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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

HALEBOWEN AND BROMbGROVE Fitt N
RAILWAY.

HOIND OF COMMONS, MONDAY.

This bill was further considered to-day in the Seise-
Committee appointed to investigate its merits ; Mr.
O'Reilly in the chair.
Mr. Godson represented the promoters of the bill, and
Mr. Cripps appeared, on the pstition of the Great Wes-
tern Railway Company, in opposition..
At the aajournment of the proceedings oa Thursday
last, the Committee had decided to reconsider the pre-
amble of the bill, and to admit the application for an ex-
tension of time for the purchase of land in respect of
the Corcgreaves extension of the railway.
Mr. Cnpp.. up 'la the reassemb.ing of the Committee.
addressing the chairman, said that in giving effect to the
decision of the Committee in f.your of the extension of
time, some difficulty arose on account of the clause being
intended to apply to a portion of the railway. It would
be necessary, therefore, to make some emendation In the
wording of the clause. So far as the main line was con
cerne he understood that the -Wile for the purchase of
laud in relation thereto was not to be extended. With
regard to the bran& e, a clati,e had been inserted in the
bill for the purpose of off cling the necessary amend-
ment. Clau-ie 56, as it now stood, provided " That the
powers of the Act of 1873. with reference to the com-
pulsory purchase and taking of lands for the railways
antholised by that Act, are hereby extended for a period
of pus year, from July 1, 1876" Now in order to limit
the operation of the clause, he considered it would be
necessary, in,tead of the word "Railways," to substi-
tute " Railway."
The Chairman intimated that Viere could be no objec-
tion to the alteration se long as effect was given to the
dec•sion of the committee. Their ioten Lion was to limit
the exteni!on of time in the manner de cribed in the
altered clause, so that the;
saw na objection to the pro-
posed an endmeut.
After some conversatio.l the clause having been agreed
to,
The other clauses of the bili were taken seri.ttiu, ; end
certain verbal alto-Raul, having I,' en wad',
The Chairin in ordered the hill to be reported to the
House,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

OLD 1-IILL.

LARCENY CASE.—At the Pollee Court, on Wednesday,
before Messrs. N. Hingley and W. Bassioao, James Cox,
a youth, was charged stealing a quantity of timber on
the 28th ult, the property of Henry Lovett, contractor.
—Police-con,to.ble Beasley proved that he saw the de-
fendant take the timber away and he had been watching
it for three nights in consequence of so much timber
having been stolen. Defendant said he did not take all
the timber but pleaded guilty to taking some of it.
Fined 10s; in default one month.
Asseuvr CASE —Stephen Walker was charged with
assaulting Sarah Blakeway on the lit inst. Complain-
ant said that some one sent her word that her boy was
fighting. She went to see what was the matter cud
found the boys was not fighting. Defendant then with-
out provocation struck her a violent blow on the ear
cutting it in two. Defendant struck her several times
and afterwards caught hold of her by the hair of her
head and dragged her along the road !lee dragging a pig
A large quantity of hair was pulled off. Fined 10. cud
costs; in default 21 days.
A. VIOLENT ASSAIILT.—Joseph Hackett was charged
with assaulting Emma Guest on the Bth inst. Com-
plainant, whose:face was very much bruised, said that she
heard screams in the street, and went to see what was
the matter and found defendaut beating his wife. Pe-
fendaut tried to come into her house and she told him
she should not have any drunken men in her house as
she was a good templar. Defendant then struek her a
violent blow on the side of her head, blacked her eye
and knoeked her down. While down he kicked her four
times, onee on the face.—A. witness gave cortdborative
evidence.—The defence was that complainant first struck
hina.—Defendant was further charged with being drunk
and dieorderly on the Stti iust.—Police-coustable Kettle
proved the case and said the defendant was very violent,
and was stripped and wanted to fight. He had to eject
him out of two public-houses. For the Arst offence
defendant was lined 20s and costs; in default one month.
For the second offence 10e and costs; in defanit out
month.
STEALING COAL.—SeIiIIA Priest WAS charged with
stealing a quantity of coal on the 29th tilt, the property
of Messrs. J. and H. Pearson, of Old HU—lsaiah
Matthews. engineer proved that he saw the prisoner take
coal several times. He was watching her and when she
came towards him he stopped her and found the coal was
351bs. He toox it off her and the basket. Prisoner
pleaded guilty. She was sent to prison for 14 days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

HOME NEWS.

(Press .dasociation Teligrams.)

_
DEATH OF SIR JOHN M. WILSON.
Sir John Maryon Wilson, Lord of the Manors
of Charlton, Woolwich, and Hampstead, died
suddenly on Thursday morning of heart disease.

PETITION FOR THE RELEASE OF THE

CLAIMANT.

The wife of the Claimant drove to Westmin-
ster on Thursday in a carriage and pair to pre-
sent in person a petition to the House of Com-
mons, praying fur the release of her husband.
She was cheered by a small crowd.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

7-

morning idk y
tit
ty

, at Leavenworth, Kansas, cued
damage to the extent of 150,000 dole., but no lives were
lost. A large carpet factory was totally destroyed.
The. Odd Fellows' Wall was unroofed, the roof 'being
carried feet, and falling on and partially destroying
two large houses. The Union Railway station s:sraS
unroofed and 60 other buildings were damaged.
DELICATE LOVE.—An affection of the heart
is superior to most affections, but many a lover refuse 4
to meet his fair one by moonlight owing to a bronchial
affection.—Fun.
A WEIGUTY FORTIINE.—The Duchess of St.
Albans, who died in 1837, left her immense fortune,
amounting, it is said, to k.:1,800,000, to Miss Angela
Burdett, who thereupon assumed the additional name
of Coutts. It was stated in the newspapers at the
time, that the weight of this enormous sum in gold,
reckoning sixty sovereigns to the pound, is 13 tons
7 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs., and would require 107 men to
carry it, supposing that each of them carried 203 lbs.,
equivalent to the weight of a sack of flour. This large
sum may be partially guessed, by knowing also that,
counting at the rate of sixty sovereigns a minute for
eight hours a day, and six days, of course, in the week,
it would take ten weeks, two days, and four hours to
accomplish the task. In sovereigns, by the most exact
corapu'ation (each measuring in diameter 17•20ths of
an inch, and placed to touch each other,) it would
extend to the length of 24 miles and 260 yards, or
about the distance between Merthyr and Cardiff; and
in crown pieces, to 11.3 miles and 280 yards. It trlaY
be noted that £1,800,000 was the exact sum also left
by old Jemmy Wood, the banker and millionaire of
Gloucester, who died in 1836. After inheriting the
property in question, Miss Burdett-Coutts distin-
guished herself by furthering works of charity and
benevolence, and in recognition of her large-hearted-
ness she was, in the year 1871, raised to the peerage as
Baroness Burdett•Uouttg.—Cassell's Old and Nelo
London.

-"_
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

SCHOOLS OF SEWING PT

fir ;:!er,

While the extravagance of female dress is still on the
increase, a clever plan (has been devised in Paris for
counteracting some of its effects. It is announced that
a benevolent lady has started in one of the principal
streets a school where ladies of the highest social
position can learn the art of making their own
dresses. Instruction is given them in the art of
cutting out first the patterns, and then the
stuff itself, of making
up the materials, and, in fine,
the whole mysteries, however intricate, of the dress-
maker's art. It is of course impossible to say how
far the young Parisiennes will avail themselves of
the opportunity thus offered to cut down their
expenses and employ their time. But of the success
of the institution amongst a certain class of ladies of
the very highest rank there can be no doubt at all.
Its advantages are too obvious to be ignored by any •
one whose inclinations towards economy are not
cramped by any false shame; and if a similar oppor-
tunity should ever be afforded in England it will be
embraced with enthusiasm by a large number of
amateur modista. There is no reason why a lady
of gentle birth should not make as good a Gutter-out
of dresses as her inferior in the social scale. On the
contrary, in a matter which demands the exercise of
so much taste she ought beyond question to excel.
The dressmakers themselves, who thus see the secrets
of their profession rudely thrown open to the world,
will naturally fight with all their strength against so
monstrous an invasion of their privileges. They will
do their best to stamp with lasting infamy any lady
who shall demean herself to go to the new school. But
unless we are much mistaken the common sense of the
community will triumph over all their remonstrances.
They will have to contend, not only against the more
economical and industrious of the ladies, but against
the whole tribe of husbands, who, however they may
differ upon the subject of board schools or free univer-
sities, will pretty unanimously vote for this particular
phase of the higher education of women.—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

THE ROBBERY OF £1,300 AT
MANCHESTER.

At the Manchester City Police Court on
Thursday, Wm. Hughes, secretary of the Rad-
cliffe Spinning Company, was charged with
stealing £1,300 in bank notes and cheques from
the pocket of a clerk in the employ of Messrs.
Hargreaves, in the Manchester Exchange.
Prisoner was committed for trial at the Assizes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

BROMSGROVE.

ANNOYING PASSZNGRIIB ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—
At the Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, before Captain
Bourne and Mr. it. Smallwood, Thomas Cliff and Harry
Richards, cattle dealers, of Birmingham, were chervil
under the bye-laws of the Michaud Railway Company
that they, being passengers on the line between Ben ins-
grove and Birmingham, on the 11th April last, did use
filthy and obscene language, to the annoyance of other
passengers. Tho case was proved by Mr. Jo•epu
Sturge, of Birmingham, who stated that defendants gut
into the carriage in winch he was riding at Bromsgrove
Station, and immediately commenced to use filthy and
obscene language. Ile remonstrated with them and
threatened to call the station-master, and they desisted
until the train started, when they commenced again. At
Blackwell he called the guard to them, and afterwards
they believed better until they got near to Camp Bill,
when they again used the same kind of language, and
threatened and abused witness, who made a complaint
against them--111r. Allard, one of the company's in-
spectors, produced the bye-laws under which the cuarge
was laid. Both defendants denied the cuarge. Captain
Bourne said it was a nuisance to travel on a railway in
company with such ruffians as defendants, and when a
case came before the Bench they should always try to
protect the public as far as they could. The Mittman
Railway Company ought to be much obliged to Mr.
Sturge for coming forward to prove the case.—Defend-
ants were fined 20s and 10s 6d c.ists each, which was
paid.
Tag GUARDIANS AND Talt LATH LORD LYTTELTON.—
At the meeting of the Board of Guardians, on Tuesday,
Mr. Humphreys, clerk, read the following reply to the
vote of condolence, passed by the Board at the last meet-
ing, with the widow and family of Lord Lyttelton on
their bereavement Hagley, May 6. Sir,—By Lady
Lyttelton's desire, and on my own behalf, I gratefully
acknowledge the expression of sympathy_towaras us con-
veyed in the resolution passed by the Bromsgrove Board
of Guardians on April 25. The assurance tkat my late
father's public and private worth was so thoroughly
appreciated by those so long associated with him as the
Bromsgrove Board of Guardians had a special value.
Let me add that none of my father's many labours for
the public good gave him more pleasure than the dis-
charge of the duties of the chairmanship of the Board,
and this mainly from the loyal so-operation of his sol-
leagues and the officers of the Board generally.—l am,
sir, yours faithfally, lATTELTON."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

28, IRONMONGER LANE, LONDON,
(TM OLD 110116E4
01-1 N STON 'S-
. CORN FLOU
'IS rflIE BEST.

“QUITE FREE FROY ADULTRATION."—L meet.
II DECIDMDLY SUP6l,lOE."—LanCct.
**l have examined Johnstou's Corn Flour and find it
p‘rfectly pure Hod 71108 t excellent in qu dity. \\ hen
butlL4 with milk mffords complete and p. rfect nourish-
talent for children and persons of wk oigep.tion.”
HAELES A. CAMERON, M-D , F R.C.5.1.,
Professor of Chemistry, Royal College 01
Surgeons, Dublin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

THE REV. A. GIRDLESTONE'S REPLY TO
MR. BRADLAUGFI.

On Monday evening last, the Rev. A. G. Girdle-
stone, Acting Rector of Kingswinford, delivered a
reply to Mr. Bracllauw.da's disquisition on
Secularism, in the Corn Exchange. Mr. Alfred
Freer occupied the chair. The meeting was very
numerously attended and seemed uearb unani-
mously in favour of the Lecturer. On Mr. Girdle-
stone being introduced, he said that in order to
offer free scope for discussion any infidel wishing
to sPvak, may, atter.the lecture, take ten IlliittitoS.
—A Voice: May any person not professing to be
an infidel address the meeting ?—No.-6igne of
discontent in the body of the hall followed by
cries of "Turn them out."—Mr. Girdlestone here
interfered and the disturbance subsided. The
Lecturer then stated that Mr. Bradlaugh had
affirmed that the Bible could not be depended
upon, for that some of its passages con'radicted
others, but this was not so, for they must not take
one text of scripture and put it to contravert
another, for then, oftener there seemed to be dis-
-
c,epen cies which did not really exist. Mr. Brad-
laugh had said the Bible represented authority as
opposed to discretion and enquiry, but to answer
this he (the Lf cturer) must refer them to the bcok
which told them to search and look if these
things be." In reply to Mr. Bradlaugh's argument
that the Bible was a difficult book to understand
and therefore should not be put into the hands of
children to read at school when there were so many
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

I REGISTERED FOR t
i TRANSMISSION ABROAD. )

A BALD HEAD may not inaptly be comiarrd to a house
Without a thatching. It is exposed to the cola. and la alto-
gether unsightly in aspect. Resort -nay bc. bad to a wig,
a scalp, or an sasemblage of foreiau hairs litterotingled
with the
.scality material of original growth still vomilt-
ssfvd. to tho b4re capu t ; or but the Sact is po,r and the
disguiee too apparent. Let those whiose mirror
theui of tie npprotteh of baldness or the ataaltay ahirzo
of grey hairs assail the enemy in time. Let them
employ the rtatorative kuown as Mrs. S. 1.
ALLEN'S iVosi.o's tixta RESTORER, and laugh t
the impolciLey of years and their atteiro to rob and
dinfigure humanity. To be obtained of all Ct.e mists aud
Perfumers throughout the world. Price 6s. Lep( t: 114
*tut 11§, Southampton-row, London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF

GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING

MADE TO ORDER,

ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.

& PERFECT FIT GUARANTEED.

Terms on application.

DCIE.AY .12. D WALSALL.
G. F. GREEN,

pIANOFORTE TUNER,

260, Castle-street, Dadley,
And £59, Statrord-street, Walsall,

VU lllikeT PLICA.SIIRB IN PIIBLIIMING THE NOLLOWINO
TESTIMONIALS :-

From Mr. C. Potter, Professor of Musk, from the
Institution for the Blind, St. John's Wood, London:—
"I can confidently recommend Mr. Green as a Piano-
forte Tuner. Ho tunes by equal temperament, and ob-
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From Mr. J. F. Patterson, Organist, St. Patrick's
Church, Huddersfield :—"I have much pleasure in tes-
tifying to the abilities of Mr. Green as a Pianoforte
Tuner. He lays the bearings with exactness and perfec-
lion. (Signed) Jowls F. Porrgasox."
From Mrs. Sanderson, Solo Pianiste, of the London
aid Liverpool Concerts :—" Mr. Green is one of the few
who can Tune my Piano to the nicety I require previour
giving my Public Recitals. (Signed) E. R. SANDZR•
011."

From Mr. Butterworth, Organist, Dobeross' near
Manchester:—" Mr. Green's equal as a Pianoforte Tuner
eas rarely be met with, (Signed) DAVID BLITTIBWORTH.'
Z s.
Terms for Yearly Tuning, including minor re-
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Cottages, per annum ...... 1 1 0
Grands do
Single Tunings (in Town).
s. d. s. d., s. d s. d.
Cottages.... 5 6& 5 0 'Full Gran d.. 6 6& 7 0
Semi• Grands 5 0& 6 0 Concert Iron
Triehord o- ;Grande 7 6
Obligue.. .• 4 6& 5 6
Pianofoross Tuned to the French Pitch (now waver
sally adoited throughout England, it required.
•.• A large stock of Classical and Modern Music, at
- Mall-price.
Pkass observe the Address-260, Castle Street, Dudley
and 259, Stafford Street, Walsall.

• VIOB THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE."—.
du IS. Deuteronomy, chap. xii.. verse 23.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

COLONIAL MISsIONARY SOCIETY.

On Thursday night, Mr. W. E. Baxter, M.P.,
presided at the fortieth annual meeting of the
Uolonia! Missionary Society, held at the
Memorial Hall, London. He denied the charge
that had been brought against him that he was
not a Congregationalist. He preferred Inde-
pendency, because it was the simplest form of
Caurch Uoverment and furthest removed from
priestcraft and other systems of ecc:esiastical
authority, which had ever exercised such bane-
:al influence on mankind. He was glad, there-
fore, to support a society which had for its ob-
ject the extension to the colonies of a system
which had always been firm in the struggle for
religious freedom.—The income of the society
tor the year was £4,000, a sum which was stated
to be very inadequate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

SEED.

ply
of LaOliNcDtOoNv,erMseeendds,aya,nMad
pyr n—a Twh ee rr wf
rarse ag
nvlearry, lhi
lidt ee dr
as übpe
ing
desirous of clearing off their remaining stocks. Trefoil was
offered at less money, with a limited sale. Tares were taken
otf to a very limited extent, at reduced rates for all descrip-
Mons of foreign. Scarcely any Scotch are left, and few
wanted. Cinaryseed droops in value, and was taken off in
very small quantities under former terms. Dutch Hemp/iced
was steady In price and demand. White and brown Mustard-
seed in short supply, but prices in favour of the buyers.
English Rapeseed scarce and very dear.
PROVISIONS.
LONDON, Monday,? May B.—The arrivals last week from '
Ireland were 74 firkins Butter and 3,314 bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 32,877 packages Butter and 4,202 bales
short
tn r Tthhee
dseumppalnides,
porfinfeoarwe iegrne
gße
nuetrt rl
yb
welleing ms a
it i lnl t
ariantehde r;
buthloeodkethalgerfsortalkoewveeres shortly' very sparingly
for immediate consump-
tion,Dutch 130 s to
prices
1325, The Bacon market ruled slow, with little alteration to
notice in prices.
Butter, per cwt. L . I Cheese, per cwt. : R. a.
Dorset ~, 150 to 152 Cheshire ........ 64 to 84
Friesland l3O 134 I Dble. Gloucester 70 76
Jersey
Fresh, per doz l5 17 I American ...... 50 64
Bacon, per cwt. : I Hams; York .. 104 110
Wiltshire B2 84 I Cumberland .... 104 110
Irish, green, f.o.b BO 88 I Irish ...... 98 112
HAY.

WufTECHAPEL, Saturday, May 6.—There was a good sup.
ply of hay and straw on sale. With a fair trade, prices
remain firm as follows: Prime Clover, 100 s. to 160 s. ; inferior
85s. to 955. Prime meadow hay, 908. to 13L; interior, 553.
0 755. Btraw, 853. to 483. per load.

PICTURE 6 FRAMED
~„uet hespf•st and Best Mouldings.

A NEW SFLk.CTION OF PATTERNS,
Best English Gold Work.
OXFORD FRIMMS, IN OAR

17 r I•o'i9i.rd, -tun, 44. -.4,

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Coiored and Plain Pictures.
SCRAPIA AD CUT-OUT RELIEFS.

ARCHER C LARKE,

TIII4 OXFORD 71dAMING DILPOT,

71, .bIQJI STRUT, STOLTBRIDGE.

MILLINERY: HOSIERY, DRAPERY
lan

HABERDASHERY ESTABLISHMENT,

126, HIGH-STREET, STOTIRBRIDGE.

I%IRB. TIET .
k CILIFF
VV

fiegs to inform the Ladies of Stourbridge and District
that sho has taken to the above premises, and bas
ro-openad them after extensive alterations, with a Choice
Stock of
LICE, RIBBONS, VELVETS, FEATHERS,
FLOWERS, BONNET SHAPES, &c., ke.

Mrs. W. C. hopes by strict personal attention to
business to meri a share of public patronage.

STRAW BONNETS CLEANED, DYED. AND

ALTERED TO ANT SHAPE.

R. THomsoN,

D RAPER AND CLOTHIER

14 & 15, HAGLEY-STREET,
BTOUBBBIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

4:ocal itab ristrlct Pius,

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekl3 meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were present :—Messrs- H. Biliinghain, Rhodes
Uuest, Cole, Forrest, Baker, Wood, Haskew,
Chambers. Brooks, Hiugley, and Perizer. Ad-
mitted into the house ; discharged 5; born 0;
dead 1; remaining 309; corresponding week last
year, 301 ; Out-door relief, Kingswinford dis-
trict £22 18s 10U; Stourbridge district £lO 158
; liaiesowen district, £l5 17s ; non resi-
dnt paupers, .21 Oa 2d ; total £5O 113 3d;
against ..E54 17s id last year.
The death rate for the Worcestershire portion
of the parish wis 24 per 1,000, for the btatlhrd-
attire 20 per 1,000. Mr. Duuu, Medical Officer,
reported that there had been several CtiSeb ut
typhoid fever and one death.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

THE ECLIPSE

SAUCE.
IT ECLIPSES ALL THE CHEAP SAUCES.
TRY IT.
In bottles at 6(1., Is. and 2s. each.
•

M INUFACTCRED 11Y

CHARLES MORRIS, READING,
and sold retail by all Groccrs and Oilmen.

GOUT AND RHEIDIATISM.—Tho ox-
cruciating pa:n of Gout or Rheumatism quickly
removed and cured itt a If, w days by that edict-traced
Mediciiie, BLAIII'S 60E31' and. iti11i.:53...1.1 IC PILLS.
They r. qui,•,i 1,0 Fr.,trai,q,-fdictor cAafl-ement duriiig
their use and are certain to prevent the disease atta.:k.
ng any vital part.
bold by all Chemists at is. lid, aLZ 2s. 91. per box.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

: e

MADE OF IRON!

•
The Madrid Correspondent of the _Mats writes as
follows . • -
"The Prince of Wales is a man of iron. Here where
the lives of private and of public personages can be.
studied and followed about as closely as those of fishes
in an aquarium, we give up the task of tracking the
fE
Heir Apparent o-ngland. He exhausts us. We
weary of following even with our eyes alone the
motions of a man who is ahsolutely indefatigable.
. . . The Prince attended .a' tiresome review on
Wednesday, under a sun whcch mortal man could
scarcely support. Upon the same evening he was pre-
sent at a redoubtable diner cretiquelte, followed by an
official tea. Next day he wasoff to. Toledo, a city of
the moyen age, preserved as if it had:tem under a-glass
case. Since then, the amount of Bight-seeing the Royal
party did there was enormous, and carriages had to be
requisitioned from all the country round to minister to
the visiting necessities of the distinguished party. At
nightfall the Royal cortege re-entered Madrid, partook
of a hurried dinner, and at 10 p.m. put in an appear-
ance at the theatre, where the audience rose to receive
them, while the grand orchestra struck up 'God Save
the Queen.' The curtain was then raised after a-delay
of more than an hour, borne by the •crowd' with no
more than a subdued impatience. At the close of the
third sot the Prince quitted the theatre, not because
he was bored, but because he was expected at a ball
given in his honour by the Duchess ot Fernand Nunez.
He entered the ball-room about half-an-hour after mid-
night. There were 850 guests present in the magnificent
salons of the Duchess. . . . The Prince appeared
highly pleased with the entertainment. He remained
at the Duke's house for three hours and a half, and
could, doubtless, have stayed longer but for the
Escurial trip, which claimed his presence in a few
hours. He danced only twice, once with the Duchess
of Fernand Nunez and once with the Duchess de la
Torre. At eleven o'clock in the day the train started
for the Escurial. It comprises a world of things
curious, and his Royal Highness seems to have had a
look at them all. Nobody else has ever to go through
half this show without crying mercy. The Prince
rushed to see everything and saw. Am I not right in
asserting that he is made of iron? From all we learn,
to-day (Saturday) will be as exhaustively occupied.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

A LONG SPEECH.

The longest speech on record is believed to have beeh
that made by Mr. de Cosmos, in the Legislature of
British Columbia, when a measure was pending whose
passage would take from a great many settlers their
lands. De Cosmos was in a hopeless minority. The
job has been held back till the eve of the close of the
Session; unless legislation was taken before noon of a
given day the act of confiscation would fail. The day
before the expiration of the limitation Be Cosmos got
the floor about 10 a.m., and begun a'speech against the
Bill. Its friends cared little, for they supposed that by
one or two o'clock he would be through, and the
Bill could be put on its passage. One o'clock came,
and De Cosmos was speaking still—hadn't more than
entered upon his subject. Two o'clock—he was
Baying "in the second place." Three o'clock—he pro-
duced a fearful bundle of evidence and insisted on read-
ing it. The majority began to have a suspicion of the
truth—he was going to speak till next noon and kill
the Bill. For a while they made merry over it, but,
as it came on to dusk, they began to get alarmd.
They tried interruptions, but soon abandoned them,
because each one afforded him a chance to digress and
gain time. They tried to shout him down, but that
gave him a breathing space, and, finally, they settled
down to watch the combat between strength of will
and weakness of body. They gave him no mercy.
No adjournment for dinner; no chance to do more
than wet his lips with water, no wandering from his
subject; no sitting down. Twilight darkened; the
gas was lit; members slipped out to dinner, n relays,
ang returned to sleep in squads, but Be Cosmos
went on. The Speaker, to whom he was addressing
himself, was alternately dozing, snoring, and tryina
to look wide awake. Day dawned, and the majority
slipped out in squads to wash and breakfast, and the
speaker still held on. It can't be said it was a Tery
logical, eloquent, or sustained speech. There were
digressions in it, repetitions also. But still the speaker
kept on ; and at last, noon came to a baffled majority,
lived with rage and impotence, and a single man who
was triumphant, though his voice had sunk to a husky
whisper, his eyes were almost shut, and were bleared
and bloodshot, his legs tottered under him, his baked
lips were cracked and smeared with blood. De Cognacs
had spoken twenty-six hours, and saved the settlers
their lands !
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

PEEL'S FIRST LESSONS IN ORATORY,

"There were always great hopes of Peel among us
all, masters and scholars," writes Byron, who was his
schoolfellow, and "he has not disappointed them."
But not many knew, when the brilliant orator first
startled the public now long and how thoroughly
he had been trained. His was no chance success.
The foundations had been laid deep and firm. While
Peel wal yet a chitd of tender years, not more than
two or three, as we learn from the Memoirs of tho
Dean of York—his father, having been knighted,
and finding himself rising daily in wealth and con-
seqnence, and believing that money, in those days,
could always command for a respectable man a seat in
Parliament, determined to bring up his son expressly
for the House of Commons. To this end the father
would set his child on the table, and say, "Now Robin,
make a speech, and I will give you this cherry "—or
whatever the prize might be. What few words the little
fellow could produce were applauded, and applause,
stimulating exertion, produced such effect that before
Robin was ten years old he could readily address a pro-
miscuous company with a considerable degree of elo-
quence. As he grew up his father took him every Sunday
into his private room, and made him repeat, as well as
he could, the sermon which had been preached on that
day. Little progress was,made at first, and little was
expected; but by steady perseverance the habit of
attention and retention grew powerful, and at length
the sermon was repeated almost verbatim. When, at
a distant day from that, the statesman, remembering
accurately the speech of an opponent, answered, with-
out notes, his arguments in correct succession, it was
little known how the power of so doing had been
originally acquired at Drayton Church.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

SCOTCH ENDOWMENTS FOR
EDUCATION.

An influential deputation, including Sir E.
Colnbrook, the Earl of Elgin, Mr. Grant Duff.
Sir W. S. Maxwell, and others waited on the
Duke of Richmond, the Home Secretary, and
Lord Advocate on Thursday to urge early action
on the part of the Government with reference to
Scotch endowments for educational purposes.
Mr. Cross, after hearing the deputation; said
the bubjeet must not be allowed to remain on
the table of the House of Commons, but there
was no prospect of being able to deal wi h it
this session. He hoped next year Government
would be in a position to deal satisfactorily with
Lt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

PUBLIC NOTICES.

THE UNION ASSESSMENT COMM( l'S

STOURBRIDGE UNION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY riIVEN, that tLe
Assessment Committee of the Stourbridge Union
will bold a Mestiog, for hearing Ohj .ctions to the
VALUA'I lON LISTS of the several Parshes in the
said Union, at the Workhouse, at Kingswinford. on
Friday, the 2nd day of June, 1876, at Half-past leven
o'clock in the Forenoon, and henceforth on the first
Friday in every month, at the same place and hour
during the remaindar of the current year, ending March,
1877

Any person who shall have reason to think himself
ag4rlevcd by the said Lists, on the ground of inequality,
unfairness, or incorrectness in the valuation of any
hereditaments included therein, or on the gr.‘uuds of
the omission of any rateable hereditainenis trona such
Lists, must, seven days at least befoie the ilay appointed
for such meeting, give to the Committee anu to the
Overseers notice in writing of his objection thereto, and
the particular causes and grounds thereof must also be
stated and specified in such notice of appeal.
Dated this 28th day of April, 1876.
GEO. HOLLOWAY,
Clerk to the said Assessment Committee,
No. 1, Church Street, Stourbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

THE LYE.

LTII AND WOLLEBCOTE BURIAL BoAßD.—This newly
constituted Board held its first meeting on Tuesday
evening last, at the Lye Institution. Mr. Stephen
Albert Brooks was appointed chairman and Mr. Samuel
Mobberley vice-chairman for the current year. Mr.
Edward Westland Bernard, solicitor, Stourbridge, was
appointed clerk, and Mr. Thomas, manager of the Stour-
bridge and Kidderminster Bank, treasurer of the Board.
—Mr. Thomas fill, one of the members of the Board
was requested to negotiate with the committee of the
Lye Institution (to which he was secretary) for the hire
of the room in which the meeting was held. The next
meeting was fixed for Tuesday, 23rd mat, at 7 p.m. at
the same place.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

The Corporation of London have, it is stated, invited
her Majesty to visit the City on the occasion of the enter-
tainmcnt to the Prince of Wales on the 19th inst.
The death is announced, in his 65th year, of Mr.
Georg 3 Henry Davis, LL.D., who for upwards of 20 years
held the office of secretary to the Religious Tract Society.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer acknowledges in
Me Times (as "Conscience Money ") the receipt of the second
halves of bank-notes, amounting to £5O, from "S. D.
The ribbon trades of Coventry are in a very de-
pressed state : and it is asserted that there has not been such
a slackness of work for years. The various branches of the
watch trade are also in a very unsatisfactory condition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

TEMPERANCE WORK.

The annual meeting of the Church of England Tem-
perance Society was held on Monday in the Library of
Lambeth Palace, the Duke of Westminster occupying
the chair during the first poram of the meeting,
owing to the temporary absence of the Archbishop of
Canterbury. A lengthy', detsiled report of the work of
the society, which is carried on mainly by educational,
social, and legislative agencies, was read by the key.
A. Saront, who also stated that their income had in-
creased id three years from £7OO to £7,223.
thet.Diike of Westminster said that, c-widering the
society had been in operation so short a time, the
results were highly satisfactory. Only recently he had
ben inclueedlO-liibte intö thETiiiittei, but having donk
so he was convinced that it was one of the vital ques-
tions of the day, and if others would do as he had done
and go into details a littlethe,y would likewise be
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hitherto done in dealing with the evil. (Hear, sear.)
He felt thatlit was ii.the hinds of the landlords of
England to do much to check intemperance, for many
of the evils arose from the facilities given to drink
throughout the country. In London, the landlords'
might do as he had:flonc--,viz., make it a point of con-
sidering, as their-publichnifseS became empty, the wants
of the district as regards them, and if there were
too many' or ' they were not necessary, closing
them.. -(Applause.) There would -be more chili-
culty in thus dealing with them in the country. but
..still by the landlords interposing the harm might be
considerably lessened. He should be very glad to see
further restrictions placed upon the opening of public.
houses, on Sunday and during the week, and to this
end they should sndeavour to create a strong public
opinion. The principle of restriction was admitted—
it was only a question of degree, and then would come!
- the question of counter attractions. Considerable.
steps to this end had been made in London. They had
their Café Companies and street stalls, but what was
wanted was more in the shape of reading rooms and
houses upon the Gottenburg principle. (Hear, hear.)
The report was adopted on the motion of the Bishop
of Lichfield, as was a resolution congratulating the
Church Temperance Society on its success. The
Archbishop of Canterbury arrived during the progress
of the meeting, and spoke in support of the object for
which it was convened. A vote of thanks to the
Archbishops for their help and advocacy was carried,
on the motion of Sir Harcourt Johnstone, M.P.,
seconded by Canon Hopkins.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

HALES OWN.

Assaf:riff CAss.—At the Police Court, on Tuesday, be-
fore Messrs F. L Smith, H. Howard, IC. Phillips, and
J. Watson, Samuel Dingley was charged with assaulting
John Dingley on the sth inst. From the evidence of
complainant it appeared that the defendant was father
to complainant and he had left home in consequence of
SDUIS dispute on the above date. The defendant asked
his son how it was that he had been talking about him
when complainant struck him and he was obliged to
strike again in self defence.—Joseph Boyd said that he
saw the defendant strike the complainant. The defence
was that his son the complainant first struck him and he
left home, and raised some false reports about him and
they fought. The case was dismissesl.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY —Timothy Crane was charged
with being drunk and disorderly on the 24th ult.—Police-
constable Turner proved the case and said the defendant
was very abusive. Pleaded guilty. Fined 2s 6d and
costs.—Eli Willetts was charged with being drunk on the
29th ult.—Superintendent Kemp proved the case and
said he found the defendant lying on the road at the
corner of Church Street. He got assistance and got him
up. Fined 21 6d and costs.
FACTORY Aar CASE.—William Wharton that he being
the father of Alfred Wharton did wilfully and knowingly
neglect to sand his son to school contrary to the Wor

shop Act.—Mr. Brewer proved the case and said he had
had great difficulty in detecting the defendant and had to
get over a wall. Fined lOs and costs.
CAUTION TO CARTERS.—WiIIiam Holloway was chargyd
with riding in a cart without having reins on the sth list.
Police-constable Barley proved the case and said the de-
fendant had charge of two horses and had no reins, and
was riding in the cart. Fined 5s and costs; in default
14 days. •
CAUTION TO DOO OWNERS.—Sampson Andrews Was
charged with allowing a ferocious dog to be at large on
the 37d inst.—Kate Downing said that the dog ran after
her and caught her by the dress and she ran away, or he
would have bitten her.—Frederick Pugh, Police-constable
Dennant, and William Baker gave evidence to the effect
that on several occasions the dog ran at them and tried
to bite them.—Mr. Hayes defended and said the dog was
perfectly quiet unless persons threw at him. Defendant
was ordered to tie the dog up and pay costs, and defend-
ant was told that for every day the dog was at large he
would be fuel 10a per day.—Mr. Hayes said the deg
should be tied up in futura.
PASSINQ TAROUOn A TOLL BAft WITLIOUT PAYING.—
Richard Underhill was charged by Elizabeth Perrens
with passing throngh the Quinton bar with a horse and
cart without paying the usual toll. Complainant said the
defendant passed through the gate with a horse and cart
on the 25th ult. She. hooted after him and defendant
refused to stop.—The defence was that no one was at the
gate to demand toll and he passed through the gate 4
times the same week withoat paying toll. The Bench
remarked that he had baen very fortunate and was
fined 101 and costa, and ordered to pay 64 toll.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

DI) DLBY.

NEGLECT OF A CHILD.—On Saturday afternoon, Mr.
J. Watts, deputy-coroner, resumed the enquiry as to
the death of Soleil Inn Carter, aged eleven months, the
4/ugh oc of a pit-sinker named .tteuben Carter, of Old
Street, Kate's Hill. The child was said to have died
from neglect, and the jury determined upon having a
post-mortem examination. Mr. M. Allen, surgeon, said
ne had made the examination, and found the child in a
very emaciated condition, but there were no marks of
violence. The sores on the child were such as would
follow an attack of chicken-pox on a debilitated person.
The brain, heart, lungs, spleen, and liver were healthy.
'The stomach was healthy, and had in it about doz. of
milk and farinaceous food. In his opinion the child
(lied from exhaustion from the want of assimilation of
the food with the child's body. He could not say to the
c intrary but that the child had died from natural causes.
Had it been kept c.ean it would have had a better
chance —Mr. Mesiitter, surgeon, concurred with the
above evidence.—The Coroner summed up, and showed
that whilst the child had died from natural causes, the
father was not the parent he ought to have been. Many
of the jury knew the man, and his character, but they
must clamiss that from their minds, and return a verdict
in accordance with the evidence. The Coroner then re-
ferred to the fact that the mother of the child, at the
confinement, had neither surgeon nor midwife, and what
wig really more important to the community was the fact
that eight persons had continually slept in one small
room; and that, too, with the corpse in it. Steps
loeld be taken to prevent inch an occurrence being
r-peeted.—lteuben Carter, the father, was recalled, arid
:winitted that he had spoken of the enquiry in another
pubae-lhaise, and that one or two jurymen's names had
Ii u mentioned. Ms sister, too, had " blacguarded
one of the jury.—Chief-superintendent Burton said the
officers at Kate's Hill would take all needful steps to pro-
tect the jury against anyone interfering with them.—file
jury then returned a verdict of "Death from natural
causes ; " but requested the Coroner to censure the
father, and this Mr. Watts did, pointing out to Carter his
inhumanity in not keepuig the child clean and will
attended to just before its death, and his folly in remain-
ing in such lodgings, where eight people had to sleep in
one Iroool.

Mr. Miller, the postmaster, died on Monday morning,
after about two months' suffering. Mr. Miller, who hag
been iu Dudley nearly three years, was previously post-
master at Sheffield.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

RAVAGES OF YELLOW FEVER.

Mr. Wishart, mate of the barque Kate of
Dundee, in a letter to a relative, gives an ac-
count of the fearful ravages of yellow fever
amongst English crews at Rio Janeiro. The
Kate lost four of her crew. Mr. Wishart says
the seamen all around them were dying. Two
hundred English sailors had died in the hospital,
besides many other seamen of different nation-
alities. Some ships had lost all their hands.
fhere were three captains and one mate dead
belonging to vessels lying next the Kate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-13

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS AS
4--aq Iwo" U IL X /Y 1 .

The Pall Mall Gazette remarks :—" Among manl
o her classes of men- engaged in business to whom till
duty imposed on them by law of serving on juries ii
productive of the most serious inconvenience commer
cial travellers are much to be pitied. Their grievance
in this respect have been brought before the House o
Commons in the form of a petition from the secretarl
and late secretary of the Irish Commercial TravellerE
Association, in which is pointed out the "special in
justice" of and objections to the compelling cornmer
cial travellers to serve on juries, as from their yes
vocation they are obliged to be constantly travellinl
at considerable distances from the place of assize. Th
remuneration of the commercial traveller is, the pet
tioners urge, dependent upon his continuous trar
ling,..atd his position is frequently_ iniperilled.byth
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being detained from hie engagements by attendance
on juries, which is thus made a special grieyance
to him. Important contracts are, moreover, at
times dependent upon commercial travellers being
at great distances from the place of assize, and
the important mercantile interests they represent are
proportionately affected by their being compelled to
remain at home for the purpose of attending as jurors.
The House of Commons is therefore requested favour-
ably to consider the claims of the Irish commercial
travellers to exemption in futon from serT;ng on
juries. There cannot Fe a doubt that the present
system of impressing as jurors men whose hearts are
far away from the jury box in the hour cf tiial is open
to many objec' inns, and at some future day it will pos-
sibly be discovered that there are many persons with
no occupations of a private or public nature to disturb
their thonzh4 a who might with advantage to themselves
and the public undertake the duty now performed
with great unwillingness and often at serious h.ss Ijtr
the more actively employed.