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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

,sTOUBBIi I DO E.

TO SURGEONS, PARTIES FI,7RNISRLNO, AND

OTHERS.

rR. H. KING will SELL by AUCTION,
1.T.1_ on WADNISSDAY. FLBILVART 9:11. IS7O, on the
Premise.. en above, the Modern and Genteel HOUSE-
iIIILIII FURNI "ERE and "Alecto, I:lllllpriAin2
any Chain:, Horsehair Seat.; Moliogany Centre and
oilier Tables. Couch, Mahogany Clictliiiineer, 7-octave
full-toned Cottage PIANOFORTE, ROSPIVOO I Case ;
Brussels Carpets, Hearth Rngs. Dautavk Window Cur-
tis. Iron French mei other Bedsteads. Palliasse.,
;rime Feather Reds, maple pointed Toilet Taldvs, Chest
of I.lrawerA, Felt Carpets, and other Chamber Appoint-
ments ; Engraving., Chrommlithographs and Photo
graphs, framed ; Medical and oilier Magneto
Electric Machine, Medical Cabinet. A:c . ke.; Table
GINS., Chins Tea and Dinner Serviced, tiaiiiittings, Mt.
then and Cooking Utensil.. and tounermi. aher Effects.
belonging to the Ripremiltatives if the late Mr. George
Wdll, SurAeon
Sale to commence at Eleven olelnek in the Morning.
Cataloge-s may be had of the Auctioneer, :itourbridge
and Brierley Hid.

N.8.-THE HOUSE TO BE LET.

PRELIMINARY ADVE RTISEMF.NT.

ENVILLE HALL ESTATES,

Near STOITH RIDGE .

'%lll. H. KING is favoured with Instrnetinns
from the Right Hon. the Fart of Stamford and
IV,lrrington. to SELL by Alit, lON, itt the STllll,4litil
Ai:euo HnTisl., Eovlr,Ll. abou, tie third wet k in Fahar.
Al,. 1870, in Loig, a einun.;• of pound OAK, ASH,
JIM. largo LARCH. Srt,. IR, and other TIMBER,
now growinfi on the stateli.
Day 41i Sole ,nlarn will &ripen!. in Minn.
papern, and eatale„, 1,1 the lots will be didributed in
due worm,

PALM ( )111 .1 SNUFFLESS
t ANDIAS

MINNOW prA-Alcrn

AT in. PER l'Or'Nl).
Each pound of the genniae Cavities Ile• a label at-
La, with dn. noire of P.avvi: it Co. orrl, it.
I.e.thattela fit th«ae Coo atrietly It•vve
the label, a- there are several spurions imitations uf thn ,
'
genuine Snnffirai- I
lALMFI t V. Green-street, Beth-
nal tiloCU,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

HOW TO EXTORT A CONFESSION.

A man, named Beekhout, wee recently imprisoned at New
York for assassinating a Sir. Bendel', where he pretended
Insanity, refused food, and declined to speak. The prPon
authorities resorted to a similar method of attesting a con.
tension, which Is thus described in a New York paper:—
Having good reasons for believing that Buckhont
was feigning insanity, the gaol physician, Dr. Schmid,
assisted by Dr. Hodgson, proceeded to place the
acomed under the influence of chloroform, which is
considered an infalliole test in cease of doubtful
mental infirmity. A atout cot was stationed in the
rear corridor on the first floor of the gal, and the pri.
Boner brought from his cell and placed thereon, he
offering not the slightest opposition to the measure.
When the maturated cloth was first placed over his
mouth and n,strils, Thickhout., without speaking
or opening his eyen, and fully aware that his game
was one of either life or death, etruggled violently
to be free, bringing the full furze of his power-
ful frame into play to such an extent that it
require I the united strength of eight men to hold him
down. In a few minutes, however, under the influence
of the potent drug, he way deprived of conscious-
n" se, and remained in that state for a brief interval.
With the first dawn of returning reaa os Buckhout corn.
menced to mutter incoherently, while every breath was
suspended and anxious ears inclined to the face of the
patient in order to catch his sentences. At length he
opened his eyee, from which all the assumed expres-
sion of insanity had vanished, and now the momenthad
arrived for entrapping the wary patient. Oa being
asked by one of the physicians how he felt, Bnckhout
' promptly answered, "I'm sick.' The next question
pronounced was, "Do you know Mr. Millard?" (his
canner', who was standing by.) The patient replied,
"I believe I do, and know him to be a man of veracity
and a man of truth." He was then asked if he did not
know another person, near him. He said, " Yes ; if hem
not my friend and brother, tam a Jerseyman." It was
then adroitly asked, 'Do you know this man" (pointing
to the gaoler). The reply was, " Yes ; I know Ford."
The interrogation was continued :—" Where have you
item him ? " To which he answered, "In my cell.''
"What." it was then ventured, "were you in a ' cell '
for?' Buckhont. without hesitation, answered, "for
murder." Here the man upon whom perhaps his fear-
ful eituation and involuntary exposure had just
flushed upon his memory, buret into tears and solywd,
"I want to die today; I did it and will not deny it;
I do not want to deny it," (here the wretched man
paused, and in a few seconds continued,) "when every-
thing that is worth living for is gone ; when a father
is dying, and a man's wife is seduced and ripped from
his bosom; when the last thing a man had in the world
was false "—here he again stopped and wept fram
tically. Resuming in a little time, Buckhout gave
utterance to a confession.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE POPE AND HIS VISITORS.

The Roman correspondent of the Cologne Gazette thn
describe. a' public audience" to which he and other foreign
visitors were admitted by the Pope on the ORh inst. :

Suddenly a door opened, some one called out, " Le
voilli !" and all fell on their knees.... The Holy
Father came from the Saloon of Constantine, leaning
on two ecclesiastics of his hoasehold. and accompanied
by some of his guard.. These had a great deal of diffi-
culty in protecting him from the ladies, who pressed
forward to kiss his robe or his fret. At length a way
was made through the crowd; the Pope stood before
his throne and cast hie eyes round the assemblage with
a gentle smile, amidst enthusiastic cries of "Vice Pie
Neuf !" He was clothed in a white smooth robe,
bound with a girdle embroidered in gill. The smooth
red skull cop on his head and hio red slippera gave him
him a sort of paterfamilias look; he seemed the
ideal of A handsome old man who is glad to
see so many of hie nds round him. After
waiting, with his hand on his heart, until the en-
thusiasm had subsided, he began one of thosa
speeches with which he so known how to win the
hearts of his hearers irresistibly. He spoke in French;
and beon by remarking that, on this occasion two
reasons compelled him to make an exception to his
rule by not conversing with any one separatele, Tue
first woo that the number id visitors was so great, the
sevond, that the work if the Council hail tired him
out. In saying this he premed bith hands to his
breast, at the same time slightly shrugging hie
shoulder*, as if to mark the weight of labour that
oppressed him—a gesture which he performed with in-
describable grace. Then, seeing s ime ladies who
were still Itheeling, he exclaimed. raising his hand,
Debout! I know you have c.,mo here to Bee the
Pope, and obtain his blessing. Le Pape—le void
These simple words, accompanied by friendly looks
directed to all sides of the room, produced a singular
excitement in the assembly. Several ladies in my
vicinity could hardly restrain their sobs. The
Pope then observed that, before giving his blessing,
he wished to say a few words on the text of the day.
He related in • familiar style how Christ, when only
twelve years of age, had left his parents to render
service to God in the Temple, and added that he,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE APPROACHING CENSUS OF 1871.

Mr. James Begg, Edinbrirgh, has sent the
following letter to the papers for publication :
Perhaps you will allow me to call the attention of your nume-
rous readen to • matter in which every inhabitant of the
United Killed ,m is interested. I refer to the talung of the
Census in 1871, and the preparations which must Immediately
be made for the purpose. Considering the number of social
questions now pressing for solution, it woald be of the
greatest importance to get as large a measure of reliable
Information bearing upon those questions in connexion with
the taking of the Census as possible.

An attempt was made M connexion with the Census of Hal
to get an account of the number of persona belonging to each
religious denomination in the United Kingdom. It waa
Inund that this proposal excited extreme jealousy, and would
probably have led to no satisfactory result.
An attempt might perhaps be made now to ascertain the
precise state of education in the United Kingdom by finding
out how many of the people can actually read and write.
lhere might be difficulty in this, but the information would
be very is-astable at present.

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There is one piece of information, however, that can he
obtained, and which I. of great importance—viz., the state
of the houses of the people. This was obtained In regard to
Scotland at the iut Census, after some difficulty, and it
would be most valuate.) with reference to many social line.
tint,, if similar Information could now be secured for the
United Kingdom. The points ascertained in regard to Scot-
land were the number of rooms in each house, the number
of persona in each family, and whether the houses had or
had not wlndowe.

The following was the curious and instructive result for all
Scotland :—lfouses without windows. 7,1014 ; houses of one
room, 726,723; houses of two rooms, 246,601 : houses of three
rooms, 75,933 ; houses of four rooms, 37,186 ; houses of flee
rooms, 19,910 ; houses of six rooms, 15,278; houses of seven
or more rooms, 37,191 ; total houses in Scotland, 666,788. The
full details were given at the time also ins tabulated forts
In regard to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and are not only very
Instructive, but have given a great impulse to social and
sanittry improvement in these cities If similar details were
now given for every city and town in the empire, and if they
were continued every ten years, we should not only lays solid
basis for social science in io gaud to disease, pauperism, and
other evils, but we should he able to compare one town with
another, and from time to time the kingdom with Reel!.
There are other matters, perhaps, which could be clearly
brought out in taking the approachiug Census, and which
some of your readers Tilly suggest. Admitting that we
must not aim at tine much, so as to make our demands im-
practicable, it is sorely of great iniportanoe, when we are
paying so much for taking the Cells., sod when it is taken
so seldom, that we should seek to turn so valuable an oppor-
tunity to the best possible account,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

EDUCATION VERSUS ARMAMENTS.

In regard to the expenditure for educe lon, be said,—lt
cannot he for ever that Euro; e witl spend 140 millions, r 32
per cent, other total expenditure, on standing armaments.
It cannot he for long that England will glee, out of every
WO of her expenditure, £4OO for the army and navy. and
only £l9 for the edu ;ation of the people The small kingdom
Of It urtemhumf, in addition to the toed taxation, spend, £47
out of £l,OOl in the promotion of education, chiefly of •
hither kind ; and even Saxony, notwithstanding her losses in
the recent campaign, spends £37.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE GREAT STRIKE IN FRANCE.

The gr,-at strike at Crenz it wruld seem to be at
an end. M. Selineirer's works being the largest in
France, and the strike casting thousands of men out of
employment, the event threatened at first to reach the
dimensions rif a national calamity. During the few days
of the strike, the loss to unnotera and men was vast and
had the mn hell Out a few hours longer, the blast
furnaces murt have been totally extinguished. On
Friday night the men seemed to have meditated revo-
lution rather than suhmission. At Veriaux, • vil-
lage near Crcuzot, 15,003 are said t , have en-
trenched themselves, with arms in their bands.
Although that report see ins to have been ewe
aerated, the attitude of the men was so serious that
3,500 troops were sent to Creuzot. Happily, no fight
took place, and, according to the Fr gam, most of the
seam!), reported to the manatee on Sunday that they
would resume work next day. It is also stated that S 2
per cent, of the whole Lumber were at their usual
places on 3londay. Gratifying as such a result would
be in England, it is doubly satisfactory in France,
where great strikes slmoet invariably take a political
complexion, and threaten the country with barricades
and street fights. At the percent moment such an
event PS that of Creuz 1 was particularly unwelcome.
Now that France has obtained • Constitutional Minis-
try, and that the Chamber of Deputies has an oppor-
tunity of becoming the eupreme tower in the State,
any collision between the populace and the troops
might have wrecked the hopes of a great political ex-
pe
Some idea of the martnitude of the interests involved
in the strike will be gathered from a statement made
by the correspondent of a contemporary. The workmen,
according to an ertimate made by the writer refer red
to, lose in wares about £3,000 a day, whilst the 101,8 to
the masters is about £lO,OOO every twenty-four hour..
All the handy, and even, it is said, the leaders of the
strike—have now returned to work, with the excep-
tion of a small minority, not eight per cent, of the
whole. It is suggested, however, that the ready ac-
quiercence of the leaders forbodes future trouble,.
The Government have given special orders to the rail-
way companies to he prepared for the rapid movement
of troops in the mining districts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE " ALABAMA" CLAIMS.

In reference to the Arotionoa claims, the New York
Times says the prevailing idea among members of the
Foreign Affairs Comnkteta of both Houses is that
England will not accede to the proposition, which has
not yet assumed official slia;,e and form, but which is
in the minds of almost every one, namely, to surrender
New Dominion territories as compensation for all
claims and demands. This is • cherished theory of a
very prominent member of the Foreign Relations Com-
mittee of the Senate, who will make • speech on the
subject within • few weeks.
The New York Tribune says :—That British Co-
lumbia and the Red River c untry are both likely at
no distant day to he persistent applicants for the pro-
tection of the United Stati a is more than probable.
IVa doubt very mnch, how. ver, whether resolutions
in Congress are likely now either tsa help their case
with great Great Britain or oar own. The Alabama
claims are flee question ; the future of the dissatisfied
territories of Gre at Bea Lain to the north .4 Us is a quite
different one. Let us not compromise the one by too
hastily meddling with the other.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE MARKL il.

MARK-LANE.—MONDAT.
There was only • moderate supply of English wheat on
sale here to-day, but the linality was rather lyetter. The at
tend/wee was thin, and the demand was inactive for all
qualities, at about late rates. The supply of foreign wheat
was moderate. Very little business was doing, on former
terms. The market was moderately supplied with barley.
Fine malting,' produce realised full prices, with • mode-
rate Inquiry. Grinding and distilling aorta were dull of sale.
Malt sold quietly, at last week's quotations. The supply of
oats was good. Sales progressed slowly, at late rates.
Beans commanded but little attention, at • decline of Is. per
qr. A correepniding reduction took place in the value of
peas, for which there was very little inquiry. The flour
msrket was quiet, at about late rates. Linseed and rape-
aped were firm. Most agricultural seeds changed hands
quietly.
MARK•LANE.—WEnNESDAY.
Coastwise as well as by rail the recede!s of wheat from
Essen and Kent were only moderate, but in improved con-
dition The attendance of millers was thin, and the demand
was inactive for both red and white produce, at about Mon-
day's quotations. There was a good show of foreign, for
which the inquiry wan restricted, at about late rates. Mode-
rate supplies of barley were on offer. halting produce was
steady in value and demand, but other sorts were neglected.
Malt was dull, at previous quotations. Oats were in fair
supply and moderate request, on former Lerma. Beans and
Dean sold quietly, at the late decline. The flour market was
depressed, at previous currencies.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MostnAT.

Since we last wrote the cattle trade has continued dull, and
the tendency of price. has been downwards. The animals,
however, come to hand in good condition, and are generally
of good weight and form. The dead meat markets have been
wellsupplied, and this hashed a depressing influence npon the
demand for live stock At to-day's market there wee a good
show of beasts, including some fine fort ign animals. The
Spanish and French besets were in very excellent condi-
tion, while the arrivals from Scotland were fully up to the
average. Trade ruled far from active for all breeds, and
the top price for beet Scota and crosses wax not al>ove to. ed.
per Inlet-for animals sold on easier terms. There was
a'iont an aver.ge number 01 sheep in the pens, the condition
of eliklt an to:er.ibly Eo,el. For ell breeds the Inquiry wan
dell, at the late recluelon in the quotations. the best
Downs and half.breds changed hands at be. Gil. to Ss. Bd. per
Sib. The cell trade was dull and inactive, but prices were
wickangcd. Pigs were unaltered In value.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

WOOL.

Although business doing to colonial wool has been only
moderate, the market has been sery Arm, and prices have
ben wet maintained. English wool bu been steady
In value and enyniry. Current Prices of English wool :
Ileers.3 : nouthdown boggeta : Is. la. to Is. lid. ; halt.
bred ditto, la. 44. to Is. II ; Kent fleeces, Is. IV. to
Sid.; Southdown ewes and washers i.e. to Is.
lid ; Lticuter ditto, U. Sid. to la. Sid I,orts: Clothing,
li. to IL SO.; combing, lld, to i.e. id. per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

4 T .•4TOUBIi WOE.

Lot 6 —E ight OW hLT,ING • 110 U SES,
six of which hare a frontage to Church•strect, and ad•
joining the Old Crispin Inn. and two are situate al the
hack in the occupi•tiou of Joldi 'lonia, William Fro:hull,
0. Cntli r, John Thornton. John Loom, John Noxell,
lorancia Leans, and one coil, producing a rental of £4ll
pe r annum.
Further partierosm may he obtained from Messrs.
NAM an tel Stourbrillge ; 51,-ssra.
iforoiray and 11. I. lion, Solicitors, or the Auctioneer,
all of Tlrlerley
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

AT THI: LYE.

Lot that Old. Beetled PUBLIC•HOrSE and
BUTCHERS' SITUP known as the '• MITRE Inn." con•
sisting of Tap Room, Dar, Parlour, Biitciser's Shop, two
Fled Rooms, large Itoom, two Cellars, Brewhouse,
Slaughterhouse, Piggeries, Outbuildings, 'and enclosed
Yard. fronting the Walesowen and Stourbridge turnpike
road. in the orcncation of Mr. John Benjamin Chance,
Lot 2,—A1l those Five D‘IELLINtEROUSES ad-
joigling Lot 1, and one used as a Shop, in the occups•
clone of Thomas Potts, John Smith, Thomas Berton,
Mrs. Mar Hs, and one void, producing a rental of £O2
Its per annum.
Lot S.—All those Eight DIVF.LLINCi-FIOUSES, with
the seven Nail:shape and Outbuildings, and Pomp of
Water. situate in Ideve-iane, at the Lye, in the °retina.
tions of William Pareloe, William Farmer. John Pearson.
Samuel Fletcher, William Wooldridge. Joseph Pearson,
and Thomas Perks, oust one void, producing a rental of
£47 per annum.
Lot 4.—A1l those Two DWELLING-HOUSES, uirh
the two Nail Shops and Outbuildings. situate on the
tnrupikc road at the Lye Waste, next the Unitarian
(Shape!, in the occupation of Simon Taylor and Mary Ann
Drew, producing a roots! of £lO tin nor annum.
Lot 6.—A1l that vnlunble FIELD of PASTURE
LAND known ILO " Porlidge Ball." honing extensive
frontages ti a road loading from Stout-bridge to Carole,.
Green. and to Dark Lane, leading into the Stourbridge
and Flaiesowen turnpike road : with the Seven DWEL-
LING-HOUSES at the extremity thereof, and contain-
log in the whole It. Ir. lip. This in a desirable Enid
of Land, aid very buitakble for Building purposes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

HALESOWEN.

Mr. W. S. Hayes and Mr. E. Moore, jun., pupils of
Mr. Hayes, of Helesowen, have both passed their last
examinations as attorneys and solicitors.
THE FORTNIWIVIN —NTEUTAINMENTS. Another of
these entertainments, which, to the Credit of the Manag-
ing Committee, are carried on for the recreation nod
instruction of the people, woo given on Monday last.
There was • crowded attendance. The programme 50115
opened with a well-exectited pianoforte solo, tialope
Brillaute," by Mr. Hughes, whc imbsequeutly gave a fan-
Witt with taste and pre:ision. The song, I will stand
by my friend," by Mr. Devenport, was loudly applituded,
as was also his rendering of another piece towards the
clone of the enterteinment. Miss Whi:nhonse, who pos.
scenes a voice of good quality, gave in er.mutendahle Elyle
a pleasing song, entitled "The Shy Robin." She also
sang with appropriate expression, "I wish ho would de-
cide," and wan warmly applauded. The duet, which she
sang with Mr. Devennort, wan marred in its effect by the
accompaniment. The chief bit of the night was made
by Mr. B. ...7onnop, who produced 1.0•111 of !vaunter and
: thunders of applause by his eomic sirging. Hearty up-
-1 provel was evoked by the flute solo of Mr. T. Bryant.
I who in playing variations upon the well-known air," Ye
betake and tones," displayed ability which few amateurs
: een eqotC. Mr T Woo.ley tenting the t• ntini Sent on
I excellent sty,. on.i evoked won:: fe.t.tt noon, nnt on oval.
The literary part of the entertaintueut we, matertaken
by the Bev. R. Young, wino read the piece called" The
Night before Waterloo ;" Mr. Melley, whose reading W..
,ntitled •• The Ride e,o id tha Ohl Oak Tree :" Mr. Big.
Pell, whn gave "Sam Weaned Love hr.tter cad Mr.
}'on. en, read "The Spanish Champion." It wits gene.
rely that the reading it Mr. Fox was worth.;
• of •p, .• al 1111•1111011. Conaidernide eloeittl,•catt skid was
by this gesithaaa. Lithungh,se wit hate shown,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE APPROACHING SESSION.

In a leader, on Tuesday. The Times to some extent,
imiulges in a forecast of what Mr. Gladstone's
Ministry will do in the coming session. The Premier
and his colleagues have come for' h from under the
shadow of their predecessors ; the recess Fa, been their
own, and as they may claim the merit of any succees they
cannot attribute to other, the failures that may attend
them, We have ditto for the first time before us the
effi-ete of the great measure ef bolT, and it rests
with Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues to show that
it is as potent for good as its sanguine partisans
believed. In sonic respects there can be doubt
tne Ministry will show to advantage. reaca
retrenclanezat, and reform," have again become the
watchwords of the Liberal party, and the Peemier,
with more than one of his principal colleagues, has
them not only on his lips but in his heart. The
Cabinet contains also efficient administrators, and has,
therefore, not only the will, but the power to cheek
sierne of the extravagance if pest years. It may be
taken as certain that considerable reductions will be
announced in the est'in ites for the army and navy.
Not only in the army and navy, but in almost every
de partmentol administration there is room for •simpler,
more effective, and cheaper organisation. The Govern.
went, as we have said, has had the whole recess to itself,
and the character of the session will be of its own line
printing. It is supported, by an immense is, ajority,
and one which must be very much changed within six
months if it be not as docile and earnest at it is irree
eistible. As to the land questi .n in Ireland, both
parties in the State will be glad to settle it on juet
terms, and the Conservative leaders have tacitly indi-
cated as much by refraining from any hostile entice.
patori criticism. If the land question be not a party
question as little is the education Tiestion. The
practical minds of the country have long been tending
to an agreement, and, though we may have some
trouble with sectariaa and anti secta-ian fanaticism,
we see little doubt for believing that this matter, too,
may be settled and still leave time for something
more.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

WE RUST NOT STOP AT THE "THREE lI'S "

in summarising his conclusions on the whole matter, the
lecturer said th-y were as fo'lows That the limitation
of the ReviFeil Code to the three It's vulgarises edu,ation,
and renders it comparatively useless for the purposes of
the working classes 2. That common sense, as well as
the experience of other nations, indicates that an ele-
mentary knowledge of the principles of science and net
involved in the occupst,ons of the people ahmal be intro-
duced to primary schools in order to niake them • fitting
preparation for secondary schools. 3. That Indirect elm-
till-or, educstion of a primary character should be se-
cured tip nicking it • condition for the ernployinent of the
i.r, just ati • higher education is required f r entrance into
the occupations and professions of the lick t That im-
proved administr•tion srould largely increase teaching
poser, and, while producing economies in time and money,
would give • higher educational outconie from the schools
5. That when elementary education is made tie only lea
fir entering workshops and factories, the schools stacked
to them may be reiniered seconnary and ispplictblo to the
ernid-yrnents of the people. 6. Tmit a Id. tier edlica inn in
fel.tl..th to the industries or the eossiitry Is an essential con-
dition for the continued prosperity of the people ; f. r in-
telliger err and skin, as f scion, in productive Industry, a,e
constantly hec-inung of greater value than the possession Of
native raw material or local advantages.
The lecture elicited frequent applause.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

ILLEY BROOK FARM,

HALENOWEN.

ITM W. COTTON will SELL by ALT-
...Ix W.
fr! !be Premises. on Islte.rntv. F,pirut
7th, 1870 thy ord., of Mr. .T Taylor, who is leavingl,
tip %all/nYe Li iJ Mid HEAD Ea RM STOVE, in.
eluding Six ep.tti COUS awl HE WEBS, with Calf or
to Calve; One zinc yearly HEIFER. Two aerial Waggon
fIOkSES sod a general sseortment of
Au tact urt LAT. IS:PI.EMENT'S. port of the
HOUSEHOLD ITIVSTITRE. Kitelwn. ihiirv. awl
Hrewing Lff. ets, Odell are telly described
In eattdegin a. to he obtained, post free, from the Am-
... .

tioneer. Iligh.. ev, treir,n,roce.
Sip ti eolun..nee at Eleven o'eloek in the Morning.

LARCH TIMBER.-0,o4)0 TREES.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

HOPS.

The transactions in hops have again been limited. Firm-
ness, however, hag been the feature of the trade, and English
produce continuing very scarce, has commanded extreme
quotations. Mid and East Keats, £7 to £l3 Weald of
hents, to £5: Sussex, £5 ifs. to £7 ; havarlana, £6
105 to £lO 101.; French, F. 5 se. to £7; Americana, IA 6e.
o £6 10u; Yearlings, £2 to £4 4a per cwt.
POTATOES.

Full avenge supplies of potatoes have been on sale. The
demand has ruled heavy, at our quotations. Mullah Mimes,
754 to css. ; Renee* Ma. to 100. Rocks, 06e. to 70s.
Scotch Regents, 70s. to 00.;1 French, 66e. to 70. per ton

TALLOW.

The marke has been hat. Y. C. on the mot, Mk per ewe
own tallow rat 9d.oett oath.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

W. FIELD,

BANDMASTER,

Wishes most respeethilly to intimate to the Nobility and
Gentry in the Midland Counties, that be boa an excel-
lent lIAND. including Soloists of great merit. suitable
for Balls. co Evening Partie,, in numbers varying from
three to twenty, as may be arranged.

THE (.110KIEST NEW DANCE MUSIC

INTRODUCED.

lAdapted also for I), jenner,,, Banquets, fie.
1 3 ,FICAR STRE ET. D EMI
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

A DISGRACEFUL HOAX.

The (flowing letttre were rublis'ted in The illiCB on
Tnteday :

The receipt of donation of £l,OOO from J 8 D.," In id
of the fund* of this charity, was acknowledged in your
C.,i11111111 of Friday last.
I regret that I most now ask your permission to inform
the friends of the institution that the cheek for the amount
1., question has been returned to our hanker., marked "No
account

Ihe cheek, No. 040'2, was drawn by Charles Thompson
upon the Sletropolitau and Proriniial Bank. Cornhill.
Any comment upon this singularly heartlem Now is need-
less —I am. Sr, your obedient ~,,, nt, J. W Waldron,
Secretary, King's Connie Hospital, Uncoln'ainn-fields.

As honorary secretary of St. Semen's Dieceran Home,
trust you will permit me, through yonr columns, to ap
prise the numerous contributors at this season of the year
to charitable objects (,1 a senseless, yet cruel, hoax that
hini been practised upon this institution as well as upon
several others.
The •• Trillteral Thousands," as they are termed, have
orlginsted the Wm in the head of some foolish idler to
lend checks fcr various slims to some of the well-known
charities, which on being presented at the bank orlon
Which they are drawn aro returned marked 'No coconut."
A cheek for £l,OOO, of the usual printed form, and signed
D. Gooch," was sent to me with • request that it might be
acknowledged in The Tiniea as from It. L." and has pro-
duced a similar result.
I If In be any mtisfaction to the perpetrator of this heartless
joke to know that this acknowledgment has cost the chbrity
55, and that for IS hours it raised the hopes of the Bishop
of London and the council that they would at once be able
to C mmence the building, which the teimination of the
lease of the present rat ance renders PO inportant, he is
welcome to the inteligence ; at my rata your kindly pub-
lishing this letter will hut ocher recipients upon their
guard—! WO, Sir, your faithful and Obelient 'errant, S. W.
Lloyd lion. Sao, St. James's Diocesan Homo,
14, Seymour street, Portmiuxiquare.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

I.RITISCS PANICS IN LIVERPOW..

A made, fortunately imatteeiled with him of life, yet
sin liar in its nature to that which led to the c.tastoThe on
till dlny night at Liverpool, occurred In the same town at St.
Pi ties Church on • Sunday evening In Aug to t, 1,..11 Ihe
14 ..7heeler was holding • confirmation at nt Peter a
and nearly 3 000 girls were present In the building; one of
the air e tented—the children round her unable to render
her any aseistance Cr to make way to carry her out,
been,. to scream the others in the distance iliac.
pistoted with the cause of distress, raised an alarm
ti d the galleres etre falling. The cries of the
chlltiren were anon re-echoed by the crowd se..
renn.letl In the churchyard ; many of the children leaped
through the lower windowe Into the yard and Immediately
ru•heti towards the I In.r, which were ateolurely 144 eked op
by the imprudent curitedy of the people about. Doting
the thrum.] which e'ateed before a free passage could be oh-
litho it through the doors a manlier of the children were
sea. Fly Injured. Inn September, Psls. • panic arose among
tic audience in the I.lveire 01 theme., whet, Mr. Keel. Was
performing hi-hart 111. 11.1. pat to commenced with •
art ffl In the upper loor 14h,, when the cry of
'• roe " was as usual raleed, and there was a each
from the gallery, wi ich contained abont UOO fort-
iori., towards the pomace leading to the staircase. The
crowd blocked up the paamge, and a young woman wee
trampled to death As the uiquest it was stated that the
atentent wag produced by the Ti dous conduct of a gentle-
man sett, tu Mr Kean knew sliahtly, who had on the morn-
ing of the accident rushed into the actor'. room dressed In
theatrical unift.no, anti behave I an wildly that Mr. Kean
thtnight he 1. ont he de...l4ft' in his mind not wishing to
j'hen him with hi" Kean. he took him to the theatre, anti
there lint sight .d him The p 1111 C was originated by the
el die made by this gentleman.

In the Court of Common Pleas. Mr. Justice Willes
roads . obeerratlon of Intermit to Dissenting ro,nlaterk In
referviveto •11 appeal •hich was made by a %falba-11st as to
av.te in respect of hie house The learned False said there
was no 41. OK upon the law of the case The law was clear.
If the minim., were bound and required to live in the house
sa pert ,Ff his lily to his flock, he would have no vote; but
If he were tiot required and bound to live in the house, but
only had the bentrit of living in It., part .Jf his TOWILLI6II4
%los, Um be would bay, a vote.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

STRANGE CONDUCT OF A SURGEON.

•
At the county petty sessions, held at Newcastle.
under-Lyme, oi Monday, George lirown, surgeon,
Silverdale, waa charged with having indecently
assaulted Emily Sarah Dobson, a girl nine years of
The defendant, who is well known in the neighbour-
hood, appeared in court in a most excited state.
Having placed himself behind ths reporter's box, he
airangeil before him a bottle id liracily, a bottle of
medicine, a pair of surgical scales, a drumstick, a pair
of lab .nrer's leather gloves, a newspaper paragraph
on British Bastilles or Lunatic Asylums," a hatchet,
a powder fl isle, and 'numerous other arti des. In
reply t.i the bench, the defendant pleaded guilty to the
chsrge and observed. 'We are all verily guilty the
magistrates' clerk, policeman, and all f us." (Laugh-
ter.)

The girl Dobson harirg been sworn. state 1 that on the
Meht ot tbe 17th of Jmuary " Doctor Brown" came to her
lit her's bode.

The defendant, Interrupting the complainant, said" Now,
speak the truth, and nothing but the truth, or ra punish
you,,
The complainant then went on to say that when "Br.
Brown" came into the house he asked her where her father
and mother were. She, in reply, told him that they were
gone out. The defendant upon this sat down, and pulling
her on his knee, asked her to give him a kiss.
The defendant Interrupting): And why didn't you give
the doctor a kiss Laughter )
Thedoctor svas again silenced, and the complainant, In
conclusion, said that she struggled and not away from the
defendant, who then behaved in an indecent manner.
The def coda, ,t assured the magistrates that this was untrue,
and said that he went to Dolison's house as • spy of Na-
poleon, to nod a quantity of comhustibles—those, pointing to
the articles agreed out before him silverdate would have
been blown up, Napoleon might have invaded England, and
the streets would have run down with blood. , Laughter.)

The chairman, addressing the clitfendant, said the
only rprestion for the magistrates was whether they
rhould send him to prison or the county lunatic asylum
but they were of opinion that if he were kept from
spirits for some time, he would be sane Itke other men.
He was sent to prison for six weeks, with hard labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

TIRMA AgOORDTOG TO DISTA4CE.

Please observe the Address-260, Castie•streee, Dudley.
- -
-DIANOFORTES and HARMONITIIS may
be had no the NEW arsTrat of Immo, for Two or
Three Years; after which. and without any forther pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All 'Detri-
ments had on this system. or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for any other. if
not approved of. and returned earrings free. And for-
titer, after a trial of three years. any Pianoforte or har-
monium would be taken back, at its original cost, anti
the money returned, deducting the usual charge for hire ;
,i,ns r she "don or
noissglom II 'O"'-.14, • Pianoforte
Teacher and 'Tuner. Movie erehoto to; Casthr•street,
Dudley.

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3 000 plANnFon ES & ilAryn• T.
VHS . I et, ITN rr r,fo.lr,s,
CASTY Vltrittr, Ver. -TWO iVs
Pianoforte,.l. . ro•stroegt. the linremom Re•oov-
owed with Pot.ot so ssool by As moot mints' ti ,gos
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

OLD HILL.

egeta It or !MN.— At As Hoar 9,p4i00, on
et.lutwhy,tAlre E. Muni', HRH K, Single?, Nave .
William Weaver was eharited wit!, unlaweully se,ling ORR
ipotet at ale to Beep:mita Havis on the Oti, iii•t. he ROI
litlIAG duly licensed to soil ale. Mr. Stokes defended.
Benjamin Harris KAKI On the aboVe date I went to Has
defends:n.6 house, at Cruller Reath, and bed t gni" of
ale. daughter gave it to me, •nd X paid her !Id for
it. Defendant was not there. It used to be a roadim
house, but I auppese it lea wobble chop now. 1 sitopped
there till a few minutes after eight o'clock. Oeorge
Burgess sail John Mow were with me. Cross.ex ttu•
Med We bad been at the Fox public.house. Left there
oboist ten o'clock. 0 ova. information to the police the
same umrnieg. Burgess and Pillow each had aonat of
ale. Have been convicted for stealing iron, end for
fighting and being drunk. Mr. Stokes contended that
Hattie evidence was not to be relied upon, and there
was no witness to corroborate his statement. There wan
no eeoleuee to show the defeuthint sold the drink. The
Bench dismissed the case.
DRINKING Is A PUBLIC•HOC9II.—jAmen BRilles, Wil-
liam Aelicroft, IV illiant Ratcliffe. and Matthew David.
fuer men, were summoned for drinking in a pill:lie-house
i on the 9th instant. during prohibtied hours, at Tividale.
: Police-constable Satehwell said : I visited PlaYdon's pub-
lic-house about ten minutes past twelve ti'elock on the
above date, and foetid the four defendants in the stable.
There were two quart jogs of ale, anal a half•galion log
filled. Hefei:lda:its pleaded guilty, and were fined Id and
costs'
A BATCH OF COAL Peplovr, Alice
Adams, Eliza Riley. Alice Teylor, Mary llly. Mary
Williams, and Ann Westwood were charged with unlaw-
fully steeling a anal:lily of coal from the Heden Hill
Colliery, the property of Mr. Welter Beaseno, on the
'2sth inst. Police-constable Taylor said he visited the
:Move colliery on the 25th, about one o'clock. in company
with Police-constables Hume and Robinson, and new
there about fifty persoue stealing gmal from the wharf of
coniplainant. ile and his brother :Aeon apprehended
the defendants: Police-conetahles Hume and Robinson
corroborated Taylor. Defendants all pleaded guilty, and
the case against Ann Westw,md woo withdrawn. Eliza
Riley and Alice Taylor (two little girls) were discharged
, with a caution. The other defendants were sentenced
I to be imprisoned with hard labour for seven dap.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF THREE
SISTERS.

A very sudden and distressing accident occurred on
Saturday afternoon on Lochleven. It may be neces-
sary, in order properly to utderetand the particulars of
the story, to state that hard hint prevailed in many
parts of Scotland during a portion of Dot week. It
appears that three young ladies, the daughters of Mr.
Alexander Steedman, had left their house, at esout
half-past one on Saturday, with their skates, for the
purpose of having an hour's recreation on the I. ch. As
generally when out walking, they took a favouri,s dog
with them. On reaching the loch they not down on a
seat by the side of it ; but whether for the pur-
pose of putting on their skates, or with the in-
tention sit wa;ting for the coming of a friend who
had promised to meet them and skate with them, can-
not now be known. The dog started off on the
ice after the wild fowl on an open portion of the loch,
and when it had gone some few yards the ice gave way.
Miss Steedman went to help it out of the water, and
on seeing her on the ice, some workmen, who were em-
ployed at the boat-house, sh,oited to warn her back.
She still persisted, and when attempting to lift out the
dog the ice gave way with her. She cried to the
second sister, " Maggie, help me," and the latter,
responding at once, hastened on the ice, which at once
birdie, and she was plunged beaide her mister. The
third sister, seeing the other two struggling in the
water for life, bravely went to their assistance ; but it
was only to make another victim.
The two men who hail observed the movements of
the ladies ran to the scene of the accident, and used
every means they could think of or command to reach
the drowning sisters, but in vain. A boat wax, after
s ,me little delay, procored, and in about twenty
minutes after the accident the bodies were got out.
Two were found standing upright, and the other was
lying at the bottom. They were at once conveyed to
Mr. Ideveridges spinning mill, where every means
were resorted to by Dr. Alonro and others to reeuseitate
life. It was too late, however, for the three ladies
were dead. The three sisters were aged respectively
twenty-four, twenty-two, and twenty. They were
highly accomilisbed and universally esteemed, and as
they were known to an extensive circle of &cut-taints') le,
their untimely end is deeply lamented. The most
sincere sympathy is felt fo• Air. Steedman's family.
The melancholy event formed the subject of several
discourses at the churches in the neighbourhood on
Sunday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

A HINT TO INTENDING EMIGRANTS.

Mr. W. Frank Lynn, of the Royal Colonial Society, CA,
Victoria-street, Westminster Abbey, writes to the Dasly
Newt

I noticed a letter, signed John Rae, in your impres-
Ann of to-day, objecting to Mr. Smith's advocacy of
Canada in preference to the States as a field for emi-
gration, on the plea that the clearing of forest laud is
the obstacle and toil of a lifetime which must be given
up to unremitting toil, unenlivened by any of the
enjotmente and recreations of social intercourse—
whilst on the prairies of the United States the settler
has nothing to do but to ecratch the ground in order
to find a speedy and easy return of all the necessaries
and indulgencics of life. I, too, have some slight ,
acquaintance with both the States and the Dominion, I
and can a-sure your readers that the dwellers on prairie I
lands find am many, although different difficulties to
contend with as the dwellers amongst the woods.
Timber does not grow in clumps upon a prairie, just as
much as • settler requires and no more; but, on the
contrary, the great stretch of American land has no '
timber whatever, and many of the farmers have told
me that they would rather be saddled with the pre-
liminary difficulties of clearing the forest, in place of
suffering from dieirth of timber for building and firing.
One settler in a Canadian backwoods village in which
I stayed some time had been a farmer in the States,
and had had experience cf both descriptions of land,
I and infinitely preferred the forest, as the fact that he
had bought 1,000 acres abundantly proved. Also—
with regard to early settlers in the forest having no
enjoyments—nothing but dreary toil and axe and
mattock—my personal experience erahles me to con-
tradict the statement most emphatically. I stayed in
a village which had only existed four or live year., and
where the ichatitante were all engaged in the operation
of clearing the forest around them; yet, although they
worked bard all the day, hardly an evening passed
without the village bellea—and very pretty fresh-faced
belles they were—assembling for a sleigh ride or a
&nut ; and even during the daytime the men could
oecasii nally find time for a jovial deer hunt or shooting
I excursion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

The follovriog lettt re svere aished in Wednesday's
Tirnu

I re:eived a letter dated Canibridge, slimed IV. X
informing nos that halt is banknote for LIU was enclosed.
and Dilutions an acknowledgment in the second column of
The Tosses. I put an advent/mm.lA in the place directed,
but to say that it was net received, and described the seal,
to prove to the writer whether or not it had been tampered
with. After waiting a fortnight I sent another advertise.
went to 7he Times in referemm to this, which I then consi-
dered a hoax, in order to caution the managers of our chari-
table institutions; but the advertisement was refined inser-
tion, an it was not an acknowledgement of money received.
It is e•itient that my caution was necessary, and that this
silly anti cruel hoax ha, been in practice for some time. nor
charities wanted such donations and do want them, but don't
want to be befooled In the way Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH Sort., lion. Sec. of the Alexandra Orphanage for In-
fants, 73, Cheapside.

Like your correspondents whose letters appear in
Times of to day, 1, too, was favonred with a note to the
following effect:—" Woman a Mission to Women.—Pleasa
acknowledge in The Time, A:44, and annual subaciption for
support of missionary, front 11 1" Enclosed was a check
for the amount, signed, " Henry Tibbs "
Fotunately to cur caae no real bairn harm has been done,
tn. rm than raising false hopes of being enabled to extend our
respective labours ; but, as It is more than probable that ttue
who will thus use old checks I.r the purpose of stupid j•dces
may also endeavour to pats them to more profitable account,
1 write t caution your readers agninat checks drawn on the
" Metropolitan and Provincial flack" numbered C 412, and
strum. e I with the old large craught stamp date I 12, 4, 'Ult.
The bank is no longer in renitence, being now In liquidation,
and its successor, the Met roptlitan Bank, 75, Cornhill, knows
nothing of these checks or their foolish drawer. 1 am, Sir,
your oftecEent servant, Charles @ Ford, Secretary. Refor-
matory. and Refuge Union, 24, New-streat,'Spring.gardous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Gladstone hns addressed the tollnirtng circular to his
supporters Au the House o Commons
• • • -

10 DowLlng.stred, Jan. 21, 1870.

Sir—The meeting of Parliament has been fixed by
her Majesty for the &h of February; and, as matters
of great public moment will be submitted to the House
of Commons on a very early day, I take the liberty of
expressing my hope that it may suit your convenience
to be in your place at the opening of the Session,—l
have the bona= to be, Sir, 3,, or most obedient ser-
vant, W. E. ULADT

Mr. Disraeli haa also iseuvd a circular to hi sup-
port.., expressing a hope that they may find it can-
venient to be in their places on the Bth February, "an
busineas of importance may be en acted."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

EXECUTION OF A NEW ZEALAND
REBEL.

A native of New Zealand named Hamiora Pere,
who was convicted of high treason on the 28th of Sep-
tember, was executed inside the gaol at Wellington on
the 16th of November. Four other prisoners were
condemned to death for the same crime, one of whom,
Wi Tarnararo, brother to Hamiora, committed suicide
in gaol, and the sentences on the others have been
commuted to penal eervitude for life. Th, Wellin9.
lon independent says that Random received the noire
of his approaching death with calmness, and it was
not until the morning before the execution that be gave
any outward sign that he realized his terrible
position. He had asked permiasion to see his friends
and former companione, that he might take a
final farewell, and the request had been humanely
granted. The interview was a very painful one,
and when it ass over the primmer became terribly dins
tressed, and it was not urtil his spiritual adviser, the
Rev. Mr. Stock, who, together with the Ven. Arch-
deacon Hadfield, had constantly visited him, had been
with him some time that he became more composed.
On the morning of the execution, when he left the
room in which he had been confined, he wee 'sobbing
bitterly, and was evidently suffering from intense
I mental agony ; he looked anxiously around, yet stood
firm and erect while he was being pinioned, repeating
as well as his trembling voice would allow, the prayers
that were being offered on his behalf. From the time
the prisoner left his room, until the rope was adjusted,
he continued pm) leg in a low moaning tone interrupted
frequently by violent sobbing, but immediately the
rope was round his neck the moaning reseed, and the
final words of the service were repeated in a remarkably
clear and firm voice.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-01-29

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.

The market to-day was well attended by the
representatives of all the leading pig and fin-
ished iron and coal selling firms of South Staf-
fordshire and East Worcestershire, together
with the agents of houses out of this distriot.
Tberewas much discussion on the probaltiffei
of t ale as to the present demand, and F.ww• •I•.•
gMiations were opened, but transactions were
amed in only a few instance's. Ironmasters
were nimble to report oily worked inert:Mill in
orders; or, indeed, that tile works are more ern-
peal nox titan last \cut:h. NevertheksA, quo.
t :Lions ot !Lao.
The •:t. it•:2 yueitit is U.-,rolt“itoit spa
uttsuaou of tut cUliery pruinieturs iu Wit