The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-10 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

A new source of revenue is contemplated by the
German Govertunent in the shape of a penny (10 pfennigs)
stamp on all receipts for amounts exceeding El or 20 marks.

"Marry in haste and repent at leisure."—Always
go to Somerset House and read the will, before you marry a
girl on the strength of her being an heiress.—Judy.

A fatal colliery accident oocurred at Harwood, near
Accrington, on Monday night. Three men were finishing a
new shaft when the scaffolding on which they were standing
gave way. They were hurled to the bottom, a distance of
90 yards, and killed instantaneously. The cause of the accident
is unknown. All the men were married.

The revenue of the colony of New South Wales for
thewast quarter amounted to £029,000, being a decrease of
£201,000 compared with the corresponding quarter last year.
The revenue of the colony of Victoria for the quar-
ter just ended amounts to £1,256,000, being an increase of
£lOO,OOO compared with the same quarter last year.
Wednesday (7th) being the twenty-seventh anniver-
sary of the birth of Prince Leopold, the occasion was cele-
brated at Windsor with the usual rejoicings. The bells
of St. George's Chapel and the parish church pealed merrily
during the day, and Royal salutes were fired from the Long
Walk and Virginia Water.

We (Times) understand that the Queen has been
graciously pleased to confer on Augusta Mary Elizabeth
Bentinck, widow of the late Lieutentant-General Arthur
Cavendish Bentinck, the honour of a peerage of the United
Kingdom, by the style and title of Baroness Bolsover, of
Bolsover Castle, in the county of Derby.

A telegram haa been received in Berlin from Olympia,
stating that the body of the statue of the boy Dionysms,
belonging to Praziteles's statue of Hermes, excavated some
time ago, has just been discovered.

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The weekly statement of receipts and expenditure
Shows that while the revenue during the financial year
amounted to £81,265,055, the expenditure had been
£84,105,754. The Budget estimate of revenue was
£83,055,000, and of expenditure (including supplementary
grants), £85,999,871.

Notice has been given of a reduction of is. per ton i
in the price of Lord Dudley's coal, and of 64. per ton n the
price of slack. Colliers' wages in the district will, according
to agreement, be reduced ad. per day

Dr. Sehliemann has written to the Editor of the Goios
stating that he has finished the excavation of Troy, and that.
there are remnants of several cities clearly discernible under-
neath the one immortalised by the Grecian epic.

A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph calls atten-
tion to the fact that many votes have been lost owing to the
crosses being put in the wrong places, and suggests that it
would be a simple plan for the voter to draw the pencil
through the names of the candidates for whom he does not
intend to vote.

The villa Hohenlohe, chosen by Queen Victoria for her
residence in Baden, is delightfully situated on the hill which
rises immediately behind the Conversations Haus. Close by
is the pretty little Greek church built by Prince Stourdzo in
memory of his son. The views are charming and extensive,
commanding the whole of Baden and the Avenue of Lich
tenthal on one side, on the other the old and new castles, and
the plain that stretches out far from the forest-clad summits
to the Rhine borders.
Several lighthouses in France, including those of
Baleines and Palmyre, in the department of Charente-In-
ferieure, and that of Planter, in course of construction near
Marseilles, are to be supplied with the electric light. The
French lighthouses already furnished with this improvement
are three in number, viz., the two of la neve, near Havre,
and that at Gris-Nez, near Boulogne.—The Electrician.
A lady died in the Commune of Belmontet in the
Department du Lot a few days ago at the great age of 104
years. Her name was Marie Fabre ; she was born on the
10th of February, 1776. She was never married, and was
probably the very oldest "old maid" of this or the last
century.

At Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Monday afternoon, a
fishing-boat was coming in with four men on board when a
heavy wave struck and sank her. The crew were thrown
into the water, and two of them swam to the pier, where
they were rescued by life-buoys. The others clung to spars
and drifted out to sea. Another craft proceeded to their aid
and picked them up after they had been half-an-hour in the
water.

A forest fire, which is announced by the local papers
to have resulted in the destruction of thousands of acres of
oak trees. is reported from Orb, in Lower Bavaria.

Stitls(

A short pastoral letter from Cardinal Manning was
read on Sunday in all the Roman Catholic churches and
chapels of the metropolis, desiring the clergy to say or sing
the Litany of the Saints before High Mass, on the Second
Sunday after Easter, and again on one of the Sundays in
October next, in order to implore the blessing of the 'Al-
mighty upon the crops of the land this year, and the general
prosperity of the United Kingdom.—Certain prayers are
also ordered by his Eminence to be added to the usual Sun-
day services in the interval between the two dates mentioned
above. In connexion with these additional prayers and
devotions a special "Indulgence "is proclaimed upon the
usual conditions.

A deputation from the Birmingham Trades Council
had an Interview with Mr. P. H. Munta, at Birmingham on
Monday, with reference to the Employers' Liability to Work-
men Bills. Mr. Muntz said there was no likelihood of Mr.
Maodonald's Bill being passed, but some alteration in the
law was no doubt required. He thought employers should
be made liable for the acts of their foremen, and that com-
pensation for accidents attributable to other persons should
be provided by a system of insurance.

A second-class carriage, very much shattered, was
raised from the Tay Bridge on Tuesday night, and towed into
Dundee Harbour, and on Wednesday morning the remains of
the guard's van and of a third-class carriage were recovered.
From a careful examination it is apparent that the guard had
not applied the brake at the time of the disaster.
At the Glamorganshire Quarter Sessions (held at
Swansea) a petition to Parliament was adopted in favour of
the Bill for closing public-houses on Sundays in England and
Wales. It is said that in the principality of Wales, after a
careful canvas, the fact was discovered that 03 per cent. of
the population were in favour of the movement, and that a
great majority of the publicans of Wales also were favour-
able to a Bill for closing their houses on Sundays.

The recent additions to the Regent's Park Zoologi-
cal society's Gardens are a bonnet monkey from India,
presented by Mr. J. R. Cullin • two striped hytenas from
Arabia, presented by Captain the Hon. F. G. Hay and Mr.
Wylde ; an American red fox from North America, presented
by Captain Russell; a carpet viper from India, presented by
Captain C. S. Sturt, C.M.Z.S. : two golden-headed parakeets
from Brazil, an Eyton's tree duck from North-West Australia,
purchased; a crested pigeon from Australia; a vulturine
guinea fowl from East Africa, deposited; a Sambur deer; an
eland, born in the gardens.
The World has reason to believe that, on the recom-
mendation of Lord Beaconsfield, the Queen will, on the occa-
sion of her anniversary, create an Imperial Order of Merit as
a reward for civilians only; and that a large number of civil
servants and others will be in the first batch.

The Paris Correspondent of The Times says that
Baumgartner, the inventor of a navigable balloon, having
three cars attached, each with ten or twelve wings, set in
motion by a crank, has attempted an ascent at Leipsic. On
the,rope being cut the balloon rose very slowly, skimming
the house-tops, whereupon the two assistants jumped out of
the centre car in alarm. The balloon shot up to a great
height, then borst and fell. Baumgartner was not seriously
hurt, and is resolved on a second experiment.
The Sultan has approved the proposal of the Cabinet
to accept the arrangement-with Montenegro, according to
which Gusinje and Playa remain in the possession of Turkey,
and Montenegro receives compensation to the north-east of
the Lake of Scutari. An important step has thus been taken
towards solving the question, which has threatened
disturb the peace of Ettrope.
The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise will
Open the Dominion Exhibition on Sept 13 next.

Dr. Richardson's ideal " Hygeipolis " finds an exact
realisation on the eastern coast of China, where a newly-
omiedltphor.t, Wenchow, follows closely the lines of the "City
At an early hour on Monday morning a telegram
from Montenegro was received at Mr. Gladstone's house,
which informed the right hon. gentleman that the Montene-
grin nation congratulated him on the great victory which
the Liberal party had 'just achieved, and at the same time
declared that the Montenegrins would never forget his
championship of the cause of freedom—" Never, never,
never."

Prince Napoleon has published a letter, in which he
expresses his views upon the recent decrees respecting the un-
authorised religious congregations in France. The Prince
says a Napoleon could not, without being untrue to his origin,
proclaim himself the enemy of either religion or revolution.
He then quotes an aphorism by his uncle, that "Religion is
the support of sound morality and true principles," and main-
tains that the First Napoleon secured religious peace and
freedom of conscience. Two kinds of aggressors, the Prince
continues, are now threatening these —the apostles of theo-
cracy and those of disorder. He is the adversary of both pre-
tensions. "He would opp.ose either the suppression of the
budget of public worship, or the closing of the churches, n
, caorid..
would uphold the principles of the Revolution; but
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deumed by the conservative papers. The France says that
the Prince has lost all chance of rallying the Clerical
Bonapartista to his standard, without having any hope of
winning ovor the Republicans.]
Mr. George Copland, the superintendent of the
Liverpool Fire Department, died on Saturday at his residence,
Hatton-garden, Liverpool. For some time past the deceased
had been ailing, but no immediate danger was apprehended
until Wednesday, when he was compelled to take to his bed.
On Thursday morning, however, he was somewhat better,
and was so anxious About his duties as superintendent,
that on the .alarm bell being rung he jumped out of bed,
and would take his jolace on the box of the engine.
The excitement caused by his sudden rise from a sick bed no
doubt had a very depressing effect upon him, for)on his return
to Hatton-garden he complained of feelingmuch worse, and at
once went to bed. He continued gradually to sink, and died
shortly before seven o'clock on Saturday morning. Mr. Cop-
land was only 37 years of age, but although so young he had
great experience before coming to Liverpool in the large firm
of Messrs. lierryweather, of London, by whom he was sent to
St. Petersburg, Paris, and other places with fire-engines Manu-
factured by that firm. The deceased has left w.wife and two
very young children. •

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A terrible fire has occurred at Montaimont, a village
in Savoy, resalting in the death of 17 persons and the de-
struction of 31 dwellings.

The total receipts of the railways of Prussia in 1879
were 550 million marks, or £27,500,000. The working ex-
penditure was 310 million marks (15,500,000), leaving 240
million marks, or £12,000,000, for distribution among the
shareholders. This is an equivalent to an average dividend
of 419 per cent. on the capital invested.
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subscriptions in the canton already amount to about B,ooolr.
A solemn Te Deuce was performed at Athens on
Tuesday in celebration of the anniversary of the proclama-
tion of Greek Independence.
in an account of the progress of the elections in
Scotland, The Times' correspondent says :—" The excitement
caused by the elections ill Scotland has already reached a
pitch of intensity unknown to the present generation. The
results in the English boroughs have taken both Liberals and
Conservatives completely by surprise. The former are so
much elated by the news of the past few days as the latter
are depressed, for the effect which a turn of the tide at the
beginning of a general election has on all subsequent con-
tests is well known to both. In this as in other battles,
"Nothing succeeds like success," and I understand that
already the effects of the revolution are telling not only in
the country but also, and still more, in the university con-
tests in the way of deciding waverers either to swim with
the current or hold Aloof altogether."
In London last week 2,492 births and 1,732 deaths
were registered. Allowing for increase of population, the
births were 67, and the deaths 108, below the average mun-
berg in the corresponding week of the last ten years. The
annual death-rate from all Callso3, which in the three pre-
ceding weeks had been equal to N-5 and 20-9, and 214 per
1,000, further rose to 24'7. During the thirteen weeks ending
last Saturday, the death-rate in London averaged '27-3 per
1,000 against -23•8, 25-6, and 27.1 in the corresponding periods
of 1877, 1878, and 1879.

"It would appear by no means improbable that the
successors of the present Ministry may, on acceding to office,
find the Afghan question settled, or in a fair way towards
settlement. So far, at least, as Southern Afghanistan is con-
cerned, there would seem little more to be done. The
Sirdar Shere All has, it would appear, been raised by her
Majesty from the rank of Nobleman to that of Prince, and,
with the title of Wall, is henceforth to be Sovereign of
Candahar. The same messenger who infoinnis him of his
new dignity, is also instructed to acquaint him_ with the fact
that a railway is in course of construction between British
India and his capital, and that this railway will be com-
Alkkg. Alsei Oct* Btitiidiatesidet4, 'relifiTa by a British
fora, will remain at Candahar. Thus we have the esta-
tablishment of a Southern Afghan province under direct
British influence and protection." . . . —Leader in the
Standard

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Telegrams from all parts cf the Continent show the
great interest with which the English clectioniF are watched.
An order has been issued stating that brown leather
has been approved for all accoutrements for infantry of the
Line in place of the buff leather at present in use.
A Democratic manifesto' signed by 279 former
Deputies and Senators, and twenty-one journalists, was
published on Tuesday at Madrid, demanding religious liberty,
liberty of the press, of public meeting, association and edu-
cation, universal suffrage, and other fundamental reforms.
A balloon trip to England is shortly to be attempted
by a French aeronau
An Italian expedition to the South Pole is projected,
and Lieutenant Bove, who accompanied Professor Igor-
denskjold in the Voga, has gone to Rome te consult with the
King on the subject.

An experiment will shortly be made in running a
Pullman car on the London and South-Western Railway
between Waterloo and Exeter.
A correspondent of the Illustrated Journal says :
I have just been shown some of the bones of the poor fellows
who fell in the retreat from Cabul in 1842. They look as if
they had been burnt in a furnace, and are a sort of pinkish
white from the constant heat of the sun. On touching them
they will almost fall into,powder.

During the course of some excavations and levelling
which have been carried out within the • historio lines of
Plevna by the Bulgarian Government, 16 cannon and 10,000
muskets have been found, which Osman Pasha caused to be
buried before he surrendered to the Russians.
In connection with the approaching Centenary in
honour of the founder of Sunday Schools, it may be interest-
ing to note that Monday was the 69th anniversary of the
death of Robert Ralkes, who expired at Gloucester on April

It Is stated that the winner of the first Grand Prize
of £6,.000 sterling in the Franco-Spanish Lottery is a work-
man m the Belgian Colliery of Diansbourg, who boughtlga
ticket of a friend just returned from France. The hick of
this Belgian collier is the more striking, as the Belgian
authorities had forbidden the sale of the tickets within thair
jurisdiction.
About thirty feet of the South Quay, Pultney Har-
bour has been swept down by the sea. A laden vessel cannot
enter, but a vessel may get out in ballest when the water is
smooth.

The total number of Turkish prisoners who fell nto
the hands of the Russians during the war amounted, accord-
ing to a statement lately printed in the Gobs, to 94,433
officers and men of all arms and branches of the service. The
maintenance of these until the day of the signing of the
Treaty of Berlin cost Russia 5,775,253 roubles, or about
£825,036; the average cost of providing for a pasha during
his term of imprisonment being 1,193 roubles, or £170; while
a superior officer cost 465 roubles, or zsg, and a non-commis-
sioned officer or private 84 roubles, or £l2.

The Marquis of Hartington, speaking at Oswald-
twistle on Tuesday evening, said there could be no doubt
that the present Government would shortly be replaced by a
Liberal one. He hoped the country would treat the new
Ministry with patience and forbearance, remembering the
difference in the legacy which the present Government had
received from their predecessors and that they would leave
t) their successors.
A Reuteur's telegram says that the Chian army
.as occupied 3foquegua without meeting with any resistance.
The Allies are concentrated near Tacna, awaiting the arrival of
reinforcements, which are expected from Arequipa. The
Chilian corvette Angamos continues to bombard Arica.

Prince Bismarck, according to a Berlin paper, on
his birthday received the congratulations of the Pope, and
promptly returned an answer.

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A meeting or weavers was held on Monday at
Blackburn to consider the wages question and the subject of
giving in their notices unless an advance was granted_ It
having been reported, however, that an interview with the
masters had been impossible in consequence of the elections,
It was resolved to postpone the final consideration of the
subject for a fortnight.
The number of passengers killed in accidents on
the-railways of Prussia in 1879 was twelve, while 46 was the
number of the injured. The cause of eight of the fatal 215 d
of 16 of the non-fatal cases was imprudence or want of
caution on the part of the victims or sufferers themselves in
entering or alighting from the carriagesr
The Act on stamp duties on probate and letters of
administration was issued on Monday. In came into opera-
tion on Thursday, April 1. There are several provisions on
, the subject, and by one provision relief is to be granted from
legacy duty when the whole personal estate is under £lOO
"on any person dying after the passing of the Act."
Fanny Schreyer, a widow, died on March 25, at
Simand, in the Xrad county, Hungary, at the age of 93.
Her surviving descendants consisted dT six children, 65 grand-
children, 85 great-grand-children, and 14 great-great-grand-
childree.
Mr. Adam, M.P. speaking at Alloa„ said the country
.had now been called on to choose deliberately what kind of
government it would have for the next six years, and the
answer, one most unexpected by the Tories, had come clearly
and distinctly. The result was not unexpected by himself,
as he had made up his mind there would be a great Liberal
reaction.
The gifts presented and periodical subscriptions pro-
mised in aid of either charitable or else patriotic institutions
as a means of celebrating the German Emperors Golden
beee
of
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yse,2lo,l.6,47sumbstrrtitsgifts and donations, and 4236 marks a
The testimonial of the county of Devon to Colonel
Buller has been completed at a cost of £BOO, and will be
handed over to the gallant officer shortly. The testimonial
is a centrepiece, the principal figures of which are Colonel
Buller in hunting costume, with a friendly Zulu on the watch
crouched at his feet. The panels of the pedestal from which
three figures rise bear representations of the rescue of a
dismounted trooper by the Colonel in the affair of the Zom-
blani, for which act he received the Victoria Cross; and
another bas-relief pictures the field, of Ulundi. On either
side of the central figures are dismounted troopers and their
chargers, the man in one case being the Colonels orderly
and in the 'other a member of the Mounted Infantry. The
whole design is very spirited. The testimonial is of solid silver.
The Academy announces the death at St:Petersburg
of G. N. Gennadi, a well-known Russian writer on biblio-
graphical subjects. He was the author of a "Literature of
Russian Bibliography," and compiled catalogues of anony-
mous and rare books and of works on architecture • existing
in the Russian language. He also published a collection of
erotic poems, and edited the second edition of Pushkin's
Works. His most considerable undertaking—the "Dic-
tionary of Russian Men of Science and Authors' —he has not
lived to complete. M. Gennadi was also a frequent con-
tributor to Russian periodical literature.

The ship Border Chief, which arrived at Melbourne
from London on the 14th of February reports seeing an ice-
berg of very large proportions in latitude 47deg. S. and long'.
tude 62deg. E. This ice island was considered to be about
250 ft. high and about five miles in length. The Border
Chief passed within seven miles of it, and Although the water
was gauged to try its temperature, there was little or no dif-
ference found.
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A Berne journal has watched the number of casual-
ties which happened during the boring of the St. Gothard
tunnel. From the beginning of the work up to December
the number af workmen killed was 106, and that of the
seriously injured about 300. Further, up to the 28th Feb-
ruary last, when the wall between the two tunnels was
pierced, the casualties had amounted to 150 killed and 400
disabled. In proportion to the total number of workmen
employed the killed form 1 per cent. and the injured 21 per
cent. A plan has been set on foot to assist the disabled men
and the families of the killed.
Mr; and Mrs. Gladstone left Edinburgh on Tuesday
'night, travelling by the night mail to Warrington, and
arrived at Chester at 815 on 'Wednesday morning. There a
crowd of persons had congregated at the station. A work.
lug man cried out, "Let's give three cheers for the greatest
man in the world," and the cheers were vociferously ac.
corded. A carriage and pair was in waiting, and Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone having acknowledged the reception, were driven
off to Hawarden Castle. Mr. Gladstone looked fatigued, and
took the night snail from the North on purpose to avoid the
speech-making and excitement which a journey would have
inevitably produced. Mr. Gladstone will pass several days
in complete retirement at Hawarden Castle.
The shipments of wheat from America to Europe
during the past week amounted to 259,000 quarters, a which
159,000 quarters, including 20,000 from California, were for
the United Kingdom, and 100,000 quarters for the Continent ;
and of maize to 353,500 quarters, of which 273,500 quarters
were for the United Kingdom. To the latter destination
were also shipped 85,000 sacks. flour. Of wheat the visible
supply in the United States is now 24,200,000 bushels, And of
maize 16,800,000 bushels.

One of.the most beautiful of recent inventions is a
new veneer, patented by a Spanish gentleman. By a process,
which he calls "saponification," he extracts the resin from
various woods, and then cuts them into veneers an infinitesimal
part of an inch in thickness. The grain of the wood is pre.,
served, and the veneer; instead of being brittle and requiring
tdethdeoevderges,This
Itthaissmleaattehriealr, faarndbo%n:
binding is at once obvious • and there are a hundred other
tt ebree fere, fastenedbe f folded easuspel loaf
purposes to which it may be applied with beautiful effect.
It is estimated that 600 French Canadians last week
eyoeafrtlilseepssionNaitneedeaotfs
se9ws
left MouCreal for Manitoba and the United States
theThneCNrvellvsecnaul dßolrus. ,nagrlitchke for
cx-
pemliture at 567,129 dole. •
l'rinCe Alexander has opened the Bulgarian As-
sembly, and in his speech from the Throne spoke in terms of
satisfaction of his recent journey to Russia. Re announced
that Bills would be immediately introduced to promote
education, to establish an efficient police, to impose a land
tax, and for other purposes. The Prince's speech was re-
ceived with demonstrations of approval.
Napoleon lll.'s collection of ancient arms and
armour at the Chiteau de Pierrefonds is to be taken to the
Artillery Museum at the Invalides. It includes some 600
pieces, some of which are highly valuable.
Lotus Blue, mandragora—red with a violet tinge—
vanilla brown, coffee colour, and the soft tints found in old
Venetian glass, are to be the favourite hues for femini no
attire in Paris this season.
On Monday night Sir Stafford Northcote attended
meeting held at Torquay in support of the Conservative
candidates for Eagt, Devon. Alluding to the unfavourable
results to the Conservative Party of the elections whish had
already taken place, he said the battle was not yet over, and
whatever might be the results of the remaining contests, it
should not for one moment be supposed that it was a matter
of indifference how the counties did their work, because if
the members of the present Government were too sent-into
Opposition it was of great importance that the Opposition
should be strong. He did not pretend to account for the
great change which had occurred us the opinion of the
boroughs, because_ there had been so many reasons at work.

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The other day 51 workmen were in the pit at Bois,fle.
In the commune of Anderlues, between Charlercki aud
Mons, when the explosion of fire-damp occurred, and Was-
nine were killed on the spot. The remaining twelve owe
their lives to the circlmustance of their having been engaged
at work in a section of the pit between which and that part
where. the explosion occurred there was an air-shaft.

The Vienna Correspondent of The Times, writing on
Monday, says :—" The elections in England are being fol-
lowed here with the most intense interest. They form the
chief topic ef discussion in political circles and in the Press
What with the copious extracts inserted by the papers from
the speeches of the most prominent political men of both
sides, the intelligence arriving several times a day about the
issue of the contests, and the • sdnmary sent daily by te)r-
graph of the opinions of the leading English papers on the
situation, every one has the means of following the various
phases of the contest, width's appears hot a little to heighten
the interest by bringing the contest, so to speak, nearer anci
almost within sight.

The Daily News say's :—"Mr. Gladstone remained ,
in Edinburgh during the greater part of Sunday, and twice
attended public worship. In the morning- he went to the
Episcopal Church of St. John's, in the afternoon to St.
George's Free Church. On both ocsasions large crowds as
sembled at the church doors on the conclusion of th-
service. There was of course no cheering,- , but as way
was made for yr. Gladstone and his companion
Lord Rosebery, to pass, all heads were bared. At
St. ' George's, whore Mr. Gladstone's visit was Quite
unexpected, it happened that the pastor, Mr. W . e,
irt
preached the last series of sermons on the King ODA
of Israel. The text, long ago pre-appointed, ran thus
'And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly ;Aliou
has not kept the commandments of the Lord thy God which
He commanded thee; for new would the Lord have estab-
lished thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, but now thy king.
dom shall not continue, The Lord has sought Him a man
after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to
be captain over His people, because thou has not kept that
which the Lord commanded thee." •
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The sum of £75,000 has been bequeathed to public
institutions by the late Mr. Thomas Wrigley,. of Timbefiruist.
Lancashire, well known-as the head of an- eminent-firm in
the paper trade. The will has been proved in the Man-
chester District Registry, and the personalty is sworn under
£1,300,000. The greater part of the property is left to tlw
testator's family; but sums of £lO,OOO each are left to the
Owens College, the Manchester Grammar.,School, the Ma : .
and the
:soletifelatfria;"l"..
chester,Beneral Hospital for Sick Children, the RA.als
Asylum, Lancaster; the Bury DispeosarY2 etahceh are
.lier-
Servants' Benevolent Fund. Sums or £aoo each
tquheeatasthetdianto tehattehßtreritiAtatnatidatiF)ormeitslotTnnatariseaentet3,,
Bank-street, Bury, Unitarian Chapel.