The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-17 00:00:00

THE MARKETS'.

MARK-LANE.
At Mark-lane a quiet business has been

sary to repeat the formality, another son, who has been I tone of the market has been rather weaker owing to the
named Colum Edmund Crichton Stuart having since fine weather. The sales of home-grown wheat in the leading
been born to him, markets of England and Wales in the 32 weeks of the
The Lord Chancellor has become a patron of the season have been 2,006,978 qrs., against 2,016,67_6 qrs last
Shop Hours League. • season, the averags being 30s sd, ag unst 32s ad per qr.;
barley 2,705,933, against 2,811,691 qrs, avers go 29s sd.
Paris advices of Saturday state that the supplies of against 3i s Bd. and oats, 321,073, against 353,570 qrs. at on
wheat brought forward upon the French country average of 18s 10d, against 194 lid per qr. For linglish
markets have been comparatively limited, and that wheat the demand has beNa quiet.; red samples were 6d
quotations have remained at nearly the same level, not_ . per qr. lower; white drooping.
.1, oreign wheat. has met
withstanding extreme reserve on the part of millers. fi,)withur a mrokdeetr at es admu7ll,ntitoftaatutnialeonr;aigs. weakrei.inrsiacecL:mTshine
At Paris also prices have experienced no change. barley were limited. a 11tIalting and grinding produce
Eighteen British and 11 foreign shipwrecks were remained about the same. Oats were in quiet request, at
reported last week. Off the British coasts 10 went previous currencies. Maize changed hands slowly, on
down, nine being British and one Norwegian. Collision termer terms. Beans and peas were quiet, at late rates,
cases reported numbered 32, while the wrecks from but the former were AN .
METROPOLIT CATTLE MAKET
collision were six (five British vessels). Steamers lost,
The total imports of foreign Rn
stock into London last week
six (four British and two Norwegian). Lives lost, 14.
I amounted to 18,478 head. In the corresponding period last
Total wrecks for year, 493. . • year we received 11,838; in 1884, 10,836; in 1883, 16,898; in
sOn Saturday an intimation was received by the mem. 1882, 19,047; in 1881, 8825; in 1830, 15,058; and in 1879,
bers of the South Staffordshire iron trade from the 13,203 head. At Liverpool weroerl•EeceanivdecUL. beasts from
manager of the Midland Railway Company that the 913rtont. 185 beastspo rfromPortland;
9
d New
wat 'Y'Souli pton Ilattesastsdalfl
rate of undamageable iron over their line from Wolver. fouerepcal7ems from Jersey and Guernsey. The cattle trade has
hampton to Hull is now reduced to 12s. 6d. per ton. This shown more firmness, and with a bet•er demand sellers have
is a considerable diminution on the old amount, and will had the advantage. Fresh arrivals of beasts were rather
put South Staffordshire itonmakers on more equal short, and there was stilldroomarssfEsertimhaaniniraeomll3.acennilatsoiannecoy nvldasi-
terms with their competitors whose works are nearer tion.
.Thereew s
the seaboard. The rate quoted includes charge forbestaSlaotssteaandyerTho
81b F • 'gn a bests were in short supply 48
lid
and fair
collection. request, at inlroving currencies. The sheep pens were
paid. Es per . cam
By. arrangement with the Post Office, lstters, Sm., fairly well fille . The market was firm, and more money
for the United States posted in London and other was realised. The best Downs srd half-breds in the wool
reeisclaw6sesleadnatoiiss,waenrdelirtnit ) c tprued, 6s 4d to 6s 6d per
towrfs up to the usual hour of closing on Wednesday, s fsoelclonnw-
April 14, and specially addressed "Per City of Rome," 81and inferior beasts, Is 2d to 3stee6sd a•
d. tqualityeat se
will be carried by that vessel from Queenstown as by ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; prime large oxen, 4s 4d to 43 8d ; ditto
the regular mail steamers. Scots, &e., 4s 10d to Es 4d; coarse and inferior sheep, 4s lid
Sir John Walsham, the new British Ambassador to to 5s 4d; second quality ditto, 5s 4d to 6s Od; prime coarse
China, left London on Satnrdaylor Pekin, woolled ditto, 6s 4d to Us 6d; prime Southdown ditto, 6s Bcl
to 7s; lambs, is to Ss; large coarse calves, is 8d to 4-s SO;
Monday, May 10, has been fixed for the second read- prime small ditto, 4s Sd to bs 6d; large hogs, 2s 4d to 3s 40 ;
ing of the Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, neat small porkers, Is 4d to 4s 4d per Sib to sink
which is in charge of the Duke of St. Albans. the offal. Total supply—English and Scotch: Feasts,
2409.20 • sheep and lambs. 11.,bie ; calves, 180 ;..r.lm. mulch cuw.,,s),
A severe snowstorm prevailed Over North Wales on Foreign: Beasts, 520; :licep and lambs, ..,_ . ca vO7, U.
E'aturday morning. The mountain ranges of Snowdon From the Midland, Home. and Western Countie4 we
ad Cader Idris and the Berwyn hills are covered with received 1130 beasts' from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex,
snow for many miles. Snow also fell in Westmoreland 1000 ; from Ireland, 120 ; and from Scotland; 15 beasts. •
and Cumberland.. The fall lasted several hours. At ISIETROPOLITAN MEAT. MARKEL .
an early hour on Saturday morning Birmingham was The supply was short and there being a fair demaed
visited by a heavy snowstorm,. At Sheffield also snow
has been falling. ' '.
. top prices were. 'fully. maintained, and in some e tea
. -
for choice ..quality 2d to 40 more has been, i eilietsl :
. The Tweed Fisheries Reform League have received Inferior beet, 2s 40 to 3s pd,; middling . ditto, _lfs .4d to.
a letter from Mr. Trevelvan, in which he expresses a lis 8d; prime ditto, 4's lid td
.. 1
Is
4 'I Y11t..44 thti;il
:4s Od to 4s 4d'; American, Livorpoo i ed,. 4s
strong opinion against the Tweed Acts. 1 to 4s ld ;• Amierican-killed,,hind quarters, 4s' Od to 4s 9d; '
A telegram from Queenstown states that the first . i ditto killed forequasters, Fa 00 to .2s 100; veal, .Dutch,
mackerel takei; this season off the Kinsale
.coa.ik were . 4seAd to .5s Cd ; dij,to, Esiglisli, 3s 80 to 43 '(d : - 'in.
captured on Friday eight. The catches vane l' from tenor mutton, Is .4(1 to .4a pd ; middling ditto, 48 4.1 to
one hundred to one thousand per boat. The fish were 53 4d ; prime ditto, 3s SO to
Is
. ':' dt•
'i
ao is §d Ui., er,:. sF"d
large and in splendid condition, and ,fetched £3 per to 6s Od; New Zealand di!'lo,..- ',,,,. .
small„ _44) . , . .
to is 6•1 ; large pork, Ss 4d to 1351 zso. . . .WI, • *f! ua to
hundred. . 4s 80 per 81b, by the carcase.
The fishermen of Unst, Shetland, fell in on Saturday . . - • FISII. • • : '
with a large shoal of whales, which they succeeded in Coll, Vi to -°8 per score; crimped ditto; 6S to les -eaeli s.
driving ashore and despatchi 'at Voe.sgr.ind, Sandwich., 'bitings. AS to s' 01041‘,11.011_iss Is 8d to:2a liel'per
. . --
di
i,.. :....
,of . . - - te-'s 24 r-

sing, and the

_
''Pctir • ifto slips, Is _is per lb. 4-large tug;
'1 each; lobsters,, t)s to
.35, ler dozyl ; crabs, ]b to
per kit; mullets, 12s-to 17s 04 per dozen ; mackerel, f 43 to
lOs per score' ; stnelts,'2A to ;Is pet basket ; eels, ltd to
ld per lb. ; bloaters is to 4s per box; kippers, is to Os
per pad ' • salmon and trout, is lii to Is fid ner 11, • native
oysters, 14s to 13s per hundred ; common ditto, OS to Is ed
per dozen.

_nag,
The stioal numbered eighty whales; all -of thirOettig,
the bottle-nose species.
A new sreatorium for infectious diseases, erected at
Alcester by public subscription as a memorial to the
late Marquis of Hertford, waa publicly opened on
Saturday afternoon by the Marchioness of Hertford, in
the presence of a distinguished company.
The blast furnace men employed at the pig iron POTATO.
works in the Middlesborough district received notice on There was a moderate 80pp17 of potatoes on sale. The
Saturday, terminating their engagements. A revisTon demand was dull, at the annexed rates :—Magnum bonnms,
of wages is intended, by which reductions will be made 80s to 90s; regents, 70s to 1109 ; Victorias, 70e to 80s ; ati4
var:ring from 5 to 121,- per cent. I champions, 6Cs to 70e per ton.

N16;:0, **

.;

lioesaaTihre4n6,4ll,ocis::,oetoidiVir.retobnlari?cltiobe.rffi;tiladiairthrislots:iodloinfPs..t.ithi.riefie,
tr.
.yesanenediitti NervemthltatitsksemTboehnie
.:
~
‘,..
.bvit4„,,,t
108.1, , e:etirbetrnsr brought 'iztll33eoretatfol'e the public. One dose etql,tittal.cttc:,•6ltoeinoi:ft
1 Cod Liver Oil. Sold by all Patent Medicine Dealers, in
1 Bottles, 2s. 9d., 4.5. 6d.. lie., and 335. each. A Pamphlet
' will be sent post free on application. [ssi
Proprietors: GOODALL, BACKHOUSE & CO.. Leeds.
. --- -
111■1•11.0, ..
FIRE AT THE BOARD OF TRADE.
A call for an outbreak of fire at the offices of the
Board of Trade, 7, Whitehall-gardens, London,
caused a considerable turning. out of fire engines on
Saturday morning in the B district, and it was found
that from an unknown cause the flooring and joisting
of the back office on the first floor had become
ignited. The fire at first presented a somewhat
serious aspect, but the Government employes got one
of the hydrants fitted on the premises into operation,
and with the subsequent aid of the men of the Metro-
politan Fire Brigade, succeeded in subduing the out- .'
break. The contents of the office, including some '
Blue-books and papers which, it is said, it will be
difficultif not impossible to replace, were virtually
deSttroyed, as was a small portion of the roof, and the
lower room and its contents suffered by water and
dirt. • ,' :
. ...
THE CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT:
.' Zr. Schnidhorst, speaking in Birmingham on
, - -Saturday night, said either the Corrupt Practices Act
•or its interpretation needed amendment. The decision
with regard' to refreihmentisiii the Parity/ da-se wiNuid tr.. .
Sc
' ' '''
- have been unseated on his 'own contention had he
t 41.1
' been returned' 'for • North Birmingham; and -Lord
, "Randolph Churchill had given a free breakfast on the
election day. Every commentator on the Act had
laid it down that the payment was legal. The de-
cision in the Stepney case, in which the judges struck
out only the second vote of a man who had voted
twice, would open the way to wholesale corrupt dupli-
cate Toting.

.111111111111.111111111.1111.1...

LO THE WEARY

No roma sea& despair al a speedy restoration to
health as& strength if he of she will easefully
lama the ?aikidos. sad Lars that the put

" ,7•••••
-11f-titittlt
AL
ci
TRLi h Do Bead this! TRLTH