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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-27

INTERNATIONAL TEMPERANCE
EXHIBITION.

An exhibition under this title, and which is an-
nounced as the first of an annual series, was opened
in London on Monday afternoon at the Agricultural
Hall, Islington. The show includes everything that
can be considered as connected with the cause of tem-
perance. The centre of the hall is mainly taken up
with the stalls of the companies who are patentees of
the various sparkling beverages that have of late be-
come popular. In addition to these there are syrups and
foods of all kinds, of which the passerby is invited to
taste; soup (condensed and otherwise), and prepara-
tions of milk, &c. ; while the machinery, of which
there is a considerable quantity, includes appliances
for roasting coffee, making ice, blending tea, manu-
facturing chocolate and cocoa, washing and labelling
bottles, branding corks, making aerated water, and
many other equally interesting process. Some of
these machines are remarkably ingenious.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-27

WORK AND WAGES.

TERMINATION OF THE STRIKE IN THE WROUGHT
NAIL TRADE.— An adjourned Conference of wrought
nail manufacturers of the Birmingham, Dudley,
Halesowen, Sedgley, and Old Hill districts was
held on Thursday afternoon at the Grand Hotel,
Colmore Row, to consider the demands of the men
on strike for the restoration of the 1879 list. Mr
Green (representative of the firm of Eliza Tinsley
and Co., 014 Hill) presided, and the following firms
were represented :—Messrs. Shaw and Sons (Birm-
ingham), Mears. Jones and Lloyd (Cradley),
Messrs. Perry and Brooks (Lye Waste), Messrs.
Swindell and CO. (Dudley), Messrs. Sergeant. Tur-
ner, and Co. (Lye Waste), Mr. H. Moore (Hales-
owen), Mesza.:i. J. G. Wa,ker and Sell (Nether.on),
bi...agg, Perkins and Lawton and hiltiora, E. Had.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-27

THE LEAGUE OF THE CROSS,

In London, on Sunday afternoon, notwithstanding
a downpour of rain, the members of the London
Catholic League of the Cro-s mustered in considerable
force on Clerkenwell-green to hold their annual open-
air meeting, under the presidency of Cardinal
Manning. Representatives from the different branches
of the League, which now number nearly 30 in the,
metropolis, with an aggregate of some 15,000 members,
assembled, with their bands and banners, at abaut'
three o'clock, on the green, and shortly afterwards
Cardinal Manning drove up, and formally opened the
proceedings. At the earnest solicitation of the clergy-
men on the platform, his Eminence was induced to
leave immediately, as the rain at the time was pour-
ing. Notwithstanding this, the large assemblage, by
whom the Cardinal was heartily cheered on taking his
departure, did not disperse until the close of the pro-
ceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

THE INDIANS or CANADA.

On Tuesday afternoon the Rev. H. Pahtahqualiong
Chase, Hereditary Chief of the Ojebways, and Presi-
dent of the Indian Council of the Six Nations, had an
interview with Mr. Courtney, Under Secretary of
State for the Colonies. Mr. Alexander NPArthur,
M.P., on behalf of the Aborigines Protection Society,
introduced the Chief, who described in favourable
terms the position and prospects of the Indians of
Canada. He stated that they were settled and pro-
perly housed their numbers increased, and their con-
dition was one of progressive improvement. Mr.
Courtney, in reply, referred to the interest which the
British Government continued to feel in the Indian
tribes, and its desire to promote their welfare and
prosperity. Mr. Chase sails for Canada in a few
crly s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

HOT SUMMERS.

A Correspondent of The Times writes under date Odessa,

August 12 :--

"Referring to the great heat of the present summer
in certain parts of the United States and of Europe,
especially in England and France, a local news-
paper draws attention to a statement, presented to
the French Academy in 1811 by Dominie Kassini,
asserting that the year 1684, 1686. 1691, 1699, 1701,
1704, 1712, 1726, 1727, and 1781 were also re-
markable for summer heat. This list was, how-
ever, unaccompanied by details, and the summer
of 1793 appears to be the first respecting which
complete information exists, and which was pro-
bably the most intense that had been known in France
up till that time. The preceding spring was a cold one,
and lasted so long that household fires were kept up
during the whole of June. But on the 4th of July a
warm wind set in, and by the Bth of that month the
thermometer rose to 38deg. in the shade. The
abnormal heat—according to a writer of the time—
especially as it followed upon such continuous cold,
produced most ruinous effects. Every green thing in
the fields dried up, the fruit upon the trees was burnt
to cinders, furniture assumed all sorts of strange forms
through being warped, and the earth everywhere
showed cracks and crevices. This state of things
lasted until the 17th of July, when a heavy hailstorm
occurred and requickened nature.
Althoff-1i the summer of 1819 was temperate in
Europe it was so hot in Asia Minor that at Bagdad
the thermometer rose, even in the most sheltered
places, to 120 degrees, and at midnight stood at 108.
There, the season was followed by heavy rains, which
caused death to numbers of people, and even destroyed
whole caravans during their journey.
The next remarkable hot summer occurred in 1822,
when, as in the year immediately preceding, fields on
some parts of the Continent, especially in Alsace and
Lorraine, were so overrun with mice that in the
neighbourhood of Strasburg two millions of these little
animals were killed in a couple of weeks ; and this
fact of their appearing in such great numbers in spring
has been accepted by some as a precursor of great
heat. The harvest of that year was so early, too,
that fresh flour was sold at eome of the French
markets on the 28th of June.
The summer of 1832 is still remembered for its
intense heat and its cholera' which carried off 18,400
persons in Paris alone; while that of 1811, on the
other hand, is remembered for its abundant vintage
and its comet. Since that time, the summers of
1842 and 1875 appear to have been the hottest in
Europe."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

CRICKET.

STOURBRIDGE v. ARCADIAN—PIayed at S tour-
bridge on Saturday, and ended in a victory for the
Arcadians by 51 runs and two wickets to spare.
Ream played a magnificent innings of 59 not out
without giving a chance. Guest and Gray also
batted well for the Arcadians, while Penn played
a patient innings of 15 not out. Turney and Green
also batted well for Stourbridge. Score :

1 STOURBRLDGE:
Webb, c Kemp, b Reath
Turney, b Flavell, 20
Leeson, e Fenn, b Piavell, 8
Parkes, e Riddell, b Ream, 2
__

Green, - run out .. 17
Penn, not out l5
Cooper, a Preston, b Flavell. 4
Simms, b Ream.. 3
Wooldridge, b Ream 0
Hart, 0 and b Ream 1
Timmis, c Preston, b Flavell 3
Extras 6
--
80
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

ARTIFICAL TEETH,
WITHOUT PAIN.

MR. J. F. APPERSON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
ATTENDS EVERY
TUESDAY

FRIDAY,
From 11 till 5.
At 120, HIGH STREET,
STOURBRID GE.

BIRMINGHAM
ADDRESS:-HAMPSTEAD ROAD,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

A RIDICULOUS HOAX.

The Daily Telegraph of Tuesday said :—" Various
rumours as to menacing letters having been sent to
Lord Salisbury were in circulation yesterday. On
inquiry we learn that on Saturday evening the superin-
tendent of police at Hatfield received an anonymous
postcard bearing the London postmark, stating that a
i
plot had been formed by a party of Irishmen n Ber-
mondsey and that the life of Lord Salisbury was in
danger. As his lordship was staying at Hatfield
House steps were at once taken by the local
police to watch the mansion and its approaches,
and early on Sunday morning the superintendent
communicated the new to the officials at Scotland-
yard, and Chief Superintendent Williamson took the
precaution of having his lordship's house in Arling-
ton-street watched. The result of the inquiries sub-
sequently instituted, however, left little doubt in the
minds of the police authorities that the whole thing
was a hoax, and the local superintendent of Hatfield
is of the same opinion.
It is stated that, a threatening letter was received by
the Marquis of Salisbury on Saturday afternoon bear-
ing the Liverpool postmark. Several letters of a like
nature have -been delivered at Arlington-street bear-
ing Birmingham and Liverpool postmarks.

A DESIRABLE SPOT.—Young Lady: "This seems to
be a very healthy part of the country."—lat In-
habitant: " Healthy I Theer ain't a single livin'
person 'dead' sinst I bin 'ere! "-2nd Inhabitant:
• No; an' the village is neat an' handsome considerin'
it's so plain, Miss."—lst Inhabitant: " theer ain't
a smaller village in England as kin beat it fur size-
2nd Inhabitant: " Ah I. what more kin ony one want
'cept the price o' sumrnat to drink I "—Fun.

THE HERRING FlSHERY.—Herring fishing upon the
coasts of Scotland last year was unusually prolific--
producing little short of a million and a half of barrels,
believed to be the greatest take on record. Only in
one previcns year, namely 1874, has it reached so high
a figure as a million of barrels. Comparing the fishing
of 1880 with the average of the previous ten years, the
,returns show an increase of 73 per cent. on the cured
'and exported, and 72i 'per cent.,inthil brand,fees, It
was chiefly on the east coast that the yield was so
enormous. Salt and barrels naturally ran short for so
large a demand, and reached exceptionally high
prices; and great quantities of herrings became
tainted, and were fit only for manure owing to the
boats beinutlelaxed by calms, with unusually ILA
weather. The wu.ter fishing appears to have oon-
tributes:l little to the rettunii.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

EXECUTION AT NOTTINGHAM.

At eight o'clock on Monday morning Thomas
Brown, a laoouring man, was executed at Nottingham
for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Caldwell, an un-
married woman with whom he lived.
Since his trial Brown has maintained a calm
demeanour and has appeared to pay attention to the
ministrations of the chaplain. A memorial praying
for a mitigation of the sentence was forwarded to the
Home Secretary, who replied that he could discover
no sufficient ground to justify him in advising Her
Majesty to interfere with the due course of law.
Brown walked steadily from his cell and submitted
quietly to the adjustment of a white cap. The long
drop was used, and the execution was the work of a
few seconds. The bolt was withdrawn whilst the last
sentences of the Burial Service were being read.
Marwood was the executioner.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

A.ECADIANS.

Riddell, b Penn 14
Guest, c Penn, b Webb 28
R- am,.not out .59
Fenn, b Penn 0
Flavell, b Webb , 1
Kemp, b Webb 4
Preston, jun., b Penn..., 1
Gray, e Cooper, b Turney . . 21
Tye, e Penn. b Turney 0
Smith
) to bat
Gilbert

Extras _

STOUR/MIDGE V. MR. FOLEY'S ELEVISN.—PIayed
at Prestwood on Saturday. and ended in favour o 1
Stourbridge by two wickets. Each side played one
short, a substitute being allowed to field. Score;
STOURBRIDGE.

Hicks, st Jackson b Foley 12 b Foley 3
Brazier, run out 2 lbw b Lambert 6
Stratford, b Foley 26 lbw, b F01ey...3
Wooldridge, not out 4 b Lambert..... 1
Jones, st Jackson, b Foley... 6 b Lambert.... 0
Cole, b Foley 0 b Lambert 3
Timmins, c Moore, b F01ey.... 0 not 0ut....... l2
Lowe, b Lambert 2 e sub.. b Munn 5
Evers, run out 0 not out .........0
Scriven, c Green, b Lambert 0 to bat
Extras .....

-....-....
Total 60 37
MR. FOLEY'S ELEVEN.

Foley, b Jones , 8 c Timmis, b
Jones 1
Gilbanks, c sub., b Stratford... 4 b Stratford 4
Wakeman, c Hicks, b Stratford 6 0 Timmis, b
Jones ......
Jackson, c sub., b ;ones 3 43 Hicks 17
Sir H Lambert. c Cole._
~.„11 c Brazier 1
Moore. b Jones 1 h Jones 2
Lowe, not out 11 b Jones 1
Kyneston, c Stratford 8 not out 3
Green, run out 0 c and b Timmis 2
Parsons, c Brazier 3 b Jones 0
Extras 6 ... 4
-- -
61 35

STOURBBIDGE ST. Joules WHITE ROBB v.
STOURBBIDGE BRITISH SCHOOLII.—.-ThiS match WM
played on Saturday last, on the ground of the
latter, and after a very pLasant game ended in a
win for the former. The fielding on both sides was
very good. The bowling of T. Perkin, P. Chance,
and W. Wall for St. John's proved very destructive.
In the second innings of the British School all.,*the
wickets tell for 5 runs. The following is the
score :

BRITISH SCHOOLS.
H. Yates, b Perkin s 3
Corbett, c Perkins b Chance 7
Raybould. b ferkins
Perri s, b Perkins
Turner, 43 Green, b Perkins
Vincent. rua out
Allen, b Perkins 3
Wilkinson, run out
Bidmead, not out
J. Vincent, run out 0
Morgan, 1 b w. b Chance 0
ixtras 8
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

A NEW SUBMARINE VESSEL.

A young Roumanian engineer, Prajan Theodoresco,
has succeeded in constructing a submarine vessel which
puts everything that has gone before in submarine
navigation completely in the shade.
Ills boat, up to a certain maximum size and corres-
ponding tonnage, it is said, may be navigated under
water for twelve hours at a stretch, at a depth of 100
feet; she may however, according to the inventor, be
lowered to over 300 feet below the surface of the water,
and without coming uplinto contact with the atmosphere.
On the surface of the water the vessel may be
manceuvred under the same conditions as an ordinary
steamboat. Her speed, however, is not so great as
that of steamers, but greater than that of sailing
vessels. The submersion is effected by screws, and
vertically, either suddenly or successively, and the
vessel is raised in the same way. If once under
water, sufficient light is supplied enabling those
on board to see all obstacles at distances up to
130 feet, and the movements of the boat may be so
regulated as to avoid them. The air supplied for the
crew is said to last for from twelve to fourteen hours.
In case of need, the reservoir containing the air may
be refilled, while under water, for another twelve
hours, pipes telescoping into each other being directed
to the surface for that purpose. The propulsion of the
vessel and its submersion are stated to cause no
noise.

Should all these particulars prove correct, the
mvel boat will be the most formidable vessel for
torpedo warfare. But she may also be turned to more
useful purposes. In the Matchin Canal, near Braila,
there lies. since May 1877, the Ltgfl Djelit, which had
on board the war-chest of the Turkish Danube flotilla,
amounting, so report says, to several million piastres.
It might be possible to recover that sum by means of
the new submarine boat, and if the experiments should
prove successful, it would at the same time be profit-
able.—lron.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

IiALESOWEN.

A TR& TELLING "GAMBLER."—At a special petty
sessions had on Monday last, bAfore Mr. E. 13.
Phillips, John Smith alias Fenner, giving his ad-
dress as Birmingham, was brought up in custody
charged with erecting a stall upon the public high-
way and using the same for the purpoee of pkying
at a certain game of chance to wit "Little go," on
Saturday night last.—Police-sergeant Ray t ouid
pro red the case. and defendant was fined 2s 6d
and costs, with the alternative of seven days' im-
prisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.

On Tuesday afternoon an explosion, which un-
fortunately was attended by loss of life, occurred at
the works of the New River Company, Hornsey-lane,
London. It appears that Police-constable Collins,
who was on duty upon Highgate-archway, near which
the works of the New River Company are situate,
heard the sound of an explosion. He and a man em-
ployed at the works went to the machinery, and found
that a boiler had burst and that a great quantity of the
del,ris had been blown into the Archway-road, a dis-
tance of about 100 yards. On searching the place
they found the resident engineerlying under some debris
in an insensible condition. Dr. Henderson was at
once called in, but the poor man died in a few
minutes. The deceased, whose name is William
La,ngdon, had been in the service of the company for
over thirty years as engineer at these works.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

SAD BATHING CALAMITY.

A sad bathing fatality occurred at Windermere on
Saturday. Miss Florence Hall, a young lady, twenty-
one years of age, daughter of Mr. Arthur Hall, of
35, Craven Hill Gardens, London, whist lbathing with
her brother, near the Lily of the Valley island oppo-
site Bowness, and whilst swimming across from the
island to the mainland, suddenly sank, and before
assistance could reach her was drowned. Miss Hall
had reached to within twelve or fifteen yards of the
shore when she shouted to her brother—" Save me ! "
Master Ernest Hall, who is only about fourteen,
immediately swam towards his sister, but, though she
came to the surface three or four times, he was unable
to reach her in time. The body was recovered in the
course of half an hour in about eight or nine feet of
water. The distance between the island is not very
great, not more than one hundred yards, but the
water of the lake is very cold, and it is supposed she
was seized with cramp.
Deceased, with her parents, had been staying at
the Old England Hotel, Bowness, from the
.previous
Monday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

ADDITION TO THE NAVY.

Another addition to the unarmoured cruisers of the
navy has been made by the launching of the Satellite,
at Sheerness Dockyard on Saturday. The Satellite is
a composite sloop, which has been constructed in less
than twelve months. The design of the COMM has
been closely followed, though the new sloop is smaller,
and is not steel-plated like thAt vessel. The engine
and boiler rooms are protected by shelf-proof gratings
and shutters. The coal-bunkers, which are situated
below the steel deck, and between the engine and
boiler rooms and the ship's side, are unusually capa-
cious, and will enable the Satellite to go longer dis-
tances than other ships of her class, without putting
into port for coals. She will carry eight 68-pounder
guns of an improved construction. The christening
and launching of the vessel were performed by the
the daughter of Sir Reginald Macdonald, Commander-
in-Chief at Sheerness.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

AERIAL SIGNALLING.

Mr. Henry Coxwell sends the following letter to
The Times:—

Sir,—On this subject considerable interest has been
already manifested, although stormy weather has
delayed my experiments at the Crystal Palace. The
smallest auxiliary aid to telegraphic communicaticn i
for military, meteorological, and other objects s
regarded as of no small importance at the present
moment.

It is now a quarter of a century since I intro-
duced my balloon signals in the form of semaphore
arms and symbols attached to the car, but it has
recently occurred to me that the balloons themselves,
in different sizes, colours, and shapes, may be made
the clearest and most unmistakable mode of signal-
ling, especially at long distances. In connexion
with armies, fortresses, lighthouses, &c., balloons
In a captive state, by dips and sundry altered positions,
which I contend they are susceptible of, will surely do
some servioe whe earth•currents, storms and acci-
dentsn interfere with wire communication and also
when the heliograph cannot act for want of sunshine.
Then large or miniature balloons may be made to speak
a language easily comprehended by those who have
the key to the signals. If a black ball from the mast
of a ship can be seen and understood miles distant,
how much better could larger balls or balloons do the
required work for land purposes. In windy weather I
propose to employ kites and by night coloured pyro-
technic signals.
Might not such plans have been useful in South
Africa, even though they emanate from a civilian
aeronaut?
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

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PUBLIC NOTICE.

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FITS.—EPILEPTIC FITS OR FALLING SICKNESS
—SENSATIONS, GIDDINESS, FAINTS.—A certain method
of cure has been discovered for this distressing complaint
by a Physician, whc is desirous that all sufferers may
benefit from this providential discovery. It will cure
the most hopeless case after all other means have been
tried. Full particulars will be sent by post free of charge
Address.—Ma. WiLusms, 10, Oxford Terrace, Hyde
Park London.

A. DELIGHTFUL FLAVOUR. CRACROFT'S AREOA-NUT
I'OOTH PABTE.—By using this delicious Aromatic Deuti-
fri.,e, 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
2s 6d each. (Get Creston's.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

DISASTER AT A BULL FIGHT.

The Paris Correspondent of the Standard writing on Mon-

day, says :
A more terrible catastrophe than one which took
place at Marseilles last night c3uld scarcely be
imagined. A bull fight had been organised in the
New Circus, situated in the Promenade on the
Prado. It being Sunday, a vast gathering of holi-
day folks assembled to see the sport. All went
well till abut five o'clock, when suddenly the
stands, which were made of wooden planks,
gave way and precipitated the occupants, about twe
thousand in number, pell-mell on to the ground. The
horrible scene that followed can be better imagined
than described. For some minutes the shrieks and
cries of the victims, as they lay jammed and crushed
amid the debris, paralysed the movements of the circus
people, who rushed about in the greatest confusion.
But the first terrible shock over, troops were
sent for and the work of rescue began. The
sad news soon spread throughout the town, and
in a short time nearly all the inhabitants flocked
to the spot in quest of missing friends. It toDk
several hours to extricate the dead, dying, and
wounded from the ruins. Our latest report puts the
killed down at twelve and the injured at one hundred
and fifty, but more bodies were believed to be still
hidden under the debris. Among the victims is M.
Imhauss, Paymaster General of the Treasury, who
had his right leg smashed.
While this accident was taking place at Marseilles,
another fatal bull fight was witnessed at Nimes, where
two of the torreros were nearly impaled on the horns
of the animals. One of the men is reported to have
died from his wound.

A later report says that seventeen persons were
killed and 230 others more or less seriously injured by
the above accident at the bull fight at Marseilles on
Sunday. Five of the injured are not expected to re-
cover. •
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

AGRICULTURAL RETURNS OF GREAT

BRITAIN.

4th t June
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The
under wheat was 2,806,057; under barley,
2,442,405; oats, 2,901,135; potatoes, 579,431; hops,
65,128. Compared with the same date in 1880 there
was an increase of 3.7 per cent, in oats, and of 5'2
per cent. in potatoes; but decreases of 3'6 per cent. in
wheat, 1 per cent, in barley, and 2'4 per cent. in hops.
Compared with 1879, the figures for the current year
show increases and decreases in the same classes,
though to different degrees—namely, increases of 92
per cent. in oats and 7 per cent, in potatoes; and de-
creases of 29 per cent. in wheat, 84 per cent, in
barley, and 3'B per cent. in hops.
The live stock this year are returned as follows :
Cattle, 5,911,524, a decrease of 522 upon last year,
but an increase of o'9 per cent. over 1879; sheep,
16,143,893, a decrease of 6'l and 11'2 per cent. upon
the two preceding years; lambs, 8,438,261, a decrease
of 105 and 15'5 per cent. ; and pigs' 2,048,034, an in-
crease of 24 per cent. upon 1880, but 21 per cent.
below the numbers for 1879.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

S. FIELD,

GENERAL PRINTER

92, 111G1-1-BTREE

, BTOURBRID6E

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

STATIONERY.

Auetioneers' Catalogues, Sernaons,Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes ,Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL HINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL grsD 5 et

PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.
ItILL PAPER, PEN'S, INK. &e.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books,

GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENT,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

A NEW FISHING VESSEL.

The Times has published the following letter :

Sir,—Will you kindly permit a London ship broker,
on his holiday tour, to give a few facts respecting a
remarkable vessel now in Queenstown Harbour,
which is probably destined to work a revolution in
the supply of fish to large towns? I regret that no
mention of her was made to the Committee on the
Supply of Fish to the Metropolis, as the way her
cargo is preserved shows there is no necessity for so
much of the fish sent to London to perish en route.
Through the courtesy of my host, Mr. N. G. Sey-
mour (Lloyd's and the French Consular Agent) and
Captain Dulac, I have been enabled to inspect the
Raphael, steamship, of Marseilles, commanded by the
latter. She was formerly the Collingwood, of New-
castle, is schooner rigged, 581 tons net register,
and can carry about 1,000 tons dead weight,
including fuel. She carries two steam launches for
fishing, and has on board 90 tons of salmon and
trout, which she commenced catching at Labrador and
Sandwich Bay on the 10th of June last, and she was
eight days coming here. The holds are hermetically
sealed and refrigerated, and the fish lie in wooden
trays. The refrigerating apparatus I will not attempt
to describe, but it appears to be similar to those
familiar to your readers. The practical result of it is,
that I have eaten at dejellner a beefsteak quite fresh
and palatable after being on board four months,
although not particularly tender, and I have brought
ashore a beautiful salmon, frozen stiff, which is
warranted to be fit for dinner to-morrow.
But the chief thing I wish to bring under your notice
is, that the vessel can come here for orders and wait as
easily as if she carried grain. She can go to London,
Liverpool, Rouen (for Paris), or even Bombay, and
sell hel cargo in large or small quantities without any
fear of glutting the market. She can bring fish of one
conntry to ports where the like has never been seen
fresh before; and, indeed, I need not expatiate upon
what such a vessel can do in the way of bringing a fresh
supply of it—e.g., she could deliver her present cargo
in London and go to the North Sea fishing grounds (if
the prospects were good) and run a cargo thence to
Billingsgate safely in the hottest weather.
I am not entering into the question of whether the
adventure will pay the owners of the vessel—MM.
Cabissol et Cie., of Marseilles (palmam qui meruit
ferat)—but from what I hear I should think it would.
As one practically engaged in the carrying trade over
sea the vessel struck me as being so remarkable
that I have ventured to address you respecting her, as
a new reaping and conserving machine of the vreat
harvest obtainable from the sea.—l am Sir, yours
obediently, W. CLARE.
Bellevue-house, Queenstown, Aug. 12.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

KIDDERMINSTER.

ATTEXPEED SUICIDE BY A Bo.—A. boy named
Thomas Barnett, aged 12 years, attempted to com-
mit suicide by hanging himself on Wednesday
night. He had been siucy to his mother, and she
boxed his ears. Shortly after a neighbour saw
him in a closet hanging by a scarf, the other end
of which was fastened to the roof. She gave an
alarm, and a man named Leadbeater cut him down
lie was at the time black in the face. Restoratives
were administered and he reeovered.—A.iter he was
conveyed to the station the boy said he did it to
frighten his mother, and that he tried to unfasten
the scarf but was unable to do so.

DEAFNESS, Notams re TEIR EAR', &Se. DELL At'
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numbers of eases, seemiegly insurable, it has One
wonde:s. Slight Deafness, Obstruations in the Ears,
and the inessosnt humming sertads so frequent with
affected hearing, are removed after two or three nights'
applications. Dellar's Essence can be spoken of as mare
to tire sonte relief in any ease of Deataers without
pausing the slightest injury to the delicate organisms of
the ear ; and, hewevir surpriding, persons for years
Deal have heard sounds after a fair trial of Dollar's
Esselte*. Bottles, Is. lid and 2s. 91. Bold by all
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

HARVEST PROSPECTS.

The Agricultural Gazette says :—" The wheat crop,
according to the returns from our correspondents, will
not yield what we call an average crop; though if the
experience of the last five years be added to those of
some fifteen or twenty years before them, 'the ave-
rage 'of English experience in wheat growing must
itself be considerably lower than what we usually con-
sider Atm average' or fairly satisfactory return.
Barley, on the other hand—generally the crop of this
year—is declared in a large percentage of our returns
to be over average. The oat crop again is very dis-
appointing. Beans and peas, especially the latter,
are much better than they at one time promised
to be; and that, too, also may be said of most
of our green crops. Mangels have very much im-
proved of late. Swedish turnips, which, after the
first sowings, had been almost everywhere destroyed
by the,fiy, are now generally, growing well, and the
later sown turnips are good. Hay is one of the
shortest crops ever known; but excepting in the very
late districts, it has been made easily and well.
Harvest, which at one time threatened to be very late,
has been hastened on by a hot July, and is now
general. We hear bad accounts of the wheat crop
from the low-lying or fen districts of Cambridge,
Norfolk, and Lincolnshire; and the mildew which is
threatening or destructive, is all the more to be feared
from the weather which we have been recently ex-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

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the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Irish
Land Bill. Formerly it was held to be one of the most
revered canons of political life that the business
of the Session should be wound up in order to
allow members to get away to the moors, so that they

might be in time to rise with the dawn of the twelfth,
and do their best to make good bags of grouse before
breakfast. The House met so early this year that at
one time it seemed as though there might be a return
to former usage, and prorogue not later than the 10th
of August; but this hope was not realized, ani day-
light in the morning of the twelfth found some
hundreds of members not breathing the fresh air of the
moors, but still contending over the Laud Bill in the
heated atmosphere of the House °a:emulous.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

THE TELEPHONE IN AMERICAN
PRISONS.

That walls can be made to have ears in a very
literal sense, the denizens of American prisons are
likely to learn in rather unpleasant fashion (says the
Pall Mall Gazette). An ingenious official is said to have
hit upon the bright idea of utilizing the microphone
and telephone in the service of justice, by putting
them to the mean use of listening to the conversation
of prisoners awaiting trial. In a New York prison
a microphone is adjusted to the wall of a cell and
carefully covered with thin paper, pierced with.
small and scarcely visible holes. Into this cell'
the accomplices or relations of prisoners are admitted
as visitors without being embarrassed by the presence
of any official. Meantime a warder stretches a long
ear from another room to the inside of the cell by
means of the telephone connected with the trans-
mitter, and listens with delight to the unrestrained
conversations of the victims of society. It is said that
this method of getting prisoners to turn evidence
against themselves has succeeded admirably ; but, if it
becomes of universal application, we suspect the dodge
will soon come to the knowledge of those most inte-
rested, who may then turn the table on their operators
by putting them on the wrong scent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

THE ROYAL PRINCES IN AUSTRALIA.

Letters received at Plymouth by the Australian
mail describe the festivities throughout Victoria and
South Australia in honour of the visit of the sons of
the Prin,e of Wales. On the 6th and 7th of Ju'y the
Princes visited Sandhurst, and were received by an
enthusiastic crowd of twenty thousand persons. Their
Royal Highnesses opened a handsome fountain
recently erected in the Charing-cross, and afterwards
visited the neighbouring mines.
In the evening there was a grand ball in the Town
Hall, and on the following day the Governor gave a
ball at Government House, Melbourne. Prior to this
the Princes had been on a visit to the estate of Mr.
Bowman, on Lake Albert, where, in company with a
large party of ladies and gentlemen, they engaged in a
kangaroo hunt. Between 40 and 50 animals were
either shot ov hunted down, and the tails of 15
kangaroos, which fell to the share of their Royal
Highnesses, are to be sent home as a present to the
Prince of Wales. At the various towns through which
the Princes passed they have been warmly welcomed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

THE MARQUIS OF LORNE'S TOUR.

The correspondent of The Times, who is accompanying
the Marquis of Lorne on his journey in the North-West, in
a telegram dated Rapid City, August 10, says :
I arrived at this place, 160 miles beyond Winnipeg,
to-day. Lord Lorne arrived here this afternoon,
escorted by a force of mounted police under Colonel
Flerchiner, and he proceeds to-morrow to Shoal Lake
to meet Mr. Dewdney, the Indian Commissioner,
who accompanies him with a large escort to Fort
Ellice. '[he Governor-General has formed a very
favourable impression of the country he has passed
through. The soil is fertile, the climate healthy, and
the settlers evetywhere pleased with their position
and pro-pects.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

ST. Josx's.

C. Chance, b Yates. x
J. Homer, b Turner 6
P. Chance, b Yates 0
S. Blakemore, 1 b w, b Yates
T. Perkins, run out
W. Wall, o Turner b Yates 4
A. E. Staples, not out
J. Green, e Allen, b Turner
W. Taylor, run out
N. Porter, c Corbett, b Yates.... .0
R. squires, c Wilkinson, b Yates 0
Extras 8

STOURBRIDGE t 7. NETRERTON.—This match was
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124. Netherton: Fletcher 4, Brazier 1, Hoichkies
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Vaughan 0, Bond 0, Morrie (not out) 2, extras 5;
total 82.

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-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

SAT U k , UGUST 20, 1881.

THE W RCESTERSEHRE MILITIA.
On Thursday morning the Fourth Worcester-
the t ,e Second Battali,n Wor•
ceeter, .e.e, MilitiaiWere inspected at Norton, after
under going twenly-seven days' training. The
inspecting officer was Colonel Hunter
C,8., commanding the 22nd Brigade Depot, at-
tended by Lieutenant Clarke, of the
adie-de-camp. Colenel Hunter on 'Wednes-
day afternoon inspected the battalion, and expressed
himself pleased at the clean appearance of the men
and the manner in which the kits had been kept.
On Thursday the general review of the battalion
took place. Colonel Vale and Lieutenant-Colonel
Howell put the men through a number of military
movements, after which Colonel Hunter, addressing
the regiment, said he was very pleased to see them.
and he hoped to see them again next year. Their
behavieur in camp and town had been excellent,
and they had turned out for inspection remarkably
clean. Their appearance was very satisfactory.
lie had to congratulate Colonel Vale on the state
of the regiment A great deal-had been done for
the comfort of the men during the year, which he
hoped they appreciated. There had been a little
falling off in numbers, hut nothing worth speaking
ot. He hoped to nieetthem again next year if they
were all spared, and meanwhile he would be able
to make a very promising report of them to the
Commander-in-Chief. The inspecting officer then
left the field —Colonel Vale, addressing the men,
, said he felt it one of the proudest moments of his
life to have for the first time the sole command of
the regiment. He prized much what had been said
by Colonel Hunter as to the behaviour of the men
in camp and in town. The turn-out was very clean
and smart, and although the rain poured down
still they made every endeavour to make them-
teeves as clean as could be, and he had to thank
them for their soldierly behaviour. As regarded
teeir appearance in the field that day Colonel
Hunter had given the regiment very high praise,
and to toe officers, non-commissioned officers, and
men he had to give thanks for the trouble they had
taken to learn the drill. Colonel Vale then re-
minded the men that they w ere liable to be
punished for any offence they might commit, but
he was sure from their past conduct that the Act
would not have to be enforced. Ile then spoke of
the comforts that had been provided for the men,
which he said had been almost luxurious; thanked
6urgeon-Major Hyde, Captain Allsopp, and Miss
Lugard for what they had done for the comfort and
amusement of the regiment ; and concluded by
advising the men when they were paid to put their
money in the Post Office Savings Batik, where they
might find it handy on another day. He bade the
regiment a cordial farewell, and hoped to see them
all next year, and to hear them deserve as much
commendation as they did that day.—The regiment
then marched back to the camp, and the men will
be dismissed to day ( Saturday.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

TO LET.

RE DIATTI:iLTV DENIVIBUN, D.EOEASED.

PURSUANT to the Act of Parliament, of the
22nd and 23rd Vic. Cap. 35, NOI ICE is .EIE ht.•
1:31. GIVEN, that Creditors and pei sous having any
debts, claims, or demands, agivnst the Estate of Matthew
Dennison, lute of Audnani Bank, Wordsley, in the
ounty of Stafford, tientleman, and formerly of Dudley,
in the county of Worcester, t.;hernist anu Druggist, who
died on the 15th day of July, 1881, and whose Will was
proved at the District Registry, at Lichfield, on the
28th day of July, 1681, by krarcis Lowson Dennison, of
12, Brunswick btreet, Barnsbury Read, Islington,
London, Edwin Turner, of Auantan Bank, aforesaid,
burgeon, and William Bristow, the youLger, of Horseley
Heath, Colliery ilt.eut, the Execu‘ors thereof, are here-
by required to send in particu.ars of their dents, claims,
and demands to us, the undersigned zooliciturc for toe
said Executors, on or before the Ist day of October
next. And Notice is hereby further given, that after
that day, the said Executors will proceed to distribute
the assets of the. said deceased amongst the parties
entitled thereto, having regard only to the claims and
demands of which they shall then have had Notice, and
the said Executors will not be liable for the assets, or
any part thereof, so distributed to any person of whose
debt, claim, or demand, they shall not have had notice.
Dated this 4th day of August, 1881,
bANDERS, SMITH & PARISH,

Of Dudley, in the County of Worctster, Solicitors to the
&nu Lxecuturn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-20

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