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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

BROMSGROVE.

THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC STIMULANTS IN CASES OF DI-
EASES-At the meeting of the Board of Guardians,
liumphreys, clerk, read extracts from reports recently
laid before the Wrexham Board of Guardians, by Mr.
Ralph, master of the Workhouse, and Dr Davies, medi
cal officer, concerning the use of stimulants in cases of
disease, upon which subject a letter from Mr. Raymond,
a medical officer of the Broinsgrove Union, recently
appeared in the poet. Mr. Ralph's report was accompanied
by a carefully prepared tabular statement, which showed
that the total cost for alcoholic stimulants in the work-
house for the year ended Lady-day. 1870, £122 Bs., and
the beef-tea and eggs for the same period. £27 8s 7/d.
In the years ended Lady-day, 1874 and 1875, the cost of
alconolic stimlants was nil, the use of those stimulants
having been discontinued ; and the cost of beef-tea and
eggs in these years years was £33 10s 9d and £4l 2,2 d
repectively. The total cost of the three medical extras
named was, in 1870, £149 lfis 9il. ; while in 1875 they
cost only £4l 4s 2d., being a saving at the the rate of
£lOB 14s ad per annum. Mr. Ralph added that he had
not heard any specific complaint against the discontinu•
ance of the use of alcoholic stimulants by any pauper,
and he believed the inmates of Wrexham Workhouse were
as happy and as well conducted as the inmates of any
similar institution in the land. It was difficult for the
physician to discontinue the habit of recommending
alcohol as a stimulant; but within the last few years the
matter had received some attention, and he (Dr. Davies)
believed the day was fast approaching when the use of
alcoholic as a medicine would be almost, if not entirely
discarde4 —ln the remarks which followed it was stated
that the Local Government Board had expressed them-
selves welt pierced with what had been done at Wrexham
and it was thought the system was well worthy of a
trial elsewhere
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

THE " LENNIE."

In London, cn Saturday, at the Bow-street Police.
rot, Matte Cargalis, :i6, Paraecho3 Leosis, 26,
Pascules Caludis, 31, Giovanni Savos Moms, 31,
Greeks; Giovanni Cacaris, 21, George Kaida, 19, and
Georgios Angelos, 20, Turks; Guiaeppe Lettes, 22, an
Austrian; Giovanni Canes,a, 35, an Italian; Peter
Peterson, 25, a Dane; and Charles Renken, 24, an
Englishman, were brought before Sir Thomas Henry
for further examination on the charges of murder and
mutiny on board the Lennie.—The following report of
the case is taken from The Times :
Mr. Poland prosecuted on behalf of the Treasury; Mr.
Sidney Woolf appeared for the Greek prisoners, instructed
by the Greek Consulate; Mr. Beard, instructed by the Otto-
man Consulate, appeared for the Turks ; Mr. Cartwright in-
terpreted in Greek and Italian ; and Mr. Ealstrom for Peter-
son.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

ROWLEY.

SCEIOOL BOARD.—The ordinary monthly meeting wa
held in the Board Room, on Monday, under the presi-
dency of Mr. W. Bassano.—lt was stated that by the
contract entered into with the builders of the Old Hill,
Knowle, and Tividale Schools, the schools were to have
been finished and handed over to the Board a month
ago. As this had not been done in either case, it was
resolved to give notice to the builders that the full
penalty (XlO I,er week) was running, aud would be en-
forced according to the discretion of the Board.—An
assistant mistress was appointed to take charge of the
infants at the Old Hill bchools, at a sa'ary of £4O per
year.--The necessary documents were executed in order
to obtain payment of a further instalment of £3,777, on
account of the second loan from the Public \Yolks Loan
Commissioners.—The members of the Finance and
General Purposes Committee of last 3.ear were re-
appointed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

ON A BEE I'VE BEE(N)

How doth the lively Spelling Bee I
Delight the evening hour, I
And bother folks of each degree—
Sweet maids and spinsters sour. -
Hard names that few have ever heard I
Are bandied round pell-mell;
And NUTTALL finds some crack-jaw words
That not all folks can spell.
t Tr'.l I
With BUTTER, MAYOR, VYSE, each day,

I

Let my spare time be pass'd'r
So at the Spelling Bee I may vstnlu'l
Win some nice prize at last —Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

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We cannot be surprised at the controversy
which has r,),ged round the it ,yal Ties B U.
If her 2.lajes'i subjects are interested in the
chronicles of her walks and drives—and in-
terested they must be, or the record would not

DRUNK AND REFUSING TO QUIT.—John Baker
was charged v. ith being drank and refusing to quit
th._! Swan Inn, Higley, on the 7th inst.—Police-con-
stable Webb proved the case. Superintendent
Freeman provedseveral previous convictions. Fined

DRUNICINNESS.—At the Police Court, on Tuesday,
bet,. e Messrs. E. Gem, J. Watson ad E. Phillips,
Henry Holan was charged with being drunk, on the 28th
ult, at Short Cross.—Polioe-constable Smith proved the

S.,tiirdav March 18, 1876 1
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

THE CARLIST SURRENDER.'

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A FANCY DRESS BALL IN DUBLIN.

The Dublin Correspondont of The Times gives the following
description of the grand fancy dress ball which was given at
Dublin C tele on Monday night by the Duke of Abercorn.
and which surpassed all expectations in its gaiety and
splendour :
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"Long before ten o'clock, the hour named in the
invitations, the city was in commotion, and little could
be seen or heard but ttp,flash of lamps and the rumble
of wheels as the carrjees hurried from every quarter to
the Castl4 The experience of other festivities, and
especially cif a ball given by the Lord ,_ylaynr, on the oc-
casion of the first visit of the Prince of Wales, when
numbers were blocked up, ancrlcould not get near the
Alt ansien-h se at all,. impresred upon the guests the
necessity o ding # arty on their. way. But, even with this
precaution, `anv"whcf deaifa tn:!rtness the opening of
• the WI by Ale Duke 81
.41ibeyor - eft) disAprointed, as
the throneof carriages i3icallo great to allow of
their being admitted in time. It became necessary at
ten o'clock to suspend the admission until after the
formaticokof die cionacWr quadrinesovhile the lines of
vehicles still approaching 'extended rar into the city.
The guests who comprised the characar quadrilles had
the privilege of a private entrée through the western
gate of the Castle at Ship-stree -All others,ent,-

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throm:ir té iainclt4l,
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into the q irangl; known as the Upper Castle-yard.
irhe spirit of- the occasion was shared by the citizens
generally, and crowds of people asr

others ,entered ,lan(ilord of
At Crdil-hill7--lirehllea-ds " •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

KIN VER.

STEALING A WATCII.—At the Staffordshire Adjourned
tEi•?ssions. on Tuesday, before the Hon. and Rev. A. C.
Talbot, Samm.l Hwsselbee (on bail) was charged with
et-filing on the tith February lust, at Einver, one silver
watch aud gohi chain, the property of George French
—Prosecutor deposed to the prisoner taking the watch,
and in this he wai corroborated, but when the prisoner
wiS e,e ched a short time afterwards no watch could be
ou Id.—He was, however, found guilty, and sent to hard
I tour for six mouths.
CAurios T CAitrEits —At the Police Court, at Brierley
Hill. on NI. rienry Maloas was charged with bein4
dLook uu the -Itei iust, while in eliare of a horse and
c,rt.—Police•serg,aut Stephenson proved the case, ant
“efendant was fined 10s. and coots.
NTEALING FERRETs.—Willimn George was charged
.th ,tealing on the 15th Jui.iiiry, three ferrets the
propert.i of Thomas Pinkney, of k.livitle. Prosecutor
said he lived at the New liou.,e Farm, Enville and on
that day he missed three feints. On the following
' Monday night he went to Police-sergeant Hudson at
Wordsley to give information, fie found one of the
ferrets produced in a brewhou.e belonging to the
prisoner, on the 15th February, ami there was no other
ferrets on the premises He receiv don the Ist February
another ferret from William Toy, keeper. Both the
ferrets are his property and he did not find the third
one. He would not take a pound each for them
William Toy proved that he receive.l one of the ferrets
produced from his son, and the prmectitur told him the
marks on tie ferret, which he found was t .rue.—Toy'a
son proved teat lie saw the prisoner at a rabbit hole, and
after searching a bundle he found the ferret in it and
handed it to his father.—Police-sergeaut Hudson and
Police-constable Cole gave corroborative evidence as to
finding a ferret in George's brewhouse. He pleaded
guilty. Prisoner was further charged with haying a
bunch of picklocks keys on his person, on the night of
the 10th inst, for an unlawful purpose.—Police-constable
Moffatt proved the case. The defence was that he
bought all the keys of a man named John Brooks, a one
arm man. For stealing the ferrets prisoner was sen-
tenced to two month's hard labour, and for having the
ticklocks on his person one mouth hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

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101 SALE SALE or HIRE several New and
, secondhand Broughams, Landaus, Stanhope
?„,nletons, Wagonettes, Gigs, Pony Carriages, Two and
Irour Wheeled Dog Carts.—W. B. Moore, Ohlawinford
Carriage Werke, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

HAGLEY.

Szocx S.tm,..—There was a good supply of beef at this
sale ou Monday, and a larger supply of mutton than at
recent sales. There was a large and spirited company ;
beef made full Sid per lb. ; mutton ranged from 01 to
ls per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

BRIERLEY HILL.

DRUNK AND RioTous.—At the Police Court, on Mon-
day, before Messrs. H. O. Firmstone and H. Smith,
i Lomas Hughes was charged with being drunk and
riotous on the 11th hist —Police-Constable Dennis
proved the case.—Pleaded guilty. Fined 2s 6danu costs.
—Elijah Cartwright was charged with being drunk and
riutcus on the 6th inst.—Police-constable Godly proved
the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.
ISON-PAYMENT OF 20011-RATEs.—A number of persons
were summoned by Mr. Homer, for non-payment of pour
rates for Kingswinford district. The Bench mace an
order for payment in 7 days.
Coal, STEaLnio„—Elizabeth Paynter was charged with
stealing a quantity of coal, on the 2nd mat, the property
of Mr. B. at. John Matthews.—Police-constable Storer
said he saw the prisoner take a large lump of coal from
a truck. It was worth U.—Joseph Blackmore' watch-
man, said he saw the prisoner take the coal and he took
it off her. headed guilty. Sentenced to 14 days' im-
pritonmeut.—Mary Irtmellian and Jane Shepherd, two
childieu acre charged with stealing coal the property of
:dr. B. St. John Maithews.—Police-constable Storer said
that Mr. Matthews did not wish to press the case as they
were young. It was withdrawn on payment of 7a. costs.
CHARGE vF WILFUL DAMAGE.— taiZa Scriven was
charged with wilfully damaging a door, on the 6th inst.
The evidence went to show that that complainant's pigs
were in a pigstye when the defendant broke the dour to
loose them out. The defence was that it was defendant's
pigslye. In answer to the Bench complainant said there
Was a dispute about tie pigs ye and it was not et settled
Whose it was. Mr. Firmat :nu siti4 it there was a dispute
of right they LILA no jurisdiction and dismissed the
summons.
Usitio OB,CEVE LANGUAGE.-15 illiam Sutton, an old
offender was charged with being drunk, on the 4th lest,
and using obscene language.—Poliee-eunstable Wheldon
proved the case—Sergeant Mills proved seven previous
cOavied na. D,fendaut did not appear and he was fined
20s and CJA., in default one month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

THE BRITISH ARMY.

1 From the Army Eatituatea it appeazsf4niatks the
'Daily 'New)* that the effective number of the .British
Army, compiled from the latest returns,l is 183 949
..nieli, of iihiCh• 63,103. :ire doing duty in India. Our
. .
home army, which includes troops not only in Great
.13ritaiii,andIreland; bntr--arsO in, tlie ciiitnnel Islands,
1 Lnuniliera4soxitiethingqindef ' 100060 ,i 4-101 r, accord,-.41100 thei, Estimates; firg_Ciiiily -- 56,276 ig, -,a 1 arms, as
' me.ny-us 68,253,-behirm'England -al One., po r Colonies
3 ary-garrisonedst'this rec W hileist '23 ~37 VP& soldiers,
t. which' teninber Ei. laro 'prOPortiOn ..yi employed in
.holding ' 'but,' two 'lit Pcirtant" stattoia4 in the Mediter-
raneatii• Gibraltar and. Malta: ',TO, gariVon:,maintained
at each of' these' points ' ''amount s
,fO
.61000 men— ,
,five regiments of the 'line' and eeiren' batteries of
artilleryalWaYs &Big di* there. -' Alter, the Mediter-
ranetto'statione; the bext in impertaoe is-the Cape of
.Good Rope, Which absorbs 2,500 British . troops, end.
•:then conies Bermuda with 1,981; ,We Dominion ..of
i Canada, or rather' Newfoundland, With 1,§106,, Ceylon
and Labuan.wish 1,251- Men, and the Straits:Settle-
merits, garrisoned by 1,209,--which number, by the way,
is just now increased by reason of the reinforcements
sent. from Calcutta and Hong Kong to quell the Malay .
rising. China has one regiment of the line and a bat-
tery of artillery, stationed at Hong Kong •' Mauritius
contains half a regiment of our troops; and St. Helena,
whose importance has greatly decreased since the open-
ing of the Suez Canal, is garrisoned by 193 men only.
On the West Coast of Africa we have but one
regiment stationed just now, the let West Indians,
whose head-quarters and main strength are at Sierra
Leone,; while on the G-old .oast two companies, or
190 Men, of the regiment are entrusted with the pro-
tection of-the 'States in the vicinity of Cape Coast
'Castle. In Bermuda we have 639 troop; while the
'whole Of the Indies are taken care of by 2,300,
consisting for the most part of a coloured regiment—
the 2nd West Indians—and some batteries of artillery.
Finally, we are told, there is a company of Engineers,
or 65 men, representing British interests in the Fiji
Islands, who are engaged, however, more as surveyors
and architects than in discharging the duties of a
garrison.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

[aq7-(l'' A RIVAL TO THE BEE.

Some future Dr. Watts will have to write a song in
,ipraise of an insect distinct from the "little busy bee,"
bot.wkich, like it, "fathers honey every day from
every opening flower. These insects (Meliponct), of
:the order Hymenoptera:, are distributed over the West
Indies and the warm parts of America, ranging 30
' degrees on each side of the equator. In Brazil, par-
ticularly, they swarm in enormous quantities, and they
have this advantage over their cousins, the bee, that
they have no sting, though resembling them more or
less closely in different varieties. Such is the abund-
ance ,of these insects that except in rare instances, they
are not domesticated or systematically hived, although
the,prdinary bee (apis mellifica) has recently been intro-
duocd ipto Brazil, where it is cultivated, and has given rise
to an important industry. The melipona deposits its
wai and honey in the hollows of trees, or in nests
whichitinapends from branches; and both these pro-
ducts being of excellent quality, are much sought after,
and form a considerable portion of the articles of com-
merce of. the provinces of St. Paul and Rio Janeiro.
Oge vali At y ,(the scutellaris) is especially noted for the
good quality of its honey, and is in all respects a
.mpdel insect. But there are some varieties which, ,
like :the drone and the wasp among us' do not
share this good character. ' They are both robbers,
1
' and make up for the want of a sting by using very
' powerful jaws, with which they can pierce the skin,
at the same time depositing an acid, burning
saliva, which causes serious and painful inflammation,
, lasting often as long as two or three weeks. These
insects and the common European bee do not always
agree together, and when, as frequently is the case, a
quarrel occurs, the bee generally comes off second best,
If the melipona happens to be stung and mortally
Wounded, it does not release its hold of its adversary,
but clings closer and closer, till even when dead the
bee cannot shake it off, and soon ptoishes. Whether
lilt

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,tfirl to

Loiloiyiwo nokr,A
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

GAME AND GUN LICENCES.

Last year the licences to kill game produced £190,505;
to deal in game, £5,778; and the gun licences, £72,139;
against the respective amounts in the previous year of
£184,500, £5,652, and 266,018. The Inland Revenue
Commissioners report that "the increases shown in the
yield of game and gun licences are satisfactory, as insii-
eating that there has been no lack of vigilance on the
part of our country officers. Probably, so far as rural
districts are concerned, some of the increases may
fairly be attributed to the plan we have adopted of
periodically posting on church and chapel doors lists
containing the names of persons in the parish who
have taken out these licences, a plan which is also
adopted with regard to dog licences. It enables every
one who suspects an evasion of the duty, and who is
willing to assist in the protection of the Revenue, to
verify his suspicion, and it also stimulates application
for licences. Persons who might, perhaps, not scruple
to evade the duty if they thought detection problem-
atical are ashamed to give their neighbours and friends
the chance of learning to what a paltry and shabby
fraud they are willing to stoop." The Commissioners
are not satisfied with collections of the duty on game
licences, believing it to be evaded to a great extent by
persons in a high station of life_ "Nor can our officers,'
the Commissioners declare, "be expected to make any
great number of detections, so long as it is considered
by landowners and magistrates that a demand for the
production of a licence is an unwarrantable insult, as
we find it Invariably is, and so long as our officers are
not only treated with indignity, but reported to us as
deserving of censure for their conduct if, when they
come across a shooting party, they make any inquiries
of those engaged in it."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-18

Os and costs.

ASSAULT CASE.—Ann Salmons was charged with
assaulting Solomon Walters, on the 26th ult.—Mr
Bulleid defended.—Complainant said that he was
in the Duke William public-house, and defendant
came in and without provocation struck him a blow
on the forehead with a bottle, inflicting a severe
wound on the forehead and knocked him senseless.
He did not recollect striking the defendant—Charles
Haines said he saw the defendant put her fist into
Walters' face, and Walters then struck the defend-
ant and she picked up a glass bottle and struck him
on the forehead.—Mr. Bulleid for the defence, said
that the complainant was the first aggressor by
strildng Mrs. Salmons and knocking her down, she
then got up and struck Walters in self defence, and
and called Annie Death and Charlotte Guest to prove
it. The Bench considered the assault had been com-
mitted and might have been a serious one. Previous
convictions were proved against the defendant by
Police-sergeant Jones and defendant was fined 108
and costs.

ASSAULT CASE.—John Hall, broker was charged
by William Griffiths with assaulting him, on the 14th
lust.—Mr. Wall appeared for complainant, who said
that he was in the Somerset public-house on the
above date, and there was a sale oi furniture, and
some words passed between them when defendant
struck him four times.—Thomas Ford gave evidence
to the eflect that complainant provoked the defend-
ant by challenging his pocket when defendant struck
him.—Benjamin Bullock, landlord, said that the
complainant was very noisy in the house and he
tried all he could to keep him quiet, but he could
not do so, Fined 2s 6d and costs.
CAUTION TO SWXARERS.—JObII Andrews Was
charged :with using obscene language in Coventry-
street—Police-constable Phillpott proved the case,
and said defendant's language was of the most filthy
kind. Fined 20s and costs.
NicuLrxTlNG TO SUPPORT HIS CHILDERN.—SamueI
Nash was charged by Jamea Barratt with deserting
and allowing his three children to become chargeable
to the Union, on the 27th December last.—Com-
plainant said that the defendant's children became
chargeable to the Union and there is £6 due to the
Union. After hearing the evidence the Bench !did
not consider that it had been proved that defendant
had deserted his children. They hal no doubt as
to the defendfait's liability to pay for their support
and should dismiss the summons.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

THE QUEEN'S NEW TITLE.

The Bombay gazette, adverting to the paragraph in
the Queen's Speech with respect to the Royal title,
says it does not like the title of Empress, and doubts
if it will not provoke fierce remonstrance in England.
"A free people," it adds, "have a natural and justifi-
able dislike to the name of Emperor; and very many
Englishmen, while content to accept the English occu-
pation of India as a fact, will object most strongly to
any proposal to assume that that occupation must be
permanent, and to proclaim the conversion of the Queen
of England into an Oriental despot. There could be
no better legend for the rupee than the simple words
'Victoria Queen,' and there is no grander or more
glorious title in all history than that of Queen of Eng-
land. Why, then, change it? The name of Empress
substituted for that of Queen may gptify the Oriental
love of fine titles, but it will not add to the real power
of the Government. It will simply show that the
English conquerors of India have lost their native
strength, and are beginning, like the Moslems before
them, to become quite Indianized. Surely the formal
record of Her Majesty's titles is comprehensive enough
to satisfy any ambition. Make Her Majesty Empress
of India, and we shall immediately have a host of un-
comfortable questions about special titles raised by the
various colonies. It is a pity to disturb a settlement
that gives no offence for the sake of a little ostenta-
tion."

The Times of India says: "It is clear that this year
Her Majesty will become in legal form as well as in
fact the Empress of India,' and will doubtless be
henceforth spoken of in official documents issued in this
country as 'Her Imperial Majesty. The Princes and
people of Hindustan will doubtless duly appreciate the
honour which will redound to them from the fact that
the Sovereign of the British Empire takes her Im-
perial and most sonorous title from her possessions in
the East."

The Indian Daily News thinks it affords occasion
for congratulation to know that the loyalty in the
Prince's reception in India has "recalled to the
slumbering imagination of English statesmen an im-
portant duty which was strangely neglected at the
time of the assumption of the government- of this
country by the Crown."
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

"STEAM TELLS BOTH WAYS."

The recently published memoirs of Lord Palmerston
contain a memorandum which shows that there was
more reason for the patriotic furore which agitated the
country in 1859-60 than many people have since sup-
posed, for we now see that there was an imminent
danger of an actual collision between France and
England (remarks the Court Journal). The annexa-
tion of Nice and Savoy had produced a painful im-
pression in England, and there was a widespread
apprehension that the Emperor Napoleon, having
humiliated Russia and Austria, was resolved to pick a
quarrel with England in the hope of avenging Waterloo.
The apprehension was well founded, as a recorded
conversation between Lord Palmerston and the then
French Ambassador in London, Count Flahault shows.
It took place on the 27th March, 1860 about the time
Mr. Bright made his famous "Perish Savoy" speeh,
and when the patriotic agltalion was at its height.
The Count professed his desire to allay the irritation,
which, if allowed to spread, might bring about a war,
and Lord Palmerstone replied that, while anxious for
the preservation of peace, if war was forced upon Eng-
land, she would fearlessly accept it "The nation," he
said, "would rise as one man, and the examples of his-
tory led him to conclude that the result of a conflict
between English and French upon anything like equal
terms would not be unsatisfactory to the former."
The Count admitted the English courage, but remarked
that the Emperor had a far superior army to that which
Wellington overthrew. This 'nowever, did not dismay
Lord Palmerston, who rejoined that the English army
was far superior to that commanded by Wellington.
But, said Count Flahault, "what I fear is an in-
vasion of this country, for which steam affords such
facilities, and which would be disastrous to England."
Lord Palmerston replied that "steam tells both ways
—for defence as well as attack,"—and that he was
under no apprehension as to the results of such an at-
tempt on the part of the French. The resolute atti-
tude of Lord Palmerston, and the growling of the
awakened English lion doubtless induced the Emperor
to abandon the project which Count Flahault's lan-
guage indicates that he entertained.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

GOSTLING'S PIG POWDERS.

Useful in almost, every iiiitoe.nt of SOWS and PIGS of all ages. 'I hey set as a preventive of Milk Fever
Garet, pronqite the to pith nit well doing of growing ;•ips, ;Jenny fl.cilitatt• the fattening G f Pigs, and are
roost ettienoion, in Foot ~,,d Mouth Dn.esse, tke., eve. z-ohi in Peelcets of 5 for Is, i Th fur 2.8. lid, of all
Druggists. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC REGIONS,

The Copenhagen Correspondent of the Pall Mall
Gazette, writing on the let inst., says :—The following
short extract from the information received by the
last packet boat from Greenland by the Danish
Government may not, with a view to the expedition to
the Polar regions, be without interest to English
*readers. According to this official information, the
weather, during the last year, in the Arctic regions
bad been of an unusual character, the autumn of the
year 1874 being unusually cold, while the winter fol-
lowing (1875) was excessively mild, the severe
cold weather beginning only about the usual
spring time. During the year an unusual quantity
of eiderfowl have appeared, while ptarmigan have
been conspicuous by their absence. Hardly any whales
have been killed, though plenty have been observed,
the heavy masses of floating ice preventing the boats
from putting to sea, but an unprecedented number of
bears have been killed on the icebergs. The sanitary
condition of the natives has been good (the registered
population is 9,627, of which 4,507 are males and 5,120
females, showing a decrease of 114 inhabitants during
the year). No epidemics have appeared. The weather
has altogether been unusually unsettled, and as a proof
it is mentioned that no fewer than twenty of the
natives have been drowned in their kayaks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

OLD HILL.

ASSAULT CASE.—At the Police Court. on Wednesday,
before F. L. Smith, N. Hingley, and W. Hamitic), Estirs,
Hannah Cole was charged with assaulting Elizabeth
Parker, on the 28th ult. The complainant said that
defendant came into her house and struck her in the
face. The defence was that complainant firet struck her.
Ordered to pay costs between them.
Anornan Asseura Case.—Alfred Challenger was
charged with assaulting Charles Barnes, on the 99. h Ult.
Defendant pleaded guilty. The assault complained of
was that defendant struck him on the eye. The dif -nce
got, bun the sack. Fined ss. and
cwoasstst.hat complainaut
DRUNK AND Dia,ItDERLY —Timothy Willetts was
charged with being drunk and uisorierly. to' the 28th
ult.—Police-constable Blackinore said he found the
fondant lying down drunk Kiri asleep. He got him up
and defendant became very disorderly. Fined is alt
costs.—Samuel Barnsley WiS ch ired with bein,4 ,lrunk
and disorderly, on the 26tn nit —Police cons:abi, Wick-
stead proved the case. Fined 108 an costs; being an
old offender.—James tVijteWAS ci,argett wit, a a tu.iar
offence, on the let inst Tno,case was, proved by Potb•e-
constable Himan. D-fendant pleaned gully, and Wits
fined 5s and co-ds.—.l,inies Wusley Was charged wi.h
being drunk and disorder y at Oin hill, on the uige t 4
the 28th nit.—Police constable Kettle proved tile cat-
and said defendant used Very bad language I'J:en I.os
and costs.—David Trom .us was c.iarg,d with beieg
drunk at Crachey Heath, on the 4th inst.—Police con-
stable Styles proved the case and said the -defendant
swore alarmingly. Fined 5s and costs —Chtist,p her
Bates was charged with being dunk and fighting at
Blackheath, on the 21st tilt—Police-constabie Hima,
proved the cage:. lieveir 'previous conv,ctions wer, proved
against defendant, and the Bench fined hint 20s and
costs.

PITCH AND Tots.—BeDjamin filarrist and William
Weaver were charged with playing at pitch and toss, o,t
the 28th nit, on the highway.—Police-constable B!acic-
run proved the case. Fined' 2s 6d each and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

THE PHILADELPHIA EXHIBITION.

The directors of the Centennial Commission in the
United States have made grants for certain privileges
on the grounds of the Exhibition. These privileges in-
clude the monopoly of certain rights. The aggregate
,sum realised is 450,000 dols. For the catalogue the
sum of 100,000 dols. is paid; for restaurant and beer
rights, 125,000 dols. Milk, bread, chocolate, and candy
bring 11,000 dols., soda-water 52,000 dols., and tobacco
21,000 dols. There is ore grant for rolling chairs, and
another called "The Departmout of Public Comfort,"
which are to realise over 30,000 dole. The New York
Herald Puggests that care should be taken that these
grants do not become abuses. One of the troubles of
the Vienna Exhibition was the endless number of re-
strictions imposed upon all who had any business with
the Exhibition. A glass of water, a chair for a
moment's rest—the most natural and necessary com-
forts—were taxed. The consequence was that, in ad-
dition to the price of admission, the visitor was so
taxed before he left the buildings and grounds that the
charge amounted to an extortion. Americans will be
much less likely to submit to this kind of thing than
Austrians, and if these grants are to be a monopoly it
will go toward destroying all the good results expected
to flow from the Exhibition. In other words, unless
the Americans can have their beer and their soda-
water and their "rollin" g chairs" at a reasonable rate,
the result of the Exhibition will be anti-millennial
rather than otherwise.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

THE LATE MURDER OF A GAOLER
AT SINGAPORE.

The Strait Times gives some particulars of the
murder cotamitted recently in the Singapore criminal
prison by one of the Chinese prisoners, who had been
convicted of complicity in the outbreak in the gaol in
February, 1875, in which Superintendent Dent was
killed. The murdered man was a native sub-warder
named Neekab, who was attacked by the convict with
a changkol or heavy hoe, with which he fractured the
man's skull and broke several of his ribs, and, when
arrested, was still standing over his victim with the
hoe raised above his head, about to inflictanother blow.
The sub-warder was one of the old Indian convicts
who had distinguished himself in the outbreak by his
efforts to save Mr. Dent, on which occasion he was
severely wounded, and had been rewarded by Govern-
ment. From the evidence given at the coroner's in-
quest, it appeared that the cause of enmity was that
the deceased had given evidence against the prisoner
Tay Tit at the trial for Mr. Dent's murder.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

THE MEANING OF THE WORD
"SHAMBLES."

In the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench
Division, before the Lord Chief Justice, Mr. Justice
Archibald, and Baron Pollock, the cause "ex parte
Boxer, and others, in the matter of Newgate Market"
has been heard, and was an application which raised a
curious philological question as to the meaning of the
word " shanahles..' it arose in this way :—The New-
gate Market Act, 1861, made provision for the abolition
of the meat market, with its attendant nuisances of
slaughterhonses, Ste., a fund being provided for the
purpose out of the sale of the site, &c., to be applied by
the Common Council to the purpose of carrying out
the Act, includii,g the expense of removing the sham-
bles and slaughter houses, the surplus, if any, to b 3
applied by the Common Council, as they shall think
proper, in making payments to any lessees or occu-
piers of slaughterhouses or other buildings in
the neighbourhood. The slaughterhouses had
been removed and paid for, and there was still
a surplus of some thousands of pounds. The
applicants are lessees or occupiers of buildings in the
neighbourhood of the market used for the sale of meat
and offal, and which, they stated, had lost their busi-
ness, and therefore their value, ba coneequence of the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

THE LYE.

ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERB.—On Monday evening
last, Mr D. Hatton the new host of the Union Inn,
Dark Lane, Lye, gave a dinner to upwards of 64 mem-
bers of Court Union of the Ancient Order of Foresters,
held at his house. Ample justice having been done
to the good fare provided, Brother Forking, I).D.C.Jt
las called to the chair and Mr. W. EL Jones to tbs vice-
shair. The usual loyal and patriotic touts were drank.
The Chairman gave an addreis on forestry, whieh was
received with great satisfaction. The secretary Brother
A. Southall, gave the financial statement of the Court
and said the total worth of the Court was £344 4s lid
The proceedings were interapered with some capital songs-
and a most enjoyable evening waa spent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

WORCESTER SPRING ASSIZES.
BEFORE MR. JUSTICE FIELD AND I COMMON JURY,

TBSTERDAY.

AITKEN V. MIDDLITON.-11l this case MT. George
Aitken, manager to Mr. G. J. Eveson, coal and
iron merchant was plaintiff, and Mrs. Catherine
Middleton, widow was defendant. The parties
are of this town.

The action was for damages for slander. It was
alleged to have been uttered by the defendant
against the character of the plaintiff while in a
railway carriage, travelling between Stouibridge
and Birmingham, and also when in the office of
the plaintiff's master, and in the presence of his
fellow clerks.

Mr. Alfred Young and Mr. Underhill (instructed
by Mr. John W. Sykes, of 31, St. Swithin's Lane,
London, E.C.) appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Motteram Q,C. (instructed by Messrs. Freer and
Perry, of this town) for the defendant. The case
was the first conanon jury action on the list, and
Mr. Young on rising to address his Lordship said
before he opened the case it would perhaps be
better for his learned friend on the other side to
make a statement.

Mr. Motteraui said no doubt his Lordship had
read the pleadings, and would see the action if
tried would at least involve very painful enquiries,
but he was happy to say the Bolieitors for both
parties had been in cominuilica lion, and the result
was that he was instructed to say defendant did
not mean to damage the plaintiff's character. Ile
said she did not remember having said the words
complained of, but if anything had been said she
did not intend to cast any aspersions upon the
plaintiff, She offered a full retraction and an
apology.
Mr. Young said plaintiff's only object was to
clear his character from certain aspersions which
he was led to believe had been cast upon it. That
had been done, terms had been arranged, and the
proper course under the Judicature Act would be,
that no judgment should be entered, but that the
terms should be endorsed on the briefs, and if
necessity arose—which he*did not anticipatea
judge's order could be'obtained to carry thew out.
The jury were then discharged and the record
withdrawn. It was agreed for defendant to pay
£45 for plaintiff's costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

A NOVEL APPLICATION.

In the Consistory Court, on Monday (before Dr.
Tristram, Chancellor of London), Dr. Deane, Q.C.
(with whom was Mr. Stubbs), made a somewhat
novel application for a faculty to make a garden in
part of the churchyard of St. George's-in-the-East.
The petitioners were the Rev. Mr. H. Jones, the
rector, and the churchwardens, and the application
was to remove some memorial stones and a wall in
order to construct a flower garden. The place had
been closed for a long period for burials.
The Chancellor asked whether, besides the tomb.
.stones, any bodies were to be removed.
Mr. Deane answered in the negative. A citation
had been issued and no objection had been made.
Dr. Tristram said his practice was to give the re-
lations of any persons buried an opportunity to make
objections to an application to remove tombstones.
In this case there was no objection, but his difficulty
was to grant a faculty for a garden. He no doubt had
power to allow footpaths to be made. The present
application was not for a playground, but for a garden
to be made. It would be under the control of the
Vestry. The ground was consecrated, and he should
consider the case before he granted the application.
He thought it would be best to visit the churchyard
and assist the petitioners in their application for a
garden on the consecrated ground of the churchyard.
Mr. Jones, the rector, explained to the learned
Chancellor the proposed alterations in the churchyard.
He did not consider that the tombstones could be
covered over, and their removal was necessary to make
a flower-garden. In the petition it was set forth that
the expense would be about £5OO, and the Vestry had
consented to defray the same by local rates under the
Metropolis Management Act.
Dr. Tristram expressed his readiness to assist the
petitioners, but he would visit the churchyard before
he granted a faculty. The garden to be made could be
under the control of this Court, being consecrated
ground, or of the churchwardens.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

THE CHANNEL RAILWAY.

At a meeting of the Society of Engineers held on
Monday evening, in the Society's hall, 6, Westminster
Chambers, London, Mr. V. Pendred, president, in the
chair, a paper was read by Mr. Perry F. Nursey on
the Channel Railway. After referring to all the lead-
ing schemes for tunnels, tubes, and ferries that had
been brought before the public since the beginning of
the present century, the author described the Tunnel
scheme of which Sir John Hawkshaw and Mr. Brun-
lees are the engineers, and the Tube scheme of Mr.
Paul J. Bishop, the engineering details of which Mr.
Nursey had worked out in the year 1870. The Tunnel
scheme is for carrying a railway through the lower
chalk between Dover and Calais, for which Sir John
Hawkshaw's estimate is £10,000,000, and the time of
execution put at 10 years. Bishop's Tube scheme is
for laying a double line of tubes carrying a railway
on the bed of the Channel between Dover and Cape
Grisnez, the tubes being laid from floating pontoons.
The author explained, by the aid of diagrams, the
engineering details of the latter project and demon-
strated its practicability. His estimate was £22,000,000,
and the time of execution five years, or even less, with
fair weather. He took exception to Sir John
Hawkshaw's low estimate. By figures based upon the
most recent calculations he showed that in all proba-
bility the enterprise would pay, it being estimated that
the annual revenue when the traffic was fully developed
would be £2,500,000, a sum sufficient to pay 10 per
cent. per annum on a maximum capital of £25,000,000.
The reading of the paper was followed by a warm dis-
cussion on the merits of the Tube versus the Tunnel
scheme, in which several leading engineers took part.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

PATRONS :-

The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton.
The Hon. and Rey. W. H. Lyttelton.
,1 Chas. Cochrane, Esq , J.P. Rev. Robert Fletcher.
J. B. Cochrane, Esq , J.P. Alfred Freer, Esq.
W. B. Collis, E., q. 4.George King Harrison, Esq.
E. J. C(Alis, Esq. I G. Barward, Esq.
Franl,,Ever.• ,
H. 0. firm,lni e, n, J.P. James Ho!croft, Esq., JP.
Colonel Fletcher, J.P. Charles King, Esq.
Joseph J. Kir g, Esq. Rev. Hugh Sherrard.
J. E. Swindell, Esq., J.P. T. D. Thomas, Esq.
Dr. Waker Rev. Arthur Wright.

The Stewards have much pleasure in announcing that
the following Ladies and Gentlemen have
kindly promised their assistance :
Miss Goodman.
Miss Ibbotson.
Miss Lawrence.
Edwd. Conchman, Esq.
Chas. Harding, Esq.
Jas. Mathews, Esq.
T. Spencer, Esq.

Mrs. Bracey.
Mrs. Hardin.
Mrs. Marshall.
Mrs. Wilkinson.
Miss Fowke.
W. Langston, Esq.
C. R. Cecil-Miller, Esq.
Rev. W. Wilkinson.

Tickets may be obtained, and a Plan of the Room seen
at Mr. Broomhall's High Street, Stourbridge.

Reserved Tickets, 45., Family Ticket to admit four,
15a.; Unreserved Seats, 28.; Third Seats, One Shia

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The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock: Dom'
open at Halt-past Seven.

The Stewards Earnestly request the audience to be
seated five minutes before the Entertainment begins.
-The Doors will be kept closed during the performance
of any part of the Programme.

Carriages to be ordered for Ten o'clock. For units
down, horses heads towards St. Thomas's Church. In
taking up, towards the High Street. Entrance to Third
Seats, through the Market Hall.

STEWARDS :-

Jno. 0. Holt, Esq., Rupert Smith, Esq., Herbert

Spencer, EFq.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

Nocal anb pistrid gran.

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

THE PROPOSED MUSIC HALL.

An aljourned ineeLing of the Commissioners was
'1(.1,1 on Monday ev( ning, to col sidn ti e erection of
a Music Hall.
Mr. Hughes was in the chair.
There were also present Messrs. Stringer,
Woolley, Kelley, Blunsom, Edwards, Perkins, C.
Evers, Mills, Allsop, Allchurch, Griffin and Turney.
The Chairman said he should like to hear any
member of the Board give his opinion as to the
mode of erecting a Music Hall.
Mr. Turney said the Public Hall Committee were
willing to assist the Commissioners of such a scheme
as likely to meet the requirements of the town and
neighbourhood.
Mr. Kelley said the question before the Board was
whether it was any use of building a room over the
Corn Exchange.
Mr. Blunsom thought they could not build a
room over the Corn Exchange, which would be
useless for a corn markeCunleas it was lighted from
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-03-11

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