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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-03-01

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w t tooth-brush produces a pleksant lather,
.which
• thoroughly cleanses the teeth from all parasites Oil
• impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops
; iecay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly-whitenem
- and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removal
all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth MI
IP X• tobacco smoke. "The Fragrant Floriline," bein_g
11) composed in part of Honey and sweet herbs, is
"' 60118 to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of
t. the age.- Price 2if 6d, of all Chemists and Perfumers.
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2..rp London
4" THE HAIR.—For 40 years Mrs. S. A. ALLEN'S
• WORLD's HAIR RESTORER has received the commendation
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place that can be obtained for any moderate enterprise,
andcontributed to the adornment, of tens of thousands of
• 0, persons, who have the proof of its servicable character,
It will positively renew and restore the original and natu.
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strengthen and invigorate the Hair, top its falling, mil
induce a healthy and luxuriant growth. No other pre.
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Chemists and Perfumers, in large b3ttles, 6s. Depot,
& 116, Southampton Row. London.
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W.C.

• ':,I.XPE WORM.S and STOMACH WORMS
WATSON' Warranted Specific h,,os cffecttA
b.autireds of permaritent cures of thesu distressing dis-
rw.ler9, where every other remedy has failed. It does
ffit require continuing ; a single bottle being sufficient
to cure. Its action is nit d, bnt thorough, and the tnnst
delicate nefol not fear taking it. Price 2, 9.1. or safe by
vs; for 26 stamps. Watson's for
t•DWOltNis are an effectuol remedy for the
So?nsoutor.. No. 1, (Adults). No 2. (Cuildren's) Price
le. lid, or by post for lo stamp'. Circulars post free•
;—Watson A. P. 8., Saiploy, Yorks, or airy
Chemist will get in for you.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

KIDDERMINSTER.

BOARD of GuAnDraxs.--..The fortnightly meeting
of the Board was held on Tuesday morning. Mr.
J. Kiteley presided.—A n,,te was read from the
Government Inspector of Scheels, stating that he
had inspected the sehoo!s at the Wo:khouse and
found them in a satisfactory condition. The °iris
had not cttaiaccl.so hi4ll a standard as the boys in
consequence of several of the elder pupils having
been discharged. They were, however, well taught
as far as they have gone.—Mr. Giles: What erants
have we ?—The Chairman: They pay the whole of
the master's :a ary provided the chidden, make ste-
isfactory progress Supposing the master wily
earned £.30 and they paid him a salary of £35, we
should be the loss of the a. I have no doubt that
in the present instance we shall be quite relieved
from any payment. The Chairman stated that
there were several children above ten years of age
who had successfully passed the third standard, and
who were qualified to go out to work. He did not
think it was advisable to go on kee, lag them in the
house.—Some discussion ensued, and it was decided
to insert an advertisement in the local papers call-
ing- the attention of persons to the fact that thete
were boys in the house ready to go out to work, and
requesting persons to apply for them.—A list of pera
vs oenyso
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aNsvuo
ruvl de
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of
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p(a)riiasi ci
ne
tuhre
Union.—Some correspondence was read with refer-
ence to a surcharge of £7 14s 2d. whica had been
paid to a rate collector in payment for services in
connection with the Burial Board, &c. The Clerk
was instructed to send a reply to the Local Govern-
ment Board to the effect that in raising the salary
of Mr. Grant they had only given him the same
amount that was paid to a former officer, arid when
they paid him the poundage they did so under the
impression that the officer was entitled to it.—The
following tenders for the supply of articles for tho
W-irkhouse during the ensuing six months were ac-
cepted :—Flour, Goodwin, Bs, 3d; teef, Beeston, 61d
; murton, ditto,6l.; suet, ditto, 4d.; out-door, beef
and mutton, ditt), 7d, Bewdley : Edwards, beef and
mutton, 61. ; cheese, Williams. id: ; salt butter,
Dudley, Is Id, ; cocoa, Meredith, 535, ; rice, Taylor,
15s. ; soap, Findon, 3d. ; tea, Williams, is Bd, ;
moist sugar, Taylor, 3id, ; lumpeasrulgbaarr,lyT, acyllootrc,h4idL:
split
pe,c_aCso,tcihiianrgve,y, 151,354d6. ;dc:npdles, Taylor, 4s. Bd.
; oatmeal, Meredith, 21s ; coal, Pearson,
41, ; large slack, Pearsons, is. ocl. ; malt, Green, Bs.
6d.; hops, Green, Is. id; flannel, Turley and
Strange, Is. lid. ; calico for shrouds. Turley and
Strange, 21.; brown calico, Turley and Strange,
6. ; calico for sheeting. Turley and Strange, Is ;
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday.
This afternoon the iron market was not so
well attended as the meetings have been of
late, very few representatives of the " list "
houses and of colliery firms being present.
The leading finished iron firms decline to
quote, and have withdrawn their lists, all
contracts now being subject to quarter-day
quotations. Unmarked bars realised fully
£8 a ton, which is the nominal price for
marked iron, and some transactions were
made to-day at £9 a ton for common bars
delivered in Liv3rpool, which is equivalent
to £8 15s in Birmingham, or 15s a ton above
the list" price for iron. That an advance
in the list price of iron will be made at the
quarterly meeting in January is no longer a
matter of probability, and the only question
seems to be what increase will be declared.
It was generally thought that the price of
marked bars vill be enhanced to £lo'a ton,
an increase of £2 upon the present nominal
7 quotations A considerable advance, indeed,
he is Justified by the rise in raw material, which
kr von troobkel
has. been
.utterly ..1.; ci,,;,ionate to that in
* with ludiv-tion. 90,ida,,
aon,tiption, D;stress after Mating,
•Po,,r M
a,,,kn!ss, b !I finished iron of the brandedqualities. North-
amptonshire iron is now quoted at 80s a ton
' They purify: ,
Spirits, Pp.in the 13 ,Ics., reat
d.
an increase of 5s upon the prices of a week
e4th, any other eyzooton ot tt!at .norri
ago, and actually of nearly 100 per cent. np-
If so, thero is no me ,icins
to the well-k ?
nown Jr:NIMS' r;
strengthen and invig.rate. They
.ereato a healthy a-fe-
tite. They overc me etreats of d:ssipation and 11.'1 on the minimum quotations of three or four
hour,,, e. They abreligtlien the s m
rhev LUrlfy
yste. TheY Preve"
toe months.ago.. Staffordshire pig iron has not
,Matic and interuntient fevers
b". 411 tii accidit7 of the sto,na,,li Toe' y care D.l3-I been raised in the same proportion, for the
11 ILS Constip,tion. They cure I),rri,cen., reason that the minimum prices did not fall
,iver C.onps %int aml Nervous Headache. ,‘ g 6" • ‘1
`. IC, id eii, at. wa,,t upon nviking the fir,t Trial. No SO low comparatively aS ;Northamptonshire
L; of diet is neeesaury. Fonow cur irecioesa-d make. Mr. Alfred Hickman has further
will soon feel well. strore, and hearty. Ihe
Chum& andHEN.aT JaNKYN":' PILLs are *AGM „' advanced his quotations from half-a-crown
211 Qheraists in boxes at ls. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Blr.l to 5s a ton, his prices now being 90s a ton
O. Hughes is our agent at Stocubridge, for hydrate, and 7041 for common forge.

DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMAN
Gives the Cense, Symptoms and Cure. This
book is pablished f.,r the cinema' use of Females, and is
a erirate Guide to the Treatment of a class of ailmci.lts
pesoliar to the Female Constitution.
.1)2.. HENRY SAITH, 8 iiunroN CRESCENT, LosnoN

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

DUDLEY AND WALSALL.

non PIANOFORTES & HARMON I-
-9 1-7 TINS have been TUNED by G.F. ORE'.•N
Professional Tuner, 26 u, CAETLE-svavuT, DtmLwr, ahe
67, PARS STBART, WALSALL. Pianofortes Re.
*liked, Re-strung,the Hammers Be-covered with Patt nt
WSJ 1M god bif the moot eminuatAttas.

ONE BOX of CLARKE'S B 41 Bill is
warrrauted to cure all discharges from the Urinary
Org!ins, in either s• x, acquired or coustitntionsl, Gravel
and Paints in the /3,ck •—sold in boxes. 44 6d each, by
alt c,,,znists,arr.d Patent Medicine VendorE ; or sent to
any addrors for 60 Stamp 4 by the ',faker,F. J. CLAERF.
Cossriting Chotoi,t, Ar.A;lcearies' Hall, Lincoln
Wholesale Agents, i3AUCLAY & Lozdou, And bit the
Wholesale Houses.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

STOURBRIDGE

IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS

AS THE
URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY
For the District of Stoarbridge.

NOTICE OF INTENDED GENERAL DISTRICT
RATE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in pursuance
of the provisions in this behalf of the tour bridge
improvement Act, 1866, and of the kubsio ueattb
1875, the btunititioge improvement Com-
missioners, as the Uruan Sanitary Authority for toe
bleoiicnglashai n Urban Township of
btourSburniictry p
e, intish ter i
cth
Countyii
coat, lurnodrce
r h
e s tte
er,
said Ac's is subject to the jurisdiction 01 the said
Commissioners as such Urban Sanitary Authority
intend, on Itionday, the 29. h day of December instant, at
rhree o'clock in the Afternoon, to make a CILNLBAL
D 1 S u'l: BATE for the above-named District; and
that a Statement of the proposed Bute is espoused at
my Office, 56, kilo Street, .:>tourbricige„ vihere the same
way be suspected between the hours of Ten a.m. and
Four p.m„ oy all persons interested tilt:nein.
Dated this 19th day of December, 1879,

JNO. TAYLOR,
Clerk to the above-nained Commissioners.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

FRESH MEAT FROM AUSTRALIA.

The Melbourne Argus says :—The steamer Strath.
leven, having on board 572 immigrants and the ma-
chinery for preserving fresh meat by the Bell-Coleman
process, arrived in Sydney harbour on the 27th of Octo-
ber. The machinery is in thorough working order, pro-
ducing dry air at a temperature manydegrees below
freezing point, and even below zero. The machinery
was tested three or four times during the voyage, and
found to produce most satisfactory results. It was
etarted again just as the steamer entered the Sydney
Heads, and in a very short time the cold in the freezing.
room was intense. Snow was generated in large quan-
tities around the pipes, and some of the visitors in-
dulged in &little snow •balling exericise. lathe freezing-
room the air was perfectly dry, though a small quantity of
snow had got in the cases covering the pipes, It is
intended to send home a trial shipment of meat by
the Strathleven from New South Wales and Victoria,
and the stockowners in both colonies have taken up
the matter with energy.
In Victoria the funds necessary for providing and
slaughtering the stock, &c, (about £1,500), have
already been privately subscribed, while in Sidney a
public meeting has been held, and an active canvass is
going on. The Strathleven, it is expected, will leave for
London with 800 quarters of Australian beef and 200
carcasses of Australian cheep. Of this quantity New
South Wales will furnish 300 quarters of beef and 100
sheep, while Victoria will contribute 500 quarters of
beef and 100 sheep. It is estimated that the cost of
landing the meat in London will be not more that lid.
per lb., while it will bring more than double that
price, viz., 3cl, per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

(From Wednesday's Times)

CABITL, DEC. 15.
There was vary severe fighting yesterday. A most diffi-
cult position was gallantly carried by the 72nd and the
Guides. Later in the day our troops were less successful,
losing a position they had before taken. All are now concen-
trated In Shirpur and await with confidence the next move
of the insurgents.

KotIAT, Dec. 16.

To-day General 'Tytler attacked Zawa, which was deemed
Impregnable and was stored with the grain of all the
Zaimukht tribes. The enemy occupied both sides of the
gorge leading to the cluster of villages in the Zaava valley.
Their strong opposition was broken by the screw gum of the
European Mountain Battery, which did excellent execution.
General Tytler operated with two columns, securing the
heights with his right and pushing with his left up the gorge.
After shelling the enemy, be occupied the pass commanding
the valley and captured Zawa. He burnt 12 large villages
stored with grain. The enemy suffered severely, leaving a
large number dead. General Tytler returned to his position
at Dagh by five in the evening, his retirement being un-
molested. The various operations were skilfully conaucted
and were most successful. The country Is of a very difficult
naturo. The narrow gorge opening into ZAwa is but a few
feet broad and commanded by sheer cliffs. Telegraph wire
and other British property have been found, proving the
complicity of the population in the outrages. Our casualties
are .—Wounded—Lieut. and Adjutant Renny, 4th Punjab
Infantry, dangerously: a native officer severely; and two
Sepoys mortally.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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Lmrd Derby has accepted the office of President of
the Liverpool centre of the St. John Ambulance Association.

In Upper Alsace the cold has made wol7es and
boars Issue from their coverts. The former are prowling
round the villages near hiulhouse, and several boars have
been run over by" railway trains.

A telegram from Lloyd's agent at Havannah states
that the Spanish steamer Aurora, from Bayoullla for
Barranquilla, had been totally lost on the Mosquito Coast.
The crew were saved.

On Monday night an accident occurred at Hartle-
pool Malleable Rolling Mills. A labourer named Vasey was
caught by a chain and drawn into the machinery, and was so
badly injured that he died next morning.
Considering the great importance of the incident
(the Berlin correspondent of the Standard says), it may not
be superfluous to observe that the statement as to Prince
Bismarck declaring for disarmament, in a letter to Signor
Jacint, is perfectly authenticated.

An interesting discovery has recently been made at
Chatham, in the shape of an old Dutch war vessel, one of the
fleet which, under De Ruyter, raised such a commotion in
London in the reign of Charles 11., by ascending the River
Thames, and for a time almost threatening the Metropolis
itself. This vessel, now discovered in the operation for the
enlargement of Chatham Dockyard, sank on her return
voyage. Part of the guns taken from her have been sent to
the Gun Factory at Woolwich; the others, it is said, will
probably be handed over to the Dutch Government as inter-
esting souvenirs.
A fatal accident took place on Tuesday on the
Cambrian Railway, between Buttington and Welsh Pool,
when Mr. Joseph Rogers' ' landlord of the Dragon Inn But-
tington, was killed. Mr. Rogers was walking along the down
main line when the 10 30passenger train from Oswestry came
up and ran over him before he could get out of the way. He
was immediately picked up by some platelayers, but life was
found to be extinct.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

TIME'S CHANGES.

The French frigate La Couronne has arrived at Marseilles
having on board the Ambassadors of the King of .Morocco,
who were received with a salute and the usual honours
now accorded. A century ago Marseilles would have been
thrown into a state of dire consternation by the arrival of
such an embassy. M. Brun, in a work on_ the French
marine, relates the following anecdote, which shows how
times have changed :
"On the 23rd of September, 1785, two frigates be-
longing to the King of Morocco reached Toulon, with
an envoy, Bey Moreno, bound for Constantinople.
This envoy wished to go to Paris, and it was with the
greatest difficulty he was prevented, on the ground
that he was an Ambassador to the Grand Seigneur,
and not to the King. The frigates were in a wretched
condition, and the port was obliged to repair them
and to feed the officers and crews, who were
dying of hunger. As for the envoy, said M.
Malottet, we much fear that his amour propre, which
at present defends us from his avidity, will not
last, The object of the King of Morocco was to get
his frigates repaired at Toulon at the expense of
France; that of the envoy to make the voyage last as
long as possible, in order to pick up as much money as
possible. The repairs cost 75,495 f., and the envoy
wanted to have one of his frigates coppered. At Mar-
seilles the Barbaresques exacted presents of provisions,
which they sold, and the envoy, after great preten-
sions. accepted 3,) 1. a day and a purse of 1,500 f."—
Pall &fall Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

ANNIVERSARY SERVICE AT
FROGMORE.

Sunday (14th) being the anniversary of the deaths
of the late Prince Consort and Princess Alice, the
occasion was observed with much solemnity by the
Queen and Royal Family at Windsor Castle. The
Duke and Duchess of Connaught arrived at the Castle
on Saturday evening, and were followed by the Prince
and Princess of Wales, Princess Louise (Marchioness
of Lorne), the Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Leopold.
Her Majesty, attended by the ladies and gentlemen
of the Royal Household, the Prince and Princess of
Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess
Louise, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, and
Prince Leopold, attended by their respective 'kites,
proceeded from the Castle at half-past eleven o'clock
on Sunday to the Prince Consort's Mausoleum in the
grounds of Frogmore-house, and were joined by Prince
and Princess Christian of Schlenwig-Holstein, who
had driven from Cumberland-lqdge in the Great
Park. In the building near the beautiful sarco-
phagus containing the remains of Prince Albert,
the service, which for the last few years has been
held annually on the occasion, was commenced, the
Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald Wellesley, Dean of
Windsor, officiating, the choral portion being sung
under the direction of Sir J. G. Elvey, the organist.
The ceremonial opened with the hymn "Thy will
be done," trom "Hymns Ancient and Modern,"
after which the Dean of Windsor read the 23rd and
46th Psalms and some verses from the Epistle to
the Thessalonians. Then followed the Anthem,
which was beautifully sung by the choir to Gounod's
music, A special prayer and other prayers were
then read by the Dean, the service concluding with
the hymn, "Wake, awake, for night is flying; the
watchmen on the heights are crying; Awake, Jeru-
salem at last!" (Nicolai, 1598.)
Before Her Majesty and the Royal Family quitted
the Mausoleum wreaths of flowers were placed upon
the tomb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

At the invitation of the Baroness Burdett•Contts
nearly bOO cabmen, coachmen, and carters, and their
wives, sat down to tea on Monday at Tolmer's•square,
Institute, London, and were afterwards addressed by
Colonel Burdett, Bishop Clanghton, Colonel Sir E.
Henderson, the Rev. Arthur Hall, and others, on the
duty of the kind treatment of animals,

In the course of the proceedings the Right Rev.
Bishop Claughton, Chaplain General to the Forces, pro-
posed the following pithy resolution, "That the kindly
treatment of animals is a duty incumbent on all
classes of society." He introduced anecdotes of his
career in Ceylon' whose inhabitants, although holding
the doctrine of transmigration of souls, and consider-
ing it :wrong to take the life of animals, did not act
as if they believed it wrong to make the lives of those
animals miserable. His Lordship told a story of
a dog to which he had shown some kindness, and
which had become attached to him. One morning early
he went out for a walk, when his canine friend was
attacked by a vagabond cur. The Bishop beat off the
assailant with his umbrella. A few minutes after-
wards his lordship was attacked by a pack of pariah
dogs, but the dog he had befriended gave some sign to
them, and they slunk off as if abashed at their conduct.
Dumb creatures had neither articulate voice nor reason,
but there could be no doubt but they had gratitude and
some means of communicating with each other. An
anecdote was next given of a master-elephant, which
had pointed the way of escape from a kraal to the herd,
and Dr. Claughton added that on one occasion he was
so struck by the fidelity of a female elephant to her
calf that he asked the Rajah to spare her. "I shall,"
said the Rajah, "and in future she shall be known as
the Bishop's elephant. Bishop, you would make a good
Buddhist I "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

BRAVERY REWARDED.

At a meeting of the Chapter of the Order of St
John of Jerusalem in England, held last week at St.
John's-gate, Clerkenwell, London, Sir Edward.perrott
presiding (in the unavoidable absence of the Duke of
Manchester), it was proposed by Sir E. Lschmere,
M.P., seconded by General Sir John St. George,K. C. B ,
and unanimously resolved, to confer the medal
awarded by the Order for deeds of gallantry in saving
life on land on Mr. H. Arthur Stokes, one of Her
Majesty's sub-inspectors of mines, Charles Maltby,
John Hancock, Thomas Davis, and John Davis, in
recognition of the successful exertions made by them,
at great personal danger, in July last, to resue one
Dennis Bagshaw, who was imprisoned for five days by
a sudden fall of "shale," or old workings, from the
roof of the Black Engine Mine, Eyam, near Sheffield,
It is understood the medals will be publicly pre-
sented.

The Geneva Correspondent of The Times says that
accounts continue to be received of the damage done by the
hurricane of Friday (the 6th inst.). In the forests of
Zofingen, Lenzburg, and Lausanne thousands of trees were
laid low and many buildings seriously injured. In one
hamlet of the Bernese Jura all the cottages were unroofed
and the unfortunate inmates on that bitter night exposed
to all the fury of the storm. But the saddest misfortune of
all was one which befell near Tavannes, in the same locality.
Three children on their way home from school, blinded by
the thick•failing snow, wandered from the road, and, after
many hours' search, their parents found them, their little
arms twined round each other's necks, frozen 10 death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

DUDLEY AND TVALSALL.

DIANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two or
Ihree Years; after which, and without any farther pay.
ment, to become the property of the hirer. Alllnstru-
ments had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other, if
no tapproved of, and returned carriage free. And fur.
her, after a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Bar-
mcni.m would be taken back, at its original cost, and
tb tmoney returned, deducting the usual charge for
hire; thus offering greater advantages than the London
o :Birmingham Houses .—AppIyFREDEUICK GREEN
Music Warehouse, 260, Castle-street, Dudley, sud 67,
Rawkilint,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

THE LABOUR MARKET IN VICTORIA.

A despatch has been received at the office of the Agent.
General for Victoria from the Hon. the Chief Secretary for
the Colony, drawing attention to the reply made on behalf
of the Government to an inquiry addressed to them by Mr.
Clark, M.P. for Sandhurst, in regard to the agitation going
on in England for emigration to the Australian colonies, and
asking whether steps would be taken to inform the labouring
population of the United Kingdom of the depressed state of
the labour market in Victoria and, indeed, In all the Austra-
lian colonies. In reply, Mr. Graham Berry said :
" The question was an important one, and required
a great deal of consideration. If the class of people
who contemplated leaving England were the labour-
ing class, probably it would be necessary to take
action in tho direction indicated by the honourable
member, but he gathered from the telegrams which
had appeared in the newspapers that the persons who
thought of emigrating were farmers who possessed
a small amount of capital. A revolution was taking
place in the condition of the farming interest in
the mother country, and, when he was in England,
the fact of many farmers having given their land-
lords notice of their intention to quit their farms
was a topic of common conversation, He had since
seen a statement that a Canadian public man, while
in England, had arranged for a large number of
farmers, every one of whom had a capital of not less
than £5OO, to emigrate to Canada. His own opinion
was that the emigration of farmers with experience
and capital was a thing which should not be discou-
raged. He noticed that meetings had been held recently
in Gippsland in favour of taking advantage of the
depressed state of the farming interest in England to
encourage farmers to come out to this country. He men-
tioned these matters to show that there was more than
one side to the question. He considered the Government
would be acting prejudicially to the interests of the
colony if they did anything to check so desirable a
proceeding as the introduction of a number of farmers
—men with capital and intelligence—even if it were
accompanied by a corresponding supply of labour.
Care should be taken not to throw cold water, as it
were, upon immigration which would really be benefi-
ficial to the colony. On the other hand he thought it
only right and proper that the Government should in-
form the Agent-General in London fully and fairly of
the present depressed condition of the colonial labour
market, although he hoped the depression would
shortly pass away.

It is stated in a French paper that the distinguished
animal painter, Rosa Bonheur, has Just bought a magnificent
lion from the nologlcsi flurden ,et Marseilles, at the price
of 5,000 t. and that she is painting ita.portralt In a picture
intended for next year's Salon —Academy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

A WINTER'S NIGHT ON THE GEMMI.

The Geneva Correspondent of The Times writes under date
December 14 :

"On Monday last a number of cattle drovers from
Kaudergrund and Frutigen, who had been buying
cows and oxen in canton Vaud and had got as far as
Leukerbacl on their way back, resolved to attempt on
the following day the passage of the Gerami. It was
a bold, if not a foolhardy, undertaking; for, though
the weather was fine at the time, it was bitterly cold,
and there was no telling what it might be on the moun-
tain, But the beasts were eating their heads off and
the drovers were anxious to get home, so, hiring three
nien from the Valais (each of whom were furnished with
a spade) to helpthem and, in case of need, to cut through
any snow drifts they might encounter, they set out
from the baths of Leuk, where they had passed the
previous night, at nine o'clock on Tuesday morning.
They found the Gemrai almost impassable, so that it
was four cgclock in the afternoon when they reached
the Tauben lake. Meanwhile one of the Valaisian
road-breakers,' less robust or less warmly clad than
the others, had succumbed to the cold and exposure.
His body was left in the sheepfold near the summit of
the pass. Beyond and all round the Tanben lake
stretched a dreary waste of snowdrifts, and shortly
after nightfall a storm came on; the snow fell so thickly
that the cattle could move neither forward nor back-
ward, and all were in imminent danger of perishing.
Some of the drovers suggested that in these circum-
stances they should leave the beasts to their fate and
try to save their own lives, for they were overcome
with fatigue, and their last crust of bread had been
long since eaten, their last drop of schnaps drunk. In
the end it was determined to send the two Valaisians
to the Shwarrenbach Hospice for food, whtle the
drovers remained with the cattle and tried to tunnel a
way through the snow, for shovelling it aside was out
of the question. On the way thither the two men lost
sight of each other, and one only reached the hospice.
The other, who has not since been seen or heard of,
was doubtless overwhelmed by the snow and frozen
to death. After an absence of four hours the survivor
returned to his companions with the food of
which they stood in such sore need. They had gone
on working at their tunnel all the time—which
seemed to them an eternity—as the only means of
keeping their blood from freezing in their veins; but
the delay of another hour would probably have been
fatal to every one of them. After eating they re-
sumed their task with fresh energy, anri by eight
o'clock in the morning they had succeeded in reach-
ing Schwarrenbach. It was still a hard pull to
Kandersteg , but by this time the weather had im-
proved, and they arrived at their homes without
further mischance. They are all, however, laid up
from the effects of exposure, and their hands, faces,
and ears are terribly frost-bitten."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

The following has been sent to the papers from the
India Office for publication :

(Copy of telegram from Viceroy, dated Calcutta,
Dec. 13, 1879.)
"Roberts reports enemy Collected yesterday in great force
around Benlakah and Indiki. Macpherson held point above
Bala Risser, but failed to dislodge enemy from high peak,
where their position was very strong, and held by large force.
Baker, after several successful engagements yesterday. re-
turned, and this morning attacked enemy near Beniskah,
driving them before him, and ultimately, in concert with
Macpherson, carried high peak held yesterday by enemy.
" Macpherson's losses.—Two men 3rd Sikhs ; Lieu-
tenant Ferguson (72nd), Major Cook (6th Goorkhas), Lieu-
tenant Faaken (3rd Sikhs), one man 87th, three men 72nd,
and five men 6th Goorkhas wounded.

"Baker's report not yet received."
(Copy of telegram from Viceroy, dated Calcutta, December
14, 1879)
"Roberts telegraphs December 13. Enemy have been de-
feated on all sides. A combined attack had been planned
for night of 13th against his position. Tribes having assem-
bled in great numbers in correspondence with city people.
They have suffered very heavy loss, but parties are still in
neighbourhood. Roberts attacks again to-day unless they
disperse. Advance of Baker's Brigade upon enemy's posi-
tion was led by 92nd Highlanthrs under Major White,
and attack brilliantly headed by Lieutenant Forbes who
was killed with his Colour Sergeant Drummond in
hand to hand tight. Guide Cavalry, under Major Stewart,
made fine and successful charge; also 9th Lancers, under
Captain Butson, who was killed, Chisholm° and Trower
wounded. sth Punjab Cavalry, under Major Williams, dis-
tinguished itself. Total British loss during three days--
forty-three killed, of whom aix officers, and seventy-six
wounded, of whom ten officers. Troops behaved admirably,
and are in excellent health and spirits, notwithstanding
hard work and severe cold."
(From Viceroy, 14th December, 1879.)
Roberta reports continued fighting to-day at Cabul. As
enemy Is still coming on in large numbers, he has decided to
collect force within Shirpur cantonments. He had ordered
Gough up from Gandamak and Arbuthnot's brigade from
Jellalabad, as he considers renforcements necessary to
enable him to clear country and to act decisively.
We are sending up reinforcement,' to replace troops
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

ft, /lONii rdy for immediate investriseat iniar;s
II SUali not under £5O, on any drscriptien of
eal or I.,,raonal sacority uo lees than one year, at a low
rate, viz., 4 per cut. on personal, Cud. 3 per cent on free.
hole or lua&e.old hwertrity. Irani-est in all eases payabl
Ltalf-yearly, 40. t nut io v,civanee. Distance no object.
All applie,ticsub Ist!, ~c Ift,alea with strictest secrecy and
despatch. :done). o,lo.illatue On toe ehortest notice. No
ccnanuiseioi,.—AA,l%, trail 11111 particulars to nature e
lecurity, aupiau:, ,-;•qa.:rot,, Lad Or what period, to Wm-
Liszr .)!'idaturior, Great ituseell-street,
Loa du::.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR WOMEN.

Mrs. Marshall received on Saturday last the-
diploma of Doctor of Medicine from the Faculty of
Medicine in Paris. Mrs. Marshall began the study of
medicine some years ago at Edinburgh, and, in con-
sequence of the opposition offered there, had to start
afresh at Paris. She took, as the subject of her
thesis on Saturday, the influence of sex in the produc-
tion of one form of valvular heart disease, and, by an
elaborate analysis of facts, she proved, to the satisfac-
tion of her judges, that the disease in question, known
as " mitral stenosts," is much more common in women
than in men.

After the thesis had been accepted, Professor Hardy,
the senior Professor of Medicine at the Faculty,
warmly congratulated Mrs. Marshall on the share she
had had in setting at rest the vexed question as to the
admission of women into the Paris School of Medicine.
The Professor concluded by saying, "You, Madame,
have helped to vindicate for all women their right to
study medicine. You reply in your person to all the
objections of your adversaries. I have seen you end
watched your work for years in the hospitals; in my
wards, by the bedside of the patients, I have seen the
earnest work you have done; I congratulate you
heartily, and I thank yon,"
Mrs. Marshall is daughter of the Rev. Dr. Ander.
son, of Aberdeen, and sister•in-law of Mrs. Garrett
Anderson.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

THE INUNDATIONS IN HUNGARY.

The Vienna Correspondent of theDctily Telegraph, writing
on Sunday night, says
The inundations in Hungary have left 10,000 people
without shelter. The danger is diminishing, but im-
mense damage has already been done, particularly in
the districts neighbouring on the Black Koeroes. The
misery and suffering among the population are intense,
and the outbreak of an epidemic is apprehended.
Not only in Hungsry, but in all parts of the country,
especially in Bohemia and Bavaria, the population is
In great distress, owing to the severe cold. Vienna
and the neighbourhood are under snow, and a few days
ago the thermometer marked thirteen degrets below
freezing point.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

THE BRITISH EXPEDITION UP THE

NIGER.

By the arrival at Liverpool of the British and
African Compair's mail steamer Kinsem)2o, news has
been received of the results of the expedition recently
made by the English troops up the River /Niger.
Onitsha Town and a town three miles inland were
burnt down and destroyed. The expedition was under
the command of Captain Burr, R N., assisted by
Captain Barron, and consisted of a force of blue-
jackets and marines and a detachment of Houssa
native troops. The senior naval officer on the station
has confirmed the proceedings, and despatches were to
be sent home by the next mail. The effect of this
punishment was stated to have been felt at once, as
oil and produce were coming down the river in large
quantities. The boats went up as far as Nup6, and no
sickness or casualties are reported. Her Majesty's
ships Dido, Pioneer, and Dwarf went down afterwards
to New Calabar, there being a " palaver " there.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

PRINCE BISMARCK on DISARMAMENT.

The Vienna correspondent of the Eagerm Budget, writing
on the 13th inst. says :

Prince Bismarck's letter to the Italian Senator
Jacini is viewed with special interest here at: a
moment when the two great parties in the State are
in conflict on the question of maintaining a powerful
military force in Austria-Hungary. There is a general
agreement among Austrian politicians in the Prince's
opinion that a radical improvement of the financei of
the States of Europe can only be effected on the basis
of a conservative international policy, but it is felt
that the practical realization of such a policy must, so
far at least as Austria is concerned, depend upon the
attitude of Russia and Italy. Disarmament is not a
question of Liberalism or Conservatism, for although
the Austrian Liberals in the Lower House are for a
reduction of the army, those in the Upper House agree
with the Conservatives that "In view of the insecurity
of the situation in the East and the state of affairs in
Europe generally, the only solid guarantee for the
safety of the country is to be found in a strong and
efficient military organization."

The death has occurred of Mr. James Bradshaw, of
Manchester, who for some years has been before the public
as an ardent advocate of schemes for the commercial open-
ing up Of Central Africa.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

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SATURDAY ryeFVFFP 20, 1879

MIITTON.—This sale was held on Tuesday. There
was a very good entry of stock and a large attendance
A prize of ..R5 was awarded to Mr. T. White, Lutley,
for a beautiful fat heifer 21 months old, which
realized £32; a second prize of £5 was awarded to
Mr. G. A. H. Best for a prime young bullock which
made £3l 5s Od ; third prize £2, was given to Mr.
J. Braithwaite for a bullock, realizing £2B 12s 6d.
A prize of £2 for the best ten wethers was awarded
to Mrs. Pearman, the best pen snaking 84s a head.
Second prize £l, was given to Messrs. Bache
Brothers for the best pen realizing 70s a head.
Purchasers prizes were given to Messrs. Lane,
Bagley, Brettell, R Rogers, and W. Young.
Prices were very satisfactory throughout the Sale.

Samuel Parsons, Tibbetts' Garden, Cradley Heath,
s; John Bushell, Cradley Road, Cradley Heath, is,
John Arnold, Granger's Lane, Cradley Heath, is.

MARRIED.

OWEN—EVERS-SWINDELL.—On Tuesday last, at
Pedmore, Worcestershire, (by the Rev. W. A:
Jones,) Henry Owen, commander Cape mall,
steamer Asiatic, to Helen, third daughter ot
Charles Evers. Swindell, Esq., J.P., The Quarrb
Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

A REMARKABLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

A remarkable accident unattended with fatal con-
sequences, occurred to a North London express train
which left Broad-street station, London, on Friday
evening in lad week. The train, which contained
only eight passengers, had proceeded about a mile be-
yond Acton., when it came into violent collision with a
South-Western coal train, which at that time was
waiting to cross one of the lines branching at that
point. The driver of the express train, who had one
hand on the regulator and the other on the lever at the
time of the collision, states that from the moment of
the shock he lost all consciousness until he found him-
self in an adjoining field, his shoes having by some
means bent torn from his feet. Almost miraculously,
however, he escaped unhurt. The guard and the few
passengers Buffered no more than a slight shaking and
some bruises. The engine of the express train was
completely wrecked; the foremost compartment of a
first-class carriage adjoining the tr,ain was smashed to
pieces, and other carriages were more or less damaged.
The empty brake of the goods ttain was broken into
splinters by the force of the collision, which was so
great that the express engine mounted on to the truck
next the break and upset the coal wagons, covering
the line for some distance with the fragments. Imme-
diately after the collision, the first and second
carriages of the express (which, fortunately, contained
no passengers) being on the line, a passenger train,
which left Kew at 6.55, came up, and ran into the
remains of the coal trucks, the engine being thrown
into a field of cabbages adjoining. The line had thus
become completely blocked, and, besides the North
London trains to Kew, those to Richmond, and the
Midland Company's trains to Earl's-court had to stop
running. By great exertions, the official of the North
London Railway succeeded in getting the line in work-
ing order early the following morning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

SKATING-

MORNING, AFTERNOON, & EVENING.

AN EFFICIENT BAND IS ENGAGED.

ADMISSION SIX-PENCE.
INCLUDING USE OF PLIMPTON'S SKI.TES •

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

BIRMINGHAM PANTOMIMES.

(IN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26th, a cheap
VI excursion train will run to 13IR1INGHAM leav-
ing Worcester (Foregate Street), 1.30; Shrub Hill, 1.45 ;
Fearnall Heath. 1.50 ; Droitwich, 20 ; Llartlebury,
9.10; Kiddermirster, 2 20 ; and Stoarbridge Junction
at 2 45, p.m., returning came evening.
Ou SATUEDAY. DECEMBER 27th, the 11.0 p.m.,
ordinary train from BIRMINGHAM to Stiurbridge
Junction will be continued on to Kiddermintter, calling
at Hagley and Churchill.
See special bills.

J. GnIERsoN, General Y
_ADA&Er.

BRIE RLEY HILL AND STO-
BUILDING WC'
dRbRJDiE
.12.117,
....tED 1851,

E 6Td BLIr,

IHE W l eight Annual Meeting of the
this Society, for the Election of
olic
etkra•tilble°rebnet.h-cid in the Committee Room, of the
Town hall, Brier/ey Hill, on Wednesday Evening,
January 7th, 1880, at seven o'clock.
The last Subscription Meetings of this year wi:l be
li4d at Brierivy Bill, on Moray Eveni,g 22n2, and
tourbridge, I uesday Evening, 23rd inst.
Members are rictuestet.i to pay up all their f,uly,crip-
ti'Jzis, fines, abd 4:suit:does, aria to send in their pass
books to he audited,

J. M. GETHING,
SEC.

DVitimber, 1879.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

THE TRADE REVIVAL.

The Economist notes that " a revival in trade com-
monly first makes itself prominently manifest in a
rapid increase in the demand for -eaw materials. During
a period of great stagnation, such as we have just
passed through, manufacturers allow their stores of
raw produce to fall as low as they possibly can, and
the prospect of a turn in the tide at once makes them
eager buyers. This is remarkably the case at the pre.
sent time. Our stocks of cotton, of various kinds of
materials, and of wool, had been allowed greatly to
diminish, and manufacturers were content to feed their
machinery with purchases of a hand-to-month descrip-
tion. But now that they believe that a change is in
prospect, they are all competing for these materials,
and consequently the goods have all advanced in value,
even more rapidly than they fell this time last year.
At the same rate it is clear that foreign producers of
such raw materials must quickly reap the advantage
of these higher prices."

The condition of Italy just now (a correspondent
writes) is sad, and yet this 31 only the beginning of the
winter. The harvest was altogether deficient ; the Indian
corn, on which a largo part of the population mainly depends
for food, was almost a total failure; the potatoes are
diseased and very bad and dear; the chestnuts, which are
the chief staple of food in the hilly districts, were a poor
crop; and now comes winter, unusually early and unusually
severe, preventing all outdoor work.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-20

SEVERE WINTERS.

On the Continent, as well as in thei British Islands,
the recent severe weather is on all hands admitted
to have been among the severest on record. On the
10th inst. the Centigrade thermometer is stated to
have registered no leas than 28 degrees below zero, at
Versailles and Orleans. This is equivalent to rather
more than 50 degrees below freezing point, or 18
degrees below zero, according to Fahrenheit's thermo-
meter, which is in more general use than the Centi-
grade in this country.
In Switzerland and South Germany the newspapers
are every day publishing accounts of men, women, and
children, as well as domestic animals, being frozen to
death, and the oldest inhabitants have to go back to
the winter of 1829.30 for a season when the cold was as
rigorous as that which has prevailed during the past
two or three weeks,

The Gazette de France gives a brief enumeration of
the coldest winters known in France since the 15th
century. At the close of 'the great winter" of 1408
all the bridges over the Seine at Paris were torn down
by the floods, carrying with them immense blocks of
Ice. In 1420 there were numbers of people frozen to
death, and the wolves are said to have appeared in the
streets of Paris and there to have eaten up some of the
corpses. In 1507 the harbour of Marseilles was frozen
up. In 1544 the frozen wine had to be broken up
with axes and sold by weight, In 1607 cattle were
frozen to death in their stalls. Paris suffered from a
dearth of wood—its ordinary fuel, and people used to
drive in carriages and sledges across the §eine. In
1665 the temperature sank to 22i degrees of cold in
Paris.

In 1700 the cold fell to 23 degrees below zero; the
Mediterranean was frozen in several places on the
French coast, and the same was the case in some
harbours on the channel. Most of the trees in France
were during the winter destroyed by the cold; wine
was frozen into solid masses in the cellars, and a
famine prevailed. - - -

In 1783 Paris experienced 16 degrees of cold. The
frost lasted 63 consecutive days, and the Seine was
frozen up for two full months. In 1788 the ice on the
great canal at the Versailles was 12in, thick. In 1795
the cold attained 23 degrees below zero in Paris; the
frost continued 42 days; and the Dutch fleet, which
wae frozen up in harbour, was captured by the French
cavalry (the original, it may be presumed, of the cele-
brated corps of the Horse Marines),
In 1830 the thermometer registered 17 degrees of
cold in Paris; all the rivers of France were frozen
over, and many men and animals lost their lives by
the frost. In 1853 almost all the rivers of Europe
were frozen. In 1871 Paris experienced 22 deg, of
cold, but the frost did not last long, and the ice on the
Seine broke up on the second day after covering the
river.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

CHARGE OF ASSAULTING A SCHOOL-

SOY.

At the Sunbury petty sessions, on Monday, a deci-
sion was given a case of peculiar interest to public
school teachers. William Henry Wilkins, second
master of the Teddington public schools,
was summoned for assaulting William Dorrell,
aged twelve years, one of the scholars.
The chief points of interest were first, the
right of a second master to inflict corporal punish-
ment; and secondly, the legality of punishing a scholar
within the school for an offence committed out of
school, and during the dinner hour. The facts of the
ease, which were not disputed, were these. On the
morning of the 3rd inst., the complainant and other
lads, not having done their work in a satisfactory
manner, were detained for some time after the other
scholars were dismissed. In revenge the com-
plainant followed his teacher along the public
street, calling him by the nick - name of
"short 'un. When the lad returned to
school in the afternoon defendant gave him
a severe caning. A medical certificate was produced
showing that the punishment had been severe, and
that the boy's legs were badly bruised. Defendant
urged that he was perfectly justified under the cir-
cumstances in castigating the lad. He was so annoyed
by being called "short dun" through the public streets
that his appetite for dinner was completely spoiled.
He retired to his bedroom, and after very carefully
meditating upon the occurrence, came to the conclusion
that for the maintenance of his authority in the
school it was necessary fOr him to make an example of
complainant. The rules of the school allowed the
second master to inflict corporal punishment, but it
was usually inflicted by the head master. The magis-
trates were of opinion that the complainant richly
deserved the punishment, but held that a master has
no right to chastise a scholar for an offence committed
outside the school. They also expressed their opinion
that in every instance the punishment should be
inflicted by the head master. A nominal fine of
2s. 6d. was imposed.

A CURLY TALE.—A Hoboken paper says that one
dark night an engineer of a long goods train, to his
horror, perceived a light rapidly approaching, as he
thought, upon the line. He sounded the whistle, and
the breaks were at once applied, when he discovered
that it was the signal upon the rear of his own train,
which, from the great curvature of the road, glens
fUI) upon itiM
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-07-19

ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT LIME

STREET STATION, LIVERPOOL.

While an express train, filled with passngers, was
standing in Lime Street Station on Thursday, a
number of empty coaches were shunted down the
tunnel, arri dashed into the express at a high speed,
causing the pas%ngers to be thrown about in all
directions. Great excitement prevailed. The pas-
sengers shrieked, and rushed from the carriages.
When quiet was restored, it was discovered that
many had sustained cuts and bruises, but all were
well enough to proceed on their journey.