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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

PRINCES ALBERT VICTOR AND

GEORGE.
Melbourne papers, dated July 18, just received by the
mail steamer flyclaspes, thus describes the visit of the
Prince of Wales's sons :
"The Detached Squadron, with the Royal Princes
on board H.M.S. Inconstant, sailed from Melbourne
for Sydney on the 811 inst. During the fortnight the
Princes spent in Victoria every effort was made to
render their visit agreeable. On the 4th inst. they
attended a concert given in the Exhibition building
by the Metropolitan Liedertafel, at which 6,000
persons were present. On the sth inst. they visited
Sandhurst, in the company of the Governor, and were
enthusiAstically received and entertained. They,
with many other officers of the squadron, were present
at a ball given a 4 Government House on the 7th inst.
They also attended a ball, at which over 2,5Q0 guests
were present, given by the Mayor of Melbourne at
the Town Hall.
"The Squadron anchored in Sydney Harbour early
on the 14th inst., and the Earl of Clanwilliain and the
bPOanril
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

STOURBRIDGE.

Jones, c Shuk er, b Powell ... 7
Otter, not out 9B
Ingold, b Edge
Gilbanks, c Shuker, b Woodhouse
Parke., run out 2
Webb, o Shuker. b Lamb lB
Ford, c Clarke, b Edge l4
M'Lean, b Woodhou-e 7
Timmis, b Woodhonse
Leeson, b Woodhouse
Cooper, c Dickinson, b Edge
Extras
179
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

special race meeting of the A.J.C. was held at
Randwick in their honour on the 16th inst. The
squadron is expected to remain in Sydney until the
23rd inst., and then to proceed to Auckland, Fiji, and
Yokohama.
"The Princes may return to England in the
Bacchante, via,' the Suez Canal, and the rest of the
fleet by the Cape of Good Hope."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE AFGHAN AND SOUTH-AFRICAN

• CAMPAIGNS.

A Parliamentary return was issued on Saturday, from
which it appears that during these two campaigns
172 officers were either killed or died of their wounds,
and 3,028 non-commissioned officers and men. There
were wounded 162 officers and 2,016 men.
).'he cost of these wars, so far as the British and
Indian Exchequers were concerned, from 1875 to 1880,
have besn—War proper, £19,150,966; frontier rail-
ways .1,324,047; Punjab Northern Railway,
£1,019,474; making a total of £24,494,483. As a set-
off against this expenditure the receipts under the
heading of war have been £402,690; railways and tele-
graphs, £679,660 2 • English contribution, £5,000,000;
leaving the net charge, £18,412,223.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

NOTICES FOR NEXT SESSION.

The following are the latest Notices of Motion for next
Session :
Mr. Joseph Cowen: To call attention to the rail-
way passengers duty and move a resolution.
Mr. Biddell : Bill for altering the commencement of
partridge shooting from the let to the 12th day of
September.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence: To call attention to the
question of the light dues on shipping, and to move
lhat the light dues on shipping be abolished at the
earliest opportunity.
Mr. Jesse Collings: That it is desirable, in order to
increase the productiveness of the land, to arrest the
decline of the rural population, and to promote the
interests of the commercial industries of the country,
that provision should be made by Parliament to fal-
Mate the acquirements by agricultural labourers
and others of proprietary rights in the soil they cul-
tivate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE VICTORIA CROSS.

The London Gazette of Friday. August 26, contains the
following announcement, dated War Office, August 24 :
"The Queen having been graciously pleased, by
Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual, bearing date
the 6th of August, 1881, to direct that the decoration
of the Victoria Cross shall be conferred on members
of the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishments who may
be• qualified to receive the same in accordance with
the rules and ordinances made and ordained for the
government thereof, provided that- it be established
in any case that the person was serving under the
orders of a General or other officer in command of
troops in the field when he performed the act of
bravery for which it is proposed to confer the decora-
tion :

"Her Majesty has accordingly been pleased to
signify her intention to confer this high distinction on
the undermentioned gentleman, whose claim to the
same has been submitted for Her Majesty's approval
on account of his conspicuous bravery in Afghanistan
as recorded against his name—viz. ;
"The Rev. J. W. Adams, Bengal Ecclesiastical.
Establishment, late chaplain to the Cabul Field
'Force. During the action at Killa Kazi, on Decem-
ber 11, 1879, some men of the 9th Lancers having
fallen, with their horses, into a wide and deep
" nullah," or ditch, and the enemy being close upon
them, the Rev. J. W. Adams rushed into the water
(which filled the ditch), dragged the horses from off
the men upon whom they were lying, and extricated
them, he being at the time under a heavy fire, and up
to his waist in water.

"At this time the Afghans were pressing en very
rapidly, the leading men getting within a few yards
of Mr. Adams, who having let go his horse in order
to render more effectual assistance had eventually to
escape on foot.*
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

HOP.

The hop plantations have not made mach progress during
the week owing to the bad weather, but no red injury ap-
pears to have been sustained. Business remains quiet at
late rates :—Kent 1880, £2 10s. torn; Sussex, £3 to £5 10s. ;
Farnham, £6 to £7 10s. ; Farnham country, £6 to £7 55. ;
American.£3 15s. to £5 155.; Belgian, £ll5B. to £2 18s. ; Eng-
lish 1579, £2 to £3; foreign, 10s. to £3; old, all kinds, 10s.
to £1 19s per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

The idea that nothing harder than diamonds could
be made has been exploded, a St. Louis bride having baked a
batch of biscuits—Boston Post.

A man may be the architect of his own fortunes;
but if he is not able to build his plan is not worth much to
him.—Atlanta Constitution.

American horses will never make as much money
abroad as American donkeys have spent there.
When a man expires in Washington from raving
delirium tremens, they say he died a natural death.
A Vassar girl defines a straw as a hollow thing with
a ten-cent. man on one end and a tweuty-cent drink on the
other. . . .

"Farewell" is the title of a poem sent in from
Ohio yesterday. It is a good thinr.; that the gifted authoress
said good-bye to the little gem, because she will never see it
again.—Chicago Tribune.

At an inn: "Waiter, serve me with some orthogra-
phic blunders." Pigheaded waiter: "We have none to-
day, sir. "Then why do you put them on the bill of fare ? "
—Tintamarre.

A Connecticut man, whose son was ill, appealed to
the physician, "Do bring him out of it at once, doctor ; do
break up the fever immediately, even if you charge as much
as if you went through a whole course of fever.'

The giraffe is not a large eater. A little goes a
great way with him. —Cambridge Tribune.
Next time you shiver at having a tooth pulled
think of Joseph Brooks, of Colorado. Re lay still and let a
bear chew his arm off, and thereby saved the rest of his
body. Conic to read the item over again it was a wooden
arm, but Joseph wasn't to blame for that.

A Georgia editor says " Gold in thirty•three
counties in this Stato, copper in thirteen, iron in forty-
three, diamonds in twenty-six, whisky in all of them, and
the last gets away with all the rest."
"Hullos !" With this exclamation the hunter came
to an abrupt halt. (The concluding chapters of the thril-
ling and absorbingly interesting story of " The Scout and
the Indian" will be found in our waste-basket.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

AUSTRALIAN FROZEN MEAT.

The Tintes of Tuesday published the following letter :
Sir,—While travelling in the interior of this colony
for my health, I at ,pped a few days ago at the town
of Orange, and visited the premises of the Orange
Meat Freezing Company, where, by the kindness of
Mr. Edward Heaton, one of the largest shareholders,
I was shown over the whole of the sheds and freezing
rooms. I think a short account in the columns of The
would be beneficial alike to the owners of stock
in this country and to the meat consuming population
of England.
I will not enter upon the freezing process, as no doubt
it is as well known at home as here, but will confine
myself to describing the quality, &c., of the meat. As
I am a Londoner, I know that a strong prejudice exists
in the English mind against meat imported into Eng-
land from a distance, as in the case of American beef,
consumers imagining that the cattle and sheep are what
is called the " culls " of the herds and flocks, and that
the killing, freezing, packing, &c., are done in a dirty
and unclean manner. I have travelled both in Victoria
and this colony since my arrival in Australia in .1879,
have been on sheep runs, attended sales, &c., and having
taken some interest in stock, can say that no better meat
is used in either colony than that which I saw in course of
preparation for England to be forwarded by the steam-
ship Cuzco, of the Orient Line. One sheep I saw hanging
up (dressed as those seen in butchers' shops, minus the
kidneys, which will not freeze, and are, therefore, ex-
tracted) weighed 911 b. ; another, which I picked out
myself, as being smaller, weighed 681 b. These are
both good weights, and I should think the lot would
average 65113. each, and is consequently a first-class
consignment. The beef is also good, three shorthorn
bullocks averaging 9881 b. each, and one cow, weighing
7721 b. These weights are without the shanks and
neck, which would increase the weight of each beast
by 301 b. or 401 b.
The cleanliness with which everything is done, from
the killing to the putting in canvas for forwarding,
deserves every praise. Nowhere in the colonies (for I
have no home experience in such matters) have I seen
a slaughter-house so free from dirt and smell, and the
freezing rooms and store rooms are all that the most
fastidious man or woman could desire. As this ex-
periment, if successful, will be a great boon to, at
least, the poorer classes, at home, I believe some
slight notice taken of it by a disinterested person
may be of service, and therefore forward you this
letter.—Yours, very truly,
ERNEST J. DAVENPORT.
Sydney, New South Wales, June 29.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

QIIEEN OF BEVERAGES.—Reireghing the weary,
stimulating the inactive, soothing the invalid, cheering
the social—PußE TEAaline ; by its intrinsic and ex-
cellent qualities. "pales the fire" of all other drinks,-
-A o'ip of good tea is always welcome, as proved by the
fact that 6,000,000 (six million) packets of Horniman's
Pure Tea, are sold every year. by 4 000 Agents. List
of Agents in this locality :—Clarke. Ckemist, 151, and
Baker, Chemist, 124, High Street ; Hewitt, Market-
place ; Morris, 136, High Street.—Brierley Hill.
Rawlings, chemist Kidderminster, Hcwitt, Bull Ring ;
Ilalesowen, Adam, chemist ; Lye, Jones chemist ;
Wordsley. White, chemist ; Kingswinford, Pearson,
Brettell Lane. Collias chemist ; Birmingham Beaks,
Bull Ring, Quarry Bank, Watts. chemist.

ONE BOX of CLARKE S B 41 Bill is
warrranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary
Organs, in either sex, acquired or constitutional, Gravel
and Pains in the Bsck.—Sold in boxes, 4s 6d each, by
all Chemists and Ruent Medicine Vendors ; or sent to
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Lnic .LN & MinLaO CJUISTIRS' DRUG COMPANY, "(late
CLARKE,) Lincoln., Wholesale Agents,
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liousss.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

CANON FLEMING AND THE BRITISH

ASSOCIATION.
The Rev. Canon Residentiary Fleming preached on
tviunday in the nave of York Minster, at the three
o'clock service, and there was a large congregation.
At the opening of his sermon he said :
~the
the present week the most august scientific
body in England will visit this city as the cradle of
the British Association. Born here fifty years ago, it
Will celebrate its jubilee among um in a few days. We
Rye in an age of increasing light. The signs of the
times on all sides justify us in saying that the clock is
striking the eleventh hour of the world's misery and
bondage. We live in the Saturday evening of the
"iorld, and the peerless Sabbath of its redemption is
growing nigh. Prophetic arithmetic is with God,
riot with man. But we know enough to tell us that we
are on the dawn of that day of which enraptured prct-
Phets sung, for which martyrs prayed, and for which
royriads of eager eyes watch. The Bible and nature
exPlaining each other proclaim the same Divine
author. Science and revelation are mutually clearing
ni) long-vexed questions, and evincing the truth of
e'!,ch other. To no centre of thought could science more
bend its footsteps in its year of jubilee than here.
ow cathedral cities are so rich in religious memories
48 that in whose minster pulpit I speak, and no
City in England could more becomingly welcome its
ltdvent than this old Roman, whose very stones are
lull of historic interest."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARRET.-3formir.

The cattle trade was quieter. Fine breeds were fairly
well held, but secondary qualities were drooping in value.
Supplies of stock were fully an average. From our own
grazing districts the arrivals of beasts were more
liberal, and there were a few from Scotland. Really
fine stock met a fair sale at full prices, but all other
qualities were quite 2d. per 81b, lower on the week. -
The best Scots and crosses sold at 5s 6d. to hs. 84. aer
From the midlands and home counties we received" about
2,000, from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex about 200, and from
Scotland 78. Supplies of beasts on the foreign side of the
market were more liberal. About 500 American were
offered, besides a fair show of Danish. Business ens quiet.
and prices were weak. The sheep pens were moderately
well filled. A dull trade prevailed at about late rates. The
best Downs and hal f-breds sold at Gs. Gd. to Gs. Sd. per Sib.
Lambs were quiet, at 63. to 7s. Sd. per Sib. Calves and pies
were about the same. At Deptford there were about
1,000 beasts and 9,000 sheep and lambs. Prices as follows :-
Coarse and inferior beasts, 4s. to 45. ad.; second quality
ditto, 45. 6(1. to Ss.; prime large oxen, 55. 4d. to 55. 6d.;
ditto Scots, &c., as. Od. to ss. San :coarse and inferior sheep,
ss. to 53. 6d. ; second quality ditto, 53. 011. to 6s. ; prime
coarse woolled sheep, Gs 4d. to 6s. Gd. ; prime south downs,
Cs. 6d. to 6s. Bd. ; lambs, 6s. to 7s. Set ; large coarse calves,
53, to ss. 6d. ; prime small ditto, ss. 4d. to to. Bd. ; large
hogs, 43. Bd. to 53. ; neat small porkers, Gs. to 53 4(1., per
filb., to sink the offal.
METROPOLITAN MEAT MARICET.-MoNDff.

•
A moderate supply of meat was on offer. The trade was
slow as follows :—lnferior beef, 38. 4d. to Sa. Sd.; middling
ditto, 4s. to 45. 4d.; prime large ditto, 4s. to 4s. Bd. ; prime
small ditto, 4s. Sd. to 68. ; veal, ss. to 6s. 6d. ; inferior
mutton, 38. Bd. to 4s. Od. ; middling ditto, 4s. to 4s. Bd.•
prime ditto, ss. to 6s. Od. ;large pork. 4s. 2d. to 4s. 6,1. ; small
pork, 48. Sd. to ss. 2d.; lamb, 68. Bd. to os. Od. per Sib, by
the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE GENERAL ELECTION IN
FRANCE.

• As showing the overwhelming majority obtained by
the Republicans at the recent general election in
France, it may be interesting to quote the total
number of votes polled for each of the different
political factions. There axe 10 millions of voters
upon the register. The Bonapartist party polled only
537,888 votes, and even these were split up between.
the Jeromists and anti-Jeromists, while the Mon-
archists, including the Legitimists and Orleanists
secured 1,103,044. The Republican votes, on the
other hand, amounted to no less than 4,570,080, or
nearly three times the number polled by all the other
parties combined.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON A RIFLE

RANGE.

On Saturday a shocking occurrence happened at the
City Rifle Ranges, Rainham, Essex, which since their
formation have enjoyed a remarkable immunity from
accidents of any kind. In the afternoon one of the
butts was set apart for third-class firing and a company
prize meeting of the 3rd City of London Rifles, a large
number of men being present. The practice had only
just commenced, about 3 o'clock, at the first distance
of 200 yards, when the instructors in charge had their
attention directed to the rear by the discharge of a
rifle and the simultanous rolling over on the ground
of Private Windsor, C Company. Immediately before,
a recruit, observing a rifle on the ground, took it up,
and it went off. The bullet entered the fleshy part of
the left leg of Windsor, and pursuing an upward
course, tore open the lower part of the stomach, ar d
finally smashed the elbow joint of the left arm of the
unfortunate man, who was reclining on the ground.
He was at once seen by Dr. Lee, who ordered his
removal to London Hospital, where the patient was
attended to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

A BURNING MOUNTAIN.

Close to the high road between Remscheid and
130Hoge11, the Prussian Sheffield, stands a barren hill,
'early circular in shape, which has lately developed
xnto an active volcano, greatly to the alarm of the
4gricultural population inhabiting the surrounding
country. A graphic account of the last eruption on
a large scale which took place about three week ago,
aPPeared in 'a
recent number of the Remscheider Zei-
14ng. Towards seven in the evening a deafening
Sound, like an unusually loud clap of thunder, was
beard throughout the whole vicinity of the hill for
any miles around, and immediately afterwards a
crater opened at its summit, from which jets of boiling
Water and columns of red-hot stones alternately shot up
wlth incredible force during a period of from six to seven
tolutes. Another tremendous subterranean explosion
eo ensued, which produced the effect of an earthquake
triPo at least three-fourths of the Remscheid dis-
a " It was," writes an eye-witness, "as though
be 41111 e containing several tons of gunpowder had
Ben sPrung. Showers of burning debris were
cattered far and wide, and a fierce hissing noise
was audible in the very heart of the hill, probably
caused by a struggle for supremacy between fire and
aken water." No eruption of similar importance has
Place since that above described, but the
_ Bre/m(l7lde Berg," or Burning Mountain, as it has
cr n
been christened by the peasantry of the district, is in
a bmr 0
1.0 Ste cof disturbance, and causes constant
alarm i
the nhabitants of the neighbouring villages
a
larmes—Dailu Tclegr.o4, .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE,LEGISLATION OF THE PAST
SESSION.

In a leader commenting on the Queen's Speech, the
Standard says:—

The Royal Message which was read on Saturday
possesses at least two distinctive characteristics-- it is
written in grammatical English (a rare quality in
Queen's Speeches), and it records the passing of a
single important Act of Parliament. Ministers
having but little to say, have said it in language at
once simple and straightforward. Mention is indeed
made of the Act for the Regulation of the Forces,
which has suddenly revolutionised the Army List, and
clothed historically famous regiments in novel and
impenetrable disguises. But that measure is not in
reality the work of the past Session ; it is rather,
as the words placed IA her Majesty's lips frankly
allow, the practical expression of plans already "ap-
proved by Parliament for connecting regiments with
the districts in which they will be mainly raised, and
for combining together more closely the several
branches of the land forces." With this single excep-
tion the Speech contains no reference to the legisla-
tive labours of Parliament during the past seven
months that is not Irish exclusively. The authors of
the Royal Message have scorned to conceal the fact
that the sole substantial product of the second year of
a Liberal Cabinet is "a measure for improving the re-
lations between the owners and occupiers of land in
Ireland, and for otherwise bettering the condition of
its agricultural population." They do not even
direct attention to the one or two trifling additions
which, independently of the Land Act, have been
made to the Statute Book. Regret is expressed that
"it has been found impossible to proceed with many
measures on subjects of importance, which have been,
or were prepared to be, submitted to you; and that,
notwithstanding exertions almost unparalleled, you
have been unable adequately to provide the country
with legislation adapted to its growing wants."
There is no attempt to minimise the sterility of
the Session by reminding the country that such
matters as an Alkali Act, a Newspaper Libel
Act, and a Judicature Act are among its progeny.
The only achievement to which the Government
attach any importance is the Land Act, and
they throw it into the most boldly prominent relief
pos-sible. As for the Irish Peace Preservation and
Arms Acts they are the subjects, first, of a statement
of fa:...ts ; secondly, of an aspiration. They have been
admistered, we are told, " with vigilance and firm-
ness, but with discrimination." At the same time,
utterance is given to the hope that the condition of
Ireland may so improve as to render it possible to
"dispense with or to abate the use of temporary and
exceptional provisions." In these words many
persons will be disposed to recognise a confirmation of
the current reports that the Government intend at an
early date revising in a spirit of critical clemency the
list of State prisoners now in Kilnaainham Gaol.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE LETTER- CARRIERS AND THE
POSTMASTER- GENERAL.

A "Protest of the Letter-carriers of London," ad.
dressed to the Right Hon. Henry Fawcett, LP.,
Postmaster-General, is being circulated among the
letter-carriers for signature. The document deals with
the statement made by the Postmaster-General on the
16th inst., and regretting the necessity of again ad-
dressing the right hon. gentleman on the subject of
their grievances, iobject to the "unfair analogy" made
between the cases of the railway porters and the letter.
carriers. The latter state that they have been taught
to consider "that they, or any other branch of the
public service, having grievances, should be dealt with
according to their several merits, and therefore fail to
see in what way their claims can be adequately dealt
with by appeal to other bodies or classes of employes,
to whom they bear not the slightest analogy.' As
evidence of the difference they ask, "Why are letter-
carriers required to appear and make a declaration
before a magistrate subsequent to their being admitted
into the service?" and point out that) for any breach
of the law in their calling, they "receive a more
severe punishment than any other class of employes."
The letter-carriers therefore claim that they shall be
heard on the special merits of their case.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

DIED.

SotrrnALL.--On the 30th ulti High Park, Wollaston'
in her 17th year, Harriet Louisa, (Luis) second
beloved daughter of Thomas Richard and Mary
Southall. .

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Saturday, September SM, 1811.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

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A WHITE ELEPHANT.

The Daily Telegraph 'says :—Some ten weeks ago
the King of Siam received a despatch from one of his
provincial governors informing his Majesty that a
brand-new deity, in the shape of a snow-white
elephant had been captured in an outlying district
of the kingdom, and was actually on its way to
Bangkok, the Siamese capital. These joyful tidings
were greeted with indescribable enthusiasm at
Court, and the King at once resolved to start in
person, accompanied by his ministers, grand officers
of state, and exalted clergy, upon a proces-
sional excursion with the object of meeting the
divine pachyderm half way and of escorting it to
Bangkok with all imaginable pomp and ceremony.
The cortege, headed by his Majesty, had not pro-
ceeded many miles on its road towards the interior
when it encountered the object of his pilgrim-
age. Approaching the elephant with profound
reverence and many humble salutations, the King
knelt down at its feet and reverently placed its trunk
upon his head and either shoulder, imploring its pro-
tection and favour. Having thus raid public homage
to the huge quadruped and received its blessing by the
" impositur proboscis," his Majesty drew his sword
and took up a position on the elephant's right flank,
supported, to the animal's left, by the high priest
carrying a golden wand. Thus headed, the procession
entered Bangkok, where the new god was greeted
by salvoes of artillery and a general salute of the
Royal troops, paraded on either side of the route lead-
ing to the palace. Having escorted the elephant to
its apartments the King formally bestowed upon his
sacred guest the rank of "reigning monarch," and
decorated it with the Grand Cordon of the Siamese
Order bearing its own style and title. The household
of the new deity has since been organised upon a
truly Royal scale. Every article dedicated to the
white elephant's use and service is of massive gold or
rare porcelain; and popular offerings to the value of
many thousands of pounds were dep3sited at its
shrine before it had been established forty-eight hours
in its splendid quarters, immediately adjacent to the
King's own private suite of apartments.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE GERMAN EMPRESS.

-
The German Reichernzetger on Monday evening published
the following communi,ation, addressed by the Empress to
the German Chancellor:—

"To the Imperial Char.,‘Alor.
"Having now by God's n, rcy become convalescent,
after a long and painful illness' I desire to express the
sincere and hearty thanks which I owe for the great
and truly touching interest which has been manifested
towards me. From near and far, from associations
and private persons, from all classes of the population,
from members of every confession and from foreign
lands, I have received evidences of that interest which
will find its reward in my assurance of the gratifica-
tion they have given me, but which I can never
forget, if I am enabled upon a return of strength once
more to take my place at the side of the Emperor. In
order that this expression of the thanks, of which I
am so warmly sensible, may reach all from whom I
have received such kind and cordial sympathy, I re-
quest you to publish the same in the manner you may
deem most suitable. " AUGUSTA.
" Coblence, August 27, 1881."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

A REMARKABLE CAREER.

The Friend of the Free State records the death, on
the 18th of July, at Smithfield, in the Orange Free
State, of an old man named Joseph Clayton, the story
of whose life, as gathered from himself, possesses
some interest. Clayton was born at Ryby, about
three miles from Grimsby, in Lincolnshire, on the
11th of January, 1791. He enlisted as a private
at Brigg, in Lincolnshire' on the 31st of March,
1813, in the 6th Regiment of Foot (Ist Warwickshire),
under Colonel Campbell, and served in the Bth
Company. He saw service in the Peninsular. War,
and was before Badajoe, Salamanca, &c. From the
Peninsula he went with his regiment to Quebec,
and thence he went up the St. Lawrence to Fort
Airey. From there he returned to Spithead, and
was at once despatched to Ostend, whence he
went to Brussels and to Valenciennes, where were the
head-quarters of his regiment. The right wing of the
6th Regiment fought at Waterloo, and Joseph Clay-
ton heard the firing of that battle but did not enter
into action. When the battle was fought he was with
his regiment at Lillers or St. Omer. He remained on
the Continent for three years, and during that time
was marched to sundry places, including Paris. From
France he went to Dover, and thence to Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and Hull. In 1820 he was moved to Cape
Town, and from there to Port Elizabeth and to
Grahamstown. At the last-named place he purchased
and obtained his discharge on the ..st of April, 1824.
He married in 1829, crossed the Orange River in 1830,
and became a trader among the Basuto a and other
native tribes. He claimed to have been the first
trader who vizited Moshesh.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

DEATH OF A FRENCH VETERAN.

The Geneva Correspondent of ne. Times writes :
"Herr Galliard, a veterah of the first Napoleon's
army, died a feW days ago at Untervaz, in the
Grisons; Where he was born in November, 1787, so
that he had nearly attained his 95th year. Me entered
the French army in 1808, served in Spain, and dis-
tinguished himself in the battle of Saragossa, fought
on February 21, 1809. In the same year he made
the campaign of the Danube fought at Aspern, and
was wounded at Wagram. In 1812 he formed part of
the grand army with which Napoleon invaded Russia,
fought at Borodino, I,s itnessed the burning of Moscow,
and, after undergoing terrible sufferings during the
retreat, reached his native valley in safety. He sub-
sequently entered the Swiss Guard formed by Louis
XVIII., in which he served until it was disbanded
after the abdication of Charles X.
"Another survivor of the Moscow campaign, Herr
Johann Goetz, is still living at Untervaz ; and one of
the few survivors of the massacre of the Tuileries
(August 10, 1792), a soldier named Joos, who was a
long time guardian of the lion monument at Lucerne,
belonged to the same neighbourhood."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

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THE MINISTRY..

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liinistry hints Parliament met in January. The
composition of the Cabinet remains as it was then,
with the exteption that Lord Carlingford has suc-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

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M. GAMBETTA ON EDUCATION.

In Paris, on Sunday, M. Ganabetta presided in the
Winter Circus at the lecture of M. Paul Bert on lay
instruction in all its branches, and was well received.
Three thousand persons were present, and others who
had paid for their tickets 'had to remain out-
side, not finding places. Gambetta delivered the
following :—" Dear citizens, and you, ladies ! Let me
first thank the numerous company which has re-
sponded to the call of society. We consider. this
great question of instruction as being of higher
interest than any personal quarrels, and it is
pleasing to me amidst the inevitable bitterness
of public life to be on this point at one with
all good citizens. All the experiments, all the
efforts of orators and statesmen throughout the
world, tend to the better education of youth; and
if there be a cause to which I have ever remained faith-
fully and inviolably attached, it is that of the
democratic progress which is the development of that
capital given by Nature, and which is called reason.
This capital may be constituted and created with
the approbation of one's fellow-citizens, and by the
firm resolve not to be deterred by obstacles, and not
to be dazzled by fortune's favours. Thus all in-
telligences are awakened, and may achieve the true
object without violence, without civil war, and by
the sole forca of right and justice. True religion—
for religion means the bend which attaches man to
man--is that which permits you to salute your own
dignity in the dignity of a fellow-creature. Founded
in right and liberty, it is for the development of
this religion that we are here alsembled. In a com-
munity of ideas you bring your mite, we our words,
in these great meetings, which are the pascal of
Democracy. I hasten to leave the tribune to a man
excellent and able among all, who, by his ardent
researches and his intelligence, has ever since his
entry into public life devoted his career to the diffusion
of knowledge with a view to bring the treasures of
science within the reach of all. I speak of Paul Bert.
Listen to him as you know how to listen in meetings
worthy of Democracy, and in going out from this
building you will say with me, "We leave such meet.
lags better than when we came to them,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE DISRAELI FAMILY.

As a sequel to a paragraph in a recent issue, to the
effect that inquiries were being made at Venice into
the antecedents of the Disraeli family, the following
particulars furnished by Signor Vittorio de Rossi, of
Leghorn, may not prove uninteresting (says the
Jewish Chronicle). Signor Rossi states that he has
obtained his information direct from his mother, who
is a daughter of Rachel Tedesco (nee Disraeli), sister
of Isaac Disraeli. Signor Rossi who was thus a
second cousin of Lord Beaconsfield, states :—" The
late Benjamin Disraeli, grandfather of the illustrious
statesman and of my mother, resided in Venice,
where he carried on commerce; and from there he
transferred his abode to London towards the close of
the last century. There he begat two children Isaac
and Rachel. The first-naneed who married in London,
had three sons, one of whom was Lord Beaconsfield
and a daughter. Rachel Disraeli, the sister of
Isaac and my grandmother, was married in London to
Angelo Tedesco, to whom she bore four children, of
whom the youngest is my mother, Sara. During the
first years of the present century, Rc.,chel Tedesco had
the misfortune to lose her husband, and in pious fulfil-
ment of his last wish, she went to Italy and settled in
Leghorn, where his family resided. Here her daughter,
Sara, was married in 1835 to Sigor Flamini° de Rossi,
and of that union the writer of the present notice was
the offspring. Rachel Tedesco died many years ago in
Leghorn, and of her four children my mother, who
resides with me, is the only survivor. We are still in
possession of numerous letters addressed to Rachel
Tedesco by her father, Benjamin, and her brother,
Isaac Disraeli, as well as the latter's literary publica-
tions, through which he gained a high reputation
among English writers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE MARKETS.

MARK-LAN E.—MONDAY.
The general appearance of the grain trade at llark•lane i
much about the same as on Friday. Prices at New York are
easier, but the weather continues unfavourable. Supplies
of English produce are short, of foreign only moderate.
English wheat is selling quietly, at an advance on the week
of about 2s. to 3s. per qr. For foreign wheat there is a fair
inquiry, • at from 28. to 3s. per qr. more money than on
Monday last. The flour market is steady at 2s. per qr.
more money. About an average inquiry prevailed for
barley et extreme currencies. For oats a moderate inquiry
prevalled at fully late rates. Maize was hardly so strong as
on Friday, with a quieter demand. Beans and peas sold at
full currencies.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

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EUROPEAN HARVESTS.

The following (says the Berlin Correspondent of the
Standard) is taken from M. Estienne's annual resume of
Harvest Reports for this season :

GREAT BRITAIN.—Ten per cent, below the average;
total yield estimated at ten million quarters; barley
ten per cent. above average; oats, twenty per cent.
below. In spite of high price of wheat, harvest not
sufficiently good for farmers to recover from the effects
of losses of last five years.
FRANCE.—Wheat harvest very good in thirty De-
partments, tolerably good in twenty-three, middling
in twenty-four, and bad in ten; altogether, the wheat
harvest much better than last year. Barley yield
very good in eight Departments, good in thirty-three,
tolerably good in thirteen, middling in fifteen, and
bad in one. Compared with last year, a slight falling
off is apparent. Oats and rye exhibit no great im-
provement on last year.
GERMA.NY.—Winter corn, good; spring corn, indif-
ferent; oats, good; barley, poor. With regard to
Prussia, taking one hundred as the number represent-
ing an average yield, wheat has given eighty; rye,
seventy-seven ; barley, eighty-nine ; oats, eighty-nine;
peas and other cereals, thirty-three ; and potatoes,
ninety-five. These figures may be fairly taken as
indicative of the harvest of the whole of Germany,
so that it must be pronounced below the average.
Russm—All reports state that barley yield is one
of the best on record, and is quite twice that of last
year. The rye and wheat harvests are also good.
AIISTRIA.—Harvest generally good.
SwrrzEßLAND.—Wheat, bad; oats and barley,
good; rye, bad. _ _

BELGIUM.--Wheat, below average; barley, good;
rye, good, but a small crop; oats, below average.

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HOLLAND.—Cereals of every description good.
DANUBIAN PROVINCES.—WheatI middling; rye,
good; barley, large crop, but poor in quality.
ITALY.—Middling ; far behind harvest of last year.
SPAlN.—Harvest of every description bad.
UNITED STATES.—BeIow average. Wheat better in
quality than last year.

Reports from America estimate the harvest at 400
million bushels this year, against 480 millions last
year, while the yield of maize is returned at 1,400 mil-
lion bushels, against 1.536 millions last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-09-03

THE LEAGUE OF THE CROSS.

The annual fête of the Catholio Total Abstinence
League of the Cross was held at the Crystal Palace
on Monday.
Cardinal Manning left South Wales early in the
morning to attend the fête, and took the chair at two
in the afternoon, at a crowded meeting held in the
Palace Theatre. The Bishop of Avila, Spain, and a
large number of clergymen supported the Cardinal,
who read a letter from the Cardinal Secretary of
State at Rome, enclosing an answer to the address
sent by the League to the Pope, expressing sympathy
with his Holiness with reference to the outrages on
July 9to the remains of Pius IX. Mr. Tom Camp-
bell, secretary to the League, read the reply to the
address, which was signed by Cardinal Jacobini, and
in which the Pope bestowed his Apostolic blessing on
the members of the League.

Mr. Campbell then read and presented an address
to Cardinal Manning, thanking him for his continued
help in supporting the League which he had founded.
Replying to the address, the Cardinal said a very
large amount of praise for what had been done was
due to the clergy. The League had spread—not only
in London, but through the provinces and into Scotland.
It had been the means of converting homes of sorrow
and misery into abodes of peace and plenty. There
were now Sunday Closing Acts for Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales, and Englishmen knew that there must be
a Sunday Closing Bill for England. He asked all
the members of the League to use their influence at
elections, so as to urge upon the Government and the
Legislature the duty of passing Bush laws as shall
repeal those now in force favouring the drink traffic,
and putting on it such restrictions as would enable
them to cleanse their country from the sin and scandal
of drunkenness.

After the meeting the various branches of the
League, with bands and banners, marched through
the grounds of the Palace before the Cardinal and
attendant clergy.