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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

THE IRON TRADE.
WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.

The market this afternoon Was quiet, but ltss
uneasiness was exhibited than was the case a week
ago, and better hopes were entertained with respect
to the business to be done during the remainder of
the quarter. In some departments a fair number of
inquiries were made for small parcels, but those
anxious to buy offered such low prices that manu-
facturers could not entertain them. In several ha-
ktances, however, where genuine buyers were
anxiaus to close transactions, the manufacturers
offered to "split the difference" between them, and
before the market closed actual sales resulted from
this agreement. Unmarked bars were in as good
demand as any class of iron, and some of the eom-
tnon she t makers reported more inquiries, and
were dispo•ed to do business on account of the
shortness of specifications for iron already sold
In this department some little underselling took
place, bet it is believed that this class of trading
will be of a temporary character. Stamping sheets
were in better demand, and there is a likelihood of
the improvement becoming more manifest as the
season advances, though manufacturers do not ex-
pect to realise more money at present. Builders'
hoops and ttrips for various classes of work were
in fair inquiry, but the business done was very
contracted. Specifications for large sections of
plat: s were exceedingly scarce, with week prices.
The sales of pigs were confined chiefly to part-mine
and cinder classes, and where makers gave way a
little buyers closed their bargains. Among the
high-class brands herr atites and cold-blast for
foundry purposes were in most request, not with-
standing that iron from the Midlands was pressed
on the market. The producers of thick coal are
well off for orders, and they maintain their recently
advanced rates, This coal, however, is not much
wanted, and more underselling is going on amongst
the Cannock Chase firms.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

J. . •
BENSON,

WATCHMAKER & JEWELLER

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Strength. f
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

QUARRY BANK.

I THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT SALTIVELLB -On
: Tuesday morning:, the district coroner (W. 11.
Phidips, Esq.) held an inquest at the White Horse
Inn, Quarry Bank, on the body of Joseph Hinton
*!! (49), a miner, of that place, who was killed by a
fall of coal on the previous Friday, whilst following
his employment in No. 25 pit of the Saltwells
Colliery, belonging to the Earl of Dudley. Two
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday,

The strength which characterised prices in the
iron trade a few weeks ago is now absent, and
quotations have again reached the minimum
below which operations cannot be conducted at
a profit. Marked bars are proportionately cheaper
at the present time than in the summer of 1879,
br although the selling price is the same, wage,
and fuel are both dearer. Comim n bars at ft
minimum of L 5 15s. a ton are 10s. dearer than the
minimum of the period referred to, but the increase
is fully counteracted by the augmented cost of
production. All classes of iron were freely offerel
this afternoon, but transactions could not be
ilected unless sellers were willing to make sligh•
concessions Sheets for stamping and working up
purposes were firmer, but with this exception iron
of all descriptions was weaker than a week or two
ago. Inquiries were confined mainly to merchants
iron,
class pigshoopsiaandstrips, together with common and
n
produced in the district. The
vsuspension of the Darlino.'ton Iron Company at
Barrow
-hin
-Purneas was regarded as a somewhat
unhealthy
sign of the condition of the iron trade.
Coal was not so strong in price or in such active
decamierid, oh haa :lie
awihilast week,
the principally
ao
ly due
to
vithe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

SUPi'LEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

A supplementary estimate issued on Thursday
shows that £23,000 will be required for convey-
ance of troops, and <226,000 for hire of transports
in connection mith the Transvaal outbreak.
£12,000 will be required to make good the excesses
on Civil Service estimate.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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vanish RS if by magic; Ithilst old, enduring skin dis-
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ever deeply rooted they may be, " Sulpholine" will
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which cause these unsightly, irritable, painful affections
and always produces a clear,- healthy, natural condition
of the skin. " Sulpholine " Lotion is sold by most
Chemists. Bottles, 2s 9d.
Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—A Cure for Abscesses,
Piles, Fistula, and Sores of every description.—The very
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enabling it, with renovated
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ot ell future attacks of similar diseasee,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

LIFE-BOAT SERVICES.

The heroic deeds of Grace Darling seem to be per-
petuated on the Northumberland coast, as the follow-
ing account will show—the life-boat named after
her by the late Lady Watson, having on Tuesday
morning, under most perilous circumstances, been
instrumental in saving eighteen persons from a watery
grave.
It appears that about one o'clock in the morning a
large barque drove ashore on the Northumberland
coast in a terrible sea. The Grace Darling life-boat,
stationed at Holy Island, under the management
of the National -Life-boat Institution, was speedily
manned, and pulled for six miles through the
broken water to the wreck, the rocket apparatus
not being able to assist those on board. The
life-boat behaved splendidly, riding over the
waves like a duck. On arriving alongside she was
successful in saving sixteen persons, including one
woman and two children. The lifeboat had scarcely
landed them when another signal of distress was dis-
played from the wreck. With much difficulty the
lifeboat again proceeded to it, and found that two men
had been overlooked and left below. They were then
taken into the lifeboat and brought safely ashore.
The gallant crew of the life-boat never performed
betterservice; indeed it is doubtful whether it has ever
been excelled on the Northumberland coast. The life-
boat was many times filled by the heavy seas, and once
she was all but capsized by them, but that was p.re-
vented by the prompt use of the canvas drouge carried
in life-boats,
The ship ashore proved to be the Jupiter, of Liver-
pool, Jones master, bound from Hamburg to the Tyne
m ballast.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

ROYAL VISITORS -TO THE LORD
MAYOR OF LONDON.

In London, on Tuesday afternoon, their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frederick of
Schleswig-Holstein' with their two daughters, at-
tended by Colonel Nassau Lees, paid a visit to the
Mansion House, where they were entertained at
luncheon by the Lord Mayor, M.P., and the Lady
Mayoress.
Their Royal Highnesses afterwards proceeded to
the Guildhall, where the Chamberlain escorted them
over the building, and library and crypt, and showed
them, among other things, the ancient jewelled
sceptre of the City, of a date anterior to the Conquest,
the Charter of 'William I. confirming the rights of the
citizens, the Charter of John granting the Mayorality,
the ancient City purse of the time of Queen Eliza-
beth, a letter-book from the Town Clerk's Office con-
taining (under date A.D. 1339) the first known referce
to guns and gunpowder, Lord Nelson's sword, Shak-
speare's signature, and some wonderfully-illuminated
missals and chronicles.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

THE TICHBORNE APPEAL.

In the 11011,0 of Lords on Thursday the appeal
against the decision of tre Court of Appeal in the
Tichborne writ of error was commenced.
Benjamin began his argument on behalf of the
appellant, contending that the person called Thomas
Castro, now undergoing fourteen years' penal
servitude on the charge of perjury, had been
wrongly convicted, his first objection being that
there was only one verdict of guilty. He character-
ised the Claimant's consecutive sentences as being
in violation of the Spirit of the statue, and such as
ought never to have been sanctioned by a criminal
court. There was no process of reasoning by
which 14 years could be made into only seven.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

FURTHER LAND LEAGUE ARRESTS.

Mr. T. J. Quinn, assistant secretary of the
Claremorris Land League, was arrested on Thurs-
day under the Coercion Act, and conveyed to Dub-
lin, Daniel O'Conaor, of Irishtown, was arrested
under the Coercion Act on Thursday night.
Scrab Nally. when passing Ballybannia waved a
green handkerchief, and shouted he would soon
send some of his distinguished pills.
On Wednesday night, a farmer, named Daniel
Kenane, of Anniscaul, was arrested under the
Coercian Act and sent to Dublin on Thursday. He
was suspected of maiming cattle. Other arrests in
the Tralee district are anticipated. Jeremiah
Downing, of Urban, near Castletownbere, was also
arrested under the Coercion Act on Thursday.
Mr. Bence Jones' labourers have peaceably given
up possession of their dwellings.

SERIOVS FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.
Floods have so badly damaged some bridges on
the Callender and Oban Railway that traffic has
b een stopped. The Tweed and the Gala are in
extiaordinary flood. About a dozen corpses were
on Thursday washed ashore from the recent
wrecks on the coasts of Forfar and Kincardine.
The snow on the Dava block on the Highland
Railway has consolidated to ice, and on Thursday
dynamite was to be employod for its removal. •

SETTLEMENT OF A MINERS' DISPUTE.
In the long—pending case of the Brotton miners'
strike and dispute with their employers concerning
the alleged inequalities of their rate of wages, Mr.
Forster, of Newcastle, the umpire, on Thursday
delivered his amended decision. It alters the rate
of payment from lid. to lid. per ton. Tae other
matters in cli.pute are left for settlement by the
county rules, and so the dispute ends.

CHARGES AGAINST OFFICIALS OF THE

NATIONAL MERCANTILE BANK.
At the Birmingham Police Court on Thursday,
David Turner, Frank Oerton, and William James
Watkins, respectively manager, solicitor, and clerk
at the Birmingham branch of the National Mer-
cantile Bank, Limited, Covent Garden, London,
were summoned for conspiring to obtain a bill of
sale from Thomas Wilson, Hadzor Court Farm,
Droitwich, by false pretences, the false pretences,
as alleged, being that the deed was for five years
instead of ten months, that it was to be private
whereas it was registered, and that the interest was
to be 6 per cent. whereas it was nearly 40. On the
application of counsel for the defence the case was
adjourned till April 7th.

A serious landslip occurred on Thursday on the
Berwickshire railway. A large bank and portion
of a field fell in a 'cutting near Gordon, causing
much delay to goods and passenger traffic.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

GENERAL WOOD ON THE MAJUBA
HILL DISASTER.

Sir Evelyn Wood issued a general order to the troops on
Tuesday morning with respect to the battle on the Majuha
Hill and the death of General Colley, The text of the order
is given by the Daily Telegraph's correspondent as follows:—
The Major-General commanding her Majesty's
naval and military forces in South-east Africa has
only this day received an official report of the events
of February 26 and 27 from the senior effective officer
,--Major Fraser, R.E.—who accompanied the late
Major-General Sir G. Pomeroy Colley, K.C.5.1.,
C. 8., C.M.G., to the Majuba Mountain.

Her Most Gracious Majesty and her Government
have fully acknowledged the heavy loss sustained by
the nation in the death of our general, and of the
many noble soldiers who fell with him. His te rn-
porary successor records the conviction that the fall
of a valued and distinguished friend is deeply mourned
by all who ever served with him. Had Sir G. Poxneroy
Colley lived he would have explained to those under
his command the causes of our repulse, and would
have eulogized the conduct of those who bore them-
selves bravely in a disastrous fight.
This duty now devolves on Sir E. Wood. It
appears to him that some 300 of our men, exhausted
by along and very difficult night march, were attacked
in an extended and unfavourable position, from
which they were driven by overwhelming numbers.
Despite all, the fighting line did not retire until it
had lost heavily, and had nearly exhausted its am-
munition,
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The General died with his face to the foe, then
twenty yards distant only; and many of his comrades
of all ranks evinced conspicuous gallantry,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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THE LATE SIR GEORGE COLLEY.

Speaking at the annual meeting of the members of
the Royal United Service Institution on Saturday
Sir Garnet Wolseley said since the last meeting they
had lost several of their fellow members, to which
reference had been made in the report. But he
thought he should be permitted to mention the name
of one who he was sure, was respected and loved by
all who knew him. He himself was a particular
friend of Sir George Colley—(loud cheers)—and he
therefore might be permitted to say that that dis-
tinguished officer was known to be deeply read in
his profession. The large number of the officers of
the army who had been under his command could and
did bear evidence to the kind and fatherly treatment
they had received while under his care. Gallant
man that he was as the manner ot his death showed,
her Majesty the Queen had lost in him one of
her most faithful and valuable soldiers. (Loud
cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

THE REPORTED "HOG CHOLERA"
IN AMERICA.

A Reuter's telegram from Washington, dated
March 8, says :—lt is announced that the State
Department finds, after a week's thorough investiga-
tion, that the sanitary condition of American hogs. is
at present remarkably good. It has accordingly in-
structed the United States representatives abroad to
protest against the reports current respecting hog
cholera as being without foundation. '1 he e Depart-
ment has further addressed an official communication
to the British Legation in this city requesting that a
denial should be given to the report recently sent to
England by. the British Consul at Philadelphia an-
nouncing the prevalence of an epidemic among
American hogs.

AT A SCHOOL FEAST.—Teacher. "Now, you three
little girls, are you not going to sit down and have
tea? "—Sararann. "No, teacher. We always have
late dinner at 'au f past six with Par and Mar! "
Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

MPOR rANT NOTICE TO BORROWERS

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

THE EMIGRATION RETURNS.

The returns of emigration from Liverpool during
the past month were issued on Monday. TO the United
States there sailed 43 ships with 4,966 passengers;
British North America, four ships with 292 passengers;
South America, six ships with 79 passengers ; East
Indies, nine ships with 130 passengers; West Indies,
three ships with 16 passengers; Central America, one
ship with 10 passengers; and to the West Coast of
Africa, six ships with 66 passengers.
The total is 72 ships with 6,559 passengers, of whom
3,147 were English, 66 Scotch, 526 Irish, and 1,553
foreigners, the nationality of the remainder not being
described. _ _

These figures show an increase of 1,472 persons as
against January last, but a decrease of 395 as compared
with February of last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

GENERAL NEWS.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE PRINCE OF
•
WALES'S MARRIAGE
Thursday being the 18th anniversary of the
marriage of the Prince of Wale, it was observed in
the Royal borough with the usual bell-ringing and,
at noon, firing of a Royal salute.

DESTRUCTION OF A "SALVATION ARMY'

MILL.

A large mill, used partly as a meeting place of
the Salvation Army, at Burnley, was destroyed by
fire on Wednesday night. Damages £3,000,

MILITARY APPOINTMENT.

Major General Sir T. Ross, K.C.8., who was
General Robert's second in command in the Cabul-
Candahar field force, and is now in England, has
been offered and has accepted the divisional com-
mand in India, which Lieutenant-General Primrose
has vacated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

SPORTING NOTES.
(By our own Turf Correspondent.)
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.

Every week now brings us nearer to the legiti-
mate season, and speculation is more rife daily--
large books being open on the Lincolnshire Handl-
e ip, in fact never his there been in re horses sup-
ported than for the present Handicap, as over thirty
candidates appear daily in the list of quotations,
therefore it speak highly for the character of the
handicap. Pet,r, alter having been well sup-
ported for the City and Suburban, came with a
bound to the head of affairs for the Lincoln race,
although Henry George still keeps his own at 10 to
1 for this event, Peter is unquestionably a good
animal over a mile, and 9st 51b should not stop him,
taking into consideration his class, still as the going
will be heavy, weight must tell, and I;shall:look for
an animal more favourably weighted at this time of
the season to pull me through. Kaleidoscope, a
previous winner, with 61b more up, must certainly
have again another good look in, and his class is
fa r above a many engaged, and if he is better than
Douranee, Peck's stable wilt be dangerous. War
Paint is not driven out, and if all is made right at
the eleventh hour he will Ftart a good favourite—
which remark applies to Valour, who at the pre,ent
time of writing is under a cloud. Elf King and
Chirper in Peter's stable also find support, and the
latter is a. good animal when wanted, Post Obit,
Strathblane, and Essayez continue to find sup-
porters, but at present Ido not feel inclined to
throw

VALOUR and. HENRY GEORGE

overboard yet, especially as Freddy Archer has been
specially retained to ride Valour.
The Liverpool Grand National, since the scratch-
in, of Empress, has brought The Liberator to the
fore, and until ne3rer the day I shall not now give
a definite opinion on this cross country event.
For the City and Suburban Bend Or commands
most attention, although Foxhall has had a lot of
money laid out in his favor. Victor Emanuel with
7st up for a fair classed 4-year-old should not be
over looked, neither should the Oaks Vktrix
iu wlet Nvith Vie s :me weigh, an,l a •f:t
Or and the Oak's filly won ovur
should be held in great respect for V-iis event.
For the 2000 Guineas Bal Gal is equal favorite
now with St. Louis, and Scobell in Blanton's stable
has been supported at 5 to 1 for semi good money
within the past few days. St. Louis still keeps
at the head ot‘ affairs for the Epsom Derby, with
Geologist and Bal Gal in close attendance, but if
Mat Dawson can bring the filly well to the post on
the day, I shall be one of his most consistent
BupporterN.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

BROMSGROVE.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS —The fortnightly meeting
was Leld on Wednesday, Mr. Joseph nusson in the
chair.—Mr. Hadley brought a complaint against
Mr. Coxea, relieving officer for Bronisgrove, for
refusing to receive a note s.,nt by the vicar of
Catshill, and refusing to give fees, &c., for the
burial of a child. Mr. Coxell's answer was that his
duty was not to receive notes when they were
brought by the applieants for relief, unless such
notes were sent by a member of the Board ; and
also that the father of the child had received 9s.
from a club, and had a respectable home, and he
did not think it a case in which fees should be
given. Mr. Coxell further stated that at the re-
quest of the Guardians lie had given the fees,
amounting to 11.5., but he believed the auditor
would suicharge toe coiJunt. It was the generally-
expressed opinion that Mr. Coxell had not neglected
his duty, and he was instructed in future ti receive
note, from such gentlemen as Mr. Kidd, who was
chaplain to the Worahouse.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

HURRICANE IN THE REUNION
ISLANDS.

Seldom have the R4union Islands been visited by
so terrible a hurricane as that which swept over them
on the 21st of January, inflicting incredible damage
upon property of every description (says the Daily
Telegraph). Within three hours it levelled with the
earth, in St. Denis alone, the Cathedral, Lyc6e,
Orphan Asylum, Market Hall, Museum, and a
whole citic:rtier of strong, stone-built houses,
besides filling the Palaig de Justice with water
from basement to garret through a vast rift in the
roof, rent asunder by the fury of the blast. Into this
chasm the clouds discharged their contents with such
copiousness as to flood the entire building in a few
minutes. In other parts of the colony, churches,
town-halls, and huge sugar manufactories were
literally washed away. The Hospital of Ste.
Marie was rent in twain to its very foundations,
and the great stone barracks of St. Pierre were
smitten to the ground by one supreme blow of
the wind, falling in ruins with a sound as of
mighty thunder. Of the wooden constructions
in which a large proportion of the poorer population
dwelt, nothing to speak of remains standing. Thou-
sands of woiking folk are thus left homeless and
destitute, without a roof to cover their heads.
Urgent appeals have been addressed to the French
publip by representatives of the colony for subscriptions
in am of these unfortunate people.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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HAGLEY.

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Mr. Isaac Richards, of Brierley Hill, was driving
his mother with a horse and trap along the Worces-
ter Lane, between Stourbridge and Hagley, an
accident occurred. Mrs. Richards was thrown out
of the vehicle, and sustained some bad injuries on
her side, and her son was also slightly injured.
Drs Walker and Ashmead were afterwards called
to them and attended to their injuries. The trap
was smashed, but happily the horse was stopped
by a person inithe road, and prevented doing further
mischief.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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THE ASHANTEE DIFFICULTY.

The steamer Bonny, Captain Brown, arrived in the
Mersey on Monday. She left Cape Coast Castle on
February 6, when her Majesty's ships Flirt and Firefly
were in port. Two runners had arrived from
Ashantee with a message from King Mensah to his
Ambassador, then at Cape Coast Castle. The in-
structions in the message were not made known. The
runners had been three days on the road. It was
thought that the Ashantees were already on the road
to the coast. On the 27th of January the King and
Chiefs of Anamaboe and Winnebah attended Elmira
Castle, at the request of the Acting Governor. It was
understood that his Excellency addressed them con-
cerning the Ashantee outbreak and the importance of
taking due precautions to repel any attacks that might
be made on their territory, promising that they should
receive every possible assistance from the Colonial
Government. Another meeting of a similar kind was
held the same day by the Queen's Advocate, when a
scheme for the organization of a volunteer corps was
discussed; the volunteers were to defend the town
of Cape Coast Castle should the Ashantees attack it.

The Daily News correspondent at Madeira tele-
graphed on Tuesday night that the Ashantee King
merely sent a message. The golden axe was taken
from its place and sent without his orders. He never
intended war.

The Western Morning News has received from its
Cape Coast Castle correspondent by the way of
Madeira the following telegram :—" Cape Coast
Castle, February 11.—All apprehension of war with
the King of Ashantee has ceased. King Mensah has
sent a reply to the British Government to the effect
that he desires peace. He still asks for the delivery
of the fugitives as a favour; but says he never in-
tended to make war, and is sorry that his message was
so understood."
Messrs. Donald Currie and Co. have also received
the following telegram from their agent at Madeira :
" Ashantee King quite peaceful."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

HALE SOW EN.

SERIOUS CIIARGE OF UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING.—
Henry Hall (42), fruiterer, Hagley Street ; William
Nock (35), ft uiterer ; and Mary Jane Barron (26),
Birmingham Road, Halesowen, were charged on
remand with unlawfully wounding Thomas Situ-
monds, brickmaker, Haywood-wharf, Elalesowen, on
the 14th of February,—The prisoner Barron (on
bail), was unable through illness to app,ar.—Mr.
Shakespeare appeared for the defence.—Prosecutor,
who gave his evidence reluctantly, stated that he
could not identify the persons who assaulted him,
•but he had received £5 from the prisoner Nock,
and had also had a doctor's bill paid.—Evidence
was then given by Charles Parish, rivet maker,
lull Street, to the effect that on the nightin question
during a street row near a public-house, kept by a
Mrs. Connop, the prosecutor was dealt several
violent blows on the head, pushed down, kicked in
a shocking manner by the prisoner Hall, and
" punched" in the face by another of his assailants.
—Police-sergeant Raybould gave evidence as to
seeing both Hall and Nock strike the prosecutor.
Nock repeated his kicks several
,times.—The only
evidence against Barron was that she called one of
the male prisoners out of his house to the scene of
the disturbance whilst it was going on.—Mr. H.
B. Kr, surgeon, hiving described the injulies whi h
he found on the pi, ecutof's Ii ad, the Bench eon-
, s,.lted for some time, after which Mr. Gem intimated
to Mr. Shakespeare that in consequence of there
i being a difference of opinion between himself and
Mr. Phillips the case would be further adjourned
for a fortnight.—Mr. Shakespeare asked that it
unght be dealt with as one of common assault,
especially seeing that the prosecutor had received
compensation, and did not wish to press the charge.
—Mr. Gem, however, said he had a great objection
to the amount of brutality that was exhibited in
Halesowen. He thought it should be stopped, and
ho did not care what trouble or expense wag W.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

MEMORIALS in ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL,

WINDSOR.

The Quun and Princess Beatrice, attended by the
Lady-in-Waiting, visited St. George's Chapel shortly
before noon on Monday. The Royal party drove to
the entrance to the eloisters on the Castle-hill, where
they were received by the Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald
Wellesley, Dean of Windsor, who conducted theta
through the chapel. The Queen expressed her entire
approval of the inscription about to be placed upon
the base of the memoll4l to King Leopold, which is
as follows :

" Erected by fler Majesty Queen Victoria, in loving
memory of Leopold the First, King of the Belgians, her
maternal uncle, who was as a father to her, as she wa3 to
him as a daughter. A.D. MDCCCLXXIX."

The Queen inspected the brass to the memory of
Prince Alamayu of Abyssinia, and that to Colonel
Pickard, late Assistant Privy Purse, in the Rutland
Chapel. Her Majesty also visited the Braye Chapel,
in which it is intended to place the memorial to the
late Prince Imperial. The latter will consist of a
recumbent statue and sarcophagus, which will be
erected on the centre of the recess upon the spot now
occupied by the baptismal font. The Queen and
Princess were likewise shown the memorial erected in
the Braye Chapel to Captain Wyatt-Edgell, who was
killed at Ulundi. It bears the annexed inscription :
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"To the memory of the Honourable Edmund Verney
Wyatt-Edgell, Captain of Her Majesty's 17th Lancers, eldest
son of Henrietta, fourth Baroness Braye. Bor August 16.
1845. Killed at the Battle of Ulundi, South Africa, July 4
1879." Beneath the tablet are the Braye arms, with the
following words in 14th century letters :—" To Sir Reginald
Braye, KG., founder of this chapel."
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The Queen and Princess Beatrice remained at St.
George's Chapel till a quarter past twelve, and then
returned to the Palace.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

THE MARKETS.

Ih4roaiorleurtlioreeraddbs'easts,
Al ETROPOLITA N CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.
The cattle trade is without fresh feature. Supplies of
the dead meat niarket was well stocked. As regards beasts,
the receipts from Norfolk - • and Suffolk were more liberal,
but those from other parts of England less. Scotland
r and there was a moderate
stock were short, but this did not lead to any activity, as
contributed a fair muybe,
show from Ireland. Without being animated, the tone of
s made ss. 4d to ss. Gd. per 81b. From Norfolk
and crosses
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and Suffolk we received , d about 1,000;* from the midland and
tyb,es4ts.Dedow.
to
os
sarai.d;
home counties about 500, from ..'cokituid 213, and from Ireland
the trade
toouot
f7alta:tleeppnriirami prices. The
co:te' la,si,e
ssh, esp.sat4rBdhc.3
goklitys
supplied with beasts, chiefly Danish, which sold quietly, at
late rates. In the sheep pens supplies were only moderate
prevailed vtaoi 1 e4ds
. at l. a;t es
second quality,
and a few clipped at Oa.
per Slit Calves and pigs were quiet and without change. At
Deptford were about 500 beasts and 6,000 sheep. Prices:-
Inferior dull iliquir3'
qtitallei
prime large oxen, ss. to ss. 6d •
ba. td.; inferior sheep, ss: to ss. 64. ; second quality; ss. 6cl‘
to Cs. ; prime coarse woolled, 6s. 6d. to Os. 84.; priMis
Southdowns, 6s. 104. to Is.' large coarse calves, ss. ed. to
prime small ditto, Cs. to Os. 6d. ;• large hogs, 4.5. kid, to
ss. ; small porkers, ss. to 55. Sd. per 81b. sinkin the offal.
METROPOTITAN MEAT 31ARKEL-MONDAY.
There was a large sppply of meat on after. The trade w&
slow, at late rates :-Inferior beef, 2s. M. to 3s. 64..;
middling ditto, Is. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; prime large ditto, 4s. 44.
to 4s. Sd. ; prime small ditto, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. • veal, SE.
to ss. Sd. ; inferior mutton, Is. 44. to 4s. : middling ditto,
43. to ss. ; prime ditto, Si. 6d. to 65.; large pork, 4s. to
4s. tki. ; and small ditto, 4s. 4-1 to 4s. led. per 81b, by the
carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

SNOWSTORIYI IN SCOTLAND.

A snowstorm, lasting for seventy hours, has prevailed
in Scotland. The gale somewhat subsided on Sunday
morning, and less snow fell during the day; but the
storm proved most serious in its consequences both to
railways and shipping. The Great North of Scot-
land, the Highland, and the Caithness lines were
blocked, and several trains snowed up. The Cale-
donian Railway, which had been kept clear till Satur-
day, then became interrupted, and on one or two of
its branch lines traffic was suspended. In one case
passengers had to be rescued by digging out the train.
On some of the stations of the North British Railway
traffic was also interrupted. On the country roads
the snow reached to the top of the hedges, with
wreaths over twenty feet deep in some places, and
some villages were unable to obtain their food sup-
plies.

Tbe mails which left London on Saturday, did nol
arrive at Aberdeen until Monday night at half-pasl
ten.

About 600 men were employed on Tuesda:y Morn-
ing in clearing the Highland Railway of snow. Of
38 cattle that were in one of the snowel-up trains,
only 11 have been recovered alive; and of 53 pigs, 40
have perished. The cattle•trucks were embedded in
snow 16 feet deep.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-03-12

POTATO.

A fair supply of potatoes was on otter. There was a dull
trade, at the annexed rates :—Scotch regents, 90s. to 100 s. :
ditto champions, 70s. to 808.; Victorias, 90s. to 110 s. ;
Essex regents, 80s; ditto champions, 80s. per ton; Belgian
kidneys, 4s. ; German reds, 4s. to Si. per bag.

HOPS.
he hop market retains its steady appearance. A mode-
rate inquiry has prevailed for all descriptions, and prices
throughout have been fairly maintained. Continental ad-
vices report considerable firmness. Quotations :,—Epst
Kant geldings, £7 Os. to V) Os. ; Mid Kent ditto, £O6B. to
£8 Ss. ; Weald of Kents, £4 15s. to £7 75. ; Sussex, £4 10s. to
£7 Os. •, Farnhams, £.7 is. to £8 12s. ; ditto, country, £7 in.
£8; Worcester, £7 15s, t0..£.9.; yearling hop,. £8 lbs. t.c
£5 12s. • Bohemians, £4 15s. to £5 10s. ; Bavarians,ls-lO
to £7 les. ; Americans, £6 6s. to £B.