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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

COMMENTS ON CURRENT NEWS.

THE Whitsuntide holiday festival has had
a heavy gloom cast over it by the fearful
fire in France and the appalling coal-pit
accident in Scotland. Both calamities,
there is only too much reason to believe,
might have been prevented. At the Blan-
tyre colliery, where seventy or eighty sturdy
men of Lanark lost their lives, it has, sad to '
say, been no uncommon thing for the miners
to carry into the fiery workings the where-
withal for. a stolen indulgence in tobacco
smoking. Some of the poor dead men had
matches, keys for opening the locked safety.
lamps, and pipes and tobacco as well, upon
their persons, regulations -notwithstanding.
Perhaps some hardy heedless one exposed
the flame from his lamp, or scattered a spark
from a prohibited pipe, and:so set the deadly
fire-damp ablaze, sacrificing himself and
scores of others to a transitory pleasure! It
may well have been so, for there is sorrow-
ful evidence that precautions at Blantyre
have been, as they are constantly elsewhere,
set at naught. Why do notithose charged
with the inspection and care of collieries
agitate for a stringent addition to the regn•
lations for the prevention of the importation
of inflammables into the workings? It
seems insufficient to prohibit matches, lamp.
keys, and tobacco; unless a strict system of
searching the men before their descent
should ensure that the life-protecting law is
• carried out. Then as to the Opera Comique
in Paris. TI-e dangers standing thick in
that theatre had been,rpointed out years ago;
and action taken for their removal; but the
whole thing was dropped untimely as a piece
of everybody's business to which nobody
attended. Only a few weeks back
the matter was revived and a question asked
in the French Chamber, but nothing was
done. The fire, feared and predicted, came;
towards the wofully insufficient exits the
crowds surged, trampling one another under
foot, and eventually blocking up the means
of escape and consigning over 100 women
and men, who but a few minutes before
were all gaiety and merriment, to the awful
fate of death by suffocation or burning.
The authorities are greatly to blame wnen-
ever any place of public congregation,
lecture hall, church, or whatever it be, is
permitted to be used for large gatherings
unless every precaution possible has been
taken for secaring the public safety. The
Paris Opera Comique had the iron curtain
designed for shutting off stage from theatre
should fire occur;: but never having been
opened, it refused to move when wanted,
was worse than useless.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

that the whole of High Street should be paved, and
it would be unfair to give notice to prop3rtv
ovfners on outside streets while a fourth of Hi,h
Street had not been flagged.
. _ _

The Chairman said he thought a great deal more
flagging was done than was necessary.
Mr. Newnam thought that outside streets should
be placed on an equality with High Street.
A division ultimately took place and the majority
were in favour of proceeding with Baylie Street.
Mr. James moved that application be made to the
Local Government Board for sanction to borrow
£2,800, for the erection of new town, offices and
buildings in connection therewith
The Chairman suggested whether it would not
be advisable to discuss the matter in committee.
Mr. Collis seconded the resolution, and s•dd he
did not think there was anything to discuss. One
application had already been made, and surely they
could decide at the present meeting on making an
application which would superoede the first one.
The motion was carried. .

It was decided that a deputation, consisting of
gars. Perkin, 11ughe9, Stringer and the surveyor,
be appointed to meet one fom the Lye Highway
Board respecting the repairing ot Bagley Street.
It was decided to engage James Careless, of
Rowley, as driver of the steam roller and to do
other work at a weekly salary of 255.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

THE THAMES MYSTERY.

. The inquest on tke body of an unknown vf..
whose trunk was found in the Thames on the llt,
ult , was resumed at Rainkam. Essex, yesterday. A
post moriem examination proved that deceased rust
her death by foul means, and that the llmbs
been severed by skilled peraons. The police'
been unable to find the friends, and although al
diligent search had been made, the missing portioos
could not be found. An open verdict was retui ned
the jut), leaving the matter with the police.

The columns of this paper, if wholly devoted ;to
the voluntary testimoniais f the remarkable curek
effected by St. Jacobs Oil in this fpctiou of the
woi ld alone, would not hold a fiftieth part of them
Most emphatically, nothing ever offered in Great
Britian, at the nominali,tigure ot two and sixpence,
has accomplished anything whatever in comp
to ths record of the tunasiog pain soisquitor•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

BURNING OF 1600 HORSES.

A fire broke out at 2.30 the other morning in the
Belt Line Tramway depot, covering the block on
Tenth Avenue from 53rd to 54th streets. The build.
ings were completely destroyed. One thousand three
hundred hcrses and several hundred cars were burnt.
The fire spread to a block of six-storey tenement
houses, built of brown stone, driving the terror-
stricken tenants into the street like swarms of bees.
The block was completely destroyed. An adjoining
block of 75 dwellings was also destroyed, rendering
over 100 poor families homeless. One old woman
died of fright. The loss is 1,500,000 dole.

. .
Later a-dvices state that many firemen are pro-
stxated and that there was a serious loss of life.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

IDENTIFYING THE DEAD.

The identifications led to harrowing scents. Hor-
rible as the sight was, there are curiosity-huuters
morbid enough to try and gain admission by pretend-
ing to have missed a relative, but the imposition was
easily detected. Two ballet dancers called in search
of a comrade, and at the arrival of every batch of
corpses made a painful inspection. A girl of 14, with
her maid, came to inquire for an aunt, and was told
that the body had already been identified and sent
home. Some of the bodies of the ballet dancers were
soburnt to a cinder that identification was impossible.
Among the victims were M. Langerean, of Tours,
and his wife and daughter, who had gone up to attend
a friend's wedding, and for the daughter to buy
articles for her own approaching marriage. The day
before the fatal fire they were at the wedding, Mdlle.
Langereau, aged 18, being bridesmaid. Her youngest
sister, aged 13, having been unwell, was at the last
moment left behind at Tours. They told the hotel-
keepei that they were going early to the Opera
Comique to insure good seats.- All three bodies were
found in the passage-cf the top gallery. The father's
_pocket contained 1500 francs, the daughter's a memo-
randum book recording how the days had been spent.
Among the bodies found was that of a girl in the
lower gallery, apparently English, who wore a
locket inscribed "Mary." The fire is attributed
to a current of air having blown the border of one of
the wings against the gas. The iron curtain put up
three years ago to separate the stage from the rest of
the theatre in the event of the former catching fire
either stuck fast, or, as it seems more likely, no
attempt was made to lower it. The injured, except
four who have since expired and a fifth, who is in a
critical condition, are likely to recover, and only four
are in the hospitals. Various benefits and entertain-
ments are being arranged to raise money for the suf-
ferers, and Madame Nevada Palmer telegraphed from
London her readiness to assist. Madame Fulfill°
Heine subscribed 1500 fr., and a grant for the relief of
the sufferers was made by the French Government.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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THE FORTIFICATION OF HERAT.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 31.
A telegram received at St. Petersburg from Mery
states that according to advices which have reached
that place from Herat the Grailzais had an engage-
ment on the 16th May with 1000 of the Aireer's
regular troops, in which the latter were severely
defeated, with the loss of five guns and their entire
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join the Ghilzai rising. •
ST. PETERSBURG, May 31 (Evening).
A later telegram from Mery states that advices
from Herat confirm the news that the latter place
has been strongly fortified by English engineers, who
have strengthened the walls and trenches. Special
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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A COMPANY PROMOTER IMPRISONED.

Dr. Philip Sayle surrendered to take his trial,
befQre the Recorder at the Old Bailey, upon an in •
dictment which charged him with obtaining £3O,
£25, and other sums of money, from different persons
by fraudulent and false pretences.
Mr. Lockwood, Q.C., and Mr. Mead prosecuted;
Mr. Willis Q.C., Mr. H. Petherick, and Mr. Lynn
appeared for the defence.
The defendant was the managing director of a
public company called the Protector Catttle arid Car-
riage Insurance Company, and the case on the part
of the prosecution was that in this capacity he had
obtained considerable sums of money by fraud and
false pretences. It appeared that advertisements were
inserted by the defendantin country newspapers requir-
ing the services of agents for the company in the various
districts. This caused several persons to come to
'London to see the defendant, who induced them
to pay him sums of money, generally £25 or £3O, in
order to obtain the situation of agent in the locality
from which they came. The parties were promised a
salary of £l5O a year, but it did not appear that any
money was paid them, and when the company went
into liquidation it was found out that its affairs were
in a hopeless condition at the time the money was ob-
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with a legitimate Aject, and it was not disputed that
the books had been regularly kept, and were in fair
order, and that all the proceedings were bond fide, and
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templated.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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who was to violent that it had been found necessary
to handcuff her. Her Rojal Highneas spoke kindly
and tenderly to the woman, remonstrated with her as
to her conduct, and completely broke down her
sullenness. The refractory woman burst into tears,
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handcuffs were removed she would not be-violent, she
faltered out, in 4 voice oNEed with sabot 4, I will
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CONVERTS TO MORMONISM,

Three hundred Norwegian emigrants have just
passed through Tennessee for Salt Lake City, whither
they go to join the Mormon colonies in the West.
They are the most respectable emigrants that have
arrived for some time. The party was con:iposed of
men, women, End children, and they all seemed intel-
ligent, were well dressed, and possessed money. They
are accompanied by several Mormon elders who have
been in Nurway on a proselytising tour. Many of
them, however, do not seem to understand the poly-
gamous nature of the Mormon faith, and several of
the women, when told they were liable to become
wives of men already wedded to other women, opened,
their eyes and renounced. all intention of ever sub-
mitting to such a proceeding.

HIS MISTAKE.—Aunt: Why have you broken off
your engagement?—Niece : Because he got it into his
head that I intended to marry him.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

THE NEW FRENCH CABINET,

The Ronvier Cabinet is thus composed
M. Rouvier ... Finances, Posts, and Telegraphs.
M. Flourens... Foreign Affairs.
M. Mazeau ... Justice.
M. Fa; liera ... Interior.
M. Simller ... Public Instruction and Worship.
M. Barbey ... Marine and Colonies.
Gen.'Ferron... War.
M. Dautresme Commerce and Public Works.
M. Barbe ... Agriculture.
After 13 days' efforts and agitation, and after diffi-
culties arising at the very last moment, the Bouvier
Cabinet is (says the Paris correspondent of the Times)
at last formed. Up to the very last its formation was
considered doubtful; but M. Bouvier has ended by
succeeding. It is true that he has abolished two
Ministeries, not otily annexing Posts and Telegraphs
to Finance, but Commerce to Public Works. This
means, of course, a reduction of expenditure, and
shows that M. Ranvier, having as chairman of the
Budget Committee assisted in overthrowing the
Goblet Cabinet, feels it his duty, after the deci-
sion ef the Chamber and in view of the
financial situation, to proceed in this direction
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

COCK-FIGHTING REVIVED.

Summonses have been issued against a dozen
persons, chiefly farmers' sons and farm sei•vants, in
the neighbourhood of Penton, in the northernmost
portion of the county of Cumberland, for engaging in
cock-fighting. A successful raid was made by the
police a few days ago on the gang as they were en-
gaged in the sport. It appears that Sergeant Smith,
Longtown, obtained information that cock-fighting
was to be engaged in at Penton Wood, and taking
two constables with him proceeded to the
wood. Soon afterwards about a score of men
and boys arriled near the officers' hiding.
place with several gamecocks, and, commenced battling
at once. From their ambush the police could see
everything, and succeeded in writing down the names
of nearly all those who were present. When the
first two mains had been fought the officers came
from their hiding-place. As soon as the presence of
the police was observed, the crowd bolted in all
directions, leaving behind them coats, plaids, hats,
walking sticks, and bags, all of which were secured,
as well as several sets of spurs, two spring-balance
scales, and all the requisites for cock-fighting. I ire
live birds were left on the ground, which the police
took possession of, as well as one dead bird.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

THE MURDERER OF A BROTHER.

William Holt Brandt, 20, has been charged at the
Central Criminal Court, before Justice Hawkins,with
the wilful murder of his brother, Thomas Seeley
Brandt, by shooting him with a,revolver.
Mr. P 3 land and Mr. C. Matthews prosecuted; and
thA prisoner was defended by Mr. Geoghegan and Mr.
Dell. '

Ina facts of the case will be fresh in the recollec-
tion of the public, the only question for the jury being
whether at the time the alleged offence was com-
mitted the prisoner's mental condition was such as to
render him criminally responsible for his actions. The
prisoner and his family resided at Dulwich, the family
consisting of the prisoner, Thomas Seeley Brandt,
who was 22 years old, and another brother 21 years
of age. Thomas Brandt got his living by driving a
cab, but the prisoner at the time of the occurrence
was not engaged in any occupation. The third
brother was a coachman, and had stables in the
neighbourhood where the family resided. On
the night of the sth of May the family retired
to rest as usual. Some hours later a report of fire-
arms was heard, but no notice w-ts taken of the circum-
stance. In the morning, however, on Thomas Seeley
Brandt's bedroom being entered, he was found to have
been shot through the head and was dead. Prisoner
had disappeared, and was not arrested for some days
afterwards, when he admitted the murder, and said he
had attempted to shoot himself, but had not the
courage. The main question for the jury was whether
at the time of the murder his state of mind was such
as to render him criminally responsible for his
actions.
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Among the witnesses called were the mother and
brother of the pasoner. The prisoner told the police
that he intended to plead guilty to the murder.
"They cannot," he added, "give me penal servitude;
they must hang me, and that will be all right, as there
is no hereafter." -
For the defence, witnesses stated that when at
school and afterwards prisoner had frequently acted
in a very strange manner. Medical evidence was also
called in support of the contention that he was insane
when the murder was committed.

The jury acquitted the prisoner on the ground of
nsanity, and he was ordered to be detained during her
Majesty's pleapure.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

GENERAL NEWS.

SHOCKING SUICIDE.

A shocking suicide occurred at Sheffield Early
yesterday moiniag, when a labourer named George
Elliot jumped out of his bedroom window and
dashed his brains out, He had previonsly ascended
the roof, but was prevailed upon to return. Some
magistetial proceedings. in which he was the defend-
ant, had preyed upon his mind.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY T
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A. corresponient at Stratford-on-Avon yesterdsty
draws attention to the killing of nightingdles in
the neighbourhood of the town He says it is
strange. with an Act for the Presery tti .n of Wild
Birds in force, that inen should be allowed to pro NI
ab.)ut Stratford with guns, especially on Sunday
mornings, and it does not 34y much for the vigilance
of the plice. Several places where uightingales
used to be heard every evening are now as quiet as
g ayes, the birds having been hunted out and
ki led

TILE LEICESTER ANTI • VACCINA-
'rioNisTs AND THE HOME SECRETARY.,
The Leicester Anti-vaccination League yetterda,.
passed resolutions condemning the Home Secretary,
in promising to favourably consider an application
for the remission of penalties imposed on Mr. Ksng
for not vaccinating his child, which had been dello
twelve months, and afterwards deolinirg to remit
them. ResAlaimo was pass. d to the Home
Secretaryito ordcr the discharge of Mr. Eatile, now
illegally imprisoued at Leicester.

TERRIBLE DEA.TfI OV A LABOURER.

Ahis

1811OCKING ACCIDENT AT LEAMINGTON.

An inquest was held yesterday morning at Warns •
(.rd Hospital, Leamington, on the holy of George
Ward, aged 28, Of Einscot who died in the
hospital last evening. Deceased was a fireman ill
the employ of the London and North-Western
Railway Company, and was standing on the step of
s.n engine, when it passed into the engine, shed.
de was can.;,,ht between the step and wail of the
ihed, and was so badly .crushed as to render his
recovery hopeless. Deceased's father, who was pre-
sent, said he considered the railway company was to
'slams, inasmuch as the place where dece ised was
crushed was very
.dangerous. In fact he hai been
informe I it was nothing mlre or less than a death
trap. That was not the first fatal accident by any
neans that had occurred there. The jury returned
s verdict of accidental death.

DEATH OF A RAILWAY CHAIRMAN.
Mr. John Pearson, Cnaircuan of the Lancashir•
id Yorlohire Railway, died 9n Thursday nrglat
residence, Newton in• Willow.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

A GHASTLY SPECTACLE.

The Standard Paris correspondent stated that all
the corpses found in the ruins of the Opera Comique
were transferred from the mayoralty of the Rue
Drouot to the Morgue. The whole of Paris may be
said to have gone to see the transfer. A more
ghastly sight the imagination could not conceive.
Every scene in fiction is weak compared with this
sinister reality. The girders of the roof bristled up
in vigorous curls. From a mass of rubbish one saw
a leg or an arm protruding. A hundred and
fifty dcad were owned to, and there were about
seventy injured. It is certain that a number of
the occupants of the first tier and balcony were killed.
What, then, must have been the fate of the majority
of those who were high up? The house was very
well filled. It will be a consolation to those who
have lost friends and relatives to hear that in a great
many instances suffocation was so rapid that the faces
of those who so came by their death had not time to
lose the pleased expression which they wore before
the fire declared itself. Attention was called to the
elegance of the toilettes of not a few ladies who were
in evening dress, and to the fine quality of the boots,
stockings, shoes, and socks of a majority of the
victims. _ _

One body extricated from the ruins was that of
Mies S. Cundell, which was identified by her father,
who lives in Kensington. The work of clearing away
the debris was attended with considerable difficulty.

PARIS, May 28.—The official number of the dead
bodies recovered from the ruins was given on Saturday
morning as 75. The authorities estimated that it
would reach at least 100, besides those of whom all
trace is lost. Mr. Knowles, of Gloucester, went over
to Paris, and was able to identify the members of his
family who lost their lives.
The state fiTheral of 22 of the victims of the fire at
the Opera Cothique took place at Pere Lachaise on
Monday, after a funeral service at Notre Dame. It is
still feared that the worst of the disaster is not yet
known, as the authorities are suspected of a desire to
underrate the number of the dead.

The Daily Chronicle correspondent in Paris, writing
on Tuesday night, said: "No less than 112 persons
have now been declared to be trissing at the Pre-
fecture de Police. I have asked for the list in order
to publish the English or American names. This hap,
however, been refused, on the ground that they
belong to the domain of private life."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

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THE TZAR AND HIS COSSACKS.

The recent brilliant reception of the Russian
Emperor, on his way to South Russia, by the Cossack
tribes through whose districts he travelled, gives
additional interest to the following extract from a
recently published work on Russia, quoted by the
Rtasi.che Rundschau : The Cossack is accustomed
from the earliest days of his childhood to a zealous
fulfilment of military duties, the authorities being
obiiged to keep up and practise the old Cossack war
plays, such as riding, swimming, shooting, running,
fighting, &c. On holidays every hetman and his
officials are obliged to gather the young Cossacks and
the boys together in a certain place, and to accustom
them to these games instead of other plays. As soon
as the boys grow up they are entered into the
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need not serve till they are 17 years old, when their
duty begins at the station. Every boy, of whatever
rank his parents may be, has to discharge these
duties. When the youths are 19 years 91d they
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and which is maintained, not by the State, but by the
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service in war time their regiments are far more
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the order has come for the formation of a certain
number of regiments to do duty outside the Cossack
district at a place mentioned in the order, a number
of officers and a general assemble to see that every
regiment arrives. A commander is then given to
each regiment, who has been chosen by lot in the
presence of the hetman and other authorities. The
Cossack army is divided into regiments of 160 men,
each with one officer at the head. Every regiment
is provided with a regimental flag, account books,
and sufficient money to last to the frnntipr of the
Don district. Three days only are required for the
formation and complete equipment of a regiment.
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five weeks under the name of Patrick Casey. He is
accompanied by Arroor Singh. My informant has
also been staying at the same -hotel for three weeks,
and during that time was i the habit of meeting
Armor Singh daily, and Dhuleep Singh occasionally.
The former spoke without the least reserve as to the
object of their visit to Russia. They came direct
from Penis, and at the Central Station at Berlin on
the 22nd March, Dhuleep Singh was robbed of a
handbag, containing his passport and .£lOOO in
cash. He telegraphed to M. Katkoff, with
whom he had been in previous communication,
who replied, instructing him to come forward and
be would find a police permit awaiting him at the
frontier. He acted on these instructions and arrived
in Moscow a few days later. The object of the visit
is acknowledged to be to influence the Russian
Goveintnent on his behalf, and, if he can gain their
support, to pass through Afghanistan to Lahore, to
stir up a rebellion in his favour with a view to re-
covering his throne. Arroor Singh was in India
three months ago to ascertain the feeling of the
people, when he was watched by the Bombay and
native police. His statement was that if Russia was
to inveie India, they would fight for England; but
should Dhuleep accompany them they would, without
heFitaticn, turn against the British. Rumours seem
to have reached the British representatives in St.
Petersburg, as they communicated with the Consular
Agent in Moscow, to gather information about the
parties, but as up to the 15th or 20th of April it was
not known who they really were, his reply was
favour.ble. My informant, however, made a
statement of the facts to the Consular Agent,
who injudiciously showed the communication
to Arroor Singh, who immediately apprised
Dhuleep Singh, and the intercourse with my
informant ceased. He describes Dhuleep as a man
'shout 50 years of age, sallow complexion, black hair,
bald, wearing full black beard mixed with grey. Ile
is accompanied by a young lady about 20 years of age,
with an unmistakable accent, and for whom he bought
a sewing machine at the English Magazine on the
Konsneteky-bridge. Dhuleep states that the English
Government engaged to allow him £50,000 a year, but
he has only been paid £25,000 and the arrears, with
interest amounted to three millions of money. In
pressing his claim he first went to Mr. Gladstone, who
said it was a matter for the Government. He then
wished the matter to be tried in a court of law, but
was told that the court was for everybody in England
except himself, and, being driven from pillar to poet,
he got tired out and had no other resource but to
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DEATH OP THE BISHOP OF SODOR
AND MANS

We regret to announce that the Bishop of Sodor
and Man has died somewhat suddenly, after a short
illness which was not expected to have a fatal termi-
nation, at his L9ndon residence. The late pre'ate,
the Right Rev. Rowley Hill, D.D., was the third son
of the late Sir George Hill, Bart., of St. Columbs,
county Londonderry, and was born in 1836. Dr. Hill
was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; was or-
dained a deacon in 1860, and took priest's orders in
• the following year. He was appointed incumbent of
St. Luke's, Edgware-road, in 1863; was rector cf
Frant, Sussex, from 1868 to 1871; vicar of St.
Michael's, Chester-square, from 1871 to 1873; ap-
pointed vicar of Sheffield 1873 and rural dean of Shef-
field 1874. Both of these appointments, as also a
canonry of York Cathedral, he held until his conse-
cration to the see of Sodor awl Mau in 1877. The
late bishop was twice married—fitst in 1863 to Caro-
line Maud, second daughter of Captain Alfred Chap-
man, R.N., who died in 1882; and secondly in 1884
to Alice, daughter of the lace Captain J. George
Probyn. " '
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

JUBILEE GIFTS FOR THE QUEEN,

"Atlas," in the World, hears that "upwards of
£4OOO have been subscribed by the past and present
members of the household for a Jubilee present to
the Queen. The subscriptions ranged from two
guineas to .£25, and the affair was under th 3 super-
intendence of the great officers of the present and
late Governments. A splendid silver centrepiece,
beaatifully and artistically decorated, has been manu-
factured by Messrs. Elkington, and it will be pre-
sented to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace during
the jubilee week. The ceremony of presentation is
to be attended by the Duchesses of Buccleuch, Bed-
ford, and Roxburghe ; the Dukes of Portland and
Westminster, and Lords Sydney, Kenmare, Lathom,
and Monnt-Edgcumbe. The women of Worcester-
shire have resolved to present four splendid vases of
Worcester porcelain to the Queen as a Jubilee gift.
The vases which have been selected are most
_beautifully decorated after • Indian designs. The
Queen has fixed Wednesday, June 23, for the cere-
mony of presentation, which is to take place at
Buckingham Palace. A portion of the. Wordester-
shire Jubilee fund is to be expended on a statue of
her Majesty, which is to be placed in front of the
Shire Hall at Worcester."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-06-04

THE ALL-NIGHT SITTINGS IN THE

COMMONS:

We extract the following from the Lancet: Surely
the sort of life lived by members of the House of
Commons just now is tear, not wear. The worry of
it all is bad enough, but the wretched squandering of
energy in all-night sittings, which has come to be the
rule rather than the exception of late, is little, if at
all, short of suicidal. Unless there be an entire
change of tactics shortly, there will be a hideous roll
of mental and physical wrecks to chronicle. The
" tear " is already teliing very seriously on many
valuable lives, and before long the mischief in pro-
gress will make itself manifest. We think it no way
beyond our province, as an organ of the profession
whose busiress it is to advise the public on matters of
health, to warn those whom it may urgently concern
that there is a real and instant peril that, ,unless
something be speedily done to spare Ministers and
members of the House of Commons the fearful and
prolonged strain to which they are now, and have
been for some time past, subjected, there will be a
catastrophe which men of all parties and ways of
thinking and actingin politics cannot fail to regret.
A MAN has got himself into trouble by advertisinct
in the papers that he stood ready to prove an adibi for
any arrested party at short notice, and on very
reasonable terms.
THEY' are taking photographs in Paris that actually
wink. This leads to the hope that they will eventually
produce them in such a manner that they can go out
in a case of emergency and borrow five shillings.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATlL—Prigoller, you have been
accused of murdering your wife. What have you to
say ?—Your honour, my life with her had become in-
supportable.—But you could have asked for a separa-
tion.—lmpossible. I had sworn never to leave her
until death parted us!