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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

THE FREE OPENING OF ST. PAUL'S.

In London, on Monday evening, a public meeting
of the members of the association for promoting the
free opening of St. Paul's two days in the week, and
others, was held at the committee-rooms, Clerkenwell-
green, to receive and consider the report of the secre-
tary with reference to the progress of the movement.—
Mr. Waddington was in the chair, and there was a
large attendance.
The Chairman said that since the inauguration of
the movement many letters had been received express-
ing the opinion that it was only fair that the public
should enjoy the right at reasonable times to enter
their national church without the payment of fees,
which amounted to about 3s. Some portions of the
Cathedral were comparatively cheap, as the nave and
transepts were free, and the charge for viewing the
clock and staircases was only Gd.' but to visit the ball
cost another is. 6d., and he thought the general
opinion of the public would be that the Dean and.
Chapter would be doing a very popular act if they re-
moved the restrictions altogether.
The hon. secretary said that in accordance with the
instructions of the committee he had had an interview
with Mr. Thomas Hall at the Chapter House on the
subject of the memorial which had been presented.
That gentleman received him very courteously and he
understood that the memorial would receive every
consideration. The Dean and Chapter had always
afforded facilities for the visits of societies and parties
of working men, but as regarded the free opening
there were vested interests which must be considered,
and also the question of the great additional expense.

After some discussion it was decided to await the
consideration of the Dean and Chapter, and the meet-
ing adjourned after the usual vote to the Chairman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

CHEAP COOKINu

In London, on Tuesday evening, a lecture was deli-
vered at the Working Men's Club and Christian Insti-
tute, Parker-street, Drury-lane, by Mr. J. C. Buck.
master 8.A., F.C.S. of the South Kensington
Museum, on "How to Cook a Dinner." The Rev. G.
H. Stanton, M.A., the incumbent of Holy Trinity,
St. Giles's, occupied the chair.
On the table in front of the lecturer were several
articles comprising milk, dripping, a little meat, three
mackerel, some haricot beans, oil, onions, &c., pur-
chased at a cost of about 2s. 2d., and with these he,
after a few introductory remarksgon the art of cookery,
began to operate, the result being that it was shown
that a dinner at the small cost mentioned, sufficient
for 12 persons, could be served of a very savoury
character. There were several of the wives of the
working men living in the neighbourhood pre-
sent, and also a few of the men themselves,
and what the lecturer endeavoured to impress
on their minds was that, with a very little
more trouble than what they now used, they could
cook their husbands' dinners in a manner that would
be more conducive to their health, and at the same
time in a manner more pleasing to their tastes than
was now the case. " How many men," asked the
lecturer, "left their homes and became intemperate
in consequence of the want of comfort at home, and
more especially the want of that great comfort, good
cooking? Could they wonder at their husbands
going to the publichouses, when, on their return
home after a hard day's work, they had a piece of
meat served up to them in a half-burnt stabe, cooked
on a dirty or sour frying-pan? Cleanliness was
one of the great essentials of good cooking, and
nothing could excuse a wife in using dirty articles in
preparing her husband's dinner, for it required such
little trouble to keep the pots and pans clean. This
matter of cooking was one of great moment to them,
for if they did not have good and nutritious food, in-
stead of having a race of strong and healthy working
men, they would have a poor and puny set, who, instead
of being able to go cheerfully to their daily avocations,
would be constantly at the doctor's." The lecture was
listened to with great interest throughout, and seemed
to afford a great deal of pleasure to those assembled.
At its conclusion a vote of thanks was given to Mr.
Buckmaster for his kindness in coming.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

We have been informed (remarks the Lancet,) that
the men and officers proceeding on the Arctic Ex-
pedition are for the most part men of fair complexion.
Ibis is a point of some interest in an ethnological
pomt of view. Do the fair complexioned races bear
cold better than the dark? The fair complexion and
light hair are indications of what the old writers used
to call a sanguineous temperament, and belong to
men of good physique, strong heart, active circula-
tion, and powerful muscles; but we should scarcely
have expected such men to bear cold particularly
well, for their thin skin and free capillary circulation
seem rather adapted to lose than to retain heat.
And although the fair complexion belongs properly
to the temperate zone, and to the more northern
portion of it, yet the Esquimaux, the Lapps, the
Finns, the Kamschatkans, the Northern Tartars, and
the Northern Indians, are all dark races, and there is
a well-known historical fact which seems to point to
the dark southern races as being better adapted to
bear intense cold than the northern. It is given, we
believe, in Alison, to the effect that of the 20,000 or
30,000 men who formed the relics of the Grand Armee,
and returned from the Russian Expedition, nearly the
whole had been drawn from the regions south of the
Alps. Have any of our readers heard how Scoresby
selected his men? He had a large cube of ice in a
tub; as each man presented himself he was directed
to stand with bare feet on the ice, whilst particulars
were taken of his age and experience. The

time when distress was clearly evinced was carefully
noted, and the most enduring men secured. There
can be little doubt that the nervous system plays an
important part in the production and maintenance of
the heat of the body, and it is the large brained races
that in all probability are best able to resist the de-
pressing action of cold. Such large brains are pre-
valent in the fair-complexioned men of the northern
districts of these islands, many of them the descen-
dants of the Danish and Norwegian settlers of early
times and we may thus perhaps explain their prepon-
deran in the crews of the Alert and Discovery.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

STATIONS,

Stourbridge
Brettell Lane .
Brierley 1101.
Round Oak 6.40.
Dudley
Tipton
Princes End
Daisy Bank
Bilston
Wolverhampton
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

PROTECTING LONDON FROM FIRE IN
THE OLDEN TIME.

The first reference we can find to any measures for
fire prevention in the City is in 1189, during the reign
of Richard I. It was this monarch who appointed the
first Lord Mayor of London, and this first Lord Mayor,
Henry Fitz-Alwin, goldsmith, issued an order (we are
told in Stow's Chronicle) in the year named concerning
buildings between neighbours. The party wall was
to be at least sixteeen feet in height and three feet
in breadth, and to be built of stone at the joint cost
of both parties, and instructions were given for digging
pits for water. In the first year of this reign the ward-
motes came into force and issued the following rules
for preventing loss of life and destruction of property
by fire :—"ltem.—That all persons who dwell in great
houses within the ward have a ladder or two ready and
prepared to succour their neighbours in case misadven-
ture should occur from fire. Item.—That all persons
who occupy such houses have in summer-time, and
especially between the feast of Pentecost and the
feast of St. Bartholomew (August 24), before their
doors a barrel full of water for quenching such fire,
If it be not a house which has a fountain of its own.
Item.—That ten reputable men of the ward, with ten
aldermen, provide a strong crook of iron with a wooden
handle, together with two chains and two strong
cords, and that the beadle have a good horn and
loudly sounding. Of persons wandering by night it
is forbidden that any persons shall be so daring as to be
found wandering about the streets of the City after
the Curfew rang out at St. Martin's-le-Grand and St.
Lawrence, upon pain of being arrested. In the reign
of John (1212) a great fire occurred at Southwark,
which burnt London Bridge, and caused the death of
3,000 persons. In 1264 (in the reign of Henry 111.,
the ordinances of 1189 were renewed, and in 1268 a
Night Watch for the City was appointed. In 1285
water was first brought into the City by pipes to the
conduit in Cheapside, and thus a new element of pro-
tection was afforded.—City Press.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

POTATOES.

- - -
There was a large supply of old potatoes on offer, the de-
mand for which was very slow, at irregular prices. The im-
ports into London last week consisted of 2,88 sacks and 575
baskets from Dunkirk, 1,756 bags and 5 bushels from Ant-
werp, 1,399 packages from Lisbon, 14 barrels and 13 packages
from Guernsey, and 192 bags and 592 baskets from Rotter-
dam. A large quantity of new potatoes arrived at Southamp-
ton from the Channel Islands. Regents, 50s. to 1005. Vic-
torias, 70s. to 110 s. ; flukes, 90s. to 120 s. ; and rocks, 455. to
60s. per ton.
SEED.
LONDCN, Monday, June 21. —Nothing passing in Clover-
seeds ; prices are nominal for all sorts. Fine Trefoil was
rather more inquired for, and held at full rates. White
Mastardseed was sold in small lots at quite as much money
for choice qualities. Canaryseed was dull, and lower to sell.
Hempseed was in fair request, at former rates for fine largo
Dutch. Tares were still inquired for, and are very scarce;
high prices offered for good samples. Fine English Rape-
seed was saleable at very full prices. White Mustardseed
was elisposed of on former terms.
HOPS.
The frequent showers of the past week have not failed to
cleanse and promote the growth of the plant, and the impres-
sion now is that the crop will prove a highly satisfactory one.
Consnmers therefore show no increased desire to operate
and holders being a little more anxious to release, the quota
tions slightly droop. Foreign markets remain quiet.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

TH2I ARMED STRENGTH OF EUROPE.

The above formed the subject of a special lecture
delivered in London, on Friday afternoon in last week.
by Mr. C. E. Howard Vincent, late of the 23rd Royal
Welsh Fusiliers, to the members of the Royal 'United
Service Institution. General Sir W. J. Codrington
occupied the chair, and there was a good atten-
dance.
Mr. Vincent said that his hearers had no doubt been
struck by the peculiar fitness of the day for such a sub-
ject as the one he proposed to deal with. At that very
hour sixty years ago the fate of Europe was at stake.
The field of Waterloo, now a peaceful plain, was
strewn with dead and dying. Backwards and for-
wards waved the tide of battle; but ere sunset
British valour, timely succoured by Prussian bayonets,
overthrew the foe to peace, and the white charger of
Napoleon was extended in flight. After adverting
to the armed strength of Holland, Belgium, Sweden,
and Norway, and Denmark the lecturer stated that
to the old Prussia, now developed into the modern
Germany, did Europe owe the startling military
reforms of recent years. How different sixty-one
years ago was the official tone of Berlin 1 Ministers
came and went down to their bureaux oppressed by
the falling fortunes of the State. The gardens were
deserted. How to resist Cxsar was the waking and
the sleeping thought of all grades. But out of the
Slough of Despond there came two masters to the fore.
A mine was laid. The issue of the anniversary en-
touraged the sinking of the shaft. Gallery after gallery
was run out; flaws were remedied. Fifty-two years
of practically uninterrupted quiet favoured the per-
fecting of the fabric, and then as with a spring the
roof was removed. The country's rival bit the dust,
and Europe stood mute with mingled fear and admira-
tion. Four years were given to the past, and a tact-
less courtier again brought down the avalanche of
armed men. Before the gates of Paris the Hohen-
zollern received the Imperial Crown. A huge in-
demnity swelled the German treasure to unwonted
proportions. The hosts retired, disbanded, and re-
verted to their peaceful occupations. Not so the
rulers. Shock succeeded shock, and the tables of 60
years ago were in danger of being completely turned.
The German Army, including that of Bavaria, num-
bered in time of peace 18,079 officers, 401,659 men,
and 97,379 horses, which were in times of war in-
creased to 31,195 officers and 1,273,346 men, with about
one million combatants, 270,920 horses, and 2,472 field
guns. Recent additions brought the German war
strength to over 1,700,000. One million and three-
quarters of men available! One million of combat-
ant, whereof half could be brought to-morrow to bear
on any one-spot. Was it to be wondered at that Such
a force claimed dictatorship? But that result was not
achieved without effort. It demanded the greatest
sacrifices from every class of society. The nobility
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

The Standard remarks :—" The evil effects of the
law of settlement have furnished a fruitful theme to
economists ever since the days of Adam Smith. By
restricting the labourez's liberty to move from one part
of the country to another the law threw an obstacle
in the way of his carrying to the best market the only
commodity of which he has to dispose—his labour;
and at the same time it supplied landowners with a
motive for not building labourers' cottages. In both
ways it has been prejudicial to the independence
and the welfare of the working classes, and it has been
injurious to employers also, for by hindering the free
movement ot labourers it has, of course, tended to
check the supply. This oft-debated question Lord
Henniker revived in the House of Lords on Monday
evening; but it was less with the law of settlement,
which has been of late years so much modified that
the old objections to it no longer apply, than with its
corollary and necessary consequence—the law of re-
moval—that his speech dealt. The law of settlement
was in its original intent charitable. Lord Henniker
points out that this change in the law has proved
beneficial from every point of view. It has even
benefitted the rates by diminishing law expenses, and
he urges, therefore, that the law of settlement and the
law of removal should be swept away altogether. But,
as the Duke of Richmond observed, there are practical
objections to this proposal, which, for the moment, at
least, appear insuperable. When we reduced the period
of residence which ensured irremovability to a year,
we made the relief of the irremovable paupers a charge
to the union. If we abolish settlement altogether it
seems to follow that we must equalise the poor rate
throughout the kingdom."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

PICTURES FRAMED
Prom the Cheapest and Best Mouldings.
4 Is" ENV SELECTION OF PATTERNS
In Best English Gold Work.
OXFORD FRAMES
n
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CHROMO, COLOURED AND
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Also
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FIRE OFFICE.
ith4e ?hop% St 4C:IE PERRY, Solicitor, Agent
it,"at ket "liiwZdß begs to remind the public that
In tg;tII,PIRI, Tnanv years the only Fire Office
blror lt etill'o4llNE'in in
form
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

GREAT WESTERN; RAILWAY.

ON SATURDAY, JUNE 26 b, n Excur.
sion Train wil leav Kidderu,ioter t 10.2 d and
Stourbridge, 10.48 a.m., for jTJj i f AN;P:O:.N and
POT; I S MOU TH (for the Isle of Wigbt), returning on
the following Saturday.
For Fares and full particulars see Handbills.
J. GRIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington Terminus.

INDEPENDENT CHAPEL,

HIGH-STREET, STOURBRII)GE.
THIS Chapel having undergone Cleaning
and Repairs RE-OPENING SE;iVi.- ES will be
held on SuNDAY, JUNE 27th, 1875, when the Rev. Pito,.
CHARLTON, M.A • (Priocip-1 of the Webttru College,
Plymouth), will Preach; in ihe Morning at Eleven, and
in the Evening at Half-past Six.
Collections will be made in aid of the Chapel Fund.

On MONPAY, JUNE 28th, the ORDINATION SER-
VICES of Mr. W. Manning !o the work of the Christian
Ministry will be held.
Service to comMence in the Morning Pt Elcvet
The Rev. T. G. Horton (of Wolvi.ritampton); witi d..4i-
ver an Address, on " Cougreg tioi.al Priiic,ples " The
Rev. .I. Richards (of Stourbr c4e), wit' ask the usual
questions, and ,11. r the Oran au. Pryer ihe Rey.
Prof. Charlton, M A., will drily, r the charge to the
ister. Other Ministers also will take part.
Dinner will 13, provided at the Vine Hotel, at Half-past
Two. Tickets, 38 6d, to be obtained of Mr Flavoll,
High-street.
There will also be a Public Tea at Five o'clock, is.
In the Evening Mr. B. W. Dale, M.A., of Birming-
ham will Preacn. Service to commence at Seven
o'clock.

CORN EXCHANGE, STOURBRIDGE.

LAST NIGHT, TO-NIGHT

SATURDAY, JUNE 2Gtl, 1875
ADAIR!

The Marvellous Athlete, and a
JOINDON VARIETY COMPANY I

Whose Entertainment has been universally
pronounced by the Press and the Public to be the beet
ever witnessed in Stourbridge.

sir REDUCTION OF FARES.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

The Great Treal of the Sc. son

TEN HOURS OR I\lo L YS A r TUE SEA SIDE,
FAST EXCURSION TO RAIL.

On MONDAY, JULY sth, 1875, the above Company
will run a SPECIAL 'TRAIN, leaving Stourbridge for
1-tHYL cpil,ng at the ftllowing stat.on, to IN olve; hampton
running via tte Vale Llangulltn
TIXE.

A M.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

OBSOLETE STATUTES.

The Solicitor-General for Ireland has before parlia-
ment a bill for promoting the revision of the statute
law by repealing a number of old acts once in force
in Ireland, but now obsolete, spent, or already
virtually repealed. The list has some curious items.
The first act to be now repealed was passed in the
reign of Edward 11,, and is "an act against the keep-
ing of idle men and kearns in time of peace." An
act of the tenth year of Henry VII., "that no person
stir any Irishry to make war," is also to be repealed
as obsolete; and so is an act of the same year
"abolishing the words Cromabo ' and Butlerabo,' "
and it would take more than an Act of Pasliament to
revive them. An Act of 28 Henry VIII., "for the
English order, habite, and language," is to disappear;
and so is an Act of Edward IV., that every English-
man and Irishman that dwelleth with Englishmen and
speaketh English, between 60 and 16 in years, shall
have an English bow and arrows." An act of James
I (and VI. of Scotland) is struck from the statute book
as spent, being for the repeal of a statute "against
bringing in of Scotts, retayning of them, and
marrying with them," Another act treated as
spent is an Act of Philip and Mary, " declaringe
the Queen's Highness to have been borne in a
most just and lawful matrimony, and also repealing
all acts of parliament and sentences of divors had and
made to the contrairie." The lists of old acts to be
formally repealed includes several relating to religion;
among them, and described as already virtually re-
pealed by the Irish Church Act of 1869, is part of an
act of William 111., for taking away the writ de
heretico comburendo."

In a note, not to be part of the act now to be passed,
it is explained that in preparing it acts have been con-
sidered as " obsolete " where the state of things con-
templated by the enactment has ceased to exist, or the
enactment is of such a nature as to be no longer
capable of being put in force, regard being had to the
alteration of political or social circumstances.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

Messrs. Burgess & Turner, Elastic Web Manufacturers,
Birstall Street Works, Leicester.—" We beg leave to
compliment you on the manner in which you reply to
our inquiries, they being so prompt and reliable. We
believe if business men were to act a little more on your
advice and replies, the commercial atmosphere would be
very much cleared of that amount of insolvency it at
present retains. We are pleased with the system you
adopt of sending a number of inquiries obtained from
different sources, and when we find them agree with our
private ones, it gives us great confidence in, and satisfac-
tion with your plan."
Messrs. Tomlinson & Buck, Carlisle, and at Manches-
ter, Bradford, and London.—" The only time we made
a bad debt (since we were members of your offices) was
when we did not act upon your caution."—Members seven
years.
Messrs. Croshill & Sons, Agricultural Implement
Manufacturers, Beverley,—" Minute and valuable par-
ticulars given promptly—special I) recommended this
feature most valuable Accounts promptly recovered.
Cheques handed us at once."—Members six years.
Messrs. George Murray & Co., Engineers and Iron-
founders, Newcastle-on-Tyne.—" Prompt, efficient, re-
liable—Never been misled."

Messrs. Huntley ilt Palmers Biscuit Factory, Reading.
—" Recommended."—Members seven years.
Messrs. Win. Seeliege & Co., Sewing Machine !dux-
factarers, Airdale Works, Heighly,—" No bad debts
where we have followed out your instructions during the
last four years."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

DUDLEY AND MIDLAND GEOLGICAL

SOCIETY.

The third field meeting of the Society for this sca.,on
was held on Tuesday last, the 22nd that, for the purpose
of visiting the remains of the ancient Roman British city
of Uriconium. On arriving at Shrewsbury the party.
which consisted of nearly 70 ladies and gentlemen, took
carriages and drove to the ruins of Haughmond Abbey,
niief descript'ene 4 which was given by Mr. John
F.G.S. A pleasant walk of nearly a mile
bronglit the party to the tip of Haughmond Hill, from
whence a magnifieient view of the surrounding country
is obtainable. The fine series 4 hills stretching to the
west contrasts forcibly with the flat plains of New R. d
Saodatone on the east. Towards the north eeteiel the
range of the Berwyers, succeeded by the Breicidins, on
wh.ch Rodney's Ihliar wits pithily v,ibe. thenlofey Ceer
Caradec. Lawley, and Raeletle whi:e on the other side
of the Chu eh 6tre-eten valley were seen the Lotigniyeds
Fin titer south extended the heights of Wentoek edge,
sit the yrell-known W,e kin completed the panorama. A
rouelt at: an tile bronglit the tarty ro the foot of the hill,
where a bread and caee,e ithicie,on had been provi led at
the coirife table hostelry t.f Uili!4gron. The ea-eingos
were hastily refiiiel, and passing 07(1r the I'e7a and pest
the beautifully-situ-died mansiou of Lord Berwick, the
p.erty %ion reached the site of the sic cut cty of
ITriconium. Here they were received by Dr. lieury
Johnson, the iiidefatigeble secretary of the Exe wet en
Feud, win conitheted the party thredgh tte ruin, ad
expieined the venems parts of the buildiues the
hypoeauets, tesselated pavements, broken pillars, capitals,
&e After spatting some time in wandering oundst
these interesting remains, the ['arty walked to Wr ixeLer
Church. Here the two pillars of the gateway have been
br :ugly,. from Uriconiern, and the font is the hollowed
capital of another pillar from the same place. The party
then drove to the little village church of Atcham. Here
there is a good Norman oo.,rmay, and some old weed
ca ving, by Alb.ul Darer, in good preservation. From
it re the p erty hasten:A back to Shrewsbury, alters a
auhstanti 1 tent had p.ovided it the Lion Hotel Aft.-r
tea the annual thee tug was held for the appoiu ment of
eal ere fee the year, and the transaction of oth- r baei
'leas. Char:es Cochrane, Esq., we; el eted pr-silent.
tied E. B. Marten, Esq., was re-elected secretary Oa
lie motion of Dr. Fraser, it was resolved to devote a sum
of £5 5s annually to the distribution of prizes of the
':u-lints it it p 1550 1 the local ex nnittati its i i yeat.gy
the wh 4le 0.1 the lues:il.4 piss el if very p easantly, aid
Vianks w:re g: vet to the honorary seer Lary a d Me.
duitt (:-;:irewsear3.), by whom the arrangi went w,r,
emade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

FARES.

Ticket, for one Pay, ss. ; foie two days, 7s. Fire.
class licuets. i,aned at Double the abi.ve
The KINGSWINEORD RLLE VO.i...UN rE ER
BAND will accompany tile Trait. si give bel,Ai :is '1
‘lu,ic on the New tier, Lbyl, at various tiwea dun g the
day.
he Return 2rifl will leave Rbyl oa Monday n S p.m ~
aht Tuesday bv oi (Unary _trains
.
ic,..ta t-o
be had of Dir. Thomas Ford, Printer,
Sou ; Niagara. Ford nd Adiason. Adreriiscr
utlice, ray 'till ; and Lailway siat.ona, be v hien
early application is ieqw.sted, as only a linaittd nuu,ber
wilt e isAited.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

CURIOUS EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING.

At the last sitting of the French Academy of
Sciences, Dr. Passot called attention to three curious
cases of men struck by lightning under their wooden
barracks in the camp of Satory on the 18th ult., at half-
past two p.m. (remarks Galtignani). The first, !lamed
Mondon, was thrown down just as he was raising his
left arm to take something. He remained insensible
for upwards of an hour, during which artificial res-
piration had to be practised, the action of his lungs
being almost suspended. His muscles were relaxed,
his heart nearly still, his pulse filiform, and his pupils
dilated. The syncope was followed by a delirium that
lasted 48 hours. On his recovery he had not the slightest
recollection of the accident, and scarcely felt the smart of
his Tarious burns; yet his limbs were neither insensible
nor benumbed. The electric fluid had passed over the
whole inner side of the left arm, the corresponding
lateral part of the thorax, and, by bifurcation at the
lumbar region, had followed the posterior side of each
thigh and the inner ones of the legs, ending at the
feet. His clothes were not singed nor the buttons
touched. Two days later he was quite well again,
except a point of suppuration on his right leg.—The
second man, Toisot, was standing when he was struck;
he became insensible, with muscular relaxation, came
to himself again after a few minutes, and had no recol-
lection of the accident. The fluid had left slight burns
along the thorax, lumbar region, and left thigh,
faintly singeing his shirt, without touching his other
garments. It took him a week to recover.—The third,
Baudonniere, was standing at the door, when he was
struck on the left forearm and thrown down. He
did not lose his senses, and a few minutes
after was able to relate all the circumstances
of the accident. He could get up and go to his bed,
but complained that he could neither extend nor bend
the fingers of his left hand. The lightning had pierced
his jacket and shirtsleeves, leaving a hole about half
an inch in diameter; a very slight burn was visible on
the corresponding spot of the skin, with arborescent
shoots extending over the arm as far as the deltoid,
and then in a line down to the extremity of the index,
middle, and third fingers. These marks disappeared
on the following day. To conclude, the nervous
phenomena caused by the electric fluid were of but
little importance. But the most singular circumstance
is this : that in the first two cases it caused, relaxation
of the muscles, and in the third contraction.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

CRICKET.

• I'OURBRIDGE V. BROSISGROVE GRAMMAR
/SCHOOL.
A'MATCH will be PLAYED between thd
ni,,,Ve-tatiued l:11.111S, on the bwuibrig& Gr,}uud,
it ALMBLEODTE, this day SAIIIRDAY June 2eltu, 1675.
1v ickets pitebtd at.'twelve o'cluck.
Adrnissifm : TL.nielichee (Menthe's exceptc,i).
Refreshments by air. Charles Paikes.

OLD RO-E AND CROWN HOTEL,
1;110,11SU Ea YE: '

PROPRIETc R .. • • .. R. JAMES LuNT.

Orr&Tß= ri=
W ILL P:ACL IN AliuYk; 61:(
ON Mu elBthob7s

By kind permistiou (.f CAPTAIN liArcuLe c preitt
BAND GF THE Bi:OltrZiGhOVE Ce)tr's

ANL A yikti-cl.As
SIRING BAND WILL BE IN AITINDANcE.

131E0E1.41,T EN 6E111::. TOE THE GE} AT
MATTHEWS FAMILY FROM A7,1E111 CA.

CLARE AND LINDON,
The (i;•eat Negro Comedians.

GRAND BALL OuN_ASCENTS.

_ _
Grand. face if Fiery Rgcons !
Ditplay of lirewoiks, aiid Ihen,inatii.us on the Lake

TO CONCLUDE wrIEL
MONSTRE DISPLAY Ok E.,RLWOLKB

By J. WILDER, of Biniagliaai.

A Special Excur6ion Train will leave New-,tr::e.t
tion at lao for taxt,t .en ; LU k:6 are
for double jou,ney, Is.
Admittance Sap,.nce each.

For particulars

TONI ER G ROUNDS, A„I ON PARK.

lliErE BEAUTIFUL GROUND:, orEN DAILY.

GRAND bi:PLAY f PRIG FLOWERS. •
BOATING OD the lake.
SYNYER and GrILMER'S Splendid BAND every
MONDAY, ESDAY, and SATURDAY.
The NEW iK.II NLI RINK, Open Daily, for Three
Exercises—viz., 11 :ill 1 ; 2 30 till 5 ; 7 till 9 30.
POLINTNEY'S BAND will Play on the Rink en
THIJI.SDAY, and FItIDAI (Afternoon and
Evening Exercises).
Adruission to Riok, Gd ; hire of Skat, s, 61.
Admission to ground 9, 3d ench.
H. 0. QUILTER, Proprietor.

TRADE.
THE TEA

COMPTON HOUSE, BASNETT STREET,
LIVERPOOL.

Never in the history of the Tea Trade have
the Stocks of Medium Congou been so large

as during the present season.

We are selling

EXCELLENT CONGOU, n
Strong Avkui Flavour, j 4 pr Th.
THOMAS JONES & co if
,11
TEA.S COFFEE SALESMEN,
•

BASNETT SrREET,

•01
LIVERPOOL.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

TII 1.,: KIDDER UINS l'Elt WEAVERS'.

Theweavcra have held another meeting at the it ic
Haq, when it ,as resolvod that Messrs. Albert St, oke
.1. Lane, T Grove, W. Holloway. and F. Cu!' b. appoio•
td dc!ciotes to mPet the mahufseturers. ThP
,V,1.3 one .1 IAI.-;th an:l the snl jet of h.d
took op a co.rsidornb:e portion ~f the tune. r.
tha', 100 men were walking toe strep,s front
this eanse or had left the town. Perhaps, howevet. short
s of ~riori rosy be another (muse of the nla-employ
lootA alluded to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

Printed and Published by the Sole Prop.A
FIELD, at hi, urines, 92, Illgh'etreet,
he County 01 Worooeter : to wnish pleas
ther riniastioria must be addressed.'
Saturday, June 26, 1876.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

Monday's Magnet says :—" The weather of the past
week has effectually dissipated all fears of loss from
drought. Heavy soaking rains have fallen, and whilst
the growth of the cereal crops has received a sharp
stimulus, the appearance of the pastures has been
materially improved. From the Continent more re-
assuring news has come to hand, and, as was expected,
it turns out that recent reports wee, to a great extent,
exaggerated. American advices are also more satis-
factory."

The Farmer also says :—" Heavy thunder-storms
prevailed generally throughout the country last week.
Vegetation has rapidly put on a fresh, vigorous appear-
ance, where it previously languished for want of rain.
The districts that have suffered most from drought are
the midland and eastern counties, where the pastures
have been very bare, and corn almost at a stand-still
in some places. On some of the high and dry lands
the hay crops are unusually light, and even the latest
mown cannot again greatly recover. The rain' how-
ever, has made a delightful change, especially to the
grazing lands, which were becoming very brown,
and afforded little keen for stock. Wheat crops on
the whole look remarkably well, and so does the
early sown barley, but where the barley has been sown
late, especially on heavy soils, it has come up irre-
gularly, and is not very promising. Spring beans and
peas look well, and bid fair for a full crop. Mangolds
and kohlrabi are going on satisfactorily, and will now
progress very rapidly. Turnips, except where injured
by the fly, are a strong plant, and will soon call for
busy work at hoeing. Rain has fallen plentifully in
Scotland in places where it was much needed. The
change on the pastures and the cereals is already very
marked, and all growing crops look healthy and well.
The rain has been highly beneficial to turnips every-
where, and the plant is growing rapidly" and vigor-
ously."
e
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

No. 588

SALES BY AUCTION.

BAGLEY WEEKLY STOCK SALE,
MONDAY, JUICE 28th, 1875.
600 SHEEP and LAMBS.
60 Head of CATTLE.
The nattal Entry of CALVES and PIGS.
The Sale at Eleven o'clock.
OATES, PERRENS & WOOLDRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

CONSULT A LONDON PHYSICIAN BY LETTER

WITHOUT FEE.
DR. H. SMITH, the Eminent Specialist fo
the cure of all debilitating and contagious diseases
will for the benefit of country patients who caLnot consult
him personally, on receiving description of there case, send
his opinion, with advice and directions for the most success
ful restoration to health and vigour.

Address, Dr. H. SMITH, 8, Burton Creocent, Loudon, W.C,

ri- non PIANOFORTES & HARMONI-
um S have boon TUNED by G. F. GREEN
'Professions) Inner, 20, CASTE E-STREF.T, and ICS, HII3II
b ftiv sr, Inromsy. Pianofortes Re-silked, Re-struog,
be Ilatuteets Re-cov-ered with Patent Felt, as nsedhy ,
he most eminent firms. :- --.
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p,-‘
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

[From Punch.]
PUNCH'S FOLK-LORE.
MIDSUSIDIER-EVE AND MIDSUMMER-DAY.

If you were born at noon in a thunder-storm, and
have a mole on your left side, and three maternal
aunts, beware of looking into the glass, if you are left
in a room by youreelf on Midsummer-Eve in the
twilight.
Do your wish to have a happy dream, in which a
certain person of whom you are always thinking will
appear? You must go to bed before twelve o'clock on
Midsummer-Eve, having first looked out at the back-
door, with a stick of celery in your right hand, and
whispered that person's name three times, without
opening your eyes or speaking to the policeman on
duty. Then run up stairs, and bathe your eyes in
freshly-gathered dew—which ought to be kept in a
cool place in a china bowl—fill your ears with down
from the breast of a goose plucked by some one exactly
your own age, who has never been crossed in love; and
place under your pillow a double cherry, the merry.
thought bone of a magpie, and a crooked sixpence with
a hole drilled through it in the shape of a true-lover's
knot. Repeat the names of all the Queens of England
who have had their heads cut off, and go to sleep
fasting.
On Midsummer-Eve, if you pass a church-door at
sunset, when the bells are ringing, and you have a pair
of white gloves and a piece of your last married
cousin's bridecake in your pocket, you may expect to
be married yourself before the year is out, if you meet
two elergymen walking together, in the opposite
direction, on your way home. Should you merely
meet the churchwardens, then you can only hope to be
a bridesmaid during the,pext twelemonths.

'taii

Many persons prognosticate the weather for Vie rest
of the season from what it is on Midsummer Day.
They will tell you (in confidence) that if the day is fair
and calm, with a gentle breeze blowing from the
S.S.W., and no dust, there is sure to be a good medlar
crop, abundance of mushroom-ketchup, and fine
harvest weather between the 23rd of July and the
31st of August. But if the day is wet or lowering, with
an appearance of grey mares' tails in the sky
at sundown, then they augur badly for the white
turkey poults and the Siberian crabs, and predict, BS
an absolute certainty, a fall of rain before the begin-
ning of September.
In Ireland, and in many parts of England, it is con-
sidered most unlucky to meet your landlord on Mid-
summer Day near home—if your rent is in arrear,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

Messrs. Wallace, Bailey andiiWilkins, Bermondsey
London.—" Further and final reports, most valuable
feature—quite original—made a trial of other offices for
commercial information, but our experience teaches us
that. for. thoroughly sound information and speedy
replies to inquiries, your ,office unquestionably stands
first."—Members three years.

Messrs. Richmond & Chandler, Agricultural Imple-
ment Manufacturers, Manchester."—Not led us wrong in
any instance."

Messrs. Passavant & Son, Merchants, Leeds.—" For
Continental information the importance of your
method of obtaining information from more than one
channel speaks for itself—pleasure in recommending
your offices."

Messrs. Buckley & Sons, Manufacturers, 3,4, and 5.
Greek-street, Leeds, and 79, Basinghall-street, London.
" Superior to any other office."
Messrs. Lister and Co., Manningham Mills, Bradford,
Yorkshire.—" Reliable, which we attribute to your
exeellent rule of insisting on several independent
souoces of information in each case."

Messrs. Robinson & Clay, 37, Albian-street, Leeds.—
"Your 'Further' and 'Final' reports must ensure
accuracy—specially recommend this valuable feature."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

PUBLIC NOTICES.

WG
ANTED,a Guud EN' RAL SERVANT
one used to a i'ubl.c-house Liberal Agee
given.—Apply, Observer (nice, Sto,.rbrldge.

WANTED at Stourbridge, an AGENT for
one of the oldest, largest, and most prosp< rens
LIFE ASSURANCE CO's. Only those who are in-
clined to devote some attention to it ere Evited to apply,
to W. Brackenbury, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

THE USES OF THE SUNFLOWER.

The sunflower has been gradually going out of favour
in our gardens, as an ungainly and somewhat too
gaudy. flower; but it 'has associations which have
always made it rather a favourite with us, and there-
fore we are glad to see that in America it has a chance
of being rehabilitated. Not that our American friends
have any romance to attach to it; on the contrary,
theirs is a most business-like view of the matter. They
simply look upon the plant as a machine by which so
much earth can be converted into a supply of fuel
In the western parts of America a good deal of corn
is used to make fires, and it is proposed to grow sun-
flowers for this purpose instead. A carefully grown
sunflower will stand ten or twelve feet high, and
have half-a-dozen good heavy blossoms. These
blossoms are great favourite l with Lees, who get from
them a good !supply of honey. The seeds when crushed
furnish a very clear and pure oil, and in their natural
state are the chosen food of domestic poultry. Above
all, the very substantial stalk and branches and leaves,
if put away under cover, will make admirable fuel for
kindling even the hardest of American coal, or even
for burning by itself. Thus honey, fat poultry, eggs,
oil, and fuel, are the chief recommendations of the sun-
flower. Having all these substantial qualities, she can
afford to part with the fiction that makes her "turn
to her god when he sets, the same look that she gave
when he rose." Constancy is a virtue, of course, but
in a sunflower the American looks rather for a tall stem
and a good head.full of oil—Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

--
MONEY to be lent in Town or Country, to
Gentlemen, Farmers, Tradesmen, or others, from
Fifty Pounds and upwards, upon personal security. In-
west five per cent. per annum, from one to seven years.
No commission or charges made. Also sum* from One
Thousand Pounds on Mortgage, at three and a half per
cent., on freehold or leasehold property, for any termnot
exceeding twenty-one years.—Apply to ?dr. HIM
HOWARD, Civil kngineer and Surveyor, late Girdleatosio
and Baselay, 11, liastamailltdni L012(148"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-26

SINGEING AND SHAMIuO •

;_i..ISHENT

190, HIOHSTb'E I'. DUDLEY.
WILKfNS

BEGS to call the attptition of Ladies kud
tientiemPr, tn T are,
wrocK w los, BRA i 1 G:4)NS PJ.O C
DI:; SSES. ac. t:..L HAI
csery deseril4ion, Shade ot 4...0.0ur, and Finest Qc
M reclined Prices.
Foie isl 7. . • . USTI". L.IAN LIQUID ! IR

DYY,f Red u Hair ii, ii Is. Ititle
brown or Black, in a few minutes. without statLirig tii.
skin er Injuring the Lair Also, the Celebrated Extract
et Rosemary, for removing Scurf and promotoniz the
Growth of the Hair, and preventing itsfalling fl 6'
gr.
k;eerds, and Whiskers ,for Charades or Th eat, teal
Purposes, for Sale or on Hire. Lessons given in }lair
Dressing.

Note the Address:-
190, HIGH STREET, DUDLE)

ESTABLISIUM 22 YEARS.

MR. RICHARD LANSMERE,

ORGANIST AND CIIOIR3IASTER OF ST-
JOHN'S CHURCH, DUDLEY,
Late of the Eter, St. 'Toluca, and St. George's Hal
Concerts, London, Ste., Ike., and
tite Organist at Rochester Cathedral; also
PRINCIPAL BARITONE OF THE ENGLISH
LONDON OPERA COMPANY.
HAS the honour to announce to the Nobility,
Clergy, and Gentry of Dudley and its Vicinity
that he is open to receive PUPILS for

SINGING, PIkNOFORTF, ORGAN, HARMONIUM
HARMONY, THOROUGH BASS. &c.,

Mr. Lansmere is also open to receive engagements fol
Concerts, Oratorio., &cc., Sze.
Mr. Lansmere ha, ha,l the high honour of appearing
at Concerts in conjunction with Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr.
Unt,leV, Mesdames Sherrington and Sainton-Dolby, Miss
Xdith Wynne, &c., and has everywhere received most
flattering encomiums from the Press and the Public.
Terms on application.

Addre.s,-
139, UPPER HIGH-STREET,
DUDLEY.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-19

[From Punch.]
POSIES FOR THE POOR.

"A GOOD SUGGESTION. —A. Correspondent writes to us :
'At this season, when all the gardens are full of the loveliest
and sweetest blossoms, there are—as at every season—
hundreds of poor people in our London Hospitals for whom
time passes very heavily, and whose sad, sick hearts would
be cheered beyond measure by the sight and smell of our
commonest garden flowers ; and there are, I am equally sure,
hundreds of kind-hearted men of business who would
willingly bring up each a bunch of flowers, once or twice a
week, to town, and drop them into a large basket placed con-
veniently at the railway station. Each hospital might have
a basket, or.the flowers could be shared out from the big one.
Nearly every hospital is close to a station. Many poor sick
people—regular Cockneys—hardly know what a flower is.
"Splendid bouquet you've got," cried young CITIZEN BROWN
To old CITIZEN BRIQGS, in a train up to Town.

"Some young Party this evening to take to the play,
Or a ball? Mr. BRIGGS, Sir! I say, Sir, I say 1"
Said his elder, "It isn't at all what you think;
So you've got no occasion to smirk and to wink.
I am not a young puppy—these bristles are white--
Home and early to bed is my custom at night.
0 No ; these flowers from my greenhouse and garden will go
To a place where they'll serve more for use than for show;
To a hospital ward, where the lily and rose
Will improve the condition of things for the nose.

"A suggestion of late in my paper I read
Of this cheap contribution to cheer the sick bed.
As a thing to be done, Sir, my fancy it caught,
So in practice, you see, I've put that happy thought.
"The smell of syringa, -carnation, and pink
May help raise up the spirits in sickness which sink,
And geranium, and scabious, and lychnus, supply
Some refreshment for many a poor patient's eye."
"IdR. BRIGGS, Sir," said BROWN, "the ideas you impart,
They do honour alike to your head and your heart:
You experience, of course, that enjoyment which should,
And does, I have no doubt, attend doing good.
"I remember some rhymes upon acts of the just
Say they smell sweet and blossom, although in the dust;
And your nosegay, for ho.pital patients designed,
Though I can't quite repeat them, has brought them to
mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-06-19

SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS BILL.

'The House next resolved into Committee on the Sale of
Food and Drugs Bill, and Lord Morley proposed in the third
Clause, which prohibits the mixture of injurious ingredients
with articles of food intended for sale, and also forbids any
person to knowingly sell such mixture, to omit the word
" knowingly." This amendment was opposed by the Duke
of Richmond, and on a division it was negatived by 41 to 23.
The other Clauses of the Bill were then adopted with a few
amendments, and their Lordships adjourned.
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, at the Morning Sitting,
tions numerously signed were presented in favour of the
Permissive Bill, one by Mr. Rathbone from Liverpool being
signed by 76,647 persons.

Lord H Lennox stated, in reply to Mr. Hopwood, that
in the new courts of justice now in process of erection there
were spaces reserved for a court for the Lord Chancellor and
a court for the Lords Justices. There was no special court
reserved for the Court of Appeal, for the reason that when
the plans were approved and the contract signed, the Judi-
cature Act had not passed into law. The Society of Lincoln's
Inn were, he believed, ready to erect such a court and to
lend it to the nation, but no such proposal had come before
the Government in an official manner.

Mr Cross, in reply to Mr. J. Cowen, stated, in reference
to penalties incurred under the Lords' Day Observance Act
that on the 31st May he had, in reply to a question, an-
nounced that considering all the circumstances of the case
the Government did not think the Brighton Aquarium
case one in which penalt!es should be pressed for,
and he had repeated that answer a few days since.
An Act of Parliament, the 27th Viet., c. 22, was passed
to enable the Crown to remit penalties in certain cases
and should it be necessary to extend that power generally,
and not with reference to this particular case, a Bill to that
end would be introduced this session.

The Attorney-General, in answer to 3Sfr. Waddy, stated
that any arrangement as to the circuits could not be suc-
cessfully carried out until the Judicature Act came into
operation.