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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

i REGISTERED FOR 1
1 TRANSMISSION ABROAD.).

JANUARY 13, 1872.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

THE IRON TRADE.

The quarterly meeting of the iron trade was
held in the Town Hail, Birmingham, on Thurs-
day, and was well attended. representatives from
London, Wales, and Scotland being present.
The chief subject of discussion was the colliers'
wages, and pending a decision on this point there
was little disposition to book orders unless tram-
melled with restrictions which buyers were not
disposed to accede to. There was a good in-
quiry for all classes of iron, but the price of bars
was quoted £ll per ton, and makers were not
disposed to book for forward delivery. In many
cases the offers were to accept orders subject to
their execution at the earliest possible conveni-
ence, and at the prices current at the tune of
delivery. The demand for sheets is active, but
makers are by no means anxious to accept orders,
and the prices quoted varied considerably, to the
extent of £l2 lOs ; in some instances £l5 lOs
was mentioned. Indeed, the trade is at the pre-
sent time in a very excitel state, and many per-
sons seem indisp .sed to enter into contracts dur-
ing the present unsettled position of thc labour
market. There are plenty of orders, but the
supply of material renders their execution im-
possible within a reasonable period. Sonic
makers complain that although the price of iron
has gone up to such a high figure, and the wages
of workmen in proportion, they have still con-
tracts on hand at the old list prices, and that
they consequently lose nioney on every delivery.
Such instances are probably rare, and in a short
time there is no doubt all makers will obtain the
advantage of the present high quotations. The
annual meeting of the Staffordshire Iroumas-
tors' Association will take place on the 25th inst,
and it is thought that some action may then be
taken in reference to the present uncertain state
of trade.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

hiAIR EttoinNo BY MACHINERY,

f AWKINS'S HAIR-DRESSING AND
I 1. SHAMPOOING ROOMS,
120, HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE
(OPPOSITE CoLIMERCIAL BUILDINGS).

CHOICE ASSORTMENT OF BRUSHES,

COMBS, PERFUMERY, AN.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

REGISTERED LETTERS IN FRANCE.

" Nobody can have lived long in France without ex-
periencing inconvenience from the scrupulous care with
which the postmen execute the rigid orders of the Post-
office about the delivery of registered letters. If you
are expecting a registered letter, and are in a
hurry to get it, you most be a prisoner in
your house till it comes, for neither your wife,
your son, your servant, nor your coneiirge is com-
petent to sign a receipt for it. The postman
will take it away again and again, till he finds you in
person when going his rounds. A decision of a court
of law has, however, just ruled, contrary to the practice
of the Post-office, that a husband is not only entitled
to receive a registered letter addressed to his wife,
but is justified in snatching it out of the postman's
hands. The circumstances which gave rise to this
decision were that a postman, calling at a house
with a registered letter for a married lady, not
finding her at home refused to deliver it to the husband.
The latter, happening to see on the post-mark the
name of a place where he suspected his wife was carry-
ing on an intrigue, assaulted the postman, forcibly
took possession of the letter, and found in it the con-
firmation of his worst fears. The Court of First
Instance, which I cannot help thinking was guided
by the especial circumstances of the case rather
than by principle, dismissed the action for the
assault upon the postman, on the double
ground that the Post-office had no right to make rules
derogatory to the common law right of tha husband to
open his wife's letters ; and that it was intolerable that
a postman should be the medium of a criminal corre-
spondence between an adulteress and her lover. The
latter clause of the judgment seems excessively wide of
the mark," says the correspondent from whom we are
quoting, who thus continues:—" Nobody could be more
innocent than the postman, who knew nothing of the
I contents of the letter, and only obeyed general orders. I
should not be surprised to see the decision reversed
in Caseation. I3ut it will be a public benefit if the
discussion should lead to a relaxation of the rigid rules
of the Post-office, which, by engendering indefinite de-
lay, often make a registered letter a nuisance and an
injury, instead of a benefit. It would be practically
better, if, as in England, anybody in palpable charge
of the house were competent to give a receipt for the
letter the instant it arrives."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

MANSLAUGHTER BY AN OXFORD
GRADUATE.

On Saturday, an inquest on Thomas Price. for many
years coachman in the service of the Mimes Fletcher,
ladies of wealth, residing at Stansbatch, near Leo-
minster, Herefordshire, was brought to a close.
It appeared from the evidence that thew ladies had
staying with them a nephew named Thomas Fairfax
Fletcher Carlyle, the son of a Shropshire clergyman,
and an Oxford grailuatet who had resorted to the use
of hydrate of choloral, opium. and other opiates, for the
purpose of procuring sleep. Between twelve and one
o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 23rd December, the
attention of the Misses Fletcher was drawn to the ex-
cited state of young Carlyle, who was alone in his bed-
room. Knowing that he had • double-barrel breech.

loader gun with him, his aunt, Miss Eliza Fletcher,
went into his apartment, and noticing that his mind
appeared to heM a wild andiunsettled state, and that the
breech-loader waalying on the Hem near him, she directed
the housekeeper to call upthe coachman, Thomas Price,
who had been aroused by their screams, with the view
of taking the weapon from him. Price, who had pre-
viously been on good terms with young Carlyle, hur-
riedly dressed himself and rushed to his room, followed
by the ladies and several domestics. As he entered the
place (.7arlyle, who was by that time standing near the
fireplace, with the fowling-piece in his hand, said, "Stand
back, Price, or I will shoot you." He then brought up
the gun to his shoulder, but in doing so it struck the
bedpost and fell from his hand to the floor. Price tried to
secure it, but in another second Mr. Carlyle had it again
to his shoulder, and as he pulled the trigger Price
struck the barrel with his hand, by which the muzzle
was depressed, and the charge, Mete at of going into
his chest WAS lodged in the upper part of his right
thigh, which it completely perforated and lacerated in
a dreadful manner. After some days' treatment morti-
fication set in, and the unfortunate man died from the
wound on Wednesday, in last week. After the gun
had been fired, it was found that to the trig-4,T of the
right ban-el was attached a black silken ribbon, about
two feet limo., with a foot-loop at the other end, in-
dicating that the accused had (previous to Price enter-
ing the room) contemplated suicide.
The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter," and
the accused (who was not at any time in custody, though
the imptest was opened on Thursday and completed on
Saturday 1.u4) was committed for trial at the next
assizes for the county of Hereford. He was admitted
to bail, himself in X5OO, and two sureties (his father
and his aunt) in £250 each.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

desirable for the clerk to act a 1,., as

render it

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vaccination °Meer.
The Clerk WS/ instructed to ascertain chat
had been done in neighbouring towns.
Upon the motion of Mr. Billinghem, seconded
by the Chairman, it was unanimously resolved
to send the following address
'To the Queen's Most Ervellent Majesty.
" May it please your Majesty, we the Guardians of
the poor of the Stourbridge Union in the Counties of
Wo,sester and Stafford, desire with feelings of profound
to sty to offer t. your Majesty our heartfelt congratula-
tions on the p.lrt .1 restoration to health of His Royal
Ilig_ness the Pri..,, of %Vales from his alarming illness,
' and we earnestly pray that llis Royal Highness may
I speedily recover his health and strength, and live to be a
comfort to your Majesty, and a blessing to the British
Empire.
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'To Ho R yal Higlanoss the Princeass of Wales.
" We, the Guardians of the Stourbridge Union in the
Counties of Worce.ter and Stultord, desire to present to
your Highness our sincere congratulations on the partial
recovery to health of His Royal Highness the Prime of
Wales, ad we hope and pray that His Royal Highness
may be spared to enjoy his married life, and become a
blessing to his kingdom."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

EXECUTION AT GLOUCESTER.

The execution of Frederick Jones, for the murder of
his sweetheart, Emily Gardner, at Cheltenham, took
place on Monday morning at the Gloucester County
Gaol. This is the first execution that has taken place
at Gloucester under the modern system of semi-privacy,
and indeed, it is many years since a public execution
took place in that city. The culprit shed almost with-
out a struggle, immediately after the drop fell. There
was but a small number of persons collected outside
the gaol and on the bank of the Severn which com-
manded a, view of the prison. The body having hung
the usual time was cutdown, and an inquest held upon
it by Mr. Bull, one of the coroners, as required under
the new regulations.
The circumstances attending this case were of an
unusual character. Both the deceased and the prisoner
were young, people. The former was the daughter of a
small publican, who kept the "Early Dawn" public-
house, and prisoner had, unknown to the girl's parents,
been paying his addresses to her. His advances, how-
ever, were not favourably received by the girl. Never-
theless, he still followed her. On Sunday evening, the
10th December, he was at the "Early Dawn" and ac-
companied the deceased girl with her sister to the house
at which the latter was in service at Saxhan-villas,
(!heltenham. After leaving the sister at Saxhan-villas
Jones and the deceased proceeded towards the "Early
Dawn." This was ten o'clock at night, and some
persons in the neighbourhood heard cries of
murder, but although the minder was committed al-
most in the middle of the town of Cbeltenham, and
although one man actually Saw Jones dragging the
body of his victim across the road to a ditch,
no one interfered, and the fact of the murder
was not known until Jones himself, returning to his
own home the same night, announced that he "hail
murdered Gardner's daughter." He told his incre-
dulous hearers where he had committed the deed, and
on proceeding to the spot the body of the poor girl was
found in a ditch by the side of the road, with her throat
cut from ear to ear. When questioned about the murder
he said, "I've killed Emily. She tried to cut my throat
and I cut hers ! "and he added, "I'd do it again if I
was hanged to-morrow ! She commenced on me, and
I've finished it, and the sooner the rope's round my neck
the better." Th e funnier had been committed with a razor,
belonging to the father of the deceased, which had been
kept in the back kitchen. This was known to the pri-
soner. The razor was found near the spot where the
murder wait committed. This razor, the prisoner.
through his counsel on the trial, alleged the deceased
hail attempted to cut him with, and that he took it
from her and retaliated. The defence, however,
was unsupported, and has been quite set aside by
the admission of the condemned man since
his trials
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

P,AITT7T TAY.

eandles, the property of Joshus : ' • '. •••
Carters Green. West Bromwich A • I •• • • •
fended. Deteetiv.••scrge.ii. D via. of I.).idley. said •.o.
information received he wont to the h,mse .if s man
named David Kiruna. Brandprow, Dudley. When he got
there he saw the prisoner standing up inside the house.
There were 12 loose candles on the table. He asked the
prisoner what he had got in his pocket, and he said,
Nothing." Witness then searched him and found four
pounds of candles in his pockets. Witness also found
kits of candles (produced) at prisoner's house at Pens.
nett. William Harris. grocer, Horseley Heath, Tipton,
said he served prosecutor with candles similar to those
produced. Mr. Waldron contended there was no evi
denc(i. against prisoner, and the ease was dismissed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

MR. SPURGEON ON SUNDAY-SCHOOL
TEACHING.

On Monday evening, Mr. Spurgeon addressed 3,000
Sunday-school teachers at the Metropolitan Tabeniacle.
After advising his hearers to work earnestly, Mr.
Spurgeon went on to say that it used to be the custom
in preaching sermons to make a practical conclusion,
in order to catch sinners, lie used to preach in that
way himself, until he found that the sinners expected
the conclusion, and got themselves ready for
it. He now made a practical application
instead, and brought it in where they least
expected it, and caught them unawares. He thought
that children in the same way composed them-
selves on Sunday to get religious advice. But if they
could only catch them when they were not looking for
it —when they were at play, God's word would then
sink into their hearts. That was the way the work
should be done. He thought those people taught chil-
dren best who were themselves most like children—
mit like in their folly, but in their simplicity. The
children should have the love of the teacher. It was
a great pity thildren were not well grounded in
elementary doctrine, and in the principles of their
faith ; but if that could not be dose, they should at
least have love that love which Christ bore to his
iambi; when he carried them in his arms. Bow often
were rtht people seen trying to teach children, as it were
by moonlight, in a cold and repellant manner—teach-
ing them at a distance, and carrying their lambs with
a pair of tongs. Mr. Spurgeon concluded by exhorting
hio hearers to teach by love, and if rebukes were neces-
sary, let them be done in a loving spirit.
At the termination of the address, over 2,000 people
partook of the Sacrament.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

sCHOOLS AND FAMILIES ATTENDED.

TO GROOMS AND HORSEKEEPERS.

rrHE 11ORSEKEEPER'S RECEIPT BOOK
(just published), contains the Art of Managing •
'learn; How to Make a Horse Look Well and Keep Him
in Prime Condition ; Managing an Entire Hone for the
Season, and Savage Horses and Wild Colts; with Cures
for the Grease, Worms, dn., and above 100 valuable
Receipts and Stable Secrets. Also, how to prepare Oils,
Seeds, Scents, and Stimulants, to Make • Hone Mind
You, to Make Horse Spice. the Art of quieting a Horse,
and How to Cure Him of Kicking, Vices, dn. Complete
in one volume, price ls, post-free 12 stamps.—Address,
r. J. W. SAVILL, publisher, Dunmow, Essex.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE

RELIGIOUS TRACT DEPOT,
12, HIGH-STREET, STOURBRIDGE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

INTEMPERANCE IN IRELAND.

In a letter to one of the parochial clerzy of his diocese,
Cardinal Cullen, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin, writes
Half of the actual evils of Ireland have their
origin in intemperate habits; and, if you examine the
history of families reduced to misery and starvation,
you will generally trace the cause of their ruin to the
same disgraceful source. But what are these temporal
evils when compared to the harvest of sin and iniquity
to which drinking gives rice? Almost all the crimes--
the dissensions, the fighting, the swearing, the con-
spiracies, the robberies, the murders, the secret and
illegal combinations, the gross immoralities—occa-
sionally committed in Ireland can be traced back
to this vice. Were it not for this unfortu-
nate habit, our country would be almost free from
guilt, and again merit the title of Island of Saints.
But, alas ! how many souls redeemed by the precious
blood of Jesus Christ are lost every year through an
excessive desire of intoxicating liquors, and cast off
into the regions of eternal woe. Exhort, therefore,
your good parishioners to league themselves against
drunkenness, and endeavour to induce those who keep
public-houses to set their faces against excessive drink-
ing in them at all times, and to close them on Sundays
and holidays altogether, and other days at an early
hour, no as to prevent the evils of nocturnal carousing
and dissipation. Those who encourage others to
commit sin in order to make money by the con-
sumption of their whisky, incur an awful responsibility
in the sight of God. They will have to render a
dreadful account to the Eternal Judge on the last day.
They may make a little profit by encouraging the sin-
ful passion of others for drink, but 'what will it profit
a man to gain the whole world if he lose his own
soul? ' "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

rATEsT NEWS

A CRALLF.NGE To SIR CHARLFS

DILKE.

At the Lord. Mayor's banquet, at York, last
Thursday night, Mr. Milbank, M.P. for the
North Riding, in responding to the toast of the
" House of Commons," denounced Sir Charles
Nike as a traitor in the camp, who had made
statements contrary to truth, and had made in-
sinuations against the Crown, the Government,
and the Queen personally. He would himself,
on the first opportunity, ask Sir Charles bilks
whether he was prepared to repeat his state-
ments in the House of Commons. There should
be no shirking of the matter.

A CLERGYMAN CONVICTED OF FRAUD,
The Rev. Joseph Wood, incumbent of Clayton-
le-Moors. was found guilty of forgery at the
Central Criminal Court, on Thursday ; and was
sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

LONDON CORN MARKET (CLOSE).
FRIDAY.

Market firm but little doing; English and
foreign well supported at last quotations. Town
Hour unchanged; country and American mar-
kets dull. Barley quiet ; oats slow sale at last
Monday's prices. Maize rather cheaper; beaus
and peas dull.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

SALES BY AUCTION.

HAWLEY STOCK SALE.
MENU.

OATES, PERRENS, and WOOLDRIDGE
will bold their Next SALE on Mos DAT, the 22nd
INSTABT.—PreRent Entries: 250 SHEEP, and 30 Head
of CATTLE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

HALESOWEN.

UNJUST Seatas.—At the Petty Sessions held on Tues.
day, before E. Moore and F. L. Smith, Esgre., John
Yates was summoned by Inspector Overend for having
unjust scales in his possession on the 14th December.
Mr. Overend proved that the scales were 111bs against
the purchaser. Fined lOs and costs.—William Yates was
summoned for having two pairs of unjust scales in his
possession. Mr. Overend proved that the flour: scales
were 12 drachms against the purchaser, and a pair of
coal scales Oh against the purchaser. Fined lOs in each
ease, and costs.
WAGE 3 CASE. - Willi/fill Mansell, miner, was sum-
moned by Samuel Norman for neglecting to pay him the
sum of £1 Os wages alleged to be due. The ease was
proved to the satisfaction of the Bench, and an order was
made for the full amount and costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

SYMPATHY IN INDIA WITH THE
PRINCE OF WALES.

In Bombay (says the MAU of India of the 13th ult.)
the day of the eclipse will long be remembered in con-
nection with the anximeet)soughtsi of the whole com-
munity concerning the fate of the Heir Apparent.
Groups of all races and mite+ pressed round the doom
of the newspaper offices, intently reading the various
fetlletine, and comparing the dates of one with the other.
In the afternoon the Bench of Justices' meeting
was adjourned very early. Towards sunset a larste holy
of our Parsee citizens had crowded to their Fire
Temple at Chowpatty, whence, after certain pro-
pitiatory ceremonies, the white-turbaned Mobeds, with
Sir Jamsetjee and other leaders of their Zoroastrian
community, tiled forth in solemn processien to the
shore of Back Bay to bow before the departing object
of their reverence and bend towards the great sea,
which, as a natural symbol or medium, has its place
in the mysteries of their traditional worship. At
the Fire Temple in the Fort alto, large numbers at-
tended to recite or hear recited chants of supplica-
tion. Hindus of various canter assembled by ap-
pointment, and mingled together in large numbers
at their temples in Girgaum and eLsewhere, their
priests hating forth to imipire faith in the
Almighty Power by which the Prince might still Its
caved, and our Sovereign Lady spared another
bitter bereavement So the day wore on in expectancy,
and closed with the truthful prayers of thousands
of her Majesty's subjects in this distant land, as doubt-
WS also in the far nuit and on the Western Continent.
We are inclined to think that the crisis is lamed, and
that the thankful hearts of ndllions of loyal subjects
may now indulge in reasonable though moderate hope-
fulness. Whatever be the issue of the Prince's illness,
be it life or death, the event has coked a feeling on
behalf of her Majesty and the Royal family, and also
in favour of monarchical institutions, wider and deeper
thaw eiuld have been looked for by the most enthusiastic
loyalist

The 11,m1.up Ga:ette says "it is a remarkable fact
that all classes amongst the natives have exhibited the
greatest concern and sympathy for his Royal Highness,
and have been most eager to obtain the latest intel-
ligence as to his condition." "It is evident," it adds,
"that the severe affliction laid upon the Prince has
touched with sorrow the hearts of the people, and it is
in such circumstances as the present that we can ap-
preciate the true affection entertained for the Queen
and her family, not only by all Britons, but alsoby our
native fellow enhjeeta:
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

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Gentlemen attended at their Itesidenees.

HEN RY MATHER,
BUILDER,
CARPENTER, JOINER, AND COFFIN
MAKER,

BROWN-STREET, KATE'S BILL, DUDLEY.

Estimates Given. Repairs. ice.. promptly attended to.
Jost Published, 118 p.p., (len Sea., Poet Free,

ANew Illustrated SELF. ESTIMATING
CATALOGUE for HOUSE FURNISHING,
nitO full description and prices of tbe Articles, profusely
Illustrated, at.d gineral suggestions. By EIIWIN
sT lIINOLE, Cabinet Manufacturer and complete
House Furnisher, Commercial Buildings, Stourbrolge,
ant 19, 20, and 21, MilLstrceL Kidderminster.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

SPUTTERINGS FROM "JUDY'S" PEN.

Aro otter has no right to pull the ears of his corn. It is
nuking.
A G !MAT Virtue in a Seaman—Wrecklessness.
A BACH ELOR's face is often the worse for wear--a married
man's for wear and tear.
MD maids should always go to the theatre before the
rise of the curtain, because than there is a chance of an
overture.

A \Yawn fitted with a second-hand need not necessarily
be a second-hand watch.
AN ungrammatical judge is apt to pass an incorrect
sentence.

PoActifigs who get into preserves very often find them-
selves in pickles.
DOCTORS generally agree about bleeding their patients.
THE MOSE Tasteful Hare-dresser in the World—The cook.
STEAM isa servant that sometimes blows up its master.
Tus Oldest Bores on Record—The Etruscan augurs.
ANY fool can make a woman talk, but Ws rather bard to
make one listen.

A DREAnytt story-teller once asserted that his voice was
still for truth—sod so it was.

SOME authors die composing—some the other way.
Jcpr's housemlld SIM the street-door doesn't talk, but
sbe is answering i all day long.

A CELEBRATED barrister wanted to know what any one
could see ridiculous in his wig. Only the head, they told
him.

SPASMODIC Love —A neuralgic affection.
SOME sons Ire chips of the old block head.
NAOMI, the daughter of Exocu, was MO years old when
she married. There's hope for some of you other ladies,
attar all. —Judy.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

'REJOICE, REJOICE, EACH LOYAL
HEART !"

What fear can there be of democrats when loyalty is
melodious in the streets? asks the Court Journal. It
is many a year since stay one recollects the street
ballad-singers warbling anything beyond discontent,
and to see a crowd listening to a song that breathes
(albeit in rough language) the spirit of prayer, and is
loyal in every word, LI a wonder to commence 172
with. The following is a portion of a string of verses
now heard in most of the busy streets of the West
End of London, and seem to find ready purchasers and
admiring listeners:—
Rejoice, rejoice, each loyal heart,
Rejoice with heart and voice,
Rejoice at the recovery
Of England's hope and choice.
For he who would not share the joys
Must be a churlish knave,
And deserves not to he classed among
old England's true and brave.
To all countries let the news be borne,
O'enduountain, 11111, and dale,
And let the password be—Thank God!
He has saved the Prince of Wales.
His noble father, Albert,
Good precepts did lay down,
Possessed of manly principles,
That's rarely to be found.
And Edward strove to copy
The good his father done,
And of a noble sire.
He has proved a noble son.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Rustics in Detroit are allured by a in which
reads :—" Fifty cents for dinner and a lunch for your dog."
. .

"Get your sweetheait a new set of teeth as a Christ-
mas present." is the invitation of an advertising dentist.

A young man in New York is becoming indepen-
dently rich by breaking oil marriage engagement, objection-
able to his father at 1,0 dollars a time.

The city of Richmond neethi Revenue, and i fining
the owners of baby carriages one dollar each for obstructing
the sidewalks.

Many fashionable ladies of New York who are
partial to low-necked dresus and have not a pretty neck
wear a false neck of wax or alabaster, which, when a heavy
necklace is worn with it, can hardly be detected from the
real article.

A photographer at lowa has got into trouble from
selling the • effigies" of a lady whose negative he chanced
to have, as the portrait'of Mrs. O'Leary, the owner of the
Chicago kerosene kicking cow.
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A Connecticut fisherman one day baited his hook
with a live frog. After patiently waiting some time for a
bite, as he chatted with a friend, he found that his lively
bait Ikad swum ashore, and was sitting quietly on the rook
by his side. lie wound up his line, and went home.
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A Southern paper having discussed the question
propounded by a New York paper, "Shall the next l'resi
qejLit of the United States be a woman?" concludes as
. . . .

1;11.0w577-1:-I:Ve-n-;;;;rna.i.eTo.we'res- J6;e7k:Slav-C7.tie-'has—

three of the qualifications, at least—a marble brow, a finely-
chiselled nose, and a silent tongue." _

•
Don Piatt tells the following touching story how a
life was saved :—A Sunday School superintendent out in
Alaska treated his entire charge to a sleigh-ride. There were
just forty-one of the cherubs and a six-horse sleigh. On the
way home they were beset by a pack of ferocious wolves.
Cool and collected In that hour of fearful trial, the heroic
superintendent saw at a glance that he must Loon be over-
taken. In an instant his quick mind grasped the only chance
of escape. Seising the child that always sang " / want to be
an Angel" two notes too high, he flung it to the rapacious
horde. It stayed their onward rush for a moment. Next
came the urchin who never brought any pennies to the
heathen. And so on swept the pursued and the pursuers
until the last infant was exhausted, gut the brave fellow
had economised his material nobly. Ile was saved.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

BELBROUGHTON.

HOOPINO Coron.—There has been • severe epidemic
of hooping cough among the children of thisneighboar-
hood for some time, and several fatal cases have eccorrel.
It now appears to be slightly on the decline.
Accrozwr.—On the Srd just, Joseph Cope, a wagoner,
was employed in moving a thrashing machine at Mr.
Higp's, of Drayton, when he was crashed by one of the
horses against • tree and had his arm broken.

BIRTHDAY ANN/VER9ARY.—On Sunday last the Right
Hon. Earl of Stamford and Warrington attained hi 4:illi
year, and on Monday Euville was the scene of enjoy-
ment to celebrate his Lordship's anniversary. The old
men, women, and children of the parish were invited to
the Hall and plentifully supplied with the old English
fare—roast beef and plum pudding—tea and cake. After-
wards a ball was given by his Lordship to his servants
and their friends. The Kinver Drum and Fife Band wry
in attendance during the afternoon, and the amusements
were foot racing, bag racing, wheelbarrow racing, and old
women dancing for new dresses; and each old person
received one shilling from Lady Stamford, and each
school child one threepenny piece. The dancing com-
menced in the large picture gallery at eight o'clock. Mr.
Bird's Band (of Stourbridge) was in attendance, and led
off with a country dance, commenced by the Marquis of
Anglesea and Lady Stamford. followed by other gentry,
and the servants of the establishment and their friends,
and on his Lordship leaving the room he wished every
one to drink the health of hi, good honest old servant,
Mr. John Lawson, butler—(loul applause). Hie Lord.
ship concluded by hoping that every one would eojoy
themselves. Loud cheers were given for the Earl and
and Countess of Stamford and Warrington. Dancing
was kept up until five O'CIOCk.
GRAND CONCBRI.-011 Wednesday evening last • grand
Concert was given in aid of the hinds for the restoration
of the Church, and by the kind permission of the Earl
and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, was held in
the Picture Gallery at the Hall. The concert, in spite
of the inclemency of the weather, was well attended by
a large and fashionable audience, who thoroughly ap-
peared to appreciate the musical treat provided. The
London talent was remarkably good. The gems of the
evening were no doubt the magnificent singing of Malls.
Drasdil, and the violoncello solo by Mons. Pique, who
were received with immense applause, and reeeived en-
cores. Miss Wharton was also 'encored in her song,
Where the Bee Sucks," and Mrs. John Bolton received
an encore. Mons Basilan played a magnificent violin
solo, which was re-demanded. The whole concert was a
great success, and he hoped there would be a good sur-
plus in aid of the restoration of the church.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

TH E EDUCATION HILL AND NONCONFoRMISTS.

But, so far, English common sense has been too strong for
the spirit of party, and I hope it will be so still. (('heers.) The
bat ile-field for the moment appears to be the edumition ques-
tion, and as to that I think our Nonconformist friends are
a little unreasonable. (Hear, Mari If they can show that
in any one particular, that in any, the slightest, degree they
were put by the Act of 1870 hi a worse ponition than their
rivals, I should at once admit that they had a fair
ground of complaint. But that Is not alleged. It Is not
even contended that Established schools get any help which
Is refused to theirs. The point on which the present agita-
tion has ariaen as one which wee hardly noticed in des
bate when the Act was passed. It Is Impossible not to
see that the real grievance Iles deeper ; that they have
been startled and disappointed to find how large an
amodut of wealth and social Influence belonging to the Es-
tablishment could be brought to bear on the setting up and
maintenance of schools. Well, I am not here to Speak sea
partisan of any system, Hear, hear ) I wish all to have fair
play. bet I must observe that I think they have fair play
under the present arrangement. (Hear, hear.) Wherever
Nonconformists are strong enough to keep up a school
of their own, that school gets Its share of public help ; where
they are not strong enough for that they have all the secu-
rity that a stringent conscience clause call give them against
any doctrine being taught to their children of which they
disapprove; and if in any district Churchmen are in a small
minority, the same security, and no more, is conceded
to them. Parliament has undoubtedly maintained what
I. called the "denominational system," but has done

no only in deference to the clearly expressed opinion
of the great majority of the people, and for my part I
think the popular instinct has been right. " Hear, hear"
and alters ) You cannot ignore the existence of strong
sectarian and ecclesiastical feeling as a fact, whether you
likeit or not. (Hear ) The practical alternative is either to
use the services of men who are governed to sonic extent by
that feeling, and as ho, under its influence, will make large
sacrifices of time and money to help in the work of popular
lambing. or to try and 84 up • contrary system in the face
of a 'oust determined and s latent opposition, and with cm.
band i rely little private help. I am quite sure that any attempt
to adopt the latter plan would have thrown back the cause
of pepulaitteachlng for half a century, and on that ground
leaving other reasons aside) I rejoice that it has not been
attempted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

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A TALE OF TWO SIXPENCES

The following correspondence has been sent to the
papers for publication :

"I, Carlton-terrace, Jan. 2, 1872.
"Slll,—l have the honour to send you two sixpences which
have been refused in payment of fares by onmibus conductors.
I cannot tell when they were coined. They are mere blanks.
Thousands of similar coins are in circulation, poor
men must receive them, but cannot pay them away except
at a loss. From new silver coin you take six per cent. ;
from the coins which I now send you, you take a
great deal more. Working men suffer this loss, and are help-
less. One plea on which you refuse to coin silver is, that you
maintain Its standard in return for the profit which, you
state, attends its coinage. I now prove to you that this
plea is invalid. The other plea is, that you make a profit
by coining silver, and that this profit should belong to the
Government. If Government did profit, there would be
an additional reason for coining more silver ; but Lord
libmaird has proved that, through mismanagement, you
coin at a loss. This plea is, therefore, equidly invalid.
Within a short time the Bank of England was unable to
supply a Government Department with £.400 in silver coin.
The London and Westminster Bank, one of the best
customers of the Bank of England, applied there and at
the Mint for £5OO in silver and failed. A leading trades-
man called upon his banker last Saturday week for £lO,
and could only obtain £5 in silver, Some manufacturers
are obliged to pay premiums for silver. Its scarcity is
admitted. Mr. Gladstone has transferred to you the
responsibility of remedying this scarcity, and you close the
Mint in silence. In doing tins, you rely on no statute, on
no decision at common law—not even on a Royal warrant,
but on the arbitrary exercise of a new prerogative of the
()nom. I repeat my claim to have standard silver coined at
the MLA.
1 have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,

. „
GEORGE ToMLINE.
"The Right lion. It. Lowe, M.P., Master of the Mint."

" th Jan., 1572.
" Stu,-1 am directed by the 'Master of the Mint to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the gild inst., and to in-
form you that worn silver Coin Is received and exchanged
at the Bank of England and its branches. The two new
sixpences enclosed have, in accordance with this regulation,
been procured at the Bank of England in exchange for the
two worn coins tom arded In your letter.
I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant,
C. W. FulimasiLE.
"Colonel Tomlin°, M.P., 1, Carlton-terrace."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. S. SIMMS.

THE Friends of Mr. S. SIMMS, of Stour-
bridge, propose to present • TESTIMONIAL is
him as a token of their regard and sympathy.
The following Gentlemen have consented to set as •
"lonimittee, to raise Funds for that purpoae :
Rev. 11. Sheri aid Rev. J. Richards
Ito, 1) Msginuis It. L. Campbell, M.D.
H. 0. Firuistisie, Esq. I Captain Walker
Benjamin Williams, Esq. I W. G. Goddard, Esq.
Mr. E. Stringer I Mr. IL Broomball

CO-trialittee,

T. D. Thome., E.g., Hon. Trrapurer.
Mr. H. King, Hon. Ha:Mary.

Snlrqtio. may I e to .y :•1 the above Oen-
ICILICO, ft to the So urut 'die and held. ..Water Bulk.
at Stout bridge or Kidderminster.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

I'. it

; ACAI)NII %PI RE-OPEN on
MoNDAY, JANO•RT 22nd, ItY72
Prospectus on applieotion.

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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

CHRISTMAS PANTOMIMES.

ON MONDAYS, JANUARY 145th, and 29th,
and SATURDAYS, JANUARY 6tll, and 208 h. 1872,
Cheap EXCURSION TRAINS will leave Sto rbridge,
at 3.5 , for BIRNIINOFIANI ; returning from snow
Station at 11.55 p.m., the same day.
Farei to and fro (Corer. 'd Carriage.) is. See hand
J. ORIERSON, General Manager.
Paddington Terminus.

To YOUNG MEN.—ASTHENIA3IA.
--
A New and INFALLIBLE REMEDY for
the Core of NERVOUS DEBILITY, PHISICXL
INF( FORTY. Sze. For tail particulars enclose a
'tanked, directed envelope, to Mr. 11. Jadd, Chemist
(Exam.), 51, Conduit-street, Leicester.

110 LADIES, LADIES'-MAIDS, AND
READ RURSES.—A Lady who has had great
algerience in getting up Ladies' and Children's Hair, is
ii p,session of an infallible METHOD to MAKE 'f HE
HAIR CURL, as soon as applied, imparting exquisite
beauty and keeping it wavy, soft, glossy, and in curl in
all weathers, ,yen if it has no natural tendency to lio so.
The cost will be Id per week, and one application will
be successful. Materials raid full directions sent free
or 14 atampa.--Addreas, Hiss A. 11.1., Mr. Saville, Sta-
tioner, Murano., Suez.

TO CONTRACTORS AND ROAD MAKERS.

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE.
A LARGE QUANTITY of CINDERS.
.L.l First-class Materials to make Good Roads. For
full particulars apply at the Obsereer Office, Stourbridge

WANTED Immediately, an Experienced
NURSE, for Young Children. Churah of Eng.
land. Hood Needlewoman. Age about 25.—Address,
stating particular., " H ," 10, Eakenhara.road, Edgbas-
too, Birmingham.

WAN FED, a Steady, Active MAN, as
CaRTER. No Smoker or Drunkard need apply.
Eveson, Lye.

WANTED, a Healthy, DETACHED
RESIDENCE, within Ten filiontea' Walk of the
Railway Station, Stourbridge, preferred. "Wit about
£3o.—Apply, " Theta," Obserree Office, Stourbridge.

AGENTS WANTED for an old-established
MANURE. Liberal Commission.—Address by
letter only, R. M., care of Messrs. Dalton ,1c Morgan,
Wholesale Stationers, .16, Southwark-street, Borough.
Loudon.

WANTED Immediately, 30 LADS, not
under 10 years —Apply„ Harris and l'imon,
Fire Clay Works, Sloarbridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

MURDER IN BIRMINGHAM.

The Birtni,aghan, Nein gives the following account of a
murder which took place in that town on Sunday night :

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In a small house, consisting of three rooms, one
lower and two upper, No. 45 Adam-street, ratified
Mrs. Letitia Davies (a widow), her KOD, about four-
teen years of age, and two male lodgers, Thomas Smith
(the murdered man) and Francis Thomas (the
murderer). The perpetrator of the cruel outrage is about
52, and a paperhanger by trade ; his victim was about the
same age, and a carpenter. During the afternoon some
little difference arose between the parties relative to
801110 boards bel mein.; to Mm. Davies, which had been
lent by Thorium Smith to the prisoner for the purpose
of his trade. Smith requested Thomas to return the
boards, which he accordingly did. About six o'clock
in the evening, Thomas Wa4 seen by the son of the
widow to be searching in the under cupboard in the
kitchen for somethicg, but the boy did not see what
it was. Between nine and ten o'clock Smith retired to
Led, and some time afterwards Thome went upstairs
also.

About half-past ten Mrs. Davies was in the garret,
and heard several distinct blows struck, which sounded
to her as if sonic one were breaking coal ; and the boy,
who was in the kitchen, also heard similar sounds. A
few minutes afterwards Thomas came downstairs, and
the boy observed that his face, hands, and clothing
hail blood upon them, and that he had left the marks of
his blood-stained hands upon the door. Alarmed at th e
spectacle he at once shouted to his mother, "Thomashas
murdered the carpenter !" Hearing the shouts of the
boy. a neighbour re- echoed the cry, and a police-conatable
proceeded to the scene if the murder. On entering
the bedroom where the tragedy hail been enacted, a
shocking sight presented itself. Smith lay on his left
site in bed a ghastly spectacle. Ile bad to all appear
an us been murdered in his sleep. The right ear and
the parts contiguous were completely battered in, a
large hole being ; and ao violent had been the
force of the blows, that the floor, and even the ceiling,
were bespattered with blood. There was also a pool id
blood in the lad. The officer immediately sent for a
surryon, who on his arrival pronounced the man dead.
The murderer bail meanwhile disappeared, but about
a quarter to twelve he encountered a man named
Fitzmanrice, to whom he stated that he had killed a
man. Fitzmaurice debained Thomas in friendly con-
versation until a policeman came up, and then banded
him over to the custody of the officer, who conveyed
him to Duke street police-station.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

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CORRESPONDENCE.
We vies h it to be distinctly understood that by inserting
letters in this column, me do not thereby identify ourselc;*
frith the opinions of our C'orrespondentc.

••WILE AWAKE."—Your letter will appear next week.

UNITARIANISM AND BRADLAUGH.
To the Editor of the " Citmerrer:'

Sin,—The lengthy epistle of " Sine Odio " does not
answer my question, viz., What connection is there be-
tween Unitarianism and Infidelity and Unitarianism and
Disloyalty? so I shall simply pet the facts of the ease
before the public, and lease every one to draw their own
inference. Mr. Bradlaugh has publicly defied his Urea-
tor, called Jesus Christ a swindler, consequently is an
avowed Infidel, and is known as '• Iconoclast.' Mr.
Braillatigh would depose Her Majesty, overturn the Bri-
tish Constitution, and substitute a Republic. Mr. Brad.
laugh comes to Stourbrisige, and while other denomina-
tions carefully avoid coming in contact with him he is
courted, petted, sad applauded by Unitarians. Query :
By which arc Unitarians attracted to Mr. Bradlaugh—his
Infidelity or his Disloyalty, or both
I remain, yours truly,
ENQUIRER.
Stourbridge, Jan. 10, 1872.

Notices of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, when properly
aathenticated, will be inserted in the " Observer," free of
charge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

REPRIEVE OF THE COVENTRY
MURDERER.

Arthur FretkW( Brown, a youth of 11, who was
sentenced to deaTh at the last Warwick assizes for the
murder of John Milward, at Coventry, on the Bth
December, has been reprieved during her Majesty's
pleasure. The execution was fixed to take place at
Warwick Gaol, Tuesday (the 9th) morning. The
murder was one of a desperate character. The convict
and Milward worked at the Leigh Mills, Coventry.
Brown was discharged, and wrongly attributed it to
Milward who was an overlooker at the mills, Ile NRA
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heart to ma se u se of threats towards Milward, and on the
night id the Bth ult. waited for him in a dark entry
and stabbed him with a clasp khife. The blow must
Lave been given with great force, as the wound pene-
trated the walls of the chest, transfixed the apex of
the heart, punctured the diaphragm. and wounded the
left lobe of the liver. Milwanl staggered into the
street, where he fell down, gasped out that Brown had
stabbed him, and died in a few minutes. The jury
accompanied their verdict of guilty with a recommend-
ation to mercy on account of the youth of the prisoner;
and Mr. Justice lush promised It should be fomented
to the proper quarter, but in passing sentence
warned the prisoner not to hope for mercy. Strenuous
efforts, however, were made to obtain a commutation
of the capital sentence. et memorial was addressed
to the Home Office by Lord Leigh, the Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county, on behalf of the magistrates ;
another by Mr. Eaton, M.P., from the mayor,
ministers of religion, and inhabitants of Coventry a
third by Mr. Carter, on behalf of the workpeople of
Leigh Mills, where the convict and Milward were
both employed; and a fourth from the inhabitants of
Birmingham. Late on Saturday night a special mes-
senger arrived at Warwick Gaol from the Home Office
with a reprieve for the convict; and on Sunday morning
Lord Leigh received a similar communication from the
Secretary of State, and at once sent it by special
messenger to the governor of the gaol. Mr. Anderson
communicated the fact of the reprieve having been re-
ceived to the prisoner, who was greatly overcome by
the intelligence. He had judiciously been kept in ignor-
ance of the efforts which were being made to obtain a
commutation of the sentence. He asserted that he did
not go to the entry with the intention of killing Mil-
ward, but to make up their difference ; but that
angry words ensued, and in his passion he stabbed the
deeeaaei.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

POTATOM.:

The market has lie;;;1-1;h7..dantly supplied with
potatoes. The trade in generally slow, and prices are rather
lower. The following are the quotations :—Regents, Ws. to
120$. flukes, 110 s. to lies. , rocks. 00a. to Otes. ; Victeriaa,
1101. to 1101. per ton.
WOOL

_
The market still presents a ilrm appearance. There is •
good demand fur English wool, at extreme prices. °the
qualities command a lair amount of attention, at fully pre-
vious currencies.
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Pickled herrings, 265. &I. to 110 s. ; red ditto; 1.2.. to I.
per barrel : bloaters, 2s. tots. ; kippers, 2a.to Ss. 6d. per box
turbot Ox. to 10.; brill, As. to Es. Cd. rack; soles, Is. to Sa.
per pair ; lobsters, I. led. to 42. ; crate, Pa. to Ba. 41.1.
each ;oel., l• 2d. per lb. : Dative oysters, £lO lea.; 0014
loon ditto, 1614 to 325. per bushel
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-01-13

JOSEPH WOODWA RD, Dowaord.

ALL PERSONS 11vii,g any CLAIMS (4.
DKMANDs 14,01,4 the Estate of JOSEPH
WoODWARD. late of Nes -etieet, Stourbridge. in thi
County of Woreeeter, Grocer, who died on the 24th day
f June, IS7I, are requested to band particulars thereof
to the 11'1.NT-signed Mary Simpeon an 4 Ann Woodward.
the Executrixes of the Deceased, forthwi h. And .1
Person, indebted ti the said Eetate.. are mideeted to
Pt the mile of thea rt-eptctive bee to the laud
r.xecutri..es forthwi,h.
Dated this 29th day of Decsolher, 1871.

MARY 811•IPSOM,
ANN M 001/WARD.
Of New-Ante.. Sloarbridge.