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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

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In preparation for the Press, and will shortly be pnblisha4
in one volume, ontav,,, neatly bound,
THE POSTAL AND COMMERCIAL
DI RE C T ORY AND GAZETTEER
OF THE COUNTY OF
W ORCESTER,
BY J. LITTLI6BURY.

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On the Fume admired Plan as those Works Published by
him for Herefordshire, klenniouthshirei• UlAmorgair-
obizo, Bristol, and other Counties,
Under the Pat routlye of

THE NOBILITY, GCNTRY, CLERGY, PROFP.SSIONAL GIIt.
ILEMEN, lIELCHANTS, KAMMER, TRADESMEN, AND

OTHER PHINCIPAL INHABITANTS.

Each Town in the County will have, in aillition to the
Alphabetical Oira-ctorV ag. nerd l Classification of Trades,
thus possessing the ailvsntage of a two-fold arrange.

meet.
Price of the Work, with Map : To Subscribers:l2.6d
Non-Subscribers. 17. ca.
Order, received by the Agents, who, to secure tl •
greatest authentiiiity, ail visit nearly every liouve to col-
-I,et the niceseary infoinnition. Persons desirous tll
p issessing Copies shoull t!lve their Ordevykrosuptly.
Advertiikern,
Communications to Ir ehirn s,ed to J. Littlebury, es
of the Printer, 117 to 120. Ahlersgate•streat, Loudon.

171.1 JUNI), on Monday last, at Oldswinford,
Bl.ek una TliltIGEI: DOG. Tile Owuer can
,ve it 1,3, !.oyiv•g expeuses,o nyliention t winim
Ira Old.wiedozd.

l'isine One Nhilling.

CaRISTMAS I),,UBLE NUMBER

OF TtiF.
ILLUSTRATED r ONDON N Ews,
rjlo be ivned on December Rith, 1569; will
_L Collsibt of a Y1C1171., iu colours, riled
"WAITFOR. IsTEII"
Froma Niutlng by Mn. Alloron; numerous Illastrar
lion., a tital? to Musio, Voea4o, Is coati; flays
Kull a yap 01 Ii 40,

Price Sixpekee,
CHRISTMAS DoUBLE NUNIBEL

OF TIIE
ILLUSTRATED MIDLAND NEWS,
TO be issued on December 18th, 1869; win
contain

ORIGINAL DRAWINGS.

RIGII CLASS ENGRAVINGS.

A NEW AND ORIGINAL SONO,
entitled

71-IM
FOPGE-
By the Author of " Homeward Bound," Ste.
Orders received by S. FIELD, News Agent,
Stourbridge.
MONEY to be advanced on Good Security,
in tallow; Suao.—Att•ly to Yr. T. W. Beam',
&licher, Stourbridge and Bewdlq.

AIONpEY toi LsEINIt) ewikiallSei a
curity and on
.rou
other Sums of MONEY WANTED.— Apply to Mr.
Seaford, Solicitor, Vicar-street, Kidderminster.

TBE QUEEN'S BUILDING SOCIETY,

BRIERLEY-HILL BR) NCH.

He ad Oflices :-44, Waterloo Street, Binmintiam.
ONEY promptly advanced on approved
Freehold sad Leasehold Securities.
Five per cent. interest allowed on Deposita, with Beau
addittions.
Prospectus and further information can be obtabied
trots!

AGENT

Mn. T. FERMAT, High-street, Brierley-Hill, wai
Lower High.etreet, Stourbridge.

SOLICITOR :
Mn. J. WALTER CLULOW, Brierley.HßL
CAR, CAB, AND POSTING ESTABLISHMENT.

AirRS. A. BROWN, in returning thanks to
the Public for the support she has received in
the above Itusincss, begs to announce that she has trans-
ferred the Business to her eon Thomas Brown, on whose
behalf she would solicit a continuance of peat favours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THE BATTLE OF TOULOUSE.

The following letter appeared in Monday's Times
from "li. T. C., one of the old 456," dated from
Mentone, Dee. 2 :
In the month of October last year several letters appeared
In the columns of The Timee relative to the monneietits
rained at Toulouse t the Ewlish officers who fell in the
battle before that place on the 10th .4 April, 1014, and an
in quiry was made by " A Relative" respecting the existence
of a monumental slab to the memory of Pack's Brigade.
The late Colonel Purr., Equerry to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, had, a short time previous to his death, set Cu foot
similar inquiries.
Passing lately through Toulouse, I devoted a morning to
a (runless search after such memorial On the heights to
the east of the town, where Pack's Brigade sustained its
heaviest loss, there are no mmuments, with the exception
of a lofty obelisk on the Calvinet platform, erected by the
Toulutnis to the memory of their countrymen who fell in
defence of the city.
In the Protestant Cemetery I hand three tablet, to the
memories of Colonel the Hon F. Wheeler flood, Assistant
Adjutant-General ; of Motor Bird, 87th Regitnent ; and of
Surgeon M'ltityre, 53rd Regiment, all of which had been
recently restored by the Emperor of the French. A
massive stone over the grave a Colonel Coghlan, or
Cochran, Gist Regiment, had evidently escaped the olisen
ration of those employed in the restoration of the moan.
moots, fir I had moth difficulty in deciphering the 'writ,.
tion, which states that the stone was placed there by the
officers of the regiment as " a token of their esteem." The
re cutting of the letters would c ,st the pram ut officers of
the Gist Regiment a very trilling sum. The old gareli,n of
the cemetery, who was in Toulouse at the time of the battle,
said that he did not know of any other monuments than
those of which he had charge, and the one over the grave of
Colonel Forbes, which I found in the grounds of a chateau
about one-third of a mile beyond the Ponta deo Jumeaux,
where befell at the head of the 451 h Regiment in Picton'e
rash and ill-judged attack on the tOre-de-pont. TIM VllollU-
meat, which is 13 or 14 feet in height, is in excellent rep dr.
I A white marble slab on the pedestal bears the following curt
Inscription:—
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THE LOSS OF THE "JOSEPH ItOLMESI'

NATIONAL EDUCATION.

At a meeting of the Salon-in Lichfield Arehlillaconal
Board of Education, held on the 30th ult. at Shrewnbury,
the Showing resolutions were unanimously passed :
I. That without exuressing any opinion on the guess
th n absolutely, this meeting is willing to have a
conscience clause imposed on all schools aide 1 by the
state on the principle of perfect liberty f teaching
to the teacher, and perfect liberty of withdrawal to the
the parent.
2. That free education of all children is not

3 That direct compulsion should not be resorted to
until indirect compulsion shall have been more largely
applied and have faded.
4. That the act to provide for the education of
pauper children and the Industrial Schools Act may
he made o.mpulairy upon all parties concerned.
5. That grat.t9 on a more liberal scale should be
made by Government for the building and mainten.
ance of schools, especially in very poor districts, and
for the carrying on of evening schools.
G. That it is not desirable to levy local rates on be.
half of elementary schools.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

BRIERLEY HILL.

,
Lee AL Bosun or TITiALTII.—At the signal monlbly not aware he was doing wrong, as the purchaser had his to Diets. ...- . .
mi sting held on Mce,lsy, there I, en• i4re 4ent. Vs-se.s. fell weight. Mr. Spooner said it was so much the worse a half. Camint. .:4,0, .ii•y rv.dee.:e a:. ...., ,ne .ke.uus of
Cook tchoirman), Winker, Stew-Id, (Love, Pletcher, for the public, who bad been robbed in, long. He um. the train honoonetely before the ...intent.
itolliuson, Beunott. Detheridge.S.:ricen.Skelding, Cart- sideied thst defendant had A guilty knowleige of the Davis recalled : I had the keys all the afternoon, and
wright, and Jefferies.—After the hassled of the minutes transaction, and shoo 41 Impose a penal'y of £3 and Coats. gave Mein up after the accident. Dail kept the keys for
id the. last meeting, a letter was mid from the South Mr. Insult said he e,444 ,44iered the v I Oct very severe, three hours.
I
Staffordshire Waterworks Company, in which they pro- Mr. Spoootr :I do i. 04. coesiiiar ii si vere enough By the Foreman ; I unlocked the block. Page could
totted to tit', into favourable consideration any applies. Daniel Weaver, grocer, was charged with having a pair not have cot through if the blocks hat been locked. I
tion of th,: -turd for supplying water to houses of £7 of unjust • 4:444es in his possession, on the 18th Severn- unlock,' the blocks when I had the signals from Mart.
value at too 4oeilings and twopenec poi- year, though they her Mr. :I 4, ow emid the scales were for against the ton. I pe. them over, but did not loch them after-
would not bind themselves to include ail houses of that buyer. linoe t 2 and costs.—William William, grocer, wards.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

TRADESMEN'S ADDRESSES.

PIANOFORTES.
DIANOFORTES, RARNONIUMS, &e.,
for Sale or Hire, new and second•hand. A Liberal
discount for Cash; or may be had on the TIMM YEARs'
PRINCIPLE, from
SIMMS,
100, Ittaii-8.1 W.V.!, 5i

Old Piano% taken in txt...;,i‘up.,

AGENT FOR DARE. PATLIVI
MELODY AItI\IONIU MS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

IGREAT FRAUD ON THE FEDERAL

BANK OF SWITZERLAND.

At the meethir of the directors and shareholders of the
Federal Bank, hell on the 29 h of November, a resolution
WAS adopted to appoint a committi e to inquire into the
amount 1 the 1.,,:es caused by the lietaleatio Ins of the cashier
of the hank at Zlrich The tollowing is the statement of a
foreign cui! ernpor4ry on the subje,t, of the capture of the
t ashler and the sum recovered In consequence

According to an official despatch which has been re-
ceived at Berne the idemlity of ScEcerr, the cashier,
has been verifled beyond dispute, He has confessed
to having emb.zzled sums amounting in the aggregate
3 100 OOP francs. On the 2nd of October the fugitive
oraieeded by way of Waldshut, Constance,
Munich, and Verona to Venice, where he remained
until the Bth of November under the name of Lohman.
His intention was to go thence to Vienna to effect some
speculations on the Bourse, and thence to South
America, but he was recognizsd while in the train
and arrested. On being requested to produce his
passport he replied that he had not got one, that
h s name WIA Jacob Smiler, and that he was going from
Venice to Nebresina. At the police-station to which
he was taken he persistel in the assertion that the
statement he had made was true. At the same time
it was perceived that he was secretly trying to get rid
of what appeared to he a packet of papers, which he
gave up to the comtuissary of police when he found
they were going to search him, saying "1 see I am
lost!" and he then made a full confession. In the
packet he gave up were found 67 Swiss banknotes of
500 f. each, making 33,500 f. ; 233 gold napoleons of 20f.,
112 of 101. each, and other gold and silver coins, to-
gether with two keys of the safe.
• •

The report of the Council of Administration of the
Federal Bank has just been issued, and from this we
take the subjoined statement with respect to the
deficit :—"Sum abstracted from the safe, 738,0031. To.;
sum received but not entered in the hooks, 595.127 f.
40.; sum abstracted by fraudulent entries, 1543,6921.
35c. ; by forgeries, 1,776,2781. 40c. altogether,
3,268,101 f. 22c."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THAT'S THE REMEDY.

"Ye ruffians, attention !" says good Justice Lush,
"Your hides with a flue cat-o'.nine tails I'll brush,
And lii see fit, 11l award Fifty Lashes,
In three just instalments, to settle your hashes."
"Ili bravo !" says Punch, stivivg numberless cheers,
"That's the one single punishment scoundreldom lean;
Lay it on, hot and heavy, my Lord, but you see
that 50's not neatly divided by 3 ;
Don't stand upon trifles but aid a few more,
And thrice let Jack Ketch score a rogue with ascore.”—PuncA.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

A BRUTE CONVICTED.

At the Assizes held at Leeds, William James
Sunter (as to whom the Grand Jury had ignored the
bid for wilful murder) has been tried for the man.
slaughter of his wife._ . .

Toe prisoner and his wife lived at a beerhouse at
Whitkirk, about five miles from Leeds. They bad
been married about three years, and had lived together
unhappily. On the 6th of September, about nine
o'cLick, Mrs. Sunter was seated on a chair. Her hus•
band was complaining about a doctor's bill, and ehe
was crying. The prisoner struck her twice with his
open hand and then with his fist upon her left temple,
and she fell ag Ling a stone sink near which the chair
stood. The following day she left her home, and from
that time till the 19th if September, when she died,
she was very poorly. The post-mortem examination
showed that she died from the effects of a blow.
George Fowler, a labourer, spoke to seeing the prisoner
strike the blow in question. Its did not give his evidence
very clearly, and could Oct say what part of the woman
struck the sink when she fell, but in crostexamination he
said it was her head. She got tip after the fall and sat
down in a choir and begged tor mercy, and said, " banter,
don't hurt me." He remonstrated with the prisoner. He
then went away.
William Gibson, who lived nett door, spoke to hearing
quarrelling on the night of the WI of September.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THOMAS BROWN,

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In succeeding to the above Business, Legs to inform
the Gentry and Publia generally,that he can supply them
with
WEDDING CABS, WAGONETTES, CABS, CAS.
PH2STONS, GIGS, AND OTHER VEHICLES.
For Business or Pleasure Parties, on the Shortest
Notice.

POSTING EST ABLISHMENT,

;:.,,IDGE.

COVETNIA-.:1! 7

SA'M U 1. • 'I SON,
HAGLET-ST,' i , IiALESOWEN,
.kGENTS FOR 'I:HE "OBSERVER."
11...5r5. Salt and Son deliver Hie Meat., to tl.e 1.1
lowing Tont.,hips:—Halesowen, Birierley Hill, quail y
Ito nk. urn,Ren Heath, Crndlev. Old Hill. lilnekhentl..
41.irnty Hill. Coll. (li le. ii!ei Offen. Quinton, 111111-
niontun. He•Lnrs• o,l.'''. Cvl.lle, Ort 111. Ibe Lye,
Cient.lleltiroughloti, Vii it n. I , Tne Lickey,Brosuegrune.
Bvildttch,and tile bUltoundingdistrict.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Among the many Cases of short weights and
measures which came before the Magistrates at
Brierley mu. on Monday last, upon the infor-
mation of the Inspector, Mr. John George
Homier, f Wolverhampton, was one of rather a
special character. The importance to colliery
ti. ,‘1 clay proprietors and other owners of weigh-
ing machines, of knowing how far they are liable
to have the balance-weights belonging to their
machines treated as " waghts" within the mean-
ing of the Act, cannot be overrated, and as the
neighbourhood abounds with such machines, a
brief notica of the case may not he unaccept-
able to the general reader.
There can be no doubt that if the Inspector
ancceeds in establishing that for which he con-
tended, viz., that the balance-weights of a weigh-
ing machine are " weights" within the meaning
of the Act, that a great number of wealthy coal
and clay Masters of the neighbourhood will be
liable to be m.maioned at any moment; and this
not in C0113“t1ll oce of any defect in the weights
the uselves, considered as part of the respective
ruacuines to whieh they belong. The Case to
which we allude is that of D. Green, who holds
weighting-machine frm
T n the Stourbridge 'turn-
pike rus't, at Coalbourubrook, and who was
summoned for having a defective alb, thb, and
llb weight in his p.,ssession. Green pleaded not
guilty, and called as a witness Mr. W. Lewis,
who stated that the machine in question had
been vepaired and adjustod within the last fe,:
weeks by the firm of John Bradley and Co., of
Stourbridge ; that the machine was correct ; Mid
that the so-called weights which were in fact
only balances, and did not pretend to be of any
to the machine what the
ee!yards. Now it is clear
emit to rejust a machine of
4ghing the balance weights
igh the ball of a pair of
purpose of adjusting them.
the dillimity he was thus
that he did not impeach the

„Ate weight, were
ball is to tt pair iif h t
fret:, thi tt to atte,
this description by wei
is as absurd as to well
steelyards for the p
The luspector felt I
placed in, and st.ttod

!peclfi,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

OVER-DRESSING AND I'TS EFFECTS.

On the Sunday before last three ladies were mobbed
and hooted in the broad walk of Kensington-gardens
by a host of impudent boys. In explanaion of this
apparently wanton and unprovoked attack it has been
suggested that the ladies in question were somewhat
too conspicuously and fantastically attired. One of
the party, on to half of her cousin and herself, writes to
the papers to deny this imputation. They were dressed,
she 05) 5, "in black satin dresses, with a slight trim.
using of scarlet; white Alpine hats, trimmed with the
ssm-, which no one can say was overdrased." We
(Pall Mall Gazelle) really do not feel competent to ex-
press an opinion as to what constitutes over-dressing
nowadays, but black and scarlet, especially combined !
with brigand hats, must be rather striking in effect, we
should fancy. The lady and her cousin, repudiating
the impeachment of over-dressing for themselves, seem
to confess it as regards a companion—`• the young
lady in the lavender dress was merely an ac-
quaintance of ours, and my cousin and I are
not responsible fir either her attire or lan-
guage." This third young person was, it seams.
"very excitable," and when the boys shouted,
"began resenting their abuse ; " how is not stated, but
if with her parasol as well as tongue, one cannot be
surprised that it "sO,ll made matters worse." The
police and several gentlemen contrived to get the
ladies safely out of the park, but the lavender young
lady "persuaded us to drive back in our carriage, when
she tried to enter the gardens again, but was refused."
With this statement "F. H." hopes to vindicate her-
self and cousin, as she says, in the eyes of the public.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

WOOL.

The public sales of colonial wool are programing s
The attendance has continued good, and holdings Isave boon
animated for all qualities. Australian sorts show en improve-
ment of id. to lid per lb., but the advance hi Cape descrip-
tions has been lost. The sales will chae on the Bth Inst. English
wool has been firm. Current prices of F„nghsh wool :
Fleeces: Southdown hoggets, Is. Id. to 11. lid.; half-bred,
ditto, Is 4d. to Is. sd. : Kent fleeces, Is. ad. to Is 80. ;
Southdown ewes and wethers, Is. Id. to ts. 14d..; Lelcaat,or
ihtto, Is. 2id. to Is. 30. Sorts: Clothing, Is. to Is. Sid.
combing, 11d. to Is. N. per lb.
HOP&

The hop market generally has continued quiet. The
rectepts from abroad have been on a fair average scale, but
the scarcity of home-grown samples Impart& a tone ot
fineness to prices. Mid and East Knots, CT to
£l2 120.; Wealds, LIS On. to £7 105.; Susses, 1.5 lus.
t.c £7 Os.; Bavarians, £7 to Ell Os.; French, £4 to 4.4._
Americans, LS 10s. to £7; Yearlings, £2 10s. to f.. 5 Ss. pew
cwt.
PO 'ATOM.

These markets have been moderately supplied vesit pots-
toes. The trade has been quiet, at our quotation. ingbalt
Shtves, 85a to 00,; Regents 70e. to 100 a.; Seot;li kegeete,
WM. to 10Js.; Hocks, 70.. to 76e.; }Preece. 00.. to 70e. pee
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

UNDER A BILL OF SALE

SEMMER•STREET. BEAUTY BANK, & LOWER
uraIf•STREET. STOURBRIDGE.

TO CHAIN DIARERS AND OTHERS.

ATI:. FL KING, will SELL by AUCTION,
171._ 011 MONDAY NEXT, DECF:3II3EI: 19th, 191;9, on the ,
Preu,ioosof Coley and SiilalAWay, 5E11,11,11 STRFIET.
BEAUTY BANK. 9 Sets of CHAISMAKERS' TOOLS,
comprising licllowa, Anvils, Tong'. Fly Hammers, Iron
Birdies. sad Iron Vice ; also (removed for convenience
of role to the Bridge Inn, Lower Iligh-sireet, Stout-
bridge), a Portable WEIGHING MACHINE, by Arery,
to weigh up to one Ton.
; Sale to commence at Ileauty Bank at Two o'clock; and
at Lower High-street, at Three o'cluk in the Afterni or.

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I)RIVATE APARTMENTS to he LET, in a
I quiet Genteel Furnili. where there are no Children.
to a Laity, with or without Maul, or en Elderly Gentle-
ninu.—Apply Olwerrer °nice, Sturbridge.

T
o be LET, with immediate posssession, a
good ROUSE. (26. Ridderminater Street, Stour-
tridge), containing Parlour, Sitting Room, Kitchen, eel.
lerlng..tc., with Coach-holt, and Stable.—Annly to Mr.
Edward Thema.. Superviaor of Inland Revenue, who
ho + removed to 22, Bowling Green Lane.
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PUBLIC NOTICE.

H. HALL,

BILL POSTER, TOWN CRIER, AND GENERAL

_
MESSENGER,
Next door to the Horse and Groom Inn,
HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE

kunctually ',landed to.

PLIOTOGRAPRY ALL THE YEAR BOUND.

71, 1-11011.8TREET, STOCRBRIDOE,
Opposite Stourbridge and Kidderminster B ink.

MR. ARCHER CLAREE
DEGS to annonnce that the PHOTO-
oRAPRIe Si UDIO is comfortably weaned
doe og the %rioter months, with BALL'S PATENT GAS
VI RE.
TLe Studio is open daily, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for tbe
production of the
CARTE DE VISITE,
and every other description of Photograph, from the
highly finished Ifinitnre to the Life-size enlargement.
The Negatives of Mr. Szarkowski are retained, and
copies ran alwsys be had.
Churches, Mansions, and Wedding Groups, &a.,
Photographed.
Oct. 1869.

Agent for Ball's 'Went Coe Fire, free from dust, and
len be used iu an ordtuery grate.

T N ST A NT AN EOUS PHOTOGRAPHS talien
by Mr. Archer Clarke, on the occahion of Lady
Lyttelvn laying the Foundation Store if Stember Mill
Now Church, or. Oct. 20. l'rice 64 ench.-71, High-
street, Stourbridfte.

TILE ILLUSTRATED Al IDLAND

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T 01IN CLARICE,
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800R51..1 t !OP NEWSAGENT,

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Agt at fur the OBSISRVER.

New Mweie et Ilelf•price.
PIANOFORTES FOR SATE OR HIRE.

R. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
Mask, High-street, Crealey Heath.
N•P.--Clkiude ot Musical Instrumer.ta tuned end
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

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Auetioneene Porterd, Book.liers,
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The greatest care and attention pool to any business em I
trusted to them.
Agent for China Company's Teas.
Bishop's Pills, id. per Box.
S. Salt and Son are Agents for the" OnfISTIVIER" in
iialegOWell and district. News and Advertisements
received.
Valentines and Valentine ?looks in greatvariety.
Salt's Lectures and Poenis on various subjects, are sold
by the Author. Price from Id to tid each Book.
A gent for the ErnigratiOn Company.
All back numbers of the ('locri r may be had at

841. T AND SOD'S.

WHOLESALE & RETAIL TOBACCO
wAiotiloUSE,
FIVE 11'.4 Yd, VIMPLEY HEATH. A Fine Icong BP.A livpt ut G. Tttyler's,
T. IiOMR,PIKOPILL3IOII. th. aterwu h, Oldtiviuttad.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

HALESOWEN.

THE Forman:HELY ENTERTAINMENTi.—The second
of these entertainments for the present season was giv( n
on Monday last. In a musical and literary point of view,
It was one of the most attractive which has ever yet been
held. The amateurs who assisted on the occassion were
ladies and gentlemen of acknowledged ability; and as-
socMted with them was the talented professor of ruusie,
Mr. Tronian. A concerted piece was sung by the Glee
Club, the leader of which (Mr. Felix Smith) deserves to
be mentioned in special praise, not only for the %Wing
aid he renders at these entertainments, but for his ex-
cellent style of vocalization. The readings on Monday
were admirably rendered by the Rev. R. Young, Mr. W.
Rose, Mr. Edward Gem, and Mr. W. S. Hayes. The
chief pleasure was afforded by the singing of Miss Harris,
which called forth expressions of unbounded enthusiasm.
Mr. J. 0. Davis, who appeared to be suffering from cold,
did sot sing with his usual success. The entertainment,
on the whole, was thoroughly enjdyable, and a crowded
audience gave frequent manifestations of their delight.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
IN SCOTCH.

The Rev. Dr. Hately Waddell, In a lecture in the City Hall,
Glasgow, on the Psalms of D Lvid, submitted the following
translation of the 23rd Pmalm into Scotch—
I. The Lord is my herd, flee want sal fa' me.
2. He louts me till lie amang green howes, he sills
me atovrre by the lown waters.
3. He waukens my wa'gaen sail; He weises me
rosin', for his am n name's sake, intil Right roddins.
4. Na! tho' I gang thro' the deid-mirk dail ; e'en
thar sal I dreid nae ak ai thin ; for Yerser are ear
bye me : Yer stoic an' yer stay band me aye cheerie.
5. My buird Ye has hansell'd in face o' my face;
Ye hae drookit my head ui oyle ; my bicker is In an'
skailin'.
6. E'en sae, sal gude guidin` an' guile gree gang
me ilk day my livin' ; an' evermair syne, i' the Lord's
am howf, at lang last sal I mak' bydam
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

Mr. WARD BEECHER'S THANKSGIVING
DAY SERMON.

We take from the title York Tribune the following report
of Mr. henry Ward Beecher's Thanksgiving-Day sermon :
Mr. Beecher, contrary to his usual custom, preached
from full notes. The text may be found in Isaiah,
11th chapter, 12th and 13th verses. This passage has
a striking application to our nation and to our times.
As the Missimipoi carries toward its delta the soil of
many States, so the emigration of the world falls upon
us like mud, to enrich WI with its rich deposits. Men
bring hither their habits and their beliefs. They find
what was innocent in their own homes to produce
strife and discord here. Sects come and multiply in the
warm sun of liberty. The Puritans made the channels,
and Europe furnishes the water that flows through them.
We find that the channels are too straight and too nar-
row- People see the Sabbath desecrated, and they are
alarmed, and they think that the end of piety and of
virtue is near. In Europe the rulers, knowing that
human nature must have a vent, give their subject
amusements. Amusements are the safety-valves of the
Old World. There they have liberty with amuse-
ments, wifile here we have liberty with politics and
religion. The Yankee's instrument is set four notes
higher than the European's, and while one instrument
plays commerce, politics, and religion, the other is
playing amusements. Hence there is discord and
clashing when all the instruments are brought together.
Our institutions are the best if the best served, but the
poorest if the poorest served. Steancengines are in-
ferior to oars if there is no steam. Our great iisttitu-
Uses must have the motive-power to run them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

gletropolitan 6ossip.
IT OUR OWN CORRICSPONDLNT.

&he remarks under tld-, head are to 1,, regarded as the ex.
nression of independent opininn, fresh th* pen of a gentleman
mom we he, the greatest confidence, but for which we
I:cvert:le.eas do not hold ourselves responsible.]
•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

A WILL CASE.

In the Court of Probate, the cause of " Mountford
Ansi Another v. Shufflebotham " has been heard.
The testator, William Shufflebotharn, was a fanner
and shopkeeper at Betley, near Newcastle-under
Lyme. He died on the 17th of March, 1869, when he
was upwards of ninety-fonryears of age, leaving a will
of the 16th of March, 1869, of which the plaintiffs
were executors. His propesty was of the value of
about £15,000, and IT the will he gave about half of
it to Mrs. Bull, a niece, who had lived with hiss for
many years, and a legacy of El 500 to an oil servant
named Mountford, one of the plaintifhs, and a legaey
of £6OO to Mlry 11.rford, another old servant, lie
also gave £'2,000 to the defendant, who wail his nephew
and heir-at-law, and divided the residue among his
nephews and nieces.
The defendant contested the will on the ground that
when it was made, only seven or eight hours before
the testator's death, the testator was not in a condi-
tion to understand what he was doing. It was sub-
mitted that the will represented the intentions of Mrs.
Bull, and not of the testator, and that its execution
was improperly obtained by Mrs. Bull, with the as-
sistance of Mountford.
• •

After an address to the jury by the conmml on each
side, Lord Penzance summed up. and the jury retired,
but, after deliberating for about three hours, they were
unable to agree, and were discharged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

c%,totatgibc Of2settcr.

SATURDAY, DEk:EMBER 11, 1E63.

TILE IRON TRADE.

NVOLVERHAMPT ON, 1 re&ouday.

The reports on 'Change here to-day did not
show any impraveinent on last week. Some
orders are reaching the best makera at the ad.
wince of ZIA., but makers of inferior iron seem to
have to put up with much less rise for tile pre-
sent. Altogether, however, the trade is as well
employed as can be expected under the circum-
stances at this period of the year, tel a general
expectation prevailed that there will be a good
establialied trade doing soon after the beginning
of the new year. The price of pit iron is stif-
fening, and in the expectation that it will he
fixed at a higher figura orders ma being given
oat for the ensuing quarter.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THE BAZAAR
FOR

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH SCHOOLS, /tee

Will be held in the
CORN EXCHANGE,

ON TUESDAY AND WEDNEsi.y, DEe. 14th & 15tb, leat

Commencing at 12 0 c:ock each day.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

TRIAL DOWN WEST

laily in the summer a white man was ound mur-
dered on an island in the Platte River, and, as the
spot was only thirty miles from the Pawnee reserva-
tion of Indians, it was assumed that some of them were
the culprits ; hut inquiry and search proved nothing
conclusive. Still, four Indians were charged last
month with the murder—Yellow Sun, Little Wolf,
Blue Hawk, and Horse Driver.
The trial was held at Omaha, and it is stated that it
was the first trial of the kind in the United States.
of the proceedings must have shown the Indians,
if they understood what was going on, that there was
anything but a friendly feeling towards them. A per-
son called as juryman was asked if he had any pre-
judice against the prisoners, as Indians or otherwise,
that would prevent his giving an impartial verdict ; he
replied, "No, only that he had been chased by Indians,
and had been in battle with them, and that he would
hang every devil of them at sight." Another jury-
man, being asked the same question, said he certainly
had a prejudice against the entire Indian nation. The
Judge inquired whether he could not comider himself
responsible to obey his oath to give a true verdict ac-
cording to the evidence. The juror replied that he did
not consider himself responsible for anything he could
do to an Indian.
It might remind one of the trial scene in Bunvan's
account of the Pilgrims passing through Vanity Fair;
but at Omaha both these persons were passed over in
making the jury.
All the prisoners were found guilty of murder; a
local paper states that this wag more than even the
attorneys for the prosecution had any he pe of, but
that " popular opinion fully endorses the verdict."
On the way back to the cell Blue Hawk and Horse
Driver suddenly bounded over the fence of the gaol-
yard, and were lost in the darkness. An hour after-
wards Horse Driver knocked at the door of the gaol
and asked for hie blanket, which had fallen off as he
jumped over the wall. He was immediately secured,
greatly to his surprise and indignation, as he evidently
believed that having stood his trial awl made good his
escape he would not be molested again, and that he
would be allowed to have his blanket.

Some
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

-
THE UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE.

An adjourned meeting for the discussion of Mr. 1
Hope's paper on The distribution and agricultural use :
of town sewage, took place in London, on Monday
evening, at the rooms of the Surveyors' Institute, St.
George's.street, Westminster. Mr. Lloyd, Q.C., for-
mally resumed the discussion, but reserved what he
had to say on the main question for future evenings.
Ile would merely say then that the question was one
of the most vitally important of the day, and that the
prohigate waste of our town sewage was a positive and
previous wrong to the community.
Mr. Johnat in called attention to ventilation as a
preliminary condition of sewage utilbation. It was
found at Barking that the sewage became decomposed
whilst travelling through the long pipes, and generated
a most deleterious gas, which rose to the tops of the
sewers. He apprehended that this difficulty could be
wit over, but they would have to call in the aid of the
chemist. The flushing must also be attended to. As .
a general rule, he was an advocate rf the separate
system (the separation of rainfall, &c., from house
sewage), but saw great difficulties in the way of its ap-
plication to London.
Mr. Buchanan said that the question was physio-
legical as much as anything else, as it was now well
known that every mum or other animal gave off as much
daily as, when applied to the manuring of plants, pro-
duced sufficient food for the support if that man. The
problem in the case of large communities was the
means of bringini: the manure to the plant. There
was no reason why water should be the only means of
removal employed. The dry earth system would be
most useful for this purpose, as it produced a dry
i manure, which was no more offensive in transit than

guano.
Mr. Johnson asked bow the "slops" of a town were
dealt with under the dry earth system? Mr. Buchanan
replied that, in the cases he had seen, the slops were
isa,isirately carried oil.
Mr. Edwin Ryde called upon the meeting to bring
the diicussion to a practical issue by passing a resolu-
tion declaring that the ouly practival way of utilising
town sewage was to apply it to the cultivation of land.
As to the earth closets, he had a very strong ophiMm
He believed that they might be used in small villages,
but would never be applicable to large tovrne. Ile be-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

.---- -
BAGLEY CHRISTMAS STOCK SALE,
tfig.II:I47F(NT,LnILEZInt ;1.1 nOtiOr ;
FM'. the 13th INSTANT It will comprise
100 very sonerioic VIM SHEEP and
Lkmgs, Grand FAT OXEN. 40WS, isml HEIFERS
f rin ei pnl Iv fed and reserved Ppecially for this Christina,
B.le; 20 EAT PIGS, 30 Store Pigs.
Lunch at Eleven; the Sale to commence at Twelve
ecinek.
The neat Sale will beheld on MONDAY, detrAtT 21.

THE LOWE, IVOLVERLEY, NEAR
KIDD F:R3IINSTER.

vrit. H. KING has received Thstructione
;rem the Executors of the late FL H. Het-Mord,
Esq. (deceased). In SELL by AUCTION. on WIMNES.
DErIMPER 2'20. IS6O at the Lowy- the LTV E and
DEAD FARMING STOCK. and other Effects, includ-
ing 21 ShrnoThire Down EWES. ia.l,omh Three-sheer
Ben COW In Cell, BEIFER In-Calf. SOW end Eight
PIGS. 12 Store Pigs, FAT PIGS. well-bred Sow, three
Proneglit HORSES, Useful COB, 6 sears old, steady to
ride or drive. Bieck Pons, capital PFLETON, harness.
NPIT S DDI.F.S. Bridles. &e.; FARMING IMPLE-
MENTS. Sew Scotch Cart, Market Narrow-wheel Carts,
Ploughs, Patent Iron Harrows. Drill. Weighing Machine,
Chaff Engine. 120 Iron HURDLES, Arc.; Ricks of HAY,
MBE AT. RYE. and Pea STRAW to go off; '2O Tons of
ysngolds. Growing SWF deft, and 'Toyotas. to go off
stout .230 bags of White Rock POTATOES, Sillags of
Seed Potatoes, a large minority of Choice EGG PLUM.
APPLE, PE AR. and (111E1111,,' TREES. GORgebPtry and
Currtut Trees, and ab,ut 300 Wsinet Trees, all ready
for planting cut; about three Hogsheads of Cider, Cord
Woods, &c. &c.
Sale to commence promptly at Eleven o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

BENSON'S
WATC HET LOC lifil Gonn JEWILLEBY
Of all heads. Of all kiwis. Of the Ne went
I.tese pal.
Lever. Drawing-room Bracelets.
Horizontal. Diiiing•room. Brooches.
Chronometer, Carriage. Earring'.
Keyless. Chu, eh. Lockets.
Chronograph. Hall and Shop. Necklace'.
Mr. BENSON. who holds the appointment to Han.
the Prince of Wales, has just publialied two Pamphlets,
enriched and embellished with Illustratiourone upon
Watch and Clock Making, and the other upon Artistic
Gold Jewellery. These are sent post free for 24 each.
Persons living in the country or abroad can select the
article required, and have it forwarded with perfect
safety.
25, Old Bond-E.trest ; and the City Steam Works, 68
and 60, Ludgate Hill, LondoL____________

RICHARD II ICKLING,
AUCTIONEER, VALUER, PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT,
ROUSE, ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENT.

VALUATIONS FOR ALL PURPOSES.

Chia, ;ow Stourbridge ; Cradley Ileath,ood No.
1, .11orkrt Place, illackkoith,

N.B.—Agent to tl,e United Kingdom Tempenume and
I.•r.votout Institute.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

MR. MACKONOCHIE'S CASE.

The Lord Chancellor gave judgment in Mr. Mac-
konochie's case (whica had come before the Judicial
Committee on appeal) nn Saturday. He tel that as
to lights it was clear that tee rucnitim had not been
disobeyed, for the candles were not lighted during the
Communion service. Ad to the charge of elevation,
the decision of the Dean of Arches was approved by
the Privy Council, and that decision only forbade
elevation above the boa Their lordship would not
have it sopposed that they by their present judgment
sanctione,l any digre eof elevation, but the evilencs did
n,..t. prove any disobedience to the monition, which re-
ferred only to the elevation above the head. The re-
maining charge was that of kneeling or prostration, Mr.
Ntaikounchie, by his own affidavit, showed only an
evasim of the monition, which was that he shimbl
abstain "from kneeling or prostrating himself before
1 the c on. crate I *dem nts during the prayer of csinsecra-
tiond' mid their lordships could not 'allow that their
tnonit ion should be thus evaded, even if there had been
a literal compliance, which their Lordships considered
there had not. His lordship then cited with approval
the remarks in the former judgment as to the necessity
of a strict compliance wick the rubrics, and concluded
by deciding that Mr. Mackonochie had disobeyed the
monition in the matter of kneeling. Mr. Mackouocbie
had steel in his affidavit his intention to endeavour
to obey the monition, and their lordships considered
that it would be sufficient punishment for disobedience
to condemn him to pay the costs of this motion.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

THE RECENT EXPLOSION AT BRIERLEY

DEATH OF MR. PEARSON.

A short time ago we gave a report of an alarm.
ing accident which occurred through the burst-
ing of a tuyere at the Level Old Furnaces.
Amongst those who sustained severe injuries
was the manager, Mr. Pearson. Hope was en-
tertained of his recovery till Friday last, when
dangerous symptoms manifested themselves.
On Sunday night he died. The sad occurrence
has created a feeling of regret in Brierley Hill,
where the deceased was much respected. We
are informed that the rest of the injured men
are making satisfactory progress towards reco-
very.
An inquest was held on Tuesday, at the Dud-
ley Arms Hotel, Brettell Lane, before Mr. W.
li. Phillips, Coroner, on the body of Mr. George
Pearson, who died on Sunday evening, from the
severe burns he received in the above explosion.
The evidence given was to the effect that the
deceased was standing in front of the dam of the
blast furnace, speaking to Coombes, the furnace
keeper, when one of the tuyeres on the right of
the furnace, burst, causing a rush of melted iron
• and cinders from the tap-hole. He, Coombes
• and three others were burnt. The inl

juries

the deceased were chiefly about the face and
neck, though there were burns on his hands and

v ,ri parts of his body. John Samuel Hill,
emPimer at the works, said the tuyercs in use of
the furnace were made of boiler-plate iron, and
were, in his opinion, sufficient for their purpose. '
Since the accident he had, however, recom-
mended the use of a tuyere of another make—
one which would contain a smaller quantity of
water. He :i,lieved that the explosion of the
tuyere had in caused by a quantity of melted
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

COTTON IN EGYPT.

Ailttter of the Manchater 6hutrdian'g env espondent
in E pt contains an account of an intei view between
the iceeoy and a number of gentlemen connected
watt the c.,tton trade. The Mayor of Manchester pre.
rented Nan addre,a to his Highness, who, in reply,
stated that he was making every effort to increase the
cultivation of cotton in Egypt; and that plans hid
been prepared and would be carried out as speedily as
possible. for making canals to promote irrigation. Sub-
seqnently, in the course of a free and informal conver-
sation with the members of the deputation, the
Viceroy recurredto the subject of our cottoncultivation, '
and declared that it was one of the main objects of his
policy to consult the interests of commercial men in
En4land. The correspondent remarks that his High-
ness is "undoubtedly in earnest" in what he Bays
about cotton. " His own private estates prodtme
nearly one-fourth of the whole crop in this country;
and he has lately appointed &European manager, with
special power to effect any changes he may think
desirable in the modes of cultivating and preparing
cotton for shiptnent to Europe."
With regard to the Suez Canal, the Viceroy ad-
mitted to the deputation that some mishaps had oc-
curred, and that it would be necessary to widen and
deepen some parts of the channel ; but he considered
that this was a question of detail, and that the success
of the whole work had now been placed beyond doubt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

" BATTLE or Tot'Lot:SE,
10th April, 1514.
To the Memory of
Colonel FORDS sic)."
The same Inscription appears in French upon the opposite
face of the pedestal.

The following is the brief account of the Battle of
Toulouse, as given in Haydn's Dictionary of Dotes :
The Battle of Toulouse, fought between the British Polio-
sular army mider Lord Wellington and the French. April 10,
1014 one of the most bloody that had beeu fought from the
time I, rd Wellington had received the command of the
troops in Portugal. The French were led by marshal Sault,
whom the victorious British here forced to retreat, after
twelve hours' fighting, from seven o'clock In the morning
until seven at night, the British forcing the French in-
trenched position before Toulouse. The loss of the allies in
killed and wounded was between 4,000 and 5,000 men; that
of the French exceeded 10 000, At the period of this battle
Napoleon had abdicated the throne of France : hut neither
et the commanders was aware of that fact, or of the close of
the war at Paris.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-12-11

ANOTHER ACTION AGAINST A
RAILWAY COMPANY.

An action against the London and Brighton Railway Coro
pony, which occupied the Court of Common Pleas for three
days, was concluded on Monday. The action was brought by
a young woman named Harris to recover compensation for
alleged injuries received at New-cross, near London, on the
occasion when a luggage-train ran into a passenger-train
which was returning from the Licensed Victualler's FC,te at
the Crystal Palace.
The defence was that, although the plaintiff had been
in the train when the accident occurred anti atight have
sostaintd some trivial hurt, she hail received no such
injuries as those of which i she complained. hut that her
otse was simply fraudulent ; that she had never really
been ill in consequence of the accident, hut had
shammed illness; and that the hysterical con-
dition in which she unquestionably now is was
caused by the treatment to which she had
subjected herself for the purpose of keeping op the de-
ception, especially of voluntarily abstaining front
proper food. In support of this case several servants
who had been in the employment of the plaintiff'.
fatally were called, who stated that the plaintiff
showed no signs of injury on the evening of the
accident or the next morning, but she deliberately
took ti her bed and openly admitted that she meant to
commit a fraud upon the railway company. They
said that she was in the habit of putting her fingers
down her throat to make herself sick after eating, and
of adoptingother similar devices to deceive the doctors;
that her supposed inability to eat was purely voluntary
abstinence; and that she was really able t 3 take her
withal part in the duties of the house all the time, and
sometimes did so to some extent. They all detailed
admiotions which they said the plaintiff had made to
them, to the effect that a story she had told about her
having £l5 on her at the time of the accident was
wholly false.
The plaintiffs present state was admitted by all the
medical witnerters to be weak and hysterical, and it
was agreed that, if all the symptoms detailed by her
were really genuine, she must have been seriously
injured.
The question was, however, whether her presen
condition was not the moult of her own conduct sub-
sequent to the accident; ani the jury, after half an
hour's consideration, found a verdict for the de-
fendants.