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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-09-18

THE HALESOWEN ELOPEMENT CASE.

On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Kemp, chief of the
Halesowen Police, proceeded to the residence of the
father of John Harris, engineer, at Short Cross,
who, oa the night of thesthinst, eloped front Hales-
owen with a gir4na,med Mary Tildesley, fifteen
years of age, daughter of the landlord of the Old
Lyttelton Arms, Halesowen, where he found Harris
and the nirl taking tea, having just returned to
Old Hill from the south. Beth the pa; ties seemed
consLierably confused when the officer made his ap-
pearsnee. The suptrinteudent communicated his
mi•sic nto the runaways, and the girl exclaimed
anxiously, "John is not to blame." Both Hariis
and the girl boasted loudly that they were safe, in-
asmuch as they were married. The superintendent
duly executed the warrant by taking Harris to the
police station, the girl accompanying him. Harris
gave his age as 24, and said hewa.l.4 a colliery engine-
dr:ver, of Pontypridd. On the way to the police
station crowds followed the prisoner and his youth-
ful companion, and expressions in favour of or
against the parties were general, and sometimes of
a somewhat demonstrative character.
In the evening the prisoner was taken before Mr:
F. D. Lea-Smith (magistrate),.at the Police Court,
Halesowen, and charged with unlawfully abductinc,
the girl Tildesley from her father's house on the
night of the sth inst.
Mr. Kemp applied for a remand until the 21st
inst., which was granted.
Bail was allowed, the priscner in £lOO, one surety
in .250, and two in £25 each. The prisoner's
father became surety in £5O. Upon leaving the
police station the parties were followed by many
more people than had attended them hither, and as
they passed along the road the crowds became so
pressing and the conduct of the people t o annoying
that they had to take refuge at the Crown Inn,
where they remained for a considerable time, and
I subsequently retired to the house of the prisoner's
father at Short Cross.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH GUIANA.

Mr. Thurn, a traveller, who has been engaged
during the last three years in exploring the elm-
paratively little known interior of British Guiana,
and in organizing a museum to contain the natural
products of that colony has just returned to England.
His explorations have extended to the timber-pro-
ducing districts of the colony, and also to the unoccu-
pied savannahs which lie at the back of the colony,
and to similar Brazilian savannahs which have been
turned into productive Government cattle farms. He
paid two visits to the great Kaistem Fall on the
Potaro River, on the second occasion having for his
companion Mr. T. C. Edwardes•Moss, well known
as an Oxford oarsman. The fact that both these
journeys were accomplished quickly and with great
ease should do much to encourage travellers to visit
the fall. During these expeditions special attention
has been paid to the yet undeveloped capacities of
the colony, to its natural history, to the habits and
languages of its various Indian tribes, to its shell
mounds (kitchen middens), rock inscriptions, stone
imp!ements, and other Indian antiquities, and espe-
cially to the much disputed question of the b,undariee
which should saparate British Guiana from Vene-
zuela, Brazil, and Dutch Guiana respectively, which
have never been defined, but which it is now very
necessary to settle without delay in consequence of
the discoveries of gold which are now constantly made
throughout wider and wider fields within these
countries. The botanical part of the collections
made during these expeditions has been deposited at
Kew; the remainder either has been, or will shortly
be, placed in the Georgetown Museum.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

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DEATH FROM AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.

An accident of an extraordinary nature occurred
on Tuesday night at the Holte Theatre, Aston,
near Birmingham. Tbe stage was lighted by two
electric lights, and when the candles are not burn-
ing two brass connections used for the purpose
of crossing the current are hung up over the
orchestra. After the performance of the panto-
mime Mr. Bruno. the euphonium player, was leaving
with the other members of the band, when pre-
sumably out of curiosity, he caught held of the two
brass connections referred to. The man in charge
called out to him, with the object of warning him of
the danger he was incurring. The caution, however,
came tao late. Mr. Bruno received the full shock of
the electric current, generated by the powerful
battery which supplies the whole of the lamps in the
building and grounds. The shock rendered him in-
sensible. A medical man was at once sent for and
restoratives were applied, but Mr. Bruno died in
about forty minutes afterwards,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

AN EXECUTION IN PARIS.

The Paris Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, writing
on Monday night, gives the following account of the mutt-

tion of Prevost- :

"The long expected execution of Prevost, the mur-
derer of the travelling jeweller Lenoble, and the girl
Adele Blondin, took place this morning, in the Place
La Roquette. The enormity of the double crime was
such as to remove all hope of a reprieve,
_even in this
country, where murderers have of late been treated
with singular leniency. It became known in the
Quartier late last evening that the guillotine
would be required in the morning, and by
midnight a large crowd had already col-
lected. The cold proved, however, very trying to
the patience of the would-be spectators of the morn-
ing's tragedy, and many gave up the attempt of wit-
nessing it. At four o'clock, Diebler, the executioner,
arrived outside the prison with his cart containing
the materials for erecting the scaffold. The hammers
quickly went to work, and the uncouth structure
was soon completed. A strong body of police
kept order, and a company of the Garde Re-
publicans were also present to represent authority.
At half-past five a cab bearing the fatal
number '148,' that has become legendary in con-
nection with such scenes, drove up in the dark.
ness to the prison door, and the chaplain of the
Rouquette, Abbd Crozes, alighting, passed into the
building. The arrival of the gendarmerie of the
Seine at half-past six announced that the hour for the
execution had come. At the same moment the
door of the condemned cell opened, and Pre.,
vost saw that he was in the presence of the
executioner and the Commissioner of Police for the
Qnartier. He rose from his seat and murmured, 'Ah,
then, it is this morning.' He was recommended to be
courageous. 'I shall be so,' he replied. Being asked
if he had any further revelation to make, he said, 'lt
Is quite enough to have committed two great crimes,
I acknowledge them, but have nothing more to say,'
He then listened to the exhortations of the venerable
abbe, and proceeded to dress. Seven o'clock struck, and
the great door of the prison opened, the gendarmes
raised their swords, and all eyes were turned towards
the tall form of the culprit, which could be detected ad-
vancing through the obscurity. Although perfectly livid,
Prevost walked firmly to the scaffold. There
Cho ohaplain gay* him tha nriatnmary kiss, the signal
for the executioner to seize him and plum him under
the knife. A few secoilds afterwards the triangular
steel descended with a dull thud and the head of the
murderer rolled into the basket prepared for it. The
remains were hastily put together in the cart, which
drove off rapidly to the cemetery of Ivry. No sooner
was the form of consigning the body to the grave gone
through than it was lifted out again, replaced in the
cart, and driven to the Clinical School of Medicine,
where it was subjected to various galvanic experi-
ments."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY.

A correspondent in Algeria informs the Daily
Chronicle of an adventurous journey through the
western district of Morocco and the neighbouring parts
of Algeria, undertaken in the interests of science and
art, by Captain Colvile, of the Grenadier Guards.
This gallant officer, accompanied by his wife, left the
ancient and interesting of Fez, the chief residence
of the Sultan of Morocco, with the small escort of six
men, and crossed the wild tract of country inhabited by
the semi•civilised tribes of Mai% Angad and Beni
suassen, He arrived without hindrance at Oadjdah,
having encountered no serious difficulties en route, and
pushed on round the base of the mountains of Beni
suassen, one of the northern spurs of the great Atlas
range, a country generally supposed to be very rich
in minerals. Thence he proceeded through Riff to
Nemours. He states that, contrary to his expects-
tioos, he was welcomed with hospitality throughout
his Perilous journey. Captain Colville has been
warmly 00:110=ex, ted on his success, inasmuch as no
European officer has hitherto crossed this tract of
country, inhabited as it is by wild and lawless tribes.
The gallant captain proceeded through Algeria to
Algiers with the intention of returning direct to Eng-
land.

The Caledonian itailwa7 Board havel after a long
discussion, declined to run Sunday trains on their system
between Glasgow and Greenock. The West of Scotland
community are very much divided upon the subject, many
wishing for Sanday trains and as many objecting to them.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

CAUGHT IN A FROST FOG.

The steamers Sarmatian and Prussia, which
arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, two days before
Christross Day, presented a remarkable appearance
on their entry into harbour. The vessels were literally
covered with ice. Not only had the hoar frost
adhered thickly to every part of the hull and rigging,'
but every spray from the sea had frozen instantly, so
that the decks were from 61n. to 12in. thick in ice,
and huge iciQles were banging from the rigging. The
vessels had been caught in a frost fog on the Banks
on the previous Sunday night, and the ice had
formed so thick on the rigging and on every part of
the ships as to constitute serious danger to both.
The thick fags which prevail off the coasts of New-
foundland, and which, though they only occasionally
extend to the shores of the island itself, being carried
thither by south•easterly winds, have given the c Ilony
an unmerited character for "fogginess," are caused by
the meeting ot warm vapours emanating from the
Gulf Stream with the cold air brought over by the
Arctic current; the cwrents of hot and cold water and
of hot and cold air meet some 203 or 300 miles south-
east of Newfoundland, and the warm moigture-15d3n
air, being suddenly chilled, forms a thick heavy fog.
The steamers did not, fortunately, suffer any injury.
—Colonies and India.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

THE TATTOOING STORY.

The Morning Post says it 18 "enabled to state that
the stories lately current about their Royal Highnesses
the sons of the Prince of Wales, now on a cruise in the
Bacchante, are untrue. It is not the fact,' 118 has been
foolishly asserted, that the young Princes have been
tattooed on the nose with an anchor. The tale,
when brought home, was received with well-de-
served incredulity, and It was felt that their
own common sense, not less than the care of
those about them, would be the best guarantee
against any such absurdity as that which has
obtained an unmerited currency. The truth is that
as when, for instance, on crossing the Line certain
traditional ceremonies are observed, so on first touch-
ing at a great port other harmless freaks are often in-
dulged in, and the identical experience of the Princes
has been undergone by H. 11,11. the Duke of Edin-
burg, Count Gleichen, and nearly every other sailor,
whether royal or not. Accordingly, at Gibraltar the
midshipmen of the Bacchante indulged in the amuse-
ment of placing on their faces the representation of
tattoo marks, and their temporary freak has been re-
ported as if they had been really tattooed.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

A GALLANT ACTION.

The Standard of Monday says :—" Owing to the
restriction as to the presence of Special Cone-
spondents with the troops in Afghanistan many very
gallant actions on the part of our soldiers have been
passed over with the barest of official mention.
Among them was the defence of a convoy of sixty
men of the 67th Regiment, against an attack by
upwards of a thousand Afghans, a defence which has
been characterised by some of the Indian papers as
not unworthy of a place by the side of Rorke's Drift.
We have received the following particulars from a
correspondent :
'On the 10th of November a party of Major General
Macpherson's brigade, consisting of a lieutenant, four
sergeants, and fifty-six men of the 67th Regiment, four
sepoys 28th Punjaubee, and a trooper of the 12th
Bengal Cavalry, a mounted orderly, under the com-
mand of Captain A. J. P. Poole, 67th Regiment, were
proceeding with forty camels to the village of Doaba,
in the " Tagao country," after forage. When in
sight of the village they were prevented from advanc-
ing with the camels on account of an immense convoy
of Afghan camels laden with merchandise being in
the Pass. A more precipitations Pass, or a
more awkward place in which to attack, it would
be impossible to conceive. All sharp rocks and
cliffs, towering away with scarcity a foot•hold for
a mule, and utterly impossible for animals to pass each
other, Tile force had no sooner entered, and Captain
Poole with about twenty men climbed the hills to look
ahead, when they were attacked by about 1,000 or more
of the enemy. The little party at once scattered on
either side to guard the camels, and as the Afghans
pressed forward a heavy fire was opened on both
sides. The fight was of a most exciting character,
each man fighting for his own hand, taking advantage
of a rock here and there, ascending and descending in
order to avoid falling over precipices with great coat
and seventy rounds of ammunition belted on. It was
a most severe test on the men, but they kept up a
sharp fire every time an Afghan showed his head or
any part of his body. Several times the Afghans
plucked up heart and charged forward to within
thirty yards of our skirmishers, and had they pressed
forward must have overpowered our men by sheer might.
But the fire to which they were exposed quelled their
courage, and for two long hours this little body of
Englishmen kept them back until the convoy had
safely emerged from the other side of the Pass. The
bodies of those of our men who fell were afterwards
found horribly mutilated, and our correspondent pro-
test strongly against the accusation of cruelty against
our troops, while no word is said as to the horrible
mutilation executed by the Afghans against any
wounded or stragglers who may fall into their hands,
brutalities which, when the bodies are discovered,
almost madden their comrades. Our loss in this gallant
affair consisted of three men of the 67th killed, and
Captain Poole, three sergeants, and one private of the
67th wounded."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

MR. EDISON'S ELECTRIC LIGHT.

The American Correspondent of The Times says
"The Edison electric lights in Menlo-park are still
burning to the extent of about eighty lamps. Mr.
Edison, finding that defective vacuums have developed
in a considerable percentage of the lamps, has for
several days been experimenting to improve the
mechanical construction of the glass globe containing
the light Bo as to insure a permanent vacuum. Mr.
Edison's friends report that he is able to overcome the
difficulty. Meanwhile, the manufacturing of addi-
tional lamps has been delayed, while no arrangements
have yet been made practically to use the light in New
York,"
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

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AN EMINENT CHRONOMETER-
MAKER.

Close to the south-western corner of the parish
churchyard of Hampstead there has long stood a
square tomb, with a scarcely decipherable inscription,
to the memory of a man of science of the last century,
whose name is connected with the history of practical
navigatim. The tomb, having stood there for more
than a quarter of a century, had become somewhat
dilapidated, and has lately undergone a csreful
restoration at the cost and under the supervision of
the Company of Clockmakers, and the fact is recorded
in large characters on the upper face. The tops of
the upright iron railings which surround the tomb
have been gilt, and the restored inscription runs as
follows :

"In memory of Mr. John Harrison, late of Red
Lion•iquare, London, inventor of the timekeeper for
ascertaining the longitude at sea. He was born at
Foulby, in the county of York, and was the son of a
builder of that place, who brought him up to the same
profession. Before he attained the age of twenty-
one, he, without any instruction, employed himself in
cleaning and repairing clocks and watches, and made
a few of the former, chiefly of wood. At the age of
twenty-five he employed his whole time in chrono-
metrical improvements. He MA the inventor of the grid-
iron pendulum, and the method of preventing the effects
of heat and cold upon time-keepers by two bars fixed
together; he introduced the secondary spring, to keep
them going while winding up, and was the inventor of
most (or all) the improvements in clocks and watches
during his time. In the year 1735 his first time•keeper
was sent to Lisbon, and in 1764 his then much im-
proved fourth time-keeper having been sent to Bar
bados, the Commissioners of Longitude certified that
he had determined the longitude within one-third of
half a degree of a great circle, having not erred more
than 40 seconds in time. After 60 years' close applica-
tion to the above pursuits, he departed this life on the
24th day of March, 1776, aged 83."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

A PROBLEM SOLVED.

A number of improvements have lately been in-
troduced into the fish torpedo, as manufactured at
the Royal Laboratory, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for
naval service Hitherto its highest speed has been
exercised only at short ranges, not much over 200
yards but the Admiralty expressed a desire that this
speed should be maintained for something like 600
yards, and the mechanical skill of the oepartm..nt
being applied to the task, the problem has been satis-
factorily solved. The mysterious engines are now
made to travel for nearly 800 yards through the water
at a maximum speed or about thirty miles an hour,
and their power of traversing still longer distances has
at the same time been materially advanced. It has
also been found necessary to strengthen the frames
of these marine monsters in consequence of the prac-
tice now adopted of projecting them into the sea from
the decks of ships, and they are now capable of such
endurance that a plunge of 201 t. after they are set at
work and despatched on duty is found to have no
detrimental effect whatever upon them. Improved
carriages for service with these torpedoes on board
Her Majesty's ships are being prepared in large num-
bers at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, audit will no
longer be necessary to provide vessels with tubes and
other fittings for ejecting the torpedoes, these carriages
being of universal adaptation and answering all
requisite purposes. All the torpedo carriages in the
service are to be converted to the new pattern.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

THE "TOMBS OF THE KINGS."

Dr. Chaplin writes from Jerusalem to the committee of
the Palestine Exploration Food :
Some time ago the Tombs of the Kings were pur-
chased by a Frenchlady,and excavations of considerable
interest have lately been carried on there. In the
earth which filled a great portion of the rock-hewn,
sunken court in front of the entrance to the Tombs
have been found many capitals and other arch'.
tectural remains, amongst them some stones, which
show beyond question that they formed part of a pyra-
midal structure. There seems no reasonable doubt
that these belong to the famous three pyramids of the
monuments of Magma, and havA been thrown
down from above. A great marble statue, pro-
bably Roman, has been found a few minutes from the
seashore, an hour and a half south of Gaza. It is a
half figure, nose and right forearm broken off. I send
you a tracing of a rough sketch received from a friend.
In the Shephelah, an hour or more north of the Jaffa
Road, a tomb has been brought to light. One of its
stone doors has carving upon it in four panels, on two
of which are representations of lions' heads, in two of
bulls' heads. Probably the tomb is of Crusading
origin. It has again been covered in. I had hoped
to be able to visit it, as well as the statue below Gaza,
but could not leave home. It is said that the statue is
to be brought to Jaffa."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

THE PROPOSED REGULATION OF ()LENT
HILL COMMON.

COMMISSIONER'S INQUIRY.

On Monday morning Mr. G. Pembertcn Leach,
Assistant Enclosure Co umis-ioner, opened at the
Lyttelton Arms !otel, Hagley, an inquiry resp3ct-
ing the applicadon niade to the Enclosure Commis-
sioners ior a provisional ordee for ths regula ion of
Clent LIM Common. The applicants were Mr John
Amphlett, Miss Durant, Mrs. Maria Thatcher, Mrs
S. Horner, Mr. J. Price, Mr. E. Price, Mr. J. Whit-
taker, Mr. E. P. Baylie, Mrs. Jane Bennett, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Amptilett. There was it large at-
tendance, amongst triose present being Lord Lyttel-
ton (Lord of the Manor), Mr. J. Amphiett, Mr
Hemin;way (Bewdiey). and depirations from the
Stuurbridge Improvement Commissionws, Kidder-
minster Town Council, Brierley Hill Local Board,
Quarry Bank L.:cal Board, Rowley Regis Local
Board, &e. The Stourbridge Rural Sanitary Au-
thority, the Stourbridge glassmakers, and the in-
habitants of Halesowen and Cradle), were also re-
presented

- The Commissioner, in explaining that the olject
of the meeting was to ascertain the feeling of tile
neighbouruood wi.h reference to the appdea ion
said that judging from the
.letters which had been
received by the Uommission,re there had been Pome
misapprehension as to what was proposed. The
Enclosure Cooamis,ioners were empowered to deal
with commons in two ways: (1) by enclo,ure, under
whiei the common rights would be extinguished,
and the and allotted in sevecalty t) the different
commoner-,_; and (2) by " regulation,' which
been brought forward under the Commons Act, 18;6
and flue object of whi,th was to preserve the common
in its present state—(hear, hear). The application
which had been made was for the regiVation of the
common, and under it no enclosure could take place
--(hear, hear)--,unless of some small portion, the
sale of which might Le sanctioned by the Commis-
sioners in order to raise funds to meet the necessary
expenses of the regulatiou—(A. voice: "We don't
want that "). Mr. Leach explained the nature of
the provisional orders which could be made by the
Commissioners, mentioning that they might provide
for tie planting of trees on the laud, and for improv-
ing and adding to its beauty by causing to be made
hyelaws for its regulation or protection, for the pre-
vention of nuisances, or ,for keeping order upon it,
with the appointment from time to time of conserva-
tors of the common for its general management. A
provisional ordt?r of this nature seemed to be the
main object of the present application. In any pro-
Visional order dealing with the COUILIIOII the Coin-
, • •
11118111940i1 were bouad to tati
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

GAME AND POULTRY

Turkeys, 7z 6d. to 17a. ed. ; hen ditto, Si. Cos, to Si. 51. ;
geese, 4s. to Si; ducks, 2,. 61, to 4s ; live he,s,la. 91. to 31.;
Chtekt iii, 2,. to Si. 3d. ; pheasants, 4s. to Gs. ; hares, 4s. 3d.
to 6.. ; white ditto, 2s. to 3..; partridot is. 91. to 24 91.;
black game, is. ed. to 2s 63. ; widgeon, Is. Vd. to 2s. 31.;
wild slacks, 2s 61 to 3s. 6d. woodcocks,- 3s. tid. to 4s 9d.
ptarmigan, is. to la. 6d ; rabbits, Is. to 2s. 6d. each; and
larks Is. to 2s per doz. .
FISH.
Cod, kb Si. 6d. to £8 6s. per 'score ; pickled ditto, £2 to
£2 10a. per barrel; crimped ditto, Bs. to 17s. 6d; each: black
soles, is. 94. to Bs. 61. per pair; whiting, 10s. to lls. 6d. per .
basket: lobsters, 12‘ ed. to 40s per dozen; turbot, fis 61. to
16s each; bloaters, 5.. 64. to Si per. box; mullet, 10s. to 17*.
per score; native oysters, £ll to £1.2 per bushel ;:common
ditto, 6s. to Si 94. per hundred; eels, 90. to Is. ld. per lb ;
smelts, 6s. to 7s. 6d. per basket; crabs, baz to 60s. per
barrel; kipper herrings, Bs. 6d, to 12s. 6d. per pad." ' •

POTATO.
There has been a pretty fair denland for potatoes, and all
good descriptions remain Arm iu price. The stspplies are
moderate. Quotations :--Scotch It, gents, 140 s. to 160..;
champion., 140 s. to 1505.; Lincoln Regents, 140 s. to 1508.;
French whites, 851. t J 955. per ton. Belgian kidneys, 5..3i
per cwt.
- • HOPS.
The supply of good hops 18 limited, And.holders'are not
anxious sellers at the prevailirg quotations. The demand
for all classes, however, remains quiet, and where there is
any change in value it is in favour of the consumer. Kent,
1879, 4,4 101. to £11; Sussex, £4 10s. to ,ClO 10s. ; Farnham,
1879, £8 to £ll 15a. ; country, a to .Cll Hs.: American, .c.B
to £11; Belgian, £4 to £5; English, 1878, AS to £6 anti
foreign, 1878, £8 to £5 18s, per owl.

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A NOVEL SWIMMING MACHINE.

An American inventor has just patented a kind
of screw propeller, which, combined with Captain
Boy ton's waterproof dress, would seem to render it
possible for a tourist on a fine summer day to cross
from Dover to Calais by his own muscular efforts
with as little difficulty, or, at any rate, with as
much certainty, as he can go from London to Dover
on a bicycle. The contrivance is very simple and,
according to a technical journal which illustrates
and describes the invention, it is based on a per-
fectly correct principle, and looks to be quite
capable of doing what its originator claims for it.
There is a float, the material of which is not specified,
but which would, we presume, be made of cork, and
in size appears to be about equal to a couple of ordi-
nary cigar-boxes placed end to end. A shaft rather
longer than a man's body, runs through this float from
end to end, and at each extremity of this shaft is a

pair of cranks—one for the hands and the other for the
feet—both working just as in an ordinary bicycle, The
tourist who wished to cross the Channel, would push
his machine into the water, lay himself upon it with
his breast to the float, and set to work With the cranks
fore and aft, thus revolving a screw at the hinder ex-
tremity of his shaft, set in motion by a couple of cog-
wheels attached to his cranks—or rather by one cog-wheel
attached to each crank axle, and two others fixed on
the central shaft. The whole apparatus cannot weigh
much, and it seems just possible that, as the inventor
says, under favourable circumstances, four or five miles
an hour may be got out of the contrivance. The cost
of the machine, judging by the illustration, ought to be
considerable has than that of a bicycle. Innumerable
attempts have been made to devise a mechanical aid to
the swimmer, but none of them have been very suc-
ces4ul, and very pmeibly this may be a good deal more
practicable on paper than in the water. That, how-
ever, must be left to amphibious enthusiasts to decide.
—Globe.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

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It may be added that the Vega arrived on the 7th of
this month at Aden.

A telegram in the Daily News says that the pro-
gramme for the reception of the Vega at Naples has
been settled as follows :—On her appearance in the
Gulf a Government despatoh•boat, with the prefect,
the mayor, the admirsl, and the general in command
will meet her, The party will then be taken to the
town hall and welcomed by deputations of all the
scientific bodies. A banquet will be given at the
Palace in honour of Professor Nordenskjold, and a
gala performance at San Carlo. The King of Sweden
desires that the Professor and the captain should visit
Rome, Brussels, Paris, and London; and join the
vessel again at Copenhagen.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

THE Mt RKETS.

ARK.-L L.—MONDAY.
At Mark-lane there was ft want of animation, the weak,
nets of the New York market checking business. Supp Uta
01 English produce were short, but those of foreign mode-
rate. The wheat trade was dull. Sales in all desoripto.-J"
progresed slowly. English was disposed ot at is lower
than on Monday, and foreign was fully ls. sasi,..4. Barley
changed bands quietly, both malting aud trir.ukg, at about
late currencies. Malt sold on former ter-la. 0„. were in-
active of sale at Friday's decline of .3'„ per quarter. Maize
was quiet, but without change. Beans and peas sold at
previous currencies. The 110 w: market was dull. The prices
realised mostly showed a of Is. on the week.'
METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—MONDAY.
The cattle trade was without fresh feature. The supply of
beasts was short. From our own grazing districts the receipts
were below the avera?e, the quality and condition being
about as usual. From Scotlat:d the numbers ketp up
t,leravily well, and ttere was a fair show from frnand.
Bualness generally progresped slowly. The choicest Eic.ts and
cLonses made Is. 8.1. and si: 101. p. 2 Sib., but Inferior sorts
experienced a draggir g sale. From Nottdk,Stuff&k, finit Riaex
we received about 1,600 ; from the Midland and Home Counties
about 200 feom Scotland, 300; mid from Ireland about 500
bead Oa the foreign side ofthe market were moderate supplies
from Spain ard De) murk Tne demand was quiet, at but
late rates. Toe sh'-ep pens were iatriy well-filled. The trade
was quiet, and pr,ces we re rsther weak than et berwise 'The
best Downs and half-bras realised 64. 61. to Os St per &b.
Calves and pigs were sold at previous currencies. At Dept-
ford were abut 200 beasts, and about 3,000 sheep. The
following are the quotations ;—lnferior beasts, 4s. to 45 6,1 ;
second quality, 4s. 61 to ss. ; prime large oxen, ss. Oct. to
5, 81.; prime Scots, ss. 84, to 15s 10d. ; inferior sheep,
41. Bd. to 53. 84 ; second quality, 53. Bd. to es. 2d ; prime
coarse woolled, Cu 4d, to es. ed. ; prime Southdowrs, Si. 6cl.
to 6s. Si.: large coarse calves, be. to be. 61.; prime small
ditto, 65. el. to Cu.; large hags, It. to 4s 4d.; small porkers
4s. 4d. to 4., 81. per B,b. shaking the offal.

METROPOLITAN MEAT ISIARKET.—MoNDAY.
Although the weather was cold, there was not much de-
mand for meat this morning, and prices showed no msterial
change ;—lnferior beef, 2e. 81. to as. 4d. ; middling ditto,
34 Bd. to 4s. 4d ; prime large ditto, 4s 6d. to 51. ; prime
Szotch ditto, 4s. 83. to 51. 21. ; veal, ss. to 5; 4d.; Infer:or
mutton, 21. Bi. to 3s 4d. ; middling ditto, Bs. 4d. to 4.. 4'.;
prime ditto, 4.1 (.41 to Is. 4d. ; large pork, 3s. 41. to Is. Bd.
small pork, 4g. to 4s. 6sl. per 81b by the carcase.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

THE INDUSTRIAL POPULATION OF
FRANCE.

According to the Annuaire Statistique recently pub-
lished by the French Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce, the total population of France, a little
under 37 millions in round numbers, is divided into 12
million inhabitants of towns and 25 million inhabi-
tants of the country.
On eliminating from the general total 860,590
individuals (who are soldiers, sailors, students
in schools, infirm and diseased, prisoners, or
monks not giving instruction), the total of
a little over 36 millions of persons participating
fully in social life comprises, with regard to means of ex-
istence and professions, 210,200 persons without known
professions; 71,300 vagabonds and mendicants;
2,151,900 stockholders (including 195,000 pensioners
of the Government) : 1,531,400 persons exercising
liberal professions or living by them; 3,837,200 per.
cons engaged in trade, transport and navigation, or
living on their products; 9,274,500 persons engaged in
various industries or living by them (6,000,000 in small
industries, 3,000,000 in mining and manufactures) ;
18,968,600 persons practising agriculture or living by
it (of whom IA millions are proprietors of their
land, nearly six millions are tenant farmers, 2i
millions are agricultural specialists, comprising vine-
growers),
On entering into detail of each of the great branches
.of the national production, it is found that 4,000,000
of proprietors or agricultural tenants (of whom
400,000 are women) employ -as clerks, 82,000
men and 54,000 women; as workpeople, 590,000
men and 378,000 women ; as day labourers, 922,000
men and 704,000 women; as domestics, 661,000
men and 663,000 women; and, on the other hand,
that the families maintained by the landed pro-
perty of agricultural work consist of 3,800,000 persons
of masculine sex, and 7,200,000 of feminine; 1,125,000
industrial patrons (of whom 226,000 are women) have
for clerks 143,000 men and 50,000 women; 1,555,000
workmen and 1,000,000 workwomen ; 305,000 male day
labourers and 244,000 female; 78,000 male d Aneetice
and 143,000 female.
The families living by industrial operations elm.
brace nearly 1,600,000 persons of masculine sex and
3,000,000 of feminine; 734,000 employers in trade and
carriage (of whom 221,000 are women) have 247,000
male employes and 71,000 female; 198,000 workmen
and 56,000 workwomen ; 140,000 male day labourers
and 80,000 female; 65,090 male domestics and 188,000
cooks or nursery maids. They support families
amounting to 661,000 boys and 1,346,000 girls.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

MR. PARNELL IN AMERICA.

The Philadelphia correspondent of The Times says :
"Mr. Parnell spoke at Providence on Saturday night,
closing his New England tour. He speaks at Chicago
on Tuesday. Fall River has eontributed 1,500 dole, to
Mr. Parnell's Irish Relief Fund, and Lawrence 800
dole. Drexel, Morgan, and Co. had on Saturday
collected 4,925 dols, for this fund, making, with the
previous remittance to the Land League, 7,425
dole., the amount of the fund received up to
this date, an amount which will probably be in-
creased by money in transmission and the Pro.
vidence contribution to 10,000 dole. Drexel, Mor-
gan, and Co. on Saturday cabled to the Lord
Mayor of Dublin that 152 dole. for the relief fund had
been received from Stockton, California. San Fran-
cisco has collected 1,500 dole., Los Angelos 600 dole.
All the collections, including Mr. Parnells, raised in
the United States up to the present date for the relief
of the Irish distress will probably aggregate 30,000
dole.
"The New York Irish Relief Committee, auxiliary
to the Irish Emigrant Society, will send 8,000 dole,
this week to the Lord Mayor of Dublin. The Mayor
of New York announces that he will receive snbscrip-
tions for relief, to be sent to the Lord Mayor of
Dublin or to Mr. Parnell's fund, Becoming to the
direction of subscribers. The Mayor of Brooklyn
has appointed committees in each ward to receive
subscriptions for Mr. Parnell's fund. The Mayor of
Jersey City has received subscriptions to the amount
of 1,225 dole, for the relief of Irish distress."

In a telegram from Philadelphia, under date Jan. 20, the
Correspondent of The Times says :

Messrs. Drexel, Morgan, and Co., have telegraphed
a remittance of 6,20 dole, to the Irish Land League,
being the subscriptions to Mr. Parnell's relief fund
raised in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and
Lowell. This, with the previous remittance, makes
the fund now to reach 8,750 dole.
A meeting was held at Buffalo on Sunday, when
2,000 dole, was raised for Mr. Parnell's fund. The
Catholic churches in the diocese of Scranton, Pernasyl-
vania, on Sunday made collections aggregating 6,000
dole. At Toronto 500 dohs, was collected.
The total of public collections for Irish relief thus
far in the United States is estimated at 450,000 dols.
In the House of Representatives at Washington
to•day a resolution appropriating 500,000 dole, for
the relief of famine in Ireland was referred to a com-
mittee.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-01-24

Correspondence.

SCITOOL BOARD ELECTION

7b the Editor (.1 the Stourbridge (Therrotr.

Sir,

The election of members to sit at the
above Board takes place on Tuesday next, and I
trust that the be-t men will be
,elected, regardless
of "Religious" or 'Political" principles A certain
section of the "Liberals" are making it a political
question; but whet a lark, Mr. Editor, that they
should have nominated Mr. J. W. Thomas a .icon-
servative ' candidate. I would stronglyrecommend
my fellow ratepayers to vote for the following
gentlemen :---Mes-rs. McCave. T. Williams IL
Sherrard, J. W. Thomas, F. J. Haskew, W. J.
Turney and H. Newnain. Their political opinions
I do not know, but recommend them as good and
true men.

Yo as respectfully,
A RATEPAYER.

MARRIED.

TWIGG —SCOTT.—On the 20th mat, at Wollaston
Church, by tha Rev. G. Gilbanks, James, youngest
son of James Twigg, of Norton, Stourbridge, to
Edith Lucinda, youngest daughter of Henry
Scott, of Longlands, Stourbridge.

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