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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

BURIAL OF THE BRITISH FLAG.

The Transvaal Argus of the 6th of August contains
a long account of a ceremony which took place on the
3rd in Pretoria. A number of Englishmen there had
decided to "commit to the earth the emblem of their
country's greatness." This was regarded as " a solemn
and emphatic protest against the treatment which
British subjects and the British flag has received
at the hands of the British Government." It was
resolved that the funeral should take place as
nearly as pessible at the time when it was expected
that the Convention would be signed. It was ar-
ranged that the public should meet on the Market
Square at half-past two, and that the procession
should start from the front of the European Hotel at
about three p.m. A vehicle draped with black was
provided, drawn by two horses, clothed in sables.
Inside the carriage a raised platform was placed to
receive the coffin, upon the lid of which the following
inscription was placed :—" In Loving Memory of the
British Flag in the Transvaal, who Departed this
Life on the 2nd August, 1881. in her. Fifth Year.
'ln other climes none knew thee but to love thee.
Resurgam." The coffin which contained the flag was
placed upon the platform provided, amidst the
deepest silence and the uncovered heads of the
people assembled. The site chosen for the grave
was close to Government House, where the Royal
Commission and the Boer representatives were
engaged in signing the Convention. There were
about three hundred and fifty white people
who followed the hearse, and a large number of
Kaffir chiefs and tiieir retinue also fell in, making the
total number about six hundred in the procession. A
very large nunilivr of persons, including many ladies,
were assembled at the grave. Arrived at the spot,
the coffin was taken from the hearse and lowered into
, the place prepared for it with the greatest reverence
and decorum, and an oration was delivered alluding
to the glories associated with the British flag for a
thousand years—a flag now "laid low in the dust,
wounded to the heart by an unkind thrust, shorn of a
portion of her honour." At the head of the grave was
placed a tombstone bearing the same inscription as
that on the coffin.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION.

The number of immigrants arriving at N'ew York
duzing September was 34,355, against 25,013 in
845„,ptember last year. The total since January is
4,832, against 252,700 during the same period of last
Year.

Of the September arrivals over 14,000 were German,
al7oo Sciiiairtavisms, nearly 1,000 Swiss, 600 French,
(1,100 English, 3,90E1 Irish, I,SOO Scotch, over 600
RUA isms, and 800 Italians.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

Jones.—William Twigg, a collier, said that before -
he let Vie defendant's nouse, before eleven o'clock
he paid fo- six quarts of ale and sent Mrs. Jones for
it aud it One out before closing. time. The ale
went to Mr. Jones and he helped to drink some of
it. He left Jones's house and was going home
when he heard someone in Motterham s house and
went in. He told Mrs. M.ott-rham to fetch the ale
which he hal left fr Jones's.—Elizabeth Jones
said that the last witness told her to go into the de-
fendant's house for six quar.s of ale. She fetched
it helot— closing time and took it to her home.
Twigg also ctme to the house and had some of it
Ito drink. Twigg shortly left the house and Mrs.
Motterham came for the ale which was left. She
put some ale out of a bottle into a can and Motter-
ham left with it.—Mary Motterha,m said that she
had the beer from Mrs. Jones's and not from the
defendant's, as stated by the officers.—Mr. Evans
said be did not know about the ale being filled.
Whilst he was in Motterham's house he was asked
to supply th >in with ale but he refused to do so
and Twigg then sent Mrs. Motterham to Jones's to
fetch some.—Defendant was fined 40s. and costs.—
Mr. Waldron gave notice of appeal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

DROUGELT IN CANADA.

Whilst we have been suffering from heavy rain, the
drought in Canada has been of grievous importance
(says Land and Water). From the Colonies we learn
that, with the exception of a few local showers, no
rain had fallen in Ontario for about six weeks. The
country was parched up, and dangerous bush fires
were raging in all directions, damaging barns and
farmhouses, and even threatening towns and villages.
Cattle had to be driven for miles to water, of pasturage
there is none, fruit is dried up, shrivelled, and lacks
flavour. Prayers were being offered up in all the
churches for the blessing of rain. Strange to say, in
Novia Scotia and the maritime provinces the harvest
has suffered from excess of rain, but westward of the
city of Quebec the drought commences. .I.\ o less
than twenty-five cents were charged for a pail of
water, whilst in Chatham Town water cost five cents
per glass.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

THE HERRING HARVEST.

"About 100 boats entered Whitby Harbour the other day
with catches of herrings ranging from 5,090 to 40,000 per
boat. The total quantity was enormous, and special trains
bad to be put on to get it away."—Standard.
Oh, merry is the herring that swims within the sea,
And gallant is the Whitby lad that brings the fish to me;
He sails from off a stormy coast, where ancient legends

say
The sea-birds dip their wings above Saint Hilda's shrine

each day ;
He battles with the fierce north wind, and with the rest-

less foam,
And dares a thousand dangers till he brings the herring

home!
Oh, dainty is the herring that lies upon the dish,
When fresh, the gourmet owns it is a very welcome fish
For nerrings smoked a hungry man will surely thank his
host,
And well the Garrick diners know the bloater's roe on toast.
A health then to the Yorkshiremen who sail from Whitby

Pier, '
And may their harvest of the sea be plentiful this year.
—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

LOCAL RATES.

26. It shall be lawful for every tenant of a holding
to deduct three-fourths of any rate levied in respect
of his holding by any local authority and paid by
him from the rent next due in respect of such holding ;
provided that this section shall not apply to any
contract of tenancy for a term of years made before
the passing of this Act ; but it shall apply to ten-
ancies from year to year, or at will, after the 29th
September, 1883.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

SIR ALEXANDER GALT ON MANITOBA.

Sir Alexander Galt, the High Commissioner for
Canada in London, was entertained at a banquet in
Winnipeg, on the Bth of September. In the course of
his speech he stated that although he came prepared
to see that the country had made rapid strides in its
development, yet its actual progress far exceeded his
expectations. He had been prepared for a degree of
monotony in the appearance of the prairie, in the
absence of timber, and in the sameness of the
journey day after day which would be dis-
heartening, but the reality was entirely dif-
ferent. He saw a beautiful country with grassy
slopes, covered here and there by groves of trees not
planted by the hand of man,
.The beauty of the
scenery surpassed anything of which he had any con-
ception. He was not only delighted with the appear-
ance of the country and the fertility of the soil, but
was struck with the oontentment that seemed generally
to prevail. Wherever farms had been taken up the
new settlers exhibited a marked satisfaction, and he
did not meet any one in the 500 miles of his travel
who complained of the country or the climate. He
also spoke of the rapid construction of the Canadian
Pacific Railway as an important factor in the settle-
ment of the country, and expressed his strong belief
in the great future af the Canadian North-West
Territories.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

HALE SOWEN.

ALLEGED Li TTEMPTED RAPE.—At the Police
Court on Tuesday, before Messrs. F. D. Lea
Smith and E. B. Phillips, John Pearson (28),
miner, of Old Hill, was charged with assaulting
Phcebe Hill with intent to ravish.—Mr. W. 0. C.
Addison prosecuted. Prosecutrix said she was a
married woman living in Oatmeal Row, Black-
heath. Between nine and ten o'clock on the night
of the 21st ult she was raturning home from Row-
ley Wake, with her two children, and when near
Rowley station bridge she met the defendant, who
threw her down and indecently assaulted her. She
screamed and defendant got off her and ran away.
One of the children was thrown on some stones and
severely cut, and both of the children had since
been under the care of Dr. Beasley.—Police-con-
stable Knowles said he took the defendant to
prosecutrix's house on the 26th ult she immediately
recognised the raan.—Harry Blackwell, signal—
man at Rowley station said that on the evening in
question prosecutrix passed him near the station
and he heard some sceams of "Let me alone or I'll
make it hot for you. The defendant pleaded not
guilty and called a witness who stated that he was
with the defendant from 8 o'clock till 11 o'clock on
the night in question, and at the time the prose-
' cutrix swore to bun committing the assault the de-
fendant was at Old Hill.—The case was dismissed:
STEALING A WATCH.—David Grove (13), blower,
of Long Lane, Blackheath, was charged with steal-
ing a silver watch. value £4, the property of
Thomas Cox. also of Long Lane, on the 20th ult.—
Prosecutor said the watch was safe in the house on
the 19th ult. and on the 22nd ult. he missed it from
a box on the shelf.—Police-constable Knowles said
from informatioa received he went to the boy's
home and received the watch from his father, who
told him the boy had given it to him. He subse-
quently apprehended the boy, who, on being charged
with stealing the watch, admitted his guilt,—The
boy was ouWred to have 12 strokes with the birch
rod.
A CauTioN.—Mcshach Hackett, ironmonger, o
Blackheath, was summoned to show cause why the
sum of £2O, as Tecognisances entered into by him
on the 31st of May, should not be estreated.—lt
as shown that the defendant had since been con-
victed for an assault, and he was now fined 20,
and c ,sts, with the alternative of one mon'h's im-
prisonment.
NOCle,' NT:IV MUSIC HALL.—On Wednesday last,
Miss Lizzie Kirk, the pianist of this new and
popular Hall, took her benefit. Mr. R. G. Gold-
smith, of th, Museum, Birmingham, honoured the
place by his presence enhancing the entertainment
by bringing a bust of talent with him, which he
ably c naucted. cheers being given for him, the
proprietor (Mr. Nock), the manager (Mr. Percy
Della), and the worthy Mrs. Nock (proprietress of
the establishment. The benefit was a great
euce.2tß.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

APARTMENTS WANTED. A young
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

SUPPLIED

LUIDG-ATE HILL.

WEST.END

25, OLD BOND

ES rABLIsHMENT—

STREET,

ESTA.I3I. i3l-IED 1749.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

TITHE REICT-CHARGE.

27. It shall be lawful for every tenant of a holding
to deduct the amount of the ordinary tithe rent-charge
which shall have been paid by him from the next rent
due in respect of such holding, provided that this sec-
tion shall not apply to any contract of tenancy for a
term of years made before the passing of this Act, but
it shall apply to tenancies from year to year, or at will,
after the 29th September, 1883.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

NEW PEERAGES,

The London Gazette of Sept. 30 announces that the
Queen has directed the issue of letters patent con-
ferring the dignity of Baron of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland on the following :
William Montagu, Marquis of Tweeddale, by the
name of Baron Tweeddale, of Yester, in the county of
Haddington ; William Mick Tristram, Earl of Howth,
by the title of Baron Howth, of Howth, in the county
of Dublin; Donald James, Baron Reay, under the
name of Baron Reny, of Dorness, in the county of
Sutherland; Sir Harcourt Vanden Bempede-john-
stone, Bart., by the title of Baron Derwent, of Hack-
ne,s, in the North Riding of York; Sir Henry James
Tufton, Bart., under the name of Baron Hothtield, of
Hothfield, Kent, and Sir Dudley Coutts 11ajoribanks,
Bart., who aszumes the title of Baron Ti,veedmouth,
of Edington, in the county of Berwick.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

THE HARVEST IN MANITOBA.

The Montreal Correspondent of the Daily News says
that the harvest in Manitoba is very abundant. The
average yield of grain is extraordinarily high. The
average of wheat per acre is twenty-eight bushels, or
ten bushels higher than the highest average ever
reached in Minnesota, which is the best wheat growing
State.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

BRIERLEY HILL.

BREACH or 125 PFacs.—At the Police Court, on
Mon ay, before Messrs. 11. Hall and 11. Sin th,
Allred Smith, of Dudley Wood, and Stephen St ttt,
of Dudley Street, Brierley Hill, were ehaiged eith
e,eamitting 1 reach of the peace on th 24th ult
l'olice-constable Buckley proved that they were
fighting toget'ier in Dudley Street, Brierley
They w,•re each fined Bs, with the alternative cf 7
&ye.— Joseph Chsllingsworth and Wm. Griffiths
were charged with committing a breach of th
peace on the 26th ult. The ca,7e was proved and
d-feniants were bound over in their own recognis-
anees of £lO and one surety of V"). to keep the peace
for a x months, and also to pay the costs. Four
men n oiled Grainger, Waltere, Babbs. and Granger
were charged with aiding and abetting the two
former defendants in fighting. The summonses
were withdrawn on defendants paying costs, 8s
each.

ASSAULT.—WiIIiam 'Wilton, of Wor&ley, was
fined lOs and costs, with the Alternative of 14 days'
imprisonment, for committing an assault upon Jos.
6tewart, on the 25th utt.

DRUNTLZNNISEL —lsaiah Reece, puddler, Common
Side, Punsnett, was fined 2s 6d and costs for being
dru,..k and ilsorderly at Peusnett, on the 26th ult.
Police-constable ilicklin proved the case,—Emma
Bus,l-he,e, of New Street, Wordsley, was charged
wi.h drurik and di, crde:ly 'ou the 21st nit,
I', lice-constable Evaus stated that defendant was
druok and nuking use of becl btaguago, aed kad a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.

One of the most extensive fires known on the south
side of London for many years broke out shortly
before noon on Sunday on the ',remises of Messrs.
Clarke and Sons, floor-cloth nanufacturers of Neate-
street, Camberwell. The establishment was part
of an immense block of buildings adjacent to the
Surrey Canal and in the midst of a thickly-
populated neighbourhood. A man who was passing
along at a quarter before twelve o'cicck observed
smoke issuing from the centre of the floor-cloth
manufactory, which was a wooden structure,
of considerable dimensions, being about SOO feet long,
100 feet high, and 100 feet wide, and was entirely
filled with floor cloths hanging from the roofs of the
various storeys of the building, and of the most in-
flammable nature. There were also store-rooms,
counting-houses, and carer premises attached to the
manufactory. Almost as soon as an alarm could be
given the whole of the timber building was in flames,
and nothing could exceed the panic which set in on the
part of the poor people, whose houses were on a line
with the burning manufactory. In consequence
of the great quantity of oil, paint, and other in-
flammable materials used in the manufacture of oil-
cloth, the heat from the mass of fire was so great
that the inmates of the houses could scarcely venture
to make their way into the street to endeavour
to save their furniture by a hasty removal to some
place out of the reach of the flames. So rapid was
the progress of the fire, that in about ten minutes
from the time the first alarm was given the whole of
themanufactory was burnt out, and the roof of
the building fell, one portion of it into the road-
way in front. The first engine arrived in about
eight minutes, but all that could be done was
to save the surrounding premises. This engine
was tollowed by ten other steam and three manual
engines; and in less than two hours from the outbreak
of the fire it was entirely subdued, but not before it
had done considerable injury to the adjacent buildings.
Captain Shaw, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade,
and Superintendent Hamlyn were on the spot, and
directed the operations of the firemen, they being
assisted by a strong body of police, consisting of
an inspector, five sorgeants, and 73 constables.
The poor people who were burnt out were kindly
taken into the tomes of the neighbourhood,
and what furniture they were able to save was
deposited in a timber-pard near to the place. During
the afternoon the seine of the fire was visited by
thousands of persons.

During the whole of Monday water was poured
upon the ruins caused by the destructive fire, and there
was every prospect that the brigade would be engaged
won the place for some days. The ground which on
Sunday morning was covered with three substantial
buildings is now half an acre of blackened ruins,
filled with numberless rolls of half-destroyed oil-
cloth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

THE SERVIAN HARVEST.

The Austrian Consuls in Servia report that the
results of the harvest this year in that principality
are extremely unfavourable. Not more than half as
much as the crops of last year have been gathered in
this year's harvest. This serious failure is attributed
partly to destructive frosts, and partly to the wide
prevalence of blight.
From Roumania the reports are very much to the
same effect as those referring to Servia.
In most parts of Moldavia and Wallachia the yield
is not half the average.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

OUR KNOWLEDGE OF STORMS AT

SEA.

If all merchant vessels afloat in the North Atlantic
were to record one observation at a fixal and uniform
hour each day, and if these observations were char-
tered in position for each day, we should have a
synchronous and synoptic picture of what was going
on over the whole of the North Atlantic. With such
charts for one year it would probably be possible to
satisfactorily determine the true shape of a storm, and
at the same time to track all that occurred—and pos-
sibly explain the beginning and end of a storm, about
which we at present absolutely know nothing. Thus
we might hope to obtain the solution of many a vexed
question, such as whether oi not storms travel across
the Atlantic from the American waters to Europe ;
and by a study trf the conditions over Europe. prior to
the arrival of a gale, we might be able in future to
foretell storms with greater certainty and perhaps with
longer notices than at present. —Nautical Magazine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES.

In London, on Friday in last week, a practical
demonstration of the powers of Dick's chemical fire
engines to arrest fires in their early stages was given,
the experiments being made by permission of the City
Lands Committee on vacant ground near the Thames
Embankment. Mr. James Sinclair, of Leadenhall•
street, in explaining the trial to which the engines
would be put, remarked upon the importance of deal-
ing with the fire before it had got hold of a building.
Great fires were rarely put out, but about 90 pet Lent.
of the fires that broke out were discovered early
enough to be extinguished if only the means were ready
at hand.
The extincteur "Fire Queen," with which an experi-
ment was first to be made, was filled with an innocuous
chemical containing a large proportion of carbonic
acid in its composition. At the top of the extincteur
and within was a bottle of sulphuric acid, and in order
to put the engine in readiness to extinguish a fire it
was only necessary, by giving a smart tap on a rod,
to break the bottle of sulphuric acid. As soon as this
was done carbonic acid was set free from the chemical
liquid, and a cock being turned the pressure of the
carbonic acid gas formed within the extincteur forced
the water out in a strong jet, the water carying with
it, a large quantity of carbonic acid.

The effect of the carbonic acid on a fire would be
seen by the almost instantaneous extinguishing of the
burning combustibles that were to be experimented
upon. A large pool of tar and petroleum was first set
on fire, and the flames put out in sixteen seconds.
The experiment was repeated and the fire extinguished
in ten seconds from the time the stream from an ex-
tincteur was directed upon it. Next a stack of boards
with shavings and sticks packed was sprinkled with
naphtha and lighted. Two extincteurs had been
placed each one hundreds yards away. The fire having
been lighted, men ran to these little portable engines,
prepared them for use, and returning began to play
upon the fire. It was put out in twenty-six seconds. The
experiment was repeated, the fire allowed.to get snore
hold, and then again put out, the second time within
30 seconds after the stream of water and carbonic acid
was directed upon it. The third trial was made upon
a wooden shed containing shavings sprinkled with
petroleum. Three experiments were made, the time
taken in the extinguishing of the fire varying from 30
seconds to 1 minutes. In this experiment a some-
what larger chemical engine was used.

It was remarked after these fires had been put out
that so little water had been used that the ground did
not appear to be wet, while had the fire been put out
by an ordinary hand engine with water simply the
place would have been drenched.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

S. FIELD.

92, 111G.H.STREET, STOURBBIDGE

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmcs , Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Carts,
And ALL BINDS of PRINTING, in Black er
Coloured Inks

GENERAL PRINTER

STATIONERY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

THE DUTCH ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

A telegram received at Amsterdam from Hammer-
feat, in the extreme north of Norway, states that the
Dutch Arctic Expedition is in excellent health. Up
to the let of August the William Barents was able to
make its way through the ice, when on reaching
spot eighteen miles from the Jugor Straits it was at
length unable any longer to proceed. The Sea of
Kara is full of ice. The expedition is expected back
home in Amersdam in the middle of October.

A CURIOUS ELECTRICAL ACCIDENT.
The Paris Correspondent of The Times, in noticing the
Electrical Exhibition at Paris, gives the following:—
Yesterday a gentleman was leaning over a balus-
trade to examine an extremely interesting machine
of M. Christofle, when his gold chain made a con-
nexion between two conducting wires which hap-
pened to be exposed. His chain became red hot
and set fire to his waistcoat. To-day I had some
conversation with a gentleman who was nearly
killed the other day by a Brv.sh dynamo-elec•
tric machine. Part of the conducting wire was
not insulated and was lying on the floor. He touched
the stand of a lamp which formed part of the conduct.
big system. His body then formed a cminexion
through the ground to the naked wire, and contracted
his muscles so as to cause his hand to clench the lamp.
Ten lamps were in circuit at the titi:e and so int.ch
current was passed through him that eight of tlani
were extinguished. Hs was I)owerle6s to unclasp his
hand. Every muscle in his body was paralyzed. His
face was distorted; his lungs were so acted upon that
he could scarcely bnathe. He could only utter a
faint and unnatural cry. The workmen in the place
fled from the workshop, believing that some explosion
was about to happen. A friend came up and tried to
unlock his hand. It was impossible. tie then lifted
his legs from the ground. This broke the circuit and
his hands were released, while burning sparks flew to
his hands in the action of breaking the circuit. He
was insensible, but has since then greatly recovered,
and has devised an improvement to the lamp which
will prevent a recurrence of such an accident.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

AGLEY

ST ..)CK SAI th'.) sale on Mon !ay last there
1,17, supply of si;celti,f aIL kids, comprising
215 pigs,9l Fe: 8 of ship arcl lambs, 8 calves and
73 11:.-ad cf fnt end store ~att e. A lot of 49 2 year
id Ei•ect: fr :m Mr. T. Darby, 1v3:1.2y, sold pf.krttu -
la LY well, the best pen making 745.. a 11:,.a.:1-
whilst the avtrage of the lot was 70s. There was a
largc, aitendfince of Lir, e,s, Good pie s were
realised nrut.gho::t the sal:?.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

FUNERAL REFORM.

The Church of England Funeral and Mourning
Refoun Association held its third annual meeting on
Monday at Newcastle-on-Tyne. The Mayor of New-
castle presAed. The following suggestions, which
had been drawn up at a meeting of the Council held
at York under the Presidency of the Dean, were
confirmed :

"That the use of crape hat-bands, scatves, plumes,
and mourning coaches be dispensed with ; that there
be uniformity of mourning attire for men, dark clothes
for women—plain black dress without crape; that,
where possible, a bier on wheels be used, thus ena-
bling friends and relations to be the bearers ; that it
is desirable to avoid the use of metal coffins, vaults,
and brick graves; and that care be taken to give due
prominence to those Christian principles of faith and
hope which are contained in our Burial Service."

Soon after the meeting, the following telegram was
received from the Archbishop of Canterbury :—" I
will gladly become one of the presidents of the Church
Funeral and Mourning Reform Association."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

DETERIORATION.

11. Where a tenant has deteriorated a holding the
landlord may apply to the Court at any time on or
before the determination of the tenancy, and the
Court shall assess the amount of damage, if any, done
by the tenant, and order him to pay the amount
thereof, and if such deterioration be persisted in by
the tenant the Court may order the tenant to give up
possession of the holding to the landlord.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

SIR HENRY WOLFF ON TRADE.

Sir H. Drummond Wolff was present on Monday
night at the annual dinner of the Portsmouth Benefi-
cial Society, and spoke on the causes of the present
commercial depression. There had been much discus-
sion about commercial treaties with other nations,
and there was great distress among Bricish pro-
ducers. He was not in favour of legislating in a
panic or in haste, and it was necessary before they
entered upon it to consider what was the real condi-
tion of affairs. The prosperity of England had un-
doubtedly increased; in 1865 he found that the income of
the country—that was, the income that was assessed—
amounted to 095,000,000, and that in 1880 it had
risen to £587,800,000. There had been considerable
distress throughout the country during the last two
years, but he would not venture to state whether
it was due to faulty legislation or to a merely tran-
sitory state of things. After the German war there.
was great inflation in trade, which was followt4i. by
great distrust side by side with the agricultural dis-
tress and the diminution of trade. He did not think
that the distress and the depression in agriculture and
trade were wholly due to legislation. There had
been a succession of bad harvests, which was suffi-
cient to frighten agriculturists; but while he was not
in favour of legislating in a panic, he thought there
was something in the fiscal system of the country
which demanded the strictest inquiry. There had
been an inquiry into the agricultural depression of the
country, and he saw no reason why an inquiry into
the commercial depression of the country should not
be set on foot. He would like to see a Royal Commis-
sion instituted, so that they might have independent
evidence from men of ability, and thus learn
exactly where the shoe pinched. He considered that
the existing fiscal system was in some respects faulty;
many indirect taxes pressed heavily upon the
lower classes, while luxuries were allowed to go
almost untaxed. In this connexion he contrasted the
heavy duties which were paid upon tea, beer, and
tobocco, remarking, amid considerable interruption,
that cheap tobacco, which was really worth a
pound, paid a duty of 3s. 6d., while wine paid a duty
of only £l,: 76,000 upon £6,400,000. An enormous
duty was also raised from spirits, but as this was
mainly for police purposes he did not attach much
importance to it. He did not wish to lead them to
any particular conclusion, but to suggest a train of
thought as to what ought to be done.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

THE CHURCH CONGRESS AT NEW-
CASTLE.

The Church Congress was opened at Newcastle on
Tuesday by a sermon by the Bishop of Manchester.
The Mayor, who is a Nonconfoimist, formally wel-
comed those assembled as representing the Church of
England.
The Bishop of Durham, in his Presidential address,
said that although church rates had long ceased to
exist, the fabrics of our churches were never so nume-
rous or so well cared for. Having referred to the in-
crease of the Episcopate, the President dwelt upon
the great issues with which the Church of England
has to deal, in face of which their internal disputes
and dissensions must seem paltry and trifling ; and
said the Church was weakened as a spiritual organisa-
tion by want of unity.

The subject of the afternoon's discussion was "The
relation of the Church of England to Churches in
communion with her in Scotland, Ireland, America,
and the Colonies." _ _ _ _ _ _ _

The Bishop of Argyll and the Isles traced the rise
of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, and described
that Church as an almost identical but still, in some
respects, distinct body from the Church of England.
He suggested the restoration of the Metropolitan
office to Scotland, as likely to be conducive to greater
freedom of intercourse between the Episcopal Church
and the Church of England.
The Bishop of Meath, in a paper of a similar cha-
racter, defined the Irish Church as a sister Church to
the Church of England in a degree not shared by any
other Church in Christendom.
Bishop Mitchinson (late of Barbadoes), referring to
the American and Colonial Churches, said the former
shrank from everything which threatened to obliterate
its distinctiveness; nor, indeed, was greater uniformity
with the Church of England desirable. A constant
striving after uniformity had long been the bane of the
i
Church. The Colonial Church was n a transition
stage, but it still desired organic and visible unity
with the mother Church, while retaining full liberty
of action in reference to local circumstances.
Mr. J. Ffelliott, discussing the position of the II ish
Church, said it was a close hut not an absolute or
servile copy of the Church of England. The mem-
bers of it had changed nothing which was undisputed
in the Church of England, and had always aimed at
uniformity of spirit with that Church. In return he
truAed they would receive the fellowship and
sympathy of the Congress.
The Rev. Dr. Niven explained that the Church of
America, although shorn of all accidental relation,hip
with the Church of England, reposed upon absolutely
the same fundamental truths and doctrines.

At the evening sitting the Archbishop of York read
a paper on the attitude of the Church in regard to
Secularism, in which his Grace urged the Church to
bestir itself to combat the growing evil.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

The captain of a whaler arrived at San Francisco
from the Arctic Sea confirms the late report that a
wreck hal been seen by the natives far to the east-
ward, although nothing whatever has been ascertained
to identify the wreck. The captain of the whaler
advances the theory that the exploring vessel
Jeannette sought a north-east passage round North
America, and mentions as a thread of corroborative
evidence that the Indians who reported to him the
presence of a wreck to the eastward produced a new
brass kettle which had come from it, and which the
captain believes to be of American manufacture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-08

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A reunion of the Smith family is talked of. Should
it take place the railways would be taxed to their utmost
capacity in furnishing excursion trains to. transport the
masses bearing that eccentric name.
A Connecticut woman presented her son with a
bed quilt made of hair cult from her own head. It will go
down to posterity as a family hairloom.
A satirical husband was recently heard to say to his
Wife that if the will she left at death was as strong as the
will she engineered all through life no lawyer in Christendom
would be rash enough to attempt to break it.
The following is the way an editor would put it :
'Men may come and men may go,'" but "goodness defend
us from the man who domes but never goes."
- - -

"You make me think," John Williams said, drop-
p!ng on a .k)fa besidi a pretty giri list Sunday evening, "of
a bank whereon the wild thyme grows. "Da I, she
murmured ; "it is so nice, hut that is Pa's step in the hall,
and unless you can drop out of the window before I cease
speaking, you'll have a wild time with him, my own, for he
loves you not." Bls descent was rapid.

Said Mrs. Younghusband, "Chancy, why is it you
never talk with me as you did before we were married?
notice that you talk fast enough with other women."
"Dearest," replied Chaaley, without taking his eyes off his
newspaper, "don't you know that people talk to conceal
their thoughts? I have nothing to conceal from you, love."
In another moment he was deep in the stock market reports,
while something that sounded very much like " humbug "
trembled on the lips of Mrs. Younghusbaud as she slowly
left the room.

It takes a Western belle to speak her mind without
fear of consequences. One of these inevitable old bachelors
of society have been visiting one of these young ladies, and
when he rose to go he expressed himself as charmed with
her society, and hoped to see her soon again. " Oh, as to
that, sir," said the belle," since you are not a marrying
man, T think there is no need of your calling again ! So
that settled the matter.

"When we are married, Lucy," said the poor men's
son to the rich inan's.
drive in the Bois joromenade in the
St daurhter, "our honeymoon shall be
passed 4.108111 f u\N e
inn
Prada, gaze down Into e blue waters of, the Adriatic from
the Rialto, and enjoy the Neapolitan sunsets, strolling along
the Chiaja." " How delicious," she murmured, but John I
dear, have you money enough to do all this? for pa says
needn't expect anything till he dies." John's countenance
underwent such a change that she couldn't help asking him
If he felt sick. "No, darling,' he answered faintly, am
not sick. I was only tilsinking that perhaps we had better
postpone the marriage until after the funeral."—Brooklyn
EcegZe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

A DELIGHTFI7L FLAVOUR. CRACROFT'S ARECA-NUT
TOOTH PASTE.—By using this delicious Aromatic Denti-
frice, the enamel of the teeth becomes white, sound, and
polished like ivory. It is exceedingly fragrant, and
specially useful for removing incrustations of tartar on
neglected teeth. Sold by all Chemists. Pots, is and
6di auk. (Get Cracrotee.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

ENVILLE.

REVISING BARRISTERS COURT. - The revising
barrister (T. A. Bosanquet, Esq.), held this court
at the Cat Inn, Enville, on Tuesday:last, for the
parishes of Upper Arley, Bobbington, Enville, and
Kinver. Mr. 2'ernie, of Stafford, represented the
Conservatives, and Mr. Jordan, of Stourbridge, at-
tended on behalf of the Liberals, There were no
party objections and the result of the revision for
the four parishes showed 24 names struck off the
voters list and 19 put on.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

t yrp t tif r 4-TT Miff) rirry LA.r •I**4 ,
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PRICE ONE PENNY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A woman may offer in excuse for her red nose that
she laces ton tightly, but what shall a man sayl—Exchange.
0, he can offer the same excuse. He also gets too " tightly "
by so-lacing himself.—. Norristown Herald.
The rival barbers in a Western town have estab-
lished " cut " rates, but make up for losses by " shaving "
their customers.—Picayune.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

BONAPARTE AS A PROMOTER OF
SCIENCE.

The St. James' z Gazette says :—lt may be remem-
bered, now that an electrical exhibition is being held
in Paris, that the first Napoleon, while he was First
Consul of the Republic, gave instructions for opening
an annual competition for a medal worth £l2O, to be
given to the author of the best memoir upon gal-
vanism. In his letter to M. Champagny, who was
entrusted with the arrangements of the competition,
he says that he wishes to reward the man who,
"by his experiments and discoveries, will advance
the science of electricity and galvanism as Franklin
and Volta have done ; " and, while adding that
foreigners are to be allowed to compete, he intimates
that the prize is to be awarded by the members of
the Institute. The earliest winners of this medal were
Davy, Gay-Lussac, Thenard, and Erman, the last-
named of whom was a Prussian; and Champagny, in
writing to inform the Emperor—as he then was—of
this, remarks that "the Prussians who live under
your Majesty's laws are treated like your own sub-
jects, and Prussia is made subject not only by your
arms, but by your beneficence." A writer in the
Revue Scientifique also states that Napoleon took great
interest in Cugnot's discovery of the means of applying
steam locomotion ; and on the 30th of January, 1798,
he had submitted to the Institute a description of the
carriage worked by steam which Cugnot had brought
to Paris. A committee, of which Napoleon was a
member, was appointed to report further upon the
matter, but there is no further record of their pro-
ceedings, though Cugnot's carriags is still preserved at
the Conservatoire des Arts et M4tiers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01


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Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

HALE SOWEN.

STEARGE SCENE AT A FUNERAL. On Monday
last it had been arranged that a funeral should take
place at lialesowen Church, and at the appointed
time the mourning party duly appeared, but no
clergyman was present, nor, strange to say, was a
clergyman to be found in the town. It appears
that at present the affairs of the parish are
administered by two curates, and both of these
gentlemen were absent. After waiting for two
hours the mourners procured a conveyance and
proceeded to scour the neighbourhood in search of
a clergyman. Three or four vain attempts were
made, and at last the search party had to request
the good offices of Mr. Thompson, of Cradley, by
whom the funeral service was conducted. By this,
the hearse and mourning coach had been obliged to
return, and both the relatives of the deceased and
the bearers were left to walk back to the house.
We do not know what explanation of the misunder-
standing may be forthcoming, for meanwhile the
funeral party, not unnaturally, feel mach aggrieved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON AGRI-

CULTURE.

On Saturday afternoon, Mr. S. D. L. Druce, one of
the assistant Commissioners in connection with the
Royal Commission on Agriculture, attended a meeting
of the Council of the Nottingham Chamber of Agri-
culture, in the Nottin2hain Town-hA 1, for the purpose
of learning the opinion of the members as to the
causes of the depreed condition of agriculture, and of
hearing any suggestions for its remedy.

A lengthy discussion took place in the course of
which the depression was attributed to various
causes, among them being bad seasons, foreign im-
portation, the high price of labour, unjust taxation,
diseases in cattle, and one speaker, whose views found
but little support, suggested free trade as one of the
leading causes.
The following rewAntion was rarriod :—" That in
the opinion of this chamber the remedies for the
present depression are as follow : (1) A substantial
and permanent reduction of rents; (2), an equitable
adjustment of local taxation on real and personal
property; (3), the abolition of the law of distress ; (4),
the total abolition of the importation of all live horned
stock, stock, sheep, and pigs."

A proposition that "fair trade" should be included
among the suggested remedies was negatived, as was
also a proposal in favour of generally amending the
land laws.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

QUEEN or BEVERAGES.—Refreshing the weary,
stimulating the inactive, Soothing the invalid, cheering
the social---PORE TEA alone ; by its intrinsic and ex-
cellent qualities, "pales the fire" of all other drinks.-
-A ctip of good tea is always welcome, as proved by the
fact that 6,000,000 (six million) packets of Horniman's
Pure Tea, are sold every year. by 4,000 Agents. List
of Agents in this locality :—Clarke. Ckemist, 151, and
Baker, Chemist, 124, High Street ; Hewitt, Market-
place ; Morris, 136, High Street.—Brierley Hill,
Rawlings, chemist Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring ;
Halesowen, Adam, chemist ; Lye, Jones chemist ;
Wordsley. White' chemist ; Kingswinford, Pearsou,
Brettell Lane. Collins chemist •, Birmingham Beaks,
Ball Ring, Quarry Bank, Watts, chemist.

ONE BOX of CLARKE S B 41 Bill is
warrranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Beck.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, " Tau
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

ROWLEY SCHOOL BOARD.

The usual monthly meeting of this Board was
held in the Board Room, Old Hill, on Monday
last, Mr. W. Bassano (chairman) presiding. rho
other members present were Messrs. Ker, Green,
Whitley, Hadley, and Williams.—The minutes of
the last meeting were read and confirmed.—The
Finance Committee recommended the payment of
salary to teachers and officers of the Board sa um'
The equate. sin lapol ted that the reofißti from
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

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AN ENGLISH LAND BIL:

The special committee appointed by the ...armers'
Alliance to prepare a Land Bill for England and
Scotland met at the uffice of the Mark Zane Express,
Clement'sAinia-passage, Strand, London, last week, It
was decided that a Bill for England' only should first
be prepared, and that afterwards the necessary modifi.
cations should be made to render the provisions suit.
able for Scotl And in a separate Bill, A draft Bill was
discussed, and with certain alterations approved,
subject to confirmation or amendment, first by the
GgneXackulilttteit siLd qteOvalda b 7 a conferenc,
• of the members in general meetfffk Eissencbtkl.' "Tt
Pecial Committee adjourned till October 3, in order
to triable Professor Hunter to carry out their instruc-
tions a‘ to alterations in the draft. The Bill will not
be made pubbc until finally agreed to by the Special
Committee, and possibly not until after the con-
ference, which will be held during the fiat week in
November.

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you a-firin' up in our wood jus' now?" Unlicensed
Cockney.—" Might a' been ! " Gamekeeper.—" An'
wot was you a-firm' at?" Unlicensed Cockney.—
" Well ! What do you think, 9h? "—Fun.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-10-01

WILD ANIMALS IN MADRAS.

From the return of wild animals killed in the
Madras Presidency during the year 1880 we learn that
altogether 1,288 wild animals were slain, for which re-
wards to the amount of 16,579 rupees were paid by the
Government. The animals omprised 130 tigers, 620
leopards, 136 cheetahs, 121 bears, 31 wolves, 104 hyasnam,
and. 139 other animals. The .nurriber of persons killed
was—seven by elephants, 108 by tigers, 44 by leopards
and cheetahs, five by bears, ani 59 ay other animals;
Whilst the deaths of 1,182 persons were attributed to
snake bites. The number of cattle killed was 8,894, of
which tigers accounted for 2,795, leopards and cheetahs
for 3,303, bears for eight, wolves for 1,871, hyaanas for
83, and other animals for 607, whilst an enormous
number of cattle fell victims to snakes.

Returns made up by the Clerk of the Peace for
Lancashire for the past week show that there were 20 fresh
outbreaks of cattle disease in Blackburn district and one in
North Lancashire, the total farms affected in Lancashire
being 156. The stock affected is 2,55, and 109 recovered during
the week, so that there are 155 more affected animals in the
county than last week,