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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

SALE AT WELBECK.

The Sheffield Telegraph says that the five days' sale
of the surplus stock of sawn timber, iron, machinery,
&c., at Welbeck Abbey ended on Saturday. From it
some idea may be formed of the vast building enter-
prise of the late Duke of Portland, who some few
years ago employed from 1, 200 to 1, 400 men on the estate
at Welbeck—joiners, bricklayers, masons, plumbers,
plasterers, painters, mechanics, artists, narvys,
and a host of carters and labourers. His Grace kept
three or four, if not more, traction engines at work,
removing materials to and from Welbeck, and in
addition to the vast quantity of material consumed on
the works, the surplus stock consisted of some
20,000 ft. of English oak planking, in addition to large
quantities of beech, lime, poplar, larch, sycamore,
spruce, ash, sweet chestnut, and elm, in plank and
tree ; 500 ft. of beautifully-marked brown oak,
3,000 oak spokes, &c., 10,000 tarred oak and
deal road pitching blocks, 20 tons of coal tar,
2,000 ft. of pine boards, buildinit materials, navvy
planking, &c. The iron consisted of 100 tons of iron
tramway rails, 200 metal flange and truck wheels,
100 tans of scrap iron, with a large quantity of smith's
anvils, vices, metal windows, pully blocks, &c,, new
wrought-iron girder-bridge, 24 horse-power horizontal
steam engine, punching and shearing machines, road
waggons, vans, steam travelling crane, double-pur-
chase hunger's cranes, plane and boring machines,
centrifugal and other pumps, patent brick-making
machines, clay-grinding machines, several vertical
steam boilers, iron crabs, asphalting cauldrons, &c.
The sale brought thousands of people to Welbeck
during the week, numbers of whom took the oppor-
tunity of looking over the place, and one and all ex-
pressed their astonishment at the princely outlay of
the late duke.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE NEW VICTORIA DOCKS.

The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and a large
and distinguished party (.f ladies awl gEntlemen,
left Westminster yestes day morning in two river
steamer, to open the new Victoria Docks.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

BtINDON ELECTION.

Polling commencnd at Bandon yesterday morn-
ing, voters coming forward briskly. Great excile-
ment prvail Both parties :ire sanguin.
large body of police are drafted into the town in
anticipation of a riot.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE STATE OF AGRICULTURE.

It will be remembered that at the time of the ap-
pointment of the Royal Commission to inquire into
the state of agriculture and the causes of the prevail-
ing distress an appeal was made that the agricultural
labourers should be represented on it, which was re-
fused by the late Government, and that upon that re-
fusal the executive committee of the National Agri-
cultural Labourers' Union appointed a sub-committee
to collect evidence from bond fide farm labourers as to
their views on the subject of the depression and its
causes. The evidence thus collected has just been
published, together with an introduction by Mr.
Joseph Arch. More than a thousand labourers have
contributed reports, and their opinions are (1) that
land is labour-starved; (2) that it is also cattle starved;
(3) that the plough is spared and land is not cultivated
so well as it used to be; (4) that many farmers have
holdings too large for their capital ; (5) that rents are
too high; and (6) that there is too much game, the
latter often eating up just that quantity of the crop
which would give a profit to the farmer. The labourers
invariably state that during the past ten years there
has been a reduction in the amonnt of labour em-
ployed in their districts of from 25 to 50 per cent.
In his Preface Mr Arch declares that theorists may
deny these statements, but "no men living know
better the cause in the decline of our agriculture than
the men who till the soil."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

DUDLEY,

TIIE NEW LIBERAL CLUB.—On Wednesday the
new Liberal Club was opened. The premises are
situated A the corner of Hall Street and King
Street. Shortly after the establishment (if the
Liberal A,F:oeiation, :Jr Ilitthard .11,1 a-on
' the preali.:, tircl being an ,mr(l., nt; tel mral litt ea up
th.! c:.-t:it.l.snale..t.f...r the puli,o3: Lih,l•
. I"ne premises include a billiard worn, readiug iu,nu
smoke and card rooms, bar, private dining rooms,
and sleeping aud other apartment. for the attend-
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE GRAVESEND ELECTION.

The nomination for Gravesend is fixed for Mon-
day text and the pol i g for the follow ihg Thursday
Both Sir Sydney Wwerio w and Sir Rinert Peei are
prosecuting an active canvass.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

STORM OR LIGHTNING?

A very curious trial is about to be held in one
of the American courts (says the Evening Standard).
A farmer some time ago insured his house and build-
ings against damage by lightning. Lately a terrijc
storm, which has generally been described as a tornado
or whirlwind, visited the district, his buildings were
seriously damaged; and the question has to be decided
whether the destruction caused by the storm was
attributable to lightning or to wind? The company
claims that it is not liable, because the build-
ings that are destroyed were blown down. The
farmer, on the other hand, supported by Pro-
fessor Tice, of St. Louis, an acknowledged autho-
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was the agent by which his
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that the company is liable. This terrific "wind,': as
everybody supposed it to be, performed some astonish-
ing feats. It bore off a factory chimney for a con-
siderable distance, and literally demolished a large
number of buildings, while its effects on trees and
shrubs were of the most curious character. "In many
instances it did not tear them up the roots, but tore
off the bark from their stems, and that not only on the
side exposed to the storm, but all around them, while
the ends of branches were stripped of their leaves and
split up into fibres. Professor Tice affirms that all
this was the work not of wind, but of electricity;
that in fact it was not a tornado of wind at all,
but a terrific electrical disturbance. The chim-
neY just mentioned was carried off by the storm,
though the building from which it was wrenche.d was
left almost untouched, the fact being that the chimney
was an iron one." The Professor observes that build-
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the " tornado " followed the track of the railway for
one hundred and forty-five miles. All the circum-
stances tend to convince him that electricity was the
cause of the damage. The evil may have arisen from
a tornado; but if so, such a tornado is an electrical
disturbance, and damage caused by it may be said.to
have been caused by lightning. If this view be maiu-
tained, the effect upon insurance offices and their
clients will obviously be considerable, for it will be
difficult for the offices to prove that any injury that
follows a whirlwind is not in reality an injury from
what is, practically, lightning.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

NONCONFORMITY AND THE CHURCH

The Bishop of Winchester, in presiding on Saturday
at the annual meeting of the Home Reunion Society,
on moving the adoption of the report, said he did not
consider it desirable to connect politics with religion,
because in his experience he found that, whenever they
became in any way mixed, the result was that religion
had to give way. Speaking of the action of the Non-
conformists during the recent elections, the Bishop
said that the great majority of the clergy of the
Church of England had abstained from any at-
tempts to exercise their influence, because they felt
themselves citizens of another world, and therefore
debarred from taking action which might damage rather
than benefit their cause. Since the elections, he
had reason to believe that a number of Noncon-
formists had manifested a yearning towards more
unity and peace than at present generally existed.
How far this feeling might be brought to a practical
issue he was unable to say, but his experience had
been gathered in the course of conversation with Dis-
senting ministers. He hoped that something might
shortly be done to mitigate the evils at present
existent in the Church, and considered the system
of patronage to be one of the greatest scandals in
the Church, and which went far to threaten its
existence. . _ -

Earl Nelson said that the efforts of the society
would greatly help to remove the misunderstanding
which at present existed amongst Nonconformists as
to the doctrines of the Church, but he thought they
were a long way off from any complete reunion
between the two great religious bodies of the country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE ATAL.A.NTA INQUIRY.

The Press Association is informed that at a meet-
ino• of the Atalanta Inquiry Committee held on
Thursday morning it was resolved to print all the
evidence that is lilting obtained respecting the
movements of the ship from the day of her launch
to the time she lett England on her last voyage.
The public inquiry will not take place until the
report has been printed. Numerous letters have
been received by the committee during the past
fortnight containing suggestions as to the probable
fate of the Atalanta, and several of these will be
consideral. The peincipal business of the inquiry
however, will be the taking of evidence as to the
construction ::nd movements of the vessel.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

A CONCESSION IN THE TELEGRAPH
SYSTEM.

The Daily News remarks :—" A slight concession
has just been made by the Postmaster-General in
favour of the inhabitants of the less important Eng-
lish towns. As a rule country, as distinguished from
metropolitan, telegraph offices close at eight p.m.
But there are some stations which are open for the
transmission of messages all through the night. In
some cases they are great centres of commerce, such
as Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester; in others
shipping interests have to be considered, as at South-
hampton, Plymouth, and the obscure little village of
The Lizard. The number of these exceptionally
favoured stations is small ; in England it only amounts
to 18 anti the latest Post-office Circular relates to
,
their management. The country offices close at 8
p.m., yet if a telegram has to be despatched at a later
hour there is a possibility of effecting this result. A
compliant postmaster is authorised to receive a
douceur of 25., for which he may consent to interrupt
his leisure and set the electric current once more at
work. It is obvious, however, that there is no use in
iits.suiAlnglda message unless there is some one to receive
it is here that the Postmaster-General's
note comes into operation. It is directed to the
chiefs of the 18 open always' stations, and
its object is to establish some certainty in
reference to the connection between these great
central offices and the network of wire which is
spread over the country. Once every half-hour the
clerk is to examine all the receiving instruments, and
note what stations are clamorous for attention. Thus
on Sundays and after hours on week days it will be
possible for the general public to communicate with
the capital, with the great cities, and with the import-
ant naval stations all over England, with a certainty
of no greater delay than thirty minutes. Hitherto
there had been much delay and no certainty. The
concession is slight, but the advantage is solid."

A telegram from Durban states that the Empress
Eugenie returned in good health from Zululand on Tuesday
afternoon at five o'clock, and at once drove to Captain
Bayton's residence, where she will remain until Saturday,
when she will embark on board the Union Company's
13teamer Trojan fa England.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

AN EXTRAORDINARY DOWNPOUR OF
RAIN.

Silesian papers give long accounts of an extra-
ordinary downpour of rain which occurred last week,
and which in a few minutes flooded whole districts in
Silesia and Saxony. In the valleys of the Neisse, of
the Queis, and of their tributary streams, the country
was for miles converted in an incredibly short space
of time into a large lake, and in one district alone no
less than fifty-one persons are reported missing,
and are consequently supposed to have been drowned.
The suddenxess of the catastrophe has, in fact,
probably rarely been equalled in any other of like
nature. The rain appears to have fallen from the
clouds literally in sheets of water. Men and women
working in the fields hdd to climb up into trees to
escape being drowned, anti in the villages the inhabit-
ants had to take refuge in the upper stories of their
houses, but had no time to save the furniture,
&c., from the lower floors of the buildings. Many
women, children, and old men were drowned before they
could reach a place of safety; while hundreds of cattls
perished, both in their stalls aid in the open fields.
The waters subsided again very rapidly, and then the
devastation wrought by the downpour became appa-
rent. In several villages numbers of houses had been
swept away altogether, while of those left standing
many threatened to collapse every minute. The
gardens round the houses were entirely destroyed,
the growing crops and even comparatively large trees
being everywhere uprooted. Roads were for miles
rendered impassable, in some places even for foot
passengers, holes of from six to ten feet deep having
been torn in them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE PROPOSED NEW TAY BRIDGE.

A Bill has just been lodged in the Private Bill
Office of the House of Commons "to provide for the
restoration of the railway communication across the
Tay, near Dundee, and for other purposes." The
Bill is promoted by the North British Railway Com-
pany, and seeks for power to reconstruct the 'bridge
at a lower level, with alterations and additional works
for strengthening the structure so as to give greater
stability to the same. The estimated cost of the pro-
posed works beyond the amount required for restora-
tion is £200,000, and the company are willing (as
stated in the preamble) to execute the said works if
authorized by Parliament. The deposited plans and
sections show the limits ef deviation and the method
proposed to be adopted in carrying the same into
effect. Powers are to be taken for the creation of the
necessary capital by mortgage and otherwise and for
the same to form part of the general capital of the
North British Railway Company. The period for the
compulsory purchase of the land required is limited to
three years. The Bill having been lodged at so late
a period of the session, the promoters will have to
apply to the Standing Orders Committee fo,r leave to
proceed, urging the exceptional circumstances of the
case and the general expediency of the measure. The
proposal to erect the bridge at a lower level will, it
is understood, be strongly opposed by the shipping
interests of the locality as interfering with the naviga-
tion of the Tay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE IRISH LAND ACT.

Among the Parliamentary papers issued on
Thursday morning is a letter from the Premier to
the Duke of Richmond relative to the a,ppoiAment
of the Commission on the Irish Land Act. Mr•
Gladstone states that the Government do not
intend by this proceeding to signify any want of
confidence in the Commission now at work, but
that the op e -ati9ns of the latter embracing aa
extrwirdinarily wide field, the examinaton of the
Land Act can 1-J: best accomplished by a body
having that for is sole object.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

DUNGANNON ELECTION

The candidate nominated are James Dickson,
Liberal, proposed by James Brown, Donaghmore,
seconded by David Loughlan, Dungannon; and
Colonel Knox, Conservaive, proposed by John
Burges, Porkannons, and seconded by Robert
Stevenson, Dungannon.
Polling commenced at Dungannon at S o' clocic
yesterday morning. There was a rush of working
mea and dealers to the booth immediately it opened
Everything is going on quletly, about 1.00 votes
being polled at 10 o'clock. Extra police are in the
town.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE `IATALANTA."

A Reuter's telegram dated Halifax, June 21, says that a
barrel-stave has been found on the coast, twelve miles east
of that city, bearing the following words, written in lead
pencil :
Atalanta suing down, April 12th, 1880.* No
hope. Send this to Mrs. Mary White, Piers, Sussex.
—" JAMES WHITE."

The stave had apparently been in the water for
about two months.

*The paper, also purporting to have been written on
board the Ataktrsta, contained in the bottle found on the
coast of Massachusetts on the 16th inst., gave the 17th April
as the date of the vessel's sinking.

The Standard says :—" No credit is attached to the
statement at the Admiralty, as there is not the
slightest reason to suppose that the barrel stave is a
genuine relic of the missing training ship. Any
wreckage from the Atalanta would have been carried
by the sweep of the Gulf Stream far away from the
coast of Nova Scotia, and had the vessel been afloat
at the date given, she would in all probability have
been in England.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

LATEST NEWS.

ELECTION PETITIONS.

SALISBURY,—The petition was dismissed yester-
day with costs.
PLYmount.—The Conservative agent yesterday
admitted sedding a man to Penzance with instruc-
tions to pay a fisherman's expenses. Ile afterwards
countermanded the order after it was too late.

FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF KILMOREY

The Earl of Kilmorey was yesterday buried in
the Castle Mausoleum which he had erected for
himself in his own grounds at Isleworth. The
body was conveyed through subterranean passages
which were specially erected by his lordship for his
funeral. Only the intimate triends and the new
Earl (Viscount Newry) attended the obsequies,
which were very private in accordance with the
late eccentric Earl's wish,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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ELECTION EXPENSES.

The following returns of candidates' expenses at the
late elections have been made :

---- --
East Riding of Yorkshire—The Hon. H. Wood, the
unsuccessful Liberal, £3,411.
Grimsby—Mr. E. Heneage, M.P., £1,192; Colonel
Hutton, unsuccessful Conservative, £2,413.
West Essex—Sir H. J. Selwin-Ibbetson, M.P., and
Lord E. Cecil, M.P., each, £2,415; Sir T. Fowell
Buxton, unsuccessful Liberal, £1,132. .

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Bucks—Sir R. Bateson Harvey, M.P., and the
Hon. T. F. Fremantle, M.P., jointly, £5,574 75.; the
Hon. Rupert Carington, M.P. £3,937 19s. ; Mr. F.
Charsley (Conservative unsuccessful), £919 10s.
_

It is stated that the expenses incurred by the Hon.
H. W. Fitzwilliam and Mr. W. H. Leatham, the
Liberal and successful candidates for the South-West
Riding at the recent general election amount to
£8,578 9s. 3d ; and those of Messrs. election,
and
Starkey, the unsuccessful Conservative candidates,
210,366.
The election expenses of the candidates for South
Warwickshire are officially announced as follows :
Lord Yarmouth and Sir Eardley Wilmot, £3,011, and
of the Hon. Gilbert Leigh, £3,784.
The expenses of Mr. M'Lagan, the member for
Linlithgowshire in the recent election, are published
at £995 Os. 4d., and of Mr. Robertson, his opponent,
who was the unsuccessful Conservative, £1,513 9s. sd.

The expenses of Mr. Thomas Rogers, who unsuc-
cessfully opposed Mr. John Walter, M.P., as a
Liberal candidate for the county of Berko amounted,
according to the published account, to £1,324 6s._ 7d.

The expenses of Sir E. H. K. Le,con, M.P.,
and Mr. E. Birkbeck, M.P. in securing their recent
unopposed return for North Norfolk, amounted to
2323.
An abstract of the election expenses incurred by
the Right Hon. George Sclater-Booth, President of
the Local Government Board under the late Adminis-
tration, who with Mr. W. VT. 'B. Beach was returned
for the northern division of Hampshire, has just been
issued by the High Sheriff, as returning officer, and
shows a total of £97 16s. _ _

The election expenses of the Liberal unsuccessful
candidates for South-West Lancashire, Mr. Rathbone
and Mr. Grenfell, amounted to i:8,583. .

The Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities
election expenses were—The Right Hon. Lyon Ply.
fair, C. 8., returned Liberal, £834 4s. 7d. ; Dr. R. E.
Bickersteth, unsuccessful Conservative, £2,352 6s. 11d.
In Denbighshire where there was no contest, the
Right Hon. G. Osborne Morgan's expenses were
2388.
The expenses of Sir R. A. Cunliffe, the successful
Liberal candidate for the Denbigh Boroughs was
22,395.
In Montgomeryshire the expenses of Mr. Stuart
Rendel were £6,675; the expenditure of Mr. C. W.
Williams Wynn, the defeated Conservative candi-
date, was £13,454.
In Montgomery Boroughs the expenses of the Hon.
Frederick Hanbury-Tracey were £1,639; the expenses
of Mr. Pryce Jones, the defeated Conservative can-
didate, were £2,253.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

STRANGE CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.

At Manchester, on Thursday, a woman, named
Margaret Callagher, was placed in the dock as a
wandering lunatic. She was found in a suburb of
Manchester, and, on inquiries being made, it was
ascettained that she had been bitten by a favourite
dog. While in the dock he gave evident signs of
hydrophobia. She asked people in court if they
heard a dog barking, and looked in the corner of
tt.e dock for the animal. She was remanded.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

PUBLIC NOTICES

iSA.MUL'L SILK PiDER, .Esgre., Deceased.

pURSUANT to the 22nd and 23rd Vie., Cap.
35, alt persons claiming to be Creditors against
the EsTA.IE of SAMUEL SILK EIDER, f rimer!),
of Perk Place Paddtugthn, in th,, County of Middlesex,
but late of The Laure,s, Oldswinford, near Stourbridge,
in the County of Worcester, KEquire,:decea,ed, who died
at Fulhestone, in the County of Kent, on toe 23 d day
of January, 1680, are required on or before the 14th
day of July, 1880, to send the particnhrs of their
DEBTS or CLAIMS to Robert field ,:nd Samuel iiu..th
the Executors of the sald deceased, at the Office of the
uudersigind Solicitors, and the said I xeutors wi;laf or
the said 1411 day o. July proceed to dispose nt and du,
Libute tee Eta AI E of the mid cee—a it d without re-
gard to the DLBIS or CLAIMS of varich the said
Executors shah not then have had notice.

Dated this Second day of June, 1850,
BURGOYNES, MILNES, BURGOYNE, & TIIRUPP
160, Oxford Street, London, W.,
Solicitors for the stud Executors

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(Lab- 11. TH0.11,50.Yj

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LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPE-IL

&EN TLEMEN'S CLOTHING

:thick to Older, on the Shortest Notice.
STILL AND Fl'l tiIiARANTEED.

LADIES' JACHE'I S, SHAWLS, DRESSES, &c.

14 and 15, 11AGLIY S'll,ll-1, Sa kIEGE

MRs• FE HUNSTON,

(Las key and Huns ton, from Devonshire)

Honiton PoiLt Lace Manufacturer,
122, 111.Gri STREET,

ST OURBBIDGE.

Wishes to inform her customers and the Ladies
of the neighbourhood that she has a Complete
Stock of New Goods in all the Leading and
Fashionable Styles and Color suitable for the
Autumn and Winter, Season, al;i1 Solicits their
Inspection and Orders.
FRENCH (iORShTS,i LOVES, V, C

BALBRIGGAN SILK,

CASHMERE A.ND OTHER HOSIERY AND VESTS

Eider Down, and Wool. Good..

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LACE

Cl,3:•nel, 177 ansfe J, and Altered.
AGENT fc,r P UILEL awl SONS, PERTII

DYERS TO THE QUEEN.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

A SYMPATHETIC LADY AND HER COOK

The Hon Fanny Mary Catherine Kenyon appeared
at Westminster Police Court, yesterday to prosecute
her cook for misappropriating £lOO., which had
been entrut,ted toher to pay tradesmen. On her
seeing the mental di,tress of the cook she refused
to give evidence. The magistrate threatened to
call in the public prosecutor, but the lady said
nothing should induce her to prosecute, and she
,hould not come to the court again. Prisoner was
remanded.

SUICIDE OF A BANK DIRECTOR.
OLDHAM, Friday.

Mr. Edward Mayall, magistrate, ex-Mayor of
Oldham, and Chairman of the Bank of 01 'him,
shot himself about half-past six this morning at
his own house near Manchester. dying immediately.
He has for some time been in a desponding state of
mind. He was a Liberal in politiQs, and very
highly respected.

THE LEICESTERSHIRE COLLIERS' STRIKE
HINCKLEY, Friday

The empl ,yeis concerned in the unfortulate
dispute in tile Leicestershire coalfield, where nearly
2,000 men are on strike, have just offered to submit
tie case, as it stands now to arbitration. The work-
men ask that if arbitration is adopted the state of
thi,gs exis,ing 12 oiontls ago may be taken as a
basi, but this the masters decline, and the strike,
th(refe,e, will continue.

SELtIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ONE KILLLD, TWO INJURED.

: Au
On Thar6day night a fatal railway accident cc-
cured
engine
drivera tSpini
landi
younger children on his engine. While driving a
mineral train ou a branch hue near the miue he ran
Spinning
Grove Aline, Cleveand.
lad named Rurnbolt and two
MIL, engine against a ‘`dumb end,'' knocking it
down. The engine and tender MI over an em-
bankment and killed Rumnoldt, who is the son of a
locomotive in-pector. The o(her two children are
seriously injured,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE AUSTRALIAN MEAT TRADE.

The Sydney Morning Herald of Ist May writes :
"Yesterday morning a deputation from the Agri-
cultural Society waited upon the Colonial Treasurer,
to request the Government to agree to lease to a pro-
spective company land upon Glebe Island, near deep
water, for the purpose of erecting a building for
freezing and storing meat, preparatory to its being
shipped for export. It was stated that a Mel-
bourne company would co-operate with Sydney in
this matter by subscribing £50,000, and that
they were agreeable that Sydney should be
the centre of the meat export trade. It was also
explained that there were strong evidences of the
Orient Steamship Company co-operating with Sydney
and Melbourne in the matter; and it was held that
everything possible should be accomplished here to
meet them and to initiate this new industry, which
it was considered would develope of importance
equal to that of the wool trade of the colonies.
Mr. Watson, in reply, said that the movement had
his most cordial sympathy. The application for the
lease, however, he could not grant at once, but he
would lay it before his colleagues, and forward their
decision—which he hoped would be a favourable one—
to the committee before they next met."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

MANCHESTER GUARDIANS AND

THE GOVERNMENT VACCINATION BILL
At the meeting of the Manchester Guardians on
Thursday morning, Mr. Leppoc, the chairman,
moved a resolution to petition against the Bill re-
comly introduced by ihe Government whereby it
is proposed to abolish the power of fining or im-
prisoning, parents more than once for non-compli-
ance in order to have children vaccinated He
described the Government proposals as monstrous.
Eventually an amendment adjourning the consider-
ation of the question until returns were secured was
agreed upon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE TWO PRIME MINISTERS ON THE

SUNDAY QUESTION.
A circular is being issued by the Working Men's
Lord's Day Rest Association in opposition to the two
motions now before Parliament for opening museums
on Sundays, which gives the opinions of the late. and
the present Prime Ministers on this question as
follows : The Earl of Beaconsfield, in voting against
the Sunday opening of museums, said in the House of
Lords :

"Of all Divine institutions, the most Divine is that
which secures a day of rest for man. I hold it to be
the most valuable blessing ever conceded to man.
It is the corner stone of civilization, and its removal
might even affect the health of the people. It (the
opening of museums on Sundays) is a great
change, and those who suppose for a moment that
it could be limited to the proposal of the noble
baron to open museums will find they are mistaken."

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., has
always voted against the Sunday opening of the
British Museum, &c., and in reply to a deputation in
March, 1869, he said :

"The religious observance of Sunday is a main prop
of the religious character of the country. From a
moral, social, and physical point of view, the observ-
ance of Sunday is a duty of absolute consequence."
In a letter dated 13th January 1876, Mr. Glad-
stone wrote as follows to Mr. C. Rill :—" Believing
in the authority of the Lord's Day as a religious insti-
tution, I must, as a matter of course, desire the recog-
nition of that authority by others. But, over and i
above this, I have myself, n the course of a laborious
life, signally experienced both its mental and its
physical benefits. I can hardly overstate its value
in this view, and for the interest of the working men
of this country, alike in these and in other yet higher
respects, there is nothing I more anxiously desire than
that they Should more and more highly appreciate the
Christian day of rest."

The Killarney correspondent of the Cork Examiner
says that Lord Kenmare has engaged the services of a num-
ber of English painters and decorators, who are employed in
preparing his mansion for the reception of the Queen, and
that the time fired for her Majesty's Visit is the end of
AngliSt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

STATE OF IRELAND.

At Ennis and Kilru4t Quarter Sessions, just con-
cluded, nearly one hundred ejectment cases for
non-payment of rent were disposed of, the persons
in nearly every case bting those who have partici-
pated in tht, relief funds as a means of support.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

ANNUAL SUMMARY OF BIRTHS AND

DEATHS.

By the authority of the Registrar-General there has
been published the annual summary of births, deaths,
and causes of death in London and other large cities
for 1879.

The Registrar-General reports that a considerable
improvement has been apparent in the health of
London in recent years, though the death-rate in 1879
was slightly higher than the average of the last nine
years, being 233 per 1,000 as compared with 22.9, the
average in 1871-79.

_
In the 53 weeks of 1879 the births in London
amounted to 134,096, the deaths to 85,540, so the
natural increase of population was 48,556, or at the
rate of 131 daily.

The estimated increase of population over the pre-
vious year was 43,423, or 119 daily.
The London birth-rate in 1879 wag 36.5 per 1,000.
In regard to the causes of death, it is noticeable
that deaths by small-pox in London are rapidly
diminishing. They numbered 2,544 in 1877 and 1,416
in 1878, while last year they were but 458. There
has been a reduction in the mortality of the 20 large
English towns which are included in the report. The
average death-rate of 1871-75 was 24'8 per 1,000; the
average in 1876-79 was 234. Of foreign capitals,
Christiania had the lowest death-rate in 1879—viz.,
175, and St. Petersburgh the highest—as much as
40'0.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

Pisallantons 4ntelligente,

HOME, FOREIGN, AND COLONIAL

Live WitiLE Yon MAT.—Timid Passenger (as the
Gale freshened). "Is there any danger? '—Tar
(ominously). " Well, them as likes a good dinner had
better hey it to-day ! "—Punch.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The Mark Lane
Fxßtess says: "Fine growing weather has been ex-
perienced during the past week, a higher temperature
having been accompainied by an abundant rainfall,
which has refreshed the country, and exercised a
most beneficial effect upon the growing crops. Agri-
cultural prospects throughout the United Kingdom
are more promising than at the corresponding time
for some years past, and a bright genial summer is all
that is required to enable farmers to secure a fair, if
not a bountiful harvest."—The Magnet states:
"Nothing has occurred to damp the jubilant hopes
entertained as to the result of the coining harvest.
The weather during the week has been about all that
could be desired. The refreshing rains of the earlier
part were very welcome, and their full benefit has
been brought out by the brilliant sunshine, and
marked rise in temperature which has succeeded. It
is now seen that the hay crop will prove much heavier
than was thought at all likely a month or so ago, and
what is of great importance is there is a good chance
of its being secured in good condition."
,
MIDSUMMER EVE.—Blanche: "Delicious verses,
aren't they, Algy ? Now tell me, what passage in all
the poets do you like the best ?"—Algy (who has long
been wanting to change the subject to one more
immediately interesting) : "'Well, I think I prefer the
one in Dante, where he says, 'That night they read
no more. "—Fun.

THE BISHOP OF LIVERPOOL —Dr. Ryle took leave
of his old parishioners at Stradbroke on Sunday.
There were very large congregations. He reiterated
the statement that he had made in London, of not
being ashamed of being a Protestant Evangelical
Churchman, and he said, "Pray for me, that I may
be kept faithful, that I may be a true Bishop of the
Reformed Church of England, that I may not be a
meFe Popish Bishop, or so broad that men cannot
make out what views I hold, or so narrow as to ex-
clude any one from interest in Christ but my own
friends. Pray that I may be a true successor of the
Protestant Reformers, and be faithful to my own prin-
ciples, holding them in love, in charity, with tolerance,
in kindness, gentleness, courtesy, and forbearance to
all men,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

THE STATE OF COLORADO.

This Rocky Mountain State has made such rapid
progress in the production of precious metals that it
promises to rival the "Golden State" of the Pacific,
California,. Yet it is only 22 years since gold was first
discovered in Colorado, near Pike's Peak. About 200
pioneers then founded half-a-dozen towns, which
have since become important cities. Colorado pos-
sesses many natural advantages, and from its great
elevation above the sea level it is likely to become a
sanatorium for many diseases, especially pulmonary
affections.
It appears that the assessed valuation of real and
personal property in Colorado in 1878 was given at
43,000,000 dollars, this being exclusive of raining
property, which is exempt from taxation for eight
years.
The agricultural productions of 1878 amounted to
3,5Z,000 dollars, although not more than one-fifth
of the arable land of the State was under cultivation.
It possesses 1,218 miles of railways, 14 daily papers,
with weekly editions, 44 weekly papers, and a popu-
lation of 190,000 souls.
Down to the year 1870 Colorado yielded gold to the
value of 27,313,081 dollars; silver, 330,000 dollars ;
and copper, 40,000 dollars. I.lp to 1878, however, it
has yielded—Gold, 48, 217,450 dollars; silver, 25,811, 760
dollars; copper, 632,993 dollars; and lead, 1,131,000 •
or nearly 80 tons of pure gold, 770 tons of pure silver'
2,110 tons ol copper, and 16,160 tons of lead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

POTATO.

There has been a fair supply of pOtatoes on sale here to-
day, and the trade has ruled quiet, at the following quota-
tions :—Champions, 100 s. to 120 s. ; Victories, 100 s. to 120 s.
per ton ; German reds, 3s. to 58. per bushel ; Lisbon, new,
Ss. fel. to 10s. ; Malta, spring, qs. to 10s. ; Jersey kidneys,
lea. to 14.5.; Cherbourg, round, 95.; ditto kidneys, 11s, per
cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-06-26

A GOLD EPIDEMIC.

America just now appears to be suffering from a
general gold fever (says the Globe). We are well
accustomed to hear of fresh veins being "struck " in
Idaho or California, but it sounds a little strange to
hear of Georgia "rockets" and Baltimore "placers."
Nevertheless, considerable excitement now prevails in
White County, Georgia, occasioned by the discovery
of rich nuggets in the Nacoochee Valley. Over a hun-
drpd nuggets were, we are told taken out of one
digging in four days, and the largest weighed one pound
one ounce. Gold has been found recently on a tract of
land situated eight miles from Baltimore, on the old
Frederick-road. It has been discovered in a " pros-
pecting " shaft, dug by the owner of the property,
who was led to suspect the presence of gold while
boring an artesian well about a year ago. The quartz
is said to yield some thirty dollars per ton, and the
work of mining goes on night and day. Official
notice has also been given to the Government
that an auriferous vein has been discovered at
Cornwall, in the State of New York itself; and a
dtspatch from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, announces
that much excitement prevails at Ashland over the
rumoured discoveries of gold and silver, in paying
quantities, at Brunsohwiller and Silver Creek,
fourteen miles south of Ashland. These may be
genuine discoveries, and yet they may not all prove
to be profitable. It needs a gold mine, or rather a,
mint, to work a gold mine usually, as well as enter-
prise,. experience, and skill. But the sight of virgin
gold is as exciting to a man as a red flag is to a bull ;
and, what with the electioneering enthusiam of the
Presidential campaign and the gold fever, the spirits
of our Transatlantic cousins must be running now at
high-water level.