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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

MR. RUSKIN ON GLACIAL ACTION.

Mr. Ruskin lectured on Thursday evening in last
week to a very crowded meeting at the London Institu-
tion, on the simple dynamic condition of Glacial
Action among the Alps. He said, in his eloquent in-
troduction, that the beauty of the Alps had first made
him quit his study of geology for that of painting, and
he had begun to observe the growth of their glaciers at
an early period of his life. He did not know if any
book existed now to supply the place of "Evenings
at Home," which had been classical in his youth. It
Contained a lesson under the title of "Eyes and No
Eyes," which he, for one, would be sorry to forget ;
but if such a book were to be written in these days he
supposed the title and the moral would le changed,
and instead of "Eyes and No Eyes," the
tale would be called "Microscopes and no
Microscopes." For it was becoming, with perpetual
increase of prevalence, the habit of learned men to take
interest only in objects which cannot be seen without
the aid of instrurcrents, and he supposed that if men of
science were permitted to make themselves to their
own liking, in place of suffering the slow progress of
selective development, they would give themselves
heads like wasps with three microscopic eyes in the
middle of their foreheads, and two ears at the ends of
their antennw. The artist, on the other hand,
whether painter, sculptor, or musician, is pre-emi-
nently a person who sees with his eyes, hears with
his ears, and labours with his body, as God constsueted
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

THE SHIPTON ACCIDENT..

The inquiry into the terrible accident which occurred
on the Great Western Railway on the 24th of Decem-
ber was resumed on Tuesday at the County Hall, before
the coroner, Mr. W. Brunner. Colonel Yolland and
Mr. Ravenhill represented the Board of Trade, Mr.
Webster for the company, and Mr. Harrison, barrister;
Mr. Bickerton solicitor, Oxford; and Mr. Moss,
solicitor, of London appeared for the families of seve-
ral of the killed and injured. Beyond these and the
company's witnesses but few were in attendance, the
local interest in the inquiry having greatly abated.
The coroner reviewed the whole of the evidence, and
the juries, after an absence of an hour and a half, re-
turned into court, when Mr. Gerring, the foreman of
the county jury, said, " It is our unanimous opinion,
and we find that the fatal injuries which happened to
Messrs. Sylvester, Morris, and others when travelling
on the Great Western Railway near Shipton-on-Cher-
well, Oxon, on the 24th day of December, 1874, were
purely accidental, and were primarily caused by the
influence of the atmosphere on the tire of the wheel of
the third-class carriage No. 845 of the express train."
Mr. Gerring further said, "And we do also strongly
recommend that it is desirable that more efficient
means be adopted at the various stations where cor4
communications are adjusted for testing their effi-
ciency, and also that rings of 1i in. in diameter be
substituted for the small rollers now in use on the car-
riages, and that better regulations are necessary for
security in travelling by placing a brake van between
the tender and first passenger carriage, and also at the
end of the train; and a due proportion of brake vans,
with guards intermixed, with the carriages, to the ex-
tent of one brake van to five carriages, furnished with
all needful appliances; and also the re-introduction of
the system of having a travelling porter on the tail end
of the tender."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

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STOURBRIDGE AND DISTRICT 11CH-
BORNE AND REYEALY ASSOCIAI lON.

A meeting if ;11s :.ssociation was held on
Thursday ecniug last, at the Cottage Spring
Inn 'Wollaston. Mr. Bishop was voted to the
chair, and he called upon Mr. W. Lewis, jun..
sJcretary to the association, to explain the ob-
ject of the meeting. This gentleman stated that
the meeting was called to give the members an
opportunity of having the correspondence read
what had taken place between himself (as their
representative) and Mr. Walker, M.P., for East
Worcestershire, relative to the presentation of a
petition to the House of Parliament, on behalf
of the association. Unfortunately, on account
of the delay in replying by Mr. Walker, he (Mr.
Lewis) had not yet received a reply from that
gentleman to his last conamuncation, and, as he
did not like to read the correspondence until it
was completed he should not be able to give them
any information on the subject that evening.
When it was completed he shmild publish it in
the press, so that he did not think they need
meet again for the that purpose. The fact that
the association has not been idle during its
brief existence, was abundantly testified by a
mammoth petition, measuring 75 feet in length,
and bearing the signatures 2,534 persons, which
we are informed has been got together in a few
days, daring the spare time of members of the
association, and they estimate that it will soon
contain 3,000 signatures. As a proof of the
popular feeling in the matter, the secretary as-
sured us that the refusals to sign the petition on
the part of those who had been asked had not
been five per cent. The petition is drawu up
after the manner of what is known as the
" Leicester petition."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

FAILURE IN THE TIMBER TRADE AT
KIDDERMINSTER.

Re GEORGE FERRER GREEN.—A numerously at-r
tended meeting of the creditors of Mr. George Forre
Green, timber dealer and sand merchant, at Kidder-
minster, was held on Monday afternoon, at the Lion
Hotel, Kidderminster. Mr. George King Patten, of
47, Ann Street, Birmingham, accountant, who repre-
sented several creditors, took the chair. Mr. Crowther
appeared as solicitor to the debtor, and several soli-
eitors were present on behalf of clients, including
Messrs. Corbett and Stallard, of Worcester, Messrs.
Irene, Morton (Town Clerk), Saunders, Miller Corbet,
and J. J. Corbet, of Kidderminster. The statement
of accounts showed—Liabilities, £2,572. 12s. 9d. (ex-
clusive of secured creditors for £3,300., and partly
secured for .2808. 58. 6d.), with estimated assets,
amounting to £527. After considerable discussion,
and the examination of the debtor, a resolution was
carried to sell the estate to Mr. J. T. Lawrence, of
Kidderminster, timber merchant (who was included
in the list of creditors for a large amount), and to
pay the creditors a guaranteed dividend of 2s. 6d. in
the pound on the let of May next.—A vote of thanks
to the chairman closed the proceedings.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

THE FAMINE IN ASIA MINOR.

At the weekly meeting of the Committee for the
Relief of the Famine in Asia Minor, held in Con-
stantinople on the 23rd ult., a letter from Cmsarea
was read, which stated that the total number of
persons to whom assistance was being given was
more than 25,000. An appeal for help had been
received from Oozoonloo. a village about 40 miles
north of Ciesarea. It was sigaied by eight of the
principal men of the place, and stated that the people
had suffered for the past year and a half from
famine, and were reduced to extreme destitution.
"We have not proper food (it added) even for a single
day. What our condition is you may know from this
—that some among us, having given way to despair,
have sold their girls for wheat and barley. There are
now 500 destitute persons in the village, one-half of
whom will perish within a month unless they receive
help. Until within a short time they have gathered
roots, seeds, &c., and have thus been kept alive, but
now snow has fallen, and nothing is to be obtained."

It appears from statistics printed in the Levant
Herald that more than one-third of the population in
some of the districts by the famine have perished.
The inhabitants of 160 to 170 villages in the Caza of
Keshin were 52,000 in 1873. At present they are
25,000, the approximate number of deaths being
20,000. Details are given respecting 42 villages re-
lieved by the eamine Committee, where it seems 4,997
deaths occurred in a population of 16,900. The josses
of sheep and oxen were also terribly severe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

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REMARKS ON LONGEVITY.

A writer on longevity says :—" Every one has
noticed that nearly all the members of some families
die aged, while those of others are gone before what
would be called the middle age of the former. It is a
common and correct remark that 'some are as old at
forty as others are at sixty ; ' the latter will, in fact,
be more likely to live twenty years than the former.
The years a person has lived is by no means the most
important element for judging how many he may pro-
bably live, nor is present health of much more conse-
quence, since it is often the case that families are very
vigorousand healthy while they live, yet are not long
lived. They inherit healthy but short lives. Notice
the Laplanders. Observe the citizens of Zurich,
Switzerland very healthy, but seldom reaching
the age of sixty; while members of one Italian
family living in their midst since the sixteenth century
reach the age of eighty or ninety. The Welsh are the
longest-lived 13eople in Europe. The Scotch are longer-
lived than the English, and the Irish shorter-lived, yet
they are all healthy as a people. On the other hand,
some who do not have robust health are noted to live
long. It is said that they attain old age because they
take such excellent care of themselves. Yet though it
is not denied that the care is useful, it will be usually
found that they had at least one probably long-lived
parent, and thus inherited longevity from one side if
not from both ; for though it is often the case that
those die young who have long-lived ancestry, it is very
seldom that any person lives to be more than a year or
two older than any of his ancestors—parents, grand-
parents, &c.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

BATING.

In answer to Colonel Brise, Mr. Sclater-Booth stated that
parochial officers in the metropolis and large towns, might, if
they thought fit, cause a demand note to be left with each
ratepayer specifying the particulars of the rates claimed
from him and the purposes for which they were made, but
It was impossible at present to issue a compuLsory order on
the subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

A PRACTICAL DREAMER.

The very curious method of manufacturing shot uni.
versally adopted in the present day is said to have
been the result of a dream. Till the end of the last
century, shots were produced by a tedious process of
casting. A mould something similar to a pair of nut-
crackers was the instrument employed. The inside
of each half of it was indented with thirty or forty
semicircular hollows, so that, when it was closed and
the two sets of hollows came together, they formed so
many little spherical cells, into which molten lead was
poured through a tiny orifice. When cool, the mould
was of course opened and the shots removed. There
were one or two other methods, but this was the
readiest process, and the one that might still have
been in vogue, but that in the year 1782 or
1783 a Bristol plumber, named Watts, dreamed
that he was out in a shower of molten lead. Al-
though dreaming, he was sufficiently "wide awake"
to observe that the lead came down in perfectly
spherical drops, and either in his dream, or when he
afterwards awoke, it occurred to him that such a
shower would be a wonderfully simple method of pro-
ducing shot. In order to test whether liquid lead
would actually fall in globular masses, he went to the
top of one of the churches in the neighbourhood, and
poured some metal into a vessel of water below. To
his great delight, he found the observation of his
dream entirely verified. The lead actually did gather
into little globular balls, which partially hardened in
the descent, and plumped into the water perfectly and
beautifully formed shots, though, of course, of various
sizes. The lucky dreamer at once took out a patent
for his invention, and afterwards sold it for a large
sum.—Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

of foreign merchants. Without speculation ourtradess
would be unable to ship anything like the quantity of
goods which they now export, for a considerable pro-
portion of these are sent away on the chance of their
finding customers. It would not be easy to point out
any branch of industry into which this spirit does not
enter, and which would not suffer injury by its with-
drawal. Call it enterprise if you please; no one
objects to that, while many are horrified at the mere
mention of the word "speculation." It is not, how-
ever, the use of the thing itself, but its abuse, which
has caused so much mischief in financial circles, both
in this and in other countries within the past twenty
or thirty years.
The half-yearly meetings of the various railways
have just been held, and at some of them the causes of
accidents were discussed, and suggestions made for
taking better preventive measures. When a disas-
trous collision reduces the dividend by one per cent.,
as is not nnfrequently the case, the shareholders are
anxious to know whether such a casualty could not
have been avoided. It may be inevitable, but it is no
less a fact, that our railways are not so punctual as
they used to be. "Railway punctuality" is now more
of a phantom than of anything which possesses a real
existence. It is admitted that the traffic on our lines
has doubled within the past twelve years, and that is
put forward as some excuse for the time not being
kept better than it is. When a mail train is unduly
late, the Post-Office authorities exact a fine, and that
may be the reason why the mails are more punctual
than even the express passenger trains. On the
purely metropolitan lines, where so much de-
pends on tho passengers getting into the City at
a given hour, and even at a given minute, the most
strenuous efforts are made to secure punctuality. If
a slow train by chance gets in front of an express
from the suburbs, or a passenger train has to wait
while a " goods " is being shunted, the few minutes
thus lost places many a clerk on the black list for being
late, and loses many a working man a quarter of a
" day's pay. Time appears to become more valuable
every year, and the railways, which boast of havirg
annihilated it, ought to do all in their power to assist
us in economising it, and putting it to the best possible
advantage-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

CRIMES OF VIOLENCE.

In reply to Colonel E. Leigh, Mr. Cross said a measure had
been prepared for repressing violent assaults, but in the
present pressure of public business he could not fix a day for
its introduOlen.

REGIMENTAL EXCHANGES BILL.

The House again went into Committee on the Regimental
Exchanges Bill, when the measure was further considered in
committee on Mr Trevelyan's amendment, which proposed
to prevent the Bill from applying to officers who had entered
the service subsequent to lit November, 1873. A long and
warm debate ensued, in the course of which Mr. Gladstone,
who was cordially greeted by the Liberal party, spoke for
the first time this Session, and opposed the measure.
Ultimately the amendment was negatived by 259 to 168. A
new clause was then moved by Mr. Hayter, to the effect that
no exchange should be made unless the terms of the agree-
ment were reported to the Secretary of State. This also was
lost by 254 to 158. The Bill then passed through committee
without amendments, and the motion for the third reading
was fixed for Thursday.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

A MILITARY FETE at ST. PETERSBURG.
An Occasional Correspondent of The Times, writing from
St. Petersburg, the Bth inst., thus describes a Military Fete in
that city :

A most interesting ceremony was performed here
on the 3rd insk, in commemoration of the secular
anniversary of the formation of the Emperor's
Hussar Regiment. The whole of this fine corps
paraded on horseback in the great Man6ge and
attended a solemn Mass, after which the Emperor
attached with his own hand to the regimental
standard the broad riband and insignia of the Order
of St. Andrew, which had been specially conferred
on the regiment by an ukase published on that day.
All the retired officers and soldiers of the regiment
had been invited to be present on this occasion,
an& a numerous group of veterans accordingly
attended, headed by an aged officer, Colonel de
Grote, who retired from the service as far back as
1827, The body of retired private soldiers was led
by an old trumpeter named Motclianoff, who had
belonged to the corps in 1813, during the famous
retreat of the French, and who, notwithstanding
his great age, obstinately refused to sit down during
the long ceremony. In the evening all the retired
officers of the regiment, as well as those still in tke
service, were entertained at dinner in the Winter
Palace. The whole Imperial family were present on
this occasion, and on the following day a colossal ban-
quet was given, to which every private who had served
in the regiment received an invitation. Most of these
were living too far from St. Petersburg to avail them-
selves of the honour, but still the tables had to be laid
•
for upwards of 2.000.
On Friday the sth, came off the last Court Ball of
the season. Very few invitations had been issued—
only some 600—but the whole Diplomatic Body, and
the few foreigners who have the entrée here according
to Court etiquette, were amoug the guests, and
dancing was kept up most actively till two o'clock. A
magnificent supper, served at separate little tables in
a saloon which had been converted into a winter
garden by a profusion of palms and orange trees,
afforded a very pleasant break in the entertainment
about midnight. Yesterday being the last day before
Lent, another Ball was given by. the Cesarewitch.
To-day we are all very sombre, and not a vestige of
the gay doingsuf last week can now be observed in St.
Petersburg. in Rtnia

A circular letter from Dublin Castle, addressed to
magistrates in the northern counties ef Ireland, stated that
It is the intention of the Lord Lieutenant in future to put
upon each county the cost of the additional police sent there
to preserve the peace on the occasion of anniversay celebra-
tions, even though detained less than five days there, in
which latter case the counties were formerly exempted from
the cost.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A DUDLEY

TOWN COUNCILLOR.

On Monday, at the Dudley Police Court, Mr.
John Carlyle, brick manufacturer and publican,
Kate's Hill. was charged with indecently assault-
ing and ill-treating Annie Westwood, twelve
years of age.
Mr. Underhill (instructed by Mr. Warmington)
was for the defence. The court was densely
crowded during the hearing of the case.—Anne
Westwood stated that she lived at Cawney Hill
with Mrs. Corbett, and the defendant lived next
door. He was a bachelor, and Mrs. Corbett at-
tended to his house. At the time of the offence
complained of she was ill, and witness was in the
habit of going into defendant's house to clean.
On the previous Friday fortnight she was cleaning
at eleven o'clock at night, after closing time. He
behaved indecently more than once. The girl
then gave evidence totally unfit for publication.
The defendant afterwards asked her not to tell
anyone, and she promised. On the following
Sunday the defendant repeated his indecent be-
haviour, and attempted a criminal offence. She
told no one until Saturday, the 6th March, when
she confided in a companion. She did not tell
her mother, because defendant kept telling her
not to mention anything. Her mother did not
know until Wednesday last, and then she (witness)
was taken to Dr. Higgs and examined; a warrant
was afterwards issued. On neither occasion did
she scream or cry. She suffered for three or four
days.
Cross-examined by • Mr. Underhill: Had not
been indecently assaulted before. Was afraid to
scream, but could give no reason why she did not
run away on the Friday. A Mrs. Bullers was in
the house just before and just after the offence.
She could come in any minute.
The Mayor said it might be taken that the girl
would not have made any complaint as a complaint
unlesd her mother had spoken to her.
Mr. Underhill said he should not plead the tech-
nical plea of consent. On behalf of his client, he
utterly repudiated the offence.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

THE NEW FOREST SHAKERS.

The Correspondent of the Standard, 'writing from Lyming-
ton, on March 14, says :
There is no change in Ulla state of affairs at Hordle.
The tent has been made as comfortable as circum-
stances will permit. It presents a curious sight.
Some large casks have been fixed endways in the
great wall of furze and bramble at the west end of
the tent—these make capital cupboards and contain
a variety a articles. Shoes, bags, hats shawls,
coats, cloaks, &c., are hung at the sides of the
tent, and on 'the cross poles overhead. There are
shelves of crockery and tin ware, brushes, dust pans,
bowls, books, mirrors, &c., without end. Such a hereto-
geneous diaplay of articles of daily use surely never
before came together in such a way. The forms are used
at night for sleeping purposes; the beds and bedclothes
are neatly rolled and packed at the sides. The small
stoves keep the place warm and dry, except in rainy
weather. There is no untidyness; there seems to be a
place for everything and everything seems to be in
its place. Considering the privations they must endure
the people look remarkably clean. The halt bloomer
costume worn by the women is, in such close quarters,
greatly preferable to the usual feminine garb. The
men are all tidy and respectable. All, men and women,
have a staid, composed aspect ; their behaviour to
strangers is civil and obliging without servility. There
is no crowding nor staring; this is very noticeable,
even with the children. The women are quiet and
retiring; they speak when spoken to, otherwise Mrs.
Girling does all the talking. There have been many
visitors of late, especially from the neighbouring gentry,
ladies as well as gentlemen, who seem to enjoy a chat
with her.
Miss Wood, who is in the Laverstock Lunatic
Aslyum, has written to the Shakers. She says she is
kindly treated, and is very comfortable, but hopes
soon to be liberated and return to the commnnity.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

POST-OFFICE COUPONS.

The Standard has published the following letter
Sir,—The great inconvenience and frequently the
difficuty in transmitting small BUM of money by the
post must have long been apparent to everybody. I
have lately submitted the following suggestions to the
Postmaster General and have reason to believe the
matter is under consideration :
That printed " Coupons" for certain fixed amounts
be issued for purchase in small books to be obtained
at and payable at any post-office. That "Coupons"
under 21 should bear a half-penny stamp impressed, and
for sums of and pounds upwards one penny for each
pound, in lieu of any other charge or commission.
These "Post-office Coupons" could be so arranged
as to make, with the addition of a few stamps, almost
any amount under £lO, and would always be at hand
on desk or table ready for transmission by the post.
I think the subject is of sufficient importance to
merit public attention.—Yours, most obediently,
EDWARD S. NORRIS.

Junior Carlton Club, March 16.

hor (From Punch]
PROVERBS REFUTED.

It has been said of old that "A bird in the h4id is
worth two in the Bush." Try it. Take a bird (any
bird will do), in your hand, and hold it securely : then
take a passage in the first vessel you can find I(any
vessel will do), and proceed to the Antipodes,, still
retaining the bird in the hand, where the Bush iE(sup-
posed to be. When you arrive, examine the ,ibird
which you have in your hand, and compare it Iwith
any two birds you can find in the Bush. Estimate
their relative value. You will find that the proverb
has led you astray.
Again. It has been said that "It is the last straw
that breaks the camel's back." Imprimis, how long
would a man go about until he had satisfied himself
that he had found the " last " straw? But we will
grant, for the sake of argument, that the "last straw"
has been found. Now take your camel (any camel
will do), and cautiously deposit that straw upon the
back of the camel, and carefully observe whether the
spine of that quadruped is dislocated. It is to be
imagined not. How then this proverb?
Once more. It has been spoken, and written, that
if you "Take care of the pence, the pounds will take
care of themselves." Make the experiment. Take
pence (say three pence) and place them in your purse,
and put your purse in your pocket. Button your
pocket, if your pocket is buttonable ; or deposit the
three pence with your banker, or invest them in a
Canadian oil-well. Next take a sovereign (anybody's
sovereign will do), and place it carefully on the pave-
ment (the centre of a coal-plate is not a bad spot), and
after retiring IT the stage, and "dissembling," observe
how that sovereign takes care of itself.
It is not impossible that attention may be directed
to the fallacy of other proverbs in due course.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

MONEY.
i‘ PRIVATE GENTLEMAN with surplus
. capital, is desirous of making immediate ADVAN-
ES to gentlemen, manufacturers, farmers, tradesmen,
and others, male or female. requiring the same, in town
or country, in sums from £lO to £5OO on note of hand.
No law costs. Terms from £5 per cent., extending from
three months to five years. Mortgages negotiated at
less interest. Distance no object, as persons can repay
by P. o. o. or cheque. By applying personally from 10
tit/ 4, or if by letter, enclosing a stamped directed enve-
ope, stating the amount required to Mr. A. BRADBURY,
161, Walworth-road, London, S. E., particulars will be
sent by return of post. •
N.B.—No connection with loan offices. Residirg in the
district ever since 1841. Secrecy with despatch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

TALLOW.

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LONDOIL Monday, March 15.-P.Y.C. is inactive at 40s. ed.
1
per cwt. On the spot. Town Tallow is quotedat 395. ed. per
cwt. net cash, and rough fat at Is. Ild. per Sibs.
Town Tallow, per cwt. 42 0 Rough Stuff, per cwt. 14 9
Rough Fat, per Sibs .. 111 Greaves
II 18 0
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Melted stuff, per cwt. 29 0 Good Dregs 6 0
Yellow R per cwt.
new .... 40s. 3d.
• I: old .... 00s. (Id. „
.I.Wil Australian kutton Tallow 41s. M. .
Beet
Bee
~ ~ 40s. od.
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FISH. .
Pickled cod, 355. to 44.3. ;pickled herrings, 21s. to 40s. ; red
ditto, 12s. to 235. ; roused ditto, 19s. to 258. ed. ; fresh ditto,
18s ed. to 2.38. ' • smoked haddocks, 208. to 30 per barrel;
trawl ditto, 18s. to 21s. ; ditto whiting, 12s. to 155. ; ditto
plaice, 18s. to 255. ; bloaters, 2s. 9cl. to 48. ; kiplaers 2s. ed. to
43. per basket ; lobsters, lfs. to 335. ; crabs, 123. to 30s. ;
mackerel, 2s. 10d. to 45. : mullet, 8* to 55 per dozen • soles.
15. 6d. to 33. 10d. per pair; turbot, is. 6d. to 158'. each ;
salmon, Is. 9d. to 2*. per lb. ; native oysters, £lO pearl
ditto, ,e 3 ; common ditto, 135. to 30s. per busheL
SEED.
LONDON, Monday, March 15.-There was a fair quantity of
English Cloverseed offering; fine qualities commanded
higher prices, and the best French and American sold freely
at enhanced values. Choice Ireful' was in moderate demand,
at the extreme quotations of last week. White and brown
Mustardseeds were purchased in small lots, on former terms.
Large gore Tares sold steadily at the prices of last week,
and there were more sales made of the best foreign samples.
Hempseed was quite as dear, with a fair sale. English
Rapeseed of line quality was in steady demand at rather
more money.

PROVISION.
LONDON, Monday, March 15.—The arrivals last week from
Irelaud were 1130 firkins Butter, and 3,016 'bales Bacon, and
from foreign ports 20,633 packages Butter, and 2,820 bales
Bacon. In Normandy Butter there is little alteration to
notice in prices, but other descriptions are lower 6s. to 10s.
per cwt. ; best Dutch declined to 140 s. The Bacon market
is slow, without change in quotations: the dealers purchase
cautiously. •
mess.
Butter, per cwt.: 8. s. Cheese, per cwt.: s. s.
Dorset 156 to 164 Cheshire ..... bt3 to 74
Friesland .....
Jersey ........94 94 130 Cheddar
Eng. Fresh, per dr. 19 American ..... . 60 74
Bacon, per cwt. Hams: York ~,,.._l2O
Wiltshire
IrjB,gTe6o.b 70 76 Irish

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HAY.
WrirTNCRIPEL, Saturday, March 13.—A fair supply of hay
and straw has been on sale to-day. Trade has been brisk,
especially for prime meadow hay, which has been scares
and dearer. Prime cloyer, 100 s. to 120 e. ; inferior. 850. $o
555. ; prime meadow hay, 90s. to 115 s. ; inferior, Us. to 71034,
and saw, 3SS. to 403. per load.

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NOTICES OF MOTION.

In the FIOITSE OF COMMONS, Mr. BaiMe Cochrane gave
notice that on that day month he would move a resolu-
tion to the effect that in consequence of the Conference
held at Brussels on international law in 1874, or the
proposed renewal of it in the Conference at St. Peters-
burg this year, a favourable opportunity was afforded to the
country of withdrawing from the declaration of Paris of
1856, and thus maintaining those maritime rights which
were so essential to the independence of the Empire.
- - -

Mr. Goldney gave notice that on the 13th of April he would
call attention to the policy adopted by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners under the powers entrusted to them, and
would move a resolution on the subject.

THE MURDER OF MR. MARGERY.

Mr. Disraeli, in reply to Mr. Wait, said the Government
had sent instructions to Mr. Wade, her Majesty's most able
Minister at Pekin—for it was impossible to speak too highly
of his qualifications—to call on the Chinese Government to
make a strict investigation into all the circumstances con-
nected with the deplorable death of Mr. Margery, and until
they received his report it would, of course, be out of
their power to decide what steps they would take. The
death of Mr. Margery was a public calamity. (Hear, hear.)
The son of a general officer in her Majesty's service, be was a
young man of the greatest promise, possessed of all those
qualities which were suited to the eminent career which
no doubt awaited him. The circumstances known to
her Majesty's Government were these. The unhappy
event occurred in a district within the boundaries of the
Chinese Empire, but in a district in which it was doubtful
whether the power of the Imperial Government was really
estaUlished, and wilich was inhabited by Changs and Chinese.
The moment her Majesty's Government received from Mr.
Wade the result of his appeal to the Imperial Government
he would certainly communicate it to the House.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

OPEN SPACES.

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Mr. Whalley moved the second reading of the Open Spaces
(Metropolis) Bill.
Sir G. Bowyer seconded the motion.
Sir J. Hogg was addressing the House with regard to the
Bill when, the clock pointing to a quarter fo six, the debate
was adjourned.
The other orders were disposed of, and the House ad-
journed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

1)R0 Lott AAPHI

a if E R CLARKE,

STOURBRIDGE.

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ions.

The Ptriit 413,1 Pri.itieg Rooms have been altered
and irczirov...l ierifike the Winter xd PORTRAIT:i eau
be Plumed', awl atait Do:tic (free DI Cost) Ilauea quicker
than prey: .usty.
THE NEW RE3IBRANDT PICTURE.
THE NEW CAMEO VIGNETTE.

THE NEW ENAMELED PORTRXIT

RaISED IN RELIEF.

These various styles, whieli are quite new, are now
taken, and Spesimens can be seen at

ARCHER CLARKE'S,

71, Iligh-street,

Stourbrid go.

pLA N ()FORTES send HARAWNIU MS
be bad bad on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two Or
Threw Years; after which, and without any further pay-
ment, to become the property of the hirer. Alllnstru-
ciente had on this system, or otherwise, will be
hanged any time within six months for any other ,if
not approved of. and returned carriage free. And fur-
-I,ker.after a trial of three years, any Pianoforte or Ear.
vioniuna would be taken back. at its original cost, and
the money returned, deducting the usual charge for hire
thus offering greater advantages than the London or Bir-
mingham Houses.—Apply G. F. GREEN, Pianoforte
Teaeheraud Tuner, Music Warehouse,26o,Csstle-street,
ad 168, High-street,Dudl9y.

5,000 PIANOFORTES & HARMON'.
lIMS have been TUNED by G.F. GREEN
Professional Tuner, 260, Cssri 3-8111kET,and 168, Rion
BTRK/ST, DIIDLXY. Pianofortes Re-silked, Re-strung,
be Haniaiers Re-cov-ered with Patent Felt,as used by
be most eminent flail.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

[From Punch.]
LEANDER OUTDONE.

"CAPTAIN BOYTON adheres to his original determination
of attempting to swim across the English Channel"—
Morning Papers.
With a nipping East wind that brings pluck down to zero,
And without any chance of an evening with Hero,
CAPTAIN BOYTON, in water-tights, means paddling over
To Calais (a twenty-mile transit) from Dover!
When Leander was wooing the Lady of Sestos,
He'd his waterproof suit made of Cupid's "asbestos
When athwart the wild waves BYRON breasted perdition,
He breathed the caloric of fiery ambition.
If the Hellespont's wide, Dover Channel is wider,
Though by no means too broad for a neighbour-divider.
What canards to be flown, and what feuilletons written,
If he does go, on this cool invader from Britain!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

THE REGISTRATION OF LAND.

The Daily News (in a leader on Tuesday) says—The
piesent Government seem to be possessed with a con-
viction that every difficulty in their way is to be sur
mounted by introducing all the reforms that anybody
asks for, but coupling every such enactment with a
clause declaring that the proposed change is only to be
adopted if people like it. The Land Titles and
Transfer Bill was on Monday night the occasion
for a very remarkable illustration of this conviction.
Lord Cairns devoted his speech to an elaborate en-
deavour to prove that all the resources of the British
Empire would be unequal to the task of enforcing the
registration of land when it changed hands; that if the
thing could be done it would be tyranny of truly Oriental
severity, and that the proposed reform would be
especially injurious to the interests of the poor man.
But the same justification exists for the compulsory
registration of land as for any other system of compul-
sory registration; and no useful measure can be argued
out of its uses by the mere consideration that it would
not be quite so easy to put it in operation as certain
other measures of a similar kind already in existence,
and which give nobody any trouble. Lord • Cairns's
whole argument against the amendment on principle
utterly broke down
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20


Government were not prepared to accept the responsibility
of the measure, because they were not confident as to
the practical working of it, to which observation
Lord Kimberley rejoined that it was not unreasonable to
ask the Government whether they had any opinion at all on
the subject. This discussion was at length brought to a
close after some remarks from the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Lord Redesdale, and Lord Malmesbury, the latter of whom
expressed his surprise that Lord Lyttelton should have re-
peated in the House of Lords what passed in private conver-
on between him and the Prime Minister.
The Clause proposed by Lord Cottesloe was then nega-
tived; and on the question that the Bill do pass,

Lord Lyttelton took the opportunity of declaring that his
interview with the Prime Minister was no: private but offi-
cial, and the Prime Minister told him that the Cabinet was
prepared to support the Bill.
The Duke of Richmond said that Lord Lyttelton had en-
tirely misapprehended what occurred.
The Bill then passed, and the.other tusiness being disposed
of, their Lordships adjourned.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

MESSRS. MOODY AND SANKEY IN

LONDON.

At the Agricultural Hall on Sunday night the ser-
vice commenced at seven, and was announced for men
only. Every available nook of the Hall, which has
now been fitted up with seats to the very ceiling, was
filled. The singing was more effective than on former
occasions, most of the congregation joining in it. The
opening prayer was by Dr. Davis; after which the
congregation sang as with one voice, " Gni& me, 0
thou great Jehovah." The audience then joined in the
now popular American hymn, "Tell me the old, old
story." Alter this Mr. Moody read the 51st Psalm,
"Have mercy upon me, 0 God." Mr. Sankey then
sang the hymn, " Jesus of Nazareth passeth by!"
Before doing so he asked the choir to join in the last
line, the effect of which was very good, the words
coming in reply to the various questions asked in the
solo parts of the narrative. Mr. Moody's discourse was
from the words in Genesis, "Adam, where art thou?"
He hoped every man present would hear the voice of
God asking him, in stern and solemn tones, "Where art
thou ?" His address throughout was earnest and im-
pressive. After another prayer the service concluded
with the singing of a hymn. There were fully 20,000
persons present, and so great was the rush that an
overflow meeting was held in a large adjoining hall.
The meeting for women only in the afternoon was
also largely attended, there being about 17,000 present

On Monday the time at the noonday prayer meeting
at Exeter Hall was devoted to receiving reports from
various sources as to the work accomplished, not only
in the metropolis, but in the towns previously visited.
The hall was, if possible, crowded more densely than
before, those on the platform including the Earl of
Cavan, Lord Radstoair, the Right Hon. Cowper-
Temple, M.P., the Rev. R. W. Dale (Birmingham),
the Rev. Mr. Chapman, the Rev. Marmacluke Mil-
ler, the Rev. E. H. Hopkins, &c. The service
was opened by the singing of the 46th Hymn, the
refrain of which runs, "Oh, think of the home,
over there, over there," and was joined in by the
audience. Mr. Moody then announced that the time
would be occupied in hearing reports from various
friends of the work being done. He believed there
would be a general awakening in London, and there
were hundreds and thousands now just waiting for
some one to go and tell them what they must do to
be saved. The Earl of Cavan, having read a letter
from Glasgow, expressing concern ard regard for
London, Mr. Quintin Hogg stated that in the inquiry
room the night before there were ten inquirers for
every one to talk to them. The Rev. R. W. Dale,
of Birmingham, appealed to Christian people to
take up the work in the inquiry-room, for they knew
nothing about it till they got in. With regard to
the statement that Mr. Moody's converts were not
genuine, he himself had seen a great number of
them, and his testimony was that he had very
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

THE "TIMES" EXPRESS.

It is now pretty generally known that the authori-
ties in Printing House Square have started a special
early express by the London and North-Western line,
from Euston Square, by which that newspaper is
distributed over the various districts around and
beyond Birmingham. The paper is brought from the
office in two covered vans, one being filled with large
rolls of the outside or advertising part of the Times,
and the other van with the inside, or news part. The
number of copies thus despatched has averaged since
the commencement of the running of the Express from
5,000 to 6,000. The rolls or bundles of paper are
removed one by one from the vans and placed in the
ordinary mail-bag carts, and wheeled to the special
train in waiting for them at what is known as the
western departure platform. The Express consists of an
engine, a break van, a well-lighted third-class carriage,
fitted up as a spacious publishing office, and a dummy
carriage. The railway publishing office is called the sort-
ing carriage. In this carriage all the rolls of paper ar
thrown helter-skelter, and in it the important work of
sorting is accomplished. Two and sometimes three
men come from The Times office with the papers every
morning. These men travel with the express, and de
the folding, sorting, and distribution business. They
usually get through this work during the run between
London and Rugby, a distance of eighty-two miles
and three-quarters, the travelling of which occupies
one hour and forty minutes. The entire 113 miles be-
tween London and Birmingham—the extent of The
1 Times special trip—are accomplished in two hours and
forty-two minutes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

FISH HATCHING AT SOUTH
KENSINGTON.

Those interested in pisciculture have just now a good
opportunity of witnessing some successful experiments
in fish-hatching at South Kensington, in Mr. Buck-
land's museum, where thousands of little fish are daily
making their appearance from eggs collected fromvarious
rivers (remarks the Pall Mall Gazette). These experi-
ments have been carried on for many years past with
more or less success, the stock of fish " raised " this
year being remarkably numerous and healthy, a fact
which is doubtless owing in great part to the careful
attention of the attendant Edon, who assists Mr.
Buckland in looking after the museum and its con-
tents. Among the 'fish " hatched " in the troughs
this year the more interesting are salmon from
eggs forwarded from the Rhine, great lake trout from
Neuchatel, brook trout from Germany, and salmon
from eggs forwarded by the Duke of Sutherland from
Scotland. There are now in various stages of develop-
ment some just loose from the egg, while others some
days old are rapidly assuming the characteristics pe-
culiar to the different orders of the species. The ac-
commodation allowed by the authorities at South
Kensington for the carrying on of piscicultural experi-
ments is unfortunately extremely limited, and Mr.
Buckland has much difficulty in providing room for
the young fish until they are strong enough to be
moved to other waters, when they are introduced with
a view of creating or improving a fishery. Every year
thousands of fish bred in the breeding-troughs at South
Kensington are distributed by Mr. Buckland to
various persons throughout the country, and probably
this year he will be enabled to supply more than he
has ever done since fish-hatching was established some
years ago in the Horticultural-gardens. More room
might, at little cost and great advantage, be given to
the Museum of "Economic Fish Culture," which has
now become one of the most interesting departments
at South Kensington.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20

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MR. RICHARD TIAN SMERE,

ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER OF ST.
JOHN'S CHURCH, DUDLEY,

Late of the Exeter, St, James, and St. George's Hal
Concerts, London, &c., &c., and
Late Organist at Rochester Cathedral; also .
PRINCIPAL BARITONE OF THE ENGLISH
LONDON OPERA COMPANY.
HAS the honour to announce to the Nobility,
_ Clergy, and Gentry of Dudley and its Vicitity
that he is open to receive PUPILS for
SINGING, PIANOFORTE, ORGAN, HARMONIUM
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Mr. Lanbincre is also open to receive engagements Ica
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Mr. Lansmere has had the high honour of appearing
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EPPING FOREST BILL.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, March 17, this Bill passed through
committee, and the standing orders having been dispensed
with, was read a third time.

SUPERANNUATION ACT (1859) AMENDMENT BILL.

This Bill also passed through committee and was read a
third time.

The Consolidated Fund (£7,000,000) Bill was read a first
time, and the House adjourned.

BANKRUPTCY LAW (SCOTLAND).
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. F. Harrison, in moving
the second reading of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Law
Amendment Bill, explained that it proposed to amend the
19th and 20th Vic., c. 79, by which the limit of the annual
rate of wages which, for a period of one month, workmen,
shopmen, clerks, and servants were required to be paid should
not exceed £6O per annum, and extend the limit to £lOO per
annum. The Bill would, he believed, do a great deal of
good to a most deserving class of persons.
Mr. Leith said he should vote for the second reading of
the Bill, though he considered that it was limited and con-
fined in its objects and provisions.

Sir G. Balfour supported the motion for the second read-
ing of the Bill.
The Lord Advocate said he would not oppose the second
reading of the Bill, but he believed that it might be
amended in committee. He did not, however, think it
would lee wise to attempt to assimilate the Bankruptcy
Laws of the three kingdoms.
The Bill was then read a second time.
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