The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-11-15 00:00:00

EPITOME OF NEW&

BRITISH LND PORZIGN.

The Union announces the arrival in Paris of General
TOD 2 Thumb, with hie Ave children, In a state of 111-health.
The "Beth chair" has been Introduced into Shang-
hai, and a c...mpany Mimed to manufacture them.

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The Leeds overseers have increwed the poor•rate
441. In the pound. The rate Is now la. 84.
Both the Midland and Lancashire and Yorkshire
engine driven sre agitating for an advance of Ss. per week.
A man has surrendered to the police who le accused
of asraminsting Monsignor Vern. the Bishop of St. Pierre,
C small Bland near Newfoundland.

A lady paesenger on board the French brig Myrtle,
which hoe arrived at Queenstown, .hot harmed on the voyage,
and was hurled at sea

Dr. Bake informs the Atheneum that there is every
prospect of Ws being soon able to mart on his proposed expe-
dition to Mount Sinai.

This year the value of steam-engines exported was
E 2,473,767, which ea. • large increase oath. preceding year,
When the amount wail £2,108,t17.
At thu week's meeting of the Liverpool School
Board • statement was submitted, showing that during the
three years of its existence the flue, of £26,025 had been
drawn from the rate,; Of an amount equal to • rate of only
• little over • halfpenny in the pound.

"On 'the 23rd Sept., 187-3, murdered, near Belem,
New Mexico, U.S., while on a tour through the States, Fram-
e. Thoresby Wonley-fienbion, wooed .on of the late Henry
Worsley-Banleon, Esq., of Mowbdck lodge, lirlatoL"—Oba
Wary of The Timer Nov. 11.
John C. Heenan, the antagonist of Sayers In the
memorable international prim Sght, died on October 26 In a
Sown on the PacMc hallway by way of which be was pro.
reeding to California for the homer of Ma health, which has
been Impaired ever dnee his fight with Xing.

A telegram received in Liverpool anew:mem thwt the
Cunard steamer Abyssinian, on the fird of November, when
In lat. 46.10, and long. 63, ducovered the American vessel B.
Robinson, laden, with cotton end grain, without • crew. A
crew was put on board the derelict vowel, and she wma Wen
safely Into Halifax.

Strorg reprobation is expressed in America against
the Spanise authorities who ordered the summary execution
of General Ryan and other fevolutfonary Cubans captured on
board the blockade runner Virginias. No diplomatic action
will be taken, however, until fuller information is forth-
coming.

There was a large inereaae in the importation of both
unmanufactured and manufactured tuba.o and snuff this
yest compared with 1872. This year the declared value of
manufactured tobacco wee £2,.192,596, again"' £1,264,893 last
year. lo 1872 the value of mannfaciared tobacco and
good was 1.917,511, and Ulla year £1,192,299.

Mr, Pim, one of the member. Lr Dublin, hum re-
fused to sign the Home-rule requisition, but he has written
• letter, in which he says the movement Ii not to be ridi-
culed, and stateemen must deal with the complaint that
lish affairs are neglected In the Imperial Parliament.

On the sth of November nearly ten thousand words
were " wired from the Lewis pod-office, recording the
doings in the town on that day. Two days after a large limb
fell from ate.. under which the wires pass, and direct com-
munication we. cut off tor some time, and waiting its repair
part of the distance I. done by cable.

The long-pending claims of the Late Lord Dun-
dooald upon the Brazilian Government have now been
satisfied by the arbitrators, who have awarded to his lord-
•hin'• representatives • sum amounting altogether to about
£4OOOO.
A circular lamed in London has been largely die-
trbuted In Wily, Inviting subscriptions to • loan of 10,000,0001
to promote the canoe of the re•toration of the Pope• tem-
poral power, and of the Bourbons in Spain and France

The monster requisition in favour of a Home Rule
conference In Dublin has now received some 20,000 mignaturec
Including thou of the Archbishop of Tun), the Bishop of
RAN, and between twenty-dye &MI thirty memben of Parlia-
ment.
A telegram to the Hour from Berlin Nays that Dr.
Hemel, who was falsely accused of the Comm-street murder,
has returned from Bruit, whore the climate did not agree
with his wile, and has settled at lieldelburg as University
Teacher of modern languagea

A Berlin telegram-eta-tea that the Emperor William
Ii atin weak. though the rhumatle paths have somewhat
abated. He will not under the most favourable circumstances
be able to leave hie room for a fortnight. The present
attack be. been unutually terms and obstinate.

On Sunday night, e largely-attended meeting of
railway servant' of varlotm parte of South Yorkshire was
held at Barnsley, when resoluUmm demanding an advance of
6d. per day and the forwarding of the memorial from CU
railway servant' to director' of various linos were carried.
B.spresentatives were present from Dart', Leeds, and Don-
caster.

William Renfold, a fireman in the service of the
London. Brighton, and South Coast Hallway Company, en.
pired in the accident ward of It Sulam Camay Hospital on
Saturday. It appears that the deceased was working on the
Ilne near the Three Bridges Station when a passenger train
came up, and ran over him.
A gendarme wee conducting two prisoners to Zurich
by railway. One of them Jumped out of the train, and the
gendarme, confiding the other to the guard's cars, also
Jumped from the train in parents of the !oetive. The latter
took refuge in a wood, and eluded the elide until a peasant
'dike dog aided him in the march. They found and captured
the prisoner, for which gallant act the gendarme noshed a
reward---sevso franca

The Paris jmumels announce the death of Admiral
Trehonart in hla 761 h year. The deceased admiral entered
the French nary as • midshipman, and took part in the com-
bats which distinguished the close of the Fint Empire. He
was promoted to the rank of admiral of France in 1869.
He was created • senator by the late Emperor on the itth of
August, 1860, and in the following year was promoted by im-
perial decree to the rank of Grand Cross In the Legion of
HOOOTIL

According to the Neve Fret Press of Vienna the
slaughter of hone. for food In July last amounted to 203, In
Angela 00 104 and In September to 224 In the entire quarter,
therefore, no less than 68 horses were converted Into food.
The '' forequarters ' are quoted at tram 12 to 16 kruetzure per
lb., the hlndganrters" at from 14 to 16, the ribs end loins
at from 16 te 18. Fat eells at from 18 00 26 the cwt.,
and bones at 1 Morin and 30 kreutten.

The reviaers of the authorised version of the New
Testament met on Tuesday at the Jerusalem Chamber, and
revised the tranelation of the 25th chepter of the Acts of the
Apostles. The membenpreseut were the Bishop of (Ilouces-
ter and Bristol (in the chair), the Bishop of Baliebtu7. the
Bishop of St. Andrew's, Dan of Westminster, Don of Ro-
chester, Dean of Lincoln, Master of Me Temple, Archdeacon
Bckersteth, Archdemon Lee, Canon Kennedy, Ca,nti Light-
foot, Canon Westoott, Professor Bodle, Professor Moulton,
Prof essor Newth, Dr Scrivener, Dr. Vance Smith, Mr.
liumphry, and Mr. Boil.
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The Liverpool branch of the Notional Lifeboat In
dilution met on Saturday. in the Mayor's Parlour, Liver-
pool, his Wonhip presiding, to present • handaomely
framed teitionolal to Mr. Pother',ll, of Low-hill, Liverpool,
for his efforts in assisting to save the lives of the orew of •
mac.% named the litre, which was wrecked of! Douglas, Isle
of Man, on the 14t11 September. In making the presenta-
tion, the Mayor expressed his regret that the National Life-
boat Institution had not received the support at the hands of
the Liverpool public bead& Items entitled.
An accident, by which two men wereinetantaneously
killed and one Injured, occurred in • coal pit near Rnthergien,
a short distance from Glasgow, on Tuesday morning. Four
miners named Maxwell, Spier., Latta, and Menne were being
lowered, and when the cage was about half w-y down the
shaft the rope slackened. Two of the men, Maxwell and
Spier', were throvu to the bAtom of the pit and killed.
Latta was severely Injured by belt g crushed between the
cage and the side of the shaft. Menne escaped unhurt.

Mr. Mondella, M.P., In laying the foundation -atone
of. new set of tuntectarlan ichools at Lenton, a populous
suburb if Nottingham, on Saturday, said Eaglet il with eji
Its wealth and grand advantage., was, In respect of zduoie
Hon, the worst Protestant country le the world. Ho had
mcently made a tour in Switzerland, where It was difficult
to dud child at twelve that could not read and write, and
go through arithmetic with perfect facility. With regard to
the financial conditions of the country, he sell he would not ,
affirm we wore secure against any change In our commerdial
prosperity, but he believed we had ranch more hopeful times
betas Ilk If only we made use of our sdrimtager
Among the appointment' that were thrown open to
public competition by Mr. Lowe, shortly after his transfer
from the Exchequer to the H ms Office, was that of in-
spector of ooal mines. The regulations under which person*
will be allowed to compete fob them appointments have now
been published, and last Friday'. London Gazette contains
a notice, stating that a competitive examination for two
sitaations ea lapectors of coal mines will be held in London
shortly. This oompetition will be open to all persons be-
tween the aged of SS and 35, who, within the lest Ave year.,
have been employed for two years underground • coal
mime. The subjects of examination include ' theoretical
and praclical acquaintance with coal mines and mining," and
" • knowledge of metalliferoua mina," as well as inerranlag
subjects-vouch as reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Mr. Lloyd Clary, editor of the Cumberland Deily
Times, Maryland, was shot In his office, on she 27th ult., bf
a young man named Lesley, son of the clerk of the C.rcult
Court. In the Timms of that moraine had appeared an article
In which certain eposrent Inequalities in the manner of com-
puting the milag• and pay of jurymen in a recent case tried
In the Circuit Court were pointed oak- the orders for the
money being made out by Kr. Seeley, or one of his deputies.
At two o'clock in the afternoon young Bosley went into the
Times office, armed wish a revolver, and meeting Mr. Clary
In the hart at the top of the ent flight of stairs, he ..rat to
him the question, "Old you write that article j' at therms
time drawing his plata Carp exclaimed, "John, give me a
chance " Seeley mid " loI"and Immediately fired two
shots, the one paming thrOugh Clary's non, and the Ohs
entering his chest put below the heart Inflicting a fatal
wound. Mr. Clary died In tho Imolai. Row/ finne.k;.4
mama,

Adria. remised In Washington tram Oohs Mato—
that eighty Inawripwas, oetered la a newt espipmass
there, have bees shot by the loud& oasunewlse.
It is nuiound that • wsa-ksown firm of
dealers hen COW gif= the wldetle contents the Ws
tir Ethitalmsdlesses
Ths imossislitm et sum imams& Awarding to
the odkastlable, just beset the declared vitae Imparted
In the last Ise soothe was £2,1(6.1181, sadist At,saiktal In
She gorsoedlog year, and £1,088.891 In 1871.

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Since the death of Sir Edwin Landmaer several of his
most celebrated pictures. including " Dignity and Impe.
doom)" nod Diagonal and Alexander," have been pieced in
Ins N Alma Gallery.
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A bachelor at a banquet in Newcastle gave the
following toast "The women and coal of Durham
county-0 how desolate would the fireside be without
them l"

The thirty-second birthday of the Prince of Walee
was officially celebrated ut Windsor on Monday, where the
Resat standard was displayed upon the Guildhall, plates of
t wonty-oue gure bei-g rei from the guns In the Lost Waik.
fort BelvedPre, cud the Roy. Adekside frigate at Virginia
Water

From April laat to the Bth inst., the Exchequer re-
ceitaa sincunted t., L 42,026,296, es compered with 1641.20,7 394
In the corresponding period of test year. The expenditure
bee been £40134,822 On SUnrday last the balance In the
MIMI of England MY £1,841,368, and In the Bank of Ireland,
4524 640.

Dr. Hancok, in bis tenth annual report on thi
Judicial stallethe of Ireland, states that between 18114 and
1872 there was a diminution In the yearly aggregates of In-
dictable offences from 10865 to 7,718 these. Against this,
however, he has an place an increvae In the number of dole
and of mimes against human life

The Peruvian Amazon exploring oommlasion have
made a report on their work. DI/eases prsv.ll.d largely
among the natives, both adults and children, throned!' an
extraordinary tendency to yield to a desire to eat earth. It
was common also to and children of three yearn mooktet,
and not aerie to native rum.

On Saturday afternoon Savant Gordon. on the staff
ot the 3rd Royal Surrey Militia, Klapt, died soddenly to
the street He wag out recruiting, and when within a few
yards of the barrack gates wan eon to Mawr and la.
When picked up he waa drat Heart MINN lath. eapposad
OMNI.
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The Hon. Admiral Howard, cd Castle Howard,
Malian, haa beeo raised to the p.a.lge by the wile et
hem letnnerton, taboo from the lawoith aitalms. below
ing to the Howarth', in the north or Ingiand.

Denmark has now, the Dorman itPtre Aulleettnee,
fulfilled It. part of the Treaty of Prague, dellverlag up to
Germany the archives of the duchies of awn& and HoL
stein. The.. Archives are so bulgy as to MI eighty-wen
packtng-cmes, and they constitute the entire cargo of. slag
which has just strived at /Restrict
A boy named John Williams hoe died at
from injuries repaired en Guy Yankee Day. • amnion ella:da
some bop; were firing, and which was charged with powder
and stone, rebounded and !motored Willisms's thigh in two
places, causing his death on tiaturdny night.

A Naples correspondent writes that " some fateresto
lag diseoverin hare bee. lately made at Potent • atm
"imposed Sobs. tanner's, has been 'twanged, sad a Wane
of tools used in the manipulation of Inns bead. It Is
somewhat singular to remark the strong ruemakenes the.,
tools bear to three need at the present day.

At • meeting of railway mervants held in Edinburgh
on Saturday, a proposal was made on Shaped of the easplegais
to have a Bill Introduced Into Parliament for the Of
restricting the boors of labour of railway servants So per
day. Mr. Wl•ren, M.P., and Mr. J. Miller, M.P. who wens
present by invitation to plys snob a Maim their
support, and ex aide conviction that • low amber
of accidents were ceimsd bg the °viewed' awl idimon
from which railway did& le many ems es isdiewl.
A young &drew at Os Otis at Ilamailatit sowed
Cealeudie, aged 21, Yr fed Wilber 112, =dee
circumstance.. She had entered her rose, to paspreell
evenings performance, when • Pim* of burning P*Prr wklsb
she had thrown on the pound after Ilfristind the pa, eat Its
to her clothe.. The dames were extired after a time by
persona whom her aereams bad bro to her aid, bet lb.had received such feerha Minds. she expired • few
hours later.

The long-projected conference of the members of the
Society of Mewls wag openedon T leeday aseening at Demo.
alike Hem*, Bienetegate Oreet, London, to take Into eon.
sPeration and to deliberate on the coudNos. of the body.
Cr . in perticular, to inquire into the cause which as. re.
tarding fte locream and producing a marked diminution in
the attendanoe at many of the meetings." These was a very
large attendance. The deliberations were oondaeled in
vate.

The Civil Service Commissioners have given no**
that an open compettlfwe erimination for the appointment
Of assistant schoolmaster in hot Majesty's Dockyerd at
Sheenier will 1,1 d in London on Monday, the 16th of
December, and following days. Ile reenlettes wait which
the examination will be held aro those till Woo pablished
In the London Gazette oaths 241 h Novantar,

In view ef the fortheendig onuselieni AI et the
Ronan Catholic lleiversity, &petted Sem award Oellen
was read on Minds, In in we oessene elintebeiln the &WM
of Dublin. In this document the Caleb& eillegep 'dines
the necessity of upholding religious edeesilen. eed dew
egged the growing indifieranoe to religion WM* WM Weal-
hate d, more espesially In the minims di -Illewilgem prew."
On Tuesday the Belgian Chambers weve opened by
tha King, His Majesty, in the speech from the Them, nen
that the foreign relations and the finance/ it as
were In a very uttetsctory state, and that esieng ths=
to be Introduced was one for limiting ce menneedine the
inns of silver money.

At an adjourned meeting of the Antl•Coal Rine
Association, held in London on Clarkenweil-groes, oo T 0...
day MAL the chairman reported that no mower had beau
received Irons Lord Dudley to the inquiries of the aseoctatlon
Shout his kIZ eg d promise to eel hall s minion too• at •
reduced price for the London poor. It Ins now proposed to
apply to Parliament to Impose an export duty of Its. per
too, and to fix • maximum price. &Isolation, In thin wow
were adopted by the meeting.
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A co-operetive soiree, to celebrate the opening of the
new Central Storm by the Leeds 00-operative Society, took
place in the Leeds Town Hall on Tuesday night. About 4 000
lar.oos were present. The society numbers over 10,000 mem.
ben, and made £4OOO last year in profit.. The new stores
have owl 411,000. The society poressas several smaller
stores In diffwent p5OOl 01 the town. Shia the commence.
meet 01 the society the profits have been nearly £70.000.

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The Secretary of the Metropolitan- Dairyman's
Society, affiliated to the National Chamber of Trade, has mot
a circular to the et:instigate. of milk to the metropolis, In
which he draws theft attention to the chief providons of the
Adulteration Act of 1872, and swarm a bops that the
strictest inmost attention will be given to the subject, so
that the milk may leave the conalguess' hands "a. It la drawn

A g ' athering under the auspices of the Sheffield
Reform Astoclelion, wu held OD Tuesday evening in that
town, at which Mr. Mundane, M.P , and Mr. Trevelysa,
M. P. were pretent. The latter spoke strongly in favour of
extending household suffrage to the CJUMIOI4 and declared
that If the leaders of the Liberal party gave their followers
work which was worth doing, there would he a hearty
response from the country.

Eight or ten well•armed brigands stopped the train
from Lisbon to Madrid, at nine o'clock on
night, close to the little station of Mad's, owChi=
and robbed every paseroger, first, second, and third dam, of
everything on their persona Mr. Lobbing, a Q 11.1110.1 MO.
'auger, loot his /retch and chain, and over 410 In mosey.
The luggage on the Main was not broken opal, nor was any
personal violence offered.
According to the report of the Ccmmigoicears Olf
Patents, just published, the stamp duties in Um of fess
last year amounted to £1115,789 fa ltd. It also appears tram
the rep's% that last year the fees paid to the •14
General (air I D. Coleridge) on patents amounted 10/741Z
lfis. His clerk bad a fee of is, on 1,986, on provisional and
complete specifications, amounting to ,t 491 10. No fees
have been paid to the Solicitor-General on patents dace
November, 1871. It is understood that the fees will net be
payable to the new ettiorney•General.

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Application for a writ of summons against the
lionthrEastern and London, Chatham, nod Dover Balmy%
to show atlas why an injunction .Wald not be gimbal to
compel them to cease eying preferential facilitise of India
to Ramagate, Margate, Deal, and other towns, to the preiodloo
and disadvantage of Dover, was mad* on Monday by as
Corporation of that town, under oartain dames of the legal
way cot Canal Trafhc Act of last session. The Miura,
Commission, to whom Ms application was made. Molded so
granting It.

The Wesleyan' are erecting a new 'chapel at Gros
Lanai, /Banbury New Park, London, on a site ..._t.l b,
Sir ?numb, Lyoett ; eoes, 47.220. This is the Nib
erected SLUM 11166 In the Menlo{ known as Ile "
circuit," each 'bawd Ides arranged to aeseasserbilealgi=
worshiped's. Wilbletheawne•period day wlllt ma
Wardens* of HO ablidren lave been provided ei
Thew Ambers" r.swsesel en outlay of owe £OOO5. A
sixth chapel is to be built forthwith on • die near the
Finsbury Part pew, at • ..it of /..6,500.

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A gang of sharpeni laat week Indnoed dmpleehmad
countryman, who wee apparently lost it a sada& railway
termintus, to eoooeapsey them and have same agreeable,
choice, end extensive refriebment. At the end thereof they
wanted to show the countrymen how to take oars of hie
money, then to play at cards, and then at sktMles, ail cd
which the nestle/declined. Thereat they were nide sod over.
bearing, end demanded "hie card." He gave it—Bergsma
C—(detective), dro., skc.
The French war Indemnity was, the
/eranceise cape, paid to the following manner :-I.lt lirc=
750 nollions taken from the bullion in the Bank of inner,
and I,eoo mtiiloue drawn from the cirmslatton of the cookery
end ',placed by hank-notes. 2. In Herman antes 710
lions, which the German armies had spent in lemmas IL By
the cession of the Esstern rsilems 326 mithona. 4 By the
export of goods from France to Germany 776 attufoos,
by the sale of foreign stock SOO millions,

Frencb journalist gives sn amusing amount of the
salons of railway travellers in ?mos. He rys mat vim
the Main Is ready • rush ensiles tits* Out tenant di a
endearoare to prevent any ore she sharing it wllb MTV
second tenant, who has pottage only got i,g br ream el
superior strength, loins with Pis former wawa. Sr pre-
vent • third from attach* ; and so on. All of will& gool
to prove that there Is • great deal of human oilmay moos
niankhid, In France, as well,. elnewbeas.

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oxeceutiarmtve of the
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tiohrooliatiouTlewm.ouneetinwasg:hfw.elthrt oLmanvatioinuEdbnins.d.
ihow.a
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expanses of the late numighig In that town to amount lie
about 1.3,00. The Guarantee Fund subiarlbed amottatell to
£5,200. A call of 60 per cent upon this sum was madegi
short time ago, and It was resolved to make a further cull at
16. 6d. In the pound to meet the deficiency snimeolimetty to
the next mrieg of the Executive, and the paymght of the
few outstanding accounts. The balance-81watt will be
printed and forwarded to each subscriber.

"We see that Barnum Is still not happy about bal.
loosing, and thinks it can be arranged yet to areas and morose
the Atlantic. We beg to offer the following as • claasical
solution of hi, difficulty :—Alexander the Great wished SO
visit the firmament, so he yoked two griffins to a basket ;
then with • portion of meat on the end of a staff, he held
It above their bills. and so they constantly rose ana
deavourlog to reach the temptation. By revening the
.lin he was able to descend."—Court Journal.

A newspaper Correspondent at Versailles announce'
that the Comm Moo of Fateen sat for slx bows on Tuesday
discussing te proposal for extending Marshal MeeNishon's
powers. Tho miaorfty would make no concessions.
The meiority voted that the prolongation of the Pr.
dente ',wen should date from the palming of the
CA.stitutlonal laws, and that they should merely Last dating
the existence of the prreent Legislature and the newt, no
definitive term of years being fixed. The Correspondent also
as)* that the Right seems determined to yield nothing, Ind
the Bonapartist' will now voter with it in order to prevent
the establishment of • definitive itepubilc Many
men will, honorer, rapport the proposal of the marelai
etr te
order to put an end to the present provhdonal Government.
A rather ludk.rons incident happened • little While
ago in a wall-known London church. It. Lawrence
Just as the clergyman bad begun the Communion SIOTIOIN and
had got as far as "Oar Father who art lc Heaven." hew.. ea.
Soulsbed by the apparition of a gushily robed and furred
functionary, who advazioed to the communion rails, end mid
In • loud official voice, "I am commanded by the Bight Hom.
°arable the Lord Mayor to Invite yost to dinner on" (
the day). St. Lawresios Jewry le tip Lord Mayor's=
Church, and it seems that i Is an old custom to give Obese
, Invitations public:ay after morning prayer. The Rev. Kr
aeneWa"At "ntbdlrwG7lll64:loll/nott3haerlirwales of this,
"donhardSstnotrdkay7,7lls":
has and Marisa Swan sued the North British Railway COO'
pany for payment of ten guineas each, a. salable* sad
rooeontiner for 1111112144 sustained by them on an. eth of
September MM. through having been thrown to lb. grosOd
with gnat vtolence, and cat about the bead, fem, and other
parte, by being obliged So leap from the convert:omit el •
carriage which was Oa figs, on route from GehmebnaTh_Sd
Glasgow. For the defence, It was contended that the fte•
originated from no negligence en the part of UM company „
and Shall, had the plaistifb stood upon the footboard of She
eatrllde, Indeed of jumpfnd out ruhlYwrz• would reel
mitered no Injury whatever. The to
plehatifie' ceme senblietisd, and the etempany to
Fay Ss &MUM &Wet