biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

THE BONA-FIDE TRAVELLER

,
At the Middlesex Sessions, Mr. Baxter appealed aga.na a
conviction. dated the 6th of September, by Mr. Bashby, the
magistrate sitting at Worship street Police-court, for keeping
the White Lion," Hackney Wick, open during prohibited
hours.
_ - .

Pb.. evideuce of Truißecior Gibbons and Police.
constable Tuider ssowea toot, on Windn,. morning,
the 25th of August, the house of the appellant wee
watched, and from nine &chick to twenty minutes past
twelve at noon 540 people,wete.seen to eta*. The
landlord was summoned anu fined £l5, the coavictloft
being ordered to be endorsed on the licence. A num
her of people found in the house were held liable in
B wailer penalties. It was admitted that the house
was
.well conducted.

The appellant, Mr. Bm*ter, was then called and de-
posed • Cu thb flunday in question only one of the
doors in the house was open. I had two persons out-
hide and one inside. I knew that the police were out-
side to count the persons who Mitered. I told my ser-
vant not to admit ot allow anyonb to be admitted un-
less I,e came a long distance from the house. I adced
everyone if he had come a sufficient distance to con-
stitute him to be a traveller, before he was served.
When they entered I requested every one to put out
his pipe or cigar. Socuehad meat and bread, others had
bread and cheese, or biscuits, and no one was allowed
to remain lontrzr thim was rasess^ry in takc these re.
freshments. No one was served a ae:•ond time. All
were strangers to me. I did not ask for their addresses,
but I put the question to all as to whether they were
travellers.

Mrs. Beswin said she went to the "White Lion" on
the 25th of August to get brandy for her mother, who
was ill. She took a note signed by her father, and
gave it to a person who we outside the door, and he
brought back wotd that on co aceonnt could eliC
Nen ed.

After other evidence had been given the magistmtsn
retired to consider their decision, and on their return
the Judge said, without going into the question as to
whether the onus of proof rested upon the police to
show whether or not the persons were travellers, taking
into consideration the whole of the facts in this case,
the Cor was of minion that the conviction should be
qusshe—
The conviction was quashed accordingly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

A RITUALISTIC REQUIEM.

On Sunday, at Al! Saints' Church, Lambeth, Lon-
don, a requiem service for the late Rev. J. Purchas, of
Brighton, was held with the extremist ritualistic rights.
The panels above the high altar, and those around tie
chancel, were covered with black cloth, the brass
crucifix standing out conspicuously on the dark ground.
The church was not overcrowded, but a large number
of females were present, attired in mourning. Morn-
ing prayer was offered at eleven, the Roy. Dr. Lee,
dressed in cope and stole, officiating. After prayers
the candles on the altar were lighted, and a pro.
cession of cross-bearers, acolytes, and clergymen hay.
lug come from the vestry, Dr. Lee, who was now
differently robed, preached the funeral sermon, taking
his text from Samuel ii., chap. 22, V. 1, 'The Lord has
given hint rest from all his enemies." The reverend
preacher remarked that, as of old, there was strife and
disorder amongst believers. He whom they mcurned
had done his duty well in the part of the vineyard in
which he was called to work. When first called to
the priesthood he saw the National Chat oh stood in
need of much restoration in its external religious
rites. He spoke warmly of the atta ;kis to which Mr.
Porches has been subjected, of the invasion of the
privacy of his home, and of the omtair criticisms
to which his conduct had beefs subjected; and he
earnestly exhorted his hearers to follow in his foot-
steps and pray for his soul. The requiem service which
followed outwardly partook of the character of a mass
for the dead. Much Gregorian music was chanted.
There was consecration of the sacramental elements,
amid the ringing of bells, the offering of incense, and
the prostration of the attendant clergy and the acolytes.
At one part of the service the hymn, "Day of Wrath,
Day of Mourning," was sung with much solemnity,
the whole congregation bowing lowly for some ten
minutes. Previous to Communion, Dr. Lee gave the
absolution, making with his hand the sign of the cross
over the congregation. Many communicated, and then
the procession returned to the vestry. In the evening
Dr. Lee preached again on the same 'subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

MISS YATES'

PINEY REPOSITORY, 8, HIGH-STREET.
R. arIABRIEL, the Old Established
t.,a LONDON DENTItT,
Begs to intimate that at the urgent request of numerou,
inhabitants, patients, and friends, he fiaa been induced
to emit Kiddernimeter everyALTERNATE TUESDAY,
and may be consulted personally (free of charge) upon
his recant improvements in the construction of Artificial
Teeth and Owns, whereby the weight, bulk, and cost of
the cue or frame, has been much reduced, to the great
inure and advantage of the wearer. Teeth are by
this new method exquisitely fitted, without extruting
stamp., or any painful operation.
Mr. OARIDEL'S practice (one of the oldest in
irsgland) was established in

Particularly notice,
NEXT VISIT TO KIDDERMINSTER,
NcePtli, at Miss Yates Palley Repository, 8,
High-street.

Constant and personal attendance daily from nine till
biz at

11, BENNETTS HILL, 11
(Next to the Bank of England)

BIRMINGHAM.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

An old maid antrgeated that when men break their
lleola it is all the same as wiltil a lobster breaks one of his
el:Ws—another sprouts iP its place.
• • •

•
An Ameritan paper annotmces that its e,ltunn of
.personel news " •• no* compiled by that accomplished
snot, Colonel Blood." _ .

A g irl in Illinois drowned herself, lately, because she
ha I wart: ocher hands. The coroner's jury returned a

;;rdlet-, "-Wa;!z iite matter."

Miss Kate Stanton is going to lecture in Boston on
'The Lovers of Great 31ein" and nineteen out of every
ta ezty Bostonians tear she Intends to divulge the heart.
seorets of tlisir private lives.
- •

There are pecpil in Chicago who have a veer
notion of rejoicmg. They propose to " eehbrate ' the
anniversary of the great tiro which occurred ou the 9th of
at October.
_

The Li7rtprd Courant tantalises its readers With
this atroolty.---• Hass you heard ot the man who rot shot?"
"Got shot? lo; Aid he get shot ?" .• lie bought
them." _

---
Americana think the three ha:dest words to pro-
oounce are, lam mistaken." That 7t hecause of their
bashfulness. How tt, they get over these three native towns
—Rukurtyabob, Zatzmonntrugohn, hishogapragobrig

. ,
in the New Yoris Ifsraid there are the followig
pretty tea 'lnes to au article about the presidency :—Carpet.
baptism Flaggelbsted—Ssallawagism Lammed—Bow the
Black Leagues hatched the Ku-Klux--An Evangel ut
Una!, during the war, Barnum war at Washington,
exhibiting General Tom Thumb and Admiral Is utt. Nlr.
Lincoln said : " 'but have some pretty mall Gentrals, but I
think I can beat you "

" The bland and baby.faced old buffer," is what an
American paper calla Greeley. Another paper compares him
to 'a soap gobble," and a third likens Min to 'a drop of
dirty water."
A physician of New York being about to marry his
'man wile, some one asked his daughter who was going to
perform Via ceremony 1 "I dust know, but I presume it
will he Dr. Sprig. lie generally marries lather."
A contemplated marriage in high life is reported by
the American papers as folic,. Princess Satauma 15 1000
to be wadded to a Mr. Mound. Ile Is the first Englishman
yet Phound who has cared to contract a Japanese marriage."
The BOSt(111 Peg is responaible for the following 021
the marriage of Thorns! Hawk to Miss S. J.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

WILD CATTLE IN GREAT BRITAIN.

The North qf England Farm, publishes a letter from Mr.
Jacob Wilson, agent of the Earl of Tanker'sllle. On this eub-
ject, Mr. Wilson says..—
There are four herds of wild cattle in the 'United
Kingdom--namely, those of the Right Hon. the Earl
of Tankerville, at Chillingham ; those belonging to his
grace the Duke of Hamilton; those belougin; to Lord
Ferrers, at Chartley ; and those in Mr. Leigh's park
at Lyme, in Cheshire. Yet, I may venture to say
the Chillingham herd is the only pure breed, as
the investigations of Darwin and Riitemeyer, the
eminent Swiss naturalist, seem to prove. Some years
ago the skeletons of a bull and cow were sent to M.
Riitemeyer from each of the herds I have mentioned.
After careful examination him opinion WAN that while
there was evidence of attempted improvement, and
consequent degeneracy in three of the herds, there
was no such evidence se legsrd the Chillinghsm herd;
and therefore he came to the conclusion that the
'hillingham rattle were the purest in existence. This
1 conclusion is easily accounted for by the simple fact

that the wild cattle at Chillingham have been left
to the operation of natural, and not artificial laws.
Hence their present vigorous condition. I beg to add
mi perhaps a fact worthy of mention, that the
bull which his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales
shot last week was the finest specimen of his tribe
which has been seen in the Chillinghaui Park for at
least' a generation. And, as the qualifications of his
Royal Highness as a marksman are well known, I may
mention that there have been only two 00124140n5,
within the period nameil,.of a bull having been killed
at the first shot, though not at so long a range as
seventy yards, at which distance the Prince of Wales
shot the king of the herd."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

The CPATTT_;E PLAGUE hi ENGLAND.

T'sro fresh cases of Cattle Plague were reported to the
eteri.,,ary Department of the Privy Council on Satur-
day as having occurred at lielthorp, near Yapharn,
the outbreak of the 15th Oct. occurred. The
cattle in contact with those attacked, consisting of
eleven COW/4 and eight calves, were all slaughtered and
buried,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

RESTORING EVICTED TENANTRY.

The ceremony of " restoring " the evichel tenantry
of Captain Nolan was performed on Tuesday in the
Roman Catholic ChiOnil of Cummer, near Tuam.
Captain Nolan and the arbitrators, Sir John Gray,
Father Lavelle, and Mr. A. M. Sullivan, were
prevent, and about two hundred people assem-
bled in the church. A proposed opemair de-
monstration had to be abandoned on account of
the inclement weather. The ten tenants arlected
by the award were present, except one, who was
represented by a relative. The award hei!l decreed
the restoration of the tenantry 'to their original hold-
ings, but as these had been leased to another this be
came imposstble, and land surrendered by the Fran.
eieenn monks for the purpose was now substituted.
Three of the tenants elected to accept a money compen-
sation, and accordingly received checks, two of VO
each, and one of £45, the last mentioned being taken
charge of by Father Lavelle, who stated that he had
recently lent the person entitled to receive it £lO. Sir
John Gray explained the nature of the leases, which he
described 68 the very models of leases, awl as afford-
ing the solution of the land question. The leases are
for 10,000 years, the holdings being eight acres each,
at rents varying from Di. to 965, per acre, liable to in-
crease or reduction by arbitration, on application to the
landlord or tenant, and on the basis of the e urrent
prices of the crops. Spew hes were then delivered,
thanking the arbitrators. Mr. Sullivan and Father
Lavelle also spoke, the latter in Irish. The principal
members of the party then left for "New Porta-
carron " on cars, to instal the tenants in their hold-
ings. The procession was accompanied by the Them
brass band.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE
LEAGUE.

A aslect conference in connexion with the i'Vational
Temperance League WM held OP Ttetelay in the
Council Chamber, Wind. Or, :or the purpose of re.
caving deputat°Ma from the League, consisting of
Mr. T. Piey, president ; Dr. Collenette, Guernsey;
and tsir. William Tweedie, a member of the Erf*mtive
Council. Dr. Ellison presided.
Mr. Bowley first addeeved tao 'aiteting in advocacy
of temperance.
Dr. Colltnette then related his experience as a parish
and hermits,' medical officer, stating that Me bad aban-
dotal the use of alcoholic stimnlents in all kinds of
diseases for many yeerc with the best results.
The Vicar ul Windsor said the example of the
higher classes of society produced through the various
gradations an effect upon the lower classes which
caused the great evils which they all d..okired. He
strongly urged upon medical teen to inquireinto the
previous habits of peetiehtr, suffering from debility, and
if they fouirl 'hat one had been previously a tee-
totallete, ,e'a no account whatever to prescribe
satog liquor.
Mr. Almon, ex. Mayor of Windsor, speaking not as
a temperance man, thought they should endeavour to
teach the working classes better modes of cooking, and
how to make their homes more comfortablm

The chairman, referring, to the ncl'Ace eiett to the
medical nreftlaion by Dr. Collegette anti by the Vicar
of Windsor, said that if it were aatisfactorily proved
that cases of mallgnont scarlet fever, typhus fever, or
other diseases ut the kind, could be treated without
akoholl. stimulants the medical profession would he
only too glad to give them ttp.
Dr. Collenette said he trkd V.-eater] numerous cases
of malignant ~cailet Truer and typhus fever without
intoxicating liquors of any kind, and with the most
sucOesafol results.

A vote of thanks closed the proceedings. in the
evening there was a public meeting in the Tr..wn-halL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

A SCAM MARRiAGIS.

At the Court of Session, Edinburgh, evidence has
bseft taken in the action brought by Mrs. Margaret
Wilson, or Steuart, or Robertson, against Sir Archi-
bald Donlas Steuart, with the view of having the
plaintig's Son, ellegrd to be the digit of the late Major
Steuart, who was son of the deceased Sir William
Drummond Steuart, declared heir to the Murthly
estates. Since the action was first raised, the boy has
died, and Mrs. Robertson persavetes with it to secure
" ths widow'g " slim-, of thc property. The ',Uinta's
brother declared that formerly Major Steuart had,
when in poor circumstances, resided with his father,
and one night, when the latter had exhibited some
annoyances at his protracted stay, the Major declared,
with tears in his eyes, " I will show you what I can do
to Ant people's truths. I prn
,peor pow, and I cannot
tsprr— s ti.us heif,ht el' my proper station, hut I will
marry Maggie in Scotch fashion." The Major went
down on one knee, drew a ring from his waistcoat
pocket, and placed it on one of Margaret's fingers,
saying, "Margie, you are my wife before Heaven, so
help me, God." The sister of the witness said, " Oh,
Major," put his arms around her neck, and the two
kirs,xl each othe'., They IV ed. afterwards, as man and
wile, but the maniage was kept scorch The case was
not concluded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

PENNY SCHOOLS.-A SCHOOL BOARD
EXPERIMENT.

MThe ondayi:ivae pool Sr
nra.onigusstil
the ht,,pro?eol f
,dou.a Eteatia.i:
ro:.
commendation from tly: general putprites committee
for the constructioe:, of a teaworary school, in wh4o*t
the fees for cba'roa ahonta veahy.ath to
pro-
vide 1
„.a°cW' modation for 500 tic 000 cbiHrn e.
chairman of the Board *Mr. C. Bushell), in
T'roving the confirmatinn of ti's recommendation said
this opened the great question for school boards in
large towns. via. how to provide, by tie beet means,
education for children of the It-west and most de-
graded class, without paunerismg the recipients
or unduly taxing the ratepayers. lie tlon: pro-
ceeded to defend the action of the noard against
charges of delay, showing
,thot, they had amassed
a quantity of valuable information, and I.enii sue-
ceedal to a consfterable extent is. Increasing the
attendance of children at itchoot‘.;. It had, however,
become impossible to send the degraded class of children
to existing schools to consequence of the diminution of
the attendance of the better class cf ismr children. He
stated that by the prevalerem ot work of various kinds
the Board bad beer. enabled to decrease the payment
of fees by ttvo-thirds' and that it had also been found
that childecn for whom fees were paid 'ea° invatiahly
the Ivoret in atteroLance at school 'rho proposition of
the committee, moreover, upheld the salutary prin-
ciple that the parett traa bound to contribute to the
provision of edimation for his children, while MI irding
opportunities of education to the lowest class. He re-
rette. t that the provisions of the Scotch Act were not
extended to Eimland, for by that measure Poor-law
guar gaits had the power to withhold relief from persons
who refused to send their children to school. Mr. Stilt
seconded the motion. . . . . .

Several members expressed their opinfen that by es-
tablishing the proposed school, the Board would adopt
a system of competition with the existing elementary
schools, and that the principle of denominational edu-
cation would be completely subverted. They also
urced that the penny schools would be abused by per.
000 S who could afford to send their children to the
existing schools, and that the decrease of the cost
would afford temptations to poor people to send their
children to schooLs where a different religion would be
in force. Several of the members supported the reso-
lution, and the discussion was adjourned for a week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

"1
t isn't often that you see
So queer a kind of love ,
Oh I what a savage he must be
To Tommy Hawk a Dove r,

One of the Mestbmnee Brigham Young km been pay.
leg a visit to Chicago, and they say that the competitive at-
tention shown her by divorce lawyers who were anzions to
get the business of the family was something overwhelming.
Josh Billings says—" There are menny people who
uot only beleave that this world revolver on its axis, but
they beleare that they are the axis." ilis critic re marks—
" Josh, your arils what you is. If you axis a man of sense
be will tell you he judges all by their ay."
" Defeat this bill," said a Yankee orator, " and a
standing army, like a bird of prey, will swoop down and
gnaw at the vitals of the Republic. Pass it, and a million of
men from the north, south, cant, and west ; from hill and
dale ; from your crowded cities and mountain fastnesses, at
tho first bugle-blast of war, will rally to your flag: and, like
the heroic sous of the Spartan mother, will return It blazoned
all over with victory, or be encircled hi its folds as their
winding sheet." We have heard of "the waters of the
Mississippi being emptied into the Vatican," as the grandest
figure of American speech ; but this million of men encircled
In the winding-sheet of stars and stripes ia certainly grander.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

WHOLESALE & RETAIL NEWS AGENT

92, //iyh-gtreet, Itourbridye.

UM POST " AND " GAZITTII," 9d Pall Do:

RIGISTERED FoR L
I TRANSMISSION ABROAD. I

pp. 180 cloth, 1s ; post freetfor 13 Stamps.
DOG DISEASES TREATED BY 110110E-
°PATH Y. By JANES Moons. M.R.C.V.S.
London ; James Epps 4; Co.. Homeopathic Chemists,
48 Threadneedle.otreet ; 170 Piccadilly; and 112 Great
RusselLstreet. Stourbridge : J. H. Bland and A. P.
Morris. Bewdley : R. Newman. Worcester: T. With-
erington.
HOMMOPATHIC MEDICI/11111.—CaUti011.—Each bottle or
tube of medicine is secured by a bond over the cork bear-
ing the signature, "James Epp. Co., Homeopathic
Chemists, London," without which in no case can it be

ULECTRO-GENERATING 15s. BANDS,
.C 4 BELTS, ke. Imnience success I. Belf-applicable
Medical Electricity.

]FjiLtCTRO-GENERATING 50. BANDS,
BELTS, Bs., for the curs of Rheumatic, Nervous,
end hostioual disorders.

1141LECTRO.GENEJRATING ss. BANDS,
12.1 BELTS, Be., sect Post-free on receipt of Stamps
or P.O. Order.

1.11 LECTRO•GENERATING 56. BANDS,
111 SILTS, gm., for the million—read Pamphlet
gratis, so application to

j L. PIILVERMACHER, Galvanic
al • idabiallumait llk loseat-drast, Louden, W.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

Mt

"Mises Dentistry and Artificial Teeth, at strictly
moderate charges.
A singe Tooth to a complete set supplied—warranted
for mastication and articulation.
Resular attendance at KIDDERMINSTER. Next
Mad, Nov. It., at
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER_ 2,1872.

Per gallon.
NICHOLSON'S LONDON GIN.. —We 6d 12s 13s 6d
FINEST JAMAICA HUM 16 lbs 20s
COLONIAL BRANDY ....Pole il‘e
Finest BLEU UNDY ditto.. or Ids 20s
kIENNESSY'SFRENCiidoBrown 24s 26s ods
Ditto, very Old 30s s2s
FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY .• l6s les 20s
aIRISId ditto l6e lbs 20s
LIEN'NESSY'S CASE' BRANDY.

OLINE Box of CLARKE'S 841 Pills is
warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Back.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors; or sent to
any address for 60 Stamps by the Maker, F. J. CLARICE,
Consulting Chemist, High-street, Lincoln—Wholesale
Agents, BARCLAY & SONS, London, and all the Wholesale
Houses.
Said by A. P. Morris, Chemist, Bioarbridp.

A SINCERE VOICE OF WARNING
against Quacks, or an unerring guide to tha Ner-
vous and Debilitated, by J. L. PULVERNECHER.
An infallible means of detecting the Quack Doctor,
and thus preventing the above class of Patients
from falling into his clutches, a danger into which
they are likely to be entrapped through his specious
and enticing forms of advertisemetas and Trea-
tises.

The well known name and position of the author
is a sufficient guarantee of the truth of his state.
ment.

To be bail tbromih any bookseller, or direct of
J. L. Pnlrernmeher. lialvanie Establishment, 168,
Regent-street, W., London.

ADVERTISING OFFICE.

ERVOUS DEBILITY.—Gratis a Medical
111 WORK. showing sufferers Low th.y 1,;:y Le cured
Without the aid of quacks. Free on receipt of postage
atamp.—Addrcss, Secretary, Institute of Anatomy, Bir-
mingham;

S.
92, HIGH STREFT, STOUlii;kinG,T.
ADVERTISING AGENT FOR THE MID
L Nl\ D

LONDON NEWSPAPERS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

ALARMING FIRE IN PARIS.

On Friday morning, about two o'clock, the sentry on
duty at the Central Poet Office discovered a jet of flame
homing from the chimney of the house, No. F, Rae de
la Jussienne, a clie,rt narrow Ntreet leading from the
Rue Montmartre to the bureau restant of the Pont
Office. At first little attention wan paid, the peo-
ple of the home endeavouring to extinguish the
flames with a few pails of water. The plan adopted
in Paris in such circumstances is to oblige the
pcoyers-by to faire In eltaine—i.e., to form a line of
k.orm..unication between the tire engine and the water
rxi*Ptacle, and to pans buckets of water from hand
to hand while the rater-carts which are ordinarily
stationed in the street in the neighbourhood of
come public fountain, are employed in supplement-
ing the invariably limited water supply. This plam
so objectionable on account of the valuable time there.
by loot, in the event of any real danger, and co din-
creditable to a city like Paris, seems to have been
reiorled to. lint the flam gnining ground and being
accompanied by a dense smoke, the alarm became
general, and about three o'clock tho lire-engines from

I the Post Office, the BTink, and the Central Market
arrived. A little later, a powerful English fire.engine,
lately bought by the Paris Municipality, dashed up at
a gallop—(something new here, says the correspondent)
and as the steam had been previously got up it might
have been brought into operation immediately, but it was
found necessary to inform the water company, and at four
o'clock only was there a supply of water obtained. Mean-
time the tire had gained alarming proportions. From
the house where it had broken out it had reached a
paper•staining manufactory adjoining, where large
luantities of oils, acids, and other inflammatory
materials were stored. Both buildings were enveloped
in Admen. A detachment of troops arrived at this
juncture to aid the firemen. About fire o'clock the
manufactory fell in with a fearful crash, and showers
of burnlng fragments of paper fell upon the Post Office.
Two steam-engines were now playing on the flames,
which were ultimately subdued withou4t any loss ot
life, but the loss of proptrty Is “fludoetable. The
fire contintmd shmaldering all Friday, cart loads of
emitted paper were being removes!, and the engines
continued to play on the smoking ruins.
The Prefet of Police and the GoveinovGenerell of
Paris were present to the some of BIS accident, wnere
they reMained Until all further danger was over.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

iIIIFI DOUBLE SUICIDE IN LONDON.

On Monday, the Coroner iestirnM t4t. .Tames's
Workhouse, Poland-street, the inquiry respeLtith• the
death of the two unknown perstns who were found
dead at No. IS, Golden square. -

Mr. Superiptendant Dunlop stated that every effort
had been made to sild tht cabman who conveyed the
luggage of the deceased to Golden squa*e, but without
success.

Dr. Blisht said he had made an analysis of the coo
tents of tne stofoachs of both the deceased. He found
a great quantity of strychninr in both stomachs. It
was a very large quantity indeed. ae Ka not the
least doubt as to the cause of death. The man trus
about 60 years of age. He thought the man and
woman had belonged to a highly respectable class.
The Coroner, in summing up, said it would have
been satisfactoili the bodies had been identified and
the previous history of ths deemed known. Consider-
ing the activity which the police and his officers had
displayed, and the publicity given to the case, he was
of opinion that the deceased parties had arrived from
the Continent, and were without friends in London,
therefore it would be better to treat them as un-
known. The name Duncan did not seem to him to be
a German one. He assumed the jury were satidied
that death had been caused by strychnine • it would
be for the inry to decide whether the man and woman
had taken it in a sdund or unsound state of mind. If
in an unsound state of mind they could exctise the
felony. If they had any doubt on the subject it wold
be better to return an open verdict. He next alluded
to the paper written in pencil, "Our last will, size.,"
and concluding with one of the most pathetic passages
in the Bible, "Yea, though we walk in the valley of
the shadow of death Thy rod and Thy staff shall com-
fort us." The paper written at Bow by the man, as
follows, "A. Duncan and lady," did not appear to be
in the same handwriting as the paper headed "The
last will."

-- ---
A ihror suggested that this Dave had been written
by the woman.
After some deliberation the jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict :—" That the deceased man unknown,
apparently aged about 50, and the deceased woman,
apparently aged about 50, came by their deaths from
strychnlPe, bPt how or under what circumstances it
came into their stamit to there wan not sufficient evi-
dence to show."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

WHERE WILL IT END?

MICWAS of our first-born ironclad Warrior WAS SO
vp.eat that every naval Power, from the line:arm to the
Turk, thereupon set to work to construct an iron fleet
(remarks The TIMM in an article on "Guns and
Anhoirr"4. This led to the exciting contest the world
has witnessed during the past ten years, in which the
phwers of offence, represented by artillery, and t,f de-
fence by armour, have advanced almost pari pass.,
sometimes mit:, aometimes the other being slightly in
advance, until at length we have arrived at a period
when die naval architect appears to be driven to his
wit'e end.
Every nation has followed this policy, and we have
thus been tel to estimate ankbpply the requirement,' of the British Navy by carefidly watching the progress of other nations in deeigning and constructing ships of
war, and taking care that our own Fleet shall be more
than equal both in the number, power, and clam of it,
ships to that actually at the disposal of any other
nation. The question has accordingly asaumed the
form of a gigantic game f iuternational beggar-my-
neighbour, in whieh it appears our last best mei, the
btamfation, hoe been trumped by the Peter the Great.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

REWARD FOR f3AViliii Lat.

His Excellency Major-General P. M. N. Guy. C. 8.,
Lieutenant-Governos of Jersey; Baron Cussy, French
Vice-consul, and others interested in shipping attended
at the Custom-house at St. Helier on Friday morning
to witness the presentation to Captain Edward Kent
of a valuable telescope ewerdsel by the Frensh
Government for the gallant conduct displayed by
hire in tescuing the captain and crew of the French
lugger Fannizl, together With the wife and child
of Captain Carboni, whO were also in the vessel. On
the morning of the 31st of January last Captain Kent,
eammanding the sloop 7eascr, while on his pass tee to
IA Rochelle, descried the Fa II i C with a flag of distress
flying off the Roches Douvres, near rshant, a heavy
sea running and the wind blowing a gale from S.S.
The Teaser bore down to her, and Captain Kent, find-
ing her in a sinking state, ay,rced to stand by her aiad
take off the crew. The captain's wife and child were
beet received by the Fannie's boat, which was then
taken in tow by the Teaser and brought undet the
lee of the sinking veiciel. Aftee considerable diffi-
culty, the whole bf the crew were taken off
and safety placed on board the Teaser, where they
were supplied with food and dry clothing, and the
next day landed at Morlaix. The _Fannie had 61 t.
of water in the cabin at the time of the rescue,
and the captain's wife was compelled to teke reftige an
the companion ladder, partly imecteraed in water. The
Fannie had there days previously, when off Brest,
laden with ealt2 struck on a reek and commenced at
once to take in water. She was on the point of
foundering when the Teak). came to the rescue. These
facts hating become knOivn to the French Government
it was resolved to recognize the valuable services ren-
dered by Captain Kent, and his Excellency the
Lieutenant-Governor, who made the presentation,
passed a high eulogium on his courage and humanity.
Baron Cuesy, in the name of the French Government,
also complimented him and thanked him highly for
the services he bad rendered his distressed fellows
countrymen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

THE HORSE EPIDEMIC IN AMERICA.

l'itnAhn.ro La, Oct. 26.
The horse disease in very severe in New York and
Boston, causing a partial interruption in the traffic.
Thirty thousan I horses in New Yorkare sick. Tlkere
are few hone, to be wen in the .treets.
The European steamers sailin, toothy are unable to
complete their cargoes, locauee trucks are unobtainable.
There have been few fatal cases as yet.

THE HoINE ENDEMIC IN CANADA.
(From the Toronto Glotrr.)

Three-fourths of the horses in this section of country I
have been attacked b. a greater or less extent, and, as
a natural consequence, considerable excitement and
,ilarut have been created. The dipease appears to be a
catarrhal fever .4 an epiz Sitio nature, the result of
some atmospheric influence, OA is shown by it, sudden
appearance over a large extent of country, attacking all
kinds of hdlyes, old and young, in good condition or in
;sac The premonitory symptoms are dulness, a
staring coat, a watery discharge from the nose, speedily
followed by servers hacking cough; the pulse is quick-
ened and the mouth hot, the nasal membranes are in-
jected, and the ears and leg. are unnaturally cold; the
discharge from the nose increases and becomes of a
greenish-yellow colour, and br.athing is increased, and
in some cases becomes laboured and severe. When an
affected animal is exposed to vitiating influences of any
kind, as impure air, sudden chills, or overwork, the
lungs and their coverings become affected, thereby
producing alarming and more dangerous symptoms.
Although this disease must necessarily prove a great
loss and annoyance to the community generally, we
do not think it is likely to be of a fatal character where
ordinary care and rational treatment are adopted.
We have had an opportunity of seeing hundreds of
cases since the outbreak, without any fatal results. In
several instan re the attack has been severe, but gene-
rally increased by over-work or some cther debilitating
influence. As the disease will run a certain course,
affected animals should be catefully used, and allowed
plenty of pure air, with a liberal diet of nourishing and
easily digested food. The stables should be well isieed
daily and thoroughly ventilated, and it is also adc'eiabie
to use disinfectants, as chloride of lime or earl- „Aie acid.
When the throat is very sore, caustnx difficulty in
swallowing, is mill embrocation shoinc_ he applied and
the fever allayed by mild febrifuge mefficine. Vie are
confident that where ordinary 'care and proper means
of treatment are used, the percentage of fatal cases
will be very small.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

HAGLEY.

STOCK &Lg.—The usual sale was held on Monday, at
which a large quantity uf stuck was submitted for sale.
There were 600 sheep, 911 head of cattle, 2110 pigs, and •
few horses. There was a good attendance from the Black
Country and Birmingham, and prices were fair consider-
ing the state of the market, which is somewhat lower
Mr. Wooldridge alludid at the commencement to a fool-
ish ',deur that the bale was about to be stopped on ac-
count of smile objection wade to it by Lora
and stated that on the contrary the sales would be held
formightly nest year. The only complaint he had ever
heard was of minecessary cruelty of drovers in taking
animals away from the sale.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

tyttr STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

men, Stevens, the third mate, and Barker, the enTri:
users' store keeper. It was some time after this
that Captain Doane left the ship. By this time the
flames had enveloped the vessel from end to end, and
crowds of persons put off in boats to witness the sad
'erne and, if possible, to save the lives of any unfor-
tunate beings struggling in the water.

- -
To do anything to save the ship was impossible. She
was inevitably doomed to born to the water's edge, un-
lees it should be found possible to scuttle her. This was,
indeed, attempted; several launches put off from the
, men-of-war, with howitzers' but the effect of the shot
on the sides of the ship, tfiree feet thick at the water
lose, was like that of a pistol bullet A./al-Ist a stone
wall. The shot fell back into the water, scarcely
doing more than denting the sides of the great ship.
The fire gradu illy crept down, the ship rose from the
water as she burned, till as daylight came she was one
blrly of flame. Then the fire reached the powder maga-
zine ' • but itm contents being flooded burnt gradually and
harmlessly. And no all day she burnt, till the advancing
rain and wind somewhat quenched the everlasting blaze.
Then it was decided to let her drift over to Kamigawa,
and, loosened from her moorings, she was towed oft,
bat tinfortnnately on her way fouled Wee ships, each
of which was somewhat dateasteff. And now she lies at
Kanagawa, with only her funnel to mark her resting
folace, a cad remembrance of what tire may In few
a ours do to one of the finest works of man. What it
ot In bee we cannot estimate. The treasure may or
may not be saved ; and this Alone amounts to 400,000
dollars. The officers of the ship l&st all they had, while
the saloon passengers, only two of whoM were on
board, lost everything, except the clothes they wore.
What freight was on board few, if any, can tell; but it
Is certain that its !,alue was very considerable.
_ _

The origin f the An le entirely unknown. It broke
put in the after hold, but its came io *mystery to all
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

CORRESPON DEN CE.

We wish it to be distinctly understood that by inserting
Getters in this eolumn, ice do not thereby identify ourselves
with the °pintails of our Correspondents.

EVENING CLASSES I OR HIGHER EDUCATION.

To the Editor of the "Observer."

Sia,—Pormit me to give, through your columns, early
intimation of an important change which was made by
the " South Staffordshire Association for the Promotion
of Adult Education," at its /limner Meeting held at Wal-
sall, on Tuesday, in the " Conditions" on which it offers
pecuniary aid to certain "Centres " (of whlcii stourbrulge
is one) hi maintaining Evening Claasses for ilisher Edu-
cation. The Association das adopted' the principle of
paying only upon results. At the end of the Session
there will he an examination by written pal era. For
every student who has suede !lOU. 24 or 16 attendance*,
and gains at the examination a first-class certificate, the
bUlll of oue guinea will be paid to tis, Local Committee,
and for every student who gains a se:mid-au, certificate
half-a-guinea.

Thelld regulation respecting the number of classes
and the subjects remains unaltered, but Mu poi MIMI re-
quit-mg a minimum of right students to constitute •
class has been abolished.

The Association offers considerable advantages to
Night Schools also. One of its proposals will no doubt
be popular with the elder scholars. It i.e intended to or-
gothic a cheap summer excursion to the Crystal Palace,
and to pay part of the railway fare of night scholars who
shall have wade the 40 attenuances required by the new
code.
D. M.

I am, Mc., &c.,

Stoarbridge, Oct. 29, 1872.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

_IIIIP

fez the cottages on hit property can he made available tor the
occupation of Wee who are nmployed to the cultivation of
the laud.
' • •

Such were the terms of my agent's letter, and such are the
grounds on which the Attorney General thinks proper to
charge me with tyranny wt injustice.
• -- • • .

Forbid it that I or any one should ever ntestion the tight
of any cisss of men to tube what steps they choose for the
amolSoration of their condition; but this recent movement
has not been without its victims. Men who have been
attracted by promises of employment, or of support by the
who have left their work and their holm s, have new
returned to find their places filled up, the I Mott felling then],
WiSer but poorer men.
'

It cannot be denied, at the same time, that there hea been
a rise of wagea generally, and fresh arrangements have hese
the consequence beta ee, tanners and their men. Whe
among my toisluiry, the oceni.ation of a pint of land sinters
Into these arrangements I have relaxed the rule lump Wm
sgreemCnts which precludes suh-lettinc, and in these, and in
no other instances, does the labourer hold under the (armor
and not under no.

•• Every matter—such a matter as this—has two sides to It,
and f do not doubt that there ts another side than that of
labourers; I do net doubt that the condition of the labourer
is consistent with much fairness, goodness, anti kindhearted-
ness on the rid of the fanners and Isndowners as .rlas,es. In
to Inv to to justice to one class, aeons let us he tempted to
do injustice to another."

These are the Attorney Generil's own words; and had he
acted on his own advice he certainly would have avoided the
Injustice of attributing cruelty to the farmers, Kul the in-
consistency of charging one whom he is pleased to style a
" rory Duke " with wean and despotic conduct --I an. Sir,
your obedient servant, lieuLsomoueU.
illeuheltu Palace, Oct. 26.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

THE BURNING OF THE 'AMERICA"
AT YOKOHAMA.

The Japan Ma7;tves-I;ll—par--tt:Tolse-cli this catastrophe :

Never since the year ibul, when the steamer Golden
Gate • watt burnt off Manzanilla and over 300 lives lost,
has the racitio Mail Steamship Company suffered so
severe a loss as that caused by the burning of the
America on Saturday night. The loss of life by the
latter catastrophe is, ibis true, a mere bagatelle com-
pared with the drowning or burning of over 100 per.
sons; hut the America was the finest wooden ship in
the world. She was built in 1869, at a cost of nbent
1,600,000 dole., with a registered tonnage of 4,554 tons.
The alarm of fire was given at eleven at night, and
every man was at his post in a moment, ready to do
the orders of Captain Doane, who, as good fortune
would have it, was, with nearly every officer of the
ship, on board, although asleep. Captain IMane was
the first in the saloon with the hose, and despite the
smoke, so dense that nothing could be seen of the seat
of the fire, he worked against the advancing de-
struction with all the energy of desperation. At
this time it began to be evident that the fire was ,
one which could not be extinguished ins few minutes, 1
and when Captain Doane was driven back, unable
to stand the smoke, the thought was rather to save life
than to do ought else. But still all fought on ; inch
by inch, foot by foot they retired, as the smoke forced
them back, and then, with a sudden and furious roar,
burst forth the flames, tilling the saloon, and, in fact,
practically deciding the fate of the gallant ship. To
flood the magazine was Captain Doane's next desire,
but in the effort to do so he was driven over the bow
by the flames, and narrowly escaped drowning.
The officers, seeing that all that could be done to
save the ship would prove ineffectual, turned their
thoughts to saving the passengers, and the Chinamen,
a few of them with the baggage, were soon sent down
the gangway into the boats which had been lowered.
But so great was the crush, and so many Chinamen
crowded on to the ladder, that it gave way, and about
50 of them were precipitated into the water. Many
were picked up; but as all those who were still
on the ship had to jump overboard, and as many could
not swim, there were doubtless seine lost. 1-p to
Sunday evening, however, orly five or six bodies had
been found, and it may be that this covers the number
of those who lost their lives. The passengers sate, the
officers themselves jumped overboard, and, as far as
we could learn, all were saved without difficulty; some
doubts, however, being expressed with regard to two

• • I
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN

FAVOtRITE Ali. for Cricketers—" B&W, Batt!.
Aar pick-me-up draughts made from catch (up) catchup?
Worm) a lady vocalist have a false set 0 if she wore arti-
ficial teeth? .

CAN a man be said to pay as he goes it he sleeps on tick?
WHEN they make ass oyster-bed, do they use a seaweed
mattress? _ .

tm Autumn Comp Pains—iore feet.
Du busybodies feed on medlars?
Suerosnin there were another Deluge, would there be
any chance for Cork?
FUNNT.-11 you add another syllal.to to short, you will
make it shorter.

TIM wife of a volatile Went-end tailor complains that he
is novae at home. lie say.; he it obliged to keep on cutting
Oat. - - - •• • • • ••

A 4AI had an aching tooth, and had it taken out. Ile
al) he forgot the risin directly it was out of his Mead.
THE Trade that never Terns to the lief t.—A wheelwright's.
A LADY need not be muffin-faced, although she be toasted.
SOME men would like to marry almailacks, and hare a fresh
One every year.
A BLIND man, travelltur, without his guide, fell into a
li.neklin, and was badly burnt. If he had had km son to
guide han; he would have been boy-led.
Stogy' men like to see themselves in print. Ladles like to
see themselves In silks null relrera.
A REOVLAR Loafer.—A babel.

-- --
A HOST in Himself. --An innkeeper.
WiIEN a popular poem was once dramatized, some people
were in doubt whether he who executed the music, or he
who murdered the words, were the must culpable.
Mi 03ford logician divides mankind into three classes :-
1. Those who eta to Sive • ts. Those who live to eat; 3 Fast-
ing girls. —Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-11-02

THE DUKE OF
_MARLBOROUGH AND

HIS TENANTS.

_
The following letter appeared in Tie Timo of Tamp
day :

Sir,—Aletterfram my &gent, which was circlllateaaraon*
tenantry some months ago, on the occasion of the sgricultnt
labourers' strike, which occurred in this nethbouthood,
provoked at the tifne among SOMA Of !,,or contemporaries a
good deal of hostile critirts.
_

•
I did not then feel Called upon to notice these comments,
though they proceeded greatly from misapprehension, and
it in certainly remarkable that they found no rehd 000ng
those who might be animated to be chiefly affected by the
tyrannical action with which I was then charged,
The speech, however, of /ler Malestya Attorney-General at Exeter, in which he publicly reitateces these acc,Usations
of har.h and tyrannical treat:bent Cl my Poorer tat:ants,
renders it absolutely necessary for Or to Imbircly repel
them. Sir John Coleridge is li-roiled lo nave said .
" Nog, In this 'stater!! l'oings, what is the answer of the
Deka of Margrorokign / • Make every labourer upno my vast
estatee '—estates given him and maintained, to leer by Lim
gtste (hear haat.) an absolute tr-nant-ktrtdrl to the farmer
who emph,ya him.' (•,S-Yame.'`, 7,0 argument, no discussion
—the farmer's tervel or the hill side for your bed, and the
vaults of on, en for your roof; that is plain speaking at any
sato. Meer.) "
Ti, attribute to sae any such sentiments as these inn slander
both unmerited affd untrue; but there is not a word in my
agent's letter, if the Attorney-General had taken the trouble
of reading it, in which any intention is intimated of making
the labourer "an absolute tenant•at will of the farm, who
employs him,"
It never has been my practice, and certainly never will be,
to divest myself of the necessary and salutary control over
the cottages on my estates (estates which, by the way, have
never been granted by the State, hut are as much my own
private Inheritance as that of any other landowner in the
kingdom).

_
I may add, however, a few words in explanation of the
circumstances attending the issue of the circular which has
been commented upon. The time was the time of harvest
men, who for years had lived peacefully In farms were
throning up their employment, and cdhers were Joining the
Union, which attempted to dictate terms to which employers would not consent.
Now, if land is be cultivated the cultivators must find dwelling,. in agricultural districts there are often not
more cottages than the regirements of a farm demand , under
these circumstances it become. fin. duty of the common
landlord of both tenant and labourer, a duty to be exercised
with moderation And impartiality, of fairly considering how