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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-11

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COMMISSIONERS' MEETING

A special meeting of this Board was held in the
Assembly Room, Talbot Hotel, on l'hursday after-
noon, Mr. W. J. Turney presiding; the other mem-
bers present being Mes9:s. Plait, Griffin, Collis, W.
J mes, Purkiss, Stringer, and Parkes.
The fir,t business on the ag:n !a was "To con-
sider the bail ling line of the str,.e4 in the town •
ship, anlto c !nsider the &Ted of the resolution of
the 25th day ot April last relating thereto, more
eipecially to Bell Street, and to give directLms to
the Town Surveyor thereon, and to pass such reso-
latioh or resolutions in reference thereto as may be
deemed desirable."
Mr. Collis said they must have a hard and fast
line, if not it was of no earthly use of them going
on. The width of streets in Slourbridge was of
great importance. If they had tfrs btreete 40 feet
wide they won"' have houses built that height,
Mr. Collis then proposed a resolution to the
following eftect, "That the surveyor inform the
owner of the property at the Market Street end of
Bell Street, that the resolution approving of his
plan is ultra vires, and that he must conform to the
byelaws and the building line upon the ordnance
map, an I that he be required to send in fresh plans.
Mr. Turney seconded.
The resolution was put to the meeting but was
lost, 3 voting for and 41against it,
It was stated that a new poor rate assessment
had been made recently for the township, and there
had been &Aerations in 500 or 600 of the tisessments
Thi old assees.nent was £27,775, and the new
assessment £30,506. The motion was carried.
Tr.e Chairman said they should lkke to see a full
meeting of the Board at the public inquiry on
Tuesday next.
It was proposed and seconded that the Chairman
and Mr. Collis represent the Board at the inquiry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-11

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-11

COLLIERY ' ACCIDENT.

On Tuesday morning a fearful accident occurred at
Dal ziel Colliery, Motherwell, near Glasgow, belonging
to Messrs. M'Andrew and Company. While four
men were descending the shaft at six o'clock to relieve
those who had been working all night, the pinion
came out of the gearing of the spur-wheel, the rope
slipped from the drum, and the occupants of the cage
were precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, "a depth
of 61 fathoms. Three of the men were killed instan-
taneously, the fourth was seriously injured, and a
man who was working at the bottom of thishaft was
badly hurt. The following are the names of' the men
killed :—John Short, pithead-man, Craignuik, aged
47, widower; George Smith, pitshanker, aged 38,
married, residing in Cambusnethan ; and Edward
Wheelan, pitsinker, aged 40, married, residing in
Stonefield, Blantyre, no family. The injured were
Edward Collins, sinker, Chapel-street, Hamilton,
severely, and Robert M‘Neely, sinker, Leechlee-
street, Hamihou, bone fractured.
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the Horsy! ()F. LORDS, on April 18th, the Isle
of Man Customs Bill was read a second time.

Lord Cranbrook, in reply to Lord Milltown stated
that the Metropolitan Board of Works had full powers
given it by the Privy Council to make any regulations
respecting dogs in the metropolis which it might think
necessary.
The Sheriffs (Consolidation) Bill was read a third
time and passed, and the Army (Annual)
_Bill passed
through Committee.
Their lordships rose at a quarter to five o'clock.
THE COERCION BILL.-THE SECOND READING PASSED.

In the HOLM& OF Common Mr. Sexton resumed the
debate on the second reading of the Crimes Bill, and
replied to the speech of Colonel Saunderson. Lord
Hartington dwelt upon the obligation of the Govern-
ment to uphold the law, and declared that the agrarian
law in Ireland was more favourable to tenants than in
any part of the kingdom. The constituencies had
declared that Ireland should be governed by the
ordinary law, and that the Government of that
country should not be entrusted to men connected with
the National League. Mr. Gladstone said there must be
exceptional crime to justify coercion; but the case of
the Government had broken down, and the House was
called upon to establish a new principle in coercive
legislation. This was not a Crimes Bill, but a bill which
constituted crimes that were never crimes before. It
was aimed at the Irish nation; but combination in
Ireland could not be put down. Mr. A. J. Balfour
adduced fresh facts to show the necessity for the bill.
As to the failure of coercion bills, it was not coercion
bills, but remedial measures that had failed.
Mr. Parnell, referring to a letter with his
signature attached which had been published, pro-
nounced it a villainous and barefaced forgery, con-
cocted for the obvicus purpose of influencing that
debate. He had never written such a letter or directed
such a letter to be written. If he had been in the
Phcenix-park when Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke
were murdered he would have gladly stood between
those gentlemen and the daggers of their assassins.
On the hon. member resuming his seat, the House,
which was densely crowded, went to a division, and
the numbers were: For the bill, 370; for the amend.
ment, 269; majority for the Government, 101. The
bill was read a second time without a division.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

IRISH LAW.

In the HOUSB OF LORDS, on April 19, Earl Cadogan
moved the second reading of the Supreme Court of
Judicature (Ireland) Bill, which had passed through
the other House. Earl Spencer expressed entire
approval of the measure, observing that law reform in
Ireland was an important field—in which the Govern-
ment might do a large amount of useful work. The
second reading was then agreed to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

(By our own Correspondent.)
IRE 1 WO THOUSAND AND ONE THOUSAND

GUINEAS.

The tir,t of the long looked for 4', las iicat" ev nts
the 2,000 Guineas, to be decided this year, %%ill Le
run oft on Wednesday next on the Nearnarf.et
Heath, and is promised the patronage of Royalty,
therefore augurs well for the gathr ring. air. D.
['gild's grand (0:t, Ent( rprise, reti-fd last back-end
the winer favt mite, and hies fair to et rt a very
m arm ore ere the fall f the flag. Cert..inly the
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tilti ough since Florcntine has spin let•unted w( rk
the inetalliciats have slightly exte need their (e'er
on the field. Bowever, as my winter Eelcci( n,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

THE BRYSTOL CHANNEL.

Mr. Yeo calleil—aqt;;ii;;io-th—WreCent fearful sacri-
fice of life in the Bristol Channel, and to the
constantly-recurring loss of life and property around
the coasts of the United Kingdom, and moved a reso-
lution declaring it to be urgent that her Majesty's
Governnsent should immediately take action to diminish
these losses by the construction of suitable harbours of
refuge.
The motion was seconded by Mr. E. S. Hill, and
in the course of the discussion which followed Baron
H. de Worms observed that successive Governments
had declined to carry out the scheme proposed, not
from want of sympathy, but because they did not
believe it would tend to diminish loss of life. More-
over, immense differences of opinion existed as to
where harbours of refuge should be constructed,
and the provision of the necessary funds
had hitherto presented an insurmountable dif-
ficulty. Anything in the nature of a re-enactment
of passing tolls would be unjust to the shipowners, and
no Government wctild think of committing itself to an
expenditure of many millions out of the Consolidated
Fund, Facilities might, however, be given to local
authorities in the case of fishing ports to obtain
advances of money from the Public Works Loan Com.
missioners upon the security of the rates or otherwise.
On a division the motion was negatived by 86 votes
to 81.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

MR. BOURKE MADE A PEER.

The Queen has conferred the dignity of a peerage
apc,n the Right Honourable R. Bourke, Governor of
Madras.
The Right Hon. Robert Bourke, upon whom the
Queen has been pleased to confer a peerage, is the
third son of the fifth Earl of Mayo, by Anne Char-
lotte, only daughter of the Hon. John Jocelyn, of
Fair Bill, co. Louth, and granddaughter of the first
Earl of Roden. He was born in 1827 at Hayes, co.
Meath, so that he is just sixty years of age. In 1863
Mr. Bourke married Lady Susan Georgiana, eldest
daughter of the first Marquis of Dalhousie. Edu-
cated at Enniskillen School, at Hall-place, Kent, and
at Trinity College, Dublin, he was called to the Bar
at the Inner Temple in 1852. He was returned for
Lynn in 1863 as a Conservative, and held office as
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1874 to
1880, and the same post in Lord Salisbury's last Ad-
ministration. Shortly after the late general election,
Mr. Bourke, who had continued to represent King's
Lynn, was appointed to the Governorship of Madras.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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PRIMROSE DAY i

The scene around the statue of the Earl of Beacons-
field, in Parliament-square, at midnight on Monday
was a remarkable one, cabs and carriages driving up
one after the other laden with wreaths and designs of
varied character, in which primroses and violets,
mingled with ivy, the emblem of faithfulness and con-
stancy, were most conspicuous. The Primrose Club
sent a handsome wreath, which was placed around the
neck of the statue sLortly after the midnight hour.
A little later an elaborate design, prepared by the
Grand Council of the Primrose League, was placed at
the base cf the statue, amidst the cheers of the crowd
which had assembled. So far as could be noticed in
the dim light which illuminated the spot, the tribute
was evidently worthy of the cause it was designed to
commemmorate. _

A deputation of members from the Chelsea Con-
servative Club also deposited a large wreath with a
cross centre-piece, consisting of primroses and ivy,
and bearing a memorial card with an appropriate
quotation from Lord Tennyson's poem, "In Memo-
riam." Many other wreaths were also placed around
the base of the statue, a very large one from Boding,
Essex bearing the motto of the Primrose League
worked out in violets upon abase of primroses. Even
at a very early hour of the morning several persons
brought small bouquets of primroses and deposited
them at the base of the statue.
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_ It is stated that the orders for primroses received
by the wholesale dealers were greatly in excess of
former years. The supply, however, fell consider-
ably short of the demand. This was attributable to
the severe weather experienced throughout Europe
during the early spring. Every effort was, however,
made to meet the enormous demand for Tuesday's
celebratiol.

On Tuesday in London and all the great towns
Conservative clubs displayed primroses, and admirers
of the late lamented leader of the party wore his
favourite flcwer in their dress. The Primrose cele-
bration was this year apparently kept up with greater
vigour than ever.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

"THE ARMY OF THE LORD.

_At the Brighton Quarter Sessions on Monday
dames Barker and George Hughes were charged with
wilfully and maliciously disturbing the "Army of the
Lord,' at the Assembly Hall, Edward-street, on Jan.
4. Great interest was manifested in the case, the
court being crowded. Mr. Corrie Grant and Mr.
Parsons prosecuted; Mr. Gill defended Barker;
while Hughes was defended by Mr. Marshall Hall.
Both pleaded not guilty. This was the case in which
the accused were charged with taking part in fir
attempt to force an entrance into the hall, where. it
was understood, some strange proceedings were car-
ried on. A witness named Charles Henry Ba,ddeley,
who had formerly belonged to the "Army "—which
appeared to be under the direction of a Mr. Wood,
who was known as "King Solomon"--said girls and
women used to dance during the services till they fell,
and then they "prophesied." He left the society
because he believed that the girls acted under the
effects of mesmerism and not from Divine influences;
After further evidence, Mr. Gill, for the defence, re;
marked stroPgly upon the fact of "King Solomon
not hbing put in the witness box. He described the
prwesdings as outrageous and scandalous, and wont -
dered that men had not been found in Brighton o
kick these people out of the town. The jury eventua:7
acquitted the prisoners, and the reault was room d
with loud cheers,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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TEE.IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

In the House or Comm°Ns Mr. W. H. Smith stated,
in answer to Colonel Hughes-Hallett, that her
Majesty's Government were in no way responsible for,
nor were they mixed up with, the management of the
Imperial Institute, which was a thoroughly in-
dependent undertaking, under the control and direction
of the Prince of Wales. They were unable therefore
to give any assurance as to the way in which it was
to be conducted, or as to the officers who Were to be
employed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

HAG LEY.

GLEE CLUB CCNCEKT.—Tho Lower Hagley Glee
ilub gave a concert in the Hall Barn, near the
Ilagley Hall, on Tuesday plight, in aid of the
Church Rol m, and a large audience was attracted.
Lord and Lady Lyttelton had given their patronage,
and her ladyship was present. Tile chief solo singers
were Miss Lilian Mill, of the Birmingham Town
Hall concerts, soprano; Miss Melvina Field, of
Birming ham and Stourbridge, contra' o ; and Messrs
G. H. Newns and W. H. Smith. respectively tenor
and bass, and each of Dudley. Mr. J. Harris
was the conducto , and Mr. E. Harris the accom-
panist ; and Mr. D. Poole gave violin solos. The
ode ing item was the cantata, The Wreck of the
.11esperus, and the remainder of the programme was
made up of songs and glees and duets, interspersed
with three violin piec. s very skilfully played, and
eosing with the serenade, "Good night, beloved;'
s:ing by Mr. Newno, who, with the bass and the
Mi‘ses Field and Mills, seemed to give special de•
lght, as was evinced by the recalls. The au.iience
seemed thoroughly to enjoy the conceit, ari.i there
is likely to be a sub.-tantial p ofit for the benefit of
the Church Room.
STOCK SALE.—Messra Oa • s, Perrens, and Wool-
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cattle and sheep, and a gent entry of mulch cows,
at their sale on Monday. The sale comprised 80
he id of cattle, viz , P 1 fat and 19 stores; 420 sheep
and lambs; 56 fat lambs; and 150 pigs nnd ca yes,
The fat stock was a particularly good lo', the beasts
being chiefly very prime bull, cks. Taere was a
very large attendance of buyers from Birmingham,
Oldbury, Halesowen, Dudley, Stourbridge, Kidder-
minster, Brorusgrove. and sty rounding districts, and
trade showed a decided improvement on previous
rates. Eight grand bullocks from one farm made
from ..tl9 to .£23 2s 6d per head, averaging £2l 3s
61, and high figures were realised in many other
instances. 'l'egs made as high as 525, and lambs
46i. Six lambs from one farm made an average a
44s per head. Fair demand for cows and calves,
at late rates.
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THE STRABDING OF' AP. AND 0.
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SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE.

A. Renter's dispatch from Adjaccio, dated Monday,
&aid : The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Tasmania,
from Bombay, which has stranded on the Monachi
rocks, lies at a dangerous point three or four kilo-
metres from land. Fifty of the passengers have been
landed in six boats, five of which were swamped when
returning to the steamer, on board which there are
DOW 200 passengers in distress. A steamer belonging
to the Morelli Company left Adjaccio on Sunday
evening with the Prefect and British Consul to render
assistance.

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Tasmania has been attended by loss of life. The
latest information is that the captain, two of the
Officers, and 22 of the Lascar stokers have perished.
Of the passengers 74 women and children
were landed on Sunday, having been safely
brought to the shore in one of the Tasmania's
boats. The remainder passed the night on the
stern of the Tasmania, the only part of the vessel
not submerged, and on Monday morning an English
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work of rescuing the shipwrecked people. The Per-
sOverant has arrived at Adjaccio with 75 persons, and
is going back to fetch the rest. No loss of life be-
yond that mentioned above is spoken of as yet. Suc-
cour of every kind has been sent to the shipwrecked
people. The Sanitary Director and the mayor have
placed the lazaretto and civil hospital at their dis-
posal. It is understood that the Tasmania had on
board 120 passengers, while the crew numbered 161
men.
A Bastia supplementary dispatch says: Seventy-
four of the Tasmania's passengers have now been
caved. The steamers sent to her assistance and the
French despatch vessel Magician are assisting in the
work of rescuing the passengers.
A later telegram from Bastia, and dated April 18,
35 p.m., repoits as follows: Tasmania: captain,
two offiaers, 22 Lascars perished.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

A PAINFUL CASE.

At Brighton Quarter Sessions on Monday, Charles
Dorey was charged with stealing £63 105. 9d. and
falsifying books of the Union Bank. The prisoner,
who for many years had been chief cashier at the
bank, pleaded guilty to falsifying the till book, but
not guilty of stealing the money and falsifying the
wast book. Mr. Gill said the prosecutors would
Dot proceed with the other charges. In stating the
facts, he said the prisoner had evidently taken about
ClOOO in four different bundles of notes of -MCC
each, beginning from about 1870. He added that the
prisoner had nothing whatever to do with securities
of the customers, and that the bank simply prose-
cuted from a sense of public duty. Mr. Besley, for
the defence, made a speech in mitigation of punish-
ment, and said that when the prisoner received a
legacy of £2OOO in 1883 he devoted it to paying off
the defalcations. He also had great expectations
from a lady, but she destroyed the will the day before
she died. The counsel called a number of witnesses
to speak as to character, and also handed in four
memorials- signed tiy'lso persOns, 100'of whom were
customers at the bank, speaking in behalf of the
prisoner. The Recorder sentenced prisoner to 12
months' imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

SUNDAY POSTAL LAI3OI7R.

Dr. Clark moved a resolution in favour of the cessa-
tion on and after the 26th of June next of the
Sunday delivery of letters by letter carriers and
rural messengers throughout the United Kingd in
except in districts where the receivers of two-thirds
of the correspondence petition for a Sunday de.
livery. In doing to the hon. member intimated
his readiness to assent to an amendment, which he
understood the Government were willing to accept, for
the appointment of a Select Committee.—Sir J.
Kennaway proposed as an amendment that a Select
Committee should be appointed to consider the whole
question of Sunday labour in connection with the
Post Office outside the metropolitan district, and to
this Mr. ltaikes assented, remarking that it was the .
desire of the Post-Office authorities to minimise Sunday
labour as far as it could be done without injury to the
public convenience. After some discussion, the amend-
meet was agreed to without a division.
Mr Mark Stewart was moving a resolution on the
subject of agricultural education when the House was
"counted out" at 20 minutes to U. o'clock,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

FATAL AFFRAY,

A man named Burkett lost his life on Monday, near
Killorglen, county Kerry. A dispute occurred between
him and a neighbouring farmer named Shea, in refer-
ence to the grazing rights of a piece of land. Burkett
on Monday found a number of Shea's cattle on the
land, and he proceeded with some men to turn them
off. Shea with his friends resisted, and attacked
Burkett and his party. A severe encounter followed,
in the course of which sticks and stones were used,
and Burkett was struck on the head with a spade-
handle, causing fatal injuries. Five arrests have been
made
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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THE STOUId3RIDGE OBSERVER.

port of a Coercion Bill of a inost stringent nitttre,
and in justification of which no evidence what-
ever had been given. (Hear, hear.) The Government
had promised the House of Commons and the country
that their Coercion Bill would be accompanied with
measures of relief. He ventured to interrogate the
Government on that point, he confessed with a pur-
pose. (Laughter.) He asked the Chief Secretary for
Ireland whether the Gov-ernment were prepared to
stand or fall by their measure of relief. There was a
reply calculated to throw dust in the eyes of the
House and to help the consciences and to afford a
crutch to the limping Liberals. (Cheers and loud
laughter.) The reply was to the effect that the
Government was of course responsible for all its first-
class bills. The fact was the Coercion Bill was a
measure brought forward for ulterior purposes. It
was the duty of everyone to refer this question by
every constitutional means to the jty'gment of the
nation. (Cheers.) Let them not suppose that he was
urging an immediate or an early dissolution. What
he wanted was a reflective and deliberate process of
the mind of the country, and he rejoiced to believe
that that process was rapidly going on. (Cheers.)
They might rely upon it that the patient, temperate,
and energetic use of the same means employed in the
country from 1876 to 1881 would lead to a triumph
as sure as their cause was loyal, politic, and just.
(Loud cheers.)

Lord R. Churchill, speaking at Nottingham on
Tuesday, dwelt upon the connection which had been
strongly asserted to exist between the parliamentary
organisation of the Parnellite party and the American
body of assassins. He challenged the Irish members
to bring actions at law, if they dared, against those
who had thus accused them. If they did not dis-
prove the charges now made, it must be assumed that
they were true, and what a justification this would
be for the course taken by the Government! He
believed that the people of Ireland would acquiesce
in the suppression of the National League.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

THE CZAR AND THE COSSACKS.

Intelligence received from St. Petersburg states
that the Czar has finally abandoned his projected
visit this spring to Novotcherkask, the capital of the
Don Cossacks, This determination has produced a
bad impression, as tending to confirm the reports
current in well-informed Russian circles for some
time past of the state of things among the Co9sacks.
A Cossack deputation which arrived recently at St.
Petersburg to obtain an audience of the Czar and the
Czarewitch was compelled to return without success,
the Government having received reports from its
officials, as well as from its secret agents, which left
no doubt of the disaffection prevailing among the
Cossacks. The reports in question stated moreover
that the Cossack country was overrun by revolu-
tionary emissaries, whew) propaganda was not ill re-
ceived.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

EPPS'S

'GRATEFUL-OOMFORTING.

COCOA

ATTEMPTED DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.

One of the chief clerks at the Ministry of Public
Works in Madrid on Saturday evening found on the
staircase leading to the office of the Minister a conical
cartridge 15 centimetres long, with lighted fuse burn-
ing slowly. The clerk picked up the cartridge, cut
the fuse off with a penknife, and the explosive was
sent to be examined by competent authorities. The
staircase where the explosive was found is only used
by the Minister himself and the highest officials.
Great vigilance is being exercised in all the public
buildings, as these explosives have evidently been
placed by persons who are well acquainted with the
Government offices.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

BALKAN TROUBLE.

REPORTED ASSASSINATION CONSPIRACY.

Reports received at Orsova, state, amrding to a
Renter's dispatch of Saturday, that a conspiracy exists
to assassinate the prefects and garrison commanders
at Shamla, Varna, and Sofia, and that the Bulgarian
Minister of War is also marked out by the con-
spirators.
A number of the troops, as well as of the inhabi-
tants at the above-mention;d places are asserted to
have been already won over to the contemplated in-
surrectionary movement, in which the numerous Bul-
garians, Macedonians, and Montenegrins staying at
Reni would take part unless the plot was previously
frustrated, _ _

M. Natchovich, Bulgarian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and M. Danitch, the Servian Diplomatic
Agent, have signed the convention finally settling the
Bregovo question.
Nothing is yet known at Constantinople of the
terms of Russia's reply to the proposals of Turkey for
the settlement of the Bulgarian question, which was
commvnicated to the Porte by M. de Nelidoff on the
12th inst. All the communications made by the
Russian Ambassador in this matter have 13,en verbal,
and it appears that his Excellency specially requested
that nothing should be divulged concerning the reply
of his Government until an arrangement had actually
been effected. It is also not known whether any
decision has been taken by the Palace and the Council
of Ministers. No circular has yet been dispatched by
the Porte to the Powers.
There is no foundation for the statement published
by some newspapers that M. Stoiloff had gone to meet
Prince Alexander on his way to Italy. M. Stoiloff is
still at Vienna.

A grand banquet was given at Philippopolis on
Tuesday night by the officers of the garrison in
honour of the Regents. M. Stambuloff, in replying
to the toast of his health, thanked the garrison for
replying to his appeal in August last to save Bulgaria.
In view of the assurances of Russia that she would
respect the liberty and independence of the Princi-
pality, the Regents had been surprised by the repeated
proposals to place the army in the hands of Russian
officers. The post of Minister for Foreign Affairs
must, he added, be abolished, as it was not necessary
for Bulgaria to treat with other Powers. The
Regents were determined to uphold the independence
of the country until they were able to consign the
task into the bands of a new Prince. The situation
had greatly improved, but it was necessary to put an
end to the crisis as soon as possible. Colonel Mut-
kuroff also spoke in similar terms. Both speeches
were received with great enthusiasm. In the evening a
ball was given in honour of the Regents.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

kTTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE MARSHAL

BAZAINE,

According to a telegram from Madrid, a French-
man, who pretends to be a correspondent of a journal
at Rochelle, attempted on Monday afternoon to
assassinate Marshal Bazaine. Having obtained access
to the Marshal in his room, after talkingof indifferent
subjects, the visitor suddenly rose and with a poniard
dealt Marshal Bazaine a severe blow just over the
centre of the forehead, striking the bone. The
poniard seems to have glanced, leaving a wound the
gravity of which has not yet been ascertained. The
Marshal was stunned. The man escaped into the
street, followed by the Marshal's servant, who by his
cries succeeded in getting the man arrested. On being
taken by the police the man handed over his weapon,
declaring in a theatrical manner in French, "I have
avenged my country."

The would-be assassin of Marshal Bazaine is a com-
mercial traveller of La Rochelle, of the name of Hil-
lairand. The Madrid Epoca says that he has stated
that the dagger wss poisoned. The Juge d'lnstruc-
tion went to Bazaine's house to obtain evidence.
M. Henri Rochefort, commenting on the intelli-
gence, says: "We believe that our compatriot would
have done better to leave his dagger in its scabbard,
as Bazaine is not certainly worth the honour of a coup
de poignard. Besides, he has long ago been killed by
public contempt, and it is useless to kill him again.
The act, of which we give full particulars, proves,
however, that if compere M'Mahon, had done his duty
after the sentence on his colleague, and if the traitor
had received in his body the 12 bullets which he had
well earned, Frenchmen would not be obliged now to
become executioners."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

MISSION FROM THE SOUDAN.

The long-expected emissaries from the Soudan
arrived by the postal boat at Cairo on litanday morn-
ing. They are four men of evidently the lowest class,
and two of them are believed to be butchers. Though
they assume the airs of plenipotentiaries, it is pro-
bable that they are only sent as merely letter bearers.
Not much importance is attached in Cairo to their
arrival, though the Khedive has been graciously
pleased to accord them an interview to receive their
missives.

It is supposed that they also carry other letters, but
they are extremely reticent, refusing to speak until
they have seen the Khedive.

The delegates from the Mandi's successor at Rlar-
toum who arrived at Cairo on Monday were received
in audience by the Khedive on Tuesday morning. It
appears that only two of the four are envoys, the
other two persons being attendants. They all wear
the Dervish costume. The envoys were received by
the Khedive in presence of the Ministers and the
Sheikh Morgani, and after presenting to his Highness
three letters from the Khalipha, addressed respectively
to Queen Victoria, the Sultan, and the Khedive, were
dismissed from the presence chamber.
The letter to the Khedive says :—" Recognise me
as the truo,Mabdi, and you will be saved, and we shall
be friends. Otherwise I will march forward, and the
same will happen to you as befell your generals."
The letters to Queen Victoria and the Sultan were
banded by the Khedive to Sir Evelyn Baring and
Ahmed Moukhtar Pasha respectively.
The letter to the Queen is of similar tenor to that
to the Khedive. Her Majesty, who is addressed as
"Victoria; favourite of her people," being invited "to
embrace the true faith."
The Khalipha also announce his immediate march
on Egypt unless he receives a favourable reply by the
bearers of the missive. The letter to the Sultan was
forwarded to Constantinople unopened. The envoys
were lodged in the Abdin Barracks and were strictly
guarded.
The British officials at Cairo attach little import-
ance to the mission.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

A BURGLAR CLEVERLY CAPTURED.

John Myers, on ticket-of-leave, was charged before
the Manchester stipendiary magistrate on Monday
under tho Habitual Criminals Act with not getting
his living by honest means. The prisoner was seen
on Sunday evening by a Manchester detective in-
spector lurking about the streets, and the officer
having his suspicions aroused took him to the Town
Hall and searched him. Five skeleton keys, a steel
jemmy, and a piece of steel wire used for the purpose
of sliding back the bolts of yard doors were found
upon him, and when asked what he was doing with
these things he replied that they were "what be
worked with." Prisoner in 1880 was sentenced to
eight years' penal servitude for burglary, of which
term about 18 months remained unexpired when he
was liberated on ticket-of-leave. He had also pre-
viously served seven years penal servitude for
several terms of imprisonment for similar offences,
and he was said to be one of the most notorious
housebreakers known to the Manchester police. The
Bench revoked the prisooer's license, and ordered
him to be sent back to serve out the remainder ot his
term.

At a county meeting held at Hereford on Saturday,
It was resolved, on the motion of Lord Bateman, and
seconded by Sir U. Harrington, to send a loyal •add Less
of congratulation to her Majesty. A rosolution in
support of the Imperial Institute was adopted, and a
general committee appointed to receive subscriptions.
The Prince of VI ales has accepted the honorary
presidency of the Itlelbourtio Pentennial Exhibition of
1888,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

(To 5e continued.)
.- .
BUTTER ADITLTERATION,

The analyst for the county of Kent liss submitted
a report to the finance committee of the Court of
General Sessions, on the subject of the adulteration
of butter in which he says that during the past
quarter 32 samples were examined, and seven found
to be adulterated with foreign fat, with a range of
from 20 to 92 per cent., giving a mean rate 54.25 per
cent. of adulteration. The analyst added, "The main
fact alluded to in my last-report continues to hold
good, namely, that butter is largely falsified by the
admixture-with foreign 'fat, and-not, as was formerly
the case, by complete substitution. This is a fraud
much more difficult of detection by the analyse and
quite impossible to the ordinary public.*
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-04-23

"LEWIS THE LIGHT."

"The police connyed him to the workhouse as a
lunatic. Thus ends, at all events for the present, so
far as the public are interested in it, the career of Lewis
Burgess, otherwise Grimslade, self-styled "Lewis the
Light." Burgess was charged at Westminster Police-
court with the only too frequent offence of brawling
in church, the church he selected for the scene of
his denunciatory eloquence being none other than
Westminster Abbey. It is fortunate that the eccen-
tricity of his dress and the insane extravagance of
his language and his gestures, coupled with his
past history, as ascertained by the police, could
leave no doubt whatever upon the mind of any
reasonable being as to his sanity; and society
is thus rid of a dangerous lunatic without loss of life
or any accident more serious than a momentary dis-
turbance of decorum. The worst of it is that society
ia not always so fortunate as in the case of," Lewis the
L;ght.l There are a good many of these dangerous
luminaries going in and out in our midst, and the
abaolute freedom of entrance to every church gives
the religious maniac every opportunity for acting
upon the impulses of his disordered brain. The ex-
istence of religious n.ania as a distinct form of in-
sanity requires to be realised very much more vividly
than it is. Cases are constantly occurring of brawl-
ing in church, and, nine times out of ten, the
offender is let off, and let out, simply because
he asserts that his conscience ordered him to
protest against something or somebody. Religious
fervour easily rises to a state of unnatural exaltation
and the border line between that and the religious
mania is near and narrow. The danger to the public
safety caused by a religious lunatic needs no demon-
stration in these days, when revolvers are bought for
a few shillings and used upon the slightest occasion.
There is at least one notorious religious maniac in
London, who is allowed, by the mistaken kindness of
functionaries who ought to know better to remain at
liberty, and who thereby constitute' s a standing
clanger to the lives of clergy and congregation.
Church brawling ought to be taken as prima facie
evidence of insanity, and the offender treated in the
same way as "Lewis the Light."

GAIL HAMILTON vividly describes how Honolulu
women walk out in the rain. Her wood usually
carries her umbrella, her dress, and her shoes, while
she simply wears a shawl and a hat trimmed with red
and white roses.
YOUNG MAN: Is it truo, doctor, that imoking
ci2arettes tends to soften the brain ?—Physiciani
rritere is a *belief to that effect,, but with all our
boasted mOdern -scientific apPliances" it can never be
verified.—Young man: Why not, doctor? Phy.
sician : Because nobody with bisins eve/ smokes
thew,