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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE
SOUDAN,

The War Office authorities have decided further to
augment the strength of the Railway Corps in the
Soudan, and with that object have called upon Lieu-
tenant-Colonel C. M. Palmer, commanding the Ist
Newcastle-on-Tyne and Durham Engineer Volunteers,
to furnish another detachment from that corps of
locomotive firemen and cleaners. The detachment
is being prepared, and will shortly proceed to Chatham
for equipment.
Depots having line battalions abroad are, in some
cases, by order of the War Office, calling upon the
reserve of officers. This reserve numbers about
1222 officers, viz., 15 generals, 37 lieutenant-generals,
65 major-generals, 120 colonels, 346 majors, 502
captains, and 137 lieutenants. Among the officers
now called upon are Captain Houlditch and Lieu-
tenant Dallas, who are ordered to join the depot
Royal Fusiliers, at Hounslow, for duty as soon as
convenient, and Lieutenant Talbot and Captain
Mulcahy, the former to join the dspOt of the East
Surrey Regiment, at Kingston, and the latter the
depOt of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, at Oxford.
By orders from the War Office the head-quarters
and six companies of the East Yorkshire Regiment
proceed this week from Sheffield to Portsmouth, and
embark on board her Majesty s ship Himalaya, for
conveyance to Gibraltar. A detachment of two
officers and fifty men, with the soldiers' families and
heavy baggage, will embark on the 16th inst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

TIIE ANGW-NtSSIAN AG REEMENT.

In the IlousE ov LORDS, March 16, Lord Salisbury
haying asked what was the date of the Agreement
come to between Russia and England on the subject of
the Afghan frontier, what was to be its duration, and
whether the Afghan Government was a party to it,
Lord Granville made a statement similar to that with
which the Prime Minister furnished the House of 'Com-
mons. Thereupon Lord Salisbury notified that he
should repeat the questions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

TUE ANG LO-RIISSIAN_ AGREEMENT:

Lord Salisbury having asked whether the arrange-
ment with the Russian Government relating to the
Afghan boundary was of an absolute and un-
conditional character, or whether words had been in-
troduced which would enable the Russian Government
to depart from it at pleasure,Lord Granville repeated the
explanation on the subject given by the Premier in the
other House, and added that the arrangement had
nothing whatever to do with the final settlement. It
was simply a temporary arrangement to prevent the
risk and danger of unauthorised action on the part of
the Afghan and Russian forces respectively. Our en-
gagement was that Sir P. Lumsden would use all his
influence to prevent an attack upon the Russians, he
being in constant communication with the An3eer and
the officers on the spot.
THE "AGREEMENT."
In the IfousE OF ComnoNs, Mr. Gladstone, replying
to Sir H. Wolff, said that late on the previous night a
telegram was received from our Ambassador at St.
Petersburg, to the effect that the Russian Minister of
Foreign Affairs stated that the Russian troops would
not advance from the positions now occupied by them,
provided the Afghan forces did not advance or attack, or
unless in case of some extraordinary reason, such, for
instance, as a disturbance at Penjdeh. He also stated
that the strictest orders had been sent to the Russian
Commander to avoid by every possible means a conflict,
or any incitement to a conflict, and that that order
would be repeated. This communication, Mr. Glad-
stone added, her Majesty's Government accepted as
made in good faith, and, of coarse, as applicable to
both sides; and, acting upon their responsibility in the
conduct of what he had described as a national and
Imperial policy, they deprecated any pressure for
further explanation. The right hon. gentleman further
stated, in answer to Mr. Gibson, that Sir Peter
LumsdEn had made very considerable progress in the
actual tracing of the frontier.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

COLONIAL ASSISTANCE.

Lord Wemyss moved an Address to the Crown thank-
ing her Majesty for having accepted the loyal offer of
military service from New South Wales, and expressing
satisfaction at the announcement that like offers
from other colonies and from India would, if occasion
should arise, be duly accepted. Lord Derby, on behalf
of the Government, assented to the motion, and, after
a few words from Lord Salisbury, it was passed.

THE "AGREEMENT."

In the HOUSE OF Comm°Ns, Mr. Gladstone explained,
in reply to questions, that when on Friday last he
stated that it had been agreed between Russia and Eng-
land that no further advance on the Afghan frontier
should be sanctioned on either side, he spoke on the
strength of communications received from St. Peters-
burg, and thelatest of these was from the British Am-
bassador, dated the sth of March. In order to obviate
any misapprehension on the subject, Lord Granville
telegraphed to St. Petersburg a message con-
taining the woids cited, and desired our Ambassador to
ascertain whether M. de Giers agreed that the assur-
ances referred to constituted an agreement in the
sense he (Mr. Gladstone) mentioned; and to that tele-
gram, no doubt, there would be an answer. The right
hon. gentleman added that the arrangement included
the position occupied by the Afghan forces; but, as it
was not possible to consult the Ameer on account of
time, what the English authorities had done was to
urge the Afghan forces not to make any further ad-
vance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

PARIS TO LONDON IN AN HOUR.

A plan for the transmission of mails between Paris
and London by the pneumatic process, devised by a
M. Berlin, is exciting considerable interest in Paris.
The pneumatic tubes or subway would be laid down
alongside the existing railways for convenience sake.
It would be constructed of cast-iron pipes of thirty
centimetres in diameter and four metres in length,
connected by means of india-rubber points. This
arrangement is claimed by the inventor as giving
great flexibility and elasticity to the whole, and of
making it water-tight besides. The carriage sug-
gested is composed of a wire frame covered by a
sheet of asbestos cloth with a metallic warp. This
covering would have a kind of metallic brush coat-
ing, to enable the compressed air to dilate to a certain
extent around the truck and cool the latter, thus
counteracting the heat produced by the friction.
The truck would travel the distancp between the two
capitals in one hour; and a truck couli be despatched
every ten minutes. An engine of from 28 to 30
horse-power would be sufficient to produce a vacuum
in the truck and the tubes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

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THE ALLEGED CONS IR ACY T
HALESOWEN.
THE CHARGE WITHDRAWN.

At the Halesowen Police Court on Tuesday
- Jeseph ltudge. nailrnaster, of Blrmingliam Street
Unlsoweit, was charged with conspiring with John
Smith (who .stands tonundted to the s2ssions for
fraudulently obtaining nails) and others to obtain a
quantity of nails fram Edward and SimeJn Hackett
and.ethers.—Mr. Hemingway, Town Clef k.of Bewd-
ley, appeared for the prosecution, and at the outset
of the wise said he had very carefully read the evi-
dence p aced in his hands, and had been compelled
to cone to the conclusion that the prosecution
ought to unreservedly withdraw from the case
There was no evidence whatever casting any impu-
tation upon Budge. He therefore wished to with
draw from the eas-, and to say on behalf of the
prosecution that toy did not wish to east any im-
putation whatever upon the deftudant.—Mr. Hugo
Younz (barrister) said he had been instructed for
the defence, but after the lia,nd-ome manner in
which the prosecution had with.rawn the charge
it was unnecess try for him to say anything. As
the matter had been made so public, he asked that
he might be p:e.enitted to clear the character of t. 13
accused try Ii presentation of a memorial from the
chief inhabitaws of the parish. Had the case gone
on he should have been prepared to prove that
Ridge had never seen or heard of Smith, and that
he ha I a ted with perfect bona fides in;the matter.—
Mr, iloward (migistrate) said the Bench endorsed
all that Mr. Ycung had sail, and he trusted that
the press would notice the fact that the defet.a nt
left the court withut the slightest stain on his
character.

RO WL EY REGIS.

LOCAL BOARD.-.llr. W. Bas,a,no presided at the
meeting of this Board oki Monday. Ths Medical
Ofii.!er's report for the upper district showed 65
deaths during the month, or a rate of 30.14 per 1,000
Nine deaths had occured from zymotic disea•=e, two
of them being caused by an impure water sopply
at 5, Parkers-lane, -Tividale. Thirty-four fresh
cases of measles had occurred, 5 in the upper adn 29
in the lower division. Two fresh cases of small-pox
had been admitted in the hospital aud seven had
been discharged, maltin; a total of four under treat-
ment. The Medical Officer for the lowei
division reported 44 deaths or a rate of 38.1 per
1000. One death had occurred from scarlet fever,
and 4 from measles. The latter disease was preva-
lent in tee distict. especally at Crulley Heath and
Reddal Hill, where 27 cases had occurred Beyond
these the parish was tree from zymonic diseases
The surveyor's report showed an exp-nditure during
the month of £l3B 17s 21. 'no collector's account
showed a total collection u 1,376 ha, for the
1110ilt.t.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF A
BARONET.

A despatch, dated Charleston, U.S., Feb. 27,
says: News waS received here yesterday of the death
of Sir Henry Vansittart Stonhouse, at Trial, Berkeley
County. He was the fifteenth Baronet Stonhouse, of
Radley, Berks, whose family dates back to the days
of Queen Elizabeth. He was formerly a lieutenant
in the 94th Regiment of the British Army, and aide-
de-camp to Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of Madras.
He married in 1851 Miss Charlotte West, daughter
of a Member of Parliament for Dublin, and by her
leaves one son, now Sir Ernest Hay Stonhouse. Sir
Henry first appeared in Charleston an an officer in a
negro regiment at the close of the war. The records
of the United States Court showed him to have been
tried, convicted, and sent to gaol for defrauding a
negro of his pension. This was about the time of his
father's death, and his succession to the title of baronet.
His conduct while in Charleston was extremely
dissolute. He dropped for a time the name of Ston-
house, signing himself V ansittart. He then moved to
St. Stephen's, in Berkeley County, where he acted as
a magistrate and a teacher of a coloured school.
Afterwards he lived in great poverty at Pineville, a
small country village, his only associates being
negroes. He then clerked for a while in a country
store, and led a precarious existence until his em-
ployment by Mr. P. F. Murphy as bookkeeper and
postmaster at Trial, in Berkeley County. He was
finally discharged by Mr. Murphy on account of gross
carelessness in his accounts, and then moved to a
small log building built by negroes for a school-
house, and there he died unattended and alone of
malaria fever. He shrank from all intercourse with
good people. He was buried in the Episcopal church-
yard, near Trial. The funeral was attended by Dr.
Joseph Palmer and Dr. Robert M`Kelvey and eight or
ten negroes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

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EXECUTION AT BIRMINGHAM.

The first execution at the Birmingham Borough
Gaol since Birmingham was created an assize town
took place on Tuesday morning, when Henry
Kimberley, who was convicted at the last Birming-
ham Assizes of the murder of Mrs. Palmer, the wife
of a local publican, by shooting her with a pistol on
the 27th of December last, paid the penalty of his
crime in the presence of a small group of official
witnesses and representatives of the Press. L-p to
Sunday last hopes had been entertained by the cul-
prit's friends that the numerously-signed memorial in
his favour which had been forwarded to the Home
Secretary would procure him a reprieve, but on that
day an official reply was received from Whitehall to
the effect that after careful consideration of all the
circumstances of the case the Secretary of State had
been unable to discovery any sufficient grounds to
justify him in advising her Majesty to interfere with the
due course of the law. For the purposes of the execu-
tion a small brick building had been erected adjoining
the outer walls of the store-room of the gaol, and in
its essential features the scaffold resembled that lately
employed at Exeter. A massive oak beam runs
across the shed, which is about 15ft. square, the ends
being fixed in the walls at a height of Bft. Beniath
the platform is a pit allowing of a drop of upwards
of loft. The platform itself consists of two wooden
doors constructed like an ordinary cellar-flap with
hinges, falling inwards. The doors are supported on
two horizontal iron bars hinged at ono end and at
the other resting upon a crossbar. The latter is.
arranged so as to slide along in obedience to the pull
of a lever. When the pull takes place the horizontal
bars fall, the doors at the same time give way, and
the culprit falls into the pit out of view. Shortly
`)efore eight o'clock the prisoner took his place under
the noose, ejaculating in a low, sobbing tone, "Lord
have mercy upon me," in response to the chaplain's
exhortations. Berry, the executioner, performed his
task with despatch, and the black flag was hoisted
precisely at, eight o'clock. It is estimated that from
15,000 to 20,000 people were outside the gaol when
the flag was hoisted. The execution was followed by
the customary inquest, held by Mr. B. Weekes, the
deputy-coroner for the borough.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

THE ACTION FOR SLANDERING A
MEDICAL MAN.

In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
of Justice, on Monday, Mr. Justice Grove gave his
decision with reference to the application for a new
trial in the action Page v. Harrison. It was an action
for slander brought by the plaintiff, a medical man,
residing at Solihull, near Birmingham, against the
defendant, an accountant of the latter town, the
alleged slander being that it was imputed by
the defendant that the plaintiff had been guilty
of immoral conduct with the wife of the defend-
ant while attending on her as a medical man.
The alleged slander was justified, and the trial took
place about a year ago before Mr. Justice Hawkins
and a special jury, when, after occupying several
days, it resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for
£l5O. In May last a new trial was moved for on
behalf of the defendant, before Mr. Justice Grove
and Baron Huddleston sitting as a Divisional Court,
but after argument judgment was reserved on the
ground that the defendant had instituted a suit in
the Divorce Court alleging that the plaintiff had
committed adultery with Mrs. Harrison, and that
the decision in the matter was then pending. On
that occasion the jury could not agree, and
another divorce suit now stands for hearing in
that division.

Mr. Justice Grove now gave judgment on behalf of
himself and Baron Huddleston on the question of a
new trial of the original action for slander, observing
that, although the matter had been argued so far
back as May last, it was not for the purpose of con-
sidering their decision that the Court had delayed
giving judgment, but because at this time there was a
suit pending in the Divorce Court. That case had
since been heard, and the jury had been discharged
without agreeing on a verdict, and that there was to
a new trial of that suit; but as this Court had held
over their decision for one trial there was no reason,
especially as they had been pressed for judgment, to
hold it over awaiting the result of the second trial in
the Divorce Division, and they were confirmed in this
view by the fact that the learned judge (Mr. Justice
Hawkins) who presided at the trial for slander had
stated that ke was dissatisfied with the verdict.
Under these circumstances this Court now directed
that the rule for a new trial should be made absolute.
Judgment accordingly,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

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'A
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CARLO.
A terrible story comes from Monte Carlo, a story
which, however, the narrator foresees, "the interested
advocates of Monte Carlo will probably deny."
What may be done by interested advocates it is im-
possible to say, but it is literally certain that no
reasonable man who is uninterested will for a moment
believe the tale. A clerk in a large German count-
ing-house was spending his honeymoon in Italy, and
while there a firm paid him 40,0001., owed to his
employers. The first questions which arise are why
the Italian firm did not send its cheque in the ordiz
nary course of business to the clerk's masters? and
why it handed over 40,0001., apparently in gold
and small notes, to a subordinate who was on a holi-
liay and not bound for home. Having the 40,0001.,
;however, the clerk thought he would go to Monte
;Carlo. He knew that it was the worst possible place
for him, because he would be tempted to gamble; but,
nevertheless, being the foolish and weak-minded clerk
he was, he set off for the spot. Lest he should be
'impelled to go to the rooms and speculate with his
employers' money, he handed the sum over to his
wife to keep. Devoted to each other as bride and
bridegroom were, they rambled about this very small
Viactrindepencleutly of eakh other. The wife, 40,0001.
in pocket, wsut the tables lost all, and jumped
bite the sea.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

THE SEATS BILL.

The House resumed in Committee the consideration
of the Redistribution of Seats Bill, which occupied the
greater part of the evening. All the clauses of the bill
having been agreed to, Sir E. Wilmott's proposal to
add a new clause fixing the total number of members
of the House at 658 was discussed at some length, and
led to a division, which resulted in the defeat of the
motion by 143 to 47.

nu LONDON UNEMPLOYED AND
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

The Earl of Rosebery, First Commissioner of
Works, received a deputation from the London Trades
Council, introduced by Mr. Broadhurst, MY., who
urged that the new public offices in Spring-gardens,
for which the plans had been approved, should be pro-
ceeded with without delay, in order to give work to the
unemployed. Mr. Shipton complained that while
millions were being spent in war-vessels and military
preparations, the Government should delay work in
Whitehall which would give subsistence to many
starving families. The Earl of Rosebery, after
expressing his sympathy with the unemployed, said
there had been really no avoidable delay; and that
there were difficulties, especially in the way of finding
temporary accommodation for the staff and clerks
during the demolition of the present Admiralty
offices and the erection of the new premises. He
would, however, give his careful attention to the
matter, and see that the work was pushed forward
as speedily as possible. Subsequent to the interview
the deputations retired to deliberate upon the reply
they had received, when the following resolution was
passed: "That the Trades Council be requested to
watch proceedings with regard to the Government
buildings in Whitehall, and, if necessary, to call the
trades together to decide what further action should
be taken."

Snoops was a young man who had been married a
year, and he was telling a friend how diffident he was
when single. "Were you much embarrassed when
you 'popped the question?'" asked the friend.
" Embarrassed ? ,Well, I should say I was. I owed
1500 dols. for board and clothes and one thing or
6ther, and didn't have a darned cent to pay it with-"
-I'Merchaiat Traveler.
An eccentric commercial traveller, well known on
the road, lately astonished the ostler at a country inn
by addressing him as follows: "My lad, extricate my
• quadruped from the vehicle, stabulate him, donate
him a sufficient supply of nutritious aliment, and
when the aurora of morn shall again illuminate the
oriental horizon, I will award you a pecuniary cora-
nensation for your amiable hosuitalitv ' .

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

THE SUNDAY OPENING OF THE
NATIONAL GALLERY.

A numerous deputation from the Sunday Society
waited upon the trustees of the National Gallery on
Tuesday, to submit a memorial urging the advisability
of opening the gallery on Sundays. Mr. Mark H.
Judge (hot]. secretary) read the memorial, which
urged that the restriction which deprived many of her
Majesty's subjects from the enjoyment of the works
of art in the National Gallery should be removed by
following the example of the trustees of public
museums and galleries in the suburbs, and the gal-
lery be opened on Sundays. The avidity with which
the people would avail themselves of opportunities
for visiting art galleries on Sundays, was shown by
the fact air t at the Sunday art exhibitions which had
taken place, the crowding was so great that some re-
strictions had to be enforced by means of limiting the
number of tickets. Addresses were then delivered in
support of the memorial by Mrs. G. L. Grail, author
of "John Halifax, Gentleman," the Rev. H. V.
Le Bas, preacher at the Charterhouse ; Mr.
Thomas Powell, secretary of the Bookbinders'
an Machine Rulers' Society: Mr. E. N. Buxton,
chairman of the London School Board; Mr. J. D.
Linton, president of the Royal Institute of Painters
in Water Colours; and Dr. W. B. Carpenter. Sir
Henry Layard, on behalf of the trustees, expressed
the pleasure they had had in receiving so influential a
deputation, and amid great applause he stated that
the trustees, having considered the request of the
deputation, bad by a majority come to the decision
that the National Gallery ought to be opened on
Sundays. The trustees, however, could not of their
own action settle the matter, but if the House of
Commons would express approval, the trustees would
gladly see the Gallery open to the people on Sunday
afternoons. Mr. Heywood then thanked the trustees
for their courtesy in receiving the deputation, and
especially for the favourable reply they had given,
and the deputation then withdrew.

Excougias.--The :Rector: "Good morning, Mr.
iiinlithets, m
and what do they say of our entertainment
list night?" ("Penny reading," and part-songs by
the church choir.) "And my Shakespearian reci-
tation, did they like it ? " Farmer Smithers (church.
Wooden): " yes, sir—seemin'ly, I haven't
heard no complaints, eir I "—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

The subjoined resolutions were passed at the
meeting of the Irish Parliamentary party on Friday,
Mr. Parnell in the chair: That, as we have been
called upon by many representative bodies in Ireland
to state our views on the approaching
visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales, we give it
as our opinion that the Irish people are bound to avoid
every act which would justify the impression that they
can be induced by any power to abandon or to falter
in their struggle for sell-government; that the Royal
visit will not be kept aloof in Ireland, as in England
or Scotland, from political objects, and will be made
use of by the English parties to misinterpret
the opinion and temper of the Irish people;
that such a visit is especially unfortunate under
the auspices of Lord Spencer, who is justly odious
to the Irish people, and at a period when a coercive
code suppresses the liberties of tho Irish nation; and
that under all these circumstances it is, in our view,
the duty of the Irish people and of their representa-
tives upon all public bodies, while avoiding any act of
discourtesy to the Prince and Princess of Wales, to
maintain an attitude of reberve which 'will sufficiently
demonstrate their inalienable attachment to national
principles, and their resolute resentment at the sup-
pression of their national liberties. ,The change
of programme for the Channel Squadron has
been variously interpreted. The true explanation is
that, instead of proceeding to Malta, the squadron
will arrive in Plymouth on the 20th inst., where it
will remain until April 3, when it will go to the coast
of Ireland as part of the escort of their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales.

A meeting of the Council of the Dublin Chamber
of Commerce was held on Friday for the purpose of
making arrangements for that body taking part in
the reception of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales upon his approaching visit to Ireland. A de-
putation of citizens, including Mr. Edward Cecil
Guinness, D.L., Alderman Moyers, Color el the Hon.
H. Rowley, Mr. J. A. Walker, and Mr. C. Beckett,
waited on the council and presented a requisition
signed by several thousand citizens calling the council
to form a citizens' committee for the reception of the
Prince and Princess of Wales. The council unani-
mously determined to convene a general citizens' com-
mittee f r the purpose. The Mayor of Belfast on
Friday received an official intimation from the Lord-
Lieutenant that their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales will arrive in Belfast on
Thursday, April 23.

The Dublin Corporation on Monday finally decided
upon the attitude it should assume on the visit of the
Prince and Princess of Wales. By a majority of
forty-one to seventeen the Nationalist amendment in
favour of abstaining from taking part in the reception
was adopted. Whilst the Corporation was discussing
the subject the Citizens' Reception Committee was
engaged at the Chamber of Commerce in making
further preparations for the reception of the Royal
visitors.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWITN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

I REGISTERED FOR 1
(TRANSMISSION ABROAD.I

SATURDAY, MARCH 21,1885.

.For the Year ending 31st December, 1884.

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL EEPoRT.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

THE NEW BISHOP OF BRISBANE.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, in compliance with
the request of the synod of the diocese of Brisbane
that he should nominate a bishop in succession to the
Right Rev. Dr. Hale, who recently resigned that see,
has offered the appointment to the Rev. W. T. Thorn-
hill Webber, vicar of St. John the Evangelist,
Holborn, London, who has accepted the same. The
diocese of Brisbane comprises some 680,000 square
miles of Queensland, and has a population of 160,000.
The bishop-nominate graduated at Pembroke College,
Oxford, in 1859, and was ordained in the following
year to the curacy of Chiswick, from which he was
transferred by Bishop Tait, in 1865, to the mission
district of St. John's, Red Lion-square, of which he
was subsequently appointed the first vicar. In the
course of twenty years Mr. Webber has raised
upwards of £50,000 for Church purposes, having
built schools, clergy-house, and a noble church,
designed by Mr. Pearson, R.A., that is generally
admitted to be a notable addition to the architectural
features of the metropolis, and towards which the
Bishop of London's Fund contributed about £BOOO.
At the consecration of the church the late bishop, Dr.
Jackson, paid a high tribute to the indomitable
energy and perseverance of the vicar, whose impor-
tunate mendicancy, he said, it was impossible to with-
stand. Mr. Webber is a moderate High Church-
man, but belongs, above all things, to the practical
school. He has for many years been a member of
the London School Board, and was 12 years a
guardian of the Holborn Union, besides filling onerous
positions in connection with Church institutions. He
is a treasurer of the Young Men's Friendly Society.
chairman of the Finance Committee of the Girls'
Friendly Society, vice-chairman of the Working
Men's Club and Institute Union, and a member of the
court of Sion College. Mr. Webber is also a staunch
supporter of the Church of England Temperance
Society.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

MR CHAMBERLAIN AND LAND
NATIONALISATION.

The following letter has been received by the Rev.
j. B. Heath, of the Land Nationalisation Society. I.
have to acknowledge the receipt of your favour of the
Bth inst. concerning a resolution of the committee of
the Land Nationalisation Society. I incline to think
that his resolution has been_passed under a misappre-
hension of my opinion, and I beg, 'therefore, to inform
you that I am not in favour of the nationalisation
of the land, and that I have seen no plan for this
object which would not, in my judgment, create
greater evils than those it is desired to remedy. I
advocate legislation with the object of multiplying
greatly the number of landowners, and especially
stimulating the occupying ownership of small cul-
tivators and, I do so with full confidence in the
magic of property' of which Arthur Young speaks,
and which turns sand into gold. I understand this
object is inconsistent with the programme of your
societyjand that I should not be justified under these
circumstances in accepting your resolution.—l am,
Sir, your obedient servant, J. CIIAM.BERLAIN.—The
Rev, J, B. Heath,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

EXPULSION OF FENIANS FROM
FRANCE.

The French Government has eventually decided on
expelling the Paris Fenians, and so showing that there
is no complicity between the Republic of France and
the Irish rebels. The men expelled are Morissey,
Eugene Davis, James Stephens, and Leroy. Morrissey,
who presided over the revolutionary conclave, is a
man of straw. Flannery asked him to take tie
chair, and his daties chiefly consisted in reading from
a paper those who had written down their names as
speakers. Eugene Davis is an Irish journalist, who
is the nominal agent of O'Donovan Rossa, a post
which brings him in no fixed salary. Flannery has
gone to Geneva. Tames Stephens has led the life of
a recluse for ten years, and he opposes the dyna-
miters. The Irish Nationalists in France have
no connection with French Anarchists. The atheism
of the latter is unpalatable to the Irish rebels, and
some of the utterances in the last conclave showed
that there was no chance of any agreement. Mortimer
Leroy is a tutor, who teaches English in French
colleges, and supplements his income by contributing
to Irish papers. Morissey, Davis, and Stephens were
conducted across the frontier into Belgium by the
police last Friday. The real explanation of the
expulsion of Stephens is, a correspondent has good
reason to believe, that, although opposed to the pro-
ceedings of the dynamiters, he entered into pourparlers
with them by attending several of their meetings, and
almost consented to the scheme for destroying the
English navy and public buildings. His influence for
evil, therefore, was undoubtedly very great.
Two German Socialists, Besedeowski and Aster-
mann, have also been expelled from France.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-03-21

KIDDERMINSTER.

A BOY KILLED. On Weduesd ty evening an
inquest wais I,eld at Kildermiester before Mr. M.
Corbet, on tha body of a boy named Benjamin
Smith, aged 14 yi,:trs, who died at Sdtton Common
on Monday aft r,lo,in from the elieets of injuries
sustained on Saturday mo hg. The mother in-
formed the jury that the lad went home shortly
after one o'clock on Saturday afternoon and com-
plained of being very ill. He told her that he had
been knocked down by a horse and carriage near
the railway station while he was standing with his
wheelbarrow; that the driver never stopped to en-
quire after him, and that one of the ladies in the
carriage began to laugh when she saw him knocked
him down. A boy named Wilson, who was talking
to deceased when the carriage drove up, declared
that the coachman drove straight into the wheel-
barrow whilst the boy had hold of he handles, and
when witness remonstrated with the driver, ho
called out that unless he was quiet he would give
him a cut with his whip. The driver was called,
but gave his evidence with so much prevarication
that the Coroner several times cautioned him. lie
declared that the lad ran in front of the horse.
Mrs. Baines, a Canadian lady, who had been on a
visit to Dr. Fitch, of Chaddesley Corb...tt, and was
being driven to the railway station at the time of
the acci tent, was also examined, and she to a certain
extent exonerated the driver. The jury con
suited together for a short time, and returned a
verdict that the boy died as the result of an acci-
dent, but strongly censured the driver.
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