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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

THE MARKETS.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARHET.-MONDAY.
The cattle trade was firmer in tone, but business still
quiet. Supplies were not large. The receipts of beasts
from our own grazing districts were about the average.
The Scotch arrivals fell off, and the show of Irish was only
moderate. A rather healthier tone characterised the trade,
and quotations were firmer. The cold weather and the steadi-
ness in the dead meat market were elements of strength.. The
best Scots and crosses made Is. 2d. to ss. 4d. per 81b. From
Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex we receivd about 2,000, from
the Midland and the Home Counties 'about 250, from Scot-
and, 142, and from Ireland 200 head. On the foreign side of
the market there was a good show of Spanish, with a few
Danish. The trade was steady, at full prices. The sheep
pens were only moderately well filled. The trade was dull,
at about late rates. The best Downs and half-breds in the
wool made 7s. to 7s. 2d., and ditto clipped 6s. 2d. to 6s. 4d.
per 81b. Lambs were firm, at 9s. to Oa. 6d. per 81b. Calves
and pigs were steady. At Deptford there were 700 beasts
and 1,000 sheep. Inferior beasts, 4s. to 4a. 6d.: second
quality, 4s. 6d. to Is.; prime large ditto, Is. to Ga. 2d. ;
prime Scots, 6s. 2d. to 6s. 4d.; inferior sheep, 65. to 6s. 6d. ;
second quality, Is. 6d. to Is. Bd. ; prime coarse woolled, 6s.
to 6s. 2d. : prime Southdowns, 6s. to 6e. 4d. ; large coarse
calves, 6s. 6d. to Cs. ; primeiamall ditto, 6s. to 6a. Bd.; large
hogs, 4s. 6d. to Is. ; small porkers, Is. to Ga. td.; lambs,
Es. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per 81b, by the carcase.

ME TROPO LIT A N ME kT -MONDAY.

A moderate supply of meat was on offer. The trade was
slow, but prices ruled firm :-Inferior beef, Se. to 3s. Bd.;
middling ditto, 3s. 81. to 4s. ; prime large ditto, 4s. 44.
to 4s. 84. ; prime small ditto, 4s. 64. to 4s 10d. ; veal, ss. 4d.
to 6s. ; inferior mutton, 3s 4d. to 4s. ; middling ditto, 4s. 4.4.
to ss. Gd. ; prime ditto, 55. 6d. to 6s. 24. ; large pork, 48. 44.
to 4s. Bd.; small pork, Is. to sa. 4d.; and lamb, Bs. 84. to
Ps. 4d, per 81b. by the carcase.
MARK-LANE.-MONDAY.

At Mark-lane but limited supplies of home-grown wheat
have come on offer, and, although the sale has been slow,
prices have ruled firm at the extreme of last Monday's cur-
rency. Runs of white have ranged up to 485., and selected
to 525. ; red runs to 465., and selected 48. Arrivals of foreign
are very moderate, the larger portion consisting of East
India. Business has not been extensive, but latices fully
supported. Flour has not arrived so largely, and is steady in
value with fully adequate supplies on offer. Maize in light
supply and firm. Barley, beans, and peas are unchanged.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

BELBROUGH FON.

GENERAL NEWS.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.

On Thursday morning John Fox, who was await
lug in the St.rangeways Gaol, at Manchester, his
trial at Quarter Sessions, escaped' from custody.
Some alteration* were being made at the governor's
house in preparation for the reception of the new
governor (Major Preston), and the • prisoners were
engaged to do the work. While so engaged Fox
jumped out of an upper window and made his Es
cape. A reward has been offered for 'his capture.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

aitb Istrict 4ectDs.

RATEPAYERS )lEETINGI- AT OLDS WIN FORD.

A meeting of ratepayers was hold in the School
Room, on Thursd,ty evening, to consider the desir-
abiliiy of being ipc,..rporated with tztourbridge and
other distiic s. There was a large attendance.
The chair ws occupied by the Rev. C. S
\V rds-
worth, who spoke in favour of incorporati. n.
J. E. Swindell spoke against OldEwinfurd being
incorporated ; Mr. W. J. Turney, in favour; and
Mr. W. B. Collis, ag ins*, and propose, a resoav ion
against incorpoia(ion, which waa seconded by Mr.
Noah Forrest. Mr. Turney moved an amendment,
which was seconded by Mr. H. HuBhes,

The resolution was carried. -
A. great number did not vote.
A. vote of thatili.:; to the chairman do-ed the pro-
ceedings.

HINTS ON THE LATEST FASHIONS.—THE MOTHER
HUBBARD MANTLE.— Ti'ese Mantles. sine!: the first
iutroouciion, have appeared in many fo, ins. One
is composed of Indian cashmere, with full trim-
iilng of Span sh lace and bows of satin ribbon.
Another style, differing in the sleeves only, is to
have the shoulders ganged in the same manner,
but instead of the large sleeve, the mantle tits
over the shoulder, and the arin-hl-s for passing
the hands through, are trimmed with ruches of
the material lined with satin and frills of lace.
There are really no sieves at all. small capes,
very smart looking, when accompanied by a
costume t, match, are also made in tile Hubbard
s yle, with the gauging on the shoulders and high
ruche round the neck, the low r part fitting
tightly round the arms. Mantles of this kind are
also made in satn. Coloursd beads are very much
used tor embroidering th, mantles, both on siutple
as well as expensive goods. Steel and iridescent
beads are the most :popular for daily wear. On
plain tight. fitting clolh jack( ts for young girls,
they look particularly well, the . cull, collar, and
po..kat flaps prettily embroidered, and the jacket
i.self fastened with steel buttons.—The P...mily
Dressmaker, by Mrs Leach.
Mr. 11. T. Hickman, of St,urbriltP, alrealv
Justic, of the Peace for the ccunt, of Stafford, has
be,: appointed a magistrate for the county Di
Worcester.

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The Rev. George Robinson, of brybrook.
Gloucestershire, has accep'eci the cordi.,l and
unanimous invitation of tho Coligregation 1
Church, Stourbridge, to become its pat r, and will
commence his labours the first Sunday in May
ntnct.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

A LUCKY ESCAPE!

To be buried alive eighty feet below the ground, to
remain in this unpleasant position ninety-four hours,
and to live to write one's experiences, is to have a lucky
escape Indeed; and the poor fellow Mattmann, who
communicates to a Geneva paper the account of his
sensations whilst underground, is to be sincerely con-
gratulated upon his good fortune (remarks the Evening
Standard). He was occupied in cleansing a deep well
when a fall of masonry occurred, the consequences
being that, although happily not crushed to death,
he was, as he calls it, walled up and unable to move
hand or foot. From the afternoon of the Monday,
when he was imprisoned, until the following Friday
evening, when he was released, he was compelled
to remain absolutely immobile' with his right arm
raised, his left crossed on his chest, one leg
bent under him, the other stretched out. The
stones and debris drhich had fallen rendered, he
says, any attempt to change his posture out of
the question, so with his hat crushed over his eyes
and his pipe in his mouth he waited in agonising
suspense, but without losing his presence of mind or
giving up hope. By degrees his limbs became to
some extent numbed, he grew unconscious of pain, he
suffered but little from hunger, but was keenly sus-
ceptible to thirst. He could breathe without difficulty,
slept at intervals, and was encouraged not to despair
by the sounds Which reached him from above and
apprised him that the task of disinterring him was
being actively carried on. On the Thursday the poor
fellow heard his name called, and replied to his
deliverers; on the Friday he was released, and con-
veyed to the hospital in an extremely exhausted con-
dition, but without any broken bones or other injuries
of sufficient gravity to place his life in danger. He
will not, he says, easily forget his sensations,"—and
this one can readily believe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

ONE OF SIR GEORGE COLLEY'S
LETTERS.

We (says The Times) have received for publication the
following extract from a private letter of the late Sir George
Colley's, dated the 7th of February, 1881, from the Head-
quarters Camp, Mount Prospect, Natal :7
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"The Boer uprising unquestionably took us all very
much by surprise, for not a month before I had
received from Sir Owen Lanyon and other civil
officers, as well as from the military officers at the
various posts, the most satisfactory, accounts, indicat-
ing apparently a better feeling growing up than there
had yet been. I still do not believe thatthe rising was
planned, though they had a great ideas what they
would do at their January meeting, but that the country
was full of combustible material and that a spark
set a light to it. . . . The change in the date of
the meeting, which in consequence of what took place
at Potchefstroom was put forward from the Bth of
December to the 18th of January, upset our military
plans and enabled them to catch us before our con-
centration, and the successful attack on the 94th
Regiment changed the whole a3pect of affairs. The
loss of 250 men out of our small garrison was no
trifling one, and the moral effect, of course, much
greater. My repulse of the 28th has also had a
bad effect, both in prolonging the investment of
our garrisons and in giving further encouragement
to the Boors. I think, however, I was justified in
4ttacklng, both by the need of the invested garrisons,
and by the chances of success. The scale was very
nearly balanced. As it was, I think that 20 more
goed cavalrymen of the type of Brownlow and those
who charged immediately with him would have turned
the day in cur favour. lam now xeceiving large re-
inforcements, and can feel little doubt as to the issue
of the next engagement; but my real difficulties will
commence afterwards. • . . I may be sanguine, but I
still hope that the revolt will be followed by something
of a reaction against its leaders and instigators, and
that a favourable opportunity may offer for giving
the Boers a somewhat more liberal constitution, and
one which would satisfy the demands of the majority;
but it will be a somewhat ticklish experiment, espe-
cially as regards the native question and native clahns
to land."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

MR. MUNDELLA ON EDUCATION.

Mr. Mundella, M.P., in opening the new Board
Schools at Nottingham, said that although it was not
the object of the founders of a system of national edu-
cation to impart any direct or special religious teach-
ing, the effect of the system had been to add to re-
ligious instruction immensely, and, above all, to in-
crease the teaching of that morality which was asso-
ciated with every form of Christianity. He was
very glad to observe that lessons of thrift were
being inculcated by School Boards, in connection with
which he might say the department to which he
belonged were endeavouring at the present time to
perfect a system by which the schools of the country
might be made the nucleus of the new National
Savings Bank scheme. Speaking on the subject of
education Mr. Mundella said that if we wished to
hold our own not only as a great nation in respect of
our moral position, but also in reference to our indus-
trial position, ViVE3 must educate our people, and
the thought which had animated the Houses of
Parliament and the country during the last ten
years or during the last dozen years in pro-
viding for education was this, that in every female
child we educated a future mother, and that if
we are to have high-minded men, worthy to be
citizens of the greatest nation in the world, we must
educate the mothers. Moreover, that in every male
child we educate not only the future workman or em-
ployer or professional man, but we also educate the
future elector, juror, the legal administrator, the
legislator, the classes upon whom the future of this
great nation depends. Quoting from official reports,
the right hon. gentleman proceeded to state that in
1869-70 the annual average attendance of children
at school in Nottingham was 7,135. That was
then the whole number in attendance, but what
was the number ten years later? The average at-
tendance was 16,387. (Applause.) What was the
amount of Government grant per head on the children
in 1869-70 ?—that is practically the test of the chil-
dren's efficiency. It was 9s. 4ii. per child. They
were receiving from the Government ten years later
15s. 4id. per child. The total amount di the Govern-
ment grant throughout the extended borough of Not-
tingham in the year 1869-70 was £3,343 9s. 10d. That
was what the Government contributed to their local
education then. What was it ten years later? It was
£12,589 2s. 7d. So that they had increased the
Government grant by 376 per cent. and their average
attendance by 22 per cent.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

HOP.

The general appearance of the hop market is much the
same. A healthy inquiry prevails for all fine samples, which
are scarce, and command fuil prices. Other qualities sell
slowly. The present quotations are as follows : Kent, 1880.
£4 to £9 10s. ; Sussex, £3 18s. to £6 158. ; Farnham., £7 to
£8 ; ditto, country, £6 128. to £3' Worcester, £7 10s. to
£8 lbg. ; American, £6 6s. to £8; Belgian, £2 14s. to £2 lfis;
English, 1879, £2 10s. to £4; foreign, 10s. to £3; old, all
kinds, 10s. to £2 per cwt.

POTATO.
Fair supplies of potatoes were on sale. There was A dull
trade, as follows :—Scotch champions, 70s. to 80s.; ditto
regents, 90s. to 100 s. ; ditto Victorias 90s. to 11(ai Essex
regents, 80s. ; ESSCIC champions, SOk Per ; Belgian
kidneys, 45.; and German reds, 4s. to 5a Od. per bag.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

LOWER HOUSE FARM, CHADDESLEY CORBETT
Near KIDD ERM INSTE R.
ITII. H. KING is favoured with instructions
.A.IL from Mr. Belies, on behalf of Sir W 1 hrock-
rooftop, Bart , to SELL by AUCTION, at the *hive
Farm, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 130, 1881, the following
LIVE sul DEAD FARMING STO
viz.
26 Prime Fat HEIFERS and OXEN,
4 Well-bred HEIFERS' and CALVr:S,
1 Pedigree SHORTHORN BULL, 2 years old;
1 Yearling Ditto,
30 x'at WETHER SLIEMP,
And an Assortment of FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
Also, about 100 Acres of GRASS KEEPING till •z9th
of September next, in convetdent Lots.
Catalogues of the Lots may be had of the Auctioneer,
Stciurbridge; and at the ptincipal Inns in the neigh-
boaritcou.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

to witness the spectacle, the gas lamps have been dis-
pensed with, and small print is as easily read in the
streets as in the open day.
Once more have the people been numbered, and the
Census has been taken by the greatest act of national
co-operation which is ever attempted. When every
occupier of a separate tenement from one end of the
United Kingdom to the other has to fill in the par-
ticulars of the schedules, it is obvious that the
counting of the people has to a great extent been
done by the people themselves, and that a national
self-enumeration has been accomplished. With-
out such universal co-operation, which is never
asked in vain in this country, no census could
be taken with any degree of accuracy. The vast
mass of materials which the help of eix millions
of householders and 33,000 enumerators has piled up
will have to be digested and arranged under the direc-
tion of the Registrar-General, with, as it is expected,
the usual result as affecting the migration of the popula-
tion—the large towns gradually drawing away the
inhabitants of the small ones, and absorbing into the
busy city the people from the calm retreats of rural
life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

THE ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER IN
WA It WICkSHIRE.

COVENTRY, Timrsday.—rhe young woman Martha
Booth. who recently made an extraordinary state—
ment to the police that he had been thrown over
the parapet of a railway bridge near Coventry, and
who is still in the hosi_ital at Rugby, continues to
make fair progress, but it is teared she will not be
able to be removed at piesent to give evidence
agai“st the Man who is in custody.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

AN APOLOGY FOR THE BUDGET.

The Daily News (in a leader) explains why the
Budget of Monday'night was not the brilliant and start-
ling effect it might have been; why it proposed no
great changes, no splendid financial reforms, and
why there is nothing "dazzling or bewitching"
about it. "War has eaten up what might have
been the substantial national surplus out of whiCh
Mr. Gladstone would have been prepared to make
liberal concessions to the taxpayers and to various
industries of the country. But we have to take the
fact to begin with that the operations of the army
and the navy in India and the Transvaal for the
last two years have cost us £3,331,000. Our expenses
in many other departments have also been increasing,
but in some the increase has been more satisfactory
than for the military and naval services. The increase
in the expense of the Education Department will not
be grumbled at by many people, and the additional cost
of the Ordnance S.prvey Keened to be welcomed from
all parts of the House. The fact, however, remains
that our expenses have increased, our war expenses
enormously increased, during the last few years,
and that the surplus is gone that would otherwise
have been at our disposal. Added to this it must be
borne in mind that the season itselflis not one of re-
markable prosperity. This, it will be seen, is not one
of Mr. Gladstone's great Budgets. It was not in his
power to effect any striking operations. The inheri-
tance of war is still on him. He has to pay for the
policy of his predecessors. The money is gone, and
even Mr. Gladstone, with all his witchery in finance,
has not witchcraft enough to turn straws into gold.
He has made the best of the means at hisilisposal, and
the opinion of the House of Commons last night
seemed to approve to the full of his main proposi-
tions." .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

THE ALLEGED FRAUDS BY A
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OXFORD WON BY FOUR LENGTHS,
In 2imins. 61secs.

EPPS'B CI,COA —GRATEFUL AND COMPORTING.— "By a
thorougAtnowle.:ge of the natural laws which govern
die opera tions Of digestion and nutrition, and by a care-
ful appl:cation of the fine riot:cries of well-selected
Cocoa, Mr. e pps has prov:cled our ineakfast tables with
a delicately flivouied beverage which way save us many
heavy doctois' bids. It is by :he judicious use of such
alticles of diet that a coustitutiou may be gradually
,euilt up until strong enough to reset every tendency to
disease. Iluodrt.ds ef subtle maladies are floating
around Us reA•ty to itt'oteK WiiefeFer tut re Is a weak
point. We may escape many a fatal shuf.. by keeping
ourselvea,weil fortified with pure blood audit properly •
nourished frante."—Civil Service Gazette.-- Sold only
in Packets labellzd—"Jsidits EPPB Horriceopathic
Londou."—liso mai era of Epps's Uhocolate Essence
for afternoon u-e

ifulfotv,y's Pills and Ointment offer to suffering man-
kind the !Lost effectual cure for (lout and Itheconatism.
—An unheßitny st,..te of the blood. attended with bsd
digestion, lass,tude, and grelt debility, conduces to these .
diseases, showing the want of a proper circul.Aiou of the
fluid, and that impurity of the blood greatly aggravates
the disorder. HoLoway's l'ills are of so purifying a
nature thvt a few doses taken its tine are an effectuAl
pr s ventive agsiust gout and rtieumati:.m, but any one
that has had au attack cf either should use Holioway's
Om; une:A aiso, the poserfull properties of which, COCO •
hinednith the effcets of the Vilis ensure rapid relief.
The Ointment thould be thoroughly rubbed into the
parts tift-etA at least twice a day. after they have been
sufficiently fomented with warm flannels to open the
por,B in order to facilitate the absorption of the
Ointment.
laveit Slentem TARAXACUM AND PODOPXYLLIN
This maid combination, extracted from medicinal roots
is belomiug very popular, and is now used instead of
blue pill and calomel for the cure of dyspepsia, bilious-
ness, and all symptoms of congestion of tte liver, which
are generally pain beneath the should 'rs, headache,
drowsiness, no appetite, furred tongue, disagreeable
taste in the morning, giddiness, disturbance of the
stomach, and feeling of general depression. It sets the
sluggish liver in motion, very slightly acts on the bowels,
giving a sense of of heaith and comfort within 21 hours.
It is the safest medicine, and ass real fact, is presaribed
by many doctors, Tarazacum and Polophyllin is a
fluid made only by J. PILPPYR, Bedford .Laboiatory
London, whose name is on every label. It is importast,
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

THE FLOODS IN SPAIN.

The Madrid Correspondent of the Standard, writing on
Monday night, says :
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"A friend of mine, arrived this morning from
Seville, says he had to change trains three times and
to walk several hundred yards in the mud and rain,
where the lines are damaged, between Seville and
Cordova. He describes the Valley of the Guadal-
quivir as flooded in many places; many villages were
surrounded by the waters in twenty-four hours. The
families of the upper chases have left Seville. From
the towers of the Cathedral the country appears a vast
lake surging behind the railway embankments and
dykes, which alone protect Seville from a serious
catastrophe.
"This inundation is more disastrous than any that
has occurred this century. Such serious apprehen-
sions are entertained by the authorities that they
have forced the inhabitants to evacuate the houses
near the river and in the suburbs of San Bernardo
and Triana. The Governor telegraphs that the gas-
works, the palace of the Duke of Montpensier, and
many streets in the upper town are flooded, and that
the water penetrates the homes by the sewers.
"The rivers Guadaira and Guadalquivir are thirty-
six feet above their usual level, and one league broad
above the town. This inspires much alarm as to the
safety of the embankments. Boats are serving pro-
visions in the flooded streets,

"A Council of Ministers decided last night to send
the Minister of Public Works a large body of engineers
and sixteen hundred pounds as the first instalment of
relief. All the lines to Xerez, Cadiz, and Huelva,
south of Seville, are cut by the floods, which cover
many leagues of the valleys. The storm has been
severe on the coast, the crops are totally lost, and the
agricultural damage is immense."

A telegram dated Sevili3, Apr, 4, says :—The in-
habitants of Trianu, one f the inundated suburbs,
are being rescued by smalt boats, manned by sailors,
who take off the terrified people from the 'balconies
on the first floor of the flooded. houses. In some of
the streets the inmates of the houses prefer to remain
where they are, and a number of boats are engaged
in carrying provisions to them. Rain is still falling.

MADRID, April 5.

The latest accounts received of the floods at Seville
represent the situation to be less alarming. The
waters of the Guadalquivir have subsided to the
extent of one mkre, but are still at a height of
8t mbtres above their usual level. The Minister of
Public Works took with him to Seville a sum of
35,0001. in aid of the distressed inhabitants.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY
CONFERENCE.

A memorial has been addressed to the Marquis of
Hartington, as Secretary of State for India, signed by
seventeen hundred merchants and manufacAurers of
Lancashire, including nearly all the leading firms, on
the subject of the representation of this country at
the International Monetary Conference about to be
held at Paris. The following is the text of the
memorial :—"That we are seriously affected in
our business b,y the uncertainties of exchanges
with silver-using countries; that we view with
great apprehension any further demonetisation of
silver which would reduce
.the metallic bases of
International credit within dangerously narrow
limits; that we deeply regret the adoption by England
of an attitude of isolation in regard to the Con-
ference, as disadvantageous to herself, and as opposed
to the principle that our interests and those of the
countries with which we trade are identical ; such an
attitude could not fail to influence unfavourably
future negotiAtions with France and other nations in
respect to cominerpial Treaties, We therefore pray
that representatives of the Imperial and Indian
Governments may be deputed to take part in the
Conference, and we would also urge that such repre-
sentatives be authorised to give assurances of the con-
tinuance of the silver stanolard in India."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

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THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS.

In London, on Saturday, the Institution of Civil
Engineers held their annual dinner at Willis's Rooms.
The Earl of Kimberley, in acknowledging the toast
of her Majesty's Ministers, said the work of the civil
engineer had done more to alter the condition of society
throughout Europe than any political event of war
during the past century.
The Earl of Derby, in raspendlng for the House of
Lords, spoke of the necessity for revising the method
of =chiding business in the House of Commons,
seeing that the arrangements which satisfied our fore-
fathers were not applicable to these days of more com-
plex relations. He suggested that time would be
saved by the Ministerial answers to questions on local
and personal topics being printed and circulated with
the papers; and by statements as to the objects of
Bills being circulated in lieu of speeches on first
readings.
Mr. Lowell, the American Minister, proposed the
toast of the evening, and said civil engineers were the
makers and the masters of the civilized modern Woild,'
so far as it is visible, palpable, and serviceable to the
rest of the world.

A collision occurred on the South Devon line between
Totnes and Brent on Saturday evening. The train which
leaves Exeter at 7.30 ran into the tail of a goods train in a
tunnel, the line being a single one. Three trucks were cut
to pieces. none of the paasengers were seriously hurt, as
the driver of the passenger train fortunately observed the
goods train in time to slacken speed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

The Mark Lane Express notes that during alo Past
week the weather has been finp and dry, but the
nights have been frosty, and a bitterly cold and
searching east wind has prevailed. The young wheats
have assumed a brown and withered appearance, and
their growth has been checked. In many districts
they have been harrowed and rolled, and the one thing
needful now is a genial temperature and some warm
showers; complaints are now general as to the crop
Joolting.smalle,r, as it naturally would do under such
conditions of temperature at this season of the year,
btlt there does not appear to be any loss of plant
going on at the present time. On light and medium
soils a considerable acreage of barley has been planted
during the week, and oat sowing has been pushed for-
ward on the clays but the strong, undrained soils are
almost unworkable, the surface knobs being like stones
resting on dough. April sunshine and April showers
are needed everywhere, but most of all on the
clays,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

A STRANGE STORY.

The Daily Telegraph remarks :—" Of the strange
stories connected with the melancholy fate of Alexander
11. that have obtained currency since his death, not
the least curious is the following narrative, published
in the St. Petersburg Beehive, and alleged by that
journal to be in every particular authentic. One
morning, about a fortnight before the catastrophe of
the 13th ultimo, while iosking out of his bedroom
window, the late Czar noticed two or three dead
pigeons lying on the ledge of the balcony. As the Im-
perial pigeons, like those of the Piazza di San Mame in
Venice, are privileged birds, his Majesty, displeased
that they should have been slain within the very pre-
cincts of his palace, ordered an inquiry to be made
as to bow they had come by their death. It was
soon discovered that a huge hawk had taken up its
quarters in some out-of-the-way nook of the Winter
Palace roof, and, emerging thence every morning at
dawn, it made a regular practice of thinning out the
Emperor's flock of pigeons. Imperial commands were
issued that this inveterate columbicide should be
watched for and shot; but the hawk contrived to evade
the vigilance of the domestics charged with its de-
struction, and continued to kill its two, three, or
four pigeons daily with absolute impunity. A
powerful trap was therefore baited and set for
;t upon the roof; and, early next morning, it was seen
from below, caught by the leg, and struggling with all
its might to get loose. Before the servants could reach
the spot to put an end to the fierce bird's agony, it had
dragged the heavy trap over the edge of the parapet,
and fallen with it upon the paving of an inner court-
yard, overlooked by the Imperial apartments. When
the Emperor was informed that the hawk had met its
death in this strange manner, he appeared much dis-
turbed in mind, and observed several times to his
attendants that the whole affair was of evil omen."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

DISCOVERY OF A SILVER MINE.

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Another of Dame Nature's silvern hoards has been
discovered in Germany, at Nievenheim, near Reuss
(says the Daily Telegrapl). During the construction
of an artesian well in that village, .a large quantity of
sand, containing innumerable particles of a glittering
metallic substance, was thrown up. The proprietor
of the land upon which this operation took place, a
peasant-farmer, at first believed these particles to be
gold dust, and carried a bagful of the stuff to the
laboratory for testing precious metals established in
Ehrenfeld under the direction of Professor Shmitz.
There several small parcels of the sparkling
sand were submitted to the usual tests, and were
found to contain, -no atom of gold indeed, but
from 30 to 38 per cent. of pure silver. The
fortunate farmer, this result having been duly com-
municated to him, went on his way rejoicing, and
upon his return to Nievenheim at once engaged a num-
ber of workmen to drive four shafts into the stratum
of silver-containing sand underlying his property. He
has since parted with one of them for the sum of two
thousand six hundred pounds. In the opinion of the
Cologne Gazette, this precious sand was washed down
thousands of years ago, from the mineral hills of Corn-

mern and Mechernich. It forms a stratum about
eighteen feet thick, lying some five yards beneath the
rface of the earth, and, in all probabilty, contains
an incalculable quantity of silver ore. Should this
prove to be the case, Nevada will have found a redoubt-
able rival in Nievenheim.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

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JOUBERT'S REPORT OF THE ENGAGE.

MEM' ON MAJUBA HILL.

The Cape mail steamer Pretoria arrived at Plymouth on
Monday with advices from Cape Town to the 15th ult. Her
news has for the most part been anticipated by telegraph
Commandant Joubert's official report of the engagement on
Majuba Hill is to the following effect :
Last Sunday evening I was sitting writing copies of
President Brand's letters, and also a letter for Herbert
Stewart. At four o'clock I awoke every man to his
position, and I commenced a report for General Cronje.
I was still sitting writing, and the sun had just risen,
when it was reported to me that the troops were coming
up the right hand hill. Then it was" To saddle! To
saddle ! " But, to our astonishment, we saw that the
enemy had entire possession of the hill, and that
already a considerable number were on the summit.
One would have thought that everything was lost to
us, and so it would actually have been if the soldiers
had retained possession of the hill; but beyond all our
expectations the Lord assisted us, and we all ascribed
the most wonderful deliverance and help to an all.
governing and mighty God. Our men climbed the
mountain with a courage and energy beyond descrip-
tion. The troops under the personal command of
Colley, would not surrender the position. They
fought like true heroes; but our God, who gave
us the victory and protected us, excelled gloriously
all acts of courage and tact. The most won-
derful thing to us is that on our side only one
was killed, and so far as it has come to my
.Icnow-
ledge, one severely wounded and four slightly.
The dead on the other side are not accurately known
through the unevenness of the ground, but can be
estimated at more than 150. It is unknown how many
officerai fell with Colley. Nearly twenty were severely
wounded, and nfore slightly. Seven officers, forty-
five men and sergeants were made prisoners, which
prisoners I have been compelled to send to you to
Middelburg. I hear that the Etaglish have been rein-
forced by 2,000. The aoldiers who fought against us
were the 92nd Highlanders (two oompanies), 58th and
60th Rifles. The cannon were not brought within
range, but fired upon our men from camp when biley
otormed the last schans.
J9ubert concludes by expressing joy at the success-
ful issue of the battle, and hopes that the day may be
considered for the future a day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

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THE MACKONOCHIE CASE.
THE JUDGMENT.

The House of Lords, sitting on Thursday as the
ultimate tribunal, gave judgment in this appeal by
the itev. A. IL Mackonochie from a judgment of
the Court of Appeal, setting aside the prohibition
granted by the Queen's Bench divisic.n, to restrain
Lord Penzance, .he Dean of Arch- s, from enforcing
a d-cree of suspension of Mr. Mackonochie for three
years from his benefice, St. Alban's, Holborn, for
disobedience to two monitions in the i-uit.of "Mar-
tin v Mackonoch‘e" for offences against the eccle-
siastical law. Counsel for the respondent, 'Lord
Penzance, were not heard during the arguments,
and their lorthhips reserved judgment. Mr. Mar-
tin, the promoter of the original suit, did not ap-
pear in this appeal The Lord Chancellor, in giving
judgment, held that disobedience to the monibions
of the Court of Arches did not constitute a new of-
fence, but amounted to disobedience, which was
properly punished by the sentence of deprivation.
The judgment of the Court of Appeal revering that
of the Queen's Bench, must therefore be affirmed,
and the aped dismissed. Lords Cairns, Blackburn,
and Watson having concurred, the appeal was dis-
missed with costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

SHJOTING AT A POLICEMAN ST
LIVERPOOL.

A prisoner, named Dougherty, was on Thursday
cemmitted to the Assizes on a charge of attempting
to shoot Police-constable Sloan. He fired at the
officer with a revolver, but fortunately missed him.
It appeared that the prisoner got his pension on
Saturday, and has since been drinking heavily. His
mind o 3 Thursday. he said, was a pertect blank as
to tie attack on the constable. Three cha,akbers of
the revolver w(Te loaded and three discharged.
The Stipendiary said he did not know what things
were coming to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-04-09

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

A recent wedding in Pennsylvania, had a gloom
cast over it by the discovery that, through some unaccount-
able mistake the bridesmaid had been married instead of the
bride.
"Julius, did yer belong to der last war?" "In
course I " "And was you wounded ? " "You better
believe it—three timer. Twice in my hat, and once in my
tobacco box."

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An Oswego man who stepped behind a mule that
he intended to purchase, asked with much feeling when he
was picked out of the gutter, " if the cyclone killed anybody
else."

An American editor, noticing the present of a silver
cup to a contemporary, says :—"Ho needs no cup He can
drink ,rom any vessel that contains liquor, whether the neck
of a bottle, the month of a pickle jar, the spile of a keg, or
the bung nf 4 barrel."
"Julius, what's a coroppr ?" asked a citizen of
Alabama of his neighbour. "A coroner, sir. Snow, is a man
what sits on de people, to see wedder dey lilled dems,qves
or committed suicide." "And what does he do when he
finds out" "Bring in de wardict, Julius." "What's a
wardict ?" "Why, a long, black pole, painted white on the
end—now hold your jaw, and don't bodder any more."

A Detroit lunatic left his house a year ago, and has
been wandering about ever since under the impression that
he is somebody else, and yet retaining a particular interest
in his real self, Now and then he writes to his wife to in-
quire after her husband, and especially to know "whether
he has got over that crazy ilt yet." The case is a curious
one.

A new American dance called Raquet is thus
graphically described—" First the couple struggle, then
dodge, crush up to one another, dart back, try to drive
thYough the floor, get mad with being unable to succeed—
and it's all over."

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A hatchet-faced woman, of about fifty-one summers,
with a wealth of freckles in her face and a snuff-stiek in her
month, got into a crowded car on Galveaton-avepue. There
were half-a-dozen gentlemen on the car, but none of them
offered to give her a.seat. After she had waited a considerable
time she said: "El eny of you galoots is waiting for me to
squat in yer lap you are barking up the wrong tree, for I want
you to understand I'm a lady." A dread that she was not in
'earnest caused six gentlemen to leave the car.

A man in Oregon, on the evening of a recent earth-
quake, had informed his wife he had an important business
appointment which he was reluctantly obliged to keep.
When the shock came he rushed home with a billiard cue in
his hand, which he had forgotten to replace; and now his
wife won't hear of any business appqintments after eight
o'clock in the evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-06-04

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A NATIONAL PROTECTION LEAGUE.

The hirmingham Gazette states that a new "National
League" has been formed "to protect the country
from the unfair assaults directed from abroad against
its industries and its commerce," The following is
given as a statement of the principles of the new
organisation :

"The watohword of the National League should be
National protection—protection alike for land and
labour, from unfair and one-sided foreign competition
so as to secure a fair trade, while leaving all commer-
cial transactions as free and unfettered as the winds
of heaven."

The concluding paragraph invites "Those who
desire to abolish the existing one-sided free import
system, and to substitute in it stead 4 policy of self-
help or national protection," to join the League, "and
thus assist in creating a national organization to advo-
cate their policy of consolidating our empire by means
of an Imperial Trade Federation between the mother
Country and her colonies, and of defending our national
labour from unfair foreign competition by means of
an Imperial tariff."

The statement is made that the League finds strong
support in several large manufacturing towns, more
particularly in the Midland Counties,

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quality. In the same county de some almond trees
that were planted fifty years ago, and continue to
yield plenty of nuts,