The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-10-10 00:00:00

POTATO.

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There was a fair supply of potatoes on sale. A clan trade
rraca,led, as follows : bonurns, 60s to 80s; Kent
regents, 60 to We;
early roses, 708 to 800 ; champions, 608,
to Ns per ton.

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• SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1835.
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THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

JUBILEE.

ie aa age of celebrations. Every move-
eneet or institution, howeeer. insignificant,
has its ceniailary or jubilee. Following in
the prevailing feellion, an enthusiastic
Yeincshire munieipal magnate hit upon the
tite- raenleipel bedies 'corporate, having
eeieetel infte years oi nsefel life, shoutd this
rie-ek be duly heeetneel with a becoming
celebration, the metropolis being selected
Tor the locale of the gatheriug. Doubtless,
Teenneu was so chosen because of its being
;nee reetueen centre of the kingdOni ; vet,
siagularig enough, up to the present date
dee iargeses community of the realm is out-
side of the system of municipal government
'definedb the Act of 1835, though the
stettite which became law half a century
beck now regalatee locally some 254 towns
and cities. It is not likely that London—
Greater London, we mean, not the small yet
mighty city which occupies the centre of the
capital—will remain much longer without a
corporate existence. The vast vested in-
terests which have hitherto kept the metro-
polis exempt from the operations of the
Municipil Corporations Act, whose jubilee
is this week celebrated, will have, in all
probability, to give way to the mandate of
public opinion, which has of late been power-
fully stirred in favour of the extension of
properly constituted local government. The
old order of Bumbledom and its attendant
abuses have had their day. A wise combina-
tion of all the municipal forces of a district
under one corporate administration judi-
ciously appointed commends itself to the
ratetenner for efficiency as well as economy.
. :Dee erlan ;• Ins ;7 nathering of municipal
ex no rt • ‘: mte eome service" in
contribe ete 'tate.; knowledge and
the oatcome ef a great dean oi spacial and
valuable o eevation to the stock-in-trade of
the practieal leen government reformer.
This newest jubilee, therefore, is likely to
, prove ;-,amething more than an ornamental
oecasion foe gratulation, festivity, and the
oatpouring of oratory; for we are certainly
looking to find a comprehensive measure for
tho amendment of local government among
the ie,gneeeive accomplishments of the near
future. The celebration presided over this
week by the Lord-Mayor of York cannot
fail to provide a good deal of excellent
material which statesmen will be A.blo to em-
ploy in the construction of a new and wider-
reaching statute. Royal Commissions have
taught us a good deal, critical watchfulness
of the working of local bodies up and down
the land during fifty years past has enlarged
our acquaintance with the subject; the con-
census of skilled opinion furnished by this
congregation of mayors, provosts, and town
clerks will be a fitting completion of the
municipal education of the people. Forth-
with we may take the first convenient oc-
casion to pat our teaching into effect. We
may not go so far as one ardent politician
recently expressed his desire to proceed,
perhaps—the granting of an independent
local authority to every single village in the
country. That, unless the governing princi-
ples were, generally speaking, everywhere
identical, might tend too much to disinteg-
ration, and, in some cases, the perpetuation
of local poverty- Bat given as a foundation
for operations in each instance, the establish-
ment of an adequate and wisely-defined area
a well-planned system of local government
by the chosen of the inhabitants—capable
representative men—would certainly prove
popular everywhere, and be for the good of
all concerned. A new arrangement might
not unlikely provide for the establishment
--omprehensive local body which would
al combination the powers of separate
oxen:ie.; wee:aorn.aos, teeicli not unfrequently
Ara now found- in conflict, to the ekeriment
of thadiserite shetild not one well-
chosen Corporation, with approved govere-
ing laws ta work with, discharge in every
town. ..5r union of parishes, all the duties of
guerdianship eof the poor and menibership
of the school and highway Boards, as well
as maintain efficiently the sanitary authority?
All these administrative functions might,
we contend, be Performed advantageously by
th .0 same set of representatives appointed by
an i from the people. Uniformity of pur-
pose could be secured in the case of outlying
districts—indeed in every case—by the
formation of local centres, with representa-
tis-as feom the constituent bodies in the
neiehicurhoocl; thus all proceedings would
be shaped upon an approved general plan.
Those great towns which have only com-
paratively recently adopted a general system
of municipal corporate government, even
upon the imperfect lines now in legislative
operation, have thereby had their vitality
and enterprise largely increased and de- .
eeloien. Entrusted with faller and more
eanicient powers of dealing with the entire
reecnrces of the district fq,rther improve
"lent would, without a doubt, follow.
Within reasonable bounds, the full command
of the aggregate local finances, and the union
of local representative wisdom, places cor-
porations in a position to achieve public
benefit which cannot otherwise be nearly so
satisfactorily accomplished. Municipal life I
should be encouraged and cultivated to per-
fection point, and applied here, there, and
eery where in conveniently fixed areas; for
we are convinced that there is nothing
better than unity of forces to the end of
careful local self-government. A Board of
properly-elected representative public spirited
men of ability and discretion, such as the
occasion* would always discover, weuld be
the fitting force to move the machinery
thus reaclay to hand—machinery, too, which
could be improved from time to time as
circumstances required or ever-enlarging
experience suggested. Thus by one combined
body all sanitary work, all gas and water
provision, ell etreet, road, and drainage
maintenance, and ever.ething else pertain-
ing to die inen-Se eonifert, and convenience
of the people of each district could be
m..naged wisely and well. Then we should
have on die best principles a multiplicity of
uniform municipalities, geverning them-
selree for their oen good :In I that of the
greet nation which they in the aggregate
make nia To such a consummation the
Corporations' Jubilee will,
We trent !(_and fully believe, contribute not a
little.

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Hoops and strips are in better inquiry by the hime
buyers and tank platrs are wanted in rafter larger
qwurtities. The North of England roof and girder
people are sending some large varcels into the dis-
rict at under £6. Stamping sheets and tin plates
comin.ind more trade at stronger prices. Tile pig
oiilola but s:nail quan'ities to da
roller I:e9vy bargains are in proct',,s of
n.-lgotiation, and only a question of price standp in
the way of:titeln bin g secured. Medium :crts are
nv)st:ii revest, sod the Shropshire and South
Stalro-dshir • al-nine people still keep to their old
fi-o: lio-ait• and £4 for cold blast. A.-
ditional f-trnac,3s a.r3 bein; re—itartcd this work by
Mr. DaiJ Keid7...ick at his Willingsworth Works,
We ineslntry. The eolliery owners report an im-
proved deraaud for rnwinfacturing coal, and there
seinos to be a prospect of heaver sales for house-
hold fu 1.

over thirty previous convicCon9 arrainst the defend-
ant. Fined 198 and costs.—Richard Perks was
find l2s 6d and costs for bins drunk on the 29th
ult P.S. Charo proved the ease.
TRANSFER3,—Tno folloNving trawlers were al-
lowed :—"Wheat Sheaf, from John Stringer to
[faun- h Jones ; Vtn. Lye, from Ev, son to
John Aston; Fish, Cradley, from homes Paddock
to ChttriAte Ilarti3 ; Fox fluat, Lutley, from Peter
Knowles to William Ketland; Noah's Alit, Beauty
Bank, from Annie Rew to Alfred' o,rrington ;
Wago.l and Horsco, Worcester Street., from Joseph
o:nn to Thomas Timmins; Market Tavern, from
Daniel Walters, deceaqed, to Mary Ann 'Walters;
Cro.en Inn, Lye, from John Aston to Philip
Round.

BOARD or GITARDIANS.—Mr. Billingham pre-
sided at the weekly meeting yesterday.—Admitted
20, discharged 8, born 1, dead I.—Relief,
Kingwin-
ford £42 16s 6d, Stourbridze £2B us Bd, Hales-
owen .224 13s 9d, Non-residents ..t2 is 2d, total ,98
3s 3d against £94 153 7d.

THE HINILEY TROOP_ OF YEOMANRY
CAVALRY.

The officers and men of the Himley troop of the
Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeo-
manry entertained the late commanding officer,
Captain Boycott-Wight, at dinner at the Dudley
Arms Hotel, Himley, on Tuesday night, and pre-
sented him with a portrait of himself, painted in
oils. There was a large attendance, and the chair
was occupied by Capt. E, ILlDa.venport and the
vice-chair by Quartermaster Whitmore Jones. In
addition to the guests of the evening there were
amongst those present Mrs. Boycott-Right,
Lieutenant Simpson, and Mr. Y. Cartwright.
Tha Chairman said it afforded him pleasure to
propose the healths of Captain Boycott-Wight and
also Mrs Wight—(hear, hear). He was sure it
afforded them all pleasure to see their late captain
in their midzt agair, and to hear him give ett-
couraging words of advice—(hear, hear), He had
rendered good service and set a noble example to
the men under his command, and the members of
the Hiniley Yeomanry -were now desirous of show-
ing their appreciation of his services and his in-
variable kindness by presenting to him an oil
painting of himself, which had been well executed
by Mr. Otto Leyde, R.S.A.—(applause).
Captain Boycott-Wight, who was accorded a
hearty reception, tendered his thanks for the
manner in which the toast had boon received, and
also for the handsome present which had been made
to him.

Mrs 13o;-coA-Wi.'„Oit afterward.s preAonted the
prizes, which ‘reTe as follows :—Prize for the best
horse, a han-lsolne spirit frame, Trooper T, More-
dith ; Ist sworl priz, spirit frame, Corporal Cook •
son ; 2nd sword prlz2, a gold titn:piece, Trooper
Webb; Ist recruit sword prize. silvir cup, Trooper
G. Cartwr]ght ; 2nd recruit sword prize, :diver sal-
ver. Irooper J. Platt; Ist shooting prize, a dark
marble clock, Corporal Cookson; 2nd sho ding
pri&.-?, fish knife and fork, Trooper Chambers; re-
cruitiag shooting prize, lumliedn ba,l.-t, Trooper
Falkner,

G.ptain Boycott-Wight, in eulogistic terms
proposed the health of the chairman, who suitably
responded.

BRIERLEY HILL LWAL 110 \ RD.

The m3ntlily m file: or ti Board was held on
7‘.Ton n;ght; Mr. M. Rolinson presiding. Thp
'Ewan e Committee lenorted that the snrveyor had
expentle 1 £72 Ss on the general account, and ~t 0
15s 8d on the loan ac?ount during the past month.
Cheques ware granted to him of £7O on•the general
acczpunt, an! X2O on the loan account. The co'-
lector had received £7O lOs ld on the general dis-
trictr ate, and £9 lOs as other receipts. The balance
at the bank was £261, but cheques amountino• to
£329 were drawn at nig meeting, ha ring an adversq
balance of £66.

The Medical Officer reported a death rate of 14 26 1,
per 1.003 per annum with four dea•hs from zymotic
disease. as against a 17.16 for the corre—
sponding period of last year,
The General Purposes Committee recommended
that the surveyor be instructed to serve the proper
notices on the trustees of the late Earl of Dudley
to repair and make good damages done by their
mining operations to the reads and footpaths of the
town. The recommendation was adopted, and the
Board empowered the surveyor to hire a steam
roller for the purpose of repairing the main roads.
The Free Library Committee presented their
eighth annual report, which showed the total num-
ber of boAs in the library to be 1.399, an increase
of 122 for the year. The number of tickets now
issued was 886, being an increase of 134 on the list
last year. There were about 850 borrowers, the
average issue per week being 210. The expenditure
amounted to £79 13a 6d, of which £6O is 8d was
from the Free Library rate, A rate of LI in the
pound produced £llB les 9d, leaving a balance of
R. 58 15s 14. The reading room was well attended,
and there was a good supply of magazines and
papers.
The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the
report, remarked that the committee were entitled
to ash fr a penny rate, but yet their iequire—
ment3 htd not amounted to much more than id in
the pound.
A new district rate of 23 in the pound was signed
to meet forthcoming expenses.

COMMENTS ON CURRENT THINGS.
PERHAPS the most traffic-bound point in
Loudon is a compound crossing of roadways
lying between the Mansion House, the Bank,
and the Royal Exchange. Hundreds and
thousands of foot passengers dart in and out
among the crowd of passing carts, cabs, and
'busses daily in a desperate, yet dangerous,
endeavour to reach the farther pavement,
after having first wearily waited for many
minutes for a break in the ceaseless stream
of road traffic. Some thirty-six millions of
people run the risk of accident in this
manner every year at this point of the heart
of mid-London alone. The proposal to es-
tablish a subway beneath these busy inter
sections is a capital one, A terror of the
metropolis would thereby be removed. That
subways are practicable and very conveni-
ent several of the London railway companies
have amply shown. At the centre spoken
of and elsewhere, where danger and incon-

venience beset the passen-ger, the civic
fathers should set about making well-lighted
and well -ventilated subways. at once, and
thereby earn the unending gratitude of
thousands who, day by day, run heavy risks
to life and limb, besides wasting much pre-
cious time by reason of the enormous street
traffic of the great,pvergrown capital.
THE drivers of the splendidly-appointed
coroneted cabs which ply to and fro in the
West-end of London are at loggerheads with
their titled employer, the premier earl of
England. It is a matter of disagreement
between noble proprietor and smart Jehn as
to the amount to be paid as daily hire for the
handsome vehicles. The drivers protest
that, at any rate in the off season, they can-
not afford to pay the diurnal charges of Lord
Shrewsbury. His lordship refuses to reduce
the tariff ; hence the strike, and the tem-
porary withdrawal of the rubber-tired han-
soms from the streets. Might not the diffi-
culty be met in a measure by the authorities
permitting a slightly heavier charge tcr be
made for these luxuriously-appointed cabs
than is fixed for ordinary growlers ? Such
a plan would not be seriously resented, and
calhy and cab-lord would both be able there-
by to secure a margin of profit.

A P'ORTITI\I- _

You are invited to participate in the chances
of winning in the grand drawings of prizes
guaranteed by the State of Hamburg in which
9 millions 830,450 marks surely have to
ba won

110 WLE Y.

FACTORY ACT PROSECUTION. - At the Police
Court, on Wednesday, before 3,lei4srA. C. Holcrott
and J. H. Pearson, Me,srs. Jones and Fitzniorris,
Rowley Regis, were summoned for employing a
young person under the age of 18 after two o'clock
on a Saturday afternoon. Mr. Phtt, assistant-in-
spector, stated that he vis:ted the defendants' stone
quarry OEI the Nth September at 3.30 o'elo2k in the
afternoon, and found seven boys at work there, who
as soon as they saw him ran away. As this was
the defendants' second appearance they were now
fined 40s and 16i G 1 costs,
THE COUGH IRRITATED Hrm —Henry Tranter, of
Wright's Lane, Old Hill, was summoned for assault.
ing his sister, Maria.—D.4endant pleaded guilty,—
On Swurday night the complainant was passing
through High Stre, t, ad Hill, when the defendant
deliberately struck ler iu the mouth with his
clenched fist.—Defenclant said when he was pising
the complainant she coughed at him, and that
irritated him.—Fined 203 and costs, 10s 61

the course of these advantageous drawings
which contain according to the prospectus only
1)0.0G0 tickets. the following prizus will b,
forthcoming, viz

111,3 hi3•ll,:t prize w:11 bo ev. 500,000 Marks

Premium of 300,000 Marks-1 Prize of
200,000 Marks-2 Prizes of 100,000
Marks-1 Prize of 90,000 Marks-1 Prize ol
80,000 Marks-2 Prizes of 70,000 Marks
—1 Prize of 60,000 Marks-2 Prizes of
50 000 Marks-1 Prize of 30,000 Marks
—.5 ijAz sof 23,000 Marks-3 Prizes 01
15,000 Marks-26 Prizes of 10,000 Marks
—56 Prizes of 5,000 Marks-103 Prizes of
3,000 Marks-253 Priz?s of 2,000 Marks-
-512 Prizes of 1,000 Marks—Sl S Prizes of 500
Marks-150 Prizes of 300, 200, and 150
Marks-31720 Prizes of 145 Marks-7990 Prizes
0f124. 100, & 94 Marks-8850 Prizes of 67
10, & 20 Marks, in all 50,500 prizes
which will be sure won in 7 drawings with
the sp.x.3 of few monks.
The nighest prize of Ist Class amounts to Al
50,000, increase in 2, na Class to Al 60,000,
in 3rd 2;_r 70,000, in 4th M 80000, in sth Al
90,000, in litho AL 100,000, in 7th Al
200,000, and together with the Premium oi
Al 300,000 in the most fortunate case to IL
500,000.
For the first pcize-drawing. which is officially
fixed is the prices for
a whole original ticket only 6 sh—d. or 6 Marks,
a half original ticket only 3 sh—d. or 3 Marks
a quarter original ticket only lsh 6d, or 3.1
Marks, and 1 will forward these original tickets
guaranteed by the State (rot prohibited promis•
sory notes) even to the most distant countlies, in
return for the amount forwarded prepaid. Ever)
ticket holder will receive from me immediately
after the drawing the official lit without any
charge. _ _ _

I Qiall send also in advance and gratis the
prospectus provided with the arms of the State
containing the stakes and division of prizes in
the 7 classes.

EXHIBITIONS seem to increase and multi-
ply. Liverpool has arranged to have an in-
ternational one, all to itself, next year. This
newest-announced of "shows" is to take the
form of a Traveller's Exhibition. The great
Severn-side carrying port is certainly an ap-
propriate place in which to hold an exhibi-
tion illustrative of the history and develop-
ment of navigation, travelling, commerce,
and manufactures; but useful and educa-
tional, as such undertakings undoubtedly
are, it is not likely, we consider, that their
multiplication will prove financially success-
ful. In the matter of pounds, shillings, and
pence, the Inventions Exhibition in London
will barely clear itself, though more than
three million folk have visited it ; and there
can be no question that the great popularity
which the South Kensington show has en-
joyed has been due much more to musical
and pyrotechnic attractions than to the
serious exhibits. We fear, therefore, that
the subscribers to the £5,0000 guarantee
fund at Liverpool will have something to
regret before their adventure is ended, es-
pecially when we remember that they have
neither State support nor subsidy.
OUR volatile neighbours across the silver
streak are passing through another political
revolution. Let us hope that it will be a
bloodless one. The "Opportunist party" has
fallen in the battle of the ballot-box. Under
new guidance the foreign policy of France
may be more staple, pacific, and dignified.
If so, the country will gain strength in the
estimation of other Powers. France under
the regime she has just cast aside, has been
a good deal too much inclined to pick
quarrels and engage in hostilities with "no-
thing wherefore," to adopt a Shakespearian-
ism.

THE funeral service at our national sepul-
chre-house of the illustrious dead, in rever-
ential honour of the remains of the good
Earl of Shaftesbury, was a concession to ex-
pressed public opinion. The veteran philan-
thropist himself selected his last resting-
place beside the bones of wife and child in
the village church, down by the Dorsetshire
home of the Ashleys. A. dead man's wish
is sacred. While all that was mortal of him
who has been well styled the "Earl of
Exeter Hall," lies quietly reposing at St.
Giles's, we may yet raise an appropriate
monument in Westminster Abbey to per-
petuate. the memory of the formost adminis-
trator or Christian charity which this cen-
tury has produced.

The payment and forwarding of the sums won
to those concerned will have my special and
prom); attention, and wit the most absolute

ONE of the metropolitan stipendiary magis-
trates the other day administered a rebuke
to the police for their tendency to swell the
charge-sheet by the arrest of pprsons for
petty assaults. Large numbers of prisoners
had been from time to time placed in the
dock anA indicted for striking police con-
stables. The magistrate discountenanced
the excessive sensitiveness of the officers,
who were too apt to resort to extreme
measures on slight molestation. A police-
man; he held, should accept occasional slaps
in the face or other temporary inconveniences
as part of his day's work, as the soldier does
the chances of battle, and not constantly be
hurrying off mile to the lock-up for mere
gratification of revenge or display of
authority. In Liverpool, his worship pointed
out, the police did not charge a man with an
, assault miless it was really worth speaking
of, such as a fractured arm or leg. Perhaps
this was going a little too far ; but
.the
public will, in the main, think with the
magistrate. Policemen should be properly
propected in the rightful execution of their
duty, but they must not regard themselves
as too sacred to be touched by the
or indeed any more exempt from the rough
experiences of life than other men enga,ed.
in duties which at times call for physical
activity and occasionally evoke excitement.
The man in blue may be firm and efficient
without being vexatious or over officious.

1101101.7 ly.i oEntntent.-7.4ineri Sand Workers in the
GoldfHds.—This invaluable and renowned Ointment is
oxtensivcly used and patronised by such people to their
very grew., ftivantige, being easy of application and port-
able in sm:ki! compass. \Then used in conjunction with
is in accordance with the clear and con-
ciee diceed:ns for use venich accompany each pot and
box, thcr • ere but few of the diseases which afflict man-
kind which will not yield to the sanadve powers of the
combined ,emedies. Holloway's Ointment and Pills do
not det.:iiorate by keeping nor by change of climate,
and as they c,mtain no deleterious mineral drug, they
can be used with the most perfect safety under the most
adverse climatic and sanitary conditions.

seer(' .y.

TARAXACIDI AND PODOPHYLLIN.--..A liver medicine
without mercury is a mixture of juices of the mandrake
aud dandelion plants, goo I for headache, torpidity,
costiveness, flatulence, heartburn, indigestion, blilious•
nets repugnance to food, geceral discomiort, depres—
sion, citc. Pepper's 'faraxacum and Podophyllio, by
stimulating the liver with a most gentle action on the
stomach, is the eldest, most reliable medicine. Bottl
2s, 9,1 Sold evervl-ectere. inaist ou hay rig Pepper's

la' All orders can be sent by the medium of a
Post Office Order, cr per cheque, or in
English Postage Stamps, or by Postal-Orders.
;Please address the orders before the
30 of October

on account of the approaching drawing of tin
prizes in all confidence directly to

Samuel Heckscher senr.,

Banker and exchange agent at
Hamburg, Germany.

TkiitOAT FO.,C rin -'5% INT) IL/3.11;7Ne85..A11 suffer
ing from irritation, ot tilt) throat aad hoarseness will
be agreeabl;f surprised at the almost immediate relief
afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial Traches '
These famous "lozenges" are now sold by most respect-
able chemists in this country at is lid per box. Peo,,le
troubled with a 4.hicking cough," a "slight c3ld," Or
bronchical affections, cannot try them too soon, as
similar troubles, if allowed to progress, consu:t in
serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affections. See that
the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches" are on the
Government Stamp around each box.—Prepared by
Joar? I. Baowx & Boas, Boston, U.S, European depot,
33, Farriugclon Road, Loudon.

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