The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-27 00:00:00

SATURDAY, 21 R. 27, 1875.

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"IMPERIAL PARLIAMEET.

THE LOCK-OUT IN SOUTH WALES.
. In the HOUSE OF COBEKONS, March 22nd, Mr. Cross, in-
Mr. Macdonald that a force of military and police
!iad been placed at the disposal of the Merthyr authorities
tor the preservation of peace, but it was at the request, not
pOf the Merthyr Board of Guardians, but of the Stipendiary
osities.trates, backed by the opinion of the Superintendent of

- TRADE MARKS.
Bill on
- Sir C. Adderley stated, in reply tó Di. Cameron, that na.
t a
he subject of Trade Marks had been prepared, and
1,4 hoped the hon. member for Whitelurven would move I
leave to introduce it immediately after Easter.
ARMY PROMOTION.
)'ll'. Whalley asked the Secretary for War,
in
with reference
encoef
.vco tbe promotion to the brevet rank of Major 8
. ertain Captains of the Line and Royal Marines whose corn-
' Plissione bore date previous to April, 1860, whether it was
'lle Line
Ektended to concede similar promotion to those Captains
f
and Royal 31ar nes whose commissions as Captains
are anterior to May, 1333, many of whom have held that
tank to
by
th r upwards of 19 years, and all having been superseded
e artPromotion of the first Captains of Engineers and
Mr. illel7 in 1872. S Aei.T.Bl'
t l-lardY said that although,
,ninerous promotions in the Artillery and Engineers, there
in consequence of the
sad beet a large supersession of the Captains of the Line,
i itt!ihae,lit
le• s'aPersession had not extended so far as was generally
tilght, because though the length of service of Captains_
e Artillery and Engineers had been longer than that of
aat,;(l,Bomthet,tt yl:leetlviasn the general service their relations
awmer.e.
"reLtY ilea ly equal. The question was one of such m ~. i
! What might be Unable at present to hold out any promise
LAGRICTJLTURIL 3fACHINERY.
In rePly to Sir E. Watkin,
l'lr. erns • true that daring 1870 78
d„,„_ . s said it was perfectly
-3i:el's...tied oc ourred from accidents caused by agricultural
'', r• 70 'ue.rY; that in 1871 there were 64 such deaths, in 1872
Golvitn_d in 1873 68. It was not, however, the intention of the
' .bee..nalent to make any special inquiry into this matter.
ofste"e all the causes of death were to be
.found at the
the Registrar-General. The information, therefore,.
GaB -'en to an One who chose to go to the Registrar-
opera,' office. Y w
014.
I; Cllll,
„ PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL.
thd Second Reading of the Peace Preservation (Ireland)
,s Lord R u
WroVai ' -"ciniagil met it by a Resolution expressing disap-
we of exceptional legislation unless urgent grounds of. ecuessity can be shown, and that sufficient ground for ex
' at,Leual legislation has not been shown to exist in Ireland.
e‘i,`4.,ve laws, Lord Robert argued, were the resort of an
ant-ndl'e which was ignorant of the science of government,
A Zished te save itself trouble by using its superior force.
rinc,or a Legisl ature was bound to deal on identical
Ples With
all the people over whom his or
a? functions extended ; and Lord Robert maintained
cin great length, with many references to what he
Irei..., .edd",,ntile Tory principle of local self-government," that
ITee„ -„__-.4 always been dealt with on different principles.
as he showed by quotations from Mr.rii onlyrae
Justin:4lst°
uie
conntrae, and several Irish Secretaries was theX
oa „ ation of such laws, and no necessity had been shown.
ato, statistrYic's as
sof ,idnbygdaomscotn;Td by arison of the
ll
htheearthrgueeed numerouslaws 8 0 Violence cut from the newspapers, coercive
than rere More needed for England and Scotland
rated eer 'Nand. If they were unnecessary they
Bilk to Unjust. In briefly reviewing the clauses of the
which rd Robert called particular attention to one clause
+l, beta Permitted the release of persons if it were expedient
tai lotzhrt_eonViction, asand asserted that the Westmeath land-
,* nieniorialised the Government for the release of
... payin;`,h+eaders--especially one Captain Duffy—because by.
.7 tectiaa in-eni well they could get early information and. pro
7' Reac, their eviction& This statement drew from Sir
nM.
o
41 d
mlehnie,.,
~-egaration that he had made inquiries and
'ts,- eriai had been presented.
at' bersZoLuair 11Y, after a discussion in which several hon. mem-
-part, Dr. O'Leary moved the adjournment of the
'4, ooura, This,_, motion led to a short conversation, in t
he, the Irish members,
4 (tee of— woieh Mr. Disraeli offered to meet the convent-
iit uguage eni, and Mr. Sullivan in passionate
St, What', ...Lied on
L leu some member to come forward to defend
was wit
t e described as an atrocious BB th L Ultimately e mo-
.
S hdrawn, and
ir 34. Ili
ren cks-Beash proceeded to state the case for the
ser bill,
" the-lIV, g that hitherto he had heard no arguments against
said lir.:
.r "which had not be en answered by Mr itoehtick
Illation °(lsen• There had been much abstract decla-
-4 out, about coercion, but great ignorance about the
• ceptCong laW and this particular Bill; and, with the ex-
the a„., „of Mr. O'Reilly and the O'Conor Don, all
_yerabl
cobeirts seemed oblivious of the fact that it was a
r—, e relaxation of the existing Acts. Sir Michael
k' ri7ol4° r ,the
the coervarious points on which this Bill mitigates the
cive Acts now in force, and complained
acknowledgment of this had been uttered
y its
2pPonente.a Word inEre related the circumstances of various
wer of 1!?
tained'utti ciiirnesosed during the past year, which he msim-
tthe
a state of things utterly beyond he
" !iv the existing law to deal with. So, with regard
trate' estrneath Act, it w the opinion of the Magic-
-44d ththat it could as
not safely be dispensed with;
en" eo Riband Conspiracy, which had been in exist-
abenace re than a century' though it was now in
entt.441,....111 consequence
of this Act, could not be expected
that tfte'eue disaPpear in four years. The Government lope
and dis,,,,_u eZceptional powers might gradually be relaxed d
dieted sed with, hut if they were now refused he pre. break
c'tuat in the next winter there would be a !refill out -
wow,' i eutrage and a reaction in public opinion which i tilt, ead to a Coercion Act infinitely more stringent than
Ilk c „
after low"ail Moved the adjournment of the debate, and,
retaxan,,
'I .eO. crs
onveation, it was arranged that it should
illle
d van 3 following evening, Mr. Chaplin and Mr. S -
. xiF
..."'‘uraWing their motions.
eh"-;111. 13,a1t brought in a Bill to enforce the attendance of
otiae.eerocakt. schools in Towns, and the House adjourned at

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In t), IRE ARTISANS' DWELLINGS BILL.
Lopr'e UorSE OP COXmoNs March 23, the Sheriffs of
aDDeared at the bar 'and presented a petitionin
**4 vf the
Artistuis' and Labourers' Dwellings 1311 L
Lord 1 REcRIIITING.
Itove . cuuo gave notice that on an early day he woliil.ad.
pbtaining
eillate,
ticiii fo.rresolution to the effect that the present organ
a sufficient supply or recruits was cal-
ritiPle'tealige great apprehension, and demanded some
ugade 4epoatlyel4ewinith a view to the development of the

Sir •rr THE INDIAN ARM?.
cal
...err—,
Votud .Y.u.avelock announced that early after Easter he.
kol, l attention to the state of the Indian army and
e a resolution.
oci3vERED VANS IN LONDON 'STREETS.
[Lad been len
asked the Home Secretary if his attention
Of Loncio...' .ed to the employment in the crowded streets kinait nel,ol covered Yang the construction of which did not
the
awar..,
at 'lle driver seeing on either side of him; if he was
e'rnt,l a large proportion of street accidents arose from
he
prehnnt:Vrnent of such Vehicles prepared
,• and if he was preped to
str " Use of such vehicles from the public streets.
ciden'tSge?ret"---, Cross said that a large proportion of the ac-
bowever'n London 'were caused by vans. No complaints,
k
that B,e,2!:vve Made of the covered vans, but he had directed
teeny
a'nml iernvestigation should be made to ascertain how
vans
l'eferret`irats were caused by the particular class of v

Dr. can, 11:1E LOTS OF COASTING VESSELS.
'Whether -eroll asked the President of the Board of Trade
of life
oc Ids attention had been directed to the serious loss
through etl'srring in cases of the shipwreck of coasting v
the Boarauer biadequacy of boat b e of their supply of boats;
awnyheeftohremr
Trade had had brought before them blight be 7 the
general adoption of which this loss of
plurife_
posed
t.,,_reduced to a minimum; and whether they sir e'''''4l aal steps to ensure its adoption in the future.
h.,,Adderley said the attention of the Tradeßeardoefeicle.
il,
. liiic7eil drawn to the subject, and they had under ns Prop!..4e Introduction of some provision with regard to
'44,1g better boats for saving life at sea.
11OLDACI-wALLACHIA AND SERVIA.
1, wqh.,,,,,ishiel' asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs
land the th;
‘ that ot risa7n,Y Proposal bad been made for a conference like
on the question now pending between _Turkey
as
IN ti , ee Powers of Austria, Germany, and Russia to
Meryl, ilat of the principalities of Moldau-Wallachia and
neptiate treaties independently of the Ottorman
. e
1
taPeri; c,il,3cti / arl such proposal were on foot whether
_, lie subject in dispute promised by the Secretary of
Venteirt°dZie be laid before Parliament at the earliest con-
-1144% Bourke said that subject was under discussion at
r' seats and it
Iltlwithregardio it.
was thneo
refore, not necessary to produce
K
/'• .I•RE DEFENCE OF PARIS.
m I
' 111-L
IT3,ler ondon, on Friday afternoon, Major E. S. nstitt% tiliB:"read a Paper at the Royal United Service
On the New Works for the Defence of
Wrsis'''
Itere was a good attendance, and the chair
Is,,liccunied by Colonel Sir W. Drummond Jervois.
parils-NOir Tyler commenced by referring to the siege of
The experience then gained had
theß -".• Plow utterly inadequate were the defenees_i3f
t 1
waescitY, The forts were altogether too near e
dire"' alltaid! indeed the Germans were enabled to
the elr batteries against the city, despite
.
it Protection of the forts. Further than thisaa
did Wt
• rePeatedly demonstrated that the forts
to e afford necessary facility for the garrison
cogoel. ake sorties. The Germans were, in fact,
readLeatt of all such prepartions, and hence their
ye ess to meet them. It was noteworthy that thirty ,
ago, when the old forts were designed, a Frenc ,
to ai,ra,,,e_r pronounced against them as being insufficien
. 1
nee 4'"Ziit the city against such projectiles as were . pi, 1
e
tOa. go at Period. Major Tyler next described the
eliii , 11 of the projected foot of Domont, near St:
enabt4(lll the north, and by the aid of a large !nap :was
wool& v_to demonstrate how powerful the fortifications
Waaii "els e°Die against any besieger in the future ; they
ceene„, "e admirable from their situation, both for
wadi ! Ind defence. He next proceeded to show what
the '"itg done to strengthen the defence on
to
113.1lour„,,tzli, as suggested by the commission deputed
heeo etre Into the matter. The Germans had
selve "' a position to advance and entrench them-
para witimut any difficulty in positions com-
l./Grit:NY near the besieged; but when the new
coolitrbwere completed they would so cover the open
on the south as to render it necessary for the
BPad;erB,to fight their way every inch by pick and
rcoot, , it eferring to the proposed fort at Buttes Chau-
and aLue said it would afford considerable protection,
het least render it impossible for an enemy to use
11.14,4 .:!•ttillery ; but they were left in a Position to
that 'lskstrous incursions; and he thought it advisable
kiotaa additional fort should be constructed at a
kirel/41!esr the Seine. The eastern defences were
stro„L strong, but a line of works was to be c9h•
otect soffi Y cientl far from Paris on this side
atT2
r the 't Meclar, , CI y from bombardment. The west
pem,t Dreje`,42??, a range of hill
sides and
_Mont Valerien,
so , Polled Works on this a were to be
t•th w lithe pressing needs of the north and
sisibm,., ore ~
-4
there"' et the rl:_litie,,(L The garrisons requi3roed, 0
for
and
r the
V.0111,1_,'? torts wotikibe less than
114"vaY5 be in addition 59,000 regrdar
would trwPs
th
et to fotbi e,Yond y
this the territorial array be
te"-lak 44 I°o,ooo men fit to take a position
with '
• was ~, ooN.
Iveoved w0e:2.1,4'0u
franc
or
s jt,iinatz,2d
111 d be it
' ariß
,C4oogot, octoof t h. e wholhe be-
e pro.
'Pla render • •
as carried out in , the investment t of F.
Ty, e pi3O . ea t:npracticable, .
't
°Xi treduags closod by a vote of thanks to Major
e Illution of the z.'hairman.
.....„_,_____....._.—.. A
~ Professor :13:
'WELLING LIBRARY-. 42
---------..... :441rine...'. '.l-o,i, '..? fl
ling in it-I,ll°°, the celeb 6e
rated (Wigigrill,hipi
varlet from Co1?.
:tage coach whaq h itl 6
tkliotatY. of talk, lei:, Was amusing the ladies with a
tifeifiaonuilitl, iaan
aheesoaalll: amongstsophocothieesr.
AGthingsre qwithupotr
aoa:
l'„
.ehio-4,41313a a kind f1,,,te0, roused the slumbering
of
4mok -•,,. Shakinv `,',.uog Bleep in a snug corner f the
lust ' JellnlB ears and rubbing his eyes, "I
ulii
al) ut,i,,,
wil gentlernan " said he,
Pell
ta l'e a "°tatio ' froms hocks : I do not,
`` 0 • aellect if 11
vPued the tyro, op
"you favoured
, alr," ,„ ~
... there.,.
"the riaotation is word

forword as I have repeated it, and from Sophocles, too;
but I suspect, sir it is some time since you were at
college."

The Professor, applying his band to his great coat
pocket and taking out a small pocket edition of Sopho-
cles, quietly asked him if he would be land enough to
show him the passage in question in that little book.
After rummaging the papers for some time, he replied,
"Upon second thoughts, I now recollect that the pas-
sage is in Euripides."

"Then perhaps, sir," said the Professor, putting his
hand again into his pocket, and handing him a similar
edition of Euripides' "you will be so good as to find it
for me in that little book."

The young Oxonian again returned to his task, but
with no better success, muttering, however to himself
a vow never again to quote Greek in a stage coach.
The tittering of the ladies informed him plainly that he
had got into a hobble. At length he said, "Why, sir,
how dull I am ! I recollect now; yes, now I perfectly
remember that the passage is in Eschylus.

-
The inexorable Professor returned to his inexhaustible
pocket, and was in the act of handing him an Eschylus,
when our astonished freshman vociferated, " Coach-
man ! holloa, coachman ! let me out! There's a fellow
here who has the whole Bodleian library in his
pocket."