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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

THE RECENT LONDON RIOTS:

The report of the committee appointed by Mr.
Childers to inquire into the recent riots was issued on
Tuesday. In his evidence Sir Edmund Henderson
stated that he had no idea the mob would go west-
ward from Trafalgar-square; that he believed the
attack upon property was unpremeditated, and that
there would have been a hundred police in Pall Mall
to meet the rioters but for a mistake made by the
messenger who conveyed his order, by which instead
that portion of the reserve force went to the Mall and
Buckingham Palace.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

THE FRENCH CROWN DIAMONDS.

The question relative to the disposition of the Crown
diamonds in France is the leading topic of the hour
with the State authorities and others interested. M.
Roehefort proposes to put them up for lottery for
twenty million francs. The idea, says Galignani, is
novel, and if carried into effect, it is highly probable
that the tickets could be readily disposed of in all
civilised countries, and excite much singular rivalry,
especially amongst the female sex, as to who should
hold the largest number of tickets to gain either a
brooch or a bracelet which might have been worn
in the time by Maria Leckinska, Marie-Antoinette, and
other Court female celebrities.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

THE NEW VICEROY OF IRELAND.

On Saturday morning the Earl and Countess of
Aberdeen arrived at Kingstown in the special mail
steamer Ulster, which was moored alongside Carlisle
Pier. The guardship fired a Royal saute of 21 guns.
Prince Ed ward of Saxe-Weimar, commander of the
forces in Ireland.; General Young, commanding the
Dublin district; Sir Robert Hamilton, Under-Secra-
tary ; Colonel tease, Chamberlain; Captain the Hon.
Ormsby Gore, 11th Hussars, and Captain Sinclair, sth
Lancers, proceeded on board. Their Excellencies
landed at half-past 12, and travelled by special train to
Westland-row. Several addresses are to be presented
on another day from the Dublin Chamber of Com-
merce, the Belfast Corporation, and other public
bodies declaring against Home Rule.
In making his public entry into Dublin, he received
a cordial reception. The cheering along the route
from Westland-row to the Castle was sustained
almost without interruption. Some disturbances,
however, occurred on College Green, opposite Trinity
College. The students had attembled in a body at
the gates, and cheered for the Queen. A large mob,
which filled the great space before the Bank of Ire-
land, tbe old House of Commons, responded with
loud cheers for Parnell. The students then cheered
for Lord Randolph Churchill and the Prince of
Wales, and the mob replied with cheers for Home
Rule, Mr. Morley, and an Irish Parliament. Sub-
sequently the students began throwing money among
the crowd, and in the rush which ensued a number
of people were injured. When the Lord-Lieutenant's
procession passed the students got between the
Viceroy and his escort, and proceeded up Dame..
street. A cry was then raised from the crowd ts.)
remove the students. The cry was at once acted
upon. The mob rushed between the horses of the
Viceregal escort and attacked the students, who
defended themselves with sticks, and some severe
encounters ensued. At several points along Dame-
street fighting occurred between the students and the
mob, and many cut faces, smashed hats, and black
eyes resulted.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

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nickel silver frames with lock and key, splen-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

A COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE.

Friday's Gazette contains an official announcement
that her Majesty has appointed the following to be
a committee of council for the consideration of all
things relating to agriculture: The Lord President
(Earl Spencer), the Earl of Morley, Lord Sudeley,
the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr.
Childers), the Secretary for Scotland (Mr. Trevelyan),
and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr.
Heneage).
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

THE CONDITION OP THE
UNEMPLOYED.

The amount of the fund subscribed by the public
to be disposed of by the Mansion House Committee
was on Saturday over £57,000, and it is anticipated
that in all probability another .C 50.000 if not a larger
sum, may yet be subscribed; but although this is un-
doubtedly a very large sum, it will not go very far in
relieving the extraordinary amount of distress that
prevails at the present moment among the working
lasses. It appears that down to,last Saturday the com-
mittee bad reoeived nearly 30,000 applications for relief,
and a great many of the cases are of the most
distressing character. In numerous instances
the applicants had been compelled to pawn
all their, children's clothes to obtain food, it
being impossible for them to pawn their own wearing
apparel, as if this was done it would prevent them from
obtaining any employment, or of earning a few
shillings if they had the good fortune to obtain a
chance of doing so. Applications had in some cases
been made for parochial relief, but the only assistance
that was offered was to take the applicant and his
family into the workhouse, which was very naturally
refused upon the creditable ground that by going into
the workhouse the man would be precluded from en-
deavouring to obtain employment. One of the appli-
cants for relief, after stating that he had been com-
pelled to pawn almost every article that he possessed
in order to obtain food, enclosed a pawnbroker's
ticket for a wooden leg, in order to show to what
straits he had been driven. In a great
many cases the applicants have not been
able to pay any rent for two or three months,
and they are in hotuly dread of being turned into
the streets. In order as much as possible to save
the applicants the trouble of writing letters to the
committee, during the last day Dr two printed forms
have been issued, which are given to the police who
are specially employed outside the Mansion House to
hand to the applicants for their use. From what has
already transpired, it is believed by the committee
that a great number of the applications for relief that
have been made really emanate from working men
who are reduced to distress by the stagnation of
trade, but there is also at the same time no doubt
that there are a good many loafers among the appli-
cants.

The Lord Mayor presided at a meeting of the
Mansion House Committee of the Fund for the Re-
lief of the Unemployed, held on Monday. It was re-
solved that no part of the fuld should be used for
relief of chronic distress, and that as a general rule no
relief should be given to able-bodied single men with
no one dependent upon them, except as A means of
enabling them to obtain employment. Already
£lB,OOO of the £60,100 contributed hiti been voted to
local committees.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

THE OPERATIONS IN BIIRMAH.

Air U. Kay-Shuttleworth, in moving a resolution
authorising the application of the revenues of India to
defray the expenses of the military operations in
Burmah, maintained that the war was necessary for the
safety of British Burmah and other portions of her
Majesty's dominions in that part of the world. The pre-.
sent Government had no doubt that the annexation
effected by their predecessors should be upheld. They
were anxious to maintain the most friendly relations
with the great Chinese Empire, and had every reason to
believe that their desire was reciprocated by China.
Dr. Hunter condemned the policy of the war, and
moved an amendment declaring it to be unjust to
defray the cost of the operations out of the Indian
revenues. This having been seconded by Ur.
Richard, Mr. J. M. Maclean spoke strongly in defence
of the policy of annexation, while Mr. L. Maciver
vigorourly denounced it;—Mr. Gladstone asserted that
It was not to extend trade or flatter mere ambition, but
because a door was threatened to be opened which
would have brouaht into India intrigue and insecurity

that the war was undertaken. It was made on the
ground of great Volitical causes, supported by great
and irresistible autherity.—The debate was continued
by Mr. E. Stanhope and Sir R. Lethbridge, who de-
fended the policy of the annexation, and by Dr. G. B.
Clark, who supported the amendment. —On a division,
the resolution was carried by 297 to 82.
The report of supply was subsequently agreed to, and
the Rouse adjourned at half-past one.

In the HOUSE OF Louns, Feb. 23, Lord Griththorpe
(Sir B. Beckett) took the oath and subscribed the roll
on his elevation to the peerage.

COAST DBFENCES.

Lord Sidmouth moved for the reports of Admiral
Hamilton on coast defences and on the Royal Naval
Volunteer Artillery Corps and also for reports from any
other officer commissioned enquire into either of those
matters. He impressed upon the Howie the great im
portance of strong coast defences and of efficient volun.
teers for the duties of naval artillerymen; and he
pointed out what he conceived to be a deficiency of
encouragement to the training of such volunteers.—
Lord Ripon admitted the importance of the subject, and
sail it had received and would continue to receive the
attention of the Board of Admiralty. The inquiry,
originally intrusted to Admiral Hamilton, had been
emitinued by Sir .R. Molyneux. The report was
printed, but as it had not yet been fully considered by
the Board, he asked the noble lord not to press his
motion at present.—The motion was withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

IMPERIAL" PARLIAMENT.

TER LUNACY LAWS.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 19th, the Lord Chan-
cellor presented and moved the reading of two bills to
amend and consolidate the laws relating to lunacy.
Their lordships rose at 25 minutes to five o'clock.
CIVIL SERVICE WRITERS.

In the HousE OF CommNs, Mr. Dixon-Hartland
asked whether an early reply might be expected from
the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury
to the memorial of the Civil Service writers, which was
recommended to their lordships' favourable considera-
tion by 120 members of Parliament nearly six months
ago.
Sir W. Harcourt said this matter had not yet come
before him, but he had reason to believe it would do
so before long.
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE UNEMPLOYED.

Sir Edward Birkbeck asked whether the Government
would, in order to employ workmen at present without
employment, carry out at once the necessary works for
the formation of harbours of refuge on the east and
north-east coast of England. Mr. Gladstone did not
think it would be right to hold out the expectation de-
sired by the hon. gentleman. Among the reasons for
that decision was the fact that there was a large amount
of aid given by the public in a very efficient manner as
private enterprise in connection with works of that
kind, and an announcement such as that asked in the
question would have an effect on that private enter-
prise. In arswer to Mr. A. J. Balfour, Mr. Chamber..
lain said the inquiries he was making as to the distress
of the unemployed were very extensive, and as soon as
they approached completion he proposed to lay the in.
formation on the table.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

No 1121

BALES BY AUCTION

PERRY HOUSE FARM, A.LVELEY, Near BRIDO•

NORTH.
714-13. H. KING is inet!ucted by Henry H. Cochrane,
In. Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, on Tyßen.kr,
brawl 23rd, 1886, the ValneVe
LIVE and DEAD FARMING STOCK,
At the aVva Farm.
Particulars in future papers.

LIITLEY FARM,
li Miles hem Encino sod 6 from Stourbridge:

BALE of Useful FARMING STOCit,
- FURNITURE, &c.
IVIESSRS. NOCK, COOPER, and NOCE are
favoured with instructions from Mr. Edwin
Plant, who is leavinUthe Farm, to DISPOSE OF by
AUCTION. on TZURSDAY NEXT, MARcs 4th, 1886, the
Useful FARMING STOCK, comirising

:PLEMENTS,

- -
23 Head of SHORTHORN CATTLE.
z., 6 In-Calf Cows. 5 Ditto Reifera, Cow and Calf,
Lw Milch Cow, 5 Yearliug Heifers, 2-7ear-01d Bullock,
Yearling Bull, Fat Bull, Ditto Bullock ;
3 WAGON and HACK HORSES,

Kate,
3 Wagon Horses and their Gears, Roan Half-bred
nate, Chestnut Ditto Gelding ;
3 Bacon PIGS, 15 Couples of Fowls;
IMPLEMENTS,

And a portion oi the HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Dairy Effect, &cc.
The Sale will commences at Twelve o'clock prompt.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

AN EXCITING ADVENTURE.

The eldest son and daughter of Major-General the
Hon. P. Fielding, C. 8., commanding the South-
Eastern District, has had an adventure at the South
Foreland, in which they had a narrow escape from
drowning. They were returning from St. Margaret's
Bay along the shore late in the evening, when they
found their advance checked by the tide, which,
owing to the darkness, they had not noticed rising.
Their retreat was completely cut off, and they had no
alternative but to take to the water, the cliff being
quite perpendicular. Fortunately, both were good
swimmers, and taking off a portion of their clothing,
they crept along under the face of the cliff until the
water was too deep for wading. There was very little
swell, but the cold was intense, and they were fully
ten or fifteen minutes in the water before they
reached land again. They then had to climb bare.
footed over some rough debris that had fallen from
the face of a cliff, and then had to take to the water
a second time, and did not reach Dover until late at
night, when they were considerably bruised and
greatly exhausted. After taking temporary shelter
at the residence of a friend near the cliff, Mr. and
Miss Fielding were conveyed to their home.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

MR: PARNELL AND MR. GLADSTONE.

Although no formal meeting of the Parnellite
party has considered Mr. Gladstone's action in post-
poning the declaration of his views on the Irish
difficulty, the general opinion of the party is that no
action should be taken in the House of Commons
calculated to embarrass the Premier in formulating
his Irish policy. On the other hand, it has been
decided, with regard to the country at large, to
relax no effort to impress upon the British people
the paramount necessity of dealing at once with the
removal of Irish grievances. A grand Irish National
demonstration is being organised for the 17th of
March (St. Patrick's Day). Upwards of 50 meetings
will be held throughout the country, and the whole
strength of the Parnellite party will be employed in
enunciating the views of their leader upon the
situation. Mr. Parnell will preside at the gathering
of his London followers at the Cannon-street Hotel,
and it is anticipated that he will take advantage of
the occasion to define in plain terms the expectations
of the National party at the hands of Mr. Gladstone.
It is understood among the followers of the member
for Cork city that, as the Government policy will
be declared on the 22nd of March, Mr. Parnell
will on the 17th speak his ultimatum to the
Government.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

SUPPLY.

On the motion to go into Committee of Supply, Mr.
Timothy Healy called attention to the eviction of a
widow, named Anne Shaw, from her freehold in
county Monaghan, by Mr. Jesse Lloyd, clerk of the
peace for that county, and to the judgment of the
Court of Appeal thereon, in December last, and moved
that the falsification of the records of the Monaghan
County Court by the cle:k of the peace, observed on
by the Court of Appeal, called for the immediate re-
moval of the officials implicated.
A number of votes for small amounts were passed
without much discussion.

On a vote for £1347 for Courts of Law and Justice
in Scotland there was considerable opposition, and Dr.
Cameron moved that it be reduced by £1286.
A division was taken, when 117 voted for the reduc-
tion and 136 against.
Some other divisions of a similar character took
place.
A vote of £6383 for county courts was agreed to.
On a vote of £7400 for the Irish constabulary, Mr.
Dillon said it was high time to stop the monstrous
practice of spending sums of money for transporting
bodies of police to places where they were not wanted.
Mr. J. Morley said the question of how long an
English Minister would rule the Irish people was one
that was approaching solution one way or the other.
(Cheers.) He expressed much sympathy with the
Irish tenants, and thought he was justified in saying that
at this moment rents were being very fairly paid indeed,
and where they were not paid it was because it was
absolutely impossible for the tenants to pay.
This vote was agreed to, as were also others.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

PROCEDURE.

At the instance of Mr. Gladstone, the orders of the
day were, after a brief discussion, postponed. The
right hon. gentleman then moved the appointment of
a Select Committee to consider the question of pro-
cedure in the House of Commons, and to report as to
the amendment of existing rules and upon any new
rules which they might consider desirable for the efficient
despatch of business. To this committee the Govern-
ment proposed to refer as a basis for consideration
the proposals laid before the House by the late Go-
vernment, together with their own suggested modi-
fications; and the Prime Minister intimated that it
was to the multiplication of the means of transact-
ing business rather than to coercive and penal restric-
tions that Ministers looked for a removal of the existing
difficulties.—Sir M. H. Beach recognised the spirit in
which the right hon. gentleman had accepted the late
Government's proposals, and pointed out that it
afforded a cohmlete refutation of the accusations
levelled against the Conservative party during the late
elections.—After acme further discussion, in the course
of which the Marquis of Hartington expressed a hope
that the question Of " cloture " would not be excluded
from the consideration of the committee, the motion for
the appointment of a committee was agreed to.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

SPORTING NOTES.

(liy our Sporting Correspondsnt.)

Jack Frost again intervened at Sandown Park I
this past week, which was a very unsatisfactory
state of procedure to lovers of the legitimate game.
However there was plenty of vitality vouchsafed
them in the Spring Handicap. Last year's winner
of the Lincohaelaire Handicap Bendigo came
with a bound in the quotations, and in spite of his
great impost (9st 7113) found favour at 12 to 1, a
price which, if Freddy Archer is to have the mount,
will not be obtainable shortly. Royal Hampton
and Bread Knife were entrusted wita good money,
as was Cormuille, the Ro‘ al Hunt Cup disappoint-
ment, in fact Teddy Weaver's candidate (who is
literally pitehforked into the handicap) has every
appearance of becoming a hot favourite prior to the
fall of the flag. Lonely and Florence are quietly
••ached by their respective partizans, and if Mr.
Hammond's great mare should be delivered at the
post in the same condition as when presenting
Bendigo with 131bs. and a head beating in the
Cambridgeshirel,of 1884, Fjorencs it bound to have
the support of tne public. As regards Isobar, no
movemeat yet has been made in his favour, still
Wadlow's candidate vaust not be overloAed in any
lot against the field. The furore in connection with
Coronet for the Liverpool Grand Natioual did not
.übside until the sou of Blood Royal aas firmly
tablished first favourite, and so infatuatud were
th se who are behind this Irish-bred wonder that
thz Stable Commissioner offered to give £lOO to be
aimmodated with a bet of £12,000 to £2,000,
af:er having cleaned the market at 7'B to one.
110 ,vte, r ,in the face of all this, I am inolined to
t.le chit:ices of

REDPATI3Vc RINGLET,

I) nie two accomplished fencera.
next reek the chief event may go to
HUNGARIAN,

A t Croydon

bat until the legitimate season arrives speculators
sh uld tie very enaly uf ttleir investments.

I I.LOAT IRRITATION AND Couon.--Soreness and dry
uess, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and affect
the voice For th se symptoms use Epp's Glycer
Jubjubes In contact with the glands at the
in :tient they are excited by the act of sucsing the
oly trine in these agreeable confections becomes
actively healing. Sold only in boxes, 'Tid., tins is lid,
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d by James Epps and Co., are of undoubted
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFF'S MISSION.

Mr. Gladstone informed Sir J. Goldsmid that Lord
Rosebery was expecting a detailed report from Sir H.
Drummond Wolff, without which her Majesty's
Government were not able accurately to appreciate his
position with reference to tbe important questions
connected with Egypt. At the present juncture the
Government had no intention of interfering with the
continuance of his mission.
THE POLICE AND THE RIOTS.-RESIGNATION OF COLONEL
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

The exciting adventures which, a few days
ago, befell a brother and sister who were over-
taken by the tide when walking along the beach
near the South Foreland, and were forced to

swim for their lives, should serve as a caution to
those who during the coming summer may
visit the seaside. Unless one is thoroughly
acquainted with the coast, it is always
hazardous to take a long walk under the cliffs
when the tide is coming in. Under certain cir-
cumstances it rises with great rapidity, and, if the
wayfarer is overtaken at a point where no path
leads from beach below to cliff above, the peril,
which, perhaps, a few moments beiore had seemed
distant, becomes alarmingly near. Lovers of Sir
Walter Scott will not need to be reminded of the
scene in "The Antiquary," where the old knight
and his daughter are in imminent danger from
this cause, and are rescued by the latter's lover
aided by the bedesman, Edie Ochiltree. The des-
cription is sufficiently vivid to be stamped on the
memory of all who have read it, and there is this
advantage in it, that, like the kindred occurrence
of a few days since, it teaches a valuable lesson. The
dangers of the sea are sufficiently numerous not
to be needlessly added to by casual visitors to its
shores. A. F. A.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

HENDERSON.

Mr Childers, in laying upon the table the proceed-
ings of the committee which had inquired into the
conduct of the po ice on the occasion of the recent
riots, stated that the report of the committee concluded
with a strong expression of opinion that the adminis-
tration and organisation of the metropolitan force
required to be thoroughly investigated without delay.
He had communicated the substance of the report to
the Chief Commissioner of Police, and had told him
what were the recommendations of the committee,
together with his own memorandum on the subject.
He had received a letter from Sir E. Henderson, tender-
ing his resignation, and that resignation he had
accepted. He should lose no time in instituting an
exhaustive inquiry into the whole matter of the ad-
ministration and organisation of the force.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

FISH.

Fresh herrinve, 4s to 68; roused ditto, Ss to ss; red
ditto, 2s to 4s; pickled Scotch ditto, 6s to is ;
_kippers, 45
to 6s; and bloa.ters,it c9to6a, 5613petr014,006 per score;
scoonre; crinaed
an dtroput,
is 3d to is 6d per
ditto, ICs to us each; native oysters, 2s 6d to Is per dozen ;
common ditto, 4s to as per 100; red mullets, 10s to‘l6s 641
per score ; plaice, 16s to 18s per pad ; and smoked haddocks.
15s per kit.

POTATO.
A good supply of potatoes on sale. There was a moderate
demand at the annexed rates; Magnum bonums, 60s to
1009 ; regents, 70s to 110 s ; Victories, 60s to eos s; 934
slasuspions, .30s to 70s gel ton.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

TRADESMENS ADDRESSES

l'Att4t,

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aro wrapptd in a toluare green package.

Prepared uly by W. LA MLELT,I73. S. yinour-p!ace
London. W., in bOISS, IS lid and 24 Vd and sold N b
Chen:date.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

DOG LAW IN FRANCE;

Let us accept the muzzling order in a spirit of
thankfulness. They are worse off in France. The
Sanitary Record notes that a Paris veterinary surgeon
has been fined 16 francs for ordering a mad dog to be
killed without informing the "Police Sanitaire." The
law obliges all veterinary surgeons and owners to
inform the "Police Sanitaire " when a mad dog is
slaughtered, and receive their directions concerning
the disposal of its body. The owner of the dog was
fined 300 francs. She was found guilty of homicide
by imprudence; the dog had bitten three people, two
of whom had died.

It is said that Mary Andersol was accompanied
home from Europe by a turnip from the garden of
Ann Hathaway. We were not aware that .Ann was
in the vegetable racing business. Miss Anderson is
to be congratulated on her choice of a compagnon du
voyage. Too many actresses—especially married
ones—are accompanied by an entirely different
variety of esculent- We refer to the "dead beat.'
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

CRADLEY HEATH, HALESOWEN,

TRADESMENS' ADDRESSES

,'ADVICE TO DYSEPTICS."—Symp toms of Dyspepsia
and Indigestion, with special advice as to diet.—This little
pamphlet appeals forcibly to those who have allowed the
palate to decide everything for them, and have paid the in
writable penalty of their folly."— Globe. 'Sent for one stem p
M. RICHARDS, Publisher, 92, Great RUSIO Stret.:,
Lc)/ dot'.
" itOUGH ON RATS.' —The Thing desired found at
last. Ask chemists, grocers or oilmen, for Rough
on 'Bats. It clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches
flies, bedbugs, insects; ground moles, &c. 7id. and
Is lid bozeo.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

WANTXII, LADIES avid YOUNG MEN, to
take pleasaut WORK at their Orra llorne.s
te ie a day eaaily raade. Work soot by Parcels Post
aanrassing.

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Salary £l2O per annum and eommission.—Address, in
first instance, "Chairman," 2 & 3, Salisbury Court,
/fleet Strert, Lou ion, EEC.

,itourbrittge Obsertier.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

A CHARMED LIFE.

A. correspondent sends to the Standard some par-
ticulars of the life of the old woman Elizabeth Mount,
who was carried across the North Sea on board the
Columbine. Elizabeth Mount lived on the southern
part of the Shetland Isle, and was called the Witch
of Dunrossness, owing to a prevailing superstition
that "she could an be kilt." Some years ago a cart
passed over her foot, which permanently injured it,
and made her a cripple. On one occasion her head
appearing above the rising ground was taken for a
rabbit and fired into, the shots being still in her head.
Then she was nearly drowned on a previous occasion.
Now she has been drifting about for nine days and
nights in maddening solitude, half drowned, wholly
starved, quenching her thirst by licking the drops of
water condensed on the window-panes; living, yet
dying, and to the last placing her trust in God.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

HIGLEY.

STOCK SALE.—Messra. Oates, Perrens, and Wool-
dridge had a very large supply of stock at their sale
on Nlanday last. The entries comprised 73 head of
fat cattle, 26 store catile, 359 sheep, 14 calves, and
122 fat pigs. There was a large attendance of
butchers, farmers, and dealers, and trade was brisk
at about last week's rates. Sheep made sligi.tly
batter prices than at the previous sale, while beef.
except of the best quality, was rather easier Fat
sows made as high as Xl9, wether sheep 665; ewes
60u, togs 51e 6d.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

TRH METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Lord Enfield asked whether the report of the De-
partmental Committee appointed in 1879 to inquire
into the constitution and condition of the Metropolitan
Police could be presented to Parliament. Lord
Alidleton asked whether on occasions before the meeting
which resulted in the recent riot, there had been com-
munications between Scotland-yard and the Home
Office as to the dangers of such meetings.
Lord Aberdare-reviewed the various inquiries into
the working of the Metropolitan Police system. He
referred to the statistics of crime in the metropolis at
various periods, and expressed his opinion that in many
respects the constitution of the Metropolitan Police
force was now better than it had been at any former
time; and paid a tribute to the manner in which for
36 years Sir Edmund Henderson had performed im-
portant public services.—Lord Thurlow stated that in
the opinion of the Home Secretary it would not be for
the interests of the public service that, pending the
inquiry about to take place, the report of the De-
partmental Committee of 1879 should be presented to
Parliament.
Their lordships rose at ten minutes past five o'clock.
FREE EDUCATION.
In the Honor OF Commows, Sir L. Play fair, being asked
by Mr. Cobb whether he intended to bring in a bill on
the subject of free education, replied that, as the Royal
Commission on Education had recently been appointed,
the Government would not do anything in anticipation
of its report.
THE BIIRMAH PROVOST-MARSHAL.

In reply to Dr. Cameron, Sir U. Bay-Shuttleworth
said that a court-martial had been ordered on the Pro-
vost-Marshal in Burmah if the Judge-Advocate-
General thought that charges could be framed against
him.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

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(TO be continued.)

WORKING MEN AND EMIGRATION.

A meeting was held on Saturday night in the St.
Mary's Schools, Whitechapel, London, to hear the
true facts about emigration. The meeting was called
by and for working-men, and was well attended. The
Rev. C. B. Beard presided. Mr. Somerville, a re-
turned emigrant, said that he had been out to New
South Wales, and had been induced to go by the pro-
mise of a quantity of remunerative employment, but
found the statements much overdrawn, and work both
scarce and comparatively ill-paid. He spoke of the
great social evil in that colony. Mr. Arnold White said
that some years ago he gave great attention to the con-
dition of the working-classes, and studied the
question among them, going on one occasion to
a fourpenny "doss-house," and he came to the
conclusion that there was no one remedy
which would meet the want of poverty. (Cheers.) There
must be a series of remedies, but, from the bottom
of his heart, he would say that emigration was no
remedy. (Hear, hear.) Emigration could not
possibly remedy more than four or five per cent. of
the distress. He could only recommend emigration
where men knew where they were going, and had
friends to receive them. He had visited Canada and
South Africa, and had travelled through Europe, and
the result of his investigations had been that he came
to the conclusion that there was a number of "frau-
dulent scoundrels who induced men to break up their
homes for their own benefit, and this system must
and should be put down." (Loud cheers.) In some
foreign countries they made those who induced
people to go abroad deposit a sum of £5OO or £lOOO,
and if their representations were false this deposit was
forfeited. He was not opposed to emigration, but to
the fraudulent representations which induced people
to go. He advocated the establishment of a
Government Bureau, on the council of which
there should be a number of such men as had
called the meeting, and which should supply
accurate information on the subject of Colonies.
(Loud cheers.) Mr. Lonsbrung (another returned
emigrent) gave several incidents of the hardships and
disappointments of colonial life, stating that extreme
poverty was quite as prevalent as it was in London.
The emigrants were received in wretched depots, and
they found morality in a very bad state, and the
labour market already overcrowded. Sometime ago
the Premier of Queensland had cabled to England
that emigrants were not wanted, and he was not
aware that that instruction had ever been withdrawn.
Under these circumstances it was folly to induce men
to emigrate. (Hear, hear.) Several other speakers
having addressed the meeting, Mr. J. Hall moved
and Mr. Rose seconded the following resolution—
" That this meeting respectfully requests the com-
mittee of the Mansion House Fund not to grant any
potion of the relief fund for the purposes of emigra-
tion until an enquiry into the state of the labour
market had been held" The resolution was passed,
and a vote of thanks to the chairman brought the
.proceedings to a close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

THE CHURCH PASTORAL AID
SOCIETY.

Last Friday the jubilee of this society, which was
founded on the 19th of February, 1836, was celelirated
by a largely attended conference of its members and
friends, lay and clerical, at Exeter Hall, London.
Archdeacon Richardson, who presided, remarked that
this was the oldest home missionary society in con-
nection with the National Church. This society had.
paid no less than £2,000,000 in stipends for addi-
tional clergy and lay-helpers, and for the most part
the money had gone to districts where a pastor
had been struggling with the crying wants of
10,000, 15,000, or even 20,000 people. The Church
Pastoral Aid Society, in promoting the spirit of true
patriotism, as well as spreading the principles of evan-
gelical religion in the land, had been a nationai
blessing. In the conference which followed on the
subject of home missions, the Rev. H. W. Dearden, St.
John's, Upper Holloway, and Mr. S. A. Blackwo44;l,
took part, advocating a variety of services and tkel
necessity of adapting the latter to the needs of that
people rather than to the fashion of the day.—Mr,
H. M. Bemrose, of Derby; the Rev. Henry Martin
M.A., Stockton-on-Tees ; and the Rev. T. Dixon, of
Birmingham; and other speakers, gave addresses
on the best mode of utilising lay and open air work
in connection with the Church. The anniversary ser-
mon in aid of the funds of the society was preached
in the evening at St. Paul's Cathedral by the Bishop
pf Sodor and Man.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

AN ANCIENT CHURCH:

The church of St. Remi, at Bordeaux, which has
been used as a warehouse since the Revolution of
1789, was sold by auction in that city the other day
for £lO,OOO. This church is built upon the ruins of
the Temple of Janus, as is proved by some &man
mosaic beneath the floor :of the southern aisle. A
portion of this is visible, and in an excellent state of
preservation. In the 16th century the relics of the
church of St. Seurin were transferred to St. Remi to
save them from profanation, and since that period
the Chapter of St. Seurin went to St. Remi every
Ascension Day to celebrate mass. It was one of the
most popular churches in Bordeaux, and had several
celebrated con freries, notably that of Notre Dame de
la Pitie. The most remarkable feature of this church
was that it consisted of two naves and two side aisles,
end an inscription over the west door tells that it was
built in 1512. Mass has not been said in it sinee the
priest in charge gave his blessing upon the oologre of
the National Guard in the public garden hard by.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

A SCOTCH BREACH OF PROMISE
ACTION.

Lord Trayner and a jury sat in the Court of
Session, Edinburgh, to try an action for £lOOO
damages for alleged breach of promise of rnarrivre,
at the instance of Jane Swan, St. George's-road,
Glasgow, against John Haddow, a brewer's traveller,
residing at Windsor-street, New City-road, Glasgow.
The promise of marriage was said to have been made
in January, 1874, but in 1883 he married another
woman. Pursuer, who gave her evidence in a cheer-
ful !manner, and frequently joined in the laughter
which her statements elicited, said she was 43 years
of age. Defendant lodged with her mother for a
twelvemonth from June, 1873. In August of that year
her mother was at Ardrossan, and she kept house,
when defendant began to pay attention to her. They
were in the kitchen alone . when he spoke to her first
of marriage. She did not then accept him, but on a
Sunday forenoon in the park he again proposed
marriage, and she accepted him. He spoke of the mar-
riage taking place during his holidays in the summer
of 1874, but subsequently he asked, owing to his
mother's illness, that their marriage should be post,
poned till January, 1875, and a week or two after-
wards he asked her to postpone their marriage for
six years. She said, "Well, this is rather unreason-
able," and he then suggested five years. She agreed
to that, and for five years she saw him nearly every
day, and corresponded regularly with him. In 1880
she wrote to him to meet her at the West-end-park.
She wished to speak to him about carrying out his
promise. She went to the park, and saw him corning
up on the other side of the street with his arm round
a girl's waist. He took no notice of her, and when
she called to him he waved his hand. She followed,
and said to him, "Are you not ashamed of yourself ?"
He took no notice of her, and then she said to the
woman, "Do you know that this is not a free man ? "
The woman replied that she knew all. In 1883 de-
fender married this girl. Defender, called as a wit-
ness on his own behalf, said he was 32 years of age.
He never courted Miss Swan. It was from her friends
that he first heard of marriage, and that statement
made him leave her mother's lodgings. He never
proposed marriage to her. In January, 1874, he was
19 years of age. Counsel: Did you ever get anyletters
from her? Witness: Oh, about 2000. (Laughter).
He was engaged to his wife for about eight years.
The jury, after a few minutes' absence, returned an
unanimous verdict for the defender.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-02-27

PAUPERISM IN ENGLAND.

A return just issued shows that on the Ist of
January, 1884, in England and Wales, out of a total
population of 25,974,439, there were 192,239 paupers
in the receipt of indoor and 586,799 of outdoor relief,
being in the ratio of 0.7 and 2.3 per cent, respectively
to the total population. The cost during the paro-
chial year 1883-84 for in-maintenance was 4992,502,
and for outdoor relief £2,517,693; the total relief to
the poor in the same year being £8,402,553, or
equivalent.to 6s. sid. per head of the whole popula-
tion.