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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

CURE OF DEAFNESS.

NOISES IN THE EARS.:

REV. E. J. SILVERTON invites sufferers to send for his
book showing the disease anclthe means of cure. Post
free 6c1., with . letter of advics case can be stated.
Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London. Free
onsultations daily.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

HAGLEY.

STOCK SALE. —Messrs o.lteS, Perrens, and WOO%
dridge had a very large supply of cattle and a god
entry of sheep and pigs on Monday. The entrits
comprised 140 head of cattle, 300 sheep an i lambs,
10 calves, and 160 pigs. The cattle included a
particularly good lot of fresh stores, whi.l met
with a fair demand at current prices, making from
£7 to £l4 103. per head. The sheep included a lot
of very good wethers, which were well sold, making
as high as 655. 61., and best quality beef wai in
good demand Store pigs made rather less mmey
than on previous Mondays. Cows and calves male
as high as £l9 10s.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

SEIZING A- CORPSE FOR RENT.

At a meeting of the Limerick House League on
Monday night Mr. C. Russell brought under notice an
extraordinary case of seizure for rent by a city land-
lord, the property seized being the corpse of his
tenant. He (Mr. Russell) was passing through a
street when his attention was attracted by a great
bustle in a courtyard or lane, and after a while he
learned the cause by hearing the landlord say, "That
man will never leave this house until I am paid the
7s. 6d. he owes me." A number of little boys col-
lected, and being filled with amazement they ran off,
collected the m-mey, and the corpse was released.
The landlord had since attempted to rack rent his
tenants, but was deterred from doing so by the people
having thrcatened to complain of him to the House
League.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-11-13

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

COURSE OF BUSINESS.

Mr. Gladstone, redeeming his pledge to state the
form in which he would put the House in possession
of the Irish policy of the Government, announced that
on April 8 he will move for -leave to bring in a bill " to
amend the provisions for the future government of
Ireland," and on the 15th he will ask for leave to bring
in a bill "to make amended provision for the sale and
purchase of land in Ireland." The announcement was
received with cheers from the Home Rule benches. In
regard to other business, Mr. Gladstone fixed April 12
for the Budget, and said that 0111 Thursday, if the coins
mittee on the Crofters Bill is finished, the Civil Service
Estimated will be taken with a reversionary interest
for the Sunday Closing Bill. In answer to Mr. Spensley,
Mr. Gladstone said that the Government stAl adhered
to their intention Of propesing an inquiry into the prin.
cipies on which grants tile made to members of the
Royal Family, but he did not consider the present
time favourable for undertaking such an inquiry.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

SIR C. DILKE AND THE ROUSE.

Mr. H. J. Wilson asked the Attorney - General
whether, in a recent case in the Divorce O'nirt, it was
decided that evidence upon which a respondent was
found guilty of adultery was not receivable as against
the corespondent; whether, in case of conspiracy, it
had been decided that evidence receivable against one
Frisoner was receivable also against another prisoner who
was jointly charged with that ( ffence ; whether it had
also been decided that, where two persons were j intly
charged with conspiracy, both must be found guilty or
both acquitted; and, whether he was prepared to take
steps with a view to making the La of Evidence in
cases of adultery similar to the Law of Evidence in
cases of conspiracy.
Sir 0. Russell replied that the rule ot non-applic-
ability of evidence mentioned in the first part of the
question had been recognised by every court of law as
well established. A statement made as in the case
quoted was evidence against the person making it; but
it was not evidence against any other person, it that
person was not present when it was made. This rule
in no way affected the law relating to conspiracy
which was stated in the question. As at present ad-
vised he saw no reason to suggest any alteration in
the rules of evidence.

Sir 0. Dilke, rising from behind Ministers, amidst
slight cheering, said: Mr. Speaker, Iyirish, having re-
ceived your permission, to throw myself for an instant
upon the indulgence of the House. (Hear, hear.)
With regard to the question which has just been asked,
it is an abstract Question, but it cannot but be taken as
referriug to a case in which my name was recently—in
which I wns recently—concerned. (Hear, hear.) I
wish to ask the leave of the House to appeal to the
hon. member who has put the question, if he thinks it
right that the matter should be mentioned in the
House, that he would raise it in a form that would
enable me in some way to meet it in this House.
(Cheers.)
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

A SHOCKING OUTRAGE:

The keeper of the cemetery at St. Chien, whilst
going his rounds on Friday morning, says Galignani,
discovered that the grave of a girl of 18, named Fer-
nando Mery, a ballet dancer, whose interment had
taken place the day before, had been violated, the
coffin broken open, and the entirely nude corpse left
exposed on the surface of the ground. As the coffin
and cerements were of the humblest description, it
was clear that robbery had not been the sole motive
of the body-snatcher, the evidence of whose presence
and doings were perfectly clear. The authorities are
pursuing their inquiries into the affair, and it is pro-
bable that the body, which has been temporarily re-
interred, will be exhumed and taken to the Morgue
for further examination.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

MONEY TO LEND.

AT A FEW HOURS NOTICE, at much lower
rates of interest than charged by other offices.
Privately from £5 to £l,OOO to Male and Females, upon
Note of Hand alone, also upon Furniture, Trade and
Farm Stock, Crops, or any available Security, without
removal. Publicity, or sureties. Responsible persons
can have the money without Bill of Sale. Also - upon
Deeds, Life Policies, Bonds, Shares, Jewels, Dock
Warrants ttc., at 5 per cent. Repayments to snit
borrowers own convenience. Strictest Secrecy ob vc(l
in all trfinaastions. Call or write the manager.
Bristol Advance and Deposit Company,
34, Stephens Chambers,
Baldwin Street,
BRISTOL.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.

The death has occurred of the Most Rev. and Right
Hon. Richard Chevenix Trench, D.D., the late Arch-
bishop of Dublin, which occurred at eight o'clock on
Sunday morning, at 23, Eaton-square, after a linger-
ing illness. The late archbishop was the second son
of the late Mr. Richard Trench, brother of the first
Lord Ashtown, by the granddaughter and heir of Dr.
Richard Chevenix, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore.
He was born in 1807, and married, in 1832, his
cousin, the Hon. Frances Mary Trench, sister of the
second Lord Ashtown. He was educated at Trinity
College, Cambridge.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES.

Lord Granville, in answer to Lord Harrowby, ee.id the
Government were in consultation with the Australian
Colonies on the subject of a suggestion of France with
respect to the New Hebrides, but it would not be fot
the interest of the public service to produce at the
present moment any papers relating to the matter.
Their lordships rose at 25 minutes to six o'clock.
MR. GLADSTONE'S IRISH PROPOSALS.

In the HOUSE or COMMONS, Sir M. Hicks-Beach asked
the P,ime Minister for some further information as ta
the manner in which his Irish policy would be sub.
mitted to the House; whether it would be in such a
form as to permit of discussion and of a decision, if it
were necessary to have an issue taken.
Mr. Gladstone said the statement would be of such a
character as to permit of a discussion or any other
course which the,Bouse might desire to take, and it
would place the subject under the command of the
House. The purport of the statement would be to
procure an opportunity for the introduction of a bill
for the future government of Ireland (at this there
were cheers from the Home Rule benches, and a few
from the Radical quarter), and he promised to lay on the
table the form which the motion would assume either
on Monday or Tuesday. .
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

WORKHOUSE CHILDREN.

The new Chase Farm Schools, erected by the Board
of Guardians of the Edmonton Union, at Enfield,
were formally opened on Saturday afternoon. These
school buildings contain accommodation for over 400
children, and have cost £78,090, including £12,000
for the site. The 300 pauper boys and girls at present
under the care of the union will be removed from the
old schools, which bave proved unsuitable, to the new
establishment next week. A number of the union
boys and girls, with their band, were present on
Saturday at the opening ceremony; the proceedings
also embracing the distribution of prizes by
Viscountess Folkestone. Mr. Morton Latham
(chairman of the Edmonton Board of Guardians),
in declaring the schools open, said that it
was a wise step in Poor-law administration
to separate the children from the grown-up
inmates of the workhouse, and thus to give
the pauper young an education apart from all
influences of pauperism, likely to leave an evil taint
behind. It was very rarely the case that children
subsided into pauperism again, who had been well
brought up in separate district schools. To the ob-
jection that in these schools children got an education
superior to that which people just above the pauper
class outside were able to give their children, the
answer was that it was far cheaper to educate the
children well between the ages of five and 16 than to
have to keep them periodically from 16 years of age
till 60, and almost entirely after 60 till their death.
The classes from which paupers generally came were
those who received outdoor relief; and in every union
where outdoor relief had been diminished, providence
was shown by subscriptions to provident clubs in-
creasing. The prizes were afterwards distributed
by 'Viscountess Folkestone, to whom a workhouse
girl, wearing the union dress, presented a bouquet.
Workshops have been provicled for teaching the boys
trades, and there is also a farm on which the lads will
labour.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

THE CROFTERS BILL.

On the motion to go into Committee on the Crofters
Bill, Mr. M'Laren moved that it be an instruction to
the Committee to extend the bill to the whole of Scot-
land, but Mr. J. H. Macdonald strongly objected to this,
pointing out that the exceptional provisions of the
measure had only been accepted on the understanding
that they were to apply to those parts of the country
which had been inquired into by the Commission; and
the Lord Advocate also opposed it, remarking that
under the title of the bill it might be extended
to any Highland county. After some dis-
cussion, the instruction was negatived by 287 to
91.—Sir G. Campbell next movel an amendment,
that pecuniary assistance should be provided for the
crofters in some parts of the country, on the ground
that the bill would be useless in many cases if some
such assistance were not afforded.—The Chancellor of
the Exchequer characterised the proposal as unreason.
able and unpractical and fatal to the bill; but Mr. A.
J. Balfour ridiculed the idea that the bill was im-
perilled, and maintained that no real improvement
could be effected in the condition of the crofters
unless the principle of the amendment was ac-
cepted.—After some furthe: discussion, in the course
of which Mr. Trevelyan, who was received with
cheers, spoke against the amendment, it was ultimately
withdrawn.—Mr. Chaplin made some general remarks
upon the provisions of the bill, which he criticised in
detail, and, in reviewing the history cf the question,
maintained that many of the clearances which had been
undertaken to benefit the crofters had resulted bene-
ficially.—Mr. Bradlaugh also spoke, and the House,
having gone into Committee, was occupied until a
late hour with the consideration of amendments to
Clause I.—An amendment to include cotters in the
bill was negatived by 196 to 108; a similar amend-
ment to give the same privilege to fishermen was nega
tived by 219 to 108; and an amendment to empower a
crofter to assign his tenancy was negatived by 248 to
112.—The clause was still under consideration 'when
the committee adjourned until Thursday.
The Compensation for Damages Bill was read a third
time; and, after some further business had been dis-
posed of,
The House adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

THE NEW CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF

POLICE;

Sir Charles Warren, accompanied by his aide-de-
camp, arrived at Dover, by special steamer, at a
quarter-past nine on Monday morning, and left for
Charing-cross, at which station he arrived at ten
minutes past twelve.
The official connection of Sir E. Y. W. Henderson

with the Metropolitan Police ended on Saturday, and
in the orders issued to the police the same night
appeared his valedictory address to the members of
the force. Sir Edmund says, in resigning the post of
Chief Commissioner, which lie has held since 1869,
be has to thank both officers and men of the Metro-
politan and Dockyard Police for the assistance which
he has received during his tenure of office, and he
trusts that in the future the force will maintain the
high character it has hitherto borne. This address
was received by all the divisions on Sunday, and there
is a general feeling of regret, amongst the police at
the departure of Sir Edmund, who had the reputa-
tion of being one of the kindest and most considerate
of Commissioners.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

this concern. Visitors to the Health Exhibition
at South Kensington two years ago will re-
member that one of its most interesting
features was a collection of figures representing
English dress from the time of the Conquest.
No one could study that collection without
seeing that fashions might change and genera-
tions come and go. but men would have much
to criticise in feminine costume. Women of the
present day looked at some of these styles, and
wondered how it was possible for those
of their own sex ever to have arrayed
themselves in such strange costumes. But
they feel the same when they, by
chance, come across a fashion - plate of
twenty or even ten years ago, and from which
they themselves were dressed. But perhaps the
feature of these old-time costumes which most
struck the ordinary observer was the manner in
which men's garments had become less elaborate
and more sombre as recent centuries had passed.
Nothing could well be imagined which would
appeal less to one's sense of beauty or of colour
than the masculine costume of the present day.
Perhaps if it appealed more, the female sex
would have greater confidence in the judgment
of men when they come to speak about "rational
dress." A. F. R.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

I'ADVICE TO DYSEPTICS."—Symp toms of Dyspepaia
and Indigestion, with special advice as to diet.—This
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

DEATH OF SIR HENRY TAYLOR: •

Sir Henry Taylor died at his residence, The Roost,
Bournemouth, on Saturday. The deceased, who was
born in the year 1800, served in the Colonial Office
from 1824 to 1872, and was a well-known author.
Although lie had grown feeble of late, he had not
been seriously ill, and his death was unexpected. He
lunched with his family on Saturday about two
o'clock, and afterwards remained alone in the dining-
room. Upon a servant entering the room and
speaking to Sir Henry, who was sitting in an arm-
chair, she received no answer, and on going up to
him found he was dead.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

AN ALLEGED COLONIAL SWINDLE:

An affair resembling in its circumstances the
famous Port Breton case caine before the Paris Cor-
rectional Police-court on Saturday. A former
clothier of Havre, named Mardochee Lambert, being
owner of 50,000 acres of land in some wild region of
Texas, formed a company in France with a capital of
five millions of francs to colonise it. He commenced
by appointing himself manager, with a salary of
24,000 fr., allowing also liberal stipends to his fellow.
directors. In a year the land, which was represented
in thiprospectus as of a value of eight millions of francs,
bad been mortgaged and sold for 150,000 f. A sum of
327,000 f. bad been spent in advertising, and all that
remained of the colony was the blessing of .M.gr.
Dubuis, Bishop of Galveston, on this noble enterprise,
which was to create a New France on the American
Continent. A lady named Bouedham invested
111.000 fr. in the venture, all of which she lost, and
a 111. Jacquet, of Lonsle-Saulnier, took shares to the
amount of 10,000 fr., on condition of being appoi4ed
Inspector-General of the Colony, and went out with
his family, only to find that he had been duped.
Mardochee lambert and his fellow directors were
now brought up to answer charges of obtaining money
under false pretences, and after a first hearing the
case was adjourned for a week.—Galianani.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

HALESOWEN.

CORTANT DECISION UNDER THE LICENSING
CT.-At the Police Court on Tuesday, Phineas
l'ar.,ons, holder of an outdoor beer license, was
utn.noned for contravening the license by selling
..io in the public highway lo a newsagent, who
defendant's house and exchanged some waste
p.tp-r for a pint of ale. Ti e beer was consumed by
the newsagent and another in the .public highway
immediately in front of licensed premises. The
wa;istrates held that payment had been made for
the .do and the law infringed, and inflicted a flue of

A DISGRACEFUL STATH OF THINGS. Two men
atnad Jones and. Lowe were charged with being
duak and disorderly at Spring Hill, Halesowent
aid fined 2s 6d and costs.—A resident in the neigh-
bourhOLA came up and complained of the rowdyism
,t t nis particular spot on Sunday evenings, and
isked that something might be done to rev:lndy it,
he conduct of the roughs who assembled there
ra: disgraceful. Females going to Divine service
1.3 insulted and made to walk in the horse.road,
.rel fighting and bad language were constantly in-
dulged Lit.

llniy and Ann Bright, hon. superintendents of the
N .rth London House for Aged Christian Blind Womea,
9, that a naw remedy has proved itself unfailing; that
rheumatism and neuralgia, have in every case been re-
novtid by Rt. Jacobs Oil,—the remedy referred to. and
hat many old ladies, some of them ninety years old,
.rist:utd of tossing about in agony, now enjoy good nights
rest through its influence. Mrs. Bright says she can
not say enough in its favour."—Sunday London Times.
St. Jacobs Oil is sold by Chemists at 2s. 6d., a bottle
or by past 2s. 9d., from the Charles A. Vogeler Com-
p Any, sole Proprietors, 45. Farringdon Road, Londe I.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

SKILLED LABOUR BY PAUPERS:

One of the largest Unions in East London;--the
Whitechapel Union—has made an attempt t 3 intro-
duce skilled labour. Instead of being put to . the
ordinary stone-breaking and oakum-pillking, which
i
often enough spoils a man for his own trade n the
future, an inmate who knows a trade is set to do the
work in which he is skilled. All the workhouse
furniture, even 'the chapel-fittings, are made by the
inmates, a 4 4ple
12—j --6tevser• is, needed, in repairing and
decorating is done in the same way. Tradesmen
rarely Filter the house for these purpes, and no paid
supervisor of skilled labour is eronlovea, except only a
baker. That is both economical- to the Union and
educational to the inmates.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL,

The leading sensation in Austria just now is a trial
about to take place at Cracow Assizes, in which
several distinguished personages are accused of com-
plicity in the murder of an elderly lady, the widow of
the Prince Montleart, who had inherited an immense
fortune from the Carigan family. The PrincesL
Montleart had lived since the death of her husband
upon her estate at Myslenice, and though she kept up
very great state, she was in many ways most parsimo-
nious, and was known to have boarded up a large
sum of money, which she would not confide
to a banker or even put out at interest. When one
of her nieces, the Princess L--, came to see her
last autumn, she found her lying insensible upon
a sofa, A doctor was sent for at once, but he pro-
nounced life to be extinct, and no suspicion of foul
play seems to have been entertained until after the
funeral. But when the strong boxes in which the
Princess was known to have kept her money, plate,
and jewels came to be opened, it was found that they
were empty. A judicial inquiry was commenced, but
nothing definite could he learnt, and though the ser-
vants were placed under arrest, the evidence against
them was of the flimsiest description. Before the
inquiry began, a stranger, alleging that be had been
sent by the President of the Police, and who de-
scribed himself as the Chevalier von Schreier, came
te the castle, and took an inventory of the property.
After he had gone it was ascertained Oa he was un-
known to the police, but nothing more has since been
heard of him. One or two of the Princess's relatives
have since been arrested.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

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A SCANDALOUS HOAX.

The advertising columns of a theatrical paper were
last week roade use of for the perpetration of a Billy
and hartless joke. Shortly before going to press
that journal received, accompanied by a postal order
for the price of one insertion, the copy for an ad-
vertisement worded as follows: "Wanted, Ladies,
One Hundred for Ballet, Fifty for Chorus. Only ex-
perienced persons need apply. Good Salaries and
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sertion was signed "W. Forbes Capel, Manager." In
the hurry the advertisement was inserted, and the
consequence was that on Monday last large numbers
of ladies of the ballet and female choristers were
seen wending their way towards the residence of Sir
Henry Hawkins, who lives at the address in questior
The neighbourhood was thrown into a state of wonder
and surprise; and the procession of applicants
past the windows of the clubs in Pall-mall excited
much curiosity among the inmates. It was not until
Sir Henry Hawkins's butler had seen and dismissed
several hundreds of these shamefully tricked young
ladies that it became known amongst the constantly
increasing crowd that the advertisement was a hoax
of the most stupid and cruel kind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

IRISH POLICY.

In the Horn OF -LO-3.2735,1ii—a-r-ch 26, Lord Granville,
replying to questions by Lord Oranbrook and Ash-
bourne, said it was not his intention to make a state-
ment as to the Irish policy of the Government on the
same day as that on which Mr. Gladstone was to make
such a statement, but he had no doubt that it would be
his duty to do so on another day.
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ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
_

Lord Rayleigh, in moving the second reading of the
Electric Lighting Act (1882) Amendment (No. 1) Bill,
explained that it was promoted in order that electric
lighting might be tried on a great scale. Under the
Act of 1882 electric lighting companies would have to
dispose of their plant to local bodies at the end of 21
years, if called upon to do so. On such terms com-
panies were not in a position to raise capital sufficient
to give lighting by electricity a fair trial. If this bill
passed an electric lighting company would be put cn
the same fo,ting as a gas company.—The bill was read
a second time.—Lord Bury moved the second reading
of the Electric Lighting Aet (1E82) Amendment (No,
2) Bill, which measure would extend the monopoly of
an electric lighting company from 21 years—the
maximum term in the Act of 1882—to 42 years.
The bill just read would give in perpetuity
what his bill would give for only 42 years. Ex-
perience had shown that a term of 21 years
was rot sufficient. —The bill was read a second time.
—Lord Bury having moved that both bills be referred to
a Select Committee, Lord Houghton stated that the
Goveinment would introduce a bill of their own on the
subject, and they would have no objection to the bills
of Lord Rayleigh and Lord Bury being referred to a
Select Committee when the Government Bill had been
read a second time and had passed through committee.
After a short conversation the motion for referring the
bills to a Select Committee was withdrawn.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

WORDSLEY.

.--ANNuAt, DINNER. The non-commissioned
officers of the D Company First Battalion South
Staffordshire Rifles, held their annual dinner at the
Cat inn, Wordsley, on Wednesday night. Nearly
all the men turned up and sat down to a capital
toread, l‘hich was served u in a most praisworthy
Bi.yle by the hostess Mrs. Hale. After partakinL4
of t.iis the cloth was cleared and the toast of the
was proposed and drunk in a loyal manner.
‘.l.'l:e Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of
the itoyal Family," "The Army and Navy and
Aaxliiry Forces" and "The Colonel and Officers of
the Battalion" followed. The toasts, which
were highly eulogised were most heartily responded
(.. Letters of apology were read from Major Webb
Capt in Jobis, and Lieutenant Boulton regretting
theie inability to attend, and wishing them a
pleas int evening. The toasts were interspersed
with songs and recitations, and the singing of
save the Queen" brought a most convivial
e:ening to a close.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

PUBLIC NOTICES

KEATING'S POWDER
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

OLD HILL.

STEALING A TRUSS OF :HAY. •••••. At the Police
Court on Wednesday, before Messrs. W. Basz;ano,
If, T. Hickman, J. Walker, and J. H. Smith, Chas.
Coo, of Waterfall Lane, Old Hill, was charged
%vith stealing a truss 31 hay, the property of Thomas
Vietcher, of Powke Lauf), 131aeltheath. Thr: prose•
u or had been losing hay cmtir.nously, and the
were instructed to watch, with the re.,ult that
the prisoner was seen by P.C. Jeviror to tnke a truss
.1 hay from a quantity stored in a tield.—Prisoner
said he took the hay to sell and buy food for his
children, who had not had auything to eat for two
days.—lle was sent to gaol for It dap,.
APPOINTMENT OP OVERSEER3.—Messre• B. Priest,
W Whitehouse, and .t,D Darby were appointed
overseers for the ensuing twelve month?.•
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

THE RELIEF OF GENERAL GORDOII'

A Parliamentary return has been issued showil
the manner in which the Vote of Credit for expen,
incurred beyond the ordinary grants to enable opn
tions to be undertaken for the relief of Gene',
Gordon was appropriated. This shows that while:,
grant was made of £300,000, only .£19,719 was efr
peuded, leaving a surplus of £280,281 to be stir
rendered from the Army Votes.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

HAGLEY.

STocx SALE.—Messrs. Oates, Perrens, wid Wool-
:irldge 11,11 their mid-D2nt sale on Alonday last.
The entries of beef and mutton were smaller than
exp,cted, owing to the unfavourable state of the
weather, but there were large entries of calves,
lambs, and pigs, comprising 43 fat calves, 16 fat
lambs, and 130 pigs. There was a full company of
buyers, and prices were firmer throughout. Fat
oxen m de £24, cows £2l 2s 6d, tcg,s 60s 6d, fat
lambs 345. A quantity of ewes and lambs met
with a quiet demand.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

TRH_ LUNACY ACT'S.

In the HOUSE OF LORDS, March 80, the Lunacy
Acts Amendment Bill was recommitted, and amend.
ments were introduced limiting the power of sending
patients to private asylums and dealing with the case
of single patients and the licensing of houses. The
clause terminating at the expiration of five years the
reception of pauper lunatics into licensed houses was
struck out. The Idiots Bill was read a second time,
and the Consolidated Vund (No. 2) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
Their lordships rose at 10 minutes past six o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.

On the report of amendments in the Law of Evidence
Amendment Bill, Lord Milltown moved to omit from
the bill a clause int-oduced in committee on the motion
of Lord Halsbury, the object of which was to prevent
an accused person givin evidence for himself from
being asked whether be bad committed or had been
convicted of any offence other than that wherewith he
was then charged.—After a conversation in which Lord
Halsbury, Lord Esher, and the Lord Chancellor opposed
the motion and Lord Cranbrook and Lord Bramwell
supported it, their lordships divided, and the motion
was rejected by 31 to 14. The report of amendments
was then received.

The Sporting Lands Rating (Scotland) Bill and the
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill were read a second
time.

Their lordships rose at five minutes to seven
o'clock.

TETE RETIREMENTS.

In the RousE OF ComioNs, at the meeting of the
House, Mr. Chamberlain took his seat below the gang-
way in the place usually occupied by Mr. Bright, and
Mr. Trevelyan took a seat lower down on the bench
behind.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

SUPERVISION OF THE ESTIMATES.

On going into Supply, Mr. J. Wilson (E. dinburgb)
made some remarks on the present method of dealing
with the Estimates, and, seconded by Mr. Mason,
moved that a Select Committee be appointed to consider
them in conjunction with the heads of Departments.—
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who sympathised
with the object of the motion, agreed that the House
did not exercise sufficient supervision of the Estimates
in detail. But he doubted the advisability from a eon-
stitntional point of view of the Estimates being rele-
gated to a Committee before being submitted to the
House. The responsibility of the Government would
be weakened, and extravagance, he felt convinced,
would be fostered. At the s..me time he thought that
a subsequent examination, which he believed would be
recommended by the Procedure Committee now sitting
might be advantageous. Leave to withdraw
the motion being refused, it was negatived without a
division.—Captain Price next called attention to the
distribution of Greenwich Hospital funds, contending
that the Government had misappropriated the funds
intended to provide pensions for seamen and marines,
and had not carried out the Order in Council of Sep.
tember 9,lB6s.—After some discussion, in which Sir J.
Gorst, Captain Field, Sir J. Swinburne, and others took
part, Mr. Duff denied that there had been any breach
of faith on the part of the Admiralty or any depar.
turn from the Order in Council. He was proceeding
to show that the Admiralty were disposing of the
Hospital funds in the way contemplated by the
founders, when the House was counted out at five
minutes past eight o'clock.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

THE TOWER OF LONDONi

The Tower of London will be re-opened for the ad-
mission of visitors on and after the Ist of April,
There will for the present be two free days in the
week—namely, Monday and Saturday—and on the
other days admission may be obtained on payment of
6d. each person, which will include access to the
armouries. The Jewel House is still closed for
repairs, but will be accessible on and after the Ist
May on the same condition as the armouries. The
hours of admission to the Tower of London are from
10 to 4, excepting the summer months (May to Sep-
tember inclusive) when the closing hour on free days
is extended to 6 p.m.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

AN AUDACIOUS IMPOSTOR.

The Paris Civil Tribunal sentenced on Saturday by
default to five years' imprisonment and a fine of
"'OM. an audacious impostor who described himself
as Captain Henry Barley, of the English Army, in
the service of Servia. Captain Barley was present,
writes the Times correspondent, in uniform at the
fetes recently given by the Belgian Artillery, and
everywhere he was teceived with distinction. He came
io Paris in company with a young Englishwoman, a
dancer at the Eden Theatre. Some jewellers and a
furrier were his principal victims. At the Folios
Bergeres be appears to have had a dispute with an old
French officer, who sent him a challenge drawn up in
terms of petfect courtesy, and referring to him as
"an officer and a gentleman." Before the letter was
delivered at the false captain's hotel he had taken biz,
departure. He bas not since been heard of.
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ITALIAN PROSPERITY.

Considerable impression has been produced in
financial circles by the publication in the Paris Figaro
of an article on the state of Italian finance. The
li:oar°, as a rule, has always written in a hostile sense
towards Italy. The article says: Fortunate
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deposited in the different savings banks amounted
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910,000,000 fr.; in 1884 they exceeded 1,300,000,000 fr.
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dustry, and commerce flourish. During the first two
montha of the present year the exports rose to
169,616,1841 r., an increase of 2.0,000,000 fr. on the two
corresponding months of last year."
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

ROYAL ASSENT.

In the Horn OF Loans, March 29, the Royal
wsent wit: given by commission to the Marriages
Validity Bill, the Glebe Loans (Ireland) Act Amend-
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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-04-03

FREE TRADE IN FRANCE.

The Daily .Yetcs correspondent, writing from Paris
on Sunday night, says: A new Parliamentary group
has come into existence. Its founders, who belong to
the different political parties, advocate a policy of
Free Trade. In a manifesto of their constituents
they declare that under cover of protecting national
industry the recent protective laws have oppressed
the working-classes and diminished the productivity
of the country's manufactures; that notwithstanding
the general misery among the million the land-
holders are now agitating for an increased corn tax;
that it is therefore necessary to strive by a common
action to alter the law in a more liberal sense. A
reduction in the tariff will give a healthy and stable
prosperity to the industries of France, and at the
same time be beneficial to the consumers and tax-
payers, who are too often forgotten. The declaration
is signed by MM. Frederic ' Passy, Yves Guyot,
Lalande, Achard, Faure, and Raoul Duval. M. Yves
Guyot is a man of great tatent, and has deeply
studied the economical questions which are now
uppermost. M. Raoul Duval is an able speaker. M.
Felix Faure is Under-Secretary for the Colonies, and
M. Lalande in a peculiar degree represents the
vintage interests of the Gironde.