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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-16

NOTICE.

INNKEEPERS', GROCERS', AND OTHER
BUSINESSES,
ARA StetDux ,t EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERREL
BY S. INSULL,
ALICTIoNEED AND VALUER,
BAIRELLY HILL.

No Charge made uoleos a Sole is effected.
No (Urge to Purchaiers.

CRICKETERS' ARMS INN,

HIGH. STREET, STO RBRIDGE.

lIENRY ROWCLIFFE begs to return
thanks to the luhabitents of Stourbridge and
district. for the liberal support he received at the
Waggon tel llorsea, and to inform them that be has
taken to the Aliove well-Lnown lon, and hip., by iitriet
attt.tion to business to uierit a continuance of theit
favour.

WISES, SPIRITS, & ATVS Or THE BEST QUALITY,

AN MDtNARI AT ONE O'CLOCK,
On °auntyCoast Days.

THE SMOKER'S
BONBON

imusedlately and effectually rero..vne the taste and
entoll of Tubaceo from the u.o ath ant breath, a. 1,1 renders
shout perfectly free end clean. If one or two are taken
ewe smoking, every seraMmen ran enjoy the luxury
w-1111 nepumity aud w.thout annoy tog his most fastel touts
Mende. Ott. pleasant, wholesome, and almost tastelesM
Prepared from the ortinual reetpe of an eminent
tiqueiss, by a patent nnstens, at their Steam W orke, by
SC klUOLltiu 4 Co.,Wholesale and I.:zpont'onfoctiouers.
bIiTILIAL CittELN, LONDON.
riPAICI 14. Pill SOL POST TIME 14 STAMPS.
Menne me Same It Tvade Mark. each Boa
sm. at ClUntere, Ton 1 roosters, USOMISS, 10101
lisoesssrsise Yu.

HOIHEOPATHIC
MEDICINES AND HANDBOOK.

Greatly enlarged, SOO penes, loosed. lg.. or by post on
receipt of 11 postage stamps.

ITIIIII 110 M CEOPAT Hit: FAMILY
1 INSTRUCTOR tan Epitome of,) by Iticitsim
kers, Member of the Itcyal College of Sweeens of
kegland. Upwards of a loonarell diseases are folly den•
cribasi in this work, tura their various Isesws prescribed
for, with the prey, r doses for both tidults and chin n.
Loudon: Pohl .11,1 ht Jewel Epps sua Co.. Ilttrinte-
pathic Chemist' the rst estalaislied its E*lactl. 112,
(treat Russell street; 170. Picedilty, and ad, Thread.
naadletatreet. To be had of all Books, Ile:a.
C•utioN.—Tba medicines supplie.l by agents are se-
cured by a Lana over the cork, kn 1 which bend berth the
signature, "James Epps end Co.. Ilotnempallsic (theta-
tato, London," without which Luse arty genuine.
SAMUEL SALT & SON.

BAGLEY-STREET, HALESOWEN,
AGENTS FOR THY. "OBSERVER"

Mews. Si and Son deliver the 1,1,,er..e••, to tho fol-
lowing 'rowushipi:-11.ilesowen. Brier (harry
Bank, eredley Heath, Crudky, 01,l Hi I. ath,
Gorsty Hill, (-idly Gate, Badly iireen, Quintet', Hun-
ningt9n, Finsbury, Oldbury, Ca; elv,i 4 ireee, The Lye.
Cleat, Helbron.thtin, Faii held, The
Redditeh, ntid the surrounding district.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-16

'MISS ERIN" DELINEATED.

The artist of the MAI,/ Nws has an illustration in
last week's issue in which "Miss Erin" is represented
as a young lady seated at one side of a table, looking
charmingly disconsolate. At the other side stands
Mr. Gladstone with a shamrock in his button-hole,
smiling upon her, and desirous of pleasing her, but
rather concerned to find that she does not look con-
tented with the gifts which he is successively present-
ing. On the table there are some pretty presents
suitable for the season. One hand holds a toy Church
labelled "To let," in front ‘I which is a parson in an
attitude of vehement declamation, and beside it
another lies prostrate. In his left hand he holds forth
a little doll figure, and the meaning of the picture is
explained below in the following dialogue
"Mr. Gladstone.—Eh? Well, my young friend, do not
look so unhappy. I ani taking away this odious Church, as
you call it; and you can have your own one, that you have
alwaos been so fond of. But surely you said you would be
delighted with the Portland Prison Key, and you said you
valued this Tenant Right Charter more than .

" Miss Erin.—Oh ! yes; I shall, indeed, thank you for
taking away that horrid Church ; and the Key and the
Charter I prize greatly; yet still—
Mr. Gladstone.—Yet still ! Can it be possible such gilts
will not make you fully contented? Well, if not I have
several other pretty things. Wsil,l you like a eke Judge ?
Here is one the like id which you have rarely aegis—
True, true ; but still—
Mr. Gladstone.—But still ! Well, If ever there was a
young lady so hard to please. [But I know what she is at ;
and if all fails, and that she must have that ton, why I sup-
pose we must give it. I You evidently wish for something
else 1 What on earth can my young friend desire more—
" l'orter Bright —Here it is, Sir."
The porter is seen in the background bringing in a
heavy trunk, labelled "Repeal of the Union.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-16

I am, Sir, your§ truly,
IN TILINSITU.

Longlands, January 12, ISGU.

To the Editor of the "Obeeever."

Sin,—ln your account of the proceedings of the Stout.
bridge Commissioners at their last meeting, in reference
to the payment to Mr. Evans of double the sum which I
received, Mr. Healey is reported to have said " It was
considered by some of the members of the Board that
Mr. Evans's time was more valuable than Mr. Moore's."
The inference to be drawn from the above quotation is,
that as Mr. Evans's (hue was more valuable than mine,
therefore he was entitled to twice an much as I was en-
' ' •-• doing the same work; a principle which very
-"old attempt to justify. How
in his own

Mien
few men of busines.

would Mr. Healey carry out such a
business? Suppose, for instance, that it were pass.—
for him to engage Mr. Evans, or any other gentleman
whose time is equally valuable, to weigh a few pounds of
nails, or to serve a customer with any other article of
ironmongery, would be pay twice as much as he would
to his own shopman for such services, because they were
performed by a gentleman whose time was more valu-
able than that of his ahopman? I think not. Neither
do I think it just for Mr. Evans to be paid twice as
as myself for the some work; oni every person to oh m
I have mentioned the subject agrees with we in con-ider-
ing it to be unjust to do no.
I am, Sir, yours truly,
S. bIOORE.
Stsurbridge, January 14th, 1869.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-16

A SUPPOSED EARTHQUAKE.

The following appeared in The Tithed of Tuesday :
Just this minute, being by the clock 17 minutes after
11 in the morning, while I was sin etly Evading a hook, there
was a lints report, as if a very heavy Wlight had Isms thrown
down on the floor overhead. There immediately followed a
reverberation, nearly amounting to a vibration ; something
like the prolonged sound of a ilt.tant railway train. The
report, which at find I mistook for a thunder-clap, lasted, I
suppose, about thirty seems. Is. nod then gradually died away.
A miller's lad ilk ass jisilosihl, distant less than 590 yards from
thi: house, says that the whole mill shook, and that the
stones which he was "dreiising " jarred ; also that he felt a
second, but slighter, shoek, which I myself did not feel.
My barometer, which is risen from 2852 on Tuesday,
now stands 2995. The is hid has been Maui! SW. the last
eight days. The thernmmeter reads 41 deg. It is a calm
morning, with a slight mist. Your 1111011ient veroalit,
Yaxley Vicarage, Suffolk, Jan. 9. WILLIAM li. SEWELL.
ES. ,4 p.m. —1 headed this letter •• A Supposed Earth-
quake," but there seems now to be no doubt about the fact.
Man) personis in tlds village, and many also, as I have been
Inforinml, in the neighbouring borough of Eye, observed it.
Several of the villagers here ran out of doors to discover
what had happened. TWO ladies at the hall, being upstairs
perceives! a slight undulatory motion as well in the objects
anumil them. Au isivahiii in n Whil hat bOCII
bedridden for many years, was much alarmed by it. She
felt the bed jar and silicate unite dillermitly from what she
had ever 110fOre experienced when the wind Was strong.
She also heard the ornaments on the chitnneymeee rattle,
and the medicine bottles and glasses on a small table by
the bedside. 1 have not av yet, however, met with any one
who, being out of doors at the tbne, noticed anything of the
OCCUITeIIee.

There seems no doubt that we have exiierienced a slight,
but distinct, shock of an earthquake in this neighbourhood
to-day. About 11 o'clock are., as I was sitting reading by
the fire, I felt a sudden quivering and shaking of the room,
accompanied by a sharp rumbling noise as of a heavy car-
riage driving rapidly by, insomuch that I went to the
window to see what it W" but saw nothing. One of my
servants also heard the unusual noise, and felt the table by
which she was standing, shake distinctly.
The shock has also been observed with more or less vio-
lence in smile of the adjacent villages „three or four miles
distant from this town, e.g.. Great Finlioniugh, Old :Newton
and Rattlesden, from which places I have seen persons who
described the sensation so unmistakably as to leave no
doubt slits cause. Yours obediently, ligisitY LEWIS.
The Vicarage, Stowmarket, Jan. 9.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-16

CUTTING DOWN THE ESTIMATES.

The Commander-in-Chief, within the last ten days,
received from the Secretary of State for War, Mr.
Cardwell, a document setting, forth a number of sweep.
leg reductions which it was hoped his Royal Highness
would approve of, aml give his cordial aid to effect
(says the Elute I'ii4). The receipt of this despatch,
we are info' toed, vaiis,•ll no little consternation at the
Horse Offitrils, The Royal Duke wrote back to the
War Office to say that there was the best will in the
world to all tie Ministry in carrying out their views
t,f economy in the public service, but that it was found
that the reductii ins in the military estimates proposed
could not possibly he effected. I his official nun pus-
snmita was, homey. r, overruled in a manner more in
accordance with the style ef the first than of the third
Napoleon. Mr. Wdi WI, te, without a Mtn tent's
delay, tO imufurm hi. li,yuai Highness that not only
could the requis d reductions be effected, lait, that they
should he made by a certain liv.aN the reduced esti-
mates were to Is• ....My in time for imertion in the
budget. The Cominaniler-in,Chief, seeing that his
foe was relentles4, surretalemil it di,iiretion. The re-
ductions so imperiously drill:111.W a ill bC effected,
and the military esiilliiitce I. r the ensuing year will be
less by a minion than th-y have heell fiir several years
past. During the we-k just enileil, offioms have been
sent to WoOlWiell with orders thoroughly to investi-
gate the arrangements existing there, with the view of
ascertaining what ci,p/am's can possibly be dispensed
with. Sweeping reioruis will I), effected in every
branch of the service, and the taxpayers of the king-
dom will im &lilt reap the btoedit.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-01-16

DEN

CE.

Ire it to be d:stipet7.l noderitood that h,
letters ia this eolumr,lre da not thereby i(fent;fy ourselrei
with the °pin was of our Correspoadenti.

THE GLADSTONIAN MAN(EUVRE.

To the Elitor of the" Observer.'

Stn,—Here is another little bit of news from Ireland,
which you will do well to put before your readers :
" FIRST FRUIT 3 OF LIBERAL SUPIt Eli tCY. Folll2hl.
able part? demonstrations were made in Derry on Sat-
urday. Early in the afternoon a body of about 200 per-
sous marched in procession from the town to some
distance in the country. firing shots on their way. They
were preceded by a white flag bearing a croletecas harp;
and a band in uniform, with a harp on the front of their
caps, accompanied them, playing The Wearing of the
Green," and other Fenian airs. After spending some
time in a public-house they returned in military order to
Derry, showing their contempt for the crown, en
by stopping • mail carand assaulting the driver. At the
entrance to the town they were met by a large croml of
loyal but greatly excited inhabitants, and a dangerous
collision was averted only by the prudence and firinneas
of Mr. Stafford, the officer in command of the constabu-
lary Another, but smaller party, paraded the streets in
the evening. They wore green neckties, sang offensive
songs, shouted " Down with the orange, and up with tha
green ;" and altogether behaved in a most disloyal and
disorderly manner. One man was arrested for fiiing a
, shot, but was discharged for want of sufficient evidence'
Such, air, are some of the first fruits. What will the
second crop be, and the third, and —? Bat tune will
tell. _ . .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

44, LORD STREET. LIVERPOOL.
THE importation of NEW TEA Milt
Beason is large. and the qualay of soms, of the
EaWow Congons very fine. We have now anode our
Annual Selection, and secared 1100111 of the Cacneli6T
TZAS of this year's growth.

The nuparalled soceess which continues to mark
the progress of this Business is awing to our practical
knowledge of Inc, and to the exercise of proper care
in the seleetion of Stock. Year by year these business
oharacteristics have been constantly tested by the
in vreasing intelligence of the Pabhe ; and it is picas.
log to dad that the peculiar adrantsgeg we off..r slid
the system of buraness we puma hare reNulte.l 114
securing the conadence of Consumers, and iu the
eons:vent extraortliavy extrusion of our business

The following Teeiities are well e ortli epee:el noti ea t
(.4 tr..

The CHOZCEST FAISOW MIL Ss 8.1
The EXT.I4 FINE Soucsoso (CAoicrel). 3.4.1
The F.XTNA FINE CONG..II (Jul ripe Souckpag
fin ono) 324
FIRsT-CLAII+ CONGOET Minh Solleboug
.11avour3s
The VERY FINE CuNlioll (14kue•Smchotou kin 4,24 84
FINN CONOOO (8/fong Ankoi kind) 9. -hi
STIIONG CONUOU (Sonehong kind) 0i
Medium and Oedinary K much Lower.

All Goods r..ir the Country are despatched panctually
on the day following receipt of °Hera.

ELLIS DAVIES & COMPY.

Res aml Olee Salesmen,
44, LOUD STREET, LIVERPOOL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

WORDSLEY.

CHARGE OF TFIRICATENING.-•- At the Petty Sessions,
on Monday last, before Major Fletcher and H. 0.
Firmstone, 11,qrs., Thomas Biggs was summoned
by Ann Evans for having, on the 9th instant, threat.
rued to knock her b head through the wall, where.
by she was afraid he would do her some bodily harm.
Mr. T. W. Barbary appeared for the complainant, and
Mr. Maltby defended. Mr. Barbary, in opening the
case, said the facto were as follow. On the 9th instant,
complainant was standing at her own door at Bobbington.
Defendant went up to her, and informed her that he
should knock her head b--- head through the wall.
The woman, therefore, is in great fear of her life, and
i•ks that dei.lid at ni..y be bound OV, r to keep the
peace. Complainaat said on the a,.rive date about three
ahe was stinding by her door, when defendant
to her and putting Li. 64 in her fore and said he
armed knock her li---.- bead tier. ice. al.r. wall. Cross•
examined : Had 1.., ,14.1111t1i ass wife. Eliza
Wakelam said on the above date alie was talking to corn.
defendant came up and aiid he would
knock corn: la oant'a head through the well Mr
Maltby, in .:,•,,,orre, said this was one of the moat trivial
and trAling cases tbateould be brought into •court. Titus
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

VISIT OF THE EARL UV DLEY.

The Earl of Dudley, with Lord lkoby, Mrs.
Clatightoe, and patty of ladies, paot a dying
visit Le the town of Dudley, on a ~,-sday.
The party arrived front Drierley lti, At that
place they visited the Hound Oak innworks,
hying condnuted by Mr. F. Smith ne:: Mr. H. S.
CUIRAOII. The Nine Locks pit (weici, the thir-
teen poor fellows were incarcerated, was next
visited, and the w hole of the workin:: explored
by the party, under the gold 'ice of Mr. Smith
and the agents. After his Lordship had been
• shown the pisses when) the men lay doing the
five days, the itgeuts siho had rescued them were
called into a' chamber " and addressed by the
Earl. His Lordship referred to the admirable
manner in which the agents had conducted the
rescue, and praised very highly their energy and
judgment. He then presented each of them
with a handsome gold watch and chain. The
recipients were Mr. W. Jetlerys, Mr. Spruce.
Mr. fireenway, Mr. Latham, Mr. Fletcher, Mr.
Jelin Hughes, and Mr. Plant, "the betty" so
frequently mentioned during the story id the oc-
currence. Mr. William Jetterys suhly and
feelingly responded for the agents. The party
then left the pit and prwee.lod I Ifudley.
About fifty gentlemen c ))))) meted it n the dis-
trict descended the pit in company with the
distinguished visitors.

Upon arriving at Dudley the flag on the tower
of the old castle was removed from half mast to
the top. The celebrated Silurian caverns were
examined and the party expressed great delight
at the wondrous formations bud the brilliant
il-
lutuiuutious.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

SATURDAY. OCTORRR 30, 1 4#19.

lefen lent no (piing home. intml ths• nowsvilsinant hn
been trying to sine his wife front noise a water room
that belonged to all the 'weight...mire. Centrilsinsnt foie
I • gnsrrel with his wife. Anil Arnett her with • hretim
I Wie hsd seen her several times Aisne thgt akt.. end hart
neVOT said anythitig to her. The Bench dirmisted the
I Caw

Matryr AICII ROATIERY.—ChIIrIPI 'Feistier was charged
IYr Tames Micklin with aasaulting and stealing is horn
him on the 17th inst. at Monr.lane. Kr. Addison dr•
fended. Complainant anti he lived at Mnshroom Green
On the alnve
ter:: :jun
del
.laewv:tn:f
ohMuntge:altile.f::;teh;e: TinittE:
men, who caught them by the Cork Int, Defeedan.
struck him, and Ts were knocked nnt of his hand, nn't
some of them picked it up. Gave information to Police.
constable Mee. Cross-examined : With swear that the
defendant in the one *En struck MP. Rave seen the two
women. Did nnt ask them if they knew who it was that
struck me. Rail a quart of porter at Naylor's between
the four of us. Don't know who picked the money no
ohnlen Marsh said he was with complainant, on the above
date in Monr-lane. Overtook nine young men. Were
talking to them for about a quarter of an hour. Saw
defendant strike complainant with his flat on the head
and then another man strock him. Crosa-elsmined :
Rod been to 7,CW.or'a, and had a illiart nf porter. Went
to the place where the women worked. and asked them
if they knew who struck complainant. Police-constable
Mee acid on the above date the complainant came to him
with him eyes "bunged up." In defence. Mr. Addison
called Ann Bolt, who amid she lived in Mnor.lane. On
the above Ante, defendant met complainant and Marsh.
who tonic them into the Three erowne Inn, and stopped
there till eleven o'clock Overtook geverai young men
who were singing, and they lauqlied at them. They coma
up to complainant and asked him what he was laughing
at, and began to fight. Saw defendant, who stood be-
hind. and took no part in the quarrel. Re did not pick
the money up. Eliza Roland corehorated last witness.
The Bench considered there wan a doubt in the case, and
dismissed It.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

PUBLIC NOTICES.

VICTORIA MUSIC HALL,
VRIERLEY HILL.

rIIHE above HALL, having been recently
Decorattd and otherwise Improved, is now

OPEN EVERY EVENING,

With a Talente.l Company of drtibtes. For particulars
see Bills.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LANE.—MONDAY.
Fresh up to Mark-lane this morning the receipts of wheat
from Essex and Kent were only moderate. The attendance
of millers was limited, and the demand was inactive for
both red and white produce. Nevertheless, the market pre-
sented a firm appearance, and last 51 Mfilay's advance was
well maintained, very choice samples occasionally
realising rather more money. There was a good show
of foreign wheat. The trade was quiet at about late rates.
The supply of barley was moderate, on the whole, the
demand was quiet, but tine malting produce was held at full
quotations. Malt sold slowly, on former terms. Oats were
in fair supply and healthy request, at an advance of fid, per
quarter compared with this day seinnight. No change took
, place in the value of beans, the demand for which was
Inactive . Peas changed hands slowly on former terms.
Maize was purchased to a moderate extent, at about late
rates The flour market was firm, although the business done
was only moderate. Prices were steady.
MARK-LANE.—WEDNEsfisr.
A quiet tone pervaded the grain trade to-day, but prieis
were fairly supported. From Essex and Kent the receipts of
wheat were on a moderate scale. The trade was firm end
prices were steady, but the demand was inactive. The show
of foreign wheat was good. A fair average business woe
transacted in most descriptions, at about the rates current
on Monday. Moderate supplies of barley were on the stands.
FMe malting produce was steady in value, with a healthy in -
glary. Grinding and distilling sorts were quiet.
NIEFROPOLITAN CATTLE NIAItKET.-SIOBDAY.
There were increased supplies of stock on sale here to-doz„
and the trade ruled less active for both beasts and sheep
Prices of dead meat were reported lower, which caused
a drooping tendency in the quotations. The number
of beasts on the stands was above the average, but
the general quality of the animals was superior. Some
, few choice Scotch beasts came to . hand which noel
1 at Is. 6d. to 56. Bd. per sib., but the top price tor
' prime Ilerefords was not above Is. 4d. to Is. ed. per 815.
From Lincolnshire. Leicestershire. andNortharnptonshire, we
received about 1,520 shorthorns; sfsc., from other parts of Es-
gland about 460 various breeds ; from Scotland G i awl from
I Ireland about 290 once, cows, die. There was slab number
of English sheep in the pens, but only a small proportion o
foreign, the greater part of the arrivals having been detained
at the wharves. The trade wasinflneneed by the large nun-
beret sheep to be sold at the water side. A reduction of
fully 2d, per stone took place in all breeds, and best South-
downs and half breds may now be quoted at Is. 6d. per 811 i.
Calves were in fair request, but pigs met a dull sales
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

WOOL

In the wool market a fair amount 01 animation has been
apparent. Colonial wool tent been in healthy requett,
at full quotations, and linglish qualities, with a good
demand, have realised full ratea Current prices of
English wool :—Fieeces Southdevrn hoggeta la. Id,
to la. lid.; hell-bred ditto, Is. aci. to la. 54 ; tent
lieeces, la. ad. o in, 3d.; Southdown ewe and Welber%
la. 14. to la. lid.; Leicester ditto, la. kid. to is, kid.
Sorts: Clothing, 10. to Id ; combing, 111. to Id. 54e
per Mt
Hurl

A firmer feeling has prevailed in the hop market. Frr
horde growths there has been a good demand, and prices have
been nell maintained, especially for foe samples, whiLli
have occasionally realised a short improvement. Mal
and Kest Kenta, 10a to £7 10s.; Weald of Kent:,
£4 105. to £6 15a. ; Swam, £4 ss. to £5 ; Yarn.
horns. £5 lra. to £7 101.; Country, £5 to £7 7.; Year-
-1.2 to £2105.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

NOTICE.

INNKEEPERS'. nimcw.l,F' k"rs OTHER
BUSINESSES,

ARE SPEEDILY & EFFECTIVELY TRANS! EDIILD
BY S. INSULL,
AUCTIONEER AND VALUER.
HlGH•ets: RI ET, lIRIERLET HILL.

No Cl.arge nude lidless slide is effected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

Tllll IRON TRADE.

WOLVERIIANIPTON, irt,ineed,fy.

The meeting of ironmastcrs hero to-day was
attended by a larger number of foremost position
than is customary when there is not any topic to
be discussed of especial concern to the trade. It
was evident that an important topic had been
privided in the action for an advance of wages,
which has been taken by the men. No decision
was however, arrived at to-day. The condis ion
of the trade will not, many say, justify any rise
in price, yet an advance of Is. as ton is mote than
possible.

TILE PIiDDLERS' WAOES ADVANCED.
A special meeting of the Ironmaslors of this
district was held in the Exchange Assembly
Room on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Walter Wil-
liams in the chair. There was a larim attend-
ance. The object of the meeting was to take in-
to consideration certain points submitted to the
trade on the part of the men upon which they
based their claim for an advance of the wages
scale. In the report of the recent Quarterly
Meeting of the Ironmasters, it was mentioned
that the paddlers are in a worse position than
the men employed in other departments ; and it
was their case which engaged the attention of
this meeting. A lung discussion took place, in
the course of which it was mentioned that the
present rate of wages is higher in proportion
than the price of iron, but it being thonalit most
desirable to avoid anything which ruigat tend to
risk the prosperity of the trade hereafter (and a
contest with the men would lead i
that eireo. ion), it was unanimously r,..solvad to
(Air the puddiers an advance of 6.1. pr ton, the
same to take effect f the tat of November.
Time men ask an advance of Is., but it iielieved
they will accept ILI iestalwent as a cemprainise
until the price 1 iron goes up. Nothing was
dote as to an teeae. in the ewer branches of
the trade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

POTATON.

- - -----
These markets are again fairly supplied with potatoes. The
business doing was only moderate, but prices were fairly
mamtatned.—Euglish Shows, 65.1. to 7iss.; liagents, 70s. to
9.; and French,.oos. to 65.. per ton

TALLOW.
The market Is steady. Y.C. on the spot, 475.. 3d.; (town
tallow, 468 Bd. per cwt. nett cash.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

ENVILLE.

SElllOt9 ACCIDENT.—On Monday last an accident of •
4erions nature occurred to a man named Dawson, carrier
the Earl of Stamford and Warrington. It appears
hat the unfortunate man was carrying a trims of hay,
inil having to bring it down solo.. st.,pi his foot slipped,
And he fell with great violence, breaking his thigh. Mr.
lio:voake, surgeon. of Mclver, was soon in attendance,
mil the poor fellow is doing as well a, eau be expected.
ACCIDENT.—John Osborne. It our carpenter to the Earl
if Stamford mud Warrington, at Earl!le Hall. an.tained
S severe fracture of the hip, on IVeilneaday last, through
!hog from some steps as he was lidj.iting a window
tad. He is going on as well as eau be expected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

OX ROASTING!

TPLANT be to announce that an OX
• win 1,0 1IOAS1'1,1) in the Homo: Sons Stip
PLACP. on MoNI,IY NoVI,IIOIS 15th.
The Meat Will be aiv,n away to hi, Friend, Various
Aniuseinenta will alko he provided. and the day will be
one of the Merriest known in Brierley Hal for soma
years.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

CRADLEY HEATS.

CHARGE on DEFRAUDING.—At the Petty Sessions, on
Wednesday last, at 01.1 Hill, before F. W. G. Bal. and
N. Hineley. Flows , Henry Hector, of Cratiley heath,
ass chargiol with fraudulently obtaining 201 cwt, of cast
iron, on the sth of October, the property of James Wil-
liams, of Reildal Hill. Mr. llonif ray appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Stokes for the prison. r. Mr. Horn.
fray said he should prove that the defendant fraudulently
obtained the iron, and in a few days after wont bank-
rupt.—Samuel Perry said be worked for Williams and
Perry. at lteddal Hill. Know the defendant, and have
seen him at Perry's yard. Sow him there three week.
since, when he said that he had bought the metal of
Williams. The metal he spoke of was lying in the yard,
called picking. and scrap iron, which was cast-iron.
There were 204 cats., which witness weighed over the
machine, and helped to pat it into the cart, which defend-
ant took away. Wituesa iir•t told Mr. Williams last
Mouthy week. Cross-examined: Defendant boo been in
the habit if baying metal of Williams. lint he did not
buy that iron. A man named Appleby came with the
cart, bet it wan not loaded till Heaton came, who took all
the metal away.—Joseph Williams said: I am an iron
dealer, in partnership with Thom,. Petry. I know the
defendant, and have sold him some scrap iron at different
times. The last time was six weeks since. I had 261
cart, of iron in the yard, and had sold it to William Fos-
ter, and thoue'it loch,. I it. Did
sm. •!. s• !,•(! too :•r ••it r ..v
be fetched the iron, lie said lie Oil DOE US tilt 1,111 et
me. bat thought he bad of Perry, my partner. I then
charged Lim with ailing ms name a. having sold the iron
ts him. The value of the iron in 55s per ton. Have
nines receive" a notice from the Court of tee prisoner's
ovnkruntev. I;t4a•exagnined : Did not meet prisoner at
he Four tv • three weeks before lie had the iron. Did
not sell M., v iron then. flare sold the defendant iron
for tit aloe time ago, wed took a bill for it. I after
gave my servants direcitona 1501 lola hint halo sty iron,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

EARL DE GREY AND RIPON.

At a banquet given by the Mayor of Ripon on Friday even. I
ing, Earl de Grey and Ripon, in response to the toast of I
" Her Majesty's Ministers," made a speech of considerable I
length, in which he said:—
I know that the feeling which animates Parliament I
also animates the country, and that is an earnest desire
for improvement wherever improvement can be made.
It is the bounden duty of the Government earnestly
and laboriously to endeavour to fulfil the expectations
of the nation; but when it is supposed that, in the
course of the coming session, we are going to remove
all the evils under the sun, I feel that those who
expect this will be terribly disappointed. It will
be the duty of the Government to consider what
measures they can carry; for I care very little
for those sweet innocents which are produced
late in the session to be strangled in August.
We are to consider what those measures are that
we can introduce with practical success; and it is
with that spirit that we shall meet next week in Lon-
don and address ourselves to those great questions,
whether of the land tenure of Ireland, or education,
or the numerous issues that have been raised by the
great changes that have been made in the basis of our
Constitution—questions which I told you two years
ago, in this room, would be knocking at the door for
solution after the bill that had just then been passed—
questions that will be solved, not suddenly, not im-
petuously, not without grave consideration—question
that will try the statesmanship of any Government
and the consistency of any party; but which, if
settled ia a wise and moderate spirit, may give to this
country a fresh lease of peace, prosperity, and bar-

menU in the public funds yielded, instructed him
to sell out, so that she could invest the amount
in house property, of which she owned a consider-
able amount. He obeyed her directions; and
only the day before the murder paid her 11,000 francs
in notes. The whole of this sum is missing, although
50i.) tranci in gold and silver were left behind in a
drawer in the room where the tragedy was enacted.
The police have made an arrest on suspicion, but they
are very reserved about the man. It has, however,
transpired that the prisoner has several bruises and
scratches on his face, and spots of blood on his clothes,
and that he fails to give a satisfactory account of
himself on the night of the murders. He is said to
have been employed by Madame Van de Pool in re-
pairs of her property, and may in this way have ac-
quired a knowledge of the habits of the deceased, and
the peculiarities of their dwelling.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

A FEMALE SOLDIER.

Some time ago a young man was received, by the
express order of the King of Prussia, as a candidate
for an ensign's commission, into the second company
of the first battalion of the 9th regiment, in Stargard,
the Caine company in which his grandmother had
served as a subaltern officer during the war of libera-
tion against the French, and bravely won the Iron
Cross and the Russian Order of St. George. This lady,
who was called Augusta Frederica Kruger, was a
native of Friedland, in Mecklenburg, and not content
with offering, like many other of her countrywomen.
her trinkets and her flowing locks on the altar of
patriotism, she entered the ranks as a volunteer, under
the name of " Liibeck," and distinguished herself by
her intrepidity on many a bard-fought field. On 23rd
October, 1815, she received her discharge, and her sec-
victs were mentioned in this document in the most
flattering terms.
In January, 1816, being present, in the garments of
her sex, at the festival of the Order of the Iron Cross,
held at Berlin, she attracted the attention of a sub-
officer of Lancers, called Carl Kohler, to whom she
was married in the garrison church of Berlin on the
sth of March of the same year. The church on the
occasion was densely packed with spectators, all
anxious to witness the marriage of two Prussian
subaltern officers. The heroic bride appeared in a
handsome silk gown, and wore on her breast the orders
she had so honourably woo, which, with her hair, still
rather short for a woman, were the only indications of
her former military career.

LORD DERBY.
BORN, 1799. DIED, 1869.
withdrawing slow front those he loved so well,
Autumn's pale morning saw him pass away;
Leave them beside their sacred dead to pray,
1 nmarked of strangers. Calmer memories tell
How nobly Stanley lived. No braver name
Glows In the golden sill of all his sires,
Or all their peers. his was the heart tl.at flies
The eloquent tongue, and Ms the eye whom aim
Alone half quelled his toe, lie struck for power,
( And power in England is a hero's prim)
Yet he could throw It from him. Those whose eyes
See not for tears, remember in this hour
That he was oft from Homer's page beguiled
To frame some 'wonder for a happy ehild."—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

THE LATE LORD DERRY.

In every household in the kingdom the news
of Cie death of Lord Derby will have been re-
ceived with sadness. True, he had arrived at
the age when death can never come prematurely,
bet whenever death strikes down a noble heart,
allgenerous hand, and an enlightened intellect,
slut with exalted rank, and a proud public
po.,ition, we all feel it as a personal loss. The
Ist nobleman was identified with a political
Dar; v to which perilous the great mass of the
worl:ing, classes of the country are politically op-
he was the great Conservative leader,
and as such he had for many yeara opposed
many movements which the people as a whole
favoured; but still the whole nation loved and
respected him, despite his political opinions,
while a very large proportion of the nation, be-
sides admiring his personal qualities, agreed with
his political views. It i; well known that his
high outman al ellataqur. !ais A 14011441 powers us
an cs• or anal a legislator. and his st lunch love
of Lie institutions nt his country, gave a strength
to any Ministry with which 11-. was ever con-
nected, a power of cohesion among the party
with whom he acted. He galled f nue and hon.
oar in many rilq a, and eoluwaudel the respect

and esteem of many classes and sections of so-
ciety. •• Few thell," says the si.,,el.trd, "could
be Hi missed se Lord Derby will be. England
hes yet MAUS:IICP aseie orators $H eloquent,
nobles perhaps as thoroughly trortby of their art-.
erstril dignity. But she his no non left who
combines in seek completeness end perfection
all the element% of greatness that w:ve anthority
and it eerier to on English statesman ; the
iiigbest qmiiities of the wane find the politioian,
together Y:iqi the ...el.' tit blrth, the high rank,
tcrt;T:, 5"P.01ar,...!,, the culti-
vation, the lofty ,pirit, aij tll.l reeential loyalty
of the typical and repreyentsCve gentleinan."
This is Ligli praise, and fervency ,f the hinginige
rasy be arecainted for by the of partizan.
ship; but perbaes to no liviiig i.e eau we
gun the language to lie so partioohly applied,
should the OCC/MIOR arise for a is ytaary le,tiee,
'asit is hOW applied to Lord Derby. In mourn-
ing his loss the Liberal will for a time forget, or,
at least, forgive the deceased nobleman having
opposed Liberal measures ; the Conservative will
feel that loss all the more keenly 1:1 memory of
the brillisut services that the Conservative cham-
pion reliderod to his party ;and rill, without ills.
tinction of party, willlspeak kindly and reverently
of the deceased statesman, orator, and scholar,
who really won golden opinions from all sorts of
people.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

CRADLEY.

On qaturday list, the members and friends of the Park
Lane V.etoria Cricket Club celebrated the close of this
season by a supper at Mr. Tomes Ringlet's, of Cradle,.
After the cloth was removed the secretary. Mr. George
Riekman, read the report, which allowed that after all
expensen were paid, there would remain a earning in
band. The members of this dab have made great pro-
ficiency since its formation.
ALARIIMI Fier —On Satorday last two little boys
corned Thomas and William Kirton, living at Ginger.
bread sow. Park Side. were playing upstairs in a back
room wherein wan deposited at/4111t a cart load of chaff
and time corn, nix new seek bags, a mattress. d:c. One
of the boys seeing a mouse run under the chaff, at once
lighted a match and set the chiffon fire. as the little fel.
low said "to linrn the mouse's tail off. In a few min.
sites the room won enveloped in it roaring flame, and the
boys ran down stairs and made an alarm. The mother
wan at the back of the house at the time of the drenelftil
nerorrenee. A passor.by woe attracted by the smoke
insuing from the room window, and immediately gave
the alarm to the neighboorhood. The penole assembled
e” ',mate and at once took vigorous meas.-ire% to pot out
the tire. After great exertions and daring courage, the
flames were estinguithed; bat the whole of the Chaff.
bags, mattress. &e, ke., were consumed. Fortunately,
no personal injury was sustained.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

WORCESTER RACES.

ON Tuesday. Wednesday, and Thursday.
Novenlhor 2nd. 3r4, And 4th. a Chp EXCUR-
STAN TRAIN will leave Rirminnhnm (Snow Hill at
10.15 a m.. Stourbridge 1110. iind Kiddermirmter at
11.30 *in , for WON,'I •dri It ; retnrnine the smile
evening from Worcester (Foregate-street Station) at ê.4
p.m.
For Fares and full partienlara are Hand Bilk
J. Gill HIRSON, General Manager.
Paddington, Oct. 26, 18611.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861.

NOTICE OF ADJUDICATION AND FIRST MEET.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

INCENDIARISM IN YORKSHIRE.

Another very destructive stack-yard fire burnt
throughout Monday at the "High Barn," on Dent
Wills, on the farm of Mr. Speck, of Boythorpe, in the
great Wold valley, resulting in the total destruction of
the property. There was no water, and the case was
one in which the fire could only be allowed to burn
itself out.
It seems that on the Saturday a steam thrashing-
machine had been in use, and that at night part of a
large wheat stack remained unthrashed, and this with
other stacks were to be completed on Monday. The
wheat remaining was estimated at forty to fifty quar-
ters, and the yard also contained barley and oat stacks,
the produce of the upper section of the farm, and
there were two quarters of wheat in sacks which
had not been got away on the Saturday. All was
right on the Sunday, but on Monday morning a
,abourer residing in a cottage on another farm,
having a child ill, got up about three o'clock and
saw the fire. He gave the alarm, but before anything
could be done the thrashing-machine was totally burnt
and had communicated the fire to the straw, and thence
to the stacks, so that all that remained at night was a
heap of dust. The engine was saved unharmed, and
some few moveable farm properties were rescued. The
engine and thrashing-machine were the property of
11r. Patrick, of Weaverthorpe, and were quite new,
audhad only been used in the valley a few weeks, but
had received very great patronage.
From the inquiries of Mr. Superintendent Harper
there would seem very little doubt but that the fire was
the result of a trade outrage, intended to destroy the
new machine. The owner was not insured, he purposed
going to Duffield on the Tuesday for the purpose. A
subscription was set on foot towards covering his
by the dastardly act. The farm produce was
insured.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

ANOTHER MURDER!

The following is the latsst Tenor led tragedy from the
county of Leitrhu, where " Molly Maguire" has re-
sumed her murderous work. A correspondent of the
Express states that Mr. William O'Brien, who resided
in the westward of Cavan, between Mohill and
Drumstia, was found brutally murdered on Friday
morning in a ditch within forty perches of his own
house, it is supposed from a gunshot wound in his
neck; but the head presented such a mangled aml
shapeless mass that no distinct wound could be traced,
and it is nearly impossible to say whether he was
tired at or not. lie gives the following particulars :
"flit chin was knocked away by a blow, and no feature of
his face is traceable but the head appears as one mangled
mass, and the chest was smashed in, seemingly by a kick.
His holy was found in a ditch covered with briars, where it
seems to have been thrown by his murderers. The deceased
gentleman had been in Mohill on Wednesday evening, antis
friend walked a short way out of town with him, after
leaving whom, it is supposed, he was met by his mur-
derers. It is probable, from the appearance of the ground
and from the place where it seems the murder was
committed, which is fully ten perches from the road,
and not in the direction of his own house, that the
deceased was set on by four or live persons—as he WKS
a strong, resolute man—gagged, and carried to the
The stones with which his head was pounded were
carried from the road ditch. A broken pistol, loaded to the
muzzle, was found at the place. Mr. O'Brien had been mis-
sing from his home since Wednesday night, and so well was
the body concealed that, though upwards of twenty police.
men were searching for him since three or four o'clock in
Thursday evening, it was not found, and probably would not
be now, only his own dog was heard howling in the brake,
and was found lying on the mangled body cut his master Mr.
was :Tent for Mr. C. ir Brien, county of Sligo, awl
had got ejecouents against two or three families at the
Quarter Sessions of balilnamore, now just ended. This is
said to he the cause of his awl fate. Generally he was very
much liked by all Niue persons are at present in custody,
anil the county Inspector of the constabulary has been on Mr
spot a good part of the day."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

'BIN'

ICE ARTHUR AN INDIAN CHIEF.

The special Correspondent of The limes gives the fol-
lowing account of a visit, on the let inst., by Prince
Arthur and suite to a Mohawk village in Canada, where
the Prince was initiated into Indian mysteries :
On riaching the Mohawk church the party was received
by two chiefs of the Six Nations, one of whom, Mr. Kerr, is a
descendant of the celebrated Brant. A large number of war-
rbus in full fighting costume, gorgeous in paint and feathers,
had aseembled, and with them their squaws. S. ,me tints was
sonsuffied in hand-shaking with the squaws, who greeted his
Royal highness with great cordiality. After a photograph
of the Beene had been secured, the party entered the church
and were shown the communion screce presented to the
Indians by Queen Anne. An aged chief, the fire keeper to
the ex Nations, advanced and addressed the Prince in the
Mohawk language, another chief acting as tutorpreter. 'the
address was to the foil wino eff act
"We are gltd to meet you in this holy house; we hasten
to wipe the dust off your forehead. :mpe that pros-
perity may attend you. The represent see of the Six
Indian Nations have much ileesiure in circling you When
you have this. may you retire into Orwas country under
the rare of the great Creator, win, • .• ,•rn,•P all things ! We
pray that the Mewing of the great creator may be upon
nil who meet here so a.sure your Royal illgtiness that we
will always remember you. We hope that lien you lenve
our award you will remember having seen our pwlile
- • sot as we might have teen 908 D many years tatt, imt
as a civilised communitr at Six Nations. We hope your
ituyal (Ugliness I,av injoyed yonnwir. we renumber your
mother, whom we all love ; for we Sec all her Majway's sub-
jects. 'sour Royal Highness desires to he a encumber of one
tribe, and we are pleased to go throw", the ceremony of
making your Royal II Whales a,l 1,, 1 f V..., 18111
Cr
IOWA). i8108,13b81.8.1 88 sin. lo
ruse, we protects: with sit mulct,. Stay you Os Ole the
great sun whim shines over all, and may your path in future
be as bright !"
His Royal Highness was here piesent,l wito a
double string of white beads. The chief tueu con-
tinued :
These are emblems of purity. May your life be pure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-10-30

THE CASE OF CHILD STEALa(G.

On Thursday, in last week, Flisabelb Barry was
brought before the magistrates, at the Town-had,
Maidenhead, for examination. on the henAv.tealiflg
the infant child of Colonel I Vickie.
The inquiry created a great deal of local interest
The court was crowded in every part, a number of
ladies being accommodated with seats on thebench.
The magistratia clerk said: Blisabeth Barry, you
are charged with having, on the 13th day of October
list, unlawfully and by force taken away a certain
female child under the age of fourteen years (of these
of seventeen months), named Amelia Maria Victoria
Hickie, the daughter of James Francis Hickie, with
intent to deprive him of the preeession of the child,
contrary to the form of the statute.
The prisoner's reply, if she made any, was inaudible.
Louisa Cooper wss the first witness called. She &polled:
am a servant in the employ of Colonel ilickli. lie Hose
at K Mies-park, Maidenhead. I know theprisoner. She was
nursemaid ii• Colonel liikn's up to the etli of the month.
Colonel Cickie haa four children. I saw the prisoner leave
the house of 1:olorkel Hit km on the oth Met., shortly :dter
throe o'clock in the enema.. She hid the youngest child
wino her. I thought she WSJ Itoing for a walk. /Me !never
itahlanythin•g in my presence that led me to believe she was
going to take the cliiklaway. I have not teen the prSoner
from that time to this. She had notice, to leave her pow
After she had notice riven her, I heard bar my, I llave not
d. rim with firs. Iliekie yet, and that Bra. Wale will know
helsre I leave this house."
The kfaeiatrate'e Clerk .0 : Elleeheth
you any insestione to ask -
eigoller (in a low tune of voice): I don's renii..aino.. saying
three words, sir.
tr..kt )ou may state by-and-bye. Have you any wolf=
to
James Francis Weide I haves family of four children. I
was in Ireland on the Bth if like moon, and from informs-
to I isotavad I come to legend. Upon arriving home I