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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF
CANTERBURY.

The country will learn with deep sorrow that the
Archbishor of Canterbury died on Tuesday night at
Addington Park peacefully, at half-past eleven o'clock,
nominally of bronchitis, but really of work. His
grace was born at Boloy Hill, in Rochester, in 1794.
Educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church,
Oxford, he was consecrated the first Bishop of Ripon,
in 1827. Hence he was translated to llurlutin in 1656,
thence he was translated to the Arch see of York in
1860, and from thence to the Primacy of Canterbury
in 1862. He married the Honourable Sophia, daughter
of Lord Congleton ; she died at Auckland Castle in
1859. He leaves a family of six children surviving him,
one daughter having died last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

TIIE LIBERNI. CANDIDATES,

Will be held at the

CORN FrOII.A.NGE, STOURBRIDGE,
ON Monnsv, `NOVEMBER End, 1868,
At Eight o'eloll pm.. in which Addresses will be
delivered by both Candidates.

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All persons interested in promoting the return of
the Liberal Candidatet are incited to attend.

CORN EXCIUNGE, STOURBRLDOE.

FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY,

TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, November 3rd sad

4th, IR6B,

The Public of Stourbridge are respectfully informed tha%

the eminent Musical Trousers,

PIANIST, CHARACTER DELINEATOR, AND VOCAL

ILLUSIONIST,

FREDERIC
MACCABE!

Will give Two of he
I'CSICAL, DRAMATIC, AND YENTRILOOILL

ENTERTAINIIENTd.

lINTITLED-•
BE"N.F: DULL CARE.

OR, THE " TRU JONCTA IN 1.:140 " OF MIRTH.

MUSIC, AND MIMICRY.

Admission—Front Seats, 2s ; Second Seats, Is ; Itack
Seats and Promenade, 6d. Children Half-price to First
arid Second Seats.
Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at itighl.
Carriages ordr red at Ten.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

FIT'rED WITh

VERTICAL BOILERS,

From Ito 12 Hone Poser.

110 BRICKWORK BKOCIREP.

ff. &J. WRIGHT Jr CO.,

MANUFACTURERS,

CHARLOTTE STREET,

J)Ci)Lfl

(A CAIIO.I

_
GEORGE WILLIAM PREECE,
LA TH MAN UFACT URER,

NELSON YARD, SOUTHGATE-STREET,
GLOUCESTER.

Agent for the Stourbridge District,
J. W. IFE,
Beauty Rank, Stourbriilye.
Where all orders will be innetually attended to
_ _

TIENRY pERKS,

STOURBRIDOE HOUSE,

43, lIIGMSTREET,

Islas a large assortment of

BLACK SILKS, CRAPES, FRENCH

MEPINOS, PARAMATTAS,

HENRIETTA AND COBURG CLOTHS,

ALPACAS,

'Ard other msteritd,:suitable for
FAMILY MOURNING,

AT MODERATE PRICES.

ITIMT.ALS TCOVCVICAI LY VCIINIFETT.

'SA CARD.'

JAMES TURTON GREEN

rtATE ABRAHAM OREM'.
PLUMBER, HOUSE DECORATOR,

AND
HORTICULTURAL BUILDER,

,h-street, Stoirrbritige.

SION

GENERAL GROCERY AND PRO'
WAREHOUSE.
No. 1, COVENTIN-STIIEET, STOURBIRIIVIE.

To THE INHABITANTS ov STOURERIDGE
AND ITS VICINITY.

ir HILL begs to announce that he has taken
IP-1 • to the above premiscs, and ft wAs that with strict
1001,111 R, to Arsine., together with first-els arlicles at
a small remunerative profit. to share a pod portion of
public natroonge and smolt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

PUBLIC

B. RAYBOULD

VI, "RAS to announce to the Inhehitante of
Stourbridge and surrounding Neighbourhood,
that he has taken to the
VAUXHALL INN, FOSTER•STREET,
lately occupied 'ha Mr. John Martin and limits, by
keeping Articles of the very best quality, to merit a share
of public support.

N.8.-WELL-AIRED BEDS.

FORESTERS' ARMS IN N
Awn
EATING HOUSE.

47, COrENTRY-STREET, STOURBRIDGF.

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ALES, PORTER, BITTER ALES, &c.,

Of the Finest Quality.

GENUINE CIGARS AND TOBACCO.

DINING AND REFRESHMENT ROOMS,

REPLETE WITH EVERS CARPORT.

AN ORDINARY ON FRIDAYS, AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Hot Joinf. eceell rloy of One. owl j
o'clock oil Connly Covet Dogs.

CHOPS. STEM:9, &c., &C., ON THE SHORTEST
NOTICE.

TRITE ...ND COW /METRO,: FRIDAYS Mu) NTTPRDITS AT 7 P.M.
JOHN LAWLEY, Proprietor.

lIALLOAI

HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST?

NO.
Why FOX WRIGHT has taken to the
CASTLE AND FALCON INN,

ll'olreil•onipton-street, Dudley,

And TIE•OPENED it under the name of
FOX WRIGHT'S HOTEL.

Drop fwlnd see him, and you will find every comfort
you desire.

THE
SWAN INN,
ITAGLEY-STREET, STOUPBRIPC;E.

TOII N BRISTOW begs to inform his friends
CP and the public, that be has Wien to the above
well-known INN, where he will be glad to see any of his
, old friends.

ALES, WINES, AND SPIRITS,

OF TUE BF.T QrALITY,

AN ORDINARY ON COUNTY COURT DAYS,
AND FRIDAYS.
A FREE AND EASY EVERY MONDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT, TO COMMENCE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE THROUGH
THE LOSS OF A SWEETHEART.

On Saturday morning a singular suicide was com-
mitted, in -Bethnal Green, London, by a young man,
whose sweetheart, a pretty young girl, was about to
leave England for Australasia:
The deceased was Charles WNWlan, a bootmaker, in com-
fortable business circumstances. He was twenty-nine years
of age, and for the last two years he had been keeping slim-
lanky with a young woman named Alice Chapman. lie was
very fond ot her, hut a short time ago she told him, that she
was going to pay her passage to Australasia. He implored
ether not to leave him alone in Bethnal Green She refused
to stop in England, and he became very sad. Ile hail several
meetings with her during the last few days, but his entreaties
were of no avail, as she declared that she would leave the
country. He then made confidants of some of his friends,
and he told them that he would not live without his sweet-
heart. On Friday evening he said to his landlord, Mr. Jan es
Roberts
oI urn going away, and you will never see me again I
owe you something' and I wish to settle with you before Igo.
I have ten pairs of la tots made. Take them and sell them.
You will also find two more at a beer-shop. That will make
twelve. 111 the hack yard I have a goat. Next Saturday
week raffle Min, and what the goat and boots will fetch will
pay you all. GO.I bye."
Ile then went upstairs to his room, and he was never seen
alive after. During the night he waa heard walking about his
room, but no notice was taken of tlie fact. At half-past eight
o'clock next 1110rIling his brother-in-law went up to see him,
and upon opening his room door found the poor young man
hanging by a cord to a nail which he had fastened hit° the
cupboard door. The brother-in-law when i.e saw the deceased
hanging became frightened, and instead of cutting the man
down ran out of the house and called the police. Upon the
arrival of a constable he cut the nwan down. A doctor was at
once called in, and he pronounced the man to be dead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

MR. G. F. TRAIN'S FAREWELL,

Mr. George Francis Train has issued in his weekly
sheet, which he dates from his prison at the Marsha'sea,
and terms the Train Extra, the following little card to
England. The good-bye to England is issued in antici-
pation of the distinguished writ-r's departure—an
event which the base, bloody, and brutal laws of this
country forbid till lie has paid a little matter of £l,lOO
odd due by him to the Ebbw Vale Company (remarks
the Cork Ri»orttr):—
A good-bye to England—My P.P.C.—With the cowardice
of the bully and the serpent wiles of the sneak, the miserable
minions of this base government, with their infernal Aiabanut
intrigue, basing insulted my flag and country, as well as the ,
Irish people through any person, I, George Francis Train, an
, American citizen, incarcerated in a British beatille for being
true to Ireland, it,, hereby solemnly as ear to return to
America and demand justice for the Irish race at the bar of
the American congress. No blinalhomal on the scent, no
Indian on the trail, will be surer of his game. With my
ringers on the jugular vein of England, so help me God, I
will never let go until AllleriCa AlliteriCan, and
Ireland has an Irish flag over an Irish repoldic, free from the
damnable injustice if ages. Revenge is wild justice. Ireland
shall be revenged. The payment of the ((stoma claims and
the release of the American citizens has already been balanced
by the national insult to the Chinese ambassador because he
happens to be an American. Time will show who has the
most power—the American Minister dining with the British
noble, or the American citizen dining with the Irish peasant.
—Gess. FRANCIS TRAIN. Four Courts Marshalsea, October,
1868.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

gocM an pistrict 'Oebs.

CHARON or THREATENING.—At the Police Court, en
Tues lay last, before R. L. Freer, Esq., Henry Bannister
was charged by Mary Ann Bannister, his wife, with
threatening to take her life. Mary Ann Bannister said
she was the wife of defendant, who had threatened and
abused her several times, and she was in constant leer
of her life. Henry Bannister said lie hail never abused
or thiesteued his wife; and no man could love a wife
more than he did. On several occasions his wife had
locked him out. Ordered to find two sureties in £lO
each, and himself in £2O.
STEALING A Baoom.—John Taylor was charged by
'Wooldridge. Lye, with stealing Ft bath broom his property
on the 17th instant. Joseph Pagett said on the day in
question he was at the prosecutor's house. He saw the
prisoner posh up the window, and throw the broom pro•
duced oat of the window. Witness told prosecutor, who
caught the prisoner with the broom in his picket. Pri•
Boner was remanded till yesterday, when he was brought
up and committed for seven days.
BOARD OF OVAIIDIANIL—The weekly meeting of this
Board was held yesterday, Mr. Grainger in the chair.
There were also present :—Mossrs. Brookes, Rollioson,
Wow, Bird, Griffin, Doody, and Roberts. Admitted into
the house during the week, 29; discharged, 21; dead, 1;
remaining, 452. Corresponding week last year, 100.
Out-door relief, Ringswinford district. 1.12 I.os Gil • Stour-
bridge district. /25 3s lid; Halesoweu district:ll9 his
2.1; total. fills 41.1,against 1739 a 51,1 lost year.
RIFLE SHOOTING Fu It THE B EACH.: eIC. The an-
nual competition for the above cop took place at the
Norten Rifle Range, on Monday last, the distance being
200 and 500 yards. Corporal Williams scored 25 at 200,
and 13 at 500—tutal, 3d; and was the successful com-
petitor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

NOTICE.

INNKEEPERS', GROCERS', AND OTHER
BUSINESSES,
ARE SPEEDILY & EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERRED
BY S. INSTILL,
AUCTIONEER ANI) N'AIXEII,
111011-STREET. BRIERILY RILL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

POTATOES.

The supplies of both home-growa and foreign potatoes
have been extensive. The demand haa ruled inactive, at our
quotations. The imports into London last week consisted of
05 casks 1,099 bags and 920 from Antwerp, 4,491 sacks and
231 tons from Dunkirk, 91 bags and 41 baskets from
Rotterdam, 15 tons and 000 sacks from Rouen, 9 bags from
If and airgh, 155 bags from Harlingen, 289 sacks from Be
2,9 bags from IMend, 37 tons 101 sacks and 2 bag
Calais, 4 tons from Barfleur, 551 bags from Boulogne,
from Barre, and 2 baskets and 180 bags from
English Regents, 804. to 140 s. ; Scotch Regents, 90s,
French, 405. tO 8644

from

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

WORCF ST ERSHIRE.

THE cordial reception which I have every-
where pert with in your Division. and for which I
thank SOU IlloSt sincerely, recoup ages me to believe that
the principles set forth io my Address have been
regarded with general approval.
As one of my original opponents—a Gentleman of
well-known business habits and Parliamentary experiel.ce
—had retired from the contest. Caere seemed • probability
tlmt the peace of your Division would not have been
i disturbed on this Occasion.

A new Candidate. however. Les neer come forward In
avowed conctrt with Dlr. Lyttelton, and I hasten, there-
fore, to assure you that thiti Coalition of iny presegt
opponents, and the attempt at Dictation. which. under
the circumstances, it involves, have not shaken my &Mr.
mination to go to the Poll; on the contrary, have mad•
toe look forward more confidently than before to a
I succeadul result.

_
To avoid the interference with business which Elee.
tieneerin• causes, I abstain for the present from • sys-
tematic CAUVIIII6. but I hope shortly to pay my roped.
to you in your several Parishes.

have the honour to remain. Gentlemen,

Your filithful and obliged Seems%
IL PAUL AMPHLETT.

_,Lbold S,}.l 12, 1,6'3.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION.
A EETING

_
Of the Friends and Sapporters of the
RON. C. G. LYTTELTON.

R. B. MARTIN. ESQ.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

PANIC IN MR. PURCHAS'S CHAPEL.

The congregation assembled in the now notorious St.
ames's Chapel, Brighton, were thrown into a need-
less panic on Sunday. The Pall Mall Gazette states
that the usual procession had nearly gone round the
church, the whole place being filled with the smoke of
the incense, when a man started up in one of the pews
and held aloft what appeared to be a placard. He
at the same time shouted out some remark, and
was thought by those near him to be about to
throw a book at Mr. Purchas's head. A rush was
made at him' and instantly a scene of wild ex-
citement and disorder was witnessed. The whole
congregation arose and left their pews. The priests
and choristers fled precipitately to the altar, Mr.
Forams among them, and the man with the placard
was seized by at least a score of hands. The door-
keepers and attendants seemed to be prepared for a
disturbance if this kind; for several of them hastened
to their seats and brought out thick staves, with which
they repaired to the pew where the fight was going on.
The noise these men made and the cries of the people
threw the whole congregation into an extraordinary
state of agitation. liy and by the demonstrative
Protestant was removed, and Mr. Purchas commenced
the service in a tremulous tone which showed how
great his alarm and excitement had been.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.

Mannin, Oct. 26.
The expected Manifesto of the Provisional Govern-
ment to the nation was issued to-day.
After detailing the events which led to the
establishment of the present Administration, it says:—
The Revolution has decreed universal suffrage as the
evident and palpable demonstration of the sovereignty of
the people. Having proclaimed the fundamental principles
of our future regime, which are based upon the most com-
plete liberty which have been recognized by all the Juntas,
the Pr. visional flovernment is about to bring together in one
single belly the teachings of these manifestations of the
public mind. The most important of all the essential modi-
fications which have been introduced Into the organization
of Spain tithe establishment of religidus liberty.
The Manifesto insists upon the necessity of this re-
form, demonstrating that it will not injure the Catholic
Church, but, on the contrary, fortify it ny the opposi-
tion it will encounter.
It also states that the Government hastened to pro-
claim liberty of printing, without which the triumphs:
of the Revolution would remain vain and illusory
formulas, and liberty of public meeting and peaceful
association, which are the constant sources of activity
and progress, adding that these reforms are required
as the fundamental dogmas of the revolution. Spain
would be able to advance with a sure step in the path
of progress when these measures should come into
operation, and when administrative centralization --an
instrument of corruption and tyranny—should cease
to weigh upon the country.

4alms

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The concluding portion of the Manifesto prod
decentralization and the establishment of public
liberties as essential, and states that the colonies will
enjoy the benefits of the Revolution on the strong
base's of freedom and credit.
It continues thus :
Spain can quietly proceed in finally choose a form of
government. Without, pretending to prejudice such serious
and complicated questions, the Provisional Government
notices as very significant the silence maintained by the
J untas respecting monarchial institutions. Yet eloquent
and authoritative voices have been raised in defence of the
Republican system. Put, however important may have been
the opinions they have expressed. they are not Is import-
ant as the universal reserve it the Juntas on this delicate
question. Nevertheless, if the Provisional Government be
mistaken, if the popular decision should he against a
monarchy, the Provisional Government will respect the will
of the uationalSovereiguty.
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In conclusion, the Manifesto appeals to the country
to maintain order, and to have confidence in the
Government, which will render an account of its ati-
ministration to the Cortes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

EARTHQUAKE IN IRELAND.

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A telegram from Cork says that on Saturday severe
shocks of earthquake, followed by a loud rumbling
noise, were felt at two places near Mallow, in Cork
county. It is stated that houses were much shaken,
furniture was broken, and the occupants of the houses
were greatly terrified. At the time the shocks were
felt it was blowing a hurricane. A despatch dated
Sunday state; that, although the effects of the extra-
ordinary phenomenon were not felt in the immediate
' vicinity of Cork, the alarm created by the intelligence
which reached that city on Saturday afternoon has
been intense. The first shock was felt at a place called
Newtown, within a few miles of Mallow. Some
gentlemen who were hunting near the place at the
time have confirmed the report. They state that the
shock was followed by a loud rumbling noise and an
oscillation of the earth. In other places between
Mallow and Kanturk, a distinct shock of earthquake
was also felt. Houses were shaken from their founda-
tions, and in some instances the furniture was thrown
down and broken. The shock passed from north
to south. Reports from other quarters confirm the
above particulars.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

POSSIBLE PUBLICATIONS.

Wiped at Sea. A Romantic Novel, by the Author of
Washed Ashore.
The Bachelor Inkstand. A Narrative, by the Anthem
of The Family Pen.
Crushing a Cockchafer. A Sensational Novel, by the
Writer of Breaking a Butterfly.
The Diseorerefl Mat eh-box. A Domestic Tale, by the
Author f The Lost Link.
Banjo and You. A Nigger Novel, by the Writer of
Boots and I.—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

THE KISS IN THE TUNNEL!

Horace Vernet, the eminent French artist, was re-
turning from Versailles to Paris. who, there happened
to be in the same carriage with him two English
spinster ladies, very prudish and prim, and of a certain
age. Vernet's appearance was striking, and the ladies,
after scanning hint attentively whenever they thought
he was looking the other way. began to communicate
to each other their observations uish him in a rather
loud whisper, thinking, apparently, that as they spoke
in their own language they were at liberty to make
what comments they pleased. The veteran painter
was intensely amused, but was too much a man of
the world to manifest the slightest consciousness of
what was going on. It was not bag before the train
had to pass through a tunnel. Vernet, seizing the
opportunity, leaned forward, so as to be within hearing
of his neighbours, and applied a smacking salute to
the back of his hand. On emerging from the tem-
porary obscurity, his face had assumed a mischievous
expression, which, as he intended, was soon inter-
preted by each lady to the prejudice of the other, each
charging the other with having received from the
• moustached stranger the mysterious kiss in the dark.
Arrived at the terminus, as all were alighting, Vernet
I offered his hand to help his fellow travellers out of the
carriage, and then with a graceful bow, took leave of
them, saying as he retired, to their dismay, in perfectly
correct _English, "Adieu, ladies; I suppose I shall
never have the satisfaction of knowing to which of you
I am indebted for the unexpected but valued favour I
received in the tiumeL"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.
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At the Surrey Sessi .ns, Charles Jenkins foreman to
a building firm in London, and Emily Jenkins, his wife,
or some tirne occupying No. 5, Camberwell New-
road, SVCFTM indicted for stealing it table cover, the pro-
perty of Anne Roberts ; and four yards of carpet and
other property belonging to Mary Stuckey.
It appeared that both the prosecutors occupied un-
furnished apartments in the prisoners' house, and for
some time past they had missed property in a very
mysterious way. '1 he police were communicated with,
and Osborne, a policeman, went to the house on the
25th of September to make inquiries, lie then sug-
gested that the part the house occupied by the land-
lord and his wife be examined, and the property
belonging, to Mrs. Tloborts, and Mrs. Stuckey was
found concealed in different places. The carpet between
the bed and the mattress and the other articles in the
cupboards below stairs. The male prisoner held a very
responsible position in a hoildin4 firm in the city, and
was eranged from home every .lay. A verdict of
Acquittal was return's! BO fax as he was concerned, but
isis wife was found Guilty.

On Friday morning the female prisoner WAS again
indicted for stealing two table-clothq, a night-dress,
and other articles, the property of 'William Henry
Bell.
The evidence was almost similar to the other cases.
The prosecutor and his wife hired apartments un-
furnished at the prisoner's house, in July, 1817, for
twelve months certain, with three months' notice on
either side at the expiration of that time. The prose-
cutor was a einnmeicial traveller, and was absent from
home from April last to the end of September. When
be returned home his wife told him of t' cicgs of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN
REMAINS AT LUDLOW.

The inquiry into the history of the human remains
found near Ludlow on the sth of October, under cir-
cumstances which our readers will doubtless remember,
advanced a further stage at the adjourned inquest
held before Mr. Moore, coroner for the district :--
Caroline l'ayto, the wife of a groom living at Overton,
deposed to her being at Ludlow railway station on the I,th
of August. tier attention was drawn to a girl, of twenty,
who had just arrived by traits from Shrewsbury. Her dress
was wet through, and the witness making a remark to her,
she explained she had got wet when walking from her
master's home to the railway station at Shrewsbury. Mrs.
Payto prevailed on lie to change her dress, awl the witness
identified the portions of dress fount near the remains as
pieces of that which the gill stir spoke of took out of her box
and put on in the waiting room at Ludlow station. In the
course of a conversation which the witness hail with her she
stated that she hail left her situation, and was going home to
Wigmore. She scented greatly afraid to meet her mother,
who, she said, is mild murder her, ail assertion she repeated
several times, adding that jilt had not been for her mother
she " would not lie in that state." Mrs. Payto, believing sho
was not able to undertake so long a jeurney, tried to dissuade
her from walking to Wigmore, but she was resolute in her
purpose, and after leaving her boxes in charge of the station-
master she went away.
John Chandler, a labourer, living at Wiginore, identifled
the clothes found near the remains as the property of
liii
daughter Elisabeth. she was nineteen years of age last
February, and for seven months previous to the 30th of June
had been living in service at Shrewsbury. On that date she
paid a visit to wigmore, and had remained at home till the
15th of July, When she left to return to her master and
mistress, who were going to America, and wished her to go
with them.
Mrs. Chandler aaid her daughter was in delicate health
when she left home. She did not know of any reason why
she should commit suicide.
In reply to the coroner, Chandler aaid he had not seen the
remains of his daughter, nor the place where they hail been
found. He had been asked if he would take them and bury
them, but he hail declined. They were, he believed, buried
by the parish authorities ; but ha had not attended the
the funeral. Mrs. Chandler. having similar questions put to
her, gave similar replies, and the coroner commented its
strong terms upon their conduct.
A youth named Mernman having deposed that some
time in the second week in September he saw a
woman, apparently asleep, lying in the wood where
the remains were found, the inquest was adjourned for
a fortnight.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

THE SUNDAY QUESTION.

On Tuesday night the Sunday League held a
meeting at the Cambridge Hall, Newman-street,
London—Professor Beesly in the chair—forthe purpose
of passing resolutions in the favour of opening the
Crystal Palace and other institutions after service-
time.
The chairman, in opening the business, said that
the origin of the Sabbath was much misunderstood.
It was founded by great statesmen in ages gone by. He
had no reason to doubt that there was such a man as
Moses, with whose name its institution was usually
connected; nor did he doubt that Moses was a
man of a far higher type of grandeur than it was
possible in these days to conoeive. Those great
statesmen found their people sunk in barbarism,
and they desired to raise them to something better. If
they wanted men to practise personal cleanliness, to
abstain from unwholesome diet, or to give up hurtful
practices, they knew well that it would be useless to
reason with them. They therefore adopted the wise
and sensible course of assuming that there was a
Supernatural Being, and that that Being would punish
those who disobeyed their precepts. In that way
habits were formed which lasted long after the sanction
on which they rested had been forgotten. He (Mr.
Beesly) believed that no institution had ever been pro-
ductive of so much good as a periodical cessation from
labour; but it was a great mistake to suppose that
the Sabbath had been originated from any motive of
religion. There were those who objected to the opening
of public museums on Sunday, bemuse it would rob
the poor man of his day of rest; but depend upon it,
that was the last thing such persons cared for. (Cheers.)
Their real object was simply to bolster up an anti-
quated superstition which they saw had begun to
totter. Hitherto the labouring classes had not taken
any very energetic course on this question and he
did not blame them for i,. To the working man the
weekly rest was a matter of the utmost possible ins-
meet; and depend upon it, if he once lost it he would
never get it bask. (Cheers.) The time might come
when a higher morality might be depended upon
to restrain the greed of employers; but till
then it would not be safe to dispense with the reli-
gious stenction. For his own part he certainly did not
desire to sec the hours of labour increased, or the fre-
quency of holidays diminished. He was, in fact, for
two a week, though he was not for every one keeping
both of them. It struck him that the catholic
church had adopted a very sensible way of meeting a
real difficulty which had been started, viz., that the
opening of public buildings would deprive • large
number of persons of their weekly holiday. By
establishing the Friday fast, when theatres and other
places of amusement were all closed, one day's rest in
seven was secured to everybody. (Cheers.)
A resolution in favour of the objects of the League,
and a vote of confidence in Mr. Harvey Lewis and Dr.
Sandwith, were agreed to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

FREEHOLD PROPERTY.
MO he SOLDby AUCTION, by Mr.
_L SAMUEL INSI'LL, at the home of Mr. Samuel
Leonard, the NIATPOI.I: INN, CRAIILEY Fonur, on Tues-
day, the 3rd day of November, 1868, at Six o'clock in
the Evening. in the following or such other lots, as slay
be determined at the time of Sale, and ,übject to con-
ditions to be then read :
Lot I.—All that MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, with
”I'dings, Gardens, and Appurtenances thereto
. , Loath noir the Maypole Inn, Cradley Forge
tiftieciid in the occupation of Mary Wood, at the yearly
rent of £4. 6g. 8.1.
LOT 2.—A1l thoae Two MESSUAGES or "MET.-
LINO-ROUSES, situate at the "Hemmer Bank,"
Crudity /mge aforesaid, with the Garden Ground there.
to belonging, containing, by admeasurement, 584 square
yards, or thereabouts, and now in the respective occu-
pations of William Jones and John Onions, producing,
the aggregate annual rent of fl 2.
For further particulars, apply to Mr. John Penman
Solicitor, &MI/ridge ; Of the Auctioneer, Brierley
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TO LET, a earitni II (.I':=E and MALT-
HOUSV. , t..aughter Howse, two
Shut:, Fitts, •'• •• lard. For more than
fusty pan • , of Mr. George Mallen, who
I. giviag ' • surly on the promises.
or to Ur. 6, 11, r.uk street, Stoorbrhige,
watrawwomma.°'

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CIGARS
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-10-31

A MONTANA TRAGEDY.

SOUTH AMERICAN JUSTICE.

—ln 1144 General Maldonado had made himself con-
spicuous as the leader of a conspiracy, the object of
which was to rid the country of the tyranny of Garcia
Moreno. The plot was discovered, and many of the
conspirators were sent to the Napo wilderness.
General Maldonado succeeded in making his escape to
the mountains, where, after an exciting pursuit of
several weeks, he was captured on his way to Peru,
and taken to Guayarinil. President Garcia, who was
then at Quito, immediately gave orders to the general
commanding at Guayaquil to send thy prisoner to the
capital. The poor fellow knew that this would be his

last journey, and begged hard to be allowed to leave
the country. The general commanding declared his
willingness to let bin, go in case 300,000 dols. should
be deivisited in the back of Guayaquil as security for
his future go I behaviour. This sum the friends of
the prisoner were either unwilling or unable to make
Up. They knew very well that the amount, if
deposited by them, would immediately be seized and
expended by the government. Thus ISlaldonado was
sent to Quito. On his arrival there, he Wafi at suer
taken before the president, who upbraided him for his
conduct, and ordered him to be led out to the Plaza in
front of the government palace for immediate execu-
; twin. The whole town was amazed, and many a hasty
effort was made to save the victim, but the president
was inexorable. The sympathies of the people were
with Maldonado; even the soldiers who were com-
manded to shoot him could hardly repress their tears.
If Maldonado bad snatched the sword from the hands
of the officer who commanded the troops on the Plaza,
he might have made a successful revolution, and turned
the tables on his enemy. The soldiers would have
cheered and obeyed him, and the people would have
welcomed him as their:deliverer. But his spirit was
broken. His wife art red, and a scene took place on
the Plaza which those who witnessed it will remember
to their dying day. The last farewell of the consorts
was heartrending. Mrs. Maldonado had to be torn
from her husband's embrace, and was led away almost
insensible. She could hardly have walked one square
when she heard the discharge of the muskets which
took her husband's life. She fell on the pavement
with a frantic shriek. President Garcia was at his
office in the palace, and may have witnessed, and pro-
bably did witness, the execution, which took place
under his very windows. This horrible event cast a
gloom over the whole country. It was but the fore-
runner of more appalling deeds.