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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

LORD TOLLEMACHE'S ESTATE.

Lord Tollemache, of Peckforton Castle, Cheshire,
attained his 79th year on Sunday. Lord Tollemache,
who is in the best of health, still takes the keenest
personal interest in the management of his estate.
During his lifetimt, Lord Tollemache has broken the
Peckforton Estate up into farms of about 200 acres
each, and in order to find accommodation for
the increased number of tenantry, has built over
sixty model dairy farms and homesteads, at a cost of
£148,000, and 260 labourers' cottages, to which are
attached a few acres of land at very moderate rentals,
on which the labourers are enabled to keep a couple
of cows. It is a significant fact that, despite the agri-
cultural depression, there is not a halfpenny of
arrears of rent due on all Lord ToLumache's fine
estate.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

YISH.

A short supply of fish at this market; demand slow, and
trade quit, at the following prices: Live eels, le tole 3d;
dead ditto, 9d to 10d; soles, is to is 4cl ; slips, 9cl to
10d; turbot, 9d to ls ; brill, 8d to 9d ; halibut, 81t0 94;.
sturgeon, 9d to 10d; frozen Labrador salmon, 104 to is;
lemon soles, 64 to 8d; crimped skate, 4d to 64; roker, 3d;
hake, 3d to 54; cod, 3d to 3d. middle ditto, bd to 7d;
dried ditto, 44; coalflsh, 3d to 44; fresh haddock, 3d to
44; ling, 3d to 4d ; dried ditto, 44; conger eel, 3d to 44'
sprats, id to 24• and plaice, 3d to 4d per lb ; smelts, is ed
to 28 td per basket ; smoked sprats, 9,1 per dozen bundles;.
Digby chicks, 4d to 54• and Fmnou haddocks, 034 per
bundle; whelks, 24 to 34; and winkles, 44 per quart;
shrimps, 3d per pint; mussels, is per peck measure;
kippers, Is to 3s per dozen pair; crabs, ad to 2s; lobsters,
2d to 2s Gd ; codling, ls to 2s 6d ; John Dory, ls to 3i ; grey
mullet, ls to is 9d; red ditto, is to is tid; and smoked
haddocks, ld to 94 each; whiting, 2s to 4m; bloaters,
6d to Is; red herrings, 64 to is; fresh ditto. 64 to is;.
American oysters, 6d to 3d; Anglo-Portugaese, 94 to is 3d;
Dutch natives, is 6d to 2s; and native ditto, 26 to 2
per dozen.
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GAME AND POULTRY.

Pheasants, 2s to 4s 6d ; hares, 2s lid to 44 ; white
ditto, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; rabbits, is 6d to 2s; conies, 104 to
is 4d; pigeons, 8d to is; French ditto, 15 2d to Is sd;
plovers, 10d to is; wild ducks, 28 to 2s 6d ; woodcocks,
2s 2d to 3s; capons, 5s ed to 108 ; pullets, 28 6d to 4s ;
chickens, is 10d to 2s 3d ; ducks, 24 to 3s; and geese, 58 6d
to 9s each.

POTATOES.
A good supply was offered. There was a moderate
demand at the annexed rates: Kent regents, 7011 to 80s;
Essex Shaws, 50s to 60s; champions, 508 to 60s; Naga=
Bonume, 60s to 80s : Victories :70s to 80s per ton.

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AMBITION'S LADDER.
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a Lore," s-o.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

ALARMING ACCIDENt AT OLD BILL,

On Monday an accident of an alarming character,
and attended with serious consequences, occurred
in Waterfall Lane, Old Hill. It appears that two
men in charge of a wagon and four horses were con-
veying a roll, weighing upwards of five tons, from
Messrs. Guest and Sylvaster's Victotia Ironfoundry,
West Bromwich, to the Corngreaves Ironworks, at
Cradley. When descending Waterfall Lane, which
is very steep, one of the drivers, John Topruan. put
the slipper on the wheels; but when they had got
about half way down the hill the wheel jerked out,
and the wagon ran down at a terrific rate. The
horses became frightened, and the men lost all con-
trol over them. In galloping away the front horse
swerved, and fortunately at this po'nt the trace
chains were unhooked, and the three lea ling horses
were liberated. The wagon shafts, however, and
the shaft horse were driven threug,h the front wall
of a house by the side of the road, occupied by a
miner named William Clark. The lower portion of
the front of the house was entirely d.raolished, and
the furniture in the room was smashed to pieces.
The wagon was completely wrecked, and the shaft
horse was killed on the spot Fortunately no one
was hurt, although the drivers and the inmates of
the house had almost miraculous escapes. The
damage is estimated at about £l2O. The following
account was given by an eye witness. The men
who were in charge of the wagon and horses were
strangers to the pace and at the top of the hill one
of the men put the slipper under the wheel but did
not put on the lock chain. When the wagon got
three or four yards the wheel rebounded and got
out of the slipper. The horses - then started,
and when half way down the hill, one side of the
trace broke and the o her side coming detached, the
horses were thrown on the ground and one was in-
jured, but not setious. The horse that was in the
shafts galloped down the hill and went in the door--
way of the house smashing the window in. The
herr° was killed almost instantaneously, one piece of
the shaft going into the shoulder. There was only
a man in the house when it happened, and he was
asleep in the back room, his wife having gone into
the next house. If it had not been for the wagon
catching the kerbing it would have gone into the
house also, but it was upturned, also and the roller,
which was about 51 tons weight. It may he interest-
ing to know that some ago a runaway horse ran into
the house next door, and on that occasion one part
of the shaft went up the chimney.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

THE CAVALRY OF THE FUTURE.

After extensive investigations the Committee on
Cavalry Equipment have drawn up their report and
forwarded it to the Horse Guards. The report recom-
mends many important changes in the equipment of
the cavalry soldier, and, should they be carried out,
the trooper of the future will be practically a mounted
infantry man, and, like the foot soldier his weapon
will be the rifle, the arnic blanche occupying a secon-
dary place. The committee suggest that the whole
of the cavalry--heavy, medium, and light—be sup-
plied with the new pattern Martini-En4eld rifle, when
issued, instead of the carbine, but are not unanimous
on the point as to whether it should be carried in the
namaqua bucket attached to the saddle or slung
across the back. The sword, it is recommended,
should be suspended from the saddle instead of being
buckled to the waistband, so that the soldier may be
as free as possible to use his rifle when dfsmounted.
It is also proposed that the kit should 14) Consider-
ably reduced.

The King of Ashantee recently died cf
and three hundred of bis subjects Pi4o killoci. at
the funeral. A funeral in Ashantee must be al?otit,
as hilarious and enjoyabilits a EnzUgh pleasm
excursion,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

THE IRON TRADE.
Wolverhampton, Wednesday.

The market this afternoon was again quiet, an(l
inquiries were of a mea:.:re character. There is
however sufficient work irr the books of most of the
manufacturers to k. .e;+ them g in ore- the Christ-
ina* holi.lays, sal they are no', very anxious to ne-
gotiate, par iculariy rl3 -prees ,I?em t,,bsve a weaken
ink' t-_ndeney. ,ft:.:•troon's dealings related
chidy to common bars worth ab ut ..V3 to £6 5.4,
aud eheap gh,!ets for galvauiAng ald working up
purposes. th 4 vairr, of whicli ranged from £7 to
about .e 7 tua. for ,irr;eo gauge. In the hoop de-
p-Irttnent coop-rawe siz,s :ippeared to be the only
kind .n demand. There are s me fair orders ruov-
lair for tank plates, ,ri!.s, anti tip iron, Export
merchants hs.ve received rather more inquiries for
the better descriptioNs of s• bars and stamp-
imeets, but in vo instance are i.-rms any more
favottrab)e to th seller. The •letn )i
an I for T iron
is o:. a lel ryic character. qualities ser.enj o
be riqdeetet for mvdium de c:iprions. 1,1„.,e is
an abs,.r.ce of the inquiry noticr able a few weeks
aio
indeed, it appears that forge propdotors, ;
* great deal of iron to come in, do not feel
di.p•sA to negotiate again until the approaching
quarterly meeting. .4omc fair foundry iron con—
tracts have been en'ered into and here is a disposi-
tion to purchase for remote delivery. Minerals
are not (putt- so actively called for, but there is a
brisk trade being done by many of the producers of
house coal at late rates. Of manufacturing fuel
there is an oversupply, and this keeps down the
quotations. Much sympathy was expressed on
'Change for the relatives of the late Mr. Charles
ms, metal broker, of Mictaesborough, who was
for many years a resident in this town and who
diect a :ow tia.ya ago aft;i• a short illness, contracted j
ing last Thur6day'a iron trade meeting
at Itizataguinz.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The total imports of foreign sto..ik into Denim last week
amounte t to 14,529 head. In the corresponding period.
of last year we received 10,689; in 1882, 8304; in 1881,
12,90 f; in 1830, 9106; in 1879, 5833; in 1878, 12,372' and in
1871, 11,042. The rattle trade i i dull in tone, arid prices
have a drooping tendency. Moderate supplies of beasts
have come to hand f torn our own grazing districts. There
has been a limited demand for them, and rather less money
has been accepted. The best Soots and crosses realised_
is 6.1 to Is Ed per 81b. Foreign beasts were in short
supp'y and limited request at drooping prices. As regards
sheep, the pens have only been moderately well filled,
nevertheless the inquiry was restricted and quotations
were weaker. The best Downs and half-breds made 6s 24
to 6s 4d per 81b. Calves and pigs were quiet at late
rates. Quotations: Coarse and inferior. beasts, 4s to
4s 88; second quality ditto, 4s 6d to ss; prime large
oxeu, is 4d to Is 6d; ditto Scots, Arc., 5s 6d to Is 8d ; coarse
and inferior sheep, 5s to 55 8d ; second quality ditto,
5s 6d to 6a; prime coarse•woolled ditto, 6s Od to 65 2d;
prime Southdown ditto, 6s 2d to 65 4d; large coarse calves,
5$ 2d to 5s 8d; prime small ditto, 58 10d to 6s 2d ;large
hog, be 4d to 3s 8a; and neat small porkers, 4s to 4s 4d per.
81b, to sink the offal. Total supply: Beasts, 4010' sheep
and lamb, 6040 calves, 310; pigs, SO ; mil& cows,
40. Foreign: Beasts, 400; sheep and lambs, 100; calves
10. From the midland and home counties we received'
1970 beasts; from In- land, 1000; from Scotland, 440; and
a•om Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, 200 beasts.

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.
The supply was very much in excess of the demand,
and the weather being unfavourable, prices are depressed,
and quotations, although extremely low, only nominal. In—
ferior beef, 2s 4d to 33 6d ; middling ditto, 38 Od to
38 8d; prime large ditto, 43 Od to 48 6d ; prime small ditto,
4s 441 to 4s 8d; veal, 4s 6d to Se; inferior mutton, 2s 6d to
3s 2d; middling ditto, 3$ 2d to 3s 10d; prime ditto, 48 2d
to 4e 10d; large pork, 2s 8d to as Id; small ditto, as 4d
to 88 8d per 81b, by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

(To be continued.)

A CORONER ON IMPRUDENT
MARRIAGES.

On Sat urday Mr. George Collier, the deputy
coroner, held an inquiry at the Weavers' Arms,
13akers'-row, Whitechapel, touching the death of
Louisa Buckhain, aged three months. According to
the evidence of Matilda Buckham, the mother of 11,
Hanbury-street, Mile-end, the child was the last of
seven children, all of whom were dead. Inquests
had been held an three, and all had died of convul-
sions and kindred disorders. She had been subject
to epileptic lite all her life, and the children inherited
her malady, a doctor having told her long ago that
she had no business ever to have been married. She
went to bed with the child at eleven at night, suckled
it twice, and on awaking at nine found the
childdead. The poor woman had a fit immediately
after giving her evidence, and the coroner, in sum-
ming up, said that it was pitiable to see a woman
bringing child after child into the world only to see it
die. Of course they eould not blame her in any way,
but it was clear that the Legislature ought to step in
and make it penal for persons suffering under such
maladies to marry. Epilepsy was so closely allied to
insanity that the children, when they survived their
infancy, carried the taint on through succeeding
generations, and in the interests of the children, the
parents, and the State, such unions ought not to be
permissible. The jury concurred in these remarks,
' and returned a verdict of "Suffocation in bed."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

SALES BY AUCTION

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*he Tea they drink; deception and loss you avoid by
buying Horniman'sPure Tea in packets, it is guaranteed
ittreng, rich, delicious and free from all adulterati,,n.
bIX million packets sold yearly by 4,000 Agents,—names
those in this district appear in this paper, Hornaman's
tea hs been supplied for over 50 years. List of Agents
Lti this locality : Stourbridge, Clarke Chemist,
‘,.sigh Street ; Baker, Chemist. High Street ;
axoir's, 136, High Street.—l3rierley Hill, Rawlings,
chemist —Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring —Hales-
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rrcirdeley. White chemist.—Kingswinford, Peal-Lon.—
c, "Ile Lane, Co lins, chemist.—Birmingham , Banks ,
BU Ring.—Quarry Bank, Watts, Chemist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

WOMEN'S WORK AMONG WOMEN.

The work that women can, if they are so minded,
do among and for women has never been better
exemplified than during the annual crusade against
vice and misery dignified by the name of the East
London Mission, which has just closed its campaign
for the current year. The good women who from
their own watched and guarded citadels of purity
look on their erring sisters with love and purity, do
not plume themselves on any nothn of being holier
or better than they, but reason that if subject to
the same temptations they might have fallen just
as low. In bands of two and two they have
gone forth in some parts to accost the poor degraded
hungry wanderers, and asked to be allowed to
call on them at their lodgings, and in others they
have simply stayed in warm, well lighted rooms
appointed for the purpose to receive all corners sent
to them by masculine helpers who have told the
wretched women where they would find fire, friends,
food, and a welcome. The whole number who of-
fered themselves for the work were divided into five
bands, and the fields in which they went forth to
labour were Hackney, Spitalfields, Stepney, St. Se-
pulchre's, and Shoreditch, and three centres were
appointed in each of these large and miserable dis-
tricts. When the poor things were got together they
were not preached at, but were courteously received
as guests, provided with tea and coffee and other
viands, and waited on by ladies who listened to such
stories as they choose to tell, and who with gentle
words and tender sympathy endeavoured to point out
ways of escape from bondage. Tout comprendre c'est
tout pardonnez was their motto, and there were no
harsh denunciations or prohibitions, but only tender
pleading and offers of genuine, unobtrusive, yet sub-
stantial help. It costs some resolution to leave home
at ten o'clock on a dreary November night, and to
spend the long hours till well nigh daybreak
in the slums and by-ways of our huge over-
grown city and its suburbs, but it was cheerfully done.
It is not to be expected that even a tithe of the out-
casts thus gathered together will leave their evil ways,
but if even a few are reclaimed it will be worth all
the labour. Many will be the better for having had
the chance, and those who do grasp it, and raise
themselves out of the slough of despond, will do so all
the more readily, because it is offered them by a
woman who can feel for their weaknesses, and pity
their sufferings, and remember in all her dealings
with them that no punishments are so bitter or so
hard to bear as those that people bring upon them-
selves. The strange thing is that this inevitable
working out of the law of consequences does not deter
human beings from sin and folly; but so it is, and so
the sum of misery grows and seethes, and is on4y
kept from utter and hopeless stagnation by missions
such as these.—Lady's Pictorial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

lIALESOWEN.

POLICE COURT.—At the Public Office, on Tuesday,
before Messrs. F. D. L. Smith, IL Howard, and
Edward Gem (magistrates), Andrew Jeavons,
butcher, Old Hill, was ordered to pay the costs 10s,
for lighting a fire on the public highway at costs,
Hill on the 26th nit. The defendant lighted a fire
on the highway for the purpose of singeing a pig,
and the magistrates said a serious accident might
have been caused by the defendant's indiscretion.—
The magistrates transferred the license of the
Sh nstone Hotel from Harriet Huggins to Daniel
Brcarley.—William James, nailer, Gawn's Yard,
was summoned by Thomas Williams, nail manu-
facturer, for fraudulently removing his goods when
rent was owing amounting to ..t6 19s. Mr. John
ight, who defended, denied the charge in toto,
and the Bench dismissed the case.—Harry Hamer
Powderhill, landlord of the Lyttelton Arms Hotel,
was summoned for permitting drunkenness in his
house on the 18th ult. Mr. J. Wright defended
On the night in. question two men named Basler-
fielkl and Grove were found by Police-sergeant
Ra bould and Police-constable Hinds drunk on the
doh_ nclant's premises. In reply to Mr. Wright, the
officers stated that they did not Fee either of the
men supplied with drink. The Bench imposed a
fine of 20s and costs —William Price, Levi Price,
and Harry Basterfield, labourers, were summoned
for poaching on land belonging to Mr. Fellows,
nearClent. The defendants were found in posses-
sion of rabbits and snares by Police-cons:able
Hardwicke on the Ist lust, William Price and
Basterfield were each fined 103 and costs, and Levi
Price 2s 6d and costs,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

THE FRANCHISE BILL-ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal Commissioners empowered to signify her
M,,]esty's assent to various measures which had been
au! eed to by both Houses entered the chamber and
t, ok their seats on the bench in front of the Throne.
fy were the Earl of Cork, the Earl of Kimberley,
and Lord Monson. At the instance of their
I,r,iships, Admiral Sir J. Drummond, the Gentle-
win Usher of the Black Rod, proceeded to the
House of Commons, and soon afterwards the
Sicni(er, attended by the Serjeant-at-Arms and the
aplain, appeared at the bar, accompanied by several
inembers. The Prime Minister occupied a prominent
p,,siion, and near him were the Chancellor of the Ex-
c:itniuer, Mr. Mundella, Lord E. Fitzmaurice, the Lord
Advocate, Lord Richard Grosvenor, Sir Arthur Otway,
*t• Thomas Bra.ssey, and Sir Arthur Hayter. Among
the independent members were Sir Harry Verney, Mr.
A:. old Morley, Mr. Bryce, Baron H. de Worms, Mr.
Tlpirold Rogers, Mr. J. Cowen, and Mr. Eugene Collins.
The customary formalities having been gone through,
the Royal Assent was given to the Consolidated Fund
o. 1) Act, the Tramways and Public Companies (Ire-
:and) Act, the Yorkshire Registries Amendment Act,
and the Representation of the People Act.
On the motion of the Earl of Kimberley the House
c-Ijo-orned until Thursday, Feb. 19.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the Speaker took the
chair at twenty-five minutes past one.

FRANCHISE DILL-ROYAL COMMISSION.

On the. summons of the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod (Sir J. Drummond) the Speaker and a large
number of members, including Mr. Gladstone, Sir C.
Dilke, Sir W. Harcourt, Mr. Childers, and other Minis-
ters, proceeded to the House of Lords to hear the Royal
Asent given by Commission to certain bills. On his
return the Speaker intimated that assent had been
given to the Representation of the People Bill and other
measures, an announcement which evoked loud Minis-
terial cheers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

CAREER OF AN IMPOSTOR.

Recently a man, well-dressed and intelligent in
appearance, with a begging petition, visited the Hythe
and Shorncliffe camp, where he stole a silver watch
and chain from the quarters of Lieutenant Baring.
The man pretended to be deaf and dumb. From
inquiries which have since been made by the police
the prisoner's antecedents in crime are of a very re-
markable character. He appears to have been libe-
rated from Chatham Convict Prison on the 3rd ult.
In a day or two he made his appearance at Gravesend,
where he induced a sergeant-major to draw up the
paper which he carried about. The records of
the Convict Office, Scotland-yard, show that he was
born in 1847, and that he was brought up by
his father to thieving, begging, and imposture
of various kinds. There were upwards of
twenty convictions against him with sentences varying
from 14 days to 18 months, besides terms of penal
servitude. The first known conviction was in 1858,
when he was 11 years of age. In 1876, when he was
passing in the name of Gibbs, he went about with a
similar begging petition. He visited Shorncliffe
camp, and there stole a watch, the property of the
Hen. Lieut. Lambton, from the very quarters from
which he stole Lieut. Baring's. In both cases he took
the stolen property to Dover, where he pawned it.
He has now been fully committed for trial by the
Hythe magistrates, and since he has been in oustoiy
he has found the use of his tongue again.

PLotrou SHARE Ams.—Disciple of Mr. George, kg.:
" Wot I zays Willyium is, we bain't got our roights ;
now wot interest have 'ee got in land, eh?" Young
Willyium :"I got my share in un—" Disci_Oe
" Wot hare ? ' Y. W. "Why, plough share," [Dis-
ciple orders another pint and leaves young Willyitun
to ow for it.] —Moonshitif.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

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OLD HILL

APPLICATION FOR A THEATRICAL LICENSE. —At
the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mebsrs. C.
Holcroft, B. Hingley. H. T. Hickman, and H. A.
Wiggin, Mr. T. Cooksey applied, for a provisional
threatrical license f‘,r Mr. Taylor for a theati e
Cradley Heath. He submitted that Mr. WI ight,
who appeared to oppose the application, had no
locus standi, unless he stated for whom he opposed
and had no right to oppose at all except upon the
ground of public morality.—Mr. Wright submittei
that any ratepayer was entitled to oppose. lie ar-
peared nut only on his own account but that of too
other' residing near the plate. /le held that the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

MRS. GLADSTONE INTERVIEWED.

Recently Mrs. Lewis, of Blackburn, well-known as
a temperance worker in Lancashire, interviewed Mrs.
Gladstone, by whom she "was very kindly received
indeed." The Bruish Women's Temperance Journal
says: "She should have had an interview with Mr.
Gladstone, but some visitors drove up at the time, and
she was thus unable to see the Premier. J3he and
Mrs. Gladstone conversed for half an hour or three-
quarters, and she told her of the misery that was
caused through intoxicating drinks. Mrs. Gladstone
asked her what she would like her husband to do, and
she replied, In the first place I would like him to do
away with grocers' licenses entirely.' They had been
talking some time on that question, when Mrs. Glad-
stone said that a good man whenever he had made a
mistake was always willing to rectify it. Mrs. Lewis
rejoined, God grant that Mr. Gladstone will see what
a mistake he has made in granting these grocers'
licenses, and that he will abolish them entirely ! ' Mrs.
Gladstone spoke about the doctors, and said, Don't
you think they do a great deal of harm in ordering
their patients to take intoxicants?' Mrs. Lewis re-
plied, lam quite certain they do,' and Mrs. Glad-
stone then said that if the doctors must order port
wine so much it would be far better if they put more
bark in it and sent it labelled from the surgery as
medicine. Mrs. Lewis proceeded to talk about doing
away with public-houses altogether, when Mrs. Glad-
stone said, Don't you think the working man would
consider it very hard indeed to be deprived of his
glass of beer when the other classes can afford to have
it in their cellars ? ' She replied that she would not
think of any hardship as long as they were trying to
abolish a poison that was ruining men body and soul.
She told Mrs. Gladstone that she believed the work-
ing men of this country would be thankful and glad if
the drinking shops were abolished. She was very
lE:ndly treated indeed by Mrs. Gladstone, who told
her that if she wrote to Mr. Gladstone and tell him
anything, she would see that he got the communica-
tion withont.its passing through the hands of the
sceretary."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

DROITWICH.

CHRISTMAS STOCK SALE.—Messrs. Oates, Perrens
and Wooldridge held their Christmas Stock Sale on
Wednesday last, and had a large supply of first-class
fat stock, compri,ing about 50 cattle and a quantity
of good wether sheep. The cattle included some
very grand fat heifers and cows, and the quality of
the stock may be judged from the fact that eleven
heifers fed by Mr. E Pardoe Wilson, made an aver
age of nearly 25 10s per head; 6 from Mr. John
Wilsoa, £26 los per head; and 6 from Messrs. J.
Corbett and Son, £26 per head. Sheep made as
high as 80s each, There was a very large company
of buyers from Birmingham, Smethwick. Stour.
bridge, Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Worce, ter, and
other paces, and very satiqactary prices were re4l
ised throughout.

THE DEPRESSION OF TRADE.
ADDRESS BY MR. BROOKE ROBINSON AT
DUDLEY:
Mr. Brooke Robinson, the Conservative can idate
for Dudley, delivered on Monday night an address
on “The Depressed state of Trade" at the Public
Hall, Dudley. Dr, Higgs presided, and among
those present were Aldermen Bagott, Smith, and
Wilkinson; and Messrs. .E. T. Terry, H. H-idg.
water, H. C. Brettell, E. F. Whitehouse, It. 0.
Walker, W. Bagott, G. Owen, Shaw, Ho-per,
Whitehern, Wight, Naylor, &c.
Mr. Robinson, who was received with much
cheering, said he had not come there to make a
political speech, but to deliver an address on what
he ventured to think was a subject of far greater
moment, viz., the great question of the trade of the
country and the well.being and the gen, ral employ-
ment of the people. No one could contemplate the
present position of trade without great anxiety, and
in this state of things he could not but express his
surprise that Mr. Chamberlain, representing a
, manufacturing constituency, should go down to
Newcastle and there tell the meeting assembled _
spring, so hurtful in
that the trade of the wintry Was now fairly good. "RUPTURES "—WHITE'S Moo MAIN LEVER TRuSB
II e had known the trade for as many years as Mr. is the most effective invention for the treatment of
Chamberlain, but he never knew it under c'rcum. Hernia. The use of a steel
stances, Fo depressing, and on this ground he eon. a its effects, is avoided, a soft bandage being worn
deinned the present Mini•trY for rfjecting the . round the body, while the requisite resisting power
1
nior.ion which was made by Mr. Ecroyd for a fair is suppl:ed by the Moe-Main rad and Patent Lever,
and impartial inquiry into the cause of commercial fitting with so much ease and closeness that it can.
depression. Ile considered the present system of not be detected. Send for descriptive circular, wi h
Free Trade was by no means the system intended ,t• sranon:als and prices to J. White end Co.,
by Cobden or Peel—(applause). America had seen ' (Limited) 228, Piccadilly L nadon. Do not by t f
the advantage of Protection. Although Mr. Bright . Chemists, who often sell an t i.it,ttion ~1 Moc-Main
had recently told the elicitors of Siaohney that the White end Co. have tot Say k.• ,ts
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.
Wheat reports from country markets firm, but quiet;
New York fiat. At Market-hue a mod=rate attend Ince
and limited inquiry. English wheat firm, and rather dearer
on the week; foreign dull. Flour quiet, unchanged..
Maltilig barley tending dearer; grinding, sow sale.
Be.ns and peas unchanged. Oats, firm but quiet. Maize
he df r stiffer rates. Arrivals last week: English and
Scotch wheat, 5755 ; barley, 2919 ; malt, 15,t51 ; oats,
102; peas, 1047 ; beans, 1179 quarters. Foreign: Wheat,
45,182 ; arley, 20,811 ; oats, 33,778; peas, 549; beans, 2293;
maize, 1895 quarters; flour, 19,475 sacks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

TRAMWAYS in the UNITED KINGDOM.

Among the Parliamentary papers issued this week
is a return of the street and road tramways authorised
by Parliament, showing the amount of capital
authorised, paid-up, and expended, the length of
tramway authorised, and the length open for the
public conveyance of passengers down to the 30th of
June last, and also the number of passengers carried.
The total capital authorised by shares, loans, and de-
bentures in the United Kingdom in 1884 was
£16,250,335, against £14,019,842 in 1883; the total
capital 'paid up in 1884 was £11,008,121, against
£9,929,789 in 1883; and the total capital expended in
1884 was £10,989,552, against £9,750,827 in the
previous year. The length of line open for public
triync in 1884 is given as 752 miles, as against 671
miles in 1883, and the number of passengers carried
in 1884 was 330,794,405, against 205,721,171 in ths
year ending June 30, 1883. In the United Kingdom
there are 28 trail:ways belonging to local authorities
represerw 'a mileage of 185 miles 55 chains while'
then. ..1e 127 tramways belonging to other than local
authorities, which cover a mileage of 566 nines 75
chains,

"Have you much fish in your basket ?" asked a
man of a boy. "Yes, there's a good deal in it," was
the rather slippery reply.
Women are allowed either too many rights or bo
few, as matters stand now. Pittsburg Chronicle
7elearaph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, on Dec. 6th, their lordships
met at a quarter-past one o'clock, when Lord Monson,
Duty-Speaker, took his seat on the woolsack, iu the
ahselice of the Lord Chancellor, through indisposition.
There was a very thin attendance, less than half a e10v...n
lees being present.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

LYE.

CONCERT.—A concert in aid of Lye Church Sunday
Schools, was held in the Boys' School, on Monday
last. The wli( le of the pirt songs by the Teacher's
Choral Society were given in a most praiswortby
manner. Mrs. Pewtress and Miss Lowe delighted
the audience %%ith their performance on the harps,
and were loudly encored on each occasion. Miss
Melvina Field received a hearty reception and was
encored for both her songs. Miss White possesses
a remarkably sweet voice, and was encored for her
song, "Going to Market," also in the duet with Mr.
Greenwood. The latter gentleman has a good tenor
voice and sings with great taste and feeling. Mr.
Bate was well received and loudly appl-tuded,
Pianaforte solo, by Mr. F. H Bate, and the Operatic
Airs by the Misses lobins.on were very well Ems-
tamed. Mr. thillips conducted with his usual
ability, and Mr. Bate acted as accompanist.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN EGYPT;

The thirtieth anniversary of the granting to M. de
Lessens of the first firman for the construction of the
Suez Canal having occurred during the inspection of
the Canal by the delegate members of the Interna-
tional Commission, Mr. James Laing, one of the
Directors of the Canal, expressed to M. de Lessens,
on behalf of the gentlemen of the Commission, their
congratulations which the event of the day commemo-
rated. Sir Charles Hartley also joined in the con-
gratulations, and said when he visited the site of the
Canal three years after the commencement of opera-
tions, M. de Lessens was struggling manfully against
difficulties of all kinds; but in the comparatively short
space of eight years he had overcome every obstacle.
Sir Charles and his collegues had been deeply touched
in witnessing the cordial manner in which M. de
Lesseps had been received by the population of every
place they had visited between Alexandria and Suez.
He was regarded everywhere with affection and esteem,
and every one seemed to look upon him in the light of
an able counsellor and true friend. Sir Charles
Hartley proposed the health of Voisin Bey, the chief
engineer of the works from their commencement up
to the time of their completion. Since the opening of
the Canal M. Voisin Bey, he said, had greatly dis-
tinguished himself as a chief engineer of roads and
bridges in Rance, and Sir John Coode and himself
were proud to find themselves associated
with Voisin Bey as a colleague in the In-
ternational Technical Commission of to-day, whose
duty it was to report on the best means of increasing
the facilities of navigating the Suez Canal. Voisin
Bey, in the course of his reply, said it had been to all
of them, both old and new employes of the Canal
Company, a great satisfaction and a great honour to
find that the work of M. de Lessens had been appre-
ciated in the manner in which it had been by the
eminent engineers who had been delegated by the
maritime nations of Europe to undertake with them
the interesting study of its full completion. They
were justly proud of the work which had so com-
pletely received the support of such distinguished
engineers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

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THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVERS

A CAUTION TO TRAVELLING
DRAPERS.
In the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
of Justice, on Saturday, before Mr. Justice Hawkins
and Mr. Justice Smith, the case of Walter v. Ald-
ridge was argued. The plaintiff was a draper, who
carried on what was known as a " tally " trade, and
the defendant was a working man, who earned 255.
a week. The action was brought in the Bow County-
court for 18s. 6d., balance of .E 1 2s. 6d., the price of
a pair of blankets sold to the defendant's wife, and in
the absence of the defendant. The judge said that
he thought that .E 1 2s. 6d. was too much for a person
in the defendant's position to pay for a pair of
blankets, and that 17s. 6d. was enough; he, there-
fore, after giving credit for the 4s. paid on account,
ordered the defendant to pay the balance, 13s. 6d.,
at 3s. a month. This decisfon was now appealed
against, and it was submitted to the Court that there
being no evidence to rebut the plaintiff's statement
that the price was reasonable, he had no authority to
reduce the amount of the claim. Mr. Sims was for
the plaintiff; and the defendant was unrepresented.
Mr. Justice Hawkins said that the County-court
judge was of opinion that the defendant's wife had
no authority from her husband to purchase blankets
of a greater value than 17s. 6d., and that blankets at
225. 6d. were not suitable to the defendant's means
and condition in life. The question for the Court
was whether under the circumstances he was bound to
%ive a verdict for the plaintiff for the balance of the
225. 6d. The county court judge might have taken
another course, and said that as there was no autho-
rity express or implied given to the wife to pledge the
credit of her husband for blankets at 225. 6d., the
plaintiff was not entitled to recover at all. The only
question submitted to the Court, however, was
wl Pt her the county court was bound in point of law
to give a verdict for the plaintiff for the balance of
!Iv. 224. (id., and the answer to that question was no.
Ili, lordship added that it was to be regretted tha
leave was given to appeal. Mr. Sims said that there
was a great number of cases of this kind, in which the
county court judge reduced the amount of the claim,
and the trade felt that it was not right that this
course .should be taken. Judgment for the de-
fendant.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

11A.Y GREEN.

FRIENDLY SOCIETY.—A lodge belonging to the
order of the Loyal Caledonian Corks, was openi d
at the house of Mr. John Taylor, the Three Crowns
Inn. The initiation of members was performed by
the officers of lodges from Brierley Hill, belonging
to the same order. The lodge, although a new one
bids fair to be the strongest in the district, there
being over 60 members on the list in addition to
several more who are to be admitted next lodge
night, which is held on Tuesday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

LORD RIPON'S ADMINISTRATION.

The papers of India are devoting mach space to
reviews of the expiring Viceroyalty. The Times of
India speaks of the honest and well-meaning small-
ness which has characterised Lord Ripon's adminis-
tration. The Indian Daily News says that, regarded
even from the standpoint of native opinion and
interests, there must be written against it the &ma-
ing word failure. The Civil and Military Gazette
fails to find in Lord Ripon's recent speeches any
evidence that he leaves India a wiser man than he
came, and is forced to the conclusion that the country
remains to him as much a closed book as it was on
the day of his landing. Most of the other English
newspapers write to a similar effect, and the Anglo-
Indian community is reported to be all but un-
animous in the opinion that Lord Ripon's
great mistake has been that he has tried to
compress into five years the work of a century.
The native newspapers, on the other hand,
with one notable exception, write of the departing
Viceroy in terms of eulogy. The exception is the
Hindoo Patriot. That journal, in a series of articles,
reviews Lord Ripon's administration from the begin-
nine.', and criticises its measures one by one, with the
result that it finds little to praise and much to con-
demn. It points out that his foreign policy was
dictated from home, and that he is not entitled to
credit or discredit for it. It admits that he im-
proved the form of military accounts; but against
this it sets the reduction of the wool duty and the
remission of the cotton duties, which it describes as a
needless and wanton sacrifice of revenue conceived
solely in the interests of English trade. It blames
him for acquiescing in the unjust and heavy burden
on India of three millions for non-effective military
charges, and of payment of a portion of the Egyptian
war expenses. His land revenue policy is de-
scribed as a failure. It winds up its review in these
words: "An impartial, dispassionate survey of his
career clearly shows that the retiring Viceroy was
full of good intentions, but failed to carry them
out in any respect, if we except the repeal of the
gat:tzing Act and the beginning that has been made of
a -local self-government scheme. He was sincerely
desirous of promoting the welfare of the country and
the prosperity of the people, but his desires for the
most part remain unfulfilled. He has made a few
showy concessions to the natives and given them
shadowy advantages, but has successfully carried out
no act of any magnitude. There is nothing to which
we can appeal as of substantial and permanent value
bequeathed to us by Lord Ripon, and nothing with
which our children can associate his name. Ho will
be remembered by posterity as the special benefactor
, of English commercial interests in the East, and as
the king who signed the Magna Charta securing
eternal freedom to British born subjects from the
jurisdiction of native magistrates. This we have no
hesitation in saying will be the verdict of the Imperial
historian of the future.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

- RESULTS OF PLENTY.

One result of plenty is supposed, by political
economists, to be the lowering of prices. Political
economy, however, is notoriously apt to break down
in practice, and in the matter of fruit, according to
sonic statistics brought under our notice, it appears
to have no place at all. For example, grapes ought,
one would think, to be cheap at the fruiterer's when
thousands of barrels have, at the present moment a 3
well as for a long time past, been sold wholesale at a
penny a pound, and complete barrels for a shilling.
American apples, which generally fetch from 18s. to
255. per barrel, are sold wholesale at from'Bs. to 9s.
a barrel. Chestnuts can be got in London for 3s. per
cwt., or less than id. per pound; onions, from
Holland, for less than a farthing a pound;
potatoes for the same. Considering what green-
grocers and fruiterers, especially in suburban
districts, where they are masters of the situation,
charge their customers such prices as these ought
to set consumers upon closer inquiry. It is calcu-
lated that the retail fruiterer cannot make, in many
cases, less than 200 per cent. profit. If that be accu-
rate, he certainly ought to expend some of those
profits in reducing his charges—say 50 per cent, or
so. No town in any country ought to be more
cheaply and better supplied with fruit and vegetables
than London, and the scale of wholesale prices for
importations shows that it is very much the fault of
the consumer himself if he pays high. The com-
piler of the statistics asks, why do not the suburban
fruiterers charge less and sell more? The reason is,
we fear, to be found in a very obvious element of
human nature. Nevertheless, the consumer's claim
to derive benefit from a year of plenty stands first
and foremost, and when he fails to do so, he ought to
lay the blame as much on his own indifference to his
interests as on the commercial instinct to make a
profit where it can.—The G 105.,

TULE BARBER'S MOTTO.—" Cut and comb agairht.
There is one thing about a house which seldom
falls, but never hurts the occupant when it does,
That is the rent.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

HAG LEY.

STOCK SLLE.-At their sale on Monday last, Messrs
Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge had a good supply
of all classes of stock and a full attendance of buyers
Trade was brisk for best quality beef and for
wethers, but inferior quality was in slow thlnand.
Fat cows made as high as £24 ; oxen, .t2l 12s 6d;
sheep, 77s 6d. Porket pigs were well sold. The
Christmas sale on Monday next will include a grand
lot of stock fed specially for this sale.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

aitb isttut

STOURBRIDGE AND D:STRICT HUNT
COAMITTEE.

A meeting of this commit.ee was held at the
Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge, on Friday last, Mr F.
La Smith in the chair. Present : Major Wil-
liams, Messrs. W. Trow, A D. Cochrane, H. T
Hickman, H. P. Parkes, Ti:omas Jones, J. B. Hill,
H. Wright, H. Sparrow, jun., and James Ii tkeway
(lira. secretary).
It was decided to write to the sccretary of the
Albrighton Hunt, informing him that the emn-
mittee I,ail a fair quantity of subscriptions romised
whi,.h hir troasurer, Mr. A D. Covhrane, will
hand over to the Albrighton Hunt at the end of
the season, providing this side of their country
namely, to the south of the Himley and Bridgnorth
Road—is hunted one day a week fer the remainder
of this season.

It may be mentioned that the Albrighton
Hounds have met on this side of their country
one day a week, with one exceptic n so far as this
season.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-12-13

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WITHOUT PAIN.

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SURGEON DENTIST,
ATTENDS EVERY

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From 11 CH 5.

At. 120, HIGH STREET
STOURBRIDGE.

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