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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-20

IVORDSLEY.

BTIALIIIO CORK AT AMSLIWoTII.—At the S laffordshire
Quitter Sessions, on Wedneedey lest, before Mr. 'f. F.
Twenolow (Deputy-Chairman), Hugh June, I, bailiff, of
Ainbleeote, and Hiehard Aston, butcher, of Wollaston,
werio included for stealing on the tith of S. ptember, at
Amblecete, one bag and three bushels and a I ialf of corn
end bran, the property of John flail. Er . llotteram
zpeelred foe the proseeetion, awl Mr. Ken Daly for the
femme. The ease against the preconeos was very clear,
Jones, whew apprehended, admitting the et lease. The
prim:mere were tommigulity, Jones being mew amended to
mercy on amount el Me old age. Aston w. • senteneed
to three months' and Jose* letwentp-one day imprison-
ment.
Csisten or STEALING Illowno.—At the Pc Ity Sessions,
en Manley last, before F. Evers and It. 0. Virmxtone,
Itegreo Elisabeth Amos, a little girl, was e urged with
Stealing et lesilbsovereiga, three half-crowns, a florin, awl
three sixpences, on the 11th Met, the prop soy of Elms
Orimall.—Prosecutrix mid that her meter brought the
prisoner to her house, and asked her to to me her as she
had neither father Of mother. She took t 3 her on the
10th lost. On the 11th lust, promentrix ha I occasion to
go Oot of her house for ten minutes, and 01 her return
prisoner was gone. On looking into the c inboard she
missed the above money. She rive infer nation to the
pace, and prisoner was apprehended.—S n.hia Dudley
said she assieted in her father's shoo shop. ht Wordsley.
Prisoner came to the shop and bought a i air of leather
shoes, and gave 4s ad for them. Could u ot swear that
, those produoed were the earns, but they • looked like
them—Betsy Allbutt said she kept a mil bier's shop in
Wordeley. On Thursday host the prisoner esine into her
shop and bought a hat and feather, crinolin t, parasol, and
pair of stockings, and pale' Ils lid for Si am. Witness
was rather suspicious, but prisoner gate h ir satisfactory
answers, and so she sold them to her.—P Sice.sergesat
Hudson proved apprehending her, and fine dug a portion
of the money upon her. He eharged her wi di the offence.
She said she had neither father nor mother but he after.
wards found that she had • father and me Sher living in
Birmingham. He went to them and they. lilted Abet she
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-20

A RACE FOR THE TELEGRAPH WIRES.

Few persons have the slightest conception of the
trouble and expenditure required to obtain possession
of the telegraph wires when the " mail " arrives at
either of the colonies (remarks a Sydney paper). 'The
arrival on Tuesday morniug of the first Panama mail
was the occasion of a bona fide and moat exciting boat
race. The appearance of the Rakak had been most
eagerly looked for for 110111 e days by the boats' crews
employed by the Argus (Melbourne), and Messrs.
Greville's Telegram Company, for the purpose of
landing the first despatches and obtaining possession
of the wires. The hosts brought into requisition were
small whale boats. In the Argus boat were Green,
the ex-champion, Mr. C. Cook, the shipping reporter
in the Sydney Morning Herald, who is employed to
land the telegrams for the Argus, and two others. In
the service of Renter's agents, Mr. M'Gregor, and
three able-bodied men pulled the well-known butcher's
boat Fairplay, the property of Mr. Fairplay, of
Sydney. Both crews reached the mail outside the
Heade, and boarded and procured their despatches from
her, and were towed up as far as Fort Denison. Here
they let go, and a keen contest ensued, as might have
been anticipated, M'Gregor's crew being at a slight
disadvantage as regards position. This, however,
they lessened by degrees, and before passing Fort
Macquarie they were slightly in the lead. From this
point the boats diverged, the Argue boat making for
Campbell's Wharf, and M'Gregor for the central
aerie of the Custom House. Thus the Argus mew bad
a much shorter distance to pull; yet both boats
reached the shore within a few seconds of one another.
At both points conveyances were waiting, and up the
different streets both vehicles went at full gallop, and
when they entered George-street, Greville's Telegraph
Company had • very considerable lead, and their tele-
grams in consequence gained precedence, and the
messages haring been already prepared, were trans-
mitted to Victoria, Queensland, and throughout this
colony. The distance pulled over by the two crews is
about a mile and • quarter, and was done at a terrific
pace. Both crews strained every nerve, and pulled
with a determination seldom witnessed in a champion
aquatic contest.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

VENETIA VICTRIL
OCTOBER 20, ISCAI.

Tanga filed, and talons blunted, his once wide wings clipped
low,
Thu Lion of St. Mark hath been the wonder of • show.
-

For years on years the crowds have flocked, to see film In
Ms cage,
To note his beauty, and his strength, his weariness and rage.
The light of ancient majesty in the sun: eye mouldered
dim:
Dreams of old deeds seemed weak to nerve each huge but
wasted limb :
As hot with hunger of his heart, in that Ignoble show,
The close-caged Lion of lit. Mark, paced, ever, to and fro.

Now and anon the stink eye 111, the great throat gave a
sound.
A growl of warning thunder, that trued the gazers round:
The huge limbs thrilled, the broad wing:sal:look—then all was
as before—
We saw the Lion of St. Mark pacing his narrow floor.

Yactog, as who roust pace WI death—but to, what now we

SOO,
The Lion of St Mark is looee,—his gaunt limbs stretching
free—
Trying with wonder and delight the stiff wings, once so
wide,
Free and &gaze, not pacing his cage from tide to side!
Free and maze, in ceiling, across the green lagune,
Where marble gleams and colour glows, in cloudless blue of
noon,
Looking for the long-waited for, greeting the come at last—
The day that now white, red, and green on the campanile
mast!
Venetia A' fetch ! Let the cry of Joy swell on the by, cc
Her Victor comes to wed her, his fair bride of the seas—
She that was pl!ght of old with Doge and Bucentaur and
ring.
Now, rejoicing, to her bosom takesher Italian King '.—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

"PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE."

The New York correspondent of the Standard says
that the national habit of expectoration has been made
the subject of much severe comment by qualm•afflicted
Englishmen, with experiences of Yankee railway cars,
hotel floors, steamer decks, &c., and has inspired much
satirical reference both here and abroad, and thus con.
Canes :

But I doubt If the practice was ever illnminated by • more
practical sarcasm than that recently perpetrated by the Pea-
sident of the United States. Mr. Johnson Is a man who
makes cleanliness cardinal. Like almost every Western mar,
he cheers tobacco; bat, unlike the majority of masticators of
the weed, he shows some consideration for the feelings of
people who do not 'chew" His immediate predecessor ctn.
mimed inordinate quantities of "finer cut" and 'plug" of
the most approved brands, and—with all respect to his me-
mory—wm not too careful where he deposited the liquid
expressed from his dear "navy" or "Virginia leaf." The
loyal constituents who called upon Mr Lincoln naturally did
not assume to themselves greater delicacy of manner thin
wan affected by their Hoosier Governor. (I will not enure°
that they could not have done so, for the Parisian polish of
She average Western Yankee is proverbial.) An. result the
and desks In the executive reception room were daily
carpet
by sloshing contributions from the months of the
visited and the visitors ; and when Mr. Johnson took Doom
IWO of the White Honss he found the furniture and floors in
s state not nicely to be described. New carpet. were pro-
cured, and a vast deal of soap was used upon the furniture.
Several of the peculiar vessels known as "spittoon." were
added. Still the evil was not materially dimin:shed. Either
the receptacles above-mentioned were too small to fall readily
within the aim or observation of the visitors, or the visitors
scorned such attempted material clogs upon their indepen-
dence. At any rate, the carpets and the desks still suffered.
Finally, In righteous Indignation, Mr. Johnson procured two
enormona spittoons, which are described as being "one foot
In height and nearly three feet in diameter, and constructed
of cast iron." These are placed directly in front of Mr.
Johnson's reception desk. Gentlemen whom bright home
Is in the setting sun, and who may call upon the President,
are compelled to expectorate into thee* tubs, for • very
simple reason—they cannot spit anywhere else.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

BRIERLEY RILL.

Assart.r.—On Thursday last, at the Public Office, be.
fore I. Spooner, Esq , Stipendiary, George Payne, John
Payne, and William Payne were charged by Ilenry Bates
with assaulting bun. FlOlll the evidence of complain-
ant it appears that just before twelve "clock at night, he
went ton concert room. He was talking to two men
when defendants commenced beating turn, George Pique
was also charged with assaulting Robert Yonng and James
Rabbit at the WM' time and niece. Each of the defend-
ants were fined Is and costs. George Payne was fined
Gd and costs for assaulting Young. soul the 6=lo for
assaulting Rabbit; in default 10days.
ASSAVI.T.—IIenry Hodges was charged by Ann Mer-
chant with assaulting her On the lath. The ease W.
dismiesecl.—David Thompson ass charged by Louis Wil-
liams with usaaulting him on the night of the guth mat,
and fined Is nud costs.

ASgAULT George Wilk., beerhouse keeper, was
charged by Jane Ball with arssulting Ler on the 30th of
September lest. Complainant, • married woman, wild
she did in t slob to press the ease as he had given her
coal pensai ion. In ansser to the Bench, witness said be
had 'olio hi r 145. Mr. Spooner cautioned tliedef,ndant
as he had once fined him /10. As the na,auli was mit
severe one, he would allow it to be withdraw übY P 53,011
is costa.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

A CASE OF REAL DISTRESS!

A correspondent of the Pill Mall Gore, signing himself
"A rather of Seven," writes:—

Lad Sunday I went to church at • little vil-
lage called A—, where I saw an act of cruelty which
I think you ought to let me denounce. Eight poor
little children, the eldest of whom could hardly have
been seven years old, were seated on a form along the
wall—the service was held Ma schoolroom, the church
being under repair—where they fidgeted, and played,
and scuffled about in a manner which would have
made me very impatient if I had not known the fol-
lowing facts: —The poor littlewretches had been brought
to the Sunday school at nine, kept there till twenty
minutes past ten, walked about for ten minutes before
service began, and then recommitted. They were
destined to a similar torture in the afternoon, making
in all nearly six hours of painful restraint. lam sure
not one of them can have carried away any other fru.
preseion from A schoolroom than that of having
endured in it a ptine fuck Cl dere, which must have
appeared interminable and insufferable. If this had
been an isolated case, it would not have mattered;
but I fear that where Sunday Schools prevail it is
almost universal. I will only add that during a ser-
mon, which madame wish frequently that 1 had a right
to reply, my eyes wandered to two baeketa of books.
They were lettered with unconscious irony, A.S.S.,
which appeared to mean, in more senses than one,
A— Sunday Soho ft.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

IMPORTANT FACTS ON DRAINAGE.

The Metropo)itaii Sanitary Cammission gives some
interesting facts about dramage. For every inch of
depth of water drained off which would otherwise
pass into the air as vapour, we are told as much heat
is saved per acre as wou'd raise 11,000 cubic feet of
air one degree in temperature. The dew point, too,
is raised; hence less mist, and dampness (as we all
know) is more uncomfortable than cold. A farmer,
says the parliamentary report on drainage, was asked
the effect of coins new draining: "All I know is," re-
plied he' "that before it was done I never could go out
at night without a great coat, and now I never put
one on. It just makes the difference of a coat to me."
A doctor took one of the Sanitary Commissioners to a
hill overlooking his district. "There," said he,
"wherever you see those patches of white mist I
have frequent illness; and if there's a cesspool or other
nuisance as well, I can reckon on typhus every noir
and then. Outside the midst I am rarely wanted.!
Damp, it seems, gives double energy to ill odours 0/
all kinds. What a pity everybody cannot live on n
hill-side with a good gravel eubaoil.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

iE.VERk

krtans.' Count Bisnawelvered, " Not so
isd do,e and so he annexed Hanover to his owri king-
Ofitu. ;
;..13,1811,f kt THE PRICE ON PRECIOUS 5T011418.-=,
A'grealriwrhas taken place in the price..of precious
stones during the last twenty years. Sorts selling
formerly at 3/. to V. per carat now fetch 10/. to 12/. ;
amethysts that were 50s. an ounce are now worth 8/.,
axd the consumption of diamonds in Birmingham
alone hag inoteased tenfold. ',:'earls, especially the.,
smaller sorts, are used largely, while tire pearl oyster
shell, or tuother-0.-pearkis workevl up extensively by-.
the button makers. A few ,yearttrago, 4, email parcel
of shells as brought gto fliwpiugitun, whiuh, hY
take, had not been cleaned of the pearls at the fishery;
one of the pearls thus fouml.sold for coso/d
for 1601., and afterwards held for sale in Paris ftlf§ool.'
PANIC IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—A singular
panic occured on Sunday evening on the Versailles
Railway to a special train heavily laderrwith visitors
from the La Marche steeplechases. Shortly after
crossing the river at Asnieres the engine and carriages
came to a standstill, and a sudden terror seizing on the
passengers a rush was made to the doors, and in a,
moment the whole of the passengers scrambled on in
the line, some jumping from the seats on the roof in
their haste to alight, no one, however, knowing of any
cause for alarm. Fortunately, no other train passed
at the time and the guard having reassured the pas-
sengers as to the cause of the stoppage they resumed
their seats, laughing, but half ashamed of their foolish.
fear.

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A IlcuiAelllLlc SPEECH .—On September HI,
the anniversary of Mexican independence, the
Emperor received at his palace, in the city of Mexico,'
a large deputation, who presented congratulatory
addresses. In reply, Maximilian considering the
dangers that surround his throne, Made a remarkable
speech. He said :
I am still firm In the position which the votes of the
nation have made me occupy, notwithstanding all the d M-
c:lentos, an I without failing in my duties ; for it it notl in
adverse moments that a true Hapsburg abandons his post.
The majority of the nation elected me to defend its most
altered rights against the enemies of order, property, alsd
true holependence. The Almighty should therefore, protect
lit it twine a sacred truth that "the voice of the people is,
the voice of tiod," This was shown in a miraculous manger
at the time of our first national rising; it will be shown: in
the present regeneration. The great heroes of our country
look upon our elf orts. Let us follow their immortal
exomples without each ation, without distrutt ; and to us
will then belong the enviable task of consolidating and
crowning the work of independence, which they began With
their precious blood.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

REFORM! REFORM!!

T 1
HE FIRST MONTHLY MEETINC of
the STOURBRIDGE REFORM LEAGUE. will
be held in the WOLLAPTON-ROAD SCHOOL Room, (ling.
Stott 'a) kindly lent for the occasion, on Morn Vl' r. rrs
the 29th October, 1446.
W. A Kill OD, Req., President of this Branch, in the
Choir. It
W. WRIOHT, ESQ., TROY/. II WIMP'', FM, ant Ira.
flatswou Novritt, from the Birmingham Reform Lento*.
will attend to address the meeting.
It is hoped that all Members and Friends will he pre-
sent, and all persons desiring information on the I, 1.. lof trt
of Parliamentary Reform, or the principles of the Raw us ,
League, are moot respectfally invited.
The Cbair to be taken at Half-past Seven o'clock.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

BELBROUGHTON.

CerTIT 1.1,1. T.—On Monthly lest, the Conrt Toet with
the C onrt !mien, 13 order of the Fan of Dudley, Lord
of the Moo,. wits hi Id at the Talbot Inn. After the
usual basin, se had Li ci, trabsacti d 27 gentlemen eat down
to an exeelleot dinner provide. I.y the worth) host. The
usual loyal end patriotic toasts were given Biel re.ponded
to. The National Anthem wan snug at the close of a
very agreeable evening's entertainment.

Printed and Published by the Sole Proprleter SIMEON
FIELD, at Ms Offices, 92, High street, Stunrbridge,
the County of Worcester: to which place all letters and
other communications must be addreases4
Saturday, October 27, ISAL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

COM MITTEE'S REPORT.

The President said the report would be presented, but
he suggested that it Sil(nibl not be considered until
future meeting, as the committee bail not been able to
give it attention, and were consequently unprepared to
make a recommendation respecting it. The main ques-
tion was what should be done in eonsequenee of the re-
signation if the orgsoising agent and secretary, Mr.
Jones. The offices of organising agent and secretary
might be held by the same person, but the functions were
distinct, and the question was whether the work of the
organising agent and secretary should continue to be
discharged by one person, or whether the association
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

Xont an istrid Vebas.

Da. STACEY.—In our advertising columns it will be
seen that this at ntleman is about to visit this town, and
presets in the New Connexion Chapel. Dr. Stacey is
Principal of Itanumor Colts ge, Sheffield, and the author
of several standard works of a high literary character.
Ills work on the " Sacraments," ranks high, and his
" Pastor and Tenehrr " has bad an extensive circulation.
Dr. Stacey's literary attainment are of a high order;
and the chasteness of his language and the beauty of his
sentences rivet the attention of his hearers.

ASSAULTING Inn Poidoe.—At the Petty Sessions yes-
terday. Thomas Bradley, James Kendrick, and Elias
Cartwright, of the Lye, were charred with assaulting
Police-constable Gailliam, on the 9th inst. Mr. Bar-
bary appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Pearinan for
the defendants. From the evidence it appears that on
the above date Owilliain was running after a prisoner
named Roberts, alio ma now undergoing a terni of im-
prisonment for felony. Whilst running after hini, the
1 defendant.; interfered with him, struck him, knocked him
down, and kicked him. Ile was an severely injured that
he WAR off duty for three weeks. A number of witnesses
were called for the defence, bat the Bench considered
the ease proved, and committed the defendants for trial
at the seat Scuba.; bail being accepted in one surety
of £lO, and thernsolves in 1211.
BEEHMOCSE ENCE Attwood, beerhouse
keeper, if Cradle), was charged with keeping his house
open for the sale of beer, after eleven o'clock at night on
the 17th inst. Pleaded guilty. Fined Is and coat,
AIDING AND ADETTING.—James Weaver, Benjamin
Bloomer, and Joseph Fellows wore charged WWI aiding
and abetting William Attwoml in keeping bill house open.
Withdrawn upon paying 7.6.1 costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

THE MYSTERIES OF ADVERTISING.

Mr. Roebuck said not very long ago in one of his
caustic speeches that the proceedings in the Divorce
Court had at any rate done good service in exposing
the cant of the middle classes, when they claimed to
be more " moral " than the aristocracy. In a similar
Vint many People will be refreshed by finding that
the "young lady housekeeper" system is by 110 means
without its adherents within the very Low Church and
Dissenting circles. (We are quoting from the Pall
Mall Gazette). A "young Christian widow
lady desires a reosugagement as housekeeper to
a gentleman." She is, moreover, her advertisement
assures us, "very domesticated, cheerful, obliging, and
musical." It is surprising that she does not stipulate
that she will only engage herself to a "Christian 1
gentleman." Iu the same column where ehe makes the
announcement, another "young widow lady" wishes
"to superintend a young widower's household,"
and "would not object to the supervision of a young
child." There is also a new duty struck out for
"clergymen and ministers," who are "urged" to tell
their congregations that there is a great demand for
servants in Loudon, and informed that there is a certain
"agency" in town where applicants should present them-
selves. One more scheme by which everybody can grow
rich, except, as it appears, the advertiser, is announced,
which to us at least is perfectly now and Incompre-
henaible. Somebody in Devonshire promises "a large
income to ladies and gentlemen, governesses, tutors
and others, quickly and easily secured by adopting the
lucrative profession of mnemonics." Of course as the
possessor of this secret expects to he paid for imparting
it, it is useless to complain that be leaves us so entirely
in ti e dark as to what is meant by the " professMn of
mnemonics." But it is surprising that a gentleman
who can already practise this lucrative profession
should be driven to get his living by humbly teaching
it to others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

CBADLEY EIEATH.

ANCTENT ORDIER or SIIFrHER..—A Sanctuary of the
above Order was opened on Thursday last, by the Officers
of the Stonrbridge District, at Host Parkes's, the Bird-in-
Hand, and also at Host Cartwright's, the Vine Inn. After
the Ceremony was Over the brethren partook of an sued-
lent
dinner. After the cloth was removed Brother Rock
was called to the choir, and a very agreeable evening was
spent.
Fig:arms' Tao Mgt:inv.:L-0n Monday lest, upwards
of 170 members and hi, nds of Court No. 3595 sat down
to tea at Host Parkes's. Brother II olyoake, Deli., was
called to the chair, and a pleasant evening was spent. The
proceeds will be applied to the Benevolent Fund.
A meeting of this Branch of the Reform League took
place in the School-room connected with the /3splist,
Chapel, at the Font. Ways. The Rev. 0. Cozens, presided,
Messrs. Oreen, Trotnans, and Brazier, addressed the
meeting. Their speeches were to the point, and charaa-
terised with clear, good sense, and were well received.
A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting to
a close.

g,-Y We beg to intimate to our numerous friends and
readers in Cradley Heath, that the branch office for the
Ohm rrer for that district, is at Mr. 'T. Homer's, Printer
and Stationer, Five Ways, CratHey Heath, where adver-
tisements will be received up to seven o'clock on Friday
evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

RITUALISM.

A gentleman styling himself "An Anglican Catholic,"
writes as follows to a London paper :

00 the 14th lust., the 20th Sunday after Trinity. I went to
st. Albans Church, Holborn, London, at 3 p.m. Divine
service began with the Churching of Women, the aticiating
priest wearing a white stole. When tide was ended the
priest 1, trod the white and donned a green and yellow stole,
which he wore chile the Littny was being sung ; at Its con-
clusion he took utf the green and yellow, and putting ea a
purple stole. proceeded to Btillll.3i.ter the Sacrament of Holy
ItspUsm. During the miulstrati..n thereof he turned the
purple stole and wore it with the other side uppermost until
the baptismal chie was concluded. This other side was
white. Can you explain to an ignorant High Churchman the
mystic meaning of these several stoles?

On the shove subject "S. G. 0." writes as follows
to The Times

The day may not be just )et, but, in my opinion, it cannot
be far distant, when, by some rash overt act, some of the
leaders of thie movement will betray it. real ales. I atrongly
suspect, if the truth were known, that din I. no secret to
certain members of the bench There will then, I trust,
be a departure out of our pale of the greater part of a body
of teen who most, in ell honesty, feel that they are unfitted
to remain in It. We shall probably have an endo-Catholic
church independent of the state. It will, doubtless, have
many adhered., I,r novelty is attractive to it, I have no
doubt, certain coleidal churches will affiliate themselves. It
will have no real difficulty as to a head ; there are those who
say with confidence—one or more bishops wit join Ambi-
tious of great spiritual power, utterly opposed to earthly
authority, aiming at the sort of Union which would make
the priest of all lands powerful over all people ; starting on
It. new Independent life, with the prestige of • Mod of
persecution; such • church, tudepnedent of Pope and King,
has • fair field for trying a question—whether, in • day in
which men think mere for themselves than they ever did,
are as jealous of ecclesiastical as of political dogtnas—in a
day whoa even Romani= la shaken to its centre, and
Romish discipline has had to yield to royal mandate,
England *PI view with anything but compassionate con-
tempt the attempt to build up a periummut occledaatical
system out of material which disfigured the church from
which it was taken, and has no one bond of union save that
of. common, all pervading belief in it. own selfautnciency."
The Rev. James Skinner, vim: of Newland, Great Malvern,
Worcestershire, writing in defence of St. Alban's, concludes
his letter with saying that "If the day should ever come In
which 'the authorities' shall interfere to 'stop' our fall
liberty to teach the above-named statements as vital truth,
there are more than three-fourths of us who would be com-
pelled to give up the church of Eugland as no portion of the
church of Christ at all.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

WORDSLEY.

STEALING TURNIPS.—At the Petty Sesaions, On Mon-
day taut, before J. ibileroft and B. St. John Matthews,
Emirs., Thomas and Joseph Piper were charged ith
stealing a quantity of turnips on the 15th inst, and JAIN
Wharton with receiving them knowing them to lime
been stolen—the property of William Baker. The two
Pipers were ordered to pay the costs, and Wharton was
committed for 14 days.
STEALING Pl.TATOES.—William Morris was charged
with stealing • pot of potatoes and n bag on the Ilth
inst, the property of John Bache, of Kinver, •nd sen-
tenced to two months' imprisonment.—lobn Hines was
fined Si and costs for cruelly ill.treating a donkey on the
114th inst. at Quarry Bank.
STEALING TIMBER.—On Monday IRA at the Palk
Office, Joseph Whitley, boat builder, was charged with
obtaining • quantity of timber by false pretences, on the
14th and 10th instants, from Messrs. Hileock and Co., of
Brockmoor. From the evidence it appears that a man
named Joaeph Philpot, boat builder, engiged the priso•
ner to repair a boat. He had several quantities of tim-
ber of Messrs. Hilcock and Co. ; more than was neces-
sary to repair the boat, and had applied some of the
timer to his own sm. After some farther evidence the
sase was adjourned for 14 days for the attendance of a
practical builder,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

A POWERLESS MAJORITY.

The Town Council of Shrewsbury, locally notorious
for the frequency and bitterness of its intestine strife,
is at the present moment in a very singular position.
In view of a sanitary condition which greatly needed
reform, it was decided, after much debate, to put
in force in the borough an entirely new code of
bye-laws. Accordingly a sub-committee was appointed
to make the compilation, and about six weeks ago the
result of their labours was laid before the Council.
An opposition was immediately organised, on the
ground that the proposed bye-laws were too
stringent, and, in deference to the strongly-expressed
opinion of the building trade, certain modifications
were introduced. The measure, however, still failed
to please the opposition, and the farmers, having a
majority, determined to press it upon their acceptance,
and three weeks ago, all other obstacles being over-
czne, a special meeting of the Town Council was
I summoned, for the purpose of obtaining the formal
approval of the Corporation. The supporters of the
new code assembled in high spirits, confident of secur-
ing an easy triumph, but as soon as the special busi-
ness was called on, those members who were opposed
to it,g prOgrtik litliVtlY 144 tla 10041 sad tho reigue

remuumg sue proportionate number
which the Act of Parliament requires to be present at
the confirmation of new bye-laws, unexpectedly found
themselves incompetent to act. No other course was
open bpt that of an adjournment, and last week a
second special meeting was called, but with precisely
the same result. It has not yet been thought desirable
to call a third meeting, and, in the meantime, the
minority are of course triumphant, the old bye-laws
remaining =superseded. It has, however, just been
discovered by the legal adviser of the Corporation
that some portion of the new bye-laws can be passed
by a simple majority in the Council. and the minority
have been informed that in the event of their continued
contumacy this course will be adopted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

HAVING A GOOD APPETITE!

A San Francisco correspondent facetiously (though perhaps
.uviuul) writes :

}or some time past there has been seated near me a
person that I take to be a regular boarder, but having
some regards for the proprietor and his pocket; I hope
not; he is a wholesome looking man; weighs, I should
suppose, about one hundred and eighty pounds, more
or less, but more I should think; he Is apparently
about twentreight or thirty, and altogether he looks
like a person who might enjoy many years of life. I
have noticed him from time to time that his appetite
was good, very good, in fact it might be considered
large, so large that I have frequently remarked I wont,'
rather keep him a week than a fortnight. A few
mornings since we seated ourselves at the breakfast
table about the same time, or he was a little ahead of
me, giving me an opportunity of observing his meal
minutely which I did. He first devoured three or
four large slices of melon, then two large Bartlett
pear.; then came a large bowl of stewed oysters; after
that another pear was devoured, and then about two
dozen raw oysters. After which repast, taken as an
appetiser, he stowed away, where, lam unable to say,
more than an ordinary man's breakfast, and then left
the table as if it were an everyday affair, and not more
than he could contain comfortably. Now, if I had
anything to bet, I would without a moment's hesita-
tion, have gone my entire " pile " that he would have
been sick before eleven o'clock, in the doctor's hands
before noon, and in those of the undertaker before
midnight; but I was mistaken for at "sharp six" he
was at the dinner table, with no apparent constitu-
tional disturbance, and certainly with his appetite not
in the least diminished. lam not certain, however,
what the result may be in his care if be continues in
his mad career. If promiscuous eating have an thing
to do with a man taking the cholera, and the dimesse
should come this way, I am inclined to the opinion
that he would certainly be one of the first victims ;
hence I warn the readers of your paper, if they hear
of a death by cholera, they may consider the victim as
this man, and they must not think that because it has
picked him out it will become epidetnic here, for I do
not believe there is another man of his capacity, or of
his fondness for variety, to be found in San Fran-
cisco.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

CHARGE OF FORCIBLY TAKING POS.
SESSION OF MR. MEREDITH'S GOODS.

At the Petty Seshions, yesterday, before B. Littlewood.
J. Aunt, and K. L. Freer, Esgrs., and the Hon. C. G.
leyttelton, tleorge William Preseett, solicitor, William
Joseph Coley, and James Thomas Warr, overseers of
Upper Swinford, were charged by Benjamin Hughes with
forcibly entering a dwelling house on the 19th inst.
There was a further charge of attempting to commit a
breach of the peace.
Mr. Young, barri.ter, instructed by Messrs. Diligent',
Lewis, and Duignan, appeared to prosecute, and Mr.
Barbary defended Coley and Wiser.
Mr. Prescott defended bloom:1f.
Mr. Young, in his opening remarks, detailed the facts
of the case, which will be fossil below.
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John Bent, auctioneer, Doißey, deposed : I received
instructions from alr. Hughes to go with him and take
an inventory at the Laurel Cottage, Oldswinford, for the
purpose of a Sale. I took the inventory, and suggested
the propriety of putting two bailiffs there, as Mr. Hughes
might not be idecping ti re, and for the benefit of the
estate. I took the inventory on the 18th, and put two
bailiffs in—one named Thomas Haden ; the other is a
new importation into our district. 111M:seen him here.
I heard afterwards that the goods had been removed
on the 18th.

Creas-essinined: Mr. Tllighea said he had bought the
goods for £167. I iw the receipt. He did not tell me
that his brother law had gone off with the public
money. I heard that he was non rat. I saw the overseers
who said I was to hand over the money to them. I told
them if they established their claim I should be happy
to sell for them, or any one else. I requested Hughes
to give up all books and papers belonging to the
pub _

By Mr. Prescott : Mr. Hughes did call upon me on the
19th. I sent a telegram to Chamberlain and CogsPll.
Chamberlain threatened to make Meredith a bankrupt
On promiting to give up a pianoforte he would not
do so. Hughes said the overseers had turned him out
with a large force from the premises. He told me that
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

A DAY OF THANKSGIVING IN THE

UNITED STATES.
President Johnson has issued the following prods:.
mation

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Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, has been pleased to;
vouchsafe to us as • people another year of that national
life which is an indispensable condition of peace, security;
and progress. That year, moreover, has been crowned with
many peculiar blessings. Tile civil war that hit. so recently
been among us, has not been anywhere re-opened Foreigd
intervention haa ceased to excite alarm or •pprehensionr
intrusive pestilence has been benignly mitigated. DUllleAtle
tranquillity has improved ; sentimenta of cmcillation have
largely prevailed, and affections of loyalty and Irani:ottani
have been widely 3-elle:vett. Our field, have itelded quite
abundantly ; our mining industry has been richly rewarded;
and we have been allowed to ext,nd our railroad sy stern far
into the interior recesses of the country, while our commerce
has resumed Its customary activity to foreign WAS these
great national bleatings demand a 11•LIOUllacknowledgment
Now, therefore, 1, Andrew Johnson, President of the United
a4ll 44191,7 maglawAl Dm*, pot 41,

of November next, be set apart and be observed erarewletre
in the several States and territories of the United States by
the people thereof as • day of thanksgiving awl praise to
Almighty God, with due remembrance that in Ills temple
doth every man speak of ills honour. I recommend also
that on the same solemn occasion we do humbly and de-
voutly implore him to grant to our national councils and to
our whole people that divine wisdom which alone can lead
any nation Into the ways of all good. In offering these
national thank giving., praises, and supplications, we hove
the liivhic assurance that the Lord rernaineth • King for
ever ; those that are meek than Be guide in Judgment, and
such as are senile shall lie learn his way. The Lord shrill
give strength to Ills people, and the Lord shall give to his
people the blessing of peace.
In wPness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the real of the United States to be affixed. Done In
the city of Washington this gth day of October, In the year
of or Lord 181;6, and of the Independence of the United
States the 'Att.—ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President—
William If. Seward, Seceders °Palates
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

MR. GLADSTONE'S REAL SENTIMENTS

AS TO PROGRESS.

Or-r4—there go, you wont of ogres,
Talk your cant of Manhood do!
U bate killed folk, Mrs. Progress,
Bless me. would not mine kill yon!
What, the English Church wants trimming!
Oh, the Irish has first claims,
Then the tax-cream you'd be skimming—
Don't! an your little games?
In the House we sit together,
Salve tibi ! I must bear
Birds of every kind of feather
SCref CitiEg DOD/NM in my BIM
Listening to such trash and stuff, rage
Makes me look uncommon black:
What's Ow Latin nom,- jor Suffrage 1
What's the Greek name for a "Quack."
Whew! We 'II have our Education,
Free from article and teat,
Dogmata our detestation,
Each man's creed Is in his breast.
0 dear yes, and why shoull College
With it. Greek our jawbone wrench!
What it ought to teach Is knowledge ,
Bow to call a cab in French.
Progrets—}lab ! I see your meaning,
Things will get beyond a joke.
But, my friend so overweening,
fu your wheel 11l put • spoke.
Row your Liberal boat, yes, row it,
While I steer it into storm .
I, although you may not know It,
Am the man that killed Reform.
Don't I hate you and your preachers,
Chiefly don't I hate Grant Duff,
With his most obnoxious features,
And his skimblevaksmble atoll?
You will end roe bold and wary—
You beware this tongue of mine'
,triare
Ultur ali— Do—you swine —much,!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA AT
BRUNN.

The Emperor f Austria visited Brunn on the IPAIT The
burgomaster, Dr. Glskra, received Ids Majesty, at the head
of the municipal authorities, with a long speech, in the
course of which he said :

A hopeful ray of sunlight shines at this moment,
after long days of gloom. This city is the first to re-
joice in the imperial visit, and is filled with deep thank-
fulness. Ilrunn has only been confirmed and
strengthened in its feelings of loyalty under the hard-
ships of hostile occupation, and carrying the honour of
the Austrian name beyond the frontiers of Europe
will, less by its history than by the industrial skill of
its inhabitants, constantly be distinguished among
Austrian cities for its genuine patriotism.

The Emperor replied :
My heart felt the necessity, after days of heavy
misfortune, of visiting my margravate of Moravia, and
of assuring the faithful inhabitants of this industrious
metropolis, and of the entire country, of my warm im-
perial gratitude, to which they have acquired so valid a
title by their excellent conduct. Material strength has
been weakened, nay deeply shaken, by the late
disastrous events. Yet moral force—that higher
nerve of life—has not been weakened; upon the con-
trary, it has come forth stronger from its heavy triaL
But where faithful and loyal adherence to Emperor
and country has been so brilliantly displayed amid the
greatest hardships and sacrifices, where the severest
visitation has only served to bring into full light the
noblest part of human existence—hope for a better
future rests upon firm and immoveable bases, and I
shall joyfully direct my earnest care to the fulfilment
of this hope, in accordance with my duty as a
sovereign. I cannot enter the precincts of this metro-
polis without expressing to you, Mr. Burgomaster,
and to your municipal colleagues my imperial thanks
for your tried fidelity and devotion. Tell your fellow
citizens that nothing affords greater joy to my heart
than to be able to bring help where the heavy sacri-
fices of the days recently expired have created a
situation requiring assistance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

CRADLEY.

TEA MEETIN(I.—L.t MOEolay, s tPA meeting took
place in the Methodist New Connexion School-room,
Cradley Forge, which was very numerously attended.
Even, Faig., was afterwaids called to the chair; and
humourous and interesting addresses were delivered by
tne Rev. J. White, and Messrs. Burley, Evans, Lowe,
Kinney, Southall, Sent, and Holland. Mr. Holland's
address abounded with anecdotes and elicited great ap-
plause. A very t tlirient choir performed SOM.! choice
pieces of sacred music ; and the meeting throughout was
of the most eathaaiaatic character.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

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PUBLIC NOTICE.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTH
S TAFFORDSHIRE ADULT UNION.

The seventh annual meeting of the South Stafford.
shire Association for the Promotion of Adult Education
Evening Schoolu was held, on the invitation of the Com-
mittee of the Associated Institut, s, at the Corn Ex.
change, on Monday last, under the prebidency of the
Hight Hon. Lord Lyttelton.
. . . . .

At two o'clock the Association met in the lecture.room
of the Institutes to ele,it officers and a committee for the
ensuing year, and for other famine'''. Lord Lichfield,
Mr. W. 0. Foster, M.P., and Lev. W. 11. Lytleitun,llev.
H. Sherrard, Rev. H. Sony (Working Men's Club), Hey.
J. 11. Iles, Rev. J. H. Thompson, Rey. 11. B. Sandford.
(Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools), Lev. J. Richards,
Rev. D. Maginnia, Rev, F. H. Boulthy, Lev. 11. Eagles
(Walsall), Rev. B. N. Hutton, Messrs. W. 11. King, J.
nylor, T. Wood, J. Pagett, 11. Hollier (Dudley), and •
number of delegates from various institutions were pre.
sent.

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lhe following gentlemen replied to the invitation of
the committee, atating thvir inability to attend, and ex-
pressing ibtoreat in the movement and sympathy with it:
—The Bight Hon. Sir John Pakington, M. sows. 11. W.
Foley, M.P., and A. C. Sherrilf, M.P., Von. Archdeacon
Hobe, Colonel Barrows, Messrs. Rupert Kottle, C.
Cochrane, P. A. Williams, T. Y. Lee, and B. Williams.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

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A CHILD'S OFFENCE.

At the Ifertforl county petty sessions on Saturday,
before Mr. Baker, Baron Dimadale, and other 'wig-
tratee, a little child named John Palmer, four years
of age, was charged with wilfully damaging the wall
of Hatfield Park, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury.
The child appeared in the dock borne in the arms of
its father, a respectable man in the employment of •
brewer at Hatfield. The magistrates inquired what
was meant by bringing so young a child before them,
and were informed that the child, when summoned,
was supposed to be from eight to nine years of age.
Mr. J. L. Foster, solicitor, who appeared for the
child, said that the charge was that it had damaged
the park wall, by scraping away the mortar with a
piece of iron-hoop, and that the police had brought
the case forward at the instance of Mr. Dagg, Lord
Salisbury's steward. Mr. Dagg said that the police
had told him that the child, whom be bad never seen
till to-day, was eight or nine years old, and he there-
fore directed them to take out a summons, as the wall
had been much damaged by children. Mr. Foster
said that after the summons was taken out the in-
spector of police, who had not seen the child before,
told Mr. Dagg that it was only four years old, and
that Mr. Dagg directed him to proceed notwith-
standing. The bench said it was impossible for them
to listen to a charge against so young a child; and
after some conversation the summons was withdrawn.
Mr. Folder then applied on behalf of the child's father
for costs, on the ground that he had most improperly
been put to expense to answer a charge which could
not be legally brought. The bench said that, as the
case had not been gone into, they could make no order.
They then admonished the father to prevent hie
children from damaging the wall, and censured the
constable, on whose report that the child was eight
years old the summons was originally talcvn out.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1866-10-27

A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP ON
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

On Sunday afternoon Dr. Goes, the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, laid the foundation
stone of a new church at Bootle, near Liverpool. In
the course of his address he took occasion to allude to
the generosity of the Earl of Derby, who had allowed
them "to have the piece of land on the most
favourable conditions." He said it was one of the
best securities for the safety and prosperity of the
country that we had noblemen of such boundless
wealth at the head of our affairs for he held that their
interest in the prosperity of the country was propor.
tlonately great. Ile repudiated the idea that the in-
terests of large landowners and employers of labour
could be other than the interests of the people. Their
interests were inseparable, and those were not the
friends of the people who went about endeavouring to
sow dissension between clans and class. The Bishop
next referred to the question of Sunday recreation,
and replied at length to the Bishop of Ripon's speech
on Sabbath observance at York. He contended
that the Jewish Sabbath was not the Christian
Sunday; that the Jewish Sabbath, whether
taken as the seventh day of the Creation or the
seventh day on which no manna fell in the wilderness,
was a Saturday; and that the Christian Sunday, as
the day on which Christ rose from the dead, and
completed the great scheme for man's salvation, was
a day of happiness and joy, and not of sombreness
and gloom. But the Sunday of the present Church
of England was really only an outgrowth of
puritanism. Elizabeth and the two succeeding
monarchs by licence and by proclamation approved
and encouraged the recreations of the people, after
due religious exercises, on the Sunday. He regarded
the day as one which should be observed by abstinence
from servile labour and by due religious exercises, but
after that he would be glad to see the people spending
the rest of the day in rational and healthful recrea-
tion. Upon the educational question the biaholi
spoke strongly against the abolition of the denomina-
tional system, contending that alone education was
not any safeguard against crime, and that this could
only be attained by religious training, which was best
secured under the denominational system. At the
same time he regarded the conscience clause, as
applying to thinly scattered populations, as salutary
and just.