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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

An communications must be anthenticateil by the Nome
sgi Address of the writer, not necessarily for publie
endow, but as • golowntee for good faith. Those who
J., not wish their names to be published should, in
addition, adopt • OWsi tie plume.
Communications for the Editor may be addressed to 92,
HIGH ATRItIiT, ST01:1:11LLIDOE. 4.v to the Branch Oilice,
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We shall feel obliged by all those who favour no with
Communications or Advertisements writing on one
side of the paper °ay, and sending them as early in
the week as possible.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

Tilt: 'IIIIMTITIC WONDFR —Have you seen it? It
roacniie :12,000 time'. Price thirty-two stamps (1104
free), wail book of full instruction. To he had only
from A. kfcCuttocu. Philosophical Instrument Maker,
18, Blucher-street, Birminaham.—N.B.—For further
particulars see advertisement in this paper, page 1, not-
kola 2, headed " Salentine Wonder."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

PUBLIC NOT

D. HALL,

BILL PORTER, TOWN CRIER, AND GLNERAL

MESSENGER,
Next door to the Horse and Hroom inn,

HIGH•STREET, STOURBRIDGE

--
All Oracre punctually attended to.

AManufacturer of aiMANLTRE, established
sixteen years, wishes to appoint n few respectable
Agents. thmd Commission. Mare's by post. with or
Manure Agency," at No. LA Bishops-
gate Street Without, London,

ANTED, a Good GENERAL SERVANT.
V Most understand PLAIN COOKING.—AppIy
to Mn. Brotrley, No. 2, MArket.street, Stoarhridge.

TO TRADESMEN.

THE Guardians of the Bromagrove Union are
desirous of placing out several Strong and Active
LH it as APPRENTICES.
Applications, stating terins, to be made to me,
JOHN lII7MPHRETS, Clerk.
Bromsgrove, nels February,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

THE IRON TRADE.

The reporti of the trade at. Wolverhampton
on Wednesday, were much of the character of
the preceding week, telling of slackness of orders
and the consequent diffmlty of keeping all the
works going anything lika full tine. In some
of the smaller works round the town it had

nearly come to half-time. The larger, elder,
quid better established firms report more activity
than this. On all hands, however, faith io coin-
ing prosperity is fast Lehi, end the prices which
native pig iron and minerals ore fetching, and
the priers sellers are looking for, despite the
eompetition of other districto, tend to confirm
the expectation of an active spring trade. The
workmen are quits certain of hotter days and
wages in store, and are re-uniting together to
discuss their prospects.

There was not much business reported on
'Change, at Birmingham, on Thursday, although
there was a very numerous attendance of mem-
bers of the trade. There is a moderat9 business
in marked bars and hoops, but in plates of all
kinds there is scarcely anything doing. Gene-
rally speaking, makers of second-class iron have
few orders in hand, and not more than half time
is being made at ninny of the mills and works in
that neighbourhood. 'flie price of pig iron is
rather in sellers favour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

ANIMAL MAGNETISM.

MONEY GIVEN AWAY.

MONDAY, FEB. 15th.

LYE INSTITUTION.

THE ANNUAL
TEA MEETING AND SOIREE

Will be held on .
MONDA Y, FEBRUARY 15t1,
H. W. FOLEy, ESQ.,
IN THE CHAIR, WHEN
The REV. T. C. DIXON, LLD.,

The REV. D. ROBERTSON, M.A., The REV. J. U.
THOMPSON,' 8.A.,
E. MOORE, ESQ., T. WOOD, ESQ,
N. HINGLEY, ESQ., G. K. HARRISON, ESQ.,
SAMUEL HINGLEY, ESQ., S. A. BROOKS, ESQ.,
F. EVERS, ESQ., E. ROBINS, ESQ.,

And other Gentlemen, are expected to take part
In the Meeting.

Tilkets for Tea and Meeting, One Shilling each.
Admission alter Tea, Sixpence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

BELBRO U GIiTON.

LARCENY Case—At the Slourbridge Petty Sessions,
yesterday, before Major Fletcher, B. Littlewuod and W.
C. Fir tostonn. Boles., George Bentley, a youth, was
charged with stealing. Os the Ilth inst. is small bag and
some. Mend unit meat, the property of George Wheeler
Perks. Prosecutor proved missing the bag and meat at
about ten o'clock in the morning; and the bag produced
was the same. Poliee-eonstable Lane proved apprehend-
ing the prisoner. Police-constable Collins proved that
prisoner had been previously convicted, and he wan
scntenced to two mouths' imprisoneut.
Tiro CASE OF PLOUGHING UP A FOOTPATH AT BEL-
IOtOUGHToIi.—Some time ago the Rev. 11. A. Woodgate,
vicar, laid an information against William Mercer, far-
mer, at this place, for ploughing up a footpath throirji a
tield. The footpath had been ploughed up for sOUlt
years, and complainant contended that defendant had no
right to plough up a footpath which was a public road
through a field. Irefendaut contended that he had done
the same thing for many years. The Bench fined the
defendant Is and costs, which IVAIS a nominal tine. A
case was applied for and granted fur the Court of
queen'a Bench.—A sinrilar rase to the above came on
before the Magistrates at Horneastle. Lincolnshire, in
the month of May last, when John Thoraby laid an in-
formation under the %rid see. of the sth and tith Wil-
liam IV., eh. 50, charging George Braekenborough with
ploughing up a footpath. The Magistrates then decided
ligaimit the defendant, and the case was after taken to
the queen's Bench. The ease recently came before the
Court, and the whole Court unanimously confirmed the
decision of the Bench of Magistratea.l.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

ENTERTAINMENT

ELECTRICITY AND MAC;NETISNI.

TIIE ELECTER"FELEGRAPH,
(With new and beautiful experimenta).
THE IMMENSE MAGNETS.

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.

SPIRITUALISM AND TABLE RAPPING.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

TIIE LYE,

THE Co OPERATIVE SOCIETY. The annnal satyr of
the Co-operative Society, which has been in existence
now for eight years, took place On Tuesday evening, in
the National School Room. There was a large attend-
ance, the school-room being crowded in every part '
The Right Hon Lord Lyttelton presided. His lordship.
who bad been furnished with one or two quarterly re-
ports of the society, congratulated tile members on the
success that had attended their effdrts, and urged upon
them the fact that no one could assist the labouring class
so well as when they depended upon their own efforts and
energy for the improvement of their condition.—The
Rev. D. Robertson, vicar of the parish. also addressed
the meeting, and notated out at some length how much
' good had been effected bY the society in the Lye by way
of promoting among those connected with it habits of
temperance and prudence —Mr. Pearson the secre-
tary of the society, then splice mid reviewed with some
detail the progress of the society since it was founded.
It had gone on Increasing year by year from a very small
beginning; and it had come successfully through the
last two years, which were years of great depression in
that neighbourhood, and had. in many respects. sorely
tried the labouring class on whom the society was de.
pendent. The first year the society Woo in existence, it
sold goods to the amount of £316, and earned £l7 10u;
but last year it sold goods to the amount of ffi 519. with
a profit of £339. For every shilling the members had
paid in they had received back in od. in conclusion. he
appealed for an addition to the capital of the society. to
enable the committee to extend their operations.—The
meeting was SHIO addressed by the Rev. J. Wilson and
the Rev. Myers, of Mirminghaul, On the stihject of Co-
operation and matters relating to the question at issue
between capitol and labour. In addition to the addresses
there was A concert, which was carried mit with great
taccess.—liefore the proceedings of the eveninv con-
cluded, votes of thanks were moved to the noble rhait-
man, and to friends from Birmingham and friends at
home, Who had aided the co-operative movement in The
Lye:
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

BRANCH
• L House isnow
opened in London
or the sale of this
iinedy, which has
ien in use in
anericaoverthirty
It is pleasant to
ie, and is safe in
11 eases; it soothes

the child and gives

it rest, softens the
lay all pain or spasmodic action, and is

gums, and

SURE TO REGULATE THE BOWELS.

Depend upon it, Mothers it will give rest to yourselves
end
RELIEF AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS, _

It will almost instantly relieve Griping in the Bowels
and Wind Colic, and we believe it the bat and surest re-
medy in the world in all cases of Dysentery and Diarr-
bum in Children whether arising from teething or other
causes. We have hundreds of testimonial' from America
and England. Be sure and ask for "Mes. Bins/ma's
&atlieug Syrup." Price Is lid per bottle.—lt is sold by
all medicine stealers, with full directions :—Ask your
ihemist for one of "Mrs. Winslow's Family Altnanacks."
Principal Office, 205, High Holborn, London.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

SUNDAY AT THE TUILERIES.

By a recent order of the Grand Chamberlain, hack-
ney coaches are not to enter tip, courtyard f the
Tuileries on Sundays. Persons invited to the musical
masses which are now celebrated according to the cere-
monial of the time of Louis Quatorze must either come
on foot or in private carriages. These masses are gone
through by Mons. Tirmarche, Bishop of Arras. The
little boys who serve IRMA are selected from among the
oldest families who have rallied to the present Govern-
nieut. There are no less than six of them ranged about
the altar. They figure in the Court Guide as marquises,
counts, and viscounts. There being so much business
to get through on Sunday at the Tuileries, the Em-
peror has forbidden sermons in the Imperial Chapel
except in Lent, in consequence of which the service

attends Onlitsrs At-Ort-e -O'clock an usher
announces, "Their Imperial Majesties, and the Prince,
their son," who are preceded by the Dukes of
Cambaceres and Bassano, and the noble corps of chain-
berlains. The Imperial family walk up the aisle
' abreast, bowing on every side. They are 'followed.
bv General Henry, General Nov (Prince .of the
Moskowa), M. Le Prote (the chief huntsman), tic'
sixteen equerries in waiting, and the Prefect of tho
Palace. 'The women of the household, including th
grand mistress, the governess of the children c
France, the belies of the palace, the women and maid;
of honour, and the female readers, bring up the rear.
The presence of the Queen of Spain, and the grandee;
who have followed her in her exile, add to the
mundane aspect of the chapel, which is
softly wadded and upholstered with satin and velveL
that it looks more like a jewel casket thalt
the interior of any chamber I have ever been in.
The music is exquisite. Auber leads, and the vocalisa-
tion is confided to Mdlles. Nasser.% Sass, Bloch,
Mauduit, and MM. Faure and Stellar. Prie-dieu
chairs on which the F.mperor, the Empress, and tho
Prince imperial kneel are close to the high altar.
While their Majesties are performing their devotions
the chamberlains are bound to stand. Every one els.,
sits or kneels. Matte. Nilssen generally sings th.,
Domino, nekton, which is arranged as a solo, Her
clear, high soprano notes have an admirable effect irt
sacred music. The Emperor holds a kind of /ccr'e us
the vestibule on issuing from the chapel. French
people are generally presented to him there.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

SOMETHING ABOUT PROVERBS.

The Dean of Chester has been lecturing on proverbs
—those sayings which Lord Russell has happily de-
scribed as "one man's wit, and all the world's wisdom."
He presented his audience with a good collection of
them well arranged; and we refer to the lecture be-
cause we observed among the proverbs a few that
seemed new to us. Everybody has in his time been
advised not to cry over spilt milk. Archbishop
Whately gave this counsel in its happiest form when
he said, "Don t shiver for last year's snow." The
Dean also found a rather happy saying in the letter
of a Quaker lady :—" Sonic people seem to be starched
before they are washed." It is very suggestive, and
worthy of a place in any hook of proverbs. We have
a common one —"Procrastination is the thief of time."
The Spanish equivalent of this is by no means bad.
"By the road of Bye-and-bye one arrives at the town
of Nicer" These are three good sayings which may
well be added to our stock. And with regard to pro-
verbs, we may say in conclusion, that they are to be
used with moderation. Those who quote and believe
in proverbs, quote and believe in them too absolutely.
People will quote the proverb about a rolling stone
gathering no moss, in utter oblivion of the contrary
Proverb, that a tethered sheep is in danger of starving.
And they will quote the proverb about the early bird
that catches the worm, unmindful of the boy's retort
about the stupidity of the worm in being up so early.

Mr. Stephenson, a well-known "book-molter," has
committed suicide. Us does not appear to have been hi any
pecunno y embarrassment, and had lately passed through a
most successful season ; but he had complained that he had
a very •' bad bamk " on the approaching Derby, anal his brain
appears to have given way under the incessakt excitement
of a life on the turf. For some time past Mr. Stephenson
hail become careworn and dejected; and so apprehensive
were those almut him that it was deemed prn.lent to conceal
hia razora ; and be killed himself at taut with a knife. Ile
bad complained a illness and weary log sleepless nights for
sofne time. Ills death will, it is smal, lead to considerable
einbarrasament among many backers of hones, who had
made what have since turned out profitable bets with him,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

THE QUINTON.

OPENING Or A Now ORCRN IN THE PARISH CHIIRCII. I
—For the last two years strenuous effirts have been !
made in this parish in order to raise a fond sufficient to
purchase a new org in for the church. Ist. By a series
of penny readings and concerts during the wilder
months of 1867-8, which raised £ll. 255 d. By subscrip-
tion cards among the Sunday school teachers and choir,
whirls raised £5. 3rd. By subscriptions from members
of the congregation and other friends. amounting to
£2O; and lost, but not least, by a bazaar, held on the
20th and 30th of December last, which raised £63.
Small as these sums may apptar. they are something
considerable for a widely scattered country parish with
fen resident inhabitants who 111.1, the means to help for-
ward such a work ti any great amount, and the inthim it-
able spirit that has been thrown into the work reflects
the highest credit on those few ladies who undertook it
and carried it out with such zeal that, on Stinda last,
sermons were preached on the occasion of the opening
of the organ—that in the morning. by the Rev. C. H.
_ . . .

Old&Id, rector of The Qainton, and *that in the after.
noon by the Yen. Arclideaeon Hone, of Halesowen.
Collections were made at thewlose of the services am-
(Punting to nearly £9, still leaving a small deficiency for
expensas incurred in the erection. The organ, which
was built by Mr. J. Banfield, of Soho Hill. Birmingham,
is a very complete instrument for a small church. pos-
sessing a peculiarly clear and sw:et tone combined with
depth and power. It comprises the following stops :-
Ist, hoardon, 2 mien diapason ; 3, stop diapason ; 4,
elaraliella treble; 5. principal; 6, weld flute; 7, fifteenth ;
8, haltboy ; two octaves of pedals ; two composition
pedals, and very effective Venetian swell; grained oak
rose, with spotted metal pipes in front. Double-action
bellows, with concussion valve for regulating the wind.
Compass from CC to F, 51 note.. The churchwardena
mill committee may now congratulate themselves in hav-
ing attained the object of their long and earnest desire,
and in doing so will not forget to express their thanks to
their numerous friends from a distance, who have taken
, sueli an interest in the work and so liberally helped it
I forward.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

TIOR Cheap PRINTING, BOOKBINDING
1 and PICTURE FRAMING, go to
T. HOMER,
FIVE WAYS, CRAHLEY HEATH.

MR. JOHN STOKES,

AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,

HOUSE AND LAND AGENT,

OFFICES,--UNION-STREET, DUDLEY.

Begs to inform the inhsbitants of Dudley and sutround-
ing neighbourhood that he is prepared to advance Money
upon Household Furniture or Stock of any description
for sale, at the shortest notice, and the charges reason-
able,

TO FARMERS, &c.

_
BROAD and AGRICULTURAL SALT, at
Manufacturers' Prices, by mil or canal, to any
part.—A pvly, U.J. Eynon, Ransil" Coal Wharf, Stour-
bridge

TO MALSTERti AND OTHERS.

A Stock of CORES, FulfilMe for Maltinv,
Parposow, Stave, kept at Stourbridge
way Coal Wharf—For pi c.. apply, G J. Fresno, Cott
and Coke Merchant, Sr. I.o,ridge. Truck Loads Coal
Coke, Lime, Salt, km, atLt to any Station.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

THE PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL
WORKING MEN'S EXHIBITION.

On Saturday last, at noon, a meeting was held
in the Commissioners' Room, at the Corn Ex-
el,a tge, for the purpose of taking the prelimin-
ary steps towards promoting in the neighbour-
hood the movement for a Working Meu's Inter-
national Exhibition. The Right Hon. Lord
Lyttelton presided, and there were present the
Revs. T. Williams, H. Sheirard, J. Richards,
and D. Maginitis; Messrs. Shepherd, Allsop,
Thorne, Hargreaves, Woolley, King, and Papett.
The Hon. Auheron Herbert and Mr. Pattison,
hon. seerttaries to the Central Committee in
London, attended to explain the objects of the
t movement.

The noble Chairman, in opening the proceed-
ings, said that he had had some communication
with Lord Lichfield on the subject, and the noble
lord regretted that he was unable to be present
on that occasion. He (Lord Lichfield) was very
anxious as to the effect the proposed exhibition
in London would have on the local exhibition to
be held in the course of the spring and summer
in Wolverhampton. The point Lord Lichfield
wanted cleared up was whether there was any
likelihood of articles being sent to London that
otherwise would be sent to Wolverhampton. He
(Lord L ttelton) took it that the Earl of Lich.
field did nut mean in any way to object to the
exhibition in Loudon, but simply to imply that
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

PUBLIC NOTICES.

CORN EXCHANGE, STOTJRBRIDGE.

Under the immediate Patronage and presence of the

RIGHT Hu. LRD LYTTELTOTI.

p ROFE SSOR

MITCHELL'S
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

gum no pistrict

FORESTERS' TESTIMONIAL TO R. P. A m ennnvr,
F,so., Q.C., M.P.—ln November last Mr. Amph-
lett was instituted an Honorary Memher of
Court Foley, 2408, meeting at Mr. Vale's, Old
King's Head, High-street, in this town. The
members are now about to present to the hon.
gentleman his certificate of membership, beau-
tifully illustrated and framed. We believe that
the certificate will he exhibited in the shop win-
dow of Mr. E. Stringer, High-street, during the
ensuing week.
lIASTAROY Case.—At the Petty Sessions held
yesterday, before Major Fletcher, and B. Little--
Wood awl W. C. Firmstone, E,ll-8., Charles
Wall, of Kidderminster, was icuninoncil to show
cause why he shonld not inipport the illegitimate
child of Matilda Bonn, of Clout. Complainant
proved that she was iisfivered of a child on the
ith Deoeinuer, and that the defendant was the
father. The WWI made an order fur the de.
fenittut to pay 2s Od per week, and engs.
CACTION CanTEns.—John Smith, farmer,
residing at Chaddeslcy, was charged by Super-
' intendent Freeman with allowing his horse and
cart to remain in the street longer than is allowed
for loading and unloading, on the sth inst. Mr.
Gregory, newsagent, proved that defendant's
1101'Se and cart were standing in New.street for
an hour and a half; and were in the habit of
staying there for a long time. Had often cau-
tioned him; an lit was not so long since a child
kiiled. Damdaut said that the horse was
in the habit of standing there, and had done 10
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

STOURBRIDGE WATER WORKS COMPANY

(LIMITED).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the
Shareholders of the Stourbridge Water Works Company
(Limited), will be held at the Company's Office, No. I.
CRUM:II-STREET, in the Township of Stourbridge, in the
County of Worcester, on FRIDAY, the 26th day of
N'eunuanv INST. at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, to
receive the Directora' Report, and to adopt the same or
otherwise, to declare a dividend, and for the purpooa
of tranacting the general business of the Company.
By order,
GEO. HOLLOWAY. Secretary.

Company's Offices, Stourbridge,
February lat, 1869.

IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN GUARANTEED
STATE LOANS. No Io JURIES. Be
chances to win for £1 the large premiums of
£30,000. £25,000, £20,000, &c., &C.
Public drawings on the First of every Month, under the
superintendence of the Austrian Government, and official
public functionaries. Official LISTS sent GRATIS to
SUIISCRIBEIIs. Apply for £1 chances, issued upon forms
supplied by the Austrian Government and bearing the
Imperial half a florin stamp, and for prospectuses to
VOELCKER & CO., Bankers, VIENNA.

GREAT OXON 'SPECS.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

No change of tm awtaneeMas taken place In thin 1119.1ket
Niue parcels continue wart* and dear, with a fair demand.
Medium and inferior grates have bead rather Iluiet.

W 4 MM.

In (Anatol wool the transactions have been on a lint tad
scale, nevertheless prices have ruled firm. Eu,ltsh scud has
Itch (inlet, and the quotations have ruled eseier.—Current
prices .4 English wool : itiew.xe.—Southdown hossets,
s. Si to la Sd. halt-hreds, Is. Pi to Is. 64. ; Kent fleeces,
so to is. *t. ; oouthdown ewes and "'ethers, Is. 2451.
to Is ; Leicester ditto, Is. Sd. to 1. Sid per lb. Sorts.—
Clothing. la 24. to is. 74.; combing, la Od. to la aid.
pas lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF
ANGLESEY.

We regret to announce the death of the Marquis of
Anglesey, which took place on Saturday, at Beau-
desert, his seat near Lichfield. The deceased noble-
man was the eldest son of Field-Marshal the Marquis
of Anglesey—who died in 1854, and who had been
elevated to the marquisate for his distinguished mili-
tary services in the Peninsula and Waterloo—by his
first wife, Caroline Elizabeth Villiers, third daughter
of George, fourth Earl of Jersey.
The late peer was born in July, 1797, and had been
married three times: first, to Eleanor, second daughter
of the late Colonel John and Lady Charlotte
Campbell, who died in July, 11428; secondly, in
August. 1833, to Henrietta, fourth daughter of the late
Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Harriet Begot ; and
thirdly, in 1860, to the daughter of Mr G. Burnand,
who survives him. By his first marriage he leaves
surviving issue Henry, Earl of Uxbridge (his euccesaor
in the marquiaate), and Lady Constance, married to
the Earl of Winchilisea ; by the second marriage, Lady
Florence, widow of the lately deceased Marquis of
Hastings, and Lords Henry, Alexander, and Berkeley
Paget,. The late Marquis was summoned to the Home
of Peers in his father's barony of Paget in 1832, up to
which thie, from 1820, he had represented Anglesea in
the House of Commons. In 1839 he was appointed
Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, when
he was created a member of the Privy Council, and
held that appointment until 1841. In June 1854, he
was appointed Lord-Lieutenant and Cuatos Rotulormict
of the county of Anglesea. The present Marquis,
Henry William George, was horn in 1821, and married
in 1845 the second daughter of Mr. James Eversfield,
of Denne Park, Sussex. He was M.P. for South
Staffordshire from 1834 to 1657, and was for some time
an officer in the Ist Life Guards, from which regiment
he retired in 1845. Ile was appointed Deputy Lieu-
tenant of Staffordshire in 1851, and was Lieutenant-
Colonel of the Staffordshire Militia from 1852 to 1855.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

Pie cstoarlyibge 012 scrim.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1869.

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR.

The ceielition of the agricaltural laboarer and
Ms family ha .lways heel' a favourite tonic of
dismission o,noang political eemunaists and social
reformers: Taken as a whole, we believe tie.:

eotiltitiou to tlqw brute Olt it woe twoot),
I,4evired 11f4n ; het it i very fair
from trii:it 3 o:wilt to he, iid, under preper
tegialotioo, lit tie. A oratory or so ago the
et Gohlawith wrote:—

)11 Was the land. to hastening ills a prey.
Whirl wealth accumulates and men decay .
But • bola peasantry their country's pride.
When once destroyed can never be supplied.
In some respects, and to some extent, this is
applicable to our own coutury. Wealth La
Laoly ccuanuisted, and men—the mere hewers
of wood end drawers uf wet,. te Libo trers on
the euil—ii they have uot deceyed, h ire Cot
&and as they ought Lo have shared in the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

-
irked, Price M.. Pear 7d,
FEW WORDS to YOUNG MOTIIERS
Aou the Cara their Children, in hirkuoss uud
lth,bytiles. INOATE,
Lowoott : 814PKIN, Itlsaanstt, AND CO., Stationers,
Hall Court.
Stoiniantoos:ll,Bileoraital.l., Spann:44SL
NOTICE,

INNKEEPERS'. GROCERS AND OTHER
BUSINESSES,
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KILLED BY A MISTAKE.

Some considerable stir has been created in Win ceol-
ter by the death of a patient in the NVoncestor In.
firmary through a mistake in applying, to his ciao
medicine intended for another patient. The matter
has come under the cognizance of the coroner for
Worcester, Mr. Rees; and the governors of the infirm-
ary have now under consideration the conduct hf the
officials in that institution. It appears that Thomas
Price, aged 34, was an in-patient in the infirmary and
under treatment for urinary fistula of the peringennt
His case had been attended to by Mr. Sheppard, one
of the surgeons, who had performed an operation, and
the patient was going on well. There was another
patient, named Freeman, in the institution being treated
for a similar complaint, and for him Mr. Budd, another
of the hospital surgeons, prescribed an enema of car-
bolic acid oil in the proportion of 1 in 12. Mr. Budd
stated that carbolic acid oil was commonly used as a
lotion to wounds and ulcers for antiseptic purposes.
It was a deadly poison., and somewhat analogous in
its action to prussic acid. Carbolic acid was not re-
quired in Price's case at all. The prescription for
Freeman was handed to the nurse, who took It to the
dispenser, Mr. Harding; but the patient's card, hear-
ing his name, got lost, and the dispenser asking the
nurse who was the patient that had a fistula, she said
Price, on which the carbolic aeid mixed with water
(not oil) was used for him. When the nurse • was
applying it the patient suddenly fell in a fit and
became stertorous. The house surgeon, Mr. Rnapp,
was called in, and, seeing what had been chap, he
syringed out the rectum with hot water; but, although
the patient slightly rallied, he died in about•twenty
minutes. The coroner's jury returned a verdict to the
effect that "the patient third from the effects of the
carbolic acid, but that there was no evidence to show
that any person was guilty of gnus ne4ligence. "lard-
ing has been for some twelve years dispenser, 1,1, the
institution, and has dispensed for some 150,000 patienta
without accident lo4ore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

FOUR MEN KILLED.

An explosion of firedamp occurred about six o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon, at the Woodshutts Colliery,
Kidsgrove, the property of Messrs. Cooper, Lancelot,
and klaslope, by which four men named Thomas Cook,
James Heins, James Griffiths, and William Smith were
killed. There are about 150 men employed at the col-
liery, winch is not more than three-quarters of a mile
from the Talke Colliery, where the dreadful catastrophe
of 1867 occurred. At the time of the explosion the
whole of the men, with the exception of thirty-two, in-
cluding the four killed, had left the pit. The four men
killed were at work in what is known as the Bambury
seam, and at least two hundred yards removed from the
portion of the workings where the other men woe em-
ployed. Shortly after five o'clock the underground
manager went into the Banibury seam to examine the
workings, and finding them free from gas reported them
as not dangerous. Ile had but readied the general work-
ings again. however, when suddenly there was a scarcely
perceptible Souls of light, and the explosion followed in.
stantaneously. So great was the shock that four or five
men, who were employed 300 yards from the Bambury
seam, were no affected that they fainted. Directly the
explosion occurred there was a general rush to the pit
mouth; and after all the men at the bottom bad been
brought up, Cook, Rains, Griffiths, and Smith were
missed. An exploring party immediately descended, but
there was go much gas that their progress was impeded.
The explosion had blown down all the &toppings, and so
rendered ventilation fonioessilde. Foer tse,,. act great
risk, made the,r way to the lismhary slid recover/A
two of the bodies—those of Snuitb and (Diffiths—which
were burned to cinders. A number of horses had also
heea killed. In the pocket of one of the men was found
a tobacco pipe and to'mcco, and a duplicate key to enable oprletor. SIMEON
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him to open his lamp. The two other bodies hod not. Print ed ante Published by the Role
99 Mai etPeret. St.:imbeds*, mf
up to rrsday Mg lit, been recoveied, and the pit bank ilT6,D„;nltv obAv,?,tar rpleee au Wawa sad
WWI crowded by hundreds of colliers in anxious expect- other ,„,.„-aameettens rend be addresael.
ation. Saturday, Vi Meaty is, 11169.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

HALESOWEN.

WaOES CASZ.—At the Petty Sessions, on Tuesday last,
bsfore E. Gem and F. D. S. Smith Esqrs ,Robert Byng
summoned James Powell for 19s Bid due to him for iron
worked up. Mr. Shakespeare. solicitor, of Oldbury, de-
fended. Complainant said he worked up a bundle of
iron on the 16th ult, which came to 155 24.. Worked up
some more on the 2011, which cams to 4-5 6jII. Esther
Byng, wife of complainant, said she took the iron to de-
fendant, and he refused to take it in. Worked up 4611 is
of iron, value 15s 91, on the 16th. On the 20th took
some more. value 45 60. After hearing the rest of the
evidence, which was very complicated, the Bench ordered
defendant to pay 9s 411.
SIT ttiso TWO SovEnEinss. George Lees was
charged by Thomas Jordan with stealing two sovereigns,
his property, on the 26th ult. Mr. Hoinfray defended
Prosecutor said on the day in question he went to Broom-
grove to sell a cow, and went to the " George" public.
house to receive the money for it. Prisoner and a pugi-
list known by the name of "Dollar White," followed him
in, and prisoner asked him to lend him a shilling, which '
he did. They had a few glasses of ale together, and
went from there to the Roebuck Inn, where prisoner said
he had a horse which prosecutor could ride. He asked
pros eater to lend him 3s. Witness pulled some money
out of his pocket, and prisoner picked op is. After call-
ing at every public-house on the way home, and paying
for 15s worth of ale (which Mr. Gem said would be au
18-gallon cask) both being drunk, on getting home he
missed £2 10s. On the following morning he accused
prisoner with taking the money of him, which prisoner
denied. He paid for some more ale for prisoner. Pro-
secutor celled a witness, but his evidence went to show
that be knew nothing at all about it. Mr..tlomfl ay and
there was no case, and no defence was needed. The
Bench dismissed the case.

NON-PAYMENT OF BAST iRDY AREEARB. William
Wakefield was summoned by Anna Sutton for nun-pay-
ment of £1 Os, bastardy arrears. Defendant, who ad-
mitted owing the money, was ordered to pay Li down;
in default one month. _

.....
FELONV.—James Hall was charged with stealing Is 91
on the 30th vitt, and :is on the 3rd inst, the property of
Thom,sa tirittitlis. of Oldbory. Nancy Griffiths, wife of '
prosecutor, said she had illissed several sums of money,
and determined to watch for the thief. Accordingly on
the night of the 3rd inst she lay down by the side of the
bed. She saw the prisoner come in on his hands and
knees, and go to the table and take the two hallcrowns.
She called to him, and he dropped the money. She then
sent for a policeman. Police-constable Potter said he
apprehe'nded the prisoner, and took him to the prosecu-
tor's house, where hp admitted taking the Is 9d. Prisoner
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to be confined 48
hours, and to receive ten strokes with a birch rod.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT A PRIVATE

BALL.

A correspondent, writing from Council Bluffs, lowa,
on the 19th ult., gives the particulars of a frightful
outrage committed in the house of a Mr. Holloway.
A dance was being held at lug residence, and two
rowdies, Jackson and Norton by name, went to the
house and requested the girls to dance with them. On
being refused, Jackson drew a reviver and hoed a
shot into the room, and then swung nis pistol about
him, striking Mr. Holloway in the head and crushing
his skull. Holloway's brother came to his rescue with
a gun, and struck the murderer over the head. The
other ruffian drew a knife and stabbed the dying man
seven times in the neck. Jackson then endeavoured
to make his escape on a horse that was hitched at the
door. He succeeded in getting out into Nebraska,
where he was arrested at the Weeping Waters. Norton
was secured at once. Both men were locked up in the
Fremont county gaol to await trial. On Saturday
night, about eleven o'clock, the inhabitants of the town
were alarmed by the appearance of about 100 men,
many of them mounted, the rest in sleighs, and
supposed to be from the vicinity of Plum Hollow,
as the place is called where Mr. Holloway lived. The
men were fully armed, besides being provided with
sledge-hammers, axes, and other tools suited to their
purpose, and immediately on arriving in town pro-
ceeded to the county gaol, where Jackson and James
Norton, the men charged with Holloway's murder,
had been placed in confinement. They then demanded
the keys of Sheriff Martin, and made various threats
if violence in case they were not produced, but he
resolutely refused to eliver them or to reveal the
place where they were concealed. Happily, these
threats of violence were not carried into execution, hut
the mob contented themselves with simply placing him
under guard, and began with the implements which
they had brought to effect a forcible entrance to the
cell where the prisoners were confined. In about two
hours and a quarter the door was got open, the cell
within opened, the men taken out and placed in a sled,
with their hands and feet tied, and the crowd imme-
diately and rapidly left with their victims in charge,
on the Plum Hollow-road. When about a mile and a
half from town they hanged the men upon the limb of
a large white oak, where they were found suspended
the next morning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

"THE LEGACY."

The following lines, by the late Ernest Jones, con-
tributed to the "Crichton Annual of 1835," "written
in sickness, when not expecting recovery," will be read
with interest in connection with his recent lamented
death :

Behold ! unto my death-bed sent,
The notary draw near;
And eager for my testament,
Each heritor appear.
The pen Impatient Sickness holds,
And Truth and Conscience read,
While Life the page reluctant folds
In witness of the deed.
"Now faithful, ye to every one
Ills heritage consign;
My faults unto oblivion;
My virtues unto Time;
'My memory to Pity's care,
To Love my latest breath;
And gladly give the largest share,
My pains and woes, to Death.
"My body to the leafy sod,
Where wannest lies the light;
My soul to the Eternal God,
And to the world—Good night."

'Twos ended—but contention strange
Rose ere his eyes had closed ;
Oblivion tried with Time to change—
lint Pity interposed.
ERNEST JONES.

Referring to the demise of the late Mr. Ernest
Jones, in the illustrated London New: Mr. Shirley
Brooks says :

I had a warm friendship for Mr. Ernest Jones in the days
when his chief pursuit was literature, and, though his poli-
tical career sundered him from the friends of his youth, it
could not destroy in those win had really known him a
strong interest in his welfare. Lt me say, for the informa-
tion of the many who know nothing of him save that he had
been a Chartist, had been imprisoned for the mode in which
he had proclaimed his faith, and was to the last an advocate
of extreme views, as we call them, that in earlier life there
was no more delightful a companion, no more thorough a
gentleman, no more accomplished an ornament to society
.as the phrase goes than Ernest Jones. lie was full of
geniality and playful fancy, and those who may recollect his
poetry will be surprised, as well as charmed, by the grace
of his lyrics. I may add—it is, alas !no intrusion now
upon private topics—that he was singularly happy in his
domestic relations, and his home was one of grace and
refinement. He sacrificed himself and his social position
for the sake of convictions, for which he suffered long, and
bail died early. And he refused in rompOrmce that was to
be the price of his foregoing r 0,, hold both his
course and convictions to have !men mistakes ; but I Can-
not seethe tomb close over him nitiiout bearing nip earliest
testimony—it will have value for those who were acquainted
with us in other days—to the affectionate nature, the varied
accomplishments, and the indisputable sincerity of him who
now lies in Ardwick Cemetery, near Manchester.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

DEAN STANLEY ON CHURCH AFFAIRS.

The Dean of Westminster preached in London last
Sunday at St. Peter's Church, Vere-street,
bone, and selected for his text the 12th verse of the Sth
chapter of St. John's Gospel: "I am the light of the
world." He said that during the past week they had
observed the Feast of Purification, commonly called
"Candlemas, " in connection with which it had been
in former times, as it was now in some places, the
custom to give adoration candles as a part if Christian
worship. That custom had its origin in two circum-
stances—first, the offering of human remains, for which
candles came afterwards to be substituted, as sacrifices;
and, secondly, in the search of the Goddess Ceres for
her daughter Proserpina Out of these circumstances
candles came tube lighted at the Holy Communion,
which was at that time celebrated in the evening, and
for the convenience of those who celebrated their
ecclesiastical rites in the darkness of the catemitnbs of
Rome, and were meant for the signification that Christ
was the light of the world. The candles which need
to express that doctrine had long been extinguished,
and had pekoes! away fir the performance of Divine
worship, but not so the doctrine they signified—for
Christ was still the light if the world. What was the
meaning of that doctrine? It was simply that light
and not darkness was the atmosphere in which the
Church ought to live. l'here were now, anal had
always been, characters to whom secrecy, mystery,
and concealment seemed to be the breath of life—
disciples, apparently, of that crafty French politician
who said that language was iiven to man to Conceal
his thoughts. Against such a state of things he pro-
tested, contending that light should be the atmosphere
in which all our practice and doctrine should be ex-
hibited, for they might depend upon it that in the
Church of Gel, the Spirit of God would lighten more
and more unto the perfect day which was coining.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

DESTINY AND NATIVIT'

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

PROFITABLE MENDICANCY.

At Huddersfield, a wretched-looking creature has
been charged with causing and procuring her two
children to beg. A man named Thos. Hanson, joiner.
residing at the above plaee, secreted a purse containing-
Ell, near the castor of one of the posts of his bed, and,
his wife, who was unaware of the hidden treasure,
took up the carpets in the performance of her house-.
hold duties, and unknowingly shook the purse and itsi
contents into the street. The prisoner and her chil-
dren went into that neighbourhood to beg, and, whilm
the children went to the houses and asked for 'assist-
ance," she stood watching on the opposite side of the
road. The boy, on the morning in question, found the
purse near Hanson's house, but did not acnuaint the
occupants of the houses which he visited. Ile handed
the purse to his mother, and she ordered him -to inform
no one of the discovery he had made. It appeared
that the prisoner habitually sent the children out on
begging expeditions ; and the boy, seven years of age,
stated that on one day he received Ss., second Ts. 6d.,
and on a third day 7s. His mother had taken him to
Bradford, but, as the proceeds only amounted to is. nd,
or 35. a day, she brought them back to Huddersfield to
pursue their avocations. He also stated that, although
she had the LII in her possession, the mother sent him
out on Saturday, and he earned '2s, fid, by begging.
The primmer, who had expended between £2 and £3
in the purchase of clothing, was sent to gaol for a
month.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

- - -- -
A MYSTERIOUS STORY.

A tale which appears almost incredible has been going the
round of the newspapers for the last few days ; but as the
names of the commissar'en of police figure hi it, and it has
not been contradicted, it may be true, says the Paris corres-
pondent of the (Robe. Briefly stated, it is this

One of the numerous class of young women who live
alone in finely-furnished apartments was visited by a
Polish count of her acquaintance, and be, under
promise of secrecy, undertook to give her 20,000 fr.
(£800) on condition that she would, at the next masked
bait at the opera, get into conversation with a gentle-
man who would be pointed out to her, and snake him
eat a bonbon from a box which would be given to her.
She asked what would be the consequence of taking
the sweetmeat, and was told instant death; but that
the death would resemole apoplexy. She was also told
that as she would be masked she could slip away among
the crowd without detects. as. She consented to go to
the ball with the Pole, and do what was wanted. But
fear or remorse seizing her, she went to the Commis-
sary of Police of the district and told him what had
occurred. He proceeded to her residence at ahont the
time the Count was to present himself to take her to
the ball, and arrested him. On him was a box of
bonbons, which on being examined, were found to be
poisonous. Another young man had accompanied the
Pole to the door, and waited for him outside. He also
WM arrested, and he too had poisonous bantams. It
thus appears that the two really meant to kill some
person at the ball, and it has since been ascertained
that their destined victim was the Duke de . It
has also been ascertained that the Pole was the
lover of the Duchess de --, and that she was privy
to the projected poisoning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-02-13

THE LAW'S DELAY.

The public must perforce allow their interest and
excitement in the Overend Gurney affair to abate for
the present, for since the application for the removal
of the trial from the Central Criminal Court to the
Court of Queen's Bench has been acceded to, all
prospect of an immediate settlement of the case has
vanished into thin air. It appears that under no cir-
cumstancea whatever can the cause come up for tnal
before April next, and the probable date at which it
will take its turn for hearing will be some time in
January, WO.
We hear a good deal nowadays about the swiftness
of British justice, but this dies not say much for the
alacrity of the blinded “oddess. For the sake of all
parties concerned, both public (a party, by the way,
very much concerned) and accused, how much better
would it not be to have the grave charges set forth in
the indictment either cleared up or substantiated at
once ! In no other country would such vexatious
delay be tolerated. They manage these things better,
not only in France, but even in Timhuctoo.—
roma/mirk.