In order not to expose it to the gaze of the congrega-
tion, the transmittor or microphone was placed inside
the pulpit, almost at the rev, gentleman's feet, so that
when he leaned over the pulpit or turned his head in a
particular direction hearing was rendered difficult.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

THE JUBILEE OF CATHOLIC
EMANCIPATION.

A Correspondent writes to The Times :
"Easter Sunday was the jubilee of Cr.tholic emanci-
pltion. It was on the 13th of April, 1829, that King
George IV. signed the Act of Parliament giving relief
to the Catholics of the British Empire, and permitting
them to hold seats in Parliament and in the public ser-
vice. None of the Ministers who carried the measure are
at present living, nor is thereat present sitting in West-
minster a single member of Parliament who voted for or
against it, The progress of Catholicism in Great Britain
since the passing of the Act has been extraordinary,
and successively several Bills have since been passed
giving relief to Roman Catholics in detail and pro-
viding for the full enjoym-nt by the Catholic popula-
tion of the rights enjoyed by other communions. In
1835 the first Catholic law offictr of the Crown was
appointed in the Mr. O'Loghlen who was chosen
Solicitor-General for Ireland and, as Master of the
Rolls, became the first Oatholic judge since the Revolu-
tion. Ten years after . wipassing of the Act there
were five Catholic me" . z representing English con-
stituetcies in Parliamen and 30 representing Irish
constituencies, atzd there were over 600 Catholic
clergymen in Great Britain ministering at 520 places of
worship. In 1851 the Catholic population had reached
nearly two millions, possessed 694 chapels, 53 col
le,ges and religious houses, and 972 priests in Great
Britain. In the British Empire there were, in IESI,
70 Roman Catholic Bishops and Apostolic Vicars per-
forming episcopal functions. In 1861 only one
English constituency was represented by a Catholic
in the House of Commons, but there were 20 Catholic
peers in the House of Lords, and 32 Catholic members
in the House of Commons. There were in Great
Britain alone 1,342 priests, 993 Catholic churches, 49
monastic communities, 155 convents, and 12 colleges,
In 1871 there were 38 Catholic peers and 37 Catholic
members of the House of Commons, only one, Lord
Robert Montagu, representing an English borough,
Huntingdon; and the then Lord Chancellor of Ireland
was, for the first time since the Reformation, a Catholic.
Lest year there were us less than 126 Roman Catholic
dioceses or districts administered by bishops in the
British Empire, the Catholic population of which is
computed at Nearly 14 millions of people. There are
34 Catholic peers, 26 holding seats in the House of
Lords; and 51 Catholic members of the House of
Commons. In Great Britain there are 18 archbishops
or bishops, 2,140 priests, and 1,348 Catholic places of
worship, while the Catholic population remains at
little over two' nsillions. There are no Catholic
judges in the superior courts in Great Britain, nor
are there any Catholic members representing consti-
tuencies in Great Britain in Parliament, but five mem-
bers of her Majesty's Privy Council are Catholics."

WHERE THE FELLAH'S SHOE facnEi.—Where the
Corn used to be—in Egypt I—Puncl.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

STRUGGLE WITH A MADMAN IN A

TRAIN;

A correspondent sends Galignani's Messenger a de
scription of an exciting scene enacted the other morn-
ing in one of the carriages of the mail train from
Calais to Paris, of which he was unfortunately a wit-
ness. It appears that at the former station a mad-
man, accompanied by his attendant, entered a com-
partment already occupied by four persons; he
behaved rather boisterously before reaching Boulogne,
but it was only after leavis g that place that his violence
became unrestrained. He first seized the gentleman
sitting next him by the throat, hitting him on the
head, and kicked at the face of the passenger oppo-
site; the attendant seemed so scared as to be unable
to exert the slightest control over him. The maniac
was ultimately overpowered and held down by the
united exertions of those in the carriage, the task
being by no means an easy one, as he was a heavily-
built, powerful man. He was ultimately taken out at
Abbeville, having been kept for half an hour with his
hands and feet securely fastened with cord and hag
straps. Two of the passengers were considerably dis-
figured by the madman's violent attack.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

GENERAL GARIBALDI'S VISIT TO
THE KING OF ITALY.

The Correspondent of The Times, writing from Rome on
April 13, says :

This morning General Garibaldi went to the Quirinal
and was received by King Humbert in the garden. It
was the first time the General had left his house since
his arival there. It being a lovely day, he expressed a
desire to enjoy the fresh air, but said his first duty on
going out must be to visit the Sovereign. A messenger
was sent to the Quirinal and the King replied that
he should be delighted with the General's visit, but
could not permit him to leave his carriage; he would
go down into the garden, and receive him there. At
one o'clock, General Garibaldi, accompanied by his son
Menotti, drove to the Quirinal in an open carriage,
into which he was lifted with difficulty. On the
General's arriving at the Palace the King came down,
accompanied by General Medici and Menotti Garibaldi.
The King, standing with his foot on the step of the
carriage, talked cordially with the General about a
quarter of an hour. A sign was then madefor Menotti to
approach, and the King told him be ought to take ad-
vantage of the fine weather and take his father a long
drive, but General Garibaldi insisted on dedicating
the occasion exclusively to the King, and after a short
turn round the Pincio, which is at that hour deserted,
he returned by the Via Vittoria. General Garibaldi
was dressed in his usual red shirt—in the same
costume, in fact, in which he entered London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

KIDDERNILNSTER.

DAMAGES FOR INJURIES AT A CARPET MILL.
At the County Court, on Wednesday, before Mr.
Rupert Kettle, a case of Emily Cook v. Benjamin
Barber was called on, in which plaintiff sought to
recover damages for personal injuries. Mr. M.
Corbett appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Crowther
for the defendant. Plaintiff is employed at Messrs.
Hughes and Sons' carpet mill in the tapestry de-
partment, where defendant is engaged as a weaver.
On the 27th November, while plaintiff was at her
work, defendant pushed her playfully in passing,
and the fingers of her Lit hand were so badly in-
jured that she could not work again for two months
and she then had to take another branch of work.
There was virtually no defence to the action. His
Honour gave judgment for £lO., the full amount
claimed, remarking that the sum sued for was very
moderate.
STRIKE OF STONEMA.SONS. —A strin has commenced
this week among the stonemasons of Kidderminster.
They have been working at 8d an hour, but two
months ago the masters gave notice of a reduction of
id. per hour. The men reused to accept this re-
duAion, but subsequently offered to take Id. reduction
This compromise was refused by the masters with two
exc,-ptions, and the men are now out. The masons
state that if they accepted the masters' terms they
should be working at a less rate:than obtained in other
surrounding towns.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-04-19

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