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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

VACCI NATION.

In answer to Mr. Hopmiod, Mr. Munciella said: On
inquiry at the Local Goveenment Board, Dr. Buchanan
had furnished the followng statement: "I have ex-
amined, as a medical inspector of her Majesty's Privy
Council, tens of thousands of children in public and
private elementary schools. My custom was to inform
the master or mistress of lay object—viz., to get infor-
mation as to the efficiency of the local vaccination—
and to ask if they had any objection to my examining
the arms of the children and noting the vaccine scars.
I never but once met with any refusal, either in Lon-
don or the country. Having examined the children's
arms (usually to their great amusement) I gave a list of
the unvaccinated to the master and asked him to call
the attention of the children's parents to the fact that
they were not protected agalnst smallpox."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

"A HOUSE FOR SALE.'

A citizen in the western part of the city who had a
house for sale says that he has learned more of
human nature in the last three months than during all
his life before. Nine people out of ten who come to
look at his 10,000 dols. house haven't ten dollars to
buy with. The same proportion are deliberate liars.
Nineteen out of twenty want every room changed
about. Ten out of twelve go all through the house
and then object to the street. Not one single woman
out of the scores who have called at the house had
any other idea than to satisfy a temporary curiosity.
One woman had every room in the house
measured to see if her carpets would fit and
then suddenly discovered that the house was a
whole block from the street cars. Another sat for
two hours and planned how she would fix every room,
an then left the place in a huff because there wasn't
a Methodist church on the next corner. A third was
about to leave two hundred dollars to bind the bargain
until next day, when it suddenly occurred to her that
her sister out in Pontiac might not like the location.
Out of sixty or seventy men )who have called every
one liked the lccation, thought the property cheap,
and would return next day. The citizen finally got
tired of such conduct, and now when anyone es Is he

".Doyouwish tolook at.the.hollso or the furni.,
hirer

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"Oh, the house, of coir-se."
"Well. this house stands on the north sidle of the
street. It is on block fourteen, lot forty-two. The
house is of wood. It is forty rods to a church and
eighty to a school house. Circus processions never
come this way. Now, then, have yon any idea of
buying?"
"Certainly. We must move next week."
"Very well. Please deposit two dollars for my
trouble in showing you over.
"Two dollars! I'd like to see myself! Why,
yourhouse is the poorest one for sale in all Detroit,
and I'd not live in it rent free."

----4713ut—yon came here to buy ?"
No, I didn't. I happened to be passing, saw your
sign, and I thought I might as well tramp over your
premises as to go down town. Good morning, sinl
You'd better insure your house and set fire to it!"—
Americass Paper.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

TILE RIOTS AT CLEATOR Broom

In the Houss or 00-3f14-0-NS sir W.dHarcourt ex-
plained, in reply to questions by Mr. Sexton and Mr. T.
P. O'Connor in reference to the fatal rioting at Oleator
Moor, that the sole responsibility for the conservation
of the public peace rested with the magistrates, over
whom the Executive Government had no jurisdiction.
He expressed his opinion that the magistrates in this
instance had been guilty of no neglect of duty, and his
strong disapproval of the detestable practice of going
armed to public meetings; and added that if there
should be any attempt to keep back at the coroner's in-
vest evidence incriminating the offenders, the Govern-
ment would use every effort to secure that the guilty
parties should be brought to justice.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The Mark Lou: Express says: The rainfall which
has occurred during the past week has been of great
benefit to all the spring-sown crops and to the wheat
crops. Some of the wheats have been twisted by the
storms, but the damage of that kind has probably
been slight. The hop crop shows some improvement.
With a better prospect for keep, values of store stock
have been quoted higher at some recent markets.
There have, unfortunately, been some fresh outbreaks
of foot-and-mouth disease.

The-reports from abroad are generally good. The
reports of the American Department of Agriculture
speak of the crops as follows: Maize is grown on an
area two per cent, larger than last year. It is healthy
in colour, and growing fast, but the estimated yield
is five per cent. under. Spring wheat is an average
crop, and winter wheat six per cent. under, much of
which is already cut. Barley is put at four per cent.
under average; oats at two per cent. under; and rye
three per cent. under. From France and Germany
the reports are, of wheat, maturing well with the
continuance of hot weather; barley and oats are
suffering from drought, and require rain badly.
Cyprus has had one of the best harvests ever gathered
in, while the cultivated area shows a large increase.
In Calcutta, the crops of wheat are suffering from the
continuarot% of drought.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

CRADLE Y HEATH.

DEATH FROM BURNS. A shocking accident
occurred on Wednesday night to a girl named
A ice Harbidge. aged 18, of G:ainger's Lane,
Cradley Heath. It appears that on Wednesday
night the girl, who had bad eyes, was having a
poultice put on them, and it is supposed that some
watei Rot on the lamp and it burst. The girl's
night dress caught fire and eh° was so severely
blunt that she died at 5 o'clock the next tar ruing.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

lIAGLEY.

STOCK SALE. - At their sale on Monday last,
Messrs. Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge again had
a good supply of all classes of stock, comprising 50
head of cattle, 394 sheep and lambs, 20 calves, and
128 pigs. Trade was brisk and there was a marked
improvement in the price of sheep. Beef was sold
at about last week's rates. Fat bullocks mads as
high as .224 5s Od, sheep 66s 6d, lambs 475, calves
£5 15s Od.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

DUD -EY

31AGIcTiCRIAL.—It the folice Court on Wedm
d ,y, b?.f ore the Mayor (Ald,rinan Howat) mil Mr.
John Bateman (magistrates), Samuel Sutton (2.5),
w s s-nt t) gaol for a month fur beating his
iLtnnah. Defendant was "on strike," and
complainant, having been working hard all the
week to maintain the house to be allowed to lie in
bed on Sunday morning, In answer to her request
that her husband would light the fire, he gave fer
blows in the face, sadly disfiguri.t, her.—For a
similiar offence, William Henry Kits n (33), labourer,
was sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment. Ho
blackened his wife's eye, cut open tier cheek, bruised
tier in the bosom, and kicked her on the leg. A
judicial separation was granted, and the defendant
ordered to pay 5s a week towards his wife's main-
tenauce. Mr. Barradale (migistrates' clerk) said
the numerous cases of wife beating which came
into that c;iurt were clisgta.:t.fal to the men of the
borough,
SCHooh BoAnn,—Alderman Wainwright presided
at the adj.-nrned meting of this Board on Wed-
nesday. The committee presente,l a letter to be
sent to the Local Government Board in reply to
Dr. Cosens's objection to the eulsrgement of Staf-
ford Street School. The Board adopted the letter.
The Chairman showed thst it would be better to
close the schools for the holidays, for, owing to the
colliers' stike and the preva'ence of the m-asles,
tile children were attending very irregularly. It
aas agreed to close the schools for three weeks at
the end of this week. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

THE IRON TRADE

Wolverhampton, Wednesday.

The market this afternoon was of a quiet
character, and the business transacted was limited.
The negotations w,ich were co timcnced
.at the
quarterly meetings held last week by differeir,
m r,hants for the pur.-hase of various d-scriptions
of iron were cont.ined to-d ,y, hot only in a few
instances were bargains clo,ed. Some -of the
mandsciurers reported a s! ea,dier demand for bars
and sheets, but a fair rn nut of trade was recorded
In hoops for export There was little thing, how-
ever, in rods or boiler plates, though girder phtes
appeared to bi in more demand by some of the
local consumers. The prices for these articles show
no improvement. In pigs the sales were few in
number, and those that took p!ace were only fur
small pa”cels of from 2!:0 to 500 tons. For part
mine the prices my from 425. 6d. to 503. per ton,
while brands from outside di•tricts were disposable
at 424. ,o 475. 6d. Atair tvtd.was done in minerals,
and a few collierymas.era wnose pits are going re-
ported a slightly increased demand for manufactur.
ink( fuel, though owing to the competition from
other districts the prices are no higher. It Birming-
haul to-morrow (Thuradoy) a ge, eral meeting of the
eoalmasters is c .nvcried to conbider the wages
question.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

THE CHOLERA IN FRANCE.

The exodus from Marseilles continues. The higher
glasses have left or are leaving. The wealthy quarters
of this city are deserted. The streets are dull and
languid. More than 40,000 people are said to have
left the city, flying from the cholera. Several have
fallen victims on the way. Seven thousand persons
have left within the last few days. People have
actually camped at the railroad station from twelve at
night in order to leave in the morning at five o'clock,
and be the first at the ticket-office, where a regular
struggle has taken place to get tickets. The number
of officials on the railroad has not been increased, and
the staff is therefore exhausted by the increased
amount of business. More than 7000 packagN have
been registered since Friday in last week.
The victims to the epidemic are, a Marseilles corre-
spondent says, buried at night. They are very
numerous, and the hearses pass through the streets
most frequented from nine o'clock at night. They
pass along the Rue Cannebiere and the Rue de
Noailles in front of the cafés, and form a regular pro-
cession of a ghastly character. The people sitting at
the tables in these streets are compelled to look on
at this doleful sight. The hearses are hard-worked,
and there are not enough of them. They are thus
compelled to go at a trot in order to finish their task
before morning. On the night of the 12th ult., there
not being sufficient coffins, one choleraic victim was
buried simply in his winding-sheet. The same day
the register showed 74 as the number of deaths from
cholera; but a correspondent had it from a source not
to be questioned that the number was really 8a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

SUNDAY DELIVERY OF LETTERS IN IRELAND.

Mr. Fawcett, in answer to Mr. Healy, said: There
9.re very few towns in Ireland in which there is not a
house to house delivery of letters on Sunday; and a
Sunday delivery in these towns would be given if it was
generally desired by the inhabitants. No such repre-
sentation in favour of a Sunday delivery has been re-
ceived from Derry. The only towns, I believe, in Ire-
land which have not a Sunday delivery are Antrim.
Belfast, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Newtownards, and
Portadown. .
PUBLIC nrslxEss.
Mr. Gladstone; pursuant to notice, moved that
Government business have precedence on the remaining
Wednesdays of the session, whereupon Sir H. Wolff
asked for some information as to what was to be the
length of the session, and whether, in case of the Con-
ference not having come to any result when the House
had finished the business, members were to be kept
" twiddlins thP.4 tlitgaktV- _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

KIDDERMINSTER

ATTEMPTED bUICIDE. Jane Motile. a married
woman, living in York Street, was walking home-
wards on Wednesday night, with her sou, a boy of
eleveu, when she s•tddenly left him near Caldwall
I:3:idge, and ran down to the canal side and jumped
in. Superintendent Ebury happened to be passing
near the spt, and with asi:is.anee Le got Mrs.
lloule out. Sae wus.,:takeft to the police-station,
where she recovered flora the uncontoious State in
wit eti she was. Subfequently she was taken to
the workhous.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

GENERAL NEWS.

POLICEMEN SHOT BY BURGLARS IN

LONDON.

AN EXCITING CHASE.

A Central News telegram says :—Another case of
policemen shot by burglars occurred in -London
early yesterday morning. At a few minutes past
five, while two constables of theG Division were
Patrolling Murray btreet, Hoxton, they came upon
burglars. A chase ensued, and upon the police
overhauling the burglars, the pursued turned round
and Bred point blank at both constables, hitting one
in the groin and the other one in the upper part, of
the thigh. Both fell, but were able to spring their
rattles, and two of the would-be murderers were
shortly afterwards captured and conveyed to the
station.

Another telegram says :--It am ars that all
three of the men engaged in the affair are well-
known to the police and it was only a few minutes
after the outrage that two of them were captured
and conveyed to Old Street Police Station, and the
police confidently expect to arrest the third before
many hours. Both constables are now lying in the
iflficnatry in a precarious condition.
A later telegram says :—The two constabl.s shot
in lioxton, by burgul,rs, this moiling, are in a
critical condition. One i- not expecte ito live.
the two burglars admit baying fired upon them
to effect their escape. The men had broken into
the Vicarage, lioxtoa. A considerab!e quantity of
valuables were found packed up ready for removal.
After the shots were fired at the police, a number
of people joined in the chase and materially aided
in the capture. The first burglar was secured by
a volunteer, who hit him with the butt end of his
rifle, which was broken in the struggle. The other
burglar gave an exciting chase, finally clambering
to the roof of some houses, where be stool at bay
threatening to shoot any who came near him. A
crowd gathered round, throwing stones, bricks, and
other missiles, while a policeman crept up behind,
finally seizing and securing him. tioth priseners
were fashionably dressed.

THE ChOLERA.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

ROWING MATCHES AT H.VMURG.

A correspondent at Hamburg gives the following
details of the rowing matches on the /aster last Satur-
day. The great event of the day was the international
race for the Harmmonia Cup, for four-oared out-
riggers. Five boats appeared at the start, three of
different Hamburg clubs, one from Bremen, and one
from the Thames Rowing Club. The Germania club
took the lead at the start, and kept it till near the
finish, when the English crew, which followed second,
put on a splendid spurt, and came in the victor by
nearly two lengths; time, 7 min. 8 see., over a course
of 2000 metres. The prizes consists of a silver drink-
ing cup worth .£BO, and five silver medals. Three
other matches came off between boats from Hamburg;
Bremen, Berlin, Magdeburg, Stettin, and Kiel.
Thousands of spectators were present in boats and 011
the banks.

A MAN BLOWN TO PIECES.
A correspondent at Hong-Kong, writing on Juno
5, says: A fatal accident occurred on board her
Majesty's sloop Daring on the 3rd inst. Joseph
Worthmore, private Royal Marines, and William
Jones, able seaman, were standing in front of the gun,
engaged in reloading it after it had been fired. Sud-
denly the charge exploded, and killed them both in-
stantly. Worthmore w 5.53 blown to pieces out of the
port, and no trace of his remains could be found.
Jones was found lying half out of the port, with his
right arm torn off from the shoulder. Two other
men who were standing near received slight injuries,
It is supposed that the accident was due to dafeotive
sponging.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

DANGERS OF THE LONDON STREETS.

We receive (remarks the Times) from time to time
unpleasant tales in proof of the insecurity of the
London streets. Foot passengers are attacked and
robbed, sometimes at night, sometimes in broad day-
light, sometimes in lonely quarters, at other times in
the presence and, we might almost say, with the tacit
approval of those to whom they might naturally look
for help. The incidents vary. The fortunate class of
sufferers are those who escape with the loss of watch
or purse or whatever else they may happen to have
about them which comes within the thief's clutch.
These are the most numerous cases. They occur by
hundreds, and are accepted quietly for the most part,
and never come before the notice of the public at all.
If the thief makes off with his booty the transaction
is commonly at an end. The more grave eases are
those in which robbery is attended with violence,
it may be with extreme violence, and in which the
unhappy victim is battered and bruised and kicked
in the most merciless fashion, and comes off With his
ribs broken, or his teeth knocked out, or in some
other way half-maimed for life. Work of this sort is
commonly done by a gang. Three or four men
together set upon one, and take effective measures
for disabling him, so as to make sure of their prey
afterwards. But high-handed, open violence, a fac-
tion fight between contending crowds, has long ceased
to be an incident of London life. An outrage of so
grave a kind would be repressed at once by the
police. But neither in London nor elsewhere can we
expect the police to be übiquitous. There will
always be lonely corners, narrow, out-of-the-way
streets and passages, where deeds of violence can be
done with some prospect of impunity. The cautious
foot-passenger' will avoid these for he well knows
that he must take his chance if he ventures Upon them,
and that his experience of their dangers will be most.
unpleasant if it comes.

"Yes, judge," said a prisoner, "I admit that my
trousers was tangled in the dog's teeth, and that I
dragged the animal away; but if you call that steal-
ing a dog, no man on earth is safe from committing
crime."
"My dear," said a wife to her husband, "I shall
henceforth call you 'Fire." "Why, love, will you
apply such a peculiar name to me?" asked her
husband. "Because you go out generally every
ME ten-

"CATCHING TUX Arii."—J-O-n—ei (who thinks he has
an ear for music, alluding to air of steamboat baud):
"I say, old chappie, 11l bet you a half-crown you
don't know whst *hat's out of." Brown (who really
knows something about music) : "Done—it's out of
tune!' [Collapse of Brown.J-- Moonshine.
His SHARPEST Siiiinitsii.—Sub (to the Major, just
returned from Egypt with the V.C.) : "By jove,
Major you've seen some service. Which do you
consider the hottest action you were ever in ?” The
Major: "One in the Queei.'e Bench years ago—for
breach of proraise."—luu.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

AN ABORIGINAL DWELLING.

A short time ago there was discovered in a marsh at
Schussenried, in Wurtemburg, a well-preserved hut of
the age of stone. The flooring and a part of the walls
were intact; and, as appeared from a careful admea-
surement, had formed, when complete, a rectangle,
10 metres long and 7 metres wide. The hut was
divided into two compartments, communicating with
each other by a foot-bridge made of three girders.
The single door, looking towards the south, was a
metre wide, and opened into a room 6.50 metres long
and 4 metres wide. In one corner lay a heap of stones
which had apparently formed the fireplace. This
room was the kitchen, "the living room," and
Probably a night refuge for the cattle in cold
weat:her. The second room, which had no opening
outside, measured 6.50 metres long and 5 metres
wide, and was no doubt used as the family bed-
chamber. The floors of both rooms were formed of
round logs and the walls of split logs. This be it re-
membered, was a hut of the Stone Age. it may be
safely presumed that the lake dwellings of the Bronze i
Age were larger n size and less primitive in their
arrangements. At both periods the platform sup-
porting the houses communicated with the shore by
means of a bridge (probably removable at pleasure)
and with the water by ladders. These ladders, as
appears from an example found at Chavannes, were
made of a single stang with holes for the staves-
which Drotr,:cled on either mac'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

BROMSGROVE.

SCHOOL BOARD.—At the monthly meeting of the
School Board, ihe Rev. F. Paget presiding, tbe con-
tention as to the charges of Mr. Humphreys, re-
turning officer in the late election, was ended by a
letter from the Education Department, in which
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nesday, before Mr. S. Smallwood and the Rev. R.
T. Eaton (magistrates), Henry Evans, William
Atkinson, Kate Evans, and Dora Atkinson, in cus-
tody, were charged with begging on the 10:11 inst.
As it was proved that the accused had acted wi;li
great violence they were shit' need to twenty-one
days' hard labour each.—Thomas Barton and Wil-
liim Jones were charged on remand with breaking
lind entering the dwelling hou.e of Mr. H. T Bar•
ford, at the Lint hurs!, on the morning of Sunday,
the 6th jest, and stealing six silver-pla.td forks, a
butter knife, five brooches, two pairs oia-drops, a
sleeve link, a brooch,. and other articles. Both
prisoners were committed for trial at Worcest-r
Assizes.—John Ince, a coarse-looking yout.i, W e
committed for a month's hard labour for commit-
ting an aggravated as ault upon Harriet Good, aged
seven years, at Catskill, on the sth instant.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

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UPPER V MIDDLE AND LOWER OF STOURBRIDGE
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ri Wedue,sday n 1 eude:l in a viotory for te
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UPPER ScriooL.

C, W. Addis in, c and b Hemming 2l
J. Shacklock, c Bennat b Hemming 9
J. Gillarn, b J. fling ley
F. Goddard, c Bennett. b Hemming
Pargeter, b Hemming l4
H. L. Firmstone, c Green, b Hinglay ......
H. Wood, c Ilingley, b Hemming 2
Mees, c Hingley, b Hemming . 2
S. Gillam, c Bennett, b Hingley„ 3
W. Renaud, c Green, b Hemming 0
Substitute, not out
Extra 8

• Total 71

MIDDLE AND LOWER SCHOOL

Hemming, bJ. Shack lock.— - .
J. Hingley, c Pargeter, b Shacklock l3
B. Holmes, c Pargeter, b Shacklock 0
S. reoley, b C. W. Addison
S. Green, bC. W. Addison .. 1
Bernett 1, 1 Goddard, bC. W. Addison ...... 0
J. Addison, bC. W, Addison ..... 3
Cook, b Addison
Rollason, not out
Substitute, rut out 2
C. Wood, c and b C. W. Addison__
Extras 7

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Total 63

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THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

r algis'afte rpliEd Mit it woukt be Erne enough
to consider what they should do when the Conference
bad actually, come to no result, a contingency which he
had no reason to expect. There were three weeks'
• business on the paper, which must be disposed of, Con.
ference or no Conference, and when the business of
Supply was drawing to a close he admitted that such an
inquh'y Would be perfectly fair; but at present there
was no ground for expecting that there would be any
inconvenience to the House from a prolongation of the
proceedings of the Conference.
After some remarks from Mr. Maclver by way of
protest on behalf of the Merchant Shipping Bill, the
motion was agreed to.
Mr. Gladstone then moved that the Monday and
Thursday rule for supply be applicable to Tuesdays and
Wednesdays.
Sir William Barttelot protested against the motion,
which, he maintained, would have been unnecessary
had the Government done its duty by giving more time
for supply earlier in the session.
In the course of subsequent discussion, Mr. Dillwyp
suggested the addition of the words "in view of an
autumn session" as a preamble ta mark the excep-
tional nature of the case; but Mr. Gladstone ob-
jected to this, remarking, among other things, that it
was premature to assume that there would be an autumn
session.

Mr. ,Ashme,ad-Bartlett spoke and Mr. A. O'Connor
strongly opposed the motion and took a division against
it, with the result that it was carried by 185 to 46.
SUPPLY.
The House went into Committee of Supply, and was
engaged to a late hour on the Navy Estimates.
On the vote of £1,573,600 for the dockyards at home
and abroad there was the usual comprehensive and
discursive discussion.
Sir T. Brassey, in answer to criticisms from Mr. A.
Egerton, gave an account of recent reorganisation of
the Constructor's Department.
Mr. Gorst made some remarks on this subject, and
Captain Price replied to a recent speech of Lord North-
brook on the strength of the navy while Mr. Rylands
and Mr. Illingworth recommended greater reliance on
private yards.
Mr. W. H. Smith canvassed the causes of the delay
in completing ships, and made inquiries as to the pro-
gress of the naval guns.
Mr. Carapbell-Bannennan, in reply, argued that it
was impossible when a ship was laid down to adhere with
pedantic accuracy to the original design, and among the
chief causes of delay he mentioned the entire trans-
formation of our naval armament. This affected the
construction of ships, but no ship had been actually
delayed for want of guns. As to the gun itself, it was
the most modern and powerful.
The Vote was subseqlently agreed to, as were also
the Votes for the Victualling Yards, Medical Establish-
ments, Marine Divisions, and Naval Stores.
Several bills were forwarded a stage, and the House
adjourned at twenty minutes past two o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

SERIOUS TRAMCAR ACCIDENT.

The Dudley Coroner (Mr. E. Percy Jobson) and I
his brother, Mr. Howard Jobson, manufacturer,
were seriously injured at Brettell Lane on Sunday
night. They were driving from their mother's
residence, at Churchill Court, when the tramcar
from Dudley came into collision with their dog-
cart. The vehicle was smashed, and Mr. Howard
Jobson, who was driving at a slow pace, was
dragged into the road. He was badly cut about
the head and rendered insen-ible. Dr. Turner gave
prompt attention, and owing to the critical nature
of the case ordered Mr. Jobson to be at once re-
moved to the residence at Dudley. The Borough
Coroner was severely shaken and received injuries
to the leg. The accident took place where the
tramcar rounds the bend and changes lines, near
Mr. John Hall's. Messrs. Jobson stated soon
after the occurrence that they shouted at the tram
driver, who failed to slacken speed, and was paying
no attention to the road in front.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

A MARSEILLES STEAMER 1N THE MERSEY.

TWO DEATHS ON BOARD.

s.,yB :—The steamer St. Dustan, from
Our Liverpool correspondent telegraphing this
on the 9th inst., in ballast, arrived in
Marseille, on
this mornin2. Her coming had been
known to the authorities, and the Medical Officer
of Heallh boarded her at at once, and found that
two deaths had occurced on the voyage. Cummuni-
cL:tion, with :lore was immediately cut off, and
ovtny pr(Aaution taken to isolate tbe v 83;31. bile
bud a crew of 33, but no passengers,

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF PERJURY.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

13REiCH OF PROMISE -CASE.'

tin Monday Mr. Justice Maniey was engaged at
Newcastle Assizes, without a jury, in the triatcf the
breaeh .of promise case, Harkness v. Findh. The
plaintiff was Miss Isabella Harkness, a dressmaker,
and the defendant, Colin Finch, a joiner, both living
at Veiling, near Newcastle. Mr. Walton, for the
plaintiff, stated that the defendant had Shown atten-
tions to Miss Harkness since 1876, and in iBB he
promised to marry her. Last year, however, 'he
suddenly broke off his attentions, and the explanation
was soon forthcoming in the fact that he had become
attached to a woman with a greengrocery business
and a firnished louse. This woman he afterwards
married. After the plaintiff had given her evidence,
Mr. Joel, for the defendant, said he would only deal
with the question of damages. His Lordship awarded
the plaintiff £65, including costs, the amount to be
paid in five years. He remarked that it was no we
giving judgment far more than a man could pay, b.'s

RAILWAY DISASTER IN AMERICA.
The Guion . Line United States mail steamer.
Alaska, which has just arrived at Liverpool, brought
particulars of a terrible railway catastrophe which
occurred in St. Louis, Mohican, on the 2nd inst.,
when a train was thrown into a river, and it was
believed that at least fifteen lives had been lost. The
engineer in charge of the train was slowing up to
,cross the bridge, and the train came almost to a stop
cat the structure. He then put on a little extra
steam to bring the train over when the bridge gave
way- When he found the bridge freaking he blew
the darm whistle, and continued to sound it until
tthahetenbralitalfrnng
was under water. It was believed
jump froina the bridgaeninurntobteher of
river,
pale nawse:veeatbiale emto.
selves by swimming. One car left the :track, and
this, it was said, was the only thing that prevented
the whole trs.in from being thrown into the rivcr. As
it was the engine and six cars were precipitated into
the river, a distastee of some forty feet. The wt
where the accident happened was near a place calkJ
Cunaingham. -Up to the 4th inst. nine bodies
had been recovered, and it was not known exactly
how many were nada tho rains of the bridge and
train.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

1 II WAgTZD, to pleh fint-cliss Machinery
0 1. Liberal Commission.— iox 201, Post Offic,
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that members had been stopped by the police co their
way to the House, an@ Sir William Harcourt, while
repeating his praise of the police arrangements, pro-
mised to look into any cases which might be furnished
to him. ,

SUPPLY.
The House went into Cbmmittee of Supply, and pro-
ceeded with the Irish Estimates in Class 11. of the
Civil Service Estimates.

After the vote of £2137 for the Charitable Donations
and Bequests Office had been agreed to, the vote of
£139,544 for the Board of Works underwent a pro-
longed and discursive discussionl A motion to reduce
the vote was negatived by 105 to 22, and shortly before
midnight the vote was agreed to:
The next vote, £57,997 for the. Public Works Office,
was also exhaustively canvassedould in addition to the
criticisms of Mr. Sexton, Mr. Dawson, and other Irish
members, Mr. Labouchere went throught the various
items of the vote, complaining of the extravagance of
the department.
Mr. Courtney replied, and MAL Fowler, comment-
ing on this reply, declared that it was useless to expect
economy from this Parliament, and confessed that the
Liberal party had not fulfilled its pledges in this
respect. In the end the vote was agreed to.
The House adjourned at a late hour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-26

HAtauvEY AND OTHER CARRIAGES.

The Cusboms and Inland Revenue Act, 1884, 47
and 48 Vict., c. 25, has just been issued. Its principal
clauses deal with the duty on hackney carriages, and
on carriages of every description, the licenses for
which may be taken out on or after the Ist of October
in any year. Heretofore the duty on all carriages
plying for hire, or used for other than business pur-
poses, has been two guineas per annum for four-
wheeled carriages of more than 4cwt., and 15s. per
annum for two-wheeled carriages and four-wheelers
wader 4cwt. The Act, now passed amends this, inas-
much as-hackney carriages, irrespective of weight,
vtill be charged only 15s. per annum, a hackney car-
riage being one so defined by the Metropolitan Public
Act, 1869, by the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847, or
the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act,
1862, whether adopted in town or burgh or not.. In
other words where the local authorities regulate the
fares the duty is to be but 15s. The privilege of a
half-yearly licence does not apply to hackney
carriages, but in regard to all other carriages it does,
half duty being only charged for all licences taken out,
after the Ist of October—that is, £1 is for those at
the higher rate, and 7s. 6d. for those at the lower.

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ACCOUCILEMENT OF THE DUCHESS OF
ALBANY.

under date Claremont, July 20, the Court Circular
says:

The Quaen, attended by the Hon. Eforatia Stopford,
arrived at Claremont yesterday evening at twenty
minutes before nine.

The Duchess of Albany was safely delivered of a
Prince at twenty-five minutes past eleven.
Her Majesty was with her Royal Highness the
whole of the time. Both the Duchess and the Infant
Prince are going on as well as possible.
The Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
Secretary of State, certified the Prince's birth.
This event has caused the Queen the most lively
satisfaction, and is a source of deep thankfulness to
her Majesty.

Windsor correspondent writes: The Queen re-
ceived at Windsor Castle on Saturday intelligence of
the sudden indisposition of the Duchess of Albany.
Her Majesty, who since the death of Prince Leopold
has displayed much anxiety with reference to the
condition of her Royal Highness, had arranged to
leave Windsor Castle on Monday morning for
Osborne, with the intention, it was understood, of
proceeding in the course of next month from the Isle
of Wight to Claremont--to which the Duchess has
only just returned—and staying for a time with her
during her anticipated illness. A special train
had been ordered for the conveyance of her
Majesty to the coast, en route for the Isle of
Wight, where the Queen's horses and carriages
had already been despatched; but the Court
plans have been entirely unsettled by the event which
has just happened at Esher, and the Royal journey to
Osborne has for the moment been abandoned. Her
Majesty, upon being informed of the imminence of the
Duchess of Albany's accouchement, immediately pre-
pared to quit the Palace for Claremont. Her
Majesty, attended by the Hon. Horatio Stopford,
quitted the Castle about seven o'clock, driving in a,
landau drawn by four horses, and preceded by an out-
rider, through the grounds to Old Windsor and by
Runnymede, Staines, and Laleham, to Claremont,
where she remained for the night. The
Duchess of Albany was safely delivered of a son
at eleven twenty-five, about three hours after the
Queen's arrival, and her Royal Hizhness and the
infant Duke are progressing favourably. Princess
Beatrice did not accompany her Majesty to Claremont.
Her Royal Highness drove to Cumberland Lodge,
and after dining with Princess Christian returned in
the evening to Windsor Castle. The happy result
was officially intimated on Sunday morning by Sir
John Cowell, the Master of the Royal Household,
who remained at the Castle, to the Mayor of Windsor.
The bells of St. George's Chapel and Windsor parish
church rang merrily in the evening in honour of the
occasion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-26

1:11..4 LATE PRINCE OF ORANGE.

Writing from the Hague, the correspondent of the
Standard says:
The private fortune left by the hate Prince of
Orange is estimated to amount to eight million
guilders, or over six hundred. and sixty thousand
pounds sterling.
Amongst the treasures in the deceased Prince's
collections are numerous paintings, miniatures, his-
torical documents, and ancient relics of high value,
in addition to the jewels of his mother, the late Queen
Sophia.
The whole of the property would, ender the '-d-
-liar circumstances of the case, be inherited by the
King; but his Majesty has renounced his right in
favour of his daughter, the Crown Princess Wilhel-
mine. With the exception of the late Queen's jewel-
lery, which is to be kept for the Crown Princess, the
personal property is all to be sold by auction.

Mrs. Edwards, of the Castle, Natmel, itadnorstbro,
who was committed for trial at the assizes, charged
with the wilful murder of her servant glrl, Ann
Hathaway, has been removed to a criminal lunatie
asylum, under a woxraut from the Home Secretary.
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RAILWAY RATES.

Lord Henniker moved a Standing Order, giving a
discretionary power to Select Committees of the House
to hear Chambers of Commerce or Agriculture, or other
similar bodies, on their petition that any trade or busi-
ness would be injured by Railway Bills before such
committees.

After a discussion the proposed standing order was
amended on the motion of Lord Winmarleigh, by being
deprived of a retrospective operation in respect of
railway fares and rates authorised by existing Acts.
In its amended shape it received the support of the
Government, and was adopted by the House without a
division.