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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-07

Davis.

ENTERTAINMENT.—A c lacert and entertainment
took place in the Corn Exchange, on Thursday
night, in aid of the funds of the Working Man's
Institute. The chair was occupied by Mr. Worth-
ington. The attendance was good and the pro-
gramme an attractive one, but in our opinion
rather too long. Miss Akroyd receiv.d a hearty
encore for tier song " Truant Love." Miss Millie
Field also received an encore for her song "Cloister
Voices," and sang " Tit for Tat." The flute solos
of Mr. Mathews were as excellent as ever, and he
was loudly applauded. The other performers came
in for a fair share of applause. Great praise is due
to Mr. Alfred Heath, who had the whole manage-
ment of the concert, which was a success. The
following is the programme: Overture, piano-
forte, Messrs S. Simms aud S. Simma, Jun.; song,
"The Stormfiend," Mr. C. Perks ; song, "Rose
Softly Blooming," Miss Annie Steele ; song, "Sweet-
hearts," Mr. T, F. Greenfield ; duet, violin and
pianoforte "Il Pirate," Messrs. F. Griffin and
S. Simms ; song, "Truant Love," Miss Akroyd. ;
song and dialogue "The Irish Schollmaster,"
(In Character.) Mr. Jones ; solo, flute "Airs
voices," Siini6 71/4i.74te li-ilia& o‘tiimat,
"Mrs, Jones' Musical Party," Mr. Alfred Heath--;
duet, pianoforte, "Tarantella in A Minor," Messrs.
S. Sitnins and S Simms Jun. ;song, "Golden Love,"
Miss Ann e Steele ; song, The Distant Shore.,"
Mr. T. F. Greenfield; solo, Violin "Fantasia on
Scotch Airs," Mr. F. Griffim ; song "Should he '
upbraid," Miss Akroyi ; song "The Arming of the
Knight," Mr. C. Perks; solo, flute, "Auld Robin,"
Mr. Jas. Mathews humourous song, ‘'Mrs,
Brown's Tea Fight," Mr. Alfred Heath.
An interesting advertisement.--The advertise-
ment of fortune of SAmuel Heckscher sem% in
Hamburg in the number of'our gazette of this day
is very interestincr. This house has acquired so
good a reputation by the prompt and discreet pay-
ment of the amounts gained here and in the
environs, that we beg all our readers to take notice '
of his insertion of this day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-07

MARRIAGE OF THE KING OF SPAIN'S

SISTER.
At Madrid, at eleven o'clock on Monday morning,
in the Royal Chapel, the marriage was celebrated of
the Princess Paz, the King's second sister, to Prince
Louis of Bavaria. The ceremony was imposing.
The King and Queen gave the bride away in
presence of all the members of the Royal Family,
the Diplomatic Corps, and about six hundred per.
eons of rank. The Patriarch of the Indies officiated
in great state. The bride was beautifully attired
in a silver and white dress, the present of the King,
and valued at £2,000. The Prince wore a Bavarian
uniform. The Queen, the Princesses, and the Queen.
Mother were in full Court toilettes, with mantles
and white mantillas: The bride is aged 20, the
bridegroom 24. They are first cousins on the father's
wile. Her dower is £BO,OOO and 0,000 annually from
the Civil List.

Splendid presents have been given by the Royal
Families of Spain, Bavaria, and Austria.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-07

TEMPERANCE IN COMMON SCHOOLS,

The following is the text of the Bill recently pro-
posed in the Illinois State Legislature to require
teachers to give instruction in temperance :
"Be it enacted," &c., 'that they (the directors)
shall direct that elementary instruction be given in
physiology and hygiene, which shall give special
promineLcs to the effect of alcoholic drinks, stimu-
lants, and narcotics upon the human system. The
certificate of qualification held by any per,on who
desires to teach shall show that satisfactory examina-
tion has been passed upon the effect of alcoholic
drinks, stimulants, and narcotics upon the human
system."
The advocates of the Bill say that since the State,
for purposes of revenue, and also professedly with the
oi preventing abuses, has authorised men and
women to publicly offer these objectionable articles
for sale, it is morally bound to warn the youth of the
land not to use theo, except as medicine, or in the
arts, as other poisons are sometimes used.

A fire broke out on Sunday in a house at Locbgilp-
head, Argyllshire, and before the tames were put out
the only occupant of the house, an old man, a tailor
by trade, named Colin Campbell, was burned to death.
Kis charred remains could not be rimmed,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-07

MEXICAN LANDED PROPERTY.

From an official document recently published by the
Mexican Government it appears that the landed pro-
perty in Mexico is valued at upwards of 3,000 million
dollars, of which nearly two-thirds are credited to
urban estates, one-fourth to rural, and the remainder
(exclusive of property devoted to religious uses) to
estates pertaining to the Government. The actual
figures are: Urban, 1,961,036,000 dole.; rural,
773,000,000 dols. • Government, 340,000,000 dols.—
total, 3,074,036,0d0 dole.
The urban details included 46 theatres, valued at
5,600,000 doh!. ; 23 bull-rings, at 620,000 dole,; and
98 cockpits, at 116,000 dole.
The church buildings are divided into two classes-
-178 " large " edifices (all Roman Catholic), valued at
54,000,000 dole., and 1,200 lesser ones, at 27,000,C00
dole.
The city houses are divided into three classes—viz.,
36 648 of the first number, valued at 897,700.000 dohs. ,•
198 846 of the second, at 614,000,000 dole.; and
1,186,840 of the third, at 8g2,1:11)8,000 dole.
The fine mansion of Portmore, 'reableetiblie,"the.
seat of Mr. Colin Mackenzie, Lord-Lieutenant of the
county, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday after-
noon, The family plate vrae laved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

ELECTRIC LIGHT IN AN INDIAN
MILL.

The Egerton Woollen Mills, lately erected at
Umritsar, Punjaub, have adopted the electric light
for their premises. The installation consists of a
16.1ight Brush dynamo machine and 16 arc lamps
throughout the mills and compound. The installa•
tion is very successful. The learns, carders, and
other machinery are well lighted. The natives
admire the light very much, and call it " Bidjerley "
lighting. They are able to work all night with perfect
ease, and are arranged in two gangs, one gang working
from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m., and the other from 3 a.m. to
12 noon. All colours of the wools are perfectly seen.
The power is obtained from a Bolton turbine. The
water is diverted from a canal near, and afterwards
used for irrigation purposes. The cost of maintenance
for the lights: therefore, is--oarbo isnd wages of a
native to trim the lamps and atteno machines, 10
rupees per month (165.). A. saving is also effected on
Insurance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

AN AB.REST AT GLASGOW.

Another arrest was made in Glasgow on Friday
night in last week. Acting on instructions received
from England, Superintendent Boyd, of the Central
Division, accompanied by Sub-Inspector Smith,
visited a public-house at Springbank, and took into
custody a man named Bernard Gallagher. The accused
is said to be a brother of Dr. Gallagher, at present in
custody in London in connexion with the dynamite
conspiracy. He is charged with being concerned in
the explosion which occurred at the Tradeston Gas-
works, Glasgow, a few weeks ago, when a large gaso-
meter was destroyed by dynamite or nitro-glycerine.
The prisoner was brought before a magistrate on
Saturday and on being asked by the magistrate if he
had anything to say, said—"l am not guilty. I was
not here at the time it happened. I was in America,
sq I could not be here. I left America on the Bth
of February. That was when I left." After again
asserting that he was not guilty, the prisoner was
remanded for eight days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

A HINT ABOUT CHEAPENING
TELEGRAMS.

The Times has published the following letter:-
51r,—In view of the proposed cheapening of tele-
grams, would you raise your influential voice on behalf
of the dwellers in country places, that they may have
something done for them? Six miles from a telegraph
office acts as a practical exclusion from any use of the
telegraph, for every message delivered is at a Gest of
6s. tax for porterage. And yet it is in remote country
places the need of the telegraph is greatly felt, by rich
and poor. How often a poor man has to forfeit half-
a-day's labour to fetch a doctor, when a telegram
would do it cheaper and quicker ;but no effort seems
to be made by the authorities to extend the telegraph
service into country villages. It would pay in the
long run; farmers, tradesmen, resilent gentry, clergy,
would use It largely.
At all events, if it cannot be extended yet, I still
would plead for some consideration in respect of the
heavy charge of is, a mile for delivery. It seems
hardly just to us in the country that a large staff is
maintained to deliver telegrams free in towns and yet
we in the oountry have to pay so heavily. We should
like to have some portion of the delivery charge borne
by the Post Office, and to find that the telegraph ger-
, ice was really available for our use instead of being,
as it is,, beyond the reach of all but tlie wealthy.
C. W. MABWAV.

Sarby Rectory, Barton-on-Huraber.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

No 972

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SALES

A G.,L E.Y

EVI
• THE usual Suppl

OATES, PERR3

STOURBRIDC
TUESDAY,

DENNIS PLA:
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,
MR. W. FIDDLA
Tidnam, who is--;
Sztr. by AUCTION. as ctb
HOUSEHOLD
- tester and French -Be
- Mahoginy and Birch
• Drawers, Night Commc
' Mahogany &fa, S, perk
..Cettage PIANOFORTI
Gilt Frames ; Tables, C
Fenders, Fire-irons, Chti
Kneehole Office Tablts.
Kitchen and Coking ITU
Machine, USEFUL BA
old; Strong DOG CAI
excellent c ondition ;
Ladder, &c, Foundry '
Moulding Boxes, and oth,
may Co had of the Auctic

Sale to commenee'at 11
The House ani Przinis(

SALE of VALUABL]
PUBLIC-HOUSE,
REST INN," SHC
HOUSES, CHUM
STREET, SOUTI
TON-STREET, B
BAGLEY-STREE7
'IItESSRS. ROLLIN
JYL iostrusted (by the
AUCTION, on TUESDAY,
GOLDEN EAGLE ASSEMBLY
SiT for seven o'clock in ti
conditions to be then rea(
LOT I.—All that wel
CORNER P ÜBLIC-HOUI
TRAVELLER'S REST INN,'
Church-street and South-I
jog Bar, Par:our, Smoke E
Club Room, 401 t. by lift.
Cellars, Brewbcuse, at d n
yard and Side Entrance, a
G. Barker, at the low aunt
81:10P and PREMISES s
Sitting Room, Kitchen,
necessary Outbuildings, no
Woodhouse, at on est mate
gether with the Two I
i'REMISES at the back th
street aforesaid, now in
Wilde and Merrick, at an
Whole having a gross rents
LOT 2,—A1l tbat capital .
ROUSE and PRk.MISE4,
ragley-street, Stamber 1
liaeictheeaseaur,;lohruetebußed
ildingßso.owmil
iU the occupation of Sir. Jo
rental of £8 2s.
Len 3.—A1l that sr(
GUOCER'S SHOP and PR.
of 18ft. to Fenton-street af
8401), Sitting Boom, Th
necessary Outbuildings, Wa
6ecuPation of Mr, Eichards,
68.
Pnr particulars, apply t
eolicitor, 0 ithe Auctioneers

PUBLIC
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

THE LABOUR MARKET.

The month has opened with a reduction in the price
of coal in some districts which generally has been quite
unexpected. A fairly good demand is still maintained
for all classes of round coal, whilst engine fuel as a rule
is going off freely.

Business in the iron markets continues quiet. In pig
iron there has been extremely little doing. A rather
better inquiry is here and there reported for finished
iron, but the actual business transacted is small. The
export trade in pig iron has shown some improvement.
There is rather a firm feeling in manufactured iron,
and the trade is likely to improve.
The cotton trade remains dull. The supply of most
goods is undoubtedly in excess of the present demand.

_ _
In woollen industries a rather better tone charac-
terises the market. The home trade is steady, and
manufacturers of specialities are well under-contract.
The lace trade remains unchanged. A steady de-
mand is experienced for some kinds of net. There is
is a good daily business in silk, and the trade shows
symptoms of recovery from the extreme depression of
February.
In the Midland Counties travellers report that there
are signs of a prosperous summer trade. Brass trades
are moderately busy, hut tin plate workers are not
fully employed. Operatives in the hardware branch
are lousy, as are mechanics in the engineering trade.
At Leeds most branches of labour are idly em.
ployed, and prospects are considered good. The fine
weather has improved the demand for spring goods,
and painters and decorators are now very busy. The
wholesale clothing, hat, and cap firms are working
overtime.
Trade generally in Bristol is slowly improving, but
It is still considerably quieter than in the North and
Midlands. The more cheerful tone in the agricultural
districts is, however having a beneficial influence on
the manufacturing industries.
Work in most of the metropolitan industries is fairly
good, especially in engineering and building. The
leather trade is steady, and the boot and shoe makers
both at the West and East-end are well employed. In
most districts there are signs of improvement in the
local industries, and the working classes are now much
better employed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

REGISTRATION OF VOTERS IN IRELAND.

In the Home ofr COMMONS, April 11, Mr. 'Tievelyan, reply-
ing to Mr. Dawson, said that he would, at the earliest op-
portunity, introduce a Bill for an Amendment of the law re-
lating to the registration of voters in Ireland, but before
doing so he was anxious to consult not only with the hon.
member who had pat the question, but also with Mr. Meldon,
who had brought the subjeot as far as it had gone up to the
present time.
ELECTIVE COUNCILS (IRELAND) BILL.

Mr. Barry moved the second reading of this Bill, the
principle of which he said had been frequently en-
dorsed by the House. It was a fundamental prin-
ciple that taxation and representation should go
together, and the subject of grand jury reform had
been frequently the subject of Parliamentary investiga-
tion. The Bill which he proposed was based upon
popular representation. It was intended to transfer the
power of county government from what was practically a
self-elected and irresponsible body to a body duly and popu-
larly elected. That was the beginning and end of it.
—Having explained the clauses of the measure at some
length, the hon. member concluded by asking the House
not to refuse the moderate request made. His only aim and
object in introducing the Bill was to make the humbled
Irishman feel that he had a voice in the government of his
country, that the government was through him' and for
him, and by him, and it was in that spirit that he asked the
House to read the Bill a second time. (Cheers.)
Colonel King-Harman moved that the Bill be read a second
time that day six months; and the discussion was continued
by Mr. Richardson, Mr. li'Carthy, Colonel Nolan, Mr. Sexton,
Mr. Shaw, Mr. Blake, Sir H. Bruce, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Cullen,
Mr. Trevelyan, Mr. Plunkett, and Mr. Parnell.
- • -

The House divided, when there appeared—For the second
reading, 53 ; against, 231.

The Bill was therefore rejected.
The House adjourned at six o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

THE FORESTERS.

The society of Foresters now comprises 288 dis•
tricts, with 4,657 courts, having 583,799 benefit
members, an increase of 19,890 during the past year,
During the year 53,733 new members were admitted.
The aggregate worth of court funds is £2,856,988, and
of district funds £345,868, showing a net increase of
£15,431 since last year. The next High Court meeting
will be held on the 6th of August, in Birmingham
Town-hall.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

Union and the i _ also returned azainat
to the --ntlp I -Ctosunr, TzmonErr Kam., THozdes Cri
FITZHARRIS,

~and
JAMnS, each of wham in turn pleaded
Not Guilty, and were informed by the Judge that
counsel would be assigned to them. It had been
previously arranged that Dr. Webb and Mr. Adams
would conduct the cases for the defence.
The Court rose at four o'clock, when the prisoners,
in one police-vas, and the approvers in a second were
driven back to the goal.

The trial of Joseph Brady was commenced on Tues-
day morning. The prisoner was brought to the court
escorted by soldiers and police. First rode two
mounted policemen with drawn swords, followed
by dragoons also with drawn swords. Next came a
car carrying four police-constables, and then a
prison-van containing the prisoner, driven by a pol
man, a second constable occupying the box seat.
A third policeman sitting on the seat behind guarded
the door of the vehicle. Then followed a number o
mounted police with drawn swords, two oars filled
with constables, and some dragoons with drawn
swords. A second van similarly guarded followed
with mounted police, a troop of dragoons, and a line
of cars filled with police. This van contained the
witnesses. As the procession drove rapidly along the
quays in the direction of the gaol, crowds of people
stared and looked at it, but there was not the slightest
manifestation of popular feeling.
Immediately on the court being constituted, Dr.
Webb applied for a postponement of the trial, in order
that he might have time to prepare the defence of the
prisoner. Mr. Justice O'Brien at first refused to grant
the application, but when Dr. Webb declared that in
that cue he should decline to undertake the defence,
he gave way, and the trial was postponed till next day.
While this discussion was taking place, Brady stood
In the dock, pale, but self-possessed, with hands
grasping the rail which crossed the dock in front of
him, and with eyes attentively watching the different
speakers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

THREAT TO BLOW UP THE LIVERPOOL POST orruno.

It is said that the Liverpool police have received
information of a threat to blow up the head post
office. The postal authorities decline to give any par.
ticulars, but inquiries made of the police are said to
show that a letter of "a somewhat threatening
character "has been communicated to them, As the
postal and revenue buildings, in common with other
public buildings in the city, are already under careful
police surveillance, it is not deemed necessary to take
any further precautions.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

t A GIGANTIC PETITION.

a I Wa'

The .Daily News says that the gigantiospetition in
favour of the Sunday Closing of Public Houses from
the Wesleyans of Great Britain, which Sir William
11.'Arthur presented to the House of Commons on
Tuesday night, measured fifteen feet six inches in air.
oumfetence, oontained 590,000 signatares, and was so
heavy that it taxed the united efforts of tour men to
olrry it through Westminster Hall into the lobby,

A fige occurred at the Cambridge union workhouse
early on sunday morning. The men's infirmary, to-
gether .with the nurses apartments and accesories
were entirely ,
d.estroyed. The patients were rescued
through the exerLiaas of the master of the workhouse
and other offlPer, tha former saving four old men by
f
getting them through tho windows when escape by
the staircaae was cut off. Tierze was got under In a
few hours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

SUNDAY CLOSING OF PUBLIC.
HOUSES.

A 'public meeting was held at the Pilgrim Hall,
'
New Kent-road, London on Tuesday evening in sup-
port of the Bill about to be introduced in the House
of Commons to stop the sale of intoxicating liquors in
England on Sunday.
Mr. E. S. Howard, M.P., occupied the chair,
and was supported by the members for Kendal
and Wednesbury, and other gentlemen. He said
there was at the present time nothing which in-
terested people more than the subject of tem-
perance, and there was no Bill more to the
front than the one for the Sunday closing of
public-houses. Already three-fourths of the kingdom
were enjoying the benefits of such a measure, and in
no case had there been any repeal of the Act, the
opposition being confined to parties interested. The
reason why the drink question had been allowed to
run on year after year was, he said, because public
opinion had not realised the magnitude of the evil.
The sooner the fact of this evil was strongly impressed
upon the working-classes the quicker their object
would be attained.
Mr. Cropper, M.P., after comparing the present
state of public opinion with that at times gone by in
reference to the Temperance movement, proposed a
resolution to the effect that as the sale of intoxicating
liquors on Sunday is productive of so much crime it
is desirable that a Bill should be passed prohibiting
their sale, and thus extend to England the benefits
which had been conferred on Wales, Scotland, Ireland,
and many of the colonies.
Mr. Brogden, M.P., in seconding the resolution, said
he thought that such a measure would receive the sup.
port of the loyal and thinking part of the community,
and the common sense of the working classes would be
enlisted in its support.
The resolution was carried unanimously amid loud
cheers.

On Tuesday, Mr. Hannay, the sitting Magistrate
at Worship-street Police-court, London, handed to
the Inspector on duty a letter received by him
during the dAy. The missive, which was in.. a
IvoirratlyltandWriting on a half-shett of note-paper,
b re the following :—" Sir,—The CAA will be blown
up to-morrow (Tuesday) by a bomb. For the love of
God, do not 'sat.'" There was no signature, and the
delivery was by post, the letter being addressed to
"The Presiding Magistrate, Police-court, Worship.
street, FinsbraWNoilmportance was attached,,to
the:incident.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

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No 971

SALES BY AUCTION

HAG;LEiY STOCK SALE.

EVERY MONDAY. -
THE usual Supply of CATTLE, SHEEP,
PIGS, tke.
OATES, PERRENS, & WOOLDRIDGE

BROOM COTTAGE,
25, BROOK STREET, LONULLNDS, STOUR-
fiRIDGE,

To Parties Furnit,hing, Bute'iers and Others,

It. H. KING is instructed by Kt:. G. B. Attwood
Al_ (who is letiviug the neighboutho2d) to Sell by
Auction, on WEDtiEsDAY. APriL 18th, ISS3, upon the
premises as abova, the whole of the Excellent iIt:US
HOLD FUENITLIRE. including blallogany SIDE-
BOARD, Tables, Chairs, COTTAGE PIANOFORTE,
Pier Glasp, lubu,a.r,liou and Brass Bedsteads, Pilate
FEATHER Bl:liS, lalt gaily Toilet Tables. Blankets
Linen and other Chambdr Appointments, FAKE.
PROOF SAFIL,• °LEI/GRAPHS, ENGRAVINGS,
Plated Articles fable Glass, Dineor and Tea i• eivices,
(Sze., ece. ; Wedbuiit SPUING CART, equal to ntw,and
a useful asEottmtnt a Butcher's ..,hop Fixtures and
Implements, and other Bfrects.
6 Catalogues may be had at the place of sal,or of the
Auctioneer, Stourbridge.
Sale at 11 o'clock.

REGISTERED FOR
(TRANSMISSION ABROAD.)

PUBLIC NOTICES.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

PRECAUTIONS AT CHATHAM.

A Chatham Correspondent says :—Extraordinary
precautionary measures are being adopted by both
military and naval authorities at this place. All
Government premises are now guarded both day and
night by armed sentries, the road approaches being
especially watched. At Saturday's presentation of
medals to the Royal Engineers not a single civilian
was allowed within the precincts of the barracks, and
the representatives of the Press were handed over to
the charge of an orderly while witnessing the presen-
tation, and escorted out of the barracks at the con-
clusion of the ceremony.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

EXPERIMENTS IN CORN GROWING.

Some interesting experiments in regard to the
germination of corn have been made and reported
upon by Dr. Sturtevant, of the New York Agricul-
tural Experiment Station. Dr. Sturtevant has proved
the power in the corn kernel to regerminate after a
droueht, and with a return of conditions favourable
to growth, thereby enabling the sower to plant corn
more shallow than is sometimes required for the se-
curing of permanent moisture to the seed in spring.
Some corn seed has the power to push up through
eight inches of heavy clay soil. The results gained at
.the station last season showed a quicker vtgetiCtion
and, as Dr. Sturtevant imagined a better stand from
seed planted one fourth inch than deeper. The ex-
perimenter, judging from actual results, thinks it
reasonable to believe that the compacting of fine soil
about the seed is of more importance than the depth
of planting merely.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

THE DISTRESSING GUN ACCIDENT.

In London, on Tuesday, at the Lambeth Police.
court, Walter Adam Phillips, clerk, living at 16,
Selby-road, Auerley, was charged on remand with
causing the death of George Arthur Prest, by shooting
him in the head with a rifle. Mr. G. Burt, solicitor,
attended on behalf of the relatives of the de-
ceased ; Mr. Armstrong, solicitor, appeared for
the defendant.—The circumstances of the unfor-
tunate occurrence will no doubt be remembered by
our readers.

Mr. Armstrong now informed the magistrate that
the verdict of the coroner's Jury was one of "
dental death." The prisoner was examined by his ad-
vice at the inquiry, and gave an explanation which
was satisfactory to the jury.—Mr. Chance, the magis-
trate, said he thought the jury had come to a very
proper decision. Mr. Burt said the relatives of the
deceased were satisfied with the verdict, and did not
for a moment think there was the slightest intention
on the part of the prisoner to do wrong.—Mr. Chance
said he was glad to hear that. It was quite likely that
in turning round suddenly the rifle went off.—Mr.
Armstrong said he should have been enabled to call
evidence to that effect, and that the weapon was out
of order. His client deeply regretted what had hap-
pened, and it would be a long time before it would be
effaced from his mind.—Mr. Chance then discharged
the prisoner.
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EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND
WALES.

In 1882 the schools ander inspection in England and
Wales contained accommodation for 4,538,320 scholars,
and there were actually 4,189,612 scholars in attend.
ance. There were 3,542,742 children present at in-
spection. The average cost of instruction was
£1 16s. 84d.; and the grant made by the Education
Department amounted to £2,392,394.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

THE BUDGET,

The Spectator congratulates Mr. Childers heartily
on having proved—and this in a year when he had no
opportunity of producing a brilliant Budget—that he
knows exactly the critical parts of our finance, that
he is prepared to accept all the beat precedents of tie
predecessors; and most of all, that he is determined
whenever it is possible rightly to reduce, taxation, to
do justice, first, by taking off the burdens specially
imposed for a special purpose, and then by relieving
as much as is in his power the financial pressure
which arrests the social progress of the poor,

The Saturday Review says :—" The most important
part of the Budget statement is that in which Mr.
Childers proposes to take up the dropped soheme put
forward by Mr. Gladstone two years ago for the more
rapid extinction of debt. The result, as we have
already said, will be a redemption of debt in the
course of the twenty years of about 172 millions,
assuming that the repurchases can be effeeted at par.
And this great redemption will be effeeted without
any addition to the charge upon the country. The
measure is exeellent in every way; and we hope, that,
whatever business may be neglected, this scheme will
be carried through in the present session."
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MEMORIAL TO MR. PLIMSOLL.

The Sydney Morning Heralti on the 22nd of
ebruary says that a handsome silver model of the
three-masted vessel, the Samuel Plimsoll, has been con-
structed by Mr, Evan Jones, silversmith, of the Royal.
arcade, to the order of the Seamen's and the
Marine Benefit Society, for presentation gentle.
roan bearing the same name as the vessel.
The scale on which the little ship has been con.
structed is 1.16 th of an inch to a foot compared with
the vessel of which it is a model, and everything in
connexion with it has been excellently finished. To
show the amount of work required in the manufacture
of the article, it may be stated that it has taken no
less than seven months to complete. Its weight is
450 z., and it is undoubtedly an excellent specimen of
silversmith's work.

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The model is fixed on a wooden stand, on the side of
which hangs a miniature silver Ilfe.buoy, bearing the
inscription, "Presented to Samuel Plimsoll, Esq., by
the seamen of New South Wales, in recognition of his
disinterested and valuable services to the seamen of
the world,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

"IBRADLAUGH V. CLARKE."

On Monday the House of Lords delivered judg-
ment in the appeal "Bradlaugh v. Clarke." More
than two years ago an action was brought by Mr.
Clarke, as common informer, against Mr. Charles
Bradlaugh, M.P., for Northampton, to recover a
penalty of 2500 for sitting and voting in the House of
Commons without having taken the oath prescribed
by law. The case went to the Lords Justices, who
held that the action was maintainable, and gave judg-
ment against Mr. Bradlaugh. The decision of that
tribunal was now reversed, Mr. Clarke's action was
dismissed with costs, and he was ordered to pay the
costs of the appeal.—The Times remarks upon the
decision :—" A long and celebrated cause is thus
brought to an end, and an important constitutional
ration k That .the-whol&case *as-
di cult and perplexing one is sufficiently shown
not merely by its lengthy history, but by the differ-
ence of opinion exhibited in the House of Lords."

"As 41 the Bills can't be rassed this Session, we
shall see a practical illustration of the Survival of the
Fittest,”—Puitch,

ALARMS AND PRECAUTIONS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

EMIGRATION TO BRITISH COLONIES.

On the subjeot of Emigration The Times has pub-
lished the following letter :
Sir,—l observe a letter from the Rev. A. Styleman
Herring, vicar of St. Paul's, Clerkenwell, under the
heading " Emigration," saying that to whatever colony
our people go they are received with open arms. This,
I think, is perfectly true.
Lord Lorne, the present Governor-General of
Canada, may surely by this time be allowed to be a
Judge of the capabilities of Canada, and most de-
cidedly would not so enthusiastically love the land
and its people, or long for the continual inroad of his
fellow-countrymen, did he not really and truly believe
that by so doing they would lay the corner stone of
their future success.
Before many years have flown the Government of
this country will have to purchase probably whole
regions as a refuge for the destitute of this country—
England, Scotland, and Ireland—in order to prevent
actual starvation, and give thousands the chance of
blessing those so sending them and providing them, at
all events, with some means of gaining a livelihood in
"Greater Britain." Vast tracts of rich soil do not
exist for nothing, and those who have seen these lands
of the Far West and do not advocate emigration must
be worse than fools. "All day long, often," my
brother told me when journeying towards. the
"Rockies," he wondered "why no inhabitants were
there," so rich and lovely was many a land they passed
through. I refer to the Governor-General of Canada's
journey of last year.—Yours obediently,
ARCHIBALD OABOBBLL.
14, Beaufort-gardens, Brompton, April 7.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

As a measure of precaution it has been decided to
strengthen the guard at Chester Castle.

DEATH FROM A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
Mr. C. 0, Lewis held an Inquest on Monday at
Canning-town, London, into the circumstances at-
tending the death of Mary Anne Pierce, aged fifty-
five, the wife of Richard Pierce, a shipworker, who
died en the 24rd ult.

From the evldenoe adduced it seems that Mrs.
Pierce, on July 28 last, in company with her daughter,
left Liverpool-street Station by the 5.15 p.m.
express, they travelling in a third-class carriage,
the second one from the brake of the train. The
train had not gone far beyond Cambridge before
it ran off the line, and the carriage in which
were Mrs. Pierce and her daughter was turned
over, the engine of the train being in a ditch. Mrs.
Pierce was lifted out of the window, and then Mrs.
Bain, her daughter, was got out in the same manner.
Mrs. Pierce sat down, and then she seemed to be very
bad. When another train at last came she and her
daughter were taken to Ely, but no lodgings being
there obtainable they wore forwarded on to their
destination at Norwich. Here Mrs. Pierce cora-
plained of pains in her head and body, and after two
days had elapsed, and she was able to get off her
couch, she was attended by Dr. Bond, surgeon to the
Company, bxli she succumbed on March 23 last.
William Brandon, an engine-driver in the employ of
the Company, said that he examined his engin6 on the
day in question before he left Norwich, at about five
o'clock. He passed the 5.15 p.m. down London train
just before he arrived at Cambridge, and just pre-
vious to that he heard a slight noise beneath his
engine. _ _ _

Just before the trains passed, James Fish, the
driver of the London tram, saw something come
from beneath the Norwich train. This came in contact
with his engine, and he immediately shut off steam
and put on the brake, but at once, almost, his
engine and several of the succeeding carriages
were thrown off the road into a ditch. The
driver had two of his ribs broken, and other pas-
sengers were more or lees injured, several being killed.
When the driver of the Norwich train arrived
at Cambridge he went into the pit and examined
his engine, when he found out that the balance weight
of the reversing lever shaft was gone, and this and the
nut which secured it were found on the line where the
accident to the London train occurred, the supposition
naturally being that it was this that had caused the
accident.

The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the
deceased died from the shock following the accident
on the railway.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-14

PRECAUTIONS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.

The Royal Household police and the military guard
continue their precautions for the protection of
Windsor Castle. Sentinels of the let Battalion Soots
Guards were on Saturday mounted at their new posts
on the north terrace, near the Royal library and the
Dean's cloisters, next to St. George's Chapel and the
Albert Memorial Chapel. The gates at the entrance to
the north terrace, close to the Windsor Tower, remain
locked, and visitors are now only able to reach the
promenade by passing under the Norman Gate and
down the steps opposite the Round Tower. Access to
the precincts of the Palace is, with this exception, as
free as ever. In Windsor the streets of the town and
the approaches to the railway termini are well watched
by the borough police.

An illustration of the watchfulness of the police
was supplied in the small hours of yesterday morning
in Mt. Martin's-lane, London. It seems that a mem-
ber of Parliament, who desired to deposit a statement
in reference to a Private Bill at the office of the
London Gazette, in order that certain typographical
corrections might be made at the earliest possible
moment, was looking about for the letter-box in the
door of the Gazette office, when he was challenged by
two or three detectives, who demanded to know his
business there, The hon. gentleman at once described
the harmless nature of his proceeding, and was not
further molested. He states that the police officers
must have been in ambush, as he failed to perceive
any person in the street when he approached the
Gazette office.

Fears being entertained that there was more nitro-
glycerine on the prisoner Whitehead's premises,
Colonel Majendie was specially summoned on Tuesday
to Birmingham to make a careful official investigation
of the place. Accompanied by several detective
officers and experts, he narrowly inspected every part
of the building, and as an additional precaution had
all the sewers flushed. No additional explosives, how-
ever, were found. At a meeting of the• Birmingham
Watch Committee the highest possible euloqium was
passed upon the police for their shrewdness and
activity. Various votes of thanks were passed, and
a special gratuity of ten guineas was awarded to Mr.
Macready (the expert sent down from Glugow) who
so successfully disposed of the nitro-glycerine on Sun-
day last.