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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1868.

THE RIGHT OP WOMEN TO VOTE.
Whether the intellect of woman is inferior to
that of luau; whether a woman ought to have
any direct power in the political affairs of a
State ; whether a woman ought to be called upon
to reign ; whether she ought to have any voice
at all in making the laws of a country—these
and cognate questions have been dismis.del from
thc INVIn of civilisation to the present day.
Such questions are apt to produce very strung
&caution& on both sides ; but it may safely be
stated that let such questions be decided how
they may, the result will to some extent be ano-
nlaMild. Some women are far inure acquainted
with political subjects, far more fitted either to
decide who shall govern, and even far more fitted
to govern, than sonic wen ; but it does riot
therefore follow that women in the mass are as
fitted as are moon in the Inries to enter into the
political arena, to vote, to make laws, or admin-
ister them. If there be not equal fitness, there
cannot be equal right, if by right we understand
that natural right which civilited mankind per-
eeives by a kind of intuition, cud acknowledges
without argument. And even supposing there
were both fitnesi and right, it is a remarkable
fact that the ambition of woman does not lie in
this direotion. Her natural sphere is the do•
wain of domestic life; and the performance of
puliba ,illees generaily, ami specially an active
participation in political duties, is desired by an
exceptional few.
rim question whether, nude:- certain circtun-
Menet:a. women have 3 light to vote, has for a
long Uwe agitated the public mind to some ex-
tent. Few people, we imagine, could ever have
been sanguine as to this claim being finally de
-
tided 6.1 tik.! affirmative : bat the claim had some
'i.ko truly strong points about it. The strongest
pit a.m. indeed so strong that we venture to
affirm, sotwithatanding the decision of the Court
of Common Pleas, that literally, strictly, and
verbally the Reform Act gives women this right
U. ier certain conditious—that is to say where,
with the exception of sex., the circumstances are
Identical with those ordinarily giving in veto.
To put the matter very briefly, Lord Romilly's
Interpretation Act enacts that in future Acts of
Parliament words importing the insamline gen.
der shall include the feminine, unle.ss there is a
provleo to the eoutrory ; sod the Reform Act
Lae im such pr4vilo. tic,* ell this hubbub,
Ott, readers iire familiar wi.ii :he Leta
hive siVoilueted laa formal trial Lifore the Loid
Ulaief *Native of tag k.Moet •,f Common Pleas
cud three ether ju hos. The case of the ladies
Vii argued with all that legal acumen that we
otitcht have looked for from Mr. Coleridge. lie
suanatained that women had a right to the frau-
'Woe, that they exercised such ridlit in ancient
I ..• 'o,i li!nit.
the rtent ; t. ,-.•
:oak , . • , to
tiOu ihat women hod not voted for ceutunes,lie LA me endeavour to cool it.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14

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CIGARS at
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14

THE SCIENTIFIC WONDER.

THIS Instrument has a clear magmifying
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that every Surgeon. Dentist, Schoolmaster, Student, and
Working Man should have.
It is pronounced by the Press (and all scientific men
who have seen it) to be the best, cheapest, and most
simple Microscope ever invented.
It has twenty times the power of the Coddington or
Stanhope Microscope, and is twice as good as the cele-
brated Rae Microscope (which has been awarded so many
prize medals), as may be inferred from the following
letter received from Mr. Rae himself.

CARLISLE. Dreernb, 12th. 1867.
To Mt. McCulloch, Philosophical Instrument Maker.
Sir,—Having Peen some of your Diamond Plate Lenses
I write to s.k your terms forsupplying me with the same
per 20 gross, as I consider them superior to mine.

Yours, &c.,
RAE & Co., Opticians, Carlisle.

I beg to inform the Public that I have no Agents any-
where, and all pretended Agents are impostors. The
above Instrument can only be had from me, in Birming-
ham. Those at a distance who care for instruction and
amusement. can have it safe and free by sample post,
with book of full instructions, on receipt of 32 Postage
Stamp.. Samples sent abroad, two stamps extra.
All persons wishing father particulars and testimonials
must send stamped and addressed envelope.

ADDRESS
A. McCULLOCH,

PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER,
No. 18, Blesear-sireet, BinningAam.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14

HOPti.

The supplies brought forward have been far in excess ef
the demand. Fine parcels have been purchased to a mode-
rate extent, but in other respects we have no change
to notiee in the trade. The imports into London la- t
week consisted of 540 bales from Antwerp, .540 from Dam-
burg, Ili from Dunkirk, n 5 from Ostend, 125 from Rotterdam.
123 from Boulogne, Si from Bremen, 151 from l'crlt, and
025 from New York. Mid and Eaat %ante 31. 10s.

to B'.: Weald of Kent.. Si. to 41. 158.: 811 10.4:
to 41. 48.; Farnham., 4/. 10s. to Cl. Teo.; Country,
41. 48. to W. 50.; Bavarians, 31. 108. to 11. 128. : Belgians,
21. 120. to 3/. fat. ; Yeaslinga, 31. 108. to al. les, per S.C.
WOOL

•
Nothing of interest has transpired since our last report.
The demand has continued quiet, but as change has taken
place in prices. The last series of public sales of colonial
wool for the current year will shortly be commenced. The
quantity already in hand, including arrivals and what IVBE
left over or withdrawn from last maks:, Is 103,000 bales, and
it Is anticipated that the supply to be offered will amount to
about 120,000 hales. The import into London last
week consisted of 4,481 bales from the Cape and 699 bale:
from Odessa. Current prices of English wool :—Eleeoes—
Sduthdovni lloggets, is. 30. to in. 3d. ; halfddeds, is. 4d. to
54. ; Kent fleeces, le 34. to Is. Bid Southdown ewes
and wethers, 15. 244. to 15. Sid.; Leicester ditto, Is. Sel,
Is. 31.1. per lb. Sorts : Clothing. Is. 24. to Is. 7d. combing.
Is. to Is. 6•1. per lb.
ROTATOR:I
The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets an:
still large. Prime qualities have met a fair sale, but interim
prone e have been neglected. The Import Into Lou.
don last week consisted of 516 sacks and 1,7 bags from Ron-
IOW:, two casks and 30 bags from liamburgh, 166 baskets
and • even barrels from Rotterdam, 850 hags from Ilarlingeu,
18 b :55 from Amderdam, 310 bags ham Antwerp. 2‘.1 isis
from Banos, 105 sacks from firemen, 542 sacks from Dunkirk,
157 'tons Trouville, add 273 bags from Ostend. English
Regents, 70s. to 1501. Scotch Regents,7oll to 14911.; and
French 408. to 851, per tau
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14

THE SISTERS OF CHARITY AND THE

POOR OF WESTMINSTER.
The following letter, publi,hml in ThP Tirneson Tue.lay,
tells its ono tale, aml gives a fearful glimpse at the misery
existing in London :
- •

Once more winter is come, with its frost and snow,
and conseque. t tale of human suffering.
On, more I would plead thr. iugh your columns for
relief for the sick and destitute among our poor.
Every year the same appeal is put forth, and hearts
get hardened to it. Yet, if people would come and
see with their own eyes the misery Which exists at this
moment in countless homes, they world not rest with-
out striving to relieve it. For what do we mean by
the word "misery " ? We mean men and women,
creatures like ourselves, shivering in tattered thread.
'are garments, sinking for want of food, without fuel,
without Ind-clothes, unable to sleep from the gnawing
pains of hunger and the numbness of intense cold.
We mean that worse than physical pain of a mother
seeing her children cry for food when she has none to
give; of a wife watching her sick husband die for want
of the necessaries and medical comforts which the doctor
orders, but in vain; of a husband seeing his wife sink-
ing from exhaustion and over- work, while his paralyzed
arm can no longer labour for their daily bread.
We mean this and more than this ; and, what is
worse, these poor people do not always die !—at least,
not quickly. Otherwise we might rejoice, like the
clever author of E6then, to think that they were 'out
of the scrape."
No, they live on, if existence it can be called. They
live on, to suffer daily, ni hourly, torture,
physical ancl mental, such as their rich and prosperous
neighbours never dream of. The Sisters of Charity,
themselves living upon alms, are powerless to help
without the means. They have no private funds
whatever. One of these last year, to whom I was
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-11-14

thP rest tbiPf hut in his evidence it would he proved who
was the t let. IVltnevaes were then called Inr the dr•
force, after which prisoner was discharged, with a can-
Con
VELINY Cos,—Kilen Skates (18). was eharged with
felonionsly stealing a shawl and velvet jacket, on tha 10th
inst, the prnperty of Sarah Connor. Proseentris said
that the prisoner had been lodging with her for a short
time, and on the shnve date her things were taken.
She did not wish to press the case, as she believed the
prisoner had been deserted by a man, whom she had re-
presented as her husband. John Matthews, pawnbroker.
of Kt Iderminster. proved that the prisoner pledged the
articles at his shoe. on Tuesday last, for lag. Polite-
constable Beach, of Kidderminster, proved apprehend-
ing the Prisoner. Pleaded guilty. Sentenced to one
month's imprisonment.