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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

PROV ISIONS.

Log Pow, Monday, July 7 —The arrivals last week frost
Ire land were 519 MM.. Batter and 8,716 bales Baena, Rua
from frveign ports 28 794 pa, tares Better, 1,631 baits 810011.
With wool mippliee of foreign Better prices 01 lined are real
rupported, ether descriptions more slowly at low. r rates In
Irish little dolhg, a taw Islas of Cionmels are reported at 112 e.
free on board. Bacon Be and fresh sells well, other art
are prewed tor Isle at irregular prices. Hams in good de.
mend. Lard neglected, but the very moderate prices mini
mon being on a demand.
Cheese -

FRICIte
Butter, per cwt. : a I. I
Dorset ll2 0 120
Friesland
Jersey OO 96
Eng. Fresh, per doz. 12 16
Bacon, per cwt. :
iilltahlrs, dried 70 74
Irish, green, f.o.b. 74 84

Per Oft.
Chehlre. 70 to 88
Dhle. (Voce , new 70 84
ddar
American
Hams York.... 98 101
Cumberland .... 96 lOC
Irish

TALIi)W.

LONDON, Monday, July 7. ride tallow trade Is dull, and
prices have a downward tcliincy. P. Y. C la now guard
It 42.. 6d. to 44 . 91. per cwt. on the spot. Rough tat has
fallen to Is. 1. per sib..
- •

a. d. d
Tallow. per owl 42 9 Rough Stuff, gwa alra. 16 0
R ugh TM, per Slho .. I 111 Grove. „ lo o
at,4ted Stuff, per 12 0 Good Dregs
Yellow Rambo), new.... gag. Od. per art.
Augerallau Mnttou Tallow. 4. 04. „
Milo Tod MO. 401. ed. „

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

SAMUEL BAKER.
AlR—"Ditry Ditto."

WHEN from his country, far away,
Brave work Hs time employing,
Bad news of him, the other day,
Came, hope well-nigh destroying.
That he had been, or would be, slain
Said some 11l tumours' maker;
But now is Bathed scram the main,
'All right's SIR SAMUEL BAKER.”
We get good tidings from Khartoum,
About his expedition—
The vulture's maw is not his tomb.
He has achieved his mission;
Whereof, the slave-trade to supprees,
He was the undertaker.
Theta', no succeeding like succese.
Which crowns SIR SAMUEL BAKER.
If he has pushed unto the Line
The realm of modern Pharaoh,
As is averred, his name will shine
Most brightly at Grand Cairo.
The KHEDIVE 'II right well repay
The gain of many an acre.
Slag, fellable, hey for BAKER BET!
Long live SIR SAMUEL BAKER I—Punch
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

AN INQUIRY AS TO NEXT OF SIN.

lu Lon,lon, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, " in the matter
of the trusts of the share of George Westbrook, under the
will of John We,tbrook," the petition relied soma novel
p ants al to tie le gal presume*n of a person who has not
n heard of for a long Culp, having ailed, and without
hero g been roan led :

John Westbrook, the testator, left £7OO to his
eon George, to be paid at the death of the testator's
widow. Georie went to Australia in September, 1818,
being then 24 years of age anti unmarried, and the 11,4
!Ater received trim him was in the summer of 1851.
in which he wrote most iffectionately, and expressed
his intention of coming Ihmein a few mouths ; he was
then at the gold diggings in Califinnia, and the family,
not having heard from him since, had come to the con-
c'usion that he must have list his life in the thesis in
which many people were then said to have perhhaed.
The question now arose whether his death could be
presuined, and, if no, who would be entitled to the
£7OO.

lhere were six brothere and sisters of George West.
brook, some of whom hot =riled and had children,
some of whom had d en before 1851 and some after
1851, when George Wesibro .k was last heard of; PO
that in order to discover who were entitled to the .4700
t was impertant to fix a period at which George
stbrook might he presumed to have died. Toe son
o, one of George Weetbrook's sisters, who died in 1847,
petitioned f ir &share .1 the fount
Mr. Cotton and Mr. Shebtieare, for the petitioner,
arcneit that George Westbrook's death must be ire.
mmcd.. _

Mr. Chaloner Chute, for other brothers and a sister
wh i was married, cited "Pnene's Trust.," 5 Ch. Ap.,
139, and "Lewes's Trusts," 6 Ch. Ap., 356, as to the
period at which death must be presumed to have CC.
cursed.

--Vice-Chancellor Mafins, afterconsffiting theme autho-
rities, said that the most convenient and proper form
of decree would be to direct an inquiry as to who were
the next-of-kin of George Weiobriaik seven years after
the date of his last letter. He still thought that, even
in cases where an affirmative title had to be made out
as against the rest nary legatee, the most just rule
would be to hold that the continuance of life tor seven
years from the date when the person was Mat heard of
was a presumption of law. The cases cited had, how-
ever, decided this other wise ; but here, where some date
must be fixed, he thought seven years would be the
right period.
Mr. Chute asked that the inquiries for next-of-kin
in Australia might be dispensed with.
Vice-Chancellor Malios considered that, so long a
time having elapsed it might be presumed that George
Wrsterook had left no widow or next of-kin abroad,
and he should direct an inquiry as to next.of.kin limited
to brothers and slaters and their representatives.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

THE StirtH'S PRESENTS.

Besides the present of jewels to the Queen, his photo-
graph in diamonds to the Princ• of Wales, and the
sword to the Duke of Cambridge, the Shah offered his
photograph in diamonds to Earl flranville, who ex-
traeted the photograph, and, placing it to his heart,
tendered his thanks for his Maje•ty's conamcension,
rplaining es he returned the diamonds that etiquette
forbade an English Minister to receive a present from
a foleign Sovereign. To Lady Rawlinson the Shah
gave a tiara of diamonds, and to the Duchess of Suther-
land a bracelet. Lord Morlsy received a valuable
snuff-box set with diamonds, and oth-r officials suitable
presents. To the servants at Buckingham Palace his
Majesty gave £2,000, and to the police £3,01:10.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

THE EMPEROR WILLIAM'S HEALTH.

The most, as well as the worst, that can be said
about the Emperor's health (writes a Berlin correspon
dent) is that he is resching an age at which his friends
must be prepared for any event. The rumours about
his dangerous illness are unfounded. He is living
quietly at Potsdam, and performing with great
punctuality his iu:customed work; and he hopes
early in July to go to Ems. It is sot generally
known, but it is true, that he fainted in his apart-
ment. at Bahelsberg some two weeks since, and
though he is fully recovered in body, his mind seems to
have suffered a ehoek, of which traces now and then ap-
pear. He is lidis patient with his friends. He is keenly
irritated at slight disappointments, especially in public
affairs, and be shows in other ways the growing nervous-
ness peculiar to old age. This is the substance of what
may be said about the came. A regency is hardly yet.
political poesibili ey. The mention of such &scheme would
not be tolerated by the Emperor, and might accelerate a
crisis in hie condition. But tent:ll,4ft significara proof that
Prince Bism ark does not mean to be taken by surprise is
the tact, now beyond dispute, that he has made his
pe ice with the Crown Prince. The overtures came
from the Chancellor himself. The appointment of
Count Munster, a personal friend of the Crown Prince,
as Ambassa tor to England, was interpreted at the
time as a concession to the neceesiiies of the situation ;
and it is possible that, with a view to flattering his
future master, the Prince may have suggested, in his
suave manner, that in certain contingencies it might
be expedient to appoint a regent, Stu. That the rumour
about a regency never had any more substantial bade,
the correspondent is convinced.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

DUDLEY.

THE Roe. J. G. C. Baowsn.—On Sunday this much
respected gentleman, who has resigned the vicarage of
St. James's parish, preached his farewell sermons to
crowded congregations. The rev. gentleman ,at the
conclusion of two eloquent discourses, referred to his
connection with Dudley and the many ties that had
made it dear to him. Fifteen years ago lie was appointed
curate of the parish church, and after discharging the
duties connected with that post for eight years, the
vicarage of St. James's was given to him by his lamented
father, the Rev. Dr. Browne. He had striven hard to
carry out the promise he made when be delivered his
first sermon as their vicar in that pulpit, and how far
he had succeeded it was not for him to say. He had
always been actuated by a devout deeire to discharge
the duties as it because one placed over • pariah, and
although he was preaching hie farewell sermon and
should shortly leave the neighbourhood, he should not
forget those with whom he had for so long • time been
so intimately connected. The rev, gentleman and his
hearers were visibly affected when the word farewell "
was uttered. The poor of the parish have lost a
generous benefacter, and many, very many, will miss a
genuine and valued friend and acquaintance.
THE GHENT HOBPITAL.—The system reseutly adopted
of placing donation boxes in • conspicuous place at some
of the principal hotels and inns, has already begun to
bear fruit The following sums were forwarded on
Monday to the secretary of the hospital :—Mr. James
Clements, Dudley Arms Hotel, 14s 6d ; and Councillor
William Smith, Swan Hotel, £1 10s.

AppoINTMENT OF ORGANIST AT THE PARISH CHURCH.
—On Monday morning, at • special vestry, Mr. Jae
Harper, sou of Mr. Isaiah Harper, and pupil of Mr.
Done, Worcester Cathedral, was appointed organist, in
the place of Mr. Henry J. Blunden, who has left the
neighbourhood.
FELONY—At the Police Court, on Monday, James
Price (28), labourer, George-street. was charged with
stealing brasses, weighing 251bs, belonging to the Tivi-
dale Iron Company. Mr. Stokes defended. Detective
Davies found the brasses in possession of the prisoner,
and it was afterwards ascertained that they were the
property of the prosecutors. Committed for trial.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

WHERE SHALL WE BUY OUR WINTER

STORE?

To the practical mind of the Englishman
this pressing question has for some time been
waiting for the advice of F owe friend, seer, or
prophet who, more gifted than himself, couid
descry the future—and the Coal Miner;, Loo—
sed give him the needed counsel. But in this
his hour of need he has to rely on his own

judgment, or at snit rate to judge 'from the evi-
dence recently given before the Coal Committee,
and other circumstances, to determine what to

• fields contain an untouched coal area equal to
seventy times the whole of ours. Further in-
vestigation is likely to increase rather than
diminish this estimate. An important portion
of this vast source of supply is well situated for
shipment, and may be easily worked at little
cost. Hitherto, the American coal-fields have
been greatly neglected, partly on account of the
temptations to agricultural occupation which is
afforded by the vast area of the American con-
tinent, and partly by the barbarous barriers of
American politics. Large quantities of capital
which, under the social operation of the laws
of natural seleciion, would have been devoted
to the unfolding of the vast mineral resources
of the United States, are still wastefully inves-
tad in the maintenance of protectively nursed
and sickly imitations of English manufactures.
There is good reason for cmielnding that the
day when London houses will be warmed by
American coal is not very far distant. We, in
England, who have outgrown the pernicious
folly of protecting native industry.' will heartily
welcome so desirable a consummation. It will
render unnecessary anv further inquiry into the
existence of London coal rings ' or combina-
tions for restricted output among colliers or
their employers. The effect of such an intro-
duction of American coal will not be to perpe-
tually lock up our deep coal nor even to stop
our gradual progress towards it. We shall
merely proceed downwards at a much slower
rate, for in America, as with ourselves the easily
accessible coal will he first worked, and as that
becomes exhausted, the deeper, more remote,
thinner, and inferior will only remain to be
worked at continually increasing cost."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

MONEY to LEND, in BMW of .£lOO and
upwards, for a Axed term 01 run, at 6 per sent.
intermt.—Apply to /Assam Bonn, Id, LiaseWs Inn
Fields, Louden.

MONEY TO BE LENT in town or country
to Gentlemen, Farmers, Tradeetnen, or others,
from £5O and upwards upon personal security. Interest
I par sent. per annum, from one to seven yearn No
so mra issi on or charges made. Also some from £l,OOO on
mortgage, at per cent. on freehold or leasehold pro-
perty, for any term net exceeding 21 years—Apply to
Yr. HURRY HOWARD, Civil Engineer end Surveyor (late
eirdlectone gad Bards)) 11 Inston-square,London.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

HOPI,

The hop market is quiet, and prices occasionally are slightly
tallier. With regard to the coming crop opinion is dlvießer,
inasmuch as chile the pliint U steiken of as looking strong
std promising in soros places. In others It is deocribed ii
bins irregular and weak from the effects of vermin. Slit
g.t,t goioioge, £6 tog 10... Weald of Kent, tleMe. to
Mid Kent., ft 12s to £6 Its.. Sussex, VS to. to g6lsi. ;
W..rmstere, LB to £7 12s. ; Farnham and country, £6 12e. to
£7 7e. ; Yearlitge, £3 to £4 10s. •' New Bavarians, £7 to
; N 4iv Alsam, £6 52t to £7; and Americans, 1870, £2 bs.
to £3 as
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

LORD C LCHESTER v. LAW.

In the Vice-Chancellors' Court, in Loudon, the
above suit was instituted by Lord Colchester and Sir
Hobert Dallas, the ixecutors of the late Earl of Ellen-
borough, who tilled on December 12, 1871, to have the
trusts of his will administered under the direction of
the Court, and in the course of such administration •
question arose as o the right of the executors to claim
certain Exchequer Bills and moneys in the hands of
Stems. Hoare, the bankers, which were standing to an
account called the account of "the Chief Cleik's Gua-
rantee Fond," under the following circumstances :
rho late Lord Eden borough, the testator, at one period
.if his life held the otli,e xi Chief Cie. k tithe Court id
King's Bench. In the capacity of such Coiof Cl. rk he
was from time to time in receipt of moneys paid into
,ourt by the suitors to await the result of anti .ns com-
menced by them. He cobsioered hi itself dunng hts
lire as custodian of such moneys in the capacity of
oankor. He did not consider be was bound to invest
them or to deal with them in &ay way otherwise than
to hand them over to the suitors by &notion of the
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

KINGSWINFORD.

l'srn ACCIDENT AND INQUEST. —An inquest was
held on Saturday, at the Mount Pieasant Inn, Kingswin-
ford, before Mr. M. T. Poihips, coroner, on the body of
Wm. ti. Wilcox, miner, who was killed at the Yen Tree
Colliery. on the previous Wednesday. The jury returned
a verdict of' Accidental death."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER
QUES LION.

The Lord Chancellor, sitting for the Master of the
Rolls, had before him on MAnday the suit of " Ayerst
v. Jenkins," which was instituted by the legal personal
representative of the I.te William Hardinge, of Aston,
near Birmingham, for the purpose of witting aside,
all contrary to public morality and illegal, a deed id
eettlement executed by William Harilinge in 1.C61,
whereby he transferred ten shares in the Alliancs
Marine Insurance Company, and sixteen shares in the
London Chartered Bank of Australia to certain per-
sons in trust for bintbeila Jenkins, a sister of his de
ceased wife, and any childri n that might be born of a
marriage between her and William liardinge. It ap-
pear. d that after the desth of his first wife be lived
for ene time with leaJ,ella Jenkins, and thsu they
went through the form id a ruairiage ceremony.
William Hardinge died in 1862. No step was taken
to set aeide the ueed of settlement by the first adininie-
trator of William Harding°. The present suit was
Instituted by the success.ir of tbal, administrator in the
interest of relatives of William Hardinge.
Mr. Fry, QC., and Mr William Bather were coun-
sel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Roxburgh, Q C., mud Mr,
C. Walker dir the it-fel:Wants.
. .

The Lord Chancellor said there wan no evidence
with ream-ct to the rearon why the i.ettlernent WAS
made bep,rui the statement of laatiella Jenkins that
William liardince executed it some morithe after the
cohabitation had been agreed upon, that the regarded
it an a free and v. lumary gift, and that it was not
Mimed to her or accepted by her for the purpose of
co, tinuing a Tortoise of cohabitation previously made.
It was eruol that it wan the duty of the court t,
discaurage, on the ground of public policy, fictitious
marriages between persons who were within the pro.
hibited devreen of consanguinity or affinity : but lie
(the Lord Chancellor) wai not aware of any law which
imposed Oat particular duty ou a court of equity.
That matter belonged to a different court. Ho knew
no doctrine of public policy whi,7h nquircrl a court
equity to give relief to a north:fps criminis againat a
voluntary gift to his accomplice in crime in reapect o
a peat consideration. In paid delieb metier ebt conditio
possidentis. There were no creditors of William
Hardtop, and he (the Lord Chancellor) Was not aware
of any case in which except there were creditors'
propeity in a cats of this kind, property was taken
out of the woman'e hand& The decision, therefore, f
the court must be in favour of the defendant, and the
bill mutt be Ohmlased with costs.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

Per 81b. to dot the offal.

I. a. d. I 6. 41. 1. a.
Command Int. bouts 6 6 6 PettneBouth dolma 6 6
Second quality ditto 6 0 10 Large coarse calvo 5 0
Prime large oxen .. 6 6 2 Pinto entail ditto 6 6 2
Prime Soon, dm. .... 6 6 4 Large hop 4 4 4
Coarse and tut ahnp 6 6 6 Nnt small porton 6 6 4
Second (innate ditto 6 6 0 Lambs 7 8 6
Prime c ~arse woolld 6 6 4

METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.— MOIDAT.
A short supply of meet mu on sale here to-day. Trade
was modtrately active. and prices ruled as under:

Per 131 b, by the caroie.
d d.
Inferior beer.... 3 0 3 4

a. Q. 4.
Interim mut6on.. 4 0 6 0
. _

Middling ditto .. 4 2 4 6
Prime large 41660 6 4 4 10
Crime small ditto 5 8 6 0

- - -
!Maxi ditto 6 0 5 6
Prune ditto...— 6 0 6 4
Lave pork
irnall pork

Lamb; 74. 4J. to 74. 4d.
POTATOILS.

Thronahmt the week the demand for new potatoer, both
Dig leh and foreign. has be n steady, and prices hare re.
mAned remaikabl even. iAd potivoes are eanansted. New
foreign Money.. lie. to 13.. ; road, loa to 11e. 6d. ; new
Dienah ware, 100. to 121. , middling descriptions, be. to Pi.
per cwt.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

LARGE ASSORTMENT

PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL

TYPE,

GENERAL PRI N'l ING PURPOSES,

ALL Tnr: LATEST AND NEWEST DESItiNS,

And is now praparad to exeente may orders be way be

favoured with

POSTERS,

BILL HEADS,

CLUB ARTICLES,

CIRCULARS,
ADDRESS CARDS,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

THE MARKETS.

Quietness has been the feature of the grain Made at Matt-
lane to-day. The demand for English wheat has been on •
very moderate scale, but owing to the good @stank* pekes
have been msintained. With foreign wheat the market
has been fairly supplied. The trade has been dull,
and forced sales Dave only been concluded on lower terms.
All kinds of barley have been scarce. The trade lima
been firm, and full prices have been realised. Malt
has changed hands at steady currencies. The oat trade
has been less active, and some difficulty has been experienced
In obtaining late rates For maize there has been more in-
quiry, and prices are ad. to 6d. per qr. higher OD the week.
Beans have been steady in value, with a moderate demand.
Peas have been quirt, at late rates. The flour market has
been quiet, on former terms.

MARK LANK—WEDNESDAY.
The grain trade at Mark-lane to-day boa been quiet in
tone, the supply of English wheat has been small, but the
quality has been good. There has been a fair show of
foreign. For all qualit'es the demand has been Inactive, bus
prices have been Withollt further change Very lisle barley
has been on the atsnds The trade haa been firm, cad lull
prices have been realised. Malt has changed bands on
former term.. For oat. the Inquiry him b-en limited at
Monday's decline. Mahe has been In moderate request at
previous currencies.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE muncsr. —MONDAY.
The cattle trade has been without important feature to-
day. The supply of beasts has been rather liberal, owing to
• good show of Tonntuft stock. Oa the foreign side of the
market there have been 1005 Tanning, 446 Sganrah, 100 Dutch,
32 Copenhagen, and El Gothenburgh. The demand for
them has been less active, but steady rates have been
paid for choice breeds. As regards English breeds
the capons from our own grazing districts have
been moderate, and some prime breeds have been
exhibited. The trade has been quiet, but the best Scots and
crosses nave made 6s. 20. tote 40. per 81b, Prom Norfolk,
daffolk, Essex. and Cambridge we have received &lout 960,
from Lincoinehire shout 180, from other parte of England
about 600, and from 'rebind about 260 head. There has been
• fair supply of sheep in the pens. A rather b..tter tone has
rervaded the trade, and prices have been firmer. The beet
Down, and half breds have sold at 6,4 d tots 6cl par 81b.
Lambs have been In moderate request, at from 7s. 6d. to
Bs. 60. per 81b. Calves have changed hands quietly, at late
rates. Pigs have been nominally without change. At Dept-
ford there have been 150 German beasts.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

I RROIRTRIOID OR 1
1 TRANSMISBION ABROAD. J

ASINCERE VOICE OF WARNING
against Quacks, or an unerring guide to the Ner-
vous and Debilitated, by J. L. Putviaxacanit.
An infallible means of detecting Quack Doctor,
and thin preventing the ahoy. elms of Patients
from falling into his clutches, a danger into which
they are likely to be entrapped through his spe-
cious and enticing forms of advertisements and
Treatises.
The well-known name and position of the
author is a sufficient guarantee of the truth of
his statement.
To be had through any bookeeller, or direct of
J. L. Pulvermacher, Galvanic listsMishaleat,l6ll,
Regentstreet, W., briagon.

TN the interests of trade, and at a heavy ex-
penditure of time and capital, these Oflioes have
been established.
The Agents and Correspondents, both British and
Foreign, bare been selected with care.
Constant communication is maintained with the various
Bureaux des Henseignements at the Continent, the In-
telligence Offices of the United States, and tie British.
American, Indian, Australian, and other Colonies.
A trusted Confidential 'shies of information ;• plain
anavr.r to • question is given.
Truth in the report, safety in the transaction, is the
end desired and sought for.
Must members are entitkd to for d 8 Be:—

Ittnrrtszo ro-40 Inquiries on (treat Britain—three
stamp each inquiry—ercry inquiry
sent to three or leer correspondents.
9assell4 weekly, and laden quarterly
(register contains over a million
names).
„ Any additional camber of Inquiries it Is
thl each.
„ Legal Advice at any time, or any nunsbor
of times, Irmo of charge, on any sem-
mercial question.
Debts applied for, subject to the fel
lowing commission, via :-5 per sent.
from £2 to ZOO, 2e per *ant. from £6O
to £lOO, and if per Gent. beyond;
subject to prior special arrangement.
Monthly sottlements.
'nets for Mena/ere :

MR. JAMES BOSTON HEYS, Profess.?
of Music, High-street, Cradley Heath.
N.B.—Alikinde of Musical leatturranto tlllllli and
repaired.
Now Rosie at Ralf-prim
PIANOPORTZI 11011 BALE OR FURS.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

KIDDERMINSTER.

ASSAULTING THE POLICE.— At the Borough Police
Court, on Monday, before the Mayor (W. Green, Esg ),
and Mr. H. Dixon, John Dyer and John Hayley. two
youths, were in custody for assaulting Police-constable
Perrins. It appears there was a disturbance in Blackwell
Street on Saturday night, and the officer got so severely
maltreated at the hands of the roughs of that locality,
that he was unable on Monday to attend to give evi-
dence. The prisoner Dyer was seen to strike the officer
as was also anther man not yet captured, but against
the other defendant there vies no other evidence except
that he was one of the crowd at the time of the occur-
rence. He was thetefore bound over to appear on Wed-
nesday, nod Dyer was remanded in custody; and they
was mostemed to Sour months' imprisonment.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

WRECK OF TUE "CITY OF
WASHINGTON."
(low Lloyd.)

The City of Washington, steamer, Inman Line,
which left Liverpool en June 24 and Qieenstown ou
June 2, for New York, struck on the Gulbrock
('Gull Ito 1) bar, Port Ltbear, seventy miles west of
the Sambro Light, at two p.m. July 5, during a dense
log, veasel tight, except engine-room; water flowing
n and Gut, about fifteen feet at high water, npright.
Crew, passengers, baggage, and stores all landed ,
water smooth.

Two telegrams were received simultaneously on
Tuesday nurniog, by the owners of the vessels—one
from the Purser, Mr. M.in, and the other from the
Company's scent at Hal,fax. That of the Pur,er,
which, being dated from Gull Rock Bar, at 2 p. m. , on
Saturiay, must have been written immediately on
Landing, is as follows :

"GULL fitTE BAR, July IL
The ship struck In a dense fog. Ali the pesseng. re,
crew, baggage, and soare storof lauded at Port Lebesr. Ship
light exotp• engine-room: water flowing hi and out ; about
15 feet at high water; ship upright; quite smooth; dense Lkg
Lithe way from Queenatosru."

That from the Company's agent at Halifax, 5 p.m.,
stated :

ship still on rock, 15 feet of water in bold. Crew, pas-
sengers, and all passengers' spare store, safely landed at Port
Lebear. Cannot say if ship will be act off yet; paueogen
forwarded to destination by Cumpany's agent."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

MR. H. B. SHERIDAN, M.P., AT BRIRLEEY

HILL.

Mr. Sheridan met several of the leading members of
the Brierley Hill and Kingswinford Licensed Victuallers'
Association, and others of his supporters, at the Spread
Eagle lon, on Wednesday evening.
Mr. I Pollinson, Clisirnian of the Association, and
Mr. Thorns. Wool, the secretary, thanked the hon.
member in the name of the society for the course he
had taken in regard to the licensing bills that had
moonily been under the consideration of Parliament.

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Printed and Pubhatted by tb• 8010
71ELD, at his Otnees, 113. High•strOna.m.=.r.npl
the County of Worentor: to whisk plow all Witt
aka oaskuuslasloso suLbs album&
Boturday, July 12, len.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

THE CHESTERFIELD PEERAGE.

The claim of George Philip Stanhope to the earldom
of Cheetertiehl has been before the House of Lords
The peerage waa created in the fourth year of Charles
L us the person of Baron Stanhope. The first line
havice foiled in male heirs in the person of Philip
Dormer, who died in 1773, the peerage went to the de-
scendants of the eleventh son of the first earl. whose
aran.lson Michael Witi a G. D. and a Canon of Windeor.
This 31,cha-,1 married a daughter of Sc Salathiel
a Baron of the Exchequer, Devi had by her five eons. The
eldest 5 these eons. Arthur Char e,•Stmhope, married
Mi-s Headlam, of Yorkshire, and his second eono
Philip, became the filth earl. The peerage des..ended
through this second line until the latter failed in the
person of Arthur Philip, the lb, rlith earl, who died in
Deoemoer, IS7I. The present claini‘nt traced his
descent from the first earl through Ft rdivand St4lll-
- the fourth son of Michael, the Canon of
Windsor.

Z,lr. eu.rulng. Q.C., and Mr. H. Sutton appeared
for the eaLuanc ; the Attorney-G -neral ..I,d Mr.
Charles Ciark watched the CAlitl on the part of the
Crown.

Evi,len..e having been adduced in aupport of the
ciaim

beir L raehips decided that the claim had been
eatabliAed to their eatisiaction. Claim allowed at.
cordingly.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

THE MINNESOTA EMIGRANTS

In en Interestlng letter to the Liverpool Daily Albion, •

corrempoodtut sa)c—

You have lately called attention to the organisation
of the Yeovil and Furness Colonies in Minnesota.
'nese communities have left Endand not with any
hazy adventurous idea of seeking their fortunes in an
unknown land amid circumstances of which they were
ignorant, but with a definite and prudent purpose in
view. They are ad respectable and for the most part
wt 11-to do men, and the systematic foresight which they
have shown in making arra-gen:lents and taking pre-
cautions beforehand to prevent t he is) lity of disaster,
or even discomfort, is simply admlrable. Before going out
themselves they despatched trusted committees to secure
suitable lands and build commodious houses; and
to all appe 0-ances their hopes of a prosperous future
are likely to be realized. Now it is certain that within
the next few years the example set by these Minneanta
colonists will be followed on a scale of great magnitude.
A ba• d of German emigrants have just established in
the seljoining territory of Dakota a large colony which
they have named Bismark ; and there is rrf doubt
that within a very few years the fertile lands along the
Northern Pacific route will be teeming with an
industrious agricultural population. The vast cram-
growing tracts of Manitoba and We-tern Canada,
and other parts of North America are working
in the same direction. Can nothing be done on the
same scale, and wi- h the same kind of organizatim
to people and cultivate the almost limitless regions
of Australia? As long as England remains what she
is—an enterprising though over-populated country—
emigration will be carried on. Is it not well, then,
that it should be carried on in an organised manner like
that adopted by the colonists referred to, taus avoid-
ing the evils and disappointments which have so often
been associated with emigration?
Mr. Richard Bailey, of Barrow-in-Furness, secretary
of the Furness Colony Organisation, hiss returned from
Minnesota in the Inman steamer City of Brooklyn,
having with his fellow-committeemen, secured the
necessary lands for the colony, and completed the
arrangements for their settlement.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

THE PLACE TO GO TO IN DEAR TIBIEG.

People who find it hard to get food to put into their
mouths cannot do better than fit up a portable kitchen
in a small vessel and spend their lives in fishing off the
coast of Ireland (remarks the Pall Mall Gazette). To
judge by a report of the harbour master of Dunmore,
which appears in the appendix of the forty -first report
of the Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland), just
issued, there seems to be no lack of provisions in that
place. Throughout the past year, he says, we have
had from twelve to twenty large cutters trawling in
the deep waters of the chann.l off here, and from
fifteen to twenty small craft fishing within the limits of
Waterford harbour. The fisherman has followed his call-
ing with good success, making fine hauls of turbot, brill,
sole, and dories, while plaice and skate were unusually
abundant, and occasionally fine takes were had of
cod. ling, conger, hake, gurnet, and whiting- so that,
with the exception of shellfish—lobsters and crabs—
which were very scarce, it will be seen that there was a
large supply of prime fish to be had all through the
past season, which but for the boisterous state of the
weather would probably have proved one of the beet
on record. During the better part of last summer
large shoals of mackerel and pilchards visited the
coast, but owing to the want of proper means for cap-
turing thole valuable fish very few of them, compara-
tively speaking, were taken.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

PLAIN & FANCY STATIONERI

Kept is STOCK.

S. FIELD,

GENERAL PRINTER,

M., HIGH STREIT STOURBRIDGE

PUBLIC NOTICES.

AGENTLEMAN is required by an &tab-
I.hed LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, to act es
MANAGER for the district of Stourbridge. Age not le
exceed thirty-five years, and extensive local connexion
desirable. Commencing salary £llO per annum, in addi-
tion to which a liberal Commiasion will be paid on New
and Itene.ed Premiums.—Address is the first instance)
Manager 137, Liverpool Road, London, N. If eligible
in All other resptcts, a preference will be item-Jed to the
candidate who is prepared to jawed VW in the Capital
el the Cempsay.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

FISH.

Pickled herring., 22a. to Ma. ; red ditto. 161. to 21s.
roused ditto, 190. 6.1. to 595 • Iresh ditto, 20.. to 50r. per
barrel kippers 84 to 60. ; blostero. eu. 64 to 5 per
basket; smoked haddocks, 204. to 304. peo barrol; brawl
ditto. 18s. to 22. ; ditto plaice, 19.. to .56.. ; ditto.
whiting, 161. to 51a. ed per bamket ; soles Is. 64 to tos. per
pair ; turbot. 51. 64. to 124. 6t. ; brill. 21 to Si. eeth
oulekrel 18. 64. to 35.; lobster.. 34. to 258.; ono'. Si. to
245. per doers; n.tl, 0).1.er. el, 10.. per bushool,
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

WANTED, FIRE BRICK MOULDERS
for large and small Nrickc—Apply, Harris mud
rearson, Storubridge.

CLERIi.—WANT.ED, a Respectable Young
MAN, experienced in BOOK-KEEPINO. Must
be thoroughly trustworthy and confidential. Exceptional
references required—Apply by letter to Edwin Stringer,
Commercial Buildings, ittoarbridge.

A. TEN SHILLINGS INVESTMENT
value given, and possible profits ranging
from El to ELOOU. %rite only to •• Probabilities," 17
Ureshom-street, London, E.C.

TTBADESMEN and others having spare time
to CANVASS can hear of a VALUABLE
AGENCY.—Address "P.A.," this aka.

HOLLOWAY'S pus.

For all Diseases affecting the Stomach, Liter.
Kidneys and Boatels.

These Pills can he 'cUistidently 'recommended as the
most simple and certain remedy for all diseases affecting
the stomach, liver, and boweia. They do not distress
the system, or weaken the frame, but thoroughly invigo-
rate the digestive organs, gently excite the stomach and
Liver, stimulate the kidneys to perform their functions
ellicientJy, and act upon the bowels without griping or
any other annoyance.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

WORKMEN'S TREAT.

The workpeople of Mr. W. J. Turney, with
their wives, made their annual excursion on
Saturday last. The party, mustering about 300
strong, left the leather works about ten o'clock
for Bromagrove Lickey, the procession consist-
ing of about 20 conveyances, presenting a very
gay appearance, being profusely decorated with
flags and banners. In attendance was the very
tine band of Messrs. Synyer and Gilmer, of Bir•
mingham, and notwithstanding the drizzling
rain which came down until some time aftet the
procession had left Stourbridge, the happy
countenances of the party bespoke that they
were by no nieans to be robbed of their day's
pleasure by the unfavourableness of the weather.
The party reached the Lickey about twelve
o'clock, and after an hour's recreation sat down
to a splendid dinner provided by the proprietor
of the " Old Rose and Crown," whose ability in
this particular is second to none. Speeches and
toasts were given before leaving the table, after
which the party separated to take part in the
various sports of the day—swinging, boating,
foot races, walking matches, donkey races, &e.
The party, on returning, left the Lickey at half-
past seven, arriving in Stourbridge between nine
and ten, and evidently expressing by their loud
cheers and animated appearance that they had
not only spent a pleasurable day, but that they
fully appreciated the kindness of their respected
em ployer.
Before leaving Stourbridge, the following
piece of poetry was handed to one of Mr. Tor-
ney's representatives, by a gentleman, whose
naiad and address is unknown:—
What is the strife 'bout health and life
That o'rst perplexed our torruNmen ?
What are the cries 'bout stench and noise.
Made by •• " and by Gownsulou
Should e'er the tanner's early death
Evoke such squeamish thunders,
We still declare, the changes rant
Compared with doctors' blunders.
CHORUS •

Then come toolay, view our array,
Of heatth and pleaeureakiurney,
Anti give a shout, at picnic "out,"
For the worry maids of Turney.
Reflect awhile, the noble pile
That sdorud thy banks. old Stour,
Then frankly own, the commerce grown
Augments thy wealth and power. •
Let doctors swallow their own pills.
School:lieu their Latin I:remitters;
The robust health devoid of ills,
Sloes hale the j•thy tanners.
CHORIA.

Oh, blythe and gay, on oar holiday—
Our annual pleasure journey,
At picnic out give a noble shout
For the `• Manly wen" of Turuey.
And Tradesmen still, suppress
With you our gains in labour
Are freely ehang'd, be not estrang'd,
But set as men to neighbour.
Cheek not your town's prosperity
Or strive V iinimde trade's journey;
But nobly aid tne elkotx 'untie
By ?del.:wen and by Turney.
• CHORUS.

May naught annoy your day of joy—
Your gathering, tenet, or journey;
Skies bright and elear,and vial cheer,
Attend the trip of Limey.

—Communicated
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

A ROMANCE OF CANADA.

Just thirty years ago this summer, (says the New
York limes), a little cnild, three years old, was playing
on the stoop of its father's hou-e, in Quebec. The
house was in Itichardeou-street, and in what are known
as St. Hoch Suburbs. For some remain the child's
nurse was out of the way for a time, and no one
kept watch on its movements. When the family
came to look for the little one—a great favourite
with all—it was gone. Inquoies were instantly
made in every direction, but in vain. Night
was coming on, but the whole suburb was
searching, and through the long hours of darkness the
dntronted parents, aided by neighbours and poll*,
hunted through the city. Next day, a reward was
offered, and the hunt was kept or. more ao.i.itioualy
than before. All was fruitless. Wed., months, and
years rolled away, and the child was unheard of. At
last the family mourned their treasure as dead. What-
ever its fate, there seemed no earthly chance that they
would ever bear oi it more. And yet, about Pia week.
ago, there came a denouement to this story of real life,

so odd and unexpected as to deserve recor'd among the
much-tarked.of eases wherein Ws actual events trans-
cend those of firtion. One morning lett May a goodie-
man went from Quebec to Montreal, and, being in the
latter city, stea.ped into a chop to buy a hat. Ttiis
gentleman was a friend of the family who had lost the
child, anti whose name WM rtikAlar.f. He ob-
served, on entering the shop, that the keeper's
name was Richmond. This trifling and partial
coincidence would have made no impresiiou hat be
not directly after noticed a surprising resemblance hi -
teen Hvhmenti, the hatter, and the Richard famby
of Quebec. Going Mime I. his borings, he wrote the
adventure to hie mother, who lives in that town, and,
after postiug the letter, felt atrongly moved to return
and CTOR3.(11108ti011 Richmond touching his origin.
Thin was done, and to some purdose, for Richmond
declared that he had been reared from infancy by an
ledian woman, whom he had been taught to regard so
his mother. She had alwaya been kind to him, but
never, on il lying on her deathbed. conf-ssed the fact
that she had stolen him from his parental dour when
an infant, bad brought him into the forest among
her own red brethren, arid raised him for her
own. His family name, oho said, she had forgotten,
but gave that of "Richmond," as being something like
it. Alter the squaw's death, the young man went to
Quebec and tried to find his people. But the change
or Lame, his own extreme ignorance anti simplicity,
and the probable absence at the time of his parents,
prevented his success. Afterwards be made his way
to Montreal, and got into the trade be was following
when :liec iloe story W. 1.1 quickly conveyed
to the Richard family, rind the mother came ou to
Montreal, wherelby certain furthm arks known to hor-
self, she war able to corroborate the imientity of her
long-lost child.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

GOOD FOR TRADE.

On and maril, my boy ; mind you that's a sate plan
To employ tailor, shoemaker, butcher and baker,
Grocer, draper, and mlilintr, medical man;
And, bilk let us hope not, now and then, undertaker.
—Punch.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday; Ur. Granger in the chair. There
were also present : Messrs. Robinson,
Fateshall, Homed, Burr, W. Rollinson, Homer,
Feruday, Baker, Fiddian, Guest, Billingham,
Bolton, Wood, Griffin, and Rhodes. The
minutes of tne last meeting were read and
confirmed. Admitted into the house during
the week, 9; discharged, 11; born 2; dead, 1,
remaining, 841. Correspondibg week last year,
859. Out-door relief Kingswinford district,
£27 his sa ; Stourbridge district £l7 15s M ;
liaiesowen district, -4:19 is 194 d ; relief of
nun-resident paupers, 7s 6d; total £64 18s 64,1,
against 4:71 16s 744 last year.

Precepts were received for the Staffordshire
County hate .X 915 46 lid, being an increase
1743 a
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

hieeases peculiar to Irowen.

There is no medicine equal to Holloway's lids for cor-
recting the ailments peculiar to feinces. Their v.),
wild and painless action highly recommends them to
every household, as they may be taken with safety for
any Irregularity of the system. Any mother, nurse, or
young person, guided by the directions which accompany
each box of Holloway's Pills, has at once available means
for checking disease, purifying the blood, and expelling
from tbe system all gross humours.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

SEEL

tempera, Monday, .Taly 7.—There was nothing passing in
ngriculnral seed., and prim; were nominally the same as
previously for all sorts. Some inquiry was ma le for sew
frifoliun., and French was offered for forward delivery,
at no donate prices , quality tolersOly soiod. Canary.
seed was rather dearer. Some parcels of fors-lon have been
taken stoat for Holland. Large Hem Asa d was fully as door.
wil.ll a fair rale. Foreign Tares were purchased sl.ely at no
rine table change in the value of either large or small. • /ow
small ',emela of white NI ustareiseed have been purchased at
101 l notes; hut nothing passing in brown for grant of supply.
9 me new French Rapeseed wee shown of fair block quality.
Price demanded 60s. per qr.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

AND ALL KINDS OF PRINTING EXECUTED

WITH PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH.

PLAYING CARDS.

A LARGE QUANTITY OF PLAYING CARDS IN
STOCK.

ORBIT VARIETY IN PATTERNS.

STATIONERY.

All kiwis of
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

A GOOD PROSPECT.

The Postmaster-General at Washington, according
to the New York Herald, has at present under con-
sideration a scheme fi.r a postal card convention be-
tween England and the United States, by which the
cards would be delivered in either country for three
cents. The only obstacle in the way now is the de-
mand of the steamship companies, who receive two
cents, and urge that they are underpaid. The new
Philadelphia steamship line has signified its readiness
to carry the mails at the lowest rate. The Postmaster-
General lias authority to make the convention without
reference to Congress, so that the old idea of ocean
penny postage may be approximatively realized in • few
months, and this will be a long step towards the lower-
ing of the rates for letters. It is some consolation to feel
that while meat, coals, and honserent beconiedearerday
by day and year hy year, postage takes the more satis-
factory line of becoming cheaper. The most in-
veterate grumbler as to high prices must confess that
he can write far more letters now for a shilling than
he could have written a few years ago. Unfortunately,
even the most romantic young lovers cannot live
entirely on correspondence (says the Pall Hall Gazette)
and there comes a period in each day when the pen
must be relinquished for the knife and fork; but it is
only due to the Postmaster General to admit that if
the butchers and coal merchants behaved as we.l to
their fellow-creatures as he does, life would be a far
lees difficult task than it is at present.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12

HALESOWEN.

kccinEkr.—On Monday, a lad named Arthur Harrold
met with rather a serious accident. He was walking
along the Valley Bank, when he slipped and fell, break-
ing hie left arm. Mr. Hayes, assistant to Mr. Dunn,
surgeon, was in prompt attendance, and the sufferer is
doing as well as can be expected,
Arxxotn Assent:l%—kt the Police Court, on Tuesday,
before Major smith and Mr. E. Gem, James Clarke,
publican, was Charged with assaulting Sarah Thomson,
on the 2.4 th ult. Complainant said she lived at Beech
Lanes. She saw defendant on the above date and asked
him why he was always insulting her, when he strut&
her twice on the side of the head. Defendant denied the