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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

RETURN OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE.

The Toronto Globe of July 19, publishes the following in-
telligence from Quebec :

. "The cause of the early and unexpected return to
England of the Princess Louise and Prince Leopold is
the indisposition of the former. Her Royal Highness
has been suffering ever since her departure hence for
Metapedia on a salmon fishing expedition from
nervousness and sleeplessness. The visit to Metapedia
was shortened by about a fortnight on account of the
indisposition of the Princess, which is believed by the
physicians to be the result of the sleigh accident
last winter. No local affection is, however, feared
as the result of that accident, but the entire nervous
system has been upset. Her Royal Highness has
been advised by her medical attendants to visit a
German spa, after which she will spend some time in
England before returning to Canada. There is
noth7ng fresh known about Prince Leopold's state of
health. His Royal Highness and his sister, the
Princess Louise' will sail together with their respec-
tive suites on board the Allan Line Royal mail
steamer Polynesian from Quebec on the 31st inst.
Secrecy has been maintained up to the present con-
cerning the indisposition
,o 2 the Princess' and it is
only to be accounted for on the supposition that it
was feared exaggerated reports might reach Queen
Victoria through the newspapers."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

MR. BLENNERRA.SpETT'S MARRIA.GE

BILLS!
The Parliamentary CQmnii,ttee of the Dissenting
Deputies hate issued a statement i'elalive o the'three
Marriage Bills. The object of the Marriage (Divorced
Persons) Bill is to authorize the clergy to refuse to
solemnize the marriage of divorced persons, and to
also refuse the use of their churches for the purpose.
The committee object to the Bill, on the ground that
public functionaries should act in accordance with the
law and not be allowed to nullify it, and the refusal
of the use of the churches ieespecially objected to. on
the ground that they belong to the parishioners and
not to the clergy.
The second Bill extends the hours during which
marriages may be solemnised from 12 to 6, but
permits the clergy to refuse to officiate after , 12.
This last provision is objected to, as also relieving the
clergy from the discharge of an official duty, without
regard to public convenience.
The Bill for authorising Dissenting ministers to
solemnise and to register marriages without the attend-
ance of a registrar is condemned as an uncalled for and
retrograde measure, it being contended that the change
required is that registrars should attend all marriages.
The machinery of the Bill is described as being
quite opposed to Nonconformist feelings and tradi-
tions, and the late Registrar-General's evidence is
quoted to show that the registration of marriages by
Dissenting ministers would involve increased expense
and greatly diminished security. The Bill, it is stated,
aims at breaking down, instead of perfecting, a good
but incomplete system, and would be attended with no
compensating advantage.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

MILITARY SERVICE IN MADAGASCAR.

The Madagascar Government has passed a law
making military service compulsory for five years.
Theological students are exempted.

ROWLEY.

Local. BOARD.—Tbe monthly meeting of this
Board was held on Monday at the offices, Old Hill;
Mr. Banano presiding. The Medical Officer re-
ported that the deaths for the month ending July
10th, numbered 29 ; giving the low death-rate of
12.1 per 1,000. The Assistant Medical Officer also
reported upon the low death•rate in the district,
and the freedom of the community from zycuotic
diseases.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

A TIMBER FLEET DELAYED,

The Quebec timber fleet is a month overdue at
Greenock, and lthoug,h tugs have been sent out 100
miles no trace of it has yet been discovered. The
delay is attributed to colm weather.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

THE GLORIES OF THE FRENCH
FLAG.

New flags were solemnly confided to the keeping of
the French army last week by the President of the
Republic (says the Evening Standard). About those
which the brand new colours replace there are many
and glorious traditions of past days which the mind
naturally reverts to in dwelling on the imposing cere-
mony of the Fourteenth. On the flag M. Grevy pre-
sented to the 84th Regiment of the Line are the
words " contre disc," a device inscribed on the
former flag of the regiment by the First Napoleon
in 1 une, 1809. During fourteen *burs the heroic
men of the 84th had held their ground in the
cemetery of Gratz against 20,000 Austrians. -When
the brave little band were reinforced by a detachment
despatched to deliver them, they took two.flags from
the enemy and five hundred prisoners. The Emperor
was never slack in rewarding military daring. The
regiment of the 84th received ninety-five crosses of the
Legion of Honour, its colonel was allotted a pension of
ten thousand francs a year, and on the flag which had
been so courageously defended the Imperial hand in-
scribed the words, "One against. ten." During the
disastrous Russian campaign very few French flags
fell into the enemy's hands: When it was impossible
to save the national standard from this humiliation
it was burnt, the officers: drinking the ashes
of their tricolour. These were the "men of
bronze" Napoleon alludes to in his correspon-
dence, when he says "the ordinary men have suc-
cumbed; the men of iron are prisoners ; I bring back
the men of bronze alone." During the Crimean War,
on the memorable day when Sebastopol was taken, the
91st Infantry Regiment was posted in a redoubt, their
flag being planted on a powder magazine. Suddenly
the redoubt was blown up, almost the whole regiment
destroyed, and the flag buried beneath the dthris.
During sixteen hours the survivors searched the ruins,
and were ultimately successful in re,covering the blood-
stained standard. One can well understand military
veterans looking on with emotion at the ceremony .of
the Fourteenth at Longchamps. Such episodes as the
foregoing were no doubt present to their minds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

MR. BRIGHT ON MINORITY MEMBERS.

At a meeting held to celebrate the formation of a Libera
Club at Platt Bridge, near Wigan, a letter was read from
Mr. Bright, in which he said:—

In our division of the county a great change has
been made. There is now, I believe, only one Tory
member returned from the constituencies of the South-
east Division, and he is in the humiliating condition
of being the minority member. He sits by virtue not
of the goodwill or vote of the majority of the electors
of Manchester, but by a contrivance invented to
cripple the parliamentary influence of the great popu-
lations and constituencies. His sitting in Parliament
is by a direct violation of the ancient principle of the
Constitution, which in all past times gave to majori-
ties the right to select and to elect members of the
House of Commons. May much be done by labour
bestowed on registration, and you have a good field
before you. I hope you will be able "b 3.7 • the time
another general election occurs to place your division in
position as advantageous and as creditable as that
now occupied by the south-east division, and by the
boroughs within its limits.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

FIRING ON A HOUSEKEEPER.

Mr. Stewart, who fired three shots at his Louse-
keeper, in Greenock, and severely injured her,-on
'Wednesday last, was arrested at Ardrossan yester-
day morning.

THE LONG FIRM.
At Birmingham, yesterday, two young men
nsmed Crowther and Massey, described as general
factors, St. Pauli-square were remanded till
Thursday for obtaining, by fong-firm transactions,
30 bracelets, 30 lockets, and six necklets from Heath
and Co., St. Mar in's-le-Grand, London; a large
number of umbrellas from Hengler and Newton,
Manchester; three tons of sash weights, from the
Cyclogi; Foundry, Leeds; elearo-plate goods, from
Dixon and _Co., cullers, Sheffield; ironmongry,
from Samuel Sayers, Willenhall ; and various kinds
of goods from 35 other manufacturers in diffcrint
parts of the kingdom. Mr. S‘ubbins, the prosecut-
ing counsel, stated that the prisoners pledged, or
sent to be sold by auction the different goods
immediately after they were delivered on their pre-
mises. Bail was refused.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

KIDDERMINSTER.

INQUESTS.—Mr. Miller Corbet, deputy coroner,
held inquests on Monday, at the Town Hall Com-
mittee Room, on the bodies of Sarah Jackson and
John Cottrell. Jackson had poisoned herself on
Friday owing to some chagrin at a police case in
which she had been a complainant in the earlier
part of the day. The neighbours hearing her
scream sent for Inspector Ebury, who burst open
the door of the house, and found Jackson suffering
from the effects of poison, and almost in a dyi.ig
state She did not long survive The jury re-
turned a verdict of "Temporary insanity."—ln the
other case, Cottrell, who was turncock at the water
works, fell into the Stour while enleavouring to
fish out a piece of firewood, and the current being
strong and the water deep, he was carried along and
w,03 drowned. lie clutched a gooseberry bush
which he passed, but it came up by the rout, and
something else he grasped at also gave way in his
hand. A verdict of "Accidentally drowned" was
returned
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

THE AMERICAN STEAMBOAT
CATASTROPHE.

Advices received state that up to the 2nd inst
thirty-two bodies of the victims of the catastrophe to
the American river steamer Seawartahaka had been re-
covered. Fresh bodies are found almost daily. It is
thought that the exact number of the dead will never
be known. The wrecked steamer, as she lies in the
meadows at Randall's Island, is visited daily by large
numbers of persons. More incidents witnessed on
board the steamer at the time of the catastrophe
have been published. Women and children were
knocked down and trampled upon or pushed over
into the water and drowned in the excitement.
Some persons, through sheer fright, seemed utterly
incapable of snoring, and remained motionless
on deck, where they perished. The flames with
great rapidity gained the upper deck and made it
impossible to lower the boats. The place where the
life-belts were stored was rapidly enveloped in flames
and access was cut off. The engineer of the vessel
fled from the engine-room with his clothes on tire, but
on seeing the state of affairs on deck returned to his
post and kept the paddle-wheels in motion. There
o touched e dw
a a
ter large
was great crushing to get to the ship's stern as she was
nearing the shore, and when mil ei
to
number of the passengers jumped
long grass. Even here many persons were
.drowned.
In their eagerness to gain the shore many of the
terrified people, having lost all presence of mind,
leaped on others who had fallen in the weeds. Those
persons at the back of the boat could only reach the
shore by swimming, as the water there was deep.
Many here being unable to swim perished. A yacht
which was near saved.fibout 40 persons.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

DUDLEY.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' ANNUAL SERVICE —On
Sunday afternoon the seventh annual service of the
local friendly societies was hell in the Castle Court-
yard. There was an immense congregation, the
number present far exceeding that of any previous
year. The Revs. W. R. Cosens, D.D., G. Bradley,
C. C. Southey, and S. J. Marriott took part in the
service, and the sermon was preached by the Rev,
J. Barrow, M.A., Vicar of Bloxwich. There were
six hands in attendance, and during procession
through the town, as well as in the grounds of the
Castle, good and appropriate music was preformed.
The arrangements were creditable to the chairman
of the committee, Messrs. E. Lewis and T. Cart-
wright, to Councillor W. Smith (treasurer), and W.
Field (hon. sec.), In aid of the Guest Hospital
and the Dudley Dispensary a collection was made,
amounting to .258 4s. lid. Collecting books have
yet to be sent in, and it is expected that the total
amount to be divided between the two institutions
will exceed £BO as on former occasions. The coins
were five sovereigns, three half-sovereigns, 62 half-
crowns, 13 florins, 108 shillings, 402 sixpences, 07
fourpences, 115 threepences, 4,748 pence, 1,664
halfpeace, and 26 farthings.
ROBBERY AT MR. E. T. TERRY'S.—On Monday,
at the Public Office, Fanny Croft (62), of Wem,
Shropshire, was charged with stealing grocery
belonging to her employer, Mr. E T. Terry, High
Street; and Jane Fanti, charwoman, was charged
with receiving groceries knowing them to be
stolen —On Saturday night suspicion was occasioned
by the conduct of Croft, and it was ascertained that
she had concealed £4 worthlof goods. Fanti's house
was afterwards searched, and aquantity of groceries
the property of Mr. Terry, was tound. Fanti said,
"Croft brogght it all here."—Croft pleaded guilty,
but Fanti denied the charge.—The Bench sentenced
Croft for four months' imprisonment, and the other
defendant to three months' imprisonment with hard
labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW AT
CARLISLE.

The Times of Wednesday says :—" Although it is
impossible to give exact results as to the financial
aspects of the late agricultural show at Carlisle,
it is still possible, assuming the expenditure to
have been upon a scale similar to that of recent
years, to give approximate results. During the
five days the show was open to the public
91,741 persons passed the turnstiles, their entrance
money amounting to £6,744 15s. 6d., while an addi-
tional £34 was taken from the 272 visitors to the im-
plement yard on the previous Saturday. The other
receipts were as follows :—Season tickets, £700; grand
stand and working dairy, £450; and catalogue sales,
£6so—bringing up the total receipts to about £8,600.
Should the expenditure not exceed that incurred in
cpnnexion with the shows at Bristol, Liverpool, or
Birmingham, the loss to the society will not be more
than about £950. It may be of interest to add that
on the occasion of the Carlisle show 25 years ago
the loss sustained by the society was £B6O. Then the
yard was visited by 37,583 persons the sum paid by
them being £3,686. Out of the 40 lows held previous
tci this year the society has only made a profit on nine,
tht total gain on these having been £27,093, while on
the remainder a total loss of £73,093 was incurred, the
net losses to the society on these shows having thus
been £46,000, or with this year's show, about
£47,000."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

LATEST NEWS.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

The Wesleyan Conference re-assembled yesterday
wgg, D.13.0P0 Mk 'Nada tQvapros

condemnation of the unusual manifestations of
dissent which marked one period of yesterdays'
sitting. They were the largest and most solemn
ecclesiastical assembly in the world, and it behoved
them to conduct business as in the sight of God.
The Conference then proceeded to the consideration
of ministers becoming supernumeraries, special
reference being made to the retirement of Samuel
Coley, the popular tutor of Hea,dingey College.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

MEDICAL CAUTION.

rpm Special Treatment adopted and used
JL with such great success by Dr. Hunter for the
'it thirty years, can only be obtained at 44. Great
Charles Street, Birmingham. Book of Testimonials
with advice how to regain Health and kfanly Vigour
and Directions for Self Treatment, free to any addres

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

AMBLECOTE.

VESTRY MEETING.—A vestry meeting was held
in the National School Room, on Tuesday evening,
for the purpose of discussing the large amount of
poor rates for the said parish. There w.as a large
attendance and the chair was occupied by the
Rev. J. S. Bolder°, who read a notice calling the
meeting. At the close, a deputation was appointed
to wait upon the Guardians to call the attention to
the heavy expenditure. A vote of thanks to the
chairman clo:red the proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

BRIERLEY Hit L.

DRUNK AND INCAPABLE.—At the Police Court, on
Thursday, before F. Boughy, Esq„ Stipendiary,
; lizabetti Beauford was charged with being drunk
aud:incapable in MO Street. Police-constable
Smith proved the case. Defendant's face was much
injured by falling down. Fined 6d and costs.
PITCII, AND Toss.—Robert Abbotts and John
Smith were charged with gambling on the high-
way, on the 17th inst. Police—constable Mountford
said he saw the.two defendants playing at pitch and
toss for money. Abbotts had already been con-
victed four times for felony and was fined 108 and
coats; in default 14 days, and Smith was fined 7s
6d and costs ; in default 7 days.
=CARD PLAYINO.-Arthur Ford, Henry Harper,
J ohn Corbett, and William Perry were charged
with card playing on the highway, at Brierley Hill,
on the 17th inst. Police-constable Eden proved
that he saw all the defendants playing at cards.
There were persons present, that watched them for
more than one hour. Defendants admitted playing
at cards, but no money passed.; The learned
Stipendiary said it was a very wicked and bad
practice to play at cards on the highway, and
Harper who is the ringleader, and had been cautioned
he should fine him 105 and costs; in default 14
days' hard labour. The other three defendants were
fined fis 6d each and costs; in default 7 days.
=CHARGE or THREATENING. Selina Guest was
charged with using threatening language to Julia
Bloomer, on th 3 15th inst. Mr. Holberton defended.
The threats complained of were that defendant
would knock her head off and punch her eyes out.
Case dismissed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

SPORTING NOTES.

(By our own Turf Correspondent.)

Glorious Goodwood! Why is this termed
~ glorious," and why is it never forgotTi by lovers
of racing? Because, its generally glorious weather,
glorious ,and luxuriant foliage and herbage,
glorious scenery, glorious parks, glorious horses and
racing, and filially what every Britisher is most
proud of, glorious women are to be seen on the lawn
at glorious Goodwood. However business must be
proceeded
with, not rhapsodie3, hence we must
into reality and find out the winner of the chief
betting event, the Goodwood Stakes, which is set
down for decision next Tuesday, the distance being
24 miles. All along I have persistently advocate
the ehances of Mycenfe and Thurio--two noted
stayers, although thy have been ousted from their
position in the market by Bay Archer and gevellear_!
two animals who have each a great following. f
JiaiYi
`.
Archer won this very event last year from
field, and no horse has a greater chance in.
for Mr.
to again win this event for the fourth time
Crawford and Alec Taylor. The horse a great
al:at horse,
public fancy, and he is also a good) h 2
i think not,
the race
but the question lays is he require 4 •
I shall throw
therefore, although he is firstavorr
d to achieve
over. Reveller has been '
d Liverpool Cup
wonders with the Ascot Sta,kes Stitchery was
winners and no doubt will run wao neell'no doubt and
reported scratched for a y • 11'1101
Joseph Dawson d
's party i_ :will make amends
th•utto and Mistress of the
for last year's defeat. EI in the market, and no
Robes only travel badly
• ken in the quotations by
prominent position yi taken
Roehampton, although
either Dresden China
Advance is seldom men.
sterling good ammo
taiions, although doing good
tioned in the clu°
t and from a reliable source
off
work at N ;m arke,
old horse is sure to be in the
might ' reason
three, theY
tinic the t
win consequently I see no
•
three, and
'previously selected two,
to desert n'Y/cBNIE AND ADVANCE,
ht

who I think will produce the winner. The Good.
wood Cup, will result in the last Cesarewiteh St..kes
as think
three agai,lnml y.o
akit ,m
nifopafileght afoirla avictsorcy, I
hiri,
l e
is
I-onomy o
rep .rte,l mit ju,t now himself, Chin I
having been eascd in her work, Westbourne.3 tortu
in the Liverpool Cup only mot/era e—l shall fall
back upon Alec Taylor's Goodwood Stakes favorite

BAY ARCHER,
which little kircl whispers is to be his race.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

THE WIMBLEDON MEETING,

At Wimbledon yesteraay morning, in the Conso*
lation Stakes. Major Yates, Canada, made a score of
32, and in the Officers' Match, Captaia O'Gorman,
lOth Foot. has made a score of 31. In Hi'. Auy
Rifle Match, Lieutenant Baker and Major Young
have tied with three bull's-eyes each, and for the
Olympic Private Boyd, 2nd Ayr. and Private
Osborne, 2nd Fort air, have made 39
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

A SINGULAR MONEY-LENDING CASE.

At the Oldbury County Court, on Wednesday,
before W. D. Griffith, Esq., judge, an action was
brought by Thomas Moore, landlord of the Malt
Shovel Inn West Bromwich, and "Fanny Moore,"
described as his wife, to recover the sum of .220 6s.
from George Parrish, farmer and brickmaker, Great
Bridge, for money lent and goods supplied on vari-
ous dates.--Mr. Sheldon, Wednesbury, appeared
for the plaintiff. and Mr. Jackson, West Bromwich,
defended.—The facts of the case are, that in Novem-
ber, 1878, defendant, being in difficulties, went to
the plaintiff's house and asked Mrs. Moore to ad-
vance him £l2 to enable him to honour a bill which
was then due. Mrs. Moore said she had only £7
by her, and at the solicitation Of the defendant she
to•ok off two gold rings, and a friend of Parrish's
named Timmins, who was with him, took off his
ring, and these were ple iged to raise the other .£5.
On subsequent occasions other sums of money were
advanced, making up altogether £2O 6s. On one
occasion he borrowed £l, giving as the reason that
he wanted to appear as a gentleman before his
clerk by pay ng for all he had—(laughter). The
case stood adjourned from the previous October, on
which occasion the female plaintiff admitted that
she was the wife of a man named Harbin, who is
still living The Judge said clearly she had no right
to join the action, as she was, according to her own
showing, Mrs. Harbin, and not Mrs. Meore.—Wit-
ness, although she positively asserted that she was
married to Moore, refused to say where. Mr.
Sheldon contended that the plaintiff could prove the
debt as the agent of Mr. Moore, whose business she
conducted, and further pointed out that the money
was lent at Mr. 2,loore's hou.:e. His Honour re-
marked tbat that did not prove it was Mr. Moore's
money —ln further cross-examination, witness said
Mr. Moore bought the rings and presented them to
her.—His Honour ruled that these were not the
property of Thomas Moore. —lt was contended far
the defence that the debt had been F ettle d by a
cheque drawn up at the request of the witness in
he name of her father. Mr. John Hale.—Witness
denied having any knowledge of the cheque.—Mr
Jackson having addressed the Court for the defence
and called the defendant, who swore that he had
discharged the claim by cheque. his Honour gave
a verdict for the defendant, with costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-07-24

THE RISCA EXPLOSION.

Another spout hole has been cut frcm Harvey's
to Padgett's level to improve the ventilation, wh;ch
is not yet quite satisfactory. Six horses blocking
the roadways would be removed in the course of
yesterday.