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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

A BURGLAR CAPTURED.

In London, on Monday, at the Clerkenvoell
.Police-
court, William Jones, 32, describing himself as an
engineer, but refusing his address, was charged with
baying burglariously entered the dwelling house and
premises, 33, Cloudesley-square, Islington, and stolen
therein a timepiece and a quantity of wearing
apparel, the property of Thomas Spaul. The
prisoner was also charged with a violent assault, with
intent to resist his apprehension, upon the wife of the
prosecutor. The evidence of Mrs. Spaul showed
that between ten and half-past ten o'clock on Satur-
day night, while she was seated at supper with her
husband and a guest, a noise was heard in the
entrance hall, and the witness not suspecting that
a burglar had entered the place went alone
to ascertain the cause. In the hall she
came face to face with the prisoner, who
emerged from the ground-floor room with a large
bundle in his arms, and was making for the door.
She at once seized him and called for help, but the
prisoner struck her several blows and struggled
violently to escape. Her cries were not heard for
some time, and the prisoner continuing to strike her,
had nearly released himself, having dragged her along
the passage and reached the door before assistance
came. She held on firmly to the prisoner, notwith-
standing that he seized her arm and severely bit it,
and continued to strike her violently. After some
time her husband and his guest came to her help and
secured the prisoner. The prisoner, it was afterwards
found, obtained entrance by means of skeleton keys,
at the street door, and had visited three or four rooms
in the house and gathered together a quantity of
wearing apparel and linen, which, with the clock from
the room on the around floor, he had wrapped in a
tablecloth ready for removal. The prisoner was
remanded for inquiries.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

THE CONFERENCE.

Mr. Gladstone, replying to Lord George Hamilton,
said that the Powers had not given, and had not been
asked to give their assent to any propositions excepting
those which had already been stated to the House by
her Majesty's Government. In reply to other questions
from other members, the Prime Minister stated that
there were conclusive objections against making known
to Parliament, in the first instance, the financial pro-
posals which the Government were about to lay before
the Conference, but the whole matter would be snb-
mitted to the judgment of_Parliament. ,

, FOOT-AND-31012711 DISEASE.
Mr. Pell risked what steps had been taken by the local
authority in Lincolnshire to meet the alarming out-
break of foot-and-mouth disease in that county ;
whether measures now adopted by the local authority
were sufficient to meet the exigencies of the case and
prevent the disease spreading ; if not, whether her
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

Colonel Nolan aBke—d--iiieVo—s;;;s7W.General whether
he would take steps to publish at the country post-
offices during the coming hay and corn harvests such
selections from the weather predictions of the Meteoro-
logical Department as might be of use to the farmers of
the districts.

Mr. Fawcett said: In reply to a similar question two
years ago I expressed my regret that, after very care-
fully looking into the matter, I did not see my way to
accede to the proposal because it appeared that if the
Government supplied telegrams gratuitously to those
interested in agriculture it would be impossible to refuse
similar applications from those engaged in other trades.
I further stated that I believed that there would be
little difficulty in securing the object desired, because
the Meteorological Office supplies weather forecasts
gratuitously to anyone who is willing to pay the ex-
pense of telegraphing, which very rarely exceeds Is
I pointed out that if the farmers in any district jointly
subscribed the expense to each would be very incon-
siderable. The forecasts might be exhibited at the
post office, and in the case of those farmers who resided
within the area of free delivery the message could be
delivered at the small extra cost of 3d. for each addi-
tional copy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

THE RECENT FATALITY IN THE
_HA_MOAZE.

jhe inquest on the,body of Emma Hoskins, a single
woman, who was drowned in the Hamoaze on the Bth
Inst. through a collision with a pleasure boat and the
Vivid, Admiral's yacht, was resumed at Devonport on
Tuesday. The evidence adduced was of a most con-
flicting character. While certain occupants of the
boat at the time of the disaster, including two naval
seamen, swore that the boat conformed to the ordinary
rules at sea, and that while attempting to get out of
the Vivid's course they were run down, Staff-Com-
mander Gravener and men on board the Vivid deposed
that every precaution was taken to clear the boat, and
a course shaped which would have taken the Admiral's
yacht under the stern of the sailing boat, but at the
last moment the man in charge of the boat altered his
course, came down on the port side of the ship, and
the boat was struck by the paddle wheel. The jury,
after a long consultation in private, found "That the
deceased was drowned through the collision, and that
the, collision was caused hy the negligence of those in
charge of the sailing boat, and that Staff-Commander
Gravener did everything in his power to avoid ti")
accident
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-28

KIDDERMINSTER.

DEDICATION FESTIVAL.—The dedication festival
of St. Jolly the Baptist's Church was celebrated at
Kid terminster on Tuesday. The church was
b aitifully decorated. At the evening service the
pray .rs were intoned by the Rev. W. Allen.. The
ti; at le s(;n was read by the Rev. A. B. Timbrell
and the second 1,-sson by the Rev. A. Hawkins. Toe
se -mon wa3 preach ql by the Rev. E. Aden, M.A..,
of Castechurch, tafford, who took for his text
part of the 18th ve,se of the fourth chapter of the
_Epistle of Paul to the Eph:sians. There was a
large congregation.
THE CHARGES CF ASSAULT,—At the County
Police Court, on Thursday, the man Matthews,
who was remanded on Monday, on a charge of
indecently assaultirg a little girl named Perry,
was again brought up. After bearing her evidence
and other corroborative testimony, the Bench
committed the prisoner for trial et the Sessions.--
There was a second charge against the prisoner of a
common assault on a young lady resident in the
neighbourhood, but, in view of prisoner's commit.
tat on the other charge, this was withdrawn.

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YOUNG NIEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—A meet-
ing was held in the Town Hall Committee Room,
on Wednesday night. with a view to the formation
of a society of the above nature. Mr. Caching
was voted to the chair.—Afrer hearing explanations
from a deputation from the central society in Lon-
don, it was decided to form a branch association in
Kidderminster.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

BRIERLEY HILL.

POLICE CJURT.—At this Court, on Monday, be-
fote Messrs. H. Hall and G. K. Harrison, Joseph
Siddaway was summoned under the Factory At
and fined is and costs for employing a boy under
the age of ten at blowing. Elijah Raybould was
fined 2s Gd and costs for employing young persons
after seven o'clock in the evening.
Local, BOARD.—Mr. S. Bennett presided at the
monthly meeting of this Board, held at the Town
Hall, on Monday. The Sanitary and General
Purposes Committee recommended that as Mr. T.
Price, the deputy clerk, had left the neighbourhood,
the resolution appointing him .be rescinded. Mr.
G. Ashmead, medical officer, reported that 23 deaths
had occurred during the month, giving a death .rate
of 23.40 per 1,000. Seven of the deaths were from
scarlet fever, one from small-pox, and one from
typhoid fever. The death rate for the correspond-
ing month of last year was 33.0 per 1,000, with
seven deaths from zymotic diseases. Scarlet fever
had prevailed durine the month in several parts of
the district. The Finance Committee reported that
the collector had received and paid over to the
treasurer during the month £1,020. There was a
long, discussion on the expendi ure of the Board. In
the course of the discussion it was argued that the
Board were spending money fewer than a 2s rate
would bring it in, arid the desirability of curtailing
expenditure as much as possible was urged.- On
Fenton Street £l2O hail been spent, on Potter
Street £7O, on Church-hill, £l5O, on main roads
(High Street), through which the tramways had
passed, £2OO, and £1,234 in connecion with the
law sul with which the Board were now engaged.
It ens pointed out by the Clerk that of the latter
item £386 was paid into Court as damages on the
arbitration ; .2248 the costs of a trial at Gloucester
and a subsequent appeal in London had been paid,
but an undertaking had been given to return this if
the House of Lords s,lould so order. Then there
was the deposit of £2OO as security for the cost of
appal. There had been paid also on account of
the Bo ird ..t4.)0 out of pock t expenses, bringing the
total up to £1,234. It was pointed out here that
the extra expenditure over any other year on roads
and streets was only £555. In reply to a question
the Clerk said in the event of a decision being given
against the Bo.ird in the appeal case, they would
certainly have to pay more than the .Z2OO deposit.
A resolution was proposed and seconded to the effect
that haulage be suspended, and the staff on the
roads be reduced, It was explained that the staff
had already been reduced. After considerable talk,
the Board agreed that the resolution should take
the form of a recommendation for the exp.nditure
to be cm tailed as much as possible. An applica-
tion from Mrs. Price for the post of librarian and
other applications for the same office were.
_referred
to the Free Libiary Committee. This ended the
business.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

MURDERS IN SPAIN.

A Reuter's telegram, dated Madrid, March 3,
says:
Murders were perpetrated in Tarragona on
Saturday last by a shoemaker named Jose Perez, 19
years of age. The victims were four women—Foren-
tine, Mathen 80 years of age; Josefa Mallol, her
daughter; the step-daughter of the latter, aged 17;
and a servant. Josefa Mallol kept a tobacco shop,
her mother. and stepdaughter residing with her. Early
on Saturday morning Perez entered the shop armed
with a dagger, and savagely attacked and stabbed the
four women, one after the other. Florentina Mathen
and the girl were killed on the snot, and the other
two are not expected to survive. 'Lille murderer suc-
ceeded in escaping, but was subsequently arrested,
and brought before the authorities, when he denied
the crime. Is is supposed that Perez was aware that
Josefa Mallol intended to lay in a stock of tobacco
on Saturday, and that his object was to obtain pos-
session of the money collected in the shop for that
purpose.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

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THE COUNTESS AND HER CATS.

At the Hammersmith Police-court, on Tuesday!,
the Countess de la Torre, of Pembroke-square, Ken-
sington, appeared to answer a summons at the instance
of Mr. G. C. Harding, clerk of the vestry, for causing
a nuisance by reason of keeping a number of cats
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one in the house. The animals were so kept as to be
a nuisance to the next-door uei.,..-hbour. The countess was
the only person who occupied the house. He did not
see any lodgers or servants in the house. Mr. Paget;
Does the defendant live there by herself with the dogs
and cats? Witness: Yes. In cross-examination, the
witness added that the odour from the cats in the
kitchen was disgusting, and be had to place a hand-
kerchief to Ms nose and mouth before he could count
them. Mr. Paget then called for the medical officer
of health, and, on being informed by the inspector
that he was not present, said he ought to have been in
attendance. The occupier of the house next to that
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of the smells, and also the back door to prevent the
animals running in and out of his premises. Mr.
Paget said that unless the inspector produced the
evidence of the medical officer he could not proceed.
If the parish officers did not know how to conduct
their cases they must pay the costs. He dismissed
the summons, and ordered the vestry to pay one
guinea costs to the countess.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

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NOTICES.

Notice was given by Colonel Stanley to move as an
amendment to the motion to go into committee on the
Army Supplementary Estimates that the House is of
opinion that before further supplies are granted fur
military expenditure in Egypt the Government should
give the House a full and definite statement of their
policy in that country and its dependencies; and by
Lord J. Manners to propose on the second reading of
the Representation of the People Bill an amendment,
declining to procceid further with a measure having for
its object the addition of 22000,000 voters to the elec-
toral body of the United Kingdom until it had before
it the entire scheme contemplated by the Government
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AFFAIRS IN THE SOUDAN.
Several questions were put as to the state of affairs
in the Soudan and Lord pt
said that no in-
structions had been sent to General Graham ordering
his withdrawal to Trinkitat or Souakitn, and he was
unaware of any intention to attack Osman Digma's
camp. The Admiral and the General had ample
-Dowers to communicate with the chiefs by prpclama-

tion or otherwise. Lord E. Fitnnauriee denied that
any unfavourable news had been received from Khar-
toum; and Mr. Gladstone, questioned by Mr. Ash-
mead-Bartlett as to the propriety of maintaining a
connexion between Khartoum and Egypt, said that the
policy of the Government in regard to abandoning the
Soudan remained unchanged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

1:1111, KAHDI AT EL OBEID.

The correspondent of the Times, in a telegram dated
Khartoum, March 2, says:
I have just returned from an armed reconoissance
on the White Nile, under Colonel Stewart.

It was of a most satisfactory character. Fcar
sheikhs who were in arms last Friday came willingly
on board and heard with delight of Gordon Pasha's
arrival, of his proclamation, and his messages of peace.
One Bheikh volunteered to take some copies of the
proclamation, and spread them among the tribes
which until now had been hostile, promising, more-
over, to bring their sheikhs to see Gordon Pasha in
ten days' time.

These men state that the Itandi has sent orders to
Faki Ibrahim, who has the command of 4000 men on
the White Nile, not to fight or provoke hostilities.
te has sent similar orders to Sheikh Buseer, who is
in arms on the Blue Nile, forbidding him to attack
Sennaar or to advance on Khartoum. Four other
hostile sheikhs came and gave in their submission to
General Gordon yesterday.
A major and two sergeants have come in from El
Obeid, having belonged to the old garrison. They
were engaged thirty days in travelling here.
Great misery, they assert, prevails at El Obeid.
The Mandi fears both the tribesmen and the towns-
people. A reign of terror exists, although the indis-
criminate executions have ceased. The Mandi has
put aside all the rifles into store, saying that they
belong to the Egyptian Government, and that
he will deliver them to its representative. There
is no attempt at anything like government in El
Obeid.

A soldier arrived here to-day, having been ten days
on the road. Be reports that the Mandi received
General Gordon's letter, naming him Sultan of
Kordofan, with ecstasies of delight, that he gave a
robe of honour to the General's messenger, and sent a
reply, which has not yet been received. This infor-
mant states that General Gordon's policy is now
known by all the tribes along the road. The Mandi,
he says, has eighteen wives, and his vakeel twenty-
four. The Moslems in Khartoum are horrified at the
Mandi's exceeding the number permitted in the Koran.
This indulgence having destroyed his title to the
status of prophet, he now joyfully seizes upon that of
Sultan.

General Grahar/s victory is known here, and has
been heard of with delight. Everything, in fact, looks
hopeful.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

DOUBLE EXECUTION AT LivEAPOOL.

The execution of Catherine Flannagan and Mar-
garet Higgins, for the murder by arsenical poisoning
of Thomaa Higgins, the husband of the latter, took
place on Monday morning at Birkdale Gaol, Liver-
pool. Binns was the executioner, and he was assisted
by a man named Samuel Heath, also a native
of Dewsbury. The culprits appeared nervous, but
they walked up to the scaffold without assistance.
Birms and his assistant rapidly adjusted the ropes
the noose being placed under the chin in each case.
Flannagan had a drop of 9 feet 6 inches, and Higgins
of 9 feet 8 inches. Death in both cases was almost
instantaneous, and beyond a slight muscular tremor
there was no movement in the bodies after
the drop fell. The ropes used were three-
quarters of an inch in diameter Both
women appeared resigned to their fate. From the
first no hope of a reprieve was entertained. Flannagan
did not care to make any confession, but Higgins is
understood to have intimated her readiness to con-
fess if required. The morning was bitterly cold, and
snow fell heavily., but in spite of this a large crowd
assembled outside the gaol to watch for the hoisting
of the black flag.
Flannagan and Higgins were visited on Saturday
for the last time by Mrs. Flanagan's son and daughter,
the parting being very painful, particularly in the case
of Higgins. On Sanday they attended Divine service
with the other Roman Catholic prisoners in the gaol
chapel, and appeared very penitent. The women,
since their conviction, have acknowledged the justice
of their sentence. They have, also, it is stated, made
a circumstantial statement, detailing how the poison-
ing was effected, and adding some startling revelations.
They have given the authorities the names of several
persons who they allege were concerned in other
poisonings carried out in the same manner. The
names of the victims have also been given.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

THE RELIEF OF TOKAR.

In'a'later telegram of Sunday's date, the special
correspondent of the Daily Hews says: Although the
fate of Tokar was decided at the battle of Teb,
General Graham sent a letter with offers to negotiate
to Sheikh Kadra, commanding the rebels in the first-
named locality. No reply was received yesterday
morning by nine o'clock, when the General marched
out. The country was well scouted, but no signs of
the enemy were anywhere visible. The great part of
the nine mike between Tab and Tokar is covered
with thick, high brushwood, amidst which
large numbers of the enemy lurked after
the battle. Less than two miles from Tokar
the enemy made their first appearance, about
eighteen hundred yards off, on the right and left
flanks. It was difficult to estimate the number, which,
however, was large. The mounted Infantry, with two
squadrons of the 10th and 10th Hussars, dismounted
in skirmishing order. A few shots were exchanged.
The force then advanced, and about five in the even-
ing took possession of Tokar without any resistance
worth mentioning. All the Egyptian women and
children, with a number of the garrison troops, came
to meet General Graham's army, none of whom, it
may be added, were lost in the march from El Teb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

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OVERCROWDING IN TOWNS.

Mr. A. Balfour called attention to the condition of in-
habited dwellings in crowded districts of large towns,
and moved," That in the opinion of the House the evils
of overcrowding cannot in all cases be adequately met by
the enforcement of purely sanitary regulations and that
it is therefore expedient that in the case of certain public
trusts and corporations having for. their object the im-
provement of the dwellings of the working classes, some
relaxation should be made in the rules under which loans
are at present granted by the Public Works Loan Com-
missioners. Having defended this proposal from the
charge of socialism, the hon. member explained that
what he asked was that the State should lend its
machinery and advance money as bankers at a very low
rate, but on perfectly good security.
Sir L. Playfair, in seconding the motion, said it was
not further legislation nor public sentiment that was
needed, so much as efficient administration of the laws
and machinery which at present existed.
Sir C. Dilke moved the "previous question," and
while admitting that the evils of overcrowding could
not in all cases be met by the enforcement of purely
sanitary regulations, urged that, a Royal Commission
havipg been appointed, it was undesirable for the
HoMe to come to any resolution in reference to the
subject matter of their inquiry.
Sir R. Cross, in supporting the motion, contended
that the Government should not, by its action with
regard to the Royal Commission, offer to local author-
ities an excuse for delay in the performance of their
duties.

Sir S. It. Waterlow spoke in support of the motion,
but advised its withdrawal. In this suggestion the
Chancellor of the Exchequer concurred, and after some
remarks by Sir J. Mowbray, Alderman Lawrence, and
Mr. Brodrick, who thought that the Government ought
not to delay all action for the prolonged period which
would necessarily elapse before the inquiry of the Royal
Commission was completed, the "previous question"
and the original motion were withdrawn.
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o'clock
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SACRILEGE AND INCENDIARISIL

In a telegram on Monday evening the Paris Corre-
spondent cf the Daily Telegraph says:
The church of Joinville Le Pont, an important
village on the borders of the Park of Vincennes,
close to Paris, was discovered to be on fire about
five o'clock yesterday morning. On the alarm
being given four fire-engines from the village and
those adjoining arrived on the spot, and, thanks
to their exertions, the flames were subdued, but
not until the chancel and nave had been par-
tially destroyed. Upon the origin of the fire
being investigated it was ascertained to be due
to incendiarism, and that the vestry had been pillaged
beforehand. The malefactors, who are believed to
have been five in number, at first attempted to force
a side door, which bears the marks of their instru-
ments. Finding it would not yield to their efforts,
they tried the principal door, which is in front of the
main street, and succeeded in forcing the lock. Once
inside the church, the thieves broke open the poor-
boxes and made an ineffectual attempt to find the
sacramental plate. The priest bad, however, fortu-
nately taken the latter home, as he was accustomed
to do every evening. Infuriated at obtaining nothing,
the miscreants next broke into the vestry, and
forcing open the presses in which the rich vest-
ments were kept, made a pile of them and of the
candelabra, lustres, desks, pictures, and all the orna-
ments they could wrench from their places, and set
fire to them and to the building. The vestry being in
the rear of the church they were enabled to effect
their escape unobserved. From the fact of numerous
robberies having been recently committed at Joinville,
Nogent, Champigny, &c., there is little doubt that the
thieves are part of an organised band. The police are
said to have obtained a clue to the perpetrators of the
outrages. The damage which was occasioned is esti-
mated at 30,000 f.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

SILOS AND ENSILAGE.

I,n an article on the "Agricultural Outlook," the
Daily Telegraph remarks that the popular interest in
agricultural circles respecting silos and ensilage, so
far from diminishing, appears to be greatly on the in-
crease, the fact being that wherever experiments have
been tried scarcely a silo has been opened with con-
tents not in a condition sufficiently good for stock to
relish the food contained therein when offered to
them. The great obstacle to the spread of the system
seems to have been the cost of constructing silos when
formed of masonry with sides and floor rendered im-
pregnable to the admission of water by linings of
Portland cement. In view of this Lord Tolle-
macho has generously offered to build silos on
any of his farms for the use of his tenants, for
which he will charge them a moderate inte-
rest on the outlay as additional rent, but even
the latter only on their beink well satisfied of the
improvement having rendered them a Berries. This
is an example which should be followed by landlords
generally, for in these depressing times for farming
anything tending to "help the lame dog over the
stile" ought not to be neglected. The popular mind,
however, requires to be disabused of the impression
that silos need of necessity to be expensive in con-
struction. In America there are a great many made
of rough timber with boarded up sides, which do not
require to be air-tight if sufficient pressure can only
be imposed, and we have it on the authority of Captain
Bailey, of Massachusetts, that one costing only $5O,
and capable of containing 150 tons of ensilage, is
found to be perfectly satisfactory.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

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S. Say ell being appointed, and the presidtnt A
committee was also appoint 'd, and the prcviional
rut s Ls r. ad by the secretary, were adopted,
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Boat d, Wednesday (Mr. Wright in cliair), Mr. R E.
Potter was app jilted relieving officer for the Bel—
broughton district.--Mr, liumphr,ys, clerk, laid
before the Board his estimate of the expanditure of
the Union for the half-year ending Michwlmas
next, :the atn‘ nut being £8,086., less estimated
balances £1,250,—A letter from the Local Govern-
ment Board was received, enclosing for consider-
ation of the Guardians, a letter received from Mr.
William Wyatt, late relieving officer for Belbrough.
ton district, respecting the refusal of ths Guardians
to grant him a superannuation allowance after forty
seven years' se:vice. The Guardians passed on ti
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THE BRIGHTON ELECTION.

The polling at Brighton, rendered necessary by the
formal retirement of Mr. W. T. Marriott, Q.C., under
well-known circumstances, took place on Saturday.
Mr. Marriott, who was elected in 1880 as a Liberal,
now appearing as the Conservative nominee, and being
opposed in the Liberal interest by Mr. R.. Romer,
Q.C. There was oonsidorable exeitement during the
day, and a number of private vehicles were lent for
the use of both sides. Several extemporised proces-
sions took place, and towards the close of the poll
the streets presented a busy scene, but no disturbance
took place. The ballot boxes were taken to the Town
Hall, where the counting took place in the council
chamber. At half-past six, one hour sooner than
expected, the result was made known as follows
Marriott (C) 5478, Romer (L) 4021, majority for
Marriott, 1457. The majority was unexpeetedly large.
Shortly afterwards Mr. Marriott proceeded to the
I Pavilion Hotel, and addressed a vast concourse of
ptople from one of the balconies. Later in the even-
ing he left the hotel in company with Mr. D. Onslow,
fuad Mr. Tyndall Robertson, to visit Baron de
Worms i.t his private residence, and a party of men
detached tile horses from the carriage, and attachf.ng
ropes, dragged the party in triumph the whole of the
way. Mr, marn'ott subsequently issued an acklre,is os
thanks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
EXHIBITION.

In London, on Saturday, his Excellency Count de
Bylandt presided at a meeting of the British com-
mittee formed to promote the International Agricul-
tural Exhibition to be held at Amsterdam from
August 25 to September 6 next. The committee met
by permission in the rooms of the Royal Agricultural
Society of England. It was stated that over £l5OO
is offered in prizes in those classes for live stock,
which were specially introduced in the programme
for British exhibits, and that British exhibitors may
also compete for various other prizes for butter, cheese,
preserved milk, agrit,altural implements, and machinery,
ttc. Mr. Maas, the hon. official agent, at the same
time directed special attention to the fact that
prizes to the value of £3l are set apart to be awarded
by the judges in the section devoted to
different appliances for the prevention of cruelty
to animals. He added that English gentlemen whose
names are well known in connection with the agricul-
ture of this country have been invited to act as jurors,
and that on the proposal of the jury the executive
committee will be empowered to award extra prizes in
money or gold or silver medals, even for exhibits not
specially provided for in the programme. During the
meeting of the committee a telegram was received
from Amsterdam stating that the last day of entry
for horses, cattle, sheep and pigs had been extended
to June 15, but that entries in all the other sections
definitely close on May 1. A letter was read from
the Privy Council indicating that no objection would
be made to the return to this country of animals ex-
hibited at Amsterdam after undergoing quarantine at
Harwich or Leith.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-06-21

GYMNASTICS FOR GIRLS.

Should girls practise gymnastics? If so, to what
extent and in what way? We readily answer the
first part of the question in the affirmative. To
answer the second, it is necessary first to consider in
what, fundamentally, the value of gymnastic exercise
consists. All such practice, we take it, exists in
response to a need which is felt, whether it can be
described or not—a need of muscular tissue for work
and its function, a need as real as that of nutrition,
with which it is intimately associated. On nourishment,
and on the due indulgence of this unnamed appetite
for work, development depends. It is clear, then, that
exercises which will duly, not unduly, tax the
female frame are desirable. Putting the shot
or throwing the Isa.mmer, for instance, as now
conducted, are out of the questieel. On the other
Land, dumb-bell practice, or that with Indian
clubs, has certain marked advantages, especially
as regards tho training of the muscles of the upper
half of the body. They are invaluable aids to fine
deportment. But we cannot see why a recent critic
should proscribe the use of the former ad libittnn,
while ho would have no parallel bar exercise, no
trapeze, no horizontal bar, or ladder exercise. An
ideal gymnasium should rather include a variety of
methods, the one to assist or correct the action of the
other. What is above all necessary is that feminine,
and even masculine, performers, should aim at what
is due to their muscles, and should tax them not for
labour nor for rivalry, but for healthful recreation.
It is also necessary, of course, that any physical
deformity or weakness which interferes with the
pleasure of gymnastic exercise should suffice to greatly
limit it, or even to forbid it entirely.—Lancet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-16

THE FOREIGN MEAT SUPPLY.

Speaking at a Conference held on Saturday evening
at Anderton's Hotel on the subject of our Foreigr
Meat Supply, Mr. Arthur Arnold, M.P., said that
cheap food tended to high wages, a healthy population,
and the prosperity of trade. Food being cheap meant
that a man had more money to spare for the purchase
of manufactures and obtaining better lodgings. In all
questions relating to the food supply a Government
should be guided by a strong regard for the intereeti
of the consumers. As to foot.and-mouth disease, a
few years ago agricultnrists regarded it among theb
cattle with no more alarm than influenza was in burner
beings. At the worst period of the recent outbreak,
about the end of last September, the total of the
animals suffering was' only 57,599 out of tht
30,000,000 food animals in the country. Mr. Chap.
lin had, however, succeeded in making this queatior
more and more prominent until at last it had come tc
a combined attempt on the part of the agriculturist'
uf this country to forbid the importation of foreigr
animals. The time was not badly chosen for thil
movement. Farmers had suffered enormous losset
through bad seasons and insufficient capital, while tht
live stock had declined from the poverty of the
!amain an the want of goo i feeling. Under thesi
drzumstances they were told that their only salvia.
ttun lay in preventing the importation of foreign
s!•ock, and accordingly the Duke of Richmond and
Mr. Chaplin proposed measures which would at oni
bound cut off our food supplies from Germany am'
Le United Slates. Mr. Arnold pointed out that of
t,t ea animals none went to Ireland, only a very few tc
and the balance into England, and said hi
,LTaid strongly oppose the Duke of Richmond's bill i:
it was brought into the House of Commons; and, il
the same principle was imported into Lord Carling.
fcacre, be wolid do the same. He went on to den 3
Coat; the fr“zen meat could from its quality, compared
with freAn meat, be a flourishing trade, and said that
no im;;artial representative of the consumer could
hesitate for a moment to denounce the attempt nom
before Parliament to do a vital injury to the foot
epply of the pruple of this country. He himself hae
introduced a hill giving the Privy Council powers tc
cattle to come into this country through the
clean ports from the United States and Canada, ane
he was confident that it would be a measure of great
alvantage.
Resolut'ors were afterwards carried protestini
against any further restrictions being placed upon tin
Importation of foreign cattle by the Government ir
their new Lill.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-16

QUARRY BANK.

QUARRY BANK LOCAL BOARD. -- Mr. M. R.
Symonds presided at the usual monthly meeting of
this Board, held at the Board Schools, on Tuesday
evening. The Medical Officer reported that the
death-rate for the past month was 20.6 per 1,000,
with one death from zymotic cisease—scarlet fever
The death-rate was not a heavy one for the time of
year. Several cases of small-pox had broken out
in an adjoining parish, and it therefore behove the
Board to recommend disinfectants, discourage over-
crowding, and encourage re-vaccination and isola-
tion, should any cases occur. The Surveyor re-
ported that the expenditure on the roads for the
past month amounted to £33 7s. 3d., and a cheque
or £25 was necessary to meet the expenses of the
current month. The Inspector reported that com-
plaints had been made as to the large number of
ashpits which needed emptying, and said he had
communicated with the contractor, who had
promised to employ more men. The Chairman
was authorised, as returning officer, to make
arrangements for carrying out the election of
members to fill the places of the retiring members
Messrs. Cartwright, B. Stevens, Leonard, and
Green.