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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

I)IANOFORTES and HARMONIUMS may
be had on the NEW SYSTEM of HIRING, for Two sit
Three Years; after which, and without any further per
ment, to become the property of the hirer. All Instrs•
rat-nts had on this system, or otherwise, will be
Exchanged any time within six months for mut:other,
uot approved of, and returned carriage free. And furs
ther,after a trial of three years, any Pianoforteor liar.
monium would be taken back, at its originalcost. arid :
the money returned, deducting the usual charge torture
thus offering greater advantages than the London orbit*
mingham Houses.—Apply G. F. GREEN, Pianoforte ,
Teacher ab ri Tuner, Nluste Warehouse,26o,Castle-striao .
nd 1 68, Iligh-street,Dudley.

5,000 PIANOFORTES ez• HARMONI-
MIS have been TUNED by 0.7. OMEN
Prof essin al 1 'Auer, 260, CASTIR-STRELT,ftrid 168, Hos
STREET, bIIDLEY. Pianofortes Re-silked, Re-string.
he lilaulaiei3 Re-cov-ered with Patent Felt,as need by
he ewst emit:tut fi!tin.

Printed an Published by the Sole Proprietor, UNION
FIELD. at hi., uffices, 0, High-street, Btourbri4ell.
the County ui W.:rooster : to which place all lawns sag
othEr ;., iines'ions ,flust he
Sato nifty Februuary 27,1875.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

EAST LONDON RAILWAY BILL.

-
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 24, the East London Rail-
way Bill was read a second time and referred to committee.

BILLS OF SALE ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
Mr. Lopes, in moving the second reading of this Bill, ex-
plained the evils of the old system of bills of sale given
secretly, which the Act of 1854 was passed to remedy, pro-
tection to bond fide creditors having been given by that mea-
sure by requiring that every bill of sale should be registered
in the Court of Queen's Bench, such registry being open
to the public. The 'Act of 1864, had, however, been
evaded in several ways, one means being in conse-
quence of the provisions of that Act, by which a Bill
need not be registered for twenty-one days. Persons exe-
cuting secret bills of sale took advantage of this facility to
renew bills of sale before the expiry of that term of twenty-
one days, and this process was continued by the execution of
successive bills of sale. They were none of them registered,
and when a bond fide creditor got a judgment, one of these
secret bills was produced, he was defrauded, and the Act
became a dead letter. The Bill before the House would put
a stop to this system by rendering the registration of the first
Bill fatal to its successor. Other provisions enacted that all
transfer of property subject to bills of sale should be sub-
ject to registration.
Mr. Gregory seconded the motion.
The Attorney-General trusted the House would accept the
second reading of the Bill He agreed with the second sec-
tion, which related to second bills of sale, but reserved to
himself the right to consider the third clause relating to
mortgages.
After some remarks by Mr. Norwood and Mr. Forsyth, the
Bill was read a second time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

The FORMULARY NONSENSE of LEGAL

PROCEDURE.
The legal profession, the representative of the sights
and wrongs of the general public, is awaiting the evok-
ing into force of the new Act on Judicature, by which
law and equity are to be fused and legal procedure
shorn of formulary nonsense. John Doe and Richard
Roe have long since gone into the path leading to
oblivion. The writ of latitat by which it was assumed
that a defendant owing a debt lurked hidden and "ran
up and down" at the same time in the county of
which the sheriff was directed to take his body "and
him safely keep," to answer for a debt, is also a thing
of•the past. Possibly, under the newlaw, ordinary writs
may be made intelligible to ordinary men. At
present, a common writ of summons for debt begins
thus: "Victoria, by the grace of God of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, De-
fender of the Faith, to" the defendant, who is com-
manded within eight days after service of the writ,
inclusive of the day of service, to enter an ap•
appearance in one of the Courts at Westminster. The
uninitiated defendant takes this as a Royal command
to present himself at the Court at Westminster Hall,
and frequently, when too late, tells his attorney that
he went thither and found the doors shut. That is
the vulgar notion of entering an appearance. The
attorney knows that the process consists in writing
the title of the cause upon a piece of printed linen,
and filing this as an acknowledgment of service
of writ at the proper office, which, if in the Common
Pleas or Queen's Bench, will be in the City of
London, not at Westminster. "On a piece of linen!"
we can fancy our startled non-professional readers
exclaiming. Well, this is so. Those who doubt it
may buy the piece of linen, with the form of appear-
ance, at any law stationer's for twopence, or less.
Then again, the "eight days" named is often delusive.
It is eight days "inclusive of the day of service,"
thereby meaning seven days from service. Why not
say so? Why make any reference to divine grace and
enumerate the full titles of Royalty in a document re-
quiring a defendant to come forward if he has any de-
fence to make to a claim of debt? There is
nothing of the kind in a Bill in Chancery, except
the indorsement commencing "Victoria R" and
directed to the within-named defendant "greeting"
This same "greeting " is a bitter irony when
addressed to a defendant in a Chancery suit.
The meaning thereof is doubtful. In English the sig-
nification is saluting, in Scottish, weeping. The reader
may accept it either way. Another kind of writ is the
subpcena, to compel the attendance of a witness. The
witness is ordered to appear before the Chief Justice
(say of the Common Pleas) "at Westminster." In
the next line he is directed to be at Guildhall or at some
country assize town. And subpcenas, differing herein
from ordinary writs, must be dated on some day in
term, if issued weeks or months after they appear to
have been solemnly attested by a Lord Chief Justice or
, Baron. Why ?—Pictorial World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

ELECTION PETITION TRIALS.

Serjeant Simon moved for a Select Committee to in-
quire into the working of the Election Petitions Act of 1868.
This, he thought, was called for chiefly by the inconsistent
rulings of the Judges on Election Law, of which he gave
numerous instances. He was opposed to the present mode
of trying Petitions, chiefly because of the' inexpediency of
connecting the Judges with political matters, and he threw
out various suggestions for the improvement of the present
system.
Sir C. O'Loghlen, in seconding the motion, admitted that
It was impossible to go back on the old system, and
suggested, infer alia, that every inquiry should be before
two Judges.
The Attorney-General said that this subject had been
under consideration for some time, and the Government had
determined before this notice was given that as the Act was
about to expire this year it would be well to refer it to a
Select Committee. At present, however, he was not able to
state the form of the reference; but, with regard to the
merits, he did not hold that there was much inconsistency
in the Judges' decisions. Mr. Serjeant Simon thereupon
withdrew his motion.
Sir Henry James next moved for a Select Committee to
inquire into the circumstances attending the making of
certain Foreign Loans, and also into the causes which have
led to the non-payment of principal or interest thereon The
States which Sir Henry James particularized were Hon-
duras, Costa Rica, San Domingo, and Paraguay, and he gave
a startling, and in some respects, an amusing account of
the devices by which large sums of money had been re-
ceived from the British public as Loans to these Foreign
States, but of which the States tb,emselves had received only
an infinitesimal proportion. As to what was to be done
after au inquiry, Sir Henry James confessed he did not
know, but at least there would be exposure, and that might
serve as a warning.
Mr. C. Lewis admitted that an inquiry was desirable, but
pointed out that many of the evils complained of sprang
from the spirit of gambling and from the love of fancy pro-
spectuses which possessed the public.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that Lord Derby had
considered the subject, and was of opinion that such an
inquiry as this, conducted within due limits and with
caution, need not lead to any difficulties with Foreign.
States; and the Government, therefore, assented to the ap-
pointment of a Committee.
On the motion of Mr. Jackson, a Committee was also ap-
pointed to inquire into the operation of the General Carriers
Act.
Some other business was disposed of, and the House
adjourned at ten minutes to eight o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

MARRIAGE OF COUSINS.

The Times has published the following letter :
Sir,—l beg permission to give the testimony of my
experience as regards the sad results attending the
marriage of first cousins, referred to by Sir Thomas
Chambers in his speech on the Marriage with a
Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, which consequences ought
to be well known, so that they may be avoided; and
you will confer a benefit on humanity by giving a
warning in The Times.
The marriage of first cousins is undoubtedly the most
prolific cause of congenital deaf-mutism known, and
it frequently affects the sight, the general constitution,
and the mental capacity as well. lam personally
acquainted with numerous instances of this afflic-
tion in families. In one, that of a working man, out
of nine children eight were deaf and dumb, and
were, moreover, of such weak constitution that at one
time the three youngest (all born singly) could not
walk. In another, a clergyman's, out of eight children
four were afflicted, one being deaf and dumb, with
imperfect sight; another deaf, dumb, and blind; the
two others deaf, dumb, and idiotic. In a third there
are four deaf mutes. In a fourth, two out of four
cannot hear. In a fifth, three children deaf mutes,
with imperfect sight. It is needless to multiply in
; there is no doubt whatever on the subject.
The only requirement is that these consequences may
be universally known, that such calamities may not
be entailed upon offspring.-1 am, Sir, your obedient
servant, SAMUEL SMITH, Chaplain, &c.
The Royal Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb
St. Saviour's, 272, Oxford-street.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

Thomas Underhill, M.D , J.P., Surnmerfield, • West
Bromwich, Chairman of the Board of Directopt of
the Webt Bromwich Iron Company.
Samuel Roberts, The Grange, West Bromwich (of the
Firm of John and Samuel Roberts, Ironfounders, West
Bromwich).
A. L. Silvester,_Moseley Road, Birmingham, Wl2';lS ale
•
J. B. Silvester, The Elms, West Bromwich, SilvecanAth
and Plater, Birmingham.
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Jeweller and Factor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

PRINTING! PRINTING ! ! PRINTING !! !

S. FIELD,
GENERAL PRINTER,

92, MIGH-SIREET, STOURBRIDGE.

F. begs to thank his kind supporters for the liberal patronage he has received since his
S• commencement in the above Business, and trusts, by strict personal attention, to merit a continuance of
their support.

ALL ORDERS EXECUTED WITH

PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH, ON

iE !RMS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

EPITOME OF NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

In Berlin, a third winter has set in with great
severity. It causes much sickness, distress, and suffering
among the poorer classes, and trade is also bad.
A sixteenth Gutenburg Bible (1450-56) has been dis-
covered at Kleinbautzen, in Saxony. It is in good preserva-
tion, printed partly on paper, partly on parchment.
Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., has been appointed to the
vacant Judgeship in the Court of Common Pleas.
The sale of the late Earl of Dalhousie's collection of
china, carvings in ivory, snuff-boxes, and plate, has realised
over £4,000.
Forty-four persons have been burnt to death and,
nine mortally injured by a fire at a lucifer match manu-
factory at Goeteborg, in Sweden.
According to a Parliamentary return published on
Tuesday, the number of paupers in England during tha last
week of December, 1874, was 750,415, being a decrease of 4
per cent. on the preceding year, and a decrease of 10 per
i
cent since the same week n 1872, when the number stood
at 838,636.
It is stated that the reports of Prince Bismarck's
11l health are very much exaggerated. The Prince has been
for some time, and is still, suffering from extreme nervous
sensitiveness; but during the last fortnight his health has
considerably improved.
Mapday (the 22nd) being the anniversary of
Washington's birth, a general holiday was observed through-
out the United State.
General Sheridan has reported to the Congressional
Investigating Committee that 2,141 persons have been killed
and 2,115 wounded in Louisiana since 1866 on account of
their political opinions.
The daily operation of cleansing, dusting, and
watering the streets of the City proper cost the Corporation
of London last year no less a sum than £22,982.
The Emperor William continues to improve in
health, but his Majesty is still obliged to keep his room.
The first levee of the season was held on Monday
afternoon at St. James's Palace by the Prince of Wales, on
behalf of her Majesty.
It appears from the appropriation account of the
Civil Service estimates that the expenditure on the Alabama
claims was £3,196,874 15s. 10d. The amount voted was
£3,200,000, and there is therefore a surplus to be surren-
dered of £3,125 4s. 2d.
A lady giving her experience of shopping in Paris
says :"The purse of Fortunatus, the wisdom of Solomon,
the patience of Job, and the cunning of a fox—such are the
qualities needed by those who go shopping in Paris."
Miss E. H. Hudson, the author of "The Life and
Times of Louisa, Queen of Prussia," has received from the
Emperor of Germany a valuable bracelet, containing a por-
trait of his mother. _
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

REASONAB:

PRINTING DEPARTMENT.

Auctioneers' Catalogues, Sermons, Concert, and
other Posters.
Handbills, Circulars, Cards, Programmes, Bill
Heads.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

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THE ISLAND OF NEW GUINEA.

At the Royal Geographical Society, on Monday
evening a gaper was read by Captain J. Moresby,
R. N., on his discoveries in New Guinea while in com-
mand of her Majesty's ship Basilisk. The chair was
occupied by Sir Henry Rawlingson, who, in introduc-
ing Captain Moresby, said that at the end of last
session he read a paper before the Royal Geographi-
cal Society upon this same subject, but it was not
a continuation of the paper he had allnded to.
About a year intervened between Captain Moresby's
two visits, and as he had more time at his
disposal during his sewn(' visit he had procured
much interesting information relative to that country.
Captain Moresby said he was surprised that New
Guinea, the third largest island in the world, was so
little known. New Guinea ended in a huge fork, cut
up into numerous islands. The islands rose boldly
from the sea, and on some of them were mountains
rising to about B,oooft. The country was highly culti-
vated, and produced sugar-cane, sago, Indian corn, and
other cereals. The grass grew 12ft. high, the country
was also well wooded. There were good harbours.
Gold, he was certain, was plentifully dispersed. The
great Louisiade Reefs were thought to have formed
an impenetrable barrier between Australia and
north-east New Guinea, but they formed, in
fact, a wide open gateway through which ves-
sels might safely pass, and enter on a shorter course
to Chin I. The natives, who were Malayan, received
them kinily and gave them much assistance, except
upon one occasion, when they were easily driven off
without bloodshed. The people were in many cases
extremely handsome and industrious, and a curious
thing was that they possessed the art of making
pottery. The women were kindly treated and even
went BO far sometimes as to belabour their husbands
with canoe paddles. The wild animals lathe country
were not numerous nor fierce, as they principaily
belonged to the marsupial order. The edible birds and
fishes were numerous. The proceedings terminated
with the usual vote of thanks to the reader and the
chairman.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

BRIERLEY HILL.

ISIPJRTANT FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S.—On Thursday at the
Brierley Hill Police Court. before Mr. Spooner, fourteen
men were charged with being on the licensed prami.es
of John Radford, Queen's Head, Quarry Bank, on Sunday,
the 14th init. It will be remembered that on the pry-
ions Thursday the Stipendiary tined the landlord £5.
and costs for having the men oi the premties, a .th iugh
it was strongly pleaded that it Vitii custom of th coun-
try " for the bearers at a funeral to return to the club
house, and have the drink which the rules allowed to
bearers.—A ddressing the defendants, Mr. Spooner sail
that, although they may not have thought they were doing
wrong, they bud shut their eyes to the law. He should
order each of thena ti pay 10i. 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

A BOY SNAKE-CHARMER.

In an out-of-the-way locality in the city of Dubuque
(says an lowa paper) lives a ten-year-old boy named
Maurice Vallandingham, who possesses a wonderful
power over all kinds of serpents, though he claims to
have learned much of it from a man named Walton,
who lives near the city. The boy's first attempt was
with a rattlesnake which he found in the woods near
Walton's house. He placed his foot on the neck of the
serpent so as to hold it down and leave the head free.
Naturally, the king of all snakes resented this insult
with a fierce sound from his rattles and rapid move-
ment of the tongue; but the boy looked the snake
steadily in the eye for a moment, when the rattling and
moticn of the tongue ceased. He then stooped down,
caught the snake just below the head with his hands,
and, raising the head to a level with his face, looked
steadily into his eyes for about one minute, when all
indication of anger on the part of the serpent ceased,
and the boy handled it as be pleased for some days,
when it got hurt, and he killed it. This snake had
eight rattles, and was over three feet in length. Since
that time the boy makes a sport of killing snakes.
Not long since, in company with several boys about
his own age, be went into the swamp above the fair
grounds, where he caught above one dozen snakes,
which he now has. Not only does he tame the ser-
pents so that he can handle them himself, but so com-
pletely does he overcome the naturally venomous in-
stincts and remove all warlike or resentful feelings
from them that any person can handle them with
perfect safety ever afterward.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

'soca( anb istrict gei)ls.

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Mr. Granger in the chair. There
were also present :—Messrs. Baker, H. Billing.
barn, J. Billingham, Fiddian, Foley, Giles, Hall,
Haskew, Homer, Homes, Oliver, P. Pargeter,
Parkes, Pearshall, Phillips, Raybould, Rhodes,
I. Rollingson, W. Rollingson, Thompson,
White, Williams, and Wood. Admitted 15 ;
born, 0; discharged 0; died 6 ; remaining, 817;
corresponding week last year, 351. Out door
relief: Kings winford district £23 8s SJ: Stour-
bridge district, £l7 17s ; Halesowen dis-
trict, £l7 Os Od ; nonresident paupers 11 ;
total £5B 18s Old against £6O 198 sd. last year.
This baing the day for the election of a Reg-
istrar for the Sub-division of Kingswinford,
there were eleven candidates, seven were put in
nomination, There were five divisions and the
following was the total number of votes given at
the close. Stuart, 13, Barra% 10. Giles, 6,
Horan., 4, Pritchard, 2, Anson, 1, Williams, 1.
Mr. Stewart was elected.

ADJOURNED INQuEsT.—The adjourned inquest
on the body of George Biils, was resumed yester-
day, at the Cottage Spring, Wollaston. The only
witness called was Mr. Birt, surgeon, who had
made the post-mortem exanination. From his evi-
dence it appeared that death had resulted from
an apoplectic fit, and the jury returned a verdict
in accordance with this.

EXCISE PROSECUTION. At the Police Court.,
yesterday, before Col. Barrows and Mr. J. Hol-
croft, William Troth was charged with carrying a
gun, on the 13L4 January, he not being duly
licensed. Mr. Otter, supervisor, said defendant
formerly had a license, but in October last he was
charged with game trespass, and fined :40s, and
the consequence was the license was forfeited.
The defendant was seen with a gun, on the 6th
of January, and cautioned. On the 13th of Jan.
he was again seen carrying a gun and he had no
license. P.C. Woodhall and Matthew Priest pro-
ved the case, and defendant was fined the miti-
gated penalty of 50s, with a recommendation that
it be further reduced to 10s. Alfred Tandy, of
Belbroughton, was charged by Mr. Otter, with
keeping a carriage without a license, and was fined
the mitigated penalty of .t 5 with a recommenda-
tion that it be reduced to 108.
DRUNKENNESS.—Frederick Manns, Blakedown,
was fined 5s and costs, for being drunk and dis-
orderly, at Hagley.—Joseph Bateman was fined
lOs and costs, for being drunk and disorderly, at
Pedmore.—Mary O'Donnel was fined 20s and
costs, for being drunk and disorderly, on the 25th
A DISHONEST SERVANT. Benjamin Everess
was charged with stealing five bags and a quantity
of chaff, on the 23rd inst; the property of Henry
Parks, his master. Mr. Wall defended. The
case was proved, and prisoner was sentenced to
one month's imprisonment.
STELLING MONEY. Jane Stevens was charged
with stealing a half-sovereign and a key, the pro-
perty of James Smith, farmer, of Pedmore. The
case was proved, and the prisoner, who pleaded
guilty, was sentenced to three months Jaard la-
bour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

MR. BENNETT'S,

MILLINER, 159, HIGH-81:RLET.
MB. GABRIEL, the Old Established
DENTIST.

is to iatimate that at the argent request of numerous
iababitaats, patients, and friends, he has been induced to
visit litoarbridgio, every FRIDAY, 4ati may be consulted
possoaally (free of charge), upon his recent improve-
asentilii the construction of Artificial Teeth end Gums.
WbsrebY the weight, bulk and cost of the case or frame,
bas been mash reduced, to the great convenience AA
advantage of the wearer. Teeth are by this new metli.,d
saquisitely fitted, without extracting stumps, or any p.n.
fat operation.
Mr. GABRIEL'S practice (one of the oldest in I:ng-
land) was established in 1815.
Particularly notice,

NEXT VISIT TO STOURBRIDGE,
Marsh sth, at Mr. Bennett's, Milliner, 159, High-stieet.
Formal attendance frem Ten till. Four and at

11, BENNETTS HILL, 11
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BIRMINULIA.M.

TO THE STOURBRIDGE PUBLIC 1

T" MIDLAND COUNTIES'
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Published Daily, at Three and Six p.m.,

CONTAINS Fall Reports of the Local Police
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District, and is supplied with the Principal

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An wall as
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

THE STOURBRIDGE OBSERVER.

yesuvians would certainly not improve the contents of
a post-bag if it took fire. I saw a box of vesuvians
sent ,up from the country, which, inclosed in a letter,
had taken fire, and had been discovered in a travelling
post-office. A bundle of red herrings would not
amalgamate satisfactorily with a delicately-scented
I billet doux. I saw the red herrings extracted from a
parcel directed to a garrison town. A bottle of hair-
oil, a box of soot, or a packet of grease would not be
more likely to render intelligible a curious address
on an envelope or a packet of manuscript sent
in hot haste to my excellent editor—and yet such
articles as these are daily sent through the post. There
ought to be punishment for such wanton mischief and
such silly carelessness.—Clement Scott, in Pictorial
World.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

STATIONERY.

Envelopes, Note Paper, and ALL KINDS of
pLAIN,and FANCY STATIONERY.
Large Stock of PLAYING CARDS, New
Designs and Patterns.

Club Articles, Address Cards, Post Cards, BILL PAPER, PENS, INK, &c.
And ALL KINDS of PRINTINO, in Black or POCKET .BOOKS, CHILDREN'S BOOKS,- 1
' Coloured Inks. •-°'' "- - ''' •, . :Joy Books,- Spelling and. leadingVotika ett
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Office, :-
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W TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

"Any Lad of Intelligence," says the Dail,
Telegratis. "may, by the aid of the 'TECHNICAL
EgkrcAToß,' become master not only of his own
destined trade. hut of all others that mcet his own
at any point. A task has bc,:it achieved of almost
17..tional importanca in placing this work
within the reach of every working and professional
pan."

"every Practical Work of Man," as the
Birfiivherm Post, "may he found f‘illy ,-ibeci
ere: ari the tools, and 'how to use thein.
art, from that of surveying land to that of I.ti,!dim.
a house, furnishing a museu:n. stcel:ing, a farm
laying down or navigging.a: vessel, erectin,:,- steam
engine, sinking a mine, or laying a line k.',f t.!,2,raph.
tnay he found in this work."
"• Great and Magnificent Work," say,
the Lied( Alq-cury, " surpaasing in coiriprche.nsive-
ness, thoroughness, and real practical uti!:ty,
any
thing of
,the kind which has ever appeared in tli!s

eotditry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

ACCOMMODA.TiON FOR RAILWAY PASSENGERS.
In the ItOt'Sß OF LORDS, Feb. 22, Lord Redesdale, in
tailing attention to the state of the law in regard to the
liability of railway companies to provide proper accommo-
tlation for different classes of passengers, adverted to the
sk4oraoce which generally preVailed in the public mind
nDon the subject. At the time railwa3 s, which now afforded
Practically the only mes.ns of travelling, were establisheL,
it 'Me endoub.tediv the intention of Parliament that
*zee classes of passengers should be provided for. But
be Public were really at the mercy of the =Tway com-
raa,, le.. is and if the Midland or ay other company,
Cuewlng out the doctrine recently laid down that the
..nterests of the shareholders only need be consulted,
uted to decline to carry any other than one class of
Passengers they were quite free to do so. Again, there
Was no definition whatever as to the minimum amount
et accommodation which was to be afforded to passen-
IT °1 any class, and it was quite open to the compa-
to Provide only cattle trucks for third-class passen-
Fers if they thought flt to do so. Pie insisted that the time
N. come when it was absolutely necessary, that there should
n's some legislation which would protect the public; and he
alggented that the carriage of three classes of passengers and
1'.44 provision of proper acconartiodation should be insisted
upon, and returns required from all the railway companies
Upon these and other points.
Lord Carlingford remarked that the Railway Commissioners
Were performing their duties in a most satisfactory manner,
,nd if it should be found necessary to increase their powers
!le for one should be the last to object to it. With regard to
ateie alterations that had been made by the railway company,
thelresveer, he pointed out that no injustice had been done to
ra cond class portion of the passengers who were now
10
netically elevated to first class, and he thought the experi-
tat t ought to be tried fairly before any interference with it.
The Duke of Richmond would not attempt to reply to the
e:
D,oaints raised by the noble lord, but he observed that the
lEge made by the Midland Company was not a new one,
..._asnineh as several of the lines in the north had for many
Jears carried only two classes of passengers.
' Alter
a few further words from Lord Redesdale, the sub-
J cot dropped.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

fir

SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 1875

Lord Shaftesbury observed with satisfaction that nothing
in the Bill would authorize the application of any portion of
the common fund for the purposes of the Bill; but he de-
clared that, though the measure was a step in the right
direction, yet it was not adequate to the necessity, lie
wohld not, however, oppose the Bill in any of its stages.
The Bishop of Winchester spoke in favour of the Bill, ob-
serving that the work done by the Bishops had become
extremely heavy in consequence of the increase of the popu-
lation, and he believed that much benelt would result from
conferring on the Crown the power proposed to be granted
by the BIM
The Bishop of Exeter also supported the Bill, and pointed
out that it was from the clergy, who habitually needed the
advice of tlieir Bishops, that the cry for the increase of the
Episcopate came. The work of the Bishops being very
heavy, the unavoidable result was that it frequently was
performed hastily.
The Archbishop of Canterbury gave his hearty support to
the measure, which he regarded as an important practical
reform, free from many of the objections which created oppo-
sition to former proposals of the kind. There existed a feel-
ing in the country that some such proposal as the present
should be adopted, as the great number of new churches in
most districts was really equivalent to the creation of new
Dioceses, and, therefore, there must exist a necessity for
multiplying the governing power.
The Bill was then read a second time.

' SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE ACT (1873) AMEND-

IsIENT BILL.

Lord Harrowby, on the Second Reading of the Supreme
Court of Judicature Act (1873) Amendment Bill, said he did
not at that time mean to offer any opposition to the Bill,
though a strong objection was felt by many to the provision
removing the Final Court of Appeal from the House of
Lords, and he hoped in the course of the passing of the
measure an opportunity would be taken of reconsidering
that matter.
- • • •

Lord Selborne only trusted that those who objected to
the provision withdrawing appeals from the House of
Lords would give notice of some distinct proposals embody-
ing their views.
Lord Penzance thought that a new tribunal giving the
same satisfaction as the House of Lords was not likely to be
created, and a similar opinion was expressed by Lord
Waveney, while Lord Hatherley maintained that the Bill was
founded on right and sound principles.
The Bill was then read a second time, and, after a short
conversation, was fixed for Committee on Thursday week.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

was the first to have papers printed and distribu -
ted with the view of disseminating a knowledg e
of the principles of Forestry. Th.,Et Court P.tc.rtod
with 40 Furk;sters, awl uow witilherud Z+, L e
did not know ny Friendly Society it 01.1 tk,
homliond. tht • was in.AL iug sitll progres7.ij.
esters. 11.- terwards proposed a 5._ ,
thanks to Brother Stringer, and complimented
him on the execution of that "masterpiece of
workmanship" the chair.

This was ;econded by Past Chief Ranger Hunt
and having beea cordially responded to, was ack-
nowledged in an effective speech by Brother
Stringer, _ _

The- "Officers of the Court" was next given, and
responded to; as was also the "Health of Brother
Collis."

During the evening several excellent songs were
sung. The whole of the proceedings were chara,c-
terised by the utmostregularity, and visitors must
have been favourably impressed with the conduct
of business at Court Foley.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

_
A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

On Saturday three residents of Plymouth started
in a boat for a fishing excursion, and in the course of
the afternoon landed at Newstone, a desolate and
barren rock five miles from Plymouth. They had
been ashore half an hour when they discovered, to
their great consternatian, that the boat which con-
tained their fishing tackle, provisions, and overcoats,
had broken adrift and floated away, and they were left
without food, light, shelter' or means of making sig-
nals. They remained on the rock throughout the
bleak night and all day Sunday, and no aid having
come, a second night, one of intense cold, had to be
passed on the rock. The meanwhile their families
suffered great anxiety, but no search was organised, as
it was not known in which direction the missing men
had gone. On Monday a fishing boat passed near
enough to the rock to be hailed, and the castaways
were taken off, exhausted with exposure and hunger.—
Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

PRACTICAL JOKING BY POST.

One would have thought that the taste for practical
joking expired with schoolboy days. The apple-pie
bed, the booby trap, the chopped horsehair, and the
mouse in the bed attached to the iron by a piece of
cord, must occur so long as boys are boys—and cruel.
But at school there is a corrective for such tricks as
these. The delinquent is soundly thrashed by the
recipient of the jest if it can be proved there is any
nasty feeling or foul play. If the jest is perpetrated
on a young, harmless, and innocent lad, the offender
is made to remember it by the head of the dormitory.
But there are no such safeguards around the good
official who night after night presides over a very
curious sub-section in the famous Circulation Depart-
ment of the General Post Office. All letters that have
come open or look suspicious find their way to the
hospital for sick and wounded. It is the duty
of this official to keep back from the general
circulation all packets or letters whore content&
would be likely to injure the other letters or be
dangerous to life. Now a loaded pistol would be
very &norm, Ouoll one Wu NtoPPOd. A. In; of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

FALSE HAIR IN FRANCE.

The fashion of wearing chignons and false hair has given
rise to a curious and interesting trade, in respect of which
the Continental Herald gives some particulars .
During the first half of the present century there
was such a slight demand for artificial locks that the
price of human hair in France was only about eight
francs the kilo, The enormous increase in the value
of the article which has since that time taken place
begun with the Empire. Between 1852 and 1863 the
price ranged from sixteen to twenty francs the kilo;
but when, in the seven following years, the ladies
of other countries became smitten with the pas-
sion for exuberant chevelures, prices rose by leaps
and bounds, and dealers in false hair must have
made rapid fortunes. The rate per kilo, which
was quoted forty francs in 1866, was no less
than one hundred and five francs in 1871. This,
however, is merely the value of the raw material;
that of the manufactured article is much more con-
siderable. A single chevelure of a common sort can be
had for ten francs, but one of clear, pure blonde, of
quality decidedly superior, sometimes tetches as much
as two thousand francs. Brittany and the Auvergne
arethe districts in France which make the trade in raw
hair a speciality, and it is said that the maidens of
those provinces, who were at one time sufficiently
unsophisticated to "sell a head" for a ribbon, a hand-
kerchief, or a piece of flash jewellery, have become suffi-
ciently shrewd to demand most exorbitant sums as the
condition of such "alarming sacrifices."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

BISHOP MAGEE AT WHITEHALL.

The Bishop of Peterborough last Sunday preached at
the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, on behalf of the Church
Penitentiary Association. His lordship selected his
text from the 17th verse of the 3rd chapter of the
Epistle to the Corinthians: "Where the spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty." He said these words must
have had a strange attractiveness for these who first
heard them. They were nothing less than the proclama-
tion of a new idea of religious liberty. When we spoke
of religious liberty generally, we meant by it the free-
dom to profess or to observe that religion; and in this
sense religious liberty was not a new idea to those
Gentile converts. There never was, in the history of
the world, a Government so tolerant of all manner of
religions opinions as that of the Roman Empire. But
the Apostle was not speaking here of liberty of religion,
but of liberty in and from religion. Wherever this
religion went it was to make men free by the might
of a Divinely-appointed and Divinely-sustained
freedom within them. Wherever the Apostles went,
they were joyfully hailed as the missionaries of
freedom. But then, as now, there were men in the
Church as well as out of it, who made this religious
freedom a cloak for practising the most lawless and
reckless licence; and it was a remarkable fact that in
this demand for an exaggerated form of religious free-
dom and rejection of authority, the views of the philo-
sophers and free thinkers, as they chose to call them-
selves of our day, outside the Church, were but the echo
of the voice of the fanatics throughout all ages inside
the Church. In the Church of Christ, where the
spirit of the Lord was, there was also civil as well as
religious liberty. If the Church of Christ was a king-
dom in the world, though not of it—if the Church and
State were in entirely separate planes, there could be
no collision and no divided allegiance between them.
But they were not. The planes of those two orbits, as
it were, intersected one another, and the points of
their intersection included a very large range of human
thought and human life. All the great burning social
questions of our own day, into which religion entered
so largely, were questions in which the Church, or, if
they preferred it, Christianity, claimed to have at
least an equal voice with the State.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

GLEBE LANDS IN IRELAND.

Mr. Mulholland moved the second reading of the Glebe
Lands (Ireland) Bill, the object of which was, he explained,
to extend to the late Established Church in Ireland certain
leasing powers and privileges already practised by organisa-
tions not belonging to that Church in Ireland.
Sir Colman O'Loghlen supported the second reading of the
Bill.

Sir M IL Beach did not oppose the Second Reading of the
Bill, but trusted that a committee upon it would be post-
poned for a short time in order that he might have its pro-
visions considered in the office of the Lord Chancellor of
Ireland.
The Bill was then read a second time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

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THE SPANISH NAVY.

The Cologne Gazette, in an account of the Spanish navy,
describes it as consisting, according to the latest official
reports, of—

Seven ironclad frigates, in all of 5,900-horse power
and 413 guns; 19 screw frigates, of 5,400-horse power
and 413 guns; five screw corvettes of 800-horse power
and 17 guns; 21 screw despatch boats, of 2,340-horse
power and 51 guns; 20 paddle steamers, of 5,500-horse
power and 109 guns; three ironclad turret ships, of
1,800-horse power and 9 guns • and 48 screw gunboats,
of 4,040 horse-power and 48 guns. There are also
other vessels of 25,180-horse power and 792 guns, these
including 7 screw transports of 1,260-horse power
and 14 guns, and 2 tenders of 300-horse power and 4
guns. The fleet is ostensibly manned by 398 officers,
of whom 20 are admirals, 250 cadets, 14,000 sub-
officers and sailors, 5,500 gunners and marines, and
1,500 officials and workmen. If these figures repre-
sented the actual strength of the Spanish navy it
would rank fifth—namely, next to Italy, But the
armour plating is thin, the machines are of obsolete
construction, and they are armed only with 7-inch or 9-
inch Woolwich guns. The other vessels are in no more
efficient condition, the training of the officers is unsatis-
factory, discipline is more impaired eventhan in the army,
and at the outbreak at Cartagena almost all the crews
of the ironclads joined the insurgents. Desertions
have subsequently occurred and the attempts to re-
cruit the army have diminished the strength of the
navy. Only a single screw corvette is being built in
the dockyards' and the arsenals and coast and harbour
defences have been grievously neglected.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

LAND TITLES AND TRANSFER BILL.

Lord Selborne, on the Second Reading of the Land Titles
.and Transfer Bill, expressed regret for the withdrawal of the
compulsory clause in reference to registration, and explained
at some length his reasons for objecting to that change, as
well as to another alteration allowing a proprietor, after his
land had been registered, to remove it from registration.
The Lord Chancellor observed that this matter would be
discussed on a future occasion, and he would leave the
House to decide the question upon its own merits.
The Bill, after some observations from Lord Wayeney, was
read a second time, and fixed for Committee on Tuesday
next.

Their Lordships then adjourned.
THE ELECTION FOR TIPPERARY.

----
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mr. P. J. Smith asked
the Attorney-General if, having regard to the resolution of
this Bouse declaring John Mitchell to be incapable of being
elected or returned, a member of Parliament, it is optional
with the sheriff of Tipperary either to receive or reject a
properly filled nomination paper presented to him on behalf
of Mr. Mitchell.

The Attorney-General said he was as anxious as any person
could be to answer all such questions as were put to him by
hon. members; but he submitted that there was a limit to
parliamentary questions, and he ventured to think that the
limit was reached by the question on the paper. A sheriff
was both an imperial and a judicial officer, and it appeared
to him (the Attorney-General) that it would not be consistent
with his duty to express any opinion as to the way in which
that official would discharge his duty in a possible contin-
gency.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-27

DEATH OF SIR CHARLES LYELL,

This distinguished geologist, who met with an ac-
cident some time ago died on Monday morning at his
residence in Harley-street, London. He had entered
on his 78th year, having been born in 1797. His
father was a landed proprietor at Kinnordy, in For-
farshire, and he was the eldest son. Having been
educated at Exeter College Oxford, he graduated in
1821, and was formally called to the bar. From his
youth he devoted himself to geological research, and
at an early period in his career he broached a theory
of his own as to the earth's structure. This he
announced in 1832 in his then published "Princi-
ples of Geology," a work which has since passed
through ten editions. He elaborated it further in his
"Elements of Geology," published in 1838, and now in
its seventh edition. In the preceding year (1836-37) he
was elected President of the Geological Society, and the
same honour was again conferred upon him in 1850-51.
His first visit to North America was recorded in a
description of a geological structure of that continent,
which appeared in 1841. A more general view of
American life was taken on his second visit, which he
described in 1845. For his public services he received
the honour of knighthood in 1848, and a baronetcy in
1861. In the interval (1855) his Alma Mater bestowed
on him the honorary degree of D.C.L. Sir Charles's
last important publication was his sequel to Mr.
Darwin's theory of the origin of species, issued in
1863 under the title of "Geological Evidences of the
Antiquity of Man." In the following year he was
elected President of the British Association.