The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-10-29 00:00:00

PROCLAMATION OF CORK.

A supplement to the Dublin Gazette issued on
Monday night places the county and city of Cork
under the provisions of Sections 123 and 124 of the
Criminal Law and Procedure Act. These sections
relate to preliminary inquiry, summary jurisdiction,
special juries, and removal of trial.

A WEXFORD NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR
SENTENCED TO HARD LABOUR.

The Crown prosecution of th—a —pr—oprietor of the
Wexford Peop'e opened before Mr. McLeod and Mr,
Bodkin, resident magistrates, at Wexford, on Monday.
The defendant is charged with publishing the speeches
of Mr. John Redmond, M.P., and the Rev. Patrick
Kenny, and reports of the proceedings of the National
League. The defendant contended that the non-
promulgation of the order until after the date of the
publication cf the reports was fatal to the prosecution.
The alleged offence was committed on Sept. 24, and
the publication of the Order took place on the
4th October. The magistrates decided against the
defendant, and sentenced him to one month's impri-
sonment with hard labour. The defendant applied
for a case to be stated in a superior court. The
Bench granted the application. Bail was given, and
the Crown proceeded with another case. There are
six counts in the indictment. The second case
against Mr. Welsh, proprietor of the Wexford People,
was referred to the Court of Exchequer on a case
being stated. All the other cases against the same
defendant were by the consent of the Crown with-
drawn. Mr. Carson prosecuted, and Mews. Adams
and Healy defended.

THE CROWN CASE AGAINST MR. BLUNT.
Mr. Wilfrid Blunt surrendered to his bail at a
special court held under the Crimes Act at Woodford
on Tuesday to answer tha, charge of unlawfully re-
sisting Mr. Byrne, divisional magistrate, and Sergeant
Wolpole on Sunday. Mr. Stephen Ronan, who pro-
secuted, wished to add a third charge—that of taking
part in an unlawful assembly, but the magistrates
decided that it was unfair to make another
charge without notice. Mr. Ronan in opening
the case said it was important that English politician;
coming over to Ireland should be taught that if they
broke the laws of the country they would be treated
just as any one else, and he asked the magistrates to
mark their judgment of the matter so as to teach a
salutary lesson to Mr. Blunt and his associates. Mr.
John Byrne, divisional magistrate, was the chief wit-
ness examined, and he deposed to warning Mr. Blunt
and to ordering his arrest after be had resisted. The
witness emphatically denied having laid hand on
Lady Anne Blunt. The Court then adjourned.

THE PROSECUTION OF MR. O'BRIEN.
The meeting which it was intended to hold on
Tuesday in the Cork City Court-house to protest
against the Recorder of Cork adjudicating on the trial
of Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P., was proclaimed, and all the
approaches to the Court-house were surrounded by
soldiers and constables. The meeting was therefore
held at the Chamber of Commerce. The Mayor pre-
sided, and the High Sheriff and Mr. Dillon were
among those who took part in the proceedings. Re-
solutions in accordance with the objects of the meet-
ing were passed, and Mr. Dillon amid great 'en-
thusiasm burnt a copy of the proclamation.

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EPITOME OF NEWS.

Tbe Comte de Paris has gone to Dordretcht to meet,
as his secretary told the editor of a boil newspaper,
some of his friends from the north of France, whose
names he did not wish to be published.
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Monsignor Persico has returned to Rome, and as the
result of his recent visit to Ireland is understood to
have reported to the Vatican that the Irish Bishops
have declared themselves unable, even in the interests
of the Church, to change their attitude towards the
British Government.

The two men, O'Dann and Wollitz, who were
arrested at Bellegrade for having returned to Franco in
spite of a sentence of expulsion, have been committed
to prison, the former for three months, the latter for
one month.

The death is announced at New York of Mr. Wash.
harm, who was the United States Minister to France
during the Franco.Pruesian War and the pericd of the
Commune.

Sir Michael Hicks• Beach will attend the Dolphin
dinner at Bristol on N0v.14.

The P. and 0. Company's new steamer Victozia,
from London, arrived at Bombay at seven o'clock on
Saturday morning, being only eight days six hours
from Suez, and 14 days 11 hours from London, rib.

At a meeting at Hereford on Saturday, under the
presidency of the Mayor, it was resolved to provide a
suitable memorial to the late Lord Saye and Sete. The
Archdeacon of Hereford's suggestion that it should be
in connection with the cathedral was approved of.
The Hebrew Scholarships at Oxford were on Satur-
day awarded as follows: To the Kennicott Junior
Scholarship: T. Walker, 8.A., Wadham College. To
the PuF,ey and Ellerton Scholarships: J. T. Stenning,
Exhibitioner, Wadham College; C. F. Burney, S.
John's College. " Proxieoe accessit " H. D. Lindsell,
B A., Trinity. The award for the Senior Kennicott
Scholarship will be declared subsequently.
A dente fog prevailed in London and the suburbs on
Saturday morning. Gas and other artificial light had
to be used in all the shops and places of business, and
vehicular traffic was carried on with difficulty. The river
steamers had to stop running.
A conference on historical teaching in schools was
held on Saturday afternoon in the rooms of the Society
of Arts, in London, under the presidency of Professor
Mandell Croighton. There was a large attendance.
Mr. Oscar Browning, M.A., read a paver on "The
Teaching of History in Schools." A discussion fol-
lowed.

Before the county :justices at Windsor, on Saturdi
Sir Charles Mut ray, of The Grange, Old Windsor, was
summoned by the Thames Conservancy Board for
navigating the steam launch Estrella above Kew
Bridge without a certificate on Aug. 25. The defend-
ant was fined U, with 19s. costs. Sir Arthur Stephen—
son Black wood, Secretary to the Post Office, was sum-
moned by the Thames Conservancy for having, on the
4th of June, obstracted the Eton procession of boats
on the river Thames by! crossing the river in a boat
from the Bucks shore to the Windsor side. Mr. Payne
appeared for the Conservancy, and Mr. Bisscoe,
Under-Secretary, attended on behalf of the defendant,
'rho is away on official duties. Sir Arthur was fined
£l, and costs, 19s. 6d.

The congregation at Monday morning's service in
Carterbury Cathedral consisted of one person. This is
said to be an unparalleled circumstance, the smallest
congregation hitherto having been four.
A Commission of Russian engineers has arrived at
Vladivostock, for the purpose of surveying the route of
a proposed line ef railway in the Southern Usuri
Region. The Commission is to begin its labours
simultaneously_ at Vladivostock, Nicolskoi, and Bolan,
On Sunday a sleeping-car express train arrived in
Lisbon to inaugurate a special mail service between
London and South Africa and South America. .

Before the Teignmouth magistrates on Monday two
charges of assault were preferred against Mr. Hugh
Arundell Trevanion by his wife, Evannie Trevanion,
daughter of Sir Daniel Cooper, of De Vere-gardens,
London. Defendant and his wife resided at Don.
terrace, Teignmouth, and the subject of the complaints
was that he had squandered her money, had cruelly
treated her and blacked her eyes. Mr. George Lewis,
of London, appeared for the complainant, and Mr.
Hutchinson, of Teignmouth, for defendant. The
Bench sentenced defendant to three weeks' imprison-
ment on each charge; but notice of appeal was given.
A meeting of Glasgow merchants, neld on Monday,
approved of a bill to consolidate and amend the laws
relating to Scotch bankruptcy. The Lord Provost of
Glasgow said if such a bill came into operation advan-
tage would be conferred on the public. The committee
thought it right that the law regarding imprisonment
for debt should be extended. It was intended to
punish those who by reckless dealing or improvidence
wasted estates belonging to their creditors. The bill
was not to punish honest traders who lost through
depression.
On Monday, Agnes Hopewood, a married woman,
and James Porter, a married man described as a com-
mission agent, were charged with stealing £44 and a
gold Albert, valued at 1:2 10s., the property of John
Hopewood, husband of the female prisoner, and late
landlord of the Rifleman Inn, Hanley. From the
evidence it appeared that a few weeks ago the prisoners
went to Birmingham, the female prisoner taking her
husband's cash-box containing the amount named with
them. They there took a house, and lived together
until they were arrested by a Hanley detective and
brought back to Hanlev. They were now committed
for trial at the next Staffordshire Assizes.
John William Laing, 38, described as a tutor, and a
member of Oxford University, pleaded guilty at the
Central Criminal Court on Monday to an indictment
charging him with stealing a watch and chain from an
hotel, and a number of books from a bookseller. Sen-
tence was postponed till next session.
Mr- George Collins Levey, C.M.G., has been ap.
pointed Commissioner for Great Britain and the
English Colonies for the exhibition to be held at
Barcelona next year.
At the Ramegate Petty Sessions on Monday, before
a full bench of magistr Ars', Edward Stock, a firmer-
man, was charged with harbouring and dealing in 221 b.
ot tobacco, with intent to evade the duty. Mr. F.
Cook, who prosecuted on behalf of her Majesty'a
Customs, stated that there had been FO great an in-
crease of smuggling on the coast of Kent during the
past twelve months that several officers had been sent
down from London to detect the dealers in contraband
goods. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was fined in
the modified penalty of £l. 84. Bd. and costs.
Tuesday night's "London Gazette" announces that
the exhibition of her Majesty's Jubilee presents at St.
James's Palace will close after Wednesday, the 23rd of
November.
Sir John Lubbock, M.P.. distributed the prizes to the
successful students at the Liverpool Institute on Tues-
day evening, and in the course of his remarks he said
he quite agreed with the observations of Dr. Richardson
that scier,ce and modern languages were still much
neglected. English parents had a continually increasing
difficulty in finding occupation for their sons. German
clerks were becoming more and more numerous in our
great commercial centres and in the service of English
companies abroad. He hoped the Association for the
Promotion of Technical Education which had recently
been founded under the auspices Of Lord Hartington,
would effect much good.
Bessbrook Spinning Mills, near Newry, where
upwards of 3000 hands are employed, were stopped on
Tuesday, owing to the want of water. The troprece•
dented drought experienced in the district has dried up
all the supplies, and the mills, whose machinery was
driven by water power, are stopped. Two large bleach-
ing mills, a .flour mill, and three flax mills in the
neighb urhood of Newry have keen idle for the past
fortnight, and consequently a great deal of distress
prevails among the working classes.
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A burglary was committed on Monday night at the
residence of Madame Patti, Craig-y-Nos Castle. An
entrance was effected through one of the windows:
and some valuable trinkets belonging to Signor iticolini
were carried off. It was at first reported that jewellery
valued at £30,000, belonging to Madame Patti, had
been stolen, but this is unfounded. The police have a
clue to the perpetrators of the robbery, who are said
to be professional burglars. A large reward is offered
for their apprehension.
The Bishop of Chester on Tuesday devoted a con-
siderable part of his charge at Chester Diocesan Con-
ference to the agitation for disestablishment. They
might, he said, disendow and disestablish, as they liked,
but they could not unmake the Church of England.
They could not by such means destroy her identity,
her continuity, her corporeity. If the endowments
were taken away, no doubt the Church's working must
for some time to come be sadly cramped, and most
certainly by the weakening of her work the nation
would lose; but he was astonished to hear that the
connection of the State with the Church was contrary
to the spirit of the Gospel, and such ignorance was
greatly to te deplored.
At a meeting of the Sevenealis Farmers' Club and
Chamber of Agriculture, held on Tuesday afternoon,
Mr. John White presiding, the following resolution was
passed : "That in the opinion of this Chamber, and in
view of the serious and increasing depression in agri—
culture and ether industries due to low prices and
caused chiefly by unrestricted imports, the Question of
Fiscal Reform is of the greatest importance, and in
the event of resolutions being carried such as are about
to be submitted to the Central Chamber at their
November meeting steps should be taken to arrange
for a deputation to wait upon Lord Salisbury early in
the next Session of Parliament to urge upon the
Government the necessity of dealing with the whole
question without delay." Mr. Bernard Dyer delivered
a lecture to the members on "Catch Crops."
An aoident occurred at Plymouth, on Tuesday afters
noon, on the arrival of the two o'clock train from
Exeter. The train was standing at the platform, waitd
log to be pushed into the Great Western Station, when
the engine which was to drive it dashed into the rear-
most carriage, crushing and smashing it. The pas.
sengers were immediately seen jumping from the
carriages on either side, but in the hind compartment
several persons were found lying about, more or less
unconscious, bleeding from cuts and wounds. They
were removed to the waiting•room, and were attended
to by Dr. Fox. There is no one killed, and it is to be
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Raniey village, near Chester, with a waggon and two
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during the night he visited the yard, and, not finding
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was informed they were in bed. Mr. Hurlestone
Leche, chairman, said it was a very serious offence.
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SATURDAY, OCT. 29, 1887.

A despitch from Oldenburg announces the death of
Vice• Admiral Jachmann.
John Shields, formerly Chief Constable at Hartle-
pool, was sentenced to two months' hard labour, at
Leeds, on Monday, for assaulting his little son by puts
ting him on the fire.
A Jubilee vase has been manufactured by a famous
Staffordshire firm for presentation to the Queen as a
Jubilee offering. It is now on view at St. James's
Palace, and will shortly be presented.
The
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hmobproiLeEl,ya,divnised addressingtheclergty to
Churchhla
establishment and Disendowment.
but urged the laity to defend the Church from Dire
Nothing has yet been decided (says Reuter) cona
caning the choice of the personage to be appointed
vo i avoid p Confer.oli tic
e
co ,
Roumanian Minister at Vienna. It is considered cer-
tain that M. Bratiano has no intention of visiting
Prince Bismarck at present.
Several dissentient delegates from the Knights of
Labour Convention, recently held at Minneapolis, have,
says Reuter, met at Chicago, and issued circulars to the
Knights in the county, denouncing the leaders of
society as autocratic and corrupt, and urging the
necessity of a reorganisation of the Order.
It is stated that Sir William Harcourt, M.P., has
accepted an invitation from the Lancaster Division
Liberal Association to visit Morecambe at the end of
November. Arrangements have been made for the
holding of a great meeting in the Morecambe Winter
Gardens on Tuesday, November 22, when Sir William
will be the chief speaker.
A large sum of money is likely soon to be paid into
the funds of St. George's Hospital, Hyde park' corner.
ne secretary has (the "Charity Record" is informed)
just been unofficially informed that under the recently
-
proved will of a friend of the hospital the sum of
£lOO,OOO has been bequeathed to it.
The Marquis of Salisbury, in replying to a vote of
confidence in the present Government passed by the
Doncaster Habitation of the Primrose League, says he
notes with much pleasure the graceful tribute paid by
the Habitation to the patriotic action of the Chief
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant.
lIPAt a meeting of the Council of the North Islington
Liberal Association, held at Holloway Hall on Monday
night, Mr. Horatio Bottomley, who unsuccessfully Condi
tested the Hornsey Division of Middlesex in July last,
was unanimously selected as the Liberal candidate for
the borough of North Islington.
An exhibition of the products of brewers, distillers,
wine and spirit merchants, and cognate trades was
opened at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, on Monday.
, Sir F. Milner has been presented with a handsome
silver salver by the Lord Mayor of York (Sir Joseph
Terry) and other political friends, in remembrance of
his generous efforts to support and promote the Con-
servative cause as member for the City of York from
1883 to 1885.
Her Majesty's Government have awarded a gold
medal for gallantry and humanity to Captain Pierre
Elise() Lenormand, master and owner of the French
steamtug Calvados, in recognition of his services in
rescuing nine of the crew of the British steamship
Romeo, of Liverpool, when that vessel stranded and
was capsized in the River Seine on the bight of the
21st of September.
A meeting of delegates, representing about 40,471
colliers, was held at Merthyr Tydvil on Monday. Mr.
John Williams, Clydach, was elected Chairman of
the Conference, and Mr. Edmunds Vice-Chairman.
Me. A. Abraham, M.P., was amongst those present.
After several hours' discussion, the question was put
as to whether or not the sliding. scale should be con—
tinued, when the delegates, representing 21,720 miners,
voted for it, and 18,927 against it. Mr. Lewis Miles,
the secretary, was accordingly authorised to withdraw
the notice to terminate the agreement. A resolution
In favour of the federation of the South Wales miners
was adopted, and another was passed supporting the
eight hours' movement.
A serious disturbance took place on Monday night
outside the Salvation Army Barracks at Luton, in con.
sequence of a collision between members of the army
and the followers of an opposition mission lately
started in the town by an excommunicated officer of
the army named Harris. A crowd of several thousand
people assembled round the barracks, and despite the
efforts of the police, stones were thrown, and a number
of the windows of the barracks were smashed, causing
great alarm among those inside. Eventually the dis-
order became so great that the meeting was broken
up, and Harris addressed the crowd outride.
110 SAturday night a fire occurred at Messrs Potter'a
wheel and waggon works, North Wall, Dublin. Thu
outbreak wee first discovered in the engine.house, but
so rapidly did it spread that fears were entertained
for the adjoining premises. The loss is estimated at
£7OOO, but, it is stated, that is covered by insurance.
The arbitration in the Northamp'on slice strike has
fallen through, and the men are still standing idle.
A meeting of the Dublin Corporation was held on
Saturday in committee of the whole hodse, under the
presidency of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, to further
consider the question raised as to the reception accorded
to the mace and sword on the occasion of the recent
prosecution of the Lord Mayor of Dublin at the police..
court. It was stated that an opinion of counsel was
read to the effect that the Corporation and their
officers had no legal right to take the civic insignia
before Mr. O'Donnel, the Lord Mayor having been
summoned to the Court in his individual capacity as
editor and proprietcr of the "Nation" newspaper and
not for the discharge of any corporate duty.
A platelayer, named Alfred Hawkins, in the employ
of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway
Company, was killed at Earlswood Station on Saturday
afternoon, his body being frightfully mangled. The-
deceased was 61 years of age.
The Mayor of Exeter has presented to the vicar of
Upton Pyne (the Hon, and Rev. j. S. Northcote) a
stained-glass window, placed in the church- by pariah,
ioners and by Exeter friends in memory of the late
Earl of Iddesleigb.
A serious dispute has arisen between employes at a
lace factory at Perry•street, near Chard, and their
master, Mr. J. B. Payne. fie having reduced the
wages of the men. all of whom are connected with
the Am 'guarded Society of Lace Makers, Notting.
ham, they refused to work at the reduction, and about
60 on Saturday left in a body, being supported in this
act by the Union. Mr. Payne expresses his determina-
tion not to employ Union_ men.

James Mack-ay,Richard Yates, John Brown, Henry
Richards, and William Robinson were on Saturday, at
Manchester, remanded on the charge preferred against
them under the Betting Act. The defendants, all of
whom are well-known bookmakers, were arrested
during a raid on betting men on Friday afternoon.
Sammoeses have been taken. out against a number of
other persons, some for betting, others for using
licensed premises for the purpose.
A meeting was held at Dockray, near Ullswater, on
Saturday evening, to consider the advisability of
forming a local Footpath Defence Society, or a branch
of the Keswick Association. The meeting wa convened
in consequence of the path which leads from Dockray
past the beautiful waterfall to Lyulph's Tower bed the
shore of Mlswater having been closed by order tf the
agent of the Greystoko estate. Mr. H. 0. Howard, the
owner of the estate was present. The meeting denied
against the formation of a society, preferring to brut
to the generosity of Mr. Howard. That gentlemae
claimed the path as private property, and it was stated
by his agent that it had been closed because of the
damage &nee by trespassers. It was, however, agreed
to re open the path, stud the meeting passed a hearty
vote of thanks; to Mr. Howard for the considerate
manner in which he had met the wishes of the people.
Sir Joseph Weston, on Saturday, unveiled the statue
of Mr. Samuel Morley, which has been erected in
Bristol, which city the deceased philanthropist repres
seated for eighteen years. An inscription on the
pedestal sets forth that the statue was subscribed for
by five thouaand citizens to preserve for their children
the memory of the face and form of one who was an
example of justice, generosity, and public spirit. The
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Mr. Lewis Fry, U. P.;
Mr. Cossham, M.P.; Mr. Arnold Morley, M.P. ; Mr.
Hope Morley, and Mr. Oharles Morley took part in the
prepeedings.