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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

FATAL FIRE IN LONDON.

On Tuesday morning, at an early hour, a fatal fire
broke out at No. 30, Charrington-street, Somers-town,
upon private premises in the occupation of Mr. John
Millward. When the engine from Clerkenwell arrived
the lower part of the premises was well alight, and
although in a very short time the engines were got to
work, the fire could not be extinguished until very
serious damage had been done.
The official return states that the front basement
was nearly burnt out, the stairs from the ground to
the first floor nearly destroyed, and the remainder of
the house of eight rooms has been much damaged. No
cause has been assigned for the fire,
Upon the premises being searched after the fire had
been extinguished the remains of the occupier of the
house, Mr. Millward, a solicitor, were found in the
basement. He was 81 years of age and was a single
man. Mr. Millward had been in the habit of sitting
up very late for some time past in order to complete
certain legal work. Late on Monday night candles
were lighted in his office in the basement, and he
told Mrs. Hatt, his housekeeper, that she had better
go to bed. He then seemed in his usual health and
spirits. Mrs. Hatt had been in her room about
an hour when she fancied she smelt something
burning. On going on to the landing she found smoke
ascending. She rushed downstairs, awoke a lodger
named Pickering and his wife, and then made her
way down to where she had left the deceased, but was
obliged to make her escape into the street on account
of the smoke. It was discovered that the front
kitchen and the basement were in flames. Efforts
were made to rescue Mr. Millward, but the flames
and smoke prevented an entrance being effected. It
is believed that the deceased was seized with a fit
and that in falling forward he knocked over a candle
and set fire to some papers.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

THE MARKETS.

MARSrLANE.--310NDAT.
Without being active the grain trade at Mark-bre hall
ruled firm. The supply of English grain was short. eel.
foreign the average English wheat in quiet request, b"
was steady in value. For foreign wheat tb,re was rather
snore. demand, and prices were firm, more esPeciallY or
Russian descriptions. Flour was steady, on farmer tenni:
A quiet business was passing in barley, at latal rates ft%
both malting and grinding produce. Oat's did or .meet
much attention, but were fairly steady in value, leer,ln,""e7i
the market was firm, and prices were well =Wain
Beans and peas sold at late rates. .

MEZILOPOLITAN MEAT MARKEE-310117,1,1....
These was a, moderate supply of meat on offer, with a falig
trade as follems :—lnferior beef, 25 to 38 8d; middlino
ditto, 3s 8d to 45 4d • prime large ditto, 48 6d to 45 led
prime smart ditto, 4s 8d to 65. 2d; veal, 65 to 68 84; inferior
mutton, rsa 4d to 4d; middling ditto, 48 4d to Si 4d ; Prie
ditto 151, 84 to 65 ; large pork, 44 to 45 44; small poi's,
4s 6'4 'to bs per 81b by the carcase.

HOP.
/lie hop market is firm in appearance. A fair business
ac ,ing, and prices are well maintained. East Kent goldingh
47 75 to £9 9s; Mid Kent ditto. £6 6s to £8 Bs.; Weald 01
-Kent, £4 15s to £7 7s; Sussex, £4 4s. to £6 15s. ; Farnharss
£6 15a to £8 lOs; country ditto, £6 lOs tu 4.8 ss; Bavarian!.
£7 to £8 15s; Alsace, £7 7s to £8; yearling, a los. to £7 7,
per cwt.
GAME AND POULTRY.
Pheasants, 2s ed to 3s; partridges, is 6d to 2s 3d; groinse;
3s to 4s; black game, 2s 3d to 3i 3d; capereailzie, 4s to 50 6‘1,!,
ptarmigan, is to is ; hares, 43 to 58 ; white ditto,
2s ed : rabbits, 18 66 to 2s 96; chickens, 2s Gd to 38 8d ;
2i to 4s each.
FISIL
Pickle herrings, 30s to 355; red ditto, 16s to 200; roused,
ditto, 128 66 to 228 ; fresh ditto, lOs to 30s per barrel ; We.
ditto, es 6d to 104 ; bloaters, 5s to Ss ; whiting, 7s 66 to 11114;
haddock, 8s ed to 10s; plaice, 15s to 20o' mackerel, 10s
12s 66 per basket.

POTATO.
With a large supply on offer, the demand ruled slovGam
follows :—Scotch Regents, 80$ to 90s; ditto championo,Y,:::
to 70s; Kent ditto, 708 to 80s; ditto Regents, 1008 to 11
-V-
Lincoln champions, 70s to 80s; ditto Magnum Bontiniso
to 100 s per ton; German rods, 3s 6d to is 6d per bag.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

WINES.
Per Dozen.
Sherry lss. 18s. 21s. 245. 30s.
Superior ditto
Tarragona Port
Port (Oporto)
Ditto (old, in bottle) 425. to 725.
Champagne 275. to 748.
Ditto(half-bodes) 15s. to 395,
Claret l2s. to 48s.
Sparkling Claret, a
most exhilarating
and agreeable
Wine Half-Bats. 20s. 6d. per dozen.
Bottles 368.
Every other description of Still and Sparkling Wine.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

GUN ACCIDENT ON BOARD ONE OF
HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS. .

On the arrival of the Channel Squadron in Ply-
mouth Sound on Monday forenoon, after the Agin-
court had saluted the Commander-in-Chief with 17
guns, the Royal Adelaide was returning a salute of 11
guns from her main deck saluting battery of six 32-
pounders, breechloading Armstrong guns. Nine charges
had been fired, and the tenth was just placed in the
chamber of the gun after it had been sponged, but
before the breech was screwed up the charge of
31b. prematurely exploded through the open breech,
severely burning the face and head of a seaman gun Per
named Ryan, who was immediately in rear of the gun,
and received the full force of the exploded cartridze.
He was at once removed to the Royal Naval Hospital
for treatment.

Two other men , were slightly injured, and the
deck was so filled with smoke, coupled with the circum-
stance of the accident, that the salute was prevented
from being completed at the time.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE OF THE
" NEDERLAND."

The Daily News of Wednesday published a telegram from
their New York Correspondent, which said :

"The Nederland, from Antwerp on November 19,
arrived on Monday with five other overdue steamers.
The Nederland's experience was the worst of all the
steamers this season. She had gales and hurricanes
all the way. On the 27th seas broke over her bows in
rapid succession, carrying away all the deck houses,
bursting in the wheel house, carrying away the chart
room with all its contents, smashing the steering
apparatus, disabling the rudder, and throwing the
vessel into the trough of the sea. The water flooded the
saloon a foot in depth, and ran into the state•rooms.
The glass hatchway over the engines was broken, and
the water poured into the engine room. The funnel was
torn off the cook's galley, and the water put out the
fires. The steamer rolled in the trough of the sea with
her fires out, and her rudder broken, for forty-
eight hours, when the crew succeeded in mending
the steering apparatus and getting under way. Six
men were badly bruised, and the hoa,tswain had his
thigh broken. During the five days nobody went on
deck save the look-outs and the officers, Who lashed
themselves to the bridge. One lady passenger died
from exhaustion and fright, and was buried at sea. All
but two boats were carried away. On arrival at
Sandy Hook the passengers presented the captain
with a formal vote of thanks."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.

Wednesday (14th), being the twentieth anniversary,
of the death of the Prince Consort and the third anni-
versary of the death of Princess Alice, was solemnly
observed by her Majesty and the Royal Family.
At eleven o'clock the Queen and all the members of
the Royal Family drove from the Castle to the Royal
Mausoleum at Frogmore' where a special service was
performed, the Doan of Windsor officiating. The
choir of St. George's was present, and sang the follow-
ing hymns—" Past and Future," by Sir Herbert
Oakley; "Oh, come to the cross," by Gounod ; and
"His Body is Buried—Peace; But His name liveth
for Evermore."
Afterwards her Majesty and the Royal Family re-
turned to the Castle, and the Mausoleum was thrown
open to the Royal Household and the tradespeople in
the afternoon.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

THE CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET

IN LONDON.

The annual market of fat stock for Christmas con-
sumption was held on Monday at Islington, and, as
was expected, has proved a success. Both in point of
number and quality the exhibition was satisfactory.
There was a general evenness of condition which
spoke well for the labours of graziers and breeders.
The supply from Scotland was again a large one.
Year by year can be noticed an improvement in the
symmetry of the stock, judicious selection producing a
lighter frame, but with greater meat-producing power,
a more valuable animal being thus obtained at com-
paratively less cost. There was a good show of
Herefords, and a fair supply of Devons, but Welsh
runts were not numerous. Cross-bred stock was
numerically the stronger, and was of good quality and
in excellent condition. _ _ _

--
From Ireland the receipts were fairly numerous,
but there was nothing special to which to call atten-
tion, either in point of quality or condition. With
reference to foreign stock, the bulk of the supply was,
as usual, retained at Deptford, and the stormy weather
has delayed American arrivals. There were, however,
a few animals offered from various quarters.
The show of sheep was proportionately as good as
that of beasts.
The position of the cattle trade has not appreciably
altered from last week. The unsettled weather and
the fact that we are yet some distance from Christmas,
no doubt operated as some check to animation, still
sales progressed with some briskness. A fair inquiry
prevailed for the best Scots, but as a rule the general
top quotation did not exceed Os. per 81b., although
of course there were exceptional transactions above
that figure.
- - •

In the matter of sheep the market was decidedly
strong, and the tendency was against the buyer. The
best Downs and half-breds realised 7s. 2d. to 76. 4(1.
per 81b.
Calves and pigs vveve quiet, but steady.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last
week consisted of 12,900 head, as against 9,160 in the
corresponding period last year; in 1879, 5,883 ; in 1878,
12,373; in 1877, 11,012; in 1876, 8,576. At Liverpool,
241 beasts and 105 sheep were received from Boston.
From Scotland there were received 3,000 beasts,
from Ireland 1,420, from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex
400, midland and home counties 2,330, and western
counties COO.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

THE ENCOUNTER WITH A SLAVE
DHOW.

The Secretary of the Admiralty has received the following
further telegram from the senior naval officer at Zanzibar,
dated the 10i,h inst., relative to the death of Captain Brown-
rigg, of H.M.S. London :
-

"Wounded—Massey, seaman, progussing favour
ably ; Yenning and Tellis, recovered. Brownrigg left
ship (to) inspect cruising boats (off) Pemba Dec. 3.
Ran alongside dhow flying French colours, to verify
nationality. Seeing men unprepared, Arab crew fired
volley, and boarded boat, killing, wounding, and
driving crew overboard ; then closed on the captain,
who, after a gallant resistance, received twenty-one
wounds, fell, shot through the heart. Did not board.
True nationality not yet proved. Dhow full of slaves.
London's boat captured dhow since, empty. Sultan's
troops (captured ?) some Arabs suspected of being
crew. Will keep you informed. Philorael there."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.

A Correspondent writes to The Times :—" In a leading
article on the destruction by fire of the Ring Theatre in
Vienna, you have referred to that most appalling catas-
trophe that occurred in 1883, the burning of the Church of
La Campania, Santiago, when 2,000 persons, more or less,
perished with the devoted building. You have omitted
to notice the fact that the event which has cast so heavy a
gloom over the city of Vienna, took place on the 18th anni-
versary of the awful calamity that destroyed in the short
space of two hours so much of rank and beauty in the South
American city. The Bth of December has thus been a day
of dire disaster in the social history of both the Old and New
'Worlds.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

PROPOSED CESSION OF HELIGOLAND.

The Berlin Correspondent of the Daily New. tele-
graphs the following :—According to the usually well-
informed Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, it appears
that the German Government is about to enter into
negotiations with England concerning the ceding of
Heligoland. The German naval authorities seem to
think this necessary from a strategical point of view.
It is not unlikely that this question will come before
Parliament during the present session. Many Germans
who try to make a business out of patriotism consider
it a disgrace to the national flag that this small rabbit.
burrowed island should remain under the British flag.
They seem to forget that if the island were given up
to its original owners it would go to the Danes.
A Wiesbaden telegram to the same journal says :
Negotiations, it is reported, have begun in London for
the cession of Heligoland to Germany. Count
Miinster has expressed the opinion that the English
Government will offer no insurmountable resistance.
A question on the subject will probably be put in the
German Parliament.

The Paris Correspondent of the Standard says :
"Referring to an announcement of the Berlin Go-
vernmental Post, to the effect that the British
Government are disposed to negotiate for the cession
to Germany of the island of Heligoland, the Berlin
Correspondent of the Cologne Gazette to-day states
that there is not the slightest intention on the part of
Germany to broach the subject.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

AN EXCITING CAPTURE OF A SHARK.

A shark measuring 18 feet 8 inches in length, and
11. feet 6 inches in girth, was caught by some Geelong
fishermen in Corio Bay, (says the Sydney Morning
Hera/d). The contents of the stomach were "dogs,
cats, and sacks." His capture, as described by one of
the fishermen, was as follows :—" The hook was
baited with a small shark, and when the monster
came up to this bait he turned on his side, and a
harpoon was sent into him, well back from the head;
the harpoon was a patent one, with a toggle, and opens
when there is any strain on the line. It held well.
Directly he was wounded he struck the boat with his
nose, and sounded, taking out about 50 fathoms of line.
We then tried to take in the slack, when he suddenly
appeared on the surface and made straight at the bow of
the boat, which he seized by the cutwater and shook
like a dog shaking a cat, tearing splinters off. Mean-
while, Gilbert drove the lance into him half-a-dozen
times, and I put a paddle in his mouth to lever it
open. He let go the boat, but held on to the paddle,
which he waved about like a feather, but eventually
dropped. He then started off just below the surface.
towing the boat rapidly through the water, and we
had to pay out fast to keep her bow from going under.
He got tired of that, and again sounded. I began to
take in the slack line, and he came again for the boat,
when Gilbert managed to send the lance well into him
two or three times. It took us a good hour to make
him quiet enough to tow into port, which, after two
hours' hard pulling, with the assistance of more men
and another boat, we managed to do."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

BROMSGROVE.

SAD DEATH.—Mr. R. Docker held an inquest at
the Cattle Market Tavern,- on Wednesday evening,
on the body of William Blakemoore, labourer, aged
62 years, Deceased was at work in the garden of
Mr. Amiss, at Church Field, on Saturday last, and
was seen about one o'clock. He did not go home
that night, and on search being made at noon on
Sunday . he was found in the garden dead and
cold, lying on his face beside an overturned wheel-
barrow. it is supposed that he was taken in a fit,.
and no help being at hand waS suffocated, his face
being La bodded in the earth. A verdict to that
effect was returned.

SCHOOL BOARD.—The monthly, meeting of this
B )ard was held on Wednesday evening all the
members being present. The report of the Milton
school attendance, by summoning defaulting
parents before the magistrates, had been quite in-
effectual, as the orders of the magistrates Iv ere
totally ignored, and the authority of the Board was
set at defiance. The attendance, it appeared, was
very bad ireteed, After a convelsation, the Board
left it to the Attendance Committee to take what
step, they thought proper to enforce the magi-
strates orders. It was decided to close the infant
school at Sidemore, as half the infants attending
there are under school age, and there is room for
the bthers in the National and Stourbridge Road
Board Schools, it was also resolved to appoint a
temporary assistant mistre,s for the infant school,
Stourhridge Road, and to build a house for the
mater at Dodterd, on the school site ; Mr. J.
Cotton to send in plans. The vice-chairman's
motion for the appointment of a permanent archi-
tect to the Board was withdi awn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-12-17

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GAS
COMMISSIONERS.

On Monday, in the Court of Session, Edinburgh,
before Lord Adam and a jury, a case was decided
after a trial of six days. It was an action at the
instance of Mrs. M'Culloch, widow of a mascn who
was killed in a gas explosion in Henderson-street,
Glasgow, on the Ist of January last, against the magis-
trates irid Town Council of Glasgow as gas commis-
sioners. It was alleged that the explosion was caused by
a leakage in one of the main pipes belonging to them.
The pursuer claimed £5OO damages for herself and
250 for each of her six children. The defenders denied
liability, on the ground that they had exercised due
precaution to prevent such an accident. The jury,
after being absent two hours and a half, returned a
verdict for the pursuer. They assessed the damages at
£5OO for Mrs. M'Culloch and £BOO for the six children
in all.

On Tuesday, Hew Reid, handloom weaver, Kilmar-
nock, 74 years of age, sued for £l,OOO in respect of the
death of his wife and was awarded £4OO. Rebecca
Reid, his granddaughter, whose father, mother, and
sister were killed in the explosion, asked £l,OOO
damages and received £7OO.

Mrs. Ann Chapman, Perth, sued for £BOO in respect
of the death of her daughter and £2OO on account of
personal injuries, and received £450 in all. The total
amount of damages awarded by the jury in connexion
with the explosion is £2,850.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

REPORTERS AT THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.

"There is a great commotion "(says a correspondent
of the Pall Mall Gazette) "in the world of the
reporters at the House of Commons. The Times, it
seems, has asked that in the distribuion of additional
accommodation The Times may be assigned a room in
which its fifteen or sixteen reporters may write their
reports free from the interruptions of the common
writing rooms. These are now in a perpetual state of
disturbance from the movements of so many
reporters and messengers, and the practice ef
many reporters to sit together in groups,
read their notes to each other, and discuss
audibly the phraseology of reports which are sup-
posed to be written independently. The regetest
of The Times is being resisted by resolution, by
memorial, by personal appeal to members. A com-
parison of the reports in last Saturday's newspapers
vindicates the strength of the claim made by The
Times. In Saturday's papers the lengths of the re-
ports were—Daily News, 2 cols.; Telegraph, 31;
Chronicle, 41 ; Post, 61; Standard, 61; Advertiscr, 7;
Times, 17."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

PROPOSED UNDERGROUND RAILWAY

IN NAPLES.

The Naples Correspondent of the Daily News writes:—

A project for an underground -railway in this city,
made by Mr. Lamont, a young English engineer resi-
dent in Naples, has been just submitted to the muni-
cipality. The projected lines will not only connect the
east and west end with the centre of the city, but
present the novelty of reaching the villages on the
heights by lifts carrying the passengers to stations
above. These lifts worked by steam are most ingen-
iously contrived to preclude accidents. The lines will
have an extent of 14 miles, and will be worked by
compressed air. There will be 14 stations, and the
works can be finished in three years, our volcanic
sandstone offering great facilities for tunnelling.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1875.
38 and 39 Victoria, c 55.

NOTICE OF AUDIT.

SHROPSHIRE and -wonZEWilaiiillßE AUDIT
DISTRICT. TO THE IMPROVEMENT COM-
MISSIONERS OF THE, IMPROVEMENT ACT
DISTRICT OF bTOURBRIDGE, AND TO MR.
JOHN TAYLOR, THEIR CLERK.

the undersigned, the Auditor of Accounts relating
1) to the relief of the Poor for the above-named
Audit District HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that 1 have
appointed the AUDIT of the ACCOUNTS of the
above-named Improvement Commissioners and of their
Officers for the year ended the 2oth day of March last,
to commence on Thursday. the 28th day of July, 1881,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Corn Exchange.
Stourbridge, when and where yo , the said Clerk of the
said k onnnissioners, and also their several Officers, who
are bound to account at such audit, are severally required
to attend and produce all Books of Account Bills,
CCOlllltB, Youcheis, and other documents containing,
or relating to the Accounts then to be Audited, in the
custody or power of each person respectively.
Dated this 4th day of July, 1881,
F. R. SOUTHERN,
District Auditor.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

THE MARKETS,

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.-MONDAY.

The cattle trade was quiet and without any special
featur.!,. Supplies were not large. From our own grazing
districts the receipts of beasts were about the average and
the quality and condition tolerably good. The hot weather and
the weakness in the dead meat market caused slow sales, and
quotations were weak, especially for inferior qualities. The
best Scots and crosses sold at ss. to ss. 2d. per 81bs. From
Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex we received about 1,500, from the
Midland and home counties about 500, and a few from
Scotland. The foreign side of the market was moderately
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last week. The best Downs and half-breds made 613. to 6s. 2d.
per 81bs. Lambs were quiet, at 7s. to 7s. 84. per 81bs. Calves
and pigs sold at late rates. Inferior beasts, 45. to 4s. 6d. ;
second quality, 4s. Cd. to 48. Bd. ;.prime large oxen, 4s. 10d.
to ss. ; prime Scots, is. to is. 24. ; inferior sheep, 45. 101 to
is.; second quality, 63. to is. 6d. ; prime coarse woolled,
ss, 104. to 6s. ; prime Southdowns, 6s. to 6s. 23. •, large coarse
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GAME AND POULTRY.
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Large fowls, 4s. 6d. to Os. ; small ditto 2s. to 3s. ; chickens,
Is. 6d. to 2s. 4d. ; ducks, 2e. Gd. to 3s. 9d.; goslings, 4s. 6d.
to 83. ; live hens, is. 6d. to 2s. 6s ; Italian quails, 10d. to
is. ; fat ortolans, is. 9d. to is. ; pizeons, 6d. to Bd.; Bor-
deaux pigeons, is. 2d. to Is. 3d.; haunches of venison, 60s.
to 70s. ; each forequarters ditto, Bd. to 10d. per lb.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

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THE POPE ON THE ASSASSINATION
OF SOVEREIGNS.

The Pope has issued an Encyclical Letter, dated the
29th ult., dealing with the recent attempts upon the
lives of Sovereigns. His Holiness declares that the
precepts of Christ are eminently fitted to comp ise both
those who obey and those who command, and to pro-
duce between the two sections of the community that
unity of purpose which engenders public tranquility.
The Encyclical points out that political authority
comes from God, but that no form of Govern-
ment -is repugnant to the Catholic Church.
After developing this idea and quoting many texts
from Scripture in support of it, the Pope proceeds to
explain the duties of governing and governed accord-
ing to the doctrine of the Church, to which the world
owes the best interpretation of those duties. In can-
clusiot, the Holy Father exhorts the Bishops to incul-
cate their flocks with a full understanding of their
duties in this respect, and commends modern society
to the prayers of the faithful.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

A private 'visit was paid to the Channel Tunnel ex-
perimental works last Saturday by Sir Edward
Watkin (Chairman of the South-Eastern Railway
Company) and a large party of scientific and other
gentlemen interested in the operations. The party
arrived at the Abbot's Cliff heading in a special train
about midday, and at once proceeded to inspect the
works. Very satisfactory progress was found to have
been made with the boring operations since the last
visit, the heading having been advanced to a total
length of upwards of half a mile. The tunnel is kept
perfectly free from any accumulation of water by the
pumps, and a good average rate of advancement in
the boring is maintained. There is no alteration in
the nature of the strata. The work at the new shaft
at Shakespeare's Cliff promises to be even more suc-
cessful, a very superior boring machine being used.
The progress of the work is considered highly satisfac-
tory, and the promoters are very sanguine of it.
ultimate success.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

HOP.

The position of the hop market is much about the same.
Business is quiet, but tine samples are still well held. Re-
ports from the plantations are very favourable. Current
prices of hops :—Kent, 1880, £4 to £7; Sussex, 1880, £3 18s.
to £6; Fantham, 1880, £7 to £7 15s. ; Farnham (country)
1880, £6 12s. to £7 10s. ; American, 1880, £4 10s. to £6 10s. ;
Belgian, 1880, £2 14s. to £2 18s. ; English, 1879, £2 10s. to
£4; foreign, 1879, 10s. to £3; old, all kinds, 10s. to £2
per cwt
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

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GRAND CRICKET MATCH.
UNITED ALL ENGLAND V. TWENTY-TWO
OF STOURBUIDGE AND DISTRICT.

This match was commenced on the Stourbridge
Ground, -Holloway End, on Monday morning. and
ended in a draw on Welnesday evening. England
won tie toss and elected to go inn. Gilbert
played two excellent innings obtaining 33 and 21 ;
A Shrewsbury also made a grand stand against the
repeated change of bowling, scoring 31 and 44;
The whole being disposed of for 155 ; Stourbridge
then went in to bat, Hawks played well, for his 22
and Jones tor his 32; Hickman and Edge scored
13 each and Ponn 12, and they were all out for 140
runs in the second inuiiigs. The eleven scored
166 runs and when time was called, the home team
had scored 41 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. There
w,s a good attendance on the ground on Monday,
but there was a great fall off on Tuesday and
Wednesday being wet, there were very few present.
The Corngrea.ves Band played on the first day and
the Cradley Heath the second and third day which
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

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HORSES AND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

History repeats itself. When electric telegraph
wires first were run along our railways and across the
country, stories were constantly told of birds killed by
electric shocks while perched on the wires. The fact
that a few partridges now and then killed or naimed
themselves by flying against the wires was regarded as
proof positive of the accuracy of the statement.
Need we say that no bird ever yet was killed by a
current passed through a telegraph wire? The tales
about bird massacre now begin to reappear under a
new form. According to a Berlin paper a horse while
crossing the electric railway having set his hoof upod
a rail, was instantly thrown down, and another horse,
having also touched the rail with his iron shod hoof,
received a shock which sent him galloping off in wild
terror. The idea is that a shock was given to the
horses by the escape of electricity from the rail
through their bodies. The story requires confirma-
tion. The quantity of electricity required to work
an electro-motor is of course enormously greater
than that needed to seiid a telegraph message; but
so far as shock is concerned, quantity alone has
very little to do with the matter. What is needed
is high tension. A small Leyden jar will, by its dis-
charge through the body, give a violent shock, while
a thousand times the quantity of electricity given off
by a battery will excite but a slight pricking sensation
in the ends of the fingers. The fact that a very
moderate amount of insulation seems to be sufficient
for the purposes of the electric railway goes to prove,
what indeed is well known, that low tension electricity
is employed to work it. It is possible that the horses
were affected as described; but it is very doubtful
that they were. We venture to think that this story
may be classed with the bird myths to which we have
already referred.—Engineer.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE BALTIC.

The Journal de St. Petere:ourg in an article upon the
visit of the Reserve Squadron to the Baltic, speaks of
the majestic appearance presented by the British
vessels at anchor off Cronstadt, and regards their pre-
sence in Russian waters as the fruit of a new policy of
harmony and good understanding between the Great
Powers in view of the maintenance of peace and
political equilibrium. The journal proceeds to say
"We have to bid welcome to the British squadron
since from his Royal Highness the Admiral in com-
mand to the humblest seaman in the squadron all on
board are regarded as the guests of Russia, who greets
in them the representatives of a great friendly nation.
The work of civilisation will be especially advanced
by the cordial co-operation of England and Russia."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-09

FUNERAL OF MR. GOLD.

The funeral of Mr. Gold took place on Monday, when
great numbers of persons showed their sympathy with the
family of the deceased by attending at the funeral, which
took place at the Extramural Cemetery, so called because
when opened it was outside the boundary of the town of
Brighton. The attendance at the funeral would have no
doubt been still more numerous, were it not that many
persons were compelled, and others induced to attend the
inquest which was being held at Balccrmbe.

Some of the leading houses of business in Brighton had
their shutters up during the time at which the funeral was
taking place ; whilst Preston itself, where the deceased re-
sided, was altogether in mourning. Along the entire route
of the mournful procession the blinds of the windows were
drawn, and groups of spectators were congregated at points
along the roadside. On Saturday afternoon the re-
mains of the deceased—encased in a shell coffin, with
an outer covering of brass-mounted polished elm,
bearing on its cover a shield-shape plate bearing the in-
scription, "Frederick Isaac Gold, died June 27, 1881, aged 64
years "—wei e conve3ed by rail from Balcombe to Preston-
park station, where they lay in the private room of Mr.
Ball, the station master, until moved by the Brighton under-
takers. The funeral cortehie consisted of a plain hearse,
drawn by two horses in black velvet housings.

Much annoyance has been caused to several people
in different -parts of the country who have had the mis-
fortune to be thought like the description of the
missing man. On Tuesday the police authorities at
Southampton boarded the Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Austra ia, which left the Thames on Monday
outward bound, for Calcutta, in search of a man said
to be on board answering the description of Lefroy,
and concerning whom in formation had been telegraphed
from Scotland-yard; but there was nothing in the
rumour.