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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

CARRIER PIGEONS.

These birds have long been an object of attention
to the Governments of Germany and France. In this
latter country the Minister of War lately directed a
census of the carrier pigeons to be made, when it
appeared that at Lille there are 8000, at Roubaix
15,000; at the little town of Wattrelos, in the De-
partment of the Nord, there are 3000, partly belong-
ing to private individuals, partly to societies who
endeavour to improve the quality of the birds. Atten-
tion is paid to the birds chiefly in the manufacturing
districts of the east and north. In Germany the
War Department has 6000 pigeons. There are about
100 associations that have about 15,000 birds. Inde-
pendently of business messages, there are frequent
flying matches, and it has been ascertained that
every year some thousands of pigeons are lost in
those matches, or at least never arrive at their desti-
nations or return to their homes. There is an
erroneous impression generally prevalent that carrier
pigeons always find their way, but German experience
at least is quite against this. It has been found that
birds frequently fly, not straight from point to point,
but making a detour by some place with which they
are familiar. By direction of the German War
Office, Dr. G. H. Schneider, who has devoted much
attention to carrier pigeons, is investigating the
question of how they find their way. He is inclined
to think it is purely a matter of training and habit.
They will almost always go astray if taken to distant
places or neighbourhoods to which they are not ac-
customed.

TuE story is told that Whittier and Ticknor, his
publisher, were making a short pedestrian tour some
years ago, when, to their surprise, an angry bull stood
on the footpath, evidently determined to demolish
both poet and publisher. " I think," said Ticknor
"that it will be prudent to give this reviewer a wide
margin." " Yes," replied the poet; "it appears to
be a disputed passage."
" WHAT a very pretty girl your friend is, Miss
Constantine. !" said Dumley. "Such bright eves and
clear complexion one seldom sees. Hasn't she Irish
blood in her veins ?" "Oh, yes," Miss Constantine
replied; "she is a true daughter of Erin Go Bragh."
"Well, all I have to say is," added Dumley, "that
Mr. and Mrs, Go Bragh ought to be proud of her.
As a young couple were on their bridal trip to
Europe, the husband remarked to his bride, as the
vessel stopped at her first port: "My dear, they have
dropped their anchor." To which she naively re-
plied : "Well, it serves them right, for it has been
haneing over the side during the whole voyage."
IT is related of an impetuous English judge, that,
with his usual desire to be expeditious, he once
sentenced a convicted murderer to be hanged, and
dismissed him without the customary and important
closing formula. The clerk reminded him of the
omission. "Ah, yes. Quite so," exclaimed the judge.
"Bring the prisoner back. Prisoner at the bar,
I beg your pardon. May the Lord have mercy on
your soul. Remove the prisoner, jailer. Next
case "
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

II A.L E SO VV-Elsr.

FACTORY ACT PROSRCUTION.—At the Police Cour
on Tuesday, before Messrs. H. Howard, F. 1). Le,
Smith, and Edward Gem (magistrates), Fraucii
Griffiths, anchor.maker, Halesowen, was summoned
at the instance of Mr. Hoare, the Inspector undt
the Factory Act for the South Staffordshire and Easi
I,rorcestershire diatt jot, for employing a boy name(
Edward Pitchford without obtaing a school certificat•
—The offence having been proved by Mr. riat,
Assistant insgector, the Bench impos.d a fine ut 5s
and costs.

THE BONA-FIDE TRAVELLER QUESTION. —At th.
tiatue Court, George Septimus Dexter, landiord 0.
the Old Beech Tree Inn, Beech Lane, Hale,oweil
was summoned for keeping open his house durini
prohibited hours. Mr. Buller (Birmiugham) defendeo
—Au officer visited the defeudaut's house at II a,
Sunday, the 18th ult, and found me:
with ale before them. They gave their addpimes a:
Winson Green and ilandsworth respestively: vhic
tie afterwards ascertained were incorrect. 'Tin
d:stance had also been measured, and it was foam
that one of them lived two miles from the house 2.1!;( ,
the other Cl 6 yards within the prescribed dig
For the defence it was contended that as th fuel
dad told the landlady they bad travelled three mile
they were entitled to be supplied with refreshm ut,
the house was situated in the suburbs of Birmins
ham, and there was great difficulty in steering cieu
011 a Sunday.—The Bench dismissed the case, au,
Edward %Yeller, one of the men found in the house
was ordered to pay costs for being on the premise
during prohibited hours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

"From Viceroy, August 14.

"2nd Battalion Somersetshire Light Infantry, No.
92, Private Andrews killed near Mingyan on the sth."

A woman reamed Robinson, who was :eft.. tly
arrested at Somerville, Massachusetts, forpoisoning her
son, is now suspected of having murdered a hundred
persons by the same means during the last four years.
Aftuy of them are stated to have met their death by
poisoned eataLles; of which they partook at a church
'festival. • -
A landowner of Ferrand, year Clermont Ferrand. ia
Auvergne, named M. Alfred Arbaux, has found an im-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

THE LEAGUE OF THE CROSS:

Favoured by splendid weather, the annual festival
of the Total Abstinence League of the Cross took place
at the Crystal Palace on Monday, and was largely at-
tended. The president of the League, Cardinal Man-
ning, presided over a meeting held in the Opera
Theatre during the afternoon, and said that Leo XIII.
bad extended the privileges of the League to all
English-speaking nations—that was, to the whole of
the British Empire and to the United States of
America. The League bad now 100 branches spread
over the -United Kingdom, and a convention would be
held in Manchester next tponth, over which be should
preside, when delegates from all the branches would
attend. The League ought not to be without some
charitable woek to do. and the work he proposed foi it
was the saving of the destitute boys in London.
The destitute girls were provided for in the
orphanages and convents, but there were a
number of boys in the streets who escaped their
search, and whom the Rev. Lord Archibald
Douglas, who was on the platform, was trying to save
by getting the Dominion of Canada to take them. He
called upon all to aid this work as a permanent one
of the diocese. Dr. Oaughran, recently appointed
Roman Catholic bishop of a diocese in the Orange
Free State, said that he wished the League, with
which he had been so long connected, every prosperity.
He had heard that some of the finest races of South
Africa were being decimated by the use of a native
drink. The meeting was also addressed by Canon
Chapman (Wigan), the Revs. Lord A. Douglas,
Kirwan (Blackburn), Lockhart, and Canon Murnam,
and the proceedings closed with a cordial vote of
thanks to the Cardinal. A concert by 500 school
children, all abstainers, conducted by the Rev. E.
Pennington, followed ; and later on there was a
march past of the Cardinal's " League Guards" and
members of branches with bands and banners, the
number engaged in this demonstration being esti-
mated at fully 15,000. The usual excellent round of
Palace amusements was enjoyed by many thousands
of Leaguers considerably after the night had fallen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

CRA.DLEY HEATH.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES BY A SALVATIONIST. A.
the Police Court en Wednesday, before 1 in..
Fletcher and Messrs. W. Bassano. F. D. Lea fbl h
C. Holcroft, and J. H. Smith (magistrates), Mai.)
Nan Shipton (26), Blackheath, the wife of a "et, is.: t'
in the Salvation Army, Blackneath, was c'tar e,t
with stealing twenty yards of shirting, the pi op vty
of Mr. W. C. Barker, draper, Five Ways, Cra.iley.
The prisoner was also charged with stealin4 tot.r
pairs of.boots, the propvly of-James Vheelo. io t
olind shoe manufacturer, Old Hill, and also a q :Anti? y
of linen, the property of Abraham COX, drip ,r,
Hill. On the 13ta inst. the prisoner was seen by a
collier to go to Cox's shop door and take a ioli of
shirting. She ran away, and was pursurd and
eventually arrested by Police-constables McHugh
and Bowlands4Upon prisoner's house being search. d
a large quantity of stolen golds was found. The
prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to thr,e
months imprisonment wi:h hard labour.
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR IHE BELFAST

RIOTS.

Dr. Vane, Orange Grand Master for the Ulster
district, appeals to those of the public who appear to
think that the heavier share of the responsibility for
the riots in Belfast must fall upon the Protestant
masses for advice as to how the Protestant masses
should act in the following circumstances: "The
inhabitants of a Protestant district in Belfast are all
in bed. The military and police have been with-
drawn. It is about 3 a.m. Suddenly the repose of
the district is broken by an incursion of a mob number-
ing a couple of thousand. Are the Protestant inhabi-
tants to lie still in their beds until police and military
arrive from a distance of two or three miles? They do
not think so, and consequently they start from their
beds to defend their homes and their children, and
what is called a riot ensues. In the course of time the
police arrive and the attacking mob retire to their
own quarter, but the people who have been defending
their homes and children have no place to retire to, as
the fight was carried on in their own street. They are
therefore, in their excitement and irritation, left to
settle matters with the police, who refuse to follow
the invaders, preferring to baton and shoot the
people who have been repelling invasion. Will you
advise how the Protestant masses should act under
the circumstances. Should the Protestant people
remain out of their beds all night and keep up ex-
citement, so as to necessitate the continued presence
of the military and police; or should they when the
invaders come remain still in their beds or uuder
their beds seeking protection until a kind chance
sends up the armed servants of the Crown? And
when the police comes up is it very wicked and un-
reasonable of the Protestant people to be excited and
irritated, and to say that the police should take some
steps to make arrests among the mob, who are far
away from their own quarters at such an hour in the
morning? I presume that suggestions as to how
Protestants should act under such circumstances as I
have detailed above shall be very carefully considered.
I seriously ask a fair British public to read my letter
and judge."

"Tnosr birds flying over yonder are aquatic birds,
I suppose? "asked the young man in the seal-brown
suit of the captain of the steamer. "No, they aint,"
was the scornful reply. " Them's ducks."
A WAITER spilt some gravy over a lady's dress. The
1-idy was terribly put out. "Never mind," said the
waiter; "there's plenty more gravy where that came
from."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

SHOT IN A ALLIII WAY TRAIN.

Francis Joseph Kenny, a sailor, was brought up at
Birmingham, on Tuesday, on suspicion of having shot
another passenger during a railway journey from
Bristol. From the evidence, however, it appeared
that the affair was a pure accident, and the prisoner
was discharged. It transpired that a party of sailors
were travelling together, and after imbibing a quan-
tity of liquor Kenny produced a small revolver which
suddenly exploded, the bullet viounding him in the
hand and striking a boy named Coley, of H.M.S. Im-
pregnablo. Coley had to be left at Worcester for
treatment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

OFFICIAL TRADE CORRESPONDENCE.

The publication of the correspondence respecting
the assistance which is or might be rendered to trade
by her Majesty's Diplomatic and Consular Represen-
tatives abroad, and the arrangements recently made
for expediting the issue of trade reports from these
officers, has called the attention of a large number of
persons interested in trade and trade organs to these
reports. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
wishes it to be known that these publications may be
purchased, either directly or through any bookseller,
from any of the following agents: Messrs. Hansard,
13, Great Queen-street, W.C., and 32, Abingdon-
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East Harding-street, Fleet-street; Messrs. Adam and
Charles Black, Edinburgh; Messrs. Alexander Thom
and Co., Dublin; Messrs. Hodges, Figgis and Co.,
Dublin. The price is at the rate of one penny for 10
fines.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

THE NEW PEERS.

The Press Association is authorised to state that
Sir Richard Cross has changed the title he at first
intended to take on elevation to the House of Lords
from Viscount Warrington to Lord Cross of Broughton-
in-Furness. His lordship will take the oath and the
seat immediately on the assembling of the House of
Lords.

Sir Frederick Stanley will assume the name, style,
and title of Lord Stanley of Preston.
Tuesday night's Gazette announces that the Queen
has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed
granting the dignity of a baron of the -United King-
dom unto the undermentioned persons and the heirs
male of their respective bodies lawfully begotten—
namely:
Sir Michael Arthur Bass, Bart., by the title of
Baron Burton, of Bangemore, and of Burton-upon-
Trent, Staffordshire.
John Glencairn Carter Hamilton, EN., by the title
of Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, in the county of
Lanark. _

- Sir
Thomas Brassey, K.C.8., by the title of Baron
Brassey of Bulkeley, in the County Palatine of
Chester.

Sir Henry Thring, X.C.8., by the title of Baron
Thring, of Alderhurst, Surrey.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

While the twenty-five minutes past four up local
train was slowly leaving Ascot Station on Tuesday
afternoon, four of the rear carriages suddenly quitted
the rails, the mishap huddling them together, and a
third-class carriage being nearly overturned. For-
tunately, none of the passengers were reported to be
seriously injured, and most of them proceeded shortly
afterwards on their journey in the loading carriages.
Mr. Greig, the station-master, immediately tele-
graphed for assistance to remove the block, and in
the meanwhile worked the traffic with the least pos-
sible delay over the up-line.
._ .

An accident of a se.rious nature occurred on Ines..
day afternoon on the Dundee and Arbroath Joint
Railway, about a mile from Dundee. While a
Caledonian Railway goods train was proceeding to-
wards the town a bail of cloth got displaced, and fall-
ing on the rails threw a waggon off the metals.
Succeeding vehicles in turn were thrown off, and before
the train could be brought to a standstill a distance
of nearly a mile had been traversed. Twelve vehicles
were almost totally smashed, and portions of these
being thrown across the other lines of rails traffic was
completely suspended, and passengers, of whom there
is a large number at the close of business hours, had
to walk over the interrupted portion of the line, which
runs quite close to the River Tay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOLS REPORT.

The twenty-ninth report of the Inspector of Refor-
matory and Industrial Schools of Great Britain was
issued on Saturday. - The report states that the total
number of juveniles under sentence of detention in
ref9rinatory and industrial schools at ths close of
1885 was 26,488—namely, 21,577 boys and 4911
girls. This shows an increase in niiinbcrs of 734
boys and 13 girls, as compared with the previous year.
The inspector suggests that in Great Britain any child
committed to a reformatory or an industrial school
shall be de facto under the legal guardianship of the
managers of the school, if discharged, up to a day to
be agreed upon, unless the parents can show that they
are fit to have the charge of them, of course giving
the parents the right of appeal to the Home Secre-
tary. The results arising with girls would, he is con-
vinced, be far more satisfactory if this suggestion
could be carried out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A
MINISTER.

At the Lowestoft Police-court on Friday, a charge
of criminal assault preferred against the Rev, George
Henry Turner, a well•known Nonconformist minister
in that town, by Mrs. Harriet White, wife of Charles
White, a grocer's porter, and caretaker of the
Methodist Free Church, London-road, was resumed!
A counter-charge had been made by the Rev. George
Henry Turner against the husband of the prosecutrix
for attempting to extort money by means of a threat,
but this was dismissed on Wednesday. The
alleged offence was committed in the vestry of
the chapel on the 29th July, after a wedding cere-
mony had been performed by the defendant; and
there was a second charge of indecent assault
alleged to have been committed in the school-room
on July 31st. The defendant indignantly denied the
charges, and declared that he did not touch Mrs.
White on the 29th ult. He gave directions merely as
to fastening the window, and then left the chapel.
On the Friday he did not see the prosecutrix until
the evening, when he asked her how Ler foot was, and
nothing more. On the Saturday he again saw the
prosecutrix, but merely had a few words with her on
minor matters. On the following Monday, Charles
White called upon him with a note, saying that his
presence wee required at White's house on family
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accused him of that of which LI,. knew nothing. She
asked witness if he was going to do as another man
did. He was astonishei, and said he would never
acknowledge such deeds. He was committed for
trial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

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MR. GLADSTONE and the CHURCH
ASSOCIATION.

Lord Halifax, president of the English Ckurch
Union, having been appointed an Ecclesiastical 0 nn-
missioner by Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Cobham, the presi-
dent of the Church Association, addressed a letter to
Mr. Gladstone inquiring whether he was aware that
Lord Halifax on at least three occasions had publicly
advocated the reunion of the Church of England with
the Church of Rome. Mr. Gladstone's reply is as fol-
lows : "10, Downing-street, Whitehall, S.W., JUDO
26, 1880. Sir,—Mr. Gladstone desires me to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter on the subject of the
appointment of Viscount Halifax to the Ecclesiastical
Commission. The law has laid'down the conditions on
which gentlemen may be appointed to this office, nor
does Mr. Gladstone consider, nor will he act upon the
principle, that other tests are to be applied by his autho-
rity or that of others, when the persons appointed to deal
with questions not of doctrine but of property have
the qualification of high character, strict honour, and
undeniable ability. I am, sir, your obedient sPrvant,
E. C.SPENCER LYTTELTON." Mr. Cobham, desiring a
succinct reply to his question, again wrote to Mr.
Gladstone, and received the following reply : "10,
Downing-street, Whitehall, S.W., July 9, 1880. Sir,
—lam desired by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter and to say that he can add
nothing to the former answer which he gave you on
the subject of Lord Halifax's appointment to the
Ecclesiastical Commission. I am, Sir, your obedient
servant, E. C. SrENcEn. LYTTELTON." Mr. Cobham
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the appointment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

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AFFAIRS IN BURMAH.

The following corps are placed under orders for
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Battery, Northern Division; 2nd Battalion Queer's
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Contingent. The whole force in Burmah, which will
then number over 30,000, will be under the immediate
command of Sir Herbert Macpherson. Several new
brigades will be formed, one of which will be com-
manded by Colonel Lockhart, lately in charge of the
Ghilgit Mission. A division under General John
Gordon will probably operate from the Manipur side.
The most satisfactory feature of this plan, says the
Calcutta correspondent of the Tiines, is the fact that
a large portion of the reinforcements consists of ca-
valry, the want of which arm has been much felt in
the work of hunting down the dacoits. It is to be
hoped that Sir H. Macpherson's oporations may have
the effect of pacifying the distracted province. But
it is open to doubt whether even now the Government
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A REMARKABLE LEGAL MUDDLE

Mr. Mead, on the part of the Treasury, made an
application to Mr. Partridge, at Westminster Police-
court, in the case of "Regina v. Brown," on the
prosecution of Albert Coleman, the charge against
the defendant being one of improper conduct. The
history of the matter is singular. The defendant,
who was described as a gentleman of independent
means, was on Feb. 3 last, convicted by Mr. d'Eyncourt
of assaulting the prosecutor, a soldier, in ?I Invatory at
the Victoria Station of the London, Brighton and South
Coast Railway. The magistrate sentencsd the defen-
dant for a common assault, and notice of appeal was
at once given. On the hearing of the appeal before
the Middlesex justices at the Quarter Sessions
of the peace on May 8 the magistrates, holding that
the only actual and alleged offence of which there was
any evidence was not one punishable upon summary
conviction, directed the conviction to be quashed
w'thout prejudice to further proceedings to be taken,
in pursuance of their order, which was to the effect
that the matter should be remitted (as provided by
sub-sec. 5 of sec. 31 of 42 and 43 Vic. chap. 49), to be
re-heard by one of the magistrates sitting at West-
minster. he Court required the defendant to enter
intohis recognisances, and find a surety in the sum of
£2OO, to re-appear and further answer the charge.
A summons accordingly issued reciting the original of-
fence alleged, and on June 25 last it came on for hearing
before Mr. Partridge—in the absence of the magistrate
who originally adjudicated—and after the argument
of Mr. Besley, who was instructed by Mr. Duerdin
Dutton for the defendant, Mr. Partridge endorsed
counsel's contention that the matter must be re-
garded in the light of a res judicata, the Court of
Appeal having quashed a sentence which the magis-
trate decided was a proper one, after hearing all
the facts. In giving judgment Mr. Partridge said
"I think that the order sent down by the Court is
ultra vires. They might have reversed, modified,
or quashed the conviction. They have done the
latter, and there is an end of the matter. There is
nothing before me properly." The learned counsel
now appearing for the Treasury said the opinion
of the late law officers of the Crown, Sir Charles
Russell and Sir Horace Davey, had been taken, and
this was to the effect that the case should be pro-
ceeded with on a fresh summons with a view to an
indictment for the assault alleged, and tney pointed
out that the points of law which had been raised
might be raised by the defendant on his trial. Mr.
Partridge observed that the law officers expressed no
opinion as to the facts and difficulties. He wished they
had. It almost looked as if they took his view, but
they were very guarded. The magistrate was placed
in a great dilemma, and he was bound to say that
he granted a summons it would be against his own
judgment. He should consult the chief magistrate
as to the course to be pursued. Probably it would be
better if any further application was made before a
fresh legal mind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

EIAGLEY.

WEEKLY STOCK SAL t —Messrs. Oates, Perrens,
Ind Wooldridge had a good supply of all classes of
,teck at their sale on Monday last. The entries
..omprised 70 head of cattle, viz, :51 fat and 10
store; 300 sheep and lambs, 85 pigs, and 20 calves,
Cher° was a full attendance of butchers, farmer:
mud dealers, and best quality beef and mutton lo?,t
.vith a good demand at fully late rates. Cloud
lambs made rather more money; store cattle sh wed
little improvement in price, but with the pnspect
of a heavy root crop there was considerable inq y
for store sheep.

ALLEGED VIOLATION OF rnE TRUCK AC
AT CRADLEY HEATH.

At the Rowley Regis Police Court on'Wedaes,.lay,
before Colonel Fletcher and Mr, F. D. Lea Sill,l
(magistrates), Josiah Knock, chain manufacture',
Plant's Green, Cradley Heath, was summoned at
the instance of Inspector Walters for having c e—
travened the Truck Act by paying wages i kind,
instead of in the current coin of the realai. tr
Shakespeare, of Oldbury, defended.
Phcebe Ann Winkett stated that she was a ch .in.
maker' and had for some time been in the employ
of the defendant. On February 15th she took out
of defendant's warehouse lcwt. of Iron to make
into chain. After receiving the iron Nile hed
‘Bgledes" valued at 9d and groceries amounting to
2s 9d, and subsequently some "gledes" and bread,
amounting in all to 4s 3d. For making the chain
she was entitled to 7s 54d. Defendant, for some
reason, refused to pay her the balance of 3.1 2id,
and she sued him in that Court for the money, and
succeeded in obtaining a verdict.
In reply to Inspector Walters witness stated
that after receiving iron out of the warehouse it
was customary to take it into defendant's gro,:ery
establishment, and then defendant's wife would
supply the workpeople with provisions.
Mr. Shakespeare contended that as no wages
were due at the time Winket was supplied with the
provisions he had no ease to answer.
Colonel Fletcher. Your contention is that defend
ant was in no way indebted to 011 woman at the
time the offence was alleged to have been com-
mitted.

Mr. Shakespeare: That is so.
The Bench said they had no alternative but to
dismiss the ease.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

TRADE IN AUSTRALIA.

A New South Wales correspondent of the Times,
dating from Sydney, says: The news of the rise in
wool has created quite a cheerful tone in commercial
circles, and a timely fall of rain has put the squatters
in a position to get through the winter without any
more loss of stock. At the same time business
generally is depressed, and the bank rates have risen.
The working classes are complaining of irregular and
insufficient employment, the state of the iron trades
in particular having been brought before Parliament
as quite deplorable. The want of employment is
urged as a reason why Government should give a
preference to colonial work if it costs 10 or even 20
per cent. more. The quarterly revenue returns just
published do not indicate any elasticity nor any
appreciable decline. The treasurer, indeed, pointed
out that the gross return for the quarter is about
£lOO,OOO short of the corresponding period oF last
year, and argued that his new Customs duties had
just met the deficiency, and were therefore justified.
But on examining the accounts it is seen that the
short-coming is nearly all due to temporary causes,
the greater part of it being explained either by revenue
anticipated or revenue postponed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

CHASE AND CAPTURE OF AN ALLEGED
CARD SHARPER.

A very exciting affair took place in the Slough dis-
trict on Monday afternoon. A couple of Spanish
gentlemen left Paddington by the ten minutes past
one train for Windsor, and with them travelled three
men, who immediately commenced card playing with
the foreigners, another occupant of the compartment
being Dr. Caley, who was also journeying to the Royal
borough. Money and watches were, it is said, staked
during the journey, a bottle of wine being played for
and lost by one of the men as the train neared Slow,h.
Upon its arrival at the junction the man who lost the
wine alighted, under pretence of fetching it. but
instead of returning to the carriage jumped into a
cab and drove hurriedly away. He was imme-
diately followed in another vehicle by Dr. ley
and Inspector Welch down the Windsor-road,
when, seeing that he was pursued, he :lumped out in
the vicinity of Upton-park, and made across the
fields. Dr. Caley immediately went after the man,
and overtook him, and while wrestling wi.h him In-
spector Welch came up and assisted in the capture.
The man was given into the custody of the Bucks
police at Eton, who took him to the Windsor ter-
minus ot the Great Western Railway. While there
he retired for a moment, and on a search being made
one £5O, three £5, and two .£10" bank of engraving"
notes were discovered, and placed in the possession
of Mr. Fraser, the station-master. The man on whom
a gold and a silver watch were found was subsequently
taken to the Slouch Police-station, where he remained
in the charge of Mr. Superintendent Dunham, who, in
conjunction with Mr. Pearse, the Great Western
Railway agent, is making inquiries into the matter.
The two men supposed to be the companions of the
one arrested went on with the Spanish gentlemen to
Windsor, where they very politely took leave of them,
offering cigars as they did so, and disappeared.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

RICH LANDS IN THE 'UNITED STATES.

Statistics have been published in respect to the rich
Lands in the American Union. It appears that Lan-
caster county, Pennsylvania, comes first as regards
its wealthy return from agriculture. In the United
States there are 33 counties whose agricultural pro-
ducts amount annually to upwards of 4,000,000 dole.
each. New York furnishes 14 of these counties; Pennsyl-
vania, seven; Illinois, six; California, two; Massa-
chusetts, two; Michigan, one; and Connecticut,
one. The county of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania,
leads the way with an agricultural production of
9,320,202 dols. It is a singular fact that the above
counties are generally in the manufacturing districts of
the North and West. The South boasts only' 19
counties which raise products of over 2,000,000 dole.
each in value, and of these five are in Mississippi and
four in South Carolina. Shelby county, Tennessee
(including the City of Memphis), leads the Southern
States in production with 3,233,422 dols. The county
of Lancaster, which leads the Northern States, saises
vast quantities of tobacco as well colts., and
wheat, but its greatest wealth la 4et" ftm-
bar 40,000. Immense amountiva • tutor, and
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-21

BEECHER FOR WALES.

The G/ohe says: It has come. We knew rt %V 7:3
coming. We could have prophesied it, but the
prophecy would have been almost too cheap. Mr.
Henry Ward Beecher has turned out to be a Welsh-
man. It is a characteristic of this charming Dart of
our island that its inhabitants claim all good thin.'s
as their own. Mr. Beecher is a particular bonne
bcwhe, and has accordingly been claimed. It is a
notorious fact that Napoleon was a Welshman, and
Alexander the Great, and Mr. Gladsione, and Mr.
Bradlaugh, and William Sikes, and—but space for-
bids their enumeration. It is even whispered in the
principality that a certain ancient gentleman, com-
monly known as Adam, lived, if the truth was told,
beneath the shadow of Plinlimmon, and that his
genuine name was Allwryddpwlla'rm—a name which,
for convenience sake was somewhat syncopated by less
aboriginal mouths. We learn, then, without surprise,
that Mary Roberts, who left Llanddewchr—&c., for
America in 1730 was the great-grandmother of our
distinguished visitor. All this is as it should be. We
had long suspected Mr. Beecher of being of ancient
descent ; and his Welsh origin now discloses the fact
that he is even of princely lineage. This will doubtless
explain the otherwise inexplicabli high price which
Mr. Beecher places upon the opening of his mouth.
Religion falling from high-born lips is manifestly quite
a different thing from the ordinary pastoral of the
Nonconformist shepherd. Welsh mutton has its fancy
price, and so have the discourses of a Welsh minister.
We may now rest assured that we shall hear presently
of the wonderful portents and prodigies which accom-
panied the birth or this newly-discovered Welshman,
for Henry Ward Beecher is not likely to yield the
palm to Owen Glendower's method of self-advertise-
ment.