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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

KIDDERMINSTER.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHILD...A Child, aged nixe
months, named Harold Albert, son of Mr. Andrew
Harley, fruiterer, Coventry Street, Kidderminster,
was killed by being run over by a cart on Wednesday
evet,.o about five o'clock, The child was with an-
other in charge of a nurse girl, and was seated in a
perain')ulatur. The girl was pushing the peram-
buWor along Spirit Lane, when she was overtaken
by 1- cart belonging to Mr. Brewster, of the Haatley
Mill, near Kidderminster. The driver of the cart
was a man named George Webb. The nurse girl
stat,:3 that she had „the perambulator as close as
pos2lllo to the hedge on the side of the road along
which she was going. However that may be the
cart ci:ine into collision with the perambulator and ;
upse ;1, throwing the two children to the ground.
The irl picked up one, and when she returned to
loohe tne other she was horrified to see that its
he&,l V:fls crushed, and that blood was flowing freely
fronii nose and mouth. She screamed, and it is
alleged the man Webb merely said, "It serves you
rigl t, you should have got out of the road." Later
on the same night Webb was arrested by Police
constable Mason on a charge of having caused the
death. He replied to the officer, " Well,
they should have got out of the road, then." He
was loAed up, but was released on bail on Thurday
morning.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

CRICKET.

ZirrJlritl3ll.lDGE V. Seuritits This match was
play.A on Monday last, at Westbromwich, and
ended in an easy victory for Salters. W. Harrold
carr;ed his bat through the innings for 59, got in
his usull correct style. Heaves had six wickets for
2, and Horton three for 15. Biddlestone for
Stoueoridge bowled very effectively.,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A BOY.

Dr. G. Danford Thomas, coroner for Central Mid-
dlesex, has held an inquest at the Islington Coroner's
Court, Holloway-road, touching the 'death of Frank
Thomas Squire, 11 years old, son of Blackmore Squire,
mathematical instrument maker, 39, Matilda-street,
Caledonian-road, who was found drowned in the
Regent's Canal. The father of the deceased said his son
wasa good,well-behaved boy and a clever scholar. He
mostly resided with his grandfather, but was home
for his holidays. When witness returned one night
from his work he learned from his wife—who was
the deceased's stepmother—that his boy was mis-
sing; that he and his younger brothers had been
away playing at the Cattle Market in the Caledonian-
road and had returned home about half-past four in
the afternoon without one of the brothers named
Teddy. The deceased was then told by his step-
mother to search for " Teddy," and not to come back
without him. Teddy found his way home by himself
soon afterwards, and the deceased failing to return the
witness searched all night for him, and then informed
the police of his disappearance. A little boy named
Purdy stated that on Friday night about nine o'clock
he saw the deceased seated on the canal bank, near
the Caledonian-road-bridge, and joined him. He
had not known him previously. The deceased told
him he had lost his little brother, and dared not go
home, and as be could not find him he meant to drown
himself. Purdy said, "You are a silly fool to do that,"
but deceased repeated that he could not 'go home
without his brother, and he took a run down the em-
bankment of the canal, but did not then go into the
water. Immediately afterwards he took another run,
and threw himself into the canal. No one was near
but the witness. The deceased rose near the opposite
bank. Purdy raised an alarm, and went to a furni-
ture dealer close by, who looked into the water, but
could see nothing there. Mrs. Purdy said her boy
was playing truant on Friday, and he only told her
—as he had already described—what had happened
after the police inquired for him on Saturday
afternoon. His description of the occur -
rence to her agreed with that given in his
evidence. Alfred Coomber, watch jeweller, de-
posed to taking the !body out of the canal on 'Tues-
day evening last; and Dr. John Slater, 1, Thornhill-
crescent, Barnsbury, said its appearance was indicative
of its having been in the water several days. Death
was due to suffocation by drowning. The coroner re-
marked that suicide among boys was not uncommon,
but he never remembered a lad so young as the
deceased destroying himself. There was no doubt
the deceased deliberately threw himself into the water
in a fit of desperation, and the jury returned a verdict
of suicide while of unsound mind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

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ADVICE TO MOTHERS !-.sr a you broken in your rest
by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeeth
Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Win-
slow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor
sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and
pleat:int to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep by
relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub
awakes ''`as bright as a button." It soothes the child
it softens th., gums, allays all pain, relieves wind
regulates the bowels, and is the best know remedy for
dysentery and diarrhcea, wbether arising from teeth-
ing or other caue.es. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at is lid per
bottle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

WORKING KEN AND THE
COMP DERIES:

At a conference of representative working men,
held on Tuesday evening at A.nderton's Hotel, Mr. J.
R. Somers Vine explained the result of his negotia-
tions with the railway companies to carry out the
proposal of the Prince of Wales to admit the working
classes at a reduced rate to the Colonial and Indian
Exhibition. It had been arranged that in the inner
radius, including the Whitechapel and Hammersmith
extensions, the chtirge, including return fare and
admission, would be 9d. for adults and 6d. for chil-
dren. The outer radius will be six miles out, and the
fares would be Is. for adults and 7d. for children.
The Prince was most anxious that the labourers
should visit the Exhibition.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A
GOVERNESS:

Harriet Emily Tozer, a well-dressed young womaft
of gocd address, who gave her name as Thompson in
the first instance, and described herself as a gover.
ness, was charged at the Westminster Police-court,
before Mr. d'Eyncourt, with begging in the Colonial
and Indian Exhibition, South Kensington. Race.
man, 588 B, deposed that on Thursday afternoon
he was in the South Australian Court of the Ex-
hibition, and saw the defendant, in company with
two other well-dressed females. She went up tc
gentlemen, and handed them a card, which was in ,
one case returned with a donation. Witness tooli
her into custody, and found several similar cards upon
her. They were gilt edged, and on one side was litho-
graphed, "For sweet pity's sake your help is earnestly
asked on behalf of a widow lady in delicate health
who is left with six children totally unprovided for."
Defendant told him (witness) that she came from
Newcastle, where she had held a situation, and that a
lady bad asked her to try and get some assistance for
her. Mr. d'Eyncourt asked the defendant for her ad-
dress, as she had not given it. Defendant said shs
,3id not wish to give it. She had not the least ides
that she was breaking the law. She put what was
given her in a separate purse, but it was not much.
The constable said the defendant had two purses, and
one contained three guineas. The other had only a few
shillings in it. She also had about her three return half
railway tickets to the Edgware-road. Mr. d'Eyncourt
said he must have inquiry made, and the defendant had
better give her address. She gave some information
to the inspector on duty, and was put back till lats
in the afternoon. Inspector Folkard then deposed
that he had telegraphed to Cambridge, where the de-
fendant lived. She had admitted she was collecting
money for her mother. Lillie Tozer, of Bedford-
terrace, Chesterton-road, Cambridge, said her sister.
the defendant, was a governess, baying a holiday
Their mother was a widow, and badly off. Defend.
ant repeated that she did not know she was doing
wrong by asking for help. Mr. d'Eyncourt said it
was a form of begging, and a very cunning form. It
she repeated the offence she would be committed tC
the House of Correction. With this caution he dia.
1 charged her.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

THE GERMAN FLEET.

The Nalional Zeitung states that the manceuvres of
the German fleet this year will extend over six weeks,
beginning in the middle of August and lasting until
the end of September, and the principal features of
these manccuvres will be the experiments tried with
the two torpedo divisions. These torpedo boats have
a double mission, the first being to defend the coast
and prevent a hostile fleet from coming within 100
miles, and the second to accompany the fleet when at
sea and take part in any naval combat. There has
hitherto been a division of opinion in Germany as to
whether torpedo boats are capable of assuming the
offensive, and for the last year the large ironclads
have been experimenting with nets in order to stop the
torpedoes. These experiments will be continued
during the manucevres, and will, it is to be hoped,
lead to some conclusive results. The reserve ironclad
squadron, consisting of the ironclads Sachsen, Baden,
Wurtemberg, and of the despatch-boat Zieten, which
are to be reinforced afterwards by the Oldenburg and
the Hansa, will commence operations next week under
the command of Captain Deinhardt, who will hoist
his flag upon the Sachsen, and the whole fleet when
assembled will be commanded by Admiral von
Wickede. The manceuvres will take place in the
North Sea and the Baltic, and will comprise attacks
against the maritime fortifications.

THE USEFULNESS OF A PLAGUE,
Dr. Brandes, a physiciandat Hitzackes, Hanover,
has written an article in a German medical paper in
which he demonstrates the valuable properties of the
anacharis alsinastrum, a water plant which has
hitherto been considered as an unmitigated plague,
choking up rivers, and altogether useless. Dr. Brancies
has remarked that in the district where he lives, and
where malaria and diarrhea yearly appeared in a
sporadic or epidemic farm, these diseases have gra-
dually decreased since the anacharis alsinasteum
began to infest the neighbouring rivers and marshes,
and since four years, have totally disappeared. The
above-named water plant nourishes itself on decayed
vegetable matter, and grow with incredible rapidity.
It thus destroys the germs which produce malaria and
diarrahcea ; and besides, its presence obliges the fre-
quent cleansing of standing waters, a measure bene-
ficial to health. Dr. Brandes therefore proposes that
the experiment should be tried of planting the
anacharis alsinastrum in marshy districts. It is also
useful in protecting the young of fish, and affords an
excellent dung. The plant originally came from
Canada, whence ir was brought to England, and
thence to Germany about 1840. In North Germany
it rapidly spread far and wide, and this year appears
in all parts in unusual luxuriance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

EXECUTION AT MANCHESTER.

Mary Ann Britlaud was executed on Monday morn-
ing in Strangeways Gaol for the murder of a woman
named Dixon, at Ashton-under-Lyne, in May last.
She was also charged with the murder of her husband
in the same way by poisoning him with vermin killer.
During Sunday night the convict, who had listened to
the ministrations of the prison chaplain with grati-
tude, was greatly excited, and at midnight she was
heard singing snatches of hymns. In the morning,
when offered refreshment, she was unable to take it.
She went to the scaffold supported by two female
warders. The scene as the procession moved to the
scaffold was very painful. The voice of the chaplain
as he read the usual prayers was drowned by the
screams of the woman. "Oh, Lord, have mercy!
Oh, Lord, forgive me ! " she piteously cried out.
When the drop fell the woman appeared to die in-
stantly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

THE FALL IN THE INDIAN
EXCHANGE.

The Calcutta correspondent of the Times says
The continued and rapid fall in exchange is likely tc
prove a source of serious difficulty to the Indian
Government. Last week the rupee nearly touched
is. 4d., or twopence below the rate taken in the
Budget calculations. A fall of one penny is supposed
to cdst the Government £1,000,000 sterling, so it
would seem that Sir Auckland Colvin will have to
provide £2,000,000 more than he deemed necessary
-,
when he made his financial statement last March.
The question whether the depreciation of silver is
beneficial to trade or otherwise, is one which has been
hotly discussed, and there are numbers of able advo-
cates on both sides; but there can be no doubt as to
its very serious effect to the Government and to all
Europeans with fixed salaries. The only ray of
comfort which those who suffer from the
present state of affairs can discern is that the
Worse those affairs become the more likely are
they to force themselves upon the attention of
the British Government and public, and the more
probable is it that some effort will be made to check
the evil. Meanwhile, there is much doubt as to how
the Indian Government will meet this extra call on
its resources. The general belief is that the salt tax
will he considerably raised next year, and that the
income-tax may also be increased. Already several
organs of public opinion are suggesting the re-im-
position of cotton import duties which were so reck-
lessly thrown away some years ago, and there can be
no doubt such a step would be most popular in India.
It is doubtful, however, whether the Government is
yet prepared to venture upon it in face of the opposi-
tion which it would probable meet from home. The
silver difficulty apart, the financial position is satis-
factory. The monsoon rains are general and plentiful.
The railways are doing well, and, although the price
of Bengal and Benares opium is falling, that of
Malwa is well sustained. It is still too early to esti-
mate the probable outturn of the income-tax, but
there is apparently no reason to doubt that it will
come up to expectation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

or these turned oft to proceed home by ion- I
street. The only incident of note in their progress
so far was the passing by of two Highlanders, who
received a tremendous cheer, in response to which
both soldiers cordially salutedttle Islandmen, The
Islandmen were attacked at the head of North-street,
and some rioting took place, which was very keen
while it lasted, and in which the military and police
had a good deal of difficulty in separating the mobs.
A serious party riot developed in Park-street,
where the two sides have come into personal contact,
with the most sad results. The Shankhill-road mob,
having been charged by the infantry, cavalry, and
police, met the Millfield people, who had come round.
by Park-street. The mobs came into personal con-
flict, and even the very chairs in the houses were
broken up to make weapons of offence and defence.
The scene was alarming in the extreme. The police
were assailed by the Catholics, as well as by the Pro-
testants. Great difficulty is experienced in gaining
accurate information as to the number of persons
killed. It is reported that eleven are dead, but up to
a very late hour to-night only eight deaths have been
; reported to the coroner.
On rtuesaay morning the town of Belfast was quiet,
but in the afternoon, at the funeral of the lad Devlin,
who had been killed on Sunday, a disturbance again
arose, and shots were fired at the Roman Catholics,
300 in number, who followed the body. One person
was killed, and several others wounded seriously.
Nine additional resident magistrates have been ap-
pointed for Belfast, and that town as well as London-
derry, has been proclaimed under the Peace
Preservation Act.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

COMPLICATIONS OF CUMULATIVE
VOTING:

In respect to a contested return at a School *Board
Election in Southampton, the Commissioner, wile
had held an inquiry, on Tuesday asked the assistance
of the Queen's Bench Division in deciding how cer-
tain ballots were to be counted. The Lord Chief
Justice decided that one cross against the name
entitled that name to all the votes that could be given
by one voter; that with a cross and a figure, the
latter only showed the number of votes; and that a
single stroke meant a single vote, and a number of
strokes, a number of votes. But the question was
not one of law, and the Commissioner must decide
for himself the intention of each voter. Mr. Justice
Denman concurred, but with some hesitation as to the
first point.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

A WARNING TO LADIES.

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stock, he is tempted to subsitute another and an interior
fabric rather than lose a customer. Insist upon seeing
the trade mark stamped at the back of each yard The
finer qualities are equal in appearance and wear better
th the very best Lyons Silk Velvet, and cost nlv a
quarter the price.
Can be purchased of all leading retailers, in all
Qualities—Blacks, from 2s to 6s per yard; Colours,
from 28 6cl to 6s 6d per yard.
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

DEATH FROM SWALLOWING A
BUTTON.

On Monday Mr. William Carter, Coroner, held an
inquest in the board room of Newington Infirmary,
Walworth, as to the death of Michael Power, aged 46
years, a tanner. The deceased was very fond of
chewing tobacco, and on the night of the 17th of April
last, not having any tobacco, he placed a common
metal button in his mouth to suck. He went to bed
with the button in his mouth, and fell asleep, but on
waking about an hour afterwards the button had dis-
appeared. Feeling a pain at his chest he dressed and
ran to Guy's Hospital, where he was detained, anti he
remained there for two months, after which he was
sent to a convalescent home for three weeks. On the
26th ult. he went into Newington Infirmary, but death
ensued on the 6th inst. It further transpired that
while in Guy's Hospital the deceased declined to have
an operation performed upon him. On a post mortem
examination of the body being made the metal button
was found lying across the bronchus. The cause of
death was the presence of the button, which had set
up irritation and inflammation of the lung, with
bronchitis. The jury returned a verdict of "Death
from misadventure."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

AN EVENTFUL COMMISSION.

H.M.S. Dragon, Commander Anson, which recently
arrived at Plymouth, has had a long and eventful
commission. She was originally commissioned at
Devonport in February, 1879, and has ever since been
employed on the East Indies station. She was at
first actively emploged on the East African division
of the station in keeping up communications between
Zanzibar, Taniatave, and Mauritius when Tamatave
was being blockaded by the French. She was subse-
quently ordered up the Persian Gulf, where a large
number of slaves were surrendered to her by the Arab
chief on the pirate coast, and these-slaves were taken
to Muscat and condemned in the Prize Court there.
The Dragon afterwards traversed seven hundred
miles of the Arabian coast, calling at many ports
hitherto unvisited by ships of war, and was stationed
at Tr;ncomalee during the Russian scare last year.
While here more than a hundred cases of fever broke
out in the ship, and she was ordered to Colombo.
Arriving on the coast of Africa in Jane of last year,
Commander Anson took up the slave trade so actively
• that in less than three months the Dragon, together
with the Kingfisher, captured no less than four slave
dhows, containing a large number of slaves. During
-her commission she has covered a distance of over
50,000 miles under steam and sail, and has visited
over a hundred different ports and anchorages. Five
officers and 39 men have been invalided home, and
there have been three deaths. The officers and crew
have become entitled to a large amount of prize
money.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

THE EASTERN QUESTION;

The Constantinople correspondent of the Times,
writing on August Bth, says: The Greek General
Coronesti, who occupies a prominent place in Greek ,
political opinion and is at present on a visit here, has
been the object of most marked attentions from the
Sultan, being admitted to an audience and decorated
with the First Class of the Order of Medjidieh,
besides being escorted as a gnast of his Majesty to all
the sights and curiosities of the capital. This is con-
idered most magnificent in the present circumstances,
because there exists onthe part of the Porte a warmer
disposition than before to come to a good understand-
ing with Greece, which is explained by the dubious
attitude of the Bulgarians respecting the obligations
contracted at the last Convention, in reference to the
former Organic Statute of East Roumelia as to the
separate administrative status of the province.
Turkey thinks the actual situation to be most favour-
able as regards an alliance for defensive purposes
either with Greece or with Bulgaria, in prospect of
the menace directed against Macedonia by one or the
other side. If required for repelling Greek aggres-
sion Bulgaria would readily respond to the call from
Turkey, and should Bulgaria threaten the province
Greece would only be too eager to join Turkey in its
defence. Macedonia being indispensably a factor in
Greek political movements, if it were made over to
any other domination than the present Greece would
, be forced as an alternative to throw herself into the
arms of Russia or Austria. It has, therefore,
become the policy of Greece in this present state
of things to cultivate the friendship of Turkey,
and reciprocally it is equally desirable that the
Porte should be at peace and strengthen her bonds
of union with Greece. The Sultan would seem to
be alive to the necessities of the situation, and hence
these demonstrations towards the Greek General are
favourably looked upon in one sense, while, on the
other hand, they confirm the suspicion that matters
in Bulgaria are not quite so satisfactory as could ba
desired. Public anxiety as to coming events is un-
abated, and is even intensified by the military pre-
parations intended for the defence of the Asiatic
frontier on the receipt of the disquieting reports as
to the movements of Russian forces in that quarter
and as to the agitation among the Armenian popula-
tion, which, it is suspected, is being fomented by
emissaries from the other side of the border.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

REDISCOVERED FRESCOES AT
AMSTERDAM. -

The lovers of art have been long puzzled to accoun
for the disappearance of several frescoes and other
decorative paintings described by Jacob Voss in his
account of the Museum at Amsterdam. They were
not to be found any longer, and there was no record
of their fate. Some years ago M. Greeve, the Curator
of the Academy of Sciences, discove: ed a fresco on a
ceiling in the museum which had been painted over.
This fresco was by Niklaas Held Stokade, according
to Vos. He has again lately, in the ball in which
Rembrandt% "Night Watch" is placed, discovered a
series of frescoes, which seem to be nearly as old as
the building. They woe all covered over with a thick
paper, which had been painted and grained to imitate
walnut wood. It is eftjectured that this was done
about the time of the French invasion, 90 years ago,
to protect she pictures from appropriation by the
French generals. On the whole they are in a fair
state of preservation.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

SWEARING IN MEMBERS.

The Houma OF CommNs sat on August 9th for the
purpose of swearing-in members. Mr. Gladstone, Lord
Hartington, and Sir W. V. Harcourt were in the first
batch to be sworn, and among others who took the
oath in the course of the sittirg were Sir L. Playfair,
Mr. C. P. Villiers Sir Selwin-Ibbetson, and Mr. R. B.
Finlay, Colonel Villiers,
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THE TURKISH ARMY:

Military re-organisation has of late occupied the
attention of Ministers. The initiative, I (the Stam.
dun/ correspondent.) believe, belongs to a German
officer, Von der Goltz Pasha. This officer has pointed
out to the Turks that, if they are to entertain any
hope of an effective alliance with Germany, they
must be prepared to show that Power that they can
mobilise a large force within much less time than was
required to collect the men recently suationed on the
Greco-Roumelian frontiers. A scheme has, therefore,
been drawn up, based upon the German model, accord-
ing to which every able-bodied Mussulrnan will be
called upon to serve in the army up to the ageof forty,
for the first two years in the regular army, and
then in the Reserve Forces. Depots of war ma-
terials and military; accoutrements are to be estab-
lished all over the country, so that recruits and the
Reserves can be equipped and drilled in their native
districts, instead of, as formerly, being sent up to the
capital, fresh from the plough, to be converted into
soldiers. It is calculated that at least half a million
of money will be required for the preliminary ex-
penses, consequent upon this change of system, and
what with the many calls upon an exhausted
Treasury, it is difficult to say whence the hard cash
will be forthcoming. On every side the Government is
trying to borrow to meet the heavy calls upon the
country.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

THE CHAINMAKERS' STRIKE.

A LIST OF PRICES FORMULATED.
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the Cradle and Old Hill districts was held on
Wednesday night in the New Connexion Schools,
Five Ways, Cradley Heath. M. T. Homer
presided. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting
was called to decide what price the men should
demand from the employers, as nothing was said
with reference to that matter when the notice to
cease work was given.— After discussion it was
Fcsolved to give the employers notioe for the follow-
ing prices :—Common hammered chain, No. 1 and
downwards, 3s. list; common doilied chain, 3s. 6d.
list; best dollied chain, 4s. list ; and best price
American traces ox-chains, fifth chains &c.. 4s. list;
common country work (self-coloured), 3s. 6d. list ;
best country work (self coloured), 4s. list; coil cloin
No 1 and under to go in with the small hammered
work, and above No 1 with the country work.
The CHAIRMAN pointed oui. that that would be about
a 3s. 6d. list taken all round. Their disunion had
lowered their position to that, as the lowest list they
had ever recognised was a 43. one. The men on strike
showed a determined spirit and were turning out
well. If they continued in that spirit he believed
they would be sure to succeed—(applause). It was
agreed to continue the strike till the above list was
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SIR RICHARD CROSS on the SITUATION'

Sir R. A. Cress, speaking on Monday night at a
meeting in the Town Hall, Newton-le-Willows,in sup-
port of Mr. T. W. Legh, the Conservative candidate
for that division of South-West Lancashire, thanked
the constituency for the support it had repeatedly ac-
corded him, and congratulated them on the result of
the general election. He condemned Mr. Gladssone's
appeal to the masses against the classes as one of the
greatest crimes a politician could commit, and ex-
pressed the °pillion that the working men would
eventually, see the fallacy of Mr. Gladstone's argu-
ments. He should have been glad if Lord Harting-
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that the Marquis of Salisbury had been in any way
hampered by the personal ambition of his supporters.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

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TURKISH PREPARATIONS IN
KACEDONIA,

The step taken by the Sultan in ordering the for-
mation of two new army corps for Macedonia is
understood to be due partly to the language recently
used by M. Tricoupis in regard to Greek territorial
pretentious in that province, and partly to the efforts
which Russian emissaries are reported to be making
to incite the Macedonian Slays to rebellion. The
agitation carried on by these emissaries in Macedonia
has become all the more active since the authority of
Prince Alexander in Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia
thwarted their propaganda in those States. The new
army corps, if organised on a complete footing, will
consist of two divisions, each numbering from 10,000
to 12,000 men, the total therefore being from 40,000
to 48,000 men.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

DROITWICH.

S rOeli SALE.—.-It their fortnightly sale on Tues-
day I i,t Messrs. Oates, Perrens, and Wooldridge
had a good entry of sheep and lambs, and a fair
num Tr of beasts. There was a very large attend—
ance of buyers, and prices Were firmer throughout.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

BARON BURTON.

A correspondent writes: The title under which Sir
Arthur Bass is about to be elevated to the peerage is
but a just tribute to the famous Derbyshire town
which has been so long associated with the production
of beer. That the waters of the Trent, as they flow
past Burton, possess certain properties eminently
suited for -the process of brewing may be
gathered from the feet that four of the greatest
breweries in England are situated on the banks
of the Trent. Nor has the peculiar valuo of this
situation been a matter of modern discovery, for
we find that as early as the 16th century, the
monks of the Abbey of Burton enjoyel a wide-spread
reputation for the excellence of their beer. Indeed we
read that, when Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned
at Fotheringay Castle, she begged the governor that
'the miabt be allowed 80We better ale thais that
already provided, and that the governor, acceding to
her request, and desiring that the unfortunate lady
should have the boat procurable, g once sent the
order to the Abbotof Burton.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

AN ADVENTITRODS CAREER.

News has reached friends in Ireland that the King
of the Sandwich Islands has appointed Mr. Robert J.
Creighton his Minister of Foreign Affairs. The new
Minister of State has had an adventurous life, of
peculiar interest to Press men. He commenced life
as an office boy in an Irish provincial newspaper office,
where he wrote the covers, and, after serving his time
as a compositor, ho held appointments in Belfast and
Londonderry as a reporter. Subsequently he pro-
ceeded to London, and emigrated to Auckland, where
he started the Southern Cross, a Wellington news-
paper. From Wellington he went to California, and
then settled in Honolulu. His rise there has been
rapid, and this moment he figures as his Excellency
Robert J. Creighton, Minister of State to the King of
the Sandwich Islands.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

ARCHBISHOP WALSH ON HOME
RULE.

Archbishop Walsh, in an interview with Mr. T. P.
Gill, M.P., is reported to have said: "Home Rule
must come, Mr. Gladstone's Bill having made it im-
possible for the English Liberal Party to go back, and
it is the Liberal and not the Tory party that have the
future of English politics in its hands. It would of
course by no means surprise me if it came from the
Tories, but come it will, and that very soon. What
fool-, our Irish landlords have proved themselves tc
be Mr. Gladstone was defeated mainly because he
tried to stand between them and financial ruin. It
remains to be seen what Mr. Chamberlain and his new
allies are prepared to do for them; but the Irish
people will not again consent to pledge themselves
to a Land Purchase Bill so favourable to the land-
lords, as was Mr. Gladstone's. There is a gloomy out-
look with the Land Question, and the trouble I fear
it has in store. The struggle is between the landlords
as a class, who insist upon extravagant rents, and the
tenants as a class who are unwilling, and, indeed, un-
able to pay more than the land is worth."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

THE COTTON TRADE OF INDIA:

• It appears from recently issued statistics that the
cotton mills and machinery in India have been doubled
during the last ten years, and the Indian manufac-
turers are now largely exporting cotton goods to
China, thus competing with Lancashire. Between
1876 and 1884-5 the number of cotton mills in India
rose from 47 to 81, the number of looms from 9139
to 16,455, and the number of spindles from 1,000,112
to 2,037,055. The exports of yarns and piece goods
from India were valued in 1876 at 74,09,593 !woes,
• and last year at 3,56,80,501 rupees. The exports of
cotton goods from India to China and Hong Kong
have increased tenfold since 1876, while the exports
from the United Kingdom to the same quarter only
rose from 12,475,3351ba. in 1876 to 20,373,9001b5. in
1885.

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GAME AND POULTRY.

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4s Od ; Essex ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Boston ditto, 2s 9d
to 4s Od; Irish ditto, 2s Od to 3s Od; live ditto,
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herrings, 8(1 to ; whiting, 2s to 4s; bloaters, Is to 25 ;
kippers, 2s to 4s per dozen; Digby chicks, 6(1 per bundle ;
crawfish, Is to 3s; lobsters, 9d to 3s 6d ; crabs, 6d to
; dried haddocks, 2d to is each; whitebait, Is 6d per
quart. Oysters: Anglo-Portuguese, 8d to 10(1; Summer.
is; Anglo-Dutch, is 6d and 2s; Dutch, is 6d and 2s per
dozen; shrimps, 3d; winkles, 24 per pint.

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quiet, at the annexed rates: Essex regents, 4s to ss; Rent'
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MR. GLADSTONE'S SEAT.

The Speaker having read a letter from Mr. Gladstone,
who had been returned for Midlothian and the Leith
Burghs, electing to sit for Midlothian, a new writ was,
on the motion of Mr. A. Morley, issued for the election
of a member for the Leith Burghs. A new writ was
likewise issued for the Burton Division of Staffordshire,
in the room of Sir M. A. Bass, resigned.
The House adjourned at four o'clock,

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 10, swearing-in
of members was continued, but in the course of a sit-
ting of nearly three hours not more than a half hun-
dred had taken the oath and subscribed the Parlia-
mentary roll. Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Cubitt, Sir H. Roscoe,
Mr. C. T. D. Acland, and Mr. Labouchere \were among
the members sworn. On the motion of Mr. Akers-
Douglas a new writ was ordered for the election of a
member of the Blackpool division of North Lancashire,
in the room of Sir F. A. Stanley, who had accepted the
office of President of the Board of Trade' and for North
Northamptonshire, in the room of Lord Burghley, who
had accepted the office of one of her Majesty's Grooms-
in-Waiting. At its rising the House adjourned until
Thursday, the 19th inst.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-08-14

MORE FOOLHARDINESS:

Graham, the Philadelphia cooper who went through
the Niagara whirlpool the other day in a cask, is, it
is stated, planning another " sensation " of a like
pleasing character. He is designing a barrel in which
to go over the Canadian or Horseshoe Falls. His
present barrel is, as he explained to a reporter of one
of the New York papers, utterly unfitted for the tre-
mendous task he now proposes to undertake. His
new barrel will, he thinks, meet the requirements of
the situation; but of this he is not yet quite confident.
He intends to send about thirty barrels over the Fails,
and if twenty of them can be recovered within reason-
able time he shall consider himself justified in making
the attempt.