The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-03-10 00:00:00

Mrs. Proctor, widow of "Barry Cornwall," died on
Monday afternoon at her residence at Kensington. ,
Mr. Justice Kay, dealing in the Chancery Dsion
with the case of Briant and Faulkner, in which the
plaintiff, an analytical chemist, sought to establish a
partnership with the defendant in bringing out
process for extracting " invert sugar " out of cans.
sugar, said it appeared from the evidence that
sulphuric acid and gypsum were used to extract beer
from "invert sugar," and that people drank this con-
coction under the name of beer. Ot
Sentence of five years' penal servitude was passed
the Middlesex Sessions on Monday upon Walter.
Renouf, a tailor, for breaking into t Wesleyan chapel
at Finchley with intent to commit a felony.
Colonel Kitchener is now recovering from the
severe wound which he received in a recent figbt
near Souakim. The ball has been discovered and re-
moved. of
A public meeting, convened by the mayor
Birmingham, was held on Monday at the Council
House, and was attended by gentlemen representanyet
of all classes and parties in the town. Mr. Brign
wrote: "I cannot attend your purposed meeting onr
Monday, but I write to say how much I approve of Yee,
proposition to signalise your estimation of the grons
services rendered by our friend Mr. Chamberlain t.O
his country and in the interests of peace during his
visit to the United States. I was glad to hear of his
appointment to this Commission, and now it is very
pleasing to be able to congratulate him and our countrY
on the signal success he has met with. 1 can reinic.°
with Birmingham in the result." The Mayor said .It
had been suggested that a public banquet should 03,
held on Mr. Chamberlain's return. On the motion 1:2!
Mr. George Dixon, M.P. seconded by Mr. J. D. Goont
man, a resolution was adopted recognising the eminT,
service of Mr. Chamberlain in connection with t,
Fishery Commission, and in favour of according tee
right hon. gentleman a public reception. A committee
was appointed to carry out this object.
At the annual meeting of the Financial Reform Assm
ciation' held in Glasgow on Monday, the following co:r:
munic,ation was read from Sir George Trevelyan
should have been very much interested in attending
the meeting to which you invite me, for I recognise the
admirable work which your.association is doing., In"
deed, 1 believe that the extravagancies and irregi,r_
larities of our expenditure, and the personal interest'
which depend upon them, are the main motive for re:
taming a great deal of what is bad in our political and,
administrative system; but I cannot undertake alu
fresh engagements during the first few months of the
session.' Sir George concluded by wishing the asse'
ciation every success. Dr. Cameron wrote saying that
breakfast-table duties should be repealed. A resolir
tion was adopted stating that the duties on tea, coffee,
chicory, dried fruit, plate, and carriages should be .
abolished, and placed instead on land values. The
meeting also deprecated any attempt in the forthcoming
Local Government Bid to transfer taxation from pro-
perty to industry.
The comparatively dry autumn and winter have
reduced the stock of water for consumption
Liverpool reservoirs to 918,000,000 gallons and at the
present rate of consumption of over 100,000
,000 gallousg
per week under a restricted supply, a water famine
apprehended in the district unless there is a heavy rain-
fall. Meanwhile supplementary supplies are beingm
ftri.
ranged for, in one or two cases with success, fro a, '
jacent towns. As the new source of supplY frr:
Vyrnwy Lake will not come to Liverpool for 18inont'''
the outlook is considered an anxious one.
Alfred Lyney, builder, was charged at Walsall, 00
Monday, at the instance of the Treasury, with co'
mating five offences under the Bankruptcy Act, in n°
delivering up, but removing and concealing, certain
properties, he being a bankrupt. The magistrates
decided to commit him for trial, but remanded him for
an
a week, consenting to accept bail, himself in £4OO,
two securities of £2OO each. in the
of
The protracted dispute between the Marquis
Abergavenny and the Bishop of Llandaff over the
institution of the Rev. W. Gosse to the rectory
Goytre has been settled by the withdrawal of Mr. Ges'e
and the presentation of the Rev. Louis Clouglier,
curate of Neath. As Mr. Clougher is proficient MO
Welsh, the bishop has intimated his intention to th
patron to institute him.
A little girl named Wright, aged 13, and her nurse-
maid were on Sunday afternoon sliding upon the lake
in Trentham Park, Staffordshire, the seat of the Duke
of Sutherland, when the ice suddenly gave way. Al
alarm was raised and a boat was at once got out, be
both the girls were drowned.
The class lists for the Cambridge Local Exanliel"
tions held last December were issued on Tuesilal
morning. The total number of candidates examineaf
was 9613, of whom 3978 were girls. The percentage ed
failures is as follows: Junior students under 16 Ye,aar'
of age, boys 28, girls 26k; between 16 and 17, boys .11
girls 35. Senior students under 18, boys 37' gir
38i : over 18, boys 701, girls 57. t
Dr. James Walshe, Roman Catholic Bishop oi
dare and Leighlin, died at one o'clock on Monday
the Episcopal residence Braganza House, carlo‘,;
His lordship, who had attained the advanced age of
.g
years, had been in failing health for some time.
was consecrated bishop on Low Sunday, 1856.
A Vienna correspondent announces the death 01
Monday morning, at the age of 77, of M. Fgu
Sommsich, former President of the Hungarian Chamberl;
and a prominent member of the Moderate Conservati%
party in Hungary.
Lord Stanley of Preston the new Governor-Gener3i
of Canada will be the guest of the Imperial Federation
League in London on the 21st inst. Lord RoseberYt
Chairman of the League, will preside.
The Honorary Colonelcy of the Suffolk Regiment 11`
been placed at the disposal of the War Office autt-
rities by the death of General J. Patton. TZ.co
number of these appointments are being gnaw"
reduced.
A Renter's message from St. Petersburg says: Tbe,
condition of Prince Hohenlohe Oehringen, who
stated to have succumbed to the effects of an attenir
to commit suicide, has considerably improved."
Mr. Sexton, M.P., who, while suffering from illness,
was elected Lord Mayor of Dublin, appeared on MI:
day for the first time in his official capacity at a Mee .
ing of the Corporation.
A telegram has been received from Malta, stating
that Count Strickland, who was one of the promoterl
of the new Constitution, has been elected a member Of
the Council.
A meeting convened by the London Association 0
3f5
Tradesmen opposed to compulsory early closing wof
held on Monday night to protest against the passieh,
Sir John Lubbock's Compulsory Early Closing via,
Mr. J. T. Peacock presided, and the meeting was
dressed by Mr. Blundell Maple, M.P., Mr. Sea-,5
Hunt, M.P., and other gentlemen, and resolution
against the bill was passed.
The South Western Railway Company have open°
the direct line to Bournemouth, by which the journel
from London to that watering-place may be acconr
plished in three hours.