The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1878-06-08 00:00:00

',PITOII‘IE OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREION

An Aberdeen wit says there is no reason why the
phouozraph should not be spoken of as "she." It repeats
everything.

The Daily News undentands that the following
Civil List Pensions have been granted :—Lady Creasy; widow
of Sir Edward Creasy, £l5O a y ear ; Mrs. Wornum, the
widow of the late keeper of the National Gallery, £lOO a
year; Mrs. Meuzies, widow of the late farm bailiff at
Windsor, and agricultural writer, £5O a year.
Jonathan Parrer, who attained 100 year 'of age on
Sunday, and is founder of the Ancient Order of Britons in
Oxford, the other day took the chair as Grand Cross in Lodge
No 4, at the invitation of tho Order generally. In honour
of the event Parrer, who is quite blind and slightly deaf,
was presented with a silver medal by the members, and
afterwards obliged the company with a song.
King Humbert has sent a telegram of condolence to
the family of the late Eorl Russell, whom his Majesty
acknowledges gratefully as the unswerving champion of
Italy's unity and independence.

The Speaker of the House of Commons gave
,viden,:e on Tuesday before the Select Committee appointed
to inquire into the best vocalic of facilitating tne despatch
of pub!ic business. The right hon gentleman gave it as hie
opinion that the Speaker and Chairman of Committees
should hive the power of silencing an obstructive member,
and said that some new machinery was required to enable
this to be (Line with as little loss of time as possible. He
would have the House decide, without debate or ame,pd-
meat, whether a member who had been twice declared to
be out of order by the Speaker or Chairman of Committees
should be prevented during the remainder of the sitting
taking part in the business of the House.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges (in
The 'limes, a‘ "Conscience M,,ney "), the receipt of k:745 in
notes from "X. Z." on account of Income-tax.

Western civiFsati.n is rapidly advancing in Central
Russia. Cockfightirg has been introduced into Moscow by
an ,nterprising hotel-keeper, who has fitted up a regular
amphitheatre for the spoil, and is waking a fortune out of
the crowds that daily flock to his premises. In his hand-
bills he describes the spectacle as being a "magnificent
display of cockfighting d l'Anglaise "—Mayfair

Sir Fredetick L. Arthur died on Saturday afternoon
at the United Service Club, Loudon. Sir Frederick had been
riding in a cab in Pall Mall, and when nearly opposite the
club the cab was overturned by another cab which came into
collision with it. The deceased baronet was much shaken,
but did not appear to have suffered any injury. He, how-
ever, died shorily after entering his club. Lady Elizabeth
Arthur was at the time visiting an invalid relative at gams-
gate, and only hard the deplorable news on reaching home.
Ile is succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Gecrge
Conipton Archibiild, born 30th April, 1860.

The Prince of Wales held a levee at Marlborough
louse on Monday afternoon on behalf of hr M4jtsty. Ihe
presentations to his Royal Highness were very numerous.

The revisers of the Authorised Version of the New
Testament met on Tuesday in the Jerusalem Chamber, mid
sat for seven hours. Eleven members were pre3ent, the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol being in the chair. The
company carried on their second revision to the end af
the 10th chapter of the 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to the
Corinthians.

The iron manufacturers- and iron founders in
South Staffordshire who use Cleaveland pig iron are signing
a memorial to the North-Eastern RNilway Coukiany directors
asking for a reduction of the tariff on pig iron carried from
Middiesborouch into the Black Country. l'hey complain
that the vPry heavy rate, 12s 6d. per ton, places them in un-
favourable comparison with other districts, and they ask the
directors to make such a reduction in the tariff as will enable
them to continue their business with the company, other-
wise some of them will have to obtain iron from less distant
places.

On the night of the Bth of May a sad accident hap-
pened to Mr. W. Sivevvright, assistmt engineer of the Indus
Valley State Railway. Ile was sleeping in the upper storey
of his bungalow at Kurrachee, and finding the night warm
he opened the door of the frozit verandah. Afterwards he
got up in his bleep, and walking through this door, fell a dis-
tance of 20 feet below, on his way striking the roof of the
sunshade of the loser verandah, which cadged him to turn
over and fall on his head. His right thigh and jaw were
broken, but hopes of his recovery are entertained.
The Fourth of June, the anniversary of the birth of
King George Ili., was commemorated at Eton on Tuesday,
the celebrations including the delivery of the customary
speeches, a banquet in the college hall, the usual promenade
of boats, and a display of fireworks.

- -
Mr. 3. H. Redmond, of 1, Queen Victoria-street,
London, Ras received from Minnesota a consignment of 2,500
barrels of flour, which has arrived in the remarkably short
time of 18 days from St. Paul, the distance being about 5,000
miles.

A fire, attended with fatal consequences, occurred
in London early on Sunday morning at 6 Moore-street,
Bryanston-square. The ground floor was let to a lodger
named Hearn, sixty years of age, and the first floor Co two
other lodgers. The fire appears to have originated in the
front room on the ground floor, from some cause which is
not known. Hearn was suffocated; and a boy, ten years of
age the son of one of the first floor lodgers, shared the same
fate.

A Correspondent, referring to the loss of the Grosser
Kurillrst, says :—" This dreadful accident in the Channel
seems to throw a lwrid light on the probabilities of naval
warfare: It seems to show that, whoever has the strongest
ram will be master, whatever the number of ships and the
calibre of the guns on the other side may be."

An attempt is to be made to grow the sugar-cane in
Switzerland. The experiment having succeeded in Minnesota,
United States, the Swiss Consul in America has forwarded
grains to be distributed among farmers in the Cantons best
suited for the triaL

A horrible occurrence has taken place at Congleton
Mains, a lava near North Berwick. Three children—
Mary Carrail, aged five years; Annie, aged four: and
James, aged three—had been playing with matches in an
unoccupied pigstye, when they set fire to some loose straw.
The stye was burned to the ground, and all three children
were suffocated. Their bodies were so much charred as to
be unrecognisable.

In the course of an article which appeared in the
Agence Busse on Saturday on the subject of the present
government of Egypt, it is pointed out how greatly the
wealth and prosperity of the country would be increased
were the administration placed in European hands.

The Parliamentary papers issued on Monday include
a copy of the Education Code of 1878, showing the modifica-
tions introduced since 1873; and reports of the Chief
Registrar of Friendly Societies for 1878.
It is to be feared that after so much wet weather
the potato disease wili be more than usually prevalent this
season. A correspondent of the Gardener's Chronicle states
that the disease has already appeared at Caversham, in
Oxfordshire.

It is stated that the Philadelphia Peace Society
converted certain swords (which were known to have seen
service) into ploughshares, and another weapon (which may
one day have been bloody) into pruning-hooks, literally
transforming the things of war into those of peace. These
trophies are to be seen at the Paris Exhibition. .

The quantity of wheat sold during the vast week,
according to the return of the officers of txciee, was
33,548 qrs., at an average price of 60s. 4d. The quantity
sold in the corresponding rieliod last year was 26,376 qrs., at
an average price of 665. lid.

During last month the number of vessels which
passed through the Suez Canal amounted to 136, the re-
ceipts of transit to 2,640,000 f.
The strike, in the Glasgow cotton trade has ter-
minated. All the hands resume work at the 10 per cent.
redaction, which the firm found it necessary to make. The
strike has only lasted a fortnight.

Intelligence has been received in Jamaica that there
is likely to be a very serious falling off in the sugar crop of
Cuba. This news gives great satisfaction to the Jamaica
planters, who, as they happen to have been favoured with
good seasons, are likely to have more than an average crop,
and calculate that if Cuba is unable to furnish her full quota
of the world's supplies the stocks will be reduced and prices
will in consequence go up, more especially if, as was expected
there, the troubles brewing in Europe became really serious.

Sir James Anderson, continuing his notes in the
Electrician on mistakes in telegraphy, says that the most
difficult thing in the service is to make clerks spell instead of
read messages. The eye in reading recognises, or thinks it
recognises. words which resemble each other; and the local
knowledge or train of thought in the mind of the operator
also influences him when reading instead of spelling. In this
way such words as " Blackwatch " become " Blaekwater,"
" Broad- grove " " itetiadgreen," " Eastbourne " " Eastbo wer,"
" Foxhohne " "Foxhorn," ate. Claks are fined for these
mistakes, which arise from their own carelessness.
The sudden death of Mr. WOreham Martin, M.P.,
was received in the neighbourhood of Banbury with great
regret—the deceased gentleman being a large landowner in
the district Ile was lord of the manor of Chacombe, and
in the welfare of his tenants and their labourers he took
much interest. Being anxious that the hibeurers should
have land of their own to cultivate, a 'ear or two ago he set
apart a quantity of land for their use on very advant igeous
terms. Ile gave a site for a new Wesleyan Chapel free of
cost, and the charitable institutions of the place found in
him a warm friend.

A telegram from Philadelphia to The Times says
that the Russian Government has transmitted through Paris
about 14,000,000 f. to the United States, to pay f,,r the pur-
chased vessels and war material. Their agents pay promptly
for all purchases.

Tourists in the Austrian Tyrol are likely in future
to meet with a considerable increase of courtesy from hotel-
keepers and guides, as the Viennese Alpine Society, " Alpen-
berger," anxious to prevent travellers from being imposed
upon, have instituted an annual money prize to be awarded
to the particular Tyrolese who, during the year, may have
most aided etrangers by his or her information, courteous-
ness, nd counsel.
The section of the Russian Senate which deals with
criminal cases has had before it, on the motion of the Public
Prosecutor, the case of Vera Sassulitch, and passed a reso-
lution directing that her acquittal should be cancelled, and
that she should be tried again in the Novgorod District
Court.

For some weeks past all leave has been stopped for
the officers and men of the 31st Company Royal Engineers,
that company being the first to embark for active service ;
but an order has now been received at the School of Military
Engineering from the War Office stating that the officers and
men may he again allowed the usual leave. During the
existence of the order referred to the men have not been
allowed to leave the garrison, and were to be ready for
embarkation at three hours' notice.

" I am not surprised that some of our statesmen
who have spent their lives in the bustle and worry of town
should elect, when they die, to be buried outside of it.
Lord Russell, hi his preference for a rural resting-place,
only followed the example set by some of the most illustrious
politicians of this century. Richard Cobden, for example.
I drove past his grave, a mile out of Ilidhurst, the other day.
It is in a terraced churchyard, which is carpeted with
thymy moorland grass, planted with yew-hedges and with
broom, now in flower, and placed on a hill, with a fragrant
pine-vod at its feet and the blue Sou thdowns in the far
distance. The grave itself is almost ostentatiously simple,
and hears nothing on the granite slab except the name and
date."—The World.

There is no truth in the report that Lord Beacons-
field and Lord Salisbury will journey to the Continent in
one of her Majesty's ships. On the contrary, there will not
be any formal departure at all. The Prime Minister, accom-
panied by Mr. Corry, will leave town on Saturday, and will
travel to Berlin by easy stages. Lord Salisbury will not
quit London till Monday. The first sitting of the Congress
will be held on Thursday, but the business to be transacted
on that day will be purely forruaL —Evening Standard.

Her Majesty the Queen, in reply to an inquiry re-
specting the delay in raising the Eur 3 dice, has been informed
that nothing further can be done for three weeks.
The Admiralty must have thought war very near at
hand a short time since, for although a ship sent out with
stores for the Mediterranean had been so loaded that sup-
plies for Malta should be landed there en route to the fleet,
such supplies being stowed uppermost, bile had no sooner
begun to unload than telegraphic orders were received for
her to proomed immediately to the Dardanelles and Sea of
Marmora to deliver to the ships there a number of torpedo-
boats and other warlike stores.—H hitehall Review.

The harvest prospects in Italy are excellent.
The Mark Lane Express says that owing to the pro-
longed fall uf rain, the state of wheat and barley crops on
low-bing land is extremely critical, and even on light lands
it is admitted that harvest prospects are two Or three sacks
per acre less than they were a month ago.

Circulars have been issued by the Council of the
Folk-lore Society inviting aid in the compilation of a pro-
posed bibliography of works which relate to the folk-lore of
England. It will be prepared from articles in magazines or
transactions of societies, and also from special works on the
subject.

During next year 1,800 years will have elapse 0, since
the two cities of Pompeii anti Herculaneum were de troyed
by earthquakes and eluptions from Mount Vesuvius. It is
now intended to celebrate the anniversary of that year
of destruction, and the site of the celebration is to be
Pompeii itself, as being the better known of the two buried
cities. There will be fireworks, of course.—Court Journal.

From the reports of the inspectors of mines for last
year it appears that the gross produce of the coal, iron-
stone, flreclay, and shale mines in Great Britain and Ireiand
during the year was—coal, 134,179,968 tons; ironstone,
12,014,353 tons; fireclay, 1,813,541 tons ; and shale, 833,395
tons. The quantity of coal, the chief of our mineral pro-
duce, was only very slightly above that for the preceding
year. A decreased output is shown in the Northumbrian
and North Durham, South Staffordshire and Worcestershire,
West *Lancashire, South Wales, and Scottish districts, while
there has been in other districts a counterbalancing increase.
The output has been *maintained, generally speaking, with
the employment of fewer hands.

A Vienna mechanician has contrived to make
springs strong enough to keep an ordinary sized sewing
machine in motion for hours. A system of cog-wheels is
arranged underneath the surface of the table upon which
the machine is fixed, and, by the handle at the side, the
spring is wound up with the greatest facility. The velocity
at which the machine works is entirely at the option of the
person using it, and can be regulated ad libitum, and in the
simplest manner.
The Prussian General Von Hanneken, the well-
known strategist, who was the first to draw scientific conclu-
stone from the combination of spade and breechloader prac-
tised by the Turks in the last canipaign, has published an
essay upon the military prospects fan Anglo Russian cam-
paign,. The General attributes the greater chance of victory
to tile Russians. He regards the Russians as strong enough
to occupy all the more iniportant positions in Turkey before
the English could make effective resistance, and, moreover,
looks upon the despatch of a Russian army from Samarcand
to Herat, claim), and further east, as practicable.—The able
writer, Vantbray, who knows a little more of these localities
than Von Hanneken does, says just the very reverse. Von
Hanneken reckons the Turks as entirely crushed—a very
grave mistake, lie has also forgotten finance, which plays
almost as Important a part as spade and breechloader.

Up to the present time 19 public Acts haveobeettaryn
passed in the present Session, which commenced on J
17. Of local Statutes the number is 54.
A Universal Exhibition is to be held in Rome 11
IFSI. The Minister of Finance will shortly lay a Bill on t
e
subject before the Italian Parliament.
Indian raids are reported from the United StfiteB
and a fresh war Is expected.
In Loudon, last Saturday, the sale of a portion_nifi
the Novar collection of pictures formed by the late
A. J. Munro, took place at Messrs. Christie's rooms. '
gema sputof theupcollection, h
t eti
au
auctioneer at Virgin
£19,500.
I Wag
The annual report of the Astronomer ReYe7 00
read at the meeting of the Board of Visitors at Greenss,.
Saturday. Sir George Airy gave an account of the arlit;,,
merits for disseminating time signals
d throughout the costrt!!..
an stated with regard to the Westminster clock that slt;
000 with,a and
the
boCuagnhdte
wlinabrasi
it was started on October 11th, after being cleaned, the
on the greater number of days had been under one secon'
and it had never exceeded three seconds.
ts golf!
The Council of the Society of Arts offers i
medal for the best means of saving life at sea, when a veus!_e,
has to be abandoned suddenly, say with only five rein rp
warning, the shore or other vessels being in sighv; nos
ptiancea intended for the competition are to be sent In -
later than the 31st of October.
Mr. Johannes Eckart, of Munich,
discovered a method of keeping fish perfectly fresh for
claiifl
da3s sefter capture his plan of procedure consisting
pregnating them 'by means of hydraulic pressure vs.'"
weak solution of salicylic acid, packing them in cask' -to
cases, and pouring gelatine over them. The latter servq.ed
}IV
prevent their hemming stiff and dry. Prepared and Pscf
in the above manner, they may, it is said, remain tritt,.:
ent 0)
fifteen days, and evFn longer, en route without detrim
their flavour or appearance. nth'
On Saturday afternoon a tornado from the
west swept over Richmond, Missouri, destroying llah
town, demolishing the chief hotel, and burying the Inn.lnz
in the ruins. 'the debris were carried several miles,
10 and wounding 40. late
An American says :—Here is a plan to ragn—pd.
international currency :—France to coin a gold fiye.the
twenty franc piece, exactly the same as a nand sterliq• 0

enty franc piece, pos._ ,
five franc piece to be left- untouched. England to u`• Tbe
five-shilling piece exactly the same as a five franc piece. ea.
gold pound to be left untouched. The United States tO a
place their gold money by a five dollar piece, exectlY
same as the gold pound. The silver dollar to be exactlY
same as the five franc piece.
A notice has been issued by the firm of Sir Titlit:
Salt, Sons, and Co., at Saltaire, to the effect "that, owing J 0
the increasing difficulties of business, some reductionio.
wages will he made after the present week." The de`elect
tion, it is stated, will be about 5 per cent. and will
most classes of workpeople in the mills at Saltaire, a de.eutne
tion already made in many other like establishments
worsted districts.
Iu the London Corn Market on Monday there vire
a renewed heavy feeling, and even at the reduction the traio
wa3 slow, Upon English sorts of wheat prices receded le.neti
25.. while for foreign descriptions rates were quoted as
s. raeue
11 l
as 2s. to 3s. per qr. lower. Barley and maize fe- '
oats recovered the depression of Wednesday, and were,
an average, at about the rates current a week ago.
• teed
There were 2,539 births and 1,419 deaths reps „op,
in London last week. Allowing for increase of popula"rage
the births exceeded by 209, and the deaths by 19, the aveoes,
numbers in the corresponding week of .the last ten Y`' esl
Toe annual death-rate from all causes, which had been eci.st
to 20 1 per 1,010 ie each of the two preceding weeks, rosetoe-0
week to 20.7. The deaths included 40 from smaleposs
, 'fro
measles, 17 from scarlet fever, 17 from diphtheria, I'4 20
whooping-cough, 15 from different forms of fever, e.
from diarrhcea,. take°
Sharp fighting at the Cape is stated to have
place during the early pert of last mouth, the frontier,els
horte suffering severely in an attack made against the r•ibe
collected around Murray's Krantz. By order %joy
Governor Sir Bartle Frere, the opening of the CaPee%ecb,
International Exhibition has been deferred until
1879.
Diphtheria esSiVa
Diphtheria has for some months shown an exe
fatality in the northen districts of London.
re° to
The Holmfirth weavers having refused te..agn, foe,
the masters' terms for a reduction of wages rengw.b..yerel
five to thirty percent., were loched out on Mondae es" We
of the mills. Hundreds of other hands are also thrown
1"
by the lock-out. Already much distress prevails, and 00
is no hope of an early settlement of the dispute.
J°l3ll
The medals voted by the Board of Trade tthree
Williams, Owen Roberts, and Robert Roberts, 01° the
Penmon pilots, through whose bravery the crew nary
Dublin steamer Pioneer, wrecked on Puffin Island in len the
were rescued, were on Tuesday publicly presented hY
Mayor of Beaumaria. Dr. Wynne Jones. at
Lord Shaftesbury presided on Tuesday eveningdo-D.
the annual meeting of the Field-lane Institution, 1-'°ue•6s -
The report showed that the industrial schools containe-ana
boys, receiving instruction in carpentering. tailoringsaets
bootmaking, and 91 girls, who in their turn were beingnt'ee
the manifold duties of housekeeping, so that they inig•-seik
made fit for domestic service. - Throughout the year need
day mornings the attendance at the Ragged Church 11,7• Ree
400 and in the night refuges 471 adults of both sexes nau
sheltered.
Ardie°
Lord Penzance gave judgment inthe Court of - tea
9. We
on Saturday in the proceedines which have been eee, wan's,
against the Rev. A. H. Mackonochie, vicar of St. et to
Helborn, for disobedience to previous monitions
ene„re..
Court. The judge said the defendant had been twleeesfires
viously suspended, and iherefore more stringent nie:ie (a) •
must new be taken. He suspended Mr. elackorsnn". io
d
officio et beneficio for three years, and condemne, saloon
the costs of the application. Mr. Mackonochie. hi
on Sunday, made no direct allusion to this judgment. a.
In Paris a fare of seemingly foreign asPe°,,tattasne
speaking with a strongly-marked foreign accent, lie ob.
voiture, and desires to be driven to the Trocadero. Tll7, tee
man observes, "Twenty francs, Milord. " Aoh, Yeeaelng
apparent Englishman is made to observe, but on most
drops his sham insularity, and informing him with theusos
perfect Parisian accent that be has mistaken his niane,enseee
him the exact legal fare, and leaves him to his reflecii" •
Court Journal.
The following letter from Mr. Bright in ac-reace"
ledgment of a resolution of condolence in Isis late he'ver
molt was read at the Birmingham Town Council °l' I .
day :—"ltochdale, May 29, 1878. Dear Mr. Mayor -e
,Deit
grateful to the members of your Town Council for
,isna
sympathy and for the resolution they have pass, neece to
which has been forwarded to me. I canno% write rri,':eeece
reply, and can only thank them for their kind renaereu7ore
of rue in the time of my trouble—Believe me, alwaYe
very sincerely, JOHN BRIGHT."
ono"
The Cologne Gazette makes the following null ce°
ment :—" Professor Virchow, of Berlin, believes. lee are
furnish proof from a Bulgarian skull that the Bulgaria' gertt
not of Slav, but of Turkish origin. For this purPtills °A
von llGriika will shortly bring from Roumania 15 seoi.
Bulgarians who who were kilh d by the Turks near Kadfl'eteutO
which have been prepared at the request of Her von e•
by Dr. Markovics in Sistova." Aet
oe-
Mr. Emerson gave a lecture in Boston the
night, which, was an argument for temperance in leI)e0;
"Superlatives,' he said, "are diminutives, and •:ee Ll3'
The positive is the sinew of speech; the superlati
fat." atole9
In London, on Monday evening, Mr. H. Ge°'
delivered an address before the members of the Ennoirit
graphical Society, on the Nile and Livingstone (Corig°l 5°
which was listened to with great interest and attentiee,..eot
Rutherford Alcock, who presided, spoke of Mr. Stanlelf,:bat
only one of the most adventurous and daring explorei;ogese
also as one of the most intelligent and observant of g
pliers. .
An open competition for thirty situations 4,1 in
door officers in her Majesty's customs will be h`cateir
London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Liverpool, Bristol, Neerfa.goir,
on-Tyne, Hull, Leeds, Portsmouth, Plymouth,
Aberdeen; Cork, Belfast, and Limerick, on the 301 h
The United states Senate has passed a rev.? f tbe
approvine .the Bill which authorises the paymeni °ideal
fishery award to Great Britian, but conditional CM Pre-100;
Hayes deeming. after further correspondence with Flantea
that the honour and good faith of the country °
it. • 101 l
The new headdress, smootii, low, and falling Too_,
torsades, or the cl sssical tresses, is very becoming °rit" pose'.
hair. The fashions and the costumes at present are ene,•-e• ale
In favnur of brunettes, the sceptre so long held ei tee
blondes having passed completely into the hands °eel's,
former. Gold is destined for them; the favourite Tod
straw, copper, marigold, orange, fire-red PoPPient•ece
purple, are supposed to give more lustre to the rad
,I,temel
amber complexion, and match ebony hair.-1"
Review
-14 dcle"
The strike of weavers at Smithwaite, near --'l„exned
field, terminated on Tuesday morning, work being re'
at the reduction of 15 per cent. 1 pa
Samuel Latham, 22, an assistant at the Na°,-,f'-ueen,"
Military Stores, Westmiuster, has been killed at the ei oyee
street Railway-station in Exeter. He was crossing thee% gni
footway when he was knocked down by a horse-be
death was instantaneous.
ete,nel
Mr. Inderwick? .9 ga a Q.O it club 03%
• vier
be r

speakinb _
Winchelsea, warmly supported the principle of , eon'
men's clubs but suggested that their value might, ,„0 olio
siderably enhanced by the introduction of a systentthat 'it so
of
In which one association might aid another, so - done
unusually heavy strain came upon the funds of ay' lllO
the societies, it might be met by the general fund ef
whole, eta'
At the recent anniversary of the American Tettiortbe
ance Society at New York, Neal Dow, the author...it:olo
Maine Liquor Law, declared that in the State of 315—tblq
liquor is sold in the villages, and only a little-0000"
among the foreign inhabitants—in the towns. Theeig sq,.ssre
paid in the whole State annually for liquors, be ow"
million of dollars, whereas, according to the ratio
States, it should be thirteen millions.
The Sultan is said to be suffering greatl7 jrofil
old complaint--faceache. .nz
At Frihurg, Switzerland, on Tuesday morn,t4 t"it
said that 25,000 pilgrims visited the tomb Of Cao.",:ea'clie,,
theologian, who died there in 1597. A sermon 1.11%0 OP.
by Herr Winterer, one of the Alsatian members 0.
man Reichstag. 0
Ann 00 for
"Is it a sign of reviving trade? About B;ceelg
steel rails have been shipped from Barrow this eadlbe00
ite
Montreal, Canada. Several heavy cargoes have air-„ 0104
sent over the Atlantic this season, and others
A large consignment of pig iron and scrap has beel3tteitiO.
from Barrow this week to Russian ports in the '—
Echo. 101
Afistrarrel
At Kennington Oval on Monday the „ 5 107,
cricketers commenced a match with a surrey eleve-"ing
won the toss, and going in first succeeded in ecorio.
while the Australians in their first innings made„la ele„lee•
second innings of Surrey was then commenced, 9'lo co"De
runs were put together for the loss 0( 0110 wicket.,,,,d bY tee
quence of the wonderful play recently eXhib'e;atept ted
Australiaus, great. interest was excited by this "estinAees
number of spectators during the afternoon being
at between 13,000 and 14,000. On Tuesday the 02,,,teelfee
'concluded, the result being the victory of the
by five wickets. ble°
Mr. Robert Moon, clerk of Her MajestY's stisdel
Windsor Castle, ha e committed suicide in very if°44
cumstances On Friday afternoon Mr. Moon lett reel' ,44
Mews apparently for a walk. Laser on eietter If eioevr.
by Manning, one of the gamekeepers, in Which Ta4o3 to
signified his intention to commit suicide in the,,e„ *lee
mentioning the precise spot. He also gave instrneyof teli;
where the money would be found for the pay,w.,,e AuclA to
wages on Saturday, according to the usnal cUstoteetteettueel
pressed a wish that his intentem might be conomirr. eltr
his wife. Search was immediately made, sod etriniffi
body was recovered two hours afterwards at the e 0.4,3.
the navigation cut leading to the Old Windsor I "00_0
Moon who was greatly respected, htd held his allitietera
for, ills understood, nearly twenty years, The Pi° polsimo,
one of great trust and responsibility, bat nothing at 1,1,8 it I'
transpired as to the cause which induced him
t°
„ad
his life so suddenly. •,ht, "--01
The Shah arrived at Berlin on Saturdayohje,inor Aor,
was received at the railway station by the ta ,`of berOnts
Commandant of Berlin, accompanied by a guaree.,sreeae
His Majesty drove to be Royal Castle, whereite,',!'giveDeer
are prepared for him. A dinner was to have R.Ffly'ae 0;44.
his honour by the Emperor on Saturday, butstO.r„esty'e
sarily postponed owing to the attempt on bf fvightt '-
The Shah went on foot to the palace on Sonuai
inquired about the Eaiperor's condition. tO
e stnrt g
The Journal de Monaco tells a strawngiiii!ljt,t2Leiiisl
an Englishman, whom it styles
the Point Barraya lie incautiously struck hiseory
rock. The wound bled profusely, and he ee'lo°,3scion°„;iere
gain the shore before fainting. lie recovered t!
in a few hours, but was too weak dressilecutuing 4 l"org
naked and starving for six days, wept, co
strength, he managed to cilenb and crawl Vet,"weelilogio
garden and knock at tho gate with a stick- eeeiller
the garden went to the gate and were startle.. 7,a0; toeree
apparent corpse, but restoratives brought 11t12. eerily; a
aciousness, and though he could not yet sPe3lli, uovefteele
a few lines to the landlord of his hotel. If° aey thel
danger, though the state of his wounds confirro,,,oe o
of his exposure and privatione.—Paris CorresPo."
Times,

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be if we chose to shut our eyes to it. We have given
hostages to all the world. We lie in the path of every
Power that would claim a supremacy. We demand
for all nations the international rights and liber-
ties we do for ourselves, and thereby we spread
a wide surface for criticism if we be found short
of that rule. We have chosen a high -part, and
our safety is in its due performance. This is not,
then, a question of safety, hut one of duty and
honour. We do not ask, like the captive, whether
our bread will ever fail. We run the risk of that;
and, considering both the special elements of the ques-
tion and the uncertainty of human affairs, a degree of
risk there must be. It is the common risk which the
nation shares with its fleets, its armies, and its de-
pendent populations. There always are myriads
under the British rule whose bread is failing and who
are peri-hing for lack of it. But we have a higher
calling in this world than just to make ourselves quite
certain, if, indeed, it be pos4ble, that while all the
world lives in some uncertainty or other, we shall not
be as they are.

THE FUNERAL OF EARL RUSSELL.
At the early hour of five o'clock on Tuesday morn-
ing, and in the presence of but few spectators, the
remains of Earl Russell were removed from the family
residence, Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, for interment
beside his son and ancestors in the mausoleum at
Chenies, Hertfordshire, the ceremony, in conformity
with the departed nobleman's frequently expressed
wish, being characterised by the utmost simplicity.
Many and pressing were the requests made on behalf
both of private friends of the deceased and of the
public bodies and institutions with which he had
been associated, to be allowed to send representa-
tives to follow the funeral,, and until Monday
it seemed probable that some of them might
have been acceded to, but the executors felt them-
selves bound finally to decline all offers to take part in
the ceremony, except those proceeding from the im-
mediate relatives of the family. It had been proposed
that the procession should be escorted through the
town of Richmond by a company of the First Surrey
Volunteer Artillery, and every arrangement was made
to carry out the purpose, but almost at the last moment
the order was countermanded. A similar proposal
made by the colonel of the local corps, the Sixth
Surrey Rifles, had also to be declined, as likewise a
Petition for permission to follow the funeral on foot
from the school children of the Petersham
National Schools in whose welfare both the Earl
and Countess have always evinced a warm in-
terest. The cortege arrived outside the Lodge gates
at a quarter before five o'clock, and a few minutes
later the remains of the noble Earl were reverently
be-ne to the hearse, several choice wreaths of humor-
telles and exotics having previously been placed upon
the coffin by Mr. Rollo Russell, one of them, and not
the least handsome, being a tribute from the neigh-
bouring school children. The coffin was of oak, con-
taining an inner easing of lead and a cover of rich
crimson veLvet, fitted with corresponding furniture,
and bearing a brass plate surmounted by the Earl's
coat of arms and motto—" Cite sara sara (What will
be will be). The inscription on the plate ran as
follows s—" The Right Honourable John Earl Russell,
K.G., born 18th August, 1792, died 28th May, 1878,
aged 85 years." . _

The si•-
mple procession moved from the Lodge a few
minutes after five, the hearse being followed only by El
mourning coach and two of the Earl's private car-
riages, the first containing the chief mourners, Lord
Amberley, the grandson- of Earl Russell, who succeeds
to the title and estates, and the second surviving son,
the Hon. Francis Rollo Russell. The second carriage
was occupied by the principal men servants—most of
whom have seen a lengthened service in the family.
Passing slowly through the park gates, the cortege
made its way at a walking pace down Richmond Hill
and through the quiet town, where it was joined
and accompanied for some distance along the
Kew-road by a deputation of the leading trades-
men. Taking the road past Kew Gardens
the procession went on at a slightly quickened pace
over the green and across the bridge, taking the direct
road thence, vid Uxbridge and Pinner to Rickmans-
worth and Chenies. A stoppage of nearly an hour
was made at Uxbridge for breakfast, and the cortege
reached the burial ground soon after eleven o'clock.
. .

About noon the procession left the residence of the.,
rector, the Rev. Lord W-iothesley Russell, brother
of the late Earl, for the church, among the mourners
being the Duke of Bedford, Lord Arthur Russell,
Lord Charles Russell, Lord Alexander Russell, Lord
Edward Russell, Lord Herbrand Russell, the Earl
of Bradford, Viscount Torrington (representing the
Queen), Earl Fortesone, Earl Granville. the Earl
of Minto, the Earl of Mount Edgcrunbe, the Earl of
Dalkeith, Lord Ribblesdale, the Earl of Lichfield,
Viscount Melgund, the Marquis of Tavistock, the
Earl of Durham the Duke of Abercorn, the Duke of
Buccleuch, Loril Claud Hamilton, Lord George
Hamilton, Lord Frederick Hamilton, Lord Ernest
Hamilton, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Admiral
Elliott, Mr. C. Romidy, Mr. A. Romilly, Mr. S.
Morley, M.P., and Mr. Pease, M.P. Deputa-
tions from Bedford, Luton, and the British and
Foreign School S )ciety were also in attendance.
The service was performed by the Rev. Lord
Wriothesley Russell, assisted by the Rev. C. T. Ward,
and a deep impression was produced upon all present.
The mausoleum is reached from the church through
carved oak gates and contains some superb monuments
to the Russell and Bedford families. In the vault
below rest the remains of nearly a hundred members
of the family, and into this the coffin was lowered.
Among the wreaths of flowers which rested on the
coffin was one of snow white purity, which bore the
inscription, "A mark of regard from Queen Victoria."
The villagers and tenants on the estate of the Duke
of Bedford were present in large numbers. While the
coffin was being removed to the family mortuary the
choir sang a portion of a well•known hymn commencing
at the words, "When our heads are bowed in
woe," After the remains were deposited in their place
close to those of the late Earl's first wife and those
of the late Viscount Amberley and his wife, the people
in the church were allowed to enter the vault. The
monuments of the Russell family, extending back for
more than 200 years, are very numerous, and in an ex•
cellent state of preservation.

At a meeting of the London committee of deputies
of the British Jews, held on Tuesday, Mr. Joseph
Mayer Montefiore, president, in the chair, an address
of condolence was unanimously voted to Countess
Russell.

Lady Russell deemed herself bound by the express
direction of the late Earl's will to decline the offer
which was made by the Queen and the Government of
a public interment in Wegtminster Abbey. The words
of the will run thug :—" I wish my funeral to be as
simple and as inexpensive as possible, without any
hired mourners. I wish my body to be interred in the
family vault at Chenies."—The Times has published
the following letter on the subject :

Sir,—l believe it will be a matter of general regret that the
family of Lord Russell have declined the honour of a public
funeral for his remains. The desire expressed in his will is
in accordance with the simplicity of his character, but
assuredly it should not supersede what in any other case than
his own he would have regarded, not only as an individual
right, but as a national duty.
There can be no question that Lord Russell is the most
prominent figure of nearly a century of British Legislation.
lie has so conducted his political life that both Houses of
Parliament could have followed him to his last resting-place
without disloyalty to party, and without sacrifice of opinion.
I know not that this could be said of any other man of our
time.
Lord Russell owes this advantage to the purity and en-
tirety of his long career. The limitations of his views of
things, which at times narrowed his influence and marred.
his usernlness, have saved him from those intense animosi-
ties that cling round the greatest names, and from those com-
plete antipathies that even the grave cannot cover. What-
ever personal offences he may have given had no touch of
malice about them, and his political indignations were rather
the results of a liberal nature and traditional creed, than the
conclusions of any special course of thought or determinate
opinion.
The chief attraction in the Paris Salon of this year is a
gigantic picture representing the Apotheosis of SI. Thiers as
the liberator of the territory of France. Such is not our
method of reverence; but all the more we should not reject
the oppoitunity of showing that we, too, can honour by
public ceremonial the truest representative of the advance
of British freedom.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
HOUGHTON.