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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

THE MARKETS.

M —Weft T.
There has been se feature of importance la Um pada trade
at ifut-len• to day. A waeli el animation Ye prevailed.
and prime have bean without approgainie Oleratico. Voss
1.. umples ef Sega* wheat hue lees ea ogee With a
tide attendance of 11011111111111 hobos MOM& at about
late rates • fair they at lemign whom Me bens oa the
Meads. Transactions have tees amMirell of. relell eboreeftr.
and had Wes been leveed, lowerelanmest have been summed.
Batley has been seeree ilwrimehstes hem Ned Oil rum
ham hat. realleoL Eels hes h r of at shoat
previous eurrmodes. The ma Soda bat hos Ina Supplies
ham been short, and lale plus Mae been woU maintained.
7.w maim Me deraand las sal bra gigot, end po4a.i have
shown me Osage Hues ism heat Ira Ia va, visa a
modals demand. Is sem salsa kayo programed slowly at
preview qualetionn. Flow ham bean galas at Li Moody'.
plow

Business Lt Mark-lan• hal bees ea • limited Nests The
Ripply of Engnab wisest bee bra ouly moderate bet • fate
show ad foreign bag bean esi the steed& ma elereand
been quiet tar all quahtieh at about late ratan The show
of barley hos bean dinned. The trade Ms been ihns End
full priest have been rend. Malt be. been quiet. al pre-
vious quotatioes. Oats las been In far average request, and
have bean.. quite as dear. Maids haa been quiet, and un-
altered. Tar bents and pew there ham be... sederates de-
mand, at last week's prior. Mead ham been with oulablaratlon.

ILITILOPOCITAN CAITTLZ
Depression has bean the began .1 81. settle lends 10-day.
Tim @applies of stock of/sting have bele larger than on
Monday last and grime in ecemegaisice have had.
tgadency. As neerds IS the yeeeipts from sten=
been neva/ From Spain and Cortina there has been a
huge supply of animal& some of which have mine to
hand lo excellent onaditlen. There have also been sons*
Danish and Dutch unlash re ss/e. The trade has
been quiet, sad peters have had • drooptng tendency,
heti g shoat It per alb lower. From our own grazing
districts • moderate nu =Ler of !waste ha. come to
hand. The condition has been rether various, but good
breeds have been tolerably plentiful A. difllmlty has been
wrmrlectied In concluding Weise. nod prices mostly role
ed. pee alb lower, the best Vole maktng fa Id. to ke. td.
per SI b From Llncolnehlre, Lelcsatenhlre, and it °Kan.,
tonahlre we received about 000 thorthorns, to., freer Nor-
folk and Suffolk about TOO Scots and crows, and from other
pert. of Saeland about S 0 verlom breed& fair supply of
sheep has Men 05 We, I colliding • full somas. proportion
from soros+. For .1.1 qualities the marks* has been dull, as
a decliee of 11. per Sib.. the beet Downs and hall bred.
making gs. to 6. gd. per Sib Lambe hays @keened hands
quietly, of from Ts. 61. to W. 6d. per Mb. Calves have been
ci slow request, on former teem& Pisa have be.. lainninsily
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN, & DISTRICT CHRONICLE.

f REGISTERED FOR 1
1 TRANSMISSION WIIROAD.f

TN the interests of trade, and at a heavy ex-
penditure of time and capital, these °Bless have
been established.
The Agents and Correspondents. both British and
Foreign have been selected with care.
Constant communication to maintained with the various
Bureaux des Renseignementa of the Continent, the In-
telligence °lkea of the United States, and the British-
American, Indian, Australian, and other Colonies.
A trusted Confukatiu/ vehicle of information ; a plain
answer to a question is given.
Truth in the report, safety in the trausactiod, is the
end desired and sought for.
What 'Ambers are entitled flint £8 Sl:
ENTITLED re-40 Inquiries on Great Britain—three
stamps each inquiry—ercry inquiry
sent to three er four correspondents.
6 „ °ammo weekly, arid Index quarterly
(register contains over • million
names).
„ Any additional number of Inquiries at la
lid each.
• „ Legal Advice at any time, or any number
.•
of times, free of charge, on any com-
mercial question.
•
Debts applied for, subject to the fo.l
lowing commission, viz :-5 per sent.
from An to £5O, 2i per cent. from .1150
to £lOO, and per cent. beyond; Sr
•

subject to prior special arrangement.
Monthly settlements.
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Facts for Maio, :

SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1873.

Our system of Debt Coßesting is much approved—
I.—Our Register. andltererence to Correepondents at
once show Debtor's ability to pay.
2.—No spending good money after bal.
3.—Special !saints. in County Courts.
4.—Judgment against Debtor in twelve daya.
s.—Attendance to prove debt necessary.
S.—Commission, 5 per cent. under £5O, 2t per cent.
above.
7.—Prompt Remmittance.
A carefully renised List of Swindlers, with their latest
aliases is kept at thia Olce.
est- NOTICE.—In this Office, a debt, after applies.
on is made, is not left to die a natural death. Prompt,
efficient, and voluntary civics is given to Subscribers as
to best mean* of recovering same. If in London, a
elerk waits upon bins. on the country, by post) and ob-
tains from him such instrnatious as will enable us to
recover debt without any further trouble to Subscriber,
and without any attendance of Subssriber being laces-
airy.
Terms :
£3 35, tri se, and SIO 10e and upwards, perannum.
N.B.—Banks and their Branches contracted for.
sir All Telegrams, Accoeate for Collection, Com-
mercial Inguiriee, and all other communications, to
the London 011ie, only. Draft* crossed National Pro-
vinsial Bank of England to Flint and Co. London.
Agent for Stourbridge, MR. S. FIELD.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

CRADLEY HEATH.

THE LATE ASSAULT AT CHAOLEY STATION.—At the
Staffordshire itjuarier Sessions, ou Monday, before Mr.
T. F. Twembow, Benjamin IVectwouil ton bail) was in-
dicted for unlawfully inflicting giievous bodily harm up-
on William Giiks, on the illst of March, at Crane!
Heath. Mr. Young prosecuted, Mr. Motteram defend•
ing the scented. Prisoner pleaded guilty to a common
assault, no evidence being offered on the more serious
charge.—He was discharged on his own recognisances,
and ordered to come up for judgment when called
upon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

PRICE ONE PENNY.

LOCAL SECRETARY Wanted for Stour.
bridge by a LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
offering special advantages. Commencing Hilary 1:120
per annum, with sommission, travelling expenses, dcc.
The candidate will have the preference Of mutable other-
wise, who is prepared to invest 1:60 in the Company's
capital.—Address, in first instance, 'Alpha, 10 Lockley
Road, Bermondsey, London, li.E.

AGENTLEMAN is required by an listaii.
lished LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, to act OS
MANAtiER for the district of stourbridge. Age. LOt to
exceed thirty-five years, and extensive local eel-no:ion
desirable. Commencing salary .£llO per annum, in addi-
tion to which a liberal Commission will be paid on New
and Renewed Fremiums.—Address (in the first instance)

bltuaager " 137, Liverpool ttoad, London,lsi. 11 eligible
in all other respects, a preference will be awarded to the
candidate who is prepared to invest £6O ia the Capital
of the Company.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

THE Nsw MEDICAL OFFICER.

The Clerk read a letter he had received frOm
Mr. M. Richards, thanking the Commissioners'
for electing him to the office as medical officer, for
the township of 6tourbridge.
The Chairman called the attention of the Board
to the fact that Mr. Richards had applied to
Quarry Bank for a similar situation. He under-
stood that Mr. Richards in his application stated
that he would be in a position to give the whole of
his time to the duties of his office in Stourbridge.
He thought it necessary that the matter should
at the outset, be thoroughly understood.
Mr. Kelly and several other Couunissioners' said
they understood that Mr. Richards would give
the whole of his time. _ .

The Clerk here read the letter which was to the
effect that he would give the whole of his time,
but several Commissioners' said they did not wish
to debar Lim from private practice. Ultimately
the following resolution NILS passed :—Proposed
by Mr. Billinghani, and seconded by Mr. Stanley,
" That the Medical Officer of Health be informed
that while the Commissioners' do not wish to in-
terfere with the private practice as a medical
gentleman. They object to his making applica-
tion for any other public appointment, without
first obtained the concurrence of the Commis-
sioners'.' Carried unanimously.
Ai this stige of the proceedings Mr. Richards
was called into the room, and the chairman read
the resolution to him, and Mr Richards expressed
himself as perfectly entitled.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

SUICIDE OF A MILITARY OFFICER.

An inquest has been held in Loudon, at the "Bank
of England " Tavern, on the body of Lieutenant Arther
Lionei Le Vert, aged 29, late of her Majesty's 56th Regi-
ment, who had committed suicide under very singular
circumstances. The eviden's &owed that the deceased
was the mon of a distinguiehed officer in the Imperial
French Army. He had entered the British army,
and had served in India, returning home about
heir years ago. He had subsequently visited the
Diamond Fieidd of S uth Africa, where. whilst
smoking after dinner with some friends, he met with
a severe accidett by an explosion of gunpowder,
which was under the table, and which, it was supposed,
was ignited by some of the lighted label of one of the
pipes or cigar,, This accident was supposed to hare
caused • severe shock to the system, winds resulted hi
African fsver, and this, conr- led with • sunstroke in
India, aflrcted his brain. He returned to England is
very had health, and the doctor who attended him for
the fever, b.-lieving that be was not responsible for hi
actions, enjoined his friends to cloth the windows
and keep sharp instruments out of his way. On
Tuesday r igut, in last week, at half - past ten, de-
ceased t,o k a hanas,m cab in Jermyn stre-t for
Joho'd-wood. At North Bank the driver beard the report
of a pistol, and, on looking through the trap, saw that
his fare had shot binned. Tee deceased was taken to
St. Mary's Hreiditsi, but died shortly after hi. admis-
sion. In his pocket was found a paper with the fol-
lowing written upon it :—" I em Lionel Arthur Le
Vert, late lieutenant of the 56th Regiment and Fellow
of the Geographical Society. My reason for taking
this step is of an entirely domestic nation." The jury
returned • verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

A GREAT PURIFIER OF SOCIETY.
(From Monday's Pall Mall Gazette )

On this day thirty-six yeses ago a once popular
punishment ceased to exist, hr the pillory was extin-
guished by an Act of Parliament on June 30, 1837.
Any attempt to revive it would, of course, be looked
upon as a relapse into barbarism, but it cannot be
denied that as a gentle correction for certain offences
which have unfortunately not only outlived it, but
appear to have bed, me more active since its 'item-
ton, it 11..“1 its use, and Las never 3,Lt been replaced by
a more eff,tual instrument for the prerention of
honesty. For instance, the diffienity we experience in
checkirg the practice of adulterating food would
speedily vanish if the Lori Mayor of the present nay,
like Robert Benet, tie lordehipe predecessor
.in 1287,
" did sharps correction upon bskere for making bread
of light weight, as also one Agnes Daintie for sdling of
mingled butter." , he pillory also, according to the
"Litter Album," met the esee of fraudulent coal and
cattle dealere, cutters of purses, sellers of sham gull
rings, forgers of letters, bond., and deeds, twets of =-
stamped measures, and foretellers of the market, Li
fact, the pillory embraced within its sphere of opera-
tions dushone4 directors, tradesmen, and other, 'rho
now would feel themselves insulted if they were claimed
with and liable to the same punishment as pi,kpnrbete
and forgers. The pillory, if now existing, would also
put an end to police perjury and materially waist Mr.
Bruce in his efforts to rein the force above the
level of the criminals i: endeavours, but wane-
tines fade, toapprehend. Marra. Egan and Salmon,
two thiel•tekeen, who were placed in the pilkie7

_
it %MAIM, In 17* for pate% awl Ida Sea
nasympathette treatment frogs the dINMINI Oat the
meet upon them wee not &Medlar to that of •
fashiosable railway accident of modern days, for Egan
was killed end Salmon ' • severely injured." Tug pil-
lory, in truth, has equal claims to revival with the cat.
It was • great purifier of society, and wee besides ad-
mirably adapted to meet one of the most pressing
wants of the day, namely, • means of indulging in po-
litical and polmoloa- I mertyrclorn—and on this, the an-
niversary of he death, lii only fair to recall to memory
some of its merits,

TIGER-MUSIC.
(IN+ WILLIix BLAKE 1
The gain le weaned ordeal the Olean gong of the End-
fish Tiger "—.3i. Pelennurg Paper.
Sloan, Three traising Wight
Ii the fond of the night
Shrodd this "Arlan meet thine eye
Tion Met meend Ida Wawa Maar,
" Swatch • Mogan,' moo declare,
" And you'll Ind • Tartar there,-
Tiger, we 'hold/ hugely joy
To see thee scratch this scribbling boy
Tell • tiger that he singe.
Tell thu U that he range,
Tell • hark he goes to M. an.
Tell the lines he's not en ems.
What the fume of cogent champagne,
In what meddle wee the bran,
Mien that Berf, mo extra tree,
Set tiger ~mg, SEAN, to he I—Prn4A.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

KINGSWINFORD.

STEALING A CLOCK WEIGHT—At the Staffordshire
Quarter Session., on Monday, before Mr. T. F. Twem•
bow, John Jones (on bail) surrendered to an indictment
charging him with stealing a leaden clock weight, the
prorrty of Joseph Bellison. at Kingswinford, on the
16th June. The prisoner was prosecutor to
mos e. and he took the opportunity of purloining the
cinch-weigh when so employed, and was seen hr a
neighbour to throw it over • wall. A little girl named
Mary Cooper took it home to her mother, sad the
prison.r afterwards went to the mother in quest of it,
and it was given up to him, Sentenced, after previous
conviction, to three months' hard labour. Mr. Bosasquet
prosecuted.
Tao CHARGE OF STEALING HORSE CORN.—AA the
same Court, on Monday, Wm. Friend and Win. Morris
(on bail) surrendered to an indictment charging them
with stealing forty pounds weight of horse corn, the
property of Benjamin St. John Matthews. Mr. Under-
hill appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Motteram for
the prisoner. The prosecutor is an ironfounder at
KingAwinford, and the prisoner Friend was a groom in
his employment, and on the 29th May • policeman was
on the look-out, near Mr. Matthews', when be saw the
prisoner Friend take a bag, which was afterwards found
to contain corn, over to Morris'e. As he came away the
policeman stopped him, and the answer he gave to him,
the learned counsel said, amounted to almost a direct
admission of guilt, for though he at first said be took the
corn for the purpose of lendingit to Morris, yet be after-
wards asked to be forgiven, saying that:he took it in con-
sequence of four deaths in his family. The Court con.
eider, d that there was no case against Morris, who was
acquitted, and Friend was acquitted by the jury.

AC .1 OOL BOARD —A meeting of this Board was held
on Friday last at the }Culver Board School (Girls' de-
partnii nt), the Rev. John Hodgson (chairman), presided.
There were also present Messrs. Bolton (vice-chairman),
Rune, and Belcher. The Architect certified that £l5O
was du" to the builder on account of the erection of the
school. sat the Clerk wu instructed to apply to the
Public wo-ks Commissioners' for another advance of the
loan. A plan and specification of a class room for the
infant., Rebool, alterations and erestion of walls Lie,
together with an estimate of the cost of the work
amounting to £207 13, was submitted to the Board, sod
it was decid..d to take it into consideration at the not
meeting. Orders upon the treasurer were signed for
payment of the quirterly salaries, arid then the Bona
adjourned to the 11th July.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

VISIT. TO THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

Of coune the moron, of the Rhatt's net bad roue before
this spread through the City, and by the Mansion House and
Royal Exchange dew. crow& were collected Wednes-
day lass the traffic bad be., stopped for hours in anticipation
of • Oat which see never paid, • I-erection which naturally
was not repeated on Tuesday The Royal ceriage therefore
drove somewhat slowly, enabling the people to gate to their
hearts' content Into the now open carriage, and the Shah
and his suite to me how orderly • Loadon crowd can be with-
out artificial ald Three of the carriage drove into the Bullion-
yud, and the Shah and his (remedial* suite, with Sir H Raw.
Ileerfft, who accompanied there throughout the day, alighted.
They were received by lir Greene, the Governor. the Deputy-
Governor, end the court of ()tremors The tour wee more
limitei than that planned for the former net but the moat
interesting points of She Beak of logiand were brought
under the Shan s maim dares the very Meet eap he made.
Faring through the Courtroom the party lint vetted the
printing, Blom, where Mr. Co., the eapertetendeet, Ina M
nand to expiate their operations. The sin machines were
In full pelt, moderns Bs.* note at the real of 1100
per hoe. rho Shah was lemma, interred at what
was golng us, md pat • series of thoroughly prandial
questions, the answers to which he conveyed to his Grams
Veer, and the Prince hie relative. He lingered locum*
over • machine by which Loden or rupee notes wee being
printed, and ellcied • TIM soloist of information upoa
Indian currency generally before he moved forward. This
am. the numbering room, where the noes, which hitherto
were like the play of Hamlet with the meenekely Demi
omitted, were completed by riaelvtag lb. Bank'. siga4anaual
of oumber and augnatare. The autograph book was than
produced, end the Shah 'tuned a thomend pound note In
Persian character., to be kept as a record of his nat. In the
weighing room below etsin, the Shah and his culls en-
pcsueo • very newel antonlabinent at the heap of
giftlering sovereigns plied upon the centre table but their
chief attention was Monied to the delicate machines by
which the light sovereigns are deectal sad dimmed of.
His Majesty avoided the public rooms, where mere Inteinee
details are trammed, and tranderred hie in
from the ready-made coin of the weenies room So in.
materiel in the twine vault. Here he heeded an ingot,
and lifted Ile hands with amnia, at the track-loads of etch
yellow be At the Bank, eat the Tower, the Shah thanked
the officials for the manner to which they had ahoy's him the
wonderful eighte of their establisluneat.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

*otalai pistrid

COMMISSIONERS' MEETING.

The monthly meeting of this body was held in
the Board Room, on Monday last, Mr. McEwen
in the chair. There were also present :--Messrs.
H. Hughes, Bißingham, J. Hughes, Young,
Watkin, Griffin, Perkins, Stanley, Kelly, Newnan',
Edwards, Alloop, Woolley, and Stringer.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting
which were confirmed.
The Chairman read a letter from Mr. G. Hol-
loway, asking the Board for the use of the room
for the first meeting of the School Board, which
will take place on the 17th July.
Mr. Kelly said he thought it a proper place.
The Chairman proposed that the application be
granted.
Mr. H. Hughes said if it did not interfere witls
the Board he should sanction it.
The proposition was seconded by Mr. Kelly and
carried.
The Chairman said the magistrates had decided
to issnq placards warning the owners of dogs to
muzzle them when out in the streets, or kept
under proper protection, and it was for the con-
sideration of the Board as to the desirability of
issuing similar placards for the town of Stour-
bridge.
Mr. H. Hughes said he demurred entirely from
the decision which the magistrates had arrived at
with respect to mad dogs. If the Commissioners
wanted to drive sane dogs mad to his mind they
could not adopt a more certain course than to
order all dogs to be muzzled.
The Chairman thought there was no harm in
having dogs muzzled during hot weather. It
must be much safer for the public that dogs should
he muzzled. .

On the motion of Mr. Watkins,secondedby Mr.
Perkins, it was decided to issue such placards.

DEPUTATION TO GAS DIERCTORB.

The Chairman remarked that he had with Mr.
Hughes, and the Clerk waited upon the Gas Com-
pany according to resolution, and called upon Mr.
Hughes to state what was said. Mr. Hughes
said he thought the best thing to do would be to
read what he bad taken down which was as fol-
lows :—The deputation waited upon the Directors
of the Gas Company on Monday, the 18th ult, as
to the price of gas. The Directors admitted that
the deposited account for 1872 did not justify
them in raising the price, but having regard to
the high price of coals and labour which they are
now called upon to pay. The directors considered
iu the interests of the shareholders, that they
were bound to give the notice they had for an in-
crease in the price to the consumer. The directors
promised, however, that when the current half-
year's accounts were closed they would reconsider
the question—(hear, hear).
On the motion of Mr. Hughes the report was
entered upon the minutes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

OLD HILL.

WI.MEN'S QLTAHRZIAL-At the Police Court, on Wed•
nesday, before Major Smith, Messrs. F. W. G. Barra
and N. Hingley. Jane Taylor, ltachael Taylor, and Mary
Ann Moreton, were charged with assaulting Jane Round,
on the 27th nit, at Rowley. Complainant said on the
shoe date, about 10 o'clock in Om morning she was at
home. Defendant Jane layior used Lao language towards
her. $.l itnesa asked her waist was the matter. They
had some words togsther and defendant struck her in
the face, and the other defendants ran at her and
struck her also. tVitt.ess struck Jane Tajlor in self-
defence. Complainant anl defendants were bound over
to kas p the pence for six mouths' iu one surety of £3
each.

A PALTRY AFFAIR.—bArah Pratt was charged with
assaulting Jane Auter, on the 26th nit, at Cradle,
Heath. Complainant said the kept a email shop and
defendant owed her some money. Defendant came to
her and set about her mil etre, k her aeveral time on
the foreheal. Defendant said complainant struck her
first. After hearing the evidence of several witnesses
the Bench dismissed the case.

Cnsis uNDiril rite. Liciss6lNO Boweott
was communed by Superintendent Wills, with permits
tiug the sole of ale during prohibited hours, on the 22nd
nit, at Tividale. P.O Beard (Ma he visited the Brown
Lion Inn, kept by the defendant, at lu a m on the above
date, and found three men in the brewhouse. They
were drinking out of a quart jug of ale. He saw the
defendant's wife take tue ale our of the house into the
brewbouse. He spoke to the landlady about it and she
said it was the first time and hoped they would over.
look it. P.O Shorthouse corroborated. Defendant'e
wife said the two men represented to her that they were
travellers. The other man Wm. Bailey, lived close by
her hou.n and the men called him in to drink. Defen-
dant was fined £3 and costa ; in default one month
Charles Cutler and Win. Bailey, were charged with being
unlawfully on licensed pr t raises during prohibited hours,
on tie 22nd ult. P.O Beard proved seeing the defen-
dents and a man named George Smith drinking in the
Brown Lion. Cutler gave him a false address. Defen-
dants pleaded guilty. Cutler was hued 10s cad costs, or
21 days, and Bailey 5s mid Corst,,,, or 11. days .

DNI;N IL AND REVUOING TO CI ClT.—Joseph Williams
was charged by John Foley with being drunk and re-
fusing to quit when :equated, on the 301 h ult. Mr.
Addison appeared for complainant. Complainant said
he kept .the Duke William inn, Uld Hill. Defendant
came into the house on the above hate. He was drunk
and witness ordered him out and be refused to go. He
ultimstely got defendant out and he rains back with
several others and broke tne door in. Defendant said
he went to see complainant respecting a house. He
called a witness who said defendant was in the house.
He was rather "mudded" and when complainant ordered
him out he refused to go. Defendant was fined 5s and
costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

ASINCERE VOICE OF WARNING
against Quacks. or an unerring guide to the Nei,
roes and Debilitated, by J. L. PrLynamscasn.
An infallible means of detecting Quack Doctor,
and thus preventing the above class of Patients
from felling into his clutches, a danger into which
they are likely to be entrapped through his spe-
cious and enticing forms of advertisements and
Treatises.
The well-known name and position of the
author is • sufficient guarantee of the truth of
his statement.
To be had through any bookseller, or direct of
J. L. Polrermaeher, Galvanic Zstablishment, 188,
21.1111411101, W, Leafas.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

LIGHT AND DARKNESS.

As from the Oommons Clooktower, late,
Flashed forth the Medd,: Light,
And dodged prolix debate
One weary, wasted night;
" Together," to myself I said,
" How light and dartnem go!
What brilliancy above is shed;
What Doan is talked below!
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Warreas.—Rvery voter at the late School Board elee•
tie*, hadl saves dietinet votes.

NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

Every purchaser of to•day's Obserrer svill be pre-
sented with a handsome Sheet RAILWAY TIME
TABLE, for tluf present mouth, Omens.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

THE sToritintlDGr OBSERVER.

his nonliere, almost daidig Cm beholden hy
Neyetad of scintillations At hie repeal, the omens.
inn chairs il2 the Confessor's Chapel we,. pointed
out to him, 'spangly that in whith the English
Sovereigns ue crowned. This is the moat ancient
of the collection. and it WY made to enclose the thug
(alleged to be Jaceb's Pillar) brought with the 'leggin from
Scotland by E heard I. and offend at St. Edward's shrine
after he had defeated Ballot, King of Scote A multitude of
°Nan, homy with age and tensing wish liletoricel smogs-
lions, were here surrounding the pup, but nothing canned
them to linger morn than the Confessor's venerable shrine.
Dean Stanley heti been convening In French with the
Shell ever map he had reennit him into the Abbey,
of which be l aiim. and Now there came a protracted halt,
Red a gramplag nomad his Motesty, very remarkabla to wi-
nes In such a plan Ste I. Itratiamon mitred Into the
fullest particulars r.spectieg the urgent Anse, and the
Shah repeating tins I. hie Mine, it append mit he were
the guide of a plashes. of Anton narrating to them a
dory in which he fed the despot tutored. Although
the tomb bra been for centurion defaced by de-
votees, IS gill remains peerless amongst many
worthy peen, and an oblate before which even a
Malta hp rant of It. true significance would Mr inctivelY
pause. Ascending the grey marble steps, and paining
through IP brim sates. lie Dtaa nag condacted
hie Tilton Into Hann Vll.'s Chapel, where the ...is
were all Allal by 'pension The Shah did not study
the betiding so cluely se to be able to sly, as bee
oat extravagantly been add. that it Is the admiration
of the univene but be expreend hie unquali Jed
delight at lie beautiful proportion* and ornamentation, and
asked nuinerons patron touchlig the tim, worn btrners
of the knighof sasp-nded over the Gothic canopies of the
dell& • glance at Post. Corner and at the Mater of KU
and Fox wan given am the party walked down the Cathedral,
and at the door Ito Shah persongly expressed to the Dean
the pleasure afforded htin by the visit
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

RUSSIAN WOMEN-STUDENTS AT
Z URICH.

The Russian decree relative to women-students at
Zurich, of which an abstract was published in the
papers the other day, has se was to be expeited,
produced great excitement in that town. All
the newspapers are unanimous in condemning
the arbitrary conduct of the Russian Government
In the matter, though several of them admit that
the Russian women-andante often behave in • manner
discreditable to their /ex. One of the professors of
the University of the town observes, in a letter to
the New Zurich Gazette, that the expulsion of the
Russian women students from the University will pro-
bably be followed by • large increase in the number of
the women.etudenta from other countries, as German,
French, and English women have hitherto been de-
terred from going to Zurich for their education by the
improper behaviour of the Russian women who attend
the lectures there. A correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette asserts that upwards of one-half of the Russian
women.students at Zurich live disreputably, and
that many of the Swims families hi the town have
consequently refused to receive them in their houses.
That sonic belong to secret political societies Is
also a matter of notoriety; one of them even
acted as vice-president at a "red" meeting of working
men. "In Russia," says the correspondent, " women
are only allowed to attend special lectures en mid-
wifery, kr., at which male students are not admitted;
but there is nothing of this kind in our highly civilised
Zurich. On the contrary, it almost seems as if the
authorities thought that • student, whether man or
woman, who attends • clinical course or • course of
anatomy leaves hia feelings of propriety and decorum
at the door like his umbrella." The Russian women.
students have now decided, after some stormy meetings,
that all but two shall leave Zurich next term, and pro-
ceed for the completion of their studies to Paris,
Leipsic, Munich, and licddelberg.—Pall Mall Gazelle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—Thig Male, on Monday last, was one of
the largest ever yet held at Bagley, both as to the pan'
tity of stock and the attendance of buyers. There iv:re
80 heAd of cattle, and over 900 sheep and lambs, bernlete
pigs. Full prices were realised.

Priated—an—d Pnbllhed b;-the Sole Proprietor. 81111°1'
?lELD. at him °dices. in. High-street, Stoerbridge, le
the County of Worcester : to which place all latteis sae
flOor era.m anlcaiioss u be addrantoed.
. _

Saturday, July 5, 1873.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

A FRENCH DIVORCE CASE.

The Civil Tribunal of the Seine hail just been en-
gaged in hearing a suit for the declaration of the nul-
lity of a marriage. On the 2nd of January, 1869, M.
Bouvet, a retired tailor, sixty years of age, French by
birth, but a naturalimed Americso citizen, was married
by the chaplain of the legation of that country to
Mdlle. Tripet, who bad sot then attained tbe age of
eighteen. In the following year a daughter was born
of the union. and the parties lived together for some
time, brit differences afterwards arose, and they asps-
rated. The wife now applied that her marriage should be
pronounced invalid, r the provision' of the French law
had not been complied with. First of all, sa *be wm •
minor, the consent of her father and mother, both
living, was required bat not obtained; then the banns
should have been published, but were omitted; and
finally. the leguilation requires that any conjugal union
in which a Fren,h subject is a party should be cele-
brated before the civil offirr of the state in the com-
mune in which one of the pair resides, and that for-
melity was not complied with. She further demanded
an aLowance for the support of the child, the paternity
of which the father had acknswiedgesi
The husband opposed the suit on the eround trier
he was a foreign, r, his wife had ceased to be French,
and that therefore the court had no jurisdiction.
The tribunal overruled the objection for the reason
that the validity of the very act which would with-
draw her from the action of the French laws wee in
question, and further decided ad the points in favour
of the plaintiff, declared the marriage null and • id
for the reasons she had pleaded, ordered the defeod.nt
to pay an annuity of 1.200 f. for the support of the
infant, and condemned him to pay all the meta.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

BURNING OF THE MIKADOS PALACE
IN TEDDO.

altr.ctatl from • letter ,A ScJtch gentle-
man In to • friend In Edinburgh:—
. _- - -

• Yesterday (Sunday, 4th May) wee an awful day
of fires in Yeddo. There were four or five at different
places, and the crowning one was about midnight, or
thortly after, when the Mikado's castle took fire, and
all the houses where he and his servants lived wore
burned down. We wore awakened by one of the 'errant@
about two o'clock knocking in the window, and crying
cut that there was • large fire not fir off. I was
startled still more by the evert of a cannon, followed
soon alter by other two. I got out without drawling.
to the verandah, and as. the flames shooting up, the
greth volume of smote and sparks carried along by the
wind, riiecting the light of the fire all over the any.
The firing of the cannons was, as I was afterwards in-
formed, • system of denalling, the find shot being for •
certain number of soldiers to turn out, the next for •
few thousand more, and the last for all the officials in the
public office' to go to their posts, and be ready, in case of
the fire spreading. We did not know at first where
the fire was, but as it was so large, and evidently
not far off, K— and I went to see it. When
we got half way it was men to be inside the
nestle, and the flames were about their brightest
The Mikado had left at the commencement of
the fire, and ii staying at the residence of his mother,
about two miles off. All the buildings, with the ex-
ception of a few ' godowna (storehouses), have been
destroyed; and to innwsee the difficulty of putting it
out, the moats round the place have been drained, pre-
paratory to deepening, and there was not much water
available, but indeed, though there had, nothing
could have stayed the fire in rich aas of wood-
work. One fine sight was when • large gate at one of
the entrances took fire. The flames rose to • great
height from the roof of the building, which is over the
gate, burning like • torch, and the copper -4 which
there is a large quantity on all these gstee—gave some
of the flames a greenish-blue tint. We watched the fire
for an hour or so, and then, as it was beginning to burn
out, we left. About Ifi 000 soldiers were turned out
to march about and guard the place. One of the other
fires broke out while we were in church, and the ding.
dong of the fire-bell caused several to leave to ascer-
tain if it were near; and it might have been far more
serious than it was became there was a high wind
blowing."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present : Messsrs. Rollinson,
Homer, Fereday, Giles, Baker, Fiddian, Guest,
Billingham, Hall, Rhodes, and Peskin. The
minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed. Admitted into the house during
the week, 9; discharged, 10; born 0; dead, 0
remaining, 342. Corresponding week last year,
361. Out-door relief Kingswinford district,
£26 2s Gd ; Stourbridge district £l7 12i 4d;
lialesoweu district, £lB 17s 8d ; relief of
non-resident paupers, 7s 6d; total .E. 63 Os 6}d,
against £7O Os 6id last year.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

THE OLD CRISPIN INN

CHURCH-STREET, STOURBRIDOE.
WILLIAM YALE begs to inform his friends
and the Public, that he has taken to the above
well-known Ins.

An ORDINARY on COUNTY COURT, MARKET,
and STOCK SALK DAYS.
WELL-AIRED BEDS,
ALES, WINES, and CIGARS o the eat Quality.
N.B.—Good Stabling.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

FINANCII COMXITTZIed RZPOILT.

The report showed there was a balance due from
the treasurer on the Highway Account amounting
to £195 14s tid, and ou the Improvement Account,
£365 13s 6d. The accounts due on the Highway
Account amounting to £134 us Id, and on the
Improvement Account, £446 10s.
On the motion of Mr. Kelly seconded by Mr.
Young, the accounts were ordered to be paid.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

£l5O RAILWAY DAMAGES.

The came of "Bradford at nice,, the Metropolitan
Ditrict Railway Company " ham been tried in London,
end was on action to recover compensation in damages
for injuries received by the plaintiff's wife Mile travel-
ling on the dafendanta' line. The accident happened
on the night of the 12th of April, 1872, about tea p.m.
On arriving at the Westminster Station the plaintiff's
wife and • friend, Mies Renshaw, were sitting near
the door, next the platform, on the down line,
in a third clam carriage. According to Mien Hen-
shave evidence slie tried to open the door, but
beiseg image to do so, called • servant of the
company, who did so; that immediately the door was
opened the train moved on, and Kim Renshaw, in con-
sequence of the jerk, fell out on to the platform. Mrs.
Bradford fell out immediately afterwards, and received
wren, injuries. The plaintiff stated that when she
rose up to get out, the train was standing still, and did
not move until the porter opened the door, when it did
so, coaxing the accident. Mies Renshaw 'toted that
the porter opened the door and that she did not.
The firtiard and porter, who were on the platform at
the tome and law the whole occurrence, were called
and said dietinctly that all the massagers had
got out of the train and into it who desired to do
so, and that all the doors were dosed before the
train started; also that the plaintiff gave no intim.
tion whatever of any desire to get out before the train
had moved. The account the servants gave wee that
when the train hod started they sew a woman', hand
upon the handle of the carriage door in which the
plaintiff was ; that the door flew open, and Mrs. Ren-
shaw f.ll out and was caught by the brakeman, who
waa running towards his brake; that immediately
afterwards, the plaintiff fell out on to the platform and
Lay there. Tice whole accident Wall stated by them to
have occurred after the train bad actually started. The
brakesman ccald not be celled by the company, being
in New Zealand.

The learned Judge, in summing up the caae to the
jury. aeked them to lay if there was negligence on the
part of the company's servants, and, if eo, if the plain-
tiff had many way contributed to the accident.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.
Damages, £l5O.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

A GALLANT RESCUE.

An accident ooctoved the other day upon the Hartc
moantisins, the circumstances of which an reported are
highly honourable to a young American concerned
(remarks the Pall Mall Gaunt). This gentleman,
Mr. Tatham, formed one cf a party of student ex•
eursionists from the Ponies School of Mime, who
had gone up to visit the mot well known as the
Witches' Ballroom, the Name that (loathe introduces
with such effect into his immortal drama. It proved
neerly dark when they reached the chasm and looked
down it. Unhappily one of the party, • German
named /Crewel, ehow lost his footing, and was
CaPitate t down the precipice at the edge of which
oompanions were standing into the depth below,
where all sight of him was lost. His comrades dis-
S:dThin search of aid, but it proved too late to
anything effectual before night oomplensly closed,
and their dimity wan added to greatly when they
missed Mr. Tatham, who was supposed to have
parts' bed in • vain attempt to rescue KraweL At
dawn the other studenta were on the spot with plenty
of aid, and to their surprise saw the gleam of • small
fire far below in the ohms= into which their comrade
had fallen. It turned out that Mr. Tatham had
managed to scramble down alter the fallen man by
the aid of bushes and rock; and finding the object of
hie search, though terribly I:maimed, still alive and
partly sensible, had tended him through the night,
covering him with his own outer clothes, and keeping
up a fire of sticks,both against the cold and as • signal
for aid from above, Altboagh the height down which
Herr Killswel fell, cc, more properly, rolled, is reported
to be over 200 feet, he had broken no limb, and was
making • good recovery at the last accounts, thank' to
Mr. Tatham.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

CUTTINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

A PA imouri paper pabliabes the names of the phyli•
dem wbo have had • had hick" with their patinas.

An uniinseritiative individual on vng the Pam
of Mogan, Iran greatly perplexed at the estosiehmeht ex.
gemmed by hh companion., and on one of them exclaiming
to Men, It not • most momierfnl fell ?" monad. " WOl2-
dvrfml !no Isee nothing vroodertnl In It Why what's to
hinder the tester from tailing?"
A Nevada paper reports that the servant gt:f
ne /Ne have etruck for 86 dollen • month, two MIL
end to. privilege of the parlour ems Lanaksy.

"I sicaki -have ao objection," es ari • hop-peaked
hothead, ' to ray wire's bartag the lad ward, ft I amid only
be emend that it would 00 the I.
He mist Min Kitty at • balL After talking about
the westher sod other thinp, he mired very abrabtly,
Where Is your mother ?" meld the tweet &fuel.
"I have WM her at home. I :morally do when I some to a
hell whet la • home without • mother
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

PUBLIC NOTICES.

GLEN FIELD

_
STA itCH, J. tb. only kind ITeed in
Eler Majesty's Laundry.

IT THERE ARE ANY LADIES who have DOI yet used the
OLENFTELD STARCH, they are respectfully solicited
to give it a trial, and carefully follow out the directions
printed on every package, and if this is done, thee will
say, like the Queen's Laundress, it is the finest STARCH
they ever used. When you ask fur OLENFIELD
STARCH, see that you get it, As INFERIOR KINDS ATM
01T/II SITIETITTITED FOR TEL SAKE Of EXTEA PIOIIIT.
OMNI 110.11111/110111 ei OVUM lIIIMIZMIL

AIR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Professor
of Music, High•street, Cradley Heath.
N.B.—Allkiads of Musical lastrameatitaned
repaired.
New Mails at Baltprice.
PlilliOPOltThe Irt)k bail.k . /ilia
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

ANOTHER SAD TIGER STORY.
A correspondent of the Tunes of /ndia, writing from
*kola on Jane 1, eels

_
"Thee. wee • very sad occarrenoe a few days back.
The Patel of • village, well known as • tiger shikaree,
was aroused late at night by • tumult in his cattle-
shed, and, peeping through the creviow of • door, die-
encored raider Stripes coolly walking of! with a calf.
The Patel took up his gun and fired, wounding the
tiger, who immediately dropped hie prey sad fled. The
next morning the Patel, accompanied by his two
brothers and • Pardlii (the first armed with • rill and
sword, the remaining three with swords only), went ill
search sf the animal, who wee wilily followed, owing to
the blood-stains on his track. The tiger we. first
seen by the Patel lying appsrently helpless under
a bash, when he inamitiously meted his gun against
the trunk of • tree, and approaching the tiger pricked
him with the point of hie sword. On this he suddenly
vines up with a roar, and struck the Petal ceaseless
The two brothers then bravely attacked the tiger with
their swords, but were both dieposed of in the saute
manner. By this time the Pardhl came up, and,
swathing his left arm in his dhotee, ternot it into the
tiger'. month, and proceeded to hack him with his
sword, but by thin time the tiger was quite spent, and
quietly fell back dead. By the evening all three
brothers died from the injuries received, leaving their
families almost wholly unprovitied for. Within the
lad two or three months no fewer than six or eight
children are ascertained to have been destroyed by
wolves These animals are getting so bold that in
daylight, sod within right of their mothers, they come
Nth carry their infants away."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

VISIT TO WESTML'VSTER ABBEY.

The Das'y News thus describes the Shah's visit to
this venerable Abbey

After leaving the Houses of Parliament the Shah Wetted
W. stminster Abbey. Immense crowds were congregated
imitable and there were few unoccupied seats within. TIM
magnificent edifice never showed to better advantage. The
r est west door wee thrown open, and through It the setting
mu poured a stream of ruddy light, by which the high
arched roof, anchdark graceful pillar. In shadow were Invested
with double picturreguenees tie golden pathway extended
nearly to the ch.dr, and wee reflected atom the altar-
piece at the end. lhe members of Convocation, who lad
willingly left tne dismusaton of ru`fries and inlvaahe
to do honour to the distinguished viaitor, were seated in the
sacrarium, and ladies occupied the stall. generally devoted
to dignitaries of the Church. The lectern was moved from
It. accustomed place to afford a free pupae After several
tale. alerms the Royal party serlved at the western d. or
shortly before seven o'clo.k, and the ore 1 played as they
slowly walked up the nave, the congregatt,n rang en
maw. The Dean eel the Shah walked 1.1,10 by side,
preceded by the amens in residence and the inkier
canons. Ills Majesty advanced very al w', turning
leisurely about to .1111AP' soy moonmonS or ple,e of seedy-
tare that caught him eyes. The proommion walked through
the sacrarhun Into gdward the Confeasor a Chapel. the Skutt
sad Oh retinue renissinag covered throughout the entire
Agin. duet aA his Majesty seconded the step • ghat cd sun.
&Ye cough' Ur illeaicad.dadded sward-WU meow
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

MEDICAL FEES.

In the Court of Queen's Bench, London, in the course
of the hearing of an action brought to recover damages
for personal injuries, • medical witness, Dr. Percy
Leslie, residing in Wes 'minister, refused to be sworn or
give evidence unless he received the usual fee of one
guinea.
The Judge asked him if he had not received a shilling
when he was served with the subpoena.
The Doctor answered in the affirmative, and pro-
duced the copy of a newspaper (understood to be the
Lancet), in which it was reported that another learned
judge had decided it was not compulsory on • medical
man to give evidence in • case unites he was paid the
customary fee. In the present instance he (the wit-
ness) considered he was entitled to it, and he did not
think he should give testimony unless be was paid that
amount. It was not fair to expect that be should
neglect his own business without being remunerated
for his attendance and evidence on that occasion.
The learned judge, having read the report in the
paper produced, said he was afraid that cane would
not assist Dr. Leslie, as in the instance alluded to the
doctor came from the country, and was therefore
entitled to his fee. Dr. Leslie resided within what
was known as the bills of mortality, and having been
tendered la. when he was served with his subpoena, he
could not object to give evidence.
Dr. Lealio—Then I am legally obliged to go into the
witness box?

-176:-J;slToe Quin—Yon are legally obliged to give
evidence.. _

_..----.
Dr. Leslie—But another judge has ruled that in a
similar caae the medical witness need not give any
testimony unless he re yiived the guinea.
Mr. Justice Quain : AU I can tell you is you
mast give evidence. You neei not have come here at
all, if you liked, but DOW that you are here the rule is
that you must give evidence. It ought to be generally
better known amongst medical men resident vrithin the
bills of mortality when • shilling is tendered with the
subpeens, and they attend the court, they are bound to
give evidmoe* It is of course optional with them to
stay away if they chaise. My duty is to tell you—
you are bound to give evidence, as you reside at West.
millet.% which is within the distance prescribed, and
you have been tendered Is. with the stitipmaa. Mr.
Di arias, swear the witnes•
The doctor was then sworn and gave his evidence.
The solicitor in the case promised, however, that he
should receive the guinea demanded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-05

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BRIERLEY

HILL PUBLICAN.

A. the Brierley Hill Police Court, on Thursday, before
Isaae Spooner, stipendiary, Frederick Preston, land -
!or,' of the Fountain lon, Level Street, Brierley Hill,
ant a member of tho L--.5j Board, was charged cu
with exhibiting obscene photographs tn his house
0, the 21st ult.