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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

KIDDE RIIINSTE Et.

EXTENSIVE POACHING.—At the Police Court, on
Thursday, before Mr R. Woodward and Major
flancocks, Charles Wall Bennett and Albert Barber
were charged with having come from lands on
which they had been in search of game, on tbe Bth
inst. Mr. J. J. Corbet defended Barber.—
sergeant Payne saw tne defendants and oiler men
coming down Wolverhampton Road, between Kid-
derminster and Cookley. Defendants ran when
they saw witness, and Barber threw a bag down,
which was afterwards found to contain fourteen
rabbits and a net. Payne took a bag from Bennett
containing twelve rabbits and two hares. Mr. J.
J. Corbet contended that Barber was not searchedon
the highway. The Bench over ruled the objection.
LAI tined Barber £1 and costs, and Bennett £4 and
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

POULTRY AS A SOURCE OF PROFIT.

The Evening Standard says :—lf there is no mistake
ia the statement that the poultry produce of the
United States last year amounted in value to the pro-
digious sum of a hLndred and twelve million pounds
sterling, English farmers may well take the lesson
to heart. Times are hard, every pound is of con-
sequence, and yet farmers for the most part
view with absolute indifference the enormous
imports of eggs and poultry from France and
Belgium. and make no effort whatever to vie with the
foreigner. There is not a farm in the country where
a large number of fowls might not be kept with
scarcely any expense. To breed and fatten chickens
in a small enclosure is not a paying experiment; but
on a farm, where there is always a large extent of
ground for them to roam over, the cost of their
maintenance is small indeed. There are always
newly ploughed or fallow fields for them to wander
over, and a certain amount of pasture land. On
these they could pick up their own living, with
the help of a very small addition of grain. It is
not too much to say, that a hundred: fosvls. might be
kept in-this-c'ottntrObr ever i one now here, and that
this enormous addition to the food-producing power
of the country would if properly managed, be for the
most part clear profit. The eggs would far more than
pay the whole expenses. The apathy of farmers to
this source of profit is extraordinary, and, indeed un-
accountable,

Her Majesty's Commissioners of Works have invited
architects to send in designs for the New Admiralty
and War Offices in Whitehall. The architect whose
design may be chosen will receive twenty•five thousand
pounds for his services,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

rir A GUINEA A BOX,
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Divzinsa and Drowsiness.
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sleep. Frightful Dreams
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blirg ensat:ons, &c, &c.
vivo relief ,n twenty minu'es
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of c ses. -"Le Proprietor t f the Pit's having obtained
a gre..:.t expense) a P.,tent for them he cha lenges the
w..rld to produce a medicine elual to them for
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the patient to sounl and lasting health.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

A SAD CASE.

In London, on Tuesday, Dr. George Danford
Thomas, the Coroner for Central Middlesex, held an
inquest at the Islington Coroner's Court, Holloway.
road, into the circumstances attending the death of
Captain Augustus Pietroni, Knight of the Imperial
Russian Order of St. Stanislaus, aged seventy, of 153,
Ipliclon•road, who committed suicide by shating him.
self on the previous Thursday. Mr. Charles Lewis
Pietroni, son of the deceased, living at 153, Isledon-
road, stated that the deceased was a retired captain of
the Austrian Navy. Since last February he had been
suffering from a complication of diseases, and could not
obtain any sleep unless he took sleeping dregs, and
had been in a melancholy state for some time. On Thurs-
day morning he saw the deceased, and got from him
what he would take for his breakfast, after which he
went down to order it, and directly afterwards heard
a noise. On going up to the bedroom he found that
the door was locked, and after bursting it open with a
hatchet, he went into the room and found the deceased
lying in bed with his head shattered with an old pistol.
Corroborative evidence was given. Dr. J. H. Hewer,
of 33, Highbary New-park, stated that he had at-
tended the deceased for the last fortnight for a painful
internal disease. On Thursday witness was called, and
found that he had blown his head into pieces, the bones
and brains being scattered about the room. The da-
ce Aged suffered from melancholy. The jury returned
a verdict that the deceased committed suicide while of
unsound mind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

ROWLEY LOCA.L BOARD.

A. monthly meeting of this Board was held on
Monday, at the Public Offices, Old Hill, Mr. Walter
Bassano in the chair. The Medical Officer reported
31 deaths had been registered during the month.
Six deaths had occarred from zymotic dise lees, in-
cluding one from small-pox, Ten cases of scarlet
fever had been reported in the lower division of the
parish. Five cases of small-pox had occurred at
Tividale, and one fresh case had been reported that
day. All the cases had been treated in the hospital.
The patients were still uud ,r treatment. One had
and one would be discharged convalescent
that day. Four of the cases came out of one house
on the Dudhl-road, close to the Tipton boundary,
The Assistant Medical Officer reported that during
the past four weeks IS ::eathit had been registered
in the lower divisim of the district.
A. letter was rea I from the Local Government
Board sanctioning the borrowing of £416 for the
purpose of purchasing a steam roller, 'With refer-
ence to the Board's application for permission to
borrow £620 with which to erect a hospital for in-
fectious patients, their Lordships suggested several
alterations in the plans, and intimated that on the
rind-rat:main, that their requirementS were corn
plied with, tad, providing the Board took steps to
provide a permanent hospital within two years,
sanction Tould be given to the loan being acquired,
It was agreed, for the present, to d.,.) without a loan,
and to repair the fencing and improve the water
supply at the temporary hospital out of the rates.

7.12-tie ChAirman imentione.cls that he had seen the
Great Western Railway authorities with reference
to an improved train service. The directors, lie
was toll, had resolved not to put cu additional
traiz,s b.iore winter, but after a time they intended
stopping the fast train from Birmingham to Stour-
bridge in the morning at 011 Hill, and an extra
train to and from llalesowen would be put on at
night.

It was agreed that the chairman shoula wa t upon
the secretary to the South Staffordshire Waterworks
Company with reference to a supply of svat(r for
Vie upper part of It9wley.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

A FLOATING BREAKWATER.

The formation of a floating breakwater for the pur•
pogo of protecting harbours of refuge and other ex-
posed portions of our coast has long been one of the
dreams of inventors. Whether the problem is yet
solved may be an open question, but one of the latest
efforts to do so is exhibited at the Fi3heries Exhibition,
and has certainly the merit of ingeuuity. The break-
water consists of a line of buoys of triangular shape,
with two concave sides. These buoys are expected to
cleave the waves and to divert the portions right and
left. Between each pair of buoys these diverted por-
tions meet in collision, and thus expend upon each
other most of their momentum. Floating as these
buoys do ten feet deep, they divert not merely the
surface of the water, but a mass of ten feet in depth,
so that another five feet below this reass being
naturally dragged with it, fifteen feet in depth of
every great roller is diverted. Below this fifteen feet
it is well known that there is comparatively still
water.

As compared with the usual methods of protecting
harbours and forming anchorages for vessels this in.
vention claims to be superior in many ways. It can
be constructed and placed in position in six months'
Hone in the most exposed places. It can be removed,
when the necessity for its use is past, with the greatest
facility; any injury can be remedied by siruply sub-
stituting an uninjured buoy for the injured one; and,
above and beyond all other considerations, the relative
cost of the buoys and their accompanying anchors and
cables, and the expense of placing them, is stated to be
less than one.6ftieth part of the cost of the same ex-
tent of works constructed of stone or concrete.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

IVOR ,II A GUINEA. A BOX.

Fur feinalos of all ages these Pills are invslusble as
a few fil,ges of them carry off all gross hicnours, open
all ob3t•uctiens, and bring about all that is required.
No fela%le shou id be isitbout them. There is no remedy
to buf rind E.; 'S.CHAM'S PILLSfor removing
any obstruction or irregularity of Vie systen, If taken
according to the directions given with each box, tip).-
vril. soon resto.o feura'es of all ages to sound bud ro-
bus h-altk.

For a w,sk Stomach, impaired digestion, and all dis-
orders of the hest., they act like "MAGIC," and a few
doses wi I be found to work wonders u -on the most
important organs in the human machine. They
strengthen the whole muscular system, restore the
long-lost comp'exion, brmg back th t keen edge of
appetite. and aroase into action, with the 1108EBUD of
health, the whole thysical e ergy of the human tram.
These are "FACTS" a :reitted by thousands embracing
all &as% -• of Society. and one of the bept gua:antees to
the ;Nervous and Deblitated is, BatccrtAm's PiLLI
hal,: the largest sale of any Patent Mejic ne in the
world.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

GREAT LOSS OF CATTLE AT SEA.

The Allan Royal Mail steamer Parisian, which
arrived in the Mersey on Monday from Canada,
brought full particulars of the terrible experience of the
English steamer Lamport, during which a large number
of cattle were washed overboard, and the vessel herself
had a narrow escape from foundering. The Lamport
put into Halifax on the 6th inst. She had sailed on the
24th of August from Baltimore to London, and in
addition to having a large general cargo, she had on
deck 170 head of cattle. On the morning of the 28th
very stormy weather set in, and the decks of the vessel
were swept from stem to stern by mountainous seas.
As the night grew on the storm became worse, and one
sea rose with tremendous violence, and for a moment
threatened to swamp the steamer. The second officer
had his collar•bone broken, whilst other members of
the crew were badly injured. The cattle, which were
on deck, fared terribly ; scarcely a sea came over the
vessel but what was fatal to at least some of the
animals. From time to time fearful seas came over
and caught five or six of the cattle pens simul-
taneously, carrying them a great height, and then dash-
ing the cattle in them dead on the deck. The next
wave which came over took the carcases into the sea.
In this manner 130 out of the 170 were lost before the
storm showed any signs of abatement. In a few
hours afterwards four of the surviving cattle died,
leaving thirty-six alive out of the whole con-
signment. After the storm there was not a
single boat belonging to the Lamport that was
fit for use. Some had been carried away, and
others were completely disabled. The cabin skylight
was stove in and the cabin itself flooded with water.
A portion of the bulk works, part of the poop, and
one wheel were carried away. Although the storm had
abated the next day the sea was very rough, and when
about 300 miles from Halifax the engines broke down,
and sail was then put on the vessel, and her head was
turned towards Halifax as a port of refuge. In the
afternoon the water got into the stoke-hole and all the
fires were put out. The fires had hitherto kept the
pumps running. After being in this condition for
four days the engines to some extent were repaired,
when all possible speed was made for Halifax, which
was safely reached on the 6th.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

AN EXECUTION IN FRANCE.

Writing on Monday, the Paris Correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph says:—

For the first time for many years the sentence of
death passed upon a criminal has to-day been carried
into effect. It has been M. Gr6vy's almost unvarying
custom to transmute capital punishment into imprison-
ment for life, and the exception that has just been
made is probably due to the need of making an ex-
ample of some one in face of the alarming incrEale in
crimes of a desperate nature. The murderer who
was executed early this morning at Rheims was a
man named Holtz, who assassinated last April a
farmer of Blaise. Up to the last moment he looked
upon his reprieve as a certainty, and, gay and reckless,
played cards all day with some associates in the prison
while awaiting the expected interference of the Pre-
sident. The law, however, was allowed to take its
cou;se, and the murderer was guillotined at six o'clock
this morning under the eyes of 1,200 people. This is
the first execution that has taken place at Rheims for
ten yeare.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

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DR. LOWET'S invention is one of the greatest sir-
pri-e3 of the day. After numerous researclie4 he bag
succeeded in obtaining a mixture for the hair, whose
giv.s the happiest results, and surpasses all those
hitherto known. This mixture produces, in a short
time, thick hair and whiskers; it also prevents the hair
from falling off.

!The Inventor guarantees coin-
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SOLD IN BOTTLES £2. 1 AND k _Zkeir•

To be had only 9'st] the inventor DR. LOWET. 341
Avenue De Ke‘ser, at Anvers (Belgique). None will
be sent "coutre rernboarsement" but all orders promptly
attended to on receipt of the sum in stamps, or . Post
Jaice OrL:er.

REMEDY FREE!—A victim of youthful inipra-
deuce causing Premature Drcy. Nervous
Lost %fan! oot, Ste , having tried in vain evrry known
remedy, has discovered a simple se7f curs, which be
vill fiend FREE to his fellow-aufferers.—A.l(l,•.. J
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By a Medical man of thirty years practice, fres
to a'l for 2 stamps.

A TREATISE ON NERVOUS DEBILITI
Mins little work is a valuable Medical Frieutl
1 It gives a craphic de-cription of the Cause ad
-;ure of NERVOUS DEBILITY, Indivstion, Pa!pits.
on, Loss of Brain Power, Memory, &a. All persons
who, from various causes, are depressed in spirits
shaken in nerves, or weakened in frame should sea
3r wad read this work.

',IMITII'S PURIFYING PILLS —A POS I
'JIVE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES of the
'Urinary Organs, Recent or Old standing; Weakness,
Gravel Backache, &c., all Discharges and Ailments
acquired or constitutional, and every Disease for wlaieh
Ilercury & Copaiba are used te the injury of the Patient's
Constitution. Sold in Boxes (containing sulticiont fir
the Cure) price 4s. lid. Stamps may be Pent. May he
had direct from the Proprietors on receipt of the &moult
Lb Stamps. Sent by Post to any address.
EL &H. SMITH & Co.'s Positive Remedy Lubut ut
26. Southampton Row. London. W.C.

NERVOUS AND PAYS' CAL DEBILITY
A Gentleman, having tried in vain every ad-
vertised remedy, has discovered a simple means of self-
mre. He will La happy to forward the particulars to
my sufferer on receipt of a stamped and directed
thvelope. Address J. T. SEWKLL, q.Brook Villa.
farnmersmith, London.

Itt-T ERVOUS DEBILITY.—GRATIS, a 3tedica
iN Work showing sufferers hcw they may be
cured without the aid of Quacks. Free on receipt
of a postage stamp.—Address SECRETLitY, Institute
uf Anatomy, Brmingham.

H E ESSOMUS

LETTS'S DIARIES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

HIGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—A.t their sale on Monday lust,
Messrs. Oates, Perrens and Wooldridge, hid a goo,l
supply of sheep aud pigs, but a moderate entry of
beasts. Trade was good for best quality, fat cows
making as high as £27; bullocks £26; sheep 78s 6d;
lambs 50sand calves .25 14s, Od.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

ANOTHER DEATH IN THE ALPS.

The Frankfort Correspondent of the Standard
writes :—lntelligence has reached here of another fatal
accident in the Alps. The victim was Dr. von
Stintzing, an eminent Professor of Jurisprudence at
the University of Bonn, and Privy Councillor of the
German Empire. Professor von Stintzing was spend.
lag his recess on the borders of Switzerland, and
on Thursday, the 13th inst., ascended a mountain
on the north, or Bavarian side of the Arlberg.
In the evening, when returning to his hotel he
lost his footing and fell over a precipice, receiving
terrible injuries. On being picked up by his com-
panions he was still alive, but he died while being
conveyed to his hotel at Oberstdorf, on the Iller.
Professor von Stintzing, who was in his fifty-eighth
year, was one of the chief ornaments of the Faculty of
Laws at Bonn University, where his loss will be
severely felt. According to a later despatch, the un-
fortunate gentleman was accompanied by his son, who
fell with his. father, and received severe injuries. It
is hoped, however, that in his case they will not prove
fatal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

THE MARKETS,

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET-MONDAY.

The cattle trade is dull and we.tk. Supplies are larger
than usual, and heavier arrivals are reported at Deptford.
Deliverits from our grazing districts are fully up to the
average, and there is an increased show from Ireland.
Business has been very dull, and the top price for the
best Scots and crosses does not exceed 5s led to
Cs per 81b. There was a good show or foreign stoek,
nearly 1,000 Canadian were offered, besides Danish and
Swedish. Liberal supplies are also reported from Deptford.
There are about 2,000 American th Ire, with Dutch and Spanish
arrivals. The market was dull, and prices were weak.
As regards sheep the pens were fairly well tilled. There
was a slow enquiry at about late rates The best Downs
and half breds made Cs 10d to is 2d per 81b. Calves and
pigs sold at previous prices. Quotatfons :—Coarse and
inferior beasts, 43 4d to Is ; second quality ditto, Is to
Is 61; prime large oxen, be 6d to Is hid; ditto Scots, &a.
55 10d to ; coarse and -inferior sheep, Is Sit 1.0 es ; second
quality ditto, fos to 64 61; prime coarse woolled ditto' 63
tki to Os Si; prime Southdowa ditto, 6s 10d to 7s 2,1 •
large coarse calves, 53 8d to 6's; prime small ditto, es to
gs ; large hogs, 41 4d to 43 8d ; neat small porkers,
ts 8d to Is per 81b.to sink the out
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.—MONDA.Y.
The supply la in excess of the demand. The trade is bad at
drooping prices :—lnferior beef, Ss to 3s 8d; middling ditto,
its 10d to 4's; prime large ditto, 48 6d to Is; prime small ditto,
Is to 65 4d; veal, ta 4d to 85 ; inferior mutton, 35 8d to 4s 44, ;
middling ditto, 4e 8d to 65 45; prime ditto, be 4d to 68 4d •
large pork, Ss 4d to Ss 841 ; small ditto, 4's to 4s Si per Sib.
by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

DEATHS OF CONGO EXPLORERS.

Writing to the Daily Teegraph a correspondent
gives the following particulars respecting the two ex-
plorers recently reperted drowned on the river Congo:
—Lieutenant Janssen was a gallant young Belgian
officer, in his twenty-sixth year, the eon of Major
Janssen, of the 14th Line Regiment of the Belgian
army, forming part of the garrison at Antwerp.
Lieutenant Janssen had served very nearly three years
on the Congo, and had specially attracted the atten-
tion of Mr. Stanley by his notable talents as an ex-
plorer, and also by the affection with which he inspired
the Zanzibar's and the natives with whom he had to
deal. He had been placed for some time at the hip.-
portant station of Mwilta, which, indeed, he may be
said to have created; and had also, among other int-
portant missions, visited, and negotiated a treaty
with, a great Batelle chief, Mpumo Ntaba, the suc-
cessor of De Brazza's Makoko. Lieutenant Janssen
was a good naturalist, draughtsman, and linguist.
In fact, his knowledge of native dialects was equalled
by very few on the Congo. Finally, I might add that,
far from having a single enemy in the expedition, it
would be difficult to find any one with whom he had
come into contact that was not much attached to him.
The two words in which every one, from Mr. Stanley
downwards, summed up his character were " osgrente-
ment sympathique." The French missionary who was
drowned with Lieutenant Janssen was the well-known
Abbe Guyot, of East African fame. This gentleman,
at once an enthusiastic sportsman and an earnest mis-
sionary, having first of all cleared the way to
Lake Tanganika for Cardinal Lavigerie's Algerian
missions, was proceeding to the Upper Congo with
the intent of selecting sites for the foundation of
similar Catholic establishments along the great river.
Both the Abbe Guyot and Lieutenant Janssen were
very good swimmers ; in fact, the former was especially
skilled in natation, It is to be feared, though we have
not as yet any confirmation of the suspicion, that alter
their canoe was wrecked by a hippopotamus the two
unhappy gentlemen were dragged under by crocodiles,
with which the Upper Congo unfortunately swarms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

POTATO.

The fair supply of potatoes that were on sale met with a
moderate demand at the subjoined currencies ;—Kent
regents, SOs to 100 s ; Essex ditto, 80i to oo.; magnum
bonums, 80s to 100 s ; roses. GOs to 70s per ton.

GAME AND POTJLTRY.

Hares, Si 6d to 43 ; white ditto, 23 to 2s 9il; rabbits, is 6d
to 2.6 8d ; conies, 9d to is 2d; pigeons, Eid to ii; partridges,
Is 4d to 2s 2d ; grouse, 21 lid to 4s ; black cock, 2s 8d to
Sc 9d; fowls, is td to Sc ; chickens, is to 2.; turkeys, 6.1 to
12s 641 ; geese, 5s to Sc ; ducks, 2s to Si each.
FISH.

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Fresh herrings, 4s 6d to 6s; roused ditto Si 6d to 68 64
pickle ditto, tis to 7s; red ditto, 3s 64 to 4s ; kipper ditto,
48 44 to 9s; bloaters, Si to lOs ; native oysters, 203 to 23s ;
Dutch ditto, 10s to Us; American ditto, 4s to Gs ; Portu-
ttllese ditto, 23 to 4s 9J ; Fanch ditto, Es 64 to lOs ; North
Bea ditto, 7s to 8s; and common ditto, 4s '64 to 7s 34 per
handredl
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

THE FISHERIES EXHIBITION.

An Interesting addition has been made to the
Canadian Court at the Fisheries Exhibition in the
shape of an exhibit of general products from Manitoba
and the Canadian North-West. On one side of the
stand is a row of glass tubes containing samples of the
soil taken from pits dug every 20 miles across the
prairie region from Winnipeg to the Rocky Moun-
tains—a distance of nearly 900 miles. These speci-
mens, showing as they do the top and subsoils, and
representing such a large area of the country, are
most valuable as indicating the character o the
land now being sought after by so many
our surplus farming population. On a shelf
beneath the tubes of soil are ranged numerous
specimens of coal and gold quartz collected from dif-
ferent parts of the country. The coal deposits have
recently been tested in a practical manner and found
of superior quality ; the gold quartz has crushed out
already as much as from 150 dole. (40) to 200 dole.
(240) per ton. On the other side of the stand are
ranged various samples consisting of specimens of the
grain in the ear—the straw of which in some cases
stands nearly 6ft. in height, with large fall ears ;
samples of threshed grain, which, although not so well
cleaned as they might have been, at the same time indi-
cate fully the superiority of the grain; specimens of the
prairie woods, building stone, and a large specimen of
coal from the Belly River, near the Rocky Mountains.
A handsome mahogany case contains pressed samples of
the prairie flowers, of which there are in the Canadian
North-West over 160 varieties. The specimens of wild
grasses appear to be chiefly of a nutritious character,
and there are, we understand, something over 50
varieties of these to be found in the same region. A
block of pinewood is shown from Ratportage, 135 miles
east of Winnipeg. A few good specimens of ducks,
and also some of the fish to be found in the inland
waters of the North-West, are interspersed amongst
the collection. The whole exhibit is tastefully ar-
ranged and decorated, and Is sure to prove an attrac-
tive feature in this most interesting court of the
Fisheries Exhibition. The exhibit is =lade by the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

NEWS FROM THE CONGO.

The following message has been received at the
London office of the Neu) York Herald from its corre•
spondent at Madeira :

"Madeira Sept. 17. Lieutenant Vardevelde,
lately with Stanley, and who is now at Madeira, says
that the village of Loango was burnt by Captain
Cordier, of the Sagittaire, because the natives refused
to sell some territory. Stanley was at Stanley Pool
three weeks ago, well and hopeful of success, and pre-
paring to re•ascend the Congo. De Brazza was then
at Francs Hie en route for Stanley Pool, His mission
ia a failure."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

TIRE MARQUIS OF LORE.

A Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writo3
from Montreal
:
His Excellency the Governor-General and her
Royal Highness the Princess Louise have been engaged
for some time past in making personal arrangements
for their approaching departure from the Dominion.
A considerable portion of their private effects have
already been received at Quebec, and will probably be
shipped in advance. The Marquis and the Princess
before leaving Ottawa received a large number of
farewell visit, and will therefore not return to that
city. But a considerable number of well-known
citizens and officials have arranged to be present at the
embarkation at Quebec, for the purpose of giving the
Governor-General and his Royal consort a farewell
ovation. It was understood although not officially
announced that his Excellency would not return to
the capital, and advantage was accordingly taken of
his last railway journey from Ottawa to Toronto to
give expression to the popular feeling. Many of the
stations were decorated, and at the few in which the
viceregal train stopped considerable crowds had
collected, and gave the travellers a most cordial re.
cention.
There was everywhere much eagerness to see his
Royal Highness Prince George, and his general
appearance, and especially his unassuming demeanour,
have won golden opinions. The Prince was delighted
with his journey, and gave frequent expression to his
admiration of the magnificent country through which
he passel The viceregal party will make Quebec
their headquarters during the remainder of their stay
In the Dominion, and will remain there until the
arrival of the Marquis of Lansdowne, finally sailing for
England about the end of October. The best wishes
of the people will go with Lord Lorne and the, Princess,
for both have done much to improve the tone of
political warfare, and by their personal example have
given an impetus to the appreciation of art and a more
cultivated

More than 20,000 persons visited the South Sensing.
ton MUEIQUM last week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NINE
LOCKS COLLIERY.

On Thursday morning the Deputy District
Coroner (E. B. Thorneycroft, Esq ) held an inquest
at the Sampson and Lion Inn, Pensnett, on the
body of Edward John Price (24), Lower Church
Street, Pensnett, who on Monday was killed in the
Niue Locks Colliery, Brierley Hill, belonging to the
Earl of Dudley. Mr. Pickering (assistant, Govern
merit Inspector of Mines) attended. It appeared
that dtceased was employed as a horse driver down
the pit. About half-past nine o'clock on the morn-
ing named he fetched a tub of slack away from
Richard Tolley, a bandsman, and as he did nit
return Tolley went in search of him. He found
that several tons of stuff had fallen about fifty
yards away from where he (Tolley) was working,
and he heard groans beneath the heap. A number
of miners were summoned to the spot, and in about
a quarter of an hour Price was extricated. He
was then dead. Tolley considered that a blimp
occurred, which forced the trees out, thus letting
down the,crossbar and causing the stuff to fall
upon deceased.—Mr. J, Skidmore (certificated
manager) bore out this idea, and proved that the
road, which had been examined that morning, was
well timbered.—No blame was attachel to anyone,
and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERITAMFrox, Wednesday

Some of the finished iron manufacturers reported
having received a number of ye v fair inquiries for
bars, sheets, and tank plates. The tin-plate manu-
facturers have an increased quantity of work on
hand, and the quoted prices from 61. to is. per box
more money. Girder-plate manufacturers are do.
lug a moderately good trade amongst local cot:-
sumera, and some good buying is taking p:ace in
tank-plstes. Unmarked bars were asked for local
consumption, and a number of the makers have a
considerable quantity of work in reierve to exeeu e
during the ensuing quarter. Prices on the whole
are firmer. The list houses also keep up their qu e-
tations at a comparatively strong rate. Pigs this
afternoon were only quietly asked for, local makes
being sold in small parcels with prices against sellers
High-class metals were neglected, and we were in--
formed that in consequence of the quietness of
trade Messrs. Turley, of Coseley, are going te blew
out one of their furnaces, and that another furnace
in Bilston wilt shortly be blown out. The agen s
for other district metals have had some good inquir-
iee, and several satisfactory transactions have been
recorded during the past week. Prices do not indi.
cate any improvement. The coal trade is more
active, ospeciAlly as regards household qualities
The accountant's certificate of the selling price of
bar iron for the past three months will be issued on
Siturday next.

BIRMINGHAM, Taint ID IY.

Despite the inclement weather and the absence
of several iron masters at the meeting of the Iron
and s'eel Institute at Middlesbrough, there was a
tair!y well-attended meeting on 'Change this after-
noon, and business was a little more animated than
of late. Inquiries for shipment were more ntuner-
-0113, relating chiefly to :heet for India and the
Colonies, and tube s,rip for Sweden and Italy.
Local consumers gave out a moderate number of
orders fox common bars and strip, and, also for gir-
der and tank plates. The uncertainty as to the fu-
ture wages of the opera,tives and the possibility of
an advance in coal tended to strengthen the market
and manufaeturers declined to Cone nit themselves
to long forward contracts except with a special
proviso to cover any alterati .n in wages and price
of fuel. Tile quotations for unmarked bars ranged
froin £6 5s to .£7, delivered in the district ; and
marked iron was unaltered in value, at £7 10s. and
ES 20 6d. There was a well-sustained demand for
steel Sheets, and tinplates were in batter inquiry at
s7ronger prices. Some of tha steel-sheet manufac-
turers are employed to their full capacity. In the
p:g iron department a dull and inactive tone pre-
y-Hsi owing to the excess of supply over demand,
and it was repotted that steps are being taken to
blow out one or two furnaces in the Bilston and
Tipton distri.:ts. The rates of pig iron tended in
buyers favaur, but some of the Derbyshire houses
made no effort to dispose of their iron.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

The French Minister for the Navy has received the
following official despatch hem Hanoi, under date the
14th inst. :

-
" After the affair of the 15th of August, and not-
withstanding the inundation, five companies of
Marines, three of Annamite riflemen, a battery, and
two gunboats ascended the Red River towards Song
Tai, under the command of General Bonet. The right
wing was supported by a body of Yellow Flag
auxiliaries. On the Ist of September the fortikd
position of Day was attacked and taken. After a
severe struggle a bayonet charge was necessary.
Our troops were up to their chests in water, but
showed remarkable elan. The enemy, numbering
4,000, were everywhere dispersed, and the firs of our
gunboats gieatly retarded the arrival of the reinforce-
ments lom Sung Tai, On the 3rd inst. we established
a fortified position al, Palan, at the spot where the Day
joins the wain stream. The enemy's losses are 1,000
men. Three flags and a quantity of arms were cap-
tured, and the hostile positiops are retained by our
troops. Our losses were two officers and fourtee.i men
killed, and three officers and thirty-five men wounded,
t wenty of Ihem slightly. Our auxiliaries suffered pro.
portionatel 37."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE REVISION COURT

Sir Herbert D. Croft, Bart., sat on Thursiay a
the Town Hall to revise the list of voters for th
division of East Worcestershire, which comprises
the polling districts of Netherton, Woodside, and
Dudley. Mr. H. Goldingbam and Mr. E. White-
house appeared for the Conservaties, and Mr. J.
Blick and Mr. R. N. Hail for the Liberals. The
Cons rvatives made upwards of 80 claims, about
two-thirds of which they sustained. The Liberals
made about 90 claims, a large proportion of which
they sustained. The Conservatives made 120 ob-
jections and tbe Liberals 80. On the two previous
days the Parliamentary borough and the municipal
lists were revised. From the Rowley parish list 59
paupers were expunged, and the names of tL,n
deceased. There were no claims or objections. The
latter remark also applies to Kingswinford parish
From this list 7 ware expunged through death, hnd
a number ofpaupers. On the list for Dudley proper
there were 9,013 municipal voters an). 7,911 Par-
liamentery voters; 250 paupers were taken off the
muncipal list, and 120 off tue borough list. The
following are the numerical returns :—Dudley:
Conservative objections alstained, 30 ; withdrawn,
33 ; failed, 6 ; total objections, 6). Nethert,mi :
Conservative objections sustained, 12 ; withdrawn,
12 ; total objections, 24. Woodside: Conservative
objections sustained, 7; withdrawn, 4 ; failed, 1 ;
total objections, 12. Dudley Liberal objections
sustained, 25; withdrawn, 46; failed, 16; ad-:
journed, 3 ; total objections 90. Netherton;
Liberal objections sustained, 11 ; withdrawn, 6
failed, 2 : total objections, 25, Woodside : Liberal
objectiors sustained, 7 ; with iravvn, 4; £ailei, I,
tctal objections, 12.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

CONFESSION OF CHILD MURDER.

In London, on Tuesday, at the Southwark Police-
court, Emily Batt, 28, a sickly-looking woms.n, was
charged with attempting to commit suicide at Lon-
don Bridge. She was also charged, upon her own
confession, with murdering her child, Emily Batt,
seven months old, by drowning, at the same place.—
Charles Nash, a wharf labourer, said that about
seven o'clock on the previous evening he was pro-
ceeding down the steps near the steam-boat pier,
on the Surrey aide of London Bridge. He saw the
prisoner lying at the bottom partially covered with
water. The tide at that time was coming in rapidly.
The witness ran down and pulled her out of the
river. She called out, "Let me go. I have drowned
my baby, and I want to drown myself." He gave
her into custody.—Mr. Slade asked if there was
any truth in her statement as to drowning her child
—Constable Rogers, who had arrested the woman,
stated that he found a feeding bottle on the ground
partially filled with fresh milk.—The prisoner here
said that she drowned her child, and intended to
have drowned herself. It was all through worry.—
The husband was called, and stated that on his return
home from looking for work he missed his wife and
the baby. He made inquiries, and found her in cus-
tody without the baby. She was his second wife,
and had been worried lately because she had some
trouble with a boy by his first wife, and also from the
fact that he was out of work. He had no thought
that she T onld drown the child.—Mr. Slade asked if
the body had been found ?—lnspector Kemp replied
in the negative.—Mr. Slade remanded the woman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

THE CLEVELAND IRON TRADE.

Notwithstanding the depression which has so long
prevailed in the iron and steel trade Cleveland con-
tinues t) thrive (says the Pall Hall Gazette). Accord-
ing. to a paper read at the Iron and Steel Institute on
Tuesday, the number of men employed in the Cleve-
land district and works devoted to engine building,
ship-bu lung, foundry work, bridge and roof build-
ing, and general engineering is 22,500, while in 1869
when the institute was founded—the total did not ex-
ceed 10,000, sbowiog an increase of 125 per cent. for
thirteen years.. The substitution of steel manufacture
for iron naturally has closed many iron works in the
north, and will close more; but the probability is
that the production of steel will more than counter-
balance any lass in the production of iron. Already
400,000 tons of steel are produced every year in the
north of England, and the ex-president of the insti-
tute estimates that this is likely to increase very
rapidly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES

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4ocal ;tab 15t.rirt Ti •
COUNTY COURT

CLAIM FOR Loss oF IRON,—At the County Cola..
on Weinesd,y before Sir It liettht, jacke, au
ion was brought by William Gibbs, commiss.on
.nt, against George Simpson, carrier,
£6 93 3d Vie value of two tons of pig iron, alleged
to Ii ve b. eu los . by the deferdant.—lt appears
that the defindalt was engaged by Gibbs to remove
some pig iron. There ought to have been 56 toui
Ind when weighed by the plaintiff there were (billy
54 tons. Tne iron had been standing 12 m
and had not been weighed from the time it was put
down t'll weighed by the rlaiutiff. Defeud.tut sa'J.l
there wis no iron lost on the way. The case was
adjourned.
11013 SE DEALING CABE.—George Foster, groct-r,
Brettell Lane, sued William llill, haulier, Lye, to
recover .£8 the value of a horse. Mr. Waldron ap.
peared for the plaintiff and Mr. i4t.ddiaon for the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22

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