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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

THE SMALLPDX IN PARIS.
(From The Times, Monday, May 31.)

The exaggerated account, of smallpox in Paris no widely
circulated by the Press, anti the medium of The Times, being
by its most extensive publicity and the general accuracy of
Its information, most to be depended on, are likely to cause
great anxiety and inconvenience to those desirous of coming
here, or to those distant friends and relatives that place
implicit confidence in everything they read. I have been in ex-
tensive practice for 20 years in Paris, and lean most positively
assert that for the last 10 years I have never had so few casesof
smallpox for this season of the year as at the present time. I
receive letters daily from all part. of the Continent and England
asking for information and advice on the subject; some
inquiring if they may venture to coins here; ethers if it
would be safe to rush through en route for England ;
others if their friend Mr. So. and-So had not hotter be
r, -vaccinated or immediately leave, ttc. In answer to all
these inqulrtes, and for the information el the public in
general, allow me to state, in the first place. that the origin
of the exaggerated reports was rather of a speculative
nature—it appeared first in the French papers more as a
sYetteme f f11..11111S to nervous people lobe re-vaeclnated
with some to 'ii .us lymph tor the charge of five francs,
the advertiaelinAtt of which would be in the same paper.
This smart p,ctice, although most dishonourable as re-
lating to medical ethics, I an told was most successful
to the medico-commercial adventurer.. It was copied into
other papers and extensively advertised. The report
• gradually spread to England and over the Continent, causing
the Ireeeni fear and uneasiness Ido not deny but that we
I have had more cases of that disease lately than for BOOM time
previous, but most of these cases occurred In the most un-
healthy, crowded, and ditty parts of Paris, principally in the
annexed arrondissements, such an Courbevole, La Yillette,
Eatignolles, and Clichy. I trust that these few lines will
allay the fears and apprehensions of the public, and thote
whose friends are living In Paris, or purpose passing through
or visiting it. You will add another service and obligation
on your numerous readers, by inserting the above in an
early nomber.-1 net, Sir, your obedient servant,
Rue Castiglione, Paris, May 28. hL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

APARTMENTS TO LET, for a SINGLE
GENTLEMAN, cesaistiag et Bed Mom aad
Sitting Room, pleaaaaUy situated, and within four
manatee' walk of the Btoorbridge Railway Statiea.—
Apply to S. Field, (deserver Office, Eltoarbridge.

RAIZ BRUSHING BY

HAWKINS'S HAIR-DRESSING AND
SHAMPOOING ROOMS,
120, HIGH-STREET. STOURBRIDGE
(OPPollTi COMXHRCIAL BrILDIN6s).

A CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF BRUSHES,
COMBS, PERFUMERY, .1:c.

SCROOLS AND FAMILIES ATTENDED.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

RABBITRY.

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A PRIMITIVE
METHODIST CHAPEL.—On Monday last, the interesting
ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a Primitive
Methodist Chapel, at Hunnington, was performed at
three o'clock in the afternoon. Among those present
we noticed the Rev. Branihall circuit minister, of
Bromsgrowe ; Rev. M. 0. Astbury, Independent Minister.
lialesowen ; R. C, Dudley, of Hasburt ; and H. lore, of
Bourne Heath. The ceremony commenced by singing.
after which Mr. lace offered up prayer, and the Rev. C.
Dudley react a portion of scriptures, after which the
stone was laid by W. C. H. Bloomer, Esq., of Halesowen.
Mr. Bloomer gave a donation of £3, and a collection was
made, which amounted to £6ss 100. In the evening a
public tea meeting was held in a field, by the kind per.
mission of Mr. Bissell. A good number sat down; after
which a public meeting was held, and Mr. Bloomer occu-
pied the chair. Speeches were delivered during the
evening by Revs. Bramwell (Dudley), Astbury, T. Powell
(Langley), J. Holston (Hagley), and others. At the
close votes of thanks were voted to Mr. Bloomer; to Mr.
Bissell, for the use of the field; to Mr. Darby, for the
use of the teat; and the meeting closed after spending
a pleasantevenind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

ECONOMY FOR LADIES.

Notions of economy are sadly out of fashion with
those who write about the fashions; but here is a de-
lightful exception to the rule
'So little marked and various is the prevailing mode, tha
ladles who have kept their dresses of last summer may
without attracting notice, wear them again this."
Ilappy the man who, free from care, findeth his wife
content will wear the dresses she last season bought,
and this year troubleth him for nought! May s'ie be
merry in her old c'othes, for they are far cheaper than
new! What a darling duck a wife must be, who can
live for some six months or so without dipping her bill
for drapery into her poor husband's pocket! Such
little ducks will, whea they moult their fine feathers
of the summer, put them carefully away to be rewly
for next year. If they be not little geese, they will
never fear the daoger of attracting foolish notice by
the fact that plumage is &little out of fashion, for this
to any man of sense who happens to observe it will
simply be a proof of the admirable prudence wherewith
it has been ke L—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

BROOME.

INQCEST.—Au inquest was held on Saturday lost, be-
fore It. Docker, Esq., Coroner, at the house of Mr.
Astley, the Cross Keys Inn, touching the death of
Richard Greenhouse, aged 43, residing at Norton,seho
met with his death on the Saturday previous. It appears
that the deceased was bent by his master to Droitwich,
for a load of salt. Mr. Brown.* coachman passed the
deceased on his way to the station, and on coming back
saw him lying in the road with his head completely
smashed and his brains crushed out, the wheel of the
cart having gone over hie head. The jury returned a
verdict of " Aecidental death." Deceased is married,
but leaves no family.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

OLD HILL.

Pomona DRIVINO7Zthe roli7e. Court, on Wednes-
day, before blessr4. Barn and Hingley, Warwick Plant,
&timer, ger, Blackheath, was charged with furious driv-
ing, on the 27th tilt, at Blackheath. Police-constable
Taylor said he saw defendant driving up Powke Lane,
on the above date. He was thrashing the horse with •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

TERNS ACCORDING TO DISTANCE.

Please ob the Addreps-260, Castle•street, Midi( I

DIANOFORTES and .HARMONIIIMS Dim
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two c;.
Three Years ; after which, and without any further pay,
meat, to become the property of the hirer. All Instrn
meats had nn this syatem, or otherwise, will b.
Exchanged any time within six months, for any other,
not approved of. and returned carriage free. And fur
tiler, after a trial of three yarn, any kianoforte or liar
ro,-..ouni would be taken back, at its original coat, an.
the money returned, deducting the osual charge for hire
than offering greater advantages than the Loudon or Bir
mingbam Booses.—Apply G. F. GREEN. Pianoforti
Teacher and Tyner, Maisie Warehoaae, 260,
Dudley.

t? non PIANOFORTES & HARMON'.
e./ IV ky UMS bars been TUNED by 0. P. OREEb
Professional Toner. 20, CACTI /1-CTREVT, litromte
Pianofortes Re.ailked, fta-strung, the Hammel Re-I or
ere d with Pstint Felt, as ueed by the most eminent
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

DASTARDLY ATTEMPT TO UPSET A

RAILWAY TRAIN.

On Friday, the 27th ult, a dastardly attempt wee made
to upset a railway train on the Great Western Line. It
appears that the express train leaving Birmingham at
2.25, for Stourbridge, had arrived between Old Hill and
Cradley Station, and when near Corngreaves Works, an
iron railway chair was put across the line. The engine
of the train, which was travelling at the rate of twenty
or thirty miles an hour, fortunately split the iron chair
in two. Had it not have done so, in all probability the
sacrifice of life would have been terrible, as well as Bic
loss of stock.

We are glad to bear that the supposed perpetrators of
this diabolical ontrage were apprehended yesterday, and
will be brought up in due course before the Old Hill
Mag,strates.

WOLLASTON.

CHANGE RINGING-.-:(711 Sunday, May 29, 1870, five of
the Stourbridge Society of Change Ringers, with the
assistance of Mr. Waldron, of Cleut, ascended the tower
of St. James's, Wollaston, and rung two peals of plain
bob, containing 720 changes each, and 720 of grandsire
sin-in. The ringers were stationed as follows :—Mr. C
Baggott, treble ; Mr. J. Guest, 2nd; Mr. J. Waldron.
3rd; Mr. W. Lawrence, 4th; Mr. W. Cooke, sth; Mr.
W. Pugh, tenor. The above peals were conducted by
Mr. W. Pugh.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

SHIPPING NEWS.

GIBRALTAR, JUNE 2.
The Delta from Southampton, with India and Chiva
mails, arrived here today, and left for Alexandria.
The Moo/tan train Calcutta with China and An,tralian
arrived yesterday.

FALXOTITN, Friday.

The steamer Asia has arrived with tape mails.
The Good Hope from Falmouth, was at Alio& Bay on
the 19th of April.
The City of Pio de Janeiro arrived here this morning
from London and Antwerp, and after embarking mail.
nd £lO,OOO in specie, feft for Brazil and lidves Plate.

FALMOUTH. GIBRALTAR, AND MALTA
EXPEDITION.

Sir Samuel Canniug telegraphs that the Lisbon shore
end was landed yesterday aftercoon, and that he had
commenced paying out his Lisbon and Falmouth section
of the cable from the steamer Hibernia, the Scanderia
and Edinburgh following.
The King and Queen of Portugal assisting at landing
the shore end.
The certificate for the Lisbon and Gibraltar section
has been granted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

HOW TO GET RID OF TEE VAGRANTS.
Mr. 11. Martyn Hart, of Blackheath, writes to The
Times:—

_ .
No one knows better than Mr. Goschen that the Poor
Law machinery is unable to prevent the increase of beggars,
much less to extinguish the profession unless the public
lends its aid. Indeed, the whole cause of the evil and its
cure lie with the public. So long as there is a disposition
to give money in return for words and a tattered appearance
there will always be tattered story-tellers. tine suburb was,
IS months ago, peculiarly favoured by the profession. When
we supplied or residents with tickets the giving of these
quite satisfied the love of bestowal, and the beggars received
no more money. The ticket Insures apiece of bread to all,
and to the very few deserving substantial help.
Your correspondent from Newcastle said the other day
that their experience was the same as ours—that with the
appearance of the tickets there was a disappearance of
beggars. But the plan has had a more extensive trial.
Captain Atnyatt Brown organised the whole of the county of
Dorset in one Anti 35.cdtolty ',ague, and operations were
commenced in the beginning of February, when 23,208 sheets
of tickets had been distributed. At the mot of Starch ,tl6
had been spent—S:3B in the necessary printing and £lO only
in bread. Captain brown, who Is the chief of the consta-
Wary, and, therefore, the best possible authority on such a
matter, writes :—"The resul`s are far beyond what I antici-
pate& and have given general satisfaction. Not only do the
workhouse vagrant returns show a decrease of two-tiftha in
the worst quarter of the year, but I hear from persons of all
classes that there is a wonderful decrease of beggars in all
parts of the county."
If this be the result of two months' campaign it Is evident
that before the summer is over there will be no beggars in
Donets/11re, providing always that the people of that county
persist in giving tickets, and nothing else.
• -

o
Here, then, is a ready solution of the vagrant difficulty,
and if a neighbourhood tolerate the nuisance when the
remedy la within its reach it can only blame itself. It has been
ascertained that in Bristol £16,00 • year Is bestowed upon
beggars. Douhtles., other towns are not less openhanded.
If this be so, is not the waste of a such a sum • sin which lies
hard at the door of a nation? flow many emigrants' passages
would it pup? How ninny deserving poor would it set upon
the way of lif gain rejoicing?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

Tuz IRON TRADE.

WOLVERUAMPTOS, irednesday.

There wai hic a small attendance upon
'Cliair:e at Wo,vorhauipton, to-day, but the
meeting was one of a business-like character,
though the lafsiness done was mostly for small
quantities id small sizes. Boiler-plates are in
more demand ; but reports differ as to that for
rails. There are, however, so few houses doing
business in this doscrietion of finished iron,
that the general trade of the district is hardly
affected by it. There is an animated demand
for best local pig iron, but makers are not satis-
fied with the prices obtained. The demand is,
however, a growing one, and better quotations
are expected. There is a correspondingly in-
creasing demand for native irun,tune, and prices
are consequently improving.

Gentlemen, detitous of having their Linens dressed
to perfection. should sappy their laundresses with the
" GLENYIELD STARCH," which imparts a brilliancy and
elasticity gratit)Mg iiilco to the senses ot sight and
touch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

HOP.i

Although the demon! has r been settee, business hu been on more extended scAia. In prices no change has
tak.,n place. The acc'dlc.cs from the plantathus .are not
net Lsoursble. Mt a a". East Kent& £7 to £l2 123. ; Wealth of Keay, £.6 Co £8; 4.5 121. to Ad 12A ; Itavxriacs,
£66,
to in Free o£s Sun to £.6 105.; Americans £4si to
£6;
Yearlings, 'Ol low to a IS& per cwt.

WOOL
For wool there has been a moderate demand at
previously current. As regards English, low-priced
sthkienrtatallo d deep grown wethers have been in request at full
c,arrencles. Current prices of English wbol :—Yleecew.
Sluthdown hogrets Is. ei I. to to Is. Id. ; half-bred ditto,
Is. bid. to in. 3i.; Kent fleeces, le. to Is. it.; Southdowti
ewes and wethers, Is to Is Oil. ; Leicester ditto, Is. lid. to
Is 4p. Sorts: Clothing, Is. to Is. ; combing ad. to

FISH.
Herrings, pickled, 301. to 38s. o, red, 22z. to 271. 64
per barrel; bloaters, 4s. to 6s. CI turbots, Si. to 13. 6d.
plaice, 12s. to 17k; traw haddockx, 105. to Ibs. per box
trout, It. 40. to Is. 74. ; mackerel, Is to 6s. per dozen
smoked haddocks, 10z. to 20s. per barrel . lobsters, 12.1.
174 ;crab., 12z. to 15.. per dozen; native oysters, £lO.
commone, Iss. to 40$. per bushel.

TALLOW.
The market has been firmer. T.C. on the spot, 41r.. Pd.
plot cwt. Towll Wow, ill. 61 nett Cash.'

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

CHOICE AND SUPERIOR

WINES, SPIRITS, TEA, AND CIGARS.

Mzssas,

OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
Liyonred With Instructions from A. Fielding.
Esquire, to BELL b_y AUCTION, in the hgeem el,
Room of the TALBOT HOTIL, STOURBILIDOZ, on Tara;-
DAY and DUDA'', JANA 9th and 10th, 1870,0 A ACCULIAt
Mr. holding giving up his Cellars in the Old Earley, ano
his Whom, No. 32, Poultry ; and removing to his flee
and magnificent Premises, Denbigh Hofl, Oid Jewry,
Cheapside, London; and in order to save the trouble and
expense of -._nural. 500 dozen
'
• Cube of Puy's, Eltorrion, end
iirondim .. .seal siu Caddies of Fine LA.
. .

•
•,is,Ssa.of IS.,aed brands.
•,11 sassy of tales tOt eideree ,
ail as WO Catakgmtem one single kat
ad tale pesce:oel par adn am of may

wad los.)
T.kt
,• • •
Of thocieri
oigh iis .
the Wso.. ,oialost Ar..• - .1. .
Vine de Paste, Amontillado, East India, Romano, and
ether Sherries ; Thompson and Croft's, bandeman's, and
other ports, of the vintages of 1021, 1684, 1647, 1054,
1863, sad 1860; Clioquot and other Champagnes ; Bur.
pad', U.ci, Chablis, eke.
The Sale will commence sash day at lye o'clock in
the Afternoon; and baniples may be tasted at any time
daring either day of gals.
Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, or of the
Lastiussers, Blearbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

FENIANISM IN LONDON.

Throughout the whole of Saturday and Sunday the
police authorities at Scotland-yard were engaged in
taking precautions for the purpose of preventing an
attack being made by Fenians on the House of De.
tention, at ClerkenwelL It would appear that a letter
had been received at Scotland-yard, intimating that if
the two alleged Fenians, Michael Devitt and John
Wilson, at present incarcerated, under remand, in the
House of Detention, at Clerkenwell, on a charge of
being members of the Fenian conspiracy, were not in.
stantly set at liberty, the prison would be attacked.
The letter, which was not signed, went on to say that
the wall would not be blown down this time, but
that a very great portion of the prison would be
blown up, and that the police might take what precau-
tions they liked, but they could not prevent it. Upon
the receipt of this communization, a body of police
, and detectives were sent off to the House of Detention.
The men were all armed with six-chambered re-
volvers, which they carried loaded, in their pockets.
I All through Saturday night the detectives were busily
employed in scrutinising every person who approached
the prison call; and while th 7w,-
policemen in uniform si ere ro,cuoied us.aiking ci
round tua prison. At the earner of each et Oct v.'
I 'nada to the House of Detention, live police cuos,.
o•ei two ilateotisee Isere plao.d. The public-how,*
the neighbourhood were also carefully watcher', for
I was feared that under the over of getting ups. drunk
, braial on attack might be made the prison. The

police on duty hwe received ,triot n no l'"-
tence whate.tr, to less t the.l j. ot. 'he.lice pet,.
rations have created considerable alarm amongst the
inhabitants of the houses in the immediate neighbour-
hood. Every place known to be frequented by Fenililll3
in London has, since the receipt of the threatening
letter, been visited by the police, and all reputed
Fenians are being carefully watched.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

(From Judy )

,
LEOS?, QUERY.--Should the limbs of the law be clothed In
breaches of promise?
When a drunkard is liable to lose hie head, would it not be
better to fix it In a gin-sling?
flow to make a Pre hot—Keep it coaled.
The anchor's weighed, and it Ia shortly to be sold for old
Icon at all the dockyards.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

TEN SHILLINGS REWARD.

140:- T, on Saturday night law, in Stourhridge,
A Lune G SA Li E Pe A cll. .1%; dill bar
And r :iste Mark known. Whoever a, found it. and
will brirg it to the Observer Office, Stourbridge, sWall
ready- the above reward.

BRIERLEY HILL BUILDING SOCIETY.

r 11HE SUBSCRIPTION MEETINGS of this
1. SOCIETY will be held at Brievey Hill and Stoat.
bridge this SATURDAY EVENING, at the usual Hour, and
not on Monday or Tuesday next...

J. M. GETHING. Sec.

BTEWPONEY BECHLR CLUB & ALLOI MENT

BOCIE IY.

THE ANNUAL
SOCIETIES will be held, as anal, at the
STEWPOMEY ,IND FOLEY ,11:1018 ROTEL,
ON WHIT-TUESDAY, JUNE 7ist, We.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

A CURIOUS APPLICATION.

In the court of Queen's Bench, an application of a
very peculiar character has been made. It was to get
rid of the result of a conviction for perjury nearly 30
years ago. . . . . .
•

In Imal, the applicant being clerk to an attorney, made
some untrue statement on oath in the course of a proceeding
by a client against his employer, for which he was indicted
for perjury. lie was tried, curiously enough, before Mr.
Justice Coleridge, father of the Solicitor-General, who now
made the application, lie was convicted, but strongly re-
commended to mercy by the jury, on the ground that he
had acted under strong pressure from his employer, and the
learned Judge in consideration of the circumstances,
did not think it necessary to pass any sentence upon
him, and merely called upon him to enter into re-
cognisance. to appear whenever he should be called
upon to receive sentence, the common coarse adop-
ted in cases which do not seem to require punish-
ment. The required recognizance. had accordingly been
entered into, and had remained ever since a burden upon
the applicant, from which he now sought to be re-
lieved. Ile had never been called upon to receive sentence,
and it was not now likely that he ever would. The prosecutor
was dead, and his representatives concurred in the present
application, which, it will be observed, was made in this
court because the judgment WU here, and the recogni-
zance., never having been forfeited, had not been estreated
into the Exchequer, and so remained here. Upon the neces-
sary affidavits disclosing these facts,
• • ••

Sir John Coleridge (the Solicitor-General) now
moved for a rule to discharge the recognizances ; and
after hearing his statement of the case, which he said
was very painful and peculiar,
The Court gianted a rule niai.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

GENERAL NEWS.

Press Association Telegrams.

A Plymouth journal this morning announcea than in
consequence of information received by the authorities.
special precautions are being taken at Davenport and
Keyhans dockyards, against Fenian attacks, or effects of
greek fire. bteam launches cruise in the harbour all
night.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

CRADLEY HEATH.

THEFT or DUCKS.—On Monday night some person or
persons after obtaining access into the back premises of
Mr. Charles Hodgetts, Furnace Manager, at Corngreaves
Works, succeeded in carrying off a large number of ducks
belonging to that gentleman. Their visit was no silently
performed that not the least noise was made, and though
a large dog is kept in close proximity to the duck pen be
gave no warning of these lovers of duck flesh. No clue
has, we believe, yet been obtaimid as to the whereabouts
of the ducke.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

GLENFIELD STARCH.

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nington. Hasbory, Oldbury, Careless Green. The Lye,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

CRADLEY,

Doo STEALING.—Z the Petty Sessions at Stourbridge,
on Monday, before J. Holcroft, Esq., Benjamin Bloomer
was charged with feloniously entering the nail shop of
Stephen Southall, of Cradlev, and stealing a dog, the
property of George Southall, on the 27th ultimo. Eliza
Southall said she liven at Cradley, and saw the dog safe
on Friday night. About the middle of the night she
heard a dog bark, and went to the nail shop where the
dog was. First saw a bag by the shop door, and then
saw • dog come out of the shop door, and the prisoner
run out. She called for her son, and the prisoner at-
tempted to get over a wall. She caught him by the col.
tar, and tore his coat —George Southall said lie lived
at Butcher's Lane, Cradley, and is a horsenail maker, and
resides with his father. From what his mother mid to
him, he saw the prisoner running up the garden from •
the nailshop, and caught him as he was getting over a
wall, and held him for an hour. Prisoner threw a half
brick at him. Witness asked him what brought him
them Prisoner said be had missed his road. Witness
asked him what brought the light in the shop. Prisoner
said that he had come to steal the puppy, and that he was
told to fetch him two months back. The dog was chained
up securely, and could not get away. The chain was
taken off the dojo neck, and he was loosened. Prisoner
had to get over the well to get to the shop. There is no
road. Prisoner said he was to get 5s for the dog.—Po-
lice-constable Roe proved apprehending the prisoner on
Saturday last, and charged him with stealing a dog and
chain, the property of George SouthML Prisoner said,
" I stole the chain and meant to have the dog, and was
to send him by the seven o'clock train to Kidderminster.
I was to have 5s for the dog, and was to have stolen him
two months ago." Prisoner asked him what he should
get. Witness told him he did not know. He said lie did
not care if he did not get but seven years, and he should
be as well there an here.—Prisoner was then committed
to take his trial at the next Worcester Sessions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

AN IRISH RESIDENCE FOR THE
PRINCE OF WALES.

A rumour has been set afloat in Ulster which there
is every reason to believe is true—to the effect that the
Prince of Wales has purchased, or is about to pur-
chase, a lease for a term of years, as an Irish residence,
Tollymere Park, the seat of the Earl of Roden. This
charming park, with its diversified beauties and magni-
ficent scenery, is world-famous; and in his hook of
Ireland. published some twenty-five years ago, the
celebrated German traveller, Kehl, in speaking of
it, break S forth into raptures, declaring that
there was nothing to equal it, even in his own
beloved Rhineland. It is also stated that the
late visit of the Lord Lieutenant and Countess Spencer
to Tollymere Park was in connection with this matter.
Their excellencies spent a day in an inspection of the
residence, and at their request a large number of
photographic views of scenes in the park were taken.
The Prince could not select in Ireland a more beauti-
ful residence. It may he added that Tollymere Park
is just fur miles from Newcastle—the Brighton of the
North of Ireland. A line of railway connects New-
castle with Belfast, from which it is shout twenty-five
miles distant. In about an hour's drive on the oppo-
site directoin round the shores of Strangford Bough,
Warrenpoint is reached, from which a line of railway
runs to Newry, where it joins the Dublin and Belfast
Junction.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

PRICE ONE PENNY.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. JO 1! .'.DDISON.
-10MMITTEES have born form din Brierley
Mill and StourLindro. for tho p .rp..e of promo':
mg a TESTIMONIAL to ME. ADDIsON, who has
(inducted the Arlrertiett. for upwarJs of tin yeara, and
is now looting thi• d.
. . _

Sub erg:Along may be pad to Mr. 11 P. CHAPPELL,
Treasurer, and to Mr D. CL IRK, Hon. See., at Brierley
HUI; or to Mr. BENT. Brio:ma, Tresion tr, and to Mr.
CHARLES EVERS, Hon. See., at Stourbrii;ge.
Sub,criptions to the amount nt £4O, 11; ve been already
received.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.

()N Wednesday, June Bth, 1870, a CHEAP
EXCURSION TRAIN-a/di tame Dailey It 8.40
a.m.. Netherton 8.47. Lound txk 8.52. Brierky
8.57, Hrottrli Lane 92, Stoorbrdii, 9.7, Houley 9.14,
Churchili 9.20. Kdodermoisier 9 20. HarUeauty 9.40, for
WORCESTLII and AIALVERN ; returniag the same
Ea, ming from Maly. :, Llnk 7.30 pan., and Worcester
aegate-creet Station) 7 50 p.m.
dares to Worcester or Malvern and back :—From
Dualev. Netherton, Hound Oak, Brlerley Hill, and Bret-
teli L ne (Covered Carriages) 2s ; Siourbridgr. Bagley,
Churchill, Kolderma..t, r. and Hardebtoy, Is W.

k that-clam Tickets itre issued at double the above fazes.
(Signed)
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington, June, 1870.

(MEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS.

IRDINARY REIIJRN TICKETS if sut d on
J FRIDAY, JUNE 3rd, and Feilosii.,e 111. Rill be
...liable 110 All SATURDAY. JUNE 11th. Inel.vre.

WHIT-MONDAY. June lith. ,-.1-7146.1.1461014
TM UN will leave Stuurbi idge t 10.20, r4l, yU 26,
and Kiduernnunter 10.40 for WUICLSIEI al
MALVERN ; returning the tome de u.n. 31iiiv. en Link
at 7.40, end Worcester (Foregata—tr. it Station) at 8.0
a.ni. Fares Is and is 6d.
For further particuiars see Hand Bills.
J. tiItILRUON. tieatral Manager.
Paddington, May, 1670.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

(From Punch and Judy.)

Wife (who has been "sitting up ").—" W ell, this is apretty
thne t.) 4,11110 home. Four o'clock !"
Husband (who has taken nothing but one own of a curious
compount sp«keu of, by laimsoli, as •• Whiskanwarra")
•• )ou mean, madam, by • Forklock for
you, madaw, it silo 'appens, curiousienuff, I parsh'd Big
Ben, madam, and beard it strike Otte (hic) several times,
madam • !" [Retires to bed in triumph and his horde.
FUNNY FELLOWS.—Several young awl" larky " members of
the House of Commons wanted to drive down to Epsom to-
day, in the "Turn-out," with a view of which Mr. eraulurd
was kind enough to furnish them on the evening of May the
24th. _

To DR. 811ORTIRJUSE —Do betting men, more than any
other class of society, sutler from 'osinfication of the valves of
the heart?

AN El'soM "SALT ”—Adlntral
A STRANOZ rION'ENDINII.—Betting men.
WANTED TO loW.—M what Academy was 31r. Ayrton
educated?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

HIGH-STRAIT, ENVILLII•STREET, and LONG-
LANDS, BTOCBRIDGE.

TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Mr.
EDWARDS, on TUISDAT, the list day of JUNE,
lab. at Six o'clock is the Evening, at the BILL HOTZL,
STOCIaIKIDGII, the undermentioned PROPERTIES, sob
joist to Conditions to be there produced :
Lot I.—All that old•eetablished and welLacenstomed
GROCER'S SHOP, DWELLING.HOUSE, and Prem..
Des, consisting of Front Shop, three Cellar., Coal Cellar,
Cooking Kitchen, Sitting Room, large Drawing Hoorn,
Closets, kc., together with two rights of way into, and
Joist us. of the Yard and the Pump at the back thereof,
with other Appurtenancee, situate and Lumbered 143, in
the Highstreet, Stourbridge, in the County of Worces.
ter, now in the occupation of Mr. W. Bryan, at an annual
rent of ISO, and fur many years used as a Grocer'.
Shop.
Lot 2.—A1l that MESSU•III: or DWELLING.
HOUSE, eompriaing Sitting Room, Parlous, Kitchen,
three Chambers, with the Brewhouse, enclosed Yard,
Pump of exultant Water, wallocTin Garden, and Appur.
tensile's to the same belonging, situate at the Long.
lands, Steurbridg• aforesaid, having extensive frontages
to the Roads leading from thence to the Heath and toe
Gig Mill, lately occupied by Widow Taylor. The Site
of this Lot sauteing 524 square yards, or thereabouts.
Lot 11—All those BUILDINGS, Yard, and Promisee,
situate in Knville.street, litourbridge, aforesaid, in the
mupation of John Nicholls, and now used as a Coach
Manufactory, at an annual seat of .214. The Lit* of tout
Lot contains 268 square yards.
Poe further information, apply to Messrs. Corser and
Walker, Solicitors, or the Auctioneer, Stourbridge ; at
whose Offices • Plan of the Properties may be MOD.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

ON CROPPING DOGS' EARS.

The annual meeting of the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals took place on Satur-
day, at Willis's-rooms' under the presidency of the
Earl of Harrowby. Among the speakers was Sir
Edwin Landseer, who spoke of the " cropping .` cage,
in which he gave evidence some time ago, at the
Hammersmith police-court. He said that in umnec-
tion with that cage one of the proudest moments of his
life occurred to him one day when he was coming down
Regent-street. He noticed a man with two handsome
pups under his arm. The man looked and winked at
him. He said to the man, "Three are not bad animals."
The man replied, "They can't be matched." He said
"They are not cropped." The man replied " Land-
seer says they ought not to be cropped." Ile (Sir
Edwin Landeeer) was exceedingly flattered by this.
He felt that he had been the means of doing something
towards carrying out the objects of the society. Sir
Edwin said he thought the society might with
advantage pay attention to the cruelty which butchers
practised towards calves. There was nothing more
atrocious than this, and the only object was to give a
fair complexion to the veal.
The Bishop of Gloucester, Bishop Ryan, and Sir W.
Erie also addressed the meeting, and over 100 prizes of
books were distributed to children who had written
essays on the duty of kindness towards animals.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

DESIRABLX

FREEHOLD WORKS, HOUSES, lc.,
WATER LANE, WORDSLRY,
And

FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND,

LONE LANDS, STOUSBRIDgE,
MESSRS.

OATES, PERR,ENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
have received ibstroctione :corn the Represents.
twee of the late Mr. R. Banks, to SELL by AUCTION,
at th• Isnoor HOTEL. STOURBILLDOE., On I'ELDAT, Jung
lith, 1870, at Five o'aiatek in the Afternoon, under con-
dition& then to be read, the following valuable FREE•
HOLD PROPERTY, yin.:—

Lot those Two FREEHOLD HOUSES in the
occupation of Messrs. Cowhorn and Walters; oleo the
the GLASS CUTTERS' SHOP at the Back, 142 t. long
by 21ft, wide, with Store Roam and Yard, situate at
Water Lane, Wordsley, late in the occupation of Mr.
Oeorge Costry.
Lot that valuable FREE HOLD.DWELLING
HOUSE, the Residence of the late Mr. R. Banks, ad.
joining Lot I. together with the WORKS at the back,
consisting of Mill, Lathe Room, Pattern Room, Brass
Casting Shop, with two Furnaces, 12-horse Horizontal
High Pressure Strain Engine, with Egg.ended Boiler,
12. m. Cylinder, 3.feet Stroke. Engine House, large Cast.
Iron Ciatera, Boring Shop, Fitting Shop, 3711.
Planing Shop, Slift. by 1711., twe-etall Stable, Yard, km
Lot 3.—A4 those mangy-erected and substantially-
built WORKS, nearly adjoining the last Lot, consisting
of large Iron Foundry, with powerful Iron Crane, Coat-
ing House, 371 t. by 27ft., Blacksmiths' Shop, with two
Hearths, Mill Plate Furnace Stove, with Railway roil
Iron Trolley, Core House, &c,, 2 large and 1 small
Cupolas, Scotch Fail, 6.horse High Pressure Horizontal
Steam Engine, S4-inch Cylinder, 21t. bin. stroke, 2 Egg-
ended Boilers, Lathe and Wire Drawing Shops; Ms.
chine, Screw, and Rivet Shops, Pattern Shed, Forge
Shop, with 4-horse direct acting Steam Engine, with
Boiler and Stack complete, Boiler Makers' Furnace and
large 'Yard, occupied by Mr. Thomas Hitchin and Mr.
David Thomas. The purchasers of the above Lots will
have the option of taking the Shafting Drums, Bands
and Carriages, Wire Drawing Blocks, 3:c., at a Valuation
la the usual way.
Lot that valuable Plot of FREEHOLD
BUILDING LAND, situate at Long Londe, Stourbridge,
fronting to a newly-Wilmot Street, called Easy Row,
contannug 612 square yards or thereabouts, on the occu.
potion of Mr. Charles ltoliuson.
Mr. W ashaw will poiut out the several Lots at Words.
ley, and for any further information, apply to Mr. C. W.
Collis, Solicitor, or to the Auctioneers, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-06-04

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..V7fle Prize Medal and Hospital lt,•nortß.

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