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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-02-07

THE CZAR'S ANNIVERSARY.

The St. Petersburg Town Council has determined
to mark the 'twenty-fifth anniversary of the Czar's
accession by
..the presentation of an address and
twenty-five water-colour drawings commemorat-
ing the principal events of the reign. Basides this,
the Town Connell will distribute twenty thousand
copies of the Egaperor'e biography cificially compiled
for the rank And fill) of the army. Twelve elementary
schools are to be opened on the festive day, and ten
thousand roubles are to be set apart for poor appren-
tices, Public rejoicings will take place at the muni-
cipal expense in the Champ de Mars, and the town
will be illuminated in the evening. The celebration is I
likely to become a very formal affair.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

A RELIC OF COLUMBUS.

From Martinique comes the news of an interesting
antiquarian discovery, in the shape of an anchor of the
ship in which Columbus sailed on his third voyage to
the new world. It is well-known that in 1498 his
little fleet came to anchor at the south-west extremity of
the island of Trinidad, called Arenas Point, and that
during the night the ships encountered great danger
from a tidal wave caused by a sudden swell-
ing of one of the rivers that empties itself in the
Gulf of Paria. The only damage suffered, however,
was the loss of the Admiral's anchor. This has
recently been-found by Sehor Agostino, while exca-
vating in his garden at Point Arenas. The anchor
weighs 1,1001 b., and was at first supposed to be of
Phcenician origin, but careful inspection revealed the
date 1497 on the stock. The geological conditions of
the ground-in which the discovery was made bear
out the conclusion that the anchor is a relic of
Columbus.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

A FEMALE SCHOOL BOARD.

The New York Herald, in giving an account of the election
of a school board for Middletown, N.Y., Bap;

This thriving little village, where the ice cream
saloons are adorned with Scriptural mottoes and the
billiard parlours furnished with Gospel temperance
hymn books, is just about recovering from a genuine
sensation in that it has unexpectedly come to the
front as the champion of female suffrage—five women
having been elected school trustees by handsome
majorities over five men at the
.recent charter
election. Aside from the local interest which
attaches to the result, it is important from the
fact that it is the first election—except at Rod'
where the woman's ticket was defeated—held under the
new law making women eligible to serve on boards of
education throughout the State, and allowing them to
vote for members thereof, which was so warmly re-
commended by Governor Cornell in his message to the
Legislature. The ladies who have thus ben honoured
—for if Middletown is prouder of one thing than an-
other it is of its educational system—are far above the
average in intellectual acquirements, and stand coy-
respondingly high in the- social scale. One of them is
Mrs. Dr. Lydia Sayer lrasbrouck, whose name is fami-
liar, not only throughout the State, but all over the
country, from her earnest advocacy of female suffrage
and woman's rights, has been for 25 years, and is to-
day, a living, walking exponent of the freedom and
comfort of the Bloomer costume.

Lester,

ARRIVAL OF THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
AT MADEIRA.
The Union Company's Royal Mail steamer German,
'with the Empress Eng4nie and suite on board after
a tolerably rough passage arrived in the calm of
Funchal Bay at 2.20 on 'Puesday afternoon. The
Empress Eug4nie, who had api:arently enjoyed per-
fect health throughout the voyage, and had been pre-
sent at every meal, received on her arrival a telegram
conveying a welcome from the King of Portugal.
Great interest was taken by the Empress in
the incidents of the voyage, and she expressed
the greatest satisfaction with the arrangements made
for her comfort on board the German, as also with the
attention and respectful courtesy shown her by all in
the vessel. Her Majesty spent a great part of her time
on the deck, and one of the sailors, who had been on
board the Danube when Prince Louis Napoleon went
to Natal, became an object of special interest to her.
The strictest incognito was preserved by the Empress,
who did not come on shore; but the Empress's suite
landed, and paid a visit to the Mount Convent.
According to arrangement, the German was to sail
direct for Cape Town at half-past seven on Tuesday
evening.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

EASTER, VESTRIES.

BLACKHEATH. At the Easter Vestry meeting,
held in connection with S. Paul's, Blackheath, Mr.
hn Toy was elected vicar's warden, and Mr. B.
Hadley people's warden.
ROWLEY PARISH Cuuncri. —The annual Easter
Vestry meting was held on Tuesday, at the Parish
Church. Rowley Regis; the Rev. W Ward presid-
ing. Mr. E. Pewtriss and Mr. Josiah Gust were
appointed churchwardens.
HALESOWEN. On Tuesday the Easter Vestry
meeting was held in connection with the Parish
Church, Halesowen; the Ven. Archdeacon Hone
occupied the chair. Mr. J. P. Hunt was elected
rector's warden, and Mr. Walter Somers people's
The following gentlemen were appointed members
of the Burial Board Von. Archdeacon Hone,
Messrs. William Price, John Hay, and Alfred Burr.
Messrs. Ball and Somers were elected auditors for
the Burial Board for the ensuing year,
CRADLEY HEATH.—At the usual Veitry meeting,
held on Tuesday,. at the Reddall Hill Church,
Messrs. T. Standish and II: Green were elected
churchwardens.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

DEATH OF A TONGAN PRINCE.

By the death of his Royal Highness the Crown
Prince of Tonga, the Friendly Islands are plunged
into mourning, and the Government of the venerable
King George has lost a highly intelligent and patriotic
Prime Minister. The deceased Prince, before he ac-
cepted office as First Lord of the Tonga Treasury, was
for several years Governor of the Vavao Isles of the
Friendly Archipelago, one of which the German Go-
vernment purchased for a coaling station in 1877. For
his services in connection with that transaction he re-
ceived from the Emperor William the Commandership
of the Prussian Crown Order. Prince David was a
fervent Christian of the Wesleyan variety, an eloquent
orator, and an excellent man of business. He died sud-
denly, in the fifty-fourth year of his age, at Auckland,
whither he had travelled to consult a celebrated local
physician respecting the dropsical malady to which he
had succumbed. He has left behind him two sons,
the eldest of whom, Prince Wellington Tubawmalahi,
has assumed the title of Crown Prince, in compliance
with the prescriptions laid down in the Tonga Con-
stitution. At the time of his father's death, Prince
Wellington was residing in Vavao, in the governorship
of which insular province he had succeeded Prince
David- but he has since been recalled to the capital
by his aged grandfather, King • George, who has
offered him the portfolio of Premier. Prince Wel-
lington speaks English fluently, and received his
education at the Wesleyan mission, of which his late
father was a generous patron and steadfast supporter.
—Daily Telegraph.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

WHEAT PROSPECTS IN AMERICA.

The Pall Mall Gazette gives the following extracts
from reports, dated March 12, published by the Chicago
Times, respecting the winter wheat crops of the North-
Western States
The increase in acreage in Illinois is very large in
many sections, the sowing of winter wheat having been
resumed after several years of failure. The present
condition of the crop is promising, and should the not
unexpected March snow arrive, the yield will be fully
50 per cent. greater than last year. In Michigan the
wheat yield will be verrlarge. Immense quantities
are annually marketed there, and the reports indicate
an increase of about 70 per cent. throughout the
State. Nothing but favourable advices were received
from Indiana. Wheat-growers • are jubilant over their
flattering prospects. The increase in acreage is very
marked, the growth has been unretarded, and the.
present condition of the crop indicates a large increase
in the yield. From Ohio the advices indicate that one
of the greatest wheat-growing States is not behind her
sisters in the general happy out-look. In every
instance the advices areoheering, not one complaint of
any nature having been received. Winter wheat has
always led in the seeding of Ohio farmers, and from
year to year the increase in acreage has been noticeable.
This season the increase is marked, the growth perfect
thus far, and from the general tenor of the advices the
yield will be largely increased. From Kentucky the
advices indicate an increase of 25 per cent, in acreage
in the wheat-growing counties, and, although the
winter has been unfavourable, the prospects for an
increased yield are very promising. In lowa the
raising of winter wheat is in a measure an experiment.
The crop in Missouri will average about as last year,
which was the best known in ten years. The returns
from Kansas are exceedingly flattering. An increase
is noted both in acreage and yield. A dearth of snow
in Nebraska leads to the deduction that a short crop will
result, although the prospects are that the acreage of
last year will be reached. The wheat-growing sections
of Wisconsin have been visited by a series of severe
storms, which have materially retarded the growth and
caused considerable anxiety. The farmers seeded larger
than ever; but, notwithstanding the increased acreage,
it is thought that the crop will not reach the average
of last season. Taken altogether, the estimate is a safe
one that the increase in the yield throughout the eleven
States included in this r6surn4 will be about 60 per
cent. It is, however, to be taken into consideration
that much depends upon the weather for the next three
weeks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE RAILWAY UP VESUVIUS.

The new station of the railway which ascends to the
summit of Vesuvius is situated (says the Naples corre-
spondent of the Daily News) on a level spot on the
west side of the mountain, about half an hour's walk
from the Observatory. The constructors of the railway
have adopted the American double iron rope system.
There are two lines of rails, eacn provided with a
carriage divided into two compartments and capable
of holding six persons. While one carriage goes up
•
the other comes down, thus establishing a counter-
poise which considerably economises the steam
of the stationary traction engine. The incline is
extremely steep, commencing at 40 degrees, increasing
to 63 degrees, and continuing at 50 degrees to the
summit. Every possible precaution has been taken
against accident, and the railway itself is protected
against possible flows of lava by an enormous wall.
The ascent will ',se made in eight to ten minutes, while
before it required from one to two hours. To obtain
the necessary supply of water, large covered cisterns
have been constructed, which in winter will be filled
with the snow that often falls heavily on Vesuvius.
This snow will be quickly melted by the internal heat,
and, besides the water thus obtained, the frequentrain-
fall will also be conducted into the cisterns. An elegant
cafe restaurant, capable of accommodating 100 persons
will be attached to the station. Above the entrance
to the latter is an ample terrace supported on columns,
whence an enchanting view is obtained not only of the
Gulf of Naples, but also of those of Bale and Gaeta,
each dotted with its islands, while to the north spreads
the luxuriant plain of Caserta, bordered by the distant
.Apennines.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

LORD DERBY ON THE GENERAL
ELECTION.
The following letter from Mr. Hale, Lord Derby's land
steward, was delivered by post on Sunday to each of his lord-
ship's tenants

"Knowsley, Match 27.

"Dear Sir,—Many of Lord Derby's tenants and
others have asked me Lord Derby's views and opinions
upon the approaching election. These I have given in
s ordship's own words as expressed to me; but, as
my reply has been misquoted and misrepresented, I
have, to prevent any further misstatements and mis-
apprehensions, obtained his lordship's sanction to my
sending you the subjoined copy of a letter he has ad-
dressed to me on the subject.
"Yours faithfully, " GEORGB C. HALE.

"'Dear Hale,—Froin various letters addressed to
me directly and through third parties, I infer that,
notwithstanding my published letter to Lord Sefton,
there is still in the minds of my neighbours a doubt as
to my wish.' and sympathies in the present crisis. As
a peer and as a landowner, I am bound to abstain
from attempting in any way to influence the pending
election, and I intend, as I always have done, to keep
strictly within the recognized limits of duty in this
respect. But while not asking you to take any step
inconsistent with this declaration, I may repeat the
request which I have already addressed to you to make
it clearly understood that my wishes are for the suc-
cess of the Liberal cause.— Very faithfully yours,
DERBY,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE CLEWER CASE.

The Rev. T. T. Carter, Rector of Clewer, feeling himself placed
in the dilemma of seeming to ignore the rightful exercise of
authority, or of surrendering a cause to which, from sincerest
conviction of its truth, he had committed himself, has—as
will be seen by the following letter, which has been pub-
lished in The Times—placed the resignation of his cure in
the hands of the Bishop of Oxford :

" Clewer Rectory, Wednesday in Holy Week.

"My dear Lord Bishop,—During the time of un-
certainty as to the issue of the case in which your
lordship's episcopal rights were at stake, I was
hindered, as 3Tou are aware, from taking any decisive
step, notwithstanding the difficulties of the position in
which I have long felt myself placed. This hindrance
is now removed, and I lose no time in acquainting
your lordship with the intention that I have formed.
"While gladly acknowledging your lordship's claim,
as my spiritual superior, to interfere in matters affect-
ing the Church services' and ready, therefore, under
ordinary circumstances to show a willing obedience to
your decision in such matters, I have been unable con-
sistently to do so in the present instance.

"The circumstances involved in the still pendin,g
controversy are not of an ordinary kind. Your ion.-
ship's decision, at least upon the main questions at
issue, I have thought must needs be in accordance
with the late Privy Council judgments. Those judg7
ments, as I believe, proceed upon principles destruc-
tive of the true historic position of the Church of
England, and as such I could not, even indirectly,
accept them.

"I have thus been placed in the dilemma of seem-
ing to ignore the rightful exercise of authority, or of
surrendering a cause to which from sincerest convic-
tion of its truth I had committed myself.
"But I cannot allow myself to take advantage of
your lordship's forbearance, while continuing to act
contrary to your strongly expressed desire, and this is
in the face of a not undivided parish.

"I am therefore constrained, as my only alternative,
to take this step, which your lordship is aware has for
some time been in my mind—to place my resignation
of my cure in your lordship's hands. And this I now
do, though it is with sore reluctance that I
contemplate the separation from a parish in which for 36
years I have laboured, not without many failings, but
with the constant purpose to be guided, according to
what I believe to be the teaching of the Church of
England, as, in God's good providence, it has been
preserved to us.—l beg to remain, with truest respect,
your lordship's faithful and sincerely obliged servant,
"T. T. CARTER."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

A LETTER OF NAPOLEON I.

•
The Gazette Aneedotique extracts, from a publication by
Major Theodore Jany, a curious letter, said to have been
written to his father by Napoleon when a mere child and a
pupil at the military school at Brienne. The letter is dated
from the latter place the sth of April, 1781, and runs as
follows :

"Father, if you or my protectors cannot afford me
the means of living more honourably in this house,
bring me bulk home at once. I am tired of pro-
claiming my indigence and of seeing the sneers
of insolent scholars whom nothing but their fortune
elevates above me, but there is not one who is
not a hundred pikes ' below the noble sentiments
which animate me. Is your son to remain the
laughing-stock of a few paltoquets, who, vain of their
own means of enjoyment, insult me by smiling at my
privations? If you are unable to afford me any
improvement of my position here, take me away from
Brienne and put me into some mechanical position.
From this offer you may judge of my despair. Please
believe that my letter has not been dictated by the
vain desire of indulging in expensive amusements,
which I have no taste for. I only want to be able to
show that I have the means of procuring them like
my companoins. Your respectful and affectionate
SOIL-BONAPARTE."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

PUBLIC NOTICES

T°

T H E

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ELECTORS
OF VIZ

WESTERN DIVISION OF THE COUNTY OF

Gentlemen,--

STAFFORD.

Her 51jt•sty Imving. by the advice of her Ministers ,
deuded k(11.3J1v2 l'..rhament at Easter, I have the
onour L suitett a renewal of the tr 1146 s generously
and uuanimous,y confided to me duriog tte last nine
years.

I believe that Her Majesty's Government, by the
wisdom, fiimness, and dignity of their Foreign Policy,
and their Sidlint and Economical Management of the
National Finance, during a time of unparalleled depres-
bima and niiliculty have earned the lasting gratitude of
Patriotic Eugiisha.en, and I shall c.iotinuo, if re-elected,
to give them a hearty. though independent support.
I a, al opposition to
the proposal to give a separate l'ari,ament to Irelaud.
I shall be prepared to support, any well-considered
measures for reinovuig the p, to•eut inequaiities and in-
justice of tue bystetri uf ivy Lozal

I hope b.fore tut ii:ection, to ic,e ali.e to visit each
Lloliing district, till z u Wu you,- ,iolem and
teclinge 611 aloe, übjeciA of :National and Local irteresta
which m ,st enbefge the attention of the fixtlicoming
ParliAmeut.

I have the honour to remain,

Uentlemen,

Your obedient Servant,

FRANCIS MONCKTON.

ztretton, Peukridge, March 12th, 18SCL

TO THE
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

EDUCATION IN EUROPE.

The following numbers, which have been published
al the educational organs of Germany, represent
approximately the present state of the chief European
nations in regard to school education. Germany, with
upwards of 42 million inhabitants, has 60,000 schools,
attended by six million scholars, giving an average of
100 scholars to each institution. The expenditure on
account of schools in that country averages 2.96
marks, or 2s. 110. per head of the population. _ _

England, with 34 million inhabitants, has 58,000
schools, attended by three million scholars, or an
average of 52 to each school, and at an expense of
186 marks, or is. lOid. per head of the population.
Austria-Hungary, with 37 millions of people, has
30,000 schools, attended by three million people, or
100 pupils each, at an expense of 168 marks, or is. Bd.
per head of the population.

France, with 37 millions of people, has 71,000 schools
and 4,700,000 pupils, or 66 per school, the expenditure
averaging 148 marks, or nearly is. Gd. per head of the
population.
Spain, with 17 millions of people, has 20,000 schools
and 1,600,000 scholars, or 56 per school, the expendi-
ture averaging 140 marks, or is. 4ild. per head of the
population.
Italy has 23,000,000 of people, 47,000 schools,
and 1,900,000 scholars, or 40 per school, the expendi-
ture being 0.84 mark, or 10d. per head of the popula-
tion; while Russia, with 74 millions.' of• people, has
32,000 schools and 1,100,000 scholars, or 36 per school,
the average expenditure being 0.28 mark, or rather
more than nd. per head of the population.

" AVAUNT ! " - Free-Kirk Divine (of advanced
opinions, who has recently introduced an organ into
his chapel). "I'm sorry to hear, Mrs. McGrawly,
that you are by no means so regular in your attend-
"
ance at church as you used to be. "_Fr peggite (in-
dignant at the pastor's latest iniquitY). Kirk, indeed!
Wud ye luurre me tae Rome wi' the rest o, them, wp
your orgins an' anthums an' sich like abominations?
Na, na, until ye gie me th' Auld Hui.ider' again with-
out the whustles, I'll tak' ma' speeritual comfort at
hame !"—Punch.
TEACHING THE YOUNG IDEA.clergyman was
endeavouring to instruct one of his Sunday scholars
on the nature of a miracle. " Now,. Ty said he
"suppose you were to see the sun rising in the middle
of the night, what should you call that?" The mune,
please, zu,-.2, „No, but," said _ the clergyman,
"suppose you knew that it was not th 9 moon, but the
"
sun, and that you saw it actually rile in the middle of
the night—what should you think ? '
• should think it was time to get up," Please zur, I

EPITOME OF NEWS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE JESUITS IN FRANCE.

On Tuesday the French Journal Officiel published
the Decrees ordering the Jesuits to dissolve their asso-
ciation and close their religious establishments within'
three months, and their schools by the end of August.
The Decrees are accompanied by a report from the
Ministers of Public Worship and Justice, reviewing
the circumstances which have brought about the
present state of affairs, and declaring that no Govern-
ment would venture to ask the Legislature to recognise
the Society of Jesus.—The Paris Correspondent of The
Times says, "The Jesuits have in all 56 establishments
and 1,480 members, but 22 of these establishments, with
475 members, are not schools open to the public, and
would not, therefore, have been touched by Clause 7 of
the Ferry Bill; but no distinction is now made be-
tween the teaching and the non-teaching establish-
ments. At Poyanne (Landes) there are 150 Spanish
Jesuits, who devote themselves to training mission-
aries, and may, therefore, be classed as in the above
figures with the non-teaching establishments, inasmuch
as they do not take pupils destined for secular pur-
suits, The awegate number of these pupils is a
, little under 10;000,"
The Madrid Correspondent of The Times says that
the Jesuits are building houses for their society in
Catalonia and in the district of Rioja, and have also
purchased a large establishment near Madrid,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

The Times has published the following letter :
Sir,—The following statistics, compiled from The
Times of the 27th inst., may not be without interest to
your readers.
For the 487 seats in England and Wales there are
793 candidates, who are thus classified :—Liberals,
388 • Moderate Liberal, 1 ; Independent Liberal, 1;
Radical, 1-391. Independent candidates, 2; Home
Ruler, 1. Conservatives, 397; Liberal Conservatives,
2-399. Total,. 793. One hundred and four seats are
uncontested, of which there fall to Libefals 35, and to
Conservatives 69. Twenty-seven of these uncontested
seats are divided between the two great political
parties, the Liberals obtaining 11, while the Conserva-
tives get 16. This difference arises from the fact that
in five cases the "three-cornered" constituencies are
uncontested and return two Conservatives and one
Liberal in each case—viz., Cambridgeshire, Dorset-
shire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, and Liverpool.
In 25 cases more Liberals present themselves than
there are seats, and in 12 of these Conservatives are
ready ti avail themselves of the Liberal dissension.
In only four cases is this true of Conservatives, but in
each case a Liberal strives for the seat.
Either by there being no contest or by fewer
candidates of one party or the other presenting them-
selves than there are seats to be awarded, a certain
number of seats can already be counted on as safe for
Liberals or Conservatives. This applies to 73 Liberal
seats in England and 21 in Scotland, while it is true
of 101 Conservative seats in England.
In Scotland 60 seats find 1; Ocoocnasnedrvidaat s, 8
candidates, are
thus classified :—Liberals
In-
dependent Conservative, 1 5 ;
Liberal Conservative, 1.
There are 16 uncontested seats in Scotland, al be-
longing to the Liberal party. There are five seats for
which there are 10 Liberal candidates, two Conserva-
tives only being found to endeavour toTesrtt
hseaantds
from Liberal disunion; while in two cases _
Dumfries) two Conservatives competed for a single
seat, a Liberal in each case being also a candidate.
Dundee, with four Liberals competing for two seats,
presents a strange spectacle.
In Ireland 198 candidates come forwardforlos
seats, and are thus classified :—Liberals, 37; Conserva-
tives, 62; Liberal Conservatives, 3; Conservative
Home Ruler, 1; Home Rulers, 87 ; Independent, 2;
undescribed, 5. In Ireland 14 seats are uncontested.
For the 652 seats in the United Kingdom there are
1,096 candidates, who are thus classified :—Liberals,
490; Moderate Liberal, 1; Independent Liberal, 1;
Radical, 1-493. Independent candidates, 4; Con-
servatives, 497; Liberal Conservatives' 6; Inde-
pendeht Conservatives, 1-504. Home Rulers, ;
Conservative Home Rulers, 2-90. Undescribed, 5.
I remain, Sir, yours faithfully, T. HUGH BELL, Red
Barns Coatham, Redcar, March 28.

By orders of the Duke of Cambridge, the officers en-
gaged in every branch of the army in Afghanistan have ben
fotbidden to act as newspaper correspodentii.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE ELECTION.

BEWDLEY.—C. Harrison (L), 598; R. E. Webster
(C), 630 ; Liberal majority 68,
—Muntz, (L), 22,969; Bright, (L),
22,80r9m;
IsCGhiratiberlain (L), 19,544; Burnaby (C),
15,735 ; Calthorpe, (C), 14,308 ; Messrs. Muntz.
Bright and Chamberlain we elected.
DUDLEY.—Tne polling was conducted on Wednes-
day amid great excitement. In the earlier part of
the day large mobs paraded the streets exclioiting
'the colours of the candidates (red and blue), and
behauing in a very noisy and disorderly fashion.
At noon a crowd of about a thousand p,rsans
entered Hall Street, and displayed so strong a
feeling that the smpkeepers clused their premises.
Throughout the day the market place and the
ptincipal streets of the town were crowded. The
utmost enthusiasm was evinced for the rival parties,
and at night an enormous thiong of people from all
the outlying districts came into _Dudley to hear the
result of the polling The Mayor declared the poll
at midnight as follows :—Sheridan (L), 0,948 ;
Waterman (C), 4,163; majority 2,785.
KIDDERMINsTER.—A, Grant (C), 1,472 ; J. Brinton
(L), 1,792; majority for Brinton, 323. A vote of
thanks was given to the Mayor on the proposition
of Mr. Banton, seo,nded by Mr. Grant.

WonvEnnAmpToN..—A large crowd awaited in
front of the Town Hall for the announcement of
the result of the piling, which vas declared at
ii 90, as follows : —Villiers, (L), 12, 197 ; Fowler, (L)
11,606 ; Hickman, (0), 5,874, Messrs. N iiliers and
Fowler are elected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE IRON TRADE.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday.
The Parliamentary election taking place
to-day considerably interfered both with the
attendance On 'Change and with business.
A few inquiries were made for unmarked
bars, sheets, and hoops for early delivery.
Makers, however, would only book small lots,
for which they received pretty much their
own terms. It is not anticipated that prices
will be disturbed on quarter-day, and the
probability is that the present basis will re-
main in force until the wages question has
been settled by Mr. Chamberlain's decision.
The American demand for finished iron is
scarcely so good, but the Colonial require-
ments are rather brisker. The home trade
keeps exceedingly fiat. The principal sales
of pig iron are for best qualities: Coal is in
abundant supply, and prices are somewhat
weaker.

BIRMINGHAM, Thursday,

As a rule the holidays came to an end on
Wednesday, and operations were generally
resumed this morning. In some instances,
however, the works will remain closed
throughout the week, and indeed such is
the existing state of trade that some manu-
facturers have little inducement to re-open
their establishments. All vitality has de-
parted from the iron trade, but it is to he
hoped that this unfavourable state of things
is of only a momentary character induced
by the elections and the approaching
quarterly meetings. There is very little
prospect of an advance in "list" iron at the
Bicminghain quarterly meeting week,
and prices will probably for so,ne time to
Come remain without material alteration.
Pig-iron makers still have some considerable
contracts for delivery, but the new orders
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

BEEF FOR OLD ENGLAND.!

A UnPrecedented wheat crops on the Pacific cea,st in
rand elsewhere, with a most favourable open-
ingeason in this country, promise well for the supply
a°( - grain to England, and the prospect as regards
animal food is not less hopeful. A correspondent
(says the Daily Telegraph) lately pointed out that the
rerico*ns are having large steamers built, with
refrigerating holds," to carry meat from Chicago to
Alontreal and thence to Europe the proxate
completion of the Welland Canal im
having given a
vigorous impetus to the trade. The Great Eastern
steamship, relieved from the duty of loading and
Paying out submarine cables, is being fitted up
tor the conveyance of live cattle, and altogether there
is nothing to hinder prime American meat from being
laid down in England, all charges paid, "at from 4d.
t° 51 Per lb." While this going on across the
Atlantic the Australians, whose imagination appears
to have been fired by the successful trip of the
Strathleven, are beent upon expanding the intercourse
thus begun, and propose to utilise the, Sydney Exhi-
bition Building for the purpose of storing chilled
country-killed meat prior to shipment. It will all be
welcome to the consumers here, for neither hemis-
phere can send them too much.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

ELECTIONS IN BYGONE TIMES.

The Pall Mall Gazette remarks :—"ln one respect
the contrast between the conditions under which a
general election is held at present and those under
which it was held half a century ago is striking. The
electoral body now appealed to numbers over 3,000,000
persons; whereas than the majority of the House of
Commons were returned by only a few hundreds.
In the early part of this century it was asserted
in the House that of its 658 members no fewer
than 487 were reburned by the nomination or in-
fluence of about 300 persons, and that only
171 were representatives of independent consti-
tuencies. Such an assertion was hardly capable of
proof; but, making every allowance for exaggeration,
there can be little doubt that not more than one-third
of the members of the House of Commons could be
considered as the free choice of the electors. An
instance of the close system of elections existing at
that time related in the House of Commons by the
Lord Advocate in 1831 is recorded in Hansard.
The county of Bute, with a population of 14,000,
had 21 electors, of whom only one resided in
the coinity. At one of the elections for that county
this resident elector alone attended the meeting, to-
gether with the returning officer and the sheriff. He,
of course, took the chair, constituted the meeting,
called over the roll of freeholders, answered to his own
name, took the vote as to the preses, and elected him-
self. He then moved and seconded his own nomina-
tion, put the question to the vote, and was unani-
mously returned."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE RICHEST SILVER MINE IN THE

WORLD.

Professor Newber has read his return to New
York from a long visit to the mining districts of Utah
and Nevada a paper at the Bullion Club, in which he
describes the Horn Silver Mine as the richest in the
woild. It is 300 feet in length and depth by 50 feet
broad; and he eptimates the net value of the ore at
1712- millions of dollars. This mine is situated at the
foot of the Grampian Peak, one of the highest in the
chain known as the San Francisco Mountains, about
220 miles from the Salt Lake City, and it will shortly
be the terminus of the railroad known as the Southern
Utah line. In the first seven months of this year over
5,000,0001 b. of lead, which yielded nearly 400,000 dols.
worth of silver, were extracted; but the owners of the
mine have not yet begun to work it to its full capacity,
as ,they are awaiting the completion of the railway.

The silver mine in Arkansas are also proving very
valuable, especially those near Hot Springs. The
farmers of Montgomery County had for some time
been aware that there was a '(rood deal of lead in their
soil, but they never suspected the presence of silver
until an old Mississippi miner named Brady, happening
to come into the district, at once saw that it was very
abundant. He began working one or two de-
posits, and they turned out so well that many
others followed his example in the fertile valley of
Ozarks, and a town called Silver City, has sprung up
within the last twelve months. Mr. Van Cleese Phillips,
whe has devoted twenty-five years of his life to the
geological study of the United States, agrees with
several experienced miners from California, Nevada,
and Colorado who have visited Silver City, that "the
Arloansa.s deposits constitute one of the most magnifi-
cent silver-fields that it is possible to conceive. He
adds, from a geological point of view, the silver-bear-
ing basin of this State is neither more nor less than a
prolongation in the valley of the Mississippi of the cele-
brated Mexican mines from which, according to
Humboldt, the Spaniards extracted 4,500 tons of
silver.—Pall Malt Gazette.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

EASTER MONDAY AT BOULOGNE.

The usual course of amusements at Boulogne was
this Easter Monday varied by a cavalcade organized
by the friendly societies and townspeople for the bene-
fit of several charitable institutions. Owing to the
exceptionally fine weather hundreds of people came
over from England and from the adjacent towns.
Long before eleven in the morning, horsemen, bands,
and cars of every description made their way to the
Boulevard Ste. Beuve, by the Etablissement des
Barns, whence the procession was to start.
Starting at noon, it advanced up the port, the
sides of which were crowded with spectators, and
proceeded to Cap6cure, and thence through all the
principal thoroughfares, resting at intervals. The
cavalcade, which consisted of from 30 to 40 cars,
besides about 500 men, women, and children, finally
halted a little after sevex p.m. Among the principal
cars were three from the Corporation of Butchers,
with live oxen and sheep, which caused great amuse-
ment. There was also a lifeboat, in which was a
man dressed in a Boyton suit, a large chariot, on which
was seated a lady representing France, Chinamen,
Zulus, firemen, monkeys, bands, and Arabs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

TERMINATION OF THE CHAINMAKERSI

STRIKE.:

The small chain and trace makers in the Cradley
Heath and Old Hill d'stricts, who have been on
strike for an increase of wages during the past six
weeks, have regumed work at the old rate of wages.
It is stated that at the time the men entered upon
the strike trade was good, and they felt jusiitied
in asking for an advance. Since then, however,
trade has fallen off a great deal, and orders are.
now very scarce. IThder the circumstances it is
deemed unadvisable to prolong the rtrike, and
accordingly all the men who could obtain em-
pLyment at the old list prices have gone back, to
work.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

THE LATE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY.

'The Bombay papers received by the mails on
Thursday states that on hearing the news of the
dissolution of Parliament, Sir Richard Temple
telegraphed for permission to leave Bombay at once,
and he left by the current steamer. There was n t
much time (the Bo»tbayGazettesays) fn. the Bombay
public to consider how they were to give expression
to the regr-t hich is very generally felt at his
Excelency's departure; but a number of influential
gentle Men sent in a raprisition to the Sheriff to call
a town's mewing, and a meeting was called accord-
ingly, and was held in the Town Hall on the 12th of
Match, when an address to his Excellency was
adopted. Sir Richard was also entertconed in the
evening at dinner by the of the Byculla
members
Club, the leading social institution in Western
India. The gathering was pethaps the largest that
has ever assembled round the club tables on such an
a d the toast of his
, and occasion, not even excepting the dinner to Sir
Bartle Frere some years go
Excellency Sir Richard Temple's health was received
with the greatest warmth. The president, Mr.
Justice Keinball, in proposing the toast, was inter-
rupted several times by pronounced expressions of
She most oOrdial feeling towards the guest of the
evening, wimp found especially free vent when he
remarked, "A% e are all proud of him, and we shall
watch his upward career with the deepest interest ;
and if the turn of the wheel of fortune should send
him out tia;Viceroy"—hear the speaker was inter-
rupted for several sccon !s by vociferous cheering
"to rule over this magnificent land, 1 will assure him
in the name of all present, and I think I may say in
the name of the whole Presidency, that we will
welcome him back right gladly." When the
President concluded .—"Gentlemen I be; to pro-
pose the hpalth if Sir Richard Tern} le with all the
ficnours," tlie company were not e n cnt givin;
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additional hearty cheer for Lady Temple. Sir
Richard's rising to reply was again greeted with the
utmost warmth.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-04-03

STATISTICS FOR MILLIONAIRES.

The rage for statistics, which is one' of the dis-
tinguishing traits of the French character, has led one
of the idlers of Paris to compute what could be done
with a milliard of francs if represented by the actual
weight of metal required to make up that sum in coin
of the Republic. He states, in the Pat*, that the
mass of gold composing a fortune of this amount would
weigh about 650,0001b5., and would occupy a space of
about 18 cubic yards. If it were drawn out into thin
wire it would. provide a line capable of being stretched
round the whole circumference of the earth. The
same amount of money represented in silver bullion
would weigh about ten million pounds, and would
occupy a space of about 500 cubic yards. In order
to ,carry the gold treasure in question it would re-
quire 64 railway vans, making up a train extend-
ing over 1,300 feet of railway; while if it were in
silver the vans must be a thousand in number,
and extend over a railroad four miles long. To
carry off a million francs' worth of gold metal in one
block 6,000 men would be needed, while if it could
be divided into small portions, so as to be made off
with rapidly, 20,000 men would hardly suffice for
the work. As for the silver, it could, if made un into
coins, be stolen by 300,000 men, each loading their
pockets with a weight of about 201bs. The qold pieces,
if arranged in a row on the ground touching one an-
other, would make a line of some 800 miles, while if
they were piled one upon another the pillar would be
33,000 metres high, or about eight times the height of
Mont Blanc. Finally, if the metal were used by a
sculptor for the purpose of making gold and silver
soldiers on the Platonic system, it would be possible to
construct with the mass 22 golden and about 636 silver
warriors.— Globe.