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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

AN ACTOR'S SUICIDE.

An extraordinary suicide is reported from Liver-
pool. A young man who belonged to Manchester,
named Charles Marley, 26 years of age, and who
stated that he was a theatrical manager and engaged
to a lady connected with one of the Liverpool
theatres, took lodgings in Hope-street. He appeared
to be very ill the other night, and he died shortly
after midnight. The deceased, it appeared, had
taken a quantity of laudanum. He had for some
time been in low spirits, and complained that the
actress to whom he had been engaged had jilted him.
A misunderstanding, it appears, had arisen between
the two, and it was while grievously mentally afflicted
that the young fellow took a dose of laudanum. The
painful part of the story is that the young lady to
whom he was engaged was most devoted to him, and
since his death has been in the deepest distress, and
so prostrated that medical assistance has had to be
called in. A coroner's jury has inquired into the cir-
cumstances of death, and returned a verdict of
"Suicide while in a a state of temporary insanity."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

THE MARTCETS.

MARK-LANE.
A quiet business has been passing at Mark-lane. The
sales of home-grown wheat in the leading markets Of
England and Wales during the first 24 weeks of the
season were 1,496,907 qrs., against 1,175,942 qrs. last
season, at an average of 30s 2d, against 32s 6d per
qr.; barley, 2,026,733 qrs., against 2,036,493 qrs.,
average 29s 2d, against 275; and oats, 175,987 qrs.,
against 235,456 qrs., at an average of 15s 7d, against
17s 3d per qr. English wheat was quietly dealt in,
and was about 6d lower on the week. For foreign
wheat the demand was inactive, prices being about 6d
easier. The flour market has been dull in tone; deal-
ings limited, and prices weak, say 3d to 6d down on the
week. For oats the demand was inactive, at a declino
of 3d per qr. Maize changed hands to a moderato
extent with a dull tone. Barley, both malting and
grinding, was quiet at about late rates. Beaus and
peas were quiet and unaltered.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
The cattle trade has been quiet, and without anY
special features. Supplies were about equal to require-
ments. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing
districts were moderate in extent, and the quantity and
condition about the average. Business was not active
-
A few very prime Scots made 4s 10d, but as a rule the
top price was only 4s 8d per 81b. _Foreign beasts were
in moderate supply. There was
•a quiet business
transacted, and the quotations remained about the
same The sheep pens were moderately well filled.
There was a steady trade, and rather more money was
paid. The best Downs and half-breds realised 5s 2a
to 5s 4d per 81b. Calves were quiet, and pigs sold
at previous currencies. Coarse and inferior beasts,
2s 4d to 3s 4d; second quality ditto, 3s 6d to 48 ;
prime large oxen, 4s Od to 46 8d; ditto Scots, &c., 4s 8d
to 4s 10d; coarse and inferior sheep, 3s 4d to 4s ;
second quality ditto, 4s to 4s 8d; prime coarse-woolled
ditto, 4s 10d to 5s 2d; prime Southdown ditto, 5s Od to
5s 4d ; large coarse calves, 3s Od to 4s Od; prime small
ditto, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; large hogs, 2s 4d to 3s 4d; and
neat small porkers, 3s 6cl to 3s 10d per 81b. to sink
the offal.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

BURIAL SCANDAL IN WALES

A Denbighshire paper gives prominence to the fol-
lowing revolting story : " A pauper from Abergele died
at St. Asaph, and the churchyard being closed by
order, the vicar had the grave prepared in the new
cemetery. The deputy parish clerk, to keep a pro-
mise made to the pauper, insisted on digging a grave
in the churchyard, against the authority of the vicar,
who refused the keys, and in spite of the fact that
the churchyard had been closed by law, he opened a
grave at a point near to which the deceased's friends
had been interred. The proper grave was prepared
at the cemetery, and to prevent any unseemly dis-
turbance or scandal, the vicar and curate met the
funeral at the outskirts of the town, and led it quietly
to the cemetery, where the service was held and the
body decently interred. When the deputy clerk heard
what had been done, he refused to fill in the grave in
the churchyard, and it remained opened all night. In
opening this grave two or three bodies were disturbed,
and during that night someone bent on mischief
obtained some skulls and bones, disturbed from the
graves, and placed them all round the top of the
grave, where they presented a most sickening
spectacle."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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LtcY.xema Puo.itcurrorr.—At te llalesowci Police
C urt on Tuesday, John eiddock, of Hales iwm,
was sentenced to one niJutili's imprisonment fur
being drunk up.)u vie licensed premises of the
Bei ige Inn, on the 7th inst.
AssAuuriNo Trik; VOLICE —Ajfred Etheridge, striker,
of llaieso wen, was charged with being drunk in
Manor Lane and assaulting Sergeant riaybould and
PolLe constable Po wll, Police-con.Auble Davis
said that he saw the prisoner drunk near to the
Black Horse public-house. Witnes saw 4he
prisoner strikw S.rgenait Itaybould in ho face.
Polica-servant Ita3bould said that wilidst nea the
Woodman Inn the prisoner was us•ng bad language,
and upon goin4 uji to him he s tuck him a blow in
the face .ndivlso Poiice-constuble Po we:l Prisoner
was fiu,,d 203. and Costs for rh, ,tssuult on the
polic and ss. and cosys for drunkenness.
ALLEGED i REF OF A GOLD RiNG.—Eliza All-
Wood, nailer, of ilatesowon, was charged %%WI
stealing a goid ring, value,' at XI. 15.., the property
of Chillies William, junior, clothier, of Hal, 'won,
on the sth of Ausust, 18*7. Defendant pleaded
not zullty, and was sent need to Li, days bard
labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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MINISTER AND CONGREGATION

LOCKED OUT.

A gathering of a somewhat novel character took
place the other night in Medland-street, Ratcliff, where
the public had been invited, by means of freely-
circulated handbills, to witness the " lock-out "of a
congregation. The place of worship in question is
known as Queen-street Chapel, or Medland Hall. It
is a dull, heavy-looking building, :without any archi-
tectural pretensions; but it lies in the centre of a
thickly-populated district, and has for years past
been the centre of usual mission work. Eight o'clock
in the evening was the time fixed for the usual week-
night service at the hall, and shortly before that hour
the pastor, the Rev. J. Massey, and a number of his
sympathisers came upon the scene, only to find that
they were excluded from the buirding. The chapel
doors had been firmly secured by an iron bar, which
was kept in position by a brand new padlock, and
entrance was impossible. No one, however, appeared
to be very much surprised at the discovery, as the
London Congregation Union had given due notice of
the intention of the lessees thus to enforce their rights
to the building. One or two young men suggested
that the doors might easily be forced, but the pro-
posal met with little support, and in the end it was
decided to hold a meeting on the chapel steps by way
of protest. The lock-out arose from a dispute
between the Rev. J. Massey and the London Congre-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

TUE LATE MR. M'NEILL.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, on February 14th, the
Marquis of Salisbury stated, in answer to the Earl of
Dunraven, that the French Government were still
making active inquiries into the circumstances attend-
ing the death of Mr. Archibald M'Neill at Boulogne,
and that her Majesty's Government had expressed to
them their great anxiety that every measure should be
taken to discover the murderer, if murderer there
was,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

The HOUSE or LORDS held a brief sitting on Feb-
ruary 13, but no business of importance was trans-
acted.

ARMY AND NAVY ADMINISTRATION.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Lord C. Beresford gave
notice of his intention to move for a Committee to
inquire into the administration both of the War Office
and the Admiralty.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

LORD HARRIS ON THE
VOLUNTEERS.

Lord Harris, on Tuesday, distributed the prizes in
connection with the annual meeting of the 21st Mid-
dlesex Rifle Volunteers, and addressing the officers
and men said that during the past 12 months a great
deal had been done by the Administration for the
volunteers. They had done that which would enable
them to take the field far more rapidly than they
could have done a year ago. In the first place, the
Treasury had given permission for the addition to the
force of a certain number of field batteries of posi-
tion, and the War Office had in consequence of what
had been done by Sir William Humphreys, in Hamp-
shire, established a nucleus of regimental transport
services, now being rapidly extended. They had
also done much to improve the defence of our ports
and harbours, and, further, they had increased the
capitation grant for shooting, and sanctioned the
use of underground ranges and shooting at minia-
ture targets with the Morris and Royal
Artillery screens. Last year was a year of
grace; for the volunteers were allowed to
become efficient far more easily than they
could do so in the future. Making the stipula-
tion that volunteers now to become efficient must
make 45 points in 20 rounds, and that they should be
allowed three tries to do it, was not, he thought, too
heavy a demand on the time of the men. Last year
they were allowed the increased grant without scoring
45 points, and in return for that they should show in
the present year that they were equal to the demand
made upon them. The sanction to use underground
and screened ranges had met with some amount of
criticism, and it was very truly argued that the men
would be shooting under artificial conditions; but in
the large towns, where the range difficulty was so
great, they must resort to this means of shooting if
the efficiency of the volunteers was to be increased in
the matter of shooting. Where open ranges could be
obtained within a reasonable distance the men would
not be allowed to use the underground ones. He be-
lieved the effect of these ranges would be that the
pastime of rifle shooting would be greatly extended,
and men living in the large towns would become
efficient in shooting, and not the volunteers alone,
but thousands of men who did not belong to the
force. (Cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

MA.

Fair supply and good demand. Prices :—Wholesale
Salmon, is 3d to is Gd per lb. ; brill, 8s per stone;
turbot, us per stone; cod, 2s to 8s each; soles, 1205
per box; plaice' 20s per box; whiting, Gs per box;
fresh haddocks, 108 per box; live eels, 18s per draft;
dead eels, Os per draft ; mackerel, 7s per score; smelts,
2s per basket; lobsters, 25s p r score; crabs, 20s to
25s per pad; dried haddocks' Ds to 6s per dozen'
bloaters, 4s per box; kippers, 4s per box; oysters, 35
to 16s per 100; shrimps, Is to 2s per gallon. Retail :
Salmon, is Gd to is 9d per lb. ; cod, 4d to 6d per lb. ;
brill, 9d per lb. ; turbot, is per lb. ; soles, is 4d per
lb.; fresh haddocks, 3d per lb. ' • live eels, is per lb. ;
dead eels, 8d per lb. ; plaice, 6d to is each; mackerel,
4d to 6d each; whiting, 3d each; lobsters, is to
2s each; crabs, is to 2s 6d each; dried haddocks,
4d to is each; smelts, 6d per dozen; bloaters, 9d per
dozen; kippers, 9d to is per dozes; oysters, 4d to
2s 6d per dozen.
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The trade was dull at the following rates: Magnura
bonums, COs to 100 s ; Regents, 70s to 105 s; Hebron*
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THE QUEEN AT VENTNOR.

According to the intention of her Majesty to visit
the Royal National Hospital for Consumption at
Ventnor, the Queen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice
and Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, • the
Dowager Countess of Errol and the Hon. Frederica
Fitzroy being in attendance, arrived at Ventnor by
special train from Whippingham Station on Saturday
afternoon, accompanied by General Sir Henry Pon-
sonby, and Sir Henry Ewart, K.C.8., and Colonel the
Hon. H. Byng as equerries-in-waiting. Her Majesty
drove through the town of Ventnor, past the
Royal Marine Hotel to the Castle Club, where the
carriage was stopped. The steps of this popular
club were thronged with members and their friends,
many ladies being present. Punctually at half-past
three the outriders appeared in sight. The band of
the Princess Beatrice Volunteer Battalion struck up
the national anthem, and amid enthusiastic cheers the
Rev. Evelyn Burnaby, brother of the late Colonel
Fred I3urnaby, accompanied by the president of the
club, Mr. Snowdon Henry, led his little daughter to
the carriage, from whom her Majesty graciously
received a bouquet of choice flowers. Mr. Burnaby
having presented the president of the club to her
Majesty, the Queen proceeded to the hospital, where
she was received by Mr. Frederick Coleman, treasurer
of the hospital, Mr. Herbert Saunders, Q.C.,
chairman of the Board, Drs. Sinclair, Coghill,
Whitehead, and Robertson, and the medical staff.
Master Harold Coghill presented her Majesty with
a bouquet, after which she graciously accepted a copy
of the report of the hospital from the chairman, who
then conducted her Majesty through the building.
Having visited the chapel, the dining-room, and
inspected the Prince Leopold memorial, and inscribed
her name in the visitors' book in the library, her
Majesty returned to the station by the same route,
amid the enthuastic applause of the thousands
gathered in the streets. Her Majesty returned to
Osborne by special train, and the station was beauti-
fully decorated. The coastguard of the Ventnor
division, under the charge of Mr. Clarke, the chief
officer, formed a guard of honour at the hospital.
Telegrams expressing regret for absence were received
from the Earl of Rosebery, the president of the
hospital, and from Dr. Arthur Hill Hassall, the
founder of the institution.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT
BROOKLYN.

A frightful accident occurred on Monday in the
Broadway, Brooklyn. An elevated railway is being con-
structed through, that street, and some iron girders
were being hoisted up to the level of the railway by
means of a heavy derrick when the latter fell with a
terrible crash upon a tramcar which was passing
underneath. The car, which contained 25 passengers,
was smashed almost to pieces. Four persons were
killed and 15 injured. The horses of the car were also
killed.

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THE MAYOR OF CORK SENT

TO GAOL.

The hearing of the case against Alderman O'Brien,
th Mayor of Cork, for assaulting Sergeant Knox, of
the City Constabulary, and obstructing him in the
discharge of his duty, was resumed in Cork on
Tuesday. Mr. O'Brien, for the defence, said the
Mayor acted in the belief that he had authority to do
so as chief magistrate, and for the preservation of
the peace of the city. Evidence was given by Mr.
Horgan, solicitor, and Mr. McMullan, city engineer,
to the effect that the Mayor protected the police-
sergeant from the crowd, from some members of
which he was trying to wrest some poles and
placards. Mr. Ledlie, the High Sheriff, stated
that he accompanied the Mayor, who urged Ser-
geant Knox to leave the crowd in the interests
of peace. The sergeant declined to obey the order.
Other evidence was given to show that the action of
the mayor was intended to protect Sergeant Knox
from the crowd. Alderman Madden, ex-Mayor of
Cork, spoke of the steps he took during his mayoralty
when disturbances were apprehended, the object
being to show that by written law and immemorial
custom the mayor had the right to act as he deemed
advisable. This concluded the evidence. Mr. Gar-
dener, in announcing the decision of the Bench,
stated that the magistrates had carefully considered
the two charges brought against the mayor—one for
obstructing and the other for assaulting the police-
man. In the former they would make no rule, but
for the assault they would sentence the mayor to a
fortnight's imprisonment without hard labour. The
magistrates strongly condemned the conduct of
the mayor in dragging the policeman through
the streets, for if he had any complaint to make
it could have been brought before the sergeant's
superiors, who would have dealt with it. The Bench
refused to state a case for a superior court, to in-
crease the sentence for purposes of appeal, or to ex-
press an opinion that the prisoner should be treated
as a first-class misdemeanant. The Mayor said he
was punished for trying to preserve the peace of the
city, which the police authorities wished to see broken.
About 2000 people assembled in the vicinity of the
gaol, and when the Mayor's police and military escort
appeared they were stoned. District-Inspector Creagh
then ordered a baton charge. The men and boys
forming the crowd dispersed into neighbouring fields,
whence they again threw stones. Being followed by
the police they finally cleared off.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

THE ADDRESS FROM THE THRONE.

The adjourned debate on the Address was resumed
by Mr. Flynn and continued by other Irish members
during the dinner hour, after which Mr. Parnell
moved an amendment representing that the portion of
the Irish legislation of last session which was of an
amelioratiVe character had tended to diminish agrarian
crime, whereas repressive legislation had done much to
alienate the sympathy and respect of her Majesty's
Irish subjects for the law; and that the administration
of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, as well as much
of the action of the Executive in Ireland, had been
harsh, partial, and mischievous.
The Solicitor-General for Ireland offered a general
defence of the Irish administration of the Govern-
ment, and declared that an examination of the working
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The House adjourned at 20 minutes to ona
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

&ALES BY AUCTION

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

A TERRIBLE AVALANCHE.

The Allegemeine Zeitung (says a Munich correspon-
dent) publishes a telegram from Friedricshafen,
stating that a fresh avalanche has descended upon
the Arlberg Railway, completely burying the station
of Langen, together with a mail train. It is added
that a rescue party, consisting of two thousand men,
is at work.

Communication through the Arlberg Tunnel, which
has been interrupted by the fall of two large ava-
lanches, is not expected (a Vienna correspondent
reports) to be re-established for some time, notwith-
standing that a number of troops and a large staff of
workmen are engaged in clearing away tho snow.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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CRADLEY HEATH, HALJESOWEN, AND DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1888.

TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

SHOW ROOMS

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

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ELASTIC STOCKINGS
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

WOMAN'S VENGEANCE.

A very remarkable sample of woman's vengeance
has just been disclosed in Paris. A young artist, who
is comparatively well known, lived for a time with a
milliner, who for some months has been dying of con-
sumption. During her illness a female friend of hers
used to visit her, and sit by her bedside. The patient
soon perceived that an intrigue was on foot between
her lover and the friend. Accordingly she raised her-
self suddenly in bed one evening, while the pair were
talking near her, and pushed a petroleum lamp on
them. The flames caught the dress of the hated rival,
and she was almost burned to death. When the
neighbours came, the dying woman told them that
she had fully intended to set the room on flre,-so that
she, her lover, and her rival might perish in the
flames.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

CHAPTER IX.
A BLOW.

InE residence of Mrs. Chard was in one of the quieter
Streets of Kensington. It stood at the corner of a
terrace, and was shaded by trees; a narrow strip of
round, planted with evergreens, separated the house
om the street.
A flight of stone steps led to the massive door, on
Which the grim lion's head of a past day glowered in
the shape of a knocker, but his day of usefulness had
ueparted, and a bell now usurped the duty of
he thundering summons which had once aroused the
oouse.
It was a comfortable and yet spacious mansion,
having a hall running the whole length of the house,
With a suite of rooms on one side for the reception of
4nests. These consi-ted of lofty drawing-rooms,
clivicled by a double row of fluted columns. At either
end of the narrow passage thus formed, stood a marble
IlYinph poised in such an attitude as might induce one
‘0 believe her about to spring among the guests, and
tningle with the festivities of the hour.
Carpets representing the floral" luxuriance of a
g'opical clime covered the floors, and flowing draperies
°f velvet fell in gorgeous folds from the lofty
Windows; but the eye turned from the mere
•,ocessories of wealth to examine the pictures that
'lung upon the walls, and the various objects of taste
scattered over quaintly-shaped tables which stood in
e'c'ery convenient spot.
„ There was a third room divided from the others by
lolding doors, the upper panels of which were filled'
With ground glass of a delicate rose colour. This
aPartthent was the family sitting-room, known as the
snuggery," into which only the privileged few were
admitted who claimed to be thekiends of the mistress
of the mansion, and her young daughter.
The rest of the house was warmed by heated air,
but in this room burned a glowing coal fire, and a
Wide arched window admitted the cheerful sunlight
11Pon vases containing flowering plants which stood on
a wire stand in front of it.
The furniture of this coby nook was covered with
scarlet brocatelle, and the same warm hue prevailed in
the carpet and curtains. A few highly-finished en.
ravings, interesting from their subjects, hung upon
e walls, and a cage, in which warbled a canary,
Was placed among the flowers.
Rose Chard, looking fresh and bright in spite of the
utssipation of the previous night, stood beside the
cage, dipping the dead leaves from her plants. and
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

MR. BRIGHT AND THE GLAD-

STONIAN PARTY.

The Birmingham Post on Wednesday published
the following letter which Mr. Bright has addressed
to a correspondent:

One Ash, Rochdale, February 13.

"Dear Sir,—l thank you for your friendly letter,
but you are in error. I did not go with Mr. Cham-
berlain, or any other person, to meetings to speak for
the Tories. I have attended no meetings since my
election in 1886. You evidently think party is
everything—to keep the Liberal party together,
and follow your Leader. There are great questions
on which leaders and parties may go wrong. I did
not go with the Liberal party in 1854 when they
plunged into the war with Russia. I was then
attacked and blamed more than lam now. I was, it
is said, burned in effigy in Manchester, and soon
after lost my seat for the constituency. But who now
condemns me for the course I then took ? I left
Mr. Gladstone's Government when they bombarded
Alexandria and entered into the war in the Soudan.
Who blames me now for my desertion of the Liberal
leader at that time for that cause? The Russian war
cost more than half a million of human lives. The
bombardment of Alexandria and what followed cost,
most probably, more than fifty thousand lives, most
of which were of men of whom, I think, Mr. Glad-
stone said they were 'rightly struggling to be free.'
"Am I to prostrate myself before a leader
in whose great career there are blunders so
enormous ? I am sure your good sense will
supply a right answer to this question. It is said
that Mr. Gladstone's Irish Bills are dead; then what
are we contending for? Has he still the old
bills in his pocket, or has he new ones? If new ones,
why not bring them before Parliament or the public
for discussion? Are you willing to go on blindfold,
happy only to follow, and in total ignorance of where
you are going? If Mr. Gladstone has made so
grievous a blunder less than two years by measures
which are now universally condemned, how dare you
trust him further in that which he studiously conceals
from Parliament and the country? I am, and always
have been, against having two Parliaments in the
United Kingdom, and so long as the Liberal and
Gladstone policy is in favour of two Parliaments, I
must follow my own judgment, and not the voice of
any Party leader.—Yours very sincere, •
"JOHN BRIGHT."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

RIOTS NEAR BEYREUTH.

The following official account has been received in
Constantinople from Beyreuth of some disturbances
which have occurred in that district: "On Sunday,
sth inst., two Christians conducted themselves offen-
sively before a Mussulman's house, situated on the
borders of the Lebanon. The Mussulman women in-
habiting the place thereupon made some observations
to the Christians, to which the latter insultingly re-
plied. The women, in exasperation, threw stones at
the Christians, who rejoined by making use of their
fire-arms. Drawn to the spot by the report of the
weapons, the police came up and arrested the two
men. While, however, the latter were being taken to
the station, their Christian comrades rushed upon the
police, rescued the prisoners, and attacked the Mussul-
mans with knives, sticks, and fire-arms. Reinforce-
ments reaching the Turkish authorities the riot was
repressed, and several of the aggressors were
arrested. One gendarme was killed, and one police-
officer wounded. Among the Mussulmans, who were
unarmed there were 11 killed and wounded, including
some women. Order has been re-establishhed, and
justice will take its course."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

gational
classes

AN invitation- to dinner among the middle or upper
of Japan frequently commences as follows: "I
beg your pardon for. thusinsulting you in begging
your company at my house to dinner. The house is
small and very dirty. Our habits are rude, and you
may not get anything fit to eat; and yet I hope you will
condescend to be present with us at six o'clock on the
twdnty-ninth of December." Upon arriving at the
house you will find it spotlessly clean, tasty in
arrangement, and the host and hostess affable indeed.
Tlth bill of fare consists of ten or fifteen courses, the
best the market can afford. All the self-humilLatie!* r;
of the- ho pt is the method adopted to pay von
ta J
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

A LADY IN TROUBLE.

At the Dorset Assizes on Tuesday, a lady, named
Florence Letitia Williams, aged 21, the wife of a
gentleman of considerable landed property at Manor
House, Easterden, Devizes, pleaded guilty to stealing
a large number of valuable fancy articles from the
shops of two Weymouth tradesmen while on a visit
to her sister-in-law in that town. No reason could
be assigned for the theft, as the accused was pos-
sessed of ample means and lived in the greatest
luxury, and it is supposed she took the things simply
for the purpose of bedecking her sister's house. Mr.
Matthews made an earnest appeal, owing to the de-
fendant's delicate condition, and the judge, after
carefully weighing the circumstances, discharged the
accused on the husband entering into recogmsances
in the sum of £5OO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-02-18

A RASCAL'S PETITION.

A motion was made the other morning before Mr
Justim Chitty for the release from prison of a man
named Tipper, who was arrested on the 2nd of
january, under an order of the High Court made
in November, the execution of which he had evaded
till January 2. By an order of the court made
in August, 1887, he was directed to pay into
court £1304, which had been found due from him,
he haying improperly administered to a Mrs.
Magnay, who was found burned to death in the
fire at the theatre at Nice. It was alleged against
him that he administered well knowing that he
was not entitled to administer, he being a cousin-
german of the lady who was burned, who had
two sisters in existence. Even if he did not
know of these sisters, it was said he must have
known of the existence of three sisters of his
own, as to whom an affidavit stated he had said
he meant to keep out of the property of the intestate.
As administrator of Mrs. Magnay, he took possession
of all her Property, consisting of money, plate, and
spent it on himself. A sister of Mrs. Magnay established
her claim, and the letters of administration had to be
transferred. He then surrendered everything he
could, which was of very small value, and failing to
produce the whole he was committed and arrested.
Having been six weeks in prison, and also having a
wife and six children dependent upon him, he now
applied for KA release. Mr. Justice Chitty thought
without it being a vindictive punishment, that the
prisoner had not been in prison long enough, and di
rected a future application to be made.

"PAPA, what is a conflagration ? " "It is a big
fire, my son." "And what do they call a little fire ? "
"There is no special name for a little fire. Oh, they
sometimes call it an incipient fire and—let's see—
well, it is sometimes called an inconsiderable fire.
Why ? " "Well, I see your coat-tail is on fire, and I
was wondering whether it was a conflagration or an
incipient fire." In a few minutes the young man had
reason to think it was a conflagratinn. ,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-16

A PROMISING YOUNG MAN.

At the London Bankruptcy Court the public
examination of Thomas F. Burke, formerly an officer
in the militia, has taken place. The bankrupt, having
lost the allowance made him by his father, for some
years supported himself by teaching music. In
September last, having heard that he had had two
millions a half left him in New Zealand, he obtained
credit upon the faith of that statement, and now
owes £4200, and has no assets. Property to the
amount of £lOOO is in the hands of creditors. He had
been committed for refusing to give the name of his
informant. At first he again declined to answer
the c,uestion, but eventually said his informant
as to the property in New Zealand was a Cap-
tain Butler. He negotiated for a steward, a
butler, aid a private secretary, and also a house
at 1000 guineas a year. All parties knew his
position. He had shown a letter he had re-
ceived frt m Admiral Maitland Dougal to some of
the credit rs. It contained an interlineation refer-
ring to some Scotch property, which, so far as he
knew, was in the letter when he received it. When
he heard about the two millions and a-half he launched
out into extravagance. While at one hotel he bor-
rowed about £5O, in addition to which the proprietor
• paid for boxes and stalls at the theatre. He was at
Hastings for five weeks, for which his hotel bill was
£3BO. Messrs. Morgan's bill for £ll9O was for three
carriages, two horses, and three rugs, and for the
keep of the horses. In consequence of the threats
held out to him he left this property in the hands of
certain of the creditors. His crest and coat of auto_
were pAinted on the carriages, and he had two men-
servants. To a creditor he replied that he could not
swear whether he had made statements as to the
Scotch, Irish, and New Zealand properties with the
new of obtaining a loan. The examination wae
ailiourna
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-16

TREASURES 0k".12.11E DEEP.

There are tempting pries (remarks the Daily
Chronicle) lying beneath the waters of Aboukir Bay.
It was on a starlit night, in August, 1798, that the
fleet under the command of Lord Nelson silently
glided in the bay where the French ships were at
anchor and then followed our brilliant victory of the
Nile. During the action L'Orient bearing the flag of
the enemy's admiral, was blown up by the ignition of
her own powder magazine. It has always been
believed, on the most satisfactory testimony, that
Napoleon had placed on board this ship two large and
heavy silver gates plundered from a church at
Valetta, with other articles of great value obtained
frormithe same Roman Catholic edifice. These would
not of themselves repay the trouble and expense of
trying to recover them from the shattered three
decker, where they have been submerged from
hard upon ninety years; but it is equally
certain that with this booty from the church at
Valetta was shipped, to use the words of a writer
in the current number of Blackwood's Magazine,
"'specie to the value of six hundred thousand pounds,"
and to this vast treasure must be added the coin on
board the Maza Mundo, an armed transport which
went down in the same bay some months after
Nelson's victory of the Nile. This ship is believed to
have had on board arrears of pay due to the French
soldiers. On the whole, then, the sunken treasures
in Aboukir Bay are quite great enough to be worth
prolonged efforts to raise them. A Greek, with the
enterprise of his race, did, indeed, on a certain 005a-
.121,024,01.12WW.Pinv its:l4ll22m ShadUvo.lqe
had the valuable assistance of Mr. Ponsonby, formerly
an officer of the Royal Navy; but the means placed at
his disposal were quite inadequate to insure success,
and a great fortune still lies buried little more than
six or seven fathoms deep. It is true that the exami-
nations of divers have shown that every part of the
sunken ships have become deeply coated with what .
supposed to be scoria, due to the deposits of silt from
the Nile; but it is said that this difficulty could easily
be dealt with by means of certain modern explosives.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-16

IF VOL; ARE INTEREST!' ej in the search for a cnro for
dliciiiimtisni and Neuralgic Pains you are herobv dire9fed
Lo obtain of any chemist Powant's RHEUMA.TIC Emßaocs.
rioN. Its extraord nary efficacy has been attested by Ear
Clarendon, Lady Waldeg-rave, the Countess of badnor
General Wood, and many other eminent persons. it is for
exto,riml .ippdcation only. iold in bottles a Is. 14. and
Is. 9d. by all Chemists.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-06-16

FISH.

Large supply, fair demand. Prices: Wholesale
Salmon, is 3d per lb.; grisle, is 2d,per lb. • brill, 5s to
6s per stone ; turbot, 6s to 70 per stone; soles, 80s per
box: plaice, lOs per box; mackerel, 103 per box ; red
mullets, lOs per dozen; whiting, 6s per box ; fresh
baddocks, 8s per box ' • live eels, 20s per draft; lobsters.
25s per score; crabs, 25s per pad; prawns, 8s per lb. ;
bloaters, 2s to 3s per box; kippers, 4s 6d per round;
3ried haddocks, 2s to 6s per dozen; shrimps, 2s to 3s
per gallon. Retail : Salmon, Is 5d to is 6d per lb. ;
grilse, is 4d per lb.; trout, is 9d per lb.; soles, is 2d per
lb.; turbot, 8d per lb. ; brill, 7d per lb.; plaice, 3d per lb.;
Live eels, is 2d per lb. ; fresh haddocks, 3d per lb.;
mackerel, 3d to 4d each; red mullets, Is to is 3d each ;
whiting, 3d each; crabs, is to 3s each; lobsters, is to
is each; dried haddocks, 3d to 9d each; prawns,
Is 6d per dozen; bloaters, 9d per dozen; kippers,
Is per dozen; shrimps, 3d and 4d per pint.