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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Houston, Texas, is proud of the circumstance that
its Mayor and most of its aldermen can nearly read and
write.

The creditors of an absconding Yankee banker found,
on opening his safe, that the only thing he had laid up for a
rainy day was an umbrella."

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We understand that respectable washerwomen in
Denver now decline to work for persons who are mean
enough to mark their linen, and thus not only show a want
of confidence, but give the trouble of sorting the things.

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An embryo poet, who is certainly a close observer
of human nature, remarks—" Time marches on with the
slow measured tread of a man working by the day."
In a State out West which shall be nameless they
never sue for divorce. When a husband gets discouraged, he
takes his wife to the brow of a cliff to view the gorgeous sun-
set; she is invariably overcome, and over she goes.
It is now announoed, on the authority of an "emi-
nent physician," that it is not considered healthy to rise be-
fore eight o'clock in the morning. This applies to men only.
Wives can rise at seven and light the lite as heretofore.
The Vienna journals report the death, at the great
age of 104 years, of M. Heel de Saint-Gilbert, the last page
of Marie-Antoinette. He was interred at Baden, near the
Austrian capital
A New York paper defines " journalist " tl4 a man
who spends the best days of his life in conferring reputations
on others and getting none.himaelf, I,:jw c11(,(4.0, oLtj
A smart man at Sandusky put arsenic m a bottle of
wine, hoping that a burglar would drink it, and his 'wife
placed it among one hundred other bottles. The smart man
is now wondering which is the bottle, but thinks he will
have a wine sale by auction.
A Californian paper says :—" Not long since a Ger-
man was riding along Samsom-street, near Sacramento, when
he heard a pistol shot behind him, heard the whizzing of a
ball near him, and felt his hat shaken. He turned and saw a
man with a revolver in his hand, and took off his hat, and
found a fresh bullet hole in it. "Did you shoot at me ? "
asked the German. "Yes," replied the other party; "that's
my horse it was stolen from me recently." You must be
mistaken," said the German. "I have owned the horse for
three years." "Well," said the other, "when I come to
look at laix I Dater) Lam ixilitaken—au Moir,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

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inhabitants of Stourbridge and
neighbourhood that, he will in future attend
EVERY TUESDAY and FRIDAY;
from Ten till Five, at
MRS. HAWKINS'S MILLINERY
ESTABLISHMENT,
HIGH ...STREET, STOURBRIDGE.

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THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVE& -

pose to suspend bUsiness upon any day when it was ordinarily
transacted, and therefore he suggested that the House should
assent to the second reading of the Bill, and place it down
for committee on such a day that the interests affected woilld
have an opportunity to express their views, so that provisions
might be introduced that Would prevent damage to the
trade of the country.
After a further discussion, in which Ur. Palmer, Mr. Torr
Mr. Rodwell, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen took part,
Mr. Ritchie expressed his willingness to accept the sug-
gestion of the Government, and if it should be then thought
expedient to exclude docks he would not stand in the way.
The House then divided, when there appeared for the
second reading, 90 ; against, 64 ; majority, 26.
The Bill was then read a second time.
Some formal business was disposed of, and the House ad
journed.

the same article in nature, substance, and quality as
that demanded of him. The Bill provides that tea
imported shall be subjected to examination by Custom-
house inspectors, and that samples may be taken, and
analyzed when deemed necessary; and powers aro
given for the protection of the public when the analy-
sis is unfavourable.—The Times.

about which Sir Stafford promised further considera-
tion, it is impossible to feel that a case has been made out.
So many guns intended for predacious crows have
been used for other purposes, including (when left
loaded in a corner) the sudden death of any member
of the family from the grandfather to the youngest
born, not to speak of servants, visitors, and strangers,
that strong necessity was found some years ago, and
generally recognised, for limiting the number of catas-
trophes. A wanton desire to kill small and inoffensive
binds likewise contributed to the imposition of a slight
tax, which has not been protested against, except from
the north of the Tweed. Sir Stafford, while politely
parrying the thrusts of the deputation, intimated that he
had been somewhat bored since his entering office by
the importunities he had experienced on the subject,
"the larger proportion from Scotch members."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

EXTRAORDINARY COLLAPSE OF THE
ItCHOOL BOARD.

After a career of some eighteen months our
School Board has experienoed the pangs of disso-
lution, and is virtually no more. The election of
the Board was a somewhat remarkable affair in
some of its circumstances, and not less remarkable
in the end which has come to it. In point of fact,
the Board, so far as the majority of members is
concerned, has committed suicide, and the resig-
nation:of five out of the;sevon members has taken
place. At the time of.the election a compromise
was attempted with the view of avoiding a con-
test, but this failed in its purpose, and the rate-
payers decided the matter by their suffrages. Mr.
Prescott, who ran as an independent candidate,
headed the poll. Mr. J. C. A. Scott (also an inde-
pendent candidate) and Mr. T. Wall (Roman
Catholic) were elected, and the four compromise
candidates elected were Major Walker, and Messrs.
Stringer, McE wen, and Billingham. The pro-
ceedings e.t the Board meetings have not always
been of the most unanimous character, and of late
discussions have cropped up in regard to the cost
of proposed school buildings in Hill Street. The
last committee meeting on the subject is rumoured
to have been of an unprecedented character. The
ordinary meeting of the Board was convened for
Monday night, only one member, Mr. Prescott, at-
tended. After waiting the prescribed quarter of
an hour the clerk stated that the " meeting "
would stand adjourned till that day week. We
were afterwards informed that five members of
the Board had that day sent in their resignation
..to the Clerk. These were Major, Messrs. MeEwen,

tringer, Wall, and Billing-ham. The seventh
member of the Board, Mr. Scott, is now a resident
in London, and we believe would shortly have be-
come disqualified none-attendance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

FIRES AT SEA.

In a letter to The Times, Mr. Thomas Brassfy makes the
following useful and practical suggestions
"Sir,—The terrible loss of life caused by the burn-
ing of the Cospatrick—a loss of life which might have
I been much diminished, if not altogether prevented, by
superior discipline—has induced me to offer through
your columns some practical suggestions for diminish-
ing the danger from fire on board ships carrying large
bodies of emigrants. The difficulty of extinguishing a,
conflagration in such ships has hitherto been aggra-
vated by the number of passengers F•lar med by the
sense of danger which they are powerless to avert;
and the suggestion which I offer through your columns
to the nautical world would, I venture to think, en-
able the emigrants, whose presence on board ship has
hitherto been a source of special danger to become
efficient instruments in promoting their own safety.
"I would recommend that a Volunteer Fire Brigade
should be formed on board every emigrant ship. The
volunteers for this service sh ould be regularly exercised at
fire and boat stations; and the drills should be repeated
at frequent intervals on first leaving port, and con-
tinued daily until every volunteer is fully, acquainted
with his duties.
"The adoption of better means of extinguishing fire,
not only on board emigrant ships, but in the merchant
service generally, would be greatly fa ilitated if the
seamen in the Naval Reserve were made familiar with
the system Adopted on board Her Majesty's ships in
the event Of fire. All seamen, while going through
their annual course in the drill vessels appropriated to
the Naval Reserves, should be told off to fire stations.
The fire-bell should be rung daily, and the men mus-
tered and set to work, as if to extinguish a fire. The
addition of this instruction to thc j em.i cuurbc 11
drill wolld not occupy an unreasonable time and it
would have the effect of extending throughout the
Merchant Service the same excellent discipline, which
is now but rarely Been gave in the Royal Navy and in
tho groat Unto of ocean otoozotro.

"The Agents for the Crown Colonies, and all other
officials engaged in taking up ships for the conveyance
of emigrants, would do well if they were hereafter to
insist that the crews of the ships chartered should be
constituted in a certain proportion of Naval Reserve
men, who, having been themselves properly instructed
in the manner proposed on board their respective drill
vessels, would be able to instruct the emigrants
volunteering to serve as firemen.

"Volunteer Fire Brigades have been successfully
established on shore. Why should not a similar system
be adopted afloat?
"I have the more confidence in the merit of the sug-
gestions I have made, because I have had opportu-
nities of securing the approval of shipowners, who
have had practical experience at sea."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

MONEY.

A PRIVATE GENTLEMAN with surplus
A. 7- capital, is desirous of making immediate ADVAN-
'JES to gentlemen, manufacturers, farmers, tradesmen,
and others, male or female. requiring the same, in town
er country, in sums from £lO to £5OO on note of haud.
No law costs. Terms from £5 per cent., extending from
three months to five years. Mortgages negotiated at
less interest. Distance no object, as persons can repay
by P. 0. 0. or cheque. By applying personally from 10
till 4, or if by letter, enclosing a stamped directed enve-
ope, stating the amount required to Mr. A. BRADBURY,
161, Walworth-road, London, S. E., particulars will be
sent by return of post.
N.B.—No connection with loan offices. Residing in the
same district ever since 1841. Secrecy with despatch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

PERILOUS ADVENTURE AT MORE-
CAMBE.

A most exciting scene was witnessed in the bay, near
Morecombe, last Friday night. James Allen and John
Baxter, fishermen, and a boy named Thomas Baxter, all
of Morecambe, were returning from Piel with a boat
laden with spars. The tide was coming in rapidly at
the time, and the night was very cold. About three-
quarters of a mile from Morecambe the boat struck on
the mast of an old wreck in the channel, and in a
moment a hole was knocked through her bottom and
she capsized. A terrible struggle for life then ensued
among those in charge of the boat. One of the men
stuck to the protrudin g mast, nearly up to his neck in
water. The other managed to keep himself afloat
upon a couple of spars, whilst the boy got upon the
bottom of the partially sunk boat. Their cries attracted
the attention of a man on shore, and he at once rode
off to Morecambe for assistance. A boat was speedily
manned by Robert Hadwen, J. Jackson, and two
others, who set off in search, but in consequence
of the darkness of the night, and the rapidity
with which the tide was flowing against them,
they were a considerable time in reaching the
spot from whence the cries proceeded. They were
fortunate, however, in rescuing the three poor fellows.
Two of them were in a very exhausted and benumbed
condition, having been beating about on the water for
nearly two hours, and they were becoming unconscious
when their rescuers reached them. The whole party
landed at Morecambe about nine o'clock, and met with
a hearty greeting by a crowd of people who had been
attracted to the shore.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

OUR CANAL POPULATION.

Mr. W. Price asked the Home Secretary whether his atten-
tion had been called to the neglected sanitary and educational
condition of our canal population, and whether, as a Royal Com-
mission was about to inquire into the expediency of extend-
ing the provisions of the Factory and Workshops Acts to
certain classes now exempt from their operation, he was
willing to recommend that the condition of our canal popu-
lation should be included in the inquiry.
Mr. Secretary Cross said his attention, he was sorry to say,
had been called to the very sad state both as to sanitary
matters and as to education of what might be called "our
floating population" of the canals of this country. There
might, perhaps, as these children were not engaged in any
labour, or employed in factories, be some difficulty in In-
eluding them under the commission about to issue, but he
was very much interested in the question, and he would
undertake that there should be an inquiry in some form or
shape as to the exact state of things.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

WHEAT MEAL AS CATTLE FOOD.

The Field says :—" The low price of wheat (ac-
tually less than barley) has led to its extensive use as
food for the live stock of the farm. This is a sensible
practice, as it withdraws a considerable proportion of
the coarser samples from the market, and tends to
check the downward tendency which has of late been
so serious. 'We may safely assert that, with linseed
cake at £l3 a ton, wheat at 40s. a quarter (which is
only £9 a ton) is a cheaper food, and will, according
to price, produce better results. We should decidedly
recommend a proper mixture of different materials—
thus, wheat, oats, and bran would mix well with chaff;
wheat and beans would make a nourishing diet, but
there might be a too binding tendency, which must be
relieved by either oats or bran. Some caution is re-
quisite in the use of wheat for horses—thus, if given
whole or only partially broken, there is risk of an in-
flammatory action in the bowels; but if coarsely
ground and distributed through chaff the effect is ex-
cellent. Wheat, being of a binding nature, should be
associated with some material of an opposite tendency.
When procurable at a reasonable price, nothing can
be used more efficacious than brewers' grains, which,
ranging from sd. to 6d. a bushel, are quite worth
purchasing if carriage is light. If properly preserved,
grains can be kept sweet for three or four months;
but air must be excluded, and it is a good practice
to dust salt over the grains as they are packed. They
can be preserved either in pits or bins, provided they
are well trodden down. A handful with each feed of
corn and chaff moistens the whole, and renders it more
edible, while insuring a healthy condition of the
bowels. If grains are not available, or late in the
spring, carrots, swedes, or mangold wurtzel may be
substituted; for this purpose the roots should be
pulped as fine as possible and used fresh. Wheat meal,
with barley and beans, makes a capital mixture for
feeding cattle,
D and those who have coarse varieties—
such as the efiance, Spalding, &c.—will act judi-
ciously by using a portion in this way."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

COUNTY COURT.

Evan? and Woodhcal. JURY CASE. - At the
County Court, on,Thursday,,before Mr. R. Kettle,
Judge. This was an action brought by Emma Evans,
formerly a domestic servant in the employ of Wm.
Bridge Woocihall, of Brettell Lane, to recover the
sum of £5O, for false imprisonment. Mr. Loxdale
Ararren, instructed. by ,Mr. Addison, appeared for
and,Mr. Underhill, instructed by Mr. Perry,
appeareo for defendant; Mr. Underhill, on rising,
said lie wts glad to say that an arrangement had been
come to between them, and they shouid.not trouble
His Honour with hearing the case. Defendant had
agreed to give £25 damages, including costs, and on
behalf of defendant, he wished to withdraw any im-
putations that had been made against .plaintiff's
character. Mr. Warren said that the plaintiff was
perfectly satisfied with the arrangements made, and
the remarks of his brother counsel.

Perry v. Stringer.—This was an action to recover
the sum of .43 4s. the value of a horse. Mr. Waldron
appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Homer defended.
Plaintiff said he lived at Four Ways, Cradley Heath,
and had a horse which was taken to a field on the
7th of January. He missed it, went to defendant's,
and found it locked up in a stable. He asked de-
fendant how much damage it had done, and he said
not much. Ha refused to lot witness have the horse,
which was worth £3. Cross-examined: The horse
was sold by auction, and realised £l. Samuel In-
still, auctioneer, said he was instructed by plaintiff
and defendant to sell the horse, and it was sold for
£l. The learned Judge said the last witness had
put Mr. Waldron out of Court, and gave a verdict
for defendant.
COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meetin of this Board was held in the
Board Room on Monday last, Mr. H. Hughes, in
the chair. Mr. W. J. Turney attended, but was lin-
able to stay. There was also present: Messrs.
Allsop, Kelley, Perkin, Stanley, Blunsom, Woolley.
Packwood, Mills, Griffin, and Edwards.
Tho Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting
which were confirmed.
The Clerk read a letter from the Rev. James
Richards, of the Hill, Oldswinford, stating the death
of his brother, William Mosely Richards, into Medi-
cal Officer of Health.
On the motion of Mr. Kelley, seconded by Mr.
Perkin, the question of electing another Medical
Officer of Health, be refered to the General Purposes
Committee, for them them to report at the next meet-
ing:—Carried.
On the motion of Mr. Allsop, secconded by Mr.
Edwards, a resolution was passed for the Clerk to
write to the Rev. J. Richards, acknowledging the
note, and regretting the death of their late Officer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

DISASTROUS FIRE IN AUSTRALIA.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that, on 23rd of
December, a disastrous conflagration broke out at
Windsor, destroying property to the amount of several
thousands of pounds. The flames, being fanned by a
furious westerly wind, spread rapidly from house to
house, until by half-past three o'clock fully thirty
buildings were destroyed. By the 4.40 p.m. train the
Hon. J. S. Farnell, the Hon. Saul Samuel, Mr. Crack-
nell, telegraphic superintendent, Mr. Fosbery, super-
intendent of police, and Inspector Ryland left Sydney
for Windsor. With them were detachments of the city
and mounted police, a squad of the permanent force,
and a supply of tents and blankets, the latter being in-
tended for use of the burned out unfortunates if sufficient
shelter was not at hand, the impression being in Syd-
ney at the time the train started that the town was
almost totally consumed. The damage done was found
on inquiry to be, if not quite equal to the ieports which
had reached Sydney, yet astonishingly heavy, and a
life was lost, that of a feeble woman, named Eliza
Wilson, aged about 60, who lodged or acted as a ser-
vant at Mrs. Calloway's, one of the tenements des-
troyed in Macquarie-street. This cottage, a weather-
board, was overcome by the flames so rapidly, that
there was no time given to the neighbours to even
rush in, and it was not until the strength of the
flames had become exhausted that the remains of
the unfortunate woman were rescued a charred
mass, and brought to a neighbouring hotel. In
all about thirty-three houses, the Wesleyan Church,
and Oddfellows' Hall, were destroyed. Very
little remains of them, with the exception of a few of
the strongest walla. Several horses also were burned;
in fact, so rapid and unexpected was the fiery sheet
that little save human life could be saved. The stock
and furniture of nearly all the business places must
have been destroyed, for on the scene there is very
little to be observed in the shape of salvage. The
dwellers all received the neighbourly accommodation
they so greatly needed. Mr. M`Quade, the mayor,
and other gentlemen, exerted themselves nobly in look-
ing to their comfort, and it is pleasing to think, be-
yond the loss of the day, no other seiious inconvenience
will be felt by the poor sufferers who so unexpectedly
were unhoused.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.

Your committee report the treasure's balances are
as follows :-7-Highway account: Balance due from
treasurer, J'anuary 20th, £55 15s Id; cheques
ordered, 232 13 Od; duo from treasurer to this
date £23 2s 7d.—lmprovement account: Balance
due from treasurer, January 20th, £ll3 12s id,
cheques ordered to January 20th, £42 7s lid; bal-
once £7l 4s 9d, paid to treasurers. Rates, £75 Os 5d
Market, £4l 12s Od, total, £ll6 12s sd, balance
due from treasurers at this date £lB7 17s 2d.
URBAN SANITARY A.UTHORITY.

Balance doe to treasurer to January 20th, £34 5d
9d, cheques ordered .244 16s 9d, total, .279 2s Gd,
feess paid to treasurer, .27 7s 6, balance duo to
treasures to this date .271 15s Od..
The following accounts were examined and ordered
to be paid. Highway account: £45 158 10d. Im-
provement account: .229 108 sd; Urban Sanitary
Authority: ..£3B 58 Od.
On the motion of Mr. Hughes, seconded by Mr.
Edward', the report wee adopted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

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Stourbridge.

SPECIAL ATTENTION.

is swam to Copying and Enhorging (even to Life Size
any Portrait, and finishing the dame either in Oil and
sllatos-ooloar, or plain black-and-white.
OIL PAINTING, Miniatures, Cartes de Visit., Magi;
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!Lbw Allisha•
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ARCHER CLARKE,

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

STATIONERY.

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GENERAL PRINTER,

STOURBBIDGB.

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
PLAIN and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stook of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and patterns.
BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, /co.
POCKET BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,
Toy Books, Spelling and Reading Books, lo

Just Published, 116 p.p., devty Bro., Post Free,
ANew Illustrated SELF-ESTIMATING
CATALOGUE for HOUSE FURNISHING,
with full description and prices of the Articles, profusely
Illustrated, and general suggestions. By EDWIN
STRINGER, Cabinet Manufacturer and complete
House Furnisher, Commercial Build i s, Stourbridge
and 1,20, and 21„ Mill-street, Kidderminster
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

lIIERIIOLD MANUFACTURING PREMISES,
BUSINESS SHOPS, AND DWELLING
- ROUSES, CRADLEI HEATH.
TO be SOLD by AUCTION, by Messrs.
HAWKINS and SON, at the House of Mr.
o"triDi BillinghEM, WI BELL INN, CRADLBY HBATIL,
LDNESDAY, FEBRVARY 24TE, 1875, at Six o'clock
the evening, in the following or such other Lots as
MAY be agreed upon at the time of Sale, and subject to
conditions to be wen read :
I" I.—All those two commodious well arranged
Ind sub AU
built BUSINESS SHOPS, one used
n Stationer's, and the other a Butcher's shop. with
Steam Engine, Boiler Sausage Machine Bacon
Room, Slaughterhouse, Stabling, Outbuildings,
trden Laud, situate opposite the Bell Inn,
Beath, in the occupation of James Cutler, and
Two SHOPS adjoining Lot 1, now
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE LODGER FRANCHISE.

A return recently laid before the House of Commons
classifying the Parliamentary electors on the registers
of the several boroughs in England and Wales in 1873
shows how few persons were on the registers as
lodgers, though it was six years since the lodger
franchise had been introduced. Of the 198 boroughs
in England and Wales sending members to Parlia-
ment, there are 128 for which the return shows either
no lodger voters at all or a number less than ten.
Of the remataing 70 there are 48—again the
majority—in which the number, though not less
than ten, is under 50. There are but 22
boroughs in which the number is stated to reach
or exceed 50, and they are as follows :—At Gloces-
ter the return shows exactly 50 names on the re-
gister in respect of the lodger qualification, being
rather more than one in 100 of the entire constituency;
at Windsor, Si of the whole 1,800 electors • at Cardiff,
52 of the 6,003; at Gravesend, 61 of the 2,800; at
Hastings, 65 of the 3,000; at Southampton, 68 of the
6,500; at Hull, 73 of the 20,000; at Nottingham, 103
of the 15,000; at Cheltenham, 107 of the 4,400;
at Devonport, 111 of the 3,400 ; at Bath, 127 of
the 5,000; at Plymouth, 305 of the 5,600; at
Bristol, 213 of the 22,000; at Liverpool, 316 of
the 55,000. In the Metropolis the numbers are
these :—ln the City of London, 548 lodger voters in
a constituency of 22,000; in Westminster (by far the
largest number in any borough), 3,361 of the whole
-20,000 ; in the Tower Hamlets, 152 in the whole
31,000; Hackney, 35 in 39,000; Finsbury, 517 in
37,000; Marylebone' 508 in 32,000; Chelsea' 1,275 in
23,000; Lambeth 223 in 38,000; Southwark, 160 in
19,000; Greenwich, 47 in 16,000. There are very few
lodger voters in the great towns in the North. At Man-
chester, only 29 in a constituency of 59,000; at Leeds, 13
in 44,000; at Sheffield, 2 in 34,000; at Bradford, 43 in
24,000; Oldham, Gin 18,000. At Birmingham the return
shows 10 in 51,000. The return for Scotland is imper-
fect; but it states the number of lodger voters in
Glasgow at only 110 in a constituency of 54,000. In
Ireland, Dublin show s 476 in a•constituency of 12,000;
Cork, 14 in 4,000; Belfast, 10 in 15,000; Londonderry,
7 in 1,700; and all the other boroughs only 28 in the
whole.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

—do not let them extend their studies into more
branches than they could fairly master • but take up
one and follow it to the end, and make the author their 1
friend by constant study. In conclusion, he urged his
young audience to extend their mental horizon 11
raising the level of their sight; and bade them remem-
ber that they had to adorn their lives as well as to
sustain them, and that they had not only to be trades-
men but men. (Cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

BRIERLY HILL.

CEARGE OF CRTELTY TO A HORBK.—At the Public
WEN), on Monday, before Misers. L. Freer, and B. St.
John Mathewes, Wlliazn Hill of Oldswintord, was shined
with cruelly illtreating a horse by beating him on the 81.12
inst. Police-constable Hollier, said that on the above
defendant was passing through Brierley Hill at a rapid
rate. There were about fou:teen persons in the trap.
Defendant was beathig the horse, which was much dis-
tressed. Fined 6s and costs.

CAUTION TO Appal:qui:l'm—Thomas Daniel Ellwell,
an appreutlce to Mesesr. Ford and Addison, printers, was
charged with absenting himself from his employment
on the afternoon of the Bth inst. Charles Ford said that
the defendant left work on the above date without leave.
Defendant is a very bad boy sad will not work, Com-
plitiosnt said he did net wish to press the ease, suit
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CIVIL
SERVICE.

The following circular has been issued by the
Treasury :--" The First Lord and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer state to the Board that the attention
of her Majesty's Government has recently been directed
to a number of instances in which information, obviously
derived from official sources, has been communicated
to the newspapers and other periodicals without the
sanction of the heads of the offices from which the
information has come. They further call the
attention of the Board to tile fact that several members
of the Civil Service have openly connected them-
selves with the public press, either as editors or
members of the staffs of newspapers, or as directors
of a company which has undertaken the pub-
lication of a periodical much engaged in the discussion
of matters relating to the Civil Service. They bring
to the notice of the Board the rule of the service that
no official information may be communicated to the
public journals without the sanction of the responsible
heads of departments, and that any gentleman infring-
ing this regulation renders himself liable to instant dis-
missal. My Lords are strongly convinced of the neces-
sity of enforcing the observance of this rule, and desire
that notice may be given throughout the various offices
under the authority of the Treasury that it will in future
be strictly acted upon. A caution shall at the same
time be given to gentlemen who have connected them-
selves with the press in the manner above noticed.
The inconvenience which may arise from such connec-
tion is obvious. Gentlemen taking upon them editorial
duties can hardly fail to place themselves in a false
position, and to expose themselves to suspicions and
misrepresentations, which, however unmerited they
may be, must disturb the confidence which ought to
subsist between them and their official superiors. It
should be intimated to these gentlemen that they must
in future be held personally responsible for any breach
of official confidence committed by the writers or cor-
respondents of the periodicals with which they are
connected. My Lords desire that a copy of this
minute be sent to all the departments of the State, and
that they be invited to co-operate with my Lords in
their endeavours to enforce this important regulation."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

HALESOWEN.

DRIINKENNEBB.—At the Police Court,:on Tuesday, be.
Ore Major Smith, Messrs. 1E . Gem and H. Howard,
Charles Lewis was charged with being drunk, on the
31st ult. Police-constable Drew proved the case. Fined
5s and costs.—Charles Florence was charged with being
drunk, on the 6th inst. Police-constable Drew proved
the case. Fined 2s 6d and costs.

ASSAULTING AN OLD WOMAN.— Emily Withers was
charged with assaulting an old woman named Mary
Withers, on the 2nd inst. The evidence showed that
defendant assaulted complainant in a brutal manner.
Defendant was fined 108 and costs. She was farther
charged with threatening Frances Withers, and was
bound over in one surety of £lO, to keep the peace for
six months.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—George Reid was charged
with being drunk and disorderly, on the Bth inst. P.C.
Dennant proved the case, and defendant was fined 2s 8d
and costs.—Eli Burton was charged with being drunk,
at dpiinghill, on the Oth instant. Police-constable Smith
proved the ease, end defendant, who pleaded guilty, was
tined 23 6d aud eusta.

DAMAGING A GARIEN.—Igasc and Edward Shilvock
were charged with dsmaging a garden belonging to
Gameston Percy Chapman, and were ordered to pay the
costs.

CHARGES UNDRII TEE FACTORY cT.—Joseph Weston
was charged by Mr. W. H. Brewer, Sub-inspector of Fac-
tories, for that he, being the parent of Thomas Weston,
a child employed in the factory of James Grove, did un-
lawfully neglect to send his child to school. Defendant
plsaded guilty. Mr. Brewer said in consequence of in-
formaciou received from the school returns ne visited the
factory of Grove, on the Ord of January, and found the
boy at work. The lad left school, but he was not twelve
years old. Defendant said his child had been ill, and was
not able to attend school. Mr. Brewer said the child
was well enough to work, but he did not wish to press the
charge heavily against defendant. Defendant was fined
54 and costs.—Henry Homer, spike maker, was charged
with a similar offence respecting his son, Foley Homer.
Defendant was ordered to pay costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE BURIALS BILL.

The "Bill to amend the Burial Laws" has been
printed. It bears the names of Mr. Osborne Morgan,
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. M'Arthur, and Mr. Richard.
It •provides that twenty-four hours' notice may be
given that a burial will take place in a churchyard
without the rites of the Church of England. The time
of burial is to be stated in the notice, and is to be sub-
ject to variation by the incumbent. If no intimation
of change of hour is sent, the burial is to take place,
and any person or persons who may be "authorized
by the person or persons having the charge of or being
responsible for such burial, may conduct a service or
take part in any religious act thereat." Burials under the
Act, "whether with or without a religious service,"
and are to be conducted in a decent and orderly manner,
every person guilty of any riotous, violent, or indecent
behaviour, or wilfully obstructing a burial or any ser-
vice thereat, is to be held guilty of a misdemeanour.
The Act is not to give a right of burial where no pre-
vious right existed, and the burials under the Act are
to be registered. The Act is not to apply to Scotland
and Ireland.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

ALL ORDERS EXECUTED WITH

REASONAB:
PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Auetioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Cinders, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards,
And ALL KINDS of PRINTING, in Black or
Coloured Inks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

OLD HILL.

BREACH OP THE PEACE.—At the Public Office, on
Wednesday, before L. Freer, Esq , Joseph Harris and
John Jephcott were charged with committing a breach of
the peace on the 18th inst. The case was proved and
five previous convictions were proved against Jepheitt.
Harris was ordered to pay the costs, and Jephcott bowie
over to keep the peace for three months
WILFUL DAXAGE.—John Jephcott was charged with
wilfully damaging a doer, the property of Joseph Harris
on the 18th inst. Complainant said after the row in the
above case, defendant came to his door and injured
it to the amount of 58. Defendant was fined Is and costs
and 5s the damage done to the door.
CHARGE OF CRUELTY TO A DOG.—John Shaw, Richard
Moore, and Edward Hurdman, were charged by Theodore
George Woodhouse, with cruelly iltreating a dog on the
7th inst. (Mr. Forrest defended. Police-constable
Turner, said from information receieved he went to
Rounds Green. On going to the place, heard dogs ,
fighting. As soon as he got up, the dogs Were parted. ,d
Saw blood on the floor, as if dogs had been fighting.
Saw the defendants there. Complainant said that he ac-
companied the last witness when the occurenes took place
and saw marks of fighting. He afterwards saw Shaw
and spoke to him about it, and he admitted being there.
A man named Tranter said he saw one of the dose after
the fight. Would not swear to either of the defendant's
dogs bleeding very bad. Mr. Forrest addressed the
Bench for the defence, and said he was not going to say
the dogs had not been fighting, but contended that it
had not been proved that either of the defendants enticed
the dogs to fight, and he should prove that Hardman
was not there at the alleged time. John Davis said that
on the above date he went a walk, and Hurdman's dog
followed him. He tried to drive it back, but i* would
not go, and elhaw's dog set about Hurdman's. They
were parted at once. Neither of the dogs were hurt.
littrtruan was not present when the fight took place,
whieit did not last ten minutes. Hannah Dadi• said Mg.
Etu-dman said that at the time stated the dogs were
50114. he waist home. The Bench considered the
ease proved sad fined theta 28 sa each and cos:a.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

DIPHTHERIA IN NEW YORK.

The Public Health Association of New York have,
in consequence of the prevalence of diphtheria in that
city, taken the subject into consideration with a view
of tracing the cause of the outbreak and of devising
some remedy, (says the Sanitary Record.) The con-
clusion which they arrived at are as under :

1. If diphtheria has gained a foothold in any city or
populous neighbourhood, it selects certain localities in
which its persistence is specially marked; and its per-
sistence, as shown by repeated outbreaks or con-
tinued prevalence, seems to hold an important relation
to certain conditions of soil, drainage, and sanitary
wants of dwellings, which admit of preventive measures.
2. The extension of the disease from one individual to
another, and to entire households or families, and from
family to family, and from place to place, are facts so
well proved in the history of the disease that the entire
separation of the sick from the well, at least of
children sick with this disease from all others, should
be regarded as a first-rate sanitary duty.
3. That the immediate sanitary as well as perfect
medical care of every family exposed to it seems to
be a duty required by every consideration of humanity
and public health.
4. That a complete and exact record of diphtheria
as it prevails in any locality is a duty of much import-
ance to society • and, that for the purpose of promoting
the successful discharge of this duty to society and the
medical profession, the Public Health Association of the
city of New York respectfully submits the following re-
solution as embodying its view upon the subject:—"That
every Board of Health, every county and city medical
society, and every practitioner of medicine in the State
of New York, is most respectfully urged to cause a
correct record to be prepared concerning the beginning,
progress, local, domestic, and hygienic conditions
under which this disease appears, progresses, and is
brought under any degree of sanitary treatment."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE
DEEP SEA.

In London, on Monday, a lecture was delivered by
Dr. Carpenter, F.R.S., at the London Institution,
Finsbury-circus, on "The Physical Geography of the
Deep Sea." The theatre was quite full, and fronting
the audience were several coloured maps, illustrative
of the subject of the lecture.
Dr. Carpenter, who was received with applause,
commenced by swing that of late years great addi-
tions had been made to their knowledge of deep sea
physical geography and life, owing to the improved
methods of taking the depths of the sea, and the
experience they derived from the laying of sub-
marine cables. The old method of paying out line
was quite uncertain, from the effect produced on the
line by the action of the ocean. The result of the
improved sounding apparatus now in use led to the
correction of many erroneous suppositions, and that
they gave certain results was proved by the fact
that the observations of different surveyors were
much the same. He then referred to the experi-
ments made by the Porcupine in 1869 between the
north of Scotland and the Faroe Islands, and said that
they sounded on that occasion to a depth of 2,435
fathoms, or nearly three miles. There was a sudden
depression at some distance from the coast, but the
level rose in the deep trough of the Atlantic. There
appeared to be a uniform surface in the middle, with
a depression, and then a rise on each side. It was a.
mistake to suppose that the depth of the ocean cor-
responded with the surrounding land. The whole mass
of land surrounding the Atlantic would not fill one
fourth of it, and the amount of land above water was
not 1-30th part of the great ocean basin. He believed
that the formation of the Atlantic basin was the same
for all geological time, at least since the chalk forma-
tion. The learned lecturer, having referred to the two
currents, one in a north-east the other in a south-west
direction to be met with near the Faroe Isles, adduced
the observations made on the temperature of the ocean
at various depths and localities, mad the direction of
floating bodies, as proofs that there existed a far more
powerful and general oceanic circulation than that
ascribed to the Florida or Gulf Stream.' He con-
sidered that the theory of a general oceanic circulation
was confirmed by the observations and experiments
made on board the Challenger, and was in conformity
with the view entertained many years ago by Luz,
who accompanied Kotzebue in his expedition. The
lecturer concluded by saying that his next lecture
would refer to ocean life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

THE TREATMENT OF DIPSOMANIACS.
)n,

A meeting was held at Willis's Rooms, in Londot
last week, under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftes-
bury, KG., to consider the desirability of establishing
a Home for the treatment of persons addicted to in-
temperate habits in the upper and middle classes. The
Chairman was supported by Archbishop Manning,
Dr. Burrows, President of the Royal College of Physi-
cians, Dr. Wood, Dr. Drysdale, Mr. Robert Rae,
Secretary of the National Temperance League, and
other gentlemen of influence.

The-movement, which may be said to have origi-
nated with the late Dr. Dalrymple, has been brought
before the public in its present form by Mr. Careston
Holthouse' who opened the proceedings by reading a
number of letters which had been received from Sir
James Paget, Sir Henry Thomson, and Sir William
Gull, and other members of the medical profession,
• who cordially approved of the Home which it is pro-
posed to establish, partly by voluntary contributions
• and partly by sub.cripions in shares of £25 each. He
announced that promises in support of the movement
had been received from various gentlemen, including,
Mr. J. W. Campbell £5OO, the Rev. H. Wilder £5OO,
Sir Rutherford Alcock £lOO, Mrs. Dalrymple £lOO, Sir
J. Paget £5O, Mr; Holthouse then went on to speak of
the disease of dipsomania, and said that there were many
persons of the upper and middle classes who were
not habitual drunkards, but yet who were subject to
fits of dipsomania. If these persons could be received
into a Home where they would have the proper medi-
cal treatment their cases required, there was not the
least doubt but that in a large number of instances a
cure might be effected. In the Home he proposed to
afford such facilities for recrpation aud employment as
might be found beneficial to the patients, and he had
no doubt that if. the matter were considered by the
public it would meet with their cordial approval and
support. At the same time he could not conceal from
them the desire of those he had acquainted-with the
facts to have some kind of legislative control over their
patients. -
Sir George Burrows moved the first resolution, with
reference to the establishment of the Home, and said
that it was a melancholy fact that the vice of intem-
perance was increasing amongst the upper and middle
classes.

Dr. Wood seconded the motion, and confirmed the
statement.

Other resolutions necessary to the formation of the
institution were spoken to by Archbishop Manning,
the Rev. D. Fraser, Dr. Drysdale, Mr. Ernest Hart,
and Mr. Rae. and the proceedings closed with a vote
of thanks to Lord Shaftesbury for presiding.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-20

MEMBERS.

The number of members now upon the books is 188
being an increase of 29 upon last year.

FINANCE.

The income of the year, including a balance of £1 124
51d, amounts to £29 is 4, and the expenditure to £2B
8a lid, leaving a balance in hand of 138 3d.

READING Room.
The reading room, in order to snake it more comfort-
able and cheerful, has been divided. The change is
much approved of by those who frequent it, and is much
better attended than
.formerly. It has been plentifully
supplied with paperkand periodical..

LIBRAIT.
aub•ensontlttee was appointed to overhaul the
Library, and it has be. thoroughly exanitaid, ralium-
bered, and several large addjtions made to it. Your es-
pecial attention is called to the new additions as they
contain some very choice works. Through the kind in-
tervention of the Rev. 1). Maginnis, we have been pre.
Rented by Mrs. Akroyd with 14 vole, of the Cyclopedia,
for which we desire to tender our best thanks. The
issue of books from the library has been „,fully equal to
former years. Your committee have, at considerable
cost, printed a new catalogue of the library, and havd
thereby obtained the £lO worth of books which Mr. C,
Cochrane so kindly promised, on condition that a new
catalogue wee printed. The committee tender their
sincere thanks for the handsome present of books, and
trust that they may be of great service to those who read
them.

CLAsS&S.

The following classes have been carried on during the
year, tinder the auspices of the South ,Staffordshire
Union of Educational Institutes, and have been fairly
attended :—Latin. Rev. B. Sherrard ; French, Mons. de
Vit ; Chemistry, Mr. J. H. Bland; Mathttuatics, Mr. W.
U. Goddard.