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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

DUDLEY.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.—On TtleSday, at
the Guest Hospital, Mr. Percy Johann hold an
luedt on the :body of Fre,lerick Simms (30, a son
of the late Mr. S. Simms. The deceased resided
with h;s mother in Market Street, Stourbridge, and
ti the 30th ult, he was in a bed room with other
elaildren a little older. He climbed up a chair to
the casement, and pitched out of the open window
oa to the ground. The injured child was taken t
the above hospital, and died a few day ago. Th.
iary returned a verdict of "Accidental deata,', and
sid the mother should be more careful in the
fat tre.—The Coroner said the intimation should be
aiveyed to her.
GARDEN PARTY.—On Tuesday a two days garden
pale y was inaugurated at, Cawney Bank House, the
residence af the Misses Jones, in aid of the Ragged
.School and Ttai,ting Home. The attendance vita
bat- small, ()win?. perhaps, to the unsettled weathe
WIFE -BEATING —At the Police Court on Wed
nes !ay, before Alderman Garratt and Finch and
Messrs. W. Jewkes and E. Wright. William Jackson
(53), labourer at the Enamel Works, Netherton,
eau; charged with assaulting his wife. Complain
ant Arid her husband 4rtrk her violently, knocked
her down, and then kicked her. She- was badly
hruid.he did not wish to press the ease if si,e
oald have, a separation.— The Bench said it was
se!rious assault, but as the wife had interfered o
oa ;),Antlf of the prisioner they should not give the
full term of punishment, The sentence would be
one month's hard labour.
S,-;nrous CHARCIE.—At the same Court, Solomon
Haney, boiler maker, 21i, St. Thomas,s Stree'.
NtAtaerton, was charged with rave. Mr. S. Ward
d, Lode I.—The complaint, a 0.1 weak intellect and
sub;,.y..tt to fits, stated that at about ten o'clock on
atu.rday night, the 3rd inst., she was going to her
lif,ma at Cinder Bank, when she was met by tht
or:s,ner and three other men. They took her in
h direction of Darby End. Prisoner and other men
aa,:tolted her. They threatened her when sl.f
rea'sted, and the brUsßa about her face and body
we ~!..tused by them. Witnesses were called who
he td the cries of the girl at different times up to
,a 'f-past three o'clock on the morning of the 4th.
Towards five o'clock the girl was found in se
exhaasted state and taken home. The evidence was
of a revolting character—Prisoner was cominited
for tcial at the next Assizes. _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

PROGRESS OF EMANCIPATION IN
CUBA:

Shortly before the dissolution of Parliament the
Anti-Slavery Society applied to the Foreign Office for
information respecting the progress of emancipation
in Cuba, under the terms of the Moret Law. To this
application the Earl of Rosebery promptly responded
by transmitting a copy of a despatch from Mr. Crowe,
her Majesty's Consul-General in Havana, stating that
during the year ended May 7 last the number of
slaves who had from different causes received their
freedom in the six provinces of Cuba was 25,415.
During the six years which have elapsed since the
Promulgation of the Law of Abolition the following
number of slaves have been manumitted: In 1881,
6306; 1882, 10,249; 1883, 17,418; 1884, 20,517;
1885, 34,288; 1886, 25,415; total, 120,233. On
May 8 last year the total number of slaves in the
island was 53,381, and reckoning the liberations in
the succeeding twelve months and certain deductions
for death, it is estimated that there remain in slavery
in Cuba only about 25,381. In concluding his despatch
Mr. Crowe says: As by May 1888, every vestige of
slavery must by law have disappeared, the value of
those still in bonds is so small, and the obligations of
their owners towards them comparatively so onerouS,
that they may already be practically considered as
free. The present value of an able-bodied slave does
not exceed £5, and those wishing their liberty find little
difficulty in obtaining it. As for the sick and infirm,
masters are but too glad to get rid of them, and thus
the institution may be considered as already dead."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

MR: COMMISSIONER KERR ON COM-
MERCIAL MORALITY.

In the City of London Court, on Saturday, Mr.
Commissioner Kerr disposed of an application in the
case of " Heppell, Booth, and Co. v, Thomas
Parrott." The plaintiffs are merchants, carrying on
business at Great St. Helen's, and the defendant is an
engineer at Coldharbour-lane, Brixton. The applica-
tion was for the committal of the defendant in de-
fault of paying for goods supplied. Evidence of
means having been given, his Honour said: I dare
say he should be committed, but at the same time he
writes a letter saying that he has been defrauded, and
that he bought the goods from a man named Pearce.
He adds that Pearce was your traveller, that he
knows nothing about your claim, and that he had an
account against Pearce, who sent him some varnish
to settle it. These cases are constantly coming
before me. The plaintiffs' representative: We
know nothing of that matter. I may state that
Pearce has just come out of Wandsworth Gaol. His
Honour: Well, do you think if. respectable or credit-
able to employ a man who has just come out of
prison? You should have nothing to do with such
people.—The Plaintiff's representative: We can't
know everything, and we are all very good until we
are found out. (Laughter.)—His Honour: Then so
long as we are not found out we can do what we like.
That is the modern commercial morality, but mark
the consequences it is bringing about. You are
making the whole trade of the country a sham and a
fraud by going on in that way. If I could deal with
you for employing men who have come out of gaol I
would do so. I tell you that frankly. It is that kind
of thing which keeps courts and lawyers at work, and
does no good to the public at large.—The Plaintiffs'
representative: We are not responsible for another
man's misconduct. —His Honour: All I mean is that
it is a pity so many commercial men don't take a
moral view of things. They care only for their
pockets. I will grant a committal for ten days.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

A RUINED LIFE.

A. sad career of a young man who commenced life
with brilliant prospects has been revealed in the Paris
Police-court. He was an artist named Maurice Collin,
in the studio of Gereme at the School of Fine Arts,
and inherited from his father a fortune of 800,000
francs. Implicated in an affair of forged bank-notes,
he was tried, but acquitted. His companions at the
school, however, refused to associate with him after-
wards, and finding himself repelled on all sides, he
plunged into a career of dissipation, squandered his
fortune, had recourse to expedients of all kinds, has
been seven times in prison, and was now charged for
the eighth time, and condemned to a fresh sentence
of six months for robbery. He is only 29 years of age,
and is liable to relegation to a penal settlement as an
incorrigible offender, under the new law.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

THE AULD BRIG 0' AYR.

The Ayr Town Council have resolved to shut up
the old bridge, on the ground that it is not safe for
the public. On Wednesday several stones fell out
of one of the arches. The bridge was built in 1252
by two maiden ladies, who were led to do so on ac-
count, says tradition, of some near friend having
been lost while crossing the river at the ford a little
higher up. This was one of Burns's " Twa Brigs,"
and it was the old one he represented as saying, while
addressing the ncw--" I'll be a brig when ye're a
shapeless cairn." This came true, as the new one was
rebuilt some years ago. The late Mr. Templeton,
jeweller, left .E 10,003 to rebuild tl-,3 old brig, but his
sisters have a life interest in the money.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

AN EMPTY PURSE.

An incident of much interest arose out of Mr.
living's visit to Oxford. In his address at the Uni-
versity he spoke of the last days of Edmund Kean,
who died without a ten-pound note. A few days
after, Mr. Irving received a letter from Mr. Robert
Browning, enclosing the .purse—of slightly faded
green silk—found in the pocket of the great actor
after his death, "without a sixpence therein." It was
given by Charles Kean to John Forster, and by him
to the poet, who now sends it to the actor in due
succession. "How can I more worthily place it,"
gracefully writes Browning, "than in your hands, if
they will do me the honour to take it, along with all
respect and regard r —The World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

EXPULSION OF THE DUC D'AUDIALE.

The French President has signed a decree expelling
the Due d'Aumale. A question on the subject wcfs
put in the Senate and replied to, but it was decided
that there should be no debate on the matter. In the
Chamber, however, there was a lengthy discussion on
a motion by M. Keller declaring that the grade of an
officer is his property.
.This was not contested by
General Boulanger, provided that i had beenacquired
in conformity with the law, but that was not so in
the case of the Duke. An order approving the con-
duct of the _Government was carried by a large
majority.

ONE good story generally produces a better.—
Pliny.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

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DARING LUGGAGE ROBBERY.

At Westminster Police-court on, Monday, Charles
Schroter 39, and Fueds, Schroter, 25, husband and
wife, residing at 34, Gillingham-street, Pimlico, were
charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with being concerned
together in stealing a large trunk containing property
of the value of £lOO belonging to Mrs. Clara Scoller,
at the Victoria Station of the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway. Early on Saturday morning the
prosecutrix, an Austrian, en route to Paris from
Brazil, arrived at Victoria Station and placed her
luggage in the care of the cloak-room attendant.
The trunk which formed the subject of the
charge, was put outside the cloak-room' and
about an hour afterwards it was missed by the
railway officials. Richard Drake, a cabman, deposed
that the male prisoner hired him to convey the box
from Victoria Station to Gillingham-street, and that
he heard a female speak to the man in German when
the trunk was pushed into the hall. Detective-
sergeant Turrell stated that on Saturday he went to
the house in Gillingham-street, the door being opened
by the female prisoner. She denied all knowledge of
the trunk, and said her husband was out. Witness
searched the premises, and discovered the man se-
creted in the dust-hole, lying on the top of a port-
manteau, which had been taken out of the trunk. The
trunk itself was broken open. Other police evidence
having been given, Mr. D'Eyncourt committed both
prisoners to the sessions, accepting bail for the
woman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

THE RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA
AND FRANCE.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily
:News says: It is well known that the relations be-
tween Russia and France have not been lately of the
best. The withdrawal of General Appert, the former
French Ambassador here, gave the first impulse to the
evident coolness between both countries. The expul-
sion of the French Princes afterwards caused a good
deal of discontent in official circles here. This, however,
was somewhat modified by the manifesto of the Colme
de Paris. lam now told on the best authority that
negotiations, although not official, are going on at
present between French and Russian statesmen of
high position-in order to prepare the way for a re-
conciliation between the two Governments. Well-
informed persons assert that these steps will most
probably lead to a successful result within a very near
future. The precarious political situation just now is
calculated, they think, to draw France and Russia
closer together.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-07-17

AMBLECOTE.

VoLuNrEEns AT CHURCH.—On Sunday morning
aht..zit 80 men of the D Company. Ist V. B S.S.R
at ,'led divine service at Holy Trinity Church,
k ,nhlecote, The men were under the command o'
Collis; the other officers present were Lieu
ten ints Boulton and King. The company fell i.
at. .kadnarn, from whence, accomp3nied
h:tr.:l, they marched to church. On entering tii€
c'rch the organist (Mr. Bkelding) played "Grd
sir the Queen," the congregation standing mean-
time. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J, S.
,i•lere. UTe said he wished to remind them of
Cie honourable calling to which they had
enrolle-
the to serve their Que. n and cou&ry
re was not a more nohle calling in this world,
but there was a still more noble calling—the c4llim-.7
Jesus Christ's services and fighting his battles
which was established before theirs Was. They
'ver,3 s..,ldiers in a double sense. He wished them
to ~.,niember they were enrolled under Christ ap
RA under the Queen. The object of the'r
para-Iss was to remind them of their duty te
(311,.i:;t. He did not believe any one could do hi
as an e,rtFlv soldier without asking God tr
teiñ Tile bles.ing. They could do nothin2
pntti,-,q on the armour of God He wanteri
nto ueo two ...reopens every day o' their lires
viz prayer and the word of God; and they would
he'bAter fitted to carry on their work as voluntee,..9
ui their work as soldiers of God. The rev. gentl^-
411.1 referred very beau'ifully to General Gordon
.4., a soldier none ever equalled, and a soldier who
al vs used the 'weano-s he had mentioned —Afte,-
4en-iee the men, who looked very clean, smart, an,,
I.lierlike, marched back ti Audnam, where, Rife.
r•-s conzratull'ory remarks from Captain C.l.lis
were disinissed.—The collections mid° io
tLe above church on Sunday were on behalf of the
hoii-, and amounted to nearly £7. T e ssrmon
,he evening was preached by the Rev. Dr. Coset
~f L)ailky,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

BCOTCEI UNIVERSITIES.

In thP rE/YJSR OF LORDS, May 17, Lord Dalhousie, in
reply to I .rd Balfour, said it was the intention of the
Government to introduce a bill dealing with the
Universities of Scotland, and, if possible, to do so this
session.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

COAL MINES.

On the motion of Mr. Childers, leave was given to
bring in a bill for the Regulation of Coal Mines, which
was read a first time.

After some further business bad been disposed of,
tbe House adjourned at 25 minutes to three o'clock on
Wednesday morning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

THE VICAR OF THE LYE AND HIS
BISHOP.

The difficulties which have arisen between the
Vicar of The Lye, the Rev. W. C. H. Phillips, tied
his congregation, entered upon another phase On
Sunday. The rev, gentleman, it will be review.
bared, accepted some weeks ago the invitatiai
the Rev. M. Tucker, pastor of the Mount Zion In-
dependent Chapel. Lye, to preach on the occasion
of the Sunday School Charity Sermons. The Church
party were greatly incensed at the course taken b)
their Vicar, and made strung representations to hint
to cancel the engagement. Mr. Phillips, however,
remained obdurate; he was Vicar of The Lye,
lie said, and considered he was not bound to preach
at the parish church only. Some of the parishion-
ers, it appears, therefore appealed to the Bishop it
the Diocese, and during the past week his lord-
ship addressed a letter to the Rev. W. C.
Phillips, prohibiting his preaching in a Dissenting
piece uf wurship. Sunday was the day appointed
f. r the charity sermons at Mount Zion Chapel, and
in the afternuon large numbers of people attended
j-01/1 the,township and the neighbouring villages
to know what course the clergyman would take in
face of the letter from his Bishop.. The rev. gentl(
nien entered the chapel with the Rev. M. Tucker,
lint contented himself with announcing that the
Bishop had prohibited him from preaching in a
Nonc?eaformist chapel, and a gentleman from
Brierley Hill preached the sermon. The Noncon
formists naturally expressed sympathy with Mr.
Pnillips, whilst on the other band the extreme
Ceurch party are tench elated with this frustratien
of their vicar's intenticn. During the controversy
the Vicar has expressed himself as strongly opposee
to the wearing vestments and the observance of
certain festivals. The circumstance has excited
mach ill-feeling, and the congregations at the
Parish Church have fallen off considerably of late.
*file Bishop's letter, as given in the Stourbrid!,e
County Express, was as follows :—There is no doubt
that tee haw of the Church of England does not
allow a person in holy orders to preach or officiate
in a buildieg not consecrated or licensed or allowed
by the Hieltop of the Diocese. I haven° unfriendly•
ieelieg against Dissenters, and am willing to co-
operate with them on any suitable occasion. I
don't th.ink a chapel used by Dissenters is a proper
place for the ministrations of the incumbent of the
parish in which it is situated. I have well con-
sidered all the reasons you have urged and give
you full credit for goodness of motive, but as your
preaching wculd be a breach of ecclesiastical law, I
feel bound to request you not to do it.--Yours
truly, H. WORCESTER."

for 1 er box on Thursday, and in the meantime Mrs.
Aunt had searched her bax. Th Mayor said there
was a doubt in the case, and Risoner would be dis-
chargt d lie nale no order as to the ownership of
the nrticler.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY;

A series of crimes was perpetrated at the police-
station, Kirkham, Lancashire, during Saturday night.
Alfred Bligb, a constable in the county police force,
murdered his three children, and aftemards
attempted his own life. The names of the children
were: Lily, aged six; Gertrude, four; and Nellie, 14
years. Bligh was a widower, and had a house-keeper
named Mrs. Pickford, whom he persuaded to go to a
circus on Saturday night. Mrs. Pickford put the
cLildren to bed, and then went out. Bligh wrote four
letters to relations, stating what he was about to do,
posted them, and returned home, locking the door
after him. When the housekeeper returned the door
was unfastened and the gas lighted. She proceeded
upstairs, and foand Bligh lying on the bed with his
throat gashed and the children beside him dead. She
screamed for assistance, and Bligh then jumped
through the window, sustaining severe injuries to the
head. He was carried back to bed, and medical aid
was at once procured. Each of the children had a
piece of sheet tied tightly round them, and their skulls
were all more or less fractured. A razor with the
blade tied back and a hatchet were found, and also a
letter to Mrs. Pickford, asking forgiveness and wish-
ing all of them to be buried near his wife, which was
signed "A. Bligh."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

KINGSWINFORD DIVISION LIBERAL
ASSOCIATION.

Oa Monday night the annual meeting of this
.Issociation was held at the Congregat;oral School,
i3r:erley Hill ; Ur. George Green, the out-going
presid-lit of the association in the chair, There
was good attendance. The fifst business before
he meetin; was the appointment of pre,ident for
I he ensuing year. It was resolved that there should
be two centres in the division—one at Wolverhamp-
ton and the other at Brierley Hill and that there
should be a president and officers for each centre,
but that there should also be a president and a
general secretary for the whole division Alderman
Bantock, of Wolverhampton, vits elected president
f the association for the whole division, and Mr-
John Addison, general secretary. Mr. Geo. Creen.
was elected president of the Brierley Hill centre.
A discussion took place on the Irish question, and
on the motion of Mr. Geo. Green, seconded by Mr.
Ice, and supported by Mr. Addison, the following,
resolution was passed :—,"This meeting of the
Gene:al Committee of the Kingswinford Liberal
Aes,eiation hereby express its hearty approval of
the Government of Ireland Bill introduced into
Pailiament by the Right Hon, W. E. Gladstone,
and earnestly hopes that the second reading of that
bill will be carried isy a substantial majority." On
the motion of Alderman Bantock, seconded by Mr.
N. Matthews (Kingswinford), the following resolu-
tion was carried :—That this meeting is also of
opinion that there should ')e such alterations of the
bill as will retain some Irish representation in the
Imperial Parliament.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

THE INFANTS BILL.

The tord Chancellor, in moving the second reading
of the Infants Bill, explained that, with the exception
of a single provision, the measure was identical with a
bill which passed their lordships' House last session.
The main object of the measure was to make the
mother a joint guardian of her children after the death
of the father in cases where the latter had named some
other person to be their guardian. Further, the bill
would enable the mother to go to the Chancery Divi-
sion and deprive the father of the custody of the chil-
dren if he was a person unfit to have it. At present the
Court would do that in only extreme cases. The new
provision was one enacting that the father or mother
whose offence had beer the ground of a divorce should
be deprived of the custody of the children. It had been
introduced in the House of Commons.—After a short
conversation the bill was read a second time.

The Drowned Persons (Discovery and Intorment)
Bill and the Burial Grounds (Scotland) Act (1885)
Amendment Bill were read a third time and passed,
and the Incumbents of Benefices Loans Extension Bill
was read a second time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

A WARNING TO LADIES.

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stock, he is tempted to subsitute another and an interior
fabric rather than lose a customer. Insist upon seeing
the trade mark stamped at the back of each yard. The
finer qualities are equal in appearance and wear better
th the very best Lyons Silk Velvet, and cost ulv a
quarter the price.
Can be purchased of all leading retailers, in all
Qualities—Blacks, from 2s to 6s per yard; Colours,
from 2s 6d to 6s 6d per yard.
" SPRING LEAVRB."—Being carefully :selected from
the early 'pring growth, and rhipped free from adul-
teration, Horniman's Tea (in packets ) commands an
enormous sale in England and abroad. The same reliable
good quality at the same fixed price' is always secured
throughout the kingdom, uy purchasing of Horiman's
Agents. List of Agents in this locality:—
List of Agents in this locality:—Stourbridge, Clarke,
Cuemist. High Street ; Baker, Chemist, High, Street :
Selleck, 136, High Street.—Brierley Hill, Rawlings,
chemiBL—Kidderminster, Hewitt, Bull Ring —l-ItlloB*
owen, Adams, chemist.—Lya, Greenwood, chemist.—
wordaley. White, chemist.—Kingswinford, Pearcoo.—
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

THE COMPANIES ACTS.

On the motion of Lord Dalhousie, the Companies
Acts Amendment Bill was read a second time.
The Incumbents of Benefices Loans Extension Bill
passed through Committee.
The National Debt Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

OLD HILL.

FACTORY ACT PROSECUTIONS.—At the Police
CJurt, on Wednesday, ibefore W. Bassano, J. 11.
parson, and J. H. Smith, Esqrs., John Cox, chain-
maker, Old Hill, was summoned at the instance of
Mr. C. C. W. Hoare (factory inspector) for failing
to produce a certificate of the attendance at school
of a girl employed by him named Eliza:anh
Whittle. The cafe was proved by Mr. Ammon
Platt (inspector). Thomas Whittle, the father of
the girl, was also summoned for tailing to send her
to school. Both defendants pleaded guilty, and
Cox was fined 16s, including costs, and Whittle
ir:cluding costs.—Ezra Adams, rivet inalar,
Blackheath, pleaded guilty to employing biA eta], a
Doy under age, after seven o'clock in the evening,
1 he was hued 13s, including costs. —E. Crump,
rivet maker, Blackheath, was summoned for a plot-
ii,tr offence, the boy employed being only 13 ye ars
f age. Other young persons• under age being
fund at woik at the same time, the defendant was
ti..ed lOs and costs.
WitosE DOG WAS IT ?—Edward Williams. of the
13 ades, was fined lOs and costs for k eping a do,
without a license. The case was prov dby Air. eV'.
il art Dodsworth, Inland Revenue Offic r. The de-
feadant dAnied point blank the dog belonged to him
l'oolt RATE FOR ROWLEY. A poor-rate was
A-anied for the parish of Rowley of ls 8d in the
dound f r six months. The rate is is Id less than
the previous six months.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

IMPORTS OF DAIRY PRODUCE.

From the usual monthly account, published in the
B Bill of entry, we received during Apri1141,627 cwt.
of butter and 60,016 cwt. of butterine, the figures for
the corresponding period of last year comprising butter
and butterine being 199,478 cwt. Last month we re-
ceived 13,362 cwt., 39,115 cwt., 25,835 cwt., and
17,656 cwt. of butter from Sweden, Denmark, France,
and Germany respectively, and 40,364 cwt. of butter,
besides 57,287 cwt. of butterine from Holland. As
regards the receiving ports London took 18,538 cwt.
and Southampton 19,964 cwt. of butter, Grimsby
10,073 cwt. of butter and 11,102 cwt. of butterine,
Harwich 18,657 cwt. of the one and 6,870 cwt. of the
other, 11u1118,527 cwt. and 16,517 cwt. respectively, and
Leith 12,358 cwt. of butter and 10,239 cwt. of butterine.
The imports of cheese for the month were 68,4(33 cwt.
against 80,789 cwt. Holland sent 17,352 cwt. against
23,376 cwt., and the United States 45,546 cwt. as
compared with 30,147 cwt., and London received
10,448 cwt. against 11,674 cwt., and Liverpool 38,210
cwt. against 44,495 cwt. The following particulars
regarding the imports of eggs, given in all cases in
great hundreds, show that we received 66,062 from
Denmark against 38,892, from Germany 275,591
against 204,938, from Belgium 263,648 against
177,361 and from France 430,606 against 403,095,
these being our chief sources of supply, while the
number imported during the month was 1,043,779
against 827,065. The following figures show the
quantities received at the different ports: London
80,070 against 60,065, Grimsby 66,258 against 37,060,
Hartlepool 153,6(34 against 147,372, Harwich 270,40 G
against 174,456, Newcastle. on-Tyne 80,986' against
45,240, Newhaven 197,732 against 150,993, and
Southampton 163,211 against 145,190.

COFFEE SPONGE CAKES.—Whisk one pound four
ounces of sugar with 13 eggs to a thick batter, stir
in lightly one pouiLl two ounces of flour, and add a
small quacjty of essence of coffee. Bake in small
square tins on the ordinary sponge frames well but-
tered; dredge some powdered sugar on the top. This
mixture will make about 48 cakes.
COCOANUT CAKES:—Rub one pound.of butter into
three and a half pounds. of flour, add one pound of
powdered sugar: mix with eight eggs (well beaten),
and sufficient milk to make into c 501 t paste. Make
eight out of each pound of paste. Dip each in granu-
lated dessicated cocoaniit lo as to have a rough ap-,
per.ance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

CRICKET.

STOURDRIDGE 4). CALTHORPE (SECOND TEAms).—
Played at the cricket ground, Ainolocote, on Satur-
day last, and ended in a draw. Score :—Calthorpe
Shelley, b Corbett, 17 ; G. F. Daniell, c Dakin, b
Hedges, 0; E. Byrne. b Dakin, 44; W. Byrne, b
Corbett, 0; W. Daniell, b hlountfurd, 50; Daven-
port, b Dakin, ô; Simpson, Ibw, b Mountfold 4;
Pritchard, b Hedges, 7; Tarbet, b Dakin, 9; Sharp,
not out, 11; Hemming, c Wooldridge, b Hedges, 8;
extras, ; total, 169. —Stourbrid)e : Total for one
wicket, 7.

STOURBRIDGE JUNIORS V. KEMPTON
JUNIORS.

The above teams played 4 match Id Iverley, Oil
Saturday last, and after a very pleasant game re—
sulted in a win for the home team by 64 runs.
H. Jones and W, James batted well for their r,s-
pective sides. Score:—

STOURBRIDGO JUNIORS,
H. Jones, not out
W. Anson, b J. Warr . . 6
Welling:, b Addison
T. Roberts, run out ... .. 12
Harrison, lbw, b Warr l6
P. Green, b Addison
H.Rogers,,heo&mbpsAondsn l9
Webb. b i
2
Hardwick, run out
W. Giles, b Warr
H. Law, run out
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Total
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

SUNDAY CLOSING IN DURHAM.

Lord Wemyss moved for a Select Committee to in.
quire into the validity of all petitions presented to their
lordships' House for or against the closing of public.
houses in Durham on Sundays.—The Lord Chancellor
having mentioned some facts to show that a monster
petition against the Closing Bill was not above sus=
picion, the motion was agreed to.
Their lordships rose at five minutes past seven
o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

DO BIG FARMS PAY?

The claims of la petite culture have been mercilessly
exposed, and the present proprietor, as the future re-
novator of English agriculture, is now about as much
believed in as the sea-serpent or Prester John. At
the same time we must guard ourselves against ac-
cepting as sound the idea that because small farms
proves ruinous large farms prove a success. Here are
the figures for a big Lincolnshire farm of 1500 acres
for the year Lady Day, 1885, to Lady Day, 1886.
Returns: Corn sold, £3580 168. 6d.; corn in ',stack,
£350; profit on live-stock, £2705; wood sold,
£504 10s.; sundry recipes, £lO3 ss. 4d. Total,
£7243 us. 10d. Expenditure: Rents and tithes,
£2419 13s. 3d.; rates and taxes, £238 2s. 2d.; labour,
£1742 13s. d.:2 bacon for men, £171; cows, £4O;
malt, £25; sundries, £B5 125.; oil-cake, £llOl 45.13 d.;
other feeding-stuffs, £431; manures, £340 95.; clover-
seed, £ll9 135.; seedcorn, cabbage-plants, &c..„
£63 16s. 10d. ; railway bills, £4B 16s. 9d.; sack,
£35 155.; coals for engine, £33 175.; tradesmen's
bills, £387 45.; insurance, £35 10s. Total,
£7317 Os. sd. Net loss on the year, £73 14s. 7d.
Here we find a capital of £12,000 employed, and an
income of £4OO found excessive. Big farms and
constant labour seem to pay worse than idleness and
investment in Consols.—The Graphic.

"Mamma, brother is'making faces at me on his
mouth," was the way little Rilla expressed herself the
other day.
Alexander G. Drake, a coloured carpenter of Louis-
ville, is coming into prominence as a temperance
revivalist. He is 59 years old, an ex-slave, and is
said to be doing good. His plan of work is to secure
signers to a pledge which binds them for three months,
a year, or fcr life, as they may elect. The pledge is
unique, and reads: "I do sincerely hope that if I
drink beer or whisky until (date named here), with.
out being considered sick, that bad luck may bo mine
the remaindAr of my life, so help me God."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

tiREEK CRISIS.

VIENNA, Monday Night.
It is announced from Athens on semi - official
authority that the President of the Greek Chamber,
who will be elected as soon as that body meets, will
be entrusted by King George with the formation of a
new Cabinet, whose mission will be to effect the de-
mobilisation cf the army. The announcement has
naturally given rise to much surprise, implying as it
does either that M. Valvis shrinks from facing the
Chamber with a demand for authority to demobilise,
or that the King has not sufficient confidence in him
to entrust him with the control of affairs at the
present. critical juncture.

_PARIS, Monday. Night.

According to telegrams which reach Paris to-day,
the date of the departure of the Russian Minister
from Athens ie still unsettled. The Deputies arc
arriving gradually for the meeting of the Chamber on
Wednesday next, and it is clearly noticeable tliat all
the former warlike agitation has given place to a
desire for disarmament and the raising of the
blockade. It is felt that to prolong the present
situation can only he detrimental to the national
interests.

VIENNA, Tuesday Night.

At ate instigation of Count Kalnoky, the Au-strian
shipowners have been strongly advised not to send
any consignments of arms and war material to Greece,
owing to the continued enforcement of the strict
blockade.

PArds, Tuesday Night.

According to telegrams from Athens, the question
of the presence in the Greek capital of the Russian
representative has been settled by the departure of M.
de Biitzow on three months' leave of absence. The
Russian corvette Plastun, however, still remains at
the Pawl's. It is added that the blockade is being
carried out in a very mitigated form. Evidently, the
new Ministry, if confided to M. Rikakis, will begin
the disarmament speedily, and the blockade will
gradually cease.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

FOREIGN LIVE STOCK AND FRESH
MEAL

The following steamers arrived at Liverpool last
week with live stock and fresh meat from American
and Canadian ports: Ontario, 390 cattle; City of
Chicago, 960 quarters of beef and 50 carcases of
mutton; Cephalonia, 1120 quarters of beef; British
Princess, 2018 quarters of beef and 74 carcases of
mutton; Britannia 800 quarters of beef and 50 carcases
of mutton; and Nevada, 2240 quarters of beef and 130
carcases of mutton, making the total arrivals 390
cattle, 7138 quarters of beef, and 314 carcases of
mutton; whilst the preceding week's imports amounted.
to 1661 cattle, 16,402 quarters of beef, and 402 car-
cases of mutton, showing a large decrease in the ship-
ment of live stock and fresh meat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-05-22

ROWLEY REGIS.

THE ELECTION OF GUARDIANS.—In consequence
of Messrs. A. Aston, B. Hadley, and D. Willetts
having withdrawn their nominations, a contest will
be avoided, and Messrs. R. Green, D. Whale, and
(3, B. Parkes have been deciared elected. There
will now be seven Guardians for the parish instead
four as heretofore.

SOUTH ;STAFFORDSHIRE CHAINMAKERS
AND THE WAGES QUESTION.

At the Rowley Regis Police Court on Wednesday,
before Messrs. J. H. Pearson, W. Bassano, and J.
H Smith (magistrates), Mark Attwood, chain man,
ufactiner, Cradley Heath. was summoned by Jane
Poole, ehainmaker, for refusing to pay wages
amounting to is 4d. The plaintif said she had
been employed by the defendant during the past
four or five months to make chains. A few weeks
al:o she entered into an agreement to make a dozen
chains for is 4d and upon completing the order de-
fel:dant refused to pay the wages due on the ground
that the chains were not made according to pattetn
iiu offered to take the chains back and alter them,
but the defendant refused to allow her to do so.
A)r. Pearson : What was defective in the chains ?
it fondant: They were not made according to order
‘Vo usually pay is per dozen for making these
chains, but as it was a special order I gave ls 4d.
'rue chains were afterward? produced, and examined
by the magistrates, upon which Mr. Bassano asked
defendant if it were customary to pay one penny
for making a chain. Defendant :It is. It was
at:erwards elicited that each chain was 4ft 6!ii long,
at consisted of fifty links. Defendant said the
ch ins made by the plaintiff were of no value to
him, and were only fit for scrap. The case ras one
of considerable importance to the trade, and he
hoped the magistrates would not accede to the
plaintiff's application. The Bench, in giving a
vei diet for plaintiff, with costs, said it was an awful
tl.iug.to realise that persons should be called upon
to do snch a large amount of work for such m'ser-
able wages,